Rococo Figurative Paintings

French painter (18th century) - Portrait of a shepherdess with flowers. 40.5 x 32.5 cm without frame, 47 x 39 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden fram...

Follower of Claude Vernet (Paris, c. 1780) - The shipwreck. 56.5 x 72 cm. Oil on canvas, unframed. Condition report: Painting subjected to relini...

Follower of François Boucher (Paris, 18th century) - Portrait of a gallant girl. 82 x 65 cm. Oil on canvas, unframed. Condition report: Painting subjected to relining. Good state ...

Workshop of Giovanni Battista Pittoni (Venice 1687 - Venice 1767) - San Rocco. 43 x 33 cm without frame, 52 x 42 cm with frame. Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame. ...

The Distinguished Gentleman French School, circa 1780's oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 55cm x 46cm framed: 63cm 54cm Superb quality French oil painting dating to the 1780's ...

"Courtship" French School, early 19th century oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 25” x 32” (63.5 x 81.2cm) provenance: private collection, France Large scale early 1800's Fre...

"Portrait of a Lady" French School, early 18th century oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 15 x 11.5 inches framed: 18 x 15 inches Superbly decorative early French oil painting ...

Playing in the Woods French School, 18th century Oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 22 x 18 inches Idyllic oil painting of two girls and a little boy, dressing in their f...

This delightful Italian 18th century oil on canvas painting portrait is a wonderful Florentine old master piece attributed to a female painter: Violante Beatrice Siries Cerroti. Depicting three graceful young ladies who play and sing outdoors, this portrait is joyful and informal but at the same time detailed and introspective while maintaining the cutesy of the Rococo period. The painting is attributed to the famous Florentine female painter Violante Beatrice Siries Cerroti, published in the book of Dr. Sandro Bellesi entitled "Painting and sculpture in Florence (XVIth-XIXth centuries) Illustrated edition". The catalogue was presented in September 2017 during the XXX Florence International Biennial Antiques Fair in Palazzo Corsini. The painting has been attributed to this famous painter by Prof. Bellesi thanks to the similarities with the artist's self-portrait preserved in the Uffizzi Gallery Collection Museum in Florence. The scene takes place inside a garden all the ladies have their hair gathered up and are elegantly dressed, they are enjoying the open air singing and playing in the shade of a big tree, behind them there is a brick wall with a large vase above. The young lady on the left is sitting on a low wall playing the guitar, she is elegantly dressed in a pearl white dress with antique pink details embellished with pearls and flowers a lovely cap embellished with white feathers on her head. In the middle of the painting’s scene, another young lady wearing a beautiful blue dress, a pearl necklace and a refined white hat is reading a musical score. The last lady on the right wears a brown dress, a pearl necklace, a gray and gold veil descends from her hair to her shoulders. She is sitting on a stool, a small black dog is sitting on her lap while she is holding a gold ring in her right hand. The painting with its pleasant scene set in a garden and the fashion of the ladies's clothes,recalls the rocaille language. This work of art has affinity with the French art of that time. The painting represents a serene scene that releases freshness and joy of life, not without an interpretive malice. The painting is of excellent quality and every detail is masterfully painted. It was selected by the Texiles Museum in Prato (Tuscany) for the exhibition titled “Il Capriccio e la Ragione, Eleganze del Settecento Europeo”. This exhibition, dedicated to 18th century’s fine art and textiles took place from May 2017 to April 2018 and this oil on canvas portrait painting is published in the exhibition’s catalog.The painting is currently on loan to the Museum of the Fine Arts Academy of Carrara for the exhibition on the masters of the 1700s which will last until 10 October 2021 and it has been published in the exhibition's catalogue. Violante Beatrice Siriès Cerroti (1710-1783) began her long artistic career under the Medici dynasty and continued with Habsburg-Lorraine rule, she lived and worked in Florence and Paris. Portraying some of the leading figures of her day, she achieved a level of recognition still unusual for a woman in that period. Siriès had formidable professional role models, including Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) and Giovanna Fratellini (1666-1731) one of her teacher in Florence. Since women were not allowed to attend the Florence's Accademia delle Arti e del Disegno - the oldest art academy in Europe- the position of her parents was very important to enhance her opportunity in the arts field. Her mother Margherita Mugnai, was a musician in the court of Cosimo III de' Medici and her father, Louis Siries, was one of the best known engraver of his day employed in the French and Tuscan courts. His connections with the Medici court and king Louis XV of France increased Violante's access to important patronage. Several French distingueshed painters were her teachers: Rigaud, Boucher and Delyen. During her stay in Paris she was entreated to paint portraits of the entire Royal Family, however she had to return to Florence in 1732 where her father began his position as coin engraver to the court of Gian Gastone de Medici. In Florence Violante studied witn Francesco Conti...

"Pierre De Darnal, Lawyer of Parliament" French School circa 1700 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 99 x 83 cm (39 x 32.75 inches) framed. provenance: private collection, Versailles, France Fine early 18th Century painting by from the French School. Portrait of Pierre De Dernal, Lawyer of Parliament. Very rare and unique work - wonderful intertior decoration for todays home. At the bottom indication: "Monsr M.e Pierre...

Fete Champetre French School, 18th century circle of Francois Boucher (French 1703-1770) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 35 x 54 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Very fine, large scale authentic French Rococo period oil painting on canvas. The work dates to the second half of the 18th century and is very close in many respects to the works by Francois Boucher and the circle of painters that he inspired. The artist has captured sumptuous details, painted with a warm palette, embodying the height of the French Rococo movement. Rococo or "Late Baroque", was an exuberantly decorative 18th century European style which was the final expression of the baroque movement. It pushed to the extreme the principles of illusion and theatricality, an effect achieved by dense ornament, asymmetry, fluid curves, and the use of white and pastel colors combined with gilding, drawing the eye in all directions. The Rococo style of architecture and decoration began in France in the first part of the 18th century in the reign of Louis XV as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Style Louis XIV. It was known as the style rocaille, or rocaille style. It quickly spread to other parts of Europe, particularly Bavaria, Austria, Germany and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly painting, sculpture, literature, music, and theatre. Rococo artists and architects used a more jocular, florid, and graceful approach to the Baroque. The Rococo had playful and witty themes. The interior decoration of Rococo rooms was designed as a total work of art with elegant and ornate furniture...

Very fine quality, 18th century French Old Master oil painting depicting these frolicking putti with a floral garland. The painting, oil on canvas, has impeccable provenance, having ...