Oil on panel “Portrait of Lucelle”, Latin inscription: “Lucelle aetatis 16”: Lucille at the age of 16.
Lucylle, or Lucille, is a given name of Arabic and Latin origin derived from “lux,” meaning “light,” celebrated on December 13.
17th century
France
18k gold cross with enamel and rose-cut diamonds, engraved with the vintage motifs.
Total gross weight: 6.10 grams
First half of the 19th century
Provence, France
Oil on canvas depicting a double portrait of women, probably a study. The two people depicted in double portraits are usually related to the same couple, the same family, or a shared friendship.
German school
Circa 1780
Gilded polychrome carved wood mirror with mercury glass.
18th century
Italy
Small chandelier in the shape of a straw basket in gilded bronze with porcelain flowers.
Circa 1930
Italy
Bust of a processional Virgin in polychrome carved wood.
Southern Italy
18th century
Rare and precious 18th-century piece is a mirror fixed under glass depicting the Virgin Mary.
France, 18th century
Large flat desk, all black lacquered sides opening with three drawers in a row. It rests on nicely curved legs enhanced with a decoration of bronzes with heads of figures and hooves, top covered in old brown leather surrounded by wood and an ingot mold.
Epoque Napoléon III
France
Set of four polychrome woodcut silhouettes representing angels carrying the instruments of the Passion.
Late 18th century
Italy
Large six-leaf screen in painted canvas, panels decorated with a motif inspired by Chinoiserie, as was fashionable in the mid-18th century, reverse decorated with simple trompe l’oeil panels.