Willem van Nieulandt (1584-1635)

Laban Demanding the Return of the Teraphim from Rachel

This very busy oil on panel is a Dutch Old Master painting dating to around 1620 by artist and poet Willem van Nieulandt. It is an incredibly detailed and colourful scene composed of numerous characters and animals set amongst ruins. It basically illustrates a topic from Genesis 31 in the bible where Rachel has stolen her father Laban's teraphim or household gods. This is a topic of much debate in religious literature. It is a stunningly beautiful Old Master painting displaying considerable artistry.

Provenance Christie's London.

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Emily Mary Osborn (1828-1925)

Golden Daydream

This stunning British Victorian Pre-raphaelite Royal Academy exhibited oil painting is by note female Suffragette artist Emily Mary Osborn. Painted in 1877 it was exhibited at the RA the same year. The composition is of a beautiful young woman, lounging in a hammock, daydreaming. The fashionably eclectic interior with the verdure tapestries, Persian carpets and exotic lilies, is typical of paintings of the Aesthetic Movement as is the languid subject of idle reverie. With this picture Osborn showed herself to be a versatile artist able to deviate from her usual subjects of portraiture, childhood or social adversity. Her brushwork and attention to detail have perfectly captured the many varied textures with the colour gold running through them all. This is a stunning painting with excellent provenance by a well respected Victorian female artist and would grace any wall.  

Signed with red monogram lower left.

Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 18 April 1978, lot 88.
Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1877, no. 461 (as Dreaming Awake).
Birmingham Society of Artists, 1878, no. 431 (As A Golden Daydream). 
Literature Art Journal, September 1877, p. 269.

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Harold Harvey (1874-1941)

Portrait of Clara

This superb British twenties portrait oil painting by noted Newlyn school artist Harold Harvey. Painted in 1922 the sitter is Clara Matthews. Penlee Gallery in Penzance had a very similar head and shoulders of Clara in 2001.  Ours is a full length portrait and Clara is set in a landscape and holding a rose. In several of Harvey's portraits his female sitters are holding a single flower. By 1908-1910, Harvey began to develop his own unique pictorial language characterised by a brighter palette and more simplified forms. The present work dates from 1922 and depicts the model Clara standing by a wall which gives way to a gently rolling hillscape beyond.  The work is a thoughtful figurative meditation in tones of grey and brown, the red highlight of the rosebud creating the focal point of the composition. A very atmospheric portrait and an excellent example of his work with good provenance.

Signed and dated lower right.

Provenance. Sotheby's
                     Christie's
                     Harold Harvey catalogue online

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You can't beat Cornwall for a UK holiday and a cream tea at Sennen. Take in Langley paintings at  Penlee Art Gallery and stroll along the coast to Newlyn Art Gallery, both in Penzance.

John White (1851-1933)

Over the Sea - Sennen

This superb Victorian exhibited oil painting is a masterpiece of British Newlyn School art by John White. The painting depicts a mother and child overlooking the sea on a hilltop. The painting was painted at Sennen and they look out over the sea towards Cape Cornwall and the Brison Rocks. Painted in 1883 this oil on canvas is a stunning reminder of White's talents. Exhibited at The Royal Society of British Artists  1883 No 45 "Over the Sea". Great composition, colouring and impasto make this a stunning painting.
Signed left.

Provenance UK collection.

Exhibited The Royal Society of British Artists 1883 - No 45 "Over the Sea"

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Arthur Croft Mitchell (1872-1956)

Two Worlds

This intriguing British Edwardian figurative interior oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Croft Mitchell. It is entitled Two Worlds verso and dated as c1910. The composition of this conversation piece is two women in a room with three religious statues, suggesting it is a religious setting. The older woman, dressed in black and purple, is sat at a table sewing. The younger woman is stood at a sunny window, but turning back into the room, her arm outstretched as if encouraging her mother to come to the window and the light. She is wearing the white headdress of a novice nun over a pale yellow floral dress. There is indeed an interesting story going on in this painting. The colours are vibrant, the details superb and the use of light sublime. This is an excellent example of Mitchell's work and of Edwardian
British art.

Inscribed label to back of stretcher.

Provenance. The artist, thence by descent to the previous owner.

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