James Peale Sr. (Maryland/Pennsylvania, 1749-1831) watercolor portrait miniature of John Johnson Sr. (1770-1824), Attorney General and fourth Chancellor of Maryland. Johnson is depicted in a blue coat, white waistcoat, and white shirt with a white cravat, set against a light brown background. Incised signature and date to lower right corner, "I P 1802." Entwined locks […]

Portrait miniature by Robert Field (1769 – 1819) depicting Henrietta Maria Hemsley Earle (1779 – 1821) of Maryland, signed lower left R. F. and dated 1799. Henrietta Earle was the wife of Thomas Chamberlain Earle and daughter of Sarah Williamson Helmsley and William Hemsley (a member of the Continental Congress and owner of Clover Fields […]

Pair of companion 18th-century French round miniature watercolors bust portraits. Depicting a man with a powdered wig wearing a red coat, white waistcoat, shirt, and cravat, and his wife wearing a white hat with ribbon, a light blue dress with a silk purple belt, and white fichu. Both are housed in the original tooled red […]

Charles Willson Peale (Maryland/Pennsylvania, 1741-1827) watercolor miniature oval bust portrait of David McMechan (Maryland, c. 1754-1810). The sitter is depicted with powdered grey hair, a light blue or gray coat, a white embroidered waistcoat with pink flowers and green leaves, and a white cravat, set against a blue-grey background. Housed in the original rose gold […]

Dutch School, 17th century-style oil on beveled wood panel half-length portrait of a cavalier standing with arms akimbo. A sword hangs from his left hip and he wears a plumed hat and cuirass. With remnants of old stickers en verso and pencil inscribed "8112" and illegible writing, possibly "Jan Weenix." Housed in an ornate, carved […]

Braunschweig Stobwasser black papier mache snuff box with painted decoration to cover depicting the ancient Roman abduction of the Sabine virgins, led by Romulus. Titled "Der Sabienen Raub" in painted script to interior of lid. 2 5/8" diameter. German, late 18th-early 19th century. PROVENANCE: The estate of Thelma Schlicher, by descent from the estate of […]

Two (2) Francisco de Goya Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828) etching, aquatint, and drypoint prints on ivory laid paper from the series Los Proverbios, 1816-1824. Two of four additional plates (Harris 266-9) from the series not published until 1877. Published in L''Art, Paris, 1877. With printed title and publication information in lower margin. 1st item: Lluivia de […]

Guido Reni (Italian, 1575 -1642) etching on laid paper depicting the Holy Family with John the Baptist and Saint Elisabeth below two angels, c.1590 -1610. With anchor inscribed in double circle watermark and Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., collector''s mark (Lugt 1429) en verso, according to Galleria M. Arte, Padova, description. Ref.: Bartsch 8. Floated under […]

Two (2) Francisco de Goya Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828) etching, aquatint, and drypoint prints on ivory laid paper from the series Los Proverbios, 1816-1824. Two of four additional plates (Harris 266-9) from the series not published until 1877. Published in L''Art, Paris, 1877. With printed title and publication information in lower margin. 1st item: Otra Leyes […]

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) etching depicting a bust-length portrait or tronie of an old man with a long beard and fur cap with eyes closed. Signed and with additional backwards "R" in plate, upper left, with partial Arms of Amsterdam watermark. Inscribed "A" in brown ink en verso, likely an unidentified collector''s mark. Additionally […]