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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Portrait Of Thomas Smythe (1514-1577) School of Hans HOLBEIN (1497-1543)
By Hans Holbein
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Thomas Smythe (1514-1577), 16th Century
School of Hans HOLBEIN (1497-1543)
Fine huge 16th Century English Old Master portrait of Sir Thomas...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$22,289 Sale Price
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Firing the Salute
By Peter Monamy
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (49 x 39.5 cm)
Original frame
This is a a wonderful marine scene depicting a flotilla of battleships, warships and Admiralty yachts....
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,028
Landscape See Paint Oil on canvas Flemish Old master 18th Century Italian Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Flemish painter active in Italy in the eighteenth century
Coastal landscape of the Mediterranean with architectures and figures
Oil painting on canvas (69 x 88 cm., in frame 80 x 100 cm.)
The suggestive view proposed depicts a coastal view with a bay and the ruins of an ancient building, probably a monastery or a church, and in the background another building with a garden surrounded by high walls close to the shore.
The type of landscape, typical of the southern Italian environment, and the intimate atmosphere that welcomes the scene, attributes the authorship of the work to a landscape painter active in the eighteenth century, presumably in Italy in this period, with immediate references to the Dutch school , and in particular to the production of Jacob de Heusch and above all of Gaspar van Wittel, considered the progenitor of Italian landscape painting.
In fact, in the rendering of the architectural details, in the purity with which the buildings have been reconstructed, as well as in the atmosphere that encompasses the entire landscape, a marked correspondence to the so-called "Vanvitellian realism" can be seen: in fact, a comparison with a certain series of views which the Dutchman...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,122 Sale Price
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Pair of Battle Scenes - Oil Painting - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of Battle Scenes is an oil painting realized by an italian artist in 18th century.
110x85 cm each. Framed.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint Jerome Venetian School Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16/17th Century Art
By Jacopo Negretti, known as Palma the Younger (Venice 1544 - 1628)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Venetian school of the end of the 16th century
Circle of Jacopo Negretti, known as Palma the Younger (Venice 1544 - 1628)
Saint Jerome Penitent
Oil painting on canvas
85 x 64 cm. - In frame 97 x 76 cm.
This splendid painting, which offers us an intense representation of San Girolamo...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,366 Sale Price
20% Off
Holy Family with Saint John, first half of the 16th century
Located in Milan, IT
Panel depicting the Holy Family with San Giovannino. At the center of the scene is the Virgin, with a red tunic and a blue cloak edged with gold embroidery,...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$34,985 Sale Price
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1600's French Old Master Oil Painting Nude Figures in Landscape Oil on Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figures in Wooded Landscape
French School, 17th century
oil on wood panel, framed
framed: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
board: 20 x 15.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life Arrangement - Dutch Old Master 17thC art oil painting fruit butterfly
By Leendert de Laeff
Located in London, GB
A fine Dutch still life Old Master by Leendert de Laeff which is signed and dated 1664. This oil on canvas on panel depicts a still life of fruit with insects and butterflies. A supe...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with figures, workshop of Paul Bril, Italian school 17th Century
By Paul Bril
Located in PARIS, FR
Idyllic landscape with myhological story of Cephalus and Procris
Early 17th century Italian school
Workshop Of Paul Bril (Antwerp, 1554 - Roma, 1626)
Oil on poplar panel: H. 28 cm (1...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Poplar, Oil
A Sybil with Bowl
Located in London, GB
Italian School
A Sybil with Bowl
18th Century
Oil on canvas
Image size: 24 1/4 x 31 inches (61.5 x 79 cm)
Contemporary style frame
This stunning portrait depicts a lady in a headsca...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Allegory Of Europe Solimena 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino 1657 - Barra 1747)
workshop/circle
The Allegory of Europe
oil on canvas
102 x 76 cm. - with frame: 119 x 92 cm.
The work, which can be placed ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,621 Sale Price
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17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
By John Riley
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of John Riley
British, (1646-1691)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29 inches x 24 inches
Size including frame: 36 inches x 31 inch...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Bucolic Landscape with Animals Painting, 1680
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Elegant painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a splendid landscape with grazing animals, of great pictorial quality. In the foreground we...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Preparations for the fireworks display held in Piazza Navona in 1729
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
VERY IMPORTANT DRAWING BY
JACQUES DUMONT called « LE ROMAIN"
(Paris 1701-1781)
Preparations for the fireworks display held in Piazza Navona in Rome on November 30,
1729, for the bi...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Pen
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Juan Bautista
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela Española siglo XVIII.
"San Simón".
Titulado a mano en la parte superior.
Óleo sobre tela.
Medidas: 82 cm. x 68 cm.; 86cm. x 72 xm. (marco).
Se trata de un óleo sobre tela rep...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rococò Italian painter - 18th century landscape painting - Festival party
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Landscape with ruins and characters.
97 x 138 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed).
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,203 Sale Price
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The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist
By Andrea Del Sarto
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Florentine, mid-16th century
Circle of Tomaso D’Antonio Manzuoli, known as Maso da San Friano (1536-1571)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist
After Andrea del Sarto (1486-1...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pensive young girl
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood
65 x 57 x 8 cm
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,270
Portrait of a Girl, 17th Century English School Old Masters Oil
By Gilbert Jackson
Located in London, GB
Gilbert Jackson
English Active: 1620 - 1650
Portrait of a Girl
Oil on panel, signed upper left and Inscribed upper right
Image size: 24 ½ x 20 inches
Contemporary style hand made...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Lady Dormer, Mary Browne
c. 1592
oil on panel
35 x 29 inches, unframed;
41 x 34.75 inches, inc. frame
Inscribed 'Lady Dormore'
Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton who gave birth to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton - one of the great figures in Shakespears"s circle and founder of the Virginia company, developers of Virginia USA.
Henry Wriothesley, born 6 October 1573 at Cowdray House, Sussex, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary Browne, the only daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and his first wife, Jane Radcliffe.[5] He had two sisters, Jane, who died before 1573, and Mary (c. 1567 – 1607), who in June 1585 married Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour.[6]
After his father's death, Southampton's mother married firstly, on 2 May 1595, as his second wife, Sir Thomas Heneage (d. 17 October 1595), Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, and secondly, between 5 November 1598 and 31 January 1599, Sir William Hervey. She died in November 1607.[7]
Early life
When his father died on 4 October 1581 Southampton inherited the earldom and landed income valued at £1097 6s per annum. His wardship and marriage were sold by the Queen to her kinsman, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, for £1000. According to Akrigg, Howard then "entered into some further agreement, of which no documentation can now be found, which transferred to Lord Burghley personally the custody and marriage of the young Earl, but left Howard holding his lands", and late in 1581 or early in 1582 Southampton, then eight years of age, came to live at Cecil House in the Strand.[8]
In October 1585, at age twelve, Southampton entered St John's College, Cambridge,[9] graduating M.A. on 6 June 1589.[10] His name was entered at the Gray's Inn legal society before he left the university, and he was admitted on 29 February 1588.[11]
On Southampton's 16th birthday, 6 October 1589, Lord Burghley noted Southampton's age in his diary, and by 1590 Burghley was negotiating with Southampton's grandfather, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and Southampton's mother, Mary, for a marriage between Southampton and Lord Burghley's eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Burghley's daughter, Anne Cecil, and Edward de Vere...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Military Camp Scene and Battle. Pietro Graziani (XVII/XVIII century), entourage
Located in Firenze, IT
Military Camp Scene and Battle.
Pietro Graziani (XVII/XVIII century), entourage.
A pair ( two) of small paintings.
Antique XIX century frames in gilt wood.
In good condition.
Oi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,500 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Lady with a Blue Bow - British 18thC art Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Matthew William Peters. Painted circa 1780 it is a fine half length portrait of a woman gazing to her left. She has a lovely blue bow and sash on her dress. The sympathetic detail in her face is sublime. A really wonderful 18th century Old Master portrait. Matthew William Peters was known for his late 18th century portraits which had both the influence of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough.
Provenance. Lincolnshire estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas 30 inches by 25 inches unframed and in good condition. Has has restoration.
Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt carved swept period frame, 40 inches by 35 inches framed and in good condition.
Matthew William Peters (1742-1814) was an English portrait and genre painter who later became an Anglican clergyman and chaplain to George IV. He became known as "William" when he started signing his works as "W. Peters". Peters was born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, the son of Matthew Peters (born at Belfast, 1711), a civil engineer and member of the Royal Dublin Society; by Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of George Younge of Dublin. The family moved from England to Dublin when Peters was young. Peters received his artistic training from Robert West in Dublin; in 1756 and 1758 he received prizes from the first School of Design in Dublin. In 1759, he was sent by the Dublin Society to London to become a student of Thomas Hudson and won a premium from the Society of Arts. The group also paid for him to travel to Italy to study art from 1761 to 1765. On 23 September 1762 he was elected to the Accademia del Disegno in Florence. Peters returned to England in 1765 and exhibited works at the Society of Artists from 1766 to 1769. Beginning in 1769, Peters exhibited works at the Royal Academy. In 1771 he was elected an associate and in 1777 an academician. He returned to Italy in 1771 and stayed until 1775. He also probably traveled to Paris in 1783–84, where he met Léopold Boilly, Antoine Vestier, and was influenced by the work of Jean-Baptiste Greuze. On 27 February 1769, Peters became a freemason, and he was made the grand portrait painter of the Freemasons and the first provincial grand master of Lincolnshire in 1792. In 1785, he exhibited portraits of the Duke of Manchester and Lord Petre as Grand Master at the Royal Academy exhibition. According to Robin Simon's article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, no British contemporary had such an Italian manner of painting as Peters, reflecting the old masters he copied. Many of Peters' works were erotic and although these works did not damage his career, according to Simon, Peters later regretted these when he became an ordained clergyman in 1781. He served as the Royal Academy's chaplain from 1784 to 1788, at which time he resigned to become chaplain to the Prince of Wales. In 1784, Peters was awarded the living of Scalford, Leicestershire by Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland. In 1788, the Dowager Duchess gave him the living at Knipton, at which time he also obtained that at Woolsthorpe. These livings were near to Belvoir Castle...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,908 Sale Price
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Painting Young man lighting a pipe 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The painting offers a half-length portrait of a young man in deshabillé who is lighting his pipe by drawing fire with a stick from the candle placed in front of him o...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,421 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century by Antonio Stom Architectural Capriccio Oil on Canvas_
By Antonio Stom
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Antonio Stom (Venice, Italy, c. 1688 - 1734)
Title: Architectural Capriccio
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 88 x 113 cm - with frame 106 x 132 cm
Carved, sculpted and...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$19,222 Sale Price
28% Off
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Domenico Maria Canuti Assumption of the Virgin Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Domenico Maria Canuti (Bologna, Italy, 1626 – 1684)
Title: Assumption of the Virgin
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 138 x 104.5 cm without frame
Expertise by Professor Micaela Li...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lamentation of Christ oil on paper laid on canvas
By Annibale Carracci
Located in New York, NY
The composition repeats that of a large altarpiece designed by Annibale Carracci for the church of San Francesco a Ripa, Rome (now in the Louvre, Par...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
$4,500 Sale Price
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Portrait of an Officer, Cornelius Johnson, 17th Century Old Masters
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in London, GB
Circle of Cornelius Johnson
Circa 1620’s
Portrait of a Officer
Oil on canvas
Image size: 28 x 24 inches
Period style hand made frame
Provenance
Private European Estate
This striking portrait dates to around 1620, as you can see from the images of the sash the detail is very high. The sash is decorated with gold thread and would have cost a small fortune at the time. Sashes were originally developed for a military function (making officers more visible for their men during combat), but soon became a primarily male fashion...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ecce Homo, after Carlo Dolci (1616–1686)
Located in London, GB
Ecce Homo is a superb, striking and emotive Old Master in oil on copper after the renowned Italian Baroque artist Carlo Dolci. The "Ecce Homo" shows the figure of Christ before His c...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Copper
Old Master Wooded Landscape - Irish 1830 art woodland oil painting
By James Arthur O'Connor
Located in London, GB
A delightful large oil on canvas of a wooded landscape which dates to circa 1830 and is attributed to Irish artist James Arthur O’Connor. A superb painting and an excellent example o...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$44,571 Sale Price
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Portrait Of General John Churchill, Duke Of Marlborough The Battle Of Ramillies
By John Vanderbank
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of General John Churchill, The Duke Of Marlborough At The Battle Of Ramillies, 1706
by JOHN VANDERBANK THE YOUNGER (1694-1739)
Large early 18...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,585 Sale Price
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Putti Fighting Venice Tiziano 16th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576) Workshop
Putti fighting on the Ponte dei Pugni in Venice
Venetian school, late 16th century
Oil on canvas 105 x 144 cm -...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th c. Antwerp studio of J. Brueghel & H. van Balen - The Virgin with Child
Located in PARIS, FR
Workshop of Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678) & Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632)
17th century Antwerp School
The Virgin and Child ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet De Fleurs (entourage) De Margherita Caffi (1648 - 1710)
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Huile sur panneau de pin Dim sans cadre 60/52 Dim avec cadre 68/59 Ecole italienne Entourage de Margherita Caffi Margherita Caffi (Milan, 1648 - Milan, 20 septembre 1710), est une ...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century by Felice Torelli Hagar and the Angel Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
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...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil
$18,261 Sale Price
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Hagar Angel Sacrifice Isaac 18th Century Neapolitan School Old master Paint Oil
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
18th-century Neapolitan master
Pair of paintings ‘Hagar and the Angel’ and ’The Sacrifice of Isaac’
Pair of oils on oval canvas
75 x 60 cm. - In frame 84 x 69 cm.
The proposed pair...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,496 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Of Elizabeth Plumer (nee Byde) & Daughter, circa 1735
By Enoch Seeman
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Elizabeth Plumer (nee Byde) & Daughter, circa 1735
by ENOCH SEEMAN (1694-1744)
Large 1735 portrait of Elizabeth Plumer & her daughter holding a rattle, oil on canvas by...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$9,471 Sale Price
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Golden Age Sheep and Goat in a Landscape - Dutch 17thC Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
Abraham Begeyn, Dutch Golden Age painter and Prussian court painter painted this wonderful 17th century Old Master oil painting. Painted circa 1690 and signed lower right, the subject matter is sheep and a goat under a tree in the foreground, amongst beautiful flora and fauna. Through the trees one can see some classical ruins to the left and to the right some buildings with a shepherd and his flock in front of the buildings and mountains beyond. Above is a beautiful sky tinged with pink, suggestive of dawn. There is tremendous detail in the flora and fauna and also the sheep's woolly coat. Begeyn particularly favoured painting this sort of scene with the elements of landscape, ruins or buildings and animals and was a master at it and highly prized in the Netherlands. This is an excellent example of Begeyn's work and is good condition given its age as a 17th century Old Master oil painting.
Signed lower right.
Provenance: Collection of Mr P. Vienna (label on the reverse)
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 18 October 1995, lot 70.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 24 inches by 21 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a gilt swept frame, 31 inches by 28 inches framed and in good condition.
Abraham Begeyn (c. 1637 Leiden - 11 June 1697 Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Begeyn was born in Leiden. Though perhaps known mostly for his Italianate landscapes and cattle in the manner of Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Begyn was a highly skilled painter active in many genres, who travelled widely. According to the RKD, Begeyn's earliest known work is from 1653, though he was first accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Leiden in 1655. He stopped paying dues in 1667, because he set off for a trip to Italy. He is registered in Rome and Naples from 1659–1660. In the rampjaar or disaster year, of 1672, he is registered in Amsterdam, and after that he lived in London, where he painted at Ham House, Surrey, together with Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707) and Dirck van Bergen...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting flemish school 18th century oil on panel wood - Interior tavern
Located in PARIS, FR
Nordic school of the 18th century Oil on panel on wood 27 cm x 33 cm (42 x 51 cm with the frame) Old frame in carved and gilded wood Good condition even ...
Category
Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Man
Located in London, GB
Pupil of Rembrandt
Portrait of a Young Man
17th Century
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 4 1/4 x 5 inches (11 x 13 cm)
Dutch ebonised frame
This small portrait is of a young man, staring inquisitively out towards the viewer. The realism of his appearance is striking, with great care taken in the depiction of the man’s features - for example, his full lips and the slight bump in the bridge of his nose. The man wears a rich burgundy doublet and a black cap and is adorned with gold accessories, indicating a degree of wealth - it is likely that this is a miniature portrait for a wealthy patron. The warm flesh tones of this painting and the intricate rendering of the man’s curly brown hair demonstrate the artistry of the painter, who has successfully captured the image of youth within his brushstrokes.
Rembrandt’s Pupils
Upon completing his artistic education, Rembrandt opened a studio and began to take students - the first of which were Gerrit Dou and Isaac Jouderville. The studio functioned as an art school, in which materials and guidance were provided - contrary to the studios of his peers, Rembrandt did not offer lodging to his pupils. The families of prospective pupils had to pay Rembrandt 100 guilders (enough for a house at the time) for this artistic education, and the profits from any works produced by pupils under Rembrandt would be paid to the master rather than kept by the student-artist - this contributed substantially to the master’s income.When taking on pupils, Rembrandt looked for those who could already paint, and guided their styles to reflect his. By choosing pupils who were somewhat experienced artists, Rembrandt had an array of painters that could be involved at any stage of assisting with the creation of his works - in this way, Rembrandt’s pupils often functioned as studio assistants as well. In order to perfect Rembrandt’s style, pupils would paint copies of their teacher’s works, sometimes adding their own distinct variations. They would use the same subjects and models as Rembrandt himself, and would accompany him on outdoor trips to paint nature and landscapes. The extensive copying and utilisation of same source materials has rendered Rembrandt’s work and the work of his pupils difficult to differentiate, even in the modern era.At least 50 pupils were taught by Rembrandt, with many continuing on to become his studio assistants. A few graduated into successful artists in their own right - for example, Govaert Flinck...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Panel
$14,207
Abstract Yellow & Green (Mid-Century Modern Abstract, Table Still-Life Painting)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract Yellow and Green (Yellow, Green and Black Tablescape Oil Painting) by New York School Painter and WPA artist, Lionel Gilbert
Signed, lower left
This horizontal painting was...
Category
Abstract Geometric 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of an Italian Noblewoman
Located in London, GB
15th century, Italian
Circle of Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1429-1498)
Portrait of an Italian Noblewoman
Oil and tempura on poplar panel
With partial inscription: ALZETAPIN
Provenance:...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
Green Landscape with Dreamlike Nude Figure at waters edge 'Before Bathing'
By Georg Eduard Otto Saal
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A German painter from Baden, he was a student of J W Schirmer in Dusseldorf and Baden Court.
Oil on Panel
Signed and Dated 1865
Provenance: Private Collection, Austria
Category
Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
English 17th century portrait of a lady
Located in Bath, Somerset
A 17th century English portrait of a lady by Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), half-length in a painted feigned oval, wearing a green silk gown with chestnut coloured cloak over one shoulder, her fair hair curled in the fashionable ringlet style of the period. Oil on canvas in an English giltwood 'Lely' frame.
We are grateful to Diana Dethloff and Catharine MacLeod (who are currently working on a Lely catalogue raisonné) for their confirmation of Lely as the artist from photograph analysis of this previously unidentified early work.
Provenance:
Private collection Nottingham until 2021
Mellors and Kirk sale December 2000, lot 1173
The sitter is likely to have been from an upper class or aristocratic family in court circles, who were the main source of Lely`s patronage. The simple composition serves to highlight the beauty of the sitter through portraying her pale decolletage and complexion, set against the gentle gaze of her blue eyes, the soft blush of her cheeks and her full red lips.
Peter Lely (1618-1680) was originally of dutch origin and became Principle Painter to the King in 1661, following in the footsteps of Van Dyck who had died in 1641. He dominated the portrait painting scene in England for over 20 years, creating a distinctive 'court look' in his work which had a strong influence on many other artists. He had an extremely successful and popular portrait practice which meant that he soon had to develop production methods that could accommodate the high demand for portraits, and also for copies and versions of them which were given as gifts to family and courtiers. The use of studio assistants was a common practice for busy artists and as with Van Dyck, Lely is known to have used specialist assistants to execute particular parts of his paintings. Artists who worked in Lely`s studio included John Baptist Gaspars who specialised in drapery painting, William Wissing, John Greenhill...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$24,514 Sale Price
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Painting The Judgement of Paris 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The large painting depicts the famous mythological episode of the Judgement of Paris, the event that helped trigger the Trojan War.
Paris, a Trojan prince, was called ...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,554 Sale Price
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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...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$15,858 Sale Price
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Portrait of Ann Austen, nee Grey
Located in London, GB
Signed 'BDandridge/ pinxit' lower left
Provenance
By descent through the sitter's family to
The Collection of R. W. Vivian-Neal of Poundisford Park, Somerset, from whom acquired by
With Lane Fine Art, UK, where purchased by the present owners in 1996
Literature
'Poundisford Park, Somerset' in Country Life, 22 December 1934, ill.
A.W. and C.M. Vivian-Neal, Poundisford Park, Somerset: A catalogue of pictures and furniture, Taunton 1939, cat. nos. 11 and 13
This is a portrait of Ann Austen, nee Grey, three-quarter-length seated in a landscape with her dog. Painted in a superb white satin dress, she holds horn spectacles and a spectacle case...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scandinavian Family Portrait, Artist 18th Century, Scandinavian School
Located in Knokke, BE
Scandinavian Family Portrait
Artist 18th century
18th Century
Scandinavian School
Signature: Not signed
Medium: Miniature
Dimensions: Image size ...
Category
Medieval 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
Saint Jerome, Antwerp, 16th century, circa 1550, cercle of Lambert Van Noort
Located in PARIS, FR
Saint Jerome in the desert
Cercle of Lambert Van Noort (1520-1571, Antwerp)
Antwerp School, mid-16th century
Oil on oak panel.
Dimensions: panel h. 69 cm (27.16 in), l. 52.5 cm (20.6...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Late 17th-Century Italian School, Architectural Capriccio With Portico
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 17th-century Italian oil painting depicts a view with distinctive Italianate architecture including a building with an iconic portico and pediment.
Popular in mid-17th-cen...
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Old Master Portrait of a Gentleman - British 18th century oil painting
By Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
This stunning 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Swedish born, England based artist Michael Dahl. Painted circa 1690 it is a sumptuous half length portrai...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$10,585 Sale Price
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Hercules At The Funeral Pyre at Mount Oeta, 18th Century
By Guido Reni
Located in Blackwater, GB
Hercules At The Funeral Pyre at Mount Oeta, 18th Century
follower of GUIDO RENI (BOLOGNA 1575-1642)
18th Century Italian Old Master depiction of Hercules at his funeral pyre, Moun...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,128 Sale Price
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Florentine Neoclassical Allegory Landscape Painting from a Villa tempera canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The work, tempera on canvas in a great state of conservation, is part of a series of four big paintings of various authors documented in origin in the Villa La Zambra in Sesto Fioren...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
Famille Paysans Jan Asselyn (1610/1652) (entourage)
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Huile sur toile XVIIe siècle Dim sans cadre 52/42 cm Dim avec cadre 60/50 cm Ecole Hollandaise Entourage de Jan Asselyn Scène de la vie courante comme aimait à les représenter les ...
Category
Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of St. Mark Square - Oil Paint on Canvas - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of St. Mark Square is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by artist of the School of Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto).
An impressive old master a...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century pastel portrait of a young boy in a wooded landscape
By Arthur Pond
Located in Bath, Somerset
This little jewel of a pastel of a young boy in his smart red jacket and silver trimmed waistcoat is by an artist working in the circle of Arthur Pond and ...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$7,800 Sale Price
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17 Century Italian School panel, The return of the prodigal son
Located in New York, NY
17th Century Italian School, wood panel, depicting the return of the prodigal son. Very good condition.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Resting Of Diana, Guillaume Courtois Known As 'il Borgognone' (1626 - 1679)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Guillaume Courtois known as 'il Borgognone' (Saint Hippolyte 1626 - Rome 1679)
The Resting of Diana
Oil on canvas (97 x 70 cm. - Framed cm. 121 x 95)
The proposed painting, of exqui...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,371 Sale Price
20% Off
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