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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Flemish 18th Century Oil Painting Swans Frightened by Dog in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Swans Startled by Dog
Flemish Old Master, 18th century
oil on bevelled wood panel, framed
framed: 14.5 x 17 inches
panel: 10 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge late 17th early 18th century Italian floral oil - Peacock doves and a duck
Located in Antwerp, BE
Huge late 17th, early 18th century Italian Old master - A peacock doves and a duck holding flowers in a park landscape at sunset, attr. Angelo Maria Crivelli
In a peaceful park land...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th Century English Fox Hunting Oil Painting Wood Panel Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Over the Brook (English Fox Hunting scene)
English School, 18th century
circle of John Nost Sartorius (1759-1828)
oil on wood panel, framed
framed:...
Category
Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Favourites Of The Earl Of Orford - 3 Greyhounds In A Landscape 18th Century
By George Garrard
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Favourites Of The Earl Of Orford, Three Greyhounds In A Landscape, 18th Century
attributed to George GARRARD (1760-1826)
Large 18th Century portrait of three greyhounds in a l...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with Farm Animals & Figures
Located in Milford, NH
A fine 18th century Continental School landscape oil painting with animals including cows, horses, dogs, and chickens in a farm setting. Oil on canvas, laid down on board, unsigned, ...
Category
Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Military Encampment Figures on Horseback
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Military Encampment
Dutch School, 17th century
circle of Philips Wouwermans (Dutch 1619-1668)
oil painting on canvas, in 18th century gilt frame
canvas measures: 19.5 x 17 inches...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil Painting of Magnificent Horse 'The Grey Arabian'
By Jan Wyck
Located in London, GB
Jan WYCK (1652-1702, Dutch)
The Grey Arabian
oil on canvas
Signed J Wyck
78 x 88 cm canvas size
108 x 98 cm; inc frame
This magnificent work by Jan...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Birds with an Upturned Basket of Fruit 1
Located in West Sussex, GB
Giovanni Agostino Cassana
(c.1658 – 6 May 1720) Venetian
Birds with an Upturned Basket of Fruit
Oil on canvas: 25 x 35 in. Frame: 33 x 43 in.
Abate, or Giovanni Agostino Cassana ...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Morland (1763-1804) "Piglets" Watercolor. Original Signed & Dated 1791
Located in San Francisco, CA
George Morland (1763-1804) "Piglets" Watercolor. Original Signed & Dated 1791
Unframed 14" x 18"
Framed 21 x 26
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
17th century By Dutch maestro Still life with bird, carp & lobster Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This painting fits well into the Dutch pictorial production of the Golden century. The composition, built on the harmonious presentation of rich wild game and fine details such as th...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A horse and groom with a dog
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Francis Sartorius (1734-1804)
A horse and groom with a dog
signed 'F.Sartorius.Pinxt' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 14 1/4 x 18 in
Framed Size - 16 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
Franc...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A horse and groom with a dog
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Francis Sartorius (1734-1804)
A horse and groom with a dog
signed and dated 'F.Sartorius.Pinxt.1777' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 14 1/4 x 18 in
Framed Size - 16 1/2 x 1...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Flemish Old Master - Orpheus charming the animals with his music
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish Old Master - Orpheus charming the animals with his music
The present painting is full of delightful details, such as the unicorn galloping in the distance, the ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A bay horse with groom and dog
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Francis Sartorius (1734-1804)
A bay horse with groom and dog
Signed and dated 'F.Sartorius.Pinxt.1788' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 14 1/4 x 18 in
Framed Size - 19 1/2 x...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Oil Painting on Wood Panel Horse & Figures Resting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Resting Place
Dutch School, mid 17th century
oil painting on board, unframed
canvas: 7 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 18th Century English Sporting Painting Country Squire Hunting Horse & Dogs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Squire
English School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 27.5 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: large areas of overpainting and re...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gimcrack with jockey up, wearing the colours of 1st Earl Grosvenor
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Nost Sartorius (London 1759-1828)
Gimcrack with jockey up, wearing the colours of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor
Inscribed and signed 'Gi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Metal
Monumental Singerie 18th Century Whimsical Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental Singerie (monkeys imitating human behavior) 18th century whimsical painting in the style of Christopher Huet
In good antique condition with restoration
66"W x 74"H unfra...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine 18th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Cattle & Sheep Ancient Ruins
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape
Dutch Old Master, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 12 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: good a...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Military Encampment Soldiers on Horseback Dusk Landscape 1700's Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Military Encampment
Circle of Carel van Falens (1683-1733, Flemish)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 8 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and so...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Herminia and the Shepherds, a painting by Francesco de Mura (Napoli 1696 - 1782)
Located in PARIS, FR
In this masterly painting, Francesco de Mura presents the meeting of Herminia and the shepherds, a famous episode taken from the seventh canto of Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape by Jan Frans Soolmaker
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting depicts a pastoral scene that is attributed to the artist Jan Frans Soolmaker, an artist known for his Italianate landscapes and scenes that often feature equestrian and Arcadian elements. The painting is not signed but is attributed to Soolmaker, relating it to a known signed work by the artist that was sold at Sotheby’s London in 1999.
The scene is suffused with the warm glow of a setting or rising sun, casting a soft light that is characteristic of Soolmaker’s landscapes. It shows a shepherd guiding a group of cattle across a shallow stream, with the animals taking center stage in the composition. The animals are rendered with careful attention to their forms and the play of light on their bodies, which is a hallmark of Soolmaker's work. The landscape is composed of a rocky terrain with trees and shrubbery, creating a sense of depth and natural beauty that invites the viewer to explore the scene further.
The background suggests a vast, open landscape with distant mountains, which adds to the Italianate feel of the painting. The sky is dramatic, with clouds catching the light of the sun, contributing to the overall serene yet dynamic atmosphere of the work.
The provenance of the painting is notable, having been in the possession of significant historical figures such as Swedish Prince Fredrik Adolf, and later The collection of Pär Ulmgren, The collection of Gösta Stenman, and Engineer and politician Gustaf Henry Hansson.
Potential buyers have the option of choosing between a newly made gold frame or an older brown frame, which allows for personalization in how the work is presented.
Soolmaker’s work is often compared to that of Dutch painter Nicolaes Berchem, whose style he emulated. Soolmaker's landscapes reflect a similar sensitivity to light and composition, making his works sought after for their beauty and historical significance. Despite the smaller body of work left by Soolmaker, due to his short career, his paintings are valued for their craftsmanship and the legacy of the artist’s brief but impactful contribution to the Dutch Italianate landscape genre.
Information:
Jan Frans Soolmaker (Flanders 1635‑1685)
Shepherd with Sheep...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Francesco Zuccarelli Venetian master - 18th century landscape painting - Knights
Located in Varmo, IT
Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788) - River landscape with knights and medieval village.
53 x 70 cm without frame, 64.5 x 80.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil paintin...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rooster and game
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
18th century work
Black wooden frame
55 x 78 x 3 cm
Category
Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century sporting horse portrait oil painting of a race horse and groom
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Francis Sartorius
British, (1734-1804)
Bay Hunter & Groom
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 24.25 inches x 29.25 inches
Size including frame: 32 inches x 37 inches
A wonderful spor...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sir Richard Sutton's foxhounds
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Ferneley Snr (1782-1860 Melton Mowbray)
Sir Richard Sutton's foxhounds
signed J. Ferneley lower right
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 16 1/8 x 20 1/2 in
Framed Size 21 x 25 in
Proven...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
c. 1800 Shepherd & Milk Maid with Cattle Pastoral Landscape Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape
by Peter la Cave (fl. 1789-1816)
oil painting on wood panel, framed
framed: 12.5 x 15 inches
panel: 8 x 10 inches
provenance: private ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A farmstead in a landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
George Morland (1763-1804)
A farmstead in a landscape
Oil on canvas
Signed 'Morland' lower right
Painting Size - 18 1/2 x 24 in
Framed Size - 22 x 28 in
George Morland was born in J...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study of a hound in a landscape
By Sawrey Gilpin
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807)
Study of a hound in a landscape
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 14 x 17 in
Framed Size - 17 x 20 in
Provenance: Victor Brockbank Fine Art, London;
Private Collection, London.
Sawrey Gilpin was a member of an old Cumberland family who chose a career in sporting painting, at which he was encouraged as a young man by the great Duke of Cumberland who had suppressed the Jacobite rising of 1745. Gilpin, though centred on London, always retained his Northern links, and had as patron many northern sportsman, like the sporting fanatic Colonel Thornton of Thornville Royal for whom he painted numerous pictures.
Gilpin has suffered from being under the shadow of his incomparable contemporary George Stubbs, but he emerges as a leading horse and animal painter of a competence which is always reliable and occasionally inspired. He is an important link between the early English School of Wootton, Tillemans and the like, and the later painters exemplified by Ferneley and Herring. He was the president of the Society of Artists in 1773, and was elected RA in 1797.
A clubbable man, he was popular with his fellow Royal Academicians. He frequently collaborated with them, adding portraits of favourite animals to numerous pictures by Barret, Walton, Romney, Zoffany, Reinagle and even the young Turner. He was the teacher of Thomas Gooch...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English portrait painting of a white poodle dog sitting upright
Located in Bath, Somerset
A white poodle, sitting upright on its hind legs.
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame, bearing a plaque 'Henry Bernard Chalon 1770-1849'.
Canvas size: 33 x 26cm
In frame: 45 x 37cm
Provenance:
Phillips sale, London, 24 November 1998, lot 140.
David Messum, London
One of the more important painters of his time, Chalon was the son of Jan Chalon, a Dutch musician and engraver from Amsterdam (1749-95), and 'Jackey' Barnard, the daughter of Sir John Barnard, a financier, London merchant, Lord Mayor and M.P. (1722-61). Chalon studied at the Royal Academy schools and married a sister of the artist James Ward. Their daughter Maria A. Chalon became a miniaturist. Chalon became estranged from his wife and James Ward tried, unsuccessfuly, to damage his career.
Chalon had considerable success as a painter and in 1795 was appointed animal painter to the Duchess of York...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th Century oil painting of a grey horse at an encampment, British school
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of George Morland (British, 1762 – 1804)
A grey horse at an encampment
Oil on board
Indistinctly with signature (lower left)
12.1/8 x 10in. (31 x 40.8 cm.)
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Late 17th Century Italian School.
The Return of the Ark on the Covenant,
Oil on Canvas, in a Fine 17th Century Italian Frame,
canvas: 40.25" x 49.75" (102.3 x 126cm)
Fine quality and rare 17th century Italian Old Master...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of William Stonestreet - Dutch Golden Age 17thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Golden Age portrait is attributed to circle of Dutch artist Wybrand Simonsz de Geest. Painted in 1666 it is a full length portrait of a young William Stonestreet. H...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Boy with Bird - British 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning 17th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Godfrey Kneller. Painted circa 1680 it is a superb full length portrait of a blonde haired boy holding a struggling bird. He is bare foot and dressed in a white shirt with gold shawl around him. In the background is a blue drape. There is lovely detail and brushwork in his facial features and vibrant colouring. This a superb 17th century Old Master oil painting housed in a lovely frame.
Provenance. Two ascribed labels verso
Christie's stamp verso. .
Condition. Oil on canvas in good condition, 36 inches by 28 inches approx.
Frame. Housed in an ornate frame, 43 inches by 35 inches approx.
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723), was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles II to George I. Kneller was born Gottfried Kniller in the Free City of Lübeck, the son of Zacharias Kniller, a portrait painter. Kneller studied in Leiden, but became a pupil of Ferdinand Bol and Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn in Amsterdam. He then travelled with his brother John Zacharias Kneller, who was an ornamental painter, to Rome and Venice in the early 1670s, painting historical subjects and portraits in the studio of Carlo Maratti, and later moved to Hamburg. The brothers came to England in 1676, and won the patronage of the Duke of Monmouth. He was introduced to, and painted a portrait of, Charles II. In England, Kneller concentrated almost entirely on portraiture. In the spirit of enterprise, he founded a studio which churned out portraits on an almost industrial scale, relying on a brief sketch of the face with details added to a formulaic model, aided by the fashion for gentlemen to wear full wigs. His portraits set a pattern that was followed until William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds. Nevertheless, he established himself as a leading portrait artist in England. When Sir Peter Lely died in 1680, Kneller was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to the Crown by Charles II. For about 20 years (c.1682-1702) he lived at No. 16-17 The Great Piazza, Covent Garden. In the 1690s, Kneller painted the Hampton Court Beauties depicting the most glamorous ladies-in-waiting of the Royal Court for which he received his knighthood from William III. He produced a series of "Kit-cat" portraits of 48 leading politicians and men of letters, members of the Kit-Cat Club. Created a baronet by King George I on 24 May 1715, he was also head of the Kneller Academy of Painting and Drawing 1711–1716 in Great Queen Street, London, which counted such artists as Thomas Gibson amongst its founding directors. His paintings were praised by Whig members including John Dryden, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Alexander Pope. On the landing in Horsham Museum hang works of art from the Museum's extensive painting collection, featuring a large 18th-century portrait of Charles Eversfield and his wife, of Denne Park House. In the painting Eversfield is giving his wife some violets which signifies fidelity, love and honesty. It is likely that the picture was cut down at some time as it was unusual to stop just below the knee. It may have been painted by more than one person: someone who specialised in clothing, another in drapes, and so on, with perhaps Kneller painting the heads, for it was the portraits that gave the sitters their identity, everything else is rather formulaic. He married a widow, Susanna Grave, on 23 January 1704 at St Bride...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Fox Hunting Party, dated 1770 John Nost SARTORIUS (1759-1828)
By John Nott Sartorius SNR
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Fox Hunting Party, dated 1770
John Nost SARTORIUS (1759-1828) - names of the hunting party fully inscribed by the artist verso
Large 18th Century English Fox Hunting Party land...
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18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Horse II, Pastel on Sand Paper, by Sunil Das "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Old Horse
11 x 9 inches (unframed size) 18 x 16 ( Expected framed size)
Pastel on Sand Paper
Circa, 1958
( Delivered framed )
A very old unique and rare work by the M...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Peacock and Birds in a Landscape - British 17thC Old Master animal oil painting
By Marmaduke Cradock
Located in London, GB
This stunning British Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of noted bird painter Marmaduke Cradock. Painted circa 1690 it is an excellent example and the sort of collection of birds he loved to paint - a peacock, wild turkeys, a jay in the foreground and doves, all set in a beautiful landscape. A variant of this painting is now in The Tate collection. Unlike many artists, he preferred to paint live birds with all their passions, joys and quarrels. The artist has perfectly capture the dynamics between this group, especially the dove and jay, as they all begin to settle down in the twilight. The colouring and brushwork are superb making this a fantastic British Old Master bird oil painting in a stunning carved gilt frame.
Provenance. London estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 42 inches by 39 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a magnificent complementary period carved and gilded frame, 50 inches by 47 inches and in good condition.
Marmaduke Cradock (1660-1716) was an English painter of birds and animals. Some older sources give his first name as Luke. Cradock was an English painter, noted for his depictions of birds, dead game, and other animals. He was born in Somerton, Somerset and moved to London, where he served an apprenticeship to a house-painter. He was, however, self-taught as an artist, becoming skilled in the depiction of birds and animals. Horace Walpole wrote that "I have seen some pieces by his hand which he painted with a freedom and a fire that entitled them to more distinction". According to Walpole, Cradock deliberately shunned aristocratic patronage. He worked in general by the day, and for dealers who retailed his works; possessing that conscious dignity of talent which made him hate to be employed by men whose birth and fortune confined his fancy, and restrained his freedom. According to the RKD his work as a still life and bird painter was influenced by Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Peter Frans Casteels, and Jakob Bogdani. Sketches in the collection of the British Museum indicate that he based at least some of the birds in his paintings on drawings from life. He tended to paint domestic birds and common wild species, rather than the exotic varieties favoured by some other artists. He sometimes introduced elements of drama such as attacks by predatory animals into his bird paintings, a feature shared with the works of Francis Barlow...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two deer calfs - Nicasius Bernaerts (Antwerp 1620- Paris 1678)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on canvas
Joined with a certificate by dr. Jan De Maere (16/01/2023)
Dimensions: 51 x 73 cm, 70 x 92 cm (framed)
In this study, two young eer calves stand as a harmonious duo...
Category
Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pastoral Scene with Shepherd and Animals - Old Master c 1700 art oil painting
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in London, GB
This superb Old Master later 17th/early 18th century oil painting is attributed to Baroque painter and German born animal artist Philipp Peter Roos. He was active in and near Rome fr...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
1700's Venetian Old Master Ink Drawing St. Marks Lion Angelic Figures Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lion of St. Mark
Venetian Old Master, mid 18th century
circle of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venetian, 1696-1770)
ink and watercolour drawing on paper mounted on a card frame, unf...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Infant St John the Baptist with Lamb - Italian Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful 18th century Italian Old Master oil painting is something rather special. Painted circa 1750 the subject matter is Saint John the Baptist as a very young child. He is ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rabbits Dove and Guinea Pig in an Interior - Italian Old master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Italian 17th century Old Master animal oil painting is attributed to Baroque artist Giovanni Agostino Cassana. Painted circa 1650 the composition is of two rabbits, a gui...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A German Pointer with hunting Equipment
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
German School (18th century)
A German Pointer with hunting Equipment
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 42 x 35 in
Framed Size 48 x 41 in
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Greyhound and Friends - Italian 17thC Old Master dog art oil painting
By Francesco Fieravino
Located in London, GB
This stunning Old Master 17th century oil portrait painting is attributed to Francesco Fieravino, an artist famous in his day for still lifes and carpets. This painting which dates t...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Game, Fruit and Veg - Flemish 17thC Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
Pieter Boel, Flemish Old Master, painted this stunning 17th century still life oil painting. Painted circa 1660 it is a large and impressive still life with dead game surrounded by f...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early Naturalistic Wildlife Animal Rendering of a Possible Capuchin Monkey
Located in Houston, TX
Early naturalistic wildlife rendering by the English artist Peter Paillou. The work features a delicately rendered depiction of a possible capuchin monkey from an 18th century specim...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Shepherd with Animals in Landscape - Dutch Old Master art pastoral oil painting
By Nicolaes Berchem
Located in London, GB
This lovely Dutch Old Master oil painting is attributed to noted Dutch artist Nicholaes Berchem. Painted circa 1665 it is a charming pastoral scene of a shepherd and his animals including sheep, goats, donkey and cows and of course his trusty dog. They are all resting beneath trees while he looks on attentively. The light in the sky and the light and shadows on the animals is beautiful. A really superb example of Dutch Old Master art with great detail.
Provenance. Surrey estate.
Christies stamp verso.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 38 inches by 32 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a complementary gilt frame, 46 inches by 30 inches and in good condition.
Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620-1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces. He was a member of the second generation of "Dutch Italianate landscape" painters. These were artists who travelled to Italy, or aspired to, in order to soak up the romanticism of the country, bringing home sketchbooks full of drawings of classical ruins and pastoral imagery. His paintings, of which he produced an immense number, (Hofstede de Groot claimed around 850, although many are misattributed), were in great demand, as were his 80 etchings and 500 drawings. His landscapes, painted in the Italian style of idealized rural scenes, with hills, mountains, cliffs and trees in a golden dawn are sought after. Berchem also painted inspired and attractive human and animal figures (staffage) in works of other artists, like Allaert van Everdingen, Jan Hackaert, Gerrit Dou, Meindert Hobbema and Willem Schellinks. Born in Haarlem, he received instruction from his father Pieter Claesz, and from the painters Jan van Goyen, Pieter de Grebber, Jan Baptist Weenix, Jan Wils and Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert. According to Houbraken, Carel de Moor told him that Berchem got his name from two words "Berg hem" for "Save him!", an expression used by his fellows in Van Goyen's workshop whenever his father chased him there with the intent to beat him. No trip or Grand Tour by Berchem was documented by Houbraken though he mentioned another story about the "Berg hem!" nickname which came from Berchem's conscription as a sailor; the man in charge of impressment knew him and sent him ashore with the words "Save him!". Today his name is assumed to come from his father's hometown of Berchem, Antwerp. According to the RKD he traveled to Italy with Jan Baptist Weenix, whom he called his cousin, in 1642–5. Works by him are signed both as "CBerghem" and "Berchem". In 1645 he became a member of the Dutch reformed church and married the year after. According to Houbraken he married the daughter of the painter Jan Wils, who kept him on a short allowance, but to finance his collection of prints he would borrow money from his pupils and colleagues and pay them back from the proceeds of paintings that he didn't tell her about. Around 1650 he travelled to Westphalia with Jacob van Ruisdael, where a dated piece showing Burg Bentheim is recorded. Maybe Berchem went to Italy after this trip and before he moved to Amsterdam - he is not clearly documented in the Netherlands between 1650 and 1656. Around 1660 he worked for the engraver Jan de Visscher designing an atlas. In 1661-1670 he is registered in Amsterdam and in 1670 he moved back to Haarlem, but was living back in Amsterdam by 1677, where he died in 1683. He was a popular teacher and his pupils were Abraham Begeyn, Johannes van der Bent, his son Nicolaes, Isaack Croonenbergh, Simon Dubois, Karel Dujardin, Johannes Glauber, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob van Huchtenburg, Justus van Huysum...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arcadian Italian Landscape - Old Master 17thC French oil painting herdsman sheep
By (Attributed to) Gaspard Dughet
Located in London, GB
A delicate oil on canvas landscape capriccio of an Arcadian landscape with figures and sheep and goats in the foreground. A stormy sky and blasted tree populate the landscape and the...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golden Age Sheep and Goat in a Landscape - Dutch 17thC Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
Abraham Begeyn, Dutch Golden Age painter and Prussian court painter painted this wonderful 17th century Old Master oil painting. Painted circa 1690 and signed lower right, the subjec...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Table Top Still Life with Birds, Fruit and Walnuts - Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This simply stunning German 18th century Old Master oil painting is by noted artist C.L. Braun, signed lower right on the table edge. It was painted circa 1780 and has the look of a...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Hi...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Dog and Cats
By Paul de Vos
Located in Zürich, CH
Paul de Vos was a Flemish painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of still life in the 17th century. His work was immensely popular and was commissioned by princely courts and hunting pavilions. He was the younger brother of Cornelis de Vos, famous portrait painter. He studied in Antwerp with Denis van Hove (in 1604), David Remeus (in 1605) and Frans Snyders (after 1611), master of baroque still life and animal compositions.
The works of the latter had a particularly noticeable impact on the composition of the work of Pauvel de Vos. He worked mainly in Antwerp. In 1620 he became a free master of Antwerp and joined the guild of Saint Luke of that city.
De Vos’s work was immensely popular, international fame came to the artist in the early 1630s, when he repeatedly carried out orders from the Flemish and Spanish nobility...
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18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Caravan of shepherds Oil on canvas painting Giuseppe Tassone
Located in Milan, IT
Giuseppe Tassone (Rome 1653 - Naples 1737)
Shepherd's Caravan
Oil on canvas, 130 x 155 cm
Expert opinion Prof. Alberto Crispo
The manner of outlining the people and animals with...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Antique oil painting, Boy Fleaing a Dog, Gerard ter Borch, Dutch golden age
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Gerard ter Borch (II) (1617-1681), copy after, around 1700
'Boy Fleaing a Dog'
Oil on canvas
Professionally restored (cleaned and relined)
In modern frame in 17th century style
Dimensions excl. frame: 33 x 27,5 cm.
Dimensions incl. frame: approx. 50 x 45,5 cm.
Depcited is a boy busy fleaing a dog. The boy sits on a chair with the dog on his lap. On a table on the right there is a book and a pen. On a wooden bench lies the boy's hat.
What is unique about this painting by Ter Borch, is the relationship that is depicted between human and animal. Mostly animals like dogs where depicted as an attribute in paintings in the 17th century, and sometimes used to symbolize certain character traits. This boy is lovingly caring for his dog, which he is giving his full attention.
Another interesting detail is that Ter Borch's brother Moses, was probably the model for this painting. Ter borch often used family members as models for his paintings. Moses was also a very talented painter and draughtsman.
Several copies of this work by Ter Borch are known. One of these copies is in the collection of the Dutch Rijksmuseum (Image included in the image gallery (last image)).
The original painting is in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek museum in Munich, Germany.
Gerard ter Borch, also known as Gerard Terburg, was a Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A large English 18th century painting of a Chestnut horse
By Thomas Beach
Located in Bath, Somerset
A saddled chestnut hunter tethered to a post at the entrance to stables with a wooded landscape and a hill beyond. Signed and dated lower left, 'T. Beach pt., 1785'.
Provenance:
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's 28 May 1999. lot 15
Thomas Beach was essentially known as a portrait artist and the present painting is a rare example of his skill as an animal painter. His ability to convey a sense of the character of his sitters is evident here in the remarkably sensitive portrayal of the horse's expression.
Beach painted...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century German Baroque Oil Painting Shepherds & Flocks in Landscape
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shepherds in Field
German School, late 17th century
circle of Philipp Peter Roos (1655-1706)
oil on canvas
19 x 31 inches, unframed
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil