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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Oval Shape Figures in Tavern Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tavern Interior
Dutch School, 17th century
oil on metal, framed
framed: 8 x 6.75 inches
painting: 6 x 4.25 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condit...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Paris Book sellers Notre Dame 1965
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3944 Vintage acrylic on artist board
Set in a period frame
Image size 19.5x15.5"
Signed
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
17th Century French School, Saint John the Baptist, oil on copper
Located in Paris, FR
17th Century French School
Saint John the Baptist in a landscape
oil on copper
17 x 11.5 cm
In good condition except very small loss of painting in the lower left part
In a modern f...
Category
1680s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Panel painting Annunciation 16th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Board. Central-Italian school of the second half of the 1500s.
The sacred scene of the Annunciation sees the two protagonist figures placed in the foreground in an interior th...
Category
16th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pietro Della Vecchia (Venetian Master) - 17th century figure painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Pietro Muttoni, known as Della Vecchia (Venice 1603 - Vicenza 1678) - The kiss.
21.5 x 36.5 cm without frame, 30.5 x 45.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, in a wooden f...
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - All Together
Located in Bristol, GB
ALL TOGETHER
Size: 55 x 64.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A richly textured mid-century abstract figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
Simple yet effective in it...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Matchmaker, oil on canvas by Jan Baptist Lambrechts
By Jan Baptist Lambrechts
Located in Gent, VOV
Jan Baptist LAMBRECHTS (Antwerp, 1680 - after 1731), L'entremetteuse Canvas. On verso, wax stamp. 40 x 31 cm Expert : M. René MILLET
Lambrechts was born in Antwerp in 1680. His fathe...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Myth of Diana and Ataeon Francesco Solimena Oil on Canvas Blu Red
By Francesco Solimena
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas depicting the myth of Diana and Actaeon measuring 110 x 130 without frame and 120 x 140 with frame by the painter Francesco Solimena.
According to the myth, d...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century Old Master Portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza
By Jacob Huysmans
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very fine old master Portrait painting of Queen Catherine of Braganza as Saint Catherine attributed to Jacob Huysmans and studio
Catherine of Braganza...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pair of Large 18' Century French Oil Paintings after Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing works of the genre scene, dates to the late 18th century. After the famous French artist Francois Boucher, who was the court painter to King Louis XV.
It is in its origina...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Flemish Old Master - A young boy enjoying a pie, allegory of taste
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish old master painting, Allegory of taste
The very fine painting depicts a young boy, cheekily tasting a delicious pie. He's looking at the viewer with eyes twinkl...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto Sacra Famiglia con Sant'Anna
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
Il dipinto deriva dall' opera di Rubens (1577 -1640) conservata al Museo del Prado a Madrid, riprodotta in controparte in incisione da Paulus Pontius (1603 -1658), com...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 17th century Portrait of a noble lady - Castle Caufeild - Godfrey Kneller
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Portrait of a lady, possibly from the Caulfeild family, seated in a luxurious landscape holding a basket of flowers
The sitter is looking sweetly at the spectator, whilst holding a delicate red flower in her right hand. In the background, we can see a delicate sculpted relief with classical figures (putti- a possible reference to love or marriage)
Provenance:
Christies February 17th 1956, Lot 11 "Portrait of a lady" as Godfrey Kneller...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto con Il Giudizio di Paride, Attribuito a Domenico Lupini 1500s 1600s
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
Il modello deriva da un'incisione di Marcantonio Raimondi su disegno di Raffaello, appositamente realizzato per l'opera grafica, e derivato da un dipinto posto nella Stanza della Segnatura (1513-1515) nei Musei Vaticani. Questo modello fu ripreso e variato successivamente sia in opere dipinte che in altre incisioni, in particolare in quella di Raphael Sadeler del 1589, attualmente presso il gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe dell'Accademia Carrara di Bergamo: il dipinto qui proposto difatti mostra le stesse modifiche apportate rispetto all'originale raffaellesco.
Al centro della scena mitologica immersa in un paesaggio naturale, si trovano le tre dee che si contendevano il titolo di più bella: Giunone con il pavone...
Category
16th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Knight - painting - XVII century
Located in Roma, IT
The Knight is an original oil painting on canvas realized during the XVII century by an anonymous artist.
Provenance: Pecci-Blunt collection. Good condition...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Portrait, Major Alexander Brown in Military Uniform
By Sir David Wilkie
Located in Cotignac, FR
18th Century Military portrait of a young officer in Napoleonic period military dress. The painting is not signed but the subject is Major Alexander Brown. The work is oil on canvas later mounted on board and presented in a fine 'Regence style' carved gilt frame. There are labels to the back referring to the subject, 'Major Brown of Trinity' and a framers trade label from Edinburgh.
A magnificent and imposing portrait of a young military officer in the prime of his life. His red uniform adorned with fine buttons, fringed epaulettes and high gilt collar. His ruddy complexion offset by his stylish hair, a quiff and swept forward to the sides as was the fashion at the time.
Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. He was sometimes known as the "people's painter".
He was Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV and Queen Victoria. Apart from royal portraits, his best-known painting today is probably The Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch of 1822 in Apsley House.
Sir David Wilkie was actually admitted in 1799 (despite only being 14) through the influence of the Earl of Leven...
Category
Late 18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Torah Scholar, Shimshon Holzman
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Shimshon Holzman (1907-1986)
Title: Torah Scholar
Year: 1962
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Size: 13.75 x 19.75 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed...
Category
1960s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Early XVI century. The Agony in the Garden. Southern German school.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Agony in the Garden. (Christ on the Mount of Olives).
Technique: Oil on Panel, 4 wooden boards, not parqueted.
Dim. with frame: 78cm x 67cm
Dim. without frame: 52 x 62 cm
Germa...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Northern Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood, Board
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Nude Portrait Oil Painting - Unnoticed
Located in Bristol, GB
UNNOTICED
Size: 68 x 48 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An expressive mid-century nude figurative portrait, executed in oil onto canvas.
A standing nude figure, with their back...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17 Century Holy Family Francesco Nuvolone Holy Family Oil on Canvas White
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas measuring 102 x 120 cm without frame and 110 x 128 cm depicting a Holy Family by the painter Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (Milan 1609 - 1702).
A member of the dyn...
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Mythological Scene, Early 1700s, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting, attributed to the circle of Charles Antoine Coypel, presents a mythological scene. Though the artist remains unknown, the work clearly echoes the style of th...
Category
Early 18th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian painter - 18th-19th century figure painting - Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Bolognese painter (18th-19th century) - Maddalena.
70 x 50 cm without frame, 89 x 69 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.
Condition ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian painter - 18th century landscape painting figures- Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Landscape with shepherds at rest.
44 x 61 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good condition of the...
Category
Early 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Clelia crosses the Tiber' Domenico Lupini attributed to, XVth century
Located in Milan, IT
The painting represents Clelia crossing the Tiber. Clelia was a Roman heroine, who was given as a hostage, together with other girls, to the Etruscan king Porsenna during the peace n...
Category
16th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baby Born in Stable Interior Fine Dutch 18th Century Golden Age Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The New Born Baby (a version of the Nativity?)
Dutch School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 18 inches
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, Europe
c...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Flamenco Dancer', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Grand Palais, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Partial signature, lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Certification of Authenticity
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Ge...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Huge 18th Century French Rococo Old Master Oil Allegorical Nude Winged Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Allegorical Winged Nude Lady, adorned with the attributes of Spring
French School, 18th century (Rococo period)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 52 inches
provenance...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Breakfast Room
Located in Greenwich, CT
A great early date for this artist where he was coming out of the origins of expressionist and fauve works of art. A unique composition depicting a woman setting out a table laden w...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Untitled (W-1351-S)
Located in New York, NY
Nicolas Carone
Untitled (W-1351-S), 1965
Oil and pencil on board
26 x 40 inches
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Board, Oil
Couple
By Peter Keil
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Peter Keil
Title: Couple
Size: 21 1/2 × 25 1/2 Inches (Framed: 24 1/2 × 28 1/2 Inches)
Medium: Acrylic on Board
Edition: Original
Year: 1969
Notes: Hand Signed and Da...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
High Drama Adventure Scene - Italian Illustrator Mid-Century Jules Verne
Located in Miami, FL
Original illustration was done by Renna for the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne, published in 1963. What makes this work special is how brilliantly the subj...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Tempera
18th Century French Portrait of Mysterious Man Oil on Canvas for restoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 25 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: the painting is in sound conditi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Saint Veronica and the Holy Veil 1600
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Tuscan school of the seventeenth century.
According to Christian tradition, St. Veronica was, the "pious woman" who, seeing the passion of Jesus carrying the cross and...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Expressive Street Scene Framed Oil Painting - Crossing Paths
Located in Bristol, GB
CROSSING PATHS
Oil on Board
Size: 60.5 x 52 cm (including frame)
A lively and expressive mid-century modernist style narrative street scene composition, executed in oil onto board.
...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
17th Century By Antonio Balestra Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols Oil on Canvas
By Antonio Balestra
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Biblical scene.
Without frame.
Born in Verona in 1666, Antonio Balestra began his training in Rome where he became a pupil of Carlo Maratta (1625 – 1713), an Italian painter active...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century Old Master painting - Allegory of Justice - truth demons skeleton
Located in Antwerp, BE
Late 17th, early 18th century old master oil painting depicting an allegory of Lady Justice holding demons at bay
Our painting, likely a sketch for a much larger work,, conveys a pr...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Adoration of the Shepherds, attributed to Louis de Caullery, early 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Adoration of the Shepherds
Attributed to Louis de Caullery (1580-1622)
17th century Antwerp School, circa 1620
Oil on copper: h. 54 cm (21.26 in.), w. 72 cm (28.35 in)
A 17th century...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Villagers in a Landscape - Flemish 17thC art figurative landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This fantastic Flemish 17th century Old Master oil painting is by Thomas Van Apshoven. It was painted circa 1650 and depicts a village with figures outside a tavern, eating, drinking and dancing. Beyond are more dwellings, villagers and animals, all under a blue summer's sky. The detail, brushwork and vibrant colouring are superb. This is an excellent example of Apshoven's work and a typical subject he loved to paint.
Provenance. Leominster estate.
Wax stamp verso.
Condition. Oil on panel, 22 inches by 17 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed In beautiful gilt frame, 30 inches by 25 inches and in good condition.
Thomas van Apshoven (1622– 1664) was a Flemish painter known for his landscapes with peasant scenes and genre scenes in interiors. His genre scenes depict village festivals, the interiors of taverns, village scenes or landscapes with peasants engaged in various activities, singeries, guardroom scenes and laboratories of alchemists. Some still lifes have also been attributed to him. His themes and style are close to that of David Teniers the Younger. He was born on 30 November 1622 in Antwerp as the eldest son of Ferdinand van Apshoven the Elder and Leonora Wijns. His father was a painter who had studied with Adam van Noort and had become a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1596. No paintings by his father are known. His younger brother Ferdinand van Apshoven the Younger became also a successful painter. Thomas studied under his father. Some sources state that he became a pupil of the prominent genre painter David Teniers the Younger. It is more likely, however, that he was an imitator of Teniers. He was registered as a 'wijnmeester' [son of a master] in the Guild of St. Luke of Antwerp in the guild year 1645–1646. He married Barbara Janssens on 22 March 1645. The couple had four children. The godfathers of the children included the painters Victor Wolfvoet...
Category
1650s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Reclining \Nude
Located in St. Albans, GB
Rene Caty
French Impressionist
Exhibited at the Medici Society, London
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated Rene Caty 1962 bottom right.
23.5 x 27.75" (60 x 70cm)
32 x 36.25" (82 x 92cm)
Perhaps Rene Caty's finest work of art with loose brush strokes and wonderful highlights depicting a beautiful red headed girl...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vieux Montmartre
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Lyne SEYBEL (1919-2009)
Vieux Montmartre
Oil on canvas
Size: 61 x 50 cm
Signed lower left
In perfect state of conservation.
Without frame
Provenance: Family of the artist
Painting...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Tavern Interior Drinkers Sloped over Tables
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tavern Interior
Flemish School, 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13.5 x 18
canvas: 11 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound cond...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flower Vendor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed size 41.5 x 52 inches.
This painting was exhibited at the Salon Indépendants in 1964, label on verso,
Louis-André Margantin was a student at the École Nationale des Arts Déc...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th-18th Century By Hendrick Govaerts Genre Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Oral Expertise by Lisa Greaves.
Hendrick Govaerts' work takes place between two centuries: between the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. Flemish by origin, his ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hero And Leander, 17th Century Studio of DAVID II TENIERS (1610-1690)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Hero And Leander, 17th Century
Studio of DAVID II TENIERS (1610-1690)
Large 17th century Dutch Old Master classical scene of Hero and Leander, oil on canvas. Excellent quality an...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-Century Modernist Street Scene Framed Oil Painting - Priests in Greece
Located in Bristol, GB
PRIESTS IN GREECE
Oil on Canvas
Size: 85 x 75 cm (including frame)
A large and striking mid-century modernist painting, executed in o...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th-18th Century By Louis Cretey Saint Sebastian Oil on Canvas
By Louis Cretey
Located in Milano, Lombardia
With a "cassetta" frame in carved and gilded wood.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi Mary Magdalene Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Beautiful original frame in carved, sculpted and gilded wood.
Oral expertise by Prof. Massimo Pulini.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Gramatica Cryptoportrait of a lady as The Veronica Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Ancient "cassetta" frame in sculpted, carved, gilded wood.
Antiveduto Gramatica (1569 – 1626) was an Italian proto-baroque painter, active in Rome. He was raised in Rome and he base...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Giovanni Battista Spinelli Jacob's dream Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The painting by Giovanni Battista Spinelli (1613 - 1647), an Italian painter, depicts Jacob’s dream. Giovanni Battista Spinelli was active during the mid-17th century mainly in Naples. His works can be found in private collections, and some are at the Uffizi and at the National Gallery, London. This painting can be dated around 1655. Spinelli’s canvases might be difficult to date and they are of uneven quality. The painting depicts Jacob in a deep sleep while he is surrounded by dark and threatening clouds, but a ladder of light, where angels are ascending and descending, appears in his dream.
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Nicola Spinosa;
- I. Maniscalco, in From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Journey to the Center of the Earth Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
20th Century Italian Illustrator Gianna Renna depicts a emotionally-charged scene of three men on a raft descending into a fiery abyss. His conception and execution of Jules Verne's ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
17th Century By Mondino Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria Oil/Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
"Cassetta" frame in sculpted, carved and gilded wood.
Antonio Mondino (information from c. 1610 to c. 1626) was an Italian artist who was active from 1617 to 1633. The painting, whi...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Hendrick Van Somer Saint Jerome Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Ancient frame.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century By Francesco Fontebasso Allegory of Vanity Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
With a "cassetta" frame in gilded and carved wood.
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Egidio Martini;
- G. M. Guidetti, in From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio Baratti...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Matteo Bonechi Marine Triumph Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Sandro Bellesi;
- S. Bellesi, in Pittura e Scultura a Firenze (secoli XVI-XIX), Florence 2017, p. 111.
Matteo Bonechi (Florence, 1669 – 1756) wa...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Domenico Maria Canuti Assumption of the Virgin Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Expertise by Prof. Micaela Lipparini.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
16th-17th Century By Giacomo Cavedone Susanna and the Elders Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Publications:
- E. Negro, N. Roio, Giacomo Cavedone 1577-1660, Modena 1996, pp. 164, 165.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Giuseppe Caletti The Court Jester From Dosso Dossi Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Beautiful original frame in carved and gilded wood.
Oral expertise by Prof. Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo.
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baroque Dutch painter - Late 18th century figure painting - Inn Interior - Oil o
Located in Varmo, IT
Dutch painter (18th-19th century) - The spanking.
60 x 99 cm without frame, 67 x 106 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, without frame.
Condition report: Wooden support s...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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