Oil on canvas oval British landscape painting, manner of Thomas Smythe (British, 1824-1888) or Charles Leaver (British, 1825-1906). A figure in a red coat stands in a snowy winter landscape. A stream runs between the figure and a cottage at right. Unsigned. Housed in an ornate giltwood frame. Sight: 25 in. H  30 in.W. Framed: 38 1/4 in. […]

Louis Berthomme Saint Andre (French, 1905-1977), “Simone Devant la Glace,” oil on canvas painting depicting a woman, likely a courtesan, seated half dressed at a vanity table, her arms folded and her face downcast. Signed lower left.  Square-molded giltwood frame with linen mat.  Stretcher: 24 in. H x 20 in. W. Frame: 28 1/2 in. H x […]

Oil on canvas painting of a girl who embraces a small dog in an outdoor setting, after the circa 1775 painting in The Wallace Collection, London, by Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723-1792) (Inv. no. P36). With Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN inventory label affixed to back of frame. Housed in an ornate giltwood frame with a name […]

Harry Pelling Gill (England/Australia, 1855-1916) oil on canvas landscape painting entitled “The Coming Shower.” Cattle and sheep huddle beneath a group of trees as storm clouds gather over a vista with a river and distant mountains. A man watches the coming storm from between the trees at left and a small house stands on the bank of the river […]

British school oil on canvas bust-length portrait of a gentleman in an olive coat, red mantle, and white cravat. Unsigned. Stretcher faintly inscribed “Painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller” in pencil. Housed in a rusticated giltwood frame with textile liner. Sight: 27 3/4 in. H x 22 1/2 in. W. Framed: 29 1/2 in. H  x 34 3/4 in. W. Likely 18th century.  […]

Continental panoramic oil-on-canvas seascape painting depicting a busy coastal village scene with fishermen and their boats along with sailing ships in the harbor being tossed on choppy waves. Signed illegibly lower left and housed in a foliate-carved gilt-wood frame. Sight: 17 3/8 in. H x 39 3/8 in. W. Framed: 23 1/2 in. H x 45 3/8 […]

Sir John Gilbert (English, 1817-1897) oil on canvas painting depicting a woman pleading with the politically powerful Catholic Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-1661), under the shadow of a sculpture of a saint occupying a nearby niche. Signed “J. Gilbert” lower left. Housed in a period giltwood frame with anthemion and laurel leaf molded decorations and cartouche corners. Sight: […]

After Nicolas de Largilliere (French, 1656-1746), two oil on canvas bust-length three-quarters pose oval portraits. 1st item: portrait of a woman with a red ribbon in her hair, red bodice, and blue mantle, based on a portrait by Largilliere of a “Madame Bazin” (current location unknown). Handwritten labels tacked to wooden backing reads “E323 Bon […]