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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period Oil Painting of a Crane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare, richly hand-painted, 18th century oil-on-panel portrait of a crane set against a moody sky amidst a lush landscape of mountains, forest, architecture, and water. Held in a ne...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Painting, 1780
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the end of the 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting landscape with characters and architectures of good pictorial quality. Non-coeval wood and ...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Family Devotion with Cherubs 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting after Rubens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Family Devotion with Cherubs French School, 18th century after the earlier work by Sir Peter Paul Rubens oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 29 x 24 inches Provenance: private collectio...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Figures Dancing Classical Ancient Ruins & Landscape Large Old Master Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Revelry in a Classical Landscape Italian School, early 18th century (circa 1700) oil painting on canvas, laid on board, unframed board: 20 x 36 inches provenan...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

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 ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Battle Scene Oil On Canvas 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas. Mittel-European School. There is a No.S monogram on the back and numbers probably from an inventory. The painting reminds of pieces from the Austrian area. It represen...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Drawing Hunting Party Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hunting Party Attributed to Dirk Maes (1659-1717) Dutch. Figures in a Classical Landscape, Watercolour and wash on paper, Mounted, unframed image 6.75" x 9.75" (17.1 x 24.7cm)...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor

15th Century by Circle of Nicolò Zafuri Madonna with Child Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Nicolò Zafuri (circle of) (documented in Candia between 1487 and 1500, died before 10 July 1501) Title: Madonna with Child Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: without frame 49 x 40 cm ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Diana Hunting in Wooded Landscape - 17thC Old Master French art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb French Old Master oil painting with excellent provenance is by Jean Francois I Millet. It was painted circa 1675 and is a figurative landscape depicting Diana hunting in ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

17th Century Oil on Canvas Flemish Painting Saint Philip Baptizing the Eunuch
Located in Vicoforte, IT
A splendid Flemish painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a rare biblical scene, the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch by Saint Philip. A hi...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life of Flowers and fruit - Dutch Old Master c1700 floral art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Old Master floral still life oil painting is attributed to circle of Simon Pietersz Verelst. Painted circa 1700 the compositio...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Still Life with Flowers in a Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted in the style of the 17th century Dutch painter Alexander Andrienssen, this painting is of a glass vase on a wood surface filled with flowers. The artist's careful attention ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of a Gentleman, Doublet & White Ruff, Gloves Inscribed 1624, on panel
By Frans Pourbus the Younger
Located in London, GB
Titan Fine Art presents this exquisite oil on panel portrait depicting a handsome young gentleman in an exuberant black damask doublet. The pose, with one hand holding gloves and the other akimbo, was one that was well-established for gentleman of the upper echelons of society by the time this work was painted. The principle governing portraits at this time was the recording and defining in visual terms of the position of a sitter in society. In addition to brilliant and complex symbols of luxury, they often contained many symbolic elements too; the inclusion of gloves was often used in portraits that celebrated a betrothal as in ancient times gloves were used to seal a marriage contract. The extraordinary costume of a black shimmering doublet, the brilliant white reticella ruff, and the cuffs edged with lace were immensely costly… this attire proclaims to every onlooker that this is a superior being. The rendering of the reticella lace ruff is exquisite and the artist has recorded the design that runs through the black damask fabric with meticulous attention to detail. The preservation of this black pigment is remarkable considering the age of the work. Black pigments are especially vulnerable to fade and wear over time partly due to environmental condition but also from unprofessional cleaning. This work is an exquisite example from the period. According to the inscription in the upper right, the gentleman was in his 22nd year of age in 1624. The coat of arms, which is displayed without a crest, may be ‘blazoned’ in the language of heraldry, as: Sable on a Chevron between in chief two Roundels and in base a Billet [or possibly Square] Or three Martlets Sable. In plainer English this means a black (Sable) background, spanned by a gold (Or) chevron, above which are two golden solid circles (Roundels), and below which is a gold rectangle (Billet); on the chevron are three small black birds (Martlets). Martlets are a stylised form of heraldic bird, believed to be based on the swift, which are conventionally drawn with small tufts instead of feet. In Continental Europe it is also conventional for them to be drawn without beaks, as appears to be the case here. The birds in this instance also have a vaguely duck-like appearance. Five families have been identified with very close armorial bearings to the one in our portrait. They are the (van) Houthem’s (of Brabant), the Prévinaire’s (of Flanders and Holland), and the Proveneer’s (of Liège) and it must be noted that the locations of these families also fit with the painting’s Flemish origins. However the French Grenières’s (of Île-de-France) and the Jallot’s (of Normandy) are the next closest matches and plausible matches, as Frans Pourbus had settled in Paris just a few years before our portrait was painted. This painting has been assessed by a professional conservator prior to going on sale, and as thus, it can be hung and enjoyed immediately. Frans Pourbus the Younger...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

17th Century By Giovanni Battista Spinelli Jacob's dream Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giovanni Battista Spinelli (Chieti, Italy, 1613 - Ortona, Italy, 1647) Title: Jacob's dream Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 98 x 135 cm - with frame 108 x 145 cm Expertise by Professor Nicola Spinosa Publications: From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ornamental Fowl Fighting, 18th Century
By Marmaduke Cradock
Located in Blackwater, GB
Ornamental Fowl Fighting, circa 1700 attributed to MARMADUKE CRADOCK (1660-1716) Large circa 1700 Scene of ornamental fowl defending the hen and chicks, oil on canvas attributed to...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Female Head, Andrea del Sarto, Sphere of, post 1522
Located in Milan, IT
Tempera on wood depicting a half-length female figure; she wears a red dress over a light-colored tunic, while a green drape rests on her right shoulder. The red hair is tied up with a central parting and is partly covered by a white headdress; the full face has an absorbed expression: a thoughtful gaze, arched eyebrows and slightly furrowed lips. Presented in a frame made with parts of an ancient larger frame. Historical-critical analysis: Our table in question is one of the numerous derivations from a lost fresco by Andrea del Sarto...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Tempera

Still-Life Flower Von Tamm 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Franz Werner Von Tamm known as Monsieur Daparait (Hamburg 1658-Vienna 1754) Attributed to Still life of fruit with lizard Oil on canvas, 58 x 74 cm. Framed 76 x 92 cm. This magnifi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
Located in Como, IT
Circle of Bernardo Castello (1557-1629) The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist 1600-1615 circa Oil on canvas in gilded frame Measures in cm: 84 x 63 cm (104 x 84 cm including frame) Measures in inch: 33.07 x 24.80 in (40,95 x 33,08 in including the frame) One of the most widespread iconographies in Italian painting from the Renaissance onwards, that of the Holy Family, is set in a sober and at the same time elegant interior, as the presence of the gold-edged green curtain that closes the space like a backdrop states. Whether it takes place in the intimacy of the house in Nazareth, as in the painting presented here, or it is placed outdoors, the scene includes the presence in the role of protagonists of the Madonna and Child Jesus, flanked by the protective figure of Joseph, always held a slightly aloof. In some cases, including ours, the Child is in dialogue with the little John the Baptist, thus alluding to the role played by the latter in the history of salvation, as the gesture of Jesus explicitly indicates in our canvas, who blesses the one who will be destined to baptize him in the waters of the Jordan. The 'room' dimensions, the calm religious intonation that pervades the representation, underlined by the very evident presence of the haloes, attest that the painting was conceived for the private devotion of its client and probably intended for a bedroom or for the walls of a small home chapel. The cleaning carried out in recent times allows you to appreciate the bright and lively chromatic range, orchestrated on the refined harmony between the shades of the Virgin's robes - blue and carmine red - and the bright green of the curtain that forms the backdrop to the scene. A particularly delicate pictorial drafting, well appreciated in the soft rendering of the faces and limbs of the two children - observe, for example, the suffused chiaroscuro transitions of the face of Jesus - is combined with a sensitive and tender description of the 'affects', allowing us to place this painting in the context of the painting of the Catholic Counter-Reformation and of the principles of verisimilitude and naturalness advocated by it in reaction to the expressive licenses and formal abstractions of the Mannerist figurative culture derived from Michelangelo's lesson. The return to a sober and juxtaposed pictorial language and simplified compositional schemes, often inspired by the early sixteenth century examples of Raphael and Andrea del Sarto, which we also recognize in our Holy Family, characterizes the work of numerous artists scattered throughout the various centers of the Peninsula , from the Bologna of the Carracci, to the Tuscany of Santi di Tito, to the Marche of Federico Barocci, up to Rome, Naples and Milan, where Camillo Procaccini and Guglielmo Caccia...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th c Original Oil on Canvas, Attrib. THOMAS PATCH (UK, 1725-1782) Caricature
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an unusual unique antique 18-century original oil painting on board depicting a figure of a gentleman wearing a white wig and is dressed in a red jacket and white jab...
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Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Diana the huntress with her dogs
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Barend GRAAT (Amsterdam 1628 – Amsterdam 1709) Diana the Huntress Oil on wood H. 33.5 cm ; L. 44 cm Signed lower right on the stone A discreet painter with respect to history, Baren...
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Venus Bacchus Ceres Paggi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Mythologic
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giovanni Battista Paggi (Genoa 1554 – Genoa 1627) Venus, Bacchus and Ceres (Parallel title: ‘Sine Cerere et Baccho, friget Venus’) Oil on canvas 103 x 78 cm. - Framed 125 x 100 cm. ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary, a painting by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, the great Lombard master of the mid-seventeenth century, is striking for its dazzling composition and the brilliant colors of Christ's tuni...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Dead Bird, Large Oil Painting on Canvas by Louvre Copyist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Dead Bird" After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) oil painting on canvas, late 20th century from the studio of Dagher, Paris (read notes below), stampe...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Benedict Arnold
By Ralph Earl
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This portrait, attributed to the American painter Ralph Earl, captures Benedict Arnold, one of the most controversial figures of the American Revolutionary War. Ralph Earl, known for...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wooden Landscape with Shepherds, Fountain and Flock - by Jan Frans van Bloemen
Located in Roma, IT
Bibliography: A.Busiri Vici, Jan Frans Van Bloemen Orizzonte e l’origine del paesaggio romano settecentesco, Ugo Bozzi Editore, Roma 1974, n.41 This artwork is shipped from Italy. U...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century by Matteo Bonechi Presentation of Jesus Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Matteo Bonechi (Florence, Italy, 1669 - Florence, Italy, 1756) Title: Presentation of Jesus Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 75 x 49 cm – with frame 89.5 x 65 cm Shaped, carved and gilded wooden box frame Expertise by Sandro Bellesi, Professor and art historian Fairs: The International Biennial of Antiques in Florence 2022 (BIAF, Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze) Publications: Bozzetti, modelletti, sketches: dalla collezione di Giorgio Baratti (From the Giorgio Baratti Collection) curated by Anna Orlando, Agnese Marengo and Annalisa Scarpa, Genova, 2022, pp. 20, 21. The present painting is a very interesting testimony of the creative process of Matteo Bonechi, one of the leading artists on the Tuscan art scene in the early 18th century. The canvas in question is in fact the last preparatory model made by Bonechi before he executed an altarpiece for the church of San Filippo Neri in Cortona in 1716. The scene presented here is that of the Presentation of Jesus, when, forty days after his birth, the child is ransomed through an offering in the temple and placed in the hands of Simeon, who prophesies his future: the coming of the Messiah...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French 17th Century Baroque Period Old Master Oil Painting Archery Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Baroque Landscape with Figures French School, 17th century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 29.5 x 23.5 inches Canvas : 25.5 x 19 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Still Life Animals Fruit De Gryef Signed Paint 17th Century Oil on canvad Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Adriaen de Gryef (Leiden 1657 - Brussels 1722) Signed ‘A Gryeff f’(ecit) - centre left Peasant in the courtyard with still life of animals and fruit Oil on canvas Dimensions (cm): ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Hunting Dog with Game
By Giacomo Nani
Located in Atlanta, GA
Famous for his paintings of animals, landscapes and still lifes, Giacomo (sometimes spelled Jacopo) Nani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Presumably born in Naples, Nani studied under Gasparo López and Andrea Belvedere whose style Nani often imitated. Nani became famous while working in the court of Charles of Bourbon, future Charles III of Spain (1716 – 1788). His work is featured in the collections of museums worldwide, especially his hometown museum in Naples. An excellent example of his work, this painting is signed in the lower left corner "Giacomo Nani." This painting depicts a hunting dog...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Noblewoman Dog Van Loo Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Louis Michel van Loo (Toulon 1707- Paris 1771) attributable Portrait of a noblewoman with her little dog Oil on canvas (79 x 66 cm. - with frame 92 x 78 cm.) A qualitative portrait depicting an elegant noblewoman of French origin, presumably belonging to the wealthy court of Versailles during the reign of Louis XV; this work fully reflects the pictorial qualities as well as the refinement of the compositional style of the French painter Louis Michel van Loo (1707- 1771), one of the most significant portrait painters of his time, and for this reason in demand at the most noble European courts. The work, taking up the traditional formula for portraits of members of the aristocracy, shows the effigy in a half-length pose, slightly turned to the right and looking directly at the viewer. The woman, with a regal bearing, is here portrayed intent on completing her daily beauty ritual, wearing a cape during her make-up, which must have just been completed as pink powder is visible on her cheeks. This luxurious garment reveals a corset with a daring neckline, made of silk and lace, and a coral-coloured dress ending in wide jabote cuffs. Her hair is styled in the French fashion in a hairstyle that highlights her facial features. Having finished her beauty ritual, the woman is intent on removing her cape with one hand, an elegant gesture that emphasises her noble pose. At her side is her small pet dog, sitting on a blue velvet cushion with gold trim. The canvas may have been made on the occasion of a wedding, elegantly celebrating the role of a member of the aristocracy. The presence of the pet depicted in her arms had in fact a precise meaning: the fidelity that is such a well-known characteristic of the dog, declared at the same time the virtues of the effigy. Louis Michel van Loo (Toulon 1707- Paris 1771) was the son of the painter Jean Baptiste van Loo, with whom he studied in Rome and Turin. He attended the Paris Academy, where he won the first prize for painting in 1726. In 1728 he returned to Rome, where he met Francois Boucher. In 1732, passing through Turin, he returned to Paris. In 1737 van Loo became court painter in Madrid, succeeding Jean Ranc...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Moses Striking Water from the Rock
By Pier (Pietro) Dandini
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moses Striking Water from the Rock; Circle of Pietro Dandini, Italian 1646-1712 Italian School, late 17th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 3...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Animated biblical scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Work re-lined Plaster and gilded wood frame 86 x 105 x 7 cm
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Smack rigged Royal yachts
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Johann van der Hagen (1676-1745) Smack rigged Royal yachts Oil on canvas Canvas Size 30 x 25 in Frame Size 37 x 32 in Provenance: The Parker Gallery. Johann van der Hagen was a Dut...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Guardian Angel, 17th century Italian Old Master oil on copper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Guardian Angel Italian School, 17th century Oil painting on copper, framed Framed size: 12 x 10.5 inches Fine quality early Italian Old Master oil on copper panel, dating to the 17t...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Saint Mark Evangelist Guercino Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Workshop of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Il Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666) Saint Mark the Evangelist Oil on canvas - 85 x 71 cm., Framed 100 x 86 cm. Of great cha...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Fine Early 1700's French Oil Elegant Figures Lady being Dressed Rococo Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, circa 1720's circle of Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) oil painting on canvas 15 x 23 inches provenance: private collection, UK Fine depic...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Portrait Louis XV child
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (18th century) - Portrait of Louis XV as a child. 64.5 x 49.5 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame. Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conse...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady in an Elaborate Ruff & Lace Coif c.1610-20, Dutch Old Master
Located in London, GB
This magnificent oil on panel portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, is a splendid example of the sumptuous female portraits that were painted for members of the upper echelons of society during the early part of the 1600’s. The artist has rendered this portrait with meticulous attention to detail and the surface effects of the fine materials. The elaborate lace coif and cuffs are painstakingly delineated, as is the bold black damask, and sumptuous gold decoration of her skirt and stomacher, which is wonderfully preserved and quite remarkable considering the age of the work and the fact that darker pigments are particularly vulnerable to fading and wear. This work with its spectacular depiction of costume is of absolute quality, it can be rated as one of the best works in the artist’s oeuvre and as such it is an important and splendid example of Dutch portraiture. The Dutch Golden Age of painting was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military, and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. Dutch explorers charted new territory and settled abroad. Trade by the Dutch East-India Company thrived, and war heroes from the naval battles were decorated and became national heroes. During this time, The Dutch Old Masters began to prevail in the art world, creating a depth of realistic portraits of people and life in the area that has hardly been surpassed. The Golden Age painters depicted the scenes that their discerning new middleclass patrons wanted to see. This new wealth from merchant activities and exploration combined with a lack of church patronage, shifted art subjects away from biblical genres. Dress was a key component in portraits, and the exuberant attire reiterates the incredible wealth of this woman. The sitter will have visited the artist’s workshop and inspected examples on display. They would have chosen the size and the sort of composition and on that basis negotiated the price – which would have also been determined by the complexity of the clothing and the jewels that were to be depicted, and by the materials to be used. When all was considered, this portrait would have cost the sitter (or her husband) a substantial sum. The colour black was regarded as humble and devout yet at the same time refined and sophisticated and the most expensive colour of fabric to dye and to maintain. Citizens spent fortunes on beautiful black robes. Such uniformity must also have had a psychological side-effect and contributed to a sense of middle-class cohesion; the collective black of the well-to-do burgess class will have given its members a sense of solidarity. The colour was always an exciting one for artists and when this portrait was painted there were at least fifty shades of it, and as many different fabrics and accoutrements. Artists went to great lengths to depict the subtle nuances of the colour and the fabrics and textures and how they reflected light and it was an ideal background against which gold and crisp white lace could be juxtaposed to dramatic effect. The sitter is either a married women or a widower as is evident by the clothing that she wears and the position, toward her right, it is highly likely that this portrait was once a pendant that hung on the right-hand side of her husband’s portrait as was convention at the time. She wears a vlieger which was a type of sleeveless over-gown or cape worn by well-to-do married women in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Variations with short sleeves or high shoulder rolls are known. Sometimes sleeves were attached with aiglets, and often slits were made to allow belts or the hands to pass through. Three-piece vlieger costumes of this kind were standard items of clothing in portraits of the women of the civic elite in the period 1600-40 and was a variant of the Spanish ‘ropa’ and served as a trademark of well-to-do married burgher women. Girls and unmarried woman, including beguines, wore a bouwen (a dress with a fitted bodice and a skirt that was closed all round) instead. This clear distinction between apparel for married and unmarried women is clear not only from inventories and trousseau lists, but also from contemporary sources such as the Dutch Spanish dictionary published by Juan Rodrigues in 1634. In it, a bouwen is described as a ‘ropa de donzella’ (over-gown worn by a virgin) and a vlieger as a ‘ropa de casada’ (overgown worn by a married woman). It is striking how few women are depicted wearing a bouwen, unless they are part of a group, family or children’s portrait and it can therefore be assumed that independent portraits of unmarried women were seldom commissioned. It is also believed that the clothing worn in these portraits existed and were faithfully reproduced when cross-referenced with the few exact documents. These sources also demonstrate that clients wanted their clothing to be depicted accurately and with this in mind precious garments and jewels were often left in the painter’s studio. The prominent white lawn molensteenkraag (or millstone ruff) is held up by a wire supportasse and was reserved only for the citizens that could afford this luxurious item that often required 15 meters of linen batiste. The fabulous wealth of this sitter is also evident by the elaborate lace coif and cuffs which have been exquisitely depicted; lace was often literally copied by artists in thin white lines over the completed clothing. The gold bracelet with jewels is a type that was evidently fashionable as it is seen in a number of portraits during the 1610s and 1620. Clothing and jewellery were prized possessions and were often listed in inventories of estates and passed down from generation to generation. There were a great number of jewellers of Flemish origin working at all the courts and cities of Europe, competing with the Italians, and then the French, adapting themselves to the tastes and positions of their patrons and the raw materials available in the country where they worked. The fashion for jewels “in the Flemish style” succeeded that of the Italian style. Cornelis van der Voort, who was probably born in Antwerp around 1576, came to Amsterdam with his parents as a child. His father, a cloth weaver by trade, received his citizenship in 1592. It is not known who taught the young Van der Voort to paint, but it has been suggested that it was either Aert Pietersz or Cornelis Ketel. On 24 October 1598 Van der Voort became betrothed to Truytgen Willemsdr. After his first wife’s death he became betrothed to Cornelia Brouwer of Dordrecht in 1613. In addition to being an artist, Van der Voort was an art collector or dealer, or both. In 1607 he bought paintings from the estate of Gillis van Coninxloo, and after an earlier sale in 1610 a large number of works he owned were auctioned on 7 April 1614. Van der Voort is documented as appraising paintings in 1612, 1620 and 1624. In 1615 and 1619 he was warden of the Guild of St Luke. He was buried in Amsterdam’s Zuiderkerk on 2 November 1624, and on 13 May 1625 paintings in his estate were sold at auction. Van der Voort was one of Amsterdam’s leading portrait painters in the first quarter of the 17th century. Several of his group portraits are known. It is believed that he trained Thomas de Keyser (1596/97-1667) and Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy (1588-1650/56). His documented pupils were David Bailly (c. 1584/86-1657), Louis du Pré...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait Of Philadelphia, 17th Century Probably Philadelphia Carey Of Aske Hall
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Philadelphia, 17th Century Probably Philadelphia Carey Of Aske Hall, Richmond, North Yorkshire, English Courier & Lady In Waiting to Princess Elizabeth Studio Of Sir Pe...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Circumcision Christ Lairesse Flemish Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century
By Gérard de Lairesse (Liège 1641 - Amsterdam 1711)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Gérard de Lairesse (Liège 1641 - Amsterdam 1711), attributed Circumcision of Christ Oil on canvas, 120 x 102 cm., In frame 138 x 119 cm. The p...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Baroque Florentine painter - 17th century figure painting - Crucifixion
Located in Varmo, IT
Tuscan master (17th century) - Raising of the cross. 52 x 45.5 cm without frame, 69 x 62.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on wood, without frame. Co...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Panel

SOLA PUIG Roses and Lemons original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original impressionist acrylic painting. SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of his environment. He d...
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Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

17th Century by Giuseppe Assereto Portrait of an Elderly Woman Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giuseppe Assereto (Genova - 1626 ca – Genova 1656/57) Title: Portrait of an elderly woman, possible portrait of Maddalena Massone, wife of Gioacchino Assereto Medium: Oil on canvas D...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Venetian School, Ottoman Honey Merchant
Located in London, GB
This incredibly rare early depiction of an Eastern Mediterranean or North African honey merchant is thought have been painted circa 1620. It predates th...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 17th Century by Guido Reni Masculine Head Oil on canvas
By Guido Reni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Guido Reni (Bologna, Italy, 1575 – 1642) Title: Masculine Head Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 44.7 × 51.2 cm – with frame 62.8 x 68.3 x 5.5 cm Expertise by Claudio...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ecce Homo Christ Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master Leonardo Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lombard painter of the seventeenth century Ecce Homo Oil painting on canvas 56 x 43 cm. , framed 75 x 63 cm. Provenance: Florence, Pandolfini, 5.10.2021, lot 209 The proposed canv...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

David Teniers The Younger (After), Country Celebration
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-18th-century oil painting depicts a veritable array of revellers holding a feast by a tavern. It’s after a work by Flemish artist, David Teniers the Younger (1610-1...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine 17th Century Italian Baroque Old Master Painting Waterfalls in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 17th century, circle of Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) Title: Waterfalls in a Landscape Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: canvas: 20 x 24....
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Of Lady Caroline Howard, 18th Century SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792)
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Lady Caroline Howard, 18th Century after SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) Large 18th Century English portrait of Lady Caroline Howard, oil on canvas. Excellent quality a...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Road to Emmaus in a Landscape, Pilgrims, Gillis de Hondecoeter, Old Master
Located in Greven, DE
The painting "The Road to Emmaus in a Landscape" by Gillis de Hondecoeter is a masterful example of early 17th-century Dutch landscape painting. The sce...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Scholar Sharpening His Quill Penn Attributed to Justus Juncker, Oil on Panel
Located in Stockholm, SE
Justus Juncker (1703-1763, Germany) Attributed to Scholar Sharpening His Quill Penn Expertise: We would like to thank Dr. Fred G Meijer for his valuab...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oak, Oil, Panel

Huge Old Master Oil Painting 17th century Diana & Cupids in Panoramic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Diana The Huntress and her Cherubs Northern European artist, circa 1680's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 60.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: some p...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Outstanding 18' century Paintings The Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of large painting oil on canvas with the Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne scene . Italy 18' century . Amazing landscape background and roman Temple with classical archite...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

18th Century marine oil painting of a ship on fire
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of Dominic Serres British, (1722-1793) Attack of the Fire Ships Oil on canvas, indistinctly signed and dated 176(1)? Image size: 23.5 inches x 39.25 inches Size including fra...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Lady Pulzone Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16th Century Italian Roma
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Scipione Pulzone, called Il Gaetano (Gaeta 1544 - Rome 1598) - workshop of Portrait of Bianca Cappello (Venice, 1548 - 1587) Grand Duchess of Tuscany, second wife of Francesco I de 'Medici Second half of the 16th century oil on canvas, cm. 70 x 56 cm., Framed 103 x 87 cm. The proposed painting illustrates the portrait of Bianca Cappello (Venice, 1548 - 1587), a noblewoman of Venetian origins, second wife of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco I de 'Medici, whose expressive power is wisely highlighted by the composite cut of light three quarters, with the head and gaze directed at the observer. The beam of light coming from her right brings out the volumes of her face plastically and lingers on her features, highlighted by the large white lace ruff that surrounds his neck and by the details of her precious clothing. Bianca wears a dark red dress, perhaps a zimarra, embroidered in gold with a plunging neckline and a raised collar of the shirt curled in a ruff and also edged with precious lace, embroidered with the motif of the Florentine lily.   The favorite jewels of the noblewoman were pearls: we see them on a choker that adorns the neckline, in the earrings and again in the hairstyle, which sees the hair gathered at the nape of the neck and adorned with a string of small black pearls and embellished with a clasp. It is a high-quality painting that can be confined to the workshop of the painter Scipione Pulzone called Gaetano, representing at best a pictorial genre, that of portraiture, in which the master excelled. This attribution would be confirmed by comparisons with the numerous portraits that Pulzone dedicated to the Medici family. Our painting, in particular, could represent one of the versions that the workshop has replicated, at the request of the numerous art collectors who wish to have a portrait of one of the most influential personalities of the Florentine scene. The characters drawn by Pulzone were icons of incomparable elegance: noblewomen, knights and religious lent their faces to the eye of the artist who was able to grasp every meticulous detail with his superb technique. A photographic wealth and surprising material attention that trace the pictorial prototypes of Flemish inspiration, in particular of Antonis Mor...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro. Pittore lombardo (Giuseppe Meda?) 1560-1570
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. La grande scena racconta la Deposizione di Cristo dalla Croce, condensando due momenti della narrazione: il Compianto della Madonna sul corpo del Cristo e la deposizion...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Napoli
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Napoli' Italian School, 18th century ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass) image size: 10.5 x 7 inches overall framed: 17 x 13 inches co...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Portrait of a Gentleman in Scarlet Robe Holding Flowers c.1675, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Titan Fine Art present this striking portrait, which was painted by one of the most talented artists working in England during the last half of the 17th century, John Greenhill. Gre...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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