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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
The Penitent Magdalene, 17th Century circle of CARLO DOLCI (1616-1686)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Penitent Magdalene, 17th Century
circle of CARLO DOLCI (1616-1686)
Large 17th century Italian old Master depiction of the Penitent Magdalene, oil on ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Angel Gabriel
Located in West Sussex, GB
After Carlo Dolci
"The Angel Gabriel"
Oil on Canvas: Painted oval form :13 x 11 in. Frame: 29 x 23 in. Fine carved giltwood Florentine frame. Late 18t...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Barbara Palmer 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of Barbara Palmer 1st Duchess of Cleveland 1640-1709, half-length wearing a red dress and portrayed within a cartouche.
Circa 1680
Oil On...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Dead Canary, 18th Century
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Dead Canary, 18th Century
circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
18th Century French School portrait of a girl and her dead canary, oil on canvas. Beautiful oval study of t...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Arrival To The The New World, America, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Arrival To The The New World, 17th Century
European School - Early historical depiction of 16th Century Europeans
Large 17th Century scene of ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Portrait King Solomon Desubleo Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Michele Desubleo (Maubeuge, 1602 - Parma, 1676) - attributable
Portrait of gentleman like Solomon, the wise king
Oil painting on canvas
120 x 141 cm., By gilded wooden frame cm. 134 x 162 cm.
The beautiful painting shows us an image of the famous Solomon king, legendary biblical figure who became the personification of the good reigning over the centuries, and proverbially recognized as one of the wisest politicians in history. The features of the off are presumably those of the client of the work, who wanted to emphasize his image by impersonating a character with legendary fame.
The reigning, with an elegant coron head of Corona of Eastern Foggia, is dressed in a sumptuous silk clothes...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century English Aristocratic Portrait of a Lady Oval Canvas Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, circa 1740's
Title: Portrait of a Lady, traditionally identified as 'Anne of Chesterfield'.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: painting: ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
18th Century large scale portrait oil painting of a lady with a lamb
By Arthur Pond
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Attributed to Arthur Pond
British, (1701-1758)
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on canvas
Image size: 50.75 inches x 41.5 inches
Size including frame: 58.5 inches x...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 18th century portrait of a water spaniel dog standing in a landscape
By George Stubbs
Located in Bath, Somerset
Circle of George Stubbs (1724-1806). English 18th century portrait of a water spaniel standing in a wooded landscape.
This charming painting is a wonderful example of the style of English dog painting made popular by artists such as George Stubbs and other sporting artists working in England in the 18th century who painted the dogs and horses of the aristocracy and wealthier classes. It follows in the ancient tradition of celebrating and commemorating our faithful canine companions through portraiture.
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset
George Stubbs (1724-1806) was classified in his lifetime as a sporting painter, and as such was excluded from full membership of the Royal Academy. He is best remembered for his paintings of horses and his conversation pieces. Having studied anatomy, Stubbs's pictures of horses are among the most accurate ever painted.
Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a leather worker...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Maximilianus II, Arch Duke of Austria, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Maximilianus II, Arch Duke of Austria, 17th Century
Dutch School
17th Century Dutch School Old Master portrait of Maximilianus II, Arch Duke of Austria, oil on panel. G...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688-1745), 18th Century Michae
By Michael Dahl
Located in Blackwater, GB
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688-1745), 18th Century
Michael DAHL (1659-1743)
Large 18th Century English portrait of Lionel Sackvi...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine 18th Century British Portrait of a Gentleman in Grey Jacket, large oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, late 18th century
Title: Portrait of a gentleman wearing a grey jacket, painted within a feigned oval.
Medium: oil pa...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Mrs. Cockerell (Frances Jackson) Niece of Samuel Pepys, 18th Century
By Thomas Gainsborough
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Mrs. Cockerell (Frances Jackson) Niece of Samuel Pepys, 18th Century
circle of Thomas GAINSBOROUGH
Large 18th Century portrait of Mrs Cockerell...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Sibyl Lady Zanotti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Portrait of an Eritrean Sibyl who writes the prophecy
Circle of Lorenzo Pasinelli (Bologna 1629 - 1700) - Attributable to Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ritratto di Gentiluomo con cane
Located in Balerna, TI
Bartolomeo Passerotti ( Bologna 1529 – 3 giugno 1592)
Ritratto di Gentiluomo con cane
Olio su tavola, Sec. XVI, cm 84x69; con cornice 101x87
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Bartolomeo Passerotti (Bologna 1529...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jesus Son Salvi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ancient painting depicting Jesus with the Commissioner's son
(Alternative reading: St. Joseph with the Child, or the 'Paternity')
Giovan Battista Salvi known as "the Sassoferrato" (1609 - 1685) circle / follower
Oil painting on canvas
76 x 59 cm. -With frame in the shape of a small temple, not coeval 99 x 84 cm.
The interesting canvas that we are pleased to offer you recalls the iconographic model of classic paternity, which traditionally sees Saint Joseph holding the sleeping baby Jesus...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Gertrude Durnford, Lady Alston (1731-1807), 18th Century
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Gertrude Durnford, Lady Alston (1731-1807), 18th Century
Studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)
Large 18th Century English portrait ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century English Portrait of Admiral Horatio Nelson's great grandfather
Located in Norwich, GB
A fascinating portrait dating from circa 1695-1700 with wonderful provenance: it belonged to the British industrialist Leonard Pelham Lee (1903–1980) and hung in his manor house in W...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Child Jesus Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Baby Italian Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lombard painter active in the 17th century
Infant Jesus
Oil painting on canvas
70 x 82 cm. - In antique frame 78 x 91 cm.
This painting depicts an unusual and pleasant iconographic...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century portrait oil painting of a lady in an ermine trimmed cloak
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Dutch, (1646-1723)
Portrait of a Lady in an Ermine Trimmed Cloak
Oil on canvas
Image size: 26.5 inches x 22.5 inches
Size including frame: 33.5 inches x 29.5 inches
A well-executed half-length portrait of a lady painted in a feigned oval, circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller. The use of a feigned oval was a device used in portraiture to give a sense of depth and add an intimacy to the painting, drawing your attention to the sitter.
The subject, posed without her wig in the undressed fashion of the day, wears a blue ermine trimmed blue cloak over a white silk robe...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th century antique portrait Edmund Hoyle Circle of James Latham, Edmund Hoyle,
Located in York, GB
18th century Bust portrait of a gentleman in a blue coat with gold buttons (Said to be Edmund Hoyle, inventor of Whist)
circle of James Latham. Housed in a gilt frame the size overall is 71 x 84 cm (28 x 33 inches approx) whilst the painting is
56 x 69 cm ( 22 x 27 inches approx)
The overall condition is very good having had some restoration. The painting has been relined, cleaned and re varnished.
There has been some strengthening/overpainting. There is a Rectangular patch repair along lower edge, centre, reverse approximately 5 x 7cm with associated retouching to front,all essentially done sympathetically.
some fine stable craquelure throughout. Some minor self coloured losses to frame. None of the above detracting from
a very attractive portrait.
Edmond Hoyle
Edmond Hoyle
English card game authority, "the Father of whist"
Born 1672 England Died 29 August 1769 (aged 96–97)
London, England
Edmond Hoyle (1672 – 29 August 1769)[1] was a writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The phrase "according to Hoyle" came into the language as a reflection of his generally perceived authority on the subject
James Latham
James Latham was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland and possibly related to the family of Lathams of Meldrum and Ballysheehan. After some practice of his art, Latham studied for an academic year in Antwerp (1724–25) where he became a Master of the Guild of St Luke. He returned to Dublin by 1725, and may have visited England in the 1740s, as the influence of Joseph Highmore, as well as Charles Jervas and William Hogarth, is evident in his work of this period. Anthony Pasquin memorably dubbed Latham "Ireland's Van Dyck". Latham died in Dublin on 26 January 1747.
Several of James Latham's portraits are in the National Gallery of Ireland collection in Dublin; one is of the famous MP Charles Tottenham (1694–1758) of New Ross, Co. Wexford, "Tottenham in his Boots" (Cat. No.411) and a second is a portrait of Bishop...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of John Parker, 1st Lord Boringdon (1735-1788), 18th century
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of John Parker, 1st Lord Boringdon (1735-1788), 18th century
School of Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)
Large 18th portrait of John Parker, 1st Lord Boringdon, oil on canvas. E...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Venus Warning Adonis, 16th Century
By Paolo Veronese
Located in Blackwater, GB
Venus Warning Adonis, 16th Century
school of Paolo Veronese (1528-1588)
Huge 16th century Italian Venetian School Old Master depiction of Venus & Ado...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Testa di Vecchio
Located in Balerna, TI
Francesco Fracanzano (Monopoli 1612-Napoli 1656)
Testa di vecchio
Olio su tela, cm 66x52,5
La tela presenta la figura di un uomo anziano a mezza figura con lo...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed 1791 Mezzotint - The Father of the Turf, Tregonwell Frampton Esq.
Located in Corsham, GB
Engraved from an Original Painting by Mr. Wootton by John Jones (c.1755-1797). Inscription to the lower edge reads at the Coffee Room, Newmarket: Also at all the Principal Towns in E...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hercules At The Funeral Pyre at Mount Oeta, 18th Century
By Guido Reni
Located in Blackwater, GB
Hercules At The Funeral Pyre at Mount Oeta, 18th Century
follower of GUIDO RENI (BOLOGNA 1575-1642)
18th Century Italian Old Master depiction of Hercules at his funeral pyre, Moun...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Girl with Book, 18th Century Regency Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 28 3/4 x 24 inches (73 x 61 cm)
Contemporary style gilt frame
This portrait is an evocative example of Devis' Regency period portraiture, featuring a pleasant looking young girl holding a book in an outdoor setting.
Working with a darker palette, a strongly accented diagonal recession, and dramatic contrasts of light and shadow, Devis heightens the girl's three-dimensional physical presence in the foreground of the composition.
The Artist
Arthur William Devis (10 August 1762 – 11 February 1822) was an English painter of history paintings and portraits. He painted portraits and historical subjects, sixty-five of which he exhibited (1779–1821) at the Royal Academy. Among his more famous works are a depiction of the Death of Nelson and a posthumous portrait of Nelson.
Devis was born in London, the nineteenth child of the artist Arthur Devis and his wife Elizabeth Faulkner. Devis was the younger brother of the painter Thomas Anthony Devis (1757–1810) and of the schoolmistress and grammarian Ellin Devis (1746–1820), teacher, among others, of author of Maria Edgeworth and Frances Burney (later novelist Madame d'Arblay).
He followed his elder brother Thomas Anthony in becoming a pupil at the Royal Academy Schools in 1774 and like his brother exhibited at the Free Society of Artists, of which in 1768 their father had become president, and at the Royal Academy. Early on he came to the notice of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
He was appointed draughtsman on the British East India Company's packet Antelope in a voyage in 1783, under Captain Henry Wilson. In her he was injured in an encounter with Papuans near the Schouten Islands and was then wrecked on the Pelew Islands before proceeding to Canton and thence to Bengal. During his voyages, the artist received arrow wounds, one of which inflicted permanent injury on his lower jaw. During his time in Bengal, he painted a portrait of Sir William Jones, at the time a judge in Fort William. The painting now hangs at the British Library.
He was back in London by 1795 and is recorded on 21 July 1797 as living at 27 George Street, Hanover Square, where he was insured by the Sun Assurance Office.
He is noted for his involvement in the creation of the posthumous cult of Horatio Nelson. As she returned from Trafalgar, Devis went out to meet HMS Victory and was present on board the ship during the autopsy of Nelson's body conducted by Dr Beatty, the ship's surgeon. With the help of sketches he took at that time, he painted a heroic Death of Nelson, which proved a sensation.
Devis also painted Dr Beatty, and was commissioned by him to produce a half-length painting of Nelson as vice-admiral, which he lent to Emma Hamilton (who later lost it in an accident whilst travelling). Either the original or a copy of this portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy two years after the Battle and many copies were made of it. Lord Howe owned one, and another ended up in the collection of the National Maritime Museum. It also appeared as an engraving in Beatty's published account of Nelson's death.
Other work includes a portrait of King George III on horseback, and a range of portraits of admirals and generals, along with historical subjects, such as the Babington Plot and the signing of the Magna Carta...
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Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Grand-Scale Old Master Garland Portrait, 17th Century, Signed & Dated, Rare work
Located in London, GB
Indistinctly signed and dated
In the first quarter of the 17th century a new form of flower painting was developed in Flemish painting, which, recreated by a large group of artists and workshops, would achieve considerable success throughout the century in much of Europe: the garland of flowers surrounding a central figure. Brueghel de Velurs was the initiator of this type of composition, however, it was his pupil, Daniel Seghers, who was the dominant figure in this specialised production and the creator of a prototype that would serve as a model for the numerous artists who followed in his wake. It seems undeniable that the artist of the present painting had seen the Garlands of Flowers Surrounding a Medallion Depicting the Triumph of Love by Daniel Seghers and Domenico Zampieri (now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris).
In our painting, the present floral wreath encircles a carved cartouche within which sits Saint Dorothy of Caesarea and the attribute which often accompanies her in art, a basket of roses. The extremely delicate flowers have been rendered in meticulous detail, so that every species can be identified from exotic tulips to roses, irises and forget-me-nots; this obvious attention to naturalism is inherited from the Flemish manner. Each flower is so precise and refined that they are an individual study in their own right.
The still-lifes are from the hand of Jan Anton van den Baren, with the central figures by another accomplished hand. Van den Baren’s arrangement of flowers would have delighted connoisseurs in both Flanders and in Vienna, where the impossibility of their all blooming at the same time of year would have been understood as a further statement of the wonder and beauty of the divine.
Van den Baren worked first in Brussels, where he collaborated with Erasmus Quellinus II for the figures in his works, before moving with Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, his patron, to Vienna in 1656, where he instead worked with fellow Flemish émigré painter Nikolaus van Hoy. The iconography relates to an eighth century legend where she was presented a basket of roses by a child.
In addition to the brilliance of his handling of still-lifes Van den Baren played an important art historical role as Director of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm’s Picture Gallery in Vienna, then one of the greatest collections in the world and the core of what was to become the present collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Van der Baren compiled an inventory of the collection in 1659, and his predecessor as Director of the Archduke’s Picture Gallery (when it was still housed in Flanders), David Teniers, depicted van der Baren (third from right) in his celebrated Archduke Leopold Willem in his gallery at Brussels, conserved at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
It is a shining example of the Flemish Baroque and is a very rare object indeed, considering there are only 14 paintings accepted as authentic works by this artist.
We are grateful to Fred Meijer for confirming the attribution to Johannes Antonius van der Baren.
A feature of this painting is its outstanding carved and gilded frame with a plethora of flowers and foliage.
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cain & The Death Of Abel, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Cain & The Death Of Abel, 18th Century
School of William Blake (1757-1827)
Circa 1790 English School depiction of Cain and the Death Of Abel, oil on canvas. Rare biblical depiction...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still Life Of Flowers In A Vase, 17th Century
By Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life Of Flowers In A Vase, 17th Century
circle of JEAN BAPTISTE MONNOYER (1636-1699)
Large 17th century French Old Master Still Life of various flowers in a vase upon a mantle, oil on canvas by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer. Excellent quality and condition example of the famous still life painters work, authenticated from the published designs of Nicolas de Poilly...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Holy Family Piola Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Maria Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Genoese school of the second half of the seventeenth century
Circle of Domenico Piola (Genoa 1627-1703)
The Holy Family
Oil painting on canvas
83 x 68 cm. - in an antique frame 99 x...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
English 18th century portrait of a lady, Circle of Thomas Murray (1663-1735)
Located in Bath, Somerset
An early 18th century portrait of a young lady, half length, wearing a blue silk gown with white chemise and gold trimmed cloak draped across her arm and shoulders. Her sensitively observed soft expression and skilfully painted youthful 'dewy' complexion are reminiscent of the portrait style of John Closterman whose work Murray would have been familiar with, being a close colleague of Murray's teacher, John Riley.
An old label on the reverse identifies the sitter as a young Princess Charlotte...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 18th century portrait of a Lady and her Daughter in an interior
By (attributed to) Joseph Highmore
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a blue silk gown, seated in a classical interior, with her daughter in a pink gown standing beside her holding a sprig of blossom. T...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Madame De Cotte, circa 1710
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Madame De Cotte, circa 1710
circle of Hyacinthe RIGAUD (1659-1743) - one of a pair
Large circa 1710 French portrait of Madame De Cotte, ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Of A Young Lady, Rachel Russell, Duchess of Devon
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Young Lady, Traditionally Identified As Rachel Russell, Duchess of Devonshire (1674-1725)
circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Of A Senior British Military Officer, Identified as Charles Sackville,
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Senior British Military Officer, Identified as Charles Sackville, 6th Earl Of Dorset (1643-1706)
circle of Sir Godfrey KNELLER...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Of Monsieur De Cotte, circa 1710
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Monsieur De Cotte, circa 1710
circle of Hyacinthe RIGAUD (1659-1743) - one of a pair
Large circa 1710 French portrait of Monsieur De Cot...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Madonna Of The Harpies, 17th Century
By Andrea Del Sarto
Located in Blackwater, GB
Madonna Of The Harpies, 17th Century
Italian School
Large 17th Century Italian Old Master depiction of Madonna Of The Harpies, oil on canvas. Magnificent large scale scene of the Madonna accompanied by Saint Bonaventure...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th/19th Century French Old Master Oil Christ entering Jerusalem
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
18th/19th Century School
'A scene of Christ entering Jerusalem'
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Size of painting: 21.5" x 18.25" inches
condition: overa...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Lady Mary Villiers, later Duchess of Richmond as Saint Agnes
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Lady Mary Villiers, later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1622-1685), As Saint Agnes, 17th Century
after Anthony VAN DTCK (1599-1641)
Portrait Of Lady Mary Villiers, later Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, As Saint Agnes, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition three quarter length seated portrait of the Duchess as Saint Agnes holding a palm leaf, accompanied by the lamb and wearing a white satin dress...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century portrait of a lady
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady by Dutch Golden Age painter Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693). Half-length, within a feigned oval, the lady wears a pearl necklace and earrings, an ivory silk gown adorned...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Stoning Of St Stephen, 17th Century School of François VERDIER (1651-1730)
By Francois Verdier
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Stoning Of St Stephen, 17th Century
School of François VERDIER (1651-1730)
Fine 17th century French Old Master depiction of the stoning of St Stephen, oil on canvas. Excellent ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
By John Riley
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of John Riley
British, (1646-1691)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29 inches x 24 inches
Size including frame: 36 inches x 31 inch...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Woman Lady Delle Piane Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Art
By Giovanni Maria delle Piane dit Mulinaretto (Genoa 1670 - Monticelli d´Ongina 1745)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The beautiful portrait proposed, which represents a Genoese woman of high social origin and dressed in a sumptuous and elegant manner, illustrates the typical stylistic characteristics of the great Genoese portrait painter Giovanni Maria Delle Piane, called the Mulinaretto.
Giovanni Maria delle Piane dit Mulinaretto (Genoa 1670 - Monticelli d´Ongina 1745), attributed
Portrait of a noble Genoese nobleman
Beginning of the 18th century
Oil on canvas, 79 x 65 cm,
In a beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame cm. 106 x 89
The noble lady displays a stern and proud expression, a smile which has just been mentioned but full of determination; the well-erected and authoritative pose is softened by the habit of the red ribbon woven in the hair, reminiscent of the brocade of clothes, according to an interpretive taste typical of Delle Piane.
In the painting we appreciate the meticulous detail of the lace of the sleeves and fabrics on the neckline, the rich drapery of the dress, the contrast of colors between the golden threads of the embroidery and the iridescent red of the fabric that envelops the figure and that emerges from the the dark background. Finally, the pleasant conduction which characterizes the refined line is appreciated in the capacity to make the light glide on the clothes and the complexion of the woman.
The artist, pupil of Giovanni Battista Gaulli...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nudes Bathing in A Landscape, 16th/17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Nude bathing in A Landscape, 16th/17th Century
Italian / Flemish School
Huge 16th 17th century Italian Flemish School landscape with nude bathers, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition circa 1600 extensive landscape with the nudes / nymphs bathing...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ritratto di Uomo di Legge
Located in Balerna, TI
Marcantonio Bassetti (Verona 1586-1630)
Ritratto di uomo di legge
Olio su tela, cm 38x27,5; con cornice cm 59,5x48,5
Le caratteristiche pittoriche della persona ritratta sembrano rin...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, Early 18th Century Oil Painting
By Dominicus van der Smissen
Located in London, GB
Dominicus van der Smissen
Early 18th Century
Portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch
Oil on canvas
Image size: 20½ x 16¼ inches
Period gilt frame
This is a portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, composer, Kapellmeister and organist, whom Van der Smissen most probably portrayed during his stay in Hamburg, Brunswick or Amsterdam. The identification is based on the reproduction of the portrait which was engraved by Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak (1740- 1774).
Van der Smissen has reduced the face of the sitters to an egg-shaped oval in three-quarter view, applying diminution to one half of the figure’s torso, which is farther away from the viewer. This partial side view, with the head turned to look at the viewer over the shoulder, creates spatial depth and brings the figure to life by avoiding the stiffness of a frontal depiction.
Because the artist chose to highlight the figure from above, a distinct shadow is cast under the tip of the nose, in the shape of a triangle. This is an often recurring and almost ‘signature’-like feature in Van der Smissen’s oeuvre.
Hurlebusch's garments are of a very high quality and serve to reflect the sitter’s wealth, status and elegance. During this period, gentlemen often shaved their heads in order to facilitate the wearing of a wig, which wouldbe worn with a suit. Here Hurlebusch has been depicted in a luxurious turban-like cap lined with lynx fur, a highly fashionable and expensive material at the time.
Over his shirt, he wears a velvet fur-lined gown adorned with decorative clasps fashioned from silver braid. The elegant informality of his appearance can be seen in his unbuttoned shirt and the unfastened black ribbon hanging from his button hole, which has been artfully arranged into a fluttering drape by the portraitist.
The Sitter
Hurlebusch was born in Brunswick, Germany. He received the first instructions in his field from his father Heinrich Lorenz Hurlebusch, who was also a musician. As an organ virtuoso, he toured Europe, visiting Vienna, Munich and Italy.
From 1723 to 1725 he was Kapellmeister in Stockholm; later he became Kapellmeister in Bayreuth and Brunswick, and lived in Hamburg from 1727 to 1742, where he had contact with fellow composers Johann Mattheson and Georg Philipp Telemann. He made his living composing, performing and teaching.
In 1735 and 1736, he is believed to have visited Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig, who promoted Hurlebusch’s compositions as the local seller...
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