📝 Name note: one point of minor historical ambiguity is that some genealogical references list Sarah’s husband as “John Wood (b. ~1817)”, while the portrait inscription uses “George Wood.” A plausible explanation is that this was the same individual recorded under different name usage (e.g., John G. Wood, with “George” as a middle name or familiar name). Until a marriage record or baptism is consulted, the safest phrasing is George/John Wood. Also any customs costs charges are also the responsibility of the buyer. The item(s) must be returned back to us in its original as sold described condition before any refund can be made back to the buyer. Deposit payments are non refundable. We certify that all of our selling activities will comply with all EU laws & regulations. After Sales, you.
Interior Scene Attr. to G. Bellei Oil on Canvas XIX Century.
The artist’s signature «Cornu /An.9″ indicates that this miniature is a work of well-known French miniaturist of the turn of 19th century, Jean-Alexis Cornu. de France et ses Flandres». He was also active there as art teacher – professor of drawing at the local Ecole Central.
Antique Painting Aim of Louis Léopold Robert XIX Century Original. Oil on canvas. This is a copy of a famous painting by the painter Louis Léopold Robert (1794 -1835), which was exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1827 and bought by King Louis Philippe; it is currently preserved in the Louvre Museum. The painting depicts a joyful festive scene, rich in folklore with costumed characters dancing the tarantella and in the background the fantastic panorama of the city of Naples. Robert, a Swiss artist, stayed several times in Italy, where he found inspiration for the creation of many works and established himself as a romantic genre painter and Grand Tour landscape painter, whose subjects were highly appreciated and replicated.
His works of this period demonstrate a strong influence of English portraitists of the 18th century – Lawrence, Reynolds and Gainsborough. From Lawrence originates the «en-face» representation of faces with a sidewards glance and upper body facing in the opposite direction in three-quarters portraits.
