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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1920s
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Oil Painting Figures by Shipping Harbour Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Trading Port
Italian artist, circa 1720's period
circle of Michele Marieschi (Italian 1696-1744)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, UK...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venetian follower of Marco Ricci - 18th century landscape painting figures
Located in Varmo, IT
Cerchia di Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676 – Venezia 1730) – River landscape with characters.
34 x 26 cm without frame, 43 x 35 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in carved and gilded wooden ...
Category
Early 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'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
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
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
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
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
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
Huge 17th century old master - The feast of Bacchus - celebration Poussin
Located in Antwerp, BE
Huge 17th century Old Master painting "Bacchus celebration" attributed to Niccolo de Simone
The Bacchus celebration, also known as Bacchanalia, was...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century German portrait of a man - Wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen 1628
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century German portrait of the wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen at the age of 26 in 1628, attributed to Gottfried de Wedig
This highly decorative portrait depicts the 26 yea...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
French school Provence Village - Rare Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
Landscape "Provencal Village"
Provencal landscape from Henri Farré. According to Wikipedia, Henri Farré was a painter and aviator during WWI. Born in the South of France (Foix), ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A very rare pair of Italian scagliola panels, mid-18th century
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Panel 1 (with boats below arch): 50x37cm; 60x47cm (framed)
Panel 2 (with cliffs): 44.5x34cm; 54x44cm (framed)
These panels are fine examples of the scagliola technique, perfected by...
Category
Mid-18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Stone
Baroque Dutch fantastical landscape with figures and ruins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Willem van Nieulandt the Younger, the son of Adriaen van Nieulandt the elder, was born to a family of artists from Antwerp. They moved to Amsterdam in 1589, after the Siege of Antwer...
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
“The Drunk ” 17th Century Dutch Oil Painting On Panel
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The Drunk" is an oil on panel painting created by Dutch school student. This artwork provides viewers with a captivating glimpse into the past, offering a detailed and vivid portraya...
Category
17th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Dance Large Antique Orientalist Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 19th Century
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The Painting is Signed
Description:
Fabbio Fabbi (1861-1946) was an Italian painter renowned for his Orientalist artworks and his ability to capture the beauty and allure of Eastern...
Category
Late 18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Adoration of the Magi by Joseph van Bredael
Located in New Orleans, LA
Joseph van Bredael
1688-1739 Flemish
The Adoration of the Magi
Oil on copper
Painted on copper and exhibiting an exquisite luminosity, this exceptional painting...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Moses and the Pillar of Cloud by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Studio
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Studio
1472-1553 German
Moses and the Pillar of Cloud
Oil on panel
Moses and the Pillar of Cloud is a bold and evocative composition that showcases the signature intense color and intricate detail of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s celebrated oeuvre. The remarkable 16th-century oil on panel by Lucas Cranach and his studio captures the narrative moment when Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and encounters God manifested through a large pillar of cloud. Moses stands at the precipice of a bridge and turns back to soldiers helping to lead the group of Israelites who huddle closely together. Cranach depicts Moses with his traditional iconography, rendering the rays of light on his head which came to be interpreted as "horns" in the translation of the Bible. Using his traditional walking staff, Moses gestures toward the pillar, seemingly acknowledging that God will protect the group as they cross the bridge to the other side, leaving exile and entering a promised land.
In a nod to Cranach’s Germanic locale, he renders the figures and setting in a manner that feels decisively more akin to European aesthetics than those of the Red Sea. Soldiers wear elaborate, gothic suits of armor that recall the livery of Northern European guardsmen. The terrain appears more like a European forest giving way to a sweeping valley than the arid landscape the Israelites trekked through on their journey across the Red Sea. Though still clearly recounting a story from the Old Testament, Cranach renders the cast of characters and setting in an earthly, familiar manner. This aesthetic shift speaks to Cranach’s own changing beliefs as he found himself at the center of the Protestant Reformation.
After first gaining recognition in 1505 as the official painter of Frederick the Wise, Cranach established a thriving painting and print studio in Wittenberg, Germany. Cranach was renowned for his court portraits and genre paintings and was also well known for his association with the famous protestant reformer Martin Luther, then under the protection of Frederick the Wise. As Wittenberg became a bastion of new religious thought, Cranach soon befriended Luther and played an active role in creating the printed materials that proliferated throughout the Reformation...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Late XVIcentury. Flemish Artist active in Rome. Quo Vadis with Ancient Rome view
Located in Firenze, IT
The painting represents the meeting of Jesus Christ with Saint Peter.
Late 16th - early 17th century.
Technique: oil on canvas.
Antique wooden frame...
Category
16th Century Flemish School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
By Domenico Puligo
Located in New Orleans, LA
A masterful example of Italian Mannerist painting, this exceptional panel was composed by the renowned Florentine painter Domenico Puligo. Alongside Jacopo Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino, Puligo is remembered as one of the foremost figures of the Mannerist movement that rose to prominence during the 16th century in Florence. This panel of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child and Saint John the Baptist is a characteristic example of his celebrated devotional images, which grace museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Museo del Prado (Madrid), Palazzo Borghese (Rome), and Palazzo Pitti (Florence), among many others.
Puligo’s skill with color is fully demonstrated in the beautifully preserved work. Considering its age, the vibrancy and the sheer range of color is remarkable. The Virgin Mary’s crimson dress...
Category
16th Century Mannerist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tavern Interior - 17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 17th century Flemish Old Master oil on panel depicting figures in a tavern interior by Anthonie Victoryns. Excellent quality early F...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
River Seine Banks by René THOMSEN
By René Thomsen
Located in Pasadena, CA
THOMSEN René
Born in Paris in 1897 and died in 1976 in Paris.
20th century. French.
Painter of figures, nudes, portraits, landscape, still life, flowers.
Pupil of Louis ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Ter Borch, Interior with elegant Ladies and a Gentleman, The Letter, Old Master
By Gerard ter Borch the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Painting after Gerard Ter Borch. The orginal "The Letter" is in Munich, Alte Pinakothek . It measures height: 56 cm (22 in); width: 46.5 cm (18.3 in) and dates from c. 1655.
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Ritratto del Re di Sardegna Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia. Ambito di G. Panealbo
Located in Firenze, IT
Ritratto del Re di Sardegna Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia. Ambito di Giovanni Panelalbo.
Ritratto di Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia (Torino, 26 giugno 1726 – Moncalieri, 16 ottobre 1...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Banquet Attrib to Van Den Hoecke Religious Oil on Table Old Master 17th Century
By Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648)
Herod's banquet
Early 17th century
oil on panel, with gold highlights (in the guise of Salome and in the curtains of the building in the background)
56 x 80 cm.
framed 72 x 90 cm.
Note: The painting probably dates from an original by Frans II Francken (1581 - 1642), which is shown under the number 0000344789 in the RKD.
Valuable oil painting on panel depicting King Herod and the beautiful Jewish princess Salome according to the episode taken from the Gospel of Matthew (14.3-11), which sees her as the protagonist in the story of the martyrdom of John the Baptist. The event shown is a cross between history and legend, a myth faced for centuries by artists in every field: Caravaggio in painting, Oscar Wilde in theater, Richard Strauss...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mary Magdalene - Faith transforms inner into outer beauty and conquers death -
Located in Berlin, DE
Balthasar Denner (1685 Hamburg - 1749 Rostock). Mary Magdalene. Oil on copper, 37 × 32 cm (visible size), 45 x 40 cm (frame), signed and indistinctly dated "Denner 17(...)" at centre...
Category
1720s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Antique Oil Painting after Cristofano Allori
By Alessandro di Cristofano Allori
Located in Berlin, DE
Judith with the head of Holofernes, antique oil painting after Cristofano Allori.
Painting has been restored.
Dimensions without f...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LARGE OLD MASTER LATE 18th CENTURY CIRCLE of THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH OIL PAINTING
By (circle of) Thomas Gainsborough
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER LATE 18th /EARLY 19th CENTURY CIRCLE of THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH OIL PAINTING
Fine OIL PAINTING Old Master 18th Century R.A artist in a ...
Category
18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian 18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Merchant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Venetian Gentleman
18th Century Venetian School
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 7.25 x 6 inches
board: 5.25 x 4 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: sound bu...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical por...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Washerwoman oil on cardboard painting impressionism Spain woman
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquin Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) - washerwoman - Oil on cardboard
Oil measures 11x15 cm.
Frame measures 15x19 cm.
Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957)
Joaquim Terruella Mat...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Pointe du Vert-Galant Paris by Paulémile Pissarro - City scene of Paris
Located in London, GB
Pointe du Vert-Galant Paris by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Oil on canvas
46 x 65 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed lower right, Paulémile Pissarro
Executed circa 1925
This work ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman with his Dog - Possibly Abraham Tucker. Oil on Canvas
By Enoch Seeman
Located in St. Albans, GB
Enoch Seeman - 1894 - 1744
An excellent example of Seeman's work. It is typically unsigned as was the case of many portraits of that time. A three quarter length portrait showing a r...
Category
1730s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wooded Figurative River Landscape - Dutch 17thC Golden Age art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb 17th century Dutch Golden Age oil painting has been more recently reattributed to Abraham Begeyn by Dr Marijke C. de Kinkelder formerly of the RKD - Netherlands Institute...
Category
1640s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Virgin and Child with Music-Making Angels
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Virgin and Child with two music-making angels, after Van Dyck; in clouds, the Virgin shown half-length supporting the infant Jesus on an orb, looking to right at an angel playing...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Painting Madonna and Child with Saints early 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Italian school of the early 17th century.
The enthroned Madonna, crowned by two angels, holds the infant Jesus, whom she hands to St. Francis the poor girdle with kno...
Category
Early 17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting The Baptism of Christ 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Italian school of the seventeenth century.
In the center of the scene is Christ, in the act of kneeling in the water of the Jordan, his arms gathered toward his body i...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting David with the Head of Goliath 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Central Italian school of the 17th century.
The painting recalls in pictorial style the production of Angelo Caroselli (1585-1652), a Roman Baroque artist who was a pa...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Saint Jerome 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Italian school of the seventeenth century.
The saint is depicted inside his study, intent on reading and studying sacred texts, but in penitential garb, that is, clad ...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century British Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady, Large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) British.
18th Century Bust Portrait of a Lady,
Oil on Canvas, Inscribed on a label verso,
canvas: 30" x 25" (76.2 x 63.5cm).
frame: 30 x 25 in...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Baltars - Decorative wall plate 1927, faience, d 20.3 cm; h 2.7 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Porcelain painting workshop Baltars - Decorative wall plate 1927, faience, d 20.3 cm; h 2.7 cm
The author of the painting is Dimitry Abrosimov, after L. Godkevich drawing
Category
1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Faience
Full Length Portrait of a Gentleman, Tudor Oil on Canvas, Life Size Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on original canvas
Image size: 78 1/4 x 44 inches (199 x 112 cm)
Unframed (Framing options available)
This extremely rare full length portrait transports us back to the grandeur...
Category
17th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. Circa 1600
Located in Firenze, IT
Francis Bassano , workshop.
Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Venetian school.
Late Renaissance Italian painting.
Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane.u2028
Late 16th - Ear...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ritratto figurativo maschile scuola toscana del XVII secolo olio su tela
Located in Florence, IT
Dipinto di scuola toscana della seconda metà del XVII secolo raffigurante un ritratto maschile di tre quarti, immerso nell'eleganza e nella maestosità proprie dell'epoca. La figura è...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Death of Cleopatra painting attributed to Nicolas Pierre Loir
Located in Milan, IT
Nicolas Pierre Loir (Paris, 1624-ivi, 1679), attr.
Cleopatra subjects herself to the bite of the asp
Oil on canvas, 124 x 172 cm
Framed, 140.5 x 188 cm
An honorable death, Cleopatra...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life With Watermelon, Pears, And Grapes. Lombard School Of The 17th-18th C
Located in Firenze, IT
Still Life with Watermelon, Pears, and Grapes.
Lombard School of the 17th-18th Centuries.
Oil on canvas.
Relined.
A composition of lush fruit, heightened by dense and bold brushstro...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century Portrait of a lady as Erato, the muse of poetry - Angelica Kauffman
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Antwerp, BE
18th century English school portrait of a lady, said to be Mrs. John Ruscombe of Colne, Lancaster, as the muse Erato
This very skilfully painted portrait depicts a lady as the muse Erato, playing the Lyre. Her eyes are filled with emotion and her lips are curved in a soft, delightful smile. Hinting at the love song she is composing? Erato is one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. She is the muse of lyric poetry, love poetry, and mimicry. Erato is often depicted holding a lyre, symbolizing her association with music and poetry. She inspires poets and writers to create works that celebrate love, beauty, and human emotions.
Our painting was sold in the early 1900s as a work by Angelica Kauffman. Kauffman was an 18th-century Swiss Neoclassical painter who achieved significant success and recognition in a male-dominated art world. Born in Switzerland in 1741, she showed exceptional talent from a young age and received formal art training in Italy. Kauffman gained fame for her historical and mythological paintings, as well as her portraits, which were characterized by their grace, elegance, and classical influences. She was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and enjoyed patronage from aristocrats and royalty throughout Europe. Kauffman's work contributed to the rise of Neoclassicism and she remains one of the most prominent female artists of her time.
Measurements:
Oil on canvas ca. 98 by 77cm and with the frame ca. 118 by 97 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Felix Gouled
American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, by 1937
Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, Jay Gould...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madonna and Child with St Catherine and Putti - Italian 17thC art oil painting
By Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari
Located in London, GB
This stunning Italian 17th century Old Master religious oil painting is by Baroque artist Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chari. Painted circa 1684 it is a large and vibrant oil painting of the Madonna and child. To their left is Saint Catherine and to their right four putti or cherubs look upon a sleeping Jesus. The detail in all the figures faces and hair and the colouring is just superb, especially the Madonna's sumptuous blue robe. A really fabulous 17th century religious work with previous full attribution and excellent provenance which was once attributed to Carlo Maratta (1625-1713).
Provenance. With Vangelisti, Lucca, Italy, 1966, from whom acquired by the family of the previous owner, and thence by descent.
Red seal stamp verso
Christies April 15th 1912
Christies March 23 1956
Condition. Oil on Canvas. Image size 44 x 54 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in an original Carlo Maratta frame, 62 inches by 52 inches framed and in good condition.
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727), also known simply as Giuseppe Chiari, was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mostly in Rome. Born in Rome, he was one of the main assistants, along with Giuseppe Passeri and Andrea Procaccini, in the studio of an elder Carlo Maratta. His father had opposed the career, but his mother, on the recommendation of a painter named Carlo Antonio Gagliani. By the age of 22, he had frescoed the lateral lunettes (Birth of Virgin and Adoration of Magi...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish flamenco dance oil on board painting impressionism Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquin Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) - Flamenco - Oil board
Oil measures 35x39 cm.
Frame measures 40x44 cm.
Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957)
Joaquim Terruella Matilla, neph...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
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
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
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
Jacques Martin Ferrieres Le Marche D'Assise, 1927
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacques Martin-Ferrières (French, 1893-1972) Le marché d'Assise, 1927
A warm gathering at the beginning of the last century at a mountain top courtyard in Assisi Italy built just af...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
Andre Derain 94 Sketch of Faces. original pencil drawing painting
By André Derain
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
profile face. original pencil drawing painting
André Derain (Chatou, June 10, 1880-Garches, September 8, 1954) was a French painter, illustrator and set designer, representative of ...
Category
1920s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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
Au bord de la riviere - Pointillist Figure in Landscape Oil by Joseph Lepine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist oil on artist's panel landscape by French painter Joseph Louis Francois Lepine. The painting depicts a view of the River Seine on a bright summer's day. A boat sai...
Category
1920s Pointillist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
circa 1700s Huge Old Master Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady Oil Painting canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
circa 1700
circle of John Closterman (German 1660-1711)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 50 x 40 inches
provenance: private collection, Somerset, England
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Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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