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French School - Portrait of a Priest - Circa 1870

This painting represents a man of the church, painted in the latter half of the 19th century. The sitter is in ecclesiastical dress with Rabat and sits on a wooden chair, his left arm leaning on th...

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French School - Coastal Landscape

Marine landscape representing the Côte d’Azur coastline, probably Île Sainte-Marguerite, near Cannes. This attractive watercolour painting has a clear but illegible signature in the bottom right co...

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Alexander Bertin - Pair of Portraits - 1889

Pair of portraits of a husband and wife. They have been together 130 years and are not sold separately. Artist: Alexandre Bertin (1853-1934).Signed and dated in low left corner: ALEXANDRE BERTIN 18...

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French School - Portrait of a Young Woman - Circa 1760

Oval portrait of a young woman of stature. Pastel on vellum paper mounted on an 18th century frame. The sitter is wearing a "robe à la française", or sack-back gown, very popular in aristocratic ci...

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French School - Roman Peasant - Circa 1840

Watercolour depicting an Italian peasant dressed in a traditional regional costume, painted around 1840. It is unsigned but has a pencil annotation "Rome" in the lower right corner. The painting be...

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French School - Boats in the Harbour - Late 19th century

Attractive oil on canvas painting representing a marine scene. Pleasure boats brave the choppy waters next to a coastal village as several spectators on the esplanade look on enjoying the view. Lat...

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French School - Boats at Sea - 1894

Beautiful, bright oil on canvas painting depicting a marine scene. We can see in the foreground two sailing boats with their crews in rough seas. The beacon indicates that they are near the coast o...

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French School - Fisherman at the Mill - End of 19th Century

Lovely landscape representing a man fishing peacefully next to the stream that feeds the water mill. Artist: Unknown (unsigned).Medium: Watercolour on paper.Condition: Very good condition. Minor co...

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German School - The Cello Player - Circa 1890

Exceptional quality portrait of an anonymous cello player. Presumably, he was a professor at the Berlin Music Conservatory (now Berlin University of the Arts), however, we have not been able to con...

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