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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Tri-Directional Portrait Commemorating the Russo-Turkish War
Located in New Orleans, LA
Austrian School
18th Century
Tri-Directional Portrait Commemorating the Russo-Turkish War
Oil on wooden strips
This extraordinary tri-directional portrait exemplifies the rare innovation known as a triscenorama, capturing a pivotal diplomatic moment through ingenious artistic technique. Employing triangularly cut wooden strips, this remarkable work simultaneously depicts three imperial figures central to the Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739: Empress Anna Ivanovna Romanova of Russia when viewed directly, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI from the left and Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I from the right, commemorating the Treaty of Nissa that concluded this significant European conflict.
The portrait utilizes an exceptionally rare optical technique that predates modern movable imaging technology. When observed from different angles, the painted triangular wooden strips create a transformative effect, revealing entirely different imperial portraits as the viewer shifts position. The precision required to execute such a work demonstrates remarkable technical mastery, as the artist had to conceptualize three distinct portraits as well as the meticulous arrangement of the panels. This sophisticated manipulation of perspective creates an interactive viewing experience considered revolutionary for its time.
Almost certainly created by an Austrian artist, this diplomatic artwork likely served as a commemorative piece marking the Treaty of Nissa, signed in September 1739. The treaty concluded Russia's ambitious campaign to secure access to the Black Sea while countering Ottoman raids in Ukraine and the Caucasus regions. Given its exceptional quality and historical significance, this portrait was possibly commissioned by Emperor Charles VI himself, potentially serving as a diplomatic gift to either Empress Anna or Sultan Mahmud I during the treaty negotiations.
Under Empress Anna's leadership, Russia sought to counter devastating raids from Ottoman allies, particularly the Crimean Tatars...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Pair of paintings ALLEGORY OF ASTRONOMY & ALLEGORY OF PAINTING
Located in Milano, IT
This precious pair of paintings represents two allegories with symbolic charm and compositional finesse, executed by 17th-century Bergamasque artist.
The allegory of Astronomy is acc...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$28,861 Sale Price
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1700's French Old Master Oil Painting The Penitent Magdalene in the Wilderness
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Penitent Magdalene
French School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 33 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition, ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Edwards: Set of Twelve Parrots, Published by Seligmann.
Located in Richmond, GB
PRICE IS FOR THE SET OF TWELVE
"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
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
The Abduction of Persephone by Hades - Oil Paint - Mid 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvase realized by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, so called "Il Viterbese" (1610-1662).
It depicts the famous abduction of Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, by Hades....
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Oval Shape Figures in Tavern Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tavern Interior
Dutch School, 17th century
oil on metal, framed
framed: 8 x 6.75 inches
painting: 6 x 4.25 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condit...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,162 Sale Price
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Eastern European Mannerist Portrait, woman in traditional dress
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Eastern European young woman in traditional dress with silver lacings and jewelry holding an open book. This portrait pose is in the Renaissance period Mannerist style, and the young...
Category
Mannerist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,885 Sale Price
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Spanish school. Secretary of Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos, bishop of Córdoba.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of Francisco de Reynoso y Baeza.
Secretary of Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos and bishop of Córdoba. Francisci de Reynoso.
Early 17th century.
Small-format portrait from the late Renaissance period.
Spanish school.
Size: Cm 19 x Cm 13.5
Oil on wooden panel.
On the back the fine tablet is strengthened (already in ancient times) by a sheet of parchment.
About 1600-1610.
As often in Mannerist / Late Renaissance portraits, the image of the character is accompanied by the writing that runs at the top, adding a celebratory, historicising touch to the effigy. Let's bring back the sentence here:
DON FRANCISCO DE REINOSO. CAMARERO SECRETO IESCALCO PIO QUINTO OBISCOPO CORDOBA. 68 (? O 7?)
(1534, Autillo de Campos, Spain - 1601, Córdoba)
Francisco de Reynoso was a Spanish cleric, chief chamberlain, and secretary to Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos, and bishop of Córdoba.
He was the fourth of eleven children. His father was the seventh Lord of Autillo de Campos, and his mother was Juana de Baeza y de las Casas, daughter of Manuel de Baeza, a lawyer of the Royal Council and at the Court of Valladolid.
Francisco de Reynoso was deeply devoted to the Virgin Mary and showed a strong inclination toward religion and piety from an early age.
He studied Latin, arts, and theology at the University of Salamanca.
In 1562, he traveled to Rome with his brothers Pedro and Luis.
In January 1566, following the death of Pope Pius IV, Cardinal Antonio Michele Ghislieri was elected pope, becoming Pius V. From this period until Ghislieri's death in 1572, Francisco de Reynoso served as his chief chamberlain and secretary.
After Pope Pius V died, Francisco de Reynoso returned to Spain and lived for several years in the city of Palencia, where his brother Manuel was a canon.
He supported the Society of Jesus when it was established in Palencia, providing alms to the school's clergy and funding chairs of Letters and Theology at his own expense, as well as donating a significant number of books.
During the brief outbreak of the Black Plague...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait Woman Parodi 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master
By Domenico Parodi (Genoa, 1672 - 1742)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Domenico Parodi (Genoa, 1672 - 1742)
Portrait of Anne Marie d'Orléans (Château de Saint-Cloud, 27 August 1669 - Turin, 26 August 1728), first queen consort of Sardinia and maternal g...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,128 Sale Price
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Large 1700 Italian Old Master Nude Bather with Classical Figures Water Fountain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, circa 1700's
Classical figures in landscape
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 32 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very goo...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Architectural Capriccio Landscape Roma Fabris 18th Century Table Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob Fabris (Venice, 1689 - 1761)
Architectural Capriccio with ancient classical ruins
Oil on canvas
cm. 56 x 112
with frame cm. 77 x 130
Expertise of Prof. Emilio Negro (Bologna)
...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$15,633 Sale Price
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17th Dutch Golden Age Old Master Oil on Wood Panel Mythological Nude in Woodland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mythological Figures in Woodland Glade
Dutch School, late 17th century
oil on wood panel, unframed
panel: 11 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: minor surface sc...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carnival Rome Colonna square Cerquozzi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Carnival in Rome in Piazza Colonna
Roman school of bamboccianti (mid-17th century) - workshop of Michelangelo Cerquozzi (Rome 1602 - Rome 1660)
Oil on canvas
74 x 96 cm. - Framed 88...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$10,755 Sale Price
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Euklid Philosopher, Portrait of a Man, Old Master Painting, Baroque Art
Located in Greven, DE
Impressive Painting of the philosophy Euclid, painted in the Manner of Luca Giordano.
Provenance: Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 21.11.1995, Lot 46
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female Nude in Front of a Curtain with Clothes - Oil on Canvas - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female nude in front of a curtain with clothes is an old master artwork realized by an Italian artist in the early 18th century,
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Good condition.
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Abdón y San Senén
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Sin firmar, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de conservación de la obra se puede ver, presenta algunas faltas que precisarán restauración y el bast...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Bloody Shouldered Arabian Horse Oil on canvas 18th Century
By John Wootton
Located in London, GB
John Wootton (1686 - 1764)
The Bloody-Shouldered Arabian
Oil on canvas
Inscribed below, 'Bred by Lord Oxford in 1755 & Sire of many famous Racers, including the Duke of Bolton's 'Swe...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century oil painting English portrait of a gent in armor, wearing a wig
By studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding early 18th century English portrait of James Bellevue.
The portrait was always believed to be the work of Sir Godfrey Kneller who was known to have painted James Bellevu...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circle of Francesco Battaglioli, Architecture with Swans
By Francesco Battaglioli
Located in Milan, IT
Workshop of Francesco Battaglioli (Modena, c. 1710 - Venice, after 1796)
Baroque palace architecture with elegant staff and swans
Oil on canvas...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ceiling boards with depictions of Fantastic Animals
Located in Milano, IT
This rare and fascinating series of 10 ceiling tablets, painted in tempera on poplar wood, represents a remarkable example of 15th-century Lombard decorative art.
Originating from a ...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Wood Panel
The Madonna with Christ Child & St. John Fine 18th Century Italian Old Master
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna, Christ Child and St. John
Italian School, 18th century
oil on wood, framed in period gilt antique frame
framed: 16 x 14.5 inches
wood: 9 x 6.5 inches
provenance: private...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Renaissance Tempera on Parchment Painting Holy Family by Giuseppe Cesari
Located in Portland, OR
A rare & important Italian Renaissance tempera on parchment painting, Giuseppe Cesari Il Cavalier d'Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari, 1568-1640), the painting c...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Egg Tempera
Court Portrait Of King Edward VI (1537-1553) King Of England
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of King Edward VI (1537-1553) King Of England
after William SCROTS (1510-1553)
Large circa 17th Century portrait of Edward VI, King Of England, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition half length portrait of the only surviving son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour wearing Prince Of Wale Feathers and the crown upon a pendant. Exceptional quality distinctly similar to the works of court painter William Scrots. Presented in a gilt & ebony frame.
Measurements: 40" x 34" framed approx
Provenance: The estate of Richard Philip...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A pair of Dutch 17th century old master portraits of a husband and wife
Located in Bath, Somerset
A rare pair of three-quarter length 'marriage' portraits by one of the foremost dutch portrait painters of the 17th century, Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam). The gentleman signed middle left 'Maes 1679'. Oil on canvas in dutch style ebonised frames. Dimensions 58 x 47.5cms each.
The gentleman is shown in a landscape at dusk, leaning against a stone capital, wearing a white chemise decorated with lace, a black coat and a brown silk cloak draped across his body.
The lady is elegantly dressed in an ivory silk gown decorated with jewels on the neckline and shoulders, the contrasting sleeves in gold fabric, with a rose pink silk cloak draped over her shoulder and bodice. She wears a pearl necklace and earrings with her fair hair worn up with ringlets falling down onto her chest in the fashionable style of the day. She stands with one hand touching a lock of her hair as she rests her arm on the bowl of a stone water drinking fountain...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Quellinus Allegory Vanity Paint Oil on canvas old master 17th Century Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Erasmus Quellinus II (Antwerp 1607 - 1672)
Vanitas (as an Allegory of the Vanity of Life or of Youth)
Oil painting on canvas - cm. 121 x 84, in the frame cm. 135 x 98
The work is a...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$14,909 Sale Price
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By Pierre Mequignon, Portrait of Carlo Gozzi
Located in Milan, IT
Peter Mequignon (1768-1826), 1794
Portrait of Carlo Gozzi
Oil on panel, 15 cm x13
Base cm 27 x 18
Dated and signed "P. Mequignon 1794"
The protagonist portrayed, identified by ...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
17th Century Maestro della Flagellazione di Cesena Morra players Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Maestro della Flagellazione di Cesena, active in the second decade of the 17th century
Title: The morra players
Year: 1620 ca.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 115 x ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian School 18th Century Oil - Christ on the Cross, Devotion
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative religious painting in oil portrays a bearded figure tenderly cradling a smaller Christ on the Cross. A small halo can be seen emitting from the larger head study, whic...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Martyrdom Of Saint Barbara, 17th Century SCHOOL OF GUERCINO (1581-1666)
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Martyrdom Of Saint Barbara, 17th Century
SCHOOL OF GUERCINO (1581-1666)
Large 17th Century Italian Old Master of the Martyrdom of St Barbara, oil on canvas. After being impriso...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Franz De Paula Ferg (Attributed), Figures Of The Commedia dell'Arte
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 18th-century oil painting attributed to Austrian artist, Franz de Paula Ferg (1689-1740), depicts the Commedia dell’Arte performing in a busy Italian village square. Ferg ...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Copper
Still Life Garland of Flowers - Flemish 18thC art Old Master floral oil painting
By Pieter Casteels III
Located in London, GB
This superb 18th century Old Master floral still life oil painting is attributed to Flemish artist Pieter Casteels III. Painted circa 1730 it is a garland or swag of flowers, somethi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$20,178 Sale Price
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Agar and the Angel -Oil Paint - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized in Italy ih the late 17th Century.
The painting depicts the episode from Genesis (21, 9-21) in which the servant Hagar, together woth her little son Ishmael b...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century painting - A boy playing the flute - Female Old Master
Located in Aartselaar, BE
18th century Dutch old master oil, A boy playing the flute by Margaretha Wulfraet
The present painting captures a young boy standing gracefully in a sunlit park, his fingers resting...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
!8th century Irish or English portrait of a woman with Ermin, blue dressing lace
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful 18th century Irish or English portrait, attributed to the Irish painter Nathaniel Hone.
Nathaniel Hone was born in Dublin but by 1748 had set...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Manner of Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684) - 18th Century Oil, Couple Taking Tea
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating Dutch genre painting in the manner of Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684). A couple can be seen taking tea together in a roomy interior with afternoon light flooding in from a ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of 17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Paintings Sibyls, 1670s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Rare pair of Italian paintings from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artworks depicting two splendid female figures recognizable thanks to the inscriptions at the b...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Alchemist Hermes Flemish School 17th Century Oil on table Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Flemish Mannerist painter Early 17th century
Portrait of Hermes Trismegistus (Egyptian alchemist who lived in the 13th century BC)
Oil on panel 41 x 33 cm In antique frame 51 x 43 cm
The work belongs to a series of three paintings, together with portraits of the alchemists Geber and Morieno Romano
The painting depicts an alchemist, an ancient figure who has always been shrouded in fascination and mystery due to his perfect blend of science and esotericism, who sought to achieve omniscience, or the highest level of knowledge in all fields of learning.
Among the great goals of alchemy was the search for the elixir of eternal life or the transformation of base metals into gold, a practice that was believed to be achievable through the “philosopher's stone”.
The alchemist, with his secret practices and knowledge, is therefore a figure described as straddling the line between scholar and magician, capable of extraordinary transformations, well represented here by a Flemish Mannerist painter active between the 16th and 17th centuries.
In our case, it is, in particular, the portrait of Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary figure from the Hellenistic age, sometimes considered a deity (identified by the Greeks with the Egyptian god Thoth) and sometimes a man, considered the founder of alchemy and the master of all occult sciences, as well as of the philosophical current known as Hermeticism.
Venerated as a master of wisdom, he is believed to be the author of the “Corpus Hermeticum”, a collection of writings, mainly in Greek, containing philosophical, theological and magical teachings, considered to originate from ancient wisdom. The alchemist holds an unrolled parchment in his hand, on which we can read the phrase “quod est superius est sicut quod inferius et quod inferius est sicut quod est superius”, taken from the Emerald Tablet...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,087 Sale Price
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Road to Emmaus in a Landscape, Pilgrims, Gillis de Hondecoeter, Old Master
Located in Greven, DE
The painting "The Road to Emmaus in a Landscape" by Gillis de Hondecoeter is a masterful example of early 17th-century Dutch landscape painting. The sce...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$13,977 Sale Price
35% Off
Leading Out a Hunter
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752)
Leading Out a Hunter
Mezzotint by Thomas Burford
Image size 10 x 14 in
Framed size 13 x 17 in
James Seymour was an English artist renowned for his equestri...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Mezzotint
Painted Scene with Card Players 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
Inside a 'tavern, some patrons are playing cards: the man seated to the left cheats, hiding a card in the collar of his lisa tunic, under the amused gaze of the 'innke...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,500 Sale Price
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Antique Flemish 18th Century Oil Painting Swans Frightened by Dog in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Swans Startled by Dog
Flemish Old Master, 18th century
unsigned (as is typical of the period)
oil on bevelled wood panel, framed
framed: 14.5 x 17 inches
panel: 10 x 13 inches
proven...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Follower of Jacopo Bassano - 17th century figure painting - Christ mocked
Located in Varmo, IT
Follower of Jacopo Da Ponte, known as Jacopo Bassano (Bassano del Grappa ca. 1510 - Bassano del Grappa 1592) - Christ Mocked.
38.5 x 47 cm without frame, 48 x 58 cm with frame.
Ant...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,791 Sale Price
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Set of Twelve 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
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Tobias and the Angel, 1670
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Splendid religious painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a subject dear to pilgrims, Tobias and the angel. Having set out to collect a de...
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18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alexander The Great Persians Fontebasso 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Fontebasso
(Venice 1709 - Venice 1769)
Alexander the Great grants clemency to the Persians
Oil on canvas
108 x 153 cm.
In frame 120 x 164 cm.
Fascinating for its interest...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$18,134 Sale Price
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17th Century by Luca Forte Two Pomegranates and a Flying Butterfly Oil on Panel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Luca Forte (Naples, 1615 ca. - 1670 ca.)
Two Pomegranates and a Flying Butterfly
Oil on poplar panel, 12.5 x 22 cm
Expertise by Nicola Spinosa, art historian
Fairs: The Internation...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine 17th Century Flemish Baroque Oil Painting Roman Charity Large Wood Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roman Charity
Flemish Baroque period, first half 17th century
circle of Peter Paul Rubens
oil on wood panel, framed
framed: 24.5 x 30 inches
panel: 20 x 26 inches
Provenance: Private...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$22,029 Sale Price
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18th century portrait of the artist’s daughter, Catharina, playing the cello
By Balthasar Denner
Located in Bath, Somerset
The sitter, seated in a yellow silk gown trimmed with a pink bow playing the cello, is believed to be the artist Balthazar Denner's eldest daughter Catharina (1715-1744), after his marriage to Esther Winter in Hamburg in 1712. She is also recognisable in another portrait of the Denner family in the Hamburg Kunsthalle, painted circa 1740 by the artist's son, Jacob Denner (1722-1765). Oil on canvas in a period giltwood frame.
Provenance: Private collection, Northern Germany
Professor Helmut Borsch-Supan, Berlin, confirmed the authenticity of the painting after examining it in 2013. The painting will also be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonnée of the artist, by Ute Mannhardt.
Balthasar Denner...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FINE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY BRITISH OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING MAN O WAR
Located in Ferndown, GB
FINE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY BRITISH OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING MAN O WAR IN HARBOUR
Description
Good Condition canvas but very old with some browning in places (see picture).
C...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 18th Century Oil Painting Marine Seascape of British Navy Fleet off Dover
By Dominic Serres
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The British Fleet with a Vice-Admiral of the Red off Dover’ by Dominic Serres R.A. (1722-1793).
French-born Dominic Serres didn’t just paint the drama of...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$33,512 Sale Price
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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
$60,127 Sale Price
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17th century English portrait of a lady
Located in Bath, Somerset
Miss Ada Gossett, circa 1673, half-length in a landscape at dusk, wearing an amber silk gown adorned with a gold trimmed gauze shawl and fine jewels, wearing a pearl necklace, her fa...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 18th Century European Oil Painting Three Figures in Landscape
By (After) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Three Figures in a Landscape
Continental School, late 18th century
after the earlier painting by Murillo
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 31.5 x 35 inches
Canvas: 26 x 36.5 inches
Prove...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,909 Sale Price
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Battle Scene Oil On Canvas 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas. Mittel-European School. There is a No.S monogram on the back and numbers probably from an inventory. The painting reminds of pieces from the Austrian area. It represen...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,541 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 17th-Century English School Portrait Of Edward Hill & Original Gloves
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This remarkable early 17th-century three-quarter length English School portrait depicts Alderman Edward Hill of The Charterhouse, Coventry, holding a pair of leather gloves. The orig...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Three Musicians" Midcentury Oil Painting by Maurice Saint-Lou
Located in Pasadena, CA
This painting is dated 1969 and signed by the artist Saint-Lou.
The painting depicts three musicians with flowing hair, playing the clarinet, trumpet, and accordion. The stylistic a...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil
$950 Sale Price
44% Off
Oval 18th century Portrait of a Young girl, oil on copper
By (Follower of) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite 18th-century portrait depicts a young girl, delicately rendered in the style of Sir Godfrey Kneller, one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the Baroque period...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Copper
Young Aristocrat with Pet Dog
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century style, “Young aristocrat with pet dog”. The work is a modern copy of a portrait of Pierre Van Cortlandt, first lord of Van Cortlandt manor in NY. ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a woman with a book
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Italian school circa 1560, circle of Bernardino Campi
Portrait of a woman with a book
Oil on panel
H. 78 cm ; L. 57cm
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Saint Lawrence Looking at the Treasures
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Saint Lawrence Looking at the Treasures" is a captivating painting attributed to the Bolognese School, a prominent art movement from Bologna, Italy, flourishing primarily in the 16t...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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