Countertop Clock Iron Europe XIX Century - End of the 19th century

Oil painting on canvas. The landscape offers a glimpse of the lake, overlooked by a poor village and a small fishing boat sailing. in the background tower two blued rocky peaks. There are some moisture spots. Oval in format, the painting is currently presented in a contemporary gilded rectangular frame.

Oil painting on canvas. A country road, bordered by houses on one side, by a row of trees on the other, and figures of shepherds in the foreground who converse: the atmosphere of the painting is serene and tranquil, reinforced by the blue sky above. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a coeval frame.

Swiss Landscape 1857

Colored lithograph. Signed and dated at the bottom left. Jean-Pierre Thènot was a french painter, draftman, engravor and author of painting treatises. The lithograph shows a landscape view with high waterfalls on the right, probably the Staubbach Falls in the canton of Berne, and is animated by figures of shepherds with their flocks and couples on gallant walks; in the centre of the landscape is a chalet. The lithograph is part of a series of landscapes of Switzerland. The art piece comes in a coeval gilded frame.

Male portrait 1827

Oil painting on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. On the back of the frame there is a label that refers to the name of Eloy Du Bois. The painting can be considered the twin of that of Victoire Du Bois, wife of Felix Eloy Du Bois, also executed by Jean-Henri De Coene and from the collection of JE Safra, sold at Christie's auction in New York on May 24, 2023 The two paintings have the exact same measurements, identical signature and date placed in the same position on the right. It is therefore plausible that they were executed in pairs, for the same client, and probably separated in subsequent hereditary transmissions. The rendering capacity of the fabrics of elegant men'S clothing stands out in the painting, as well as that of the precious tie clip worn. The work is on the first canvas.

Oil painting on canvas. Hens and chicks are scratching around in a garden, overflown by the ravenous little bird of prey. The scene is entirely painted in the shades of the brown colors of the earth, in which animals and plant elements are confused, and even the vegetation smokes in the cloudy sky. The work has marked cracking. In strip frame.

Portraits of Famous Paiters

Hand-coloured engravings on paper. These are forty self-portraits of famous painters, taken from the work by Carlo Lasinio and published by Nicola Pagni and Guidobeppe Bardi in Florence between 1790 and 1796, the "Collection of 324 portraits of excellent artists". Each print consists of an illustrated part with the portrait and a superimposed scroll with a two-line inscription with the name of the painter and some personal details, followed by an order number. The whole is framed with ornamental motifs in the four corners. Lasinio made this collection by also recovering plates previously engraved by other authors and colouring them, printing them a second time with coloured inks. The engravings are presented in stylish frames.

Oil on canvas, applied on hardboard in the second half of the 1900s. The painting takes up the pictorial ways of the eighteenth century, with a decorative cut. In a peaceful landscape, with an architectural structure on the right and the green valley with the river opening on the left, two figures walk along the path, a woman with her bundle of clothes and the wayfarer with a saddlebag and a stick. The work is presented in a chronicle style.

Oil painting on canvas. In a garden, among other scratching chickens, a fight takes place between a rooster and a turkey. The chromatic tones, in the brown color ranges, create a uniform atmosphere, where the only light comes from the sunset sky in the background. The canvas has small drops of color in the lower part. In strip frame.

Oil on wooden board. The painting pictorially reproduces the famous sculpture by Michelangelo, the Pietà of San Pietro or Pietà Vaticana. The composition of the figures is quite faithful to the reference work, but, as well as being painted in colour, it is placed in an open-air setting that refers to Renaissance painting, with the hill of Calvary emerging in shadow on the left. A coat of arms is painted at the bottom left, evoking a noble patronage. The work is presented in a period frame. It has several spots and small drops of color.

Charcoal on paper. Unidentified signature with date to the right of the face. The name of the young woman portrayed, Teresina Rota di Valsecca, is mentioned on the back, with a further date. The work is presented in a coeval conception.

Fisherman's family

Watercolor on paper. Northern European school of the 19th century. A scene of popular life on the seashore is presented: the whole family - wife and children - of a fisherman who has returned from a night out, helps to tidy up the nets and work tools, with the catch lying on the sand and the dry boat in the background. The watercolor was placed in a beautiful antique gilded frame, but larger in size than the painting, so the sky was integrated with another sheet of paper placed behind it.

Oil painting on canvas. The painting offers in ancient style the glimpse of a landing place for fishing boats on the coast, near the village; on the shore in the foreground, figures of commoners waiting for the sailing ships. The color patina is also antiqued; the painting is presented in a 19th century frame.