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European Paintings & Fine Art

For many years, Neal Auction Company has sold fine English and Continental pictures to discerning buyers around the world. Our ability to properly promote and sell European paintings is demonstrated by our successes illustrated below. All of our primary auctions are advertised in London and frequently in France or Germany as well.

Eugene de Blaas (Austrian, 1843-1931), "The Flirtation", oil on panel, signed and dated "1889" lower right, 32 in. x 20 3/8 in., in the original frame under glass.  A RECORD PRICE AT AUCTION FOR A FINE ART OR ANTIQUE OBJECT SOLD IN LOUISIANA AT THAT TIME.
Sold on June 3, 2000 for $484,000.
“The Cat Nap” by Luigi Bechi (Italian, 1830-1919) Sold for $94,875.00 on October 4, 2003
François Auguste Biard (French, 1798-1882), "A Carnival Scene", oil on canvas, signed lower left, 36 in. x 47 in., in a period giltwood frame.
Sold on December 1, 2007 for $73,500.00
Rubens Santoro (Italian, 1859-1942), "Sortie de LíEglise, Venise," oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled on label on stretcher, 19 in. x 14 in.
Sold on June 5, 1999 for $63,250.
Gerard Portielje (Belgian, 1856-1929) “The Soup Taster”, 1881, oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed “Antwerp” lower left, inscription by artist attached verso, “The under-signed declares that this picture has been painted by himself to the order of Mr. D’Huyvetter, Jr. from Antwerp. Artist signature, 14/3/1881”, 17 in. x 24 in., in an antique frame. Sold on February 19, 2005 for $58,580.
Edouard Léon Cortès (French, 1882-1969), “Parisian Street Scene”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, International Galleries, Chicago label en verso, 15 in. x 18 in.
Sold on December 4th, 2004 for $49,450.00.
Jean Carolus (Belgian, 1814-1897), "The Betrothal", oil on canvas, signed and inscribed "Bruxelles 1870" lower left, bears label from M. Newman, Ltd. of London on stretcher, 32 in. x 41 in.
Sold on October 2, 1999 for $48,400.
Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen (German, 1813-1886), "Interior Scene with Mother and Children", oil on panel, signed and dated "Berlin 1879", 8 in. x 5 æ in.
Sold on June 14, 1997 for $44,000.
Tito Conti (Italian, 1842-1924), "Agreeable Tidings" , oil on canvas, signed lower right, 22 in. x 15 in., antique giltwood and gesso frame.
Sold on December 4, 1999 for $42,900.
Edouard-Léon Cortès (French, 1882-1969) “La Madeleine”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 18 in. x 22 in., accompanied by original invoice dated August 3, 1964 from Chappell’s Gallery, Pasadena, California. Sold on February 19, 2005 for $41,125.
Eduoardo Ettore Forti (Italian, d. 1897), "The Rug Seller", oil on canvas, signed lower right, 23 3/8 in. x 39 ‡ in.
Sold on April 13, 2002 for $40,250
Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch (Dutch, 1824-1903), "Beach at Scheveningen", oil on canvas, signed lower right, 24 ‡ in. x 21 1/8 in.
Sold on June 8, 2002 for $39,100.
Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish, 1841-1920), "Young Lady with a Mask and Glass of Absinthe", oil on canvas, signed lower left, 35 in. x 27 in.
Sold on December 8, 2001 for $35,000.
Jacob Henricus Maris (Dutch, 1837-1899), "La Jeune Italienne a la Fontaine", oil on cradled panel, signed and dated "67" lower left, 18 in. x 13 in., in a fine antique rococo-style giltwood and gessoed frame.
Sold on October 2, 1999 for $34,100.
Benno Raffael Adam (German, 1812-1892), "Foxhounds after the Hunt", oil on canvas, signed and dated "1861" lower left, 24 in. x 32 ‡ in.
Sold on October 7, 2000 for $33,000.

Continental School, mid-19th c., "Idyllic Italian Landscape", a companion pair of panoramic oils on canvas, in period giltwood frames, 33 in. x 60 in. each.
Sold on December 4, 1999 for $31,900.
Edouard Leon Cortes (French, 1882-1969), "Place St. Michel en Hiver", oil on canvas, sold on April 16th, 2005 for $28,200.00.
Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819-1916) “Le Bois de la Tremellerie á Saint-Prive (Yonne)”, 1890, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 5/8 in. x 17 in., Henry Schultheis Company, NY label frame verso, in an antique giltwood frame. To be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Anne Burdin-Hellebranth. Sold on February 19, 2005 for $27,025.
Emil Brack (German, 1860-1905), “The Discussion”, oil on canvas, signed, 29 1/2 in. x 37 1/2 in., in a period giltwood frame; discovered in a private estate in New Orleans
Sold on October 2nd, 2004 for $27,000.00
Joaquim Miró-Argenter (Spanish, 1849-1914), "Sitges", oil on canvas, signed and titled lower right, 24 in. x 35 in.
Sold on December 1, 2007 for $26,450.00
“A Lush Wooded Landscape with Distant Deer” Carl Frederic Aagaard (Danish 1833-1895) Sold for $23,000.00 on October 4, 2003
Baldmero Galofre y Gimenez (Spanish, 1849-1902), "Arabian Battle Scene", oil on panel, signed "B. Galofre" lower right, 8 3/8 in. x 14 3/8 in.
Sold on June 2, 2001 for $23,000.
Henri Houben (Belgian, 1858-1931), “Aphrodite Presenting a Rose to Cupid”
Sold on February 7th, 2004 for $21,850.00
Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838-1888), "Landscape with Shepherd", watercolor, sold on April 16th, 2005 for $22,912.50.
Fabbio Fabbi (Italian, 1861-1946), "The Intruder", oil on canvas, signed lower left, 27 in. x 19 º in.
Sold on October 13, 2001 for $21,700.
Paul Desire Trouillebert (French, 1829-1900), “Au Bord de la Riviere”, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 19 _ in. x 24 1/8 in.
Sold on April 5, 2003 for $20,700.
Hans Dahl (Norwegian, 1849-1937), "Summer in the Mountains", oil on canvas, signed, 39 1/8 x 26 in., in a contemporary giltwood frame
Sold on July 31st, 2004 for $17,825.00
Marcel Dreyfus Dyf (French, 1899-1985), "Fille Lisant", oil on canvas, signed lower right, titled and signed en verso, 18 in. x 21 ‡ in.
Sold on October 12, 2001 for $16,100
Manuel Wssel (Spanish, 1833-1907), "A Spanish Courtyard", oil on canvas, signed and dated "í74" lower left, 31 ‡ in. x 21 ‡ in.
Sold on April 13, 2002 for $16,675.
Gustave-Jean Jacquet (French, 1846-1909), "Portrait of an Elegant Lady in the Style of the 18th Century", oil on canvas, signed left center, 18 in. x 15 in., in an attractive giltwood frame, with label en verso of N. Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, London, and Christie's inscription.
Sold on October 6, 2007 for $15,275.00
Jean Baptiste Olive (French, 1848-1936), "Coastal Landscape on the Gulf of Marseilles", oil on canvas, signed "Olive" lower right, 14 7/8 in. x 19 1/2 in., in an attractive giltwood frame.
Sold on June 9, 2007 for $14,100.00
Italian 17th c., "Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child", oil on canvas, 33 in. x 26 1/2 in., framed.
Sold on March 4, 2006 for $14,087.50
Seymour Millais Stone (Polish/American, b. 1877), "Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Lyons, n»e Enid Burnell", oil on canvas, signed lower left, 77 in. x 41 in.
Sold on October 13, 2001 for $13,225.
Antonio Casanova y Estorach (Spanish, 1847-1896), "Double Entendre", oil on canvas, signed and dated "Paris, 1884" lower right, 9 æ in. x 13 in.
Sold on June 8, 2002 for $12,650.
Hermanus Koekkoek Sr. (Dutch, 1815-1882), "A Shipwreck off the Coast", oil on canvas, signed lower right, 14 5/8 in. x 22 3/4 in
Sold for $12,650.00 on June 7, 2003.

French School, c. mid-1930s, a very fine pair of Art Deco collage drawings of Venus and Bacchus, watercolor, wash and gold foil on oxidized silver grounds, both pencil-signed “Pogody/E (?)”, each 13 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in., in ridged white-painted period frames bearing the stamp of “American Frame Company, Lake Park, Chicago” en verso and both inscribed on reverse of frames “Special Silver Foliage”
Sold on June 9, 2007 for $8,460.00

Leon Emile Caille (French, 1836-1907), "Mother's Pride", oil on panel, signed and dated "1868" lower left, 9 ‡ in. x 7 º in.
Sold on June 8, 2002 for $7,187.

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