19th Century, Pair of French Chinoiserie Panels

19th century four Italian oil on panel with allegory of the four elements Dimensions with frame: cm H 34.5 x L 25; only the table: cm H 29 x L 20.5 The funny oil on panel, by an artist active in Piedmont, in the north of Ital, in the first half of the 19th century, represent the allegory of the four elements of the Earth. They are inspired by the group of four etching prints of circa 1730, made to a design by Rococo painter Jacopo Amigoni (Naples 1682- Paris 1752) and engraved in Venice by Joseph Wagner...

Nicolas Edward Gabe (Paris, 1814-1865) Blind man's bluff Oil on canvas, cm L 72 x W 58 (without frame); with frame cm H 98 x W 84 x D 8 The painting, made in oil on canvas, depicts s...

19th century, oil on canvas, Italian View of the forum Boario of Rome The fine painting represents the Piazza della Bocca della Verità, located in the Ripa district, in the area of the Foro Boario, the oldest market in Rome (Italy). On the right is described the Roman Temple of about 100 B.C. wrongly called of Vesta, circular Corinthian monopter with cell of white marble ashlar and twenty fluted columns. From the 12th century it was reused as a church dedicated to Santo Stefano delle carrozze, then, in the 18th century, in Santa Maria del Sole. On the right you can see the fountain called "dei tritoni" which was built in 1717 on a design by architect Carlo Bizzaccheri. The fountain has a star-shaped bathtub, in honour of the commissioner, the Pope Clement XI...

19th Century, View of Piazza San Marco in Venice, Follower of Francesco Guardi Dimensions: frame, cm W 121.5 x H 105 x D 5.5. Canvas cm W 100 x H 81 The work, created by a Venetian ...