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Item Ships From: Europe
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique Old Master Oil Painting Group of Figures Painting Requires Restoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 18th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 11 x 8.5 inches
board: 9.5 x 7 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: the painting requires restoration as has ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Oil
Flemish School, 17th Century, Mary Magdalene
Located in Stockholm, SE
Flemish School, 17th Century
Mary Magdalene
oil on copper
17th century
plate dimensions 23 x 17 cm
frame 27 x 22 cm
Restored by professional art conservator 2022.
Provenance: ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Copper
Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Late 17th Century Italian School.
The Return of the Ark on the Covenant,
Oil on Canvas, in a Fine 17th Century Italian Frame,
canvas: 40.25" x 49.75" (102.3 x 126cm)
Fine quality and rare 17th century Italian Old Master...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Dutch Flemish Old Master Oil on Panel Figures Grape Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Grape Harvest
Flemish/ Dutch School, 17th century
oil on wood panel
panel: 13 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, Belgium
condition: very good and sound condition
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Sebastian, 15th Century Religious Oil Painting on Panel
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel
Image size: 16 x 13 1/4 inches (41 x 34 cm)
Early gilt frame
Saint Sebastian was a Roman centurion who converted to Christianity and, in punishment, the Roman Emperor D...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1600's French Old Master Oil Painting Nude Figures in Landscape Oil on Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figures in Wooded Landscape
French School, 17th century
oil on wood panel, framed
framed: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
board: 20 x 15.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ascension Day in Venice, Louis de Caullery (1582-1621), Flemish 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Ascension Day in Venice
17th century Antwerp School
Attributed to Louis de Caullery (1582-1621)
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: h. 19.68 in, w. 34.25 in
Flemish style frame in ebonized ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Devotional Scene The Miracle of Soriano, 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The canvas recounts the miracle of Soriano: in this locality in Calabria, the Madonna with Mary Magdalene (recognizable by the jar of ointment) and Catherine of Alexa...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circle Teniers, Flemish Art, Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern Interior
Located in Greven, DE
Circle or Follower of David Teniers, Peasant in a Tavern Inn, drinking and smoking. Oil on canvas, Framed: 39 x 47 cm. Typical Flemish Baroque Interior...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century Dutch School
Located in ROUEN, FR
17th Century Dutch School"
17th century Dutch school. Marine in heavy weather. Oil on canvas. High. : 38.5 cm - Width. : 58cm
Category
Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Adriaen van Ostade (follower of) - A Woman Dancing to the Music from a Violin
Located in Stockholm, SE
Adriaen van Ostade (follower of)
A Women Dancing to the Music from a Violin
oil on oak panel
panel size 10.23 x 15.35 inches (26 x 39 cm)
frame 15.74 x 21.25 inches (40 x 54 cm)
f...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Napoli
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Napoli'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inches
co...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Marriage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Concordia Maritale (harmonious marriage)
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
o...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper
Carnival painter (Italian school)- 18th century figure painting - Street show
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Street theatre.
74.5 x 62.5 cm without frame, 86 x 73.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame.
Condition report:...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century German Baroque Oil Painting Shepherds & Flocks in Landscape
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shepherds in Field
German School, late 17th century
circle of Philipp Peter Roos (1655-1706)
oil on canvas
19 x 31 inches, unframed
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting with Venus and Cupid Oil on Canvas '700
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The mythological subject that portrays together the two deities symbolize profane Love, has been extensively illustrated in art: as in this work, Venus is usually d...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judith Beheading Holoferne - Oil painting by G.R. Badaracco - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Judith Beheading Holoferne is an oil painting made by Giovanni Raffaele Badaracco, mid-17th Century.
Oil on canvas, cm. 102x75..
Very good condition.
Prov. Sotheby's, Amsterdam,...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Allegorie della Prudenza e della Giustizia, 1600s
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola italiana del XVII secolo.
I due dipinti fanno probabilmente parte di un gruppo raffigurante le quattro virtù cardinali, ovvero Giustizia, Prudenza, Temperanza e ...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pastoral scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century French Rococo Portrait painting of a noble lady - young lady
Located in Antwerp, BE
18th century French Rococo portrait of a young noble lady
This cheerful young lady is looking at the spectator with a sparkling eyes has a cheeky smile on her face, almost as if she has just heard a funny story. She is very elegantly dressed, wearing a blue dress with embroidered silk sleeves. The bodice is adorned with a cream silk band which has been beautifully tied to a ribbon at the top, a tulle-lining completes the dress. Her hair is styled in an elaborate 18th century style and tied together with a blue and cream silk hairband.
This portrait has been wonderfully painted, the artist not only beautifully depicted the fabrics, but also marvellously captured the happy nature of the sitter. The painting really has a soul, when one looks at it, it feels as if one is looking at a real person. It is very close to the works of Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802) and it shares an uncanny resemblance to the portrait that he painted of the Comtesse de Provence, Princess of Savoie and wife of the King Louis XVIII of France. Duplessis is known to have reused many of his favoured compositions in different portraits, but he always applied slight differences, such as in the present painting. We believe that the present painting was created by someone from his very close circle.
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802) was a renowned French portrait painter, famed for his intimately rendered portraits. After training for many years in Paris, Duplessis presented himself to the Académie in 1769 and was afforded the opportunity to exhibit regularly at the Salon. He was very successful and in 1777, he was allowed to paint a full-length portrait of Louis XVI (1754–1793) in his state robes. Two years later he created a portrait of Benjamin Franklin in a red coat with a fur collar, a painting which was the subject of much favorable comment. It was destined to become the artist’s most famous work and perhaps the best known image of the great American patriot...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two countrywomen with a donkey - Melancholy in an atmosphere of colour -
Located in Berlin, DE
Pierre Louis De La Rive (1753 Geneva - 1817 Geneva). Two countrywomen with a donkey. Oil on canvas, mounted, 27 x 20 cm (visible size), 37 x 31 (frame), monogrammed "P.R." at lower right.
About the artwork
De La Rive has taken the typical scenes of Dutch landscape genre paintings...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting with Crucifixion Madonna and St. John
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
It is a traditional depiction of the event of Jesus' death on the Cross, with his mother Mary and beloved disciple at the foot of the Cross, contemplating the dying C...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pietro Fancelli (Italian 1764 - 1850)
bio details attached to the frame
'St. Anne & The Virgin'
ink with watercolor wash on paper, framed
framed: 22 x 16 inches
image: 11 x 6.5 inche...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
A 17th c. Italian school, Capriccio with the Colosseum, circle of V. Codazzi
Located in PARIS, FR
A capriccio with the Colosseum in Roma
17th century Italian school
Circle of Viviano Codazzi (1604-1670)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: h. 35.43 in, w. 51.18 in
Modern 17th century style ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century oil painting of a travellers rest, circle of George Morland
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of George Morland (British, 1762/63-1804)
A horse at an encampment
With added signature `G Morland’ (lower left)
Oil on board
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.7...
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Academic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
17th Century Baroque Old Master Oil Painting Stag Hunting Party in Landscape
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hunting Party
German/ Italian School
circle of Philipp Peter Roos (German 1655-1706)
oil on canvas, unframed
19 x 31 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Duomo of Milan with Pesants- Oil Painting - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Duomo of Milan with peasants is a modern artwork realized by an Italian Artist in 18th century.
Mixed colored oil on canvas
40x33cm with frame included.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Road to Calvary, Oil on Oak Panel, 16th Century Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 20 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (52 x 60 cm)
Hand made frame
Herri Met de Bles, also known as Henri Blès, Herri de Dinant and Herry de ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil
Baroque Italian painter - 17th century landscape painting - Port Scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th century) - Port landscape with figures.
65.5 x 95.5 cm without frame, 73.5 x 107.5 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in a wooden frame.
Condition report: Lined c...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th c. Flemish - Landscape with Flight to Egypt - Antwerp circa 1630
Located in PARIS, FR
LANDSCAPE WITH FLIGHT TO EGYPT,
JASPER VAN DER LANEN (ANTWERP, 1585 - 1634)
17TH CENTURY FLEMISH SCHOOL
ANTWERP CIRCA 1630
Oil on copper, dimensions: h. 10.23 in, w. 14.96 in
Flemish style frame in ebonized wood adorned with wavy moldings and wood veneer.
Framed dimensions: h. 17.32 in, w. 21.65 in
Provenance:
Philips auction...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
17th Century French Old Master Oil Painting Classical Robed Semi Nude Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
17th century French School
circle of Nicolas Poussin (French 1594-1665)
"Figures in Arcadia"
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Nicolas Poussin was a renowned French painter of the 17th century. He is considered one of the greatest figures of classical French Baroque art...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Animated fishing scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
64 x 82.5 x 7 cm
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1700's French Old Master Oil Painting The Penitent Magdalene in the Wilderness
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Penitent Magdalene
French School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 33 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition, ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
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...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Rare and fascinating 17th Century German Classical British royalty Old Master
By (Circle of) Godfrey Kneller
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of Godfrey Kneller (German, 1646 – 1723)
Amelie Sophia von Wendt as Aphrodite in the judgement of Paris, later as King George II’s Courtesan, bestowed the title of the Countes...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Diana and Actaeon, a Mannerist painting after Joseph Heintz the Elder
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting seduced us with its rich colors. Depicting Diana and her companions surprised by Actaeon, it was inspired by an engraving by Aegidius Sadeler II after a painting by Jos...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Simon-Mathurin Lantara (Circle of), Seaside Landscape
Located in Paris, FR
18th century French school in the manner of Simon-Mathurin Lantara. Seaside landscape with a vaporous and fine tone and a great lightness of touch. O...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The peace of your nights descends into their thoughts
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper mounted on wood
35.5 x 45.5 x 2 cm
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Flemish school 17th Oil on canvas Classical Presentation of Jesus temple
Located in PARIS, FR
Flemish or Italian school of the 17th century Circle of Denys CALVAERT Oil on canvas 40 x 29.5 cm (52 x 43 cm with frame) Old label on the back ("N°9") Very nice 19th century frame...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Penitent Mary Magdelane c1750 Oil on Copper
Located in Holywell, GB
A finely painted picture, possibly of the penitent Mary Magdelane, painted in oil on to a copper plate and dating to c1750.
Condition
Two old touch ins, tiny chip to the forehead...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century English Oil Portrait Smart Gentleman Squire holding Letter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1780’s
Circle of George Romney (1734-1802)
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 30 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
private collectio...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French school rococo late 18th century oil on canvas The vestales
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the late 18th century
Jerome PREUDHOMME (Attributed to) Arras, v1735 - Paris, 1810 Oil on canvas 47.5 x 55 cm (59 x 67 cm with the frame) Beautiful old carved woode...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 17th century Italian figure painting - The garden of the sorceress Falerina
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian master (17th century) - The garden of the sorceress Falerina (from "Orlando in love").
97 x 130 cm without frame, 111 x 144 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in carved and gild...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1800’s French Rococo Oil Portrait of Young Girl Pink Bow Blue Dress to restore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, Rococo period original
Likely to be a preparatory sketch for a larger piece.
oil painting on canvas laid on board, framed
framed: 1...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
17th century Flemish Old master - Silenus feasting - Wine God
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century old master painting "Silenus feasting", likely studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Born in Antwerp in 1599, Anthony Van Dyck entered the studio of Rubens (1577 - 1640) at the age of nineteen. Quickly, the master perceives the talents of the young prodigy and makes him his first assistant. Van Dyck, for his part, has a particular admiration for the man whose name is known throughout Europe. In 1619, he was inspired by a drunken Silenus by Rubens, produced one or two years earlier for a composition on the eponymous theme. This work, now in the Dresden Museum, appears to be the first version of our painting. That work has an illustrious provenance; it was recorded in the private collection of Leopold Wilhelm (Archduke of Austria) in 1662, in 1722 it was bought by the famous German painter Antoine Pesne for the King of Saxony in Dresden (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, inventory number 1017). From 1945 until 1955 it was on display at the Pushkin Museum in Moskou, after having been taken by Russia after the Second World War. It was then returned to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden where it is still on display.
Our painting is of a fine quality and has been painted by a skilled and confident hand. It displays some slight variations in the composition when compared to the original; the legs of Silenus are smoother and less hairy, more humanoid than satyresque. There might also be a pentimento visible at the level of the legs where one observes traces of hair on and under the material. This area can be compared to that of a canvas by Van Dyck kept in Brussels, of a still drunk Silenus whose animal legs are formally treated in the same way as the ones in our composition. Furthermore, the skirt of the figure to the far left has a purplish-red colour in our work, whereas in the first version it appears to be white.
There also appear to be differences in the sky, firstly the clouds are shaped slightly different, the sky in our painting has a more vivid colour and there is also a golden hue of a sunset visible to the far left. This treatment of the background appears close to that of a Saint Rosalie, now kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and dated 1625, which might offer a reference for dating our painting. In the evanescent aspect, as non finito of its figures, it is interesting to compare our Silenus to a Saint Sebastian, conserved in the Escorial Museum in Madrid.
Also, the theme remains rather curious. According to Barnes and Porter, Rubens, like Van Dyck after him, was partly inspired by Book XI of Ovid's Metamorphoses, but a second literary or pictorial source remains unknown (1).
For the original composition, Stephan Maaser, art historian, establishes a correspondence between the position of Silenus, referring to that of a Christ at the moment of the Lamentation or the Descent from the Cross (2); the female characters on the left and the male on the right refer more to Mary Magdalene and Saint John than to the Phrygians or the members of a bacchanalian procession. Finally, note that Silenus is not usually a faun. The success of the composition at the time of its public reception and its engraving by Franciscus van der Steen really contributed to the dissemination of the work. At the same time, it testifies to the intense activity of the painter and his studio in Antwerp, before he left to work at the English court.
About Silenus:
In greek mythology, Silenus was the tutor and foster-father of the wine god Dionysos, who was entrusted to his care by Hermes after his birth from the thigh of Zeus. The young god was raised by Silenus and nursed by the Nysiad nymphs in a cave on Mount Nysa. Silenus was, in essence, the spirit of the treading dance of the wine-press, his name being derived from the words seiô, "to move to and fro," and lênos, "the wine-trough."
Once, when Dionysos was travelling through Phrygia, Seilenos became lost and was captured by King Midas. The king treated him hospitably and as a reward Dionysos granted him his golden touch.
The artists biography:
Born in Antwerp on 22 March 1599, Anthony van Dyck was the seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy silk merchant, and Maria Cuypers, who was renowned for her embroidery skills. In 1609, when he was ten years old, his parents apprenticed the precocious youth to Hendrik van Balen (1575-1632), a painter of small cabinet pictures and dean of the city's Saint Luke's Guild. Although the length of Van Dyck's stay with Van Balen is not known, it probably lasted three to four years.
Van Dyck registered as a master in the Antwerp Saint Luke's Guild on 11 February 1618, by which time he was already in demand as a portrait painter (see the NGA painting, Portrait of a Flemish Lady...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Circle of Giuseppe-Maria CRESPI - Dressmakers
By Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Lo Spagnuolo
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Giuseppe-Maria CRESPI (1665, Bologna - 1747), circle of
Dressmakers surprised at work
Oil on canvas
H. 35 cm; L. 23 cm
This small painting, charming and of very good quality, is representative of Italian genre painting...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Pair of Forest Landscapes, Philipp H. Brinckmann, 1709 – 1761, Old Master
Located in Bruges, BE
A Pair of Forest Landscapes with River and Boat in the Foreground
Brinckmann Philipp Hieronymus
Spire 1709 – 1761 Manheim
Old Master
Signature: Signed "Ph. Brinckm" bottom lower lef...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
17 century.
Oil on copper.
Located in MADRID, ES
Abraham Teniers
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
A Wooded Landscape With Riders, Attributed to Pieter Gysels, Oil on Copper
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pieter Gysels, also known as Peeter Gijsels, was a renowned Flemish painter who lived from 1621 to 1690/91. He was known for his landscapes, which often depicted idyllic scenes from nature, and his works are highly sought after by Old Master collectors. We are proud to offer a newly discovered pair of landscapes attributed to him; this one called "A Wooded Landscape With Riders"
This stunning painting captures the beauty of a serene summer day in the countryside. In the foreground, we see a couple riding on horsebacks, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. The horses seems to be trotting gently, and the riders are relaxed, taking in the natural splendour around them. In the distance, we see several other figures, perhaps farmers or peasants, doing their daily tasks. We also see a small stream flowing through the landscape, with several small houses. And in the background, we see a beautiful wooded area with tall trees reaching up towards the sky.
The attention to detail in this painting is truly remarkable. Gysels use of vibrant colours evoke the warmth and beauty and he skillfully captured the play of light on the landscape, creating a sense of depth and atmosphere. The detailing of the cottages, the colors, the use of big-leafed plants in the foreground, and the figure types are typical of his signature style.
"A Wooded Landscape With Riders" is painted on copper, which gives the painting a unique luminosity and depth. The use of copper as a support for paintings was popular in the seventeenth century.
We also have one more painting called "Wooded Landscape With an Elegant Company...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Portrait of a young boy holding his pet squirrel
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Joseph Highmore (London 1692-1780 Canterbury)
Portrait of a young boy holding his pet squirrel
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 30 x 25 in
Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's New York, Old Master...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Italian figure painting - Fall of Fetonte - Oil on copper Landscape
Located in Varmo, IT
Roman master (c. 1650) - The Fall of Phaeton.
40.5 x 52.5 cm without frame, 56.5 x 59.5 cm with frame.
Oil on copper, in carved and gilded wooden fra...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
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...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th C Landscape with Noblewoman and Squire, Dutch Shool, Oil on Copper, Framed
Located in brussel, BE
This charming bucolic landscape bathes in a soft yellow light. A lady on horseback, accompanied by a boy on a donkey, stops near a shepherd. The herd looks at two fishers and quietly...
Category
Land 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
Located in Como, IT
Circle of Bernardo Castello (1557-1629)
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
1600-1615 circa
Oil on canvas in gilded frame
Measures in cm: 84 x 63 cm (104 x 84 cm including frame)
Measures in inch: 33.07 x 24.80 in (40,95 x 33,08 in including the frame)
One of the most widespread iconographies in Italian painting from the Renaissance onwards, that of the Holy Family, is set in a sober and at the same time elegant interior, as the presence of the gold-edged green curtain that closes the space like a backdrop states. Whether it takes place in the intimacy of the house in Nazareth, as in the painting presented here, or it is placed outdoors, the scene includes the presence in the role of protagonists of the Madonna and Child Jesus, flanked by the protective figure of Joseph, always held a slightly aloof. In some cases, including ours, the Child is in dialogue with the little John the Baptist, thus alluding to the role played by the latter in the history of salvation, as the gesture of Jesus explicitly indicates in our canvas, who blesses the one who will be destined to baptize him in the waters of the Jordan.
The 'room' dimensions, the calm religious intonation that pervades the representation, underlined by the very evident presence of the haloes, attest that the painting was conceived for the private devotion of its client and probably intended for a bedroom or for the walls of a small home chapel.
The cleaning carried out in recent times allows you to appreciate the bright and lively chromatic range, orchestrated on the refined harmony between the shades of the Virgin's robes - blue and carmine red - and the bright green of the curtain that forms the backdrop to the scene. A particularly delicate pictorial drafting, well appreciated in the soft rendering of the faces and limbs of the two children - observe, for example, the suffused chiaroscuro transitions of the face of Jesus - is combined with a sensitive and tender description of the 'affects', allowing us to place this painting in the context of the painting of the Catholic Counter-Reformation and of the principles of verisimilitude and naturalness advocated by it in reaction to the expressive licenses and formal abstractions of the Mannerist figurative culture derived from Michelangelo's lesson. The return to a sober and juxtaposed pictorial language and simplified compositional schemes, often inspired by the early sixteenth century examples of Raphael and Andrea del Sarto, which we also recognize in our Holy Family, characterizes the work of numerous artists scattered throughout the various centers of the Peninsula , from the Bologna of the Carracci, to the Tuscany of Santi di Tito, to the Marche of Federico Barocci, up to Rome, Naples and Milan, where Camillo Procaccini and Guglielmo Caccia...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Painting Oil on Canvas by Joseph Badger
Located in Rome, IT
Joseph Badger (c. 1707–1765) was a portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century.
This amazing painting depicting a young boy with a bi...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Virgin with child
By Peter Paul Rubens
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil on panel
17 century
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Wood Panel