Kindness Personified by Charles Lemire engraved by Schenker

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 WCL 601 Views allegory, portrait

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

20th Century Antique Prints Portraits Swiss Swiss Personalities Switzerland Woodcut

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi – Woodblock Print by Leopold Waechtler

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 879 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 513 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 Personalities Switzerland

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

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 1297 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

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Portrait of Johannes Schulthess, Zurich Theologian and Publisher

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 509 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. –

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

April 13, 2018April 14, 2018 WCL 470 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 1541 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, 2015December 5, 2015 WCL 1563 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, 2015 WCL 1768 Views portrait, Ulrich Rorschach

Ulrich Rorschach (1853-1903) Beautifully detailed 19th Century Drawing of a pensive looking gentleman with a moustache and a cravate. The

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Henry Meylan – Portrait of a Woman – Original Charcoal Drawing

December 4, 2015December 4, 2015 WCL 1526 Views Henry Meylin, portrait

Henry Meylan (1895 Le Sentier – 1980 Geneva) Portrait of a Woman Henry Meylan was born on September 14, 1895

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 1959 Views portrait

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

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Exquisite Biedermeier Portrait of Two Sisters

November 28, 2015December 12, 2015 WCL 3676 Views girls, portrait, sisters

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

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Two Italian Musicians – 19th Century Oil on Board

November 26, 2015November 28, 2015 WCL 2141 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 2182 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 2023 Views portrait

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

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Camille de Savignac – Fisher Girl Gathering Crabs

November 26, 2015December 17, 2015 WCL 1524 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 3782 Views portrait

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

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19th Century Watercolor Portrait – Man in a Cap

November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 WCL 1592 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 1571 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

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Joseph Armand Lachat (Gobras) – Lady in Yellow (Sold)

November 26, 2015December 6, 2015 WCL 1579 Views Gobras, Joseph Armand Lachat, portrait

Joseph Armand Lachat Known as “Gobras” (Moutier 1908- Grand Saconnex 1991) Portrait of Madomoiselle Henriette Lange. Dimensions: 36 X 54