Processional Virgin, bisque head, terracotta hands, soft body stuffed with straw, sulphide eyes, original dress and socks. The Virgin rests on its original base in gilded wood.
18th century,
Italy
Oak wood sculpture of the child Saint Luke holding a calf on his knees.
Circa 1800,
Flanders?
Oil on canvas, family portrait.
In the middle of the 19th century, the bourgeoisie, actor and beneficiary of the industrial revolution, wanted to leave to posterity the image of its economic and social success. Failing to belong to a noble line, she celebrates the family, keystone of this new bourgeois model. The challenge is then to create an image for yourself at the same time as to build a genealogy, a historical legitimacy…
19th century,
France.
Oil on canvas, “Portrait of a girl” with curved hair in a bun and the dress of the empire style.
Circa 1800
Oil on canvas “Portrait of a quality lady” with a court dress and “a la fontange” hairstyle, probably the portrait of a maid of honor.
Circa 1680-1700,
France.
Living room table, in polychrome wood, representing an Italian landscape, arabesques and imitation of marble, moving top, opening on a drawer. Piemonte, Italy,
18th century.
Bust of Venus coming out of the bath, in patinated plaster.
Circa 1940,
France.
Bust of a fauness after Clodion (1738-1814), in marble.
XIX century,
France.
Perfumery display, made in Italy around 1900 for the Grasse perfumeries. Painted and carved wood with gold leaf motifs, polylobed top opening with two drawers. A wonder of the Belle Epoque!
Circa 1900,
Italy
Stern figure for the rear castle of a Spanish galleon, in polychrome wood representing a bust of allegorical sculpture crowned with flowers and fruits, symbol of abundance.
XVII century
Spain