Painting "Gondola Ride in Venice" by G. Mantegazza, Italy, 1889

Measurements with frames: Height 135 cm (53 in.), width 94 cm (37 in.) Magnificent pair of important paintings on the theme of “Fêtes galantes” and so dedicated to the art of sedu...

Signed and dated F. Blayn, 1892 Painting exposed under n°127 at the 1892 Salon des Artistes français Genre scene presenting a mother in front of her trailer preparing her two girls to the circus of the Saint-Cloud Fair. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, during the holy Cloud pilgrimage, sumptuous feasts were given in the Saint-Cloud park. Each September, one of the oldest France funfairs gathered Parisians, merchants, showmen and actors. Fernand Blayn...

Signed Lionel Royer and dated 1882 (?) Former Salon exhibition label at the top right, n°538 Indication of an exhibition in Lyon on the back of the frame, n°163 Beautiful painting ...

Dimensions with frame : Height : 116 cm (45.7 in.) ; Width : 144 cm (56.7 in.) Dimensions without frame : Height : 85 cm (33.5 in.) ; Width : 118 cm (46.5 in.) Atrium with a rich Pompeian decor in which a young woman lying on a bed is playing with a sparrow, not paying attention to the man sat at her feet. This painting is a major work of art of C. G. Brun, well-know for the precision of his technic, by the elegance of its composition, the pureness of the colors, the refinement of the touch and the expressivity of the characters. This rare intimist scene in a interior decorated in the Pompeian style perfectly illustrates the taste of the time for the discovery of the villas of Pompei, thanks to the archeological excavations of the 18th century and the books published about them. To arrange its interiors based on the models of the Pompeian villas is then a trend that the most important people of that time will follow, as the Prince Napoléon, cousin of the Emperor Napoléon III, who orders the construction of a splendid Pompeian villa on the Avenue Montaigne, of which nothing remains but a few pictures and a painting by Gustave Boulanger, dated 1861 and called Répétition du « Joueur de flûte » et de la « Femme de Diomède » chez le Prince Napoléon. This painting illustrates the poem « Fletus passeris Lesbiae » from the collection « Carmina » written by Catulle (87-54 av. J.-C.) : in his work, the author, in love with Lesbie, a married woman living in Rome, puts on a show a sparrow as the main center of interest of its mistress who neglects her suitor. This theme has been represented many times in painting, like the version by Raphaël Poggi exposed at the Salon of 1865, or Lawrence Alma-Tadema in 1866 or Edward Poynter in 1907. Painting exposed, as reference number 467, at the Salon of 1861 on the picture rail of the Palais des Champs-Elysées Charles Guillaume Brun, born in Montpellier in 1825 and died in Paris in 1908, was registered in 1847 at the Paris Beaux-Arts school, where he studied under the direction of François- Edouard Picot (1786-1868) and of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). His participation in the Paris Salon began in 1851 with genre subjects (Young girl doing her morning prayer), but as soon as 1853, he regularly sent Orientalist scenes, located in Algeria (Prayer in 1859, Rendez-vous in Constantine in 1861, Moorish woman...

'An Observer on the Venetian Lagoon' by Enrique Serra (1859 - 1918). Signed, inscribed and dated 'Enrique Serra / Venezia-Roma / 1885' to lower left. Dimensions: Framed H 101cm W 14...

This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting of the view of the The Grand Canal in Venice by the renowned British artist Alfred Pollentine (1836-1890) and signed lower right 'A Pollentine, 19th century in date. This beautiful landscape captures a striking view of the Grand Canal, it features a busy canal scene with gondoliers in the foreground, in the distance the facades of Saint Mark's complete the painting. Housed in it's original and beautiful gilt gallery frame. Several examples of his work have sold at top auction...

Giacomo ROSSELLI (1901-nc) "Venice" Oil on canvas signed low right Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 60 X 81 cm Dim frame : 80 X 100 cm Certificate of authenticity delivered ...

This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting of the view of the The Grand Canal in Venice by the renowned British artist Alfred Pollentine (1836-1890) and signed lower right and verso, 'A Pollentine, circa 1870 in date. This beautiful landscape captures a striking view of the Grand Canal, it features a busy canal scene with gondoliers in the foreground, in the distance the facades of Santa Maria della Salute complete the painting. Housed in it's original and beautiful gilt gallery frame. Several examples of his work have sold at top auction...