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Lge Painted Panel Parrot Motif ca1900 Overdoor
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Pre 1900 item# 749508
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El Alcazar
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Large oil painting on thick wood panel of a parrot-heavy baroque style gilt frame is component part of painting--piece was probably architectural-a valence or overdoor ?-- Piece is perfect for a bed headboard--painting recently cleaned and stabilized--losses to gilding on edges-piece is complete--76 inches long-22 inches high-3 inches thick-elaborate frame extends 1.5 inches over the painting-rare -has many applications
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Large Italian Oil on Canvas Port Painting 1860s
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Pre 1900 item# 387600
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El Alcazar
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This is an absolutely charming 19th century painting of an Italian port scene-given its shape and nature of the frame it might have been the the key element in a elaborately wood paneled room-perhaps installed above a doorway in an important residence-painted on canvas-Italian origin- great colors-no condition problems or repairs-large-64 inches long-26 inches high-add 2 inches around for quatrefoil shaped frame and gold leaf filet--ca 1860s
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18thc Italian Oil on Jasper-Balaam and His Ass
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Pre 1800 item# 300826
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El Alcazar
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Very special item--18TH century Italian oil painted on semi-precious stone-jasper-jasper is backed with slate--7 inches by 4.75 inches-add 2 inches for antique ebony frame and thin gilt filet-pencil writing on the back in Italian-cannot read--topic of this painting seldom found--Balaam and his ass--old testament-angel appears to Balaam riding a female jackass-Angel was sent by God to intercept Balaam who was going to cast a spell on Israelites-the ass can see the angel but Balaam cannot not-ass convinces Balaam not cast the spell because it was against gods law--so to circumvent gods law, Balaam advises the enemies of Israel to entice the Israeli forces into the city-provide women. wine and feed them meat prepared fot sacrifice to a pagan god---Israelis accepted invitation as result fell into stupors-apparently 24,000 were slaughtered---remember this is the old testament-same chronicle that brings you a man living in the belly of a whale and 900 year old men--some Jews cite the story as one of the first examples of anti semitism--this is a fascinating piece art- whether based on myth or fact is your call--no condition problems-well drawn-rare item
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