Gabrielle Bakker 1990 Boys Still Life Painting Gallery Provenance Custom Frame

A stunning trompe l'oeil (fool the eye) mid 20th century Italian oil painting by artist Alfano Dardari. This work depicts a beautiful flower in a vase with a perfect little droplet of water resting ever so gently on a petal. The flower in the vase sits atop a shelf upon which a gorgeous butterfly has alighted. Also on the shelf is a gold watch. And do you see a thread through all of this? I do. Mind you, it's my opinion but I'll happily share it with you. Memento Mori. Instead of defining it for you, I'll offer this description from the Tate in London: "Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers. Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity...

A stunning trompe l'oeil (fool the eye) mid 20th century Italian oil painting by artist Alfano Dardari. This work depicts the after effects of a late night. Gambling. Drinking. Smoking. Vice. And do you see a thread through all of this? I do. Mind you, it's my opinion but I'll happily share it with you. Memento Mori. Instead of defining it for you, I'll offer this description from the Tate in London: "Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers. Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity...

A sensitive and beautifully painted 19th century portrait of a Boston Gentleman. He is distinctly attired in a black coat with a high collared white shirt. His eyes are large and emo...

A beautiful and antique late 19th century circa 1880's French Louis XV style picture frame, with provenance from Christrie's auction house. The rabbet size (size that holds the art) ...

A vintage, circa 1985, large abstract expressionist style painting by contemporary American artist Francine Tint. This work is signed, dated, titled and inscribed verso. There is evi...

An incredibly sweet and whimsical painting by American artist Nura Woodson Ulreich. The sweet subject matter, the PAFA (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) provenance and the incr...

A small American Classical framed painting of a stagecoach. This piece is framed in a deep wooden frame, with gilt gold around the edges and brown and black on the inside and outside...

A traditional still-life painting of a variety of books. This pretty piece is framed in a gilt faux fern leaf frame with gold details. The painting is small and features a set of boo...

21st Century still life oil painting by Rachele Nyssen. Nicely framed and ready to hang. Painting measures 8 x 6 Rachele Nyssen trained and studied in the Classical Realist tradit...

Jim Rodgers (American/New Jersey, b. 1958), a framed still life with summer fruit, signed "Rodgers" at lower right. Succulent ripe peaches, figs and raspberries are beautifully rende...

Mid-century oil still life painting of a vase filled with assorted flowers next to a basket full of fruit on a table covered in fruit and grapes in a rectangular carved giltwood fram...

A lovely still life painting of a grouping of green apples in a woven brown wicker basket. A brown jug sits behind the basket, with a knife all sitting upon a table with a brown tabl...