Guido Reni ‘Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra’ oil on canvas, unframed 16 ¼ x 12 ½ in. (41.3 x 31.7 cm) - a pair (2) Provenance: Barbier, Nancy, according to a stampe on the stretcher on the reverse.

Sir Peter Paul Rubens ‘Daniel in the Lion’s Den’ oil on canvas, unframed 30 ¼ x 37 in. (76.8 x 94 cm)

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich ‘Bathers at a Pool’ oil on panel 5 x 4 ½ in. (12.7 x 11.4 cm)

Charles François Jalabert Oil on canvas Within a painted arch 39.4 x 31.8 cm

F. Hohle (early 20th Century) after Frans Hals. ‘Two singing Boys’ signed lower right F. Hohle cop and with the monogram lower left FG, oil on canvas 66.5 x 53 cm The original, on canvas, 66x52 cm, is in the Staatliche Kunstammlung Kassel. It was acquired by Landgraf Wilhelm VIII of Hessen in 1749 (see S.Slive, Frans Hals, 1974, II.fig. 44 and III.pp.15/16, no.23)

Bartoloméo Estenban Murillo 1618-1682, Spanish “The Virgin with the Infant Christ Standing” Oil on canvas 62” x 42” 157.5 x 106.7 cm

Antonio Joli (Italian, 1700-1777) “Figures Amongst Classical Ruins” Oil on canvas 15 ¼ x 30 ½ inches

Antonio Allegri, il Correggio “The Virgin Adoring the Christ Child” Oil on Canvas 31 ½” x 26 ½’’ 80 x 67.3 cm