19th C Oil on Canvas of Two Men and a Woman in a Boat Vintage

19th C Oil on Canvas of Two Men and a Woman in a Boat Vintage19th C Painting of Men Working a Boat Yard in Ornate Gilded Frame Oil on Canvas Three Men in a small wooden boat, two rowing poling and one seated Depicts river or harbor work Realist with a hint of Romantic influence, typical of mid to late 19th C European school Giltwood with deep relief foliate carving, original to the painting; frame design consistent with 1850 1880 (this piece likely 1860 1885) Craquelure and some paint loss dirt darkened

particularly during the reign of Louis XIV and under the Regency

Original Architectural Watercolor Drawing with its Floor Plan

Watercolor on Paper (Aquarelle)

Original Louis XVI Revival giltwood frame

108" x 64"

likely a grotesque or mythological face

The lid is decorated with a hand-painted pastoral scene depicting a rustic house near water

Hand-colored chromolithographs depicting key biblical scenes such as La Sainte Cène (The Last Supper) and La Nativité (The Nativity)

Areas of green-painted ground are visible within recesses

Circa 1885-1900

Tome I was delayed until illustrations and zoological sections were finished and engraved (1775)

with artisans such as Fabergé elevating it to an art form