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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
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
Nocturnal Train In The City Abstract Expressionism
By Tom Hamil
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, small abstract expressionist painting of train and town at night by Tom Hamil (American, b. 1928). Signed upper left corner "Hamil". Condition: Excellent. Presented in rustic wooden shadow box frame. Image size: 8"H x 6"W.
Tom Hamil, was born in New York in 1928 and raised primarily in California. After attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, he returned to California to begin his formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco (now known as the San Francisco Art Institute). He completed his education at the University of Washington with a Master’s Degrees and Doctorate in Fine Arts and Education. His first solo exhibition was held in 1956. Since then, he has participated in numerous one man shows, group shows, and has been represented in galleries in the US and Mexico.
In addition to his painting, Hamil has authored and illustrated a number of books. While at the Naval Academy, he received recognition for his paintings, drawings, and illustrations. Listed among Hamil’s many awards and honors are a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an Award of Excellence from the American Graphics Society.
Currently, he lives in Zirahuen, Michoacan, Mexico and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Hamil’s statement: “I am a man...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, 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
Old Town Streets, Mid Century Modern Chilean Village Figurative Landscape
By Luis Valenzuela
Located in Soquel, CA
Old Town Streets, Mid Century Modern Chilean Village Figurative Landscape
Vibrant and expressive mid century modern figural landscape oil painting by Luis Valenzuela (Chilean, 20th Century), 1965. Small silhouetted figures stroll down the colorful yellow and blue city streets of old Santiago, Chile at night. The artist uses loose, painterly brushstrokes and dots the canvas with warm red highlights, giving this piece a sense of exuberance and life.
Signed "Luis Valenzuela 1965" lower left.
Presented in a carved period giltwood frame.
Board size; 20"H x 24"W.
Luis Valenzuela was born in Santiago de Chile. He studied his elementary and middle school in Victorino Lastarria (Providencia). At age 17 he started in the oil painting arts, where his innate talent flows. It was perfected in the Palace of Fine Arts (1964, 1965), receiving instruction from teachers Carlos Pedraza, Reinaldo Villaseñor, Matilde...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
'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
Monumental Cubist Charcoal Drawing Paper on Canvas Signed By Lajos Kantor
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding Monumental Artwork Consists of 8 mounted Cubist charcoal drawings mounted on blind canvas frames.
Drawing for the Panon University Hall Mosaic Project executed in 1965...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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
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
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
Bouquet of Peonies with blue background
Located in New York, NY
This painting is in excellent condition with no cracks in the paint, it is not relined and the canvas has been cleaned and in excellent condition. It also has a new 23 K. gold leaf ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
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
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
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
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
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
The Fall of Icarus
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper, signed (lower left) and titled (lower right), 68cm x 88cm, (88cm x 108cm framed). The work is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass.
A realist pain...
Category
1960s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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
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
Nympheas - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas landscape by post impressionist Emilio Grau Sala. The work depicts waterlilies on a pond. The bright blue of the sky is reflecting in the water.
Signa...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Penitent Saint in Wilderness with Angels & Cherubs Italian Old Master on Copper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Penitent Saint
Italian artist, 17th century
oil on copper panel, framed
framed: 10 x 8 inches
copper panel : 7.5 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Large 1700's Dutch Old Master Oil Painting The Nativity Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nativity
Dutch Old Master, early 1700's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 27.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition, some scuf...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
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
Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative Academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
He was ...
Category
1960s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Penitent Magdalene - 17th century painter
Located in Como, IT
Penitent Magdalene
Italian painter of the 17th century
Oil on copper in gilt frame
Size: 22x17 cm (33x28 cm including frame)
Mary Magdalene is the repentant sinner who washed Jesus'...
Category
Mid-17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Painting The Transit of St. Joseph 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Italian School of the 18th century.
The painting depicts the death of St. Joseph, which, according to the apocryphal gospels, took place assisted by Mary and Jesus: th...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Birch in the Forest
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Tenement Storm
By Gandy Brodie
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and pastel on paper
An artist whose work was simultaneously figurative and abstract, Brodie was praised as "one of the best painters of his generation" by art historian, Mey...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
The Departure of the Vendéens, an oil on carboard by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance:
Alfred Stevens Collection
Sold by Madame Blanc on May 3, 1876 (number 24 representing The Departure of the Vendéens, FRF 510, bought back by Madame Blanc).
Paul Touzet (...
Category
1790s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mid-Century Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Fabian Lundqvist -Southern Farmers
Located in Bristol, GB
SOUTHERN FARMERS
Size: 41 x 49 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A subdued and soothing mid-century modernist style composition, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swe...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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
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
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
Antoni Costa Woman original figurative drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting. FRAMED
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
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
Girl with Flowerpot, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl with Flowerpot" is a portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 36" oil on board portrait is painted in a vibrant color palette. The...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
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