27" x 33" oil on canvas. 36" x 39" framed.

Shepherd Boy with Flock

R. Maghelli (Italian, 19th century)

Watercolor on paper, signed.

Maghelli is listed in Dizionario Illustrato dei Pittori, Disegnatori e Incisori Italiani Moderni e Contemporanei by Commanducci.

Sight size: 17” x 12”
Frame size: 25” x 19.5”

View of Venice

Emily Harris McGary Selinger (American, 1848-1927)

Gouache on paper, signed and inscribed: “Venezia, W.F.B.”

Accomplished as both a painter and writer, Selinger was educated in the US and abroad. She studied at the Cooper Institute in NYC and under A. Rocci in Florence and M. Roosenboom in Holland...

Young Peasant Boy Holding a Turkey

Spanish School, late 19th century.

Oil on canvas, laid down.

Sight size: 20” x 15”
Frame size: 28” x 23”

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Bebie (American, 1798-1888)

Oil on panel, signed lower left

Provenance: from the estate of Betty Washington Whiting, a direct descendant of Betty and Martha Washington

Born Hans Heinrich, Bebie anglicised his name upon emigrating from his native Switzerland. He first arrived in Richmond, VA and resided for a short time in the western part of that state. By 1844, he had settled in Baltimore, MD and begun accepting portrait commissions...

Mares and Foals

Robert L. Alexander (British, 1840-1923)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1873”, and retaining a paper label on the reverse with title and location: “Cramond Edinbrgh”.

Alexander’s initial training came through his work as an apprentice to a house painter who also painted landscapes...

Shore Scene at Sunset

Carl Watzelhan (Austrian, 1867-1942)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “(18)93”.

Watzelhan is listed in Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gegenwart by Thieme/Becker.

Sight size: 24” x 33”
Frame size: 31.75” x 41”

Unframed, this fine watercolor depicts a boy at a market. 16" x 12"--Polly Nordell was the wife of Carl Nordell and she studied at RISD and with Toman, the Chase School, the ASL and with Dumond and Henri. Widely exhibited.

Floral Still Life

Henri Biva (French, 1848-1928)

Oil on canvas, signed.

Provenance: Marshall Coyne, The Madison Hotel, Washington, DC

Well recognised during his lifetime, Biva was a noted still life, flower and landscape painter who worked in oils, watercolors and pastels. Studying in Paris, he developed his talent under the instruction of Léon Tanzi and Alexandre Nozal...

Portrait of a Seated Woman in Black

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat
(French, 1834-1922)

Oil on canvas, signed with initials “L.B.”.

A highly respected and successful painter, Bonnat established the Musée Bonnat in his birthplace of Bayonne. This museum remains one of France’s finest provincial galleries.

Bonnat began his artistic training at the royal academy of art in Madrid at the age of 13. He continued to study in Spain until the death of his father in 1853...

Officer on a White Horse

Theodore Fort (French, 19th C.)

Watercolor-on-paper, signed, Circa 1884

Provenance: Arthur Anderson, Esq. (According to the inscription on old mat), the Estate of Eugene Sussel.

Fort was a watercolor artist who made his debut in the Paris Salon of 1842 and was the son of Simon Fort. He is represented in the Louvre, the Mulhouse Museum and at Pontoise and is listed in Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres.

Frame size: 20.5" x 17"

Spring Landscape

Sir James Lawton Wingate (Scottish, 1846-1924)

Oil on canvas in exceptional gold leaf frame, signed.

Provenance: The Madison Hotel, Washington,DC

Wingate’s style evolved dramatically during his lifetime, eventually earning him recognition as the leading landscape painter in Scotland.

He began painting as a part time student at the Glasgow School of Art under Robert Greenlees...

Memories

John Phillip (Scottish, 1817 -1867)

Oil-on-panel, signed with monogram on letterhead.

Phillip was born in Oldmeldum, Aberdeen April 19, 1817 to an old soldier turned shoemaker. In his lifetime, he rose above his humble origins to become one of the best Victorian painters of his age and a personal favorite of Queen Victoria...

Near Ferry Cottage, Clivden, Thames

Theodore Hines (English, fl. 1876 - 1889)

Oil on canvas, signed lower left and signed and titled on the reverse.

Provenance: Frost & Reed, London.

Hines exhibited at numerous galleries during his heyday. His works were shown at the Royal Academy from 1880-1889...

Mares and Foals

Arthur Louis Townshend
(English, fl. 1880 - 1900)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1900” lower right and signed, dated “July 1900” and inscribed with the horses names on the reverse.

Provenance: The Madison Hotel, Washington, DC.

Known for his paintings of rustic, equestrian and sporting subjects, Townshend exhibited six works at the Royal Academy...

Extensive View of the Bay of Naples

Y. Gianni (Italian, 19th/20th Century)

Watercolor and gouache on paper, signed.

Sight size: 6.25” x 15.75”
Frame size: 10.25” x 19.75”

Mother and Daughter

C.R. Parker (American, fl. 1826-1846)

Oil on Canvas

Painting Size: 30" x 25"
Frame Size: 39" x 34"

The public launching of Parker's career was in 1826 when his portraits of Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette and Franklin were placed in the chambers of the Louisiana State Legislature...

Extensive Alpine Landscape

August Richard Zimmermann
(German, 1820-1875)

Oil on canvas, signed.

The brother of artistic siblings, Albert, Max and Robert, Richard Zimmerman ultimately distinguished himself as a landscape painter. He began his artistic training at the Dresden Academy where he studied under Ludwig Richter. Following that instruction, he joined his brother Albert in Munich where he continued to refine his training...