Continental, likely Dutch, polychrome carved wooden architectural coat of arms with conjoined crowned shields and tassels, flanked by two rampant lions. 50 in. W x 28 1/2 in. H x 7 in. D. Late 17th to early 18th century. PROVENANCE: The estate of Dr. Michael Spalding, Nashville, TN. Ex-Barbara Evans and C.M. Leonard, New Canaan, CT. […]
Lot 133: Early O/C Crucifixion Scene Painting
Continental school, 18th century or earlier, oil on canvas laid to burlap painting of Christ on the cross set against a darkened sky, with a bolt of red lightning at lower right. Light radiates from the face of Christ as he tilts his head and looks upwards. Housed in an antique parcel gilt ebonized wood frame. Sight: […]
Lot 131: Manner of Abraham Willaerts O/C Mythological Painting of Neptune, Ex- Christies
Manner of Abraham Willaerts (Netherlands, 1603-1669), “Neptune,” painting of the mythological sea god depicted as a bearded man reclining on a beach while surrounded by shells and holding a trident. Ships sail in the distance under an ominously darkening sky. Early, illegible paper label to stretcher, verso, along with a stenciled number. Later wave-carved giltwood […]
Lot 130: English School, 18th Century Portrait of a Boy
English School, 18th century oil on canvas portrait of a young gentleman. The half length painting depicts him in his teenage years with blonde curls and rosy cheeks, wearing a ruffled white collar with dark jacket, before a landscape background. Unsigned. In a whitewashed parcel gilt frame with Rococo style raised scroll and rosette decoration. […]
Lot 129: Large O/C English 18th C. Portrait, Martha Benet Legh of Lyme Park as Diana
Circle of James Fellowes (English, 1690-1760), large oil on canvas historiated portrait of Martha Benet (d. 1787) as Diana the Huntress. Benet stands in a wooded setting and looks toward the viewer as she holds a spear in her left hand. A dog looks up at her from lower right and a European Goldfinch perches at upper […]
Lot 128: O/C Painting After Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, Self Portrait
Oil on canvas painting depicting Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (France, 1755-1842), likely inspired by the artist’s 1790 “St. Luca” self-portrait in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, and/or 1800 self-portrait in The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Shown in bust-length, three-quarters view, Vigee Le Brun wears a gold and white headpiece around her head and neck, black dress, […]
Lot 127: After Caspar Netscher O/C Baroque Genre Painting, A Duet
After Caspar Netscher (Dutch, 1639-1684), “A Duet,” oil on canvas painting laid to board. A woman in a satin dress stands at a virginal (a musical instrument similar to a harpsichord) in a domestic interior while a seated man sings from a songbook and a second woman watches from her seat. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: […]
Lot 126: 2 Continental School O/C Floral Still Life Paintings, Early Carrig-Rohane Frame
Two (2) 19th century or earlier continental school oil on canvas floral still life paintings, each depicting bouquets of colorful flowers in ornate vases and likely by the same hand. The painting with three fallen blossoms is housed in a 1907 giltwood Carrig-Rohane frame carved by Hermann Dudley Murphy (1867-1945) and incised “19 [‘M’ monogram] 07 / Carrig Rohane / […]
Lot 125: Arnold Meerman O/C Farm Scene
Arnold Meerman (German, 1829-1908), oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a bucolic European homestead. Women hang laundry outside a farmhouse under the shade of a large tree, while children play with ducks at the edge of a body of water in the foreground. Another woman works outside a nearby barn, and hills rise in the […]
Lot 124: Xavier Gonzalez O/C Spanish Landscape Painting, Tagus River
Xavier Gonzalez (Spain/United States, 1898-1993) oil on canvas Iberian landscape painting, “The Tagus River.” A stone bridge extends over the Tagus River, with a group of figures at lower right and a hilltop city in the distance. Signed and dated to lower left. Additionally signed, titled, and dated to verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with […]
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