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Stabled Horses
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Ferneley Jnr Stabled horses Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 20 x 24 in Framed Size - 27 x 31 in Born in about 1815 at Melton Mowbray, he was the eldest son of the important sporting artist John E Ferneley. The latters other two children, Claude Lorraine and Sarah, were also artists. He spent his early life at Elgin Lodge and his father was a major influence on his artistic development and was in all probability his sole teacher. His father took him on trips to London and in 1832 to Durham and York where the younger Ferneley later settled in about 1839, probably because of the large number of patrons in the area. His first work, of a Whipping-in, was engraved and published in the New Sporting Magazine in May 1833 and was followed in the next year by an engraving of a Hunter. John E Ferneley had established a significant career as an equestrian artist in the old English tradition largely due to being a pupil of Ben...
Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Ueno Masao “Apricot Blossom” Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Tai Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; m...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood

item #10 from series "Mystère de la Caverne de Platon"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
Landscape with multiple readings, where the viewer's gaze can form its own imaginary universe
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

“Evangeline: Tale of Acadia”
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed with initials lower right The painting is one of the 4 illustrations that JWS did for the book “Evangeline: Tale of Acadia”, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
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1890s Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Adele Collins, Vogue
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes black frame. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913,...
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1950s Art

Materials

C Print

The Land of Nod
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right by Artist PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berkshire, NY Sotheby's, New York- The Illustration Art Collection of Kendra and Allan Daniel, April 11, 2011- Lot 84 ...
Category

Early 1900s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

"The Log Team"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973). The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis...
Category

1920s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Bonitou, vespers Nicolas Kennett Contemporary painting art lines landscape waves
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel Unique work Hand-signed on the back by the artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Resilience #1
Located in Singapore, SG
" The paintings I create are my connections to any city, mountain or coast I visit. I’m fascinated by the everlasting relationship I have with every place I visit, even if in passing...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

EINT
Located in PARIS, FR
After the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona and after graduating in art history, he discovered the United States. He met Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha and David Hockney. Back in Europe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Woman and Tiger
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower left. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine Cover
Category

Early 1900s Art

Materials

Oil, Gouache

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting depicting Eros in flight with mirror, phiale and fillet from a kylix. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring Background information : From the scarce Florence edition of Pierre Francois Hugues D'Hancarville's famous work on Sir William Hamilton's collection of antique vases - Antiquites Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines, tirees du Cabinet de M. William Hamilton. . It was first published in 1767, this edition is 1801. Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) was the British ambassador to the Court of the Two Sicilys...
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Early 1800s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Engraving

Arcangelo Michele scaccia il demonio
Located in Milano, MI
Traduci in inglese Nasce a Oggiono nel 1980. Dopo il diploma accademico ottenuto con il massimo dei voti con lode presso l’Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, si specializza con il mas...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Acrylic

Self-Portrait as Hourglass
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self-Portrait as Mad Queen
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by: Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to: Private Collection, New York Literature: Rudolf Kuchynka, “České obrazy tabulové ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Památky archeologické, vol. 31 (1919), pp. 62-64, fig. 5. Jaroslav Pešina, “K datování deskových obrazů ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Ročenka Kruhu pro Pěstování Dějin Umění: za rok (1934), pp. 131-137. Jaroslav Pešina, Pozdně gotické deskové malířství v Čechách, Prague, 1940, pp. 150-151, 220. Patrik Šimon, Jindřich Waldes: sběratel umění, Prague, 2001, pp. 166, 168, footnote 190. Ivo Hlobil, “Tři gotické obrazy ze sbírky Jindřicha Waldese,” Umění, vol. 52, no. 4 (2004), p. 369. Executed sometime in the 1380s or 1390s by a close associate of the Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece, this impressive panel is a rare work created at the royal court in Prague and a significant re-discovery for the corpus of early Bohemian painting. It has emerged from an American collection, descendants of the celebrated Czech industrialist and collector Jindřich Waldes, who died in Havana fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. The distinctive visual tradition of the Bohemian school first began to take shape in the middle of the fourteenth century after Charles IV—King of Bohemia and later Holy Roman Emperor—established Prague as a major artistic center. The influx of foreign artists and the importation of significant works of art from across Europe had a profound influence on the development of a local pictorial style. Early Italian paintings, especially those by Sienese painters and Tommaso da Modena (who worked at Charles IV’s court), had a considerable impact on the first generation of Bohemian painters. Although this influence is still felt in the brilliant gold ground and the delicate tooling of the present work, the author of this painting appears to be responding more to the paintings of his predecessors in Prague than to foreign influences. This Resurrection of Christ employs a compositional format that was popular throughout the late medieval period but was particularly pervasive in Bohemian painting. Christ is shown sitting atop a pink marble sarcophagus, stepping down onto the ground with one bare foot. He blesses the viewer with his right hand, while in his left he holds a triumphal cross with a fluttering banner, symbolizing his victory over death. Several Roman soldiers doze at the base of the tomb, except for one grotesque figure, who, beginning to wake, shields his eyes from the light and looks on with a face of bewilderment as Christ emerges from his tomb. Christ is wrapped in a striking red robe with a blue interior lining, the colors of which vary subtly in the changing light. He stands out prominently against the gold backdrop, which is interrupted only by the abstractly rendered landscape and trees on either side of him. The soldiers’ armor is rendered in exacting detail, the cool gray of the metal contrasting with the earth tones of the outer garments. The sleeping soldier set within a jumble of armor with neither face nor hands exposed, is covered with what appears to be a shield emblazoned with two flies on a white field, somewhat resembling a cartouche (Fig. 1). This may be a heraldic device of the altarpiece’s patron or it may signify evil, referencing either the Roman soldiers or death, over both of which Christ triumphs. This painting formed part of the collection assembled by the Czech industrialist and founder of the Waldes Koh-i-noor Company, Jindřich Waldes, in the early twentieth century. As a collector he is best remembered for establishing the Waldes Museum in Prague to house his collection of buttons (totaling nearly 70,000 items), as well as for being the primary patron of the modernist painter František Kupka. Waldes was also an avid collector of older art, and he approached his collecting activity with the goal of creating an encyclopedic collection of Czech art from the medieval period through to the then-present day. At the conclusion of two decades of collecting, his inventory counted 2331 paintings and drawings, 4764 prints, and 162 sculptures. This collection, which constituted the Waldesova Obrazárna (Waldes Picture Gallery), was first displayed in Waldes’ home in Prague at 44 Americká Street and later at his newly built Villa Marie at 12 Koperníkova Street. This Resurrection of Christ retains its frame from the Waldes Picture Gallery, including its original plaque “173 / Česky malíř z konce 14 stol.” (“Czech painter from the end of the 14th century”) and Waldes’ collection label on the reverse. The Resurrection of Christ was one of the most significant late medieval panel...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art

Materials

Tempera, Panel

"Home and Food"
Located in Singapore, SG
Mass migration and expression of human struggle during his times.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Exploring Time IV, Miranda Boulton, 2021, Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas
Located in London, GB
Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Take a Seat Photography Fine Art Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Fine art print, limited edition of 15, signed by the author.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Color

Money is not enough
Located in MADRID, ES
Materials: Acryl auf Leinwand
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Acrylic

Colorful Desert Oil Painting
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Jim Woodson, Simultaneous Relevant Embodiments Enfolded, Oil on canvas, 24 x 48", 2020
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mythology Monochrome Frieze Tuscan Neoclassic Art Pietro Benvenuti 18th century
Located in Florence, IT
This interesting grisaille […] of a high standard of quality and in an excellent state of conservation, represents an interesting derivation with slight variations from an engraving,...
Category

Late 18th Century Other Art Style Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Forbidden Love
Located in MADRID, ES
Forbidden Love
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Guardian of the Ancestral Land
Located in Singapore, SG
We believe in life after death, where the spirits of our ancestors reside. In Javanese tradition, they believe that ancestral spirits are always with us and take care of us even thou...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rubi
Located in MADRID, ES
Rubi
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

GAIA 36
Located in MADRID, ES
Gaia 36
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

from cycle of ''Geometry'', diptych
Located in MADRID, ES
mixed media
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Abstract Organic Green Shape Sculpture
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Stella Alesi, Three Small Cut Outs from the With Grace Series, Acrylic on birch plywood, 20 H x 9 W x 4.5 D", Edition of 3 (#1/3), 2022
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2010s Art

Materials

Plywood, Acrylic

Still Life on Wood
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Very fun painting by artist, Ekaterina Bokotey, a graduate of the prestigious Repin Academy in St. Petersburg. The whimsical, well-painted tells the story of a serious fly fisherm...
Category

2010s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

s008
Located in MADRID, ES
Acrylic on canvas
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

The mole hour Nicolas Kennett Contemporary painting insect animal art nature
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel Unique work Hand-signed on the back by the artist
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Sun and Moon・陰陽
Located in MADRID, ES
Sun and Moon・陰陽
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Cantique 2
Located in MADRID, ES
Spices (Garam Masala and Tandoori Masala) on canvas
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Île d'Yeu (Yeu island), France
Located in Paris, IDF
Didier LAPÈNE (Born in 1964) L'île d'Yeu, France Oil on cardboard 23 x 59 cm 1992
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21st Century and Contemporary French School Art

Materials

Oil

Sin límites
Located in MADRID, ES
Sin límites
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Colorful Rocky Landscape Oil Piece
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Jim Woodson, Emergent Clarifying Temporal Embodiments, Oil on canvas, 30 x 30", 2020
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Westminster From The South, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Westminster From The South, 18th Century by Joseph FARINGTON (1747-1821) similar to $45,000 Fine large 18th Century London view of Westminster fr...
Category

18th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series The Horse Whisper No.2-25
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang Series The Horse Whisper No.2-25 Dimension: 29 x 36 cm Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper Date: 2013 Artist B...
Category

2010s Expressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Children of the world ( Multidimensions 1 )
Located in Southampton, NY
J. Oscar Molina is a painter and sculptor as well as Founder of Oscar Molina Gallery in Southampton, NY. He is most well-known for his “Children o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Study of a Bull and Study of Two Heads with Laurel Crowns (recto and verso)
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: (Possibly) Wilhelm Suida; thence by descent to: Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, until 1996 Private Collection, USA Traditionally attributed to the French...
Category

17th Century French School Art

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Botanical Study with Rose
Located in London, GB
Oil on board Image size: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (17 x 24 cm) This delicate botanical study evokes the printed and painted flora that historically have been used as pattern books by artists and designers such as William Morris and Alexander MccQueen. This artwork paces emphasis on the aesthetic value of the plant while remaining scientifically and botanically correct. It reflects an intimate knowledge and understanding of the subject based on firsthand observation by the artist. Indeed, Sergeant has here sought out to understand the structure of the plant and to communicate it to her audience in an aesthetically pleasing manner. 'The greatest flower artists...
Category

20th Century Naturalistic Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Generations 22
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

She Disappeared into Complete Silence (AD7517) - large scale abstract photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the series 'She Disappeared into Complete Silence' (2014) Mona Kuhn takes a new direction into abstraction. She turns to a highly austere and restrained reductionist geometry and distilled formal purity, connecting the interior to the exterior, the visible to the hidden. These reflections cause one to linger, as they merge to create a dynamic equilibrium of tension, spaces and rythms. AD7517 (She Disappeared into Complete Silence) 45" x 60" / 114cm x 152cm edition of 8 + 2AP 30" x 40" / 76cm x 102cm edition of 8 + 2AP limited edition photograph printed under artist supervision + accompanied by signed artist certificate: artist signature labels are 8x10 in size signed, editioned, dated and titled by the artist, and stamped for authenticity label is placed centered on verso of the mounted print __________________ About the artist Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and minimalist settings to evoke a sublime sense of comfort between the human figure and its environment. Her work is natural, restful, and a reinterpretation of the nude in the canon of contemporary art. For the past two decades, the Los-Angeles based artist's works have been shown steadily, revealing an astonishing consistency in technique, of subject and of purpose. In 2001, Kuhn’s photographs were first seen by an influential audience during the exhibition at Charles Cowles Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Kuhn’s distinct aesthetic has propelled her as one of the most collectible contemporary art photographers—her work is in private and public collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries across the United States, Europe and Asia. Kuhn was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. In 1989, Kuhn moved to the US and earned her BA from The Ohio State University, before furthering her studies at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an independent scholar at The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Occasionally, Mona teaches at UCLA and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Mona Kuhn’s first monograph, Photographs, was debuted by Steidl in 2004; followed by Evidence (2007), Native (2010), Bordeaux Series (2011), Private (2014), and She Disappeared into Complete Silence (2018/19). In addition, Kuhn's monograph titled Bushes and Succulents has been published by Stanley/Barker Editions, with a debut at Jeu de Paume in Paris, in 2019. A stunning career retrospective of Mona Kuhn's works has been published by Thames & Hudson, Spring 2021. Kuhn's forthcoming publication Kings Road, will be published and released by Steid this Fall 2021. Mona Kuhn’s work is in private and public collections worldwide, including The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Hammer Museum, Perez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Kiyosato Museum in Japan. Kuhn's work has been exhibited at The Louvre Museum and Le Bal in Paris; The Whitechapel Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts in London; Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland; Leopold Museum in Vienna Austria, The Polygon Gallery in Vancouver Canada, Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan and Australian Centre for Photography. Mona Kuhn lives and works in Los Angeles. __________________ Solo Exhibitions 2021 Mona Kuhn: Works, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York Mona Kuhn: Works, Flowers Gallery, London Mona Kuhn: Works, Galerie XII, Los Angeles + Paris + Shanghai Mona Kuhn: 835 Kings Road, Art, Design and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara 2020 Still Light, Jardin du Bra'haus, Montée du Château, Clervaux, Luxembourg Mona Kuhn: Early Depictions, Flowers Gallery, London Mona Kuhn: Intimate, UP Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2019 Bushes and Succulents, Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco Mona Kuhn: She Disappeared, Jackson Fine Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Crying Clown
Located in New York, NY
Portrait
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil

Kinaz
Located in MADRID, ES
Kinaz
Category

2010s Art

Speak up, Charlotte!
Located in MADRID, ES
Speak up, Charlotte!
Category

2010s Art

The Charming Ghost
Located in London, GB
Ink and watercolour Image size: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm) Contemporary frame Provenance Private family collection This painting was created in the early 1900's when the Decadent Movement...
Category

Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

P is for Pachyderm
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77cm.
Category

1990s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

Gum Kids
Located in New Orleans, LA
Two young children play an ill-advised game of gum stretching on the family couch in this charming composition by famed American illustrator, Leslie Thrasher. Painted towards the start of the Great Depression, Thrasher provided light-hearted images of the lives of everyday people to distract Americans from their troubles. These images appeared on the covers of Liberty Magazine, for whom he produced one cover illustration a week for six consecutive years. Born in 1889 in Piedmont, West Virginia, Thrasher studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager and received a scholarship to study art abroad in Paris. Upon his return, he began studying under Howard Pyle, known as the “father of American illustration.” Thrasher sold his first cover illustration to the Saturday Evening Post in 1912, four years before Norman Rockwell’s first Post cover, and he would go on to produce over 360 magazine covers throughout his career. He painted humorous, relatable scenes of life in America with colorful characters set against white backgrounds. He was also a successful commercial artist, painting advertisements for Cream of Wheat, Chesterfield Cigarettes...
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20th Century Other Art Style Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Landscape Painting by Victor Manuel Gomez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Format Abstract Pink & Black Mixed Media Painting by Cuban Artist Victor Manuel. Victor is an emerging talent born and raised in Havana. With a great sense of Havana’s always ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Highway
Located in Singapore, SG
A highway always seems never-ending. On its journey it comes across rivers, villages, cities, forests and mountains. It meets with different languages, different traditions, and many...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton, Plywood, Paper

Romesh's Wall 1/10 - documentary, interior, color, photography, giclée print
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Shani Mootoo’s nostalgic images of her childhood home in Trinidad reveal an intimate and compelling story. Her ‘History Revisited’ series—photographs of interior rooms, furniture and...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Giclée

InsectFace
Located in MADRID, ES
Some acrylic blobs and strokes with pens form different figures and faces. There is also a painting of the same size on the back.
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting depicting a warrior, seated young man, and young woman. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring Background informatio...
Category

Early 1800s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Engraving

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting from depicting a departure scene with a young warrior between two women. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring Back...
Category

Early 1800s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Engraving

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting depicting three draped young men and cortege of banqueters from an Attic column krater now in the British Museum. Technique : Copper-line engra...
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Early 1800s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Engraving

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting from depicting two fishermen in a boat with a seated nymph from an Apulian bell-krater. Naples, Museo Nazionale 1142...
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Early 1800s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Engraving

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting from depicting a Silenus with tambourine and two maenads from a Campanian bell-krater. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original hand-col...
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Early 1800s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Engraving

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