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Neoclassical Wall Decorations

NEOCLASSICAL STYLE

Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.

Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.

The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.

Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.

Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.

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Style: Neoclassical
Set of Three Heraldic Plates, Bronze, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of three heraldic plates. Bronze. Century XVIII. Bronze plaques decorated with a castle with a pelican pecking its chest at the door, a heraldic element enhanced with plant for...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Bronze

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Majolica Pair of Wall Brackets for Sconces
Located in Milan, IT
Early 19th century Neoclassical carved and gilded wall brackets realized with a white ivory color majolica demi vase of the Italian manufacture Gi...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Maiolica, Giltwood, Canvas

Handsome 19th C American Portrait of a Gentleman with a Scar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th C American portrait of a gentleman with a scar, A fine well proportioned portrait of a seated man with white shirt and black jac...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

"Autumn Backroads" by Robert Emmett Owen
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Measures 39.5" x 45" including the frame. 1878-1957 Robert Emmett Owen was a successful artist best known for his Impressionist views of rural la...
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1930s North American Vintage Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paint

Set of 4 Antique Piranesi Classical Inn Engraving Prints 1810
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of four Italian Piranesi framed and matted engravings of neoclassical urns. The engravings are deep plate engravings with crisp images, later framed in walnut frames under glas...
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1810s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Oil on Canvas Painting of a Young Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine Italian 19th century neo-classical st. oil on canvas painting of a young man. The young man has his red cloak draped over his left arm while holding a scroll in his left hand....
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Set of Four 18th Century Frames with Saint Engravings by German Klauber
Located in Milan, IT
A set of four frames with Klauber 18th century engravings within stunning rectangular frames in gold-leaf gilded wood with lapis lazuli blue color paper inserts in the external profile, with gold decorations. Under the original glass we find the effigies of Saints Ambrose...
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Late 18th Century German Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Pair of Gilt Bronze Repousse Plaques in Velvet Frames
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A pair of oval bronze repose gilt plaques European, possible Italian with later deep red velvet frames. 17.5 inches tall, 13.5 inches wide.  
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1850s European Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Bronze

19th Century Neoclassical Spanish Large Genre Painting Attr.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th Century Neoclassical Spanish Large Genre Painting attr. Stunning oil painting on a large-scale canvas features a Gypsy musician serenading a group of nobility, including elaborately dressed ladies. The scene takes place in a romanticized garden setting on an early evening. The background is adorned with colonnades, statues and additional people. This Spanish painting has distinctive characteristics of French and Italian influence of the Baroque and Neoclassical periods. The brilliant artist has mastered the perfect use of chiaroscuro, the interplay of light and dark. The subject and masterful technique indicates it was created by the hand of Jose Jimenez Aranda...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Still Life Painting of Gourds in 19th Century Giltwood Frame
Located in New York, NY
Italian still life oil painting of gourds, grapes and various fruit, resting on a table with a white table cloth in a carved gilt wood ...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Giltwood

Italian 18th Century Neo-Classical Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely charming Italian 18th century Neo-Classical oil on canvas painting. The circular painting retains its original giltwood frame with a beautiful mottled designs and finely...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

American Classical Portrait of a Lady
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
American classical portrait of a lady. American School, unsigned. Measures: Oil on canvas 25"x 30" Period gilt frame 29" x 34" x 2" Professional...
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1820s American Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Original Kellogg & Comstock Hand-Colored Lithograph 'Shepherdess of the Alps'
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Kellogg & Comstock SHEPHERDESS OF THE ALPS original Kellogg & Comstock hand-colored lithograph, Published by D. Needham (American, 1808 - 1888). Circa. 1848-1850. image: 12 in x 8 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 21.59 cm. overall: 15 in x 11 in; 38 cm x 28 cm. Strong and clear impression, overall very good condition, paper has a light oxidation and restored small tear middle left side Framed, no glazing This hand colored print is of a young girl and two goats standing near a stream in a forested area. The girl is wearing a knee-length dress with short puffed sleeves and long stockings. She is feeding a goat with flowers and grass from her apron. The original "Shepherdess of the Alps" appears to have been a play by Marmontel, which enjoyed great popularity in France, England, and America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The play inspired numberous paintings and prints. See Paul Grigaut,"Marmontel's Shepherdess of the Alps in Eighteenth Century Art," Art Quarterly (1949). The subject appears quite frequently in schoolgirl art...
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1840s American Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper

Four Fine Antique French Colored Engravings from John Flamsteed "Atlas Celeste”
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Including: Le Serpent, Le Bouvier, Pegase and Hercule along with other identified constellations on each page. Le Serpent with a fold down the center. The French edition of 27 plates...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper

French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Plaster Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional French 19th century Neo-Classical st. plaster plaque. This extremely elegant and most decorative Parisian wall decor depicts a grouping of Mythological figures and God...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Plaster

19th C, Academy Student Drawing, Pencil on Paper
Located in Leuven , BE
Drawing framed, dated and signed.
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19th Century Belgian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper

Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Bat Wall Brackets
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of rare 19th century Italian carved and gilt wood bat form wall brackets. Original gilding. As found. Rare and wonderful. Neoclassical and Gothic, in ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

Set of Six Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Architectural Engravings
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking set of six Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. architectural engravings after Giovanni Ottaviani. Each beautiful and most decorative rectangular engraving depicts...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Ebony, Giltwood

Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu and Ebony Wall Plaques
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and most decorative pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu and Ebony decorative wall plaques. Each wall decor retains its original rectangular mottled Ebony...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Ormolu

Bing & Grøndahl after Thorvaldsen, Antique Biscuit Wall Plaque with Putti
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl after Thorvaldsen. Antique biscuit wall plaque with putti in relief, 1870s-1880s. Measure: Diameter 32.5 cm. In excellent conditi...
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1870s Danish Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Ceramic

Italian Neo-Classic Architectural Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian neo-classic architectural engraving in a red frame of a red ornate classical urn (19th Cent) (some water damage to matting).  
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

18th Century Italian Milan View Etching by Aspari Domenico 1788
By Domenico Aspari
Located in Milan, IT
A rare view of Milan, an 18th century Italian etching and burin engraving with original ebonized walnut frame and glass depicting San Paolo delle Monache a Milan view, dated 1788, by...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper, Canvas, Walnut

Pair of Antique Italian circa 1790 Carved and Gilt Neoclassical Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Notable pair of decorative over-door panels dating from the height of the neoclassical period in all original very good condition. One with a Christies 1967 label on verso. A label i...
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Late 18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood

Important Framed Lithograph of the Grapeshot Clipper Ship Joseph Currier & Ives
By Currier & Ives/Joseph Koehler
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An important framed lithograph of the "Grapeshot" clipper ship belonging to Geo Law Esq. NY. This print is reprinted from Lith by Currier & Ives, American, active 1834–1907. Its fram...
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Early 1900s American Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper, Glass

Pair of Prints Finely Framed L'Hiver et Printemps
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of prints finely framed L'Hiver et Printemps. Each in a fine gilt wood frame set in a ebony larger frame.
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Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper

The Virgin Mary Handing an Apple to Jesus as a Child, 19th Century, Carved-Wood
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 19th Century Italian carved-wood in high relief composed of various types of woods set into a marquetry panel with flat inlaid scrolling fruit tree foliage. The piece is compri...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Walnut, Burl, Acrylic, Maple, Mahogany, Wood, Lucite

Gilt and Lacquered Friezes for Wall Light Sconces
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/4738 - An idea for these three gilt and lacquered friezes , for wall light sconces: on the wall, hanging above three parchment fans that hide the electrical connections. The parch...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

Simon Thomassin French Print " La Gloire De La France" Etched with Wooden Frame
By Simon Thomassin
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Beaut...
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1720s French Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper

Mid Century Modernist Painting by New York Artist Randy Harter
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Vibrant blue with a man looking to the sky beside a house. Alfred Hitchcock style with the house from Psycho comes to mind. Excellent artistic ability. Size is framed 46 x 36 x 2.5.
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1980s American Vintage Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

Watercolor by John Varley, 1812
By Ernest William Varley
Located in Kittery Point, ME
'Llanberis Lake at the Foot of Mount Snowdon' in Wales. Watercolor on paper, signed and dated "J. Varley 1812" ll, identifying info on verso. sight size: 8 x 19 3/4 in. John Varley is known as an English landscape painter in watercolor and a close friend of William Blake. Varley represents the transition between tinted topographical drawing and the bolder, more fully developed manner of watercolor painting characteristic of the 19th century. As well as being a leading painter, he was the most popular and enthusiastic teacher of his day: his pupils included Cox, De Wint, Linnell, Mulready (his brother-in-law), and Samuel Palmer, and he published various instructional works, including one with Blake. In his early years Varley was influenced stylistically by the work of Thomas Girtin...
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1810s English Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper

German 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Mettlach Porcelain Charger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning German 19th century Neo-Classical st. Mettlach porcelain charger. The most elegant and wonderfully executed charger displays intricately detailed personages all draped in fine flowing period attire. At the center is a beautiful seated maiden with a gentleman placing her shoes on her feet while surrounded by lovely younger maidens to the right, a gentleman and lady...
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19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Royal Trust Company Framed Wall Plaque with Indigenous Chief
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This wall plaque is unsigned with respect to the maker, but it is presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1950 in a traditional style. The plaque is composed of a very ...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Spelter

Still Life Watercolor in Blue and White
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautifully composed still life watercolor of blue and white petite floral print wallpaper in the background layered with a copper plate, blue and white porcelain pitcher...
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20th Century Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint, Paper

Neoclassical Landscape Painting with Mermaid and Floral Ornamentation
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Neoclassical-Style (20th Century) acrylic painting featuring a central circular landscape scene of men and a donkey at a mountain fortress overlook, held by two mermaids and ...
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20th Century Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Early 19th Century Hand-Colored Portrait Engraving of a Gentleman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fine portrait miniature of a man with long tousled hair and blue high-collared frock coat. The image is encased by parcel-gilt and black lacquered glass with a thick giltwood shado...
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1810s German Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Giltwood, Laid Paper

Pair of Golden Leaves Friezes
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/4792 - Pair of antique golden leaves friezes. An idea : hanging above these friezes two parchment fans that can hide the electrical connections for tw...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Fruitwood

Mid-Century Neo-Classical Style Gilt Italian Wall Brackets, Set of 4
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a set of four neo-classical style Italian giltwood wall brackets in very good condition. They are unmarked and in very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

17th C. Column of Dilius & Obelisque Fountain Engraving Antonio Lafreri Speculum
Located in Dayton, OH
17th century (circa 1675) Roman naval column and fountain engraving. Publisher: Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome) Portfolio: Speculum Romanae Magnif...
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17th Century Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper

Framed Painting, Michael Lemmermeyer
Located in Bradenton, FL
Michael Lemmermeyer (American, 1891-1970). Framed Oil on Canvas in heavy impasto paint. Wonderful scene of a circus with children and adults around circus tents having fun. Bright c...
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Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paint

Neoclassical Landscape Painting with Floral and Mermaid Ornamentation
Located in New York, NY
Vintage neoclassical-style (20th century) acrylic painting featuring a central circular landscape scene of two women by a waterfall, held by two mermaids and an elaborate shadowed fo...
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20th Century Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Framed Still Life Book Painting on Canvas in Gilt Frame with Stand
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A traditional still-life painting of a variety of books. This pretty piece is framed in a gilt faux fern leaf frame with gold details. The painting is small and features a set of boo...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Oil Painting of Buzzards Bay Railroad Station Cape Cod 1974
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine example of plein aire oil painting on linen canvas using the palette knife technique (that is, no brushes were used). Signed and dated 1974 and noted in verso on the stretcher Buzzards Bay...
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1970s American Vintage Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Linen, Paint

Lot of Three Framed Decorative Hand Colored Topographical Etchings
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Lot of three framed decorative Hand colored topographical etchings Platemark, 34.8 x 46 cm, (13 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.) Frame, 55.6 x 67.8 cm., (21 7/8 x 26 3/4 in.) Ansicht des Ch...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Pair of Country Life Scenes" by George Henry Durrie
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A pair of oil on panel paintings featuring the "Farm in Autumn" and "A Fisherman in the Mountains". Autumn initialed 'D' lower right and The Fisherman ...
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19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paint

J. Stobart Lithograph "Mystic Seaport. "The Charles L. Morgan" at Chubb's Wharf
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Marked mystic seaport Member's Edition #136/736 on the frame's plaque. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the ship. Includes a framed swatch of the sh...
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20th Century Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood

Italian 19th Century Big Size Florence Architectural Hand-Colored Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
"Porta nel Vestibolo dell'antica Università dei Lanaioli - Studio al Vero del Capitello" A rare extra-large print, printed on engraving paper with an antique star press and watercolored by hand representing an antique capital...
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1840s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper

Early 19th Century Italian Majolica Holy Water Font
Located in Milan, IT
Small and lovely Italian Holy Water font from Italy, a shaped polychrome ceramic artwork dating back to Neoclassical period, early 19th century. This rare religious work is finely ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Maiolica, Majolica

Continental 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale Continental 19th century Neo-Classical st. oil on canvas painting. The painting is set within its original giltwood framed with a fine mottled design an...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Contemporary Italian hand coloured Roman vase print with handcrafted black frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
 Extra large Roman vase printed on a hand press on 100% cotton engraving paper. Completely handpainted with a cream wash, umber highlights, and matte black details. Light brown mat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper

Singerie Carriage Painting on Wood
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) singerie depicting monkeys in a horse-drawn carriage surrounded by an ornate foliate border painted on weathered wood in a rectangular green, washed wooden frame.
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20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Acrylic, Wood

Italian Neo-Classic Style Acrylic Garden Scene Painted Panel
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classical style (mid-20th Century) acrylic genre painting on a wooden panel depicting a central group of people in a garden above a vignette painting of architectural rui...
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20th Century Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood, Acrylic

Unframed Floral Painting on Canvas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty floral painting of a bouquet of flowers in a vase. This piece features creamy white flowers with accents of yellow. The roses sit in a black neoclassical style vase upon a b...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

Italian 19th Century Big Size Florence Architectural Hand-Colored Print
Located in Scandicci, Florence
"Porta della Badia di Firenze - Studi" A rare extra-large print, printed on engraving paper with an antique star press and watercolored by hand representing an antique staircase...
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1840s Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper

Neoclassical Landscape Painting with Mermaid and Floral Ornamentation
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Neoclassical-Style (20th Century) acrylic painting featuring a central circular landscape scene of men and a donkey at a mountain fortress overlook, held by two mermaids and ...
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20th Century Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas

German 18th Century Neoclassical Themed Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb quality German 18th century Neo-classical themed oil on canvas by Johann Dominicus Fiorillo. The painting depicts a courtship in the town square with townspeople looking on. The maiden is draped in modest classical dress and the young man in a vibrant red garment, holds her hand. Wonderful execution and detail throughout. Johann Dominicus Fiorillo (Hamburg 1748 - 1821) was a German painter and historian of art. Fiorillo, a son of Italian...
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18th Century German Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Italian 19th Century Neoclassical St. Decorative Wall Plaque of a Roman Emperor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A powerful and high quality Italian 19th century neo-classical st. giltwood, white Carrara marble, faux painted marble and patinated wood decorative wall plaque of a Roman Emperor. T...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Carrara Marble

Set of Two Roman Views Italian Etchings Salmon Thomas Albrizzi, Venice, 1751
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of Rome views, two Neoclassical original etchings depicting Italian views of Rome, with the following titles: Colonna di M. Antonino Imperatore nella via Flaminia in Roma. Ve...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Paper, Wood

2 Pairs of Neo-Classical Style Carved Greek Key and Acantus Leaf Design Wooden
Located in New York, NY
2 Pairs of Neo-Classical-style carved wooden wall shelves with demilune tops, with a notch-carved lip over a carved Greek key top border and decora...
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20th Century Neoclassical Wall Decorations

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Wood

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