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Paintings For Sale
Style: Old Masters
Style: Street Art
Huge 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Still Life Fruit in Basket
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Fruit in Basket with other objects
Italian artist, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24.5 x 33 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venice by Moonlight - 19th Century Oil Painting of Grand Canal under a Full Moon
By Henry Pether
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Venice by Moonlight' by Henry Pether (1800-1880).
The painting – which depicts an extensive nocturnal view of the Grand Canal with the Palazzo Pisani Gritti to the left and the Dor...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century British Old Master Oil The Young Shepherdess with Lamb
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Young Shepherd
English School, 18th century
circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 30 x 25 inches
Provenance: Private collection
Condition: very good condi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 18th Century British Old Master Oil Painting Figures at Dusk in Woodland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Close of Day
English artist, second half 18th century
circle of Thomas Gainsborough (British 1727-1788)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24.5 x 29 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th century English marine Battle scene between Dutch and British warships
By Francis Swaine
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to Francis Swaine (British, 1725–1782)
Naval Engagement at Sea, 18th century
Oil on panel
In this evocative seascape, a cluster of ships—flags raised, cannons fired—conve...
Category
1760s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Important 18th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting of Georgian London Festival
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘St. James’ Day’ by Richard Morton Paye (1750-1820).
This large and important 18th century oil on canvas depicts a diverse crowd of Londoners at an oyster stand on a summer’s eveni...
Category
1780s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Elderly Man
Located in Stockholm, SE
This finely executed oil painting, attributed to the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, captures the contemplative expression of an elderly man, his gaze lowered in quiet re...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Holy Family St John Scarsella Paint 17th Century Oil on table Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ippolito Scarsella, known as Lo Scarsellino (Ferrara, c. 1550 - 1620) workshop
Holy Family with the Infant St John
oil on arched panel 46 x 29 cm.
in a small temple frame 75 x 55 cm
This interesting work shows us one of the most sought-after iconographic subjects in the Christian tradition, presented here according to an ancient and proven scheme. We see the Virgin, majestic, in the centre of the scene while holding a chubby child, who is offering a small bird to the young St John (tradition has it that it is a goldfinch, one of the symbols of the passion of Christ) to be caressed.
Completing the Holy Family, we can see Saint Joseph in the shadows, apart from the loving everyday scene depicted in the foreground, calmly leaning on his walking stick.
Regarding the stylistic characteristics of this small panel, it is easy to recognise the influence of 16th and 17th century Emilian painting, which leads us to confirm its traditional attribution to Ippolito Scarsella (circa 1550 - 1620) from Ferrara, undoubtedly one of the most important artists of this pictorial context. It could very well be a trial sketch...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naval Battle Engagement at Sea Large Busy Battle Scene Many Ships, Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, early 20th century
signed
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 17 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, Eng;and
condition: good and sound condition, minor ...
Category
Early 20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A pair - Greyhounds coursing
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Nost Sartorius (London 1759-1828)
Greyhounds Coursing
Signed and dated 'J. N. Sartorius 1820.' lower centre
A Pair, Oil on canvas
Each Canvas Size - 14 1/8 x 17 1/8 in
Each Fram...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Spanish Old Master style Oil Painting Flowers in Ornate Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers
Studio of Miguel Canals, Spanish 1925-1995
stamped with the studio mark verso
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 23.5 x 18 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
King Charles 1st Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Famous British Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Charles I
British artist, early 20th century
signed with initials
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 29 inches
canvas: 32 x 26 inches
provenance: p...
Category
Early 1900s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian Old Master, 18th century
Title: Angel and Saints appearing to figures, one dressed in a white ruff collar.
Medium: oil on canvas...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Historical Portrait Believed to be of Scottish Politician David Carnegie
By John Baptist De Medina
Located in Houston, TX
Early historical portrait in the style of William Aikman believed to be of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk, a Scottish peer and politician. The work features the central figure ...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A view of Bath, England
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Edmund Garvey (Kilkenny 1740-1813)
A view of Bath
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 20 x 28 in
Framed Size 26 x 33 in
Edmund Garvey (1740 – 28 May 1813) was an Irish landscape painter whose...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Providenza
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Providenza'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inche...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Fine 17th Century French Old Master Oil on Copper The Madonna & Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Christ Child
French Old Master, 17th century
circle of Simon Vouet (French 1590-164
oil on copper, unframed
Copper : 9 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection, Lyon, Fr...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Copper
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 Paintings
Materials
Copper
Adriaen van Ostade (follower of) - A Woman Dancing to the Music from a Violin
Located in Stockholm, SE
Adriaen van Ostade (follower of)
A Women Dancing to the Music from a Violin
oil on oak panel
panel size 10.23 x 15.35 inches (26 x 39 cm)
frame 15.74 x 21.25 inches (40 x 54 cm)
f...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Love Jewel - Original Graffiti Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Classical Still Life of Flowers in Urn on Stone Plinth Signed British Oil
By Robert Dumont-Smith
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers
by Robert Dumont-Smith, British 1908-1994
signed oil on copper, framed
inscribed verso
framed: 9 x 11 inches
board: 6.5 x 8.25 inches
provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shipping in Calm Waters, 18th Century Dutch Oil on Wood Panel, Man o War
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shipping in Calm Waters
Dutch School, 18th century
oil painting on wood panel
panel: 10 x 12.75 inches
framed: 14 x 17 inches
condition: very good, minor evidenc...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Huge 18th Century Italian Oil Painting Shipping in Merchant Port Many Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Merchants Port
Italian School, 18th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 37 x 58 inches
canvas: 32 x 52 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good a...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape by Jan Frans Soolmaker
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jan Frans Soolmaker (Flanders 1635‑1685)
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape
oil on relined canvas
canvas size 56 x 53 cm
frame i...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Head of an Arabian horse
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Emile Jean Horace Vernet (1789-1863)
Head of an Arabian horse
Oil on canvas
Canvas size 22 x 18 in
Framed size 30 1/2 x 26 1/5 in
Provenance
Private Collection, France;
with Sandra ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sweetheart Kisses - Graffiti Painting Hearts on Canvas Original Goldhammer Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Huge 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Figures & Animals Arcadian
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Arcadian Landscape
Italian School, 18th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 32 x 40 inches
condition: excellent condition for its age, fully restored.
provenance: from a private collection in Paris, France.
Large scale classical 18th century Italian Old Master...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Classical Still Life of Flowers Ornate Profusion of Petals Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Profusion of Flowers
Continental School, late 20th century
a pastiche work after the earlier style
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 36 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, Dev...
Category
Late 20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Couple Landscape Man Woman Boucher Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francois Boucher (Paris, 1703 - 1770) - workshop/circle -
Pair of paintings The Surprised Lovers (Les amants surpris)/The Pleasant Lesson ('LAgréable Leçon)
18th century Oil o...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century French Old Master Oil Painting Classical Robed Semi Nude Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
17th century French School
circle of Nicolas Poussin (French 1594-1665)
"Figures in Arcadia"
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Nicolas Poussin was a renowned French painter of the 17th century. He is considered one of the greatest figures of classical French Baroque art...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Classical Still Life Ornate Flowers in Vase in the Traditional Old Master style
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ornate Classical Flowers
oil painting on canvas, framed
signed and dated 1947
framed: 17.5 x 12.5 inches
canvas: 16 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century French Garden or Féte a Bride and musicians playing music
Located in Woodbury, CT
This enchanting 18th-century French fête galante captures the elegance and joy of aristocratic leisure, set amidst a lush garden adorned with flowers. A scene of refined celebration,...
Category
1780s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Antique Classical Nude Draped in Robes Dancing with Dog Gold Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 19th century
Title: Classical nude draped in robes with dancing dog. The work looks as though it might have been a ceiling...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Oil Painting Georgian London by Night
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Fire and Moonlight’ by Abraham Pether FSA (1752–1812).
The painting – which depicts an extensive moonlit view across the City of London with a cottage on fire in the foreground – was exhibited at the Society of Artists Exhibition in London in 1790 and is sold with detailed provenance going back over 230 years. Such is the painting’s quality that for over 150 years it was thought to be by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) and was exhibited as such on many occasions alongside many of Joseph Wright’s paintings then in the important private collection of Lord Belper of Kingston Hall.
This contemporary view of London in the late 18th century is seen from One Tree Hill in what was once the Great North Wood three miles south-east of the capital; prominent amongst the dozens of famous landmarks of Georgian...
Category
1790s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Gentleman shooting in a landscape with a horse and spaniels
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Francis Sartorius (1775-1831)
A Gentleman shooting in a landscape with a horse and spaniels
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 11 1/2 x 16 in
Framed...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century English portrait of a Hound or Gun Dog in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite early 19th-century English portrait of a gun dog or foxhound by Thomas Weaver is a masterpiece of sporting art that offers both historical...
Category
1790s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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: ...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge 18th Century French Oil Painting Dogs Fighting Medieval Castle Wooden Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fighting Dogs
French Provincial School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed in period antique wooden frame (walnut?)
Framed: 26 x 51 inches
Canvas : 19 x ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Very Large Antique French Classical Romantic Oil Painting Ancient Ruin Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century
Title: Classical Landscape with figures amongst ancient ruins.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
canvas: 24.5 x 36 inches
P...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Lions Den
By George Stubbs
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Circle of George Stubbs
The Lions Den
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 11 x 14 1/2 in
Framed Size 17 x 21 in
George Stubbs, one of the most celebrated animal painters of the 18th century, ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Panel Angelic Visitation to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Angelic Visitation
Dutch School, mid 17th century
circle of Rembrandt (Dutch 1606-1669)
oil on wooden panel, framed in faux tortoiseshell style frame.
framed: 25 x 28.75
painting...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Historical Italian painter - 19th century figure painting - Allegory
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Satirical allegory of the papacy and Austrian empire.
28.5 x 24 cm without frame, 32 x 26.5 with frame.
Oil on panel, in gilded wooden frame.
Cond...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
After Hendrick MOMMERS (1623-1693) Haarlem Vegetable Market c1750
Located in Holywell, GB
After Hendrick MOMMERS (1623-1693) Haarlem Vegetable Market c1750
An early copy c1750, of an entertaining Dutch vegetable market scene in an Italianate landscape. The original was p...
Category
1750s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
A groom with a saddled bay hunter and dogs in an extensive landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Thomas Stringer (1722-1790)
A groom with a saddled bay hunter and dogs, in an extensive landscape
Dated 1754 lower left
Oil on canvas
Unframed size 25 x 36 in
Framed size 31 x 42 in
...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Flemish school, Madonna with child and red Drapery. Oil/wood
Located in Firenze, IT
Madonna with Child and Red Drapery, Flemish School, Oil on Oak Panel, 17th Century
Flemish School, 17th century
Technique: oil on oak panel with 4 crossbars
Dimensions: Height: 43...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel, Board
Large 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting on Wood Panel Biblical Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Biblical Figures, Large Gathering around Christ?
Dutch Old Master, early 17th century
oil painting on wood panel, stuck on velvet backing board
velvet board: 27 x 29 inches
board: 25.5 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition, obvious old panel...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A Portrait of a Bewigged Gentleman
By Enoch Seeman
Located in St. Albans, GB
Enoch Seeman
Canvas Size: 30 x 25" (76 x 62cm)
Outside Frame Size: 37 x 32" (92 x 80cm)
1694-1744
He was born in Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland, around 1694. His father, also Enoch...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century English portrait of the Duchess of Leeds seated in an interior
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a Lady, traditionally believed to be Bridget Bertie (1629-1703/4), the Duchess of Leeds, three quarter length, wearing an amber coloured silk gown, with an embroidered bl...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Moses Striking Water from the Rock
By Pier (Pietro) Dandini
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moses Striking Water from the Rock;
Circle of Pietro Dandini, Italian 1646-1712
Italian School, late 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 3...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Painting Figures Playing Cards
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Card Players
Flemish Old Master, 17th century
based on a version (in reverse) of a painting by Cornelis de Vos (Flemish 1584-1651)
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 39 x 62 inches
...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting Dead Game in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life with Dead Birds
18th Century Italian School
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 17 x 21 inches
canvas: 14 x 18 inches
provenance: private collec...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cattle watering in an open landscape
By Joshua Shaw
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Joshua Shaw (Billingborough 1776-1860 New Jersey)
An open landscape with cattle watering
signed and dated 'J. Shaw. 1810' lower right
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 36 x 51 in
Framed Siz...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century British Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady, Large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) British.
18th Century Bust Portrait of a Lady,
Oil on Canvas, Inscribed on a label verso,
canvas: 30" x 25" (76.2 x 63.5cm).
frame: 30 x 25 in...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CAVALRY BATTLE - Antonio Savisio -Neapolitan School Oil on canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Land battle - Antonio Savisio Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm.60x90.
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame cm.92x122
Maestro Antonio Savisio drew inspiration from the masterpieces of the gr...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Wood Panel Ester before Ahasuerus
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ester before Ahasuerus
Dutch School, 17th century
circle of Rembrandt
oil painting on wooden panel, unframed
panel: 28 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, London
condition: very good and sound condition for its age though there are old panel splits evident and minor, but stable, paint loss in those areas, as shown in the photos.
The subject of ‘Ester before Ahasuerus’ was narrated by the Bible’s Book of Ester (V: 2-34). Here, the Persian King...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Covey of Partridges in a landscape
By Stephen Elmer
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Stephen Elmer (Farnham 1715-1796)
A Covey of Partridges in a landscape
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 28 x 36 in
Framed Size 32 x 43 in
Elmer resided at Farnham, Surrey, where he was a m...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
An elegant lady and gentleman hare coursing in an extensive landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752) & Thomas Spencer (1700-1753)
An elegant lady and gentleman hare coursing in an extensive landscape
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 33 x 50 in
Framed Size - 41 x...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christ Cross Religious Van Dyck 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
By Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641) workshop
Christ Carrying the Cross - 17th century
Oil on canvas (120 x 94 cm - framed 140 x 112 cm).
This remarkable canvas, depic...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
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