20th Century Japanese Kimono Designs

Variations by Edouard Benedictus. A collection of nine original Art Deco pochoir printed designs of colourful abstract floral motifs for textiles,...

Collection of nine 18th Century Eisenberg horses from Baron Von Eisenberg L”Art de Monter a Chevalier, 1747. This work on horsemanship was based on th...

The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. 19th Century original nature printed British and Irish Ferns by Henry Bradbury, text by Thomas Moore (1821-87), ...

Set of four 18th Century engravings by J Audran. These fabulously detailed copper plate engravings show Alexander The Great in various Battle scenes, one riding an elephant, spear in...

Very Decorative set of 2 reproductions of Japanese Print . Gilt Frame. Japan 20th Century.

Early 20th century Japanese black and white paper print of drawings of 18th century Japanese screen. This black and white paper print ...

The brilliant colors of this French nature morte are quite impressive, allowing the imagery to be seen crystal clear. Oil enhancements have been applied to this 20th-century transferred image to evoke similarities to the painting that it is after, which is currently housed in Le Louvre Museum in Paris. Our version is incredibly well-done and true to the Alexandre François Desportes original, which is entitled Game, Fruit, Flowers, and a Dog (1712). A variety of felled game (a rabbit and six birds) and a hunting rifle are displayed next to a stone fountain with a mythical creature mascaron water feature. The gadrooned basin is not filled with water, but rather a woven basket of blueberries next to a cluster of fruits including peaches and cherries (there is also a blue and white ceramic bowl full of peaches on a stone to the right of the fountain). Vibrant flowers in a wicker basket sit atop the thickly molded entablature of the cream-colored fountain. A pink rose bush grows on one side of the fountain, opposite from large, verdant bushes that obscure most of the blue sky. Laying beneath the fountain basin is a white hunting dog with black markings on its ears and face. Desportes was born in 1661 in Champigneulle, in northern France, later studying in Paris with the Flemish painter, Bernaerts. Initially, Desportes was a well-respected portrait painter, living in Poland during his mid-thirties to paint aristocrats such as King John III Sobieski. Upon the king’s death, Desportes returned to Paris and switched his focus to painting animals and floral arrangements. Both Louis XIV and Louis XIV commissioned Desportes to paint portraits of their favorite hunting dogs. Desportes would often join the kings on royal hunts, where he would travel with a notebook for still life sketches...

We present you one of the six graphics with depictions of garden plants from the same series. This graphic is framed in a wooden frame with glass. Each item from the series is av...