Pre-Raphaelite Wall Decorations

This finely executed 19th-century religious embroidery depicts the biblical scene of Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well, a subject that became particularly popular among Vict...

This exquisite and beautifully painted 19th century Italian oil painting depicts the childhood of Virgin Mary, Child and John the Baptist. The large, framed canvas piece is a beautif...

One a kind and a museum work of art oil on canvas by Anselmo Miguel Nieto depicting two women, mother and daughter, in a very natural, affectionate attitude. Behind them, a landsca...

19th century Pre-Raphaelite painting of a Grecian beauty. Finely painted oil on canvas. British/American. In a custom hand made gilt frame. Unsigned. Stretcher inscribed with the dat...

Olga Suvorova (Russian, b.1966), "Two Girls in The Garden", 1999. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, also signed to verso of canvas. Provenance: Alberti Gallery, London, 2002, where ...

Important painting representing praying woman and her Guardian Angel pointing to the sky with beautiful landscape in the background Louis A. F. (Jean-Louis) Janmot was born in Lyon, France, of Catholic parents who were deeply religious. He became a student at the Royal College of Lyon where he met Frederic Ozanam and other followers of his philosophy professor, Abbe Noirot. In 1831 he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and a year later, he won the highest honor, the Golden Laurel. In 1833, he came to Paris to take painting lessons from Victor Orsel and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. With other Lyon painters, he entered the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. In 1835, he went to Rome with Claudius Lavergne, Jean-Baptiste Frenet and other students and met Hippolyte Flandrin. After his return to Lyon in 1836, Janmot would attract the attention of critics of the Salon de Paris in conducting large-scale paintings with religious inspiration such our item. After 1845, he attracted the interest of Charles Baudelaire with his painting Flower of the Fields that allowed him to access to the Salon of 1846. Theophile Gautier was impressed by his Portrait of Lacordaire (1846). In December of that year he married Leonie Saint-Paulet, from a noble family in Carpentras. In 1856, Janmot obtained a commission to paint a fresco (since destroyed) representing the Last Supper for the church of St. Polycarp. Other orders followed, including the decoration of the dome of the Church of St. Francis de Sales...

A very attractive oil on canvas by Jacques Alsina, a well listed nineteenth century French artist. This elegant delicate work depicts a young woman in a restive pose playing the flut...

The Women of Sorrento' Pencil, watercolour and body colour painting by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829-1908). The Women of Sorrento drawing in the boats with the help of a young man. Set to a Tuscan backdrop. Original frame. Stanhope initially trained under GF Watts...

A fine antique painted porcelain plaque. Entitled 'Gedenke Mein', meaning "Forget-me-not" (the flower) in English. The hand painted scene depicts a young woman by the edge of a garden attended by a young man, separated from her by a stone wall, who holds her hand and gazes longingly at her. After C. Fröschl. Simply a great piece of hand-painted German porcelain...

This tender painting is by Arthur Augustus Dixon, a great English artist who lived between the late 19th century and early 20th century. This painting is extremely rare for its subj...

Burne Jones style stain glass cartoons designed by Arthur Buss made by Godard and Gibbs. This listing is for the two outer panels only.

Burne Jones style stain glass cartoons designed by Arthur Buss made by Godard and Gibbs. This listing is for the two centre panels only.