Indo-Persian Style Painting – Musicians and Bird Handlers
Elegant Indo-Persian style painting. Elegant decorative work, likely 20th Century.
Josefine Batke-Koller – Elf with Bumble Bee - Original Watercolor over Pencil
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Portrait of a Young Girl with a Lace Collar
Portrait of a young girl in a lace collar. Original pencil drawing heightened with chalk. Likely late 19th or early
Gianni Vasari – Swiss Winter Landscape Under Full Moon
Large format original Woodblock print by Swiss artist Gianni Vasari (Born in Biel 1949). Signed in pencil by the artist,
Fine Art, Paintings, Drawings
Swiss Artist Marguerite Frey-Surbek
Marguerite Frey-Surbek (1886 Delemont – 1981 Bern) The Swiss artist Marguerite Jeanne Frey-Surbek was known for her landscapes, nudes, still
Antique Prints
Precursor of Bicycle: Pedestrian Hobbyhorse or Pedestrian Curricle
Aquatint engraving circa 1820 from Ackermann’s Repository entitled Pedestrian Hobbyhorse. An elegant gentleman rides one of the “pedestrian curricles” patented
Switzerland
Karl Stauffer-Bern – Portrait in Profile of Adolf von Menzel
Karl Stauffer-Bern (Bern, 1857 – Florence, 1891) Portrait of the German Artist Adolf von Menzel in Profile A portrait of
Fred Fay – Woodblock Portrait of a Swiss Farmer
Woodcut portrait of a bearded Swiss farmer from the Valais wearing a hat with a village and the alps in
Laurenz Halder – Zuerich: Two Antique Engravings Circa 1790
Laurenz Halder Laurenz Halder (1765-1821) was a mapmaker and engraver from St. Gallen who was also active in Zuerich. These
Hans Walter Scheller – Wine Harvest by Lake Geneva
Hans Walter Scheller (19.3.1896 Bern, † 13.6.1964 Zürich) The Swiss artist Hans Scheller is known for his landscapes and still
Folk Art
Maria Palatini – Soldiers and Cannon in the Snow
Maria Palatini Soldiers in the Snow A group of soldiers pose with a cannon in a naive winter landscape. Self-taught
