R. Fontana Signed 19th Century Italian Portrait Painting

Important painting "Still life" oil on canvas of the second half of the 800 by the great artist Aémile-Auguste Vivier-Deslandes called "Baron Deslandes". Of rare intensity and beauty...

Camille Corot Follower 19th Century Italian Landscape Beautiful oil on panel work by a very close artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. It depicts, in his typical style, a suggestive ...

Beautiful oil on canvas painting depicting a young noblewoman sitting outdoors with a bouquet of flowers in her hand and a cage on the ground, by the great English artist George Lance This painting, never before on the market, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. George Lance (24 March 1802 – 18 June 1864) was an English painter of still life and portrait miniatures. Lance was born at the old manor-house in Little Easton in Essex. His father was William Lance who had previously served in a regiment of light horse and was at the time of Lance's birth an adjutant in the Essex yeomanry; he later became the inspector of the Bow Street horse-patrol. His mother, Louisa Lucy (née) Constable, with whom his father had eloped from boarding-school, was the daughter of Colonel Constable of Beverley in Yorkshire. Although Lance showed a predilection for art at a very early age, he was placed, while not yet fourteen, in a factory in Leeds. However, the work injured his health and he returned to London. Wandering one day into the British Museum, he casually started a conversation with Charles Landseer, who happened to be drawing there. On learning that Landseer was a pupil of Benjamin Haydon, he went early next morning to that painter's residence, and asked to become a pupil. Haydon replied that if his drawings promised future success he would instruct him for nothing. Not many days later Lance, still not yet fourteen, entered Haydon's studio, and remained there for seven years, at the same time studying in the schools of the Royal Academy. While designing a picture inspired by Homer's Iliad, he decided, before putting on the colours, to paint some fruit and vegetables as practice. This work attracted the notice of Sir George Beaumont, who purchased it, and this success led him to paint another fruit-piece, which he sold to the Earl of Shaftesbury. He then painted two fruit-pieces for the Duke of Bedford...

Beautiful, intense and evocative pastel-painted portrait of a young woman by Italian artist Dante Ricci The protagonist of our work, with her turtleneck jumper and her sweet but de...

Large Italian painting signed and dated 1898. Oil on canvas, first canvas, artwork depicting a portrait, Milanese noblewoman, of good pictorial quality. Painting of great size and im...

An romanticism oil painting of a great lake scene with shepherds and a flock of sheep with a peaceful lake in the background. A majestic fortress stands proudly in the background. T...

Woman portrait painting Oil on canvas Dated 1843 Dimensions with frame : 64 x 55 x 6 cm Tears and holes on the canvas (see photos)

A charming 19th century Swedish portrait of a smart looking lady. Oil on canvas in the original pinewood frame.