W. Henry Pike Watercolor on Paper United Kingdom 1874 - Landscape with Figures 1874

Watercolor on paper. Signed lower right "Marquis de Salis". The sympathetic scene depicted is set inside a school of nuns, as indicated by the abcedary on the ground below; the characters are filmed in the moment of prayer: they are all kneeling, the superior in front of the altar with the Crucifix leads the prayer, while all the children follow her, more or less composed and attentive, supervised by another nun. The work is presented in a style frame.

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.

Pencil on paper. Good use of the hatching and chiaroscuro are shown in this portrait of a young woman. The portrait comes with a 19th century wooden frame that had beeen embellished with leafy and floral leather inserts; the frame has some color drops and some missing parts.

Studies of Nature

Group of 12 etchings on a hardboard notebook. From the catalogue raisonné of Kobell's works, published in 1822 by Baron de Stengel, it is also possible to recover the titles of the individual engravings, which depict figures from popular life. The first one also has the title: "Etudes d'après nature, dessinées et gravées par Ferdinand Kobell,...". (Studies from life, drawn and printed by Ferdinand Kobell), with the Parisian locations mentioned below. The titles of the other figures, in the order of their presentation in our collection, are as follows: Return from the Market, The Beggars, The Messengers, The Stonemason (Sculpture Seller), The Brush Seller, The Vegetable Seller, The Hat Seller, The Junk Dealer (Print Seller), The Peasant at the Market (Sleeping), The Second-hand Clothes Dealer, The Blind Man.

Wooden sculptures. It is a composition of two wooden heads, a male one and a female one, placed on a board and framed by a gilded frame of 19th century. The heads might had been the handles of a canteran of 17th century.

Three hens two roosters

Engraving. At the top left the initials DB, at the bottom center the date of realization; under the name of the publisher Assuerus Van Londerseel (1572 -1635). Animals, both real and fantastic, often recur in the production of prints by the Flemish engraver Nicolaes De Bruyn. In frame.

Fabric embroidery. The fragment belonges to a bigger scene of John Baptist's birth with his father Zaccaria sitting in the corner while writing his name and her mother Elizabeth supervises from the bad the care given to his son by the servants. The fabric has holes and signe of wear. Revival Frame.

Gouaches on paper. The two small paintings offer Neapolitan views, identified by the inscriptions below: on the left, the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794, on the right, the entrance to the Grotte di Pozzuoli. Typical Grand Tour works, practically delicate and detailed postcards. They are presented in a single frame.

The Artist and the Young Woman

Oil painting on canvas. French school of the 19th century. Tasty genre scene set in the studio of a young and blond painter, distracted from his work by the girl who, with her basket of vegetables on her arm, places a sweet kiss on his forehead, probably to reward the pictorial work she is pointing to with the finger outstretched. Lively in the colors, as well as in the attitudes of the characters, rich in furnishing elements and details, the work appears successful and has a pleasant effect. It is presented in a coeval frame.

Oil painting on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right (Solini?). The man is portrayed with a headdress and home clothes, while holding in his hands an object that could be a snuffbox, to underline the dimension of domestic rest. The painting is presented in a frame from the early 1900s.

Oil painting on canvas. At the bottom right are the initials SM and the date '51. Perhaps of the French school, the painting is probably part of a series of portraits of popular figures placed in sparse and deserted landscapes, with chromatic connotations of a romantic taste. In this one, a beggar wrapped in a tattered blanket stretches out his hand on the path. Presented in a stylish frame. Small drops of color at the top.

Oil on canvas. At the bottom right are the initials SM and the date '51. Perhaps of the French school, the painting is probably part of a series of portraits of popular figures placed in sparse and deserted landscapes, with chromatic connotations of a romantic taste. In this, a wayfarer, an elderly woman of the common people leaning on a stick, is counting the coins she has received in her hand... or perhaps those she wants to donate? Presented in a period frame, the painting has some small drops of color and a small hole in the centre.