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c. 1940

“Beyond Words” is an original drawing on paper Fabriano by Colombian artist Luis Xiua, whose work fuses figurative and abstract elements inspired by nature, symbolism, and constructi...

“Beyond Words” is an original drawing on paper Fabriano by Colombian artist Luis Xiua, whose work fuses figurative and abstract elements inspired by nature, symbolism, and constructi...

“Eternal Encounters” is an original drawing on paper Fabriano by Colombian artist Luis Xiua, whose work fuses figurative and abstract elements inspired by nature, symbolism, and cons...

Nelson Mandela, Madiba’s Nguni Bull I, Signed Original Artwork Many people are unaware that Nelson Mandela turned his hand to art in his 80's a...

Nelson Mandela, Madiba’s Nguni Bull II, Signed Original Artwork Many people are unaware that Nelson Mandela turned his hand to art in his 80's ...

Nelson Mandela, Qunu Landscape with Nguni Cow, Signed Original Artwork Many people are unaware that Nelson Mandela turned his hand to art in his 80's as...

Charles Frederick de Brocktorff (1775–1850) ‘Camelopard – a present from the Pacha of Egypt to the King – at Malta on its way to England’ Signed and dated C.F. de Brocktorff. / 1827. lower right, inscribed as titled in the painted margins lower centre. Pencil and watercolour heightened with gold paint and gum arabic on paper, 36.8 x 27.9 cm A gift so majestic, it made kings blush, and a gift so grand, it would startle Europe into a craze. Pasha Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1805-1848) did it in 1827: he sent to Europe three magical spotted, horned creatures, each with a neck reaching the skies and legs as long as a house is high. One giraffe to King Charles X of France, one to Francis I of Austria and the most fabled one to King George IV of England. A curious sight for Europeans, who had not seen such a beast since the Medici giraffe in 1487. Few animals created more of a stir in Europe than these royal...

Follower of Zacharias Wagener (1614-1688) Tamanuâguasû (Giant Anteater) On Italian 17th or 18th-century paper, H. 28 x W. 43.5 cm ​The present painting is a copy after Wagener’s painting of the anteater, Tamanduá-bandeira, which is illustrated in his “Thier Buch”, with 109 drawings of Brazilian fish, birds and mammals, published in Amsterdam c. 1641, in German. ​ Zacharias Wagener, or Wagenaer in Dutch, (Dresden 1614 – Amsterdam 1668) was a real adventurer who became Opperhoofd on Deshima and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in the service of the VOC. During the Thirty-Year War in Germany Wagener tried his luck in Amsterdam where he worked for the map-maker Willem Blaeu. In 1634 he joined the WIC and left for Dutch Brazil where he worked as writer and painter, together with Frans Post...

Charcoal and ink on paper Signed by the artist Unique work Jean-Claude Desmerges is a French artist and researcher born in 1957 who combines his skills as a visual artist and resear...

Charcoal and ink on paper Signed by the artist Unique work Jean-Claude Desmerges is a French artist and researcher born in 1957 who combines his skills as a visual artist and resear...