Rococo Pendant Portraits of a Nobleman and His Wife

Beautiful Painting depicting portrait of Nobleman/Gentleman with wig. Painting of remarkable pictorial quality and scenic impact. The depiction of the man is rich in detail and pe...

Portrait of French nobleman, 18th-century painter, oil on oval copper, measures 21.5x16.5 cm, with frame 31x25 cm. The frame has minor gilding deficiencies.

Portrait Of A Nobleman 18th century PORTRAIT OF AN 18TH CENTURY NOBLE ELEGANT AND LARGE PAINTING WITH THE PORTRAIT OF AN 18TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ...

Large KPM Porcelain Plaque depicting Rembrandt and his wife in the scene of the Prodigal Son in the tavern stamped KPM on the reverse15 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches.

These charming English School portraits show the subjects half-length by a desk, the surgeon with a skull at his elbow and his wife with an open writing box. Oil on canvas within a gilded frame and accompanied by five related letters. English, circa 1810. Footnote: Robert Prideaux died aged 36 in 1818 but in his short life he managed to rise rapidly through the ranks as a naval surgeon. The Naval Chronicle Vol. 19 (1808) records his appointment as a surgeon, aged only 26, on the cutter Sprightly and that he moved to the Lily by the end of the same year. In 1809, a member of the crew of the vessel Polyphemus was involved in a drunken incident that culminated in him being sick on the quarter-deck of the Lily whilst both vessels were docked at Port Royal in Jamaica. This led to a Court Martial appearance for one Joseph Fountain, the Master at Arms...

An oil-on-canvas full-scale portrait of a standing man in costume typical of the Baroque era of c. 1720, France. Purchased from a dealer in Geneva, Switzerland. The canvas is in good...