18th-Century Sevillian School, Virgin & The Distaff

18th-Century Sevillian School, Virgin & The DistaffThis early 18th century Spanish oil painting depicts the Virgin Mary spinning as a child. Its a rare devotional piece, probably commissioned by a church or convent. In this rather unusual depiction of the Virgin Mary, we see her at age three or four sitting in a red upholstered armchair, spinning wool from a distaff held under her left arm. She wears a small cape across her shoulders held with a decorative clasp, while her headband is embellished with

An impressionistic oil on board depicting several cattle grazing alongside a picturesque river by Italian artist

000 achieved for ‘Figures With Sheep In A Wooded Landscape’ at an English auction in 1999

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The reverse also features an exhibition label from 1928 when the painting was shown at Charlottenborg

he would copy works by the old masters and sell them locally for 7s 6d

The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a later foliate frame with swept corners

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 27½” x 36½” / 73cm x 93cmYear of creation: 1885Provenance: FranceCondition: Very presentable

There’s an underdrawing in pencil which has been mostly drawn over in ink

which alludes to nature’s power over man while simultaneously emphasising its abundant beauty

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A late 19th-century landscape painting by Ludwig Gustav Voltz (1825-1911) depicting a solitary figure standing atop a mountain in the Alps

22” x 18” / 56cm x 46cm