'The Music Hour' by Karl Schellbach, Carved Louis XVI Open Work Giltwood Frame

French Louis XVI style (20th Cent) gold framed painting of music room scene with 4 figures

Charming pair of paintings representing young women in well-off interiors during their music lesson, one illustrating a singing lesson and the other a Cello lesson. The theme of the music lesson...

This charming 19th-century oil on canvas painting beautifully captures a classic fête champêtre or fête galante scene, highly reminiscent of the 18th-century French Rococo masters li...

Attributed to August Stephan Sedlacek (Austrian/German, 1868-1936) "The Violin Presentation" Oil on Canvas depicting an interior 18th century scene of...

19th century French school, after Jacques-François Courtin (1672-1752), "The Music Lesson", oil on canvas depicting a musical scene composed with elegance and balance. At the center...

A Marvelous 19th Century Italian Oil on Canvas titled "The Cardinal's Present" by Arturo Ricci. This oil on canvas is truly incredible and one of Ricci's best works of art. The sce...

Antique Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque, The Serenade, After Nicolas Lancret - This finely hand-painted porcelain plaque is inspired by Nicolas Lancret’s celebrated composition The Ser...

A beautiful hand painted Sevres porcelain plaque depicting a court scene, involving 3 young noble ladies and an older lady, greeting two gentlemen visitors. Set behind them is a beau...

Oil on canvas. Poliment gold-plated frame. Painting, circa 1870. (S-176).

A large 19th C. Ormolu Mounted Viennese Enamel Tri Fold Watteau Scene Screen. This tri fold screen is formed with three hinged panels, each centered by a hand painted Viennese enamel plaque depicting figures in pastoral settings inspired by Watteau scenes. The central panel shows a musician entertaining seated companions beneath tall trees, while the side panels each depict a courting couple in a wooded landscape. Every plaque is enclosed within an ormolu frame cast with Rococo scrolls, shells, acanthus leaves, floral sprays, and pierced ornament. The cresting, apron, and scrolling feet continue the same decorative vocabulary across all three panels. The screen is fitted with finely painted Viennese enamel plaques produced using the detailed overglaze enamel technique associated with nineteenth century Viennese workshops. These plaques were created on metal grounds and fired repeatedly to achieve layered color and precise figure painting. The composition is presented within gilt ormolu mounts that complement the enamel surfaces without covering the painted borders. During the nineteenth century, Viennese workshops produced enamel objects featuring pastoral subjects derived from eighteenth century French paintings...