African Queen of Sheba Solomon Story Board Ethiopian Art Oil Painting

A framed original African midcentury oil on board painting, Democratic Republic of Congo, signed bottom right Atamb(?), (19)60, depicting abstract dancing figures, in a fiolated pati...

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...

After Claude Lorrain - Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba. The original painting which was painted in 1648 is housed in the National Gallery, Londo...

Oil painting on board executed in a distinctive naive folky style of a French cafe with figures dressed in Belle Epoque attire. Signed by the noted artist Ferdinand Boilauges and pre...

Antique oil painting on board of a white dog caught in a moment of speculation in an outdoor scene. Signed William Melbon and presented ...

African Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This tribal folk art painting depicts a battle scene and the canvas is mounted on a parallelogram-shaped frame. It is a large battle painting...

Attractive oil on board painting portrait of a 14th century woman. Very well done and modeled. In a very good condition. Signed F. Small. Appears to be made 20th century or earlier...

This beautiful original French oil painting has a small village theme, featuring an extruded awning, garden and small village scene. The dominant colors are yellows and greens, with ...

This print originates from ‘Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, naer de laetste Roomsche keure der gemeine Latijnsche overzettinge, in neder...

Intriguing midcentury abstract oil painting on board painted with passion using a palette knife and brush in a tight layered composit...