17th C Virgin and Child in carved wood. From Provence. Sold.
17th C Virgin and Child in carved wood. From Provence. Sold.
17th C Virgin and Child in carved wood. Dressed in a wide cloak with enlivened folds, she carries Christ leaning on her leg which she holds forward. This composition expresses a dynamic characteristic of the baroque style that corresponds to the return of triumphant Catholicism.
From Provence.
Details
| Period | 17th C |
| Heigth | 32,68 “ |
Pair of gilded and polychrome wood torchbearer angels. France late 17th c.
Pair of gilded and polychrome carved wood torchbearer angels. France late 17th c.
Pair of gilded and polychrome carved wood torchbearer angels. They hold a cornucopia with one hand, and the other hand is resting on their chest. Their youthful faces, with fine features, are covered with abundant hair. The ample clothing is as if animated by a breath in the spirit of the Baroque style.
France late 17th c.
(The wings are missing, and the bases are later).
Details
| Period | late 17th C |
| heigth including base | 21,65 “ |
| Price | 3 200 euros |
17th C Oil on wood panel in the shape of a tondo. Italian school.
17th C Oil on wood panel in the shape of a tondo. Italian school.
17th C Oil on wood panel in the shape of a tondo representing the mystical marriage of St. Catherine with the child Jesus. Original gilded wooden frame.
Italian school.
Details
| Period | 17th C |
| diameter | 12,6 “ |
| with frame | 16,53 “ |
| Price | 1 700 euros |
18th C Oil on wood panel. Virgin and Child. Greek or Cretan work ?
18th C Oil on wood panel representing the Virgin and Child. Greek or Cretan work ?
18th C Oil on wood panel representing the Virgin and Child surrounded by St Andrew with his cross and a saint holding the palm of martyrdom. This icon of the Byzantine school is presented in its original carved and polychrome wooden frame.
Greek or Cretan work ? 18th century.
Details
| Period | 18th C |
| heigth | 9,65 “ |
| width | 12,2 “ |
| overall | 16,53 ” x 19,09 “ |
Oil on canvas. 18th C Dutch school. Imaginary port.
Oil on canvas. 18th C Dutch school. Imaginary port.
Oil on canvas. 18th C Dutch school. Imaginary port. Period carved and gilded wood frame.
Details
| Period | 18th C |
| heigth | 22,83 “ |
| width | 28,35 “ |
| overall | 29,92″ x 35,43 “ |
| Price | 4 500 euros |
Gilded oak holy water stoup. Provencal baroque work. 18th century.
Carved and gilded oak holy water stoup. Provencal baroque work with Italian influence. 18th century.
Carved and gilded oak holy water stoup. It is richly decorated, with a leafy garland in the center surrounding the dove of the Holy Spirit descending from the clouds, winged cherub heads, a frame of branches and acanthus leaves and, at the bottom, a conch collecting holy water.
Provencal baroque work with Italian influence. 18th century.
Details
| Period | 18th C |
| Heigth | 16,14″ |
| Width | 10,24 “ |
| Price | 800 euros |
Virgin and Child in carved and lacquered limewood. France circa 1500.
Virgin and Child in carved and lacquered limewood. France circa 1500.
Virgin and Child in carved and lacquered limewood. Dressed in a large mantle with broken folds, she holds in both hands the Child lying half naked. The serenity of her face, with a slight smile, expresses a maternal sweetness characteristic of virgins and child of the late Middle Ages.
France circa 1500.
Details
| Period | circa 1500 |
| Heigth | 25,20 “ |
| Width | 9,05 “ |
| Depth | 6,69 “ |
| Price | 2 700 euros |
Verriau. Walnut wood. Provence, last quarter of the 18th C.
Verriau. Hanging cabinet for displaying collectible glassware. Walnut wood. Provence, last quarter of the 18th C.
Verriau. Hanging cabinet for displaying collectible glassware. Designed as a miniature cabinet, it comprises 2 glass doors, a low drawer and a cornice in the shape of a “chapeau de gendarme”. Fine carvings adorn the crosspieces, the front of the drawer and the uprights (soup tureen, vine branches, ears of wheat, knotted ribbons, Provencal symbols associated with marriage).
Walnut wood. Provence, last quarter of the 18th C.
Details
| Period | last quarter of the 18th C |
| Heigth | 36,22″ |
| Width | 24,8″ |
| Depth | 12,2″ |
| Price | 3 800 euros |
A prie-Dieu for domestic use. Walnut wood. Italian work from the 17th century.
A prie-Dieu for domestic use. Walnut wood. Italian work from the 17th century.
A prie-Dieu for domestic use. The lower section consists of a cabinet with two doors surmounted by a flap. The recessed upper section supports a crucifix. The front is richly carved with perspectives on the doors, Corinthian columns, garlands of leaves, a winged cherub’s head and a notched “chapeau de gendarme” cornice.
All executed with great care and finesse.
The crucifix with ebony cross and ivory Christ is later (19th?).
Walnut wood. Italian work from the 17th century.
Details
| Period | 17th C |
| Heigth | 78,35″ |
| Width | 36,61″ |
| Depth | 14,17″-22,44″ |
| Price | 3 500 euros |
Early 17thC Pair of carved wooden caryatide, Heracles and Athena. From Italy.
Early 17th C Pair of carved wooden caryatide representing Heracles and Athena. From Italy.
Pair of carved wooden caryatide representing two characters from Greek mythology: Heracles and Athena (Hercules and Minerva for the Romans). Heracles in heroic nudity with his club and wearing the léonté (the skin of the lion of Nemea). Athena as goddess of war, armored and helmeted, equipped with a spear.
The whole was probably integrated into monumental woodwork or furniture of Italian palace of early 17th century.
Details
| Period | Early 17th C |
| heigth | 27,95 “ |
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