“Portrait of a terrier” oil on panel signed lower left “J.C.” for Jules Chardigny.
19th century
France
Oil on canvas representing a mastiff and its puppies in an outbuilding, after the original by Christophe Huet (1700-1759) found in the private collection of Count Alarico Palmieri.
19th century
England
Oil painting on copper “Portrait of a woman with a blue bow”.
18th century
France
The banyan, inspired by oriental dressing gowns, was worn for its comfort and casual elegance.
The subject’s richly decorated orange silk scarf and silver-embroidered vest illustrate this fashion well. This style reflects the influence of cultural and commercial exchanges with the Orient, as well as the importance given to appearance and social status in the society of the time.
Set of three oils on canvas representing allegories of Reason, Fidelity and Glory, original polychrome carved wooden frames.
Italy
Early 18th century
«Portrait of a diamond woman», XVIII s.
Oil on canvas depicting a woman dressed in the hurluberlu at the Anne-Marie d’Orléans (sister of Philip II of Orleans the Regent) decorated with pearls and holding a diamond.
Is the woman in our portrait the Regent’s favorite or perhaps the very personification of the Regency time.
Height with frame: 99 cm
Width with frame: 79 cm
France
Period: XVIII century, Regency
“Mother and daughter”, oval miniature painted in gouache on ivory in an oval hoop to hang in gilded bronze.
Around 1780
PRESUMED PORTRAIT OF JEAN-JOSEPH SUE (1710-1792), unsigned oil on canvas
Circa 1753
French school
Large oil on canvas representing a little girl in a white dress, holding to a olive tree branch, with at her feet an alphabet open book.
Gilted wooden frame.
19th century
France
Watercolor and pastel on paper representing two young girls
Empire period, early 19th century
France