France

This nice mortar is made of white marble. This is a French work from 18th Century

Circa 1750 England or Europe Sleeveless bodice and long pleated basques in silver cloth, lampas in silver thread. Rich polychrome silk brocade with wood berry design and undulating ...

This exquisite large Japanese porcelain bowl from Arita is in impeccable condition, boasting no signs of restoration. Its exterior showcases continuous karakusa scrolls inspired by t...

Beautiful handcarved giltwood acanthus leaf curl ornament that once adorned a chapel .Original period piece that due it’s high age has a beautiful weathered look. Italy circa 1780/18...

Architectural designs. A set of nine architectural engravings. These engravings are framed in white gold covered french frames. From the publication published in Milan in 1782. "Diff...

Jean-Baptiste LE PAON Paris, 1738 – Paris, 1785 Military scene near a castle Wash and ink on paper 25 x 31 cm (38 x 44 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower right: “Le Paon / 1785” C...

This pot is in Faïence, in white and blue. They has been made in Netherlands, in the 18th century. they are Delft pieces. The creator is Adrian Pynacker, it is signed with his mark "...

Exceptional tapestry from the 18th century Royal Manufacture of Beauvais. Representation of a woman wearing a crown of wheat around her head and playing the Tam-tam in the garden of ...

Le prix est pour le lot de 15m² Octogone à cabochons en terre cuite pour un sol classique et élégant. Parfaits pour ajouter une touche de charme rustique à tout espace.

Nice pastel portrait representing a young woman. Wonderful weathered wooden frame and its old glass, France, 18th century. Weathered, small losses.

Direct from a chateau in the south of France, a magnificent privately commissioned, 18th century 7pc table set of gorgeous original Louis XVI salt cellars (2 double and 4 single) and...

A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....

Platter in Copper and Brass 2 Handle Gold and cooper Color Deutch 18eme Century

Unique and large pair of neoclassical altar candleholders with traces of their original silver and gold, Italy, circa 1760-1780. Weathered, small l...

Workshop Of The Widow Of Guillaume Wernier Period: 18th century Condition: Perfect condition Material: Wool Width: 258 cm Height: 200 cm Depth: 0.5 cm "Gallant scene against a lands...

Beautiful 18th-19th century hand forged iron candleholder. A wonderful example of primitive folk art. A perfect balance between utility and aesthetics. Southern France, Spain, 18th...

A truly exceptional and rare late 18th century French Louis XVI period parclose, or cushion mirror, in an elaborate, richly carved giltwood frame. This rectangular mirror is embellis...

Le plat de service Porcelaine du Lys Royal est une reproduction fidèle du décor "Kakiemon", emblématique de la manufacture du Château de Chantilly au XVIIIe siècle. Ce chef-d'œuvre r...

Commode "Lyonnaise" 18th century in solid walnut very fine and specific carvings. Perfect design . The front part of the commode and drawers are built in curved lines. Each upper c...

This exquisite antique stone trough was expertly hand-carved from solid natural stone, embodying centuries of European craftsmanship. Its beautifully weathered surface and original p...

Coffee cup in porcelain of sevres, from the 18th century Beautiful 18th century coffee cup in Sèvres porcelain. Dimensions: H:6.5cm, D: 11cm.

This is a very rare antique High Baroque game table is hand crafted and has an absolutely magnificent wooden inlay with people playing cards and in the center there are images of pla...

Magnificent Louis XVI period living room in white lacquered carved wood, gendarme hat back, grooved belts and fluted feet. Composed of a large eight-legged sofa and two armchairs. ...

Antique French Louis XVI period mirror, circa 1780. Antique carved giltwood (gildind to the leaf) frame orned with stylised pearls, mounted on an aged patina grey painted woodwork. A...

This is a wonderful Guardi's Triptyc, composed by three oval oil painted panels attributed by some of most reputable scholars to the Venetian old master Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)....

Ancient Roman Still Life from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Azzerboni and Casanova in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Fair cond...

Cartel from the Louis XV period in brown tortoiseshell and inlaid with brass signed in enamel Jean Louis Delisle in Paris and on the movement, strikes the hours and half-hours revise...

Beautiful and rare black marble (Belgium blue stone) mortar, France, circa 1750-1850. Great eyecatcher. Weathered but good condition.

Etching on paper. From Guillaume-Thomas Raynal, Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, Geneva 1780. This interestin...

Letter C is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...

View of Castel of Acqua Felice is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1751. Very precoius and rare lifetime impression. Roman edition. I...

Barrel butter churn, made in Sweden 1797. This spruce churn can be used as a decoration accessory to hold a plant decoration. Shipping: 28 / 28 / 99 cm 6.2 kg.    

Bague ancienne en or rose 18 carats (750 millièmes) de la fin du 18ème siècle, sertie de trois diamants table (dont le central pèse 0,80 carat) entourés de chaque côté d'une ligne de...

Pair of andirons Gilt bronze and wrought iron Measures: H 33 x W 32x D 56 cm Late 18th century An andiron is a fireplace accessory. It is a piece of wood or metal often placed in ...

BUST In Marble Probably From Carrara Representing King Henry IV Late 18th Century" Marble BUST probably from Carrara representing King Henry IV with a laurel wreath. late 18th centur...

Late 18th Century French pastel portrait on paper of a young lady in period dress in a 'feigned oval'. In gilt wood frame presented under glass. Very much of its period and similar ...

These reclaimed antique terracotta hexagonal, primarily from the17th-18th and 19th centuries, have been carefully salvaged from historic French home...

Beautiful handcarved giltwood floral ornament that once adorned a chapel .Original period piece that due it’s high age has a wonderful weather...

Fireback of the 19th century depicting a vase on a tripod with fire framed by two chimeras supporting baskets of fruit.

Louis-Gabriel BLANCHET (Versailles, 1701 – Rome, 1772) Presumed self-portrait of the artist Oil on canvas H. 73 cm; W. 60 cm Circa 1730 Originally presented in a Restoration period frame with a "Mignard" cartouche, this beautiful painting initially appeared to us as a work from northern Italy. However, it exuded a rather French form of refinement, suggesting that its artist may have assimilated a dual influence from both sides of the Alps. We thank our colleague and friend Philippe Mendès for spontaneously and judiciously "bringing out" the name of Louis-Gabriel Blanchet, a Romanized French portraitist, whose spirit and stylistic characteristics we clearly recognize here. Blanchet's "French" years, before his final departure for Rome in 1728, following his winning of the second Grand Prix for painting after Subleyras in 1727, are extremely poorly documented. His father, Gabriel, was valet to Blouin, himself Louis XIV's first valet at the time. According to Thierry Lefrançois, Blanchet was one of the few students of Nicolas Bertin (1667-1736), whose studio he is said to have joined in the early 1720s. At a baptism on March 24, 1724, where he was godfather, he is mentioned as a painter in the picture store of the Duke of Antin, the director of buildings between 1708 and 1736. At this time, he was probably already married to Jeanne Quément, with whom he had a daughter also named Jeanne, who would marry Nicolas Aviet, the son of a valet in the queen's wardrobe, in Versailles in 1738. When Blanchet arrived in Rome in October 1728, he was accompanied by Subleyras, Trémolières, and Slodtz. He enjoyed the goodwill of Vleughels, the director of the Académie de France, which had been based at the Palazzo Mancini since 1725, even though the latter was not always kind to our resident. From 1732, he was under the protection of the Duke of Saint-Aignan when he took up his post as ambassador to Rome. Along with Slodtz and Subleyras, they formed a trio of friends, joined by Joseph Vernet shortly after his arrival in Rome in 1734. Slodtz and Blanchet, on the occasion of Subleyras's marriage in 1739, were there to attest that their friend was not bound by any marital commitment, and Blanchet was a witness at Vernet's wedding in 1745. It is most likely from these early years in Rome that our portrait of the artist dates, the expression and turn of his face irresistibly reminiscent of a self-portrait. The still relatively youthful features may correspond to Blanchet's thirty-something years, and the fluffy wig was still fashionable at this time. The painting fits well with the depiction of a young painter wanting to display both the beginnings of success and a certain simplicity or restraint. A slight smile expresses a form of assurance in this man with a gentle, sincere gaze and a face radiating a keen sense of wit. We find here the air of intimacy present in almost all of Blanchet's portraits, even those from the 1750s and 1760s, as well as an almost complicity with the viewer. The spirit of the painting is quite close to that of the presumed portrait of Bouchardon (painted around 1730) and the portrait of Pannini, painted in 1736, but it possesses a more natural quality, notably thanks to the absence of decorum. Our work exhibits the characteristics of Blanchet's paintings: elegance, luminosity (especially in the whites), vibrant and refined colors (here, the harmony of the garnet of the garment and the slate blue of the background, whose uniformity is tempered by a very sketched landscape and a grove of greenery), light complexions, rather rosy cheekbones, often full lips, and rather tight framing. According to the Academy's rules, Blanchet's stay should have ended in the spring of 1732, but, for reasons unknown, he remained in the Eternal City until his death, as did his friend Subleyras, with whom he shared accommodation until the late 1730s. The latter regularly called upon him to collaborate on his paintings, such as The Meal at Simon's. Through Saint-Aignan's intervention, Blanchet was employed in the late 1730s by the Stuart princely family, then exiled in Italy. He notably produced copies (now lost) after Liotard of the portraits of Charles Edward and Henry Benedict, the sons of James III Stuart. The latter also commissioned three other portraits (now in the National Portrait Gallery in London), whose more formal character contrasts with the intimate spirit of Blanchet's portraits. Blanchet frequented English painters, such as the landscape painter Richard Wilson, and studied with the Scottish portraitist Katherine Read...

Skeleton is an etching realized by Jean Gullaume Moitte in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi...

Great pair of small carved wooden candleholders with traces of beautiful silver leaf gilding. Italy, circa 1750 Weathered and small losses and old repairs. Measurements are individu...

Posing Man is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing on the margins. Signed in the plate. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMB...

A charming little sterling silver-lidded porcelain box, possibly used for snoring snuff, or for general trinkets. The silver top is decorated in Louis XVI style, and bears the Minerv...

This is a very rare and extremely unusual figurative solid bronze handcrafted sculpture. The figure is most likely Inca-Mayan and worshiping Inti, also called Apu-punchau,-in Inca religion the sun of God. The work is incredibly detailed, starting with the man’s feet...

Sculpture of a standing Buddha in chased and gilded bronze, 18th century, Art of Asia. An ormolu Buddha sculpture, Siam, kingdom of Ratanakosin (Bangkok), fifth reign of the Chakri ...

Ancient engraving, map of the earth with circling zodiac "Situs Terrae Circulis Coelestibus Circumnate"

Beautiful and large handcarved giltwood baroque ornament that once adorned a chapel or a church. Italy, circa 1750. Weathered/ small losses and old repairs. Measurement includes the ...

Etching on paper realized in 1748. Very good condition except for some minor foxing. Includes a wooden frame cm. 27.5x41.5

This is a Earthenware stove made in Luneville, France.The Color is Green. It has been made during 18th century .Louis XV Period

This beautiful engraving named La boudinière, is made by Jacques Philippe LeBas after the work of David Teniers II. This engraving represents a kitchen interior divided by partitions. In the foreground, there is the carcass of a half pig hanging. This carcass is placed in front of a bread oven...

Chinoiserie panel or wall parper, decorated with birds playing in flowers China or Italy (Torino), work late 18th early 19th century Panel in a frame, canvased Use, stains a...

Attributed to Francesco Casanova (1727-1803), A Mamluk fighting on his horse, watercolor and ink on paper 35 x 26 cm Framed 54 x 44 cm (vintage frame, the mount and the back have b...

Great pair of small carved wooden candle holders with traces of beautiful silver leaf gilding. Italy, circa 1750 Weathered and small losses and old repairs. Measurements are individ...

Spectacular hand-carved white marble capital with angel head. Beautiful weathered white marble . France circa 1750 Weathered Measurements include the wooden pedestal

Fireback of the 18th century with two atlantes supporting an entablature with fire vases.

Le Leopard is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Ro...

Beautiful handcarved giltwood floral ornaments that once adorned a chapel .Original period pieces that due their high age have a wonderful wea...

Circa 1760 France Beautiful gentleman's vest in gold lamé fluted silk called French faille in goose poop color and dating from the Louis XV period. Small waist fitted with long basq...

Le Chat d'Angora is an etching realized in 1771 by ` (1723-1807). It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". Arti...