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#WhatIsAClassic A rare edition of A Happy Pair, #BeatrixPotter's first published work. This is a superb example of the first and only edition of the first book illustrated by Beatrix Potter—very rarely found in such fine condition: https://t.co/vMQxYxupNR #ClassicWeekLondon 🐰📔
#WhatIsAClassic This exquisite 19th Century Baroque style gilt-metal mounted pietra dura cabinet is inset with semi-precious stones and marbles including lapis lazuli, jaspers and quartzes. It's from the collection of the late Robert de Balkany in the Rita Espírito Santo sale.
#WhatIsAClassic In this exquisite watercolour, Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926) depicts the gate to paradise in ancient mythology, the "Champs Élysées", in front of which an angel welcomes souls. This painting is among the highlights of the British and European Art sale on July 15.
#WhatIsAClassic The star of the Valuable Books & Manuscripts sale is a newly-discovered copy of William Caxton's 1481 translation of Cicero's De Amicitia and De Senectute, the first work of classical antiquity printed in English: https://t.co/s4hsdUbPop #ClassicWeekLondon 📖✨
#WhatIsAClassic This beautiful portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) depicts one of the artist's favourite models, Alexa Wilding. Rossetti founded the #PreRaphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais: https://t.co/bokc0R8Jjm
#WhatIsAClassic Considered by many to be the most recognisable Irish landscape artist of the 20th century, #PaulHenry is known for his lush vistas of the West of Ireland, replete with towering cumulonimbus clouds and calm lakes: https://t.co/yBlraAVLpU #ClassicWeekLondon
#WhatIsAClassic Rumoured to have been made for the notorious Parisian courtesan La Païva, this incredible cabinet is a defining object of the 'Japonisme' art movement and the embodiment of Asian influence on Western decorative arts: https://t.co/sbfNcXxJx7
#WhatIsAClassic An incredibly rare autograph manuscript poem by #JaneAusten.📚📝 This work is a charming testament to her love of wordplay and the comedy of rhyme, probably written for the amusement of her family: https://t.co/cOTTLzCeYv #ClassicWeekLondon
#WhatIsAClassic Lady Evelyn Herbert, the sitter for the present work by Sir William Orpen R.A. R.H.A. (1878-1931) was the daughter of the 5th Lord Carnarvon, the wealthy aristocrat and amateur archaeologist who financed the excavation of Tutankhamun's Tomb:https://t.co/4sIdmsgbEr
#WhatIsAClassic This incredibly rare silver inkstand was designed by King Charles I's silversmith, the Dutch master of the Auricular style, Christian van Vianen. The Auricular style is characterised by the ear-like motifs, fluid masks and grotesque figures.
#WhatIsAClassic Depictions of the Virgin with an open book in her hand, holding the Christ Child on her knee, had become a popular trope in Netherlandish painting in the early 1600s, showing the Holy Family's moment of rest while fleeing into Egypt: https://t.co/rrqcluw5SS
#WhatIsAClassic This commode is a 19th century copy of the celebrated pair supplied by Jean-Henri Riesener in 1786 for the Salon des Nobles de la Reine at Versailles. With Louis XIV's original decor, the room was completely refurbished by Marie-Antoinette: https://t.co/VTP5s1D3kp
#WhatIsAClassic The most beautiful extraterrestrial substance known ̶ a monolithic slice of the Fukang meteorite. This magnificent, otherworldly crystalline freeform dates to the birth of the solar system and will be sold in The Exceptional Sale on July 8. ☄️
#WhatIsAClassic Characterised by his bright watercolours of family life, Carl Larsson (1853-1919) represents the Arts and Crafts movement in the late nineteenth century. The present picture depicts a #midsummer festive scene: https://t.co/C7CBCC3zvI
#WhatIsAClassic The work of #JacquesdeLajoue was described by art dealer Marianne Roland Michel as the 'perfect representative of Rococo', with his graceful groupings of sumptuous architecture, fountains, trees and aristocratic or exotic figures: https://t.co/CoHuiE04ag
#WhatIsAClassic The Three Trees by Rembrandt is one of the most celebrated and memorable landscapes in the history of western art. This work will feature in the Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints on 6 July in London.
#WhatIsAClassic Gerard ter Borch's renown is based on his painted genre scenes and portraits, of which the refined mise-en-scène, sophisticated use of colour and exquisite execution rank among the finest in Dutch seventeenth-century art: https://t.co/0wbTQWJxQx
#WhatIsAClassic Caskets such as this one were popular wedding gifts for brides during the Renaissance and were usually used as jewellery boxes. Their decoration traditionally relates to themes of love and matrimonial virtue: https://t.co/HUUJKIB8xc #ClassicWeekLondon
#WhatIsAClassic Measuring just 7 x 7 cm, 'Head of a Bear' is an exceptional record of Leonardo da Vinci's sensibility and groundbreaking attitude towards the study of nature. This exquisite drawing will highlight The Exceptional Sale on 8 July in London: https://t.co/HvrSVqiy7O
#WhatIsAClassic Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) was a renowned Irish artist and Olympic medalist. This early oil painting is based on a scene that #JackButlerYeats sketched in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland in the summer of 1913: https://t.co/ObCC5VyaXx #ClassicWeekLondon
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