Empire Portrait Painting of Julie and Desiree Clary by Robert Lefevre

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Pair of French School drawings in 18th century style. Hand drawn in Old Master Technique. Boucher School style Pair of Trompe l'Oeil Three-drop Panel...

A large 19th century oil on canvas of American Frontier Life, Possibly Missouri. Landscape with a cabin in foreground, cows, tree, pioneers. Also with rolling hills, a sailboat and farmers in distance. Very reminiscent of the Hudson River School but more in line with the Luminist Style of George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879). George Caleb Bingham, (born March 20, 1811, Augusta County, Virginia, U.S.—died July 7...

18th century oil on canvas of Putti preparing a hunt with hound, hare and horns. Wonderfully done. Most certainly French.

A charming pair of late 18th English century oil paintings on canvas. Each painting portrays a portrait of a young lady in oval within carved giltwood fra...

Step into the timeless charm of Regency elegance with this exquisite original oil portrait, depicting two finely dressed ladies engaged in quiet conversation. Rendered with rich eart...

Pair of French Louis XV style gilt framed oval oil paintings portraits of 18th Century ladies (18/19th century).  

Antonio Bertoli (active between 1829 - 1842) Portraits of women (2) Oil on canvas, 41.5 x 31 cm With frame 52 x 42.5 cm Signed below A. Bertoli The two portraits examined here are by the hand of the artist Antonio Bertoli, a painter active in Florence between 1829 - 1842. He trained at the Florentine Academy, where in 1832 he obtained the prize for the nude in drawing. At the academic exhibitions of the following years he exhibited mainly portraits, including a representation of Nicolò Macchiavelli executed in 1837. An eclectic artist, he experimented with different genres: for the Villa Puccini di Scornio in Pistoia, in 1838, he was commissioned to create a history picture, The death of Francesco Ferrucci (Pistoia, Civic Museum), inspired by an episode of the novel Siege of Florence by Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi. Instead, two religious paintings date back to the 1840s: Christ chasing the merchants from the Temple and a Virgin Mary, In the portraits analyzed Bertoli depicts two half-length women taken from a foreshortening and a frontal in close pose, characterized by very similar Mediterranean features. In the first painting the woman, taken from the front, looks directly at the viewer. The wavy hair is decorated with a colorful violet and is partially covered by a white veil...