Painted Wall Decorations

A beautiful and charming antique cobalt blue and white Royal Dalton porcelain picture plaque, elegantly presented in an ornate gold gilt-effect frame with intricate floral and scroll...

A striking pair of decorative Cuzco School paintings depicting archangelic figures, rendered in the traditional manner associated with the Andean region of Peru. Each canvas portrays...

Original Gilbert Stuart oil painting portrait of Henrietta Hillegas (Mrs. Joseph Anthony), ca. 1796 Exquisite portrait by the American painter Gilber...

Calm and serene oil pastel on paper art by artist Christopher Jackson (1956-2023) Dated 2021. Christopher Jackson Artist Statement: Solid compositions, rich saturated color and dra...

- Signed by Knud Michel - For hang on the wall.

S U P E R B ! MID CENTURY MODERN C I T Y S C A P E P A I N T I N G ! ICONIC HELLER MID CENTURY STYLE! OIL ON BOARD HUGE! Approx. 29 " x 53 " C I R ...

A fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520) The circular canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame (all high quality gilt is original) which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting, circa 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Measures: Canvas height: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Canvas width: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Painting diameter: 28 1/4 inches (71.8 cm) Frame height: 57 7/8 inches (147 cm) Frame width: 45 1/2 inches (115.6 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/8 inches (13 cm).   Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...

An exceptional, museum quality very large 18th century Greek icon of the Pentecost. Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood, primed with gesso. Attributed to Mount Athos...

Beautiful print that is part of a series of two, representing 2 different views of an ancient Italian vase of Villa Ghigi. It is printed with an antique press and colored by our best...

Beautiful tile mural with the "MOUNTAINS" motif finely painted. Quantity: 25 tiles Tile mural size: 29.5"H X 29.5"W (75cm X 75cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: ...

From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Moro Screen. Nature has always been a source of inspiration for our hand-decorated furnishings. We...

Copy of a portrait painting titled "Mona Lisa"

This one-of-a-kind antique Italian Empire Period folding screen is a masterpiece of early 19th-century craftsmanship, dating most likely from 1801 during the Republic of Lucca. Pain...

Four framed Chinese export pith paper watercolors in elaborate frames.

A Large Continental Oil on Canvas "The Prohibited Reading " after Karel Ooms (Belgium, 1845-1900). This beautiful executed painting depicts a historical scene of an old man and a young woman who are huddled over a bible. The pair is gazing in apparent concern or alarm, over the old man's shoulder, towards something outside of the picture. The scene is likely set in the 16th or 17th century when Protestants were prosecuted, amongst others, for reading the bible in the vernacular, a practice prohibited by the Catholic Church at the time. Signed (l/r) A. Ribas 15-12-913. Within a giltwood carved frame. circa: Probably Belgium, 1913. Karel Ooms was born in Dessel on January 27, 1845 as the youngest son of a large peasant family. At school his extraordinary talent for drawing was discovered. When he was twelve his hometown provided financial support which allowed him to study at the Antwerp Academy of fine Arts. One of his teachers at the Academy was Nicaise de Keyser, one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic-historical school of painting and a painter of mainly history paintings and portraits. After graduating from the Academy 1865 Karel Ooms was welcomed with pomp in his home town Dessel. He painted two altarpieces for the local church Saint Nicolas, to express his gratitude to his city. Karel Ooms settled as an independent artist in Antwerp around 1871. He quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter. In addition, he received commissions for religious paintings and history paintings. He gained particular recognition with two large paintings...

A Very Fine and Large Italian 18th-19th century oval-shaped oil on canvas titled "The Triumph of Venice" After the original work by the master Paolo Veronese (Venice, 1528-1588). The original of this painting hangs in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The 'Ricci' coloration suggests a late 17th-early 18th century date. In 1715 Charles de la Fosse advised Ricci to paint only "Veroneses and no more Riccis", Venice, circa 1800s. Measures: Height: 45 1/4 inches (115 cm). Width: 29 inches (73.7 cm). Frame height: 58 1/4 inches (147.9 cm). Frame width: 43 1/4 inches (109.9 cm). Frame depth: 5 1/4 (13.3 cm). Provenance: Royal Academy of Scotland. Paolo Veronese (Born 1528, Verona, Republic of Venice - died April 9, 1588, Venice) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at...

A polychrome glazed pottery wall plaque decorated with several fish, created by Helmut Schaffenacker of Ulm in the 1950s. Helmut Schaffenacker was a renowned German ceramist known fo...

Italian Grand Tour gouache of Mount Vesuvius erupting at night with a full moon over the Bay of Naples. In the original gilt wood frame. This is a very fine and large example of this...

This exquisite embroidered painting was created in the 1770's. The painting depicts a huntress and her dog in the countryside. We may iidentify the huntress as the goddess Diana who ...

Beautiful tile mural with the "SOLDIERS" motif finely painted. Quantity: 63 tiles Tile mural size: 53.1"H X 41.3"W (135cm X 105cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Po...

Large original painting by Robert Loughlin on a yellow metal door. Great abstract painting of 'the Brute." Signed Robert Loughlin 98' on the back. Titled "Joe." Excellent condition. ...

Wall decoration leopard spotted in handcrafted ceramic. Hand painted with black paint.

Deboah Hiatt, born in 1953 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, died in 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona, was a renown painter of Southwest and Pueblo Indian imagery. She frequently visited Pueblos and Cliff dwellings, finding a continuing source of inspiration in living history of ceremonial dances, powwows, and traditional way of life. Her paintings celebrated Native-American society with profound sense of serenity and spirituality conveyed through respectful interpretation of the subject and careful, thoughtful choices of colors. Hiatt majored in the visual arts and art history at Moore College of Arts in Philadelphia; she was a member of Arizona Artists Guild, Arizona Watercolor Association, and associate member of American Watercolor Society. She painted in many mediums, including acrylic and oil on canvas, watercolor, and mixed media. The painting measures 48in by 36in by 1.5in. It is signed by the artist in lower left corner "Deborah Hiatt...

Surrealist abstract figurative oil on board painting titled "Woman with Pendant" c.1947 , the imagery is of a woman holding a pendant in a room with a painting of a building in the b...

From our Hand-Painted Furniture Collection, we are pleased to introduce you to our Dark Green Moro Screen, an elegant celebration of craftsmanship and historical artistry. Hand-paint...

Beautiful tile mural with the "SEA MYTHS" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 59"H X 47.2"W (150cm X 120cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portugal Production m...

19th century oil painting of yorkshire flither pickers by robert farren circa 1890. Painted by robert b. Farren (1832-1912) This is a a skilfully executed and coloured oil painting...

Impressionist New York City, a snowy winter day on 5th avenue. Cars fill the street and snow fills the air. The city that never sleeps gleaming with patriotic pride with the famous E...

Kano Naonobu (1607-1650) Plum Tree and Birds Six-fold Japanese Screen. Ink and slight color on paper. In this evocative ink work spread over a six-panel folding screen, we see the consummation of the elegance and refinement of the Edo Kano school. This 17th century screen is a rare surviving example of a large-scale bird and flower painting by Kano Naonobu, the younger brother of Kano Tanyu...

Executed by an American artist living in Venice, this depiction of two long distance runners, exhausted and gasping for breath at the end of the race, is a superb example of Mid Cent...

A captivating Belgian oil on canvas by Victor Mullie, Farmyard Beneath the Trees celebrates the beauty and gentle rhythm of country life on a late spring day. A magnificent old tree ...

A vibrant 20th-century expressionist oil painting on board depicting a seated woman in an interior, signed Schoonmaker. The composition combines bold figuration with an exuberant pal...

The antique floral still life painting featuring hydrangeas and a decorated vase shown here is an elegant antique French painting in Oil on canvas from the early 1900s, Art Deco. T...

Impressionist Revival Beach Scene Painting, Mid-Century, in the Manner of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Greynolds Estate Provenance Impressionist Revival Coastal Figures Painting in the Man...

A large French 19th century oil on canvas "Les progrès de l'amour dans le cœur d'une jeune fille" The Progress of Love: The Lover Crowned, after Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1...

Discover the elegance of this mid-century French jacquard tapestry featuring the exquisite design of the renowned medieval museum tapestry, "Les Vendanges" (grape harvest) from the C...

This antique devotional oil painting was created in France circa 1680 and depicts the Madonna seated with the Christ Child across her lap, accompanied by a young angel in prayer. The...

French three panel decorative painted canvas folding screen with dogs playing in landscape scenes, perched musical monkeys, and foliage motif. Early 19th century.

Hand-Painted Countryside Landscape Oil on Canvas, Spain, 1940s-1950s Colorful countryside landscape with a small village in the background in the distance. Eye-catching hand-painted ...

During the late eighteenth century and into the Regency period, working creatively with paper - cutting and pin-pricking - was a favourite pastime and accomplishment for young ladies...

This is a pair of original oil on canvas paintings from Denmark painted by renowned artist William Henriksen (1880-1964). William Henriksen was an apprentice of famous painter H.O. ...

This elegant antique equestrian portrait was painted in France circa 1860 and captures a refined lady posed beside her saddled horse, accompanied by a resting hunting dog in a tranqu...

This large original vintage oil painting, from around 1970, shows a peaceful countryside village with cottages, a church and horses beside a waterway. The warm earth tones create a b...

Vintage impressionist-style landscape painting on board, apparently unsigned, depicting a serene countryside scene with gently rolling hills, slender trees, and expressive foliage re...

French Provincial style artistic ceramic plates by the catalan ceramic artist Puigdemont, Spain, 1950s, set of two. Handmade in turned ceramic, with geometric art decorations in brow...

Belgium / 1940 / Painting / Canvas and wood / Rustic / France Provincial This evocative signed Belgian landscape painting from the 1940s captures the quiet poetry of the countryside...

Made in 2013 by Naomi Clark Wool blanket with dye, paint and appliqué Naomi Clark’s Quilt Paintings are made from vintage camp blankets culled f...

A painting by French artist Robert Falcucci (1900-1989) depicting a seated female nude bather. Post Impressionist style with sweeping expressive textured impasto brushwork with muted...

Fine Orientalist style 19th century oil painting on canvas by noted British artist Daniel C. Grose, depicting an expansive Indian landscape with exotic palms, figures, tranquil water...

Set of watercolor hand-painted botanical prints most likely created in the mid to late 1700s. Some of the descriptions are written in Latin and Greek and accompany absolutely stunnin...

An arresting oil on canvas portrait by the French artist Albert Coste, signed and dated 1943. The subject, a sophisticated woman of a certain age and fair...

1960s Abstract Overscale Vintage Modern Oil Painting, Beach Scene, Signed Offered for sale is a bold and vibrant oversized abstract oil painting on canvas depicting three figures at...

HENRY MAIDMENT English. fl. 1889-1914 Pastoral Landscape with Shepherd and Flock Oil on canvas signed with artist's monogram lower right (intertwined HM / 1900) 29 1/8" W x 17 1/...

Jennifer Gibbs draws artistic inspiration primarily from meditation and nature. Her extensive body of work ranges from abstract expressionism to delicate botanicals to her charcoal l...

Abstract Oil Painting by Costa Rica artist Cristian Navarro Rivera, in modern art style , signed and dated by the artist in the back . We have 3 more paintings by this artist on 1std...

Hand-Painted Oil on Wood Religious Painting, Spain, S. XVIII Unknown painter Unframed, Unsigned Religious painting depicting a Saint dressed with a red tunic with a dark landscape ba...

An exceptional large-scale hand-painted ceramic platter by Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist, created at Arabia Studio during the artist’s most expressive period. Measuring an impressive 60 cm, ...

This is an extraordinarily beautiful 15 inch square antique hinged, hand incised and hand painted wooden Folk Art game board. The playing surface possesses great detail with images...

Keith Haring, signed and numbered. Silkscreen representing characters, in red, orange, green and blue tones, in its blond oak frame. Numbered 53/150. American work realized in the...

An English Gentleman Caricature – The Marquess of Bath – an original chromolithograph from the British Vanity Fair series English Gentlemen, printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son....