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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Adoration
Located in MADRID, ES
Incredible triptych from the end of 15 century.
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Medieval 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel
Gallant party in the park. French School. Mid-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
The scene depicts a feast within a park enclosed by walls with arched gateways opening onto the countryside, and adorned on the right with an amphora on a small column and in the center, behind the figures, with a gushing fountain, with statues of cherubs and shells.
Two couples of richly dressed ladies and gentlemen entertain themselves gallantly, surrounded by servants; one of the men is playing the violin, crouching in front of his lady, who, flanked by the damsel, follows the melody on the score held up by the dark-haired man at her side, while two musicians accompany the playing with flute and a mandolin; the other couple, in an attitude of intimate dialogue, listens on the left, while on the right the hunter returning from the hunt also observes the scene.
Particularly prominent in the scene is the rich dress of the lady in the center, characterized by the wide back folds falling from her shoulders to create a cape. Such a dress corresponds to what was called "robe à la Watteau," named after the French painter Antoine Watteau who first portrayed ladies wearing this pattern.
Antoine Watteau (1684 -1721), a French painter considered one of the most influential French exponents of Rococo painting, was the forerunner of the pictorial genre of gallant scenes, a genre that developed in France from the late 1600s and continued throughout the following century.
The gallant scenes could be considered as the aristocratic version of the genre scene: characterized by music, dances, pleasant conversations between ladies and gentlemen surrounded by servants, they tended to enhance the costumes, fashionable clothes, and environments of the upper class, conveying a kind of detachment from the real times and places, projecting the viewer into an almost theatrical atmosphere of gestures, looks, colors and stage lights.
Moreover, Watteau, along with the Fêtes galantes cycles, also distinguished himself for those inspired by the theater, absorbing his passion for the scenes and characters of that milieu from Claude Gillot...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
At the End Of The Day, 18th/19th Century by Dean Westenholme (1757-1837)
Located in Blackwater, GB
At the End Of The Day, 18th/19th Century
by Dean Westenholme (1757-1837) to $50,000
18th Century English Fox Hunting scene as the hounds go in for the kill, oil on panel, by Dean ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
French school late 18th Century, Portrait of a young man, oil on metal
Located in Paris, FR
French school late 18th Century
Portrait of a young man
oil on metal
10.2 x 7.7 cm
Framed under glass : 24.4 x 21.8 cm
This small portrait painting, quite original in its technique...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cercle of Ambrosius Francken, Adoration of the shepherds, 17th century Antwerp
Located in PARIS, FR
Adoration of the shepherds,
Cercle of Ambrosius Francken,
Early 17th century Antwerp school
Oil on oak panel: h. 55 cm, w. 43 cm (21.65 in x 16.93 in)
17th c. ebonized and moulded f...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oval Portrait of Lady on Copper Wooden Frm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady (female saint?)
Italian School, 17th century
oil on copper, framed
frame: 9 x 8 inches
board: 5 x 4 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nicolas de Largillière - Portrait of a Lady, Paris, circa 1695
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas de Largillière (Paris, 1656-1746)
Portrait of a lady, circa 1695
Oil on canvas (relined): 76 x 61 cm
Framed: h. 97 cm, l. 82 cm
To be included in the forthcoming catalogue ra...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Painting Travellers Country Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Travellers in a Country Landscape
circle of Jacques d'Arthois (Flemish 1613-1686)
oil on canvas, framed
frame: 13.5 x 18.5 inches
canvas: 11 x 16 inches
provenance: private collectio...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Saint Simon, 1616
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. The painting has the artist's name (Giovani Piana) and the date of completion 1616 at the top.
It depicts Saint Simon, holding a book and a saw, his iconographic attr...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coronation Portrait Of King Edward VI (1537-1553) as King Of England & Ireland
Located in Blackwater, GB
Coronation Portrait Of King Edward VI (1537-1553) as King Of England & Ireland, 16th Century
English School - Oil on panel - circa 1547
Large 16th Century Coronation portrait of E...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Huge 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Still Life Fruit Flowers & Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Fruit in Basket with other objects
Italian artist, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24.5 x 33 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of King Edward VI (1537-1553) as Prince Of Wales, 16th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of King Edward VI (1537-1553) as Prince Of Wales, 16th Century
English School - Oil on panel - circa 1547
Large 16th Century portrait of Edward VI as Prince Of Wales, oil...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Huge 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Still Life Fruit in Basket
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Fruit in Basket with other objects
Italian artist, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24.5 x 33 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766) - Portrait of Charlotte de Hesse-Rheinfels
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean-Marc Nattier (Paris, 1685 - 1766) and his workshop
Portrait of Charlotte de Hesse-Rheinfels
Oil on canvas : h. 44.09 in, w. 38.19 in
18th century carved giltwood framed
Fra...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century French Portrait of Mysterious Man Oil on Canvas for restoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 25 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: the painting is in sound conditi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
F Cesare Bimerman (1821-1890) Forest Landscape With Travelers and Cattle
Located in San Francisco, CA
F Cesare Bimerman (1821-1890) Forest landscape with travelers and cattle.
Oil on Canvas
Relined
29x35.37
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
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
Parnassus Apollo after Raffaello Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
after RAFFAELLO SANZIO (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520),
The Parnassus with Apollo, the Muses and ancient and modern poets
17th-18th century
Oil on canvas (123 x 173 cm - framed 137 x 187 cm.)
This refined painting, of considerable size and great scenic effect, is a derivation of Raphael Sanzio's famous fresco depicting Mount Parnassus, datable to 1510-1511 and located in the Stanza della Segnatura, one of the four Vatican Rooms.
The meaning of the subject was to celebrate humanistic culture, a sort of allegorical representation that saw both the figures of myth and those of the greatest authors of the past side by side in the same space.
The scene, enveloped in a lyrical atmosphere, is set on Mount Parnassus, near the fountain Castalia, for Greek mythology the home of the Muses, where ancient and modern poets are depicted.
The painting, which rather faithfully reproduces Raphael's piece with perfect harmony and great pictorial quality, is the work of an Italian author active between the 17th and 18th century. We can see the careful balancing of the light, which brings out its chromatic brilliance, and the accentuated sculptural relief that the author gave to the figures, as well as the very faithful rendering of the individual pictorial details of the figures.
At the centre of the composition stands the main figure of the god Apollo, crowned with laurel and seated on a rocky boulder intent on playing the lyre from his arm, surrounded by the nine Muses...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cuzco School 18th Century Oil - The Madonna
Located in Corsham, GB
An interesting 18th century study of the Madonna in oil, painted in the Cuzco School style. Unsigned. On tin.
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century German portrait of a man - Wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen 1628
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century German portrait of the wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen at the age of 26 in 1628, attributed to Gottfried de Wedig
This highly decorative portrait depicts the 26 yea...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
18th Century sporting horse portrait oil painting of a race horse and groom
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Francis Sartorius
British, (1734-1804)
Bay Hunter & Groom
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 24.25 inches x 29.25 inches
Size including frame: 32 inches x 37 inches
A wonderful spor...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dutch ships on rough seas 17th Century
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Dutch School, 17th century oil painting on board, this work features a golden ship on blue seas with white crests against a stormy clouded sky. In the distance more ships can be seen, and a spot of blue sky gives the stormy clouds relief. Light shines through the white clouds casting shadows of color on the gray storm and choppy sea waters. Dramatic and masterful.
Presented in overall very good condition in what may be the original mahogany wood frame.
Excellent for an office, library, den or study, but can also be effective in a living room, dining room or bedroom.
The frame has a rich wood tone. Easy to ship and ready to hang.
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Coastal Landscape Capriccio Saeys Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th century Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob Ferdinand Saeys (Antwerp 1658 - Vienna 1726) and workshop
Architectural capriccio with a coastal view at sunset and figures
oil painting on canvas
60 x 91 cm., With frame 75 x...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Herminia and the Shepherds, a painting by Francesco de Mura (Napoli 1696 - 1782)
Located in PARIS, FR
In this masterly painting, Francesco de Mura presents the meeting of Herminia and the shepherds, a famous episode taken from the seventh canto of Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century Portrait of a young girl, Miss Cator in a landscape, white dress
By John Russell
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait of a young British Girl, in her white dress with Pink Sash.
Choosing to acquire an 18th-century portrait of a young girl by English artist John Russell is an opportunity to...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A pair of 18th century Italian landscapes with classical ruins and figures
By Giovanni Paolo Panini
Located in Bath, Somerset
A pair of 18th century Italian landscapes with classical ruins and figures, circa 1750.
Circle of Giovanni Panini (1691-1765)
Thomas Agnew and Sons, Lo...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
David and Abigail, fourth decade of the 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
The painting, done in oil on canvas, depicts the meeting between King David and Abigail, as narrated in the biblical text from the First Book of Samuel (I Samuel 25:1-34).
David, left without food in the wilderness with his army, seeks relief from the wealthy Nabal, who contemptuously denies him any help, ungrateful of the benevolence he previously received from the king. Upon hearing the rejection, the ruler intends to take revenge by killing his entire lineage. Abigail, Nabal's beautiful and wise wife, decides to right the wrong and bring David plenty of food and gifts. In the king's presence the woman humbles herself, winning his forgiveness and benevolence. Soon afterwards widowed, she will in fact become his bride.
The broad scene depicts the climax of the Old Testament episode, the moment when the woman prostrates herself before David and his servants prepare to deliver the gifts.
The biblical event is here a pretext, as is customary in modern-age painting, for staging the colorful description of a sumptuous procession, which can be divided into two parts, almost two wings of a crowd divided specularly: on the left David with his dignitaries and the army; on the other, Abigail's retinue, handmaids, servants leading dromedaries and donkeys laden with food.
The crowded group of figures is set in a natural proscenium: above a low horizon, barely hinted at by distant blue mountains, rises on the left side a craggy rocky cliff, the shelter of the army led by the ruler.
The 'somatic intonation of the characters, as well as the choice of metallic chromatics and the play of light on the shiny fabrics refer to a clear Flemish matrix, particularly the influence of the frothy and sumptuous painting of Rubens and Van Dyck.
As well set forth in the expert report prepared by Professor Giuseppe Sava, the work is to be attributed to Vincent Malò...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Portrait, Major Alexander Brown in Military Uniform
By Sir David Wilkie
Located in Cotignac, FR
18th Century Military portrait of a young officer in Napoleonic period military dress. The painting is not signed but the subject is Major Alexander Brown. The work is oil on canvas later mounted on board and presented in a fine 'Regence style' carved gilt frame. There are labels to the back referring to the subject, 'Major Brown of Trinity' and a framers trade label from Edinburgh.
A magnificent and imposing portrait of a young military officer in the prime of his life. His red uniform adorned with fine buttons, fringed epaulettes and high gilt collar. His ruddy complexion offset by his stylish hair, a quiff and swept forward to the sides as was the fashion at the time.
Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. He was sometimes known as the "people's painter".
He was Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV and Queen Victoria. Apart from royal portraits, his best-known painting today is probably The Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch of 1822 in Apsley House.
Sir David Wilkie was actually admitted in 1799 (despite only being 14) through the influence of the Earl of Leven...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
17th C, Baroque, Saint, Probably Flemish School, Saint Francis in Ecstasy
Located in brussel, BE
During the Counter-Reformation, the traditional cult of saints was encouraged, and spiritual exercises were recommended to come closer to God. In the pai...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oval Portrait of Lady on Copper Wooden Frm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
Italian Old Master, 17th century
oil on copper, framed
framed: 8.75 x 7.75 inches
painting: 5 x 4 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very go...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Copper
Louis XIV and his army at the crossing of the Rhine by Adam-Frans van der Meulen
By Adam Frans van der Meulen
Located in PARIS, FR
Adam-Frans van der Meulen (Bruxelles, 1632 - Paris, 1690)
Louis XIV and his army at the crossing of the Rhine 12 June 1672
Signed A.F VANDERMEULEN at the right low corner
Oil on can...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape by Jan Frans Soolmaker
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting depicts a pastoral scene that is attributed to the artist Jan Frans Soolmaker, an artist known for his Italianate landscapes and scenes that often feature equestrian and Arcadian elements. The painting is not signed but is attributed to Soolmaker, relating it to a known signed work by the artist that was sold at Sotheby’s London in 1999.
The scene is suffused with the warm glow of a setting or rising sun, casting a soft light that is characteristic of Soolmaker’s landscapes. It shows a shepherd guiding a group of cattle across a shallow stream, with the animals taking center stage in the composition. The animals are rendered with careful attention to their forms and the play of light on their bodies, which is a hallmark of Soolmaker's work. The landscape is composed of a rocky terrain with trees and shrubbery, creating a sense of depth and natural beauty that invites the viewer to explore the scene further.
The background suggests a vast, open landscape with distant mountains, which adds to the Italianate feel of the painting. The sky is dramatic, with clouds catching the light of the sun, contributing to the overall serene yet dynamic atmosphere of the work.
The provenance of the painting is notable, having been in the possession of significant historical figures such as Swedish Prince Fredrik Adolf, and later The collection of Pär Ulmgren, The collection of Gösta Stenman, and Engineer and politician Gustaf Henry Hansson.
Potential buyers have the option of choosing between a newly made gold frame or an older brown frame, which allows for personalization in how the work is presented.
Soolmaker’s work is often compared to that of Dutch painter Nicolaes Berchem, whose style he emulated. Soolmaker's landscapes reflect a similar sensitivity to light and composition, making his works sought after for their beauty and historical significance. Despite the smaller body of work left by Soolmaker, due to his short career, his paintings are valued for their craftsmanship and the legacy of the artist’s brief but impactful contribution to the Dutch Italianate landscape genre.
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Jan Frans Soolmaker (Flanders 1635‑1685)
Shepherd with Sheep...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Circle of Jean Honore Fragonard (1732–1806) A Painting of Three Putti and Fire
Located in New York, NY
Circle of Jean Honore Fragonard (French 1732–1806) An Exceptional Painting of Three Putti and Fire, circa 1795.
Masterfully painted in the late ...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Madonna and Child with St. John, c. 1540-1560. Attributed to Carlo Portelli
Located in Milan, IT
The painting features Our Lady holding the Child, who extends his hand toward the wooden cross, the symbol of the future Passion, and St. John. Behind the three figures a rocky mount...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rooster and game
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
18th century work
Black wooden frame
55 x 78 x 3 cm
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Portrait of Emperor Vitellius 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Augustus is one of the Eleven Roman Emperors who were portrayed in half-length form in a series made by Titian in 1536-40 for Frederick II,...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Penitent Magdalene, c. 1750.
By Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Lo Spagnuolo
Located in Milan, IT
Painting done in oil on canvas. The figure of Magdalene is depicted here, in keeping with tradition, with long red hair; with a gesture of sorrowful dedication she fixes her gaze on ...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
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Oil
Portrait of count Evreux, French, 18th c. studio of Hyacinthe Rigaud, circa 1705
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of Henri-Louis de la Tour d'Auvergne, Comte d'Evreux
Studio of Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743)
Early 18th century French school, circa 1705
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: h. 72 cm, ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Perroneau Portrait Lady Woman Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Old master French
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jean-Baptiste Perroneau
(Paris, 1715 – Amsterdam, 1783)
Portrait of a lady
Oil on oval canvas
60 x 50 cm. - In frame 77 x 66 cm.
Work accompanied by expertise: Raffaelle Colace (Cremona), Ferdinando Arisi
Reference bibliography: d’Arnoult, Dominique (2014) Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, c 1715-1783, un portraitiste dans l’Europe des Lumières
Excerpt from the expertise of Dr. Colace:
This refined portrait of a lady is a perfect example of the style of Jean-Baptiste Perroneau, a very talented French painter, whose most beautiful works are located, just like this one, between the fifth and sixth decades of the eighteenth century.
"Perroneaeu is more naturally colored than La Tour, the est, in the peinture de poussière colorée, tout plein de tons clairs, frais, presque humides": this is how his brothers wrote about him in La Maison d...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ritratto di Gentiluomo con cane
Located in Balerna, TI
Bartolomeo Passerotti ( Bologna 1529 – 3 giugno 1592)
Ritratto di Gentiluomo con cane
Olio su tavola, Sec. XVI, cm 84x69; con cornice 101x87
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Bartolomeo Passerotti (Bologna 1529...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Huge 18th Century English Oil Aristocratic Portrait of a Gentleman Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Aristocratic Gentleman
British artist, first half 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 50 x 40 inches
provenance: private collection, Dorset, England
condition...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch School, Elegant Couple, Tavern Interior Scene, Cabinet Piece, A PAIR
Located in Greven, DE
Dutch School, Elegant Couple, Tavern Interior Scene, Cabinet Piece, A PAIR
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Panel
'St. Peter Giving Communion', Old Master, Milanese Figural, Romanesque, Baroque
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-seventeenth century oil showing a group of men assembled in a neo-classical landscape beside a placid river; a lyrical and dynamic figural work showing both fine c...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
OIL PAINTING FRENCH By ? Beautiful lady of Nobility in a Gold Neoclassical Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING By ? Beautiful lady of Nobility in a Neoclassical Frame
FINE Portrait OIL PAINTING Old Master Early 19th Century
French artist
...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 18th Century Italian Oil Painting Venice Canal Many Buildings & Figures
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Venetian Canal
Italian artist, 18th century
circle of Francesco Guardi (Italian 1712-1793)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23.5 x 32.5 inches
canvas: 20 x 29.5 inches
provenance: p...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John the Baptist
By Francesco Curradi
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 17 x 21 inches (43 x 53 cm)
18th Century Carlotta frame
Provenance
Private Country Estate England
When depicting John the Baptist artists often added an o...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto Paesaggio con Architettura
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola nord-italiana del XVIII secolo.
Secondo il gusto del XVIII secolo, il paesaggio proposto è dominato dai resti di un antico tempio, vestigia delle glorie passate...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
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Oil
LARGE OLD MASTER LATE 18th CENTURY CIRCLE of SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS OIL PAINTING
Located in Ferndown, GB
HUGE OLD MASTER LATE 18th CENTURY CIRCLE of SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS OIL PAINTING
Fine OIL PAINTING Old Master 18th Century R.A artist in a Large
...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century English School Portrait of a handsome young gentleman, half length
By Sir William Beechey
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very skilfully captured portrait of a handsome young gentleman. The painter, in the circle of Sir Willliam Beechey, has imparted great character and vitality to the sitter, giving ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madonna and child, Italian school, 18th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Italian School, 18th century
Depicted are the Madonna and Child Jesus, the virgin Mary is holding the Child Jesus lovingly in her arms. The child, lying on a bundle of cloth and with...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Storm See Water Landscape Vernet 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Claude-Joseph Vernet (Avignon, 1714 - Paris, 1789)
workshop of
The Storm on the Lighthouse
1750/60
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 48 x 67 cm / framed 77 x 93 cm
We share a highly pleasing work, a splendid marine executed by a talented painter from the workshop of the Frenchman Claude-Joseph Vernet, depicting a coastal view set in a Mediterranean port with the sea still stormy.
The focal point of the composition is the large lighthouse at the entrance to the port, which, due to the power of the sea, was unable to bring to safety the ship that had crashed against the rocks, while the silhouette of a second sailing ship can be glimpsed in the distance.
The canvas shows in full the pictorial, chromatic and narrative characteristics of the great master Vernet's coastal landscapes, characterised by the inimitable atmospheric conditions always hovering between darkness and light, storm and calm, instilling the observer with contrasting feelings, made even more intense by a palette of vibrant and highly contrasting colours.
A similar composition, from which our author must necessarily have drawn, also attributed to the workshop of Claude Joseph Vernet is to be found in France, in Nantes, at the Musée d'Arts.

The effects of the light create a visual drama in the contrast between the darkness of the rain-laden storm clouds and the gash of clear sky that is opening up, pierced by the timid rays of light. The real magic of the painting is the painter's highly personal use of light and colour, with chiaroscuro effects that accentuate its three-dimensionality and movement.
The compositional typology, as well as the quality of execution and attention to detail we are dealing with, are typical elements of the 'prototypes' conceived by the master, later taken up around the middle of the 18th century by his best pupils.
Similar versions can be found in the most important international museums and private collections, belonging to a large series of paintings that the master created, together with his collaborators, during his stay in Italy.
Vernet lived in Rome for twenty years (1734 - 1753), becoming particularly popular with English aristocrats who stopped there on their Grand Tour. International fame followed him from Rome to France, and to his English and French clients he added German princes...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Terwesten Woman Allegory Art Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Mattheus Terwesten (The Hague, 1670 - 1757)
Portrait of a young woman with palette and brushes, as Allegory of the art of Painting
Oil on canvas
160 x 91 cm. - In frame 178 x 107 cm...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique British Oil Painting Portrait of William Shakespeare Fine Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of William Shakespeare
British artist, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound con...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady by Fountain in Landscape - Dutch Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Nicolaes Maes. Painted circa 1670, the painting is of a lady, sat by a classical fountain with statue an...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto con Il Giudizio di Paride, Attribuito a Domenico Lupini 1500s 1600s
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
Il modello deriva da un'incisione di Marcantonio Raimondi su disegno di Raffaello, appositamente realizzato per l'opera grafica, e derivato da un dipinto posto nella Stanza della Segnatura (1513-1515) nei Musei Vaticani. Questo modello fu ripreso e variato successivamente sia in opere dipinte che in altre incisioni, in particolare in quella di Raphael Sadeler del 1589, attualmente presso il gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe dell'Accademia Carrara di Bergamo: il dipinto qui proposto difatti mostra le stesse modifiche apportate rispetto all'originale raffaellesco.
Al centro della scena mitologica immersa in un paesaggio naturale, si trovano le tre dee che si contendevano il titolo di più bella: Giunone con il pavone...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Mediterranean girl II
Located in Sempach, LU
In this oil painting, I've poured my soul into capturing the timeless grace of a moment steeped in sunlight and shadows. Her gaze, a silent conversation with the viewer, is filled wi...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting by circle of Nicolaes Berchem "Off to Market"
By (After) Nicolaes Berchem
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting circle of Nicolaes Berchem "Off to Market" 1620 - 1683 Highly esteemed Dutch pastoral landscape painter of the Golden age with a large studio and many pupils. Found in m...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
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