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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
Period: 19th Century
Vedutist Venetian painter - 19th century Venice view painting - Oil on panel
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (late 19th century) - Venice, view of the Riva degli Schiavoni with carnival masks. 30 x 40 cm without frame, 46 x 53 cm with frame. Oil on panel, in a carved and ...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Italian Vanitas painter - 19th century figure painting - Memento Mori
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Memento Mori. 43 x 67 cm without frame, 48.5 x 72.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on wood, in a wooden frame. Condition report: Original can...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

18th or 19th Century Follower of Rubens. Judith and the Head of Holofernes. Oil
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Late 18th or Early 19th Century Continental follower of Peter Paul Rubens. Flemish ( b.1577 - d.1640 ). Judith and the Head of Holofernes. Oil on Canvas. Image size 31.1 inches x 23...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Bacchanal Painting Dancing of the Nymphs 1850
By Cornelius van Poelenburgh
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Dutch/Flemish oil on panel painting, after Cornelis van Poelenburgh, circa 1850. The painting portrays a number of nude and partially robed nymphs dancing in a bucolic...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

1800's French Naval Battle Scene Night Time Engagement Large Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Naval Engagement French School, early 1800's period oil on canvas, unframed painting: 28 x 36 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition, with...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Romantic Italian painter - 19th century figure painting - Lutist - Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Romantic painter (19th century) - The Lutist. 72 x 57 cm without frame, 85.5 x 69.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame. Condition report: Orig...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique Dutch painter - Pair of 19th century figure paintings - Interior Tavern
Located in Varmo, IT
Dutch painter (19th century) – Interior of a tavern with smokers. 21 x 18 cm without frames, 31 x 28 cm with frames. Pair of antique oil paintings on canvas, in black lacquered woo...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine English Georgian Oil Family Welcoming Son back From School Country House
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Return from School" English School, circa 1820 after the painting by William Redmore Bigg, RA, British 1755-1828 condition: excellent restored condition Provenance: Christie’s, 1988; Private Collection, UK A very fine Georgian painting capturing this wonderful image from the social history of England. We see a school boy returning home for the holidays, his trunk and belongings being handed over, whilst his mother and siblings watch on, on the steps and entrance to their large country home (the gate lodge stands in the distance). It is a superbly painted work and presented in excellent condition. The image is after the original painting by William Redmore Bigg, RA, British 1755-1828. Chiefly known from their many engraved versions, the original oils...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique French Oil Painting Young Boy being Read to by Elderly Man 1800's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lesson French School, early 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 24 inches provenance: private collection condition: good and sound condition
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

1800's Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of the Madonna & Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna and Christ Child Eastern European artist, circa 1800's oil on canvas, framed framed: 31 x 27 inches board: 26 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, London condition...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine 1800's Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Figures before Classical Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Arcadian View Italian School, circa 1800 Grand Tour subject oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound cond...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Preparation of the meal and punished child
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Plaster frame and gilded molded wood 44.3 x 51 x 5 cm
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1880s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Des Enfants Traînant Un Chariot Chargé de Fruits
Located in Milford, NH
A fine oil painting with cherubs and a cart of fruit by French artist Leger Cherelle (1816-1867). Cherelle was born in Versailles, France, a...
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1830s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Very Large Antique English Oil Painting Portrait of Clerical Gentleman in Robes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Clerical Gentleman English School, early 1800's period oil on canvas, framed framed: 41.5 x 34 inches canvas: 36 x 28.5 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: ...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

J. Clays (British painter) - 19th century Still Life painting - Fruits
Located in Varmo, IT
J. Clays (British, 19th-20th century) - Still life with fruit basket. 61 x 51 cm without frame, 67.5 x 58 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame. ...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Aurora, 19th Century Painting, After Guido Reni
By (After) Guido Reni
Located in Toronto, ON
Wonderful 19th century copy of Guido Reni's masterpiece, The Aurora, a large Baroque ceiling fresco painted in 1614 for the Casino, or garden house, adj...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas

Landscape Near Felday, Surrey
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Dutch/English artist Abraham Hulk the Younger (1851-1922) is most known for landscapes of the British countryside. This work is one of a pair (the second work is also available by s...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" classical religious
By (After) Giampietrino
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" is an original oil painting on wood panel, likely painted by Italian artist Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli). The painti...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Antique Italian painter - 19th century large figure painting - Virgin child
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Madonna and Child. 100 x 100 cm without frame, 121.5 x 121.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame. C...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figures in Ancient Lake Landscape Mountain Scene Flemish Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Travellers in Mountainous Landscape Flemish School, 19th century oil on board, framed framed: 20 x 24 inches board: 13.5 x 17 inches Condition: good and sound condition Provenance:...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Vedustist painter (Veneto school) - 19th century landscape painting - Padova
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (19th century) - Padua, Porta Liviana. 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 stat...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Watercolor Painting Muscular Male Nude Classical Roman Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Muscular Made Nude, "Olympus"? sepia watercolour drawing on paper, framed framed: 23 x 15 inches painting: 20 x 13 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sou...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Carlo Grubacs(Venetian master)- Pair of 19th century Venice landscape paintings
By Carlo Grubacs
Located in Varmo, IT
Carlo Grubacs (Perasto 1801 - Venice 1870) - Venice, pair of views of Piazza S. Marco and the Piazzetta towards the Clock Tower. 19 x 24 cm without frame, 25 x 30 cm with frame. An...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Paper

Carlo Grubacs(Venetian master)- Pair of 19th century Venice landscape paintings
By Carlo Grubacs
Located in Varmo, IT
Carlo Grubacs (Perasto 1801 - Venice 1870) - Venice, pair of views of Piazza S. Marco and the Basin towards the Riva degli Schiavoni. 11 x 16 cm without frame, 29.5 x 34.5 cm with f...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Paper

Figures in Winter Dutch Snow Landscape Large 19th Century Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Winter Landscape Dutch School, 19th century oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 22 x 28 inches canvas: 16.5 x 23 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very goo...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Romantic Italian painter - 19th landscape painting - Moonlight - Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (early 19th century) - Moonlight landscape with fire. 76 x 61 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame. Condition report: Original canvas. Good state of c...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Figures Chatting outside Village Tavern in Mountain Landscape, Period Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dutch/ Flemish School, early 1800's oil on canvas, framed framed: 19 x 24 inches canvas: 13.5 x 18.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound condition...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dancers in a Landscape - British 19thC art figurative landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely painting is a British Old Master late 18th century or early 19th-century oil painting by Thomas Barker of Bath. It is stylistically very similar to his other works of the...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine English Georgian Period Oil Painting Portrait of a Country Squire Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Gentleman English School, circa 1800 oil on canvas, unframed *see below painting: 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound c...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Religious painter (Italian school) - Early 19th figure painting - Virgin Madonna
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (early 19th century) - Mater Dolorosa. 37 x 33 cm without frame, 53 x 48 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on canvas, in an ancient carved and gilded wooden frame...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Realist British painter - 19th century figure painting - Tavern interior
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (19th century) - Interior of a tavern. 58 x 76 cm without frame, 75 x 91 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame and gilded plaster (some b...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Classicist Italian painter - 19th century figure painting - Roman Allegory
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th-19th century) - Roman allegory. 74 x 60 cm without frame, 81 x 67 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in wooden frame. Condition report: Lined can...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Girl with a pen
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Young girl posing in blue toilet
Located in Genève, GE
Oil on canvas Wooden frame and gilded plaster 44 x 38 x 6 cm
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Spanish Impressionist Painting
Located in Larchmont, 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

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Canvas, Oil

Early 1800's Italian Oil Painting Portrait of Bearded Man Saint Peter Apostle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, early 19th century 'Portrait of a Bearded Man' - possibly Saint Peter? oil on board, framed framed: 16 x 13.5 inches board: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private col...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Venus and Adonis
By Baron Pierre Narcisse Guerin (workshop)
Located in Paris, FR
Baron Pierre Narcisse GUERIN (Circle of) 1774-1833 French Venus et Adonis (Venus and Adonis) Oil on canvas Canvas: 53" high x 39 1/2" wide Frame: ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Old Woman and Boy with Candles, Oil on Panel, 1800s
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this painting titled "Old Woman and Boy with Candles" an intriguing scene unfolds before our eyes. An older woman gazes ahead, her eyes shielded from the flickering candlelight, w...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

19th century landscape village scene horses, animals inn by georgina lara
Located in York, GB
A very fine village scene depicting An English Village with figures, animals, horses, and cart by an Inn, oil on canvas, indistinctly signed,G Lara , lower left The size being 51cm x 31cm whilst overall being 66 cm x 47cm in excellent ready to hang condition Georgina Lara was also known as Edwina Lara ,she was a London painter of rustic farmyard and village scenes. Her work is extremely similar to Edward Masters who also went by the name of William Masters...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Pastoral scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Early 1800's Italian Oil Roman Buildings in Ancient Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, early 1800's Title: Ancient Buildings in Italianate Landscape Medium: oil painting on board, framed. framed: 18.25 x 20.75 inches canvas: 11 x 13.7...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique European Religious Figure Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique European oil on panel, framed framed: 9 x 7 inches board: 7 x 5inches private collection, France the painting is in overall very good and sound condition
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French Old Master Antique Oil Painting For Restoration Figures Classical Landscp
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in a Classical Landscape French School, 18th/ 19th century oil painting on copper, unframed copper: 4 x 5 inches provenance: private collection condition: the work has paint ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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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

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Canvas, Oil

Vedutist Venetian painter - 19th century landscape painting - Venice view Italy
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (dated 1869) - Venice, view of Palazzo Sanudo Soranzo van Axel ai Miracoli. 44.5 x 37.5 cm without frame, 59 x 51 cm with frame. Oi...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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

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Oil

19thc century classical French portrait sketch of a North African mans head
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding small oil on velum sketch of a North African/ Arab head study. The painting is a classic sketch and I'm sure the figure would have been used in a much larger finished w...
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1850s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Still life
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Black wooden frame 37 x 45 x 3 cm
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique French Oil Painting Portrait of Man with Moustache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 18th/ 19th century oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 19 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas

Huge Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Mrs Boone & Daughter after lost original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
After SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723 -1792) Portrait of Mrs Boone and her Daughter Oil on Canvas Canvas Size : 55.25 x 43.25 inches (140 x 110 cms) Framed size : 62 x 50 inches (157.5 x 127 cms) Provenance : Private Collection, France This present picture is a good quality copy of a Reynolds original. Copies are notoriously difficult to date, but judging by the style and the materials used it is most probable that we are dealing with a picture painted between 1890 and 1920. The professional standard of the work makes this painting a fine and substantial piece of decoration in the 18th century English manner. But in this case there is more… The Reynolds original was painted around 1774-6 and depicts Harriet Boone, wife of Charles Boone with their daughter, also Harriet – later the wife of Sir William Drummond K.C. This picture was by 1865 in the collection of one T Colleton Garth (a relative of the younger Harriet Boone), who lent it to an exhibition of Old Master pictures at the British Institution in 1865. It was engraved in 1866 by G.H. Emery – presumably after attracting some attention at that exhibition. The painting was then bought from Garth by the dealers Agnew in 1903 and sold the following year in 1904 to the famous Anglo-German diamond magnate Alfred Beit. Two years later in 1906, Beit - who would fill his later years with numerous philanthropic donations in Germany, England and South Africa - gave the Reynolds original of Mrs Boone to the Berlin Gallery...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Pencil

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

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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

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Oil

Escalade Festival in Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Antique Italian Oil Cannaregio Canal Venice Busy Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice Italian School, 19th century, after Francesco Guardi, Italian 1712-1793 oil on panel Painting: 8 x 10 inches condition: overall very sound, with ...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid 19th Century "Susanna And The Elders" After The Old Master by Martinelli
Located in San Francisco, CA
Outstanding Mid 19th century old master "Susanna and the Elders" after Martinelli Brilliant old master painting of Susanna and the Elders. Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 26.5" ...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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