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Napoleon Bonaparte in an intimate family moment - oil on canvas - 19th century - France
US$1,840.23
Description:Important Napoleonic painting from the 19th century, oil on canvas of museum quality, depicting Napoleon Bonaparte in an intimate family moment. The great leader is reading while his little girl sleeps peacefully on his knees. He is lovingly sitting on the sofa and reading. The painted scene is very rich and takes place in his important study. Behind him, on the shelves, there are thousands of books; on his left there is a marble bust on the fireplace and behind there is a French pendulum clock, with many other objects and pieces of furniture all around. Behind him there is also his secretary who is working and writing. Unusual museum artwork of the great leader, who was usually depicted in imperious attitude or in scenes of war, but in this case he shows his human and sentimental side.Technique: oil on canvas. Origin: France. Signed: anonymous artist. Period: 19th century. Frame: present. Restored: yes.The dimensions of the artwork are: canvas height 65 cm, width 55 cm. Overall dimensions with frame: height 80 cm, width 70 cm.
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Comtoise with sun-shaped casting - Period 1795–99
US$859.43 Beautiful 18th century comtoise with a convex dial and a sun-head casting.Clock strikes a bell every half and full hour, with repetition on full hours.The half hours are struck by means of forced strike of the running mechanism, the whole hours are struck by a so-called counting striking mechanism.The dial is signed "Malfroy à Chambery".The clock has flat doors...
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Rare stipo Renaissance solid walnut wood - Italy (southern) - Aversa - ca. 1700
US$9,809.23 Rare and important Neo-Renaissance cabinet in ebonised walnut, cm 252 x 170 x 60 depth. This is a state piece of furniture embellished with many carvings of the highest sculptural level. On a moderate setting is built a jutting front at the centre of an element like a niche, decorated by two tapered columns with Corinthian capitals that enclose...
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Walnut bookcase-France-1880ca.
US$613.00 Napoleon III French Walnut library 1880ca. The library has several shelves inside but there is no key. It is in very good condition but with some trace of wear, see photo n14, specifically, you must fix the door as shown in photo n13 did not close properly.Time: 1880ca.Style: Napoleon IIIMaterial: WalnutOrigin: FranceCondition: good but with some traces of wearSize:...
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Beheading of Saint John, Russian Icon - 19th century.
US$920.73 Beheading of Saint John, Russia Icon, 19th century, tempera on wooden board, size 30 cm x 26 cm. The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (also known as: Decollation of Saint John the Baptist or Beheading of the Forerunner) is a holy day observed by various Christian churches that follow liturgical traditions. The day commemorates the martyrdom by beheading...
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Napoleon III mahogany roll-top desk - France - ca. 1880
US$980.80 Napoleon III mahogany roll-top desk made in France in ca. 1880. You need to pull the large central drawer to open the desk. Otherwise, the folding top and the upper drawers will be blocked and won’t open. The roll-top has three drawers inside and a cloth top that can be raised and placed directly on the bottom drawer, in...
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A neo-Gothic table mantel clock - France - 1880/1900
US$1,603.61 French table pendulum, wooden case, tower model with silver-coloured decorative cast pieces, the traditional bell at the top, the corners and feet also have decorative cast pieces and French lilly ornaments. Text on top of the dial “Je sonne la bonne heure”, with a lion with a French coat of arms above of it.To the front, there are two...
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Circle of/manner of Ignatz Günther - "Puttenkopf" - carved wood, set and gold plated - probably from the late 18th century
US$2,183.51
Circle of/manner of Ignatz Günther (1725 Altmannstein - 1775 Munich) Puttenkopf, probably dating back to the late 18th century Carved wood. Set and gold plated. Height: approx. 28 cm, width: approx. 24 cmThe figure was once acquired in a good art trade.An excellent piece.
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Round table with central leg and inlaid top Lombardy (Italy), early 19th century
US$551.70 Table of the first Napoleonic Empire (early 19th century) made in Lombardy. Drum top veneered in walnut with a geometric central inlay and fillets on the edge. It has two side drawers with walnut bottom. The walnut central leg has the shape of a faceted truncated cone column and rests on a tripod base. The whole structure is fixed...
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Large and exceptional bronze of Vienna - monkey with inkwell - marked - Bergmann style - early 20th century
US$614.23
Large and exceptional Vienna bronze 'monkey with inkwell'. The nut serves as inkwell. Early 20th century Marked, see photos, Bergmann style.Dimensions: height 11 cm, carpet 20 cm x 16 cm. Very good condition
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Bronze 'seated woman' - signed Moreau - France - second half of the 19th century
US$563.96
'Seated woman', very beautiful bronze, formerly gilt.Signed Moreau, possibly by Hippolyte Moreau (1832-1927). Height 30 cm.Weight approximately 6 kg.Second half of 19th centuryShipping via national or international Colissimo.
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Georges Petit (1879-1959) - Bronze statue of a miner- Belgium - around 1920
US$563.96 This lot contains a large sculpture of a miner with cart made by Georges Petit (1879-1959). It is signed on the base and also has the foundry stamp of Batardy Cire perdu Bruxelles. It is manufactured with the lost wax technique, also bears the stamp with the name of the scene or the sculpture, but I can’t read this....
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Very large carved and polychrome painted wooden statue of Saint Anthony and Child - 17th / 18th century
US$1,840.23
Very large statue of Saint Anthony and Child 17th / 18th century Height: 105 cm In carved and polychrome painted wood.Overall in good condition with signs of age and use, retouching of polychromy. Added base, clothing Child of recent manufacture.
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