Dipinto mitologico nudo simbolista francese del XIX secolo con cornice
By Emile Meyer
Located in Florence, IT
il dipinto senza la cornice in legno finemente decorata a ornato vegetale in pastiglia e dorata misura 35 x 27 cm senza cornice, è firmato e datato: E. Meyer 1892. La scena si svolg...
Canvas, Oil
"THE PARIS HIPPODROME"
Located in Ghent, BE
His works impress by their quality and one cannot be but blown away by the artist’s incredible artistic bravery. Emile Meyer could as easily paint a classical Venus or a Venetian la...
Canvas, Oil
$5,141
H 48.43 in W 71.26 in
Mattia Traverso - Genoese 20th century mythological painting - Nymphs
By Mattia Traverso
Located in Varmo, IT
Mattia Traverso (Genoa 1885 - Genoa 1956) - Large Banquet Scene with Putti and Nymphs. 102 x 161 cm (without frame) - 123 x 181 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in a carved and gild...
Canvas, Oil
$1,511Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 17 in
18th Century French Oil Artist Painting Nude Model Classical Garden Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artist and his Model French School, 18th century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 14 x 17 inches Board: 11 x 14 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good co...
Oil
$2,619Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.5 in W 12.75 in
Fine 19th Century French Oil Painting Classical Roman Figures Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Attributed to Antoine Felix Boisselier (19th Century) French (unsigned) 'Classical figures in a bed chamber Medium: oil on canvas, with inscription verso Size of painting: 9.5" x 12....
Oil
$3,928Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 32 in
Large 1700 Italian Old Master Nude Bather with Classical Figures Water Fountain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, circa 1700's Classical figures in landscape oil on canvas, framed framed: 36 x 32 inches canvas: 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very goo...
Oil, Canvas
$1,746Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 16 in
1800's French Rococo Oil Panel Painting Scantily Clad Woman in Wooded Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, early 1800's circle of Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) sketch of a scantly clad woman in a natural wooded landscape setting oil painting on wood panel, framed in per...
Oil
$12,500
H 20 in W 38 in
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Allegorical Mythical Nudes VIRTUE OF VICE o/c
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This painting is likely to be from the late 18th or early 19th century, and is likely inspired by Antonio Correggio's "Virtue of Vice" circa 1531. Frame dimensions: 30 x 49 inches. T...
Canvas, Oil
$8,569
H 21.66 in W 37.41 in D 1.58 in
French Antique Original Figurative Nude Oil Painting, Signed Legendre, Framed
Located in Gavere, BE
An original French Antique figurative oil painting from circa 1920, Reclining Nude bears the signature Legendre at the lower right. The composition presents a reclining female figure...
Gold Leaf
$1,713Sale Price|40% Off
H 21.26 in W 25.2 in
French academic painter - 18th-19th century neoclassical reclining nude
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (18th–19th century) - Reclining Female Figure. 44 x 54 cm (without frame) - 54 x 64 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas laid on panel, in a carved and gilded wooden frame...
Oil, Canvas
$6,002Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in
17th Century French Old Master Oil Painting Classical Robed Semi Nude Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
17th century French School circle of Nicolas Poussin (French 1594-1665) "Figures in Arcadia" oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 20 inches provenance: private collection, England co...
Oil, Canvas
$796Sale Price|38% Off
H 7.125 in W 6 in D 0.5 in
19th Century, Gustave Doens Painting on Celluloid of A French Nude Beauty
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gustave Doens (French, 19th century). This very fine quality antique painting features a beautiful young lady, delicately disrobed under a rich and vibrant landscape. She appears to...
Giltwood
$11,608Sale Price|20% Off
H 30.71 in W 42.52 in D 2.37 in
Figurative Nude Antique Oil Painting Attributed to Henri-Camille Danger, Framed
Located in Gavere, BE
Nude with a Fan is an original French figurative oil painting, dating to circa 1910 and attributed to Henri-Camille Danger (1857–1939). This unsigned work depicts a reclining female ...
Gold Leaf
$914Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.04 in W 9.45 in D 1.97 in
Italian Oil Painting on Board, Nude of a Young Woman
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We are pleased to present this early 20th-century oil on panel painting. This splendid nude of a young woman features a red signature on the back that is not perfectly legible, but i...
Wood
$4,513
H 39.38 in W 28.75 in
Emmanuel Stanek Antique Figurative Nude Oil Painting, 19th-Century, Not framed
Located in Gavere, BE
An original 19th-century figurative oil painting by Emmanuel Stanek (1862–1920), this large canvas depicts a seated nude bather surrounded by dark foliage, flowering plants and rich ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,742
H 40.56 in W 60.24 in D 1.19 in
Painting: Cephalus and Procris. Oil on canvas. 19th century Italian School.
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. 19th century Italian School. The myth of Procris and Cephalus is a famous and tragic story of love, jealousy, and betrayal told in Ovid's *Metamorphoses*. Cephalus, a...
Oil
$4,341
H 41.34 in W 49.22 in
ALLEGORICAL SCENE - Giovanni Faliero - Italy Oil on Canvas Painting
By Giovanni Faliero
Located in Napoli, IT
Allegorical Scene - Giovanni Faliero Italia 2009 - Oil on canvas cm. 90x110. This beautiful oil on canvas is the personal reinterpretation of the magnificent painting “Bacchant play...
Canvas, Oil
$10,740
H 43.31 in W 54.73 in D 2.76 in
Painting The Childhood of Jupiter Ambit by Carlo Cignani, Oil on canvas. 18th 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. The painting carefully resumes the one made by Carlo Cignani in 1702/1704, and is therefore the work of one of his pupils or at any rate of his workshop or sphere. The...
Oil
Mid 18th Century Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug, 1760
Located in New York, NY
Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug Made in Axminster, Devon, Great Britain, circa 1760 (George III) Provenance: Baron Guy de Rothschild 29' 10" x 17' 11" (909.32 x 546.10 cm)
Wool
English Cast Iron Umbrella / Cane Stand. Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
English cast iron umbrella / cane stand with three section top, scrolled floral side mounts, four removable pans, and terminating on decorative cast egg and dart base.
An Important Italian Neoclassical Painted & Parcel Gilt Canapé
Located in Sheffield, MA
An Important Italian Neoclassical Painted & Parcel Gilt Canapé First Quarter 19th Century Lombardy, Italy The back rest with paneled top rail decorated with swans flanking a founta...
Wood
Victorian Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage, the case features a lux...
Velvet, Glass, Wood
$180,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 141 in W 78 in D 36 in
A Rare English Gothic Style Highly Carved Walnut & Polychromed Fire-Place C.1860
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Rare English Gothic Style Highly Carved Walnut & Polychromed Fire-Place Carved with precision by the most gifted carpenters in the 19th century. This fire place was made for the ...
Walnut
Empire Mahogany Fauteuil de Bureau, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The early 19th century desk chair with ram's head arms and turned legs, is attributable to Jacob Desmalter and dates to circa 1805.
Mahogany
$20,000
H 79 in W 35.5 in D 19 in
Venetian Hand-Painted Blind Door Secretary with Bookcase, Circa 1900
Located in Charleston, SC
Venetian blind door secretary with a carved scrolled decorative cornice, upper case bookcase with hand-painted parrots and foliage, slant top reveling a fitted interior desk, three l...
Brass
$7,200 / set
H 16.5 in W 19 in D 8 in
Pair of Rustic Black Forest Walnut Wall Shelves, 19th Century, Carved
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Rustic Black Forest (19th Cent) walnut wall shelves with one mountain goat and one pronghorn with leaf carved design
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Mahogany Desk with Leather Top
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style (English-19th Century) mahogany table desk with 3 drawers and various inlaid woods with bronze trim & swags on legs with a leather top (WROTHAM PARK)
Bronze
Late 18th Century Soft Rust Colored Spanish Cuenca Rug
Located in New York, NY
Late 18th Century Soft Rust Colored Spanish Cuenca Rug Provenance; Palazzo Volpi Rome, Count Volpi di Misurata Royal textile factory of Cuenca (Real Fabrica deTejidos de Cuenca) Cuen...
Wool
$52,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 126 in W 58 in D 29 in
Monumental Italian Carved Giltwood Console and Mirror
Located in Tarzana, CA
A very large and fine 19th century Italian Rococo style carved giltwood figural console table and matching mirror. The "D" shaped console table masterfully carved with foliate, masks...
Marble
$8,912
H 82.68 in W 67.72 in D 23.23 in
1890s Tuscany Renaissance Armoire Wardrobe in Carved Walnut by Dini e Puccini
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1890s Renaissance Revival cupboard wardrobe in carved walnut, with two internal mirror on doors by Dini & Puccini (Cascina - Tuscany) It can be used as a bookcase by adding inter...
Mirror, Walnut
Pair of Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Throne Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of antique Italian Rococo high back silver-gilt carved throne style Armchairs with beige upholstered seat and back panels (1 similar-Inv. #037738A)
Silver Leaf
$14,850Sale Price|24% Off
H 31 in W 47.75 in D 28 in
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Center, Writing Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Louis XVI style ebonized gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and fruitwood floral marquetry single-drawer center table, desk or writing table. The orna...
Bronze
Large Louis XV Style 19th Century Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French kingwood parquetry inlaid Louis XV style freestanding bureau plate. Having an inset leather top, five oak lined drawers to one side, dummy dra...
Ormolu
$750
H 3 in W 9.5 in D 6.5 in
Arts and Crafts Copper and Brass Candleholder Jugendstil Aesthetic Movement
Located in Sharon, CT
Arts and Crafts copper and brass candleholder Jugendstil Aesthetic Movement. Candleholder retains original patinated surface.
Brass
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