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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Medium: Metal
Portrait of King Edward VI, Oil on panel with Gold Leaf, 18th Century English
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 25 1/2 x 19 inches (37.5 x 27 inches)
18th Century Auricular gilt frame
Provenance
New York private collection
This portrait of the King Edward VI dep...
Category
Early 18th Century English School Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
Romancing - Mathijs Wulfraet (Arnhem 1648 - Amsterdam 1726)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on copper
signed with monogram lower right: "MW."
Matthijs Wulfraet was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Young Mathijs had more interest in drawing than anything else and even thou...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Procession Ornament
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Chinese Procession Ornament dating from the Liao Dynasty, from 907 to 1125 AD. The Liao Dynasty, also known as the Khitan Empire, was an empire in northern China that ruled over the regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, and parts of northern China proper. It was founded by the Yelu family of the Khitan people in the final years of the Tang Dynasty, even though its first ruler, Yelu Abaoji, did not declare an era name until 916. The Liao Empire was destroyed by the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty in 1125. However, remnants of its people led by Yelu Dashi established the Xi (or Western) Liao Dynasty 1125 - 1220, also known as Kara - Khitan Khanate, which survived until the arrival of Genghis Khan...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of a Bewigged Gentleman
By Vittore Ghislandi
Located in New York, NY
Vittore Ghislandi, called Fra Galgario
Provenance:
Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, ca. 1966-1996
Private Collection, USA
Exhibited:
“Eighteenth Century European Pai...
Category
18th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Dog scratching its ear
Located in PARIS, FR
This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums.
1. Georg Schweigger
Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models.
2. The success of a naturalistic theme
As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century.
This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes.
This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...
Category
17th Century Naturalistic Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Marble, Silver
'Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist', 17th Century Milanese School Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A late 17th century, devotional oil showing the Virgin Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist. Displayed in a fine and period, hand-carved and gilt-wood frame.
The Virgin cradles...
Category
Mid-17th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th century religious old master oil - Penitent Magdalene in a landscape
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century oil on copper - Penitent Magdalene in a landscape
The very finely and delicately painting depicts Mary Magdalene in a vast landscape, with a vibrant sunset colouring th...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
17th century religious old master oil - St. John the Baptist in a landscape
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century oil on copper - St. John the Baptist in a landscape with the Lamb
The very finely and delicately painting depicts St. John in a vast landscape, with a vibrant sunset co...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Holy Family, by the bolgonese master.
By Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Lo Spagnuolo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exquisite painting, resembling a precious jewel, serves as an exceptional illustration of the
devotional cabinet paintings created by Giuseppe Maria Crespi, a highly original Bo...
Category
Early 1700s Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Oil On Canvas portrait Elisabeth de Fontenay Circle of Largilliere With Frame
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas From The Eighteenth Century Entourage De Largilliere With Frame"
18th Century French School, Surroundings of Nicolas de Largilliere
Presumed portraits of Louise Elisa...
Category
1740s French School Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine 1700's French/ Dutch Oil Painting on Copper Portrait Man Ruff Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Ruff Collar
Dutch/ French artist, 18th century
oil painting on copper, unframed
copper board : 6.75 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
co...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Large 17th century Flemish old master painting - Diana and Callisto - Rubens
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish Old master painting "Diana and Callisto" attributed to Victor Wolfvoet the Younger
Our painting is based on Rubens' great work of...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
18th century Old Master oil painting - Travellers at rest in a sunset landscape
Located in Antwerp, BE
18th century old master painting depicting a peaceful countryside scenery at sunset with a fortified town visible in the distance attributed to Franz Paula de Ferg
In the present je...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Lion
Located in Oswestry, GB
This artwork is described beautifully by Art critic and curator Salvatore Russo at an exhibition in Uffizi Gallery, Florence 2016 - "Barry Davies, a sculptor able to state the streng...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Coronation of the virgin
By Guido Reni
Located in MADRID, ES
Very important copper of the XVII century.
Great conservation and super quality, very probably painted by Guido Reni.
Category
17th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
18th Holy Family Italian School Virgin and Child Oil on Canvas Blue Purple White
Located in Sanremo, IT
Delicate and caring Madonna with child, oil on copper, measuring 23 x 16 cm without frame and 32 x 25 cm with frame.
Sweet colors and intimate attitudes for this painting that posse...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian School Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Paranthropus Robustus
Located in Oswestry, GB
Paranthropus Robustus.
An early man (hominid), one of the Australopiths from the subepochs of the early to middle Pleistocene period 2.6 - 1.5 million years ago. Some distinctive fea...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Naturalistic Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Circa 1500 Italian Renaissance Oil Painting on Copper St. Francis of Assisi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
St. Francis of Assisi
Italian School, circa 1500
oil paint on copper, unframed
copper: 6.75 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, Loire Valley, France
condition: for a work tha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Watson And The Shark, 18th Century JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY (1738-1815)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Watson And The Shark, 18th Century
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY (1738-1815)
Large 18th Century scene of Watson And The Shark, oil on metal, John Singleton Copley. Excellent quality and co...
Category
18th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal
Perseus' sword
Located in Oswestry, GB
The images of this sculpture are of a larger original than the scaled down version for sale here. This sword was a gift from Zeus to Perseus to defeat the gorgon Medusa. Davies desig...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Urn
Located in Oswestry, GB
Davies designed this urn by drawing on extensive research culminating in adopting classical elements from Graeco-Roman antiquity.
It's elegant shape is subtly embellished with a Roma...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Very rare Collector's Cabinet, Antwerp, 17th century. Embroidered panels
Located in Firenze, IT
Collector's Cabinet.
Antwerp.
XVIIth century.
Ebony, wood (oak?) embroidered silk.
Restored, with some imperfections.
Two doors and top lid with locks.
Small upper drawers and one l...
Category
17th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Silver
White tailed sea eagle and crab
Located in Oswestry, GB
This white tailed sea eagle is depicted here on a rock on the shore of a remote wild Scottish Isle (Outer Hebrides). Hiding beneath the rock is a brown crab...
Category
16th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oval Portrait of Lady on Copper Wooden Frm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
Italian Old Master, 17th century
oil on copper, framed
framed: 8.75 x 7.75 inches
painting: 5 x 4 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very go...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Xiphactinus
Located in Oswestry, GB
Xiphactinus (higher classification Ichthyodectidae) lived during the late Cretaceous period 90 - 65 million years ago.It was a predatory fish weighing approximately 1000lbs and measu...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Naturalistic Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
17th century Flemish old master painting - Adoration of the Shepherds Christmas
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish Old master painting "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Victor Wolfvoet the Younger
Surrounded by an elegant and broad black frame, i...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Perseus
Located in Oswestry, GB
Perseus was in Greek mythology the son of Zeus and Danae, founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for King Polydectes and saved Andromeda from th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Jesus with the ball of the world and the saints
Located in MADRID, ES
Peruvian 18 century
Spanish colonial
Category
1720s Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Perseus and Fame proclaiming the birth of Pegasus
Located in Oswestry, GB
This neo-classical style sculpture is of Perseus the son of Zues and Danae is ordered by King Polydectes to slay the gorgon Medusa. With the gift of a polished shield from Athena, a ...
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Greyhound
Located in Oswestry, GB
What is unique about this artwork is the grace and elegance of the greyhound but designed in a most difficult stance frought with technical challenges. Yet the result offers a stance...
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Discus Thrower's Torso
Located in Oswestry, GB
This artwork emulates the classical statues from the ancient world, particularly with the head broken off at the base of the neck if carved in marble. In fact I went to the lengths o...
Category
17th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cre...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th Century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir and Empress Nur Jahan exchanging lotus blossoms; a symbol of beauty, purity, honesty, rebirth, self-regeneration, and enlightenment....
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Landscape with Ruins by the Tivoli Falls
Located in London, GB
Oil on copper
Image size: 15 x 10 1/2 inches (38 x 26.5 cm)
Period style hand made frame
This landscape depicts the area surrounding the Tivoli waterfalls in Italy. Thanks to its p...
Category
Early 17th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir dancing with his harem attendees
Located in Middletown, NY
A joyful scene of lighthearted merriment in the palace of Jangahir Mahal Agra
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light weight cream laid paper, 8 1/4 x 6 inches (2...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Rajput School, 17th century Krishna with his beloved, Radha; from Mahabharata
Located in Middletown, NY
Vishnu in the form of Krishna being serenaded with his beloved Radha. An illuminated page from the epic of Mahabharata
circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cream lai...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir in his harem surrounded by lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself.
Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (...
Category
17th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir taking tea in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on li...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Late 18th Century Bronze Sculpture after the Farnese Hercules
Located in Beachwood, OH
Late 18th Century Bronze Sculpture after the Farnese Hercules
Grand Tour bronze with a fine encrusted patination on a later wooden base
16 in. h., overall
12.5 in. h., bronze
3.5 in...
Category
Late 18th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan & concubine
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on li...
Category
17th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 17th century Tiger Hunt near the Jahangir Maha, Agra
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
c 1690. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on light ...
Category
17th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jangahir on a pleasure boat with his harem a
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir depicted with his harem attendees aboard a pleasure cruise, the water filled with lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold ...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan on a Tiger
Located in Middletown, NY
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on brown laid paper, 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (317 x 210 mm), with a floral-motif border painted in blue and gold, the full sheet. With extensive inscriptions in Persian written in black ink on the verso. In good condition with extraordinary color. We see Empress Nur Jahan making an offering to a sage in his hut, as Emperor Jahangir looks on from a tree stand.
Nur Jahan was fond of hunting and often went on hunting tours with her husband and was known for her boldness in hunting ferocious tigers. She is reported to have slain four tigers with six bullets during one hunt. According to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan this feat, inspired a poet to declaim a spontaneous couplet in her honor: "Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman, In the ranks of men she...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 17th century – Emperor Jahangir reclining in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th cent – Emperor Jahangir & Empress Nur Jahan on a Tiger Hunt
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful composition depicting Empress Nur Jahan on a tiger hunt, an act of feminism.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on brown laid paper, 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (317 x 210 mm), with a floral-motif border painted in blue and oxblood, the full sheet. With extensive inscriptions in Persian written in black ink on the verso. In good condition with overall toning and minor creasing, all consistent with age. The color is rich and and fresh with bright yellow illumination. In the distance we see the Jahangir Mahal Agra, as well as a sage meditating in his hut. A beautiful composition.
Nur Jahan was fond of hunting and often went on hunting tours with her husband and was known for her boldness in hunting ferocious tigers. She is reported to have slain four tigers with six bullets during one hunt. According to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan this feat, inspired a poet to declaim a spontaneous couplet in her honor: "Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman, In the ranks of men she...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century – Tiger Hunt
Located in Middletown, NY
An unusual horizontal composition with extensive marginalia.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light weight cream laid paper, 5 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (140 x 298 mm...
Category
18th Century Rajput Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Vintage Peacock III (Wall Piece/Dish (hand-painted, made to order by the artist)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman
Vintage Peacock III (Wall Piece/Dish (handpainted)
Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster, Brass Wire (for hanging, can be removed)
Year: 20...
Category
1790s Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Brass
Adoration of the Shepherds, attributed to Louis de Caullery, early 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Adoration of the Shepherds
Attributed to Louis de Caullery (1580-1622)
17th century Antwerp School, circa 1620
Oil on copper: h. 54 cm (21.26 in.), w. 72 cm (28.35 in)
A 17th century...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Laocoön And His Sons Bronze
Located in New Orleans, LA
Laocoön and his Sons
Italian Bronze Group after Agesander, Polydorus and Anthenodorus
Late 18th Century
“The greatest piece of art in the world.”
- Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, p...
Category
Late 18th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Aphrodite Adjusting her Sandal
Located in Beachwood, OH
18th Century Continental School
Bronze Sculpture of Aphrodite, c. 18th Century
25-3/4 in. h. x 11 in. w. x 9 in. d., without Base
1-1/4...
Category
18th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Magdalene washing the feet of Christ in the House of Simon - Leonard Bramer
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on copper.
We'd like to thank dr. Guido Jansen for his attribution.
On the backside a map of Holland (the painter reused an etching plate)
Bramer was known for his genre, reli...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
River Landscape with Shepherds and Architecture, a painting by Jan van Bunnik
By Jan van Bunnik
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting has been the subject of a study by the art historian Fabrizio Dassie (available on request), confirming its inclusion in Jan van Bunnik’s corpus.
In this painting, Ja...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
A 17th Century Mythological Scene
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small yet captivating painting, crafted on a copper plate, dates back to the mid-1600s and was created by a Flemish artist.
Subject Matter: The central figure in the artwork is Mercury, easily identified by his symbolic attributes like winged sandals, petasus, and caduceus. Beside him is a likely female figure, characterized by her attire and absence of weaponry.
The depicted scene could represent two mythological tales:
Mercury and Calypso: This interpretation suggests the artwork shows the moment Zeus sends Mercury to Calypso's island, Ogygia. Mercury is there to order Calypso to release Ulysses, whom she saved from a shipwreck but kept captive. The lush, wooded background and the three distant figures could hint at Ulysses' farewell to Calypso.
Mercury and Herses: Another interpretation could be a scene from the love story of Mercury and Herses. The background figures might symbolize the sisters returning from a procession, while the forefront could be the initial meeting between Mercury and the most beautiful sister, Erse.
Artistic Inspiration: The painting's landscape and setting are heavily influenced by the early 17th century Northern European art trends, especially the works of Jan Brueghel the Elder. However, the artwork stands apart with its unique luminescence in detailing and a distinctive approach to depicting figures.
While the exact origin and artist remain somewhat mysterious, the style and treatment of light hint towards works close to Josse de Momper...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
The Brothel - Adriaen van Stalbemt (1580-1662)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on copper
With makers mark on the back
Paintings like this often provide a glimpse into the moral and social complexities of the time, where boundaries between vice, pleasure and everyday life were sometimes blurred. In this painting we can see how a woman leads a man into a room, where a lady is partially clothed and laying on a bed. Her clothes are thrown onto the table next to her, along with her jewelry.
Adriaen van Stalbemt...
Category
17th Century Flemish School Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Allegory of Summer, workshop of Hendrick Van Balen 17th c. Antwerp school
By Hendrick van Balen
Located in PARIS, FR
Allegory of summer, personified by Ceres
Workshop of Hendrick Van Balen
Antwerp School, early 17th century.
Oil on copper,
Dimensions: h. 52 cm, l. 40cm
Antic giltwood frame
Framed dimensions: h. 74 cm, l. 60cm
Very good condition
Our delicately painted work is part of the pictorial tradition that is both allegorical and mythological in vogue in Antwerp, whose leaders are Jan Brueghel the Younger and Hendrick Van Balen. Numerous works emerging from their workshops illustrate mythological subjects, the seasons, the elements, the senses or intertwining the lush landscapes, animals and gods of Olympus.
At the heart of a green landscape dominated in its center by a generous apple tree, the beautiful Ceres, partially dressed in a large blue drape, is wearing a crown of ears of wheat, her symbol of the goddess of the earth and harvests. She holds the sickle in her right hand and carries sheaves of wheat. To her right a nymph holds the cornucopia while puttis pick and offer flowers.
In the foreground are the summer fruits: figs, cherries, apples and lemons. A squirrel munching on cherries symbolizes toil and foresight, themes that are echoed in the work of the harvesters on the wheat fields in the background.
The background is composed of vegetation, on the right a wild rose bush with its branches erect against a tree trunk, in the center of the trees with silvery green foliage.
Our painter, a student of Hendrick Van Balen, finds his inspiration in the works of the master such as this nymph in yellow drapery seen from behind, one of the figures which accompanies many of the master's paintings. The elegant gestures, the flesh...The indisputable influence of Jan Brueghel the Younger is revealed in the treatment of trees and flowers, wild roses, tulips as well as in the still life with the squirrel in the foreground.
The craze for this type of virtuoso painting where the mythological figures are only a pretext to better illustrate the landscape and plant species surrounding them, then generated orders from all over Europe.
Hendrick Van Balen, Flemish painter, born and died in Antwerp (1575-1632). A student of Adam Van Noort, he entered the guild of Saint-Luc in 1593, later trained in Italy and was Van Dyck's first master. He often painted small characters taken from scenes from the Bible or classical mythology, on paintings in which Josse de Momper...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
PAIR OF FRENCH MOUNTED PIETRA DURA URNS, 19TH CENTURY
Located in Milan, IT
PAIR OF PIETRA DURA MOUNTED URNS
France, 18th and 19th Century
Amethyst and breccia pavonazzetto
height 24.5 cm
height 9 3/4 in
Category
18th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Triumph of the Infant Bacchus, workshop of H. Van Balen, 16th c. Antwerp
By Hendrick van Balen
Located in PARIS, FR
The Triumph of the Infant Bacchus,
Workshop of Hendrick Van Balen (1575-1632)
Antwerp, c.1630
Oil on copper, h. 28 cm (11.02 in), w. 35 cm (13.78 in)
A large Roman 17th century golden painted frame
Framed: h. 52 cm (20.47 in.), w. 58 cm (22.83 in)
Our finely painted work depicts The Triumph of the Bacchus as a young boy and is one of the most popular mythological subjects in Antwerp at the beginning of the 17th century. Feasting, wine and fun are the themes that constantly appeal to the public.
Thus unfolds before our eyes on our painting the procession composed of nymphs, baccantes, fauns, satyrs and children, their bodies naked, partially covered with brightly coloured draperies that help to brighten up the parade. Playing various instruments, dancing and drinking, while carrying vases and poles adorned with grapevines, participants to the rhythm of a noisy brass band make their way to an ancient temple standing on the right. The exaggerated gestures convey to us the frenzy of the excited crowd.
The Child Bacchus follows the joyous procession, carried by satyrs and nymphs, crowned with ivy and joyfully raising a cup of wine. In the foreground, the drunken participants leave the procession, the children on the left and the group of bacchantes and satyrs on the right are resting among various objects scattered at their feet: cups, vases, ewers bear witness to the festivities in progress.
In the background, a hilly landscape stretches out on the horizon, a semblance of calm that contrasts with the bustle of the foreground.
The artist strives to multiply the many details, whether it be figures, costumes, flowers or vegetation, in order to demonstrate his know-how and the perfection of his execution.
The acidulous palette with fresh and varied colours is characteristic of Hendrick Van Balen's works.
There are several versions identical to ours with similar dimensions painted by Hendrick Van Balen and his workshop.
Related works:
• Koller Auction, Zurich, 21/09/2007, oil on copper, 28,5 x 37,4 cm.
• Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Inv. N° 809 (oil on copper, 40 x 53,5 cm)
• Auktionshaus für Altertümer Glückselig, Vienne, 10/05/1932, ( oil on copper, 34 x 42 cm)
• Gemäldegalerie of Pommersfelden, Schloss Weissenstein, oil on panel, 47 x 64 cm
Hendrick Van Balen, Flemish painter, born and died in Antwerp (1575-1632). A pupil of Adam Van Noort, he entered the Guild of St. Luke in 1593, later trained in Italy and was Van Dyck's first teacher. He often painted small figures taken from scenes from the Bible or classical mythology, on paintings whose backgrounds and landscapes were painted by Josse de Momper...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Copper
Untitled (Needlepoint Tapestry with Gold Thread Details 17th century Wool)
Located in Columbia, MO
Artist Unknown
Needlepoint Tapestry with Gold Thread Details
17th century
Wool
Framed
Category
17th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
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