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Leo Deck – Horseback Riders on Forest Trail

January 5, 2019November 14, 2021 WCL 3295 Viewshorses

Elegant painting by Swiss artist Leo Deck shows two riders on a forest trail. Oil on board. Dimensions: 38 x

20th Century Fine Art Landscape Oil Paintings Swiss Swiss Landscapes

Leo Deck – Sailboats on Lake Constance

January 5, 2019January 6, 2019 WCL 2962 Views

Landscape by Leo Deck Oil on Board Sailboats on the quite waters of Lake Constance, known in German as Der

19th Century Bedroom French Portraits

Kindness Personified by Charles Lemire engraved by Schenker

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 WCL 2976 Viewsallegory, portrait

A beautiful young girl personifies “L’Amabilité” – Kindness. Early 19th Century engraving entitled “l’Amabilité engraved by Nicolas Schenker after a

Architecture Chalet Style Expressionist Fine Art Landscape Oil Paintings Swiss

Walter Simon Autumn Landscape with Traditional Swiss Houses (Sold)

January 5, 2019April 10, 2022 WCL 3291 Viewslandscape, walter simon

Elegant oil on board by Swiss artist Walter Simon. A village depicted in the cool colors of late fall or

Fine Art

Hans Süffert – Cows Grazing Above the Lake Brienz

January 5, 2019 WCL 2160 Views

Hans Süffert Hans Süffert (3.1.1868 Basel – 24.1.1945 Basel) was a painter of Swiss landscapes who created works on Porcellan for

19th Century Antique Prints Caricatures French

L’Escamoteur – The Illusionist: French Satirical Engraving (SOLD)

January 4, 2019November 19, 2021 WCL 3446 Viewscaricature, magic, magician, pasquier

Wonderful colored engraving by Morette after a work by Pasquier. A magician or illusionist entrances an audience at a French

18th Century Caricatures Historic Personalities History

La Reponse Incroyable – A Satire of Diplomacy

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 WCL 3369 Viewscaricature, incroyable

In this wonderful satire, the French Foreign Minister asks a British diplomat how he is faring. The British Diplomat says

Antique Prints Bedroom Dining Room Genre Mythology / Allegory

The Woman in the Mirror – La Maitresse du Titien – 19th Century Engraving

January 4, 2019April 18, 2020 WCL 2839 Views

Elegant circa 1830 engraving by French engraver François Forster after the painting known as “La Femme au Miroir” (The Woman

Historic Personalities Portraits

Antique Portrait of George Canning – British Tory Statesman and Prime Minister

January 3, 2019January 4, 2019 WCL 2187 ViewsBritish, Politics

Portrait of George Canning (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) a British Tory statesman who served twice as Foreign Secretary and also occupied various

18th Century Antique Prints British Dining Room Food and Wine French Country Genre Kitchen

Selling Rabbits Antique Mezzotint Engraving by William Ward after James Ward

January 1, 2019January 4, 2019 WCL 2553 Viewsmezzotint, rabbits, William Ward

Image Size Approximately 26 x 21 inches. Color mezzotint circa 1790 by William Ward after the painting by his brother

20th Century Art Deco Art Nouveau / Jugendstil Bedroom Fine Art Landscape Living Room Swiss Swiss Landscapes Watercolor

Covered Bridge in Switzerland by Eugen Henziross

January 1, 2019 WCL 3499 ViewsEugen Henziross, Fribourg, watercolor

Beautiful watercolor in soft autumn shades shows a covered bridge and a modern bridge in a Swiss landscape. We believe

20th Century Animals Bedroom Dogs Engraving Etching / Eau-forte / Aquatint Fine Art Prints Realism

Sweet Curt Meyer-Eberhardt Engraving of a Terrier Puppy

January 1, 2019February 22, 2020 WCL 3016 Viewsdogs, Fox Terrier

Charming copperplate engraving of an adorable little terrier (perhaps a wire-haired jack russell or a fox terrier) by the well-known

20th Century Abstract Fine Art Mixed-Media Modern

Reisen – Traveling – Mixed Media on Board by Vinzenz Daxelhofer

January 1, 2019April 2, 2023 WCL 7058 Views

Vinzenz Daxelhofer, also known as “Dax” studied architecture at Zurich’s technical institute ETH, but has devoted himself to painting since

20th Century Expressionist Landscape Oil Paintings

Vibrantly Colored Expressionist Style Summer Hillside Signed O. Leu, 1960 (Sold)

January 1, 2019April 10, 2022 WCL 2720 Views

Expressionist style summer hillside with mountains in the background. The work is signed O. Leu, 1960. We are uncertain of

18th Century 19th Century Antique Prints Bedroom Caricatures Caricatures Costume Fashion Fashion Plates French History

Les Merveilleuses by Carle Vernet – Original Engraving

August 5, 2018August 5, 2018 WCL 4840 Viewsfashion, Fashion Plates, French Revolution

Les Merveilleuses – Original Engraving by Carle Vernet (French, 1758 – 1836) Two Merveilleuses, accompanied by an “Incroyable” take a

19th Century Antique Prints Costume Fashion Fashion Plates History

Un Incroyable by Horace Vernet – Plate 1 – Original 19th Century Engraving

August 5, 2018August 5, 2018 WCL 3722 Viewsfashion, French Revolution, Horace Vernet

Les Incroyables et Merveilleuses – The Fashionable Post-Revolutionary Set 19th Century hand colored engraving from the group of 24 designs

18th Century Antique Prints Bedroom Costume Fashion Fashion Plates French History

Les Merveilleuses by Horace Vernet – Plate 4 – Original 19th Century Engraving

August 4, 2018August 5, 2018 WCL 3899 Viewsfashion, French Revolution

Une Merveilleuse – Plate No. 4 The Fashionable Post-Revolutionary Set – Paris Circa 1796 19th Century hand colored engraving from

Antique Prints Fine Art French Historic Personalities Portraits

Antique Engraving After Bernard Picart – Heraclitus The Weeping Philosopher (SOLD)

May 21, 2018March 1, 2021 WCL 3254 Viewsphilosopher

Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre–Socratic Greek philosopher from Ephesus. He was said to have been melancholic and is known as the he was

Antique Prints Fine Art French Historic Personalities Portraits

French Caricature of the Philosopher Democritus Laughing (SOLD)

May 21, 2018March 1, 2021 WCL 3067 Viewsphilosopher

Democritus ( c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher known for his formulation of an atomic theory

20th Century Beach Cottage Fine Art Fine Art Prints Lithograph Living Room Modern Seascapes Spanish

Mediterranean Village – Limited Edition Lithograph by Miguel Ibarz

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 2652 ViewsMiguel Ibarz, seascape

Colorful limited edition lithograph showing a cluster of houses on a rocky mediterranean coast. Numbered 39 / 100 and signed

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Waterbirds – Loon, Eider, Gannet, Cormorant

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 WCL 2787 Viewsbirds, ducks

Le Grand Plongeon Tachete, L’Eider Male, Le Fou de L’Isle de Java, Le Cormoran – Loon, Eider, Gannet, Cormorant Original