Walter Harrowing (British, worked 1865-1904)

Chestnut Hunter in a Stable

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1877”.

There is no known exhibition record of Harrowing’s work and little is known of his background other than that he is noted for his portraits of horses and dogs, particularly beagles, hunters, brood mares and coach horses. He is also known to have painted still lifes of game as well as various other farm animals...

Oil on canvas, signed. Inscribed in bold Hebrew letters: Ba'al Shem Tov, famed Jewish mystic (1698-1760). 40" x 28" image size. Circa 1925-35.

Trompe L'oeil 18th Century Fireboard. This painting is 41" tall by 74" wide and is a fireboard that serves beautifully as a decorative painting. Oil on wood. Probably Italian. Trompe-l'œil is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions...

Fishing Boats Along a Canal

Rene Clarot (Belgian, 1882-1972)

Oil on canvas, signed: “Clarot R” and dated: “1907”.

A post-impressionist painter of marines and landscapes, Clarot worked in oils, watercolors and pastels. He was a student at the Academy of Brussels from 1896-1905. Upon completion of his studies, he traveled frequently to France and Germany...

Lady in a Garden

William B. Bennett (British, fl. 1900-1913)

Watercolor on paper, signed and dated: “1906”

. Provenance: Taggart, Jorgensen & Putman, Washington, DC.

A painter of landscape and genre scenes, Bennett exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1900 to 1913. He made his home in Bushey, Hertford-shire. Bennett is listed in the Dictionary of British Art, Vol...

Young Girl at the Spring

James John Hill (British, 1811-1882)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “(18__)” and retainging its original gilt wood and gesso frame.

Painting size: 12” x 10”
Frame size: 32” x 42”

The Young Hunter

Ernest Bosch (German, 1834-1917)

Oil on canvas, signed lower left (behind frame).

Bosch was a pupil at the Academy of Dusseldorf under the instruction of K. Solm, T. Hildebrandt and Schadow. He was best known for his portrait and genre paintings. His genre paintings frequently included animals. Later in his career, he turned his focus more toward portraits of women. In addition to painting, Bosch was a skilled illustrator, etcher and lithographer...

Pastoral Landscape with a Young Girl and Her Dog

James Curnock (British, 1812-1870)

Oil on canvas, signed.

A resident of Bristol, Curnock was best known for his portraits and figure subjects. He exhibited at both the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street. His work is held in the permanent collection of the Bristol Art Gallery.

Curnock is listed in the Dictionary of British Artists, Vol...

Autumn River Landscape with Ducks

Charles Lanman (American, 1819-1895)

Oil on paper laid-down, signed.

Lanman is listed in The Artists of Washington, DC 1796-1996 by McMahan.

Painting size: 11” x 15”
Frame size: 16” x 20”

Oil Portrait of A Woman and Her Children by John Cooper, English, 1695-1754. This small work is not typical of John Cooper, although the details of the faces are characteristic, circa 1725. This oil portrait of a woman and her two children measures 14 inches tall by 11 inches wide. In a black and gold period frame, it measures 17 inches wide by 19 inches tall. This excerpt from Jean Berger’s Design Book: Huguenot Tradesmen and the Dissemination of French Baroque Style places John C...

"Old Man With A Pipe" a portrait oil painting signed by August F. Lundberg, a Danish artist who moved to America and lived between 1878 and 1928. This oil painting on canvas is a portrait of an older gentleman with a pipe. The canvas measures 24 inches wide by 30 inches tall...

Academic Nude Oil Painting Signed by William H. C. Sheppard and Dated 1890-91. William H. C. Sheppard (born 1871). Oil on canvas, Signed and dated lower left 1890-91. This academic nude recalls the figure drawings and paintings of Thomas Eakins, both Sheppard and Eakins were students at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. William H. C...

Portrait of a Woman is An Oil Painting signed in the upper right corner By Magnus Bakke, an American artist, and is dated 1924. This painting is oil on canvas and measures 30" tall by 25" wide. This painting of a woman with an umbrella measures 38" tall by 32" wide in the frame.