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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Hieronymus FRANCKEN III - The Denial of Saint Peter, 17th c. Antwerp school
Located in PARIS, FR
Hieronymus FRANCKEN III (Antwerp 1611 - 1671)
17th century Antwerp School
The Denial of Saint Peter
Oil on panel, dim. h. 53 cm, l. 76 cm
Framed, h. 82 cm, l. 106 cm
Sold with the ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
FINE 17th CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING - FIGURES GARDENING LANDSCAPE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Working Landscape"
Italian School, 17th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 42.5cm x 60cm
framed: 50.5cm x 68cm
Fine quality Italian Old Master oil painting on can...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,258 Sale Price
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Madonna Enthroned with Child between angels and saints Nicholas of Tolentino
Located in Milan, IT
The painting features the enthroned Madonna and Child, two praying angels, and Saints Nicholas of Tolentino, Augustine, Luke the Evangelist, and Monica, below an elegant canopy. The ...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$75,039 Sale Price
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Orientalist Venetian painting - 18th century figure painting - Turkish scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - Turkish nobles with parrot and musician.
43.5 x 63.5 cm without frame, 50 x 70 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,405 Sale Price
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17th Century Oil on Canvas Flemish Religious Painting Ecce Homo, 1640
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Splendid Flemish painting from the first half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a moment of the Passion of Christ, an Ecce Homo of remarkable pictorial quality. Ec...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mercury and Io, a rediscovered painting by Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (ca. 1740)
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Mr. Nicolas Lesur for confirming the autograph nature of the entire composition after a direct examination of the painting on November 27, 2024.
This painting...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique, decorative oil painting, 18th century. Christian scene.
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique, decorative oil painting, 18th century. Christian scene.
Canvas relined. With a beautiful wooden frame.
Dimensions without frame.
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Berghers with Animals Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Close of Day
Italian School, early 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 17 x 22.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Battle of Peterwardein, By Jan van Huchtenburg, Battle Scene, Old Master
Located in Greven, DE
Jan Van Huchtenburg
Battle of Peterwardein, 1716
Oil on canvas, 45 x 64 cm
monogrammed "HB"
n 1670 he settled at Haarlem, where he married Elisabeth Mommes. It seems he practised and kept a dealers...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Fine 1600's Italian Baroque Master Portrait of Child with Pet Dog Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child with Pet Dog
Italian School, early 1600's
circle of Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 11.5 x 9 inches
Board : 10.5 x 8.5 inches
Provenan...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,236 Sale Price
30% Off
Giovanni Battista Pittoni, Holy Family with Cupids, Venetian Baroque, Italian
By Giovanni Battista Pittoni
Located in Greven, DE
In 2001 the German art historian Art historian and Raphael Expert, Prof. Jürg Meyer zur Capellen, published the painting "Die Heilige Familie" in a monographic article, ascribing the present work to the Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Pittoni (1687 -Venice - 1767). (Newspaper "Weltkunst", October 2001, No 12, p. 1850 f. ill.)
He describes it as a typical work by this artist. Pittoni was one of the most influential and successful artists of the Venetian Settecento. He was a pupil of the Veronese Master Giovanni Balestra (1666-1740). His style is influenced by Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734) and Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770).
Giovanni Battista Pittoni was already successful at a young age and soon lead his own workshop.
He created large-scale hitoria paintings, as well as large, religious altarpieces. In addition to Venetian and Upper Italian patrons, Pittoni also had many interested parties from Europe. His work is accordingly scattered in many different museums and private collections today. Pittoni - like other painter colleagues of his time - repeated his own compositions both by hand and with the help of his workshop. He repeatedly incorporated details into other pictures and contexts.
Prof. Meyer zur Capellen noted the very good condition of the present work and the high quality of the paint with fine graduations and the vivid brushstrokes.
Provenance: The panting has not been on the art market for at least 300 years. In the year 2000 the work was donated by the Münster-based, Noble Family Ketteler zu Harkotten to a private collection in Westphalia. Most probably the canon Nikolaus Hermann von Ketteler zu Harkotten bought the piece in Venice in 1750 together with the altarpiece of the Clemens Church in Münster.
On the reverse of the work is a fideicommissum number by Ketteler zu Harkotten.
As it belonged to the family commission, the painting was inalienable until 1919, when the corresponding law was repealed, and after that time it remained in the family's possession without interruption. Pittoni's only direct relationship to Münster is the commission for the high altar painting of the Baroque St. Clemens Church. It can be assumed that then canon von Ketteler saw this painting in the artist's workshop during his stay in Venice and acquired it for himself. This would also explain the discrepancy in dating. (ca. 1735/1750). However, it is also possible that the painting originated in the possession of Ferdinand von Plettenberg...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Africa
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Africa'
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
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
The Adoration of the Magi, an early painting by Frans Francken II (1581 - 1682)
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Dr. Ursula Härting who, after examining the work, confirmed the autograph nature of this painting by Frans Francken the Younger in a certificate issued on Dece...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
A portrait of John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, ca. 1644 - 1674
By Hans Holbein
Located in New York, NY
A portrait of courtier and politician John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, circa 1644 - 1674. This painting is based on a drawing by Hans Holbein, part of the drawings collection of the ...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Moses Striking Water from the Rock
By Pier (Pietro) Dandini
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moses Striking Water from the Rock;
Circle of Pietro Dandini, Italian 1646-1712
Italian School, late 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 3...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,130 Sale Price
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17th C Dutch Old Master Ink & Wash Painting Biblical Figures Rembrandt Pupil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure being Comforted (Job?)
circle of Willem Drost (Dutch 1633-1659) *See notes below
ink and wash drawing on paper (Arms of Amsterdam watermarked)
Dutc...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$3,874 Sale Price
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Francesco Tironi (Venetian master) - 18th century landscape painting - Shepherds
Located in Varmo, IT
Francesco Tironi (Venice 1745 - Venice 1797) - Venetian landscape with shepherds and herds.
95 x 130 cm without frame, 107 x 140 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Tax Collectors Italian 1700's Oil Painting on Copper in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tax Collectors
Italian School, early 18th century
oil on copper panel, framed
framed: 14 x 11.5 inches
copper panel : 11.5 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
conditio...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,207 Sale Price
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The Road to Emmaus, German Old Master Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
German School, 1700s
The Road to Emmaus
oil on panel
unframed: 24.3 x 17.5 cm (9.6 x 6.9 inches)
framed: 34.5 x 28 cm (13.6 x 11 inches)
Provenance:
Swedish author and artist Amel...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Juan Bautista
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela Española siglo XVIII
Se trata de un óleo sobre tela representando a San Juan Bautista
Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra
Medidas: 104 x 83 cm.
El estado se puede ver, pres...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela Italiana siglo XVIII - Nacimiento del niño Jesús.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Nacimiento del Niño Jesús. Escuela Italiana del Siglo XVIII.
Importante pintura cargada de detallismo, excelente calidad.
El óleo esta re-entelado y va con un marco macizo de cerezo ...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scholar Sharpening His Quill Penn Attributed to Justus Juncker, Oil on Panel
Located in Stockholm, SE
Justus Juncker (1703-1763, Germany) Attributed to
Scholar Sharpening His Quill Penn
Expertise: We would like to thank Dr. Fred G Meijer for his valuab...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Panel
$15,783 Sale Price
25% Off
Cardinal Mazarin portrait
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French School circa 1645
Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin - Sketch
Oil on canvas
H. 41.5 cm; W. 27 cm
Provenance: Collection of the Reverend Georges Downing Bowles (1789-1863)
Would ...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING 18th CENTURY Scottish School FINE DETAIL GOLD GILT FRAME
Located in Ferndown, GB
DESCRIPTION
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING 18th CENTURY Scottish School
FINE DETAIL
GOLD GILT FRAME
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF Scottish HISTORY
Description
( Late 18th centur...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Knight - painting - XVII century
Located in Roma, IT
The Knight is an original oil painting on canvas realized during the XVII century by an anonymous artist.
Provenance: Pecci-Blunt collection. Good condition...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
18th Century, Antique Oil Painting, Old Master. Portrait of Mother with child.
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century, antique painting, oil on canvas, old master. Mother with child.
Relined canvas.
Stretcher frame also renewed.
Artist unknown.
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,772 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Jesus Christ Crowned with Thorns
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in LA, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Wood
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
Portrait of an Old Bearded Man
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer a captivating portrait, most likely painted in the late 18th century, attributed to an artist within the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. This oil ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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
$1,814 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Religious Painting Madonna with Child
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the late 17th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a religious subject Virgin with child of good pictorial quality. Framework of excellent proport...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,367 Sale Price
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Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical India
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'India'
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
con...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Study of a Man, Old Master Drawing, Figure, Roman Study, Lombard
Located in Greven, DE
Old Master Drawing by the Circle of Lambert Lombard. Drawing/ Study of a Man in Renaissance Style, later signed "F. Floris".
Study of a Man
Lombard li...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
$2,886 Sale Price
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Large 18th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of Aristocratic Lady in Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
English artist, mid 18th century
circle of Thomas Gainsborough (English 1727-1788)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collect...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,610 Sale Price
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Painting depicting the Wealth of Solomon 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. North Italian school of the 17th century.
The large painting presents as its subject a well-known Old Testament theme, the wealth of King Solomon, recounted in the Fir...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,291 Sale Price
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Vanitas with Pallas Athena, Wheat, and Flowers, 1701
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Rare and Significant Discovery.
We are pleased to offer this newly discovered vanitas still life by the enigmatic German artist Johann Andreas von Düwens (?-1716). Titled "Vanitas...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Outstanding 18' century Paintings The Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of large painting oil on canvas with the Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne scene .
Italy 18' century .
Amazing landscape background and roman Temple with classical archite...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trompe l'oeil, Trick of the Eye, Maria, Child St. Anthony, Van Dyck, Old Master
Located in Greven, DE
After a copper engraving (46 x 34 cm) by Gilles Rousselet after Van Dyck, ca. 1640 Paris.
Oil on cardboard, 44 x 35 cm
Trompe-l'oeils are pictures whose depicted objects are painte...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,568 Sale Price
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Allegorical Scene, Aphrodite and Eros - Oil on Canvas - Late 18th / Early 19th
Located in Roma, IT
Allegorical Scene is a superb original oil painting on canvas, realized by an anonymous artist during Neoclassicism's years.
This old master's artwork offers us un unprecedented ap...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Oil
1800's French Neo Classical Old Master Chalk Drawing Roman Figures Court Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Court
French School, circa 1780-1820 period
pencil/charcoal/white chalk drawing on artist paper
stamped with a name (either a collector or the artist)
size: 18 x 24 inches
...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil
$1,569 Sale Price
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Interior Scene with Kitchen - Oil on Canvas - 1659
Located in Roma, IT
Signed and dated lower left.
Includes a beautiful later wooden frame cm. 137x8x182.
Very Good conditions.
Prov. Christie's London, February 15th 1974, n. 19.
This artwork is shippe...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century by Cesare Pronti Martyrdom of Saint Agatha Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Cesare Pronti (Cattolica, Italy, 1626 - Ravenna, Italy, 1708)
Title: Martyrdom of Saint Agatha
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Without frame 57.7 x 37 cm – with frame 64 x 42.7 x 3...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Salami, Bread, Biscuits and Glass Bottles-Oil Paint-17th century
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding still life Salami, Bread, Biscuits Glass and Glass Bottles, realized with the technique of Oil on Canvas and surrounded by a modern wooden frame.
With its soft tones and...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Military Encampment Soldiers on Horseback Dusk Landscape 1700's Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Military Encampment
Circle of Carel van Falens (1683-1733, Flemish)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 8 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and so...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,893 Sale Price
30% Off
Circle Wouwerman, Horseman by a Tent, Riders Playing Cards, Dutch Old Master
By Philips Wouwerman
Located in Greven, DE
Circle Wouwerman, Horseman by a Tent, Riders Playing Cards (?), Old Master
Dutch Art, Travellers or Riders resting by a tent and gambling
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,329 Sale Price
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By Philipp Peter Roos, Roman countryside with herds
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in Milan, IT
Philipp Peter Roos, known as Rosa da Tivoli (Sankt Goar, August 30, 1657 - Rome, January 17, 1706)
Pair of landscapes of the Roman countryside with catkins
(2) Oil on canvas, 22 x ...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Set of Eight Apostles, Portrait of Men, Head Studies, Flemish School, Van Dyck
Located in Greven, DE
Set of Eight Apostles
each oil on panel
each framed (different as some are golden, some are not, please view the photos)
So far there is no certain attribution. The style of the ser...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$28,861 Sale Price
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17th century Italian school, The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist
Located in PARIS, FR
17th century Italian School
The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: h. 106 cm, l. 77 cm
Important 17th century Italian carved giltwood frame
Fram...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sir Anthony Van Dyck 17th Century Oil Painting Study of a Head of a Man
Located in London, GB
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641, Flemish)
Study of a Head of Man
Circa 1627-32, Van Dyck’s second Antwerp period
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions 15 x 14 inches (38.1 x 3...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Erminia and the Shepherds, a painting by Francesco de Mura (Napoli 1696 - 1782)
Located in PARIS, FR
In this masterly painting, Francesco de Mura presents the meeting of Erminia and the shepherds, a famous episode taken from the seventh canto of Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered....
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Italian 18th Century Tempera on Canvas Classical Paintings "Capriccio"
By Pietro Paltronieri
Located in Rome, IT
A fine pair of huge Italian 18' century Capriccio with Classical ruins, tempera oil on canvas .
Atr.Pietro Paltronieri, il Mirandolese (Mirandola 1673-1741 Bologna).
Measurements ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Tempera
17th Century by Bartolomeo Guidobono Bacchanal with Maenads, Satyrs and Nymphs
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Bartolomeo Guidobono (Savona, Italy, 1654 - Turin, Italy, 1709)
Title: Bacchanal with Maenads, Satyrs and Nymphs
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 120 x 110 cm - with f...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Jesus and the Samaritan
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a religious subject, Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus is traveling...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,772 Sale Price
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Double Portrait Oil Painting Brothers George, 2nd Duke Buckingham & Lord Francis
Located in London, GB
Aftrer Anthony VAN DYCK - maybe Studio (1599, Antwerp – 1641, London) Flemish
Double Portrait of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628-1687) & Lord Francis Villiers (1629-1648)
Oil on Canvas
170 x 147 cm
Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641)
No painter has done more to define an era than Anthony van Dyck. He spent only seven and a half years of his short life (1599- 1641) in England. He grew up in Antwerp, where his precocious talent was recognised by Peter Paul Rubens, the greatest painter of his age. He worked in Rubens’s studio and imitated his style as a religious artist, painting biblical scenes redolent of the lush piety of the counter-reformation. But soon he was on the move. In 1620, he visited London for a few months, long enough to paint a history picture, The Continence of Scipio, for the royal favourite, George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, and a portrait of his other English patron, the great art collector, Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel.
After a stint in Italy, making imposing portraits of the wealthy aristocracy and sketching and copying works by Titian, he returned to the Spanish Netherlands in 1627, becoming court artist to Archduchess Isabella before departing for The Hague in 1631 to paint the Dutch ruler Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Charles I’s invitation in 1632 led Van Dyck back to London where he was knighted, paid an annual salary of £200 and installed in a house in Blackfriars with a special jetty at which the royal barge might tie up when the King was visiting his studio. By this time Van Dyck was recognised as the leading court painter in Europe, with Velazquez at the court of Philip IV of Spain his only rival. He also excelled as a superbly observant painter of children and dogs.
Van Dyck’s notoriety in depicting children led to the introduction of groups of children without their parents as a new genre into English painting (amongst other new genres).
For the next 300 years, Van Dyck was the major influence on English portraiture. Nearly all the great 18th Century portraitists, from Pompeo Batoni and Allan Ramsay to Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, copied Van Dyck’s costumes, poses and compositions.
George Duke of Buckingham & his brother Francis Villiers
Painted in 1635, this double portrait was originally commissioned by Charles I, who raised the two brothers after their father, George Villiers, was assassinated in 1628. Together with their sister, Lady Mary Villiers, they enjoyed the King’s favour absolutely. Francis whose absolute ‘inimitable handsomeness’ was noted by Marvell (who was killed in a skirmish near Kingston upon Thames). The young duke who commanded a regiment of horse at the Battle of Worcester, remained closely associated with Charles II, held a number of high offices after the Restoration and was one of the most cynical and brilliant members of the King’s entourage, immortalised as ‘Zimri’ in Dryden’s Absalom and Achitopbel. As a young man he had sold his father’s great collection of pictures in the Spanish Netherlands, many of them to the Archduke Leopold Willhelm.
Painted for Charles I and placed near the portrait of their sister in the Gallery at St James’ Palace. The handling of both costumes is very rich, and the heads are very carefully and sensitively worked. That of the younger boy in particular is more solidly built up than the lower part of the figure. A preparatory drawing for the younger boy is in the British Museum.
There are copies at, e.g., Highclere Castle...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 17th Century Baroque Period Old Master Oil Painting Archery Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Baroque Landscape with Figures
French School, 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 29.5 x 23.5 inches
Canvas : 25.5 x 19 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
16th Century by Venetian Maestro Deposition of Christ Oil on Panel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
16th Century Venetian Maestro
Title: Deposition of Christ
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: without frame 40 x 25 cm
Formerly Canesso Collection, Paris.
Fairs: The International Biennial of Antiques in Florence 2022 (BIAF, Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze)
Publications: Bozzetti, modelletti, sketches: dalla collezione di Giorgio Baratti (From the Giorgio Baratti Collection) curated by Anna Orlando, Agnese Marengo and Annalisa Scarpa, Genoa, 2022, pp. 22, 23.
In this precious panel we can admire a lament over the body of Christ by a large group of bystanders among whom we can recognise the Virgin and, in the foreground, St Catherine of Alexandria...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Venice. XVI century. Madonna with child with St. John. Attrib. Marco Bello.
Located in Firenze, IT
Sacred Conversation: Madonna with child with St. John with idealized landscape background with mountains.
Early XVI century.
Oil on wooden panel of Venetian conifers.
Marco Bello, attributed. (Venezia, 1470 - 1523, Udine), pupil and follower of Giovanni Bellini.
Venetian school.
Madonna with child with St. John with idealized landscape background with mountains.
Dimentions: 57cm x 68cm x 6cm
Beautiful late Renaissance frame...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Marco Ricci follower (Venetian painter)- 18th century landscape painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - River landscape with characters.
34 x 26 cm without frame, 43 x 35 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on canvas, ...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,803 Sale Price
50% Off
Huge 1700's Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Elegant Court Figures Musical Soiree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Dutch School, early 1700's.
Title: Elegant Court Figures at a Musical Soiree.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
Size: painting: 40 x 49.5 inches
Provenanc...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,337 Sale Price
30% Off
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