An 18th Century Continental Oil Painting depicting a still-life of two urns with flowers mounted in a carved giltwood frame

An Exquisite 18th Century Oil on Canvas, depicting a country scene, from the school of Claude Joseph Vernet 1714/1789, mounted in an ornately carved giltwood frame

An Exquisite 18th Century Still Life Oil on Canvas signed Eliacet and depicting an abundance of flowers, the whole mounted in a giltwood frame

An 18th Century Portrait of an Italian Country Woman mounted in an intricately carved giltwood frame

An 18th Century Italian Painting of St. John the Baptist mounted in a carved giltwood Frame

A Fine 18th Century Italian Oil on Canvas, a capriccio of an ancient architectural site

A 19th Century Italian Lithograph: Bust of Augustus Caesar, mounted in a giltwood frame

A 19th Century Italian Lithograph: Bust of Muse, mounted in a giltwood frame

An 18th Century Italian Oil on Canvas, Scenes of Ships in an Italian Harbor, with buildings and ancient ruins in the foreground mounted in a giltwood frame

Dutch School, Circle of Philips Wouwerman

An Equestrian Genre Scene Before an Inn
Late 17th – early 18th century

Oil on canvas

A finely composed Dutch equestrian genre scene depicting mounted figures pausing before a rustic inn, attended by servants and hunting dogs, with a village and church tower receding into a softly atmospheric landscape beyond. The composition is animated by elegant dappled horses, whose refined modeling and alert posture serve as the visual anchors of the scene, while the surrounding figures engage in narrative exchange, lending a sense of movement and daily life.

The artist demonstrates a confident handling of architectural elements and landscape, balancing the solidity of the inn façade with the openness of the wooded foreground and expansive sky. Warm earth tones are offset by cool blue passages in the distance, creating depth and spatial recession characteristic of Northern European painting of the period. The attention to costume, tack, and anecdotal detail reflects the enduring influence of Philips Wouwerman and his circle, whose equestrian subjects were highly sought after by collectors across Europe.

Painted in oil on canvas, the work retains its original character and period surface, with age-appropriate craquelure and a warm, unified tonality consistent with a late 17th- to early 18th-century origin.

A 19th Century French Set of Five Architectural Drawings by students of L’Ecole des Beaux Arts now mounted in giltwood frames (sold separately)

A 19th Century English Lithograph, titled: “Gone Away” and inscribed: London, Published July 24,1878

An Exquisite 19th Century Oil on Canvas, “Madonna and Child” mounted in a silver-gilt frame

A 20th Century Dutch Oil on Canvas, Scenes of a “Dutch Landscape and Windmill”, Signed: Andreas Veldhuysen, a Dutch painter of estuary scenes

A 19th Century American Oil on Canvas, Landscape with Small Waterfall, Signed: Robert Kinkrin Lewis

A 19th Century American Oil on Canvas, Landscape with Mountains and Lake, Signed: E. Schaefer, California Artist residing in San Francisco

An Italian Grisaille Painting of Angelic Winged Putti symbolizing love, victory, and fidelity playing amidst billowing clouds

A 19th Century Set of Five David Robert’s English Prints, with views of Ancient Egypt

A 19th Century French Lithograph, depicting “Vues du Chateau Royal de Maili” Chateau near Versailles indicting the main gate arriving from Paris

An 18th Century Oil on Canvas, Scenes of a French Landscape with peasants and child

A 19th Century American Oil on Canvas

A Pair of 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Architectural Engravings in silver-gilt frames

A 19th Century Oil on Canvas of a European Landscape

A 19th Century Oil on Canvas, River Landscape

A 19th Century Oil on Canvas, Floral Still Life, framed in giltwood

A 19th Century Continental Oil on Canvas, Still Life of Assorted Fruits

A 19th Century French Portrait of a Gentleman with giltwood and gesso frame

A 19th Century Italian Etching of Aqueduct

A Pair of 19th Century Levantine Watercolors of Birds in Lacquer Frames, each depicted standing in profile, within gilt stenciled black lacquer frames

An English Lead Pencil Sketch of Figure Study

The Signed Oil on Canvas, “Oak on a Hill”, by Benigino Yamero Ruiz (b.1880, d.1929), Northern California landscape painter, Exhibited: California Artists, Golden Gate Park, 1915, and influenced by the French Barbizons, using his signature dark palette and favorite subject matter of oak trees, similar to those by William Keith during his late period

A 19th Century American Lake Landscape in Oil