1850s Paintings

An oil painting of two rustic dogs fighting over a piece of food. It is painted on an oak panel. Signed top left. The signature is a bit faded, it's a monogram J.S. by Joseph Stevens. He often signed with a monogram. In a gilded frame frame with gesso moldings. Dimensions frame: 41 x 47 cm Dimensions painting: 17 x 23 cm. Joseph Stevens is the older brother of the very well-known artist Alfred Stevens. In the book 'The Belgian Art Book' by J. de Geest, it is written that Joseph Stevens has given a new dimension to painting animals. Joseph Stevens is an early representative of realism and social art. While Eugene Verboeckhoven has royal dogs pose on a beautifully embroidered cushion, Joseph Stevens already has an eye for the dark side of animal existence: exploitation by man, who in turn is a victim of society. His first successful painting, Brussels in the morning, shows how miserable dogs and poor people suffer the same fate. In the Sandman, Stevens shows a joint effort of man and dog, in which the viewer cannot ignore the social conditions: exhausting labor at dawn in some suburb. The gray sky and monochromy of the suburb add to the sinister atmosphere. Joseph Stevens was one of the first artists to take the urban proletariat as his subject. Stevens enjoys a very high reputation in his Parisian years. His brother Alfred writes: 'I am of this time, but you, Joseph, you are of the race, and thus you are of all times.' French critics agree. Stevens' works are a source of inspiration for the literature of the time. For example, Beaudelaire writes a poem about Stevens' dogs. Joseph Edouard STEVENS. Belgium, 1819-1892 Stevens was a painter, etcher and engraver. Brother of the gifted painter Afred Stevens. Education at the Academy in Brussels (1834-1835). Debuted at the Salon in Brussels in 1842. Continued his career in Paris in 1852. He was primarily the painter of canvases depicting domestic animals (dogs, monkeys, horses), sometimes in curious, even idiosyncratic situations, and far from romanticism. This realism, of which he was one of the pioneers, earned him the interest of critics and intellectuals. His approach was defined by this contemporary realism that eschewed idealized depictions of animals as heroic emblems of nobility. Rather, Stevens emphasized the ordinary animals of everyday life, with a particular focus on working dogs, stray dogs and all of the mutts that wandered the streets of Brussels. Museums and public collections, including' Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels, Ghent, Hamburg, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts. Stuttgart, State Gallery. King Leopold...

This is a magnificent pair of antique Italian oil on canvas paintings by Ettore Ascenzi, 19th C, Italian, titled "Music Recitals" signed and inscribed 'Roma' . These beautiful paint...

19th Century China Trade Pair of Portraits of Sea Captain and Wife, circa 1850s, matched pair of Chinese Export oil on canvas full length portraits of a Sea Captain and his wife, painted on commission in Hong Kong or a related China Trade port. The captain wears a double breasted wool greatcoat over a high collar white shirt with bow tie, black waistcoat...

A fine oil on canvas by the well-regarded English artist Harry Hall signed, titled and dated 1853 lower right. The scene depicts a thoroughbred named West Australian with his jockey ...

Large oil on canvas portraying a young woman of fine character, undoubtedly an aristocrat, French school circa 1850. According to family tradition, this is the portrait of Countess H...

A beautiful antique painting, a flower still life with roses against a dark background. On the back is an old label, which states that the painting was possibly made by a painter nam...

A painting that refers to Our Lady Eleusa, also known as the "Mother of God of Tenderness," which shows an undeniable feeling of affection and tenderness between mother and child. Th...

Presenting a magnificent 19th-century Orthodox icon depicting The Deesis. This piece is painted in tempera on a wooden panel, exemplifying traditional religious artistry from this er...

A palatial oil on canvas of a portrait of siblings signed J. Peellaert. A finely detailed oil on canvas of a boy and his sister by J Peellaert. Unframed this painting measures 63" by...

19th Century China Trade Ship Portrait of the American Clipper Ship ORIENTAL, under full sail on starboard tack leaving Hong Kong Harbor for Bost...

George Hedley (British), 1855 Still Life with Fruit signed 'G. HEDLEY / 1855' (lower right) oil on canvas 55 x 55 cm (21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in). framed 74.5 x 74.5 x 4.5 cm. (29 1/3 x 29 1...

Original Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865) created around 1855. It depicts the Kabuki actor Bandō Takesaburō I (or Seki Sanjuro) as Gokuin Sen'emon, a charac...

This is a magnificent antique Italian School, 19th Century, oil on canvas painting of a young lady reading a scroll,mid 19th century in date. ...

This is a magnificent set of four antique Italian oil on canvas paintings of the Four Seasons by Guiseppe Mazzolini (1806 - 1876), signed. These stunning paintings features four po...

American oil on canvas landscape with a flowing stream, trees and mountains, watering cows in the foreground, sun in the background, encompassed on the origi...

A beautiful watercolor of a a young lady. Fabulous quality The sitter is Lucy Grundy. Related to the artist Robert Hindmarsh Grundy* On pap...

Set of four framed and matted original Japanese woodblock prints by Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865) also known as Toyokuni III, created around 1855. Frame size 19.5" x 15", print siz...

A beautiful watercolor of Peacock Island Fabulous quality. Lovely bright colours. Not faded at all. By Edwin Landseer Grundy*. Provenance- From an alb...

A beautiful watercolor of the North Wales coast Fabulous quality. Lovely colours. Not faded at all. On paper applied to paper Unsigned Unframed Free shipping *Robert Hindmarsh Grundy...

Antique 19 th c orthodox icon tempera on gold leaf on wood in polychrome enamel embossed brass oklad. Saint George The Miracle Worker defeating the dragon. Great level of master work...

Oil on canvas, Austria second half of the 19th century. Dimension painting only: 30 x 23 cm.

Japanese two panel screen: Amorous Cranes and Turtles. In Japan, cranes symbolize fidelity as they mate for life and turtles symbolize longevity. Additionally, this screen also has the Japanese motif of sho-chiku-bai, or the three friends of winter (pine, plum, and bamboo). So called the three friends of winter because all three flourish during the cold months. This screen was originally fusuma doors...

This is a beautiful and decorative antique Italian watercolour titled "Contadino Di Sabina" and dating from the mid 19th century. The th...

Original hand colored lithograph on paper of the multi colored Japanese Pheasant, with accompanying notes by John Gould. The work was drawn on stone ...

An early portrait of a boy and his dog, circa 1850, the painting depicting a young bow with dog, wearing an emerald green jacket interior scene with his hoop and rod in hand, 36 inc...

Depicting a lake and figures in landscape. Giltwood frame. Relined.

Antique Italian painting from 19th century. Framework tempera on paper, applied on canvas, depicting a religious subject Adoration of the shepherds of good pictorial quality. Frame i...

We present picture portrait from 1853. Highly recommended item will be perfect complementation of the rooms in not only Classic style, but also Art Deco and modern.  

Lady with a fan and two men - Sold as pair - Oil on wood, signed lower right – Unframed.   

The scene a cacophony of movement and drama as contestants fight to establish a champion, with interested onlookers, an injured fighter, and a dog, a large home in the background wit...

An 19th-century oil on canvas depicting an Italian landscape characterized by a broad view of hills and mountains in the distance and a river whose winding course stretches to the fr...

Beautiful watercolor landscape of the countryside. Two people are walking on a pontoon towards their cottage with their dog. The colors are soft and the horizon seems blurred, which ...

A Large high quality eye catching double portrait of two pretty sisters, sitting in a garden with flowers in a Hat. The Older sister sat with her right arm draped over her Younger s...

Hudson river school, oil on canvas. A Naïve work (19th century), mountain landscape with waterfall, oil on canvas, unsigned. The canvas with typical wear and surface dirt, light str...

Fine quality mid 19th century period oil on canvas painting; American School depicting a schooner in full sail at sea; resembling the popular yacht, and first America's Cup winner "T...

Dated 1859 pair of watercolors "East" & "West" by Edward Booty, English. Edward Booty (England, Brighton, 1812-1879), member: Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Artists. Each...

19th Century Seascape with a Brig in High Seas, signed illegibly and dated 1857, an oil on canvas painting featuring a Brig laboring in heavy sea...

Presenting a magnificent 19th-century Orthodox icon The Pantocrator. This piece is painted in tempera on a wooden panel, exemplifying traditional religious artistry from this era. ...

A pair of large scale Neapolitan “Grand Tour”gouaches depicting the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius having wooden frames with a marbleized finish. circa 1850.

A nicely executed mid C19th British School oil on canvas, depicting a clipper vessel named ‘Jennie’, with other vessels and cliffs of Dover in the background, and realistic seas. Set...

Francesco Netti, (Santeramo in Colle (Bari) 1832-Naples 1894) Oil on the table The work is accompanied by a study by Prof. Christine Farese Sperken. Francesco Netti spends almost fifty years of his life away from his family and his country of origin. In 1843, in Naples, he studied at the San Carlo alle Martelle college of the Piarist fathers and in Naples he graduated in law. He has private painting lessons with Domenico Morelli and in 1855 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples; he then continued his painting studies in Rome (1856-1859) and made educational trips to Florence, Turin, Venice, Padua, Ferrara, Bologna and Ravenna. He makes friends with artists, including Achille Carrillo, Giuseppe Bonolis, Tommaso De Vivo, Michele De Napoli, Adriano Cecioni, Marco De Gregorio...

A nicely detailed trompe l’oeil watercolor on paper of a collage of autographs and scenes from the graduating class of the US Military Academy at West Point, 1855, attributed to Fran...

Presenting a magnificent 19th-century Orthodox icon depicting Saint John Christening Jesus. This piece is painted in tempera on a wooden panel, exemplifying traditional religious art...

“River View” signed by George Higgins. Exhibited in Boston from 1859-1862

A 19th century continental mythological oil painting on canvas of Aphrodite and Adonis, after the 16th century painting by Titian (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) ...

An Incredible and Quite Rare 19th Century KPM Porcelain Plaque after Gerrit Dou (Student of Rembrandt, Titled "The Schoolmaster" c. 1671. The porcelain plaque is incredible with the...

Niels Simonsen (1807-1885). Danish Golden Age painter and orientalist. Oil on canvas. Oriental beauty. Dated 1859. The canvas measures: 48 x 41 cm. ...

American oil on canvas portrait of seated young lady in the original gilt wood floral flame, New York, Mid-19th century.

English oil on canvases of a village scene with ruins and river. The painting has been re-scratched and a recent gilt wood frame. England, circa 1850, 11 inches wide, 8.5 inches tall framed...

A girl wearing a traditional German costume is carrying a rooster in a basket. The German painter Heinrich Ewers was born in Wismar 1817 and died in Duesseldorf...

An ink painting on the fan surface by Japanese Zen artist Hidaka Tetsuo (1791-1871), now framed in a traditional Japanese carved wood frame with silk fabric mat and decorative hangin...

Fine Danish portrait painting of a girl and boy, unclear signature in monogram and dated "1851". Amazing and charming painting. Measures: H. 60, W. 50 cm. H. 23.6, W. 19.6 in. ...

Heraldic shield. Oil on canvas. TORRES, A. Spanish school, 1856. Signed and dated. This work shows a heraldic shield on a blue background with different tones, in an oval and fra...

Very large Sèvres porcelain plaque by Pastier after Jean-Baptiste Greuze French, 1853 Frame: height 71cm, width 89cm, depth 9cm Plaque: hei...

A large well-detailed musical picture clock. The oil painting on canvas depicts a village scene in Europe with manor home, mountains at sunset in...

Pair of male portraits "gothic revival" Male portrait "Man with hat" oil on canvas 154 x 85 cm in pendant with male portrait "Man with sword and armo...

19th century French school, after Jacques-François Courtin (1672-1752), La joueuse de cithare, oil on canvas depicting a musical scene composed with elegance and balance. At the cen...

19th century oil on canvas portrait of Mary Harris Stretton, with bonnet and shawl A Delightful portrayal of a young lady at 35 years of age, she is leaning o...