Franco Prussian War Oil on Board by G. Thorsbaek, 1897

PRESENTING A STUNNING, IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE 19th Century English Landscape painting of ‘Salisbury Cathedral’, Oil on Canvas by Edmund John Neimann 1876. Large painting of ...

PRESENTING A GORGEOUS and HIGHLY DESIRABLE 19C Oil on Canvas Highland Rovers at Loch Earn by HR Hall. Circa 1890-1900 and painted by Henry Robinson Hall, ...

Presenting a glorious piece of original Dutch art, namely, a scene of Dutch ice skating oil on canvas by Van Buiksloot. J. Van Buiksloot was a Dut...

Presenting a gorgeous 20th century original large oil on canvas by Jack Lanze. This is a beautiful Expressionist landscape painting in the style of the Dutch or French School. The...

Lovely piece of original Irish Art. Original painting by popular and rapidly rising Irish Artist, Seamus Coleman of Co Roscommon. Signed on the bottom front left. This painting is titled "Clifden Bog", Connemara, Co Galway. Gorgeous colors that capture the essence of an Irish Peat...

PRESENTING a GORGEOUS 20th Century and ORIGINAL MONUMENTALLY LARGE oil on canvas by M. Picot. This is a BEAUTIFUL still life painting of fruit in classical style. Continental Schoo...

Oil painting by Wilfrid Constant Beauquesne (1847-1913) depicting the French cavalry in the street of Saint-Privat following the battle held outside the town during the Franco-Prussi...

The watercolor on paper is monogramed and dated '79. It is framed, matted and glazed. The painting is depicting a Franco-Prussian officer feeding his horse after a watercolor by Jean...

PAUL EMILE LÉON PERBOYRE French, 1851-1929 Cuirassiers Sharing Wine with Rural Countryman Oil on canvas signed lower left "Perboyre" Item # 309ULM18A A rich historical painting that captures the heart and reality of the Franco-Prussian conflict, the scene depicts a troop of Cuirassiers stopping for the afternoon in a non-descript field in the French countryside. Presumably the owner of the field, an older man has come out in the heat of the afternoon to greet the soldiers with a basket of wine bottles, offering a glass to the officers while chatting casually with them. Perhaps he is a local guide offering a sense of what the soldiers might expect in the rural countryside, but more likely it is simply a moment of reprieve in the idyllic countryside and a distinct juxtaposition to the intensity and drama of Perboyre's battle scenes. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was the last use of "cuirassiers" in the French army with uniforms characterized by the distinct helmets known as a "casque à crinière" featuring a plume of horsehair. The cuirassiers wore a breastplate (cuirass) and the red trousers were a standard part of the French military uniform...

Beautiful antique oil painting on wood board. Excellent pictorial quality. Flemish school of the 17th century. A scene of everyday life in the village where in the foreground a farrier works on the horse's hooves. Not signed. Sold with rare antique wooden frame.

Antique English Palmer Family crest painted oil on board Elaborate crest painting of the English Palmer family of Dorney Court of Buckinghamshire. Th...

Beautiful early 19th century Italian oil painting on board, not signed. Biblical scene probably "the Emmaus supper". High pictorial quality. Sold with frame.