Museum-quality artworks & advisory for collectors of fine European art

The Four Elements is a painting by Louis Finson, a 17th century Flemish Baroque painter, collector and art dealer of Caravaggio, acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

L’Ange du Destin (The Angel of Destiny) is a painting by the Symbolist artist Odillon Redon, acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The Satyr Family is a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, the refined courtly painter to three Electors of Saxony. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Still life with Melons, Peaches, Figs and Grapes is a painting by the Roman Baroque artist Michele Pace del Campidoglio, which was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collector. It is now on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Portrait of Francesca Gommi is a painting by Carlo Maratti of his wife, which was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.

The Battle between Carnival and Lent is a painting by the Haarlem artist Jan Miense Molenaer, who excelled in genre paintings and shared a studio with his wife, the celebrated female artist of the Dutch Golden Age, Judith Leyster. This painting was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis.

Portrait of a Young Lady Holding a Cat is a painting by the Florentine Renaissance artist Antonio d’Ubertino Verdi (known as Bacchiacca), sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Visiones is an exceptionally rare drawing from Francisco de Goya’s Private Album D. It was sold through Nicholas Hall by the Meadows Museum at SMU, Dallas.

The Penitent Magdalene is a painting by Georges de La Tour, a 17th century painter from Lorraine best known for his introspective candlelight scenes. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

The Stoclet Duccio is an exquisite devotional panel depicting the Madonna and Child by Siena’s greatest painter and one of the great innovators of Italian art, Duccio di Buoninsegna. It was sold privately through Nicholas Hall at Christie’s to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

An Extensive Landscape with Harvesters in the Foreground is a painting on panel by the Flemish artist Joos de Momper II. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Portrait of Florentius Josephus van Ertbor, the great art patron from Antwerp, is a paining by Jean-Baptiste Greuze sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Deux Marocains (Two Moroccans) is a painting by Eugène Delacroix, the quintessential artist of French Romanticism and a passionate orientalist. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Qatar Museums in Doha.

Wings of Augury is a rare sculpture by the female surrealist artist Eileen Agar dated 1936, the year she participated in the Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism exhibition at MoMA, New York. Acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist is a painting by Antonio Alberti (known as Antonio da Ferrara), a Ferrarese artist of the early 15th century. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Capriccio with a Church, a Tower, a Fishingboat and Gondolas in the Foreground is one of a pair of vedute paintings by Francesco Guardi. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

The Penitent Saint Jerome in his Study is a painting by the elusive Caravaggisti artist known as the Pensionante del Saraceni. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

Edge of a Forest with a Grainfield is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Jacob van Ruisdael. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth.

Le Conteur (The Romancer) is a newly discovered fête galante by Jean-Antoine Watteau. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance is a tondo by the Venetian Rococo painter Giambattista Tiepolo. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Lamentation is a painting by Lorenzo Monaco, the foremost painter in early 15th century Florence. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

The Executioner is a terracotta sculpture by the celebrated Florentine Renaissance artist Andrea del Verrocchio, teacher of da Vinci, Perugino and perhaps Botticelli. It was discovered in Portobello Road market for £50 and acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Phaeton and the Chariot of the Sun is a painting in enamel by George Stubbs, the leading artist of the English Enlightenment. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Man with a Turban is a painting on panel by Jan Lievens, executed in the late 1620s when he worked closely with Rembrandt in Leiden. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Madonna and Child is an exceptionally rare painting by Piero della Francesca, a poetic and much admired artist of the Early Italian Renaissance. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to the Alana Collection, Delaware.

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Void is a painting by Eustache le Sueur, a Neoclassical artist and co-founder of the French Academy of Painting. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet is a painting on panel by Garofalo (or Bevenuto Tisi), an early 16th century Ferrarese artist who also absorbed the classical influence of Roman art. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

A Capriccio of the Palazzo del Senatore, Rome is a painting by Bernardo Bellotto, a Venetian native and nephew of Canaletto most famously associated with views of Dresden. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Saint Blaise Enthroned is a painting by Martín Bernat, a close collaborator of Bartolomé Bermejo in Zaragoza in the late 15th century. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Meadows Museum at SMU, Dallas.

Ecstasy of St. Francis is an early painting by Francesco Solimena, the leading artist of Naples a generation before Luca Giordano. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix.

A Capriccio of an Italiante Harbour at Sunset is a painting by Claude Lorraine, the foremost French landscape painter of 17th century active in Italy and a favorite of English Grand Tourists. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Portrait of Robert Clements, later 1st Earl of Leitrim is a painting by Pompeo Batoni, the leading leading portraitist of 18th century Grand Tourists in Rome. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College, Hanover.

The Virgin Mary Nursing the Christ Child is a tondo by Hans Memling, the leading artist in Bruges a generation after Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus. A late work by the artist, The Virgin and Christ Child are set against a gold background, recalling traditional icons of Christian art. Sold through Nicholas Hall on behalf of a private collector.

The Death of St. Peter Martyr is a painting by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, a 16th century Brescian artist notable for his crepuscular scenes and lyrical style. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

La Naissance de Venus is a painting by Gustave Moreau, the foremost French Symbolist artist. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Self-portrait is one of six known painted versions by Joseph Wright of Derby, the English artist famed for his candle-lit scenes of early scientific experiments. Sold through Nicholas Hall to the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.

The Annunciation of the Virgin’s Death is an altarpiece by Paulus Bor (known as Orlando), the Dutch Caravaggisti who co-founded the ‘Bentvueghels’ (Birds of a Feather, society of Netherlandish artists in Rome) during his Roman sojourn. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

Winter Landscape is a rare painting by Jan van de Cappelle, a landscape artist of the Dutch Golden Age who also amassed an impressive art collection that included works by artist like Rembrandt, Frans Hals and Rubens. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Mary Villiers, Lady Herbert of Shurland is a portrait by Anthony van Dyck commissioned by King Charles I of England in whose collection it once belonged. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to the Timken Museum of Art, San Diego.

Château de Maintenon is a painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot of the residence of Louis XIV’s last mistress. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a painting on copper by Guercino, the leading 17th century Bolognese artist who emerged out of the traditions of the Carracci school. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

La Cuoca is a seminal Italian genre painting of the 17th century by the Genoese artist Bernardo Strozzi, which relates to another version in the Palazzo Rosso, Genoa. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Portrait of a Merchant is a painting by the great Venetian Renaissance artist Titian. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Marriage Feast of Pirithous and Hippodamia is a painting by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, a Florentine Renaissance artist associated with Domenico Ghirlandaio. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

The Crouching Venus is a bronze sculpture by the Florentine mannerist sculptor Antonio Susini, Giambologna’s most gifted assistant. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection. It is now on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

A Wood River Landscape with a Windmill Beyond is an oil sketch by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, the prominent Victorian artist of hunting scenes and animals. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Portrait of a Lady is a painting by Frans Hals, the celebrated portraitist of the Dutch Golden Age favored for his wet-in-wet technique. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

The Virgin of the Swaddling Clothes is a painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo previous owned by King Louis Philippe of France. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

A Lion and Lioness in a Cavern is a painting by George Stubbs, the beloved animal painter of the English Enlightenment. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

Portrait Bust of Voltaire is a terracotta sculpture by Jean-Antoine Houdon, the primary sculptor of the late 18th century France. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Worshippers at a Shrine in a Mountainous Landscape is a painting by the Lombard Baroque artists Alessandro Magnasco and Antonio Francesco Peruzzin. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Portrait of Ramel de Nogaret, the inventor of the French Franc, is a painting by Jacques-Louis David. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

The Trinity with the Virgin and Four Kneeling Angels is a painting by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini (1368-1415), a collaborator of Jacopo di Cione in Florence. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

The Ecstasy of the Magdalen is a large altarpiece by Giulio Cesare Procaccini, the leading Baroque painter of Milan. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Odysseus and Polyphemus is an early painting by the German Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to a collector and eventually acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

A Marine Still Life with Neptune and two Nereids is a painting by the Neapolitan Baroque painters Luca Giordano and Giuseppe Recco. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

The ‘Raczynski Herodias’ is a late unfinished painting by the Venetian Renaissance artist Titian. It was sold through Nicholas Hall on behalf of a private collector.

The Last Communion of St. Mary of Egypt is a painting by Sebastiano Ricci, the leading Venetian artist of the late Baroque. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

A Roman Landscape with Figures is a rare painting on copper by the early 17th century artist Goffredo Wals, a Cologne native who lived mostly in Italy. Sold through Nicholas Hall to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Portrait of Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) is a painting by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (known as Baciccio) of the celebrated sculptor and architect. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Le Chevalier Errant is an intimate oil sketch by the protean French 19th century artist Gustave Doré. It was acquired through Nicholas Hall by a private collection.