Terracotta “Turquerie”,18th century

Pair of terracotta women, dressed in an oriental, “turquerie” way.
Differences of pose, outfit, hair-dress and faces

Grey painting probably from the 19th century

End of the 18th century
France or Italie

“Portrait of a girl”, dated 1884

Oval portrait of young Louise Guesde, daughter of Jules Guesde (1845-1922), by Spanish painter Fernando Tirado, trained in the Beaux-Arts School of Sevilla, and by painters Cano in Spain and Gérôme in Paris, France. Tirado also exhibited his work in the famous Salon parisien, between 1879 and 1884.

Portrait is signed and dated 1884.

Cephalus and Procris

Oil on Canvas
18 th. C.
France

Cephalus was married to Procris, a daughter of Erechtheus, an ancient founding-figure of Athens. The goddess of dawn, Eos, fell in love with him and kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting.