People out and about and hopefully having fun. Illustrative work by French Art Deco illustrator Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964).

Playing croquet. Ah! Mon Beau Château – Gazette du Bon Genre. Pages 170 and 171. 1920. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Gazettedubongen00A/page/170/mode/2up?view=theater

Illustration of 1830s fashions that ran in the Gazette du bon genre Annee 3, no. 5-7. May, 1920. French. Image source archive.org In the public domain due to age. via Vhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1830_-_Gazette_du_Bon_Genre,_May_1920.jpg

“Deux modèles de Jeanne Lanvin”. Illustration from a 1922 issue of La Gazette du Bon Ton, 1922. Image source: ebay. In the public domain due to age via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Gazette_du_Bon_Ton_1922_Pierre_Brissaud.jpg

Redecorate your home with Georges Rémon’s 1907 “Intérieurs de style.” Printed in Paris by the Librairie centrale des beaux-arts. Digital Collections of the New York Public Library.

Escalier Louis XIII en chêne sculpté…. (Staircase, fountain, and Knight’s armor in vestibule.) Image 2. 1907. French. Digital collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ec14-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chambre a coucher Louis XIII (Style d’Abraham Bosse) (Bedroom with canopy bed).Image 3. 1907. French. Digital collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ec15-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chambre a coucher Louis XIII . Vue géométrale. (Bedroom fireplace, painting, and drapery). Image 4. 1907. French. Digital collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ec16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99\77

Salle a manger Louis XIV, provenant de la vente Lelong…. French. Image 5, taken from Georges Rémon’s 1907 work Intérieurs de style. Digital collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ec16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book?parent=9a991470-c6ed-012f-c87b-3c075448cc4b#page/5/mode/2up

Chambre a coucher composée d’aprés celle de Ninon de Lenclos…. French. Image 9, taken from Georges Rémon’s 1907 work Intérieurs de style. Digital collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ec16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book?parent=9a991470-c6ed-012f-c87b-3c075448cc4b#page/9/mode/2up

Bibliothéque du roi a Versailles…. French. Image 13, taken from Georges Rémon’s 1907 work Intérieurs de style. Digital collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ec16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book?parent=9a991470-c6ed-012f-c87b-3c075448cc4b#page/13/mode/2up

Grand salon style Louis XV…. French. Image 14, taken from Georges Rémon’s 1907 work Intérieurs de style. Digital collections of the New York Public Library. In the public domain due to age. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ec16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book?parent=9a991470-c6ed-012f-c87b-3c075448cc4b#page/15/mode/2up

Paintings of children by English artist Richard Morton Paye. Living from 1750 to 1820, he was an important painter of the early English School and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Children playing Peg Top. January 1, 1780. English. Image source: Artdealer2021. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Children_Playing_Peg_Top%27_by_Richard_Morton_Paye.png

The Badminton Player. Undated. English. Oil on canvas. Image © COPYRIGHT 2021 DREWEATTS 1759 LTD. Fair use license. via https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/8021/drewea1-10269/lot-details/043a37fe-39bd-46e6-a5c3-addd012e53fd

Children Throwing Snow Balls., 1785. Print, part of the ‘British School II’ album, which originally contained 170 prints published between around 1713 and 1810. Engraving after a painting by Richard Morton Paye. Image ©Royal Academy of Arts. Fair use license. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/children-throwing-snow-balls

Paintings of Imperial Russia when it was very grand. Adolphe Ladurner, artist. Born in Paris in 1798 or 1799, he painted in Russia where he died in 1856.

Part of Armorial Hall in the Winter Palace. 1838. French/Russian. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolphe_Ladurner_-Part_of_Armorial_Hall_in_the_Winter_Palace(1838).jpg

Parade on the Palace Square in Saint Petersburg. 1855. French/Russian. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated on the lower left. Collections of the State Historical Museum, Moscow. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolphe_Ladurner_-Parade_on_the_Palace_Square_in_StPetersburg(1855).jpg

Fencing Scene. 1827. French/Russian. Oil on canvas. Image source Roy Miles Fine Paintings. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.art-prints-on-demand.com/a/ladurner-adolf/a-fencing-scene.html

Rooms to gaze at while everyone who lives there is out for the day. Danish. Christian Tilemann-Petersen, artist. Living from 1874 to 1926, he is known for his depictions of interiors and architecture.

Interiør fra Eremitagen. 1917. Danish. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1917 Christian Tilemann-Petersen on the bottom left. Image source: bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 80 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Tilemann-Petersen_-Interi%C3%B8r_fra_Eremitagen-_1917.png

Interiør fra Rosenborg Slot. 1921. Danish. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated Christian Tilemann-Petersen 1921 on the lower left. Image source; bruun-rasmussen.dk. Artwork itself in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 80 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Tilemann-Petersen_-Interi%C3%B8r_fra_Rosenborg_Slot-_1921.png

Castle interior. 1908. Danish. Oil on canvas. Image ©2021 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/christian-tilemann-petersen/castle-interior-h-72m2h6gL071kJlyAmx9Q2

Depiction of an elegant manor house interior. ca. 1922, by 1926.. Danish. Oil on canvas. Christian Tillemann-Petersen. painter (1874-1926). Born in Copenhagen, Tilemann-Petersen worked predominantly in Scandinavia but also ventured to the British Isles where he produced detailed views of Windsor and the ancient tombs of Winchester Cathedral. The location of this particular piece is unknown but it’s interesting to note that during the same year (1922), he also worked at Rosenborg Castle. Image © Brave Fine Art @bravefineart on Instagram. via Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/bravefineart/p/DC1sIymIC3r/?hl=en

Peek inside the jewel collection of J. P. Morgan, at least in your mind. Plates from the privately published “Catalogue of the collection of jewels and precious works of art the property of J. Pierpont Morgan; compiled at his request by G.C. Williamson, LITT. D.” Published in London in 1910 by the Chiswick Press.

Golden chain of honour for what is known as the Order of Grace of Christian II of Saxony. Number 1. Plate I, page 45. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n44/mode/1up

Badge of the order of the Annunziata of Savoy, in enameled gold. Number 2; Pendent (sic) Jewel of wrought gold enamelled. Number 6. Plate II, page 51. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n50/mode/1up

Pendent Jewel composed of wrought gold, enamel, and ambergris. Number 7; Pendent Jewel composed of two blocks of crystal mounted in enamelled Gold. Number 8. Plate IV, page 67. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n50/mode/1up

Jewish Betrothal ring of gold. Number 20; Small Bust of Henri IV. Number 19; Gold Medal of the Archduke Maximillian, mounted in rich enamelled scrolls of gold-work, and ornamented with a pearl. Number 10. Plate VI. Page 77, Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n77/mode/1up

Fine onyx rosary with enamel-work inside the larger beads represented open, showing the enamel-work in the interior of the beads. Number 13. Plate IX. Page 97, Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n96/mode/1up

Pendant jewel composed of a gem set in an open framework. Number 14. Plate X. Page 103. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n102/mode/1up

Two links from a gold necklace or two buttons. Numbers 15 and 16; Pendant of enameled gold, forming a large flower, set upon rich scroll-work matching the two buttons. Number 17; Enameled gold pendant in the form of a swan. Number 22. Plate XI. Page 109. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n108/mode/1up

Circular medallion of gold. Number 18. Medallion of mother-of-pearl mounted in silver-gilt oval frame. Number 23. Plate XII. Page 115. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n114/mode/1up

Casket of boxwood carved with emblematic subjects of a Masonic character. Number 50. Plate XXX. Page 229. Catalogue of the collection of jewels and precious works of art the property of J. Pierpont Morgan; compiled at his request by G.C. Williamson, LITT. D. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n230/mode/1up

Rock crystal bowl. Number 56, Plate XXXV. Page 281. Catalogue of the collection of jewels and precious works of art the property of J. Pierpont Morgan; compiled at his request by G.C. Williamson, LITT. D. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n280/mode/1up

Onyx cup. Number 95. Plate LXXIII. Image 463. Catalogue of the collection of jewels and precious works of art the property of J. Pierpont Morgan; compiled at his request by G.C. Williamson, LITT. D. Hallett Hyatt, engraver. Collections of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Library. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheCollectionOfJewelsAndPreciousWorksOfArtThePropertyOf/williamson-g-catalogue-1910-BK001723-LowRes/page/n462/mode/1up

Prints by Belgian artist Octavia Campotosto, daughter of painter Henry Campotosto, subject of yesterday’s post. Not finding much else about Octavia in terms of biographical detail except that she visited Italy and showed her pictures from 1871 to 1874 at the Royal Academy, flourishing from 1871 to 1892.

The Girl and The Goat. ca. 1886. Belgian. Print. Octavia Campotosto, artist. Signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right. In the public domain due to age. Image courtesy of Jonathan Bohman, @jonathan_bohman on Twitter. via https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FF19sTrWUAMGu8x?format=jpg&name=large or https://www.etsy.com/listing/1075362145/the-girl-and-the-goat-by-octavia

A girl beggar with large messy hair reclined on the ground, her legs to the left, leaning over a block on the right, looking down. 1886. Belgian. Etching. Octavia Campotosto, artist. Signed in pencil on the bottom right Octavia Campotosto/London/1 January 1886. Inscribed on the upper right Published January 28, 1886 by S. Palladiense, 62 New Bond Street, London. Collections of the British Museum. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age.
via https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1930-1201-16

Many thanks to Jonathan Bohman, @BohmanArt on Twitter, who saw my post of yesterday and told me about the first image and the artist. Only finding the two prints, the other being in the British Museum.

Visions of a long ago Scotland. Victorian, painted by Waller Hugh Paton who lived from 1828 to 1895. A painter of landscapes, he was the son of a damask designer. An associate of the Royal Scottish Academy and member of the Royal Society of Watercolorists. Queen Victoria liked his pictures.

Entrance to the Cuiraing, Skye. 1873. Scottish. Oil on canvas. Image source and photography: Scottish National Gallery. Collections of the Scottish National Gallery. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waller_Hugh_Paton_-_%27Entrance_to_the_Cuiraing,_Skye%27.jpg

Dunnottar Castle. 1867. Scottish. Image source Stephencdickson, Cc0 License 4.0. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dunnottar_Castle_by_Walter_Hugh_Paton_1867.JPG

Edinburgh with a distant view of the Palace of Holyroodhouse. A watercolor view of Edinburgh from the side of St Margaret’s Loch at sunset, looking west 1862. Scottish. Commissioned by Queen Victoria. Watercolor and bodycolor with gum arabic and burnishing. Signed in monogram and dated WHP 1862. Image © Royal Collection Trust. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/919573/edinburgh-with-a-distant-view-of-the-palace-of-holyroodhouse

Women and children painted by genre painter Henry Campotosto. Living from 1833 to 1910, he was born in Belgium and worked in Brussels before moving to London, England in 1882 where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.

The Afternoon Rest. 1874. Belgian. Oil on panel. Signed Campotosto and dated 1874 on the lower right. Image ©
Doyle New York – Auctioneers & Appraisers and lotsearch.net. Fair use license. via https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/henry-campotosto-belgian-d-1910-the-afternoon-rest-15703714

Italian Fisher Children. Before 1890. Belgian. Oil on canvas. Collections of and image © the Leeds Museums and Galleries. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/italian-fisher-children-38676

Autumn in the Ardennes. `1857. Belgian. Oil on canvas. Collections of and image © Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/autumn-in-the-ardennes-21333

Out and about over the ice. Dutch artist Thomas Heeremans (1641-1694). Heeremans is known for his He is known for his landscapes of winter scenes, amongst other subjects. He was also an art dealer.

A frozen canal beside the walls of a city, with figures skating and in horse-drawn sleighs. 1688. Dutch. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated “THMans 1688 (THM in ligature). Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/old-masters-day-sale-2/a-frozen-canal-beside-the-walls-of-a-city-with

Skaters on the ice outside the gates of a Dutch city. 1689. Dutch. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed and dated ‘HMAN…1689‘ on the lower center. Image source: Christies. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Heeremans_-_Skaters_on_the_ice_outside_the_gates_of_a_Dutch_city.jpg

Winter landscape with the Montelbaanstoren, Amsterdam 1690. Dutch. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated ‘TM ans 1676‘ (‘TM‘ linked) on the lower left. Image source: Christies. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Heeremans_and_Abraham_Storck_-_Winter_landscape_with_the_Montelbaanstoren,_Amsterdam.jpg

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