by Victor Gilbert (1847-1933, French). Though his ability as an artist was recognized at an early age, Gilbert was forced to work as an artisan due to financial circumstances. He eventually gained some formal art training inParis. His work is characterized by everyday scenes in Paris, such as this troupe of young boys playing music…
Author: Myrian Cavalli
Rembrandt Peale copy of Raphael’s Madonna Della Sedia
Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860, American) was the son of Charles Wilson Peale, the esteemed portrait painter and founder of America’s first museum. Rembrandt Peale was a successful painter in France and the United States. He painted portraits of many early national leaders during the 19th century, including one of the finest paintings of Thomas Jefferson. He…
18th Century Cobalt and Gold Kendi.
This specialized vessel has its origins in the shapes of containers made for the ruling class in Persia.
Dans la Forêt
by John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853-1902) Twachtman was a well-known impressionist and a member of “The Ten,” a group of American painters who banded together to exhibit their work independent of professional arts organizations. His work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as several other public and private…
A page of rare Bibles
The Bible above is a rare Geneva Bible. This is one of the most-significant translations of the Bible into English. It was the Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was read by Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Donne, among others. It was the first mechanically printed, mass-produced Bible made available to the general public. The volume…
Boathouse by the Water
by Arthur Clifton Goodwin (American 1864-1929), Known as a plein air “Boston painter” because so many of his scenes were in that city, Goodwin was little recognized during his lifetime. In the 1970s the Boston Museum of Fine Arts held a solo exhibit of his work, which subsequently began to find a growing appreciation among…
Santa Fe Rides (1937)
The Transcontinental Broadcasting Company sends a sound truck and equipment to a ranch to obtain an audition from “Santa Fe” Evans and his musical cowboys (Oscar Gahan, Lloyd Perryman, Robert “Curley” Hoag, Rudy Sooter and Sherry Tansey.) Carver, arch enemy of Evans and a rival for the love of Carol Sheldon, fails in an attempt…
Sang de Boeuf Bowl.
18th Century monochrome sang de boeuf bowl. This vessel, of classic form, is colored with iron oxides. Mark and period of the emperor, Ch’ien Lung (Qianlong), which continued from 1735 to 1795.
Silver-plated Spanish Colonial Bible and Bible stand
The Bible is from the Spanish colonial South America dating from the 19th century. The hand-wrought silver enfolding the book and its stand shows fine craftsmanship and likely would have graced a bishop’s or archbishop’s pulpit. This is a book of Common Prayer from a Confederate Episcopal Church with the inscription: “God Save the President…
Gun Play (1935)
Intercepting Holt’s mail, Meeker learns a gold treasure is somewhere on the Holt ranch and he sees the clue to its location. When he solves the puzzle he learns the treasure location can be found in the boots. But he earlier discarded the supposedly worthless boots and seeing Bill Williams now wearing them, he and…