portrait Archives - Village Antiques

Portrait of Judith Cotermans Dutch Golden Age Engraving

April 13, 2020May 16, 2020 WCL 295 Views portrait

Dutch Golden Age (Gouden Eeuw) engraving of Judith Cotermans / Judith Kotermans the wife of the print dealer and calligrapher

19th Century Bedroom French Portraits

Kindness Personified by Charles Lemire engraved by Schenker

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 WCL 1266 Views allegory, portrait

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

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Johann Jacob Wehrli – Swiss Teacher, Director of School for the Poor at Hofwil

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 1077 Views pedagogy, portrait, school, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait, teachers, teaching

Johann Jacob Wehrli (1790 Thurgau – 1855 Andwil) Famous socially engaged Swiss teacher who served as the director of the

20th Century Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Swiss Personalities Switzerland Woodcut

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi – Woodblock Print by Leopold Waechtler

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 1357 Views Pestalozzi, portrait, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi surrounded by Children Two color woodblock engraving of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi by the German artist Leopold Wächtler (1896

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Albert Gallatin – The Genevan Who Became A Famous American Statesman

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 897 Views portrait, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

Albert Gallatin Genevan Who Became the Longest Serving Secretary of the Treasury in U.S. History Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) was born

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss History Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Guillaume-Henri Dufour (General Dufour) – First President of the ICRC

April 13, 2018May 24, 2020 WCL 1988 Views portrait, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

Guillaume-Henri Dufour (September 15, 1787 – July 14, 1875) Famous Swiss General and topographer who after serving as the head

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Portrait of Johannes Schulthess, Zurich Theologian and Publisher

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 868 Views portrait, Schulthess, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

Portrait of Johannes Schulthess Theologian and Publisher (1744-1810) Lithograph Texts: ” Dem Verfechter des Lichts, Johannes Schulthess Dr. Theol. –

Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Personalities Switzerland

Portrait of Leonhard Holzhalf (1553-1617) Zurich Buergermeister and Businessman

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 782 Views portrait, Swiss personality, Swiss portrait

1679 Portrait of Leonhard Holzhalb by Conrad Meyer Original Copperplate Engraving Leonhard Holzhalb (1553-1617) was a Zürich Businessman who became

19th Century Antique Prints Bedroom Italian Portraits Realism

Portrait of an Italian Gentleman – Fine Engraving by Raimondi / Toschi after Le Duc

December 6, 2015January 22, 2018 WCL 1971 Views Carlo Raimondi, Engraving, Paolo Toschi, portrait

Beautiful 19th century engraving by two of Italy’s great printmakers – Carlo Raimondi and Paolo Toschi. Circa 1825 A handsome gentleman

19th Century Drawing Portraits Realism Swiss

Ulrich Rorschach – Portrait of a Woman by Father of Inventor of the Rorschach Test

December 5, 2015May 16, 2020 WCL 2139 Views portrait, Ulrich Rorschach

Ulrich Rorschach (1853-1903) Beautifully detailed, large format 19th Century Drawing of a a thoughtful looking woman with her hair pulled

19th Century Drawing Portraits Realism Swiss

Ulrich Rorschach – Portrait of a Man with a Moustache and Cravate

December 5, 2015May 16, 2020 WCL 2230 Views portrait, Ulrich Rorschach

Drawing by Swiss Artist Ulrich Rorschach Beautifully detailed 19th Century Drawing of a pensive looking gentleman with a moustache and

20th Century Drawing Fine Art Portraits Swiss

Henry Meylan – Portrait of a Woman – Original Charcoal Drawing

December 4, 2015June 7, 2020 WCL 1969 Views Henry Meylin, portrait

Portrait of a Woman – Original Drawing – Charcoal on Paper by Swiss Artist Henry Meylan Dimensions: 36 X 35

20th Century Chalet Style Drawing Fine Art Portraits Realism Swiss

Gottfried Matter – Portrait of a Swiss Girl in Traditional Costume

December 1, 2015December 5, 2015 WCL 2490 Views portrait

Gottfried Matter (1891 Pieterlen (BE) – 1967 Basel) Portrait of a Swiss Girl in Traditional Costume (Tracht) Signed “G. Matter”

19th Century Children Dining Room Fine Art Oil Paintings Portraits

Exquisite Biedermeier Portrait of Two Sisters

November 28, 2015December 12, 2015 WCL 5026 Views girls, portrait, sisters

Sisters in Pink Note on Reverse – Carl Buchna – 1843. Beautiful Biedermeier double portrait of two sisters in pink

Fine Art Italian Music Oil Paintings Portraits

Two Italian Musicians – 19th Century Oil on Board

November 26, 2015November 28, 2015 WCL 2659 Views Italian, music, portrait

Two Italian Musicians Early 19th Century painting of two wandering Neapolitan musicians, possibly father and son, pausing by the roadside.

19th Century Dining Room Fine Art Pastel Portraits Swiss

19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman – Attr. to Anton Wallner

November 26, 2015November 28, 2015 WCL 2806 Views Anton Wallner, portrait

Attributed to Anton Wallner (1801-1863) Portrait of a Fine Gentleman in a Red Vest Beautifully executed pastel drawing. Note on

19th Century Children Fine Art German Portraits Watercolor

19th Century Portrait of a Gypsy Girl

November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 WCL 2585 Views portrait

19th Century German watercolor of a Gypsy girl Initialled (GB?) lower left Annotation on the back “Sammlung Alfred Zietlow” indicates

Fine Art Portraits

Camille de Savignac – Fisher Girl Gathering Crabs

November 26, 2015December 17, 2015 WCL 2032 Views Camille de Savignac, portrait

Camille de Savignac 19th Century Oil Fisher girl at the seashore in normandy gathering crabs. She looks down amused at

19th Century Fine Art Portraits Swiss

Portrait by Kaspar Anton Menteler – Early 19th Century

November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 WCL 4849 Views portrait

Kaspar Anton Menteler 1783-1837 Portrait of a Silver-haired Gentleman with a Gold Earing A native of Zug, Kaspar Josef Anton

Fine Art Portraits Watercolor

19th Century Watercolor Portrait – Man in a Cap

November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 WCL 2062 Views portrait

Portrait of a Man in a Cap Watercolor, mid 19th Century Beautifully executed watecolor of a bearded man, probably a

20th Century Fine Art Oil Paintings Portraits Swiss

Joseph Armand Lachat – Gobras – Lady in Blue

November 26, 2015December 6, 2015 WCL 1959 Views Gobras, Joseph Armand Lachat, portrait

Joseph Armand Lachat Known as “Gobras” (Moutier 1908- Grand Saconnex 1991) Portrait of a lady in Blue Dimensions: 31 X