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Rafael Valls Limited is a St. James’s art gallery mainly dealing in Old Master Paintings with specialist areas in Dutch, Flemish and Spanish paintings. Owned and run by Rafael Valls and his wife Caroline, the gallery has traded for over forty years and it carries an eclectic and varied stock. The gallery has gained an enviable reputation for trompe l’oeil paintings and for the small exhibitions it holds once a year around Old Master Paintings Week.
We purchase works of art directly from private clients and act as agents for individuals as well as providing valuations for insurance and probate, advice on conservation and advice to buyers and sellers at auction.
We purchase works of art directly from private clients and act as agents for individuals as well as providing valuations for insurance and probate, advice on conservation and advice to buyers and sellers at auction.
JOSEPHA AYALLA AND BALTAZAR GOMES FIGUEIRA DE ÓBIDOS
Seville 1630-1684 Óbidos and Óbidos 1604 - 1674 Óbidos, respectively
A Still Life with Terracotta Púcaros
Oil on Canvas
9.69 x 11.98 inches (24.6 x 30.4 cms)
Provenance: Collection of the Nogueira Ferrão Vieira Family;
By descent to Maria João de Nogueira Ferrão Vieira Craigie (b. 1945), Lisbon.
Seville 1630-1684 Óbidos and Óbidos 1604 - 1674 Óbidos, respectively
A Still Life with Terracotta Púcaros
Oil on Canvas
9.69 x 11.98 inches (24.6 x 30.4 cms)
Provenance: Collection of the Nogueira Ferrão Vieira Family;
By descent to Maria João de Nogueira Ferrão Vieira Craigie (b. 1945), Lisbon.
JAN MARTSZEN II Haarlem 1609 - after 1647
A Cavalry Encampment with numerous Figures conversing, playing Cards, tending to their Horses, and dancing in the Distance
Oil on Panel
24 x 39 2/4 inches (61 x 101 cms)
Signed and dated lower Right: 'IM D. Jonge 1632'
Provenance: Collection of the Buéso family, Brussels, since at least the 1950s;
By family descent to the previous owner.
A Cavalry Encampment with numerous Figures conversing, playing Cards, tending to their Horses, and dancing in the Distance
Oil on Panel
24 x 39 2/4 inches (61 x 101 cms)
Signed and dated lower Right: 'IM D. Jonge 1632'
Provenance: Collection of the Buéso family, Brussels, since at least the 1950s;
By family descent to the previous owner.
JEAN FRANCOIS DE LA MOTTE 1635 - 1685
A Trompe l'Oeil of Letters, an Almanack and Wax Seals, pinned with a Length of Ribbon to a Deal Board
Oil on Canvas
20 7/8 x 16 1/2 inches (53 x 42 cms)
Signed lower left: 'JF la Motte'
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium
A Trompe l'Oeil of Letters, an Almanack and Wax Seals, pinned with a Length of Ribbon to a Deal Board
Oil on Canvas
20 7/8 x 16 1/2 inches (53 x 42 cms)
Signed lower left: 'JF la Motte'
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium
JAN ANTHONISZ VAN RAVESTEYN ca. 1572 - 1657
A Portrait of a Lady, bust-length, in an embroidered Dress and with Honeysuckle in her Hair
Oil on Panel
26 7/8 x 22 3/8 inches (68.2 x 56.9 cm)
signed with monogram and dated upper right: 'Anno 1607/JVR: Fecit'
Provenance: Anon. sale; Galerie Fischer Auktionen AG, Lucerne, Switzerland, 12-16 June 1956, lot 1946, illus.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1993, lot 207.
With Rafael Valls Ltd., London, 1994.
Acquired there by the previous owner.
A Portrait of a Lady, bust-length, in an embroidered Dress and with Honeysuckle in her Hair
Oil on Panel
26 7/8 x 22 3/8 inches (68.2 x 56.9 cm)
signed with monogram and dated upper right: 'Anno 1607/JVR: Fecit'
Provenance: Anon. sale; Galerie Fischer Auktionen AG, Lucerne, Switzerland, 12-16 June 1956, lot 1946, illus.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1993, lot 207.
With Rafael Valls Ltd., London, 1994.
Acquired there by the previous owner.
ATTRIBUTED TO VENCESLAO VERLIN Active 1740 – 1780
A Naturalist in his Study engraving a Butterfly
Oil on Canvas
22 7/8 x 27 1/8 inches (58 x 69 cms)
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium,
Jean-Jacques Petit, Paris.
A Naturalist in his Study engraving a Butterfly
Oil on Canvas
22 7/8 x 27 1/8 inches (58 x 69 cms)
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium,
Jean-Jacques Petit, Paris.
Artists
- Pieter Angellis
- Josefa Ayalla de Obidos
- Abraham Bosschaert
- Hendrick van Cleve
- Pieter Jacobsz Codde
- Dirck van Delen
- Alexandre-Francois Desportes
- Frans Francken II
- Abraham Gibbens
- Jan van Goyen
- Francesco Guardi
- Wolfgang Heimbach
- Nicholas Hilliard
- Melchior d'Hondecoeter
- Jan Martszen II
- Jean Francois de la Motte
- Jan van Os
- Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn
- Abraham Jansz. Storck
- Simon Pietersz Verelst
- Venceslao Verlin
- Jan Weenix