22"x14" AskArt Bio:Known as the "Canaletto of Florence", Giuseppe Zocchi was a painter and printmaker who from an early age was taken under the protection of the Marchese Andrea Gerini, an intellectual and patron of the arts from a noble family which had been settled in Florence since the 14th century. Gerini sent the young artist to study the work of his contemporaries in Rome, Bologna, Milan and especially Venice, where he remained for almost two years before returning to Florence around 1741...
22"x14" The Cathedral of Saint Peter's ("La Catedra di S. Pietro") etching after the Renaissance artist Guercino
22"x14" Depiction of The Prodigal Son ("Figlio Prodigo") after the style of the Renaissance artist Guercino
15.5"x10" drawing of Saye's Court previously owned by John Evelyn. Bio for AskArt: Hughson Hawley was a self-taught watercolorist, theater-set designer and specialist in painting cathedral interiors. He was born in Brighton, England, and began his career by painting sets for the Theatre Royal in his hometown and, later, for the theater at Stratford-on-Avon, where his father was the town librarian. At the same time, he started sketching the countryside around London and became especially adept at...
Late Federal bed. Cherry. Pennsylvania. There is a roll on the foot board for quilts. Original rails.
9"x12," Bio from Askart: Charles E. Waltensperger began sketching at a very young age, this continued as he worked as an elevator operator for the Detroit Free Press. There he kept a sketch tablet with him, drawing his passengers. One model, William E. Quinby, publisher of the Free Press was so impressed with the boy's skill that he paid Charles' tuition at the school of the Detroit Museum of Art and asked him to become an illustrator for the paper.
Waltensperger began entering competitions a...
~17" H x 5"Sq
Two large stone obelisks on square base. Covered in panels of lapis lazuli. Darkness of each lapis piece varies from sculpture to sculpture.
8.25" H
Stamped Gien pitcher with Renaissance birds,cornucopia and flowers motif. Leaf trim. Bulbous shape with crimped top for pouring.
6.5"W x 2.75"D x 4"H
Lockable leather bound wooden box with brass insignia and escutcheon. Leather has been embossed with Greek key pattern and tinted with gold leaf and black ink. Four intact ivory ball feet. Three blue velvet interior compartments. Pen hole on interior. Box lacks ink bottles.
Oval tea caddy with decoupage paper on lid, has escutcheon but not shown in photos. Sorry. A choice painted tea caddy.
SUSQUEHANNA Antique Company, Inc.
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Western, probably British portrait of a Chinese woman circa 1865-80. 36" x 28" rare portrait.
26" x 42" approx dimensions. Oak framed table top or decorative wall mount incorporating some period 18th C tiles and later ones as well.
