Painted Wall Decorations

This monumental antique oil on canvas painting was created in France, circa 1790. Set in a carved gilt frame, the large artwork depicts a pastoral scene with the port of Marseilles in the background; it features people playing cards around a table, one lady napping with a dog beside her, another woman with her kid carrying flowers, a man courting a young beauty sitting on a bench, and horses in movement. The inscription on the rider's flag reads "Liberte de L'Escaut 1793," likely referring to the Battle of Raismes (also known as the Battle of Conde or St. Amand) which took place on 8 May 1793, during the Flanders Campaign of the Wars of the French Revolution. It was between the French Republican army and the Allied Coalition army, and resulted in an Allied Victory. A possible signature is not legible in the lower left corner of painting. The important painting is in excellent condition with lots of wonderful and interesting details, and embellished with an elegant frame! Place this huge artwork...

A fine half length portrait of a powder wigged 18th century French aristocratic gentleman simply dressed in a brown waistcoat over an embroidered buttoned vest in which he has placed...

An early 20th century oil painting of the coastline off the Isle of Capri, near Naples painted in the impressionist style, showing rocky cliffs and the azure Mediterranean sea. The painting is titled ‘Capri’ and is signed Matteo Sarno...

Oil on masonite depicting colorful city structures from an over-head view showing rooftops, clotheslines with laundry, figures on the sidewalk. Signed lower right. Presented in a gil...

Eddie Dabrowski was an American contemporary graphic street artist, self-taught, taking the concepts of street art to another level. Dabrowski’s works hang in private collections and...

PAIR of English Victorian gilt framed seascape oil paintings of sailboats by shore line.

Original antique oil on plate painting from 1909 with motive of beach and cliff with ocean view. The colours are warm and enticing portraying a warm summer day with visible brush str...

Dutch (19th Century) still life oil painting depicting robust grapes, peaches, plums and lobster on a wood table with shadowed green leaves in a dimly lit, atmospheric composition on...

Transporting mid century watercolor on paper of a family doing boat repairs in Martinique, executed in a naive style with bold tropical colors. Signed N. Topp 1950 and presented unde...

English Victorian gilt framed oil seascape painting with lighthouse on pier.(Willet)

Copy of Orientalist painting of a harem girl lounging on a sofa with pet monkeys.

Pair of Persian original figural landscape pencil drawings surmounted on paper. Presented in faux paint decorated frames, French matted with gold embellishments, glazed. Dimensions:...

Günther Förg. Painting. Watercolor on paper. Sheet size: 32 x 40 cm. Wood frame with passepartout. Frame size: 53 x 63 cm. Signed Förg, 2000 Günther Förg (1952 - 2013) was a promi...

Seldom seen wall-mounted music themed piece by Curtis Jere. Made of brass. Painted steel. Signed c jere 1994.

This is a pastel drawing by the well known artist / Designer illustrator Max Thalami , student under painter and architect Henry van de Verde .This work measures by itself 14.5 x 11...

Decorate an office or study with this large antique oil on canvas and wood painting. Created in Italy circa 1890, and almost 5 feet in height, the artwork is set in an ornate gilt wo...

Philip and Kelvin LaVerne rare and exquisite rectangular "Chin Ying" wall plaque in patinated and acid-etched pewter and bronze with vibrant hand-p...

English Victorian gilt framed oval inset oil painting of 2 figures with cows on a vertical landscape

Full of life and energy, this marvelous scene of a masquerade party, filled with guests in costume, exotic Japanese lanterns overhead, and swirling colors everywhere, this Art Deco s...

Late 19th Century Still Life with Oranges, circa 1900, an oil on artist's board in the Arts and Crafts manner, unsigned, a still life painting with three oranges, one half peeled and...

A very well executed and suggestive view from and accenting the "derriere" of female nude lying in a semi fetal position on a sheepskin rug in front of a roaring fireplace. The nude has her head pointing and looking upwards puffing contentedly on a cigarette. A cup and saucer for coffee are shown in the foreground. A jug and washbasin plus a towel set on a Napoleon!!! Table off to one side of the fireplace plus other furnishings in the background place the scene as a late 19th century Parisian Belle Époque salon. The painting is signed De Groux...

Pair of Framed Alexis Walter Mixed Media Paintings in brushed steel frames

Watercolor and ink coastal scene depicting moored boats in the foreground, a boardwalk with figures beneath the pastel structures and blue rolling hills in the distance. Presented in...

Watercolor and ink depicting a colorful and prominent floral bouquet in a blue and white vase on a striped table over-looking a clear view of a church. Signed lower right. Presented ...

This magnificent depiction of Zeus presiding over the gods of Olympus was painted by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists specializing in high-end book design ...

Watercolor and ink on paper depicting a bouquet of colorful flowers in a blue and white vase on a table top surface over-looking the marina. White sailboats in the background with bl...

One of the most brilliantly-hued paintings by Albert Gleizes we have seen, this highly abstract Cubist work is a rotating knot of curving forms in periwinkle, carmen, olive green, sky blue, burnt sienna and grey flannel, as vivid now as when it was painted a hundred years ago. Early in his life he was influenced by Fernand Leger, Robert Delauney...

A very large and magnificent antique painted porcelain plaque depicting an orientalist beauty dressed in silk, jewelry, pearls, and 24-karat raised gold and enamel, signed Vienna. Th...

Striking in its use of bold color -- black, white and sky blue -- and strong geometric shapes -- the circle, segmented circle and diagonal line -- this painting of a sailor and soldi...

Rozenburg earthenware large wall plate, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1898 Rozenburg earthenware large wall plate, with Art Nouveau style floral dec...

This early 19th century Biedermeier portrait painting features a German gentleman. He is wearing a dark green frock coat and white shirt with an upstanding collar and a white silk ti...

Beautifully painted in muted tones of honey, soft blue and dusty pink, this evocative painting from the 1930s depicts two nude and semi-nude ...

Watercolor and ink depicting a coastal scene with two sailboats in the foreground of the marina with other moored vessels in the background. The watercolor with white-sun bleached st...

This is an impressive oversized floral still life by Sarkis Sarkisian featuring tulips and Lillies in a vase. The mauve background is subtle enough to compliment the flowers and vas...

A period antique 18th century oil painting of a prince with indistinct letters to the lower quarter. Painted onto a large wooden board with hints of historic gilding to the frame, th...

Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923). A fine orientalist pencil and watercolor heightened with gum Arabic on paper figure of "A Middle-Eastern Beauty at Rest" depicting a young maiden resting on a Persian rug laid down as a bed while holding a tambourine and next to a Moroccan ivory-inlaid octagonal table with a tea pot on top. Signed and inscribed 'Ballesio Roma Tivoli' (upper right). All within an ornate rococo gilt wood and gesso carved frame with a protective glass, Rome, circa 1890-1900, Frame height: 23 inches (58.4 cm). Frame width: 30 1/2 inches (30.5 cm). Frame depth: 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm). Paper height: 15 inches (38.1 cm). Paper width: 21 1/2 inches (54.7 cm). Literature: A similar subject matter watercolor is catalogued and illustrated in Caroline Juler, "Les Orientalistes...

Naomi Clark paints abstract, vibrant, compositions on silk noil using only one color of silk paint and a spray gun tool. Sold by the yard (36" x 55"), these ...

Boats in Portofino. The artist's signature is not legible but the painting shows an Impressionist influence in the luminous vibration of the water.  

'Le Jardin d'Armide' (‘The Garden of Armida’) A Rare Wallpaper Panel Designed By Édouard Muller (1823 - 1876) and Manufactured By Jules Desfossé. Woodblock hand printed and polychr...

Copy of a landscape painting titled "Rende-vous" showing horse drawn carriages meeting riders dressed for The Hunt

Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938), born in Saint Petersburg and later naturalized as French, was a prominent Russian painter. The son of a naval officer, he studied at the Imperial Aca...

This very well executed antique oil painting is unsigned, with unknown origins, and is presumed to date to approximately 1920 and done in the period impressionistic style. The painti...

Copy of a portrait painting titled "Two Girls at a Window" showing two women looking out of an open window

Large oil painting by the Alsatian (French province) artist Fernand Dubich (1903 -1977). Still life in autumnal colors depicting a large bouquet of dried flowers in a copper cauldron...

18th century continental eglomise painting of St John the Baptist preaching. Eglomise is a method of reverse painting on glass. In a go...

Oil on Board by Sandy Sutherland. this late 60's early 70's portrait of a woman, possibly a stewardess is a unique example of using oil paint and having the appearance of a watercolo...

Oil on canvas depicting a Cernay France forest landscape with lush vegetation, trees, rocks and flowers. Presented in a gilt frame with beaded motif. Signed lower right T. W. Shields...

A 1960 oil on canvas by Mexican artist Carlos Orozco Romero depicting a violet human figure seated by a clear table with the Moon on her right. The painting is signed and dated on th...

Saint Jerome Hears the Trumpet of Judgment, Neapolitan School, 17th Century This exquisite oil-on-canvas painting depicts Saint Jerome hearing the trumpet of the angel of the Last Ju...

Set of three framed prints depicting Greek glassical red-figure pottery. Left print: Marked: T.XV. - "In Miis. Vaticano - Depicting Apulian Red-Figure bell krater...

Vintage original oil on board still life painting features a large open basket, filled with fruits, on a free-flowing draped white tablecloth. Mostly monochromatic, tone-on-tone bac...

Miniature Portrait Painting of Napoleon signed by Prévost from the nineteenth century. The frame is in solid mahogany and is dished and...

Servando Cabrera Moreno Cuban Painting Untitled, Desnudo COA signed, dated 1980 Offered for sale is an original oil on canvas by Servando Cabrera Moreno (Cuban, 1923-1981) untitled painting of a nude woman, nicely framed, signed lower left and on verso, and dated 1980. A certificate of style and value is included as pictured, dated 2009 is included as pictured with an appraised value of $16,000. Nicely framed, wired, and ready to hang. Servando Cabrera Moreno is a well-listed Cuban artist particularly known for his erotic figurative paintings. This is a fine example of his mid-career work. Servando Cabrera Moreno. b. in Havana, Cuba (1923–1981). He graduated from the San Alejandro Academy after completing studies at the Art Student’s League in NY and La Grande Chaumière in Paris. His first individual exhibition took place at the Lyceum, Havana in 1943. He has also participated in many biennials in Venice, Mexico, and São Paulo as well as other collective exhibitions. Stylistically, his paintings are rooted in the tradition of Vanguardia and are especially indebted to the work of Carlos Enríquez Gómez. Cabrera Moreno has received a number of prizes at Cuban salons; a gold medal at the Panamerican Tampa Exhibition and a silver medal at the International Joan Miró Drawing...

Antique Scandinavian oil on canvas painting of a riverside landscape with a small house and a haystack near the water. The surrounding fields and trees are summer green and the sky i...

Jordi Mollá, actor, artist, writer and filmmaker, 2021 "Flower Power" Marbella series oil painting.     

Carvings with a military, musical, hunting, or agricultural theme, known as trophies, became popular during the period of Louis XVI. This pair of large trophy panels have Neoclassica...

A romantic landscape oil painting by David Stirling, American artist (1887-1971). The soft light in this oil painting evokes a dreamy sense of sunset in autumn. The light gently ref...

Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas by Fausta Dossi (B 1936) Description This is an abstract oil painting on canvas created by Fausta Dossi, a renowned Italian artist from Milan, in 20...

A 19th Century KPM Plaque of Jan Hus at Constance Council, Originally By Karl Friedrich Lessing, with the Original Giltwood Frame. The plaque is expertly framed in a meticulously cr...

A beautifully executed and rare complementary pair of oil on canvas paintings depicting two of the moist famous and important counter reformation catholic saints St Francis Xavier and St Carlo Borromeo shown in scenes of what the respective saints are mostly famous for. St Francis Xavier for the conversion to Christianity of many S. E Asian countries notably India and St Carlo Borromeo shown asking the Virgin Mary to intercede for the cessation of the terrible plague of 1576. The paintings are presented in refreshed gilded carved wooden frames and are unsigned. St. Francis Xavier was born in Spanish Navarre in 1506 and in 1528, he met St. Ignatius of Loyola. He became one of the seven in 1534 who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). In 1536, he left the University of Paris and joined St. Ignatius in Venice. He was ordained in 1537, and in 1540 after the Society was recognized by the Pope, he journeyed to the Far East. Francis Xavier first evangelized the Portuguese colony of Goa in India, then Travancore, Ceylon, Malacca, and the surrounding islands. From there he journeyed to Japan, where he gave Christianity such deep roots that it survived centuries of violent persecution. He died on Sancian Island in 1552, while he was seeking to penetrate into the great forbidden land of China. Despite language problems, lack of funds, resistance from the Europeans as well as the natives, he persevered. St. Francis converted more people in his life than anyone since the Apostle St. Paul. He baptized over 3 million people, converted the entire town of Goa in India, and he labored in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Japan. He was truly a missionary par excellence. St Carlo Borromeo (1538-1584), was a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Milan from 1565 to 1583. He was described in the decree for his canonization, as “a man, even while the world smiles on him with the utmost flattery, he lives crucified to the world, spiritually, trampling earthly things, seeking continuously the things of heaven, emulating the life of the Angels on earth, in his thoughts and actions. The plague began in the month of August that year. Milan was celebrating joyfully the arrival of Don John of Austria, on his way to Flanders, where he had been appointed governor. The city authorities were abuzz with excitement in their desire to bestow the highest honours on the Spanish prince, but Charles, who had been Archbishop of the diocese for six years, was following with concern the news coming from Trento, Verona and Mantua, where the plague had begun claiming victims. The first cases exploded in Milan on August 11th, right at the moment when Don John of Austria arrived. The victor of Lepanto, followed by the governor, Antonio de Guzmán y Zuñiga, departed the city, while Carlo Borromeo, who was in Lodi for the Bishop’s funeral, returned in haste. Confusion and fear reigned in Milan and the Archbishop dedicated himself completely to assisting the sick and ordering public and private prayers. Dom Prosper Guéranger sums up his infinite charity in this way: “In the absence of local authorities, he organized the health service, founded or renewed hospitals, sought money and provisions, decreed preventive measures. Most importantly though, he took steps to ensure spiritual help, assistance to the sick and the burial of the dead. Unafraid of being infected, he paid in person, by visiting hospitals, leading penitential processions, being everything to everyone, like a father and true shepherd” St. Carlo was convinced that the epidemic was “a scourge sent by Heaven” as chastisement for the sins of the people and that recourse to spiritual measures was necessary to fight against it: prayer and penitence. He rebuked the civil authorities for having placed their trust in human measures rather than divine ones. “Hadn’t they prohibited all the pious gatherings and processions during the time of the Jubilee? For him, and he was convinced of it, these were the causes of the chastisement. The magistrates who governed the city continued to oppose public ceremonies, out of fear that the large gathering of people would spread contagion, but Charles “who was guided by the Divine Spirit” – recounts another biographer – convinced them by citing various examples, among which was the one regarding St. Gregory the Great who had halted the plague devastating Rome in 590. While the pestilence spread, the Archbishop then ordered three general processions to take place in Milan on the 3rd, 5th and 6th of October, “to placate the wrath of God”. On the first day, the Saint, despite it not being the Lenten season, placed ashes on the heads of the thousands gathered, exhorting them to penitence. Once the ceremony was over, the procession went to the Basilica of St. Ambrose. Charles put himself at the head of the people, dressed in a hooded purple robe, barefoot, penitential cord at his neck and large cross in his hand. The second procession led by the Cardinal headed towards the Basilica of San Lorenzo. The third day the procession from the Duomo headed for the Basilica of Santa Maria at San Celso. St. Carlo carried in his hands a relique of Our Lord’s Holy Nail, which had been given by the Emperor Theodosius to St. Ambrose in the 5th century. The plague didn’t show any signs of waning and Milan appeared depopulated, as a third of its citizens had lost their lives and the others were in quarantine or didn’t dare leave their homes. The Archbishop ordered about twenty stone columns with a cross at the top to be erected in the main squares and city crossroads, allowing the inhabitants from every quarter to take part in the Masses and public prayers - from the windows of their homes. One of Milan’s protectors was St. Sebastian, the martyr the Romans had recourse to during the plague in 672. St. Charles suggested that the magistrates of Milan reconstruct the sanctuary dedicated to him, which was falling into ruins, and to celebrate a solemn feast in his honour for ten years. Finally in July 1577, the plague ceased and in September the founding stone was laid in the civic temple of St. Sebastian, where on January 20th every year, even today a Mass is offered to recall the end of the scourge. St.Carlo Borromeo died on November 3rd 1584 and was buried in the Duomo of Milan. His heart was solemnly translated to Rome, in the Basilica of Saints Ambrose...