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Lot 125: Ole Johnson Seboy Marine Watercolor, Dated 1820

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Ole Johnson Seboy (Active Norway/U.S.,1800-1845) watercolor on laid paper marine painting depicting ships in slightly choppy waters, the largest two appearing to fly Danish ensigns. Inscription below in Norwegian or Danish text identifying the main ship (Speculation) and the captain (Pieter A. Jensen), with Seboy's signature in small letters below (at right) and dated 1820. […]

Lot 124: European School O/C Painting of Maritime Battle in an Oval Frame

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English or Continental School, 19th century, oil on canvas marine painting depicting a naval battle, with two large ships in the center of the painting, one flying the flag of France, the other with possible British Red Ensign, firing at one another as flames and smoke arise from the ships. Two additional ships are visible […]

Lot 122: 3 Piranesi Classical Architectural Etchings, Roman Architecture

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The first three (3) plates from Giovanni Battista Piranesi's (Italian, 1720-1778) Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans), 1758-61, originally published 1761. 1st item: Studies of the Substructure of the Capitoline Hill, Plate I. Plate: 13 7/8" H x 10 3/8" W. Sheet: 22 1/2" H x […]

Lot 121: 2 Old Master Drawings, attb. to Cornelis van Dalen & Circle of George Barret

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1st item: Attributed to Cornelis van Dalen I (Netherlands, 1602-1665), drawing of the head of an old man in black and white chalk on gray laid paper with partial watermark, upper right. Inscribed on verso is "aus nachlass Bergers/ xxx Likerpal/ von Dalen fec.," with WSK collector's mark of Wilhelm Konig (Vienna, 1880-1955), Austrian economist […]

Lot 120: Albrecht Durer Woodcut, Christ Before Herod

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Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-1528), "Christ before Herod" from the "Small Passion," circa 1511, woodcut on laid paper, depicting Christ being brought before the ruler Herod Antipas after his arrest. Artist monogram and date 1509 lower left, in image. Stamp en verso of paper backing for Whitehead & Mangan Rare Prints, New York, with label dating […]

Lot 119: William Blake Engraving, Job's Despair, c. 1825

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William Blake (England, 1757-1827) engraving on wove India paper, with the word Proof engraved in the plate, lower right, from the series "Illustrations of the Book of Job," circa 1825. With text and imagery from Job 3:1-4, depicting Job raising his arms while surrounded by kneeling figures with bowed heads. Housed under plexiglass and in […]

Lot 118: Continental School O/C Painting, Christ's Nativity With Angels

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Old Master style, likely Italian or French School, oil on canvas religious painting depicting the Nativity, with the infant Christ-child lying in a manger surrounded by The Holy Family, kings, shepherds, and animals. The clouds open to reveal a choir of angels and putti hovering in the heavens above, with barn architectural details and landscape […]

Lot 117: Italian School 19th C. Painting, The Angel of the Annunciation

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Italian School 19th century oil on canvas painting, "The Angel of the Annunciation," depicting a winged angel, possibly Archangel Gabriel, holding a bouquet of lilies, a symbol of the Virgin Mother's purity at the time of her conception with the Christ child, rendered with dramatic tenebrism. Inscribed in Italian en verso of canvas "F. Furini […]

Lot 116: After Tiepolo, Italian School O/B Painting, Christ Falls Beneath the Cross

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Italian school oil on canvas religious painting, laid down on panel, depicting a scene on the road to Calvary from the Passion of Christ in which Christ falls for the third time beneath the cross while carrying it to His Crucifixion. He is depicted surrounded by disciples, Roman soldiers (including one on horseback), and observers, […]