August 2024 Premier Fine Art & Antiques Auction
August 27th, 2024
Below is just a small portion of the massive selection of high quality art & antiques to be featured in our upcoming August 27th, 2024 auction! This auction will span multiple genres of collectibles, including Fine Paintings & Art, Jewelry & Silver, Orientalia, Rare Glass & Lamps, Early & Victorian Furniture, Decoys, Carvings, Coin-Op, & MORE!
TWO REVERSE OIL ON GLASS WORKS BY THE STUDIO OF JEAN BAPTISTE LEPRINCE (French, 18th Century) BATHING AT THE WELL and THE SLEIGH RIDE
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1) Three nude and partially nude maidens bathing with a figural water fountain which has flowing water out of a dolphin’s mouth deep in the woods. 2) A man in a colorful costume wearing ice skates pushing an elegantly dressed woman seated in an ornate swan-carved vozok. Both works are signed lower right “J.B. Leprince, 1779”. Each housed in a gold leaf carved frame with foliate decoration.
SIZE: each overall 20″ x 27″, each sight 17 1/2″ x 24 1/2″.
NOTE: for history and details on reverse painting techniques, refer to Mildred Lee Ward’s book “Reverse Paintings on Glass”
