Museum-quality artworks for collectors of fine European art

The Marriage Feast at Cana is a painting on copper by Lavinia Fontana, the first professional female artist in Western history. It was acquired from Nicholas Hall by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

The Four Elements is a painting by Louis Finson, a 17th century Flemish Baroque painter, collector and art dealer of Caravaggio. Nicholas Hall sold it on behalf of a private collector to the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation at the MFA Houston.

An exciting and rare gold-ground painting dating from ca. 1350 by Altichiero da Zevio was acquired by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut from Nicholas Hall.

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 collector.

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.

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.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Cecilia and Ursula is one of the most important works by the Renaissance Venetian artist, Vittore Carpaccio, in private hands. It was sold by Nicholas Hall on behalf of a private collector.

Pontormo’s grisaille painting of Adam and Eve is a major discovery for Florentine Renaissance art. It was sold by Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

Listening Fauns is a masterpiece by Franz von Stuck first exhibited at the Met’s influential 1909 German contemporary art exhibition. Its first owner was Hugo Reisinger, founder of the namesake museum at Harvard University. It was acquired from Nicholas Hall by the Dallas Museum of Art.

A Pear and Apples on a Pewter Plate is one of thirteen paintings by Juan de Zurbaran, one of the most original still life painters from 17th-century Seville. It was co-owned by Nicholas Hall and sold by our partner to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

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.

Portrait of Francesca Gommi is a painting by Carlo Maratti of his wife holding a drawing of Venus. It was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio from Nicholas Hall.

Formerly in the Rothschild collection, Adriaen van Ostade’s Seated Lady with a Flax Winder was sold to a private collector by Nicholas Hall.

A Philosopher is a painting by the Utrecht Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen. Nicholas Hall sold it on behalf of a private collector to the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven.

Anton Raphael Meng’s resplendent portrait of Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico (1724–1799) has remained in the sitter’s family until 2016. It was acquired by a private collector from Nicholas Hall.

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.

Allegory of the Sense of Touch by Johann Carl Loth was owned by the Counseller of Commerce for the Kingdom of Saxony and Luigi Koelliker, among others. It was sold by Nicholas Hall to a private collector.

A glass compote with peaches, jasmine flowers, quinces and a grasshopper is a painting by Fede Galizia. It was sold through Nicholas Hall on behalf of a private collector.

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.

Bacchus and Ariadne is a painting on copper by Francesco Solimena, the leading artist of 18th century Naples. It was acquired from Nicholas Hall by the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester.

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.

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.

Aesop (A Philosopher) is a painting by Jusepe de Ribera, who invented the concept of the ‘beggar philosopher’. It was sold through Nicholas Hall to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

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 from the collection of Nicholas Hall by the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

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.

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.

A pair of Venetian views on an intimate scale by Canaletto was sold by Nicholas Hall on behalf of a private collector.

Painted by the Florentine Mannerist artist Il Poppi, Portrait of Man was acquired from Nicholas Hall by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.

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.

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.

Guido Reni’s large oil on copper, Saint John the Evangelist, was sold to a private collector by Nicholas Hall.

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.

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.

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.

Painted on slate by Filippo Napoletano, Dante and Virgil in the Underworld was first recorded in the 1656 inventory of Pietro Giacomo d’Amore of Naples.. It was sold by Nicholas Hall to a private collector.

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.

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.

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 Lorrain, 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.

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.

La Bohémienne et ses Enfants is an important painting by Gustave Courbet, sold by Nicholas Hall to a private collector.

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.

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 Portrait Bust of Ulysses by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein is based on an ancient prototype bought in the 18th century by Lord Bristol, Bishop of Derry. It was acquired from Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

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.

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 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 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 from the collection of Nicholas Hall by a private collection.

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.

Francesco del Cairo’s only known work on copper, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, is sold by Nicholas Hall to a private collection.

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.