1577

After DONATELLO (Italian 1386-1466) "Saint George" bronze with dark brown patina. Base marked "F.Barbedienne Fondeur" and with reduction stamp. H.20.75".

1578

A LARGE CONTINENTAL BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF ST. GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON in the gothic style. Overall dark brown-black patina and mounted on a large marble base engraved with a dedicatory inscription IN MEMORIAM PRIMI CONGRESSUS CATHOLICORUM REIPUBLICAE CEZHOSLOVACAE DIEBRUS 27-30 JUNI 1935 PRAGUE CELEBRATI. A large and impressive bronze. H.23.5".

1579

After RAPHAEL (Italian 1483-1520) "Sistine Madonna" oil on canvas. 106.25"x75.5".

1580

ROBERT KILBERT (American 19th/20th century) "Western Landscape" oil on canvas, signed lower right. 25"x30".

1581

After RAPHAEL (Italian 1483-1520) "The Boy John the Baptist in the Desert" oil on canvas. 58"x66".

1582

ALMA HELD (American 1898-1988) "Self-Portrait" oil on wood panel, signed verso. 18"x24".

Alma Held’s childhood notebooks show a keen interest in art from a very early age. She was an exceptional draftsman and astute painter. She graduated from the University of Iowa under the instruction of Charles Cumming (1926). She also studied at the Cape Cod School of Art under Charles Hawthorne, whose influence can readily seen in her works. She studied at the National Academy of Design where she was awarded the Suydam Bronze medal for life drawing. Held began exhibiting at the Iowa Art Salon in 1925 where she was awarded a silver medal for a still life and a gold medal the following year for a portrait. She taught together with Grant Wood at the University of Iowa for a short period, but for the majority of her unwed life she sustained herself through her art. She exhibited widely in the Midwest including Kansas City, Missouri, Joslyn Memorial Omaha Nebraska, the Little Gallery in Cedar Rapids and numerous others. She gained regional prominence and she was highly sought after for her portraiture work. Her works can be found in many public buildings throughout Iowa and held in the Waterloo Museum of Art and Hearst Center for the Arts.

1583

ALMA HELD (American 1898-1988) “Still Life with Fish” oil on canvas, signed lower right. 16”x20”.

1584

BRITISH SCHOOL (c.1800s) "Portrait of Archibald Kelso" oil on canvas, unsigned. Verso with identifying label: "Colonel Kelso’s Grandfather, Archibald Kelso J.P.O.L., B.Feb.18, 1771, D. Feb.  1805, Miss Macharg d' of Macharf of Kiers." 44.5"x36.5".