Pre-Raphaelite Wall Decorations

19th century Pre-Raphaelite painting of a Grecian beauty. Finely painted oil on canvas. British/American. In a custom hand made gilt frame. Unsigned. Stretcher inscribed with the dat...

Important painting representing praying woman and her Guardian Angel pointing to the sky with beautiful landscape in the background Louis A. F. (Jean-Louis) Janmot was born in Lyon, France, of Catholic parents who were deeply religious. He became a student at the Royal College of Lyon where he met Frederic Ozanam and other followers of his philosophy professor, Abbe Noirot. In 1831 he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and a year later, he won the highest honor, the Golden Laurel. In 1833, he came to Paris to take painting lessons from Victor Orsel and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. With other Lyon painters, he entered the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. In 1835, he went to Rome with Claudius Lavergne, Jean-Baptiste Frenet and other students and met Hippolyte Flandrin. After his return to Lyon in 1836, Janmot would attract the attention of critics of the Salon de Paris in conducting large-scale paintings with religious inspiration such our item. After 1845, he attracted the interest of Charles Baudelaire with his painting Flower of the Fields that allowed him to access to the Salon of 1846. Theophile Gautier was impressed by his Portrait of Lacordaire (1846). In December of that year he married Leonie Saint-Paulet, from a noble family in Carpentras. In 1856, Janmot obtained a commission to paint a fresco (since destroyed) representing the Last Supper for the church of St. Polycarp. Other orders followed, including the decoration of the dome of the Church of St. Francis de Sales...

A very attractive oil on canvas by Jacques Alsina, a well listed nineteenth century French artist. This elegant delicate work depicts a young woman in a restive pose playing the flut...

The Women of Sorrento' Pencil, watercolour and body colour painting by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829-1908). The Women of Sorrento drawing in the boats with the help of a young man. Set to a Tuscan backdrop. Original frame. Stanhope initially trained under GF Watts...

A fine antique painted porcelain plaque. Entitled 'Gedenke Mein', meaning "Forget-me-not" (the flower) in English. The hand painted scene depicts a young woman by the edge of a garden attended by a young man, separated from her by a stone wall, who holds her hand and gazes longingly at her. After C. Fröschl. Simply a great piece of hand-painted German porcelain...

A rare large pre raphaelite painting by this celebrated British Artist A classic fantasy of semi clad maidens in an idyllic springtime pasto...

Burne Jones style stain glass cartoons designed by Arthur Buss made by Godard and Gibbs. This listing is for the two outer panels only.

Burne Jones style stain glass cartoons designed by Arthur Buss made by Godard and Gibbs. This listing is for the two centre panels only.

Fantastic and very well-done oil on canvas depicting a chained prisoner dreaming of his family. The overall condition is very good, with all-over age appropriate craklure throughout....

This 19th century artwork was executed in enamel on porcelain by noted KPM artist Wagner. The piece is titled 'Erinnerungen', translated as 'Memories'. The painting has a wistful romantic theme and depicts a dark haired young woman in reverie. The girl wears a heart shaped gold locket...