Winter scene in oil on canvas with skaters on a pond in front of a timber and lathe home with a thatched roof. This painting is late 19th century, Continental. The trees and branches are done with great fineness and the pond area is beautifully reflective. Later gilt...
Antique Art
Bronze of a Playful Clown
Bronze of a playful clown, signed and dated 1905 at the right foot and on a rouge marble base. Loosely sculpted in the Impressionist taste and expressive with the clown holding a ball (reset). H. 10", w. 4", d. 4.5". $345.
Still Life, Italian, 17th/18th century
Still Life, Italian, 17th/ 18th century. A harvest fills the plank table with a palate in the soft tones of fresh fruit. H. 35.5", w. 44". Old repairs, properly cleaned and restored. The frame is period and in black paint with dull gold rims. $2800.
19th century Anglo-Indian model
We offer this 19th century Anglo-Indian model of a palanquin for your enjoyment and transportation planning. Forego the machinery of the 21st century and make style your priority for the new year. Within the sedan is a seated British officer reading his favorite...
Set of 10 French 18th century prints
A rare set of 10 French 18th century prints, all of high style French seating, with art and plates done by the masters of the period, Boucher, Fosse, Dupin, and Beaumont. These are crisp images on laid paper and beautifully matted with quarter round bevels against...
Portrait of Sir Robert Marsham, 1685-1750
A Baron, Sir Robert Marsham, 1685-1750, oil on canvas attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller. This fine large portrait awaits that empty wall in your English country house. 60" by 49" in a later gilt and ebonized cove frame. Sir Marsham is shown here in a powdered...
Mrs. Spencer Cooper and her daughter, English, early 19th century
A superb early 19th century English portrait of a young mother and her child done in oil on canvas is framed in a deeply coved gilt period frame with carved leafage rims. The painting was donated to The Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1968 by Mary Griggs Burke...
French country scene, late 19th century
A charming French country scene previously attributed to George Quincy Thorndike (1825-1886). Thorndike was born in Boston and painted at times in French themes. Here a girl sits in a blooming orchard while cows wander to a stream. At right, a woman is riding a...
Fall lake scene, late 19th century
A placid fall lake scene is under blue skies with puffy white clouds. At the shore, a skiff with oars awaits the rower, who perhaps is the artist who came to paint. The foreground field is bounded by a rail fence to the right. The distant ridge of trees takes a...
4566- 17th Century Italian Oil on Canvas
A 17th century oil on canvas, probably Italian, in an old surface and retaining an old and appealing gilt frame. Relined and restored. 28" by 34" overall. $1850