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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
'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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lorenzo Gramiccia (Venetian Master) - Pair of 18th century figure paintings
Located in Varmo, IT
Lorenzo Gramiccia (Cave 1702/1704 - Venice 1795) - Two Venetian interiors.
45 x 60 cm without frame, 55 x 70 cm with frame.
Pair of antique oil paintings on canvas, in carved and g...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a couple
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Jean-Baptiste SANTERRE
(Magny en Véxins 1651 - Paris 1717)
Portrait of a couple
Oil on original oval canvas
H. 115 cm; L. 90 cm (140 x 115 cm with frame)
Around 1695
Jean-Baptiste S...
Category
1690s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Giovanni Morosini (1719 - 1789), Italian school. Late 18th century
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of Bishop of Verona Giovanni Morosini (1719 - 1789), Italian school.
Technique: oil on canvas painting, relined canvas.
Late 18th century.
Represents a church man.
The fig...
Category
Late 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Dance Of The Female Gods, 17th/18th Century Giulio ROMANO (1499-1546)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Dance Of The Female Gods, 17th/18th Century
after Giulio ROMANO (1499-1546)
Large 17th/18th Century Greek School depiction of the female Gods revelling in dance, oil on gilded pane...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
La Rochelle France mixed media painting urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Emilio Grau Sala (1911-1975) - La Rochelle - Mixed media
Artwork 49x65 cm.
Frame measures 69x85 cm.
Son of cartoonist Juan Grau Miró, he was born in Barcelona in 1911. Although he a...
Category
1950s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
17th Century Landscapes with Ruins Giovanni Ghisolfi Capricci Oil on Canvas Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
These two valuable works , which stand out for their fine execution quality, as well as for their excellent state of preservation, testify to the heights that Giovanni Ghisolfi, one ...
Category
1680s Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Crossing the ford Capriccio Baroque Landscape 18th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
As we gaze upon at this artwork, our eyes are immediately drawn to the foreground where a comical spectacle unfolds before us. A carriage, stubbornly stuck in the midst of a ford, se...
Category
Late 18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Polish French Ecole de Paris Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Clown Juggler
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
Abram Abraham Krol was born January 22, 1919, in Pabianice (Lodz), Poland.
Abram Krol went to France in 1938 to study civil engineering at the University of Caen. In 1939 at the be...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 Bolognese
artist during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Crespi's distinctiveness extended beyond his
unique style and technique to the subjects he chose to portray. While his portraits and genre
paintings often displayed a light-hearted and even irreverent tone, his treatment of religious
themes resonated with deep emotion, even in its most inventive forms.
This recently uncovered work by Crespi is a typical representation, invoking the tender
connection between mother and child, and the Child's destiny, all within a compact and intimate
format. Executed on a small scale, the painting showcases Crespi's remarkable sensitivity and
mastery of paint, especially evident in the expressive brushwork of the drapery.
The restrained and focused composition of the Holy Family allows for contemplation of the
figures. Mary cradles the Christ child gently, seemingly presenting him to the viewer, her gaze
knowing as the infant holds a diminutive cross, symbolizing his future crucifixion. Joseph
appears in the background, emerging from the left side of the frame, gazing upward with folded
hands in prayer.
Individual motifs from this painting reappear in other works by Crespi, suggesting a synthesis of
familiar elements into a vibrant composition. The artist's revisitation of designs throughout his
career is evident, and this painting on copper likely belongs to a later period, reflecting stylistic
ties to other works and Crespi's increased production of smaller devotional pieces.
Distinguished by its cool palette, bold coloration, and the expressive force of the artist's hand,
this Holy Family painting...
Category
Early 1700s Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Baroque Italian painter - Set of four 18th century figure paintings - Evangelist
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (early 18th century) - Four Evangelists.
25.5 x 19 cm without frame, 29 x 22.5 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on panel. in wooden frames.
Condition report: In...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Flower garland with Holy Family canvas from the circle of Andrea Belvedere
By Andrea Belvedere
Located in Milan, IT
Andrea Belvedere's circle (Naples, 1646/52-1732), second half of the 17th century
Flower garland with Madonna nursing Child, St. Joseph and angels
Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm
Framed, 9...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 18th Century British Oil Painting Dusk Landscape Figures Boat & Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dusk Landscape
British School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 32 x 41 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Femme se Coiffant
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georges Dayez
1907-1991
Georges Dayez was born on July 29, 1907. His father Jules was a commercial printer. In 1909, the Dayez family moved to Vaires-sur-Marne. Dayez’s father fough...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rococò Venetian master - 18th century figure painting - Masked figurines
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - Gallant scene with masked characters.
80 x 63.5 cm without frame, 87.5 x 70.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame.
C...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Tax Collectors Italian 1700's Oil Painting on Copper in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tax Collectors
Italian School, early 18th century
oil on copper panel, framed
framed: 14 x 11.5 inches
copper panel : 11.5 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
conditio...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) Les Oliviers, oil on panel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)
Les Oliviers, A landscape with olive trees
signed "EODV Guillonnet" lower right
Oil on wood panel
38 x 46 cm
Framed : 44 x 52 cm
Provena...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Russian Icon 16th century The Battle of the Novogorodians with the Suzdalians
Located in London, GB
The Battle of the Novogorodians with the Suzdalians
16th century
Size 50.5 x 47.5 x 3 cm.
The icon is located in the Russian Federation.
There is an expert opinion from leading R...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Egg Tempera, Wood Panel
Francesco Annicini (Roman Master) 17th century still life painting - Greengrocer
Located in Varmo, IT
Francesco Annicini (Rome 1632 - post 1679) - Still life with greengrocer.
73.5 x 98.5 cm without frame, 90 x 115 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gild...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled abstract expressionist mid-century painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Untitled, c. 1950
oil on masonite
8 x 10 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Lovely 1950s Park Painting
Located in Larchmont, NY
Untitled, 1951
Oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 24 in.
Framed: 28 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower left
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Young Woman with Vase, Oil on canvas, Early Dutch Genre Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.5 cm)
Period hand carved gilt frame
This 17th century Dutch genre painting depicts a young woman holding a jug with a landscape l...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Au Port de Bordeaux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
BORIS CHEMETOV
"AU PORT DE BORDEAUX"
OIL ON CANVAN, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1950
26 X 32 INCHES
FRAMED 33.5 X 39 INCHES
______________________________________________________
Boris C...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
16th Century by Bernardino Detti Face of Christ Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Dimensions: 41 x 32 cm without frame - 47 x 55.5 cm with frame
Antique box frame made of solid wood and walnut burl.
Publications: unpublished
The painting by Bernardino Detti (14...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting -- San Francisco Shore Birds
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting of San Francisco Bay Shorebirds at Surf's Edge
1950's abstract expressionist painting of shorebirds at water's edge by San Francisco arti...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Rice Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady possibly Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley 1673-1750 Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles Jervas
Possibly Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley 1673-1750
Oil on Canvas
Picture Size: 50 x 40"
Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48"
1675 – 1739
Charles Jervas, who was born in Clonli...
Category
Early 1700s English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Anemone Pool Abstraction
Located in Lawrence, NY
Casein on paper
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his wo...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
RICHARD ANDRES
American, 1927–2013
Untitled, c. 1950
oil on canvas
signed lower left
10 x 7 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Clevelan...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peasants smoking and drinking - Gillis van Tilborgh (c. 1625 - 1678)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
At the forefront, a child barely reaching the height of the table, sits upon a modest chair, engaged in her simple meal. Her youthful visage captivat...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Man possibly Arthur Viscount Irwin, Temple Newsam Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles Jervas
Possibly Arthur, 6th Viscount Irwin (Temple Newsam)
Oil on Canvas
Picture Size: 50 x 40"
Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48"
1675 – 1739
Charles Jervas, who was born in Cl...
Category
Early 1700s English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna Addolorata By Sassoferrato
By Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi)
1609-1685 Italian
Madonna Addolorata
Oil on canvas
Celebrated Italian artist Sassoferrato and his moving religious imagery are the epitome ...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 17th century Italian old master - Noli me tangere - Christ in the garden
By Pier Francesco Cittadini
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large 17th century Italian old master - Noli me tangere - Christ in the garden with Mary Magdalene
The Italian art historian Federico Zeri has conserved a painting in his archives w...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Annunciation
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Jacques STELLA
(Lyon, 1596 - Paris, 1657)
The Annunciation
Oil on alabaster (single old break perfectly restored)
H. 25 cm; W. 30 cm
Son of François Stellaert, a painter of Flemish ...
Category
1620s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Alabaster
17th century By Neapolitan maestro San Vincenzo Ferreri Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
“Timete Deum et date Illi honorem quia venit hora iudicii Eius” (Fear the Lord and honour Him, for the hour of His judgement has come): the passage from John's Apocalypse (chapter 14...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Men portrait
By Giovanni Maria delle Piane dit Mulinaretto (Genoa 1670 - Monticelli d´Ongina 1745)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Giovanni Maria DELLE PIANE, known as IL MULINARETTO
(Genoa, 1660 – Monticelli d'Ongina, 1745)
Portrait of a man
Oil on oval canvas
H. 108 cm; L. 83 cm
Provenance: Nino Ferrari Colle...
Category
1730s Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto Santa Caterina d'Alessandria XVII secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
L'identificazione della santa è data dalla presenza della grande ruota lignea, simbolo dello strumento del suo martirio.
Solitamente la santa viene rappresentata con l...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto antico olio su tela con cornice coeva 18secolo
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Dipinto antico olio su tela raffigurante ritratto di Maria Giovanna Battista di Savoia Nemours con cornice in legno dorato coeva allo stesso.
La nobildonna di alta estrazione social...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Dipinto antico olio su tela raffigurante Madonna col Bambino.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
In questa “Madonna col Bambino”, Francesco Solimena esprime diversi elementi della sua poetica con una delicatezza pienamente rococò.
Il pittore campano, variando i toni del chiaros...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid Century Modern Impasto Oil Painting - Venice St. Mark's Basilica at Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Impasto Oil Painting -- Venice at Sunset with St. Mark's Basilica
Wonderful and evocative modern painting of Venice with gondolas and St. Marks Basilica by postw...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
Giacomo Guardi (Venetian Master) - Late 18th century Venice view painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Giacomo Guardi (Venice 1764 - Venice 1835) - Venice, view with the church of S. Simeon Piccolo.
36 x 30 cm without frame, 60.5 x 50.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, i...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Massive 1600's Dutch Golden Age Old Master Oil Painting Figures in Chateau Park
By David Vinckboons
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in a Chateau Parkland Court Setting
Dutch Golden Age, early 1600's period
circle of David Vinckboons (Dutch 1576-1632)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas measures: 55 x ...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Angelic Cherubs with Classical Figure in Wilderness Finely Painted Preparatory
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure with Cherubim in Wilderness
Italian School, 17th century
oil painting on wood panel
framed 13 x 11 inches
condition: overall for its age very good, though the work is most likely a preparatory...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Anemone Pool Abstraction
Located in Lawrence, NY
Casein on paper
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his wo...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Large 18th Century English Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of Lady on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
English School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 31 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century Darius' Family with Alexander Magnus Roman School Oil on Canvas
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas, measuring 78 x 110 unframed and 97 x 122 cm with coeval frame depicting the family of Darius with Alexander the Great, from the Roman school of the second hal...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baroque Italian painter - 17th century figure painting - Bathsheba bathing
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian master (17th century) - David and Bathsheba bathing.
49.5 x 64.5 cm without frame, 68 x 84 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in an antique carved and gilded wo...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
16th Century by Venetian Maestro Deposition of Christ Oil on Panel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Formerly Canesso Collection, Paris.
Publications: Bozzetti, modelletti, sketches: dalla collezione di Giorgio Baratti (From the Giorgio Baratti Collection) curated by Anna Orlando, ...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th century Flemish Old Master painting - Countryside landscape - Rubens
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish old master painting depicting a peaceful countryside scenery by Lucas Van Uden
Lucas Van Uden's life unfolded against the backdrop of the rich artistic tapestry...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th Century by Francesco Lavagna Pair of Flower Vases Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
98 x 36 cm each without frame - 112 x 50 cm with frame
Antique gilded and shaped wooden box frames
Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri
This marvellous pair of flower vases has b...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 18th Century British Oil Painting Mother & Infant Child in Adoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother & Child
British artist, late 18th century
after the painting by Sir Anthony van Dyke
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 20 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Berkshire,...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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