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
Escuela colonial mejicana siglo XVIII - San Antonio con el niño
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela colonial mejicana; siglo XVIII.
“San Antonio con el Niño”.
Óleo sobre tabla.
Medidas: 28 x 21 cm.
Gran pieza para coleccionistas de arte religioso de calidad
San Antonio de Padua...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Dutch Oil Painting Figures at Sunset by Coastal Estuary with Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A River Landscape With A Figure On A Donkey
1800's Dutch School
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 27 inches
canvas: 18 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, England
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century English Portrait of a Young boy in a Cavalier costume
Located in Woodbury, CT
This elegant English 19th-century portrait of a young boy dressed in a Cavalier costume, painted circa 1860, is a striking example of Victorian portraiture that seamlessly combines h...
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1860s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Arcadic Landscapes - J.F. Van Bloemen (follower of) - Oil on Canvas
Located in Roma, IT
Two Arcadic Landscapes are a couple of original oil paintings by a follower of the Flemish artist, Jan Frans Van Bloemen (1662-1749).
These old master's original paintings represen...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Elegant Georgian Young Ladies Woodland Park Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Morning Amusement'
English School, circa 1800's
after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, British 1723-1792
oil painting on canvas, unframed
please...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,172 Sale Price
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17th Century Antiveduto Gramatica Magdalene Praying with a Skull Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Antiveduto Gramatica or Grammatica (Rome, Italy, 1571 – 1626)
Title: Magdalene Praying with a Skull
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 58 x 43.2 cm - with frame 85 x 72 x...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Travellers and Carriage in Landscape Dutch 17th century Golden Age oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Dutch Old Master Golden Age oil painting is attributed to Pieter Bodding van Laer. Painted circa 1635 the composition is a group of travellers who have stopped to rest. I...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century English Marine Oil Painting on Wood Panel Fishing Boats Stormy Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stormy Seas
English School, 18th century
oil on thick wood panel, unframed
panel: 25 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, East Anglia, England
condition: very good and sound c...
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18th Century Old Masters 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...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian 18th Century Oval Religious Oil on Canvas Painting with Saint Dominic
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful Italian 18th Century old masters oil painting on oval canvas with giltwood frame is attributed to Solimena and features a religious scene.
In this splendid oval-shaped painting are depicted Saint Dominic...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Continental Oil Painting City River Busy Shipping Scene framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
European School, 19th century
View of boats on water and buildings
oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 22 inches
board: 11.5 x 17.5 inches
private collecti...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,737 Sale Price
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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
Materials
Chalk
Óleo sobre tela - Milagro en el camino
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
El estado de conservación de la obra es aceptable
Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco presenta algunas leves faltas)
Medidas obra: 36 cm altura x 48 cm ancho.
Medidas marco: 4...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Fishes and Oysters - Oil on Canvas - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with fishes and oysters is an original oil on canvas realized in the 17th Century by Neapolitan School Master.
Impressive in size as well as for its vivid representation o...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine British Aristocratic Portrait of a Nobleman Lord Jeffreys of Wem
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Lord Jeffreys of Wem
British School, 20th century (presumably after an earlier work)
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 30.5 x 24.5 inches
canvas: 26 x 20 inches
prov...
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20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$965 Sale Price
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Mother and Child 1920s - with Newcomb Macklin Giltwood Frame
By H. Willard Ortlip
Located in Soquel, CA
Excellent figurative painting of a mother and child by H. Willard Ortlip (American, 20th Century), 1927. Signature and date lower left "H. Willard Ortlip 1927." Presented in a giltwo...
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1920s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
$5,200 Sale Price
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18th century oil painting English portrait of a gent in armor, wearing a wig
By studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
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
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Spanish Impressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Spanish Artist
Untitled, c. 1800s
Oil on canvas
8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century French Oil Painting Madonna & Child Carved Wood Scrolled Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna & Child
French School, 19th century
presented in carved wood scrolled frame
oil on canvas, framed
frame: 27 x 20 inches
canvas: 15.5 x 13 inches
provenance: private colle...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,641 Sale Price
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Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Lady Dormer, Mary Browne
c. 1592
oil on panel
35 x 29 inches, unframed;
41 x 34.75 inches, inc. frame
Inscribed 'Lady Dormore'
Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton who gave birth to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton - one of the great figures in Shakespears"s circle and founder of the Virginia company, developers of Virginia USA.
Henry Wriothesley, born 6 October 1573 at Cowdray House, Sussex, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary Browne, the only daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and his first wife, Jane Radcliffe.[5] He had two sisters, Jane, who died before 1573, and Mary (c. 1567 – 1607), who in June 1585 married Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour.[6]
After his father's death, Southampton's mother married firstly, on 2 May 1595, as his second wife, Sir Thomas Heneage (d. 17 October 1595), Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, and secondly, between 5 November 1598 and 31 January 1599, Sir William Hervey. She died in November 1607.[7]
Early life
When his father died on 4 October 1581 Southampton inherited the earldom and landed income valued at £1097 6s per annum. His wardship and marriage were sold by the Queen to her kinsman, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, for £1000. According to Akrigg, Howard then "entered into some further agreement, of which no documentation can now be found, which transferred to Lord Burghley personally the custody and marriage of the young Earl, but left Howard holding his lands", and late in 1581 or early in 1582 Southampton, then eight years of age, came to live at Cecil House in the Strand.[8]
In October 1585, at age twelve, Southampton entered St John's College, Cambridge,[9] graduating M.A. on 6 June 1589.[10] His name was entered at the Gray's Inn legal society before he left the university, and he was admitted on 29 February 1588.[11]
On Southampton's 16th birthday, 6 October 1589, Lord Burghley noted Southampton's age in his diary, and by 1590 Burghley was negotiating with Southampton's grandfather, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and Southampton's mother, Mary, for a marriage between Southampton and Lord Burghley's eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Burghley's daughter, Anne Cecil, and Edward de Vere...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Period Italian Venetian Portrait Painting
Located in Roma, IT
Francesco Fedeli (Venice, 1738 - 1805) called “Il Maggiotto “ great Italian painter and physicist.
The “𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗵𝗲” ( Craftsman fixing chairs ) is taken from one of...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PRIVATE READINGS - Angelo Granati Italian Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Private readings - Angelo Granati Italia 2013
This is his reinterpretation of a greatest old master painting "Comparisions"by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. ...
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2010s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Bronze
San Francisco de Asís - Oleo sobre cristal
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Interesante óleo pintado sobre cristal que representa a San Francisco de Asís,
pintado con un estilo Naif.
No esta firmado, solo va titulado.
Se presenta con su marco original de m...
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1850s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th-18th Century By Matteo Bonechi Marine Triumph Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Matteo Bonechi (Florence, Italy, 1669 - 1756)
Title: Triumph
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 65 x 80 cm - with frame 85 x 100 cm
Expertise by Professor Sandro Belles...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Magnaminita
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Mgnaminia'
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...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
18th/19th Century French Old Master Oil Christ entering Jerusalem
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
18th/19th Century School
'A scene of Christ entering Jerusalem'
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Size of painting: 21.5" x 18.25" inches
condition: overa...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Antonio Balestra Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Antonio Balestra (Verona, Italy, 1666 - 1740)
Title: Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 73 x 98 cm
Painting without frame.
Born in Ver...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
15th Century By Maestro della Pala Sforzesca Ecce Homo Tempera on Panel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
15th Century Maestro della Pala Sforzesca
Title: Ecce Homo
Medium: Tempera on Panel
Dimensions: without frame 64.9 x 53.2 – with frame 82 x 70 x 5 cm
Beautiful "cassetta" frame in e...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Tempera
Antique Continental Old Master oil after Murillo, fine gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18th/ 19th century Continental School, after Murillo
Title: Figures eating Grapes
Medium: signed oil painting on metal, framed.
Size:...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,327 Sale Price
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CHERUBIM WITH FLOWERS- Italian School - Italian Figurative Oil painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Cherubim with flowers - Oil on canvas cm.80x100 by Giulio Di Sotto, Italy, 2002.
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame available on request
This wonderful oil on canvas represents two putti...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegant Musical Gathering in an Aristocratic Interior
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Jean-François de Troy (Paris, 1679 – Rome, 1752)
Elegant Musical Gathering in an Aristocratic Interior
Oil on canvas
46 x 57 cm
Circa 1710–1715
This refined and intim...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Nudes and Waterfall - Oil Paint - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with nudes and waterfall is an old master artwork realized in the Mid 17th century by Artist belonging to the Roman School.
Oil painting on canvas
Includes a beautiful an...
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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
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...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil
$2,119 Sale Price
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Excuela española (XVIII) - Jesús nazareno con la cruz - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
Buen estado de conservación el de la pintura, solo comentar que la tela está reentelada
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Medidas obra: 72 cm x 54 cm.
Medidas m...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil
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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Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Wood Panel
An Elegant Hawking Party, A Pair of Paintings
By August Querfurt
Located in Wiscasett, ME
A pair of old master paintings by August Querfurt (1696-1761). Oil on panel, one signed with initials in the lower left. Two scenes depicting hawking parties from the 18th century. I...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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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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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Military in discussion
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
54 x 45 x 4.5 cm
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Early 20th Century Old Masters 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 -...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Young Boy
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Attributed Federico Icilio Joni (1866-1946, North Italian Sienese)
“Portrait of a Young Boy”
17 ¾ x 14” (on poplar panel)
Icilio Federico J...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Panel, Oil
$20,000
Early Historical Portrait Believed to be of Scottish Politician David Carnegie
By John Baptist De Medina
Located in Houston, TX
Early historical portrait in the style of William Aikman believed to be of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk, a Scottish peer and politician. The work features the central figure ...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Domenico Maria Canuti Assumption of the Virgin Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Domenico Maria Canuti (Bologna, Italy, 1626 – 1684)
Title: Assumption of the Virgin
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 138 x 104.5 cm without frame
Expertise by Professor Micaela Li...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Baptism of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Achillito Chiesa, Milan
Luigi Albrighi, Florence, by 1 July 1955
with Marcello and Carlo Sestieri, Rome, 1969
Private Collection, Connecticut
Exhibited:
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts (on loan, 2012)
Literature:
Carlo Volpe, “Alcune restituzioni al Maestro dei Santi Quirico e Giulitta,” in Quaderni di Emblema 2: Miscellanea di Bonsanti, Fahy, Francisci, Gardner, Mortari, Sestieri, Volpe, Zeri, Bergamo, 1973, pp. 19-20, fig. 18, as by the Master of Saints Quiricus and Julitta (now identified as Borghese di Piero).
This fine predella panel depicting the Baptism...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Wood Panel
17th century By Neapolitan Maestro San Vincenzo Ferreri Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
17th Century Neapolitan Maestro
Title: San Vincenzo Ferreri
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 63 x 48.5 cm - with frame 77 x 63.5 cm
Original shaped, carved, sculpted a...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Late 16th Century by Jacopo da Empoli Temperance Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Jacopo da Empoli (Florence, Italy, 1551 – 1640)
Title: Temperance
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 101.5 x 75.7 cm – with frame 140 x 115.3 x 10.50 cm
Expertise by Al...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
19th Century Roman Landscape oil on canvas with Giltwood Frame
Located in Rome, IT
Amaizing 19' century Roman landscape depicting a part of Villa Borghese with Trinità dei Monti.
With a finely carved gilt wood coeval frame.
Measurements with frame cm 65 x78 wit...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil
Asklepios and His Followers
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating work belongs to Elias Martin’s later period, characterized by his exploration of historical, biblical, and mythological themes. As Mikael Ahlund, Director of the Gus...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,145 Sale Price
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Fine 17th Century French Old Master Oil Painting Nude Lady Doves & Cherubs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mythological Figures in Classical Sunset Landscape
French School, 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 20 x 23.5
painting: 13.5 x 17 inches
provenance: private collection, Engl...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trajan’s Column View Rome Early 19th Century Grand Tour Gouache on Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
This charming gouache on paper painting, from the early 19th century, presents a detailed view of Trajan’s Column in Rome, a historically significant landmark dating back to ancient ...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$965 Sale Price
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Wooded Figurative River Landscape - Dutch 17thC Golden Age art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb 17th century Dutch Golden Age oil painting has been more recently reattributed to Abraham Begeyn by Dr Marijke C. de Kinkelder formerly of the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History. Painted circa 1640 it is an Italianate wooded river landscape with drovers and their herd crossing a river with a watchtower beyond. Begeyn was one of the many 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters to embrace the Italianate style, populating their decidedly non-Dutch, mountainous landscapes with rustic travellers and picturesque ruins bathed in warm, Mediterranean light. It has Begeyn's characteristic brightly lit cattle and grouping of figures, similar to a comparable painting in the Lichtenstein Princely Collections. The brushwork and details are superb. One can see the influence of his teacher Nicholaes Berchem (1620-1683) and the typical golden glow of the Golden Age painters. This is a stunning 17th century Golden Age oil painting and an excellent example of Begeyn's work.
Provenance: With Koetser Gallery, Zurich. Private Collection (Rhine region). Anon. sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 22 June 2010, lot 357, as by Jacob de Heusch (€18,600).
Anon. sale, Christie's South Kensington,18 November 2015, lot 432, as 'Follower of Nicolaes Berchem'; where purchased by the present owner.
Note: Begeyn was one of the many 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters to embrace the Italianate style, populating their decidedly non-Dutch, mountainous landscapes with rustic travellers and picturesque ruins bathed in warm, Mediterranean light.
He is thought to have studied under Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683), a pioneer of this genre of landscape painting, and travelled extensively to Italy, London and later to Germany in 1688, where he lived out his days as court painter to Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg (later Frederick I, King of Prussia).
The present work was previously thought to be the work of Jacob de Heusch (1656-1701), but has been more recently reattributed to Abraham Begeyn by Dr Marijke C. de Kinkelder formerly of the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History.
A comparable scene, which also includes Begeyn's characteristic brightly lit cattle and a similar figure group, was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 18 November 2015, lot 110. Another can be found in the Liechtenstein Princely Collections (no.GE 290).
Condition. Oil on canvas, image size 21 inches by 18 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a beautiful gilt frame, 28 inches by 25 inches and in good condition.
Abraham Begeyn (c. 1637 Leiden - 11 June 1697 Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Begeyn was born in Leiden. Though perhaps known mostly for his Italianate landscapes and cattle in the manner of Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Begyn was a highly skilled painter active in many genres, who travelled widely. According to the RKD, Begeyn's earliest known work is from 1653, though he was first accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Leiden in 1655. He stopped paying dues in 1667, because he set off for a trip to Italy. He is registered in Rome and Naples from 1659–1660. In the rampjaar or disaster year, of 1672, he is registered in Amsterdam, and after that he lived in London, where he painted at Ham House, Surrey, together with Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707) and Dirck van Bergen...
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1640s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - Virgen de los Dolores
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de augtor anónimo
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de conservación de la pintura dse puede ver, presenta faltas y precisará restauración
Med...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
PORTRAIT OF UGO FOSCOLO - Antonio Jannone - Italian Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
PORTRAIT OF UGO FOSCOLO - Oil on canvas cm.50x40, Antonio Jannone, Italy, 2002.
this beautiful portrait of the Italian poet Ugo Foscolo is the painter's pe...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Travellers and Dogs in Landscape, Ruins on Right - Dutch Old Master oil painting
By Pieter Wouwerman
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Dutch Old Master oil painting is attributed to artist Pieter Wouwerman. Painted circa 1660 it is figurative landscape with horseback travellers and their dogs in the foreground with ruins on their right. Beyond is a river and hilly landscape, all in the fading light of approaching dusk. There are some superb details making this an excellent Dutch Golden Age oil painting.
Provenance: Devonshire estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 24 inches by 20 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a complementary gilt frame, 31 inches by 27 inches and in good condition.
Pieter Wouwerman (1623-1682) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was born in Haarlem. According to Arnold Houbraken, a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age, Pieter Wouwerman was the brother of the landscape painters Jan and Philips Wouwerman, who, like his more famous brother, made a living selling Italianate landscapes in the manner of Pieter van Laer...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Classical Roman Nude Man draped in Robes, signed French drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Man
French artist, 19th century
pencil drawing on paper, unframed
13 x 11 inches
private collection, France
the painting is in overall good and sound condition - very frag...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$477 Sale Price
30% Off
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - Virgen Dolorosa
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de augtor anónimo
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de conservación de la pintura dse puede ver, presenta faltas y precisará restauración
Med...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fete Champetre - Garden Party - French 18thC figurative landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This charming 18th century French Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of Joseph Frans Nollekens. Painted circa 1740 it is described as a fete champetre - a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. They were often elegant affairs and became very popular in 18th French paintings. Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710 and they were also included as a category in the French Academy. In this painting, several well dressed figures are sat in the foreground by a fountain and statue, being entertained by a musician. Beyond, a wide avenue of trees leads towards a very grand country house with countryside beyond. There is superb detail in the figures and their colourful clothing. The brushwork in the trees and sky is also superb. This is a charming example of an 18th century fete champetre and of a French Old Master oil painting.
Provenance. Gloucester estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 49 inches by 30 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a fine gilt frame, 56 inches by 37 inches and in good condition.
Josef Frans Nollekens or Joseph Frans Nollekens (1702–1748)[2] was a Flemish painter who was principally active in England where he is often referred to as "Old Nollekens" to distinguish him from his famous son, the sculptor Joseph Nollekens. He painted conversation pieces, galant companies and fêtes champêtres in the style of Watteau, genre scenes as well as portraits. He was also active as a picture restorer.
A fête champêtre was a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. This form of entertainment was particularly practised by the French court, where in the Gardens of Versailles and elsewhere areas of the park were landscaped with follies, pavilions, and temples to accommodate such festivities. The term is a French expression, very literally translating as "party in the fields", meaning a "pastoral festival" or "country feast" and in theory was a simple form of entertainment, perhaps little more than a picnic or informal open air dancing. In practice, especially in the 18th century, the simplicity of the event was often contrived. A fête champêtre was often a very elegant form of entertainment involving on occasions whole orchestras hidden in trees, with guests sometimes in fancy dress. Such events became a popular subject in French 18th-century painting, representing a glamourized aristocratic form of pastoral, with "scenes of well dressed dalliance in a park setting". Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710, and is its best exponent, imitated by others such as Nicolas Lancret and Jean-Baptiste Pater...
Category
1740s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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