Circle of Jacques Courtois (French/Italian, 1621-1675) oil on panel painting titled "Battle Scene" depicting a 17th century battle with cavalry and foot soldiers fighting before ruined castle fortifications. Unsigned. Includes a Galleria Sorno paper label with Italian handwritten text and a typed Cornet Arts Ind, Forest Hills, NY paper label en verso. Housed in a […]
Lot 97: 17th Cent. Dutch School Oil Landscape
17th century Dutch or Flemish school landscape, oil on fabric, professionally mounted on board. Depicts a country farmstead scene with a woman carrying a basket atop her head while walking with a small child, and a man on horseback with large tree, foreground. Cottage with outbuildings, rail fences, and grassy cliffs, background. Housed in an […]
Lot 96: 17th Cent. Dutch School Oil Landscape
17th century Dutch or Flemish school landscape painting, oil on fabric, professionally mounted on board. Depicts a young woman seated below a tree, next to a stream, and talking with a man while another man leans over a stream, foreground; additional figures and trees amongst rolling hills in the background. Housed in an ebonized wood […]
Lot 94: Portrait of Duke Johann Friedrich von Wurttemberg
After Georg Donauer (German, d. 1634) oil on canvas portrait of Duke Johann Friedrich von Württemberg (1582-1628). The subject is depicted standing in fine clothing with his sword at his left side, his gloves and plumed helmet on a table to his right, red drapes on either side; biographical information upper right corner. Possible (illegible) […]
Lot 95: 16th Cent. Flemish School Oil on Board
16th Century Flemish School landscape painting, manner of Adriaen van Stalbemt (1580-1662), oil on fabric, professionally mounted on board. Depicts a religious scene with a group of well dressed figures and lone dog, gathered beneath a tree foreground, some seated, some standing and others on horseback, listening intently to a central figure, presumably John the […]
Lot 93: A. Carrier French Bronze of Male Figure
Auguste Joseph Carrier (French, 1800-1875) bronze sculpture depicing a Greco-Roman male seated on a bench with scroll clasped in his hands, on an oval shaped base. Signed on base "A. Carrier". Base with an incised "4" to the underside. 9 1/2" H x 14 1/2" W x 6 1/4" D. CONDITION: Normal oxidation. Overall very […]
Lot 91: Attrib. Joseph Highmore, Oil Portrait of Mrs. E. Holmes
Attributed to Joseph Highmore (British, 1692-1780) oil on canvas three quarter length portrait of a young lady attired in a white 18th century dress with yellow sash and jeweled belt, seated with her left arm resting on a book and left hand holding a flower against a red draped background. Unsigned. Inscription en verso center […]
Lot 92: Robert Cauer Marble Bust of a Man
Robert Cauer, The Elder (Germany, 1831-1893) carved white marble bust of a gentleman with sideburns, draped in a classical robe. Signed "R. Cauer 1864" verso, mounted onto a round integral marble stand. 28" H x 20" W x 12" D. Weight: 157 lbs. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. CONDITION: Chipping […]
Lot 89: Marie de Garay O/B Genre Scene, Knitting
Marie Garay (French, 1861-1953) oil on mahogany panel interior scene painting depicting a woman in fine 18th century clothing, knitting, while seated in a Louis XV style giltwood chair with her back to the viewer. Another finely dressed lady leans over her shoulder and a footman holds a skein of yarn, while a basket of […]
Lot 90: Katharine Bywater O/C Painting, Girl with Doll
Katharine D. M. Bywater (United Kingdom, active 1879-1896) oil on canvas painting depicting a young girl in a white dress and bonnet with a pink necklace and pink sash, holding a doll to her body, against a dark, wooded background. Signed Katharine D.M. Bywater in lower left corner. Partially remaining label en verso reads, "South […]