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Period: 17th Century
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
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Religious Subject Oil on Canvas Italy XVII Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Venetian school of the seventeenth century. Entirely in the foreground, this scene of a group of sacred figures, which presents the faces of Mary and the Chil...
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Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Guidotti aka Cavalier Borghese Salomé and the Baptist Oil/canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Cavaliere Paolo Guidotti, also known as il Cavalier Borghese (Lucca, Italy, 1559 - 1629)
Title: Salomé and the Baptist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 90 x 68.5 cm -...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Battle scene
Located in Milan, IT
Francesco Monti, known as Brescianino delle Battaglie (Brescia, 1646 - Piacenza, 1703)
Battle scene
Oil on canvas, 90 x 117.5 cm
Framed 112 x 139.5 cm
Francesco Monti, better kn...
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Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Penitent Magdalene and St. John the Baptist, oil on slate, early 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
The figure of the Magdalene emerges from the
darkness, leaning to follow the curve of the stone
support; it is depicted vaulted with an interrogative
air towards the dark, as if in an attitude of listening,
the left hand raised and the other leaning on the
"memento mori" very shortened. In front of her a
scourge and the jar of ointment.
Painted en pendant, Saint John the Baptist is depicted
as a young man, with a lamb at his feet, in his hand
the processional cross with the banner "exception
agnus dei", while with his right hand he draws from
the source of water, recalling the episode that will see
Jesus Christ baptized.
In both paintings the figures stand out in a strong and
incisive way thanks to the black that characterizes the
slate plate on which they are depicted.
Historical-critical analysis:
We are faced with two examples of oil painting on
stone. The beginnings of this particular technique are
to be placed in the first half of the sixteenth century:
after some fifteenth-century experiments it is with
Sebastiano del Piombo that the genre takes hold in
the sixteenth century. There were different types of
support used, also linked to their availability:
amethyst, marble in various colors, alabaster and
blackboard. The reasons underlying this technical
choice refer to Renaissance artistic theories: it is no
coincidence that the painter who most often
experimented with oil painting on marble...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch 17th Century Oil Painting - The Card Game by Ter Borch
By Gerard ter Borch the Younger
Located in London, GB
Gerard ter Borch
The Cards Game
Oil on canvas
14 x 15.5 inches unframed
19 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches framed
Gerard ter Borch (Dutch; December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg, was an influential and pioneering Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Mondino Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria Oil/Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Antonio Mondino (information from c. 1610 to c. 1626)
Title: Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Allegory of Charity Carlo Cignani Madonna and Child Oil on Canvas
By Carlo Cignani
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting, oil on canvas, with dimensions of 105 x 120 cm without frame and 125 x 140 with a beautiful carved frame depicting the 'allegory of charity and love with a woman with three...
Category
Italian School 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting with The Rape of the Sabine Women, 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Roman school of the 17th century.
The large scene depicts the famous episode somewhere between real history and legend, first recounted by Titus Livius in his "Ab urb...
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Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Francis of Assisi comforted by an angel
Located in Como, IT
Guglielmo Caccia said the Moncalvo
(Montabone, 1568 - Moncalvo, 1625)
Saint Francis of Assisi comforted by an angel
Oil on canvas, cm 96 x 73 - (wi...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circle of David Teniers, Landscape with Peasants by an Inn and a River, Dutch
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Teniers, Peasants in a Landscape passing by a river and an Inn.
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Three Angels
By Domenico Piola the Elder
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, until 1996
Private Collection, USA
One of the leading artists in Genoa during the second half of the seventeenth century, Domenico Piola came from a successful family of artists, renowned for their many illusionistic ceiling programs throughout Genoese churches and palaces. A prolific draughtsman and painter, Domenico oversaw an extremely productive studio. In addition to his collaborations with numerous other artists, Domenico also provided many designs for book illustrations and prints that circulated throughout Europe, earning him international exposure and high acclaim in his own day.
As Dr. Anna Orlando has indicated (written communication), the present work is an early work by Piola, datable from the late 1640s. At this time the young artist came strongly under the influence of Castiglione and Valerio Castello, while admiring the works of Giulio Cesare Procaccini. Piola’s works from this period are exuberant and fluid, and the artist’s love of portraying children is evident from the angels and putti that populate both his altarpieces and more intimate paintings.
The present work depicts three angels...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painted Cleopatra Melts a Pearl in a Cup of Vinegar 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Roman school of the second half of the 17th century.
The scene recounts an episode in the love affair between the queen of Egypt and the Roman triumvir Antony: Cleopat...
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Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
By Bernardus van Schendel, The Lovers
Located in Milan, IT
Bernardus van Schendel (1647-1707)
Engaved
Oil on canvas, 29 x 29 cm
The item is in good condition
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Louis Cretey Saint Sebastian Oil on Canvas
By Louis Cretey
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Louis Cretey (Lyon, France, 1635 - 1702)
Title: Saint Sebastian
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: with frame 91 x 75 x 5 cm - without frame 77 x 60.5 cm
With a "cassetta" frame in ...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Wood Panel Figures in Tavern Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Topers in a Tavern'
Circle of Jacob Toorenvliet (Dutch 1635 - 1719)
oil on panel, framed
framed: 9 x 7 inches
panel: 7.5 x 6 inches
provenance: priv...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Agostino Beltrano The Procession to Calvary Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Agostino Beltrano (Naples, Italy, 1607 - 1665)
Title: The Procession to Calvary
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 98 x 122.5 cm - with frame 118 x 142.5 cm
Beautiful or...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Paintings on Slate The Penitent Magdalene and St. John the Baptist
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on slate.
Proposed here are two examples of oil painting on stone, a pictorial genre that at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries i had particular fortune in the Venetian Repu...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Imas Coat Of Arms, Innes Clan, Sir Robert Innes, 17th Century McInnes family
Located in Blackwater, GB
Imas Coat Of Arms, Innes Clan, Sir Robert Innes, 17th Century
Scottish School
17th Century Scottish Imas Coat Of Arms to the Innes Clan, oil on canvas laid down. Early Innes clan c...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy
By Gerard Soest
Located in London, GB
Gerard SOEST (1600 - 1681)
Portrait of a Young Boy
oil on canvas
35.5 x 30.5 inches inc. frame
Gerard Soest (circa 1600 – 11 February 1681), also known as Gerald Soest, was a portra...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Italian Horse Battle scene between Crusaders and their enemy
By Jacques Courtois
Located in Woodbury, CT
Fine huge 17th Century Italian/French Old Master Battle Scene of the Crusades, oil on canvas. Grand scale extensive landscape view of a battle from the 1670-80 period, with cavalry f...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Scene of a gang of robbers during a raid"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Pieter van Bloemen (Antwerp, 1657–1720) – "Scene of a Gang of Robbers During a Raid"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Period: Late 17th – Early 18th Century
Dimensions: [Include dimensions if a...
Category
Rococo 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Capture of St. Thomas Aquinas Oil on Canvas Italy XVII Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Tuscan school of the seventeenth century. Scion of an ancient Longobard lineage of Aquino (in the province of Frosinone), Thomas (born around 1226) went to Na...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Battle Martius Masturzo Horses Cavalry Oil on Canvas
By Marzio Masturzo
Located in Sanremo, IT
These remarkable canvases depicting a pair of spacious 'War Scenes' (oil on canvas, 48 x 98 cm without frame and 62 x 110 cm with frame), with a dynamic layout and broad landscape se...
Category
Italian School 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil on Panel Cavalry Skirmish Soldiers & Horses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavalry Skirmish
Flemish School, mid 17th century
circle of Lambert de Hondt (Flemish, 1620-1665)
oil on panel, framed
Framed: 21 x 27 inches
Board: 16 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition, with old repairs and thinning in places.
This painting, attributed to the circle of Lambert de Hondt (Flemish, 17th century), depicts an intense battle scene, typical of Flemish military compositions of the time. Lambert de Hondt was known for his battle scenes, landscapes, and hunting scenes, often filled with dynamic action and fine detail, and this work clearly reflects his influence.
The artwork portrays a cavalry skirmish with soldiers in traditional 17th-century military dress, including red tunics...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Madonna and Child with Angels 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Italian school of the 17th-18th centuries.
Mary and the baby Jesus, standing on her knees, are depicted already in the glory of heaven, with little angels beside them....
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Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Italian Oil Painting Portrait of Music Prodigy Girolamo Frescobaldi
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Attributed to Antiveduto Della Grammatica (1571-1626)
Oil on Canvas
1605-1609
Framed in a Nineteenth Century gild and composite frame
44....
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Soldier in an Interior, Early 17th Century Dutch Oil
Located in London, GB
Pieter Symonsz Potter
Dutch 1600 - 1652
Soldier in an Interior
Oil on oak panel, red seal to reverse
Image size: 15 x 10 3/4 inches
Dutch Ebonised frame
Bathed in a well lit roo...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Adoration of the Shepherds Oil painting on canvas attributed to Luca Cattapane
Located in Milan, IT
Luca Cattapane (Cremona, 1597-1620), attr.
Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on canvas, 110 x 90 cm - with frame 129 x 101 cm
Ascribed to the Lombard school of the late 16th century,...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Giulio Carpioni workshop (Venetian) - 17th century figure painting - Moses
By Giulio Carpioni
Located in Varmo, IT
Giulio Carpioni (Venice 1613 - Vicenza 1678) workshop of - Moses makes water flow from the rocks.
82 x 68 cm without frame, 97 x 83 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in wooden frame.
...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting with Historical Subject 17th-18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The scene takes place at a military camp: outside a tent on the left a leader of an army, probably Greek, is receiving offerings of a group of men, poor and ragged, ...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century, Old Master Painting, Oil on Canvas, "The Rest with the Horses".
Located in Berlin, DE
17th century, old master painting, oil on canvas, "The rest with the horses".
Relined canvas.
The stretcher was also renewed once.
The painting is rather dark, like i.a. on photo n...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hero And Leander, 17th Century Studio of DAVID II TENIERS (1610-1690)
By David Teniers the Younger
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
Canvas, Oil
1600’s Flemish Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Biblical Figures Group on paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure Studies
Attriubted to Cornelis Schut
(1597 - 1655) Flemish
ink drawing on paper, inscribed on mount
size: 4.75 x 7 inches
private collection, France
The painting is in overa...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Erminia meets the shepherds Camillo Gavassetti, XVII sec.
Located in Milan, IT
In the oil on canvas, on the right, a young woman is depicted with dark hair tied up and held in place by ribbons of pearls. She is dressed in warrior clothes: she wears a red tunic...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Hunting Scene Flemish School Battle Dogs Horses Oil on Canvas Red
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting, oil on canvas, measuring 75 x 103 cm without frame and 82 x 110 cm with frame, of the Flemish school depicting a hunting scene.
The confident outline of the almost drawn a...
Category
Flemish School 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Spanish Religious Antique Painting, 1680
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Great Spanish painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a religious subject, Pope Innocent III confirms the Franciscan Rule, of good pictorial quality. A large, impactful painting adorned with a 19th-century carved and gilded wooden and plaster frame. Artwork that develops horizontally, ideal for placing in an important hall or study, for antique dealers and interior decorators. A painting that shows various signs of aging and old restorations (see photo), in a beautiful patina. The perspective offered by the painter is pleasant. The main subject, in the foreground on the left, connects to the view with architecture and characters on the right through the checkerboard...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cercle of Ambrosius Francken, Adoration of the shepherds, 17th century Antwerp
Located in PARIS, FR
Adoration of the shepherds,
Cercle of Ambrosius Francken,
Early 17th century Antwerp school
Oil on oak panel: h. 55 cm, w. 43 cm (21.65 in x 16.93 in)
17th c. ebonized and moulded f...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Painting Moses Saved by the Waters, 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The scene recounts the biblical episode from the book of Exodus in which baby Moses, whom his mother had entrusted to the river inside a basket to save him from the s...
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Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Boy, John Closterman, Large English Portrait Art, Old Master
By John Closterman
Located in Greven, DE
John Clostermann
(Osnabrück 1660 - 1711 London)
Portrait of a boy, maybe Charles Hinde
Oil on canvas, 61 x 74,6 cm
John Closterman (also Klosterman) was a portrait painter of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He primarily portrayed English noblemen and European aristocratic families. His father was already an artist and he trained his son. In 1679 he went to Paris and studied with Francois de Troy. In 1681 he was in London and worked for the artist John Riley, whose studio he took over after his death. In 1696 he was invited to the Spanish court...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Academic 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century oil on canvas painting 'Ectasy of Saint Cecilia'
Located in Oostende, BE
This unique painting is called 'Ectasi of Saint Cecilia' and was painted by the Italian painter Bartolomeo Guidobono, nickname The Savona Priest (1654-1709)
Work of great pictorial ...
Category
Italian School 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Two Scenes of Diana and Actaeon (a pair)
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, until 1996
Private Collection, USA
Giovanni Battista Viola was born in Bologna a...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
"Tavern Gathering" by David Teniers the Younger original oil painting from 1646
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Dallas, TX
This Flemish Baroque art by David Teniers the Younger’s is a captivating masterpiece, “Tavern Gathering,” painted in 1646. Renowned as the preeminent Flemish genre painter of his tim...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Allegories of Prudence and Justice, 1600s
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Italian school of the seventeenth century.
The two paintings are probably part of a group depicting the four cardinal virtues, namely Justice, Prudence, Temperance and...
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Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch School, Elegant Couple, Tavern Interior Scene, Cabinet Piece, A PAIR
Located in Greven, DE
Dutch School, Elegant Couple, Tavern Interior Scene, Cabinet Piece, A PAIR
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel
Scena di Battaglia
Located in Como, IT
Antonio Calza (1653-1725)
Scena di Battaglia
Olio su tela in cornice dorata
Dimensioni: 45x60 cm (68,5 x 84,5 cm inclusa la cornice)
Fine del XVII secolo
Nacque nel 1653 a Verona d...
Category
17th Century 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
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Peter Paul Rubens, Allegory of Abundance
By (After) Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Milan, IT
Rubensian school, 17th century
Allegory of abundance
Oil on panel, 30.5 x 45 cm
With frame 38.5 x 55 cm
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto ritratto femminile figurativo barocco emiliano del XVII secolo
By Girolamo Negri called Il Boccia
Located in Florence, IT
olio su tela, 62 x 51 cm (senza cornice)
Il dipinto è stato per lungo attribuito alla mano di Francesco Gessi, allievo di Guido Reni, come riporta un'iscrizione a matita datata 1945...
Category
Baroque 17th Century 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
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint Anthony the Abbot in a Natural Landscape - Flemish School
Located in Firenze, IT
Saint Anthony The Abbot In A Natural Landscape. Flemish School, Late 16th - Early 17th Century
Technique: Oil on panel
Period: late 16th - Early 17th Century
School: Flemish
Dimensi...
Category
Renaissance 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venetian 17th century baroque painting of mythological theme oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting, oil on canvas 95 x 137 unframed, depicts a bacchanal: on the left we see a figure who, from the detail of the paw seems to be a satyr, intent on raising a bowl forerunn...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting Moses Saved by the Waters, 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The scene recounts the biblical episode from the book of 'Exodus in which baby Moses, whom his mother had entrusted to the river inside a basket to save him from the ...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Hendrick Van Somer Saint Jerome Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Hendrick van Somer o Someren o de Somer (Lokeren, Belgium, 1607 - Naples, Italy, 1656)
Title: Saint Jerome
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 91 x 72 cm - with frame 108...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aeneas Fleeing the Burning of Troy, 17th Century Flemish Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Firenze, IT
This oil painting on canvas, created by an artist from the 17th Century Flemish School, depicts one of the most significant scenes from Greco-Roman mythology: Aeneas saving his famil...
Category
Dutch School 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Allegory of Summer, workshop of Hendrick Van Balen 17th c. Antwerp school
By Hendrick van Balen
Located in PARIS, FR
Allegory of summer, personified by Ceres
Workshop of Hendrick Van Balen
Antwerp School, early 17th century.
Oil on copper,
Dimensions: h. 52 cm, l. 40cm
Antic giltwood frame
Framed dimensions: h. 74 cm, l. 60cm
Very good condition
Our delicately painted work is part of the pictorial tradition that is both allegorical and mythological in vogue in Antwerp, whose leaders are Jan Brueghel the Younger and Hendrick Van Balen. Numerous works emerging from their workshops illustrate mythological subjects, the seasons, the elements, the senses or intertwining the lush landscapes, animals and gods of Olympus.
At the heart of a green landscape dominated in its center by a generous apple tree, the beautiful Ceres, partially dressed in a large blue drape, is wearing a crown of ears of wheat, her symbol of the goddess of the earth and harvests. She holds the sickle in her right hand and carries sheaves of wheat. To her right a nymph holds the cornucopia while puttis pick and offer flowers.
In the foreground are the summer fruits: figs, cherries, apples and lemons. A squirrel munching on cherries symbolizes toil and foresight, themes that are echoed in the work of the harvesters on the wheat fields in the background.
The background is composed of vegetation, on the right a wild rose bush with its branches erect against a tree trunk, in the center of the trees with silvery green foliage.
Our painter, a student of Hendrick Van Balen, finds his inspiration in the works of the master such as this nymph in yellow drapery seen from behind, one of the figures which accompanies many of the master's paintings. The elegant gestures, the flesh...The indisputable influence of Jan Brueghel the Younger is revealed in the treatment of trees and flowers, wild roses, tulips as well as in the still life with the squirrel in the foreground.
The craze for this type of virtuoso painting where the mythological figures are only a pretext to better illustrate the landscape and plant species surrounding them, then generated orders from all over Europe.
Hendrick Van Balen, Flemish painter, born and died in Antwerp (1575-1632). A student of Adam Van Noort, he entered the guild of Saint-Luc in 1593, later trained in Italy and was Van Dyck's first master. He often painted small characters taken from scenes from the Bible or classical mythology, on paintings in which Josse de Momper...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Painting with a Healing Scene 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on copper. Flemish school of the seventeenth century.
The painting, attributed by oral tradition to Frans Francken the younger (1581 -1642), depicts a miraculous healing perform...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
