International Fine Art
Baraset House Fine Art are specialists in Old Masters paintings from the 16th to 18th century, with a focus on Important Historical Portraiture, Provenance & the History of our Sitters.
We offer a fine selection of 19th century historical paintings, Early Scottish Impressionists, Female Masterworks, Canadian Impressionists & Modern British Masters, with particular focus on Exhibition History & Important Provenance.
Sir Gerald Festus Kelly
k.c.v.o., p.r.a., r.h.a., h.r.s.a., n.p.s.
(English, 1879-1972)
Lady Evelyn Hely-Hutchinson Farquhar
as' The War Widow', 1915
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Painting commenced July 1915 at Camberwell Vicarage;
completed March 1916 at 65 Gloucester Place, London.
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Exhibited at
The Royal Academy of Art (London) 1916 no.61.
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Lady Evelyn, daughter of the 5th Earl of Donoughmore, was Vice-President of The National Association of Women of Canada (The Aberdeen Association) and married Colonel Francis Douglas Farquhar DSO (1874-1915) of the Coldstream Guards, Commanding Officer of the Canadian Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry & recipient of the Distinguished Service Order.
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Gerald Kelly began painting the present portrait of Lady Evelyn very shortly after her husband was killed in action in Belgium in 1915, and while Lady Evelyn was Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra (Arthur of Connaught).
Here, Lady Evelyn is pictured with her bird, an Australian 'Princess Alexandra's Parrot'.
James Inskipp
(British, 1790-1868)
Portrait of a Maja
circa 1835
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Half-length figure turned to the left,
wearing a black taffeta mantilla trimmed with scarlet friges and held closely about her shoulders.
Background of dim evening landscape with the sun setting.
James Inskipp of Surrey (1790-1868)
exhibited numerous works at the Royal Academy of London from 1816 to 1864, and also at the British Institution
and the Royal Society of British Artists.
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John da Costa
(British, 1867-1931)
Portrait of Emilia Francis Strong,
Lady Dilke (1840-1904),
dated 1895
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Celebrated Author, Art Historian, Women's Rights Activist & Founder of the Women's Trade Union League
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Exhibited at
John da Costa: A Memorial Exhibition (1974), Leighton House , no.1.
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Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of
Womens Rights Activist Miss Gertrude Tuckwell (1861-1951), first female JP of London.
Formerly in the Collection of the Chelsea Public Library.
Sir Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.
(Welsh, 1867-1956)
After Trafalgar,
circa 1911
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Oil on Artist's Board
In a superb 19th century ebonized Flemish-style ripple frame
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Illustration for
Robert Southey's Life of Nelson
published by Gibbings & Co. (1911)
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Frontispiece illustration for
William Whall's Romance of Navigation
published by S Low Marston & Co. (1925)
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Brangwyn eloquently captured the character of this work
through his unique interpretation of one of the most famous and beloved battles in the history of England, when he proposed that "Art is individuality added to Tradition".
William Shayer Sr, rba
(British, 1787-1879)
Fisherman's Children
Southampton
circa 1842
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Exhibited at
The Royal Society of British Artists, 17th Exhibition 1843, Suffolk Street, no.548.
Society of British Artists (1843) review: "Mr. W. Shayer has bestowed some beautiful work...his 'Fisherman's Children', no.548, is executed in a style that does infinite credit to the artist. The touch is both delicate and free, and very much reminds us of the early works of Wilkie.
William Stewart MacGeorge, r.s.a.
(Scottish, 1861-1931)
Bark Peeling, 1889​
Kirkcudbright School - companion piece to MacGeorge's 'Galloway Peat-moss, 1888' in the collection of The National Gallery of Scotland.
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Exhibited at
The Royal Scottish Academy (1889) no.72.
​The Edinburgh Art Review of the 1889 Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition states:
"Mr MacGeorge's oak forest may be noted for its effective grouping [and] its general manliness." (p.307)
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In original monumental giltwood exhibition frame by Aitken Dott & Son of Edinburgh.
Gilbert Stuart Newton, R.A.
(Canadian, 1794-1835)
Portrait of Catarina Schindlerin
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Waist-length portrait, painted within a feigned oval before a brown background, her head inclined to left and glancing to the right, wearing a slate gray taffeta mantle and white cap and muff, with rose bows trimming the cap and corsage.
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Madame Schinderlin was a German opera singer who made her London debut in 'Armida' at the King's Theatre 1775.
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Sit John Pender (1897)
Formerly in the collection of John Heugh (1878)
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1794 and nephew to the famed American artist Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Stuart Newton was the first Canadian artist accepted into The Royal Academy (London).
Victor Joseph Chavet
(French, 1822-1906)
The Artist in his Studio
l'artiste dans l'atelier
circa 1860
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full-length seated at an easel
with palette and brush in hand
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Exhibited at The French Exhibition (London, 1861) no.21.
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The Art Journal Review,
printed by James Virtue (London) Volume VI (1861), p.125, reads:
"A painter in his studio by Chavet ; he is attired in the taste of the middle of the last century. This is a finished composition which equally, in all its parts, satisfies the eye".
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In a original period carved giltwood exhibition frame.
Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann
(Danish, 1819-1881)
Cairo, 1870
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This important drawing was executed in Cairo
on Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann's first trip to Egypt in 1869-70.
On that trip that she became the first European painter to be granted access into the harems of Constantinople.
Mme. Jerichau Baumann sketched while travelling,
and based her large oil paintings for exhibition in Europe upon her sketches.
A correponding painting entitled 'Arab woman with wine jug' was later completed in Europe based entirely upon the present drawing.
William Mouncey
(Scottish, 1852-1901)
The Dark Rolling Dee, 1899
Kirkcudbright School
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Exhibited at
The Royal Glasgow Institute of Art (1899) no.451
The Carnegie Institute of Art (1899) no.162
The Whitechapel Gallery Exhbition (1912) no.16
Companion work to
William Stewart MacGeorge 'Autumn Leaves' in the Collection of the Aberdeen Art Gallery (Art UK)
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Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann
(Danish, 1819-1881)
The Stocking-Mender
circa 1868
Of Royal Interest:
Formerly in the Collections of
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
George V
HRH Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
HRH Princess Helena Victoria
HRH Princess Marie Louise
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Exhibited at
The Berlin Academy of Arts (1868), under the title "Strumpfstopferin by Elisabeth Jerichau"
​also exhibited under the title: 'Strømpestoppersken'
also called: 'Peasant Woman of North Germany'
Bearing the Royal Inventory stamps of
Osborne House & personal collection stamp of Queen Victoria
Andrea Soldi
(Italian, 1703-1771)
Portrait of
James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766)
dated 1755
The Old Pretender of Scotland
called James III & VIII
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Signed 'Aw. Soldi / Pinxit / Ao. 1755'
Half length turned to the right
wearing a cuirass and red cloak,
with powdered wig en queue.
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Andrea Soldi was an Italian artist favoured by The British East India Company & the Levant Merchants of Aleppo.
Soldi settled in England and painted portraits of the nobility.
John Thomas Seton
(Scottish, 1738-1806)
Self portrait
in Van Dyck dress holding a porte-crayon,
circa 1775
Half-length facing left wearing black robes with Van Dyck style collar and cuffs, with right hand raised to face and holding an artists porte-crayon and a carnelian signet ring to the right pinkie finger, right elbow resting on a stone plinth.
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In 1776, around when this portrait was painted, Seton travelled to Calcutta where he established a flourishing practice as an artist to The British East India Company. He received commissions to paint portraits of Warren Hastings, Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, Chief Justice Sir Roberts Chambers, surgeon Ninian Lowis and Maratha Empire statesman Nana Fadnavis.
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Anton Bertzik
(Austrian, 1856-1889)
A Morning Walk
Springtime - Im Früling
circa 1880
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Portrait of a young beauty in Renaissance costume
holding a gilly-flower
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Anton Berzik was an internationally-exhibited Austrian painter, famed for his skill in rendering exquisitely detailed costuming and jewels.
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Provenance:
Nash Galleries
Collection of W. G. Beatty 1933.
Oil on cradled mahogany panel 15-1/2 x 12 inches.
Signed "A. Bertzik" lower right.
John Fleming
of Greenock
(British, 1787-1879)
William Holborn Fyfe
on the occasion of his marriage, 1837
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Commissioned by
John Fyfe of Port Glasgow (father of the sitter), thence by descent within the family.
John Fleming of Greenock was known for his landscape views of Renfrewshire. Fleming also worked as a portrait painter and was listed as such in his first appearance in a local Greenock directory of 1831–2. From 1834 onwards he was listed as both a portrait and landscape painter. His portrait work seems to have been almost entirely commissioned by clients from within the town of Greenock.
Fleming exhibited regularly at the Glasgow Exhibition of Fine Arts & The Royal Scottish Academy.
James Eckford Lauder, r.s.a.
(Scottish, 1811-1869)
The Jewel Casket
scene from La Duenna,
circa 1850
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Exhibited at
The Royal Scottish Academy (1850) no.114
Signed and titled on reverse 'No.1 / The Jewel-Casket / Jas.Eckford Lauder'
In original carved giltwood exhibition frame
by Aitken Dott & Sons of Edinburgh.
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Adolphe Jourdan
(French, 1825-1889)
Maternité
Mme. Jourdan et son fils
dated 1889
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Half-length, the mother turned away from the viewer, her gaze fixed on the infant she cradles in her arms, her right hand resting on his chest.
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Adophe Jourdan began exhibiting at the Paris Salon of Painting in 1855, receiving medals in 1864 and 1866.
His sentimental portraits of motherhood attracted much attention at the French salons, as well as numerous galleries and exhibitions in New York.
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Van Gogh and Gauguin both greatly admired his work.
René Clarot
(Belgian, 1882-1972)
Ruelle bruxelloise animée
dated 1918
Oil on canvas in original giltwood frame.
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Measurements: 56.5 cm x 38 cm
Clarot trained at the Brussels Academy with Herman Richir
and Constant Montald.
He was known in particular for his views of cities and rivers.
Anton Bertzik
(Austrian, 1856-1889)
Profile of
a young beauty
in Renaissance costume
circa 1880
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Anton Berzik was an internationally-exhibited Austrian painter, famed for his skill in rendering exquisitely detailed costuming and jewels.
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Oil on mahogany panel.
Signed "A. Bertzik" upper left.
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