Edward Portielje "The letter", 19th Century Flemish oil Painting of Two Ladies

This elegant and truly exceptional Viennese Biedermeier-style sofa and two armchairs were made around 1840. Mahogany and ebonized beech veneer, polished to maintain the original per...

**Pair of Louis-Philippe Style Armchairs, 19th Century** This elegant pair of 19th-century Louis-Philippe style armchairs embodies timeless sophistication and exquisite craftsmanshi...

This pair of perfume holder figures was produced in the mid-19th century by the well-known Parisian ceramist Jacob Petit (Paris 1796-1868). Couple made up of a man and a woman in typ...

Large Italian double bed from the early 20th century. Fabulous quality object and gilded brass decoration. Bed decorated with plaques depicting female characters and neoclassical che...

Original oil on canvas painting of Interior with two women at a card table. Signed and dated Fritz Kraul 1912. Condition: One repair on the backside. Craquelure visible and minimal p...

Continental School (Late 19th / Early 20th Century) Rustic Kitchen Interior with Two Women Preparing Cabbages Oil on canvas, indistinctly signed lower right This charming genre scen...

This small and exquisite 19th-century oil on cardboard titled “Reading to Mother” by Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen depicts a gentle interior scene with a young boy attentively reading to a woman, presumably his mother. They are both seated at a small table, the woman rests in a chair outfitted with a large pillow and a faraway look. The painting is nested in a statement giltwood frame, with the artist’s signature on the lower right corner. The frame is a neoclassical Louis XVI-style gilt frame with bellflower trim on the top edge, guilloche detailing on the back edge, ribbon trims, and a fluted cove. Oil paintings on cardboard gained popularity in the late 19th century, offering a convenient and affordable alternative to canvas for artists and enabling greater artistic experimentation. Many renowned artists explored this medium. Oil on paper was often prepared with a layer of primer or gesso to create a stable surface for the paint and to prevent the oils from soaking directly into the paper. Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen commonly known as Meyer von Bremen (1813-1886), was a German genre painter specializing in Biblical, peasant, and family scenes. He was a pupil of the Dusseldorf Academy where he largely painted religious and historical subjects. In 1840, after traveling in Bavaria and Switzerland, he began to develop pleasant genre scenes focused on incidents from popular life, especially among the Hessian peasantry, and the portrayal of childhood and family for which he became known. He spent the remainder of his career in Berlin, becoming a Professor at the Academy in 1863. He was also a member of the Amsterdam Academy and the Order of Leopold...

A Romanticism Jean-Augustin Franquelin's painting of a scene of a kneeling daughter crying and a mother wiping tears, signed painting, a prominent painter of the École des Beaux-Arts...