"The Many Faces of Osiris" Painting by Jessica Taylor

A late 19th century botanical study depicting a red lily. Watercolor on paper held within a reeded giltwood frame.

Jan van der Vaart (1647-1727) Portrait of Dorothy, Lady Brownlow (1664-1700) Oil on canvas; held in a period carved wood frame circa 1687 Considered a beauty of the age, Dorothy, Lady Brownlow was painted on a number of occasions by some of the most talented and respected artists of the day; Kneller, Riley, Closterman, Dahl and Wissing, all rendered her features in oil for posterity. The portrait presented here is by Jan van der Vaart who from 1685-1687 was employed by Willem Wissing as a drapery and landscape painter. After Wissing’s death in 1687 he practiced as an independent portraitist much in the style of his master with some influence also of Kneller. This work is in fact the head and shoulders taken from Wissing’s three-quarter length of Lady Brownlow which hangs at Belton House, Lincolnshire and produced as a mezzotint in 1687. Van der Vaart has made some intriguing alterations particularly as the sitter now looks directly at us, appearing rather more provocative and self assured of her beauty. The confident rendering of the dress and pearls and the thickly drawn copious hair are hallmarks of Van der Vaart’s work. It is likely he completed this portrait – shortly after Wissing’s version – as a smaller variant intended for another family member as was often the practice. Dorothy Mason married Sir William Brownlow 4th Bt. in July 1688; she was the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Mason a politician and courtier to Charles II who owned estates at Bishop’s Castle, Salop and Sutton Surrey. She came from, and married into extreme wealth; her dowry upon marriage was £10,000 and on her death her husband inherited the estates that were once her father’s. In June 1697 William Brownlow succeeded his brother to the baronetcy and to most of his landed estates including Belton House. In 1698 he abandoned his Peterborough seat to contest Bishop’s Castle on behalf of his wife and in the interest of his mother-in-law, Lady Anna Mason...

A late 19th century botanical watercolor depicting a spring blossom.

A late 19th century botanical watercolor study. Watercolor on paper set within a reeded giltwood frame.

The stream continues to flow through this timeless landscape. Abiah Taylor who built the barn, circa 1710 would feel perfectly at home in the present landscape.

Based on Chinese Daoist painting, the figure contemplates the space between heaven and earth. The sea, vast, powerful and unbreakable. A time to consi...

Outsider abstract oil painting on board signed Peter L. Sword (1939-2018). Peter was a longtime resident of San Francisco where we purchased this painting. We see online that he live...

"In the Welsh hills" by F. Taylor, 1870. Great oil on canvas in original frame. Frame will be restored before shipping. Overall dimensions with frame- 38.25" x 61.75" Painting d...