At the end of the Middle Ages pottery villages around the town of Vindefontaine were born. They set up a large potter’s house, and made butter pots, pitchers, inkwells, vases, but above all potty sandstone fountains with brown enamel decorated with kaolin.
XVIII century,
West Normandy,
France.
Marotte in polychrome painted papier-mâché and glued printed paper, presenting a female figure with black hair and a scalloped bodice. Marked DANJARD L. Vincent Paris Patented in 1860 Successor, on the base.
Chandelier composed of 6 lights.
Bead and pendant in cut glass.
Italy, 20th century
Painted canvas “Game scene”
End of the 18th century.
France
Oil on canvas “Allegory of Vanity”. It is probably the vanity of wealth and power whose attributes are visible (money, jewels, weapons (warrior in armor represented on the pitcher), crowns, sceptres…)
Oil on canvas of a young English girl.
Portrait on landscape background.
English school
First part of the 19th century
The lead casts of the “Jesus Child” are very rare objects, they are normally found in wood.
17th century
Spain
Oil on canvas representing a young girl holding a bouquet of flowers.
Important frame in gilded wood.
France
Circa 1730
Oil on canvas representing a man with a severe and dark look.
Spain
Late 16th century
Oil on canvas representing the allegory of sight.
This painting is actually composed of two paintings attached and relined. Was it a diptych or a series of several paintings, two of which would have been joined together?