The monetary value is of no interest to me.
Now there's news ! A smaller, signed version without the upper third, by Gerard Hoet (1648-1733) is found registrered in the Dutch RKD archive. So...
Thanks for the many answers ! The monetary value is of no interest to me. The Poussin track is interesting. Maybe one of his pupils ?
If they had known at Bruun Rasmussen I had't made this post.
I bought it at Bruun Rasmussen and they didn't know. But thanks anyway ...
Here's a Bacchanal with Bacchus at the center. Oil on canvas. 55 cm x 50 cm. Looks Italian and 17th century to me. Maybe the frame is the...
About the flag pole top ornament theory: Possible, but the eagle has no holes for fixing with nails or screws ? About answers from V & A: They...
This eagle figurine is a flea market find. The Chinese wooden base, seen to the left, is my addition and not original to the figurine, so no need...
Figurines like this one was often small scale copies of admired statues. So maybe we should have a look in our local park. I've done so,...
True. As you remember I called it that in the headline. But outside France a chair.
A couple of years ago I bought this figurine at an auction. Pan of bronce sitting on a 'rouge griotte' ? marble base. 17.5 cm high. French ?...
True. My chair has 'crinoline width'. I believe it's from about 1850-1870.
I never underestimate anyone. Everyone has hers or his advantages. Even though it at times seems unbelievable.
In the province they didn't have carvers as clever as those in Paris.
More photos. Probably doesn't help a bit ...[ATTACH]
Thank you. I don't doubt that you're right. It's the well kept but worn appearance that made me think of the Napoleon III period, when the Louis...
Yes ? Thank you ? Particularly the worn castors reveal that it's old. So what about the Italians ?
Recently I bought this armchair at an internetauction for the equivalent of USD 100. It's made of stained and lacquered beechwood, carved with...
I never doubted that there're knowledgeable members here, but apparently they're all on well earned vacation at the moment. Those who stayed at...
I rest my case ... Maybe it's my photo which sets you up. My weight loosing program went terribly wrong. Can't help it ...
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