Antique Countertop Clock Wood Inlays Europe XIX Century - Europe, Late XIX Century

Crossing the Stream 1901

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. The German painter Oesterley devoted himself mainly to Nordic landscape painting, in his last period especially to Norwegian landscapes (with fjords and snow-capped mountains). In this work he proposes instead almost a genre scene, although placed in a landscape: decidedly Nordic: inside a thick wood, perhaps a forest, a couple of young commoners are crossing the stream, with the boy who chivalrously carries the girl in his arms. The two figures enliven the landscape with their colors and the joy they express. The painting is presented in a period frame.

Oil on canvas. Signed H. Morel lower right. In the middle of a country wood, with tall, slender trees that give verticality to the landscape, a commoner's figure passes along the path. The painting is presented in a period frame.

Oil on canvas. Italian school of the 19th century. Delicate portrait of a young woman in prayer, her head covered by a transparent veil and her hands clasped. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a gilded frame in style.

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a gentleman proudly displaying an important medallion, perhaps an award, an award he has been awarded, and his rings. The painting has slight damage to the lower parts. It is presented in an early 1900s frame, repainted and with small scattered losses of color (to be restored).

Tempera on canvas. Framed in a painted, scroll-carved and gilded frame, a mother and daughter are portrayed: the young woman is languidly stretched out on an Ottoman sofa, and caresses the little girl kneeling next to her, holding a lunch basket in one hand. On the back there is a restoration, with a patch in the central part. The work is presented in a period frame.

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right R. Giffinger. The countryside landscape features a torrent that flows impetuously in the center, passing under the stone bridge that leads to the farmhouse on the right, surrounded by green foliage. The effects of light are emphasized by the use of a rather material color, especially in the foam of the water and the foliage of the trees. The painting is presented in a period frame.

Oil on canvas. Portrait on a monochrome background of a young lady, in mourning with a strictly black dress, although enriched by a gold pendant earring. The painting has some paint loss, with a rather marked crack. It is presented in a contemporary regilded frame.

Family Scene

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. The scene, set in a rustic kitchen, depicts a little boy who secretly drinks from a flask of wine, but does not notice his mother watching him hidden behind the doorway, curiously looked up and down by his little brother, who is on all fours on the floor. The Florentine painter Elena Nobili stood out for these family interior scenes, with an immediate and simple expressive language, enhanced by bright but delicate color choices. The painting is presented in a mid-20th century frame.

Oil painting on canvas. 19th century Flemish school. The scene, set outdoors in front of a small house, features a woman sitting with a small child on her arm who amusedly observe a boy riding a goat; other figures participate in the scene, including the dog. The human figures have typically Flemish caricatural features. On the left there is a landscape in the background, in the middle of which the bell tower of a village stands out. The painting is presented in a late 19th century gilded frame.

Oil on canvas. English school of the late 19th-early 20th century. Signed Drummonds lower left. The scene, set in the countryside, features an elderly farmer who, having stopped working in the fields, as indicated by the two draft horses harnessed to the plow behind him, reads a letter with the help of a young woman, while a small girl offers wild flowers to her mother. The letterhead reads the incipit "Dear father"; on the ground is the envelope with an address to England. The familiar scene evokes the tenderness of the young woman towards the elderly man, probably her father-in-law, with whom she shares the joy of the news received from the dear distant one. The work is presented in a golden frame from the mid-20th century.

Oil on canvas. Central European school of the late 19th-early 20th century. Unidentified signature lower right. Green countryside landscape with leafy trees in autumn colors and a chalet in the center; on the wide path on the right, which leads to a lake, the figures of a woman and a child pass. The light of the blue sky, but already veiled on the horizon by the first crepuscular colors, creates a relaxed and serene atmosphere. The painting is presented in a period frame.

Alpine Pasture with Cows

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. On the frame a label with the name and dates of birth and death of the artist, of whom there is no further biographical information. The painting offers a glimpse of a wide, green Alpine valley, where a herd of cows grazes, near the watercourse. Realist in style, and with impressionist suggestions, in the dims of light and shadow, of reflections in the water, of shaded colors. It is presented in a period frame.