(In the manner of) Franceso Lazzaro Guardi

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Circa: 1750-70

Artist: Francis Swaine (English, 1725-1782) Title: "Dutch Fishing Vessels in Storm" *No signature found Circa: 1770 Medium: Original Oil Painting on wood panel Framing: Framed in a Louis XV style gold moulding Framed size: 10.63" x 12.63" Panel size (irregular margins): 6" x 7.75" Condition: One small restored spot upper left. Cosmetic wear to frame. In otherwise very good condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - London, England; acquired from art dealer Ernest Alden, London, England retaining his original gallery label on verso. Metal plaque inscribed "F. Swaine 1740-1782", (active dates), attached to frame bottom center. Ernest William Alden (1866-1947) was recorded in successive censuses, in 1881 as a picture mounter (card maker), age 14, living at 9 Bloomsbury St, with several other members of his family also given as picture mounters, including his father, James; in 1891 as a picture frame mounter with his father and family at 208 Shaftesbury Avenue; in 1901 as a photographer and picture dealer at 39 King’s Road, Chelsea; and in 1911 again at 39 King’s Road but the census form is damaged. His listing in trade directories, initially as picture mount cutter, changed to picture framemaker from 1904, soon after he set up in the King’s Road. He advertised his large stock of second-hand swept and other frames, claiming to have been established in 1893 (The Year’s Art 1913). Alden died in Chelsea in 1947, leaving effects worth £5,011, with probate granted to his widow Lily Alden and to Marjorie Frances Alden. Two of his younger brothers, Henry Cyril Alden (1871-1939) and James Preston Alden (1876-1960), were also active as picture framemakers. - National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Biography: Francis Swaine (1725–1782) was a British marine painter. He was born in 1725, and christened on 7 October of that year at St Dunstan's, Stepney, London. His parents were named Francis Swaine and Ann Joel. In 1735 the elder Francis Swaine, the marine painter's father, applied in writing to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy for employment as a Navy Messenger, in succession to Mr William Wyatt. He mentions that he had served "upwards of twenty eight years" in the Navy, and that his father had died Purser of the Royal Katherine. He mentions also that he had carried out "little labours in drawing", and that he at that time had five small children. The first-born of these children was the Francis Swaine who became the marine painter. The elder Swaine was duly employed as a Navy Messenger. He served for 20 years and died on 10 October 1755, aged 64. Swaine is said to have been influenced by the style of Van de Velde. There is no clear evidence of this alleged influence. The suggestion that Swaine may have been a pupil of Charles Brooking...

Artist: Inoel (French, Active: Late 19th Century) Title: “Vue de Venise (View of Venice)” *Signed by Inoel lower right Circa: 1875 Medium: Original Oil ...

Artist: Frank Dicey (English, c. 1838-1888) Title: "Promenade en Bateau en Soirée (Evening Boat Ride)" *Signed by Dicey lower left Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Recently framed within a black and gold Baroque style moulding with linen liner from Holland and and a gold filet Framed size: 24.75" x 30.75" Canvas size: 18.25" x 24.25" Condition: Relined. Minor craquelure. In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Boston, MA. Biography: Frank Dicey (English, c. 1838-1888) was a figure painter born in London. He exhibited between 1880 and 1888 at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and Grosvenor Gallery in London, as well as at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery. Dicey also exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists, a society which nominated James Whistler its President in 1886. He was elected a member of The Arts Club in 1866 and a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883. In 1874/1876, Dicey's name was included by James Whistler in a list which may have been a guest list for the private view of Whistler's Pall Mall exhibition of 1874, or a subscription list for Whistler's Venice etchings...

Artist: John Cheltenham Wake (English, 1837-1882) Title: "Fishermen Unloading the Day's Catch, Dover" *Signed and dated by Wake lower left Year: 1874 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Recently framed in a green and gold ornate gesso moulding Framed size: 16.5" x 24.5" Canvas size: 12" x 20" Condition: One area in upper left sky professionally restored. In otherwise very good condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Vero Beach...

Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Camping with a Ghost" Series: Americana *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2023 Medi...

Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Den of Thieves" Series: Statement *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2023 Medium: Or...

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Venice - Mario De Angeli - Italia 2009 - Oil on canvas cm. 80x120. Gold leaf gilded wooden frame ext. mis. cm.100x140 Mario De Angeli's canvas is an extraordinary work of Italian l...