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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Portrait of a Young Woman with Vase, Oil on canvas, Early Dutch Genre Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.5 cm) Period hand carved gilt frame This 17th century Dutch genre painting depicts a young woman holding a jug with a landscape l...
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Painting Holy Family with St. Anne
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. The painting is derived from Rubens' work (1577 -1640) preserved in the Prado Museum in Madrid, reproduced in counterpart engraving by Paulus Pontius (1603 -1658), as...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

A Trompe l'oeil Still Life
Located in Austin, TX
This historical painting by Plasschaert in his classic trompe l'oeil style portrays documents and printed items on a wooden wall. This painting wa...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life with flowers, fruits, historiated vases, a parrot and a monkey
Located in Como, IT
NORTHERN ARTIST ACTIVE IN ROME IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE XVII CENTURY Still life with flowers, fruits, historiated vases, a parrot and a monkey The painting is part of a pair: th...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Scope of Hendrik Frans van Lint, (Antwerp, 1684 - Rome, 1763), City view
Located in Milan, IT
Scope of Hendrik Frans van Lint, (Antwerp, 1684 - Rome, 1763) City view with river, boats and bridge in the background Oil on panel, 14 x 20.5 cm Framed, 36 x 47 cm The Flemish H...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Continence of Scipio, XVIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on panel. Northern European school of the 17th century. The scene depicts an episode in the life of Scipio narrated by Tito Livio and Valerio Massimo. Publius Cornelius Scipio, l...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Painting with The Holy Family at the Table
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Central Italian school of the 17th century. The unusual and peculiar depiction presents on the left the three figures of the Holy Family, with Jesus already a child, s...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Pair of genre scenes attributed to Johann Heinrich Schönfeld
By Johann Heinrich Schönfeld
Located in Milan, IT
Johann Heinrich Schönfeld (Biberach an der Riß, March 23, 1609 - Augsburg, 1684) (attr.) Gentlewoman on horseback at a tavern and Dice players (2) Oil on canvas, 98 x 74.5 cm Joha...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antonio Concioli, Allegory of Charity
Located in Milan, IT
Antonio Concioli (Pergola, 1739 - Rome, 1820), 1775 Allegory of Charity Oil on canvas, 61 x 46.5 cm Framed, 80 x 68 cm Critical Record Prof. Giuseppe Sava The painting depicts t...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

ENOCH SEEMAN (circle of) PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR AS A BOY
Located in York, GB
ENOCH SEEMAN (circle of) PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR AS A BOY A very fine 18th century portrait of Sir Francis Seymour as a boy,oil on canvas housed in a gilt frame, circle of Enoch Seeman The size of the painting is 49 x 39.5cm (19¼ x 15½ in.) whilst overall the size is 65 cm x 56 cm The painting is in very good condition, the Canvas has been relined, and recently cleaned. Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christie's, 19 January 1945, lot 34 Anonymous sale, Crewkerne, Somerset, 24 April 2009, lot 1947 SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590 – 12 July 1664), of Marlborough Castle and Savernake Park in Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1641 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. He supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. In June 1611 he was accused of abetting the escape of his brother William Seymour and his wife Arabella Stuart, but protested his innocence. He was knighted by King James I at Royston on 23 October 1613. In 1612 was settled on him by his grandfather the manor of "Puriton with Downend" in Somerset, formerly one of the many possessions of his great-grandfather the 1st Duke of Somerset. In June 1642, Seymour signed the declaration that the king had no intention of war. He followed the King to York, offering to raise twenty horse in his cause, and Parliament accordingly declared him a delinquent. In autumn 1642 he went with his brother, the Marquis of Hertford, into the Westcountry to organise the royalist forces and suppress the parliamentary militia. He crossed the Bristol Channel...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Landscape Painting Genre Scene, 1760
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the 18th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a particular classic genre scene on a bucolic landscape of good pictorial quality. Painting of good si...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nathaniel Hone, portrait of "flora" roman goddess, 18th century
By Nathaniel Hone the Elder
Located in York, GB
I have great pleasure in offering for sale this beautiful portrait, by Nathaniel Hone, the elder. 18th century. The painting is of Ann Anderson, wife...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil

Venus Adonis Cupid Chiari 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (Rome 1654–1727) Venus with Adonis and Cupid Oil on canvas 41 x 49 cm - with frame 58 x 65 cm The delightful subject of the painting on display her...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Judge, 17th Century English Oil Portrait Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, on board Image size: 30 1/4 x 27 inches (76.75 x 68.5 cm) Contemporary style handmade frame This is a attention-holding portrait of a 17th century English judge...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Board

18th Century Exterior Inn Cipper Todeschini Scene People Oil on Canvas Yellow
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting Oil on canvas measuring 72 x 92 cm and 98 x 114 cm with a wonderful contemporary frame depicting an outdoor inn scene by the painter Giacomo Francesco Cipper known as Todesc...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of 17th Century Oil on Canvas Still Life Lombard School Paintings, 1680s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Rare pair of Italian paintings from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artworks from the Lombard school depicting splendid vases of flowers with birds and insects, of...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Boy Carrying a Fruit Basket, 18th Century Oil on Canvas
By Sir William Beechey
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 30 x 25 inches (76 x 63.5 cm) Hand carved gilt frame This is a charming 18th century portrait of a young boy, sporting a golden child's two-piece with a fl...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Genre Scene Bamboccioni, 1650
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the 17th century. Oil painting on canvas depicting a lively popular genre scene of great charm, typical of the Bamboccianti school. Many Flemish and Ita...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

17th Century Portrait in Period Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully painted Baroque style oil on board portrait of a lady wearing an embroidered top with ruffled collar. Her bonnet edged in delicate lace. Dated 1619 on the top left fron...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Board, Oil

Panel painting Annunciation 16th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Board. Central-Italian school of the second half of the 1500s. The sacred scene of the Annunciation sees the two protagonist figures placed in the foreground in an interior th...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Of Identified as Topal Osman Pasha (1663–1733), 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Identified as Topal Osman Pasha (1663–1733), 18th Century Italian School Large 19th Century Italian School Ottoman portrait identified as Total Osman Pasha, oil on canvas. Circa 1730 profile portrait of the Ottoman military...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Religious figurative drawing of 18th century male portrait on parchment
Located in Florence, IT
This small portrait, from an important Florentine collection, (unframed 14x10 cm.) is signed and dated on the lower edge "Io(hannes) Baptista Scarlattius Rondinelli Fecit Anno 1754."...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Parchment Paper, Tempera, Watercolor

Abraham Bloemaert, Bacchus
By Abraham Bloemaert
Located in Tricase, IT
ATTRIBUTED TO ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT - GORINCHEM, 1564 - 1651, UTRECHT Bacchus oil on panel 60 x 45 cm. Abraham Bloemaert is a Dutch Golden Age artist, born in Gorinchem in 1564, initial...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Landscape Painting with Figures and Herds, XVIIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Italian school of the eighteenth century. Within a rather barren landscape, with architectural ruins on the left and snow-capped peaks in the background on the right, some shepherds pass along the path, leading their flocks of cows, sheep and goats. In the Nordic landscape...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

unknown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
17th century oil on panel of Piazza di Spagna. Italian school. Frame later.
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

école Française Du XVIIIè "Nature morte au vase de fleurs, à la coupe de fruits"
Located in ROUEN, FR
École Française du XVIIIè. « Nature morte au vase de fleurs, à la coupe de fruits et aux oiseaux ». Huile sur toile. Belles dimensions H.90 L.110.
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Mid 16th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel Image size: 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (31.75 x 22.25 cm) Period style hand made frame This is a portrait of Thomas Cranmer (1489 - 1556). Cranmer was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of Henry VIII and launched the English Reformation. Few people have played so important a part in shaping the course of English history or had a more profound influence on England's language and literature than Thomas Cranmer. At the bottom of the painting Cranmer's name and title is inscribed. At the centre there is also Cranmer's coat of arms, the left half is the arms that all archbishops of Canterbury adopt and it has been enjoin to his own family arms...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Set of Four 18th Century Romantic Italian Paintings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here is a set of four 18th century Italian paintings depicting various romantic dramas. All four painted in old world style and presented in the original stretchers and frames. Findi...
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Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a well-to-do gentleman
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Portrait of a well-to-do gentleman in pastel on parchment. Signed left: Marteau L. 1760. French School, possibly by Louis Marteau (1715 – 1804) In a gilded 19th century frame. Dimen...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Parchment Paper, Pastel

Pieter Bout's workshop, Village Festival
By Pieter Bout
Located in Milan, IT
Workshop of Pieter Bout (Brussels, between 1640 and 1645 or 1658 - Brussels, 1719 or 1689) Village party Oil on canvas, 59 x 80 cm With frame 83 x 101 cm This painting, most like...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Carlo Antonio Tavella (Milan, 1668 - Genoa, 1738), Arcadian Landscape
Located in Milan, IT
Carlo Antonio Tavella (Milan, 1668 - Genoa, 1738) Arcadian landscape with shepherds and flock Oil on canvas, 58 x 97 cm Framed, 67 x 105 cm The canvas under consideration is insc...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Francesca Volò Smiller, known as Francesca Vincenzina, Still Life
Located in Milan, IT
Francesca Volò Smiller, known as Francesca Vincenzina (Milan, 1657-1700) Still life with flowers, vegetables, bunches of grapes and putti Oil on canvas, 102x150 cm Oral communicat...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stefano Pozzi (Rome, 1699 - 1768), attr., Rest from the Flight into Egypt
Located in Milan, IT
Stefano Pozzi (Rome, 1699 - 1768), attr. Rest from the flight to Egypt Oil on canvas, 49 x 63.5 cm Framed, 69 x 85 cm
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jan Peter van Bredael (Antwerp, 1683 - Vienna, 1735), Cavalry clash
Located in Milan, IT
Jan Peter van Bredael (Antwerp, 1683 - Vienna, 1735) Cavalry clash Oil on canvas, 48 x 63 cm Framed, 61 x 76 cm Trained in the family workshop under the aegis of his father Joris...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Board

Erminia among the Shepherds, Louis Dorigny attributable to
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. The large canvas recounts an episode taken from the Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso, in which the young Erminia, princess of Antioch secretly in love w...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Dipinto Natura morta con Frutta, Ortaggi e Gatto
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola italiana del XVII secolo. La grande composizione presenta una varietà di alimenti su un tavolo di cucina: a sinistra un grande canestro di vimini pieno di ortag...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures . 18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames. This pair is an exce...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Watercolor, Etching

Ponza Island - Oil on Canvas - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Very rare view of Ponza Island from the part of the Molo. This is a very rare and fine work of art because until 1900 it was not usual to choose Ponza as a tourist destination or as...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Watercolor

The Fishmonger Painted by Giacomo Francesco Cipper known as the Todeschini
Located in Milan, IT
Giacomo Francesco Cipper, called the Todeschini (Feldkirch, 1664 - Milan, 1736) The fishmonger Oil on canvas, 64 x 83 cm - Framed, 85 x 101 cm The crisp harbor air that saturates ...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Alexander Adriaenssen (1587-1661). Still Life With Fish
Located in ROUEN, FR
"Alexander Adriaenssen (1587-1661). Still Life With Fish" By Alexander ADRIAENSSEN (1587-1661). Still life with fish", oil on panel, 50.5 x 76.5 cm
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

An English 18th century portrait of James Stanley, standing in a landscape
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of James Stanley (1750 - 1810), circa 1775-1778, full-length, wearing a red coat and breeches and a gold embroidered waistcoat, hold...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, ABS

17th Century Hunting Scene Flemish School Battle Dogs Horses Oil on Canvas Red
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting, oil on canvas, measuring 75 x 103 cm without frame and 82 x 110 cm with frame, of the Flemish school depicting a hunting scene. The confident outline of the almost drawn a...
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Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Paesaggio con Figure, 1700s
By Antonio Francesco Peruzzini 1
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. La grande composizione propone un paesaggio che vede centrale un grande albero. a sormontare con le sue rade frasche la campagna sottostante, traversata da un corso d'acqua e animata da diverse figure di popolani intenti ad attività o a riposo; in alto a destra si erge una fortezza, che domina la vallata. Già attribuito al marchigiano Peruzzini, il dipinto si può ricondurre senz'altro al suo ambito, per i tratti pittorici veloci e poco aggregati. Antonio Francesco si specializzò nella pittura di paesaggio, subendo l'influenza di Salvator Rosa e di paesaggisti come Pietro Montanini...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Paesaggio con Figure, 1700s
Paesaggio con Figure, 1700s
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Venetian Ruins
Located in Sheffield, MA
Italian School Italian, 18th Century Venetian Ruins Oil on canvas 20 by 26 in, w/ frame 24 by 30 in
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Oil

Adoration of the Child Jesus, XVII century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Northern Italy school. The depiction of the Nativity is seen here as a contemplative moment of the Holy Child, by Mary and Joseph, accompanied by little angel...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Nobleman in Armour, 17th Century Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 30 x 35 inches (76.25 x 89 cm) Carved gilt frame A half-length portrait of a man turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, standing, wearing st...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Painting Landscape with Figures, 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. North Italian school of the 18th century. The landscape, set on the bank of a wide river, features several figures of peasants in the center intent on picking fruit fr...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Figures with Autumnal Still Life, 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. On the barrel in the lower left corner is the signature H.Sanders. The scene, set outdoors on a street in a Flemish town, with the canal in the background on the left,...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Oil

Attributed to Francesco Montelatici called Cecco Bravo, dressing of the knight
Located in Milan, IT
Francesco Montelatici called Cecco Bravo (Florence, November 15, 1601 - Innsbruck, December 1661), attr. Dressing of a knight before battle Oil on slate, 48 x 47 cm Framed, 60 x 5...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Stone

Jan & Caspar Commelin: 17th Century Botanical Engravings, 1st Edition
Located in Richmond, GB
""Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum"" (Rarities of the Amsterdam Physic Garden), 1st edition, 1697 - 1701. ( Ref: Dunthorne: 81) Jan Commelin (1629-1692) was Director of the Am...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Silver

17th Century Still Life Nicolas Baudesson Natura Morta Oil on Canvas Red White
By Nicolas Baudesson
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting, oil on canvas, measuring 82 x 67.5 unframed and 98 x 82 cm with frame, by the painter Nicolas Baudesson ( Troyes 1611 - Paris 1680 ). Born in Troyes to a family of artists ...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of a Girl holding a Posy. Oil on Panel 17 1/2 x 13 inches 44.4 x 33 cm ABOUT THE ARTIST:  Jacques d'Agar  was a French portrait painter born i...
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Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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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...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Sagrada Familia
Located in Miami, FL
José de Páez (1727-1790) Colonial Mexican painting from the 18th century. Conserved in excellent condition. "La Sagrada Familia" Oil on Copper 8 x 12 in ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Copper

Battle scene Oil painting on canvas Attributed to Karel Breydel
Located in Milan, IT
Attr. to Karel Breydel, known as the Knight of Antwerp (1678 - 1733) Battle with knights and landscape in the background Oil on canvas, cm 44.5 X 36.7 Frame 52.5 x 45 cm The pain...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

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