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Title: Isabel de Farnesio Artist: Unknown. No signature but inscribed "Isabel Farnesio esposa de Felipe V" Lower Left [see copy with the high resolution photo] Date: About 1890 - 1920. Medium: Watercolour Size [Metric]: 33 x 22 cm. With Frame: 55 x 42 cm. Size [Imperial]: 13 x 8.5 in. With Frame: 21.5 x 16.5 in. Condition: Very Good. I had the painting re-mounted and re-framed - although the original frame was hand made/ hand finished it was in dreadful condition and had been re-painted with a cheap gold paint. The paper on which the portrait is painted was revealed during framing and, I am told, is by "Whatman" who began to make paper of this sort in about 1840. It is apparently still in production with similar watermarks which makes dating difficult. Style of the original frame was late Vict. early Edw. and this is the most likely period. Price: £395 A late Victorian or Edwardian copy of a painting in the Prado collection [Catalogue No. 3774]. Carlos II the last Hapsburg King of Spain died on All Saints Day 1700. He was childless and left much of his inheritance by will to Philip of Anjou, grandson of France's King Louis XV and a member of the House of Bourbon. In 1701, at the age of 17, Philip was crowned King of Spain becoming Felipe V and triggering the War of Spanish Succession which ended with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The reign of Felipe V was to be the longest in Spanish history, though in two parts as he abdicated in 1724 in favour of his son, retaking the throne a year later when the son died. Felipe is credited with introducing to Spain much of the luxury of the French court and, thanks to his marriages, the classicism of the Italians. Spanish art was revived. Unhappily by any account Felipe was troubled. He became prone to mental upheavals, was plagued by religious conscience and was probably a hypochondriac. Isabel de Farnesio, whom he married in 1714, when she was twenty two, was his second wife. Unusually she was not of Royal blood but was, as perhaps she had to be, a strong woman. She appears to have taken a hand in politics and is regarded as the instigator of policies leading to the expulsion of Austrians from Italy. She lived until 1766 and it was her son who succeeded (as Charles III) to the Spanish throne. The artist of this watercolour is not known. Neither does the Prado know who painted that in its collection. Overall this is a lovely painting, the clothes and background are beautifully worked. email: patrick@worksofart.org.uk
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Title: Hunt the Slipper SOLDArtist: Lucien Davis (1860 - 1951) Signed lower right Date: 1899 Medium: Watercolour heightened with white. Condition: Excellent - Re-framed Size [Metric]: 34 x 50 cm . With Frame: 52 x 69 cm. Size [Imperial]: 13.5 x 19.5 in. With Frame: 20.5 x 27 in. Price £650 Lucien Davis Known for detailed and evocative work, Lucien Davis was the artist who painted the London Hospital Children's Party in 1897 - the painting is still used as the Royal London Hospital's greetings' card illustration. Lucien Davis exhibited at the RA & the RI [Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour] to which he was elected in 1893. Reminiscent of a photograph this work is sophisticated with enormous detail having been paid to both the party goers and their clothes. The original frame and mount were in poor condition and when I had it re-framed a note was found written on the back of the watercolour giving the title "Hunt the Slipper" and stating that it was painted in 1899 for the Illustrated London News. Davis was principal social artist for the ILN for 20 years. If you look carefully the slipper can just be seen in the high resolution photograph. It is rather clearer in the original. email: patrick@worksofart.org.uk |
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Title: Girl with Eggs Artist: After Godfried Schalcken (1643 - 1706) (with signature" Schalken" lower left) Medium: Oil on white metal probably tin. Size [Metric]: 24 x 21 cm . With Frame: 35 x 30 cm. Size [Imperial]: 9 1/2 x 8 in. With Frame: 13 1/2 x 12 in. Date 19th. Century. Price: £475 Condition: Some restoration particularly to the top edge. Small parts of the frame damaged. Some cracking - stable. Artists tended to paint on metal if they wanted the smoothest
possible surface and thus finish. The technique was popular in
the Low Countries. Schalcken was justly proud of his candlelight scenes. When contacted
by an agent of the Grand Duke Cosimo de' Medici for a self-portrait
for the duke's gallery of artists' portraits he stated that he
was skilled in painting both day and night scenes but he would
recommend a self-portrait by candlelight. In the event, the duke
commissioned one which is still at the Uffizi. The Elector Palatine
Johann Wilhelm purchased several of Schalcken's paintings and
it seems that the artist accepted the elector's invitation to
work for him at his court in Düsseldorf in 1702. The girl in the painting is so similar to a museum-piece Schalcken "Girl eating an apple" as to give the impression that the same model was used. However the cracking on the painting is typical C19 rather than that seen on C17 oils. email: patrick@worksofart.org.uk |
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Title: The Embroiderer (A Study of a Woman) Artist: Maurice Vagh Weinmann, signed Lower Left Medium: Oil on Canvas Size [Metric]: 62 x 53 cm . With Frame:82.5 x 71 cm. Size [Imperial]: 25 x 21 in. With Frame: 32.5 x 28.5 in. Condition: Some cracking with slight damage Price: £4,800 This is one painting to which the colours in my photographs do not do justice. It is a striking piece. Maurice Vagh Weinman Maurice Vagh Weinmann was born in Budapest in 1899 and died in Paris in 1986. His works are in museums in Agen, Grenoble and Toulouse. Ex Getty Collection. Paul Getty bought this painting in 1959 from Galerie Charpentier. In 1971 he donated it to the Getty Museum where it remained until 1978 when it was de-commissioned as it was no longer considered to be of museum quality. email: patrick@worksofart.org.uk |
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Title: With the Burden of Many Years Artist: George Smith (1829 - 1901). Signed Lower Left. Medium: Oil on Board. Size [Metric]: 39 x 34.5 cm. With Frame: 58.5 x 53.5 cm. Size [Imperial]: 15.5 x 13.5 in. With Frame: 23 x 21 in. Condition: Excellent. The "shine" on the right hand side of the photo was caused by the flash. Price: £2,400. George Smith (1829 - 1910) A fabulous painting of a difficult subject which is given real
warmth and humanity. Three of George Smith's works are in the Victoria & Albert
Museum, and one in Nottingham Museum. On two occasions his work
was reproduced as engravings in the Art Journal (1863 and 1867).
On the back of this painting is an article cut from The Times
in January 1967 referring to another of his paintings. It says: His "Home be it ever so Humble" fetched a rather startling £75,000 (including buyer's premium) at Sotheby's in June 2001against an estimate of £30,000 - £50,000 (plus premium). His work is illustrated in The Dictionary of British Art Vol. 4 email: patrick@worksofart.org.uk |
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SOLD Title: The Artist and the CardinalArtist: Moretti, Signed Lower Left - R. Moretti and inscribed " Roma". Medium: Watercolour. Size [Metric]: 36.5 x 54 cm . With Frame:62 x 78.5 cm. Size [Imperial]: 14.5 x 21 in. With Frame: 24.5 x 31in. Condition: Excellent. Price: £1,400. A lovely detailed painting in excellent condition. A painting of a similar subject, by the same artist and the same size sold in an Australian auction house in May 2002 for $3,940 (Aus. Dollars); about £1,580. I can provide a photograph of the painting sold which is, in my view, very much less attractive than my own if only because the background furnishings are a rather bilious colour! email: patrick@worksofart.org.uk |
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Title: Man in a Souk Artist: Ken Moroney (b. 1949) Medium: Oil on board. Size [Metric]: 41 x 27.5 cm . With Frame:79.5 x 70 cm. Size [Imperial]: 16 x 11 in. With Frame: 31 x 28 in. Condition: Excellent - framed and glazed. Price: £2,500. Ken Moroney A living British artist whose work, particularly early work, could sometimes "really hit the spot". This is one of those examples. Here Moroney manages to combine the vibrancy of the Souk with a discerning though sympathetic portrait of the stall holder. Moroney's works have appeared in many "mixed" exhibitions and he has also had a series of solo shows including at Duncan Miller Contemporary Arts in 1991. email: patrick@worksofart.org.uk |
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Title : The Dancer Artist : Tom Merrifield - Signed Lower Centre Date : 19th. Century. Medium : Pastels on Paper Frame : Plain black frame. Condition : Very good, though slight chipping to the frame Size [Metric] : 110.5 x 81 cm . With Frame: 119 x 88.5 cm. Size [Imperial] : 43 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. With Frame: 46 1/2 x 43 1/2 in. Price : £750
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