Rococo Interior Paintings

Elegant Figures in Interior *see notes below Italian School, mid 18th century most likely of Venetian origin oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 11 x 11.5 inches provenance: private coll...

The Nativity French School, 18th century Rococo artist oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 22 x 17.5 inches provenance: private collection, Normandy, France condition: very good and sou...

Italian painter (18th century) - Bacchus and Ariadne. 101.5 x 75.5 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame. Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conservation of...

Italian master (18th century) - Sketch for an altarpiece (Christ gives the keys to St. Peter). 46.5 x 36.5 cm without frame, 59 x 49 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, ...

Still Life with Silver, Porcelain and Fruit Desportes Alexandre François Champigneulles 1661 – 1743 Paris French School Signature: Not signed Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 53 x 42 cm, frame size 69,50 x 58,50 cm Biography: Desportes Alexandre François was born in 1661 in Champigneulle, France. At the age of twelve, Desportes was sent by his father to Paris to learn to paint. Desportes trained in Paris in the Flemish tradition of animal painting and learned to observe the nature thoroughly for his work. In 1695 he accepted an invitation from the French ambassador to paint in Poland Royal portraits at the Polish court. The painter decided that there was a more lucrative market for artists specialized in hunting scenes, studies of dogs, and still life pictures of fruit...

Late 19th Century Figurative Interior, Fine Parlor Scene A significant late 19th century Romantic figurative interior scene by Angelo Zoffoli (Italian...

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. ...

Venetian master of the 18th century - Holy Family with St. Joseph and St. John, with the Child who offers the orange to the Virgin. 44.5 x 35 cm without frame, 53.5 x 43.5 cm with f...

In 2001 the German art historian Art historian and Raphael Expert, Prof. Jürg Meyer zur Capellen, published the painting "Die Heilige Familie" in a monographic article, ascribing the present work to the Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Pittoni (1687 -Venice - 1767). (Newspaper "Weltkunst", October 2001, No 12, p. 1850 f. ill.) He describes it as a typical work by this artist. Pittoni was one of the most influential and successful artists of the Venetian Settecento. He was a pupil of the Veronese Master Giovanni Balestra (1666-1740). His style is influenced by Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734) and Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770). Giovanni Battista Pittoni was already successful at a young age and soon lead his own workshop. He created large-scale hitoria paintings, as well as large, religious altarpieces. In addition to Venetian and Upper Italian patrons, Pittoni also had many interested parties from Europe. His work is accordingly scattered in many different museums and private collections today. Pittoni - like other painter colleagues of his time - repeated his own compositions both by hand and with the help of his workshop. He repeatedly incorporated details into other pictures and contexts. Prof. Meyer zur Capellen noted the very good condition of the present work and the high quality of the paint with fine graduations and the vivid brushstrokes. Provenance: The panting has not been on the art market for at least 300 years. In the year 2000 the work was donated by the Münster-based, Noble Family Ketteler zu Harkotten to a private collection in Westphalia. Most probably the canon Nikolaus Hermann von Ketteler zu Harkotten bought the piece in Venice in 1750 together with the altarpiece of the Clemens Church in Münster. On the reverse of the work is a fideicommissum number by Ketteler zu Harkotten. As it belonged to the family commission, the painting was inalienable until 1919, when the corresponding law was repealed, and after that time it remained in the family's possession without interruption. Pittoni's only direct relationship to Münster is the commission for the high altar painting of the Baroque St. Clemens Church. It can be assumed that then canon von Ketteler saw this painting in the artist's workshop during his stay in Venice and acquired it for himself. This would also explain the discrepancy in dating. (ca. 1735/1750). However, it is also possible that the painting originated in the possession of Ferdinand von Plettenberg...

Italian master of the 18th century - Madonna and Child. 30.5 x 25.5 cm without frame, 42.5 x 38 cm with frame. Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame. Condition rep...

Artist/ School: Leon Rousseau (1829-1881, French), signed Title: Classical Floral Arrangement Medium: oil painting on canvas Size: 24” x 40.25” (61 x 102.2cm) Provenanc...

Early 19th century oil on panel portrait of a young girl spinning. Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter who mastered the portrayal of scenes of everyda...