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Hugo Backmansson - Woman Reading Magazine | 1923 Finnish Oil
Hugo Backmansson - Woman Reading Magazine | 1923 Finnish Oil
About the Portrait This 1923 oil portrait by Finnish artist Hugo Backmansson captures a woman in profile as she sits reading a magazine. Her gaze appears abstracted, perhaps looking through... Read more...
Maria Röhl - Gentleman Portrait c.1830 | Swedish Oil
Maria Röhl - Gentleman Portrait c.1830 | Swedish Oil
This oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman, circa 1830, is attributed to Swedish court painter Maria Röhl (1801-1875). The work depicts a distinguished gentleman in formal attire, rendered with... Read more...
17th Century Vertumnus Winter Allegory Baroque Oil
17th Century Vertumnus Winter Allegory Baroque Oil
This 17th century oil on canvas painting presents Vertumnus, the Roman god of seasons, depicted as an elderly woman symbolizing winter's eternal cycle. Attributed to the German Baroque school of... Read more...
Yvonne Mondin - French Interior Scene | 1950s Oil Painting
Yvonne Mondin - French Interior Scene | 1950s Oil Painting
This oil on canvas painting by French artist Yvonne Mondin (1898-1967), circa 1950, captures an intimate domestic interior scene characteristic of mid-20th century European genre painting. The composition features a... Read more...
Lorenz Clasen - Bloch Family Portraits
Lorenz Clasen - Bloch Family Portraits
This exceptional pair of German oil portraits by renowned artist Lorenz Clasen captures the essence of mid-19th-century German-Jewish bourgeoisie. Painted around 1850-1860, these Düsseldorf School paintings depict the distinguished Bloch... Read more...
Serge Devic - A Provence Landscape
Serge Devic - A Provence Landscape
This oil on wood landscape, painted around 1990, depicts the rolling hills of the Luberon region in Provence. Titled by the artist on the verso as "Luberon's Hills," the work... Read more...
Alfred Mendoza - Woman Smoking, 1887
Alfred Mendoza - Woman Smoking, 1887
This remarkable 1887 oil on canvas portrait by Anglo-Spanish artist Alfred Mendoza presents a bold image of Victorian womanhood. The painting depicts a young woman—believed to be the artist's sister... Read more...
Henri Laigneau - Farm at Sunset - 1912
Henri Laigneau - Farm at Sunset - 1912
This 1912 impressionist oil painting presents a rural farmstead illuminated by the fading golden light of sunset. The composition captures rustic buildings cast in shadow against a softly glowing sky,... Read more...
Louis Jacques Cathelin - Portrait Of Bossuet And Fénelon
Louis Jacques Cathelin - Portrait Of Bossuet And Fénelon
Singular double engraving portrait of Bossuet and Fénelon, showing on the left the Bishop of Meaux, Bossuet (after the original painting by Rigaud), and on the right, the Archbishop of Cambrai,... Read more...
Adeline Hugonnard – Still Life with Copper Pot & Fruits
Adeline Hugonnard – Still Life with Copper Pot & Fruits
This vibrant oil on canvas by French artist Adeline Hugonnard (1906-1987) features a lush and colorful still life composition centered around a gleaming copper pot. Surrounded by ripe summer fruits—grapes,... Read more...
Pair of Portrait Oil Paintings by Aimé Dalleizette, 1848
Pair of Portrait Oil Paintings by Aimé Dalleizette, 1848
A remarkable pair of original oil portrait paintings signed with a monogram and dated 1848 by the Swiss artist Aimée Dalleizette, depicting an elegant gentleman and lady from the mid-19th... Read more...
James Herbert Snell - Landscape with Cows
James Herbert Snell - Landscape with Cows
This original painting by James Herbert Snell features a landscape painting with a richly detailed, ornate gold frame. The artwork depicts a tranquil rural scene, showcasing a meadow with scattered... Read more...