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Period: 19th Century
Monk in a Monastic Cell, Roma, Italy
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Lundgren (1815–1875)
Monk in a Monastic Cell
signed and dated Egron Lundgren Rom 1848
oil on relined canvas
unframed 62 x 50 cm (24 ½ x 19 ¾ in.)
framed 79 x 68 cm (31 x 26 ¾...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Horse Munching On Grass
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Antique Italian Nude Woman/Naiad Pompeiian Fresco Style Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Italian nude figure painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 14 inches overall and 13 by 9 inches painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Italian School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Young Calf
s Face with Detailed Pink Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Small White Sheep Lying Down
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Wayfarers At The Smithy, Hingham, Norfolk, Norwich School Oil Painting, Nocturne
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This atmospheric early 19th-century landscape by British artist John Berney Crome (1794-1842) depicts a quiet moment at dusk on the outskirts of Hingham, Norfolk.
A small group of ...
Category
Naturalistic 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Neoclassical Scene - Psyche, Oil on Canvas
By Otto Bache
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this neoclassical oil on canvas signed and dated “Otto Bache 1864”, the artist depicts Psyche standing with her back turned to the viewer beside a red draped table. Her hair is arranged in a tight knot, secured with a hairpin adorned with two large pearls. She holds a light drapery that covers her legs, while the rest of her body remains nude. With her head turned toward the right, she gazes downward toward the table, where a blue gown or drapery lies, the garment she is about to put on.
Her softly illuminated profile emerges as she turns in the light falling from the upper left, creating a striking backlight that heightens the contrast along the contours of her body. On the richly red draped table before her rest her jewellery and, to her left, a large amphora-shaped jug and a tazza bowl. The light descending from above to the left defines the composition with sharp contrasts between brightness and shadow, revealing the delicate modelling of Psyche’s form and lending the scene a quiet sense of introspection and grace.
Exhibited: Winkel & Magnussen October 1915 no. 5, ill. p. 5.
Otto Bache was born in 1839 in Roskilde, Denmark, and died in 1927 in Copenhagen.
At the age of only eleven he was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen where he studied drawing and painting under the supervision of artists such as Wilhelm Marstrand. His early training gave him a basis in the Danish “Golden Age” tradition of realism and naturalism, but he went on to travel and extend his horizons. In 1866 he received an Academy travel-scholarship and went to Paris, then Italy (1867–68).
The influence of Paris is often noted: his palette became richer, his handling freer, his light stronger, and his subjects broader. Later in his career, from around 1887, he held the post as professor and on various occasions director of the Royal Danish Academy.
Bache’s early work reflects his rigorous academic training: careful drawing, subdued palette and interest in genre scenes and rural life. After his travel in Paris and Italy he adopted a somewhat more robust handling of color and light, but still remained essentially realist and narrative in approach.
He painted portraits, animal and hunting subjects, genre scenes, and large history-paintings depicting key moments from Danish history.
In particular, during the 1880s and 1890s when he was commissioned to execute large history canvases for the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle and similar institutions, depicting events such as the exploits of Danish soldiers...
Category
Other Art Style 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Victorian English Still Life Oil Painting Fruit on the Ground Beautiful
By George Clare
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Fruit
by George Clare (1830-1900) *see notes below
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 12 x 14 inches
canvas : 7 x 9 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Conditio...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marie Mancini as Cleopatra
, Flemish Portrait, Italian Noblewoman, Louis XIV
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed and dated indistinctly, lower left, and painted circa 1850.
Framed dimensions: 39 W x 4 D x 34.5 W inches
Displayed in a fine and substantial, late 19th Century, carved giltwo...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Fine 1890
s British Victorian Signed Welsh Landscape Oil Painting Angler River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"On the Eder"
by William Herny Mander (British, 1850 - 1922) *see notes below
signed and dated 91'
titled verso
oil on canvas, framed in ornate swept gilt frame
framed: 26 x 36 inche...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Fall Landscape”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas board painting of a fall landscape by the American artist, Arthur Mitchell. Signed lower left by the artist. Circa 1890. Condition is very good. The paintin...
Category
American Impressionist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
19th century English artist painting a Swiss Lake landscape with boats cottages
Located in Woodbury, CT
English School, circa 1870
Continental Lake Landscape with Fishermen and Distant Mountains
Oil on canvas
Monogrammed lower left ES / EJ
A finely painted mid–late 19th century Engli...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Russian Princess Olga Meyendorff, born Gorchakov, 19th Century Portrait
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of Princess Olga Gorchakov by female 19th century artist Elise Hügel.
An oval portrait of Princess Olga Gortschakoff (1838–1926), here pictured soon after her marriage to Baron Friedrich Adeldagus Felix von Meyendorff, becoming Baroness von Meyendorff, signed Elise Hügel and dated 1858. Executed in oil on canvas, the work shows a young Olga in her early 20´s...
Category
Other Art Style 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Victorian British Pastoral Oil Painting Cattle Grazing Tranquil River View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Pastures
by Walter James Slater (British, 1845-1923)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 41.5 x 33 inches
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Conditi...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of a Horse Patiently Waiting at The Wooden Fence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
British Chalk Pencil Sketch of Cows Resting In the Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922)
graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed
artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition
Ha...
Category
Realist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Fine 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Lady in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
An extremely fine nineteenth-century oil portrait of a young lady in profile, dating to the second half of the century. The sitter wears a silky cerulean dress adorned with delicate ...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French/ Italian Oil Painting Portrait of a Uniformed Brass Musician
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Brass Band Musician
19th Century, French/ Italian School
signed oil on canvas mounted board, framed
framed: 19 x 15 inches
board: 14 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
French School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
FRENCH SCHOOL Into the wild Dachshund Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
⏩Into the Wild⏪
This work blends playful portraiture with an experimental mixed-media approach. At first glance, the image of a dachshund bright-eyed, with an inquisitive head tilti...
Category
Tonalist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$447 Sale Price
75% Off
Victorian English Oil Painting Horse
Rider in Rural Landscape with River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Refreshments
English School, circa 1870's
oil on canvas, framed, unsigned
framed: 18 x 26.5 inches
canvas : 13 x 21.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condi...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna and Child, after Raphael
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Fantastic Grand Tour painting after Raphael’s Madonna and Child. Unsigned, Oil on canvas, 15.5 diameter sight, 17" x 17" canvas, 32.75" x 27" framed in a stunning Italian period fram...
Category
Italian School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,085 Sale Price
25% Off
Autumnal Woodland Pathway Antique English Oil Painting in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Woodland Path
circle of George Turner (English 1841-1910)
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 19 x 25.5 inches
canvas: 14 x 21.5 inches
condition: very good
provenance: privat...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$877 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Mid Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Gentleman with Newspaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman reading the 'London Journal',
English school (mid 19th century)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
condition: some minor surface abrasion...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady - Large Antique English Georgian Early 19th Century Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large early 19th century Georgian oil on canvas portrait of a young lady wrapped in silk.
Excellent quality portrait which is indistinctly inscribed on the reverse with ...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Catskill Mountains from Germantown NY
By Thomas Cole
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gorgeous panoramic sunset landscape by unknown artist, ca. 1890. Oil on canvas measuring 20 x 34 inches.
Depicted are the Catskill Mountains facing west from somewhere in Dutchess County NY...
Category
Hudson River School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,500 Sale Price
25% Off
19th century English fishing boats off the English coast by Dover Castle, Kent
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Thornley (British, 1857–1935)
Fishing Boats off the Coast near Dover, Kent, circa 1890
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
⸻
A classic late 19th-century English coastal scene ...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1830
s English Oil Painting on panel Countryside Rural Lane with Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Lane
English School, circa 1830's period
oil on panel, framed in period antique gilt frame
framed: 19 x 17 inches
board: 14 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, En...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Academic Oil Painting – Classical Garden with Female Figures and Swans
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated low-right.
This important French academic oil painting by Paul Jean Gervais, one of the leading figures of late 19th-century academic art, depicts an idealized clas...
Category
Academic 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique English 19th Century Victorian Oil Painting Head Portrait of Spaniel Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Spaniel
English School, 19th century
based on a comparable work by Sir Edwin Landseer
oil on board with cardboard backing, framed in antique deep gilt frame
framed: 21 ...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Victorian Signed Oil Welsh Mountains Lake Panoramic North Wales Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
North Wales
by Charles Leslie (1835-1890)
signed & dated 1882
oil on canvas
framed: 16 x 28 inches
canvas: 12 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good con...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Figure with Zither 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Board. Signed in lower left hand corner.
The painting depicts a female figure wrapped in a peplos, with a zither beside her: she is identifiable as a Muse, specifically Erato ...
Category
Other Art Style 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
French school Landscape river scene Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Beautiful study Landscape⬅️
Title: Sur les bords du Loing (Seine et Marne France) Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Medium: Oil on canvas
Period: Likely mid-19th century
Framing: A wid...
Category
Tonalist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$131,833 Sale Price
26% Off
19th century Impressionist Elegant figures in a Paris or London Park landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alberto Ludovici Jr.
Italian / Anglo-European School, late 19th century
Elegant Figures in a Parisian (or London) Park
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
Circa 1890
A refined and atmo...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
1857 Swedish Romantic Oil Seascape Sailing Fishing Boats Signed by Marcus Larson
Located in Stockholm, SE
This seascape oil painting was created in Paris in 1857 by the renowned Swedish master Simeon Marcus Larson (1825-1864). It dates from the artist's most accomplished period and offer...
Category
Realist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
The Letter, young lady in her boudoir 19th Century majestic miniature painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A majestic miniature painting by Victor Mongodin. Painted with extraordinary detail, it depicts a pretty young lady writing a letter in her boudoir. Mongodin clearly delights in painting fabrics... the silk of her skirt, the cotton of her camisole, as well as the luxurious velvets of the curtains and drapery. And then there is the mystery: who is she writing to?
Born in Vire in Normandy in 1819, Victor Mongodin had studied with de Rudder. Working in the French Capital...
Category
French School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
19th Century sporting horse portrait oil painting of a black horse in a stable
By Frederick Albert Clark
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Frederick Albert Clark
British, (1869-1954)
Black Horse in a Stable
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1899
Image size: 19 inches x 23.25 inches
Size including frame: 25 inches x 29.25 i...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Medieval Architecture Painting with Female Figure by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist, likely French
Untitled, c. 1876
Oil on canvas
18 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.
Framed: 22 x 14 3/4 x 1 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Category
Barbizon School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Afternoon Mood – Wallén’s Skagen-like Swedish Coastal Masterpiece
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Theodor Wallén (1860–1948) Swedish
Afternoon Mood, c. 1886-1887
oil on canvas
signed G.T.Wallén
unframed 100 x 150 cm (39 ⅜ x 59 in)
framed 130 x 180 cm (51 ⅛ x 70 ⅞ in)
...
Category
Post-Impressionist 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English Cottage landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
F. Walters (British, 19th Century)
Cottage Landscape with Figures and Pond
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
English School, circa 1880
Presented in an ornate 19th-century carved and gilded frame
This serene and expansive rural landscape by 19th-century British artist F. Walters captures the gentle charm of the English country...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1800
s Georgian English Portrait of Lady in Lace Bonnet Blue Shawl, oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady (could be straight out of a Jane Austen novel!)
English School (very early 19th Century, circa 1800-1820)
oil on canvas, framed in an antique gilt frame with shell...
Category
English School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Pharaoh
s Horses
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Frederick Herring Snr (Surrey 1795-1863 Kent)
The Pharaoh's Horses
Oil on canvas
Painting Size - 32 x 32 in
Framed Size - 39 x 39 in
Provenance
Frost & Reed, London, where pur...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$21,934
Circa 1800 French Neo-Classical Study of Male Nude Standing Academic Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Study
French, circa 1800
Neo-Classical School, circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825)
Pencil drawing on paper, unframed
drawing: 14 x 8 inches
double sided with ...
Category
French School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
The Cornish Fisherman Signed Antique Oil Painting Portrait Old Sea Salt Sailor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cornish Fisherman
Signed by David W. Haddon (British, flourished end of the 19th century)
Oil on board, framed
framed: 13 x 11 inches
board: 10 x 8 inches
Provenance: Private col...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Terrier Portrait - 19th Century Antique English Oil on Canvas Dog Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb late 19th century oil on canvas portrait of a terrier by the sought after animal painter Colin Graeme Roe.
The work is excellent quality, signed lower left and presented in...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Roi Boit, The King Drinks, After the Painting by Jacob Jordaens from 1640
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 19th century oil on canvas copy of The King Drinks by Jacques Jordeans, currently held in the Louvre, Paris. The painting is not signed but is probably an academic copy painted ...
Category
Baroque 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Oil - Saint Joseph with the Baby Jesus
Located in Corsham, GB
St. Joseph, identified by the flowering lily, tenderly cradles the infant Jesus. The reverse features an additional depiction of the same subject. The piece is presented in a wooden ...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait King Henry 8th VIII Antique English Painting Famous Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Henry VIII
English artist, circa 1840's
oil on paper laid on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 10inches
board: 8 x 7.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, UK
cond...
Category
English School 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,041 Sale Price
20% Off
Madonna and Child 1800
s English Oil on Canvas with Circular Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Child
English Old Master, c. 1800
oil on canvas, unframed (relined canvas)
Canvas: 14.5 x 12 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condition
De...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Victorian English Old Master Oil Painting Madonna
Christ Child after Dyck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna and Christ Child
English School, 19th century
after the earlier painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed in fine elaborate gilt frame.
Framed: 49...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Victorian Still Life Oil Painting of Fruit Peaches Grapes on Platter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Fruit
by Frederick J Stanier (1830-c.1912)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 8.25 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: a few minor scuffs and m...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$932 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine 1800
s Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Figures before Classical Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Arcadian View
Italian School, circa 1800
Grand Tour subject
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound cond...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,407 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Early 1800
s English Romantic Sunset Landscape Oval Panel Christies prov.
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Romantic Sunset Landsca
English School, early 1800's period
oil on wood panel, framed in antique gilt frame
framed: 27 x 31.5 inches
panel: 16 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique English Grand Tour Old Master Oil Figures Classical Arcadian Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Landscape
English School, early 19th century, unsigned
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 19 x 27 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: The painting is in very...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Giani - Framed 19th Century Oil, Fishing in the Mountains
Located in Corsham, GB
A fisherman casts his line into a tranquil lake, with a small town visible in the valley beyond. On the left-hand side, a track leads into dense woodland. Signed to the lower right. ...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique English Oil Painting Gentleman Squire with Horse outside Village Tavern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Tavern
Attributed to Dean Wolstenholme Snr (1757-1837)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18 x 22 inches
canvas: 14 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: a...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,639 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English Oil Painting Cattle in Tranquil Pastoral Landscape framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Pastures
English, mid 19th century
circle of Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 14 x 18 inches
canvas: 10 x 14 inches
provenance: private collect...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,628 Sale Price
20% Off
19th century English Folk Art portrait of a seated King Charles Cavalier dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th Century English Folk Art School
Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Oil on canvas, 13 x 15 inches
Provenance: Iona Antiques
As normal these folk art paintings are unsign...
Category
Folk Art 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The blue bow: a little boy with tousled hair naturalistic portrait oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
This sweet little boy sits quietly like a well brought up child, but you can see in his eyes how much he likes to run and play. In this sensitive portrait painted in circa 1860 by Fé...
Category
Naturalistic 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 19th century men bird shooting in a landscape, with dogs and horse
Located in Woodbury, CT
John Nost Sartorius (British, 1759–1828)
Men Out Bird Shooting in a Woodland Landscape, circa 1820
Oil on wooden panel, in a fine antique gilt frame
Unsigned
A finely observed early 19th-century sporting picture by John Nost Sartorius, one of the most respected figures in the English tradition of animal and sporting painting. The composition depicts a quiet moment in the field: a sportsman advancing through woodland with his gun, accompanied by attentive pointers, their forms crisply picked out against the darker recesses of the forest.
Sartorius was celebrated for his ability to combine accurate animal portraiture with atmospheric landscape settings, and this work is characteristic of his mature period. The dogs are rendered with anatomical confidence and individual character, while the surrounding woodland is handled with a restrained, naturalistic palette that lends depth and calm to the scene. The narrative is understated and refined, intended as much for contemplation as for sporting reference.
Painted on a wooden panel, as was common for Sartorius’s smaller and more intimate works, the picture retains a pleasing surface quality and detail. It is housed in an antique gilt frame of appropriate date, enhancing its presence and lending a strong period feel.
Works by Sartorius were highly sought after by country house patrons in the early 19th century and were often commissioned to record favourite dogs or shooting grounds. Today, paintings of this type remain especially appealing to collectors of British sporting art and sit equally well in traditional country house interiors or more formal libraries and studies.
A confident and decorative example of English sporting painting...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
19th century English lake landscape, Ullswater, Gowbarrow Park, Cumberland UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
Samuel Henry Baker (British, 1824–1909)
Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park, Cumberland, late 19th century
Oil on canvas
In this sweeping view of Ullswater, nestled in the heart of the La...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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