Art Gallery
Artworks selected that will grace the walls of their owner's home
Fine pair of paintings
Attrib: Francois Boucher (1703 – 1770).
Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories and pastoral scenes.
These are extremely elegant in the flesh, they are housed in beautiful gilded original frames.
Framed: 53 inches width, 47 inches height.
price £38,000.00
DAVID SHEPHERD C.B.E. (BRITISH, 1931-2017)
Lions in the Serengeti
signed and dated ‘-David Shepherd-/2000’ (lower right); further signed and dated ‘2000/DAVID SHEPHERD’ (on canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
25 x 40.5cm (9 13/16 x 15 15/16in).
Framed 16.5 x 22.5 inches.
Provenance
The Artist, from whom acquired directly by the family of the present owner, 4 February 2000 and thence by descent
Private Collection, U.K
‘I was inspired to paint this scene when I actually saw lions in almost the exact setting as portrayed in this original oil painting, when on a visit to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.’ – David Shepherd, 8 February 2000
price £28,000.00
Artist: Philip Eustace Stretton, signed and dated 1910, lower right.
Title: ‘By the Warmth of the Fire’.
Medium: Oil on panel 19 x 24 inches.
framed: 28 x 32 inches.
Condition: Pristine, ready to hang.
Biography: Philip Eustace Stretton, 1864 -1919 was a British animal and sporting painter working from 1882 until his death. He painted primarily in oil and also watercolour on occasion. Stretton exhibited at the Royal Academy and Sussex Street between 1884 and 1904. He was a great admirer of the work of Sir Edwin Landseer, whose animal paintings had a tremendous effect on him. Many of Stretton’s works are illustrated in William Secord’s book on ‘Dog Painting’, he is also listed in Paviere and in Christopher Wood’s book on ‘Victorian Painters’.
The work below is almost the carbon copy of a work that passed through Bonhams, New York 12/2/2006 for £14,517.
Stretton’s work is characterised by a bold brushstroke with tremendous sympathy for his subject matter. He had an innate ability to capture a moment and the very essence of his subject. He was a very accomplished artist and his dog paintings have a timeless appeal.
price £12,500.00
Attributed: Jean-Baptiste Van Loo.
Aix-en-Provence 1684-1745.
Portrait of James FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly, Marquess of Kildare, and 1st Duke of Leinster (1722-1773), in a blue robe with fur trim.
Oil on canvas: 30 x 25 inches.
Framed: 39 x 34 inches.
FitzGerald was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a Lieutenant-General in the Royal Irish Artillery, and with his many titles he became in 1766 the Premier Duke, Marquess, and Earl in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1747 he married Lady Emily Lennox, of the famous Lennox sisters, and together they had 19 children.
price £38,000.00
Attributed to B W Leader.
Private collection from a titled gentleman.
Oil on canvas 30 x 50 inches.
Framed 35.5 x55.5 inches.
Price £4,500.00