Antique oil on board painting of a man blowing soap bubbles for a fascinated little boy. This is probably a student copy of the 1735 original work by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, who painted 3 versions of this scene. The first version hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the other two are in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the National Gallery. Canvas measures 16 x 20 inches. Frame measures 18.75 by 22.75 inches. Excellent condition circa 1910-20.

Charming ink and watercolor of four roosters, signed at lower right Audrey Swanson. The frame is 12.5 x 16 inches, and the image is 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

William Bailey framed drawing of a nude woman, signed and dated 1960, and inscribed "To Susan and Melvin." Beautifully framed and matted, excellent original condition. The frame measures 17.5 x 20 inches and the drawing measures 11 x 14 inches. William Bailey was born in 1930 and is a very well listed American artist. His oil painting titled "Still Life with Slate Green Wall" sold at Sotheby's New York on 3/3/89 for $137,500. To learn more about artist William Bailey, please go to this link: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/bailey.html

19th century European oil painting on board of a village street with figures, signed lower left Maguire. The frame measures 11 x 8 inches and the painting measures 5 x 8 inches. Clean surface, very good original condition. If you wish to browse our entire available inventory please go to OneofaKindAntiques.com. We also offer a consultation service AntiquesConsultant.com, ... as well as an online price guide at TheBestAntiquesPriceGuide.com. Connecticut residents and buyers picking up in Connecticut please add the CT state sales tax. Buyers outside the USA are responsible for any taxes, tariffs or customs that might apply.

Italian romantic landscape circa 1800-1806. Attributed to Michele Felice Corne, born in Elba, Italy, in 1752, died in Newport, RI, in1845. Oil on canvas, 29" x 36.25". Dramatic view of ruins and stone towers. Listed in Christie's Important American Furniture Sale, NY, January 18th and 19th, 2007. Corne grew up in Naples and was brought to the US in 1799 by Salem merchant Elias Hasket Derby, Jr. He was active in Salem until 1806, and worked with Samuel McEntire and William King, and helped establish marine painting as a Salem Tradition. After moving to Boston, he became noted for paintings of ships and naval battles of the War of 1812, many of which were engraved. After 1822, he lived and taught in Newport. George Ropes and Hannah Crowninshield were among his pupils. His work hangs in the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT; Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA; NY Hist. Soc.; New Haven Colony Hist. Soc.; and Boston Museum of Fine Arts. If you wish to browse our entire available inventory please go to OneofaKindAntiques.com. We also offer a consultation service AntiquesConsultant.com, ... as well as an online price guide at TheBestAntiquesPriceGuide.com. Connecticut residents and buyers picking up in Connecticut please add the CT state sales tax. Buyers outside the USA are responsible for any taxes, tariffs or customs that might apply.