Mid-19th Century Paintings

Alfred Vickers Senior (1786–1868) Shipping off the Coast, oil on canvas, circa 1860, signed lower left This lively coastal scene by Alfred Vickers Senior, painted circa 1860, reveal...

Venetian painter (early 19th century) - Venice, view of St. Mark's Basin towards the Riva degli Schiavoni. 18 x 24 cm unframed, 29 x 35 cm with frame. Oil on paper, in original gil...

Painted with unsurpassed detail, Robert Salmon's works are desirable to collectors the world over, due to the impressive amount of historic subject matter presented through artistic compositions of the highest order. As an artist Salmon was one of the most important to come out of England and immigrate to America in this period, influencing the art of Fitz Henry Lane...

Louis-Camille d'Olivier, A painter of history and portraits, he returned to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1850 and appeared at the Salon de Paris between ...

Landscape Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Inscribed Verso on back oil/gouache painting on artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition size: 17 x inches x 24.75 inc...

This finely rendered American School portrait of a young girl reflects the careful attention to detail and craftsmanship of late 19th to early 20th-century portraiture. The sitter, d...

Unknown (American, nineteenth century) River Bank Oil on canvas, 9 x 13 1/2 inches Unsigned Framed: 13 1/2 x 18 inches (approx.)

French School, mid-19th century Study of a tree trunk Oil on cardboard. 13 x 22 cm (15.5 x 24 cm with frame) Trace of a signature or date in the center of the tree trunk Very good co...

Estate stamp on verso; on stretcher bar: SEP 9th 1855

This beautiful oil-on-panel painting of a tranquil waterfront farm that is over 120 years old is by the Belgian painter Louis Dubois (1830–1880). Dubois...

With an expert command of light and movement, Victor Huguet’s At the Shore transports the viewer to a coastal expanse where a group of Arab horsemen and figures gather against a stun...

Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even their homes. This 19th-century Tibetan Thangka is rich with ...

John Henry Rollin Tilton American, 1828 - 1888 Ruins of Kom Ombo Oil on canvas Signed in hieroglyphics bottom right 31 1⁄2 x 49 1⁄2 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New York Ca...

Date: 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 36.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post...

Jean Louis Hamon artfully presents the mythological subject: Aurora the Goddess of Dawn. She is dressed in a flowing toga, standing on a large leaf and smelling the sweetness of a flower in bloom. Surrounded by lush plants in an idyllic setting of pinks and blues, one would not think that this peaceful and beautiful work was painted in 1864 at the time of the American Civil War. Hamon meticulously renders the scene with the academic precision of Bouguereau. The closer you get, the more detail you discover. Two butterflies sit atop Aurora's head. Droplets of water gracefully roll down her hair. There was a hand colored steel plate...

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul is arguably France’s most popular and revered contemporary figurative painter. Since his birth, the artist has been immersed in the world of feminine beauty an...

For sale we have this large portrait depicting two young girls in white dresses, standing side by side and posing for the painting. Painted by John Peoli and the Girls happen to be J...

Charles CHAPLIN (Les Andelys 1825 – Paris, 1891) Portraits of women Pair of oils on rectangular canvases H. 60 cm; L. 50 cm Signed Student of Michel Martin Drolling at the École des...

"Robbe Louis, “Plein air” Animal Painter" ROBBE Louis Born in Courtrai on November 17, 1806, died in Brussels on May 2, 1887. Pupil of Eugène Verboeckchoven and Jean-Baptiste De Jonghe...

As the sun casts its final golden rays across the vast expanse of the desert, Victor Huguet’s Arab Camp at Desert captures a tranquil yet dynamic moment in a nomadic encampment. The ...

Théodore Rousseau (French, 1812-1867) Personnages sur un sentier escarpé au coucher de soleil, 1845-50 Oil on paper laid on canvas Canvas: 12 x 9.75 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm) Frame: 18...

A French Barbizon School oil on canvas view of an idylic landscape signed M Legrand de C. Signed bottom left and presented in fine gilt 'Regence' style frame. The painting is on a qu...

Jean-Georges PASQUET (Périgueux 1851 - 1936) Pointe de Suzac at Saint Georges de Didonne Oil on canvas H. 59 cm; W. 85 cm Signed and dated 1885 lower left Provenance: Private collec...

Nicolas Edward GABE (Paris, 1814 - Paris, 1865) The death of General Négrier on Place de la Bastille on June 25, 1848 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 82 x 101 cm 1849 Nicolas Edward Gabé is a 19th century artist who is still little studied to this day and yet seems to have enjoyed, according to the artistic press of the time, a certain notoriety, in particular for his seascapes. The few bibliographical elements that we have come from the Salon booklets and tell us that the artist was born in Paris in 1814, therefore shortly before the end of the Empire. No elements on his artistic training are mentioned in the booklets, we just know that Gabé exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1835 to 1864 where he first practiced miniature then then approached easel painting, risking himself as well in still life that the seascapes, the landscape, the portrait or the hunting. According to press articles, he also took part in various exhibitions in the provinces such as Boulogne-sur-Mer and Marseille. Notably, Gabé did not exhibit at the Salon his large historical canvases on the revolution of 1848, which today are of obvious documentary and iconographic interest; probably for political reasons which are easily understandable to us today in view of the historical events of then. Gabé died in Paris at the age of 51 on January 4, 1865 with a mention in the January 7, 1865 edition of L'Union des Arts: “The death of Mr. Gabé, painter, well known in the export trade in paintings as well as to the auctioneers' hotel, whose sales it supplied through its numerous navies. “ "On June 25, 1848, in front of the barricades erected in the Bastille by the insurgents of the Red Republic, General Négrier fell to death, while he was uttering words of order and conciliation". Here are the opening lines of the tribute paid by Colonel Borgarelli d´Ison, friend of General Négrier. General Négrier belonged to a family from Maine, brought back by Marshal Lannes from emigration. Born in Le Mans on April 27, 1788, François Marie Casimir de Négrier entered, barely 18, as a volunteer in the 2nd Light Infantry Regiment. He began in 1806 with the campaigns of Prussia and Poland, during which he earned, through his bravery, the rank of sergeant and the decoration of the Legion of Honor. He made the following campaigns in Spain and Portugal, and left, with his regiment, only for the campaign of France, in 1814, after having risen successively, by actions of brilliance and by a serious wound, to the ranks of head of battalion and officer of the Legion of Honor, with which he was provided from October 1813. The Restoration retained his rank in his regiment. After having fought and wounded a second time seriously in Waterloo, Négrier was recalled in 1816 under the second Restoration. He was appointed, in 1825, lieutenant-colonel, then colonel in 1830, brigadier general in 1836, and of division in 1841. From March 1837 he participated in the conquest of Algeria. The Revolution of 1848 found Negrier in possession of the important command of the 16th Military Division in Lille. Quaestor of the Assembly in these times which promised to be troubled, Négrier reviewed the Place de la Concorde on June 23 at around noon various mobile guard battalions. He then took the head of 2,000 men provided by the 10th and 11th legions of the national guard and bivouacked on the Place du Palais until the next day 24. On Sunday 25 at nine o'clock, the Négrier division resumed the fight towards the Saint suburb. -Antoine. The troop gains continual advantages. At around two o'clock the column of Négrier had seized the Pont Marie: it had removed the barricades from the Quai Saint-Paul, the rue de l'Etoile, the rue des Barres...

Sebbene atteggiato in una delle pose convenzionali adottate in Accademia per l’esercitazione della copia dal nudo, il modello anziano qui ritratto è indagato con tale sensibilità ana...

Landscape Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Inscribed Verso on back oil/gouache painting on thin artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition size: 21 x inches x 16 i...

View of the Ariccia Bridge and the Alban Hills This finely executed plein air landscape depicts the monumental bridge of Ariccia and the town with the surrounding Alban Hills, painted by German landscape artist Joachim Ludwig Heinrich Daniel Bünsow (born 1821 in Kiel, died 1910 in the same city). Executed in oil on paper mounted on cardboard, the work dates from his Italian period between 1853 and 1858. Not signed. Bünsow received his artistic training at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1839 to 1848, studying under Johann Ludwig Lund and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. In 1844, the Copenhagen Art Association acquired his painting "Tellingstedt in Dithmarschen." Following his studies, he traveled to Dresden, where he became associated with the circle around Johan Christian Dahl. A scholarship from the Copenhagen Academy enabled Bünsow to reside in Rome from 1853 to 1858. During this period, his landscapes evolved from the finely toned, naturalistic style of his early work to more atmospheric and idealized compositions, influenced by Louis Gurlitt. Bünsow's early works from his time in Copenhagen are characterized by fine tonality and naturalistic rendering, reflecting the style of his teacher Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. His Italian landscapes, however, exhibit a more atmospheric and idealized approach, influenced by Louis Gurlitt. Notably, Bünsow produced high-quality drawings during his time in Rome, some of which are preserved in the Kunsthalle zu Kiel. Historical Context: The Ariccia Bridge In the early 19th century, the local authorities sought to improve the Appian Way's safety and accessibility. The solution involved constructing bridges to span the Ariccia valley and adjacent ravines. In 1843, Pope Gregory XVI commissioned a six-arched bridge to address the elevation differences. Following his death in 1846, Pope Pius IX continued the project, entrusting architect Ireneo Aleandri with the design and Giuseppe Bertolini with the execution. Completed in 1854, the bridge stands as a significant 19th-century engineering achievement. Featuring three tiers of elegant neoclassical arches inspired by Roman art, it measures 59 meters in height and 312 meters in length. Travertine columns at both ends commemorate the Roman milestones...

Victorian Hunting Shooting Landscape Scene, Large Oil Painting depicting a Rifleman and his Hunting Dogs, gun cocked to shoot. This is a large Oil Painting on Canvas, it came from ...

Provenance: Lewis J. Ruskin, Arizona, 1958–1981; thence by descent to the present owner. This charming portrait of a young boy with his pet squirrel is a newly-discovered work by G...

"Falling Asleep While Spinning Yarn" by Louis Edwarmay is a captivating piece that beautifully captures the quietude and exhaustion of daily labor. The painting portrays a woman in t...

With careful brushwork, this 19th-century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the ...

"Young Ladies Sewing" by Francis Blackwell Mayer is a charming portrayal of domestic life in the 19th century. Painted by the American artist known for his genre scenes and historica...

Landscape Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Inscribed Verso on back oil/gouache painting on thin artist paper, beautifully painted. very good condition size: 21 x inches x 14.5...

A very fine Caravaggesque-inspired painting, 19th century (circa 1840-1870),“Unsigned” French School, in the style of the 17th-century masters. "Young Page Removing or Adjusting a Kn...

Conradijn Cunaeus ( Dendermonde 1828-1895 Nieuwer-Amstel ), Two friends. Oil on canvas cm 100 x 118 signed lower right.

Late 19th century French School, Unsigned and painted circa 1860. Oil on artist prepared panel. Bearing artist supplier label of 'F.W. Devo...

Ferdinand Fagerlin (1825-1907) Sweden Kärleksförklaring (“Declaration of Love”) 1866 oil on canvas unframed 80 x 99 cm (31½ x 39 in) framed 96 x 114 cm (37¾ x 44¾ in) signed and da...

William Huggins (1820 - 1884) A lion and a lioness in a landscape Oil on panel  Signed and dated, lower right: 'Huggins 1847' With gallery and exhibition labels, verso Provenance: ...

Work on wood Brown wooden frame 16.5 x 19 x 1.6 cm

George Willem Opdenhoff Fulda, Prussia 1807 – 1873 The Hague "Sailing Vessels in Calm Seas Offshore" Oil on panel 9 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches (25 x 33 cm.) signed lower left: G W Opdenhof...

Hippolyte Camille Delpy was a landscape painter active in the late 19th century, well known today for his compositions representative of the Barbizon school. He was trained under Cor...

‘Crepuscular Rays’ by Henry Dawson RBA (1811-1878). The painting – which depicts shipping off the English coast at sunset – is signed by the artist and dated 1863. Academy Fine Pain...

Attributed to James Barenger (British, 1780–1831) Huntsman with Hound in a Parkland Landscape Oil on canvas, English, circa 1830 Presented in an antique gilt frame The piece is not ...

Landscape with Mill

A fantastic example of George Armfield’s renowned portraits of dogs. This work depicts a Manchester Terrier excitedly standing outside a rabbit hole on the edge of a forest. The ter...

A classic scene of a large mid-Nineteenth Century schooner at rest in the Mediterranean port painted by the Italian countryman Tomaso De Simone. The complete narrative scene around the schooner's broadside is complemented with a British merchant steam/sail ship, local boats and the colorful sky and headland architecture of the ancient city. The vast serenity and unspoiled life of cruising the Mediterranean Ocean...

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...

Attributed to Pancrace BESSA (1772-1846) Fruits on a marble entablature Watercolor and graphite on paper H. 31 cm; W. 37 cm

A beautiful oval landscape painting with two young girls reading near Niagara Falls by German American artist Louis Lang (1814-1893). Lang was born in Waldsee, Wurtemberg, Germany, and came from an artistic family, his father being a history painter. Combining this heritage with his own native talents, he was producing successful pastels at age sixteen. Lang studied in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France, before coming to the United States in 1838. He first settled in Philadelphia, then lived in Italy from 1841-1845, before returning to America (1847) and living the majority of his life in New York City, with frequent visits to Europe. During the Civil War, Lang was working in the well-known artistic landmark, the Tenth Street Studio Building, in New York City. John F. Kensett and Emanuel Leutze...

Covered Bridge Deep in the New England Forest is a captivating work that exemplifies the essence of the Hudson River School's artistic vision. This painting portrays a covered bridge...

Rydal Water, Lake District by J.W.Eyre, signed lower right and titled verso oil on canvas over board, framed dated 1840 verso framed: 23 x 31 inches board: 16 x 24 inches Provenance:...

Signed: Morrow '65 (Lower, Right) " Venus of the Grotticella Fountain ", 1865 Oil on Paper 14 1/2" x 10" Housed in a 2 3/4" Ornamented Frame Overall Size: 19 1/2" x 15" The f...

Antique European street scene oil painting. Oil on panel. Framed. Measuring 14 by 19 inches overall and 10 by 14 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed ...

Joseph-Auguste Rousselin French 1841 - 1916 Head Study Oil on board, signed with initials and signed verso Image size: 12 x 11 inches This head study provides an unbelievably moving portrait of an androgynous sitter. Employing incredible technique, the artist has achieved the highly finished porcelain skin, thoughtful eyes and pink lips of the sitter with incredible softness. The unfinished quality of the background make the composition of the work particularly satisfying to the modern eye. Loosely sketched dashes and brushy swoops outline the model's head. The mix of finished and more expressive elements reveals the artist's brilliant eye, technique and personality. Artistically, Rousselin does not seem to be influenced by the friendships that he forged with the Impressionists but rather he has remained rather faithful to the academic technique of William Bouguereau, whose studio he also used to frequent. This study is certainly comparable to the work by Bouguereau, specifically his graceful portraits of women. Bouguereau championed the traditional academic style and his methods were taught to him by a pupil of Ingres. Similar academic inspiration is apparent in this work, from the conscious posing of the subject to the evenly laid colours. Indeed, alike the work of Bouguereau this follows the same classical approach to composition, form and subject matter. The Artist Born in Paris in 1841, Rousselin grew up to be a French painter and art collector. From a young age he studied in the workshops of Charles Gleyre and Thomas Couture, here he met the young impressionist generation. His studio peers included Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Édouard Manet, with whom he forged strong bonds of friendship. It was at his invitation that his two friends Renoir and Sisley exhibited at the Salon of the Society of Friends of the Arts in Pau, a region where Rousselin had family ties. Manet invited him to his family home in Boulogne-sur-Mer where he had him pose in the summer of 1868 for 'Le Déjeuner dans l'Atelie'. Rousselin can be seen in the background of the painting as the man with the cigar, wearing a grey hat...

A mid 19th Century oil on canvas of horses and their drover. The painting is signed MM, dated 1849 and carries a signature to the stretcher Marie Munch. The painting is presented in ...

Two hunters, one leaning against the cross and dogs on the left "halt in the forest" Oil on canvas, restored and cleaned in good condition. Very nice painting for hunting scene art...

Alfred Crowdy Lovett C.B.E (British, 1862-1919) Palm Tree & Coconut of Palm (in pencil on verso), single palm signed top right. Descriptions in pencil verso Watercolours on paper,...

Three Terrier Dogs in Landscape English artist, mid 19th century circle of George Armfield (English dog painter, 1808-1893) oil on board, framed framed: 19.5 x 23 inches board: 13 x ...

Charles Glize was an artist active in the Provence region of France, specifically the countryside in and around Marseille. He has a diverse oeuvre ranging from the highly formal — pa...

The self-portrait of Francis William Edmonds is a compelling depiction that offers a profound glimpse into the artist's emotion. Edmonds, known for his keen eye and detailed brushwor...