Painted Limburg - Italy, early 19th century

Sketch by Francesco Paolo Michetti

Study for Vegetation

Pencil on paper. Signed lower right. Michetti, originally from Abruzzo, studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he developed his realistic and naturalistic style. But rural Abruzzo, with its still uncontaminated nature, was always his main source of inspiration. Here is a small study of country vegetation. Framed,

Antique Painting Interior Scene Oil on Canvas XIX Century

Oil on canvas. Flemish school of the early 19th century. The scene, set in the shabby and spartan environment of an inn, features two card players using a barrel as a support surface, watched by two others, while they drink their mug of wine and smoke. The innkeeper, with his back to the right, is leaving the room. The scene is lively and amusing, with rather caricatural characters. On the first canvas, the painting is presented in a late 19th century gilded frame.

Painting Portrait of a Girl in Prayer

Oil on canvas. European school of the mid-19th century. It depicts a young girl with clasped hands and in an attitude of meditation, reciting her prayers. On the first canvas, the painting has patches on the back. It is presented in a period frame.

Antique Vanity Mirror Bronze Europe XIX-XX Century

Europe, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Gilded bronze dressing mirror. On a circular base a cherub holds a pair of candle holders that frame a tilting and beveled mirror.

Antique Painting Landscape Ruins Oil on Canvas XVIII-XIX Century

Oil on canvas. Northern Italian school of the late 18th-early 19th century. In the wide landscape, which allows the gaze to wander over a vast plain with soft hills that loom on the horizon, an architectural ruin in stone is inserted on the right, while on the left a bridge, equally old and ruined, crosses the river. Numerous figures of wayfarers, on foot or on horseback, fill the scene. The painting, still on its first canvas, is presented in a golden frame from the early 20th century.

Antique Travel Casket Walnut Writing Set Italy XIX Century

Italy, Early 800s

Travel box in walnut wood and walnut veneer with brass handles. Interior with removable compartments and secret drawer, pen holder. letter holder, inkwell and contemporary glass vials for ink.

Antique Table Clock A. Rechel in Wien Austria XIX Century

Austria, Early XIX Century

Ebonized wooden temple clock with engraved decorations. The base and capital of the columns are in finely chiseled bronze. Dial with manufacturer's mark in the center. Engraved metal pendulum.

Antique Painting Signed Achille Zo Oil on Canvas XIX Century

Female Portrait

Oil on canvas. Signed on the right, halfway up the canvas. It is the portrait of a woman in mourning, a young widow, as can be deduced not only from her black dress, but rather from her headdress and especially from the cameo with a male portrait, which she wears hanging from her neck. Achille Zo was a French artist (from Bayonne, a town in the Pyrenees that was culturally influenced by the Basque Country), who despite having repeatedly stayed in Paris and Bordeaux, where he trained artistically, then made several trips to Spain, both to Madrid (in 1856) and to Andalusia (1860), producing for several years works with historical subjects or Spanish genre scenes. At the end of the 1860s, he turned instead to Orientalism. There are also several portraits in his production. The painting proposed here, on the first canvas, is presented in a beautiful contemporary frame from the second half of the 19th century.

Antique Sewing Machine Original Brunonia Iron Europe 1880 ca.

Europe, Late XIX Century

Hand crank sewing machine made of cast iron and iron parts. Manufacturer's mark engraved.

Antique Empire Cheval Mirror Walnut Italy XIX Century

Italy, Early XIX Century

Empire walnut cheval mirror, Italy, first quarter of the 19th century. Rectangular base with drawer and tilting mirror framed by semi-columns.

Modern Painting Religious Subject Italy XIX-XX Century

Painting on canvas. Unlike most contemporary banners, this one is hand painted and not printed on canvas. The scene is divided into three parts, enclosed within a frame painted with floral motifs and separated by the design of small columns. In the center are depicted the Madonna with Jesus on the throne, on the sides two angels with the appearance of girls. The painting is then framed by a trimming.

Antique Table Clock Bronze Wood Europe XIX Century

Europe, First Half XIX Century

Wooden temple clock with bronze profiles. The base and the capital of the columns are in gilded bronze. Dial with Roman numeral hours.