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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
18th Century Architectural Capriccio Gaetano Vetturali Landscape Oil on Canvas
By Gaetano Vetturali (Lucca, 1701-1783)
Located in Sanremo, IT
Oil painting on canvas measuring 85 x 110 cm without frame and 103 x 126 cm with frame depicting a landscape with figures along the path.
In the work in question, depicting a large ...
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baroque Italian painter - 17th century landscape painting - Port Scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th century) - Port landscape with figures.
65.5 x 95.5 cm without frame, 73.5 x 107.5 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in a wooden frame.
Condition report: Lined c...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View Across the Valley, Late 18th Century English Moonlit Scene
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 14 1/4 x 18 inches (36 x 45.7 cm)
Period gilt frame
In this painting the bright moon, partially obscured by mounting dark clouds, dramatically lights the l...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Animated fishing scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
64 x 82.5 x 7 cm
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
unknown
Located in Newport Beach, CA
17th century oil on panel of Piazza di Spagna. Italian school. Frame later.
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
17th c. Flemish - Landscape with Flight to Egypt - Antwerp circa 1630
Located in PARIS, FR
LANDSCAPE WITH FLIGHT TO EGYPT,
JASPER VAN DER LANEN (ANTWERP, 1585 - 1634)
17TH CENTURY FLEMISH SCHOOL
ANTWERP CIRCA 1630
Oil on copper, dimensions: h. 10.23 in, w. 14.96 in
Flemish style frame in ebonized wood adorned with wavy moldings and wood veneer.
Framed dimensions: h. 17.32 in, w. 21.65 in
Provenance:
Philips auction...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Copper
Old Northumberland House, London, c. 1770
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Herbert Pugh (Ireland Fl. 1758-1788 London)
Old Northumberland House, c. 1770
Oil on panel
20 x 30 in (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Provenance
An important private collection
Born in Ireland he went to England about 1758, and in 1765 when he was living in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, he obtained a premium of twenty-five guineas from the Society of Arts for a landscape in oil. He was a Member of the Society of Artists and contributed forty-five works to its exhibitions between 1760 and 1776, nearly all landscapes and topographical views, but including 'The Italian and British Quack Doctors', 'The Amorous old Beau' and 'The Procuress'. These were probably of the same nature as two of three pictures done by him in imitation of Hogarth which, says Edwards (Anecdotes of Painting) "are nothing but mere representations of vulgar debauchery". In 1777 he had two works exhibited at 'The Exhibition or Grand Museum of Arts and Sciences at the Great Room, Royal Exchange, Strand. Pugh's intemperate habits hastened his death which took place shortly after 1788. There is a large landscape by him in the Lock Hospital, London and two views of London Bridge were exhibited in the Grosvenor Gallery...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animated Landscape with Horsemen and Figures
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood
66 x 84 x 7 cm
Category
18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Adoration of the Magi by Joseph van Bredael
Located in New Orleans, LA
Joseph van Bredael
1688-1739 Flemish
The Adoration of the Magi
Oil on copper
Painted on copper and exhibiting an exquisite luminosity, this exceptional painting...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Copper
Mars Venus Albani Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master Mythological
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - 1660) Circle of
Mars and Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (or Allegory of Fire)
from Ovid, Metamorphoses, book IV
The pendant of the present painting, ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape in Germany
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Transport yourself to the lush landscapes of Germany through this captivating artwork. Painted during the artist's stay in Germany, the painting beautifully captures the verdant scen...
Category
Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A landscape drawing by Claude Lorrain, with a preliminary sketch on the verso
Located in PARIS, FR
This study presents a typical Roman countryside landscape: an ancient mausoleum in front of which a cart is passing by followed by two peasants. If the technique (a pen drawing on graphite lines, completed with a wash of brown and grey inks) and the signature inevitably evoke the art of Lorrain, we find on the verso of this drawing additional evidences that lead us to consider this unpublished drawing as a work by the master.
The motif of the mausoleum has been taken up in pen on the verso in a technique that can be found in several other drawings by Lorrain. There is also a study of three characters, which can be considered as preparatory to Lorrain’s painting entitled The Port of Ostia with the Embarkation of Saint Paula, leading us to claim this attribution with a dating of around 1629.
1. Claude Lorrain or the perfection of classical landscape in Rome in the 17th century
Claude Gellée was born in 1600 in Chamagne in Lorraine. Orphaned at the age of twelve, he spent a year with his brother in Freiburg, where the latter was a woodcarver. Claude Gellée then probably arrived in Rome in 1613, where he joined the workshop of Agostino Tassi (1580 - 1644) in 1617. Between 1619 and 1620 he studied for two years in Naples in the workshop of Goffredi Wals (who was himself a former pupil of Tassi).
In 1625 he returned to Lorraine for two years where he worked alongside Claude Deruet. He then returned to Rome, a city he never left for the rest of his life (except for short trips to the surrounding countryside).
From 1627 to 1650 he lived in Via Margutta. From 1635 onwards he became a renowned painter and commissions started to pour in. Considered during his lifetime as the most accomplished of the classical landscape painters, his reputation never faded.
Between 1629 and 1635 Le Lorrain often went to the Roman countryside to draw with his friend Joachim von Sandrart (1606 - 1686). He became a member of the Academy of Saint Luke in 1633, while being closely acquainted with the Bentvueghels, this guild which brought together the young Nordic painters active in Rome. In 1643 he joined the Congregation of the Virtuosi. In 1650 he moved to Via Paolina where he lived until his death.
Little is known of his intimate life. He seems to have had a daughter, Agnes, from an ancillary love affair. In 1657/ 1658 she moved in with him. Stricken with gout in 1663, he died in 1682.
2. Description of the drawing; the technique of nature studies
Two peasants are walking behind a horse-drawn cart on a road that winds through ancient tombs. While a rectangular tomb with a columned facade can be seen in the distance, the cart passes an important ancient building. It has a circular shape and its partially ruined façade is decorated with columns. The start of a second floor can...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen, Graphite
Painting Dutch school 18th Marine Turkish ship Gibraltar fortress Van de VELDE
Located in PARIS, FR
18th century Dutch school
(After Peter van DE VELDE The Younger (1749-1714))
Oil on canvas
40 x 27 cm (54 x 41 cm with the frame)
Beautiful old frame from the Empire period
The smal...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animal scene Duck hunting with dogs 18th century Swedish Master by Philip Korn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Monogrammed lower left: Johan Philip Korn (1728 - 1796), was a Swedish painter. A beautiful landscape, with a backwater in which carefree ducks swim, hunters and their dogs in passion, in the background you can see a city with a bell tower. Old masters have been depicting animals in their paintings since the Renaissance. In those days, hunting scenes were popular - there is always a share of emotional participation in them. Here it is necessary to understand that in previous centuries people looked at hunting as a means of obtaining food, therefore naturalism dominates in the painting of the old masters. Old oil painting on wooden panel, in a non-original frame of the 19th century.
Size app.: 49 x 64 cm (roughly 19.3 x 25.2 in) and nice golden gesso frame ca 65.5 x 81.5 cm (roughly 25.8 x 32.1 in). Very Good condition, age wear, cracks on a wooden board, minor losses, retouches, cleared and conserved. Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 6.4 kg is going to measure some 10 kg volume weight packed for shipment.
Johan Philip Korn first began his career as a decorative painter. He was a student of artist Johan Sevenbom (1721-1784). After further studies he changed to landscape painting in the Rococo style of French artist François Boucher (1703–1770) and often after Dutch copper engravings. In 1759, Korn became master of the Stockholm...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Paint Oil on canvas Landscape Italy Art18th Century Capriccio Architectural
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Nicola Viso
(active in Naples in the first half of the 18th century)
Architectural capriccio with temple in ruins and scene of the rest of the Holy Family
...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The peace of your nights descends into their thoughts
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper mounted on wood
35.5 x 45.5 x 2 cm
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moses and the Pillar of Cloud by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Studio
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Studio
1472-1553 German
Moses and the Pillar of Cloud
Oil on panel
Moses and the Pillar of Cloud is a bold and evocative composition that showcases the signature intense color and intricate detail of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s celebrated oeuvre. The remarkable 16th-century oil on panel by Lucas Cranach and his studio captures the narrative moment when Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and encounters God manifested through a large pillar of cloud. Moses stands at the precipice of a bridge and turns back to soldiers helping to lead the group of Israelites who huddle closely together. Cranach depicts Moses with his traditional iconography, rendering the rays of light on his head which came to be interpreted as "horns" in the translation of the Bible. Using his traditional walking staff, Moses gestures toward the pillar, seemingly acknowledging that God will protect the group as they cross the bridge to the other side, leaving exile and entering a promised land.
In a nod to Cranach’s Germanic locale, he renders the figures and setting in a manner that feels decisively more akin to European aesthetics than those of the Red Sea. Soldiers wear elaborate, gothic suits of armor that recall the livery of Northern European guardsmen. The terrain appears more like a European forest giving way to a sweeping valley than the arid landscape the Israelites trekked through on their journey across the Red Sea. Though still clearly recounting a story from the Old Testament, Cranach renders the cast of characters and setting in an earthly, familiar manner. This aesthetic shift speaks to Cranach’s own changing beliefs as he found himself at the center of the Protestant Reformation.
After first gaining recognition in 1505 as the official painter of Frederick the Wise, Cranach established a thriving painting and print studio in Wittenberg, Germany. Cranach was renowned for his court portraits and genre paintings and was also well known for his association with the famous protestant reformer Martin Luther, then under the protection of Frederick the Wise. As Wittenberg became a bastion of new religious thought, Cranach soon befriended Luther and played an active role in creating the printed materials that proliferated throughout the Reformation...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Madonna Scarsella Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16/17th Century Raffaello Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ippolito Scarsella, known as Lo Scarsellino (Ferrara, around 1550 - 1620) workshop
Altarpiece depicting the Madonna and Child, St. James the Greater and the donor in armour
Technique: oil on panel
Measurements: 93 x 72 cm./with frame 109 x 86 cm.
Provenance: Prato, Farsetti, auction of 28.10.2016, lot 261 (link)
A majestic Madonna in Glory occupies the upper register of the canvas, seated on a blanket of iridescent clouds surrounded by angels, flanked by a cherub who scatters flowers contained in a cornucopia towards the infant Christ as a sign of abundance, naked and supported with both hands from the mother.
In the lower part of the composition stands the figure of San Giacomo Maggiore, one of the twelve apostles, standing on the right side of the altarpiece, represented dressed in a humble tunic; one arm holds the open Gospel book, while the other holds a cross pilgrimage staff.
A particular aspect of the table is the presence in the central part, to indicate its importance, of the figure of the donor, kneeling on a cushion, with his hands joined in prayer and his face observing the Virgin in an attitude of devotion, while on the opposite lectern is placed a prayer book; depicted with the features of a young leader in armor, with a sword and a rich iridescent red cloak, elements which, combined with his authoritarian composure, enhance his ennoblement.
Unlike the medieval altarpieces, the knight is here included in the space of the painting and has proportionate dimensions to those of the other characters, returning to all intents and purposes in the sacred scene, with a pose that cannot but evoke the detail of the 'Montefeltro altarpiece' made by Piero della Francesca for Federico da Montefeltro, kneeling in front of the sacred group in the guise of a leader.
On the right, the view recedes into depth highlighting the background of an urban landscape set on a hill behind which a mountain range stands out, with the peculiarity of the arched aqueduct that runs along the entire landscape. Presumably among these expanses were the donor's own possessions and his hometown.
It is a quality table, imbued with the late Mannerist style still resistant in the second half of the 16th century, characterized by a 'sweet and affable religiosity, rendered through a manner of studied simplicity and grace', which highlights the unmistakable stylistic and chromatic connotations of the produced...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christian Reder (Italy) - 18th century Italian landscape painting - Soldiers
By Christian Reder (Monsù Leandro)
Located in Varmo, IT
Christian Reder (Leipzig 1656 - Rome 1729) - The departure of the soldiers from the fort.
57.5 x 108.5 cm without frame, 89 x 122 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century Italian figure painting - Fall of Fetonte - Oil on copper Landscape
Located in Varmo, IT
Roman master (c. 1650) - The Fall of Phaeton.
40.5 x 52.5 cm without frame, 56.5 x 59.5 cm with frame.
Oil on copper, in carved and gilded wooden fra...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Copper
Capriccio by the Lagoon, Venice
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
17 century
Flemish artist
Located in MADRID, ES
Dirck Stoop
Category
18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Galatea Nymph Albani Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - 1660) Circle of
The Triumph of the Galatea Nymph (or Allegory of Water)
from Ovid, Metamorphoses, book XIII
Oil on canvas (53 x 72 cm. - in frame 62 x 82 cm.)
The proposed beautiful painting depicting The Triumph of the Nymph Galatea can be attributed to a master adhering to the stylistic and compositional models of the Bolognese Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - 1660), presumably active within his close circle.
A disciple of Annibale Carracci, Albani is considered, together with Domenichino and Guido Reni, to be one of the leading exponents of Bolognese classicism, in great demand by the cultured patrons of the time.
Thanks to a style characterised by compositions of an idyllic nature and therefore pleasing to the most intimate taste of the patrons, the greatest output of Albani's workshop is to be found in mythological paintings rather than those with a religious theme.
The composition under examination draws inspiration, albeit with variants, from the Allegory of Fire/Allegory of Water, preserved in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin, part of a cycle of four tondi inspired by the Elements and executed by Francesco Albani between 1625 and 1628 for the superb collection of Cardinal Maurizio of Savoy (brother of Duke Victor Amadeus I), who had been fascinated by the Stories of Venus and Diana painted by Albani for Scipione Borghese before 1622.
These compositions enjoyed enormous critical acclaim and were extraordinarily praised by European collectors for their aesthetic and decorative value, in which myth and nature find full landscape ideality.
The painting shows, in particular, the Apotheosis of the nymph Galatea, an episode taken from ancient Latin...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circle Wouwerman, Horseman by a Tent, Riders Playing Cards, Dutch Old Master
By Philips Wouwerman
Located in Greven, DE
Circle Wouwerman, Horseman by a Tent, Riders Playing Cards (?), Old Master
Dutch Art, Travellers or Riders resting by a tent and gambling
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Christ Angels Pietro Da Cortona Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Christ surrounded by angels in the desert
Circle of Pietro da Cortona, born as Pietro Berrettini (Cortona 1597 - Rome 1669)
Oils on canvas (66 x 50 cm. - in frame 80 x 64 cm.)
The ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century French School , South American Landscape, Brazil.
Located in East Grinstead, GB
French School watercolour of a group of sailors from a French Frigate in the region of Fernando de Noronha off the coastline of Brazil. The picture is inscribed, lower left, and depi...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Simon-Mathurin Lantara (Circle of), Seaside Landscape
Located in Paris, FR
18th century French school in the manner of Simon-Mathurin Lantara. Seaside landscape with a vaporous and fine tone and a great lightness of touch. O...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mediterranean Capriccio, Oil on canvas by Abraham Storck, circa 1680
By Abraham Jansz Storck
Located in Paris, FR
« A Mediterranean capriccio »
Oil on canvas by Abraham STORCK
With an appraisal by René Millet ( Well Known French Expert in Paris)
Within a tortoise-shell Turtle
This oil on canvas...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Dipinto Paesaggio con Figure, XVIII secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola nord-italiana del XVIII secolo.
Il paesaggio, ambientato in riva ad un ampio fiume, vede al centro alcune figure di contadini intenti a raccogliere della frutta ...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Landscape with Buildings and Figures, 18th century, oil on canvas
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Northern Italian school of the 18th century.
The wide landscape features a herdsman in the center who has just passed with his cattle over the small bridge over the st...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Wooded Landscape With Riders, Attributed to Pieter Gysels, Oil on Copper
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pieter Gysels, also known as Peeter Gijsels, was a renowned Flemish painter who lived from 1621 to 1690/91. He was known for his landscapes, which often depicted idyllic scenes from nature, and his works are highly sought after by Old Master collectors. We are proud to offer a newly discovered pair of landscapes attributed to him; this one called "A Wooded Landscape With Riders"
This stunning painting captures the beauty of a serene summer day in the countryside. In the foreground, we see a couple riding on horsebacks, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. The horses seems to be trotting gently, and the riders are relaxed, taking in the natural splendour around them. In the distance, we see several other figures, perhaps farmers or peasants, doing their daily tasks. We also see a small stream flowing through the landscape, with several small houses. And in the background, we see a beautiful wooded area with tall trees reaching up towards the sky.
The attention to detail in this painting is truly remarkable. Gysels use of vibrant colours evoke the warmth and beauty and he skillfully captured the play of light on the landscape, creating a sense of depth and atmosphere. The detailing of the cottages, the colors, the use of big-leafed plants in the foreground, and the figure types are typical of his signature style.
"A Wooded Landscape With Riders" is painted on copper, which gives the painting a unique luminosity and depth. The use of copper as a support for paintings was popular in the seventeenth century.
We also have one more painting called "Wooded Landscape With an Elegant Company...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Copper
View of the Grand Canal, a painting by William James, after Canaletto
By William James
Located in PARIS, FR
Although we have little bibliographical information on William James, we know that he was trained by Canaletto during the painter's stay in England between 1746 and 1755. Although he may never have been to Venice, William James remained under the influence of his master for a long time and became known for his paintings inspired by Canaletto's artworks.
In this painting, William James is inspired by one of the twelve views of the Grand Canal painted by Canaletto for Joseph Smith, or more precisely by the engraving made by Antonio Visentini in 1735 after this painting. He delivers a very personal version, vibrant with colours, in which he brilliantly reproduces the moving surface of the sea, animated by the ever-changing traffic of the gondolas.
1. William James, the English follower...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late XVIcentury. Flemish Artist active in Rome. Quo Vadis with Ancient Rome view
Located in Firenze, IT
The painting represents the meeting of Jesus Christ with Saint Peter.
Late 16th - early 17th century.
Technique: oil on canvas.
Antique wooden frame...
Category
Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch school 18th century RUYSDAEL oil on wood Landscape Bull river monogram
Located in PARIS, FR
Dutch school of the 18th century Oil on wood panel 33 x 22 cm (39 x 28 cm with the frame) Signed lower center with the monogram "JR" Good condition (some thinness on the left of the picture)
There is a composition engraved by Jean Jacques de Boissieu in 1772 and given to Jacob van Ruisdael...
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 17th century Italian figure painting - The garden of the sorceress Falerina
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian master (17th century) - The garden of the sorceress Falerina (from "Orlando in love").
97 x 130 cm without frame, 111 x 144 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in carved and gild...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch Fishing Vessels in Storm /// Francis Swaine Maritime Seascape Antique Ship
By Francis Swaine
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Francis Swaine (English, 1725-1782)
Title: "Dutch Fishing Vessels in Storm"
*No signature found
Circa: 1770
Medium: Original Oil Painting on wood panel
Framing: Framed in a Louis XV style gold moulding
Framed size: 10.63" x 12.63"
Panel size (irregular margins): 6" x 7.75"
Condition: One small restored spot upper left. Cosmetic wear to frame. In otherwise very good condition
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - London, England; acquired from art dealer Ernest Alden, London, England retaining his original gallery label on verso. Metal plaque inscribed "F. Swaine 1740-1782", (active dates), attached to frame bottom center.
Ernest William Alden (1866-1947) was recorded in successive censuses, in 1881 as a picture mounter (card maker), age 14, living at 9 Bloomsbury St, with several other members of his family also given as picture mounters, including his father, James; in 1891 as a picture frame mounter with his father and family at 208 Shaftesbury Avenue; in 1901 as a photographer and picture dealer at 39 King’s Road, Chelsea; and in 1911 again at 39 King’s Road but the census form is damaged. His listing in trade directories, initially as picture mount cutter, changed to picture framemaker from 1904, soon after he set up in the King’s Road. He advertised his large stock of second-hand swept and other frames, claiming to have been established in 1893 (The Year’s Art 1913). Alden died in Chelsea in 1947, leaving effects worth £5,011, with probate granted to his widow Lily Alden and to Marjorie Frances Alden. Two of his younger brothers, Henry Cyril Alden (1871-1939) and James Preston Alden (1876-1960), were also active as picture framemakers. - National Portrait Gallery, London, England.
Biography:
Francis Swaine (1725–1782) was a British marine painter. He was born in 1725, and christened on 7 October of that year at St Dunstan's, Stepney, London. His parents were named Francis Swaine and Ann Joel. In 1735 the elder Francis Swaine, the marine painter's father, applied in writing to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy for employment as a Navy Messenger, in succession to Mr William Wyatt. He mentions that he had served "upwards of twenty eight years" in the Navy, and that his father had died Purser of the Royal Katherine. He mentions also that he had carried out "little labours in drawing", and that he at that time had five small children. The first-born of these children was the Francis Swaine who became the marine painter. The elder Swaine was duly employed as a Navy Messenger. He served for 20 years and died on 10 October 1755, aged 64.
Swaine is said to have been influenced by the style of Van de Velde. There is no clear evidence of this alleged influence. The suggestion that Swaine may have been a pupil of Charles Brooking...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
Annunciation Bonini Paint Oil in canvas Old master 17th Century Leonardo Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Girolamo Bonini, called Anconitano (Ancona, circa 1600 - Bologna 1680)
Annunciation (or Madonna of the Beautiful Angel)
Oil on canvas (115 x 91 cm. - Framed 134 x 108 cm.)
Work accompanied by the expertise of Prof. Emilio Negro
The work, undoubtedly commissioned as an object of private devotion, shows the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, a Gospel episode here set on the two figures portrayed in the foreground, the Archangel Gabriel with outstretched wings, a portrait of supernatural beauty, and the Virgin;
We see her here absorbed in reading a prayer book with her eyes turned humbly downwards as a sign of devotion, while a small cherub hands her white lilies, a symbol of purity and chastity.
In the upper part of the composition is the austere image of God the Father, with the dove radiating with light, emblem of the Holy Spirit, surrounded by a flock of angels fluttering in the clouds charged with intense glow and play of light, in full Baroque style.
It should also be noted that the image of the Saviour's mother in a delicately pious attitude, with her yellow veil, her broad blue mantle and her usual modest red dress from which the edges of her white blouse protrude, is to be interpreted as a kind of tender allegory of sacred love.
The painting in question is an interesting replica with variants of the composition commissioned from Francesco Albani for the Fioravanti chapel in the ancient church...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christ Crucified Sagrestani Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The Crucifixion of Christ with the Virgin, Mary Magdalene and St. John the Evangelist, attributable to Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (Florence, 1660 - 1731)
Technique/dimensions: oil on canvas (106 x 79 - in frame 118 x 90 cm.)
This work, of excellent quality, depicting the intense scene of the Crucifixion of Christ, is set in a nocturnal atmosphere dense with pathos but refined, with a dark background irradiated by a few glimpses of sunset light.
The composition is articulated according to a canonical compositional scheme, with the dying Jesus seated on the cross, while at his bedside are the three key figures of the epilogue of his earthly life in an attitude of prayer, namely his Mother, Mary Magdalene and St. John the Evangelist. The Virgin, standing on the left, prays with folded hands, while Mary Magdalene, beautiful, is at the foot of the cross, kneeling with the ampoule of perfumed ointments; finally, the Apostle John, gazes at the Lord and prays for him.
The luminosity, which envelops the characters in a skilful chiaroscuro, as well as the use of intense colour, capable of constructing a scene full of energy, are elements of clear Venetian ancestry. The setting is traversed by an intense glow, dominated by an evocative sunset sky, which irradiates the characters, emphasising a particularly vivid colour range.
Observing the work and entering into its attributive collocation, the particular features link its origin to the most felicitous production of the late Tuscan Baroque; in particular, the stylistic and pictorial traits allow us to liken it to the hand of Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (1660-1731), one of the most intriguing and charismatic artistic figures in the Tuscan artistic pantheon of the 17th century.
The style shows the painter's peculiar effects of light and Venetian chromaticism, influenced by the examples of Luca Giordano, Giuseppe Maria Crespi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Pair of Forest Landscapes, Philipp H. Brinckmann, 1709 – 1761, Old Master
Located in Bruges, BE
A Pair of Forest Landscapes with River and Boat in the Foreground
Brinckmann Philipp Hieronymus
Spire 1709 – 1761 Manheim
Old Master
Signature: Signed "Ph. Brinckm" bottom lower lef...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Copper
German Baroque landscape Settlement near lake 18th century Oil painting Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signed lower right for Johann Christian Vollerdt (1708 - 1769). The beauty of baroque scenery is visible in painting, an excellent perspective with striking effects of chiaroscuro. This distinguishes the work of German painters of the 18th century. In their paintings, they exaggerate nature a bit and go visually beyond the borders of the canvas. With the exception of one drawing (“River landscape in the Dutch style”), only paintings by Vollerdt are known at the moment, exclusively miniature river landscapes, which were very popular at the time. His earliest surviving works date from 1738, the latest from 1769. Oil painting on canvas, framed.
Size app.: 34.5 x 43.2 cm (roughly 13.6 x 17 in) and nice original frame ca 46.5 by 55.5 cm (roughly 18.3 x 22 in). Very Good condition, usage age wear losses on the edges mostly; restorations, retouches; edge of canvas relined. Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 2,05 kg is going to measure some 4 kg volume weight packed for shipment.
Vollerdt initially received training in the private school of the copper engraver Paul Christian Zinck in Leipzig. After 1738 he began his apprenticeship with Johann Alexander Thiele in Dresden. Initially, he worked as a supraport painter. So he is probably the author of the 31 over-portals and panneaus in Oberlichtenau Castle, which Heinrich Graf von Brühl acquired in 1744, of which, however, only those in the garden hall have survived. From 1758 to 1769 V. painted a multitude of such landscapes, often pairs of pictures...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
A Wooded Landscape With Riders, Attributed to Pieter Gysels (Peeter Gijsels)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pieter Gysels, also known as Peeter Gijsels, was a renowned Flemish painter who lived from 1621 to 1690/91. He was known for his landscapes, which often depicted idyllic scenes from nature, and his works are highly sought after by Old Master collectors. We are proud to offer a newly discovered pair of landscapes attributed to him; this one called "A Wooded Landscape With Riders"
This stunning painting captures the beauty of a serene summer day in the countryside. In the foreground, we see a couple riding on horsebacks, enjoying the peaceful surroundings. The horses seems to be trotting gently, and the riders are relaxed, taking in the natural splendour around them. In the distance, we see several other figures, perhaps farmers or peasants, doing their daily tasks. We also see a small stream flowing through the landscape, with several small houses. And in the background, we see a beautiful wooded area with tall trees reaching up towards the sky.
The attention to detail in this painting is truly remarkable. Gysels use of vibrant colours evoke the warmth and beauty and he skillfully captured the play of light on the landscape, creating a sense of depth and atmosphere. The detailing of the cottages, the colors, the use of big-leafed plants in the foreground, and the figure types are typical of his signature style.
"A Wooded Landscape With Riders" is painted on copper, which gives the painting a unique luminosity and depth. The use of copper as a support for paintings was popular in the seventeenth century.
We also have one more painting called "Wooded Landscape With an Elegant Company...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Copper
Alexander The Great At The Temple Of Achilles, 18th century
By Giovanni Paolo Panini
Located in Blackwater, GB
Alexander The Great At The Temple Of Achilles, 18th century
School Of Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765)
Large 18th Century Italian Old Master Architectural Capriccio of Alexander t...
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18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Galante Scene Vermeer d'Utrecht Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Old Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Flemish painter of the 18th century - Follower of Jan van der Meer, called Vermeer d'Utrecht (Schoonhoven, verses 1630 - 1692)
Courtship scene at the entrance of an inn
oil on canvas, 70 x 62 cm. (with frame 80 x 72 cm.)
This pleasant genre scene, depicting a young innkeeper conversing amiably with a gentleman as she prepares to serve him wine in a glass goblet that she still holds in her hand, is inspired by the painting made in 1653 by the Dutch painter Jan van der Meer, known as Vermeer d'Utrecht, and today kept in Paris at the Louvre Museum.
Set outside an inn or a post station, the scene illustrates the theme of seduction, with the young waitress being courted by the client, a charming traveler with a changing red cloak, who tries to charm her.
Yes, it is a work that harmoniously combines the painter's Dutch origins, with the stylistic characters learned during his training in his homeland, with the Italian-like characters learned during his trip to Italy around 1655. In Rome, in particular, he met and collaborated with various authors of the Bamboccianti school, first of all Jan Miel...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Animals Rosa da Tivoli Nature Landscape Oil on Canvas Blue Green
Located in Sanremo, IT
The "Rural Scene" (oil painting on canvas, 90 x 113 cm without frame and 110 x 125 cm with coeval frame) as it hinges only on the presence of animals - an ox, a cow, two sheep and a goat - may constitute an exception in this specific vein, but it reflects the prevailing and constant practice of Philipp Peter Roos known as "Rosa da Tivoli...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jan Miel ( 1599- 1663 ) - Hunters Resting - 17th Century Flemish Oil Painting
By Jan Miel
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Attributed/Close circle:
Jan Miel
(Flemish, 1599- 1663)
A Hunting Party resting by Ruins
• Oil on canvas, relined, ca. 52 x 70 cm
• Later Frame, ca. 70 x 8...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A rural landscape, a drawing partly attributed to Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance:
• Bought from Sicart in Lyon by the Marquis de Chennevières (1820 - 1899) - Chennevières Collection (stamped lower left - Lugt 2072)
• Inscribed on the back of the mount "Salle 10/Delestre, 27 February 1899”
• Sold in Paris at the Hôtel Drouot during the second Chennevières sale (4 to 7 April 1900, n°44) as François Boucher - number 44 (sold for 18 francs to Roblin)
• Sold in Paris at the Hôtel Drouot, 4 and 5 March 1901, n°12 as François Boucher
Bibliography: this drawing is cited by Chennevières in "Une collection de dessins d'artistes français" (chapter XVIII, page 24-25) and is number 1033 of the Catalogue de la Collection Chennevières compiled by Louis-Antoine Prat with the collaboration of Laurence Lhinares.
This well-documented drawing was given to Boucher by the Marquis de Chennevières, one of the most important collectors of drawings at the end of the 19th century. While the landscape is reminiscent of Boucher's other landscape drawings, our drawing was probably modified at a later stage by the addition of the two figures in the right foreground and by the slight enhancement of the horizon line behind them.
1. François Boucher, the master of French rocaille
The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency, and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre.
As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics, and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him.
On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Chalk
A Dune Landscape with Figures Resting and a Couple on Horseback, a View of Nijme
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"A Dune Landscape with Figures Resting and a Couple on Horseback, a View of Nijmegen Cathedral Beyond" is a painting by Dutch Old Master painter Salomon van Ruysdael...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch genre painting 18th JANSON Oil on canvas Village fair peasants Kermesse
Located in PARIS, FR
Johannes JANSON (Attributed to) Amboyna (Moluccan Islands), 1729 - Leyden, 1784 Oil on canvas 47 x 57 cm (62 x 72 cm with frame) Trace of signature lower right Monogrammed and dated on the back "1755"Inscription on the recto « Johannes Janson » Very beautiful old frame in gilded wood from the 18th century. Good condition (a bit of thinness, a repair and some repainting, but well restored)
As for the painting by Johannes Janson exhibited in the Louvre museum, our painting is also a "typical example of retrospective pastiche - much appreciated in the 18th century. – of recognized masters of the Golden Age, the specialists in Dutch rustic landscape Potter, Adriaen van de Velde or Dujardin. Recognizable in our painting is the way Janson represents trees, and animals (the horse in particular on the left is recognizable). And also the silhouettes of his small characters painted in bright colors. This village fair is a rich composition with many characters, musicians, drummers, peasant men and women, children. The scene is very cheerful and it has the charm of the festive atmosphere of the Dutch countryside with many picturesque details represented such as the dancers with a glass or a pitcher in their hands, the dishes or baskets which circulate filled with food, the child playing with a dog or the musician with the violin who animates the assembly. The vivid colors are characteristic of Dutch 17th century genre...
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Highland Water Landscape
By Marmaduke Cradock
Located in London, GB
Depicting a peacock, a pheasant, a turkey and various other birds in a whimsical highland scene.
Bearing an indistinct signature,
In a later, egg and dart moulded giltwood frame.
59c...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abraham and the Sacrifice of His Son Isaac by Adriaen Van Stalbemt, C. 1605-1610
Located in Stockholm, SE
Artist: Adriaen van Stalbemt (Stalbempt) 1580-1662
Title: Abraham and the Sacrifice of His Son Isaac “Das Opfer des Abraham”
According to the Old...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Copper
Southern Landscape with Cows, circle of Both, Dutch 17th Century Old Master
By Jan Dirksz Both
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Andries Both, Southern Landscape with Cows. Both moved to Italy ( Rome and Venice) where is work was influenced by the warm Italian light.
Decorative Painting
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian Veneto Baroque Religious Figurative Painting 17th century oil paper wood
Located in Florence, IT
This small painting (oil on paper attached on a wood panel, 18 x 12.5) represents Saint Jerome, dressed up as a cardinal, sitting outside, in reference to his experience as a peniten...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Flemish school 18th After TENIERS Landscape marine Old copy Return of fishermen
Located in PARIS, FR
18th century Flemish School After David TENIERS Le Jeune
Oil on canvas 72 x 53 cm (87 x 67.5 cm with the frame) Beautiful 19th century frame in black wo...
Category
Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape painting with figures, XVIIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Central European school of the eighteenth century. Under a blue sky, a large, rather barren landscape is depicted, with the edge of a wood opening onto a rock...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Morland
Located in East Grinstead, GB
George Morland (1763-1804)
A Conversation by the Cottage Gate
Unsigned original watercolour on paper
Circa 1780
Category
18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine 18th Century British Marine Oil Painting Naval Shipping in Stormy Seas
By Charles Brooking
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Naval Shipping in Stormy Seas
English School, 18th century
circle of Charles Brooking, (1723-1759)
oil painting on canvas: 16.5 x 21.5 inches
Morland ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Landscape with Gentleman on Horseback and Peasant Woman Receiving Alms
By Philips Wouwerman
Located in Stockholm, SE
Workshop / Circle of Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668)
Landscape with Gentleman on Horseback and Peasant Woman Receiving Alms
oil on oak panel
12.40 x 14.17 inches (31.5 x 36 cm)
wit...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
River Landscape with a Windmill and Chapel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"River Landscape with a Windmill and Chapel" is a painting by Dutch Old Master Painter, Jan van Goyen. There are traces of a signature on the bow of the boat...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
