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Art For Sale
Cuzco (Cusco) School - Ángel Arcabucero (Angel with Arquebus)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Cuzco (Cusco) School, 19th century, Peru
Ángel Arcabucero (Angel with Arquebus)
oil on canvas
unframed 58 × 41 cm (22.8 × 16.1 in)
framed 66 × 49 cm (26.0 × 19.3 in)
No signature
Provenance:
Acquired in Peru in 1986 by the previous owner.
Essay:
This painting portrays a celestial figure identified as an ángel arcabucero – literally an “arquebus-bearing angel,” shown as an archangel wielding an early firearm (arquebus) instead of the traditional sword. The angel is richly attired in the fashion of an Andean noble or Spanish aristocrat, with an ornate embroidered coat, lace collar, and billowing sleeves, in keeping with the distinctive iconography of these militaristic angels. Such ángeles arcabuceros emerged in the late 17th century in colonial Peru and were especially popular in Cuzco School painting, replacing the sword of Catholic warrior-angels with a gun to signify the heavenly army’s power in a modern guise. The graceful figure, dressed as a nobleman yet serving a divine role, underscores the fusion of earthly authority and celestial protection – a sartorial and symbolic innovation unique to the Andean region’s religious art. This iconography, found only in Spanish colonial territories, resonated with local believers and visually confirmed the angel’s identity as a heavenly soldier guarding the faithful, his delicate hands cradling a long-barreled arquebus as if it were a sacred instrument.
The Ángel Arcabucero exemplifies the visual hallmarks of the Cuzco School, a major Peruvian painting...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Group by Martine Demal - Bronze sculpture, group of human figures, harmony
Located in Paris, FR
The Group is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 40 × 21.5 × 5.5 cm (15.7 × 8.5 × 2.2 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is par...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Mark Rothko 'Untitled, 1950' Vintage
By Mark Rothko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Offset lithograph poster featuring Mark Rothko’s Untitled (1950), exemplifying the artist’s iconic color field style and emotive abstraction. The piece is framed in a black wood fram...
Category
1990s American Modern Art
Materials
Offset
Mark Rothko 'Blue, Green and Brown' 1989 Abstract Mid Century
By Mark Rothko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Poster advertising the National Gallery of Art, Washington, featuring Mark Rothko’s Blue, Green and Brown. Presented in a refined black wood frame with a 3/4-inch front profile and a...
Category
1980s American Modern Art
Materials
Offset
Mark Rothko 'Pink, Black, Orange, 1953' Mid Century Modern
By Mark Rothko
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Poster advertising the National Gallery of Art, Washington, featuring Mark Rothko’s Pink, Black, Orange (1953). This iconic work showcases Rothko's signature use of color and depth, ...
Category
1990s American Modern Art
Materials
Offset
"Two Blue" Double Bunnies on Sky Blue Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 2 gestural figures of back bunnies on a Sky Blue background with thick use of paint. Insp...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Wellspring II - Large Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Harrison Gilman's large original artworks begin with a layer of fast-paced gestural abstraction followed by organic shapes and geometric structures. Some of his paintings remain in t...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Reading in the Study" Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting Woman in Pink Dress
Located in New York, NY
An Early 20th Century elegant portrait oil painting by Gordon Stevenson depicting a pensive young woman seated in a serene, indoor setting wearing a l...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Moonlight Seascape Original Oil Painting on Linen, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism
Title: Moonlight
Size: 17.5" x 23.5" x 0.8'...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Permutations
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Let it Out, Abstract Expressionist Diptych in Orange, Urban Style Gestures
Located in Barcelona, ES
This energetic diptych bursts with movement, layering bold gestures of orange, graphite gray, and icy blue over a soft blush ground. Sweeps, splatters, and sharp linear marks collide...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
En famille
Located in Boston, MA
Fabienne Delacroix is the youngest child of the master naïf painter Michel Delacroix. Born in 1972 in a family of artists, Fabienne Delacroix enjoyed a high quality of schooling foll...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Escape - underwater nude photograph - archival pigment print 26 x 35"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This contemplative monochromatic nude photograph captures a naked woman suspended in minimalist gray waters, surrounded by a constellation of air bubbles ascending toward an unseen s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Island. Evolution, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A small wooded island rests in calm water. A colorful rock formation rises from the surface and reflects below. Warm yellows and oranges on the left shift to co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
She Was Never Yours - Abstract Figurative Cowgirl Horse Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Acrylic
Original-Moon Lit Dahlias-British Awarded Artist-Gold Leaf on oil canvas Board
Located in London, GB
Moonlit Dahlia is a large gold-leaf painting created by Shizico Yi in early autumn, when dahlias reach their fullest bloom and the first turning leaves colour the garden. Painted on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Between the Trees, Abstract Painting
By Kajal Zaveri
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece reflects the quiet transition of nature as autumn approaches. Painted in an abstract realist style, it captures a moment of stillness where color and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Night Veil - abstract painting, made in grey-blue, beige color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in grey-blue and beige color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a glass fac...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mid 20th Century French Surrealist Oil Painting Nude Woman Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude in Landscape
French Surrealist artist, mid 20th century
oil painting on board, ornately framed
frame: 40 x 31 inches
board: 29 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil
Hunting Dog & Two Birds Flying in the Woods in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Hunting Dog & Two Birds Flying in the Woods in the English Countryside by British Artist
Art measures 24 x 20 inches
Frame measures 28 x 24 inches
This evocative sporting lands...
Category
Late 20th Century English School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,085 Sale Price
20% Off
"Snail"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
One of my best works in this series is ""Art from Money."" This painting has a philosophical meaning. It reflects the philosophy of human impact on the planet.
This prophetic paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
Parisian Street Scene
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6119 Parisian street scene
Set in a decorative period frame
Image size 9.5x7.5"
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Oil
$300 Sale Price
36% Off
FRENCH SCHOOL Cat Curled up Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
☀️Cat curled up☀️
In the artistic world, animals have always been key protagonists in expressing the power and beauty of the wild.
Artists often use animals as symbols to convey dee...
Category
1880s Tonalist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Glue, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$419 Sale Price
77% Off
"Silver Scored" Black Bunny Gold & Silver Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a silver and gold background with red accents with ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Gentleman - British Old Master c1750 art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Thomas Hudson. Painted circa 1750 it is a three-quarter length standing portrait of a gentleman in ...
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$6,544 Sale Price
20% Off
David Hockney - Hockney's Pool, Hollywood Hills - Ceramic Ashtray
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney, Hockney's Pool, Hollywood Hills, 2024
Ceramic ashtray
16.8 x 11.8 x 3 cm (6.61 x 4.64 x 1.18 in)
Edition of 250
Ashtray released for David Hockney x Light Room exhib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Ceramic
Diversity of Thoughts -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, African
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY: 6274. NOBODY SHOULD HEAR IT
Date of creation: 2016
Medium: Enamel paint on handmade paper
Edition: 5.149 unique works on paper
Size: 21.5 x 30 cm
Conditi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Enamel
Frank Stella 'Letter on the Blind II' 2014
By Frank Stella
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of Letter on the Blind II by Frank Stella, published and printed by the de Young Museum in 2014, references Stella's original 1974 painting on canvas. Known for his...
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Offset
Roses √7
Located in Zofingen, AG
I enjoy painting large-scale pieces; they look beautiful in interiors, creating a sense of space and light.
Impressionism allows you to give free rein to your emotions and play with ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Futurist Fantasy Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
signed by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 51 x 38 inches
inscribed verso
condition: the work is in overall very so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thirteen - immersive infinite perceptual ambient color light wall sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Graber's celestial light sculptures transform the sense of perception, challenging the human eye’s sense for scale and time with a transcendenta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Fiberglass, Plaster, Plywood, LED Light, Neon Light
Goupil by Eric Valat - Animal sculpture, fox, wild animal, bronze
By Eric Valat
Located in Paris, FR
Goupil is a sculpture by contemporary French artist Éric Valat, depicting a stylized fox poised confidently on all fours. This original work is available in an edition of eight, plus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Bronze
Winter Stream - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil
Thomas van Leent (1807-1882) - Dutch School 1856 Oil, Woman with a Parrot
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely executed and richly symbolic portrait by Dutch artist Thomas van Leent (1807-1882). A young woman sits in a stone niche holding a book in her lap whilst a parrot in a gilded...
Category
Mid-19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Follow Suit (Card Player) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, People, Red
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This body of work mirrors the complexities of the human heart and emotions. It reminds us that emotions are not always straightforward but are layered with depth and nuance. This pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Landscape – Original Minimal Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas (2025)
Located in Agrigento, AG
Artist: Marilina Marchica (b. 1984, Italy)
Title: White Landscape
Year: 2025
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 70 cm
Framing: Ready to hang – optional handcrafted wooden frame a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hidden Beach and Green Hills, La Hong Bay, Vietnam - Seascape Photography
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color fine art seascape photography. Rugged mountains with greenery, reflected in calm water, with misty peaks and a small beach.
Archival pigment ink print as pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Multi Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
signed by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 45 x 35 inches
condition: the work is in overall very sound and good con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dalmation in Sepia Landscape, contemporary, art deco frame
Located in Hillsborough, NC
This is a Dalmation with attitude! Quirky and fun, this Dalmation is in full movement; leg raised, tail up and head forward. Contemporary, probably mid-century, in art deco frame, th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Martini 1
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic
Blue and White Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6131 Blue and white abstract Expressionist painting
Image size 18x14"
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Oil
$375 Sale Price
44% Off
Sun Fern - Figurative Abstract Folk Art Inspired Modern Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Sun Fern" is a radiant work of contemporary folk art that combines mystical symbolism with organic abstraction. This original acrylic and gouache painting on raw c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Hummingbird XX
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
64x48 Color Lion Photography Print "Panthera Leo" Photograph 1stDibs Exclusive
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion shot by Shane Russeck
Thsi is a color uncropped version of Panthera Lea.
1stDibs Exclusive
64x48
Unsigned Edition
Printed on Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
19th Century Oil - Evening Rituals
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Well presented in a swept gilt frame with foliate ornamentation. On tin. Image size: 23 x 18cm.
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
What the F@ck Am I Looking At?
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork blends calm seaside serenity with an unexpected, dreamlike encounter. A solitary girl stands on the shore, dressed in timeless black-and-white attire, her posture compos...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic
Huge Antique Oil Painting Oval Portrait of Mary Magdalene Holding Ointment Jar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Mary Magdalene with an Ointment Jar
Spanish School, early 20th century, unsigned
after the earlier 16th century painting by Jan van Scorel
oil on panel, framed
framed: 4...
Category
Early 20th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
The Kiss - Gustav Klimt's Dog, original, contemporary, art print
Located in Deddington, GB
Screenprint and gold leaf on paper.
Signed and titled in pencil.
Numbered from the edition of 100.
Image size: 220 x 220mm
Paper size: 380 x 400mm
Gold Leaf on Paper
Edition of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cheddar Cheese (F. & S. II.63) (from Campbell’s Soup II)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours on wove paper
Edition 150 of 250
88.9 x 58.4 cm (35 x 23 in)
Signed in ball-point pen and numbered, lower right on the reverse
Condition upon request
Printed b...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Art
Materials
Screen
Male Nude V from the 29 Palms, CA series - Polaroid, 20th Century, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Male Nude V (29 Palms, CA) - 1999,
20x20cm,
sold out Edition of 10, this is Artist Proof 1/2.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Certificate and Signature label....
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Original Spa Orangina et Eau de Spa vintage poster, linen-backed
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Spa Orangina” Lithograph, Linen Backed (c. 1930s), Very Fine Condition
Add a lively touch of vintage French artistry to your collection with this original “Spa Orangina” l...
Category
1930s Art Deco Art
Materials
Lithograph
Divine Nude No.19 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, Renaissance, body
Located in Paris, FR
Divine Nude No.19 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Mulafossur Waterfall, Gasadalur village, Faroe Islands - color landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color Photography. Coastal landscape featuring a high plateau with a waterfall cascading into the ocean, partially obscured by fog.
Pigment ink print, limited edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Target acrylic on paper geometric Color Field painting signed & inscribed Framed
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Noland
Untitled Target, 2001
Acrylic paint on offset lithograph paper
Signed, dated, and dedicated along lower edge: For Howard and Susan with Love Kenneth Noland 6.10.01
Fra...
Category
1990s Color-Field Art
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Rising Silence Landscape Impressionism Original Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Title: Rising Silence
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism
Dimensions: 70" x 66" x 2" inch (178 x 168 x 5cm)
Presentation: Stretched on Woode...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$16,000 Sale Price
20% Off
A Fisherman’s Burial At Sea Framed 1880s Plaintive Marine Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Louis Étienne Timmermans.
Belgian ( b.1846 - d.1910 ).
A Fisherman’s Burial At Sea.
Oil On Panel.
Signed Lower Left.
Image size 17.5 inches x 25 inches ( 44.5cm x 63.5cm ).
Frame siz...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Painting Flowers Free Contemporary Modern Bold Original Nature Statement Large
By Karnish Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title" Freedom Flowers
Painting Flowers Freedom Contemporary Modern Bold Original Nature Statement Joy
Whilst creating Freedom Flowers, I connected to the gift of nature, the abund...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
DAVID SHRIGLEY - BLACK CATS EVERYWHERE. Modern Design British Artist Blue
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAVID SHRIGLEY - Black Cats Everywhere
Date of creation: 2021
Medium: 12 colour screenprint on Somerset satin paper
Edition: 125
Size: 75 x 56 cm
Condition: Brand new, in mint cond...
Category
1970s Modern Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
"Future of Flight" (2025) Original Portrait of Young Girl, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Future of Flight" (2025) by Denise Dambrackas is an original oil painting that depicts a young girl sending a plane into flight, amongst a vibrant and colorful sky, presented in a r...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
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