Linen Paintings

Gorgeous Italian still life oil painting of a fruit basket Signed L. Rossetti in bottom right of frame Hopefully the photos illustrate the quality to the work, very detailed brushwor...

Ugo La Pietra, "Genius Loci'" Acrylic on canvas, 2009 Signed and dated by Artist on front and rear. Coded and archived by Ugo La Pietra Archives. Certificate of authenticity ava...

18th century, large Italian neoclassical oil on canvas four panels screen with Trompe L’œil These large screen is composed of four panels in oil on canvas painted. Neoclassical, dating to the second half of the 18th century. Each panel represents a trompe l'oeil, with a classical architecture with square section marble columns and large clogging. Inside the pink space of the first and third panels are painted, as inserted in a niche with bronze frame, ancient busts...

Superbly executed in watercolor and ink, this charming and lovely depiction of Mother Goose nursery rhyme characters -- including Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Three Little Pigs and Old King Cole -- was created by Maurice Greenberg...

Framed still life painting of oranges and dates, oil on board. Signed by R. Lasserre.

Possibly late 18th century but most likely 19th century painted arched painted panel. Either a panel intended for a trumeau or to be inset into wall boiserie as a trumeau. The upper ...

Pair of still life oils on canvas, in trompe l'oeil, framed & signed. Circa 1900. The subject is the proceeds of a hunt - pheasants, partridge, hare and duck artistically portrayed ...

A beautiful view of a street scene in Paris, France. This painting perfectly depicts life in Paris with its restaurants, busy streets, cafes, hotels, monuments, and wonderful archite...

Painting "In the forest" Dimensions with frame: 35 x 25 cm Dimensions without frame: 27 x 17 cm.

A stunning trompe l'oeil (fool the eye) mid 20th century Italian oil painting by artist Alfano Dardari. This work depicts a beautiful flower in a vase with a perfect little droplet of water resting ever so gently on a petal. The flower in the vase sits atop a shelf upon which a gorgeous butterfly has alighted. Also on the shelf is a gold watch. And do you see a thread through all of this? I do. Mind you, it's my opinion but I'll happily share it with you. Memento Mori. Instead of defining it for you, I'll offer this description from the Tate in London: "Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers. Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity...

Dimensions: Frame: height 43.5 cm / width 49.5 cm Painting: height 30 cm / width 35 cm.

RARE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WORK! MODERN ART CUT & LAYERED INCREDIBLE WOOD DRIP TECHNIQUE OIL PAINTING! After Jackson Pollock DIMENSIONS: Approximately 26" x 24" x 2" This i...