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Period: Mid-19th Century
A Soldier Blowing the Trumpet by French Artist Charles Bouchez, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Charles Bouchez (1811-1882) French
A Soldier Blowing the Trumpet
oil on canvas
signed and dated ch. Bouchez 1842
canvas dimensions 6.29 x 4.13 inches (16 x 10.5 cm)
frame 10.23 x 7...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jean Adolphe Boucé (French painter) - 19th century landscape painting - Hunt
Located in Varmo, IT
Jean Adolphe Boucé (1818 - 1875) - Deer Hunting.
33.5 x 43 cm without frame, 38.5 x 48 cm with frame.
Oil on paper applied on canvas, in a contemporary 19th century frame.
- Work ...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Woman nestled in an armchair
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph-Désiré COURT
(Rouen, 1797 – Paris, 1865)
Woman nestled in an armchair
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left
81 x 65 cm
1834
Exhibition: in all likelihood, number 50 of ...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English marine Sailing scene of Dutch fishing boats by a harbor
By Henry King Taylor
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry King Taylor was a marine and coastal scene painter who lived in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1859 to 1864 with titles includi...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Gentleman with Cigar Large 19th Century British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman with a Cigar
English artist, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall good a...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,935 Sale Price
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Venus with Putti Oil on Canvas with Gilt-wood Frame
Located in Rome, IT
French 19' century painting oil on canvas . Young Venus nude figure surrounded by delicious playing putti .
Finely carved and gilt-wood frame of the same period .
Measurements w...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sidney Richard Percy (Naturalistic British painter) - 19th century landscape
Located in Varmo, IT
Sidney Richard Percy (British, 1822 - 1886) - River landscape with swallows in flight.
51.5 x 76.5 cm without frame, 57.5 x 82.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of an Italian Fencer, " John Frederick Kensett, Hudson River School
Located in New York, NY
John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872)
Portrait of an Italian Fencer, circa 1845-47
Watercolor on wove paper
13 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches
Signed with initials and inscribed lower right "J.F.K. Rome"
From October 1845 through the spring of 1847, Kensett lived in Rome. He attended classes where he sketched from live models, and he sketched in the countryside outside Rome and around Florence, Perugia, and Venice, places he visited with his artist friends. He fulfilled commissions for paintings from Americans in Italy, and by 1847 his career was well established.
Son of an English immigrant engraver, John Kensett lacked enthusiasm for that medium and became one of the most accomplished painters of the second generation of Hudson River School painters. His reputation is for Luminism, careful depiction of light, weather, and atmosphere as they affect color and texture of natural forms. He was particularly influenced by the painting of Asher Durand in that he focused on realism and detail rather than the highly dramatic views associated with Thomas Cole. Going to the western United States in the mid 1850s and the 1860s, he was the first of the Hudson River School painters to explore and paint the West.
Kensett was born and raised in Cheshire, Connecticut, and learned his engraving from his father, Thomas Kensett with whom he worked in New Haven, Connecticut until 1829. He continued working until 1840 as an engraver of labels, banknotes and maps and was employed part of that time by the American Bank Note Company in New York City. There he met Thomas Rossiter, John Casilear, and other artists who urged him to pursue painting. In 1840, he and Rossiter, Asher Durand, and Casilear went to Europe where Kensett stayed for seven years and supported himself by doing engraving but became accomplished in landscape painting.
Having sent canvases of Italian landscapes back to New York, he had a reputation for skillful painting that preceded him. When he returned to New York City in 1847, he was an "instant success" and very sought after by collectors. Two of his Italian landscapes had already been purchased by the American Art Union. By 1849, he was a full member of the National Academy of Design and was generally popular among his peers. His studio was a gathering place with travelers stopping by to see his canvases and to identify "precise locations in the Catskills or Newport or New England in the oil sketches and drawings that covered his walls." (Zellman 170). For the women, he was a popular bachelor, "romantic looking with high forehead and sensitive expression." (Samuels 262)
He was also sought after by many organizations. Among his activities were serving on the committee to oversee the decoration of the United States Capitol in Washington DC, and becoming one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
An inveterate traveler, Kensett spent summers on painting excursions away from New York City. One of these trips was a special painting excursion with fifteen other artists sponsored by the B & O Railroad from Baltimore, Maryland to Wheeling, West Virginia. Unlike many of the Hudson River painters...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large Victorian Oil Painting Fisherfolk on Windswept Beach Choppy Seas
Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Beach Scene With Figures
George William Mote (1832-1909) British, signed
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 28 inches
canvas: 22 x 27 inches
provenance: private collectio...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,654 Sale Price
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HUGH OIL PAINTING Tintern Abbey Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
HUGH OIL PAINTING Antique 19th Century Fine Quality Piece of Winds
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL
19th Century Gold Frame
Description
Late 19th century Piece
“Good Condi...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English Portrait of a Young boy in a Cavalier costume
Located in Woodbury, CT
This elegant English 19th-century portrait of a young boy dressed in a Cavalier costume, painted circa 1860, is a striking example of Victorian portraiture that seamlessly combines h...
Category
Old Masters Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Irma Martin, "Ondine" couple lovers
Located in GB
Irma Martin (1814–1876): A Woman Painter in the 19th Century
Irma Martin, born Anne Pierrette Marie Martin on September 3, 1814, in Lyon, emerged as a professional painter in a time...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Suffolk School Oil Painting Figures in Rural Woodland Lane
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Woodland Cottage
English artist (Suffolk School), 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 12.5 x 14.5 inches
canvas: 10.5 x 12.5 inches
provenance: private collection, Suffolk...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$879 Sale Price
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Figures by a stream, Solitude in the Woods, Fontainebleau Romantic landscape
Located in Norwich, GB
This wonderfully evocative work aligns with one of the most significant movements in 19th-century European landscape painting, reflecting a major shift toward Naturalism and the dire...
Category
Barbizon School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portraits of a man and Woman Circa 1850-1860 Original Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portraits of a man and Woman Circa 1850-1860 Original Oil on Paper
Early American portraits in the style of and possibly by Henry Bryan Hall (English/American, 1808-1861) Later in hi...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Evening on River German Master Caucasian Panoramic Landscape 19th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Attributed Paul Von Franken (1818-1884), famous Gemany a genre and landscape painter, signed bottom right. Fertile scenery coastal town with castle, mosque, minaret, large travelers ...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
19th Century Oil on Canvas Painting Coronation of Victor Amadeus II, 1866
Located in Vicoforte, IT
A splendid painting dated 1866 and signed Ed. Hamman, attributed to the great Belgian painter Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman (1819-1888). Specializing in historical scenes, with a partic...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Scottish Flower Girl with a Doe
Located in St. Albans, GB
Canvas Size: 30 x 30" (76 x 76cm)
Outside Frame Size: 37 x 37" (94 x 94cm)
Unsigned
Provenance: Christies
REUBEN Thomas William SAYER(S)
1815 - 1888
British Painter born in 18...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$11,836 Sale Price
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English 19th century figure scene with fisherman helping ladies on to a boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding quality Victorian Genre scene of some fishermen helping some high-class ladies on to their small boat.
The style is a type of the High-end Victorian Genre scene. Painters like Tissot, Millais, the Pre-Raphaelites, and other genre painters all painted in this high-quality style.
The painting is signed and dated lower left and is an oil on canvas, but alas the signature is not obvious enough to know the painter.
The history of the painting is that it came from an English private collection of paintings...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Two Dapper Gentleman Fishing On The Riverbank
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of A Young Boy In His Fishing Gear
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of a Lady in Lace Bonnet
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady
English artist, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: some former restoration and s...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,106 Sale Price
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British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Farmer Shovelling In The Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 7 x 5.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Listed Artist Samuel West (1810-1867) Antique oil on canvas, Dated 1860 Portrait
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an Antique oil painting on canvas 19 century depicting a portrait of a British Gentleman by Listed British-Irish Artist Samuel West (1810-1860).
C...
Category
Impressionist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman Reading
, Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy
By George Richmond
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Portrait of a Gentleman Reading' by George Richmond, RA.
Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy, Framed Oil
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Signed lower right, 'Richmond' for George Richmond, RA (Brit...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Christian Andreas Schleisner (1810-1882) - Oil, A Place to Rest
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oil study depicting a young boy sleeping under a large leaf. The artist captures the soft summer scene in exceptional detail, creating a peaceful, accomplished composition. Si...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$984 Sale Price
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Portrait of Gerardina Van Osch by Dutch artist Johan Hendrik Neuman (Dutch)
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful realist mid 19th century portrait of Gerardina Van Osch (Dutch, 1819-1898) by Jan Hendrik Neuman (Johan Heinrich Neuman) (German, 1819-1898). S...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Escuela griega (XIX) - Icono de estilo Bizantino - Firmado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Esta obra es un icono religioso de estilo bizantino, característico por su fondo dorado y la representación solemne de figuras sagradas. La escena central muestra a la Virgen María, ...
Category
Old Masters Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century English Oil Pastoral Landscape with Woodcutter and Cattle Grazing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape with Figure and Cattle
English School, mid 19th century
signed lower front corner
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 18 x 24.5 inches
Canvas: 14 x 21 inches
Provenance:...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ritratto figurativo storico neoclassico fiorentino del XIX secolo con cornice
Located in Florence, IT
Non si tratta di uno studio preliminare al dipinto ma di una ulteriore messa a fuoco della fisionomia stravolta del protagonista, un ‘primo piano’ che ben corrisponde a quanto annota...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
In the Kitchen
, 19th Century Flemish, Figural Interior Painting, Flanders
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Style of Richard Brakenburgh (Dutch 1650-1702) and painted circa 1820. Unsigned.
An interior scene showing a family with numerous children gathered round a woman making food while m...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Victorian English Oil Painting Portrait of a Young Girl In a Bonnet with Her Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Girl with Her Loyal Dog
English School, 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 28 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: very good c...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
830’s French Portrait of a Lady in Brown Jacket White Lace Trim, oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French artist of the first half 19th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall very good - aging signs...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Victorian Portrait of a Lady Seated in a Chair Original 19th Century Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Seated Lady
English School, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rustic Apples and Bread Food Still Life French Salon Academic Antique Painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A remarkable work by Charles Nicolas Etienne Mayre, an academic painter born in Choisy le Roi near Paris in 1819. He studied with the masters Michel-Martin Drolling and Leon Cogniet...
Category
Academic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Boats Off the Coast in Bass Rock, Scotland
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This luminous maritime scene by American painter William Bradford captures a fleeting moment of daily life along the rugged coast of Bass Rock, Scotland. Known for his vivid Arctic e...
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting“hunting scene with dogs and horse” circle of Alfred De Dreux 19th
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in Gavere, BE
Oil painting“hunting scene with dogs and horse” attr. to Alfred De Dreux 19th
Oil on canvas, restored and cleaned in good condition.
Very nice painting for hunting scene art...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine
s Day Gift
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...
Category
Old Masters Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,327 Sale Price
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Spanish Religious Oil Painting – Virgin Mary with Two Saints
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
19th Century Spanish Religious Oil Painting – Virgin Mary with Two Saints
Exceptional 19th-century religious oil on canvas by Spanish painter Francisco Javier Mendiguchía y Núñez (M...
Category
Realist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch Golden Age Romantic Landscape Sunset Figures by River
Arch Bridge Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dutch School, 19th century
signed oil on panel, framed
framed: 17.5 x 21 inches
panel: 14 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Romantic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Russian Icon "Saint Mother of God of Pokrov"
Located in Houston, TX
Russian Icon, oil on wood, with beautiful cloisonné enamel around. Icon is surrounded with floral motifs decorative insert that is placed into the thick carved wooden frame.
Icon is signed verso with dedication to the church that it was made for.
c. 1860s
23.5”h x 20.5”w, overall size is 47.5” x 34”
Writing on the back of the icon says:
"Painted family icon was donated to the church of the name of Pokrova of Virgin Mary with additions of flora and laurel and with 3 saints: Vasiliy the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom by people born at the village of Gubino and later by the merchant Vasiliy Miheev from Saint Petersburg with his wife Tatiana Yakovleva-Miheeva. Done in the memory of completion of this church with stone fence...
Category
Other Art Style Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Bacchanal Painting Dancing of the Nymphs 1850
By Cornelius van Poelenburgh
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Dutch/Flemish oil on panel painting, after Cornelis van Poelenburgh, circa 1850.
The painting portrays a number of nude and par...
Category
Old Masters Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
19th century English Victorian landscape, with figures, donkey, horses trees
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry Shayer (1787–1844) & Charles Shayer (1826–1914)
Figures by a River in a Woodland Landscape, circa 1860
Oil on canvas
Signed centre bottom
⸻
A beautifully executed mid-19th-c...
Category
Victorian Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View of Cairo, Egypt
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Jean LOTTIER
(La Haye-du-Puits, 1807 – Mont-Saint-Père, 1892)
View of Cairo, Egypt
Oil on cardboard
Annotated on the back: Offered by L. Lottier / to Mr. Ch. Ginoux / 1852 / ...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
‘Summer Evening’ British landscape and figures, cattle in moonlit scene
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine 19the century landscape by member of the renowned Williams family of artists, George Augustus (1814-1901). George Augustus was the son of Edward Williams (1781-1855), whose wife...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Italian woman in traditional dress holding a tambourine
Located in Genève, GE
This superb 19th-century portrait depicts a young Italian woman in traditional dress, holding a tambourine, a symbol of music and popular celebration. Dressed in a white shirt with ...
Category
Academic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hyena head
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph Urbain MÉLIN
(Paris, 1814 – Avon, 1886)
Hyena head
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
40,5 x 32 cm without frame
65 x 57 cm with frame
1854
Born in Paris on Februar...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"View on Long Island" James Henry Cafferty, Hudson River School Summer Landscape
Located in New York, NY
James Henry Cafferty
Landscape and Figures (New Jersey or Long Island), 1845
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
21 x 17 1/4 inches
Provenance
The artist
John L. Schoolcraft, Albany, N...
Category
Academic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of African American Man Drinking titled "Evening Revelry"
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This expressive painting by Francis William Edmunds offers a compelling glimpse into 19th-century American genre painting, a field in which Edmunds was a recognized master. Known for...
Category
Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1840
Located in Vicoforte, IT
A magnificent 19th-century Italian painting. Painting oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicts a splendid penitent Magdalene, captured in a moment of intense mystical contemplatio...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escuela hispano-colonial (siglo xix) - Óleo sobre tela - La sagrada familia
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Sin firmar, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco del siglo xviii (el marco presenta algunas leves faltas)
Medidas obra: 104 cm. de altura x 80 cm. de anch...
Category
Old Masters Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,148 Sale Price
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Rural Life in Summer: 19th C Island Village Scene, Figures and Animals painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful and idyllic, mid 19th Century summery village scene, where a pretty young girl stands, knitting (perhaps she is secretly waiting for someone?), village women eat and work...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dog - Oil on Canvas by Filippo Palizzi - Second Half of 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Realized by Filippo Palizzi between 1850 and 1860, in very good conditions.
Includes a contemporary wooden gilded frame.
Filippo Palizzi is an italian...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of Mary Pringle" Margaret Carpenter, 19th Century British Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Margaret Carpenter
Portrait of Mary Pringle
Oil on canvas
48 x 38 inches
Unsigned
Margaret Carpenter was a painter of portraits and figure subjects. She was born Marga...
Category
Impressionist Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgen con niño - óleo sobre tela.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Anónimo.
"Virgen con niño".
Óleo cobre tela.
Medidas obra: 55 cm. x 40 cm.
Medidas marco: 81 cm. x 66,5 cm.
Interesante oleo sobre lienzo de Virgen con Niño, es de Escuela coloni...
Category
Tribal Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,436 Sale Price
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Antique French Oil Painting Claude Rouget de LiIsle Singing "La Marseillaise"
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French oil painting on canvas by Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils (1815–1875), the painting depicting Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836) singing "La Marseillaise", circa 1849.
Isidore Pils was an academic painter, very often painting military subjects. Claude Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer from the French Revolutionary Wars and famously wrote the words to "La Marseillaise" and first performed it to the Mayor of Strasbourg; Baron Philippe-Frederic de Dietrich. This painting dates to the middle of the 19th century and could be by the hand of Pils or possibly a talented copyist who was also a classically trained artist, the work appears to be unsigned.
The painting is in excellent condition and is housed in a gilded frame.
Isidore Pils produced a number of paintings with this famous scene and one such painting is housed in the collection of The Louvre in Paris.
At sight without frame 26.50" x 22"
Pils was born in Paris as the son of a soldier François Pils. At the age of twelve, he studied with Guillaume Guillon-Lethière for four years.
In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot. He competed for the Prix de Rome, which he won in 1838 for a history painting, St. Peter Healing a Lame Man at the Door of the Temple. Although in poor health, Pils then spent the customary three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, which then had Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres as its director. While in Italy he visited Naples, Venice, and Florence.
Pils's earlier paintings have religious themes. In 1849 he completed his most famous work, Rouget de L'Isle Singing La Marseillaise, which now resides at the Musée historique de Strasbourg. After experiences travelling with French troops through the Crimea, his themes took on military and nationalistic subjects. He later produced many military scenes during the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Pils was appointed professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863 but left the same year for two years in Algeria. In 1868 he was elected to seat #14 of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Among his students were Adrien Moreau, Paul Adolphe Rajon, Julien Dupré, Luc-Olivier Merson, Ludovic Piette...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Family Group with a Pet Dog
. Antique painting on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
William Richard Waters
Picture Size: 36 x 28" (92 x 72cm)
Outside Frame Size: 44 x 36" (112 x 92 cm)
Oil on Canvas signed bottom right and dated 1847
This painting is nearly 200 year...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,858 Sale Price
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Le Reliquaire
, Catholic, London, Royal Academy, RWS, Philadelphia Centennial
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Walter Goodall' (English, 1830-1889) and dated 1863.
Framed dimensions: 17.5 H x 1.5 D x 24.5 W inches.
'Le Reliquaire' was a popular subject for the artist and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape near Bordeaux
By Louis Alexandre Cabié
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Louis-Alexandre CABIÉ
(Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939)
Landes at Pessac, near Bordeaux - Gironde
Oil on canvas
H. 126 cm; W. 201 cm
Signed lower left
Louis Cabié, a renowned a...
Category
French School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fording the River Landscape British Master Nasmyth 19th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right "Nasmyth" leading to one of the whole pleiad of renowned Scottish artists starting with Alexander Nasmyth (1758 -1840). This painting showcases a scene of a landscape with shallow water, where a family is seen wading through a river ford in knee-deep water. The presence of a shepherdess on a high bank, observing the travelers with keen interest, adds a sense of pastoral charm to the composition. One of the focal points of the painting is a picturesque tree that has fallen into the river, adding a touch of drama to the overall scene. The contrast between the lush woodland and bushes on the right side of the foreground and the rolling valley on the left side further enhances the depth and perspective of the painting and superbly illustrates the traditions of the early 19th century British Art...
Category
English School Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
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