American School oil on canvas seated 3/4 length portrait painting of a female sitter, identified as Julia Blow, attired in a black dress with white lace detailed and a multicolored shall, against a dark background. Signed illegibly lower right. Sitter attribution on label en verso. Housed in an ornate giltwood frame with arched opening. Sight: […]
Lot 1166: American School Portrait of a Gentleman with Book, O/C, 18th Century
American school, late 18th-century oil on canvas portrait of an older man attired in a green coat and powdered wig, seated in a chair and holding a book in his right hand. Housed in a contemporary gilt frame. Sight: 23 3/4" H x 19" W. Framed: 29 1/2" H x 25 1/2" W. PROVENANCE: Private […]
Lot 1165: Circle of Thomas Pope Stevens O/C Painting, Portrait of Lady Anne Dawson
Circle of Thomas Pope-Stevens (Ireland, fl. 1765-1780) oil on canvas portrait painting of Lady Anne Dawson depicting a brunette, brown-eyed woman in a white dress with an emerald brooch, bright blue sash, and pearl hairpiece resting her left arm upon an open book standing against a gray background. Unsigned. Partial placard inscribed "Lady Anne Dawson" […]
Lot 1164: After Louis Ducis O/C, Napoleon with his Nieces and Nephews
Oil on canvas genre painting after the original by Louis Ducis (France, 1775-1847) titled "Napolean Bonaparte with his Nephews and Nieces on the Terrace at Saint-Cloud, 1806". The painting depicts Bonaparte seated on a terrace holding a young child in his lap with three other children standing by him, with a young male standing and […]
Lot 1163: Continental Marble Bust of Napoleon
Continental carved marble bust sculpture depicting Napoleon attired in a military uniform and hat with crest, seated on a later round marble pedestal, supported by a wood dowel. Unsigned. 25" H x 17" W x 10 1/2" D. Possibly Italian, 19th Century. PROVENANCE: The collection of a Tennessee institution. CONDITION: Repaired break to collar and […]
Lot 1162: After Guido Reni Continental Old Master Portrait of Beatrice Cenci,19th century
After Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642) oil on canvas continental Old Master portrait painting of a white-robed female, rendered with dramatic tenebrism. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 26 7/8" H x 21 3/4" W. Framed: 31 7/8" H x 27" W. Italian, 19th Century. Note: The original version of this work is housed in […]
Lot 1160: Josef Mansfeld Oil on Panel Still Life Painting
Josef Mansfeld (Austria, 1819-1894) oil on panel still life painting depicting various objects, including porcelain tea service items, a stein resting on a book, a bottle of wine and a glass, a pewter tankard, a dish with fruit, a spoon, and a newspaper, all on an elaborately embroidered tablecloth in an interior setting with paintings […]
Lot 1161: Old Master Style Painting, Money Changers, 19th Century
Continental school oil on canvas painting depicting well-dressed money changers at a table with scale and coins. An elderly bearded man holds a coin and empty purse in the right foreground, while a figure behind him with a blue robe points an accusing figure towards one of the money changers. Unsigned. Housed in a later […]
Lot 1158: Two Prints, Whistler & Tempesta
Two (2) prints: Whistler and Tempesta. 1st item: James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903), "Sketch After Cecil Lawson's Swan and Iris," etching and drypoint in black ink on watermarked laid paper, 7 1/8"H x 4 5/8"W (182 x 120 mm), plate 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" (134 x 82 mm.) Ref. Kennedy 241; Glasgow 247; Mansfield […]
Lot 1159: 2 Prints: Gericault Horse Litho & Flameng After Goya
1st item: Theodore Gericault (France, 1791-1824) Lithograph on wove paper titled "Cheval de Mecklembourg", from the series Etudes de Chevaux Lithographies, published by Godefroy Engelmann, Paris, 1822. Depicts a bridled horse being restrained by a young stable boy before a wall and a stable. Artist names and title printed lower left, center, and right below […]