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
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law - Tempera on Cardboard
Located in Roma, IT
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law is a superb and colorful tempera on cardboard, realized in 1766 by an anonymous artist of ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
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
Calèches au Bois de Boulogne
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Emile Perboyre
1826-1914 French
Calèche au Bois de Boulogne, Circa 1880
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
Panel: 12 5/8" high x 18 1/8" wide
Fame: 19...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Figurative Painting. Still-life with a profile portrait, and old instrument
Located in Segovia, ES
Still-life with a profile portrait was painted by Spanish artist Goyo Domínguez in 1994.
Acrylics in a 65 cm by 54 cm wooden panel.
Using a classical style with renaissance reminisc...
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1990s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Le Marechal Ney passant ses Troupes en Revue
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Emile Perboyre
1826-1914 French
Le Marechal Ney passant ses Troupes en Revue (The Marshall Ney reviewing his Troops)
Oil on panel
Signed lower righ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Large 18th Century Hunting painting of Duck Flighting
Located in London, GB
Attributed to James Ross Snr.
A Large 18th Century Hunting painting of Duck Flighting
oil on canvas
36.5 x 45 inches, inc. frame
This l...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century, Old Master Painting, Oil on Canvas, "The Rest with the Horses".
Located in Berlin, DE
17th century, old master painting, oil on canvas, "The rest with the horses".
Relined canvas.
The stretcher was also renewed once.
The painting is rather dark, like i.a. on photo n...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
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
Materials
Copper
Portrait of Mr. Bagnal Sir Godfrey Kneller and Studio
Located in Miami, FL
Sir Godfrey Kneller with the studio, Inscribed Mr. Bagnal Lower left. Godfrey Kneller and studio, relined, old cleaning. Old Frame. The frame was repainted and has some chipping an...
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1710s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mrs. Bagnel -
Located in Miami, FL
Sir Godfrey Kneller with studio.
Let us know if you want to both at the same time and we will see what we can do.
See our other accompanying portaint of Mr. Bagnel - They work tog...
Category
1690s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th C. Portrait of the 4th Earl of Sandwich a View of Constantinople Beyond
Located in London, GB
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
(13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792)
Attributed to George Knapton (1698-1778)
Dressed in the Turkish manner, stand...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunters by Inn-Door - Original Ink and Watercolor by Dirk Maas (attr.)
By Dirk Maas
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful watercolor by Dirk Maas, a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Provenance: R. Edereimer Print Cabinet, New York (label overleaf).
Good conditio...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Men Fraternizing with Ladies, Pre-20th Cen Oil Painting by Wilfrid Beauquesne
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wilfrid Constant Beauquesne, French (1840 - 1913)
Title: Men Fraternizing with the Ladies
Year: c. 1890
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 21.5 x 26 in. (54.61 x 66.04 ...
Category
1890s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Saint Veronica
By (After) Simone Pignoni
Located in Roma, IT
18th c. Italian school
Santa Veronica, after Simone Pignoni.
Period copy by an unknown hand of the original oil painting by Pignoni. The original Pignoni painting was conserved in the Church of S. Eusebio in Cegliolo (Cortona) and now in the permanent collection of the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, France. In the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Marseille, there is another period copy by an unknown hand, considered of lesser quality than the current example.
Simone Pignoni (Florence, 1611-1698), one of the most important exponents of the Florentine School, was characterized by a soft touch. His formation with Francesco Furini...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique painting. "Kings from all over the world in Bethlehem". Christian scene.
Located in Berlin, DE
Huge and very decorative castle painting.
Antique oil painting. Probably 18th century.
"Kings from all over the world in Bethlehem".
Christian scene.
Canvas relined.
Big, heavy fr...
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18th Century Old Masters 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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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Portrait of Mr. Bagnal ( Pair with Mrs. Bagnal ) Sir Godfrey Kneller and Studio
Located in Miami, FL
Sir Godfrey Kneller with studio, Inscribed Mr. Bagnal Lower left. Godfrey Kneller and studio , Unlined, old cleaning. Old Frame. Frame was repainted and has some chipping and a fe...
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1710s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1600s Baroque Spiritual Ghosts Supernatural Intense Figures Medieval Old Masters
By Abraham WIllemsens
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Fortune Teller" is an original oil painting on canvas by Abraham Willemsens, Maitre aux Beguins (Master of the Hats). It depicts a fortune tell...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Realist painter (Italy) - 19th century figure painting - Portrait of gentleman
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Half-length portrait of a gentleman.
69 x 56.5 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of co...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still Life of Hunting, Monsù Aurora (1610-1675 or 1691), attributed.
Located in Firenze, IT
Still Life of Hunting, Monsù Aurora (1610-1675 or 1691), attributed.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: cm 78 x cm 60
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil
17th century Old Master painting - Allegory of Justice - truth demons skeleton
Located in Antwerp, BE
Late 17th, early 18th century old master oil painting depicting an allegory of Lady Justice holding demons at bay
Our painting, likely a sketch for a much larger work,, conveys a pr...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Dutch landscape oil painting attr to Philips Wouverman of hunters
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to Philips Wouwerman (Dutch, 1619 – 1668)
The departure of hunters near a ruin
Oil on canvas
24 x 28.3/4 in. (61 x 73 cm.)
Provenance: A Schonlank Gallery, Cologne; 28th A...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
17th century Dutch Portrait Painting of a Lady seated in a landscape
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady, seated on an ornamental garden terrace, wearing a russet coloured dress adorned with pearls and jewels, by Caspar Netscher, c.1680....
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Vedustist painter (Veneto school) - 19th century landscape painting - Padova
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (19th century) - Padua, Caffè Pedrocchi.
37.5 x 48.5 cm without frame, 50.5 x 60 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in a carved wooden frame.
Condition report: Good st...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Antique Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Figures in Arcadian Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures under Archway
Italian School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 13.5 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection, United Kingdom
condition: very good and sound co...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Very Large Flemish Old Master Biblical Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Very large Flemish Old Master biblical oil painting
Belgian/Dutch, 17th Century
Frame: Height 93.5cm, width 219cm, depth 5cm
Canvas: Height 66cm,...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Italian Old Master Portrait Painting 18th Century Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Venetian Gentleman
18th Century Venetian School
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 7.25 x 6 inches
board: 5.25 x 4 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: some scu...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sheltering from the storm - Romantic landscape illuminated by lightning bolt -
Located in Berlin, DE
George Morland (1763 London - 1804 Brighton). Sheltering from the Storm. Oil on canvas, relined, 37.5 x 29.5 cm (visible size), 53.5 x 45.5 cm (frame), signed and dated at lower left...
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1790s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Of A Gentleman By Frans Hals
Located in New Orleans, LA
Frans Hals
1582-1666 Dutch
Portrait of a Gentleman
(possibly Theodore Blevet)
Oil on panel
“Frans Hals is a colourist among the colourists...Frans Hals must have had twenty-seven blacks...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Panel
19th Century English Antique, Two Country farmers drinking beer in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to George Morland.
19th Century English Antique, Two Country farmers drinking beer in a landscape.
Wonderful early 19th-century original oil on canvas.
A classic 'Morland' composition as the painter was a big fan of English Pub scenes...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Set of Five late 19th century Italian or French portraits of Putti or Angels
Located in Woodbury, CT
Set of Five late 19th century Italian or French portraits of Putti or Angels
A unique set of five oils on board depicting either Cherubs or Putti, ...
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1890s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Board, Oil
Early 19th century Antique English landscape with cows in a cowshed
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderfully painted early 19th-century English rural landscape with cattle in a cowshed.
Very similar to the work of Edward Williams who was a very well-known English landscape pai...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
The Letter Woman, 18 Century Old Master Oil on Canvas
By Henry Robert Morland
Located in London, GB
Henry Robert Morland
1716-1797
The Letter Woman
Oil on canvas
30 x 25 inches
Original gilt frame
Exhibited
Probably Free Society of Artists, London, The Letter Woman, 1769, no. 164
...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study of a dog
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Study of a dog
Oil on paper laid down on panel, 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Provenance
Private collection, the Netherlands
Note:
We are grateful to Mr Fred Meijer for his attribution to Ludolf de Jongh
Ludolf de Jongh was the son of a shoemaker. When his father moved to Rotterdam, the young Ludolf decided to learn art rather than shoemaking and became a pupil of Cornelis Saftleven. Later he studied under Anthony Palamedes in Delft and still later with Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht.
In 1635 he travelled to France with Francis Bacon. Seven years later, in 1642, he returned to the Netherlands when he heard that his mother had fallen ill. He set up a shop in Rotterdam, and his earliest signed paintings date from that year.
According to Houbraken, his travels had caused him to speak French so fluently, that his parents had to learn French in order to speak with him.
De Jongh’s work shows a strong influence from the Utrecht school of Caravaggio admirers, especially Jacob Duck...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
The Inappetent Owl - Grotesque Scene with Owl and Swan - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two masterpieces by the Master of the Fertility of the Egg, nearly impossible to find in homogeneous pairs on the private market, both in terms of style and dimensions.
They represen...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
After "Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims Before Iphigenia" History Painting
By (After) Benjamin West
Located in Houston, TX
History Painting of the Greek story. The work was first painted in 1766 by Benjamin West. The original masterpiece is located in the Tate.
According...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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