WCL, Author at Village Antiques

17th Century French Allegorical Engraving – French Jansenists and Rome

December 25, 2020December 25, 2020 WCL 1543 Views

Fascinating 17th Century French engraving shows time and celestial vertue (Vertu Celeste) chasing away fraud, tyranny and discord aided by

17thCentury Antique Prints Christianity French

17th Century Engraving from a Theologian’s Response to writings by Huguenot Leader Philippe de Mornay

December 24, 2020December 25, 2020 WCL 1292 Views

Fascinating 1611 engraving from the theologian Raymond de Bray’s response to a book by French Huguenot leader Philippe de Mornay.

20th Century Art Brut / Outsider Bedroom Fantastic Fine Art Mixed-Media Swiss

Walter Wegmüller – Zilelete 1972

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 WCL 1727 Views

Charming original painting by Walter Wegmüller, Swiss – Yenisch artist, Tarot card designer, musician and activist for the rights of nomadic peoples.

20th Century Animals Austrian Etching / Eau-forte / Aquatint Fine Art Fine Art Prints Horses Militaria Realism

Oswald Roux – Original WWI Etching – The Sick Horse

November 27, 2020 WCL 1371 Views

“The Sick Horse” by Austrian Secession artist Oswald Roux. Striking WWI image of a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army leading his ailing horse through a desolate winter landscape. Roux worked on the frontlines of the conflict.

20th Century Fine Art Swiss

Alexander Müllegg – Swiss River Landscape

November 25, 2020 WCL 1277 Views

Landscape by Swiss Artist Alexander Muellegg. Possibly somewhere along the river Aare in the artist’s native Bern region. Dimensions: 44

20th Century Naval / Nautical Swiss Symbolist / Surrealist Watercolor

Alexander Müllegg – Mysterious Galleon in the Blue Moonlight

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 WCL 1248 Views Alexander Muellegg, Alexander Müllegg

Original Watercolor by Swiss Artist Alexander Muellegg. Mysterious image of a galleon sailing ship drifting through still waters under a full moon.

Fine Art

Alexander Müllegg – Church by a Lake Original Watercolor

November 25, 2020 WCL 1153 Views

Original early to mid 20th century watercolor by the Swiss artist Alexander Muellegg. Dimensions: Image size 22.5 x 18.5 cm

20th Century Landscape Swiss Watercolor

Alexander Muellegg – Watercolor Landscape

November 25, 2020 WCL 1143 Views

Elegant watercolor landscape probably of the region around Bern – by the Swiss artist Alexander Muellegg.

20th Century Abstract Fine Art Prints Futurist

Abstract Composition 1963 Signed F. Fischer

October 25, 2020October 26, 2020 WCL 2325 Views

Striking abstract work signed F. Fischer, numbered 36/100 and dated 1963. We have been unable to determine the artist and

20th Century Czech Republic Fantastic Fine Art Prints Lithograph theatre

Zdenka Datheil Circus Scene Original Lithograph

October 20, 2020October 23, 2020 WCL 1283 Views

The painter and engraver Zdenka Datheil (Zdenka Arnostova) was a born in Czechoslovakia but naturalized as a French citizen in

20th Century Animals Etching / Eau-forte / Aquatint Fine Art Prints Fish / Aquatic

Angelfish Original Signed Artist’s Engraving

October 20, 2020 WCL 1361 Views Fish, tropical fish

Angelfish and other tropical fish. Original artist’s print signed by the artist – we were not able to make out

17thCentury Antique Prints British Medical / Anatomical Mythology / Allegory

The Anatomy of Melancholy – Original 17th Century Frontispiece Engraving

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 WCL 2065 Views psychology

Original 17th Century engraving: allegorical frontispiece to the Robert Burton’s work The Anatomy of Melancholy engraved by Jakob Christof LE

20th Century Art Deco Fine Art Swiss Woodcut

Mighty Saint Florian – Woodblock Print by Fritz Urban Welti

August 8, 2020 WCL 2741 Views Fritz Urban Welti, madness, road work, saint florian

Mighty Saint Florian – Maechtiger Sankt Florian – Original woodblock print by the Swiss artist Fritz Urban Welti created for

20th Century Art Deco Fine Art Swiss Woodcut

Happy Fishermen and Fools – Woodblock Print by Fritz Urban Welti

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 WCL 2943 Views building, construction, Fritz Urban Welti, road work

“Der Fischer” – The Fisherman – Original woodblock print by the Swiss artist Fritz Urban Welti – illustration of a

20th Century Art Deco Fine Art Swiss Woodcut

Construction of a Bridge or Tunnel – Woodblock Print by Fritz Urban Welti

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020 WCL 2384 Views building, construction, Fritz Urban Welti, road work

Construction site – building a bridge or tunnel Dimensions: Sheet approx 13 x 21 cm Woodblock / Woodcut print on

20th Century Art Deco Fine Art Swiss Woodcut

Three Dolphins Woodblock Print by Fritz Urban Welti

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 WCL 2332 Views Dolphins, Fritz Urban Welti

Three dolphins playing with a ball Dimensions: Sheet Approx 13 x 21 cm Woodblock / Woodcut print on Japan Paper

20th Century Art Deco Fine Art Swiss Woodcut

The Medieval Gateway of Porta San Giorgio in Florence – Woodcut by Fritz Urban Welti

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 WCL 2102 Views Fritz Urban Welti, italy

Original signed artist’s print: Two bears by Fritz Urban Welti. A mother Bear embraces her cub. Dated 1971.

20th Century Art Deco Fine Art Swiss Woodcut

Fritz Urban Welti Gottfried Keller quotation on the Doorway to Paradise

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 WCL 2245 Views Fritz Urban Welti

Original signed artist’s print: Two bears by Fritz Urban Welti. A mother Bear embraces her cub. Dated 1971.

19th Century Antique Prints Bedroom Botanical Botanical / Plants Kitchen

Camellia Countess of Derby – Van Houtte Flore des Serres et des Jardins

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 WCL 1382 Views flowers

Camellia Countess of Derby from Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe Dimensions: 16.5 x 25 cm

16thCentury Antique Prints Botanical / Plants Italian

Renaissance Herbal Illustration – Aspleno Fern – Mattioli

June 14, 2020 WCL 1642 Views

Extraordinary Italian 16th Century woodblock – Pietro Andrea Mattioli Aspleno – showing what we believe is a species of polypod

16thCentury Antique Prints Botanical / Plants Italian

Renaissance Herbal Illustration – Myrtle Spurge, Donkey’s Tail – Mattioli

June 14, 2020 WCL 1262 Views

Tithymalus Myrsinites – Myrtle Spurge or Donkey Tail Extraordinary Italian 16th Century woodblock – Pietro Andrea Mattioli. Condition: Light toning