1. 17th-Century Italian Follower of Leandro da Ponte Bassano (Italian, 1557-1622)

Milking a Goat.
Oil on canvas; unsigned; framed, 12" x 16".

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $805.00

2. Continental School, 18th Century

Portrait of a Young Woman (possibly a Mrs. Tobin) painted in the manner of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788).
Oil on canvas; unsigned; framed, 29-1/2" x 24-1/2"

Provenance: From the collection of a ewolfsern Educational Institution

1,500/3,000     SOLD: $2,075.75

3. Continental School, Late 18th Century

Genre Scene: Family in an Interior.
oil on canvas, no discernable signature; unframed, 21-1/2" x 18-1/2".

200/400     SOLD: $805.00

4. Continental School, 18th Century

Danae.
Miniature oil on board; unsigned; framed, 2-1/4" x 3-1/2".

500/800

5. Continental School, 18th Century

Weeping Willow Tree with Figures in a Landscape.
Oil on canvas; unsigned; framed, 13" x 9-3/4".

600/800

6. Continental School, 18th Century

A Nun Holding a Sprig of Blue Flowers.
Oil on canvas; unsigned; framed, 23-1/2" x 36".

1,500/2,500     SOLD: $1,036.15

7. 18th-Century Continental School, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1642)

Venus and Cupid, Directoire period, circa 1790.
Oil on canvas; unsigned; framed, 16" x 12-1/2".

2,000/4,000     SOLD: $1,523.75

8. William Lewis (American, b. 1788)

Portrait of a Gentleman.
Oil on canvas; signed indistinctly lower left: Wm. Lewis; framed, 30" x 25".

Note: Circular metal stamped plate on back of frame from Foster Bros., Boston Framemaker (19th Century).

William Lewis was active as a portraitist in Salem, Massachusetts during the Federal Period, this painting appears to have been executed around 1824 or shortly after.

1,000/2,000     SOLD: $1,035.00

9. Continental School, 18th/19th Century

Pastoral Scene.
Oil on canvas; unsigned; framed, 9-5/8" x 12-7/8".

800/1,200     SOLD: $644.00

10. Louis-Joseph Fanelli-Semah (French, 1804-1875)

Portrait of a Gentleman with a Top Hat.
Oil on canvas; applied signature lower left and dated 1830; framed, 16-1/2" x 10-3/4".

Fanelli-Semah (who signed his work "Fanelli") studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under the distinguished French Romantic painter, Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835), who was himself a pupil of the great Neoclassicist Jacques-Louis David. Fanelli exhibited regularly at the French Salon from 1831 to 1853, and was quite an adventurous artist. The variety of subject matter he chose to exhibit at the annual Salons attests to his versatility. He exhibited portraits, genre scenes, history paintings, and in his later years, religious subjects. The last work he exhibited in 1853 was a miniature fruit still life painted in oil. Portraits by Fanelli are in the collections at Versailles and the museum at Toulon, the artist's hometown.

1,500/3,000     SOLD: $1,265.00