Antique Painting Night Landscape Oil on Hardboard XIX Century

Oil on canvas. The large painting depicts the Madonna seated on a stone bench with the baby Jesus in her arms, before a large curtain, with a sketchy landscape in the background. Despite its considerable size, the pictorial quality suggests an inexperienced hand, suggesting a handcrafted work created for devotional purposes for some popular place of worship. The canvas has several stains.

Oil on canvas. 19th-century French school. Portrait of a young woman whose clothing reveals her membership in a working-class, though not rural, class. The work is presented in a 19th-century frame.

Oil on panel. The view depicts a solitary church perched on a rocky outcrop overlooking a stream that plunges into a deep, dark gorge; the surrounding peaks, though lush with vegetation, are devoid of life and evoke adventurous scenes. The chromatic and lighting effects are dominated by earthy tones. The work is characterized by an overall academic-romantic tone, organized according to a scenographic style. The panel shows some small paint losses and signs of a previous frame.

Study of Heads

Pencil on paper. Signed lower right. Following an initial academic phase, Neapolitan painter Domenico Morelli, following his contact with the Macchiaioli and his friendship with Filippo and Giuseppe Palizzi, gradually adopted a freer style, especially in his use of color, creating his own signature style that harmoniously blends verism and late romanticism with neo-17th-century influences. An active patriot, he painted everything from historical subjects to genre scenes, dabbled in Orientalism, and then moved on to religious painting. Presented here are studies of two heads with evident Oriental features. Framed in period style.

Oil on canvas. English school, second half of the 19th century. Serene landscape framing a mill overlooking a flowing stream, set in lush countryside surrounding the farmhouse. Pencil traces with the artist's name (undeciphered) appear on the back of the canvas. The painting is presented in a period gilded frame.

High relief carved in meerschaum (petrified limestone, also known as calcite). The scene of the Marriage of Mary and Joseph, also called the Marriage of the Virgin, has been widely depicted, traditionally against the backdrop of a temple, with the priest presiding and, in this case, the Holy Spirit and angels who, from above, testify to the presence and divine approval of the event. The work is presented in a period frame.

Old Square in Rouen, France, 1866

Watercolor on cardboard. Signed and dated lower right. On the back is a scroll with the handwritten inscription "Old Square at Rouen" the date, and a further signature. The view of the square includes a corner from which a street branches off; on the left, in the background, you can see the statue dedicated to Joan of Arc, which stands in what is now the Place de la Pucelle. The work is presented in a late 19th-early 20th-century gilded frame.

Oil painting on canvas. Northern European school of the early 19th century. The painting, according to nineteenth-century taste, aims to propose more of a genre scene than a landscape: in the foreground, in a barren countryside landscape with traces of snow, the figures of a small family descending from a sort of sleigh stand out. made of wood, filled with straw and pulled by a horse. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a gilded wooden frame in style, with several defects.

Oil on panel. Under a pink sky tinged with sunset, on the rocky shores near a village, several figures await the returning fishermen's boats, while other villagers pass by on the path, lingering in conversation. The work is presented in a late 19th-century gilded frame.

Oil on canvas. Signed WV Tippel and dated '86 on the lower left. It harks back to an English artist by whom another English farm scene is known. In this flat, verdant landscape, a stream flows in the foreground, crossed by a small stone bridge over which several cows, followed by a shepherd boy, pass. On the left, emerging from behind the trees, stands a tall Gothic-style building with tall windows, likely a country church. The work is presented in a contemporary frame, which requires restoration.

Interior Scene with Figures

Mixed media on paper. Signed in pencil on the back. Pietro Michis specialized in genre scenes, often in "historical" or antique-style settings, such as this curious and amusing scene: in her room, a lady, assisted by her nurse or lady-in-waiting, is attempting to write a letter, with fragments scattered on the floor indicating her unsatisfactory attempts, while behind the screen, the letter's recipient's servant waits, yawning. The work is presented in a period frame.

Color lithographs. Painter and illustrator Marcus C. Stone made a name for himself with his soulful portraits and literary scenes. These two lithographs depict scenes set in the gardens of elegant villas, one depicting two couples engaged in romantic conversation, the other enjoying a tea ceremony. The two prints are presented in elegant contemporary gilded wood and fabric frames.