Old Masters Animal Paintings
OLD MASTERS
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Style: Old Masters
19th century, Grey Horse in a Stable, oil, Albert Clark
By Albert Clark
Located in York, GB
A 19th century oil painting on canvas of a Grey Horse in a Stable.
Signed and dated 1890, housed in a gilt frame.
The size of the painting being 17" x 21" (43.2 x 53.3cm) whilst overall size is 67 x 56
The painting is in very good condition having had some restoration in the past and a recent clean
Albert Clark (1843-1928) British.
Albert Clark (October 1843–December 1928), was an English painter.
Born in October 1843, Clark was the second Son to acclaimed animal painter, James Clark and his wife, Elizabeth who died when Albert was a child.
Living with his father in a small town in Middlesex, South East England, Albert began to learn from James and started creating notable paintings of animals – namely horses – under the 19th century naïve style. At the age of 17, Albert Clark had defined himself as a ‘naïve animal...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
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Oil
Bird Study, a painting on panel by the Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Dr. Ursula Härting for confirming that this painting belongs to the studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger, by means of a certificate issued on December 12, 2024. ...
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1620s Old Masters Animal Paintings
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Oak, Oil
William Albert Clark, clumber spaniel, dog, oil painting.
By William Albert Clark
Located in York, GB
study of a seated clumber spaniel, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1929 lower
left. Housed in a new gilt frame.
Paintings of these beautiful dogs are...
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1920s Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century landscape farmyard scene horses oil painting John Frederick Herring
Located in York, GB
Charming 19th century landscape oil painting of a Farmyard scene by john Frederick Herring depicting a number of different animals including horses, chickens, goats, ducks and cows along with a farmer and his homestead. Oil on canvas, in heavy gilt frame behind glass with oval mount. Size of canvas, Height: 51cm Width: 61cm. Framed overall size Height: 81cm Width: 90cm approximately
This painting is in overall good condition. There is some age related craquelure throughout as to be expected (close up pics available on request)
The original frame/slip shows some signs of age as to be expected including age related cracks and some minor losses
which have been colour matched and regilded. This in no way detracting from this fine painting
This painting is heavy and may need crating if shipping,this would need to be custom made and may cause delay in shipping
John Frederick HERRING (1815-1907)
John Frederick Herring Junior (1815 - 1907)
was an English painter who is best known for his equine art.
John F. Herring Jr...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cattle and Drover in a Landscape - British Victorian art landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous oil on canvas Victorian Old Master painting is by British artist Henry Jutsum. Painted circa 1850 the painting depicts a drover on horse back bringing up the rear behin...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunting trophy with a deer and game, adorned with the accoutrements of the chase
By Jan Weenix
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Flemish or South German, c. 1700-1720
Hunting trophy with a deer and game, adorned with the accoutrements of the chase
Oil on canvas
In a period style moulded pine and ebony veneer...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 ...
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1750s Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
horse & carriage/gig , country scene, antique oil, by John Vine of Colchester
Located in York, GB
A fine antique oil painting, on canvas, of horses pulling a tandem at speed.
signed and titled lower left, Vine Colchester 1834
This fine painting shows two horses pulling an open carriage /gig with gentleman in extensive landscape/park
The size of the painting is approx 50 x 80 cms, whilst overall the size framed is
100cm x 71 cm
This is a fine painting in very good condition housed in a gilt frame ready to hang
Provenance: The E. W. Towler Collection, formerly of Glympton Park, Woodstock, Oxfordshire see details below
The artist John Vine was born with a disability that did not appear to interfere with his ability to draw and paint, largely self-taught as an animal painter, as his reputation grew he exhibited at the Society of British Artists in Grosvenor Square. Based at Colchester he painted many different subjects including farms, houses, children and animals.
Eric W. Towler was a remarkable man. He was born in 1900 and left school at the age of 12 to work in a Yorkshire pit and through a lifetime of hard work, self-improvement, luck and a refusal to limit his horizons achieved many of his aspirations.
As a Yorkshireman through and through, he believed in ‘spending the brass in his pocket’ and over time he was successful enough to acquire enough ‘brass’ to enable his purchase of Glympton Park and furnish it as a traditional country house with all the trappings – in his case collections of...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters 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...
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17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Wolf
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
The Marchesi Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
Sale, Christie’s, London, May 20, 1993, lot 315, as by Carl Borromaus Andreas Ruthart...
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17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
19th century landscape oil painting COCKEREL AND HENS by J L VAN LEEMPUTTEN
Located in York, GB
19th century landscape oil painting COCKEREL AND HENS by J L VAN LEEMPUTTEN
Here we have a fine small oil painting on board .An exquisitely painted scene by Jef Louis Van Leemputten ...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
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 Fleas 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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Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Oil painting of horses - Mares and Foals in a Landscape
Located in London, GB
Daniel CLOWES (1774-1829) after George Stubbs
Mares and Foals in a Landscape
oil on canvas
29 x 33 inches, inc.frame
Daniel Clowes lived and worked in Chester all his life and ...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Oil Painting Still Life: Turtles & Fish with a Ship in Stormy Seas
Located in London, GB
A Still Life of Turtles, An Eel, Pike, Lobsters and other Fish on the Shore, A Ship in the Stormy Seas Beyond
Signed and dated lower left 1640
Inscribed with inventory number lower right: no. 44
Oil on canvas
Framed 29.5 x 37.9 inches
Provenance
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 15 April 1999, lot 87, (as 'Circle of Giuseppe...
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17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Tompe l'oeil still life of hanging birds
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
English School, c. 1800
Still life of hanging birds
Oil on panel
Panel size - 8 x 6 in
Framed size - 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in
This trompe-l'œil still life is a striking example of illusio...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Landscape Oil Painting - Deer by the Banks of a Lake
By Jacob Thompson
Located in London, GB
Jacob THOMPSON (1806 – 1879)
Deer by the Banks of a Lake
1842
oil on canvas
18.9 x 27.6 inches;
22.5 x 31 inches Inc. frame
Jacob Thompson (1806–1879) was an English landscape-pa...
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1840s Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A saddled hunter tethered to a stable door, a landscape beyond
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849)
A saddled hunter tethered to a stable door, a landscape beyond
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 17 x 21 in
Framed Size -25 x 28 1/2 in
Provenance
with ...
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18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century By Dutch Maestro Still life with bird, carp & lobster Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
17th Century Dutch Maestro
Title: Still life with bird, carp & lobster
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 116 x 97 cm - with frame 153 x 133,5 cm
Antique frame "a casset...
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17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Animal painting of a 'Tamanuâguacû (Ant-eater)' late 17th/18th century, Brazil
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Follower of Zacharias Wagener (1614-1688)
Tamanuâguasû (Giant Anteater)
On Italian 17th or 18th-century paper, H. 28 x W. 43.5 cm
The present painting is a copy after Wagener’s painting of the anteater, Tamanduá-bandeira, which is illustrated in his “Thier Buch”, with 109 drawings of Brazilian fish, birds and mammals, published in Amsterdam c. 1641, in German.
Zacharias Wagener, or Wagenaer in Dutch, (Dresden 1614 – Amsterdam 1668) was a real adventurer who became Opperhoofd on Deshima and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in the service of the VOC. During the Thirty-Year War in Germany Wagener tried his luck in Amsterdam where he worked for the map-maker Willem Blaeu. In 1634 he joined the WIC and left for Dutch Brazil where he worked as writer and painter, together with Frans Post...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Gouache
Large 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Figures Animals Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Follower of Dirck van Berghen (Dutch School, 17th Century)
Pastoral Landscape with a Shepherdess and Livestock
Oil on canvas, framed in a French Empire period gilt frame
canvas dimen...
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17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Tompe l'oeil still life of hanging birds
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
English School, c. 1800
Still life of hanging birds
Oil on panel
Panel size - 8 x 6 in
Framed size - 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in
This trompe-l'œil still life is a striking example of illusio...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil on Panel Cavalry Skirmish Soldiers & Horses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavalry Skirmish
Flemish School, mid 17th century
circle of Lambert de Hondt (Flemish, 1620-1665)
oil on panel, framed
Framed: 21 x 27 inches
Board: 16 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition, with old repairs and thinning in places.
This painting, attributed to the circle of Lambert de Hondt (Flemish, 17th century), depicts an intense battle scene, typical of Flemish military compositions of the time. Lambert de Hondt was known for his battle scenes, landscapes, and hunting scenes, often filled with dynamic action and fine detail, and this work clearly reflects his influence.
The artwork portrays a cavalry skirmish with soldiers in traditional 17th-century military dress, including red tunics...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Parrot, Snake, Lizard and Ducks, 17th Century Genoese School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Parrot, Snake, Lizard and Ducks, 17th Century
Genoese School
Fine Large 17th Century Italian Old Master from the Genoese School of a parrot, ducks a lizard and snake, oil on canva...
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17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
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: 16 x 20 inches
canvas: 13 x 17 inches
provenance: privat...
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18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Italian Horse Battle scene between Crusaders and their enemy
By Jacques Courtois
Located in Woodbury, CT
Fine huge 17th Century Italian/French Old Master Battle Scene of the Crusades, oil on canvas. Grand scale extensive landscape view of a battle from the 1670-80 period, with cavalry f...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romantic Light 18th Century Dutch Oil Pastoral Scene Bergers Cattle by River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape
Dutch painter, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed in antique frame
framed: 22 x 25 inches
canvas: 18.5 x 22 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
Condition...
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18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sheep In A Landscape, 19th Century, Follower Of Eugene Verboeckhoven
Located in York, GB
A fine painting of sheep in a landscape setting follower of the talented Belgium painter of animals
Eugene Verboeckhoven. Housed in a 19th century gilt frame. The size overall being 55 cm x 48 cm whilst the painting
is 38 x 29 cm.
The sheep have been beautifully captured especially their faces. An oil on board study ready to hang
Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The new comers
Located in Genève, GE
Artwork on canvas
Empire style frame in plaster and gilded wood
49.7 x 58 x 5.5 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
John Sanderson Wells , oil, horses, horse riding country scene
By John Sanderson-Wells
Located in York, GB
A fine oil painting by the renowned artist John Sanderson Wells
" Returning from a Country Ride" This painting captures beautifully the image o...
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory" Melchior Hondecoeter (after)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Victor (A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory...)"
After Melchior de Hondecoeter (Flemish, 1636-1695)
Oil on canvas
40 1/2 x 34 1/4 (frame) inches
This much copied pa...
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Early 1900s Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study of a dog
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Study of a dog
Oil on paper laid down on panel, 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Provenance
Private collection, the Netherlands
Note:
We are grateful to Mr Fred Meijer for his attribution to Ludolf de Jongh
Ludolf de Jongh was the son of a shoemaker. When his father moved to Rotterdam, the young Ludolf decided to learn art rather than shoemaking and became a pupil of Cornelis Saftleven. Later he studied under Anthony Palamedes in Delft and still later with Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht.
In 1635 he travelled to France with Francis Bacon. Seven years later, in 1642, he returned to the Netherlands when he heard that his mother had fallen ill. He set up a shop in Rotterdam, and his earliest signed paintings date from that year.
According to Houbraken, his travels had caused him to speak French so fluently, that his parents had to learn French in order to speak with him.
De Jongh’s work shows a strong influence from the Utrecht school of Caravaggio admirers, especially Jacob Duck...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
The Inappetent Owl - Grotesque Scene with Owl and Swan - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two masterpieces by the Master of the Fertility of the Egg, nearly impossible to find in homogeneous pairs on the private market, both in terms of style and dimensions.
They represen...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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