Paper Paintings

This portrait miniature, which depicts Marie Antoinette, is after a famous original by Le Brun. The current miniature is finely and skillfully painted, rendering an accurate represen...

Splendid pastel portrait on paper, mounted on a canvas board and framed in an antique pine wood frame carved and gilded with gold leaf. The glass covering the painting is also an aut...

Set of six engravings design clocks and barometers by J.F. Forty from the 18th century, the six engravings are framed hand painted imitating marble.

Watercolor On Verger Paper, Animated Ruins With Equestrian Statue, 18th Century

Very beautiful sketch of painting, realization of a fan project, revealing a so-called "painting" composition. It is so called because it is the one that most closely resembles the c...

A set of six of exceptional quality 18th century hand-colored engravings Buchoz, Pierre Joseph. Collection précieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, q...

French Victorian (19th century) colored lithograph of 18th century banquet scene.     

A set of six of exceptional quality 18th century hand-colored engravings Buchoz, Pierre Joseph. Collection précieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, q...

Pair of Framed Pastel Portraits of French Aristocrats, signed and dated by Charles Nicolas Noel, 1765 The Gentleman with Aristocratic clothes and holding a document of importance....

These antique colorful watercolors were crafted in France circa 1780, set in the original giltwood frames with glass protection, each art work depicts a courting scene with a young g...

These are small, gem-like, individual bird scenes. They are beautifully drawn, detailed prints of hand-colored copperplate engravings from one of the most important ornithological works of the 18th century. These hand-colored engravings were printed in Germany on original 18th-century rag paper taken from the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux by Georges Louis Leclerc, le Comte de Buffon (1708-1788), with engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet (1731-1804), published in Paris 1770-1786. Dimensions: 6 inches x 3.5 inches (8 inches x 10 inches including the matte) Condition: Excellent. Price: $185 for a pair BACKGROUND: of Georges Louis Leclerc, le Comte de Buffon and Francois Nicholas Martinet: The Comte de Buffon was a mathematician and scientist often thought of as the founding father of ornithology. His lifetime goal was to create images of most of the world's birds in their natural environment. His work prefigured the works of John James Audubon. Under Louis XV, he was the head of the Royal...