18th Century Paintings

Painting oil on canvas measuring 92 x 75 cm without frame and 102 x 87 cm with frame depicting a rich lady of the French school of the first half of the 18th century. In its formal ...

Oil on canvas Image size: 24 x 18 1/2 inches (61 x 47 cm) Gilded wood framed Provenance Estate of Judge Davis Norton and Florence Edelstein. William Bateman was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1721 and 1734. He was made Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath...

Oil on canvas Image size: 17 x 23 1/2 inches (43 x 60 cm) Contemporary William Kent hand made frame

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...

The Vatican Mosaic Studio originally founded in 1576 to create and install mosaics in the basilica was producing portable mosaics to meet demands of the Grand Tourist trade by the nineteenth century (p.96). Portrayals of romantic historical figures such as the cavalier in the present lot were a popular subject matter, evocative of well-known literary characters described in novels by Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) and rendered in genre paintings like those by Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891) and Enrico Tarenghi (1848-1938). Such paintings would have served as visual sources for micromosaics (Gabriel, 2000, p.124). In 1727, however, the Studio del Mosaico...

A late 17th/early 18th century Flemish painting measuring 90 x 70 cm without frame and 100 x 80 cm with a contemporary frame. An important characteristic of this painting is its str...

Hawk Attacking A Duck, 17th/18th Century circle of Adriaen DE GRYEFF (1657-1722) Fine huge 17th Century Dutch Old Master scene of a hawk attacking...

Fine China Trade Paintings depicting local farmers tending their ducks. Excellent condition Lovely collectible and cultural subject Provenance : Martyn Gregory Gallery, London dim...

Angela Maria Pittetti known as Palanca (Palancato, 1690 - Turin, 1763) Hunting rest Camp scene (2) Oil on canvas, 85 x 66 cm - with frame 90 x 71 x 4 cm A work of Piedmontese sco...

Striking, beautifully composed, c. 1740, Italian, oil-on-canvas painting of three hounds in a mountainous landscape. Soulful, slightly naive and richly detailed. Held in an antique, ...

Oil on canvas Image size: 20 x 24 inches (51 x 61 cm) Period gilt frame This is a half-length portrait of a gentleman wearing a emerald coat and intricately designed waistcoat, dat...

L. Franssen Mother and child with a rose Oil on wood, 44,5 x 33,5 cm signed The artist of this outstanding painting is completely unknown so far. There is no entry under "L. Franssen" in any encyclopaedia or reference work. There was a Dutch artist, Jan Fransen (1604/5 - ca. 1646), who was mainly based in Amsterdam. According to Thieme/Becker, he created numerous paintings with biblical depictions, study heads and still lifes. However, it could also have been Jan Franssen or Frantzen, who was not born until 1644 but was also active in Amsterdam. However, no confirmed works by either artist are known. Just as interesting as the attribution is the depiction: a young woman holds her child on her lap while she prepares a meal on a hob. At the same time she holds a rose in her hand. Most likely, Mary is depicted here with the young Jesus...

Flemish painting measuring 44 x 30 cm without frame and 53 x 39 cm with frame depicting a landscape with figures, in soft tones and with a strong sense of perspective; elegant, fluid...

Early 18th century museum quality Nature Morte still life Dutch or French oil painting. This Nature Morte painting has all the Classic attributes or a masterpiece showing various ga...

Questa ceramica dipinta, 33 x 24 cm senza la cornice, è ispirata dal "Riposo durante la fuga in Egitto" di Simone Cantarini detto il Pesarese, realizzato negli anni trenta del XVII s...

Portrait Of A Zampogna Player, 18th Century Circa 1770 Italian School Oil On Canvas Fine Large 18th Century Italian School portrait of a young gentleman holding a Zampogna, oil o...

Depiction of a young man with a lute sitting between two quarrelling men. Painting in oil on canvas Image size: 58 x 50 cm. In a baroque gold stucco frame. The reverse with old galle...

Oil on canvas Image size: 28 3/4 x 24 inches (73 x 61 cm) Contemporary style gilt frame This portrait is an evocative example of Devis' Regency period portraiture, featuring a pleasant looking young girl holding a book in an outdoor setting. Working with a darker palette, a strongly accented diagonal recession, and dramatic contrasts of light and shadow, Devis heightens the girl's three-dimensional physical presence in the foreground of the composition. The Artist  Arthur William Devis (10 August 1762 – 11 February 1822) was an English painter of history paintings and portraits. He painted portraits and historical subjects, sixty-five of which he exhibited (1779–1821) at the Royal Academy. Among his more famous works are a depiction of the Death of Nelson and a posthumous portrait of Nelson. Devis was born in London, the nineteenth child of the artist Arthur Devis and his wife Elizabeth Faulkner. Devis was the younger brother of the painter Thomas Anthony Devis (1757–1810) and of the schoolmistress and grammarian Ellin Devis (1746–1820), teacher, among others, of author of Maria Edgeworth and Frances Burney (later novelist Madame d'Arblay). He followed his elder brother Thomas Anthony in becoming a pupil at the Royal Academy Schools in 1774 and like his brother exhibited at the Free Society of Artists, of which in 1768 their father had become president, and at the Royal Academy. Early on he came to the notice of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He was appointed draughtsman on the British East India Company's packet Antelope in a voyage in 1783, under Captain Henry Wilson. In her he was injured in an encounter with Papuans near the Schouten Islands and was then wrecked on the Pelew Islands before proceeding to Canton and thence to Bengal. During his voyages, the artist received arrow wounds, one of which inflicted permanent injury on his lower jaw. During his time in Bengal, he painted a portrait of Sir William Jones, at the time a judge in Fort William. The painting now hangs at the British Library. He was back in London by 1795 and is recorded on 21 July 1797 as living at 27 George Street, Hanover Square, where he was insured by the Sun Assurance Office. He is noted for his involvement in the creation of the posthumous cult of Horatio Nelson. As she returned from Trafalgar, Devis went out to meet HMS Victory and was present on board the ship during the autopsy of Nelson's body conducted by Dr Beatty, the ship's surgeon. With the help of sketches he took at that time, he painted a heroic Death of Nelson, which proved a sensation. Devis also painted Dr Beatty, and was commissioned by him to produce a half-length painting of Nelson as vice-admiral, which he lent to Emma Hamilton (who later lost it in an accident whilst travelling). Either the original or a copy of this portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy two years after the Battle and many copies were made of it. Lord Howe owned one, and another ended up in the collection of the National Maritime Museum. It also appeared as an engraving in Beatty's published account of Nelson's death. Other work includes a portrait of King George III on horseback, and a range of portraits of admirals and generals, along with historical subjects, such as the Babington Plot and the signing of the Magna Carta...

This finely executed oil on the panel is attributed to the Dutch School in the late 18th century and represents that period's elegance and naturalistic style. Titled “Travellers at t...

Christian Schildbach was a very talented artist with his own style. Art painter in Plauen, then court painter in Dresden; around 1706 art painter in Vienna, also active in Bamberg (...

This beautiful oil on panel painting represents an ideal landscape: figures recline by a tree, cows and sheep laze in the late afternoon light, and the...

French Art Rococo Portrait of a Woman, Young Lady, perhaps an actress

French School 18th Century In the taste of Joseph VERNET (1714-1789) Seaside Landscape with Roman Ruins and Galleon Oil on canvas Old Frame regilded with leaves Dim canvas : 61 X 73...

Vittore Ghislandi, called Fra Galgario Provenance: Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, ca. 1966-1996 Private Collection, USA Exhibited: “Eighteenth Century European Pai...

Pair of oval paintings measuring 66 x 89 cm without frame and 90 x 115 cm with coeval frame depicting two gallant moments during a rest from hunting by painter Hendrik Van Limborch (...

Italian painting of Alphonsus Liguori in French Neo-Gothic Frame Italian and French, Late 18th and 19th Century Frame: Height 61cm, width 39cm, depth 6cm Panel: Height 28cm, width 22...

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Italian, hand painted, oil on canvas landscape with hand painted border. See other painting in separate listing that creates a pair.

Questo dipinto riporta sul retro della tela un'iscrizione molto importante il cui testo è “Ritratto di (?) Dom.° Anto. Camerini fatto in Roma l’An: 1784: da Gio. Batta del Era Milane...

18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving chinoiserie fantaisie Fleurs Des Indes Dessinee par Jacques Charton Art Sz: 13"H x 9"W Frame Sz: 22 1/4"H x 18"W w/ bamboo frame

British Landscape and Marine Artist Robert Willoughby was a late 18th early 19th century British marine painter who specialized in large marine genre...