French School, 18th century, oil on canvas painting of Venus and Vulcan, manner of Louis Jean Francois LaGrenee (French, 1725-1805). Venus, the goddess of Love in Greek Mythology, sits at left, attended by two cherubs, while her blacksmith husband Vulcan looks on admiringly, resting against his anvil with a hammer in his hand. Possible signature […]
Lot 671: Rubens & Valckert Etchings
Two 17th century Old Master etchings, Rubens and Valckert. 1st item: "Five Lions and a Lioness," 1646 etching on laid paper, engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar (London, 1607-1677) after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640). Later ebonized frame with black and red mats. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4" plate size, 7-3/8" x 10" sheet size, 11-5/8" x 14-3/8" framed. […]
Lot 669: Jeannine Albert O/C Still Life
Jeannine Albert (French, b. 1939) oil on canvas, Dutch-inspired still life of flowers and fruit. Signed "Albert" lower right. Molded giltwood frame. 31" H x 27" W sight, 39" H x 36" W framed. Artist biography en verso states that Jeanine Albert was born to a painter father in Strasbourg, France, and assisted him before […]
Lot 667: Scottish school o/c, "Mediation"
Scottish school oil on canvas titled "Meditation" depicting a young woman seated in meditative pose, with a rocky sea side landscape in the background. Old label en verso, partially legible reads " — Meditation, T. or J. E. ——der, RSA" (possibly Royal Scottish Academy). Overall – 36" H x 30 1/2" W. Sight – 29" […]
Lot 666: Francois Beaupre o/c, Lake Como
Francois Beaupre (France, b. 1958), "Tremezzo, Lac de Come". Oil on canvas view of an Italian hillside village, overlooking Lake Como. Unsigned. Accompanied by original sales brochure with authenticity guarantee and artist information, along with photograph, from Wally Findlay Gallery, Chicago, dated 3/4/97. Molded giltwood frame. Canvas 20" x 24", 28" x 32" framed. Condition: […]
Lot 665: Michel Loeb painting, house in trees
Michel Loeb (France, b. 1930 ) oil on board Fauve-style painting of a yellow house glimpsed through an allee of blue trees. Molded wood frame. 14-1/2" x 17-1/2" sight, 22" x 26" framed. Provenance: the collection of Stephen and Lisa Steiner Small, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Few minor scattered abrasions or inclusions to sky area, overall […]
Lot 663: Large Paris Scene, signed Antoine Blanchard
Paris School oil on canvas, large street scene depicting people and carraiges along L'Avenue Champs-Elysee with L'Arc de Triomphe in the background. Signed lower right "Antoine Blanchard." (French, 1910-1988). Louis XVI style giltwood frame. 22" x 34" sight, 30" x 42" framed. Provenance: the estate of Richard and Jewell Tamble, Brentwood, Tennessee, purchased in Paris […]
Lot 662: Ignatius Taschner Oil on Board
Ignatius Taschner (German, 1871-1913) oil on board Fall landscape scene with huntsman figure in the foreground, village and lake in the background. Signed lower right "Taschner Ignatius" and dated 1900. Housed in the original carved gilt wood frame. Sight: 23 3/8" H x 29 7/8" W. Framed: 29 1/2" H x 36 1/4" W. Condition: […]
Lot 660: Framed Group of 3 Pencil Drawings, E. Talen
Group of three framed pencil drawings of Scottish landscape and seascapes signed "E. Talen" and dated "1848". Drawings depict two Scottish castles, Chateau D'Invergarry and Chateau de Lock-Leven and the seaport of Stromness. All drawings signed and dated lower right and float mounted on paper. Drawings measure 4" H x 4 3/4" W. Overall frame: […]
Lot 659: P. Graham o/c, Fingal's Cave
Attributed to Peter Graham (British, 1836-1921), oil on canvas landscape titled Fingal's Cave on front of frame. The painting depicts seabirds (including puffins), congregated on a large rock in the foreground with the basalt cavern towering in the background. Signed lower right "P. Graham". Probably original giltwood and composition molded swept frame. 29-1/2" x 21-1/2" […]