Old Masters Figurative Paintings
OLD MASTERS
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Style: Old Masters
Color: Gray
Huge Old Master Oil Painting 17th century Diana & Cupids in Panoramic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Diana The Huntress and her Cherubs
Northern European artist, circa 1680's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 60.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: some p...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil
Large 18th Century Italian Oil Painting Venice Canal Many Buildings & Figures
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Venetian Canal
Italian artist, 18th century
circle of Francesco Guardi (Italian 1712-1793)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23.5 x 32.5 inches
canvas: 20 x 29.5 inches
provenance: p...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
18th Century By Francesco Fontebasso Allegory of Vanity Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
With a "cassetta" frame in gilded and carved wood.
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Egidio Martini;
- G. M. Guidetti, in From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio Baratti...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Panel Angelic Visitation to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Angelic Visitation
Dutch School, mid 17th century
circle of Rembrandt (Dutch 1606-1669)
oil on wooden panel, framed in faux tortoiseshell style frame.
framed: 25 x 28.75
painting...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Wood Panel
Old master painting of Cherubs cavorting in a woodland setting
Located in Harkstead, GB
A charming image of cherubs cavorting with sheaths of wheat in a woodland setting.
Follower of Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Cherubs cavorting before a tree
Oil on panel
10¾ x 14 inches exc...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Wood Panel
Enormous French Oil Painting King Louis XIV of France on Horseback
By Pierre Mignard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, after Pierre Mignard
Louis XIV on Horseback
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 60 x 41 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
The paint...
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20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Late 18th century Antique English Moonlight over a lake and church landscape
By Henry Pether
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry Pether, late 18th-century Moonlight lake Landscape.
Born into a family of artists, Henry was the son of Abraham Pether (1756-1812), a talented la...
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Escalade Festival in Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century English scene of a groom with a horse in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful 18th century English gouache on paper of a 18th century English scene of a groom with a horse in a landscape.
One of a set of five all framed in Hogarth frames.
L.Green ...
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1780s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Gouache, Paper
CHILD -Italian School - Figurative - Italy Oil on canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
CHILD - Oil on canvas cm.70x50, Tonino Manna, Italy 2002
Frame available on request from our workshop.
in this wonderful painting we admire a girl in a white dress who takes care of ...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Saint Joseph and the Christ Child Oil on Metal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Saint Joseph and the Christ Child"
Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Italian.
Oil on Copper, Unframed
painting: 9.35 x 7.25 inches
Condition ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil
18th century oil painting English portrait of a gent in armor, wearing a wig
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding early 18th century English portrait of James Bellevue.
The portrait was always believed to be the work of Sir Godfrey Kneller who was known to have painted James Bellevu...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
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...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish School 19th century, Santa Justa and Santa Rufina, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Spanish School of the 19th Century
Santa Justa and Santa Rufina
Oil on canvas
40 x 27 cm
In quite good condition, the paint surface presents numerous crack...
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1840s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
FINE 18th CENTURY OLD MASTER CHALK DRAWING - ROMANESQUE FIGURES INTERIOR SCENE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century
Title: Classical figures within an interior.
Medium: chalk on paper, mounted.
Size: drawing: 11.5 x 13.5 inches
Provenance:...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Chalk
A Beautiful and Large Marine - A Ship in Two Positions Off Dover
By William John Huggins
Located in London, GB
William John Huggins (1781-1845)
A Ship in Two Positions Off Dover
oil on canvas
Unsigned
33 x 45 inches, inc. frame
William John Huggins, of wh...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figure Ice Skating In Hyde Park, 18th Century Philip Jakob II DE LOUTHERBOURG
Located in Blackwater, GB
Figure Ice Skating In Hyde Park, 18th Century
Philip Jakob II DE LOUTHERBOURG (1740-1812)
Fine huge 18th century Old Master morning frozen winter landscape of figures skating at Hyde Park, oil on canvas. Stunning large scale superb quality and condition winter scene with figures skating on the frozen water. Though unsigned the style and detail is unmistakably De Loutherbourg with a very similar composition currently held in the UK Government Art Collection (Whitehall & Downing Street...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Annunciation to the Virgin Attributed to Cornelis SCHUT
Located in Pasadena, CA
Early 17th-century copper painting depicting a religious scene,
School Annunciation, Oil on Copper attributed to Cornelis SCHUT, painter of Antwerp (159...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Copper
Tzar Peter the Great of Russia Arriving in Amsterdam August 1697 Old Master Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tzar Peter the Great of Russia Arriving in Amsterdam in August 1697
Dutch School, 17th century
Circle of Abraham Jansz Storck (c.1635-1708) Dutch
Oil on canvas, in a carved giltwood ...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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17th century Flemish Old Master painting - Countryside landscape - Rubens
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George Morland, Figures drinking outside an Inn
Located in Harkstead, GB
A charming rustic scene with figures drinking outside a tavern. Painted on a lovely old oak panel with labels and a wax seal.
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Figures outside an Inn
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7 x 6 inches
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Way of the Cross - VII - Oil Painting - 17th Century
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Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century
Title: The Lamentation.
Medium: charcoal on paper, mounted.
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Italian school, early 17th century, Saint Francis of Assisi, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
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