Mid-18th-Century Central Italian School, Architectural Capriccio With Figures In A Classical Courtyard

Mid-18th-Century Central Italian School, Architectural Capriccio With Figures In A Classical CourtyardThis refined mid 18th century Italian architectural capriccio depicts an imagined courtyard rendered with lucid precision. Beneath a series of triumphal arches and coffered vaults, a handful of figures gather one gesturing toward another in a measured exchange. Perhaps these are scholars, merchants, or philosophers of some imagined antiquity. The stonework, painted in tones of ash, cream, and ochre, rises with disciplined geometry toward an unseen

Several of Rang-Babut’s works were exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1831 and 1842

amid the elements

her career flourished quickly and she was winning awards by the age of 15

This late 19th-century oil painting by Belgian artist Theodoor Verstraete (1850-1907) depicts a gentle nocturnal view under a shimmering moon

836Our reference: BRV1776

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

picturesque valleys

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 27” x 19” / 69cm x 49cmYear of creation: 1913 Provenance: Private collection

Francesco Zuccarelli and John Martin

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 35½” x 25½” / 90cm x 65cmYear of creation: c

This late-19th-century German oil painting depicts a dramatic landscape with a waterfall

illuminated