Bernadette van Baarsen

Green & Yellow Provençal Landscape in Oil on Canvas. 'Vallon de Saint-Jean'

2023

Contemporary provençal beach scene in oil on canvas by Dutch artist Bernadette Van Baarsen. Signed to the side of the chassis. This painting vividly captures a serene beach scene wh...

Mid 19th Century oil on canvas portrait of an Italian brigand, unsigned, in painted wood and gilt frame. The painting is a fine and fascinating rendition with plenty of wonderful character and detail to the costume, accessories, landscape and seascape. Very atmospheric and imposing much like the character it portrays. There is a trade stamp to the back of the canvas for the Paris firm of Susse Freres. The canvas is on a fine quality stretcher with 'keys'. There is an artist's name or title written on the top of the rear stretcher (see photo). Bands of brigands who populated the hills of southern Italy were steady fodder for the Romantic imagination, and their exploits were reported both factually, fancifully and artistically The painting dates from a period when France, under its then leader Napoleon III, was involved in the conflicts in the Italian states and the unification and eventual creation of the nation of Italy. An earlier and similar portrait exists of the infamous brigand Mazzocchi by Achille-Etna Michallony . Léon Cogniet...

A Provençal coastal landscape in oil on canvas by Dutch artist Bernadette Van Baarsen. Signed bottom right. This artwork presents a vibrant, Impressionist-style landscape dominated...

Contemporary Provençal coastal landscape in oil on canvas by Dutch artist Bernadette Van Baarsen. Signed bottom left. This artwork brilliantly captures a vibrant seascape at sunset,...

Cristoforo (Cristofano) Roncalli (Pomarance, Italy, 1552 - Rome, Italy, 1626) Title: Saint Catherine of Siena chooses the crown of thorns Medium: Oil on wood Dimensions: without frame 101.5 x 59.5 cm - with frame 120 x 76 cm Shaped, carved and sculpted wooden cassetta frame, partly gilded and partly ebonized wood Expertise by Marco Ciampolini and Alessandro Nesi, art historians The marvellous scene that opens before our eyes is that of Christ's apparition to Saint Catherine of Siena; she must choose between a golden crown, the symbol of earthly royalty, and a crown of thorns, the symbol of virtuous Christian sacrifice. Catherine does not hesitate to choose the crown of thorns, her life in imitation of...

Felice Torelli (Verona, Italy, 1667 - Bologna, Italy, 1748) Title: Hagar and the Angel Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 41 x 116 cm - wit...

Giuseppe Antonio Pianca (Agnona di Borgosesia, Italy, 1703 - Milan, Italy, 1762) Title: Shepherd with Goat and River Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 49 x 57 cm - wit...

PaperLandscape Oil Paint and Collage on Cotton Canvas 40x40 cm 2024 Ready to hang certificate of authenticity included One of a kind, non-reproducible Marilina Marchica was born in...