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Renaissance Herbal Illustration – Aspleno Fern – Mattioli

June 14, 2020 WCL 2047 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 1448 Views

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

Antique Prints Dining Room French French Country Genre Living Room

Le Carnaval by Philibert Louis Debucourt

June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 WCL 1445 Views

Amusing 1810 Engraving by Philibert-Louis Debucourt of a carriage full of celebrants in a carnival parade. Copies of this engraving

19th Century British Dining Room Engraving Fine Art Fine Art Prints Living Room Pre-Raphaelite / Arts & Crafts

Love the Conqueror 1899 Pre-Raphaelite Engraving by Byam Shaw

June 12, 2020 WCL 1488 Views

Byam Shaw (British, 1872 – 1919) “LOVE THE CONQUEROR signed and dated 1899 70 x 99 cm Framed original signed

20th Century Bedroom Fine Art Fine Art Prints Lithograph Modern Classicism Mythology / Allegory Nudes Swiss

Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini – Allegorical Scene with Archer and Harpist

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 WCL 1403 Views

Allegorial / mythology inspired image by Swiss Artist Alfred Heinrich Pellegrini (10 January 1881 – 5 August 1958).. An archer

20th Century Fine Art Landscape Oil Paintings Swiss

Lakeshore Landscape Signed R. Schürch

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 WCL 2294 Views

Elegant lakeshore landscape signed R. Schürch. Elegant oil painting with the muted blended tones of a watercolor. This region looks

20th Century Cityscape Etching / Eau-forte / Aquatint Fantastic Fine Art Fine Art Prints Swiss

Peter BRÄUNINGER – Ships Crossing in the Night

June 9, 2020 WCL 1772 Views

Swiss artist Peter Braeuninger creates dark post-industrial landscapes in which past and present merge, as in this fantastic view of

18th Century Antique Prints Costume French

Louis de la Trémouille -18th Century Copperplate Engraving

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020 WCL 1201 Views

Louis de la Tremouille, Price de Talmont and Vicomte de Thouars, known as the Knight Sans Peur et Sans Reproche.

20th Century American Antique Prints Art Deco French Retro

French Art Deco Sheet Music Cover – Chicago That Todd’ling Town

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 WCL 1299 Views

Sheet music cover for Chicago, That Todd’ling Town by Fred Fisher in striking red, white and black art deco style.

20th Century Fine Art Landscape Swiss Watercolor

Summer Landscape with Figures in a Field Watercolor

June 8, 2020 WCL 1748 Views

Large format Swiss watercolor landscape. The work is signed but the signature appears smudged and we are uncertain who the

19th Century Antique Prints Children Genre Realism

The Fisherman’s Wife and Her Baby

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 WCL 1086 Views motherhood

Charming late 19th or early 20th century chromolithograph. A young woman sits in a garden mending nets while and older

20th Century Etching / Eau-forte / Aquatint Fine Art Fine Art Prints Magic Realism Music Swiss

Town Hall Brass Band – 3 Rathausblaeser by Fritz Pauli

June 8, 2020 WCL 1114 Views

In this limited edition etching dated 1960, Fritz Pauli celebrates the tradition of the Town Hall brass band (Rathausblaeser –

20th Century Fine Art Magic Realism Modern Classicism Mythology / Allegory Swiss

Fritz Pauli – Perseus and Andromeda

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 WCL 1415 Views

Striking 1960 illustration of the myth of Perseus and Andromeda by Swiss artist Fritz Eduard Pauli. Low-number limited edition artist’s

18th Century Antique Prints British Children Dining Room Genre Living Room Motherhood

John Jones after William Redmore Bigg – Departure for School and Return from School

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 WCL 1264 Views

Two beautifully colored framed handcolored mezzotint engravings by John Jones (English, 1745-1797) after William Redmore Bigg (English, 1755-1828). Although dated

20th Century Expressionist Fine Art Oil Paintings

Landscape in Central Switzerland

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 WCL 2156 Views

Expressionist style Swiss landscape annotated “Landscaft in der Zentralschweiz” on the back. The work is signed lower right, and dated

20th Century Drawing Fine Art Portraits Swiss

Henry Meylan – Large Scale Portrait of a Man in Profile

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 WCL 1267 Views Henry Meylan

Striking large format portrait of a man seated in profile by Swiss Artist Henry Meylan. Charcoal drawing – Dimensions 70

18th Century Austrian Fine Art Oil Paintings Portraits

18th Century Memorial Portrait of a Boy Named Werner Wagner

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 WCL 2215 Views

Beautiful large scale memorial oil painting of a young Austrian boy named Werner Wagner. The boy, lovingly depicted close to

Antique Prints British Caricatures Fine Art

English Political Caricature – Between Two Stools the Bottom goes to the Ground

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 WCL 1048 Views

English political caricature from 1802 – “Between two stools the Bottom goes to the Ground”. The text at the top

19th Century Antique Prints British Caricatures History

Thomas Rowlandson – John Bull’s Turnpike Gate

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 WCL 1557 Views

Thomas Rowlandson satirises the Test Acts, a series of discriminatory laws in Great Britain which prohibited anyone who had not

17thCentury Antique Prints British Fine Art Office

Shooting Flying – 17th Century Yorkshire Hunting Scene Engraving

June 6, 2020 WCL 2159 Views bird hunting, horses, hunting

In this bird hunting scene from Richard Blome’s “Gentleman’s Recreation” entitled “Shooting Flying” two men on horseback are taking aim

20th Century Fine Art German Mixed-Media Modern Classicism Nudes Swiss

Reclining Nude by Karl Schlageter

June 6, 2020 WCL 1914 Views

Karl Schlageter (1894, Luzern -1990, Zürich) studied under Agelo Jank at the Akademie München just before WWI. He was president