Pair of large French Sevres style bronze mounted lidded porcelain urns having fond jaune or yellow grounds with hand-painted landscape vignette decorations depicting lovers with putti, signed POITEVIN. Floral vignettes verso, floral band decoration to the lid and base, and gilt painted highlights throughout. Gilt bronze mounts throughout including an acorn finial to the lid, […]
Lot 75: Pair of Neo Grec Gilt Bronze Classical Portrait Urn Lamps
Pair (2) of gilt bronze Neoclassical or Neo Grec style urns fitted as lamps, featuring central portrait medallions and Greek key decoration with scrolling handles. Base with grape and vine decoration, and top with foliate and pierced decoration; one having an acanthus leaf finial. Both mounted atop red marble plinths and fitted as lamps with […]
Lot 73: Fortunino Matania O/C Religious Painting, Sermon on the Mount
Fortunino Matania (Italy/United Kingdom, 1881-1963) oil on canvas religious painting, possibly an illustration piece, titled "Sermon on the Mount," depicting Jesus Christ preaching on the Mountain of Beatitudes to a crowd. Housed in a contemporary giltwood frame with painted sight edge. Signed "F. Mantania" lower right. Sight: 23 3/8" H x 29 1/2" W. Framed: […]
Lot 74: Pair of Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Cherub Form Candelabras
Pair of Neoclassical gilt bronze figural form candelabras modeled as cherubs holding french horns. Each is topped with a shaped bobeche and four arms molded with grape and vine decoration and mounted to a marble base with four gilt toupie feet. 19 1/2" H x 8" W. French, Mid/Late 19th Century. PROVENANCE: The Estate of […]
Lot 71: After Rubens O/C Painting, Descent from the Cross
After Peter Paul Reubens (Flemish/Belgium/Germany, 1577-1640) large Baroque Old Master style oil on canvas painting titled "The Descent of the Cross". Depicts Christ's deposition, or His removal from the cross by attendants and apostles towards The Virgin Mother, Mary Magdalene, and Salome who mourn at his feet. Inscription reading "The Descent of the Cross" Painted […]
Lot 72: Watercolor Painting of Holy Family w/ John the Baptist & St. Anne
Baroque style watercolor and pencil on paper, depicting the Holy Family with the Virgin Mary holding the Infant Jesus, accompanied by young John the Baptist and Saint Anne. Old label affixed en verso reads "…of the Holy Family by Guido (Reni)…EC". Housed in an ornately carved giltwood frame with cartouche and leaf and dart decoration […]
Lot 70: 2 Guatemalan School Religious Paintings
Two (2) Guatemalan School Religious Paintings. 1st item: Guatemalan school oil on wood panel religious painting depicting the holy Trinity, with Jesus Christ holding a cross on the left, God the Father holding an orb on the right, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovering above, while four cherubs sit amid […]
Lot 68: 2 Old Master style Religious Paintings, Pieta & Christ Child
Two (2) Continental School, circa 1800 oil on canvas religious paintings in similar frames. 1st item: Classical scene depicting Mary holding the Christ as a child, observed by groups of cherubs at her feet and in the sky. while a male figure, possibly Joseph, reads from a book in the background. 16 1/4" H x […]
Lot 69: Madonna and Child O/B Painting, 18th C., poss. Cusco
Continental, possibly Spanish Colonial or Cuzco school, oil on panel painting depicting the Madonna and Child with the Madonna holding a book and the Christ child holding a piece of fruit, possibly an apple or pear. Stamp affixed in lower left corner. Housed in a simple giltwood frame. Sight: 18 1/4" H x 16" W. […]
Lot 66: 2 Book of Hours Pages & Martin Luther Suppressed Bible Leaf, Judith, 3 items
1st item: Illuminated manuscript page on vellum from a Book of Hours, likely Italian, having Latin script with initials decorated in gilt, bordered with foliate designs. Housed in a custom wooden frame. Sight: 5" H x 3 3/4" W. Framed: 8 1/8" H x 5 5/8" W x 1 3/4". Circa 14th century. 2nd item: […]