Two Landscapes Attributed to Elias Martin

Two Romantic paintings depicting a country landscape with mill, and a pastoral scene with shepherds and peasants dancing or discussing. The pastoral, or bucolic, scenes depict life in an idealized manner, with schepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. Pastoral scenes were very popular in the 18th century litterature, music and art, in line with Rousseau's ideas in favour of the original harmony between man and nature. Giltwood frames with original labels marked: E. Grosvallet / Cadres anciens...

Two oil on panel paintings of "Landscapes with cows", attributed to Jean-Michel Diebolt (1779-1824). Both paintings present mountainous landscapes with cows. The first painting repre...

This pair of 19th century chromolithographs by Daumont presents two views of the grand foyer and loggia of the Paris Opera. On one, there is a view of a detail of a bay decorated with an "Italia" medallion painted by Paul Baudry...

Late 19th century Art Nouveau cylindrical vase. The brown and red speckles create a dynamic pattern that is complemented by the gold umbelliferous plants. Attributed to Ernest Léveillé (1841-1913). Circa :1900 Dimension: W: 5.3 in, D: 5.3in, H: 11.8in. Dimension: L: 13.5cm, P: 13.5cm, H: 30cm. Ernest-Baptiste Léveillé (1841-1913), also known as Ernest Léveillé, was a porcelain and crystal manufacturer, active in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. He is best known for his porcelain, but he also made Japanese vases, bamboo vases, ovoid and cylindrical vases decorated with plants... Founder of the Léveillé house in 1869 at 74 boulevard Haussmann in Paris, Léveillé acquired in 1885 the house E. Rousseau, a porcelain and crystal manufacturer, and operated the business from 1886 to 1890 under the name Maison Rousseau et Léveillé réunies. Léveillé created the models and had them executed and engraved. His cracked and engraved vases earned him a gold medal. When Eugène...

Pair of vases in white opaline and shaped like inverted balusters. The mouths of the vases have large waves, and the sides are decorated with branches of roses that are tied at the b...

Remarkable Louis XVI style rolltop writing desk with marquetry latticework pattern. The front of the desk features six drawers. The rolling cover is embellished with a beautiful marquetry medallion surrounded by ormolu garlands. It opens to reveal six small drawers and an extendible writing surface covered with brown leather and framed with gold-colored motifs. The central drawer under the cover has a secret opening underneath, that can be opened by pressing a button. The top of the desk is bordered with an openwork frame. The sculpted, gilt bronze ornamentation features a bas-relief frieze of cupids playing and an allegory of Sculpture. The desk is set on four tapered legs. Attributed to Beurdeley, one of the most important dynasties of furniture makers in the 19th century (1818-1895), particularly famous for the quality of their gilded bronze frames and the choice of precious materials for the ornamentation of their furniture and objets d'art. This piece was created in the 19th century after a rolltop desk delivered on December 21, 1784 by Jean Henri Reisener...

Modernist landscape painting of a woman reading in the sunshine, attributed to Hungarian modernist painter Hugo Scheiber (1873 - 1950). Th...

Attributed to Bartolomeo Pedon (Italian 1665-1732) "Ruins", circa 1700 Oil on canvas 69.5" x 52" inches framed 61" x 43.5" inches unframed Pedon was born in October 1665. In 1716, he became part of the Fraglia, a guild of Venetian painters. He lived the lifestyle of a Bohemian and had a strong taste for poetry. Pedon spent most of his career as a painter in Padua, in the Monastery of San Benedetto, and died in February 1733. The present painting, attributed to Pedon, relies on the late Seicento landscape culture of Northern Italy. The artist was clearly influenced by painters like Johann...

Rural landscape painting attributed to J.B. Pillement - XVIII century. Rural landscape painting with ancient classical ruins attributed to Jean-Baptiste Pillement – XVIII century This oil-on-canvas painting attributed to French artist Jean-Baptiste Pillement (Lyon 1728-1808) depicts a rural landscape with ancient classical ruins and several characters. Originally part of a foreign private collection, the painting was acquired by the Parisian gallery and auction house Giroux in 1956; a copy of the catalogue page with the picture and the description of the painting can be seen among the lot photographs. The artwork represents a family of farmers resting together with their animals next to the riverbank of a stream at the bottom of massive architectural ruins, among which an elegant naked sculpture...

Oil on canvas with faint signature lower left. Measuring 20.5" x 24" including frame. Provenance: Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. R.V. Krikorian also, Christie's label verso, May 29, 2001 sale, lot 107 Alexander Nasmyth...

A romantic 18th century oil painting on canvas depicting two young couples in an idyllic landscape, the figures sitting by a stream beside a garden folly, their pets with them. The two men serenade the women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting...

Hungarian Artist (1894-1960) "Reclining Nude", circa 1920s Measures: 19.5" H x 23.5" W, overall size is 28" x 32.5" Oil on canvas, inscribed lower right "Somody baratomnak szere...