ABRAHAM VAN STRIJ (1753 Dordrecht 1826) Allegory of the Arts Oil on canvas 48.5 x 189 cm (Framed : 54,5 x 193,5 cm) Signed lower right: A.Van Strÿ circa 1780-1790 Like his brother Jacob, Abraham began his career in his father’s studio, Leendert van Strij, a painter and decorator in Dordrecht. Wishing to specialize…
Roman Forum: The Temple of the Dioscuri and the Horrea Agrippiana Oil on canvas 43.5 x 3.,5 cm Signed lower right: C. Holsøe. Circa 1897-1898 Provenance: Isabel Goldsmith collection Our elegant view of the Roman Forum is an invitation to enter into the work of Carl Vilhelm Holsoe. One of the greatest artists of the…
(1799 Amiens – Paris 1858) Road Along the Tombs at Taormina Oil on canvas 41.2 x 59.5 cm Signed and dated, lower left: P. Thuillier.1841. Exhibition: Paris, Salon de 1843, no. 1139 Provenance : Sale after the death of the artist, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Maître Pillet, 14 February 1859, No. 36 “La voie des Tombeaux,…
(1758 Cluny – Paris 1832) La Toilette Oil on canvas 32,5 x 24 cm PROVENANCE: Abel Vautier Collection; Grille Collection; Guibert Collection (bought from the previous owner for 1100 francs in 1830); Feuardent Collection; André Lazard Collection EXHIBITION: Exposition, Caen, 1861, no. 41; Exposition des œuvres de Prud’hon au profit de sa fille, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 4…
View of the Small Town of La Cava, in the Kingdom of Naples, Seen from the Salerno Side Oil on canvas 71.5 x 98 cm Signed lower left: P. Chauvin Circa 1810 PROVENANCE : Possibly the collection of the Duc de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838); by inheritance, Alexandre-Edmond (1787-1872) (his nephew); Napoléon-Louis (1811-1898) (his great-nephew); possibly the…
CALLED JAMES BERTRAND (Lyon 1823 – Orsay 1887) Lesbia end the Sparrow Oil on canvas 110 x 65 cm Signed and dated, lower left : JAMES BERTRAND.1875. PROVENANCE : Scottish, private collection EXHIBITION : Salon de 1875, n°185 After growing up in Lyon, Jean-Baptiste Bertrand joined the studio of Claude Bonnefond, a former pupil of…
Dusk on the Ile d’Herblay Oil on canvas 33 x 46 cm Signed and dated lower right Guilloux 95 PROVENANCE: Private collection, France A self-taught artist fascinated by the color theories of Chevreuil and Odgen Rood, Guilloux exhibited for the first time in 1892, at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. The eight works that he…
Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (vers 1600 – Viterbo, 1662) Ceres Huile sur toile Exécutée vers 1657 Disciple le plus fidèle de Pierre de Cortone, Romanelli travailla avec lui au Palais Barberini, avant de devenir le protégé de la puissante famille romaine. Romanelli fit deux importants séjours en France. En 1645-1647 tout d’abord, il remplaça Cortone pour…
Nicolas Colombel (1644 Sotteville-lès-Rouen – Paris 1717) Moses Hidden in the Bullrushes Oil on canvas Executed circa 1680-1690 Provenance: Perhaps from the collection of Jean de Julienne, through the sale after his death, 30 March -22 May 1767, no. 234 , acquired by Prince Dimitri Alexeïevitch Galitzine (1738-1803), for 440 livres; Galerie Heim, Paris; Allen Field…
Jacques Stella (Lyon, 1596 – Paris, 1657) La Vierge à l’Enfant avec saint François et saint Jean-Baptiste Oil on marble 38,2 x 42,6 cm Circa 1635 Provenance : Sale Joseph Artaud, Paris, 15 november 1791, lot 90 ; Sotheby’s, New York, 28 january 1999, lot 403 ; Private collection of the East Coast of the United…
