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PORTORO MARBLE FLUTED COLUMN Rome, 18th Century portoro marble 121 x 36 x 36 cm 47 3/4 x 14 1/4 x 14 1/4 in

LOUIS XV WOOD CARVED AND GILT FRAME Interior measurement: 57 x 110 cm. Exterior measurement: 84 x 137 cm.

Though he is most celebrated today for his extraordinary work as an artist of ornithological and zoological subject matters, Schouman was also a prolific documenter of landscape in his native Holland. The present drawing, which depicts a view of the Castel of Vianen, fits securely into a corpus of drawings Schouman produced on the same scale and in the same distinctive combination of media, examples of which are today housed in the collection of the Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen, Middelburg. Castle Batestein (also called Batenstein ) is a castle disappeared from the Netherlands . It was built on the banks of the Lek in the small town of Vianen, then in the province of South Holland (now in the province of Utrecht ). The castle was burned down in 1696 and then demolished. Remains only the Hofpoort (or castle gate...

"Regiment Standard Of The Old Regime, Eighteenth Century." Regimental standard of the Ancien Régime, from the 18th century. Fleurs de lys at the corners,...

Fine drawing in pencil, oval format. Circle of Angelika Kauffmann. The subject is not clear. It is Amor with his arrows and perhaps Venus with a sp...

BRECCIA FRAGMENT PLINTH Italy, 18th Century Breccia medicea 55 x d 25 cm 21 3/4 x d 9 3/4 in

Oak then lacquered with marble top Carved/Stamped with the name "Latz" in the wood under the marble Height: 55 inches (86.25 cm) Width: 55 inches (140 cm) Provenance Château de Mareil Le Guyon This commode is available to view at our gallery on Cecil Court. Jean-Pierre Latz Jean-Pierre Latz was one of the handful of truly outstanding cabinetmakers working in Paris in the mid 18th-century. Like several of his peers in the French capital, he was of German origin. His furniture is in a fully developed rococo style, employing boldly sculptural gilt-bronze mounts complementing marquetry motifs of flowers and leafy sprays, in figured tropical veneers like tulipwood, amarante, purpleheart and rosewood, often featuring the distinctive end-grain cuts. He also produced lacquered pieces, most famously the slant-front desk in the collection of Stavros Niarchos...

Spectacular Louis XV Screen" SPECTACULAR LOUIS XV SCREEN in painted and oiled paper decorated with “the 12 Caesars” and “the 4 seasons” adorned with text...

Stained glass with lead frame and soldering Height: 8 3/4 inches (22.25 cm) Unsigned This is a beautiful small stained glass window showing John the Baptist, created with bright coloured glass and painted details in brown and gold stain. Here, John is shown holding a lamb, a common attribute given to St John to symbolise his recognition of Jesus as the Son of God. Indeed, when John baptised Jesus in the River Jordan he said 'Behold, the Lamb of God'. His reed cross and camel skin...

Louis XVI Woodwork Panel" Panel De Boiserie Louis XVI in rechampi wood decorated with an urn on a trianon blue background decorated with a garland. Ep.XVIIIth. H.104 L.114.

Le montreur de marmotte, vers 1780-1790 Éventail plié, la feuille double en papier gravé. Au centre, une famille profite d’un jardin animé par une bouquetière et un jeune montreur de...