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Period: 19th Century
Material: Metal
Late 19th Century Round Oil Painting Fruit Still Life with Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique painting, a fruit still life against a dark blue background. The painting is painted on canvas, the canvas is pasted on wo...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Abraham Hulk Jr, Listed British Artist, Oil on Board, Landscape
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Abraham Hulk Jr. (1851-1922), listed British artist. Oil on board. Landscape painting.
Lakeside view with hills. Late 19th century.
The board measures: 29 x...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
19th-century Carved, Painted and Gilt tortoise shell, 'the Cosmic Turtle'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A highly unusual carved painted, gilt and gem-set tortoise carapace resembling the mythical Cosmic or World-bearing Turtle
Probably Germany, late 19...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold Leaf
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, Signed, circa 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, by Lee Heng, circa 1870, an oil on board seascape with large Chinese Junk under full sail in the fo...
Category
1870s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
19th Century Indian Erotic Kama Sutra Tantric Gouache in Inlaid Fretwork Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Indian erotic gouache depicting a couple copulating while standing on a carpet with a bolster behind. The actions of the couple juxtaposed with the calm demeanor on thei...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Brass
Portrait Of A Maid In An Ivory Frame
Located in Tampa, FL
Portrait of girl with a shawl on her head in an ivory frame. The back is an early piece of French fabric. France, circa 1890s.
Category
1890s French Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Pomegranate Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
With various flowers, manderin ducks and garden stone accented with gold leaf on ground surface. Nagasaki School Painting.
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape. Oil on canvas. XIX century.
Natural landscape or a garden, with a lake in the foreground, which presents a series of trees towards the center of it. Both the theme and ...
Category
19th Century European Other Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Early 19th Century Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossom & Pheasants by Mori Tetsuzan
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mori Tetsuzan (1775-1841)
Pheasants and Cherry Blossoms
Two-fold Japanese screen. Ink, color, gofun, gold and silver on paper.
A two-fold Japanese bir...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique French Sevres Ormolu Gilt Bronze Framed Plaque Hand Painted Picture 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An imposing French sevres porcelain ormolu mounted hand painted framed plaque, depicting a romantic scene with a standing lady and a seated couple fishing, dressed in Eighteenth Century costumes beside a lake with a landscape background. late Nineteenth Century.
Mounted within its original ormolu frame.
This piece has been later professionally re-framed on an elegant gilt wood frame, the original woven fabric has also been replaced. This piece is not glazed.
Condition: Good condition with no restoration to porcelain, no signature visible.
Measures: height: (entire as shown on main image, an impressive) 17" (43.25cm). width: (entire as shown on main image) 13.75” (35cm). depth: (of frame) 1.25” (3cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Ormolu
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Young Bamboo on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Symbolizing the Sun, gold is often used in shrines and temples in Japan. Gold has been extensively recognized to represent wealth, while bamboo is said to bring good luck due to its ability to regenerate in the forest. A beautiful composition of the two together...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold
Antique Large Four Folds Room Divider
Located in London, GB
An imposing Italian still life oil painting four folds room divider.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Cows Munching On Grass In Provence Fields
By Léon Hatot
Located in Cirencester, GB
Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
French Impressionist
oil painting on thick paper, unframed.
painting: 10.5 x 13.75 inches.
very good and ready to be enjoyed.
all the paintings we have...
Category
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Painting, Oil on Canvas, Louis Philippe Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Painting, Oil on Canvas, Louis Philippe period"
Large and Beautiful 19th century Portrait, Louis Philippe period, very well framed.
Measures: h: 121cm, w: 101cm, d: 9cm.
Category
19th Century European Louis Philippe Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Pine, Cherry, and Maple
Located in Hudson, NY
Cherry blossoms and maples among ragged pines. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold mist clouds. Completely remounted utilizing an antique silk brocade...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Meiji Era Japanese Two Panel Hand Painted Wood Table Screen Tale of Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A Meiji era Japanese two-panel wood screen, with illustrated images from The Tale of Genji that are exquisitely painted directly on wood with fine detail and precision, accented with scattered 24k gold leaf specks in cloud forms, rendered in the manner of Heian period...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique French Portrait Miniature Painting Napoleon II 18k Gold Silver Diamonds
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French portrait miniature painting of Napoleon II, set in an 18 karat gold and silver frame inset with diamonds, 1879.
The frame having a hinged back that is made of 18k gold (guaranteed and tested) the bezel or frame is silver and is inset with diamonds around the border. The frame is marked (A B and a stork) to the hanging loop for the French goldsmith...
Category
1870s French Romantic Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Cherry Blossoms in Willow Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Dramatic and beautifully executed cherry blossoms trickle down the two panels with natural willows calmly coexisting with luminous gold dust fading to the ground. Mineral pigments an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Horses in Stable
Located in Hudson, NY
A pair of captivating black and white horses, believed to define hard work and power in Japanese mythology, are beautifully rendered in this painting of mineral pigments on mulberry ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Antique Miniature Watercolor Painting Portrait of a Woman Neoclassical Frame
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique miniature watercolor portrait of a woman in a neoclassical style, set without glass in a brass frame.
Measures: 1.875” x 0.125” x 1.87...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Enamel on Copper Portrait of Classical Woman in Giltwood Frame
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Italian painting offers enamel on copper portrait of a Classical woman seated in reticulated foliate giltwood frame, artist signed with initials as photographed, 19th cent...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Copper
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Pink Sunset Over Provence Village
By Léon Hatot
Located in Cirencester, GB
Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
French Impressionist
oil painting on thick paper, unframed.
painting: 10.5 x 18 inches.
very good and ready to be enjoyed.
all the paintings we have f...
Category
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Italian 19th Century Gouache Set in Its Original Ormolu Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian 19th century gouache set in its original ormolu frame. The lovely oblong painting depicts the beautiful bay of Naples on a gorgeous day with mount Vesuvius in the...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Ormolu
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Snow Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano school painting of a pheasant in a snowy pine. Artist signature reads: Hokkyo Shunyo. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait Miniature of a Young Girl, Signed Corno 1817
Located in Downingtown, PA
Portrait Miniature of a young girl,
Signed Corno 1817
The large oval miniature within a gold frame and raised hanging loop depicts a young girl fac...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Giltwood Framed Limoges Enamel after François Boucher 'The Bird Catchers'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Giltwood Framed Limoges Enamel after François Boucher 'The Bird Catchers'
France, Circa 1880s
Framed in an elaborate hand carved pierced and giltwood t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Copper
Vintage French Impressionist Oil View of a Red Autumnal Provence Town
By Léon Hatot
Located in Cirencester, GB
Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
French Impressionist
oil painting on thick paper, unframed.
painting: 10.5 x 16 inches.
very good and ready to be enjoyed.
all the paintings we ha...
Category
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Purple Provence Hills
By Léon Hatot
Located in Cirencester, GB
Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
French Impressionist
oil painting on thick paper, unframed.
painting: 13 x 19.75 inches.
very good and ready to be enjoyed.
all the paintings we have f...
Category
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Folk Art Maine Rocky Coast Seascape, by D. A. Fisher, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Folk Art Maine rocky coast seascape, by D. A. Fisher (1867 - 1940), circa 1900, an oil on board seascape with gentle combers breaking on rocks on the foreground, with two sloops sailing in the background, signed lower right. The reverse retaining the label for Frost & Adams Academy Boards, Artists' Tube Colors, etc. , dealers in fine art materials in Boston from 1869 to 1921. There is also a label from The Thomas Co, Picture Framing, Washington D.C.
D.A. Fisher lived in Portland Maine and was a prolific painter of primarily marine landscapes, with subjects focused primarily in southern Maine, but also Massachusetts and New Hampshire. While his work is quite similar and sympathetic with "The Brushians," a group of about 16 artist from Portland that painted on outings around Casco Bay...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
19th C. Mexican Retablo Saint Francis c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo of Saint Francis. Oil paint on tin.
St. Francis of Assisi, Italian San Francesco d’Assisi was born 1181-1182 in Assisi, duchy of Spoleto, Italy and died October 3, 1226. He was canonized July 16, 1228. He founded the Franciscan orders of the Friars Minor and the lay Third Order. He was also a leader of the movement of evangelical poverty in the early 13th century. His evangelical zeal, consecration to poverty, charity, and personal charisma drew thousands of followers. Francis’s devotion to the human Jesus and his desire to follow Jesus’ example reflected and reinforced important developments in medieval spirituality.
Cretor Unknown.
Date of manufacture c.1880.
Materials and techniques Oil Paint on Tin.
Condition Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
Dimensions H 14 in. W 10 in.
History
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Tin
19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
Three Friends of Winter
Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871)
Late Edo period, circa 1850
Ink and gold leaf on paper.
This is a double-sided Japanese Furosaki or tea-ceremony screen from the mid 19th century; bamboo and plum on the front, young pines the back. It by Nakajima Raisho, a master painter of the Maruyama school in the late Edo and early Meiji periods. In this work Raisho combines exquisite ink brushwork with large open spaces of brilliant gold-leaf to inspire the viewers imagination. Rather than naturalism, he is searching for the phycological impression of the motifs, resulting in abstraction and stylization. His simplification of the motifs the result of looking to capture the inner nature of the objects. This art motif is known as Sho Chiku Bai, or the Three Friends of Winter. Evergreen pine connotes steadfastness, bamboo suggests both strength and flexibility, while plum blossoms unfurling on snow-laden branches imply hardiness. Combined, this trio is emblematic of Japanese new year. Chinese literati were the first to group the three plants together due to their noble characteristics. Like these resilient plants flowering so beautifully in winter, it was expected of the scholar-gentleman to cultivate a strong character with which he would be able to show the same degree of perseverance and steadfastness even during times of adverse conditions.
The screen would have been placed near the hearth of a room used for the Japanese tea ceremony, shielding the fire from draughts and also forming a stimulating and decorative backdrop behind the tea utensils. It would have been used in the Hatsugama, or first tea-ceremony of the new year.
Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871) originally studied under Watanabe Nangaku before entering the school of Maruyama Ozui. He was the highest ranking Maruyama school painter at the end of the Edo period and was known as one of the ‘Four Heian Families’ along with Kishi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Horse and Farmers in Soil Landscape
By Léon Hatot
Located in Cirencester, GB
Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
French Impressionist
Oil painting on thick paper, unframed.
Painting: 8.75 x 13.75 inches.
Very good and ready to be enjoyed.
All the paintings we...
Category
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Mid Century French Post-Impressionist Painting, Black & White Figure Scene
Located in Cirencester, GB
Landscape
Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Inscribed Verso on back
oil/gouache painting on thin artist paper, beautifully painted.
very good condition
size: 21 x inches ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Mid-Century French Post-Impressionist Painting, Bridge Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Landscape
Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Inscribed Verso on back
Oil/gouache painting on artist paper, beautifully painted.
Very good condition.
Size: 16 x inches x 25...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Horse & Cart With Farmers Cropping The Harvest
By Léon Hatot
Located in Cirencester, GB
Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
French Impressionist
oil painting on thick paper, unframed.
painting: 13 x 19.75 inches.
very good and ready to be enjoyed.
all the paintings we h...
Category
Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Antique Miniature Hand Painted Portrait Jeweled Nobel Woman Painting Gilt Frame
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Elegant artist signed hand painted portrait of an aristocrat lady. The beautiful woman is wearing 4 strands of pearls and has additional pearls in her hair. She is wearing a floral h...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Bronze
19th C. Mexican Retablo, C.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo. Oil paint on tin. Subject unknown.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil Paint on Tin.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 14 in. W 10 in.
HISTORY
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Tin
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Family of Chickens on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold. Not signed, by Baikei Hitsu.
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Pheasants Beneath Flowering Cherry
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf. Signature and seal read: Baikei Hitsu.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Late 19th C. Eastern European Icon of St. Gregory
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th C. Eastern European Icon of St. Gregory. Painted on a panel composed of two boards joined together with two battens, top and bottom. The wood appears to be either pine or f...
Category
1890s Balkan Balkan Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold
Portrait on Ivory of a Lady in a Hat in a Brass and Tortoiseshell Frame
Located in Tampa, FL
Portrait on ivory of a lady in a hat in a brass and tortoise shell frame. French paper on back. Circa 1880s, France.
Category
1880s French Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Brass
French Enameled Guilloche Portrait of a Lady in Red
Located in Tampa, FL
French enameled curiosity of a girl. Has a velvet liner around girl. It is on bronze or brass Guilloche. Back is lined in velvet it is in perfect condition. Early turn of the century...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Japanese Six-Panel Screen Byobu With Chrysanthemums And Autumn Grass and Flower
Located in Torino, IT
The 19th Century Six-Panel Japanese folding screen "Byōbu" usually used in the most important Japanese house to stop wind and also to separate different space of the same big room de...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Limoges Enamel Portrait of Woman and Lap Dog
Located in London, GB
The beautiful enamel plaque was crafted in Limoges, a town in northern France. Limoges has long been associated with the production of high quality enamel wares. While to begin with, in the 12th Century, the town was famous for its applied enamel pieces, religious icons, for example, which were crafted in metal with champlevé enamel ornament, Limoges later, in the 15th century, began to paint onto enamel, creating plaques, plates and ewers, which were both religious and secular in character. These local techniques were revived in the mid-19th century, when items like this enamel portrait painting were produced.
This enamel portrait is a half-length depiction of a young woman. While her body is faced slightly to the side, she turns her head to look out directly at the viewer. The woman wears a fine, light pink gown...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Six Panel Kano School Winter Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Meiji period six-panel screen depicting a winter landscape with a Chinese sage visiting friends in a country villa. Ink and vivid color pigments on mulberry paper mounted to a gilt background. Painted in the 19th century Kano school...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Metal
Russian Princess with Tiara and Elaborate Jewelry Portrait Miniature
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Russian princess with tiara and elaborate jewelry portrait miniature
This young woman is wearing elaborate jewelry and a golden tiara....
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Cavalier Soldier Picture in Bronze and Pearl Frame
Located in Tampa, FL
Painting of a cavalier soldier or an aristocrat on ivory signed cannot make out the signature it is a bronze jewelry frame with tiny pearls all the way aro...
Category
Early 1800s French Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Simple Chrysanthemums on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf. Not signed, by: Baikei Hitsu.
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine Painting of the Musical Performance by Antonio Ermolao Paoletti
Located in New York, NY
Fine Painting of The Musical Performance by Antonio Ermolao Paoletti
Title: The Musical Performance (Venetian Genre Scene)
Artist: Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (1874 - 1922)
Origin...
Category
19th Century Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Other
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Yoshitsune and Benkei
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century Japanese late Edo period six-panel byobu screen depicting Yoshitsune and Benkei, two heroes of Japanese folklore. Crafted in ink and natural color pigments on mulberry paper with thick gold leaf borders on each panel. The character Yoshitsune is seated under a blossoming cherry tree in full armor holding a fan. The warrior priest or monk Benkei is depicted kneeling on a leopard skin...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
English Regency Leather Portrait Box with Painting on Ivory
Located in Tampa, FL
An English regency domed leather portrait box with a doré bronze border and a velvet interior. The box opens to a 19th century painting on ivory. Si...
Category
1890s English Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th c. Mexican Retablo "Veronica's Veil" c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo "Veronica's Veil" or "El Divono Rostro" in Spain . Oil paint on tin.
The Veil of Veronica, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy Face, is a Roman Catholic Relic which, according to legend, bears the likeness of the Face of Jesus that was imprinted on it prior to Jesus' crucifixion. According to Roman Catholicism, Saint Veronica encountered Jesus in Jeruselum on the way to Calvary. When she paused to wipe the sweat (Latin, suda) off his face with her veil, his image was left on the veil.
In the small village of Osa de la Vega in Spain, there lived a couple who led a very pious life. They were Gregorio de la Torre and Isabel Corral. From their father, Juan Montilla, they inherited a picture of the Face of Jesus or the Divino Rostro. A story that is told one day, to the amazement of many who confirmed its veracity, the picture began to perspire with living blood. News of this extraordinary event spread swiftly and widely throughout the land.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil Paint on Tin.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 14 in. W 10 in.
HISTORY
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Tin
Antique Brass & Pietra Dura Portrait Miniature Painting George Washington 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A fine, antique brass easel with Pietra Dura panels and three handpainted portrait miniature paintings, circa 1880.
The brass easel of triangular ...
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Brass
Japanese Two Panel Screen Winter Flowering Plum on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigment on gold leaf.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Framed Oil on Copper Religious Painting "The Ascension of Mary", 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century framed oil on copper painting "The Ascension of Mary" continental school. Unsigned.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Copper
Pair of Japanese Edo Period Six-Panel Screen, "100 Boys at Play"
Located in Austin, TX
An absolutely charming pair of Japanese Tosa School six-panel folding screens painted with the "One Hundred Boys at Play" motif, featuring a multitude...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian 19th Century Oil on Alabaster Painting Pompeian Interior Scene in Ormolu
By Luigi Bazzani
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian 19th century oil on alabastrer painting depicts an opulent interior in full ancient neoclassical Pompeian style with people festing.
The figurative inner scene is painted on a rectangular alabaster slab and housed in a wonderful giltbronze frame resting on casted arrow feet.
This is a single section of a bigger surtout de table. You can now use it as a decorative centrepiece on a table or on a console or turn it into a wall decoration. We can provide framing options in this case.
The characters enjoy a rich banquet in an elaborate interior, the room renderings...
Category
19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze, Ormolu
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Painted Fans on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf with brocade border. Calligraphy and sketching on back paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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