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Period: 1860s
Period: 1750s
Gold Cameo Brooch Pendant
Located in Paris, FR
19th century oval brooch-pendant decorated with a cameo depicting a young woman in Renaissance taste. Gold openwork mounts, heightened with pearls.
1...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Coral, Gold
Study for a Costume - Watercolor by Eugène Lacoste - 1869
By Eugène Lacoste
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor drawing realized by Eugène Lacoste in 1869.
Hand signed and dated lower left.
Very good condition.
Category
1860s Modern Continental Europe
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Cartel and its Console in Boulle Marquetry and Gilt Bronze, Louis XV Period
Located in Paris, FR
Cartel with its base in Boulle marquetry and gilt bronze. The gilded bronze in moving foliage and scrolls of flowers are of rocaille style. The circular frame in finely chiseled bron...
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Bronze
Antica specchiera francese dorata a foglia d'oro epoca Napoleone Terzo, 1870
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Raffinata specchiera francese epoca Napoleone Terzo, 1870, dorata a foglia d'oro. La cornice è ornata da splendidi motivi floreali a rilievo intagliati nel legno, ed è arricchita nel...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Neo-Renaissance Vitrines, Attributed to H-A Fourdinois, France, c. 1860
Located in PARIS, FR
Fine pair of neo-Renaissance vitrines in richly carved wood, with three glazed sides framed by a relief frieze. Each opening to a drawer decorated with interlacing on the belt, and t...
Category
1860s French Renaissance Revival Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Marble
1900 Antique Victorian Oil Lamp, England
Located in Praha, CZ
Victorian oil lamp with milk glass.
Fully working, with 2 burner.
Base is from iron metal.
Middle parts from milk glass.
Top parts hand paintin...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Metal
Tsukioka yoshitoshi The bandit kokine Torazo Japanese print 1866
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Tsukioka yoshitoshi
The bandit kokine Torazo
Japanese print
1866
Dated and signed
24.5 x 16.5 cms
1050 euros
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Louis Seize Gold Holz Marmor Console Table 1860s
Located in Berlin, DE
Napoleon III / Louis XVI Gold Holz White Marmor Center Table 1860s
A rectangular table made of gilded wood is resting on four slender richly sculpted spindle shaped legs with lanceolate leaf decration. The front and both sides decorated with laurel leaf friezes between stylized floral paterae which surmount the legs. The table is topped by a red and grey marble slab which is framed by a neoclassical Lesbian leafs and darts frieze.
Charming small center table...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Marble
Antique French Solid Oak Column / Pedestal Renaissance 19th Century Black Forest
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Large & impressive! This 19th century Renaissance antique Pedestal / Column from France
Highly decorative and of impressive size this pedestal is hand carved from 1 piece of solid ...
Category
1860s French Renaissance Revival Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Oak
Salver or Tray, Silver, Edward, John & William Barnard, England, London, 1862
By Edward & John Barnard
Located in Madrid, ES
Salver. Silver. Edward, John & William Barnard. England, London, 1862. With contrast markings.
Round salvilla with mixed contours decorated with elements in slight relief towards the edge and engravings towards the center, arranged around initials, and raised on legs with vegetal and architectural elements combining a polished finish with another. Edward Barnad & Sons was a company that was born in London around 1860 with Anthony Nelme...
Category
1860s English Neoclassical Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Silver
A Mid-19th Century Micromosaic Bracelet Circa 1860
Located in Firenze, IT
An antique micro mosaic panel bracelet with six micromosaics depicting famous ancient Roman monuments set in 18ct. yellow gold.
This piece is in excellent condition and a fine exampl...
Category
1860s Italian Victorian Antique Continental Europe
Gentleman With Dog Bracco by Giuseppe Penuti 1868 Neoclassical Italian Portrait
Located in Milano, MI
Giuseppe Penuti Portrait Of Gentleman With Dog Bracco 1868 oil painting on canvas depicting a man in elegant dark clothes embellished with jewelry, brooches, and watches. The man is ...
Category
1860s Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Canvas
Antique Wooden Spanish Seating Bench in a beautiful Patinated Pine, 19 th Century
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional Pine Seating Bench with exceptional patina,
Northern Spain 19 th Century,
Brutalist,Basic piece of furniture with a powerful character and a refined elegance,
the color o...
Category
1860s Spanish Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Pine
Wedding Procession - Original Etching by Jean Vandekerkhove - 1860
Located in Roma, IT
Wedding Procession is an original etching of paper realized by Jean Vandekerkhove in 1860 ca.
Good conditions except for some folding and stains.
Signed on the plate on the lower r...
Category
1860s Continental Europe
Materials
Etching
Ferrara Baroque Sideboard Mid-18th Century
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
A Ferrara-made Baroque credenza supported by en cabriole feet, it has a moved front in which there are pairs of doors and drawers in the fascia: a large-sized central one and two sma...
Category
1750s Italian Baroque Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Walnut, Fir
Carrara marble statue of Cupid, 19th century, after Étienne Maurice Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in NICE, FR
White marble sculpture of Cupid based on a work by Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), the original of which is in the Louvre Museum in Paris. It is presented on a gilded wooden base with a pearl stripe.
Very fine craftsmanship and high quality for this 19th-century white veined Carrara marble statue of Cupid.
Height with base: 59 cm.
Weight: 30 kg.
The original work, also known as “L'Amour menaçant...
Category
1860s French Classical Roman Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Carrara Marble
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century Louis XV Marquetry Ladies' Desk Manner of J.C. Ellaume
A mid-18th century ladies' desk or so-called "bureau de pente", its shaped fall-front opening to reveal a red lea...
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Costume Prints with Floral Embellishments - 1816 to 1819
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique French Costume Prints with Floral Embellishments - 1816 to 1819
This charming set of three antique French costume prints offers a beautiful glimpse into the refined world of...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
French Courtly Costume Lithographs 18th Century Elegance - Published in 1860
Located in Langweer, NL
French Courtly Costume Lithographs 18th Century Elegance - 1745, 1770, 1783
Description: These exquisite French courtly costume lithographs, created by Pauquet Frères after the work...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Antique Ballet Prints Compilation with Delicate Rococo Costumes, circa 1860
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Ballet Prints Compilation with Delicate Rococo Costumes, circa 1860
Description: This captivating compilation of antique ballet prints, dated 1...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Antique French Costume Prints of Noble Figures, Louis XIII Era, 17th Century Att
Located in Langweer, NL
Title:
Antique French Costume Prints of Nobles from Lorraine, 1625, Published c.1860
Description:
This captivating set of antique French costume prints showcases the striking nobili...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Antique French Costume Prints of Nobility, Three 19th-Century Handcolored Prints
Located in Langweer, NL
Title:
Antique French Costume Prints of Nobility, Three 19th-Century Hand-Colored Prints
Description:
This stunning set of three antique French costume prints transports us directly...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Antique French Costume Prints of Nobles from Lorraine, 1625, Published c.1860
Located in Langweer, NL
Title:
Antique French Costume Prints of Nobles from Lorraine, 1625, Published c.1860
Description:
This captivating set of antique French costume prints showcases the striking nobili...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Antique French Costume Print of Gabrielle d’Estrées, 16th-Century Court Dress
Located in Langweer, NL
Title:
Antique French Costume Print of Gabrielle d’Estrées, 16th-Century Court Dress, 19th Century
Description:
This magnificent antique French costume print, titled “Gabrielle d’Es...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Charges du Jour - Original Lithograph After H. Daumier - 1860
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11.5 x 21.5 cm.
Charges du Jour is an original color lithograph, realized in 1860 by Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
This was the cover of the print suit "Album des C...
Category
1860s Continental Europe
Materials
Woodcut
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Wooden Bowl Dated 1863 Signed EPS
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish folk Art wooden bowl dated 1863 Signed EPS.
A stunning antique organic wooden bowl with lovely patina & trace originalpaint.
...
Category
1860s Swedish Folk Art Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Pine
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Goat Heads Three-Light Wall Lights/Sconces
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of large French 19th century Louis XVI goat heads three-light wall lights/sconces
A pair Louis XVI style gilt bronze three-branch wall lights, each with a backplate the lower part of which is in the shape of a goat's head resting on a foliage arabesque. The upper part of the backplate in the shape of an ivy-wrought stem being crowned by a stylized pinacle adorned with a large wavy ribbon bow, so-called Fontange ribbons. Scrolled candle arms with foliage and eagles' heads, the nozzles with acanthus leaf decoration.
Excellently chiseled and gilt impressive pair of Louis XVI wall lights...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Bronze
Last Days of Napoleon in St-Helena
Located in Paris, FR
Vincenzo VELA (1820-1891)
Last Days of Napoleon in St-Helena
Created in 1866
Bronze with brown patina
Signed ‘V. Vela F. 1867’ on the terrace. Signed ‘F. Barbedienne Fondeur’. Stamp ...
Category
1860s Realist Continental Europe
Materials
Bronze
Elegant 19th-century French gilded wood mirror with floral motifs
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Elegant gilded wood mirror engraved with floral motifs, small pediment, very fine gilding, original mirror, wooden floor.
Louis Philippe period - France 19th century.
Height 155 cm...
Category
1860s French Louis Philippe Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cabinet and Buffet Table; Mexico, Late 18th Century and Later in silver
Located in Madrid, ES
This stunning desk and buffet table combination, originating from Mexico in the second half of the 18th century, is a remarkable example of colonial craftsmanship. Made of polychrome...
Category
1750s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Sterling Silver
Swiss Guard in Petite Uniform: Handcolored Print, Plate 43, 1862
Located in Langweer, NL
Swiss Guard in Petite Uniform: Handcolored Print, Plate 43, 1862
This vivid handcolored lithograph, Swiss Guard in Petite Uniform, is Plate 43 from the 1862 second edition of Alb...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Unique 19th-Century French Painter's Palette Table
Located in Madrid, ES
This rare and original French painter’s table from the mid-19th century is a truly unique piece, crafted around 1850 in the shape of a painter’s palette. With a design that predates ...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Fruitwood
Original Antique Map of Tartary 'Northern China & Far Eastern Russia', 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Tartarie Orientale (..)'.
Original antique map of what is present day northern China and far eastern Russia. Centere...
Category
1750s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Rococo Antique Meissen centre piece 1860s
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Uppsala , SE
Antique porcelain cente rpiece/fruit plate on pedestal by Meissen.
Tazza/compote, decorated with gold and hand painted flowers . Beautiful relief.
Traditional used to serve or disp...
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Porcelain
Six Galleys Sunk by the Dutch Fleet in 1602: A Dramatic Naval Victory, ca. 1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Six Galleys Sunk by the Dutch Fleet in 1602: A Dramatic Naval Victory by Simon Fokke
This powerful 18th-century engraving by Simon Fokke (1712–1780) captures the dramatic naval ba...
Category
1750s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Enamel casket with mythological scenes signed Klein in Paris
Located in Paris, FR
A small enamel rectangular casket decorated with mythological scenes framed with ormolu twisted stripes and flowers. The Rape of Proserpina by the god Pluto adorn the lid. The body o...
Category
1860s Austrian Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Enamel
John J. NAPIER -Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins.
Located in PARIS, FR
John J. NAPIER - English School late 19th century - Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins.
This paintings illustrates the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins or the Parable of ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Canvas
Gold and Enamel Bracelet, Mid-19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Articulated bracelet in enameled gold. The bracelet is composed of five enamelled gold medallions each representing a woman wearing 18th century dress on both sides of a young man. These young people are presented in mid-eighteenth costumes on a countryside background whose design is influenced by the paintings of Pater or Boucher. The frame of the bracelet is in gold of several tones and is decorated with a floral decoration on amati gold background. Pearls connect...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Pair of 19th Century Louis XVI Gilt Wood Side Chairs
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of decorative 19th Century Napoleon III Louis XVI Style gilt wood side chairs
An arched padded back with carved flower decoration and a br...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Giltwood
1862 Litho of Guardian of the Afflicted: A Symbol of Compassion and Service
Located in Langweer, NL
Caregiver of the Sick: Compassion in Action, Plate 60
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This striking lithograph features a caregiver of the sick, clad in solemn black robes adorned with vivid red crosses on th...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
19th Century Napoleon III Crystal Liqueur Cabinet ‘Cave À Liqueur’
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A French "Cave à Liqueur" liqueur cabinet with antique crystal carafes and glasses. The cabinet contains four crystal carafes and ten glasses,...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Zinc
18th Century Chinese Soup Tureen: Imari Elegance with 19th Century French Gilt B
Located in Madrid, ES
Immerse yourself in the opulence of the 18th century with this significant Chinese soup tureen in the Imari style, enriched with gilt bronze mounts from 19th century France. The sophistication of this piece is reflected in the excellent quality of the bronze chiseling and mercury gilding, highlighting its beauty and craftsmanship. The soup tureen is in perfect condition, without cracks or repairs, and boasts generous dimensions of 50x32x32 cm.
Key Features:
18th Century Imari Style: The soup tureen reflects the elegance and richness of 18th-century Chinese Imari ceramics...
Category
1750s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Porcelain
Covered Vase with Atlantes, attr. to A. Giroux, France, circa 1880
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful ovoid-shaped covered vase in patinated bronze with golden highlights, with rich rotating decoration in relief. The lid, symbolizing Night, is decorated with a turtle, a moon, a dragon flying among the clouds ; and the belly, symbolizing the Day, is decorated with a rising sun, mountainous landscapes, and cherry tree branches.
The whole, topped with a flamed seed, is supported by three African-type atlantes dressed in a loincloth.
Historical and artistic context
This work of art combines elements of Japonism and Orientalism, two important movements representative of the taste of the time for exoticism. Indeed, this taste for Chinoiserie was revived at the end of the 19th century following the Franco-English military campaign against the imperial army in China in 1860. Napoleon III’s French troops bring back part of the treasure from the Summer Palace, constituting in 1863 the famous Chinese Museum of Empress Eugénie at the Palace of Fontainebleau. First in painting, the movement quickly spread to decorative arts and furniture.
This craze for the Far East is encouraged in France by the diffusion of Chinese ornamental works renewing the interior decoration of the luxurious Parisian residences of a clientele eager for something new.
It was also under the Second Empire that the Orientalists were propelled to the forefront. Emperor Napoleon III, aristocrats as well as wealthy bourgeois in search of exoticism fill the order books of the most renowned artists. It is then not the predominantly academic style of the Orientalists that counts but above all the exoticism that they show to a fascinated public.
Biography
Alphonse Giroux and Company, famous curiosity and luxury goods shop was situated in Paris, at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The company was founded by Francois-Simon-Alphonse and continued in 1838 by his two sons, Alphonse-Gustave (1810-1886) and André (1801-1879). The father became a close associate of the royal family and specialized in the manufacture of refined items for gifts. Kings Louis XVIII and then Charles X were both supplied with gifts for « The Children of France » by Giroux. Making progressively small furniture, they were mentionned for the first time in 1837 in the class « cabinet...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Bronze
French side table with chinoiserie decorated with Chinese lacquer from 1800s
Located in Cesena, FC
French coffee table with chinoiserie
French side table with chinoiserie, finely decorated with Chinese lacquer, in the interior compartment divided into small spaces and small drawe...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Wedgwood Tazza Very Decorative with 3 Dolphins Stand, 19th Century
By Wedgwood
Located in Paris, FR
This Wedgwood tazza is decorative Delphin is a brightly decorated compote presented as a large clamshell mounted on three dolphins on a three-point bas...
Category
1860s British Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Majolica
Antique rare Jardiniere side table Napoleon III
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique rare Jardiniere side table Napoleon III
Solid wood with the finest tulip veneer and inlaid marquetry. Partially ebonized. Multipassig curly frame box. Side table jardiniere ...
Category
1860s French Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Brass
18th century Baroque Table, Germany 1750
Located in Leimen, DE
Explore the elegance of the past with this exceptional 18th century Baroque table, originating from Southern Germany and created around 1750. This rectangular table is adorned with u...
Category
1750s German Baroque Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Cherry, Walnut
Empire Mahogany Sofa, Restored, Original Upholstery, France, 1860s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Empire Mahogany Sofa
Origin: France
1860s
This item features classic Empire elements. This style, originating in 19th century France, was made to...
Category
1860s French Empire Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Lacquer, Mahogany
19th Century American Antique Silver Plate Pitcher by Stimpson
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful American antique silver plate pitcher by Stimpson, 1868. Great chiseling work in the metal look carefully at the refined decora...
Category
1860s American Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Silver Plate
Pèlerin - 1862 Hand-Colored Lithograph of a Pilgrim
Located in Langweer, NL
Pèlerin - 1862 Hand-Colored Lithograph of a Pilgrim
This 1862 hand-colored lithograph depicts a Pèlerin, or Pilgrim, embodying the humility and devotion of those on spiritual jour...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
19th Century Ebony Writing Desk Set INKWELL – African Bust Design
Located in Madrid, ES
This unique and captivating 19th-century writing desk set combines function with artistic beauty. Crafted from ebonized wood, this remarkable piece is designed as the head of an Afri...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Fruitwood
Three drawings by François Boucher in a mounting by Jean-Baptiste Glomy
By François Boucher
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Juliette Parmentier-Courreau of the Custodia Foundation for her welcome and support during the consultation of Glomy’s Journal des Ouvrages.
This spectacularly large "feuille de desseins ajustés" commissioned by François Boucher from Jean-Baptiste Glomy is emblematic of the painter's art and mastery of rocaille. It is also fully representative of the taste of this period in the field of decorative arts. The largest of these three drawings, placed at the bottom of the composition, is particularly interesting: dating from around 1756, it constitutes a modello (apparently unpublished) for the frontispiece of the "Catalogue des tableaux de Monsieur de Julienne"), preserved in the Morgan Library in New York.
1. François Boucher, the master of French rocaille
The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre.
As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him.
On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale tapestry...
Category
1750s Old Masters Continental Europe
Materials
Chalk, Ink
White Carrara Marble Fireplace Mantel 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
Nice white carrara marble fireplace mantel from the 19th Century.
With Lion’s leggs to place in front of the chimney.
Category
1860s French Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Carrara Marble
BACCARAT, Neo-Greek Crater-Shaped Vase in Doubled and Acid-Etched Crystal
By Baccarat
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This crater-shaped vase made out of coated crystal is a work from the Baccarat glasshouse, between 1862 and 1867, when similar models were displayed at the Parisian World’s Fair, whe...
Category
1860s French Greek Revival Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Crystal
Large Gold Candy Box 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Large and circular box featuring two shades of gold. The removable lid is embellished with detailed, concentric lines and with a central medallion representing a dove flying over a f...
Category
1750s French Louis XV Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Gold
Baccarat white opaline water set, Napoléon III period circa 1860
By Baccarat
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
A fine white opaline water set by Baccarat : a water bottle, a lemon balm or liquor bottle, a sugar pot, two glasses and the tray.
Each piece has a hand-painted gilt decoration in ro...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Opaline Glass
French Régence Gilt Wood Mirror, 18th century
Located in Leimen, DE
Discover the timeless elegance of an 18th-century French Régence gilt wood mirror, a masterpiece of exquisite craftsmanship. This stunning mirror features a finely carved giltwood fr...
Category
1750s French Baroque Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Giltwood
1862 Chromolithograph of Cana – Biblical Landscape in Southern Lebanon
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 19th-Century Chromolithograph of Cana – Biblical Landscape After David Roberts
Description: This striking 19th-century chromolithograph presents a breathtaking view of Cana, the site traditionally associated with Jesus' first miracle—the transformation of water into wine at a wedding feast. The print originates from the 1862 publication *De Middelaar God en der Menschen - Tafereelen uit Jezus' Leven en Werk op Aarde* by J.J.L. Ten Kate, published by Gebroeders Kraay in Amsterdam. The composition is based on an original plate by the esteemed British artist David Roberts (1796–1864), whose highly detailed and atmospheric depictions of the Holy Land remain among the most celebrated travel illustrations of the 19th century.
The scene captures a dramatic and expansive view of the rolling hills and fertile valleys surrounding Cana, bathed in the warm glow of the setting sun. The interplay of light and shadow enhances the landscape’s depth, creating a peaceful yet awe-inspiring atmosphere. In the foreground, a small group of figures rests near a stone well, symbolizing the region’s historical connection to water and its biblical significance. To the right, a caravan of travelers on horseback winds its way down a rugged path, emphasizing the area's continued role as a crossroads of pilgrimage and trade. In the distance, the smoke rising from the village adds a human presence to the otherwise untouched landscape.
The chromolithographic process used in this print allows for exceptional tonal variation and soft gradations of color, making it a fine example of 19th-century craftsmanship. This piece is particularly appealing to collectors of biblical art, historical views of the Holy Land, and 19th-century travel prints...
Category
1860s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
Pair of biscuit sculptures of Napoleon III eagles
Located in Paris, FR
Pair biscuit sculptures of eagles. Work from the second half of the 19th century, bearing the incised mark "Mre. Imple. de Sèvres" (not guaranteed).
Important pair of porcelain bisc...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Porcelain
1757 Native American Tribal Adornments – Feathered Headdresses, Belts & Jewelry
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1757 Native American Tribal Adornments – Feathered Headdresses, Belts & Jewelry
Description: This exceptional pair of antique copperplate engravings, published in 1757 in *...
Category
1750s Antique Continental Europe
Materials
Paper
