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18th Century Oil - Wheat Gatherer
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 18th-century oil study depicting a woman gathering wheat in the fields. Part of a pair of oils of women harvesting by the same hand. Unsigned. On panel.
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Portrait Of Carlota de Hesse-Kassel, 17th Century Dutch School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Carlota de Hesse-Kassel, 17th Century
Dutch School
Large 17th Century Dutch old Master portrait of Carlota de Hesse-Kassel. Exc...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cardinal with Missive - Painting by Unknown - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cardinal with missive is an original old master artwork realized in the 17th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Provenance: Italy. Avery precoius artwork depicting a ca...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna Angels Van Balen Paint Oil on table Old master 16/17th Century Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp 1575 - 1632) workshop
Possible Jan van Balen (Antwerp 1611 - 1654)
Madonna and Child with Three Angels
Oil on panel
65 x 50 cm....
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Oil
3rd Countess of Dysart, Grace Wilbraham
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Sir Godfrey Kneller 1646-1723, was a German born British portrait painter. He was born in Leiden and studied under Bol and Rembrandt, before travelling to Rome, Venice, Hamburg and ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
The Penitent Magdalene, 17th Century circle of CARLO DOLCI (1616-1686)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Penitent Magdalene, 17th Century
circle of CARLO DOLCI (1616-1686)
Large 17th century Italian old Master depiction of the Penitent Magdalene, oil on ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Man with Bagpipes, Follower of J.H. Tischbein the Elder
By Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder
Located in Stockholm, SE
Follower of Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789)
Man with Bagpipes
oil on oak panel
25 × 19 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in)
31 x 26 cm (12.2 x 10.2 in)
This refined 18th-century port...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
17th/18th century portrait , Circle Godfrey Kneller, wife, Earl of westmorland
By (Circle of) Godfrey Kneller
Located in York, GB
Portrait Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt. (British, 1646-1723) of Katharine, wife of Thomas, 6th Earl of Westmorland, oil on canvas
late 17th early 18th century in date.
The sitter Katharine is facing dexter and is wearing a cream dress, blue and gold cloak and lace mantilla...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Lady As Diana, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady As Diana, 17th Century
Salomon de Bray (1597-1664)
Large 17th Century Dutch Old Master portrait of a lady as Diana, oil ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century antique portrait Edmund Hoyle Circle of James Latham, Edmund Hoyle
Located in York, GB
18th century Bust portrait of a gentleman in a blue coat with gold buttons (Said to be Edmund Hoyle, inventor of Whist) oil on canvas
circle of James Latham. Housed in a gilt frame the size overall is 71 x 84 cm (28 x 33 inches approx) whilst the painting is
56 x 69 cm ( 22 x 27 inches approx)
The overall condition is very good having had some restoration. The painting has been relined, cleaned and re varnished.
There has been some strengthening/overpainting. There is a Rectangular patch repair along lower edge, centre, reverse approximately 5 x 7cm with associated retouching to front,all essentially done sympathetically.
some fine stable craquelure throughout. Some minor self coloured losses to frame. None of the above detracting from
a very attractive portrait.
Edmond Hoyle
Edmond Hoyle
English card game authority, "the Father of whist"
Born 1672 England Died 29 August 1769 (aged 96–97)
London, England
Edmond Hoyle (1672 – 29 August 1769)[1] was a writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The phrase "according to Hoyle" came into the language as a reflection of his generally perceived authority on the subject
James Latham
James Latham was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland and possibly related to the family of Lathams of Meldrum and Ballysheehan. After some practice of his art, Latham studied for an academic year in Antwerp (1724–25) where he became a Master of the Guild of St Luke. He returned to Dublin by 1725, and may have visited England in the 1740s, as the influence of Joseph Highmore, as well as Charles Jervas and William Hogarth, is evident in his work of this period. Anthony Pasquin memorably dubbed Latham "Ireland's Van Dyck". Latham died in Dublin on 26 January 1747.
Several of James Latham's portraits are in the National Gallery of Ireland collection in Dublin; one is of the famous MP Charles Tottenham (1694–1758) of New Ross, Co. Wexford, "Tottenham in his Boots" (Cat. No.411) and a second is a portrait of Bishop...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Boy, John Closterman, Large English Portrait Art, Old Master
By John Closterman
Located in Greven, DE
John Clostermann
(Osnabrück 1660 - 1711 London)
Portrait of a boy, maybe Charles Hinde
Oil on canvas, 61 x 74,6 cm
John Closterman (also Klosterman) was a portrait painter of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He primarily portrayed English noblemen and European aristocratic families. His father was already an artist and he trained his son. In 1679 he went to Paris and studied with Francois de Troy. In 1681 he was in London and worked for the artist John Riley, whose studio he took over after his death. In 1696 he was invited to the Spanish court...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a lady in widow’s weeds, seated in an architectural setting
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Charles d’Agar (1669-1723) (attrib.)
Portrait of a lady in widow’s weeds, three-quarter-length, seated in an architectural setting
Oil on canvas
In an original carved and gilded Le...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Gentleman Armor Carbone Van Dyck Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giovanni Bernardo Carbone (Genoa, 1616 - 1683), workshop
Portrait of a gentleman in armor with battle scene in the background
Oil on oval canvas (117 x 105 cm. - In gilded frame 124...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Religious Painting Madonna with Child
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the late 17th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a religious subject Virgin with child of good pictorial quality. Framework of excellent proport...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, Halung, Court Painter Schildbach, Gotha, Convex Copper
Located in Greven, DE
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 (...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Portrait Of Sir Ralph Warton (1656-1709) Of Beverley, Yorkshire, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Sir Ralph Warton (1656-1709) Of Beverley, Yorkshire, 17th Century
English School
Large 17th Century portrait of Sir Ralph Warton, oil on canvas laid to board. Circa 1685 portrait of the young knight and member of Parliament to James II to which this portrait would have been commissioned in commemoration of. Portrayed within a feigned oval in armour and a white undershirt with black bow necktie...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cupid Paint Oil on canvas France Neo classicism Art Quality Love 18th century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Eighteenth-century French school
Entourage de François Boucher (Paris 1703 - 1770)
Cupid who shoots his arrow
Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 cm
with frame 58 x 49 cm.
The painting, of pl...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
peter lely (follower) 18th century Portrait Of A Gentleman
By (follower of) Peter Lely
Located in York, GB
A head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman wearing a white powdered wig. The gentleman in question is as yet
unknown but certainly has the look of an aristocrat. oil on canvas, housed in later gilt frame
The painting is 57cm by 44cm (17½ x 22¼ inches high) whilst overall is 58½ x 71 cm (23 x 28 inches high)
The condition overall is very good having had some restoration and also relined and cleaned. There is some cracquelure throughout
and some areas of retouching a few minor abrasions and losses to the background
mainly edges by frame non of which detract from this fine piece.
Peter Lely...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Enfant Suiveur De Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725/1805 )
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Huile sur toile Dim avec cadre 50/58 cm Dim sans cadre 37/46 cm Ecole française Suiveur de Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725/1805 ) Elégant portrait d’enfant – Suiveur de Jean-Baptiste Greu...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of a couple
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Jean-Baptiste SANTERRE
(Magny en Véxins 1651 - Paris 1717)
Portrait of a couple
Oil on original oval canvas
H. 115 cm; L. 90 cm (140 x 115 cm with frame)
Around 1695
Jean-Baptiste S...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Lady Grace Jackson, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Mary Anne Ward (1725-1754) In Riding Attire, 18th Century
School of Henry Pickering (1720-1770)
Large 18th English portrait of Mary Anne Ward ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century portrait oil painting of a boy
By Robert Byng
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of Robert Byng
British, (1666-1720)
Portrait of a Boy
Oil on canvas
Image size: 28.5 inches x 23.5 inches
Size including frame: 34.5 inches x 29.5 inches
A fine half-length ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique oil paining, A laughing man with an upturned glass, Dutch golden age
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Anonymous, 18th century
Inspired by a painting by Petrus Staverenus (1610/1612 – 1654-07-28/1664-07-28) from a series of Five Senses
'Taste: A laughing man...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 on panel. Early and important portrait...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Noble Lady
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed and dated "N MAE / 1691" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A masterful example of 17th-century Dutch portraiture, this magnificent oil on canvas comes alive with luminous color, dramatic contrast and extraordinary detail. The work was composed by Nicolaes Maes, an artist widely regarded as the most prominent portrait painter of his era in Amsterdam. Fashionably styled, Portrait of a Noble Lady exemplifies the mature style of Maes, executed with the same artistry and attention to detail he imparted on his most important private commissions.
This work by Maes comes from the second half of his career and follows in the rich tradition of the great Flemish Baroque painters Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Like these artists, Maes excels at not only capturing his subjects with a technical perfection but also their inherent elegance and grace. The sitter is draped in luxurious white and red silks and pearls, underscoring the importance and prosperity of his wealthy clientele. She is placed against a dark backdrop, enabling a striking chiaroscuro effect characteristic of the artist’s portraits.
Maes’s immense talent for detail and composition is clearly evident. In both palette and proportion, it embodies the somewhat austere style preferred by the artist, which emphasized a painstaking study of the costumes, hairstyles and accessories of his subjects. Such elaborate and highly detailed costuming in portraiture was a fashionable way to show one's wealth in the 17th century, particularly among the emerging class of wealthy merchants. Similar works by the painter can be found in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), National Gallery (London), National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others.
Nicolaes Maes was born in Dordrecht in 1634 to a prosperous cloth merchant. Around 1848, he moved to Amsterdam to study under Rembrandt for several years before returning to his native Dordrecht, where he established himself as a painter of genre scenes and portraits. In the 1650s, Maes traveled to Antwerp where he studied the work of Flemish artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Man With A Crucifix, 16th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Man With A Crucifix, 16th Century
circle of Agostino Carracci (1557-1602)
Huge 16th century Italian Old Master portrait of a gentleman holding a crucifix, oil on canvas. Exceptional early three quarter length portrait of the gentleman in black robes...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Angel Gabriel Jesus & Satan 17th Century after DOMENICHINO (1581-1641)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Angel Gabriel Jesus & Satan 18th Century
afterf Domenichino (1581-1641)
Large 18th Century Italian Bolognese School Old Master depiction of the Guardian Angel Gabriel, Jesus an...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait De La Fosse Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 - Paris 1743) attributable
Portrait of the painter Charles de La Fosse (1636-1716)
oil on canvas
60 x 52 cm/ In a beautiful frame cm. 113 x 78
The ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
PPortrait Of Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess o
Located in Blackwater, GB
PPortrait Of Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland
Circle of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Huge 17th Cent...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint Cosmas And Saint Damian Attributed To Bonifacio Bembo
By Bonifacio Bembo
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Bonifacio Bembo
c.1444-1477 Italy
Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
Tempera on panel
These exceptionally rare early Renaissance panels of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian are an extraordinary new discovery. Based on the research of art historians Marco Tanzi and Andrea de Marchi, it is believed that these represent the missing panels from the famed polyptych formerly displayed on the altar of the Chapel of San Nicola da Tolentino in the Church of Sant’Agostino in Cremona, Italy. To find two matching early Renaissance panels outside of a museum or church, particularly in such remarkable condition, is an extraordinary rarity.
The central and left-sided panels of the original five-part polyptych are currently in the collection of the Museo Civico Ala Ponzone in Cremona. These panels have luckily remained intact, and respectively portray the Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels and Donor, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (the chapel’s namesake) and Saint George.
While the present panels have since been reduced, that they belong to the Cremonese altarpiece is confirmed by a number of stylistic elements. All five panels contain the same rich decorative arabesque pattern on their stamped gold background, while the figures’ knurled haloes are identical in both their fineness of line and use of perspective. The proportions of the figures coincide perfectly; Saints Cosmas and Damian would have originally also been depicted as full-length figures, fitting into the vertical, Gothic style of the altarpiece.
According to the Christian religion, Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian were 3rd century physicians born in Arabia. Little is known about their lives except that they were reputedly twin brothers and that they were martyred in Syria during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. It was believed that the saints were skilled in healing, and when their medicines failed, their faith and prayers could always perform miracles. Thus, the saints are often depicted with their medical equipment while wearing the traditional medieval doctor’s garb of crimson robes and distinctive round red hats.
The saints are similarly depicted in the present panels, though considering the manner in which they have been cut, their medical tools are not immediately evident. The saints were highly popular as patrons of wealthy families during the Gothic and Renaissance eras, particularly the Medici, and thus they occur frequently in art from the era. The twins, for instance, are found in the famed San Marco Altarpiece by Fra Angelico in the San Marco Museum (Florence), as well as in a set of Medici panels crafted by Filippo Lippi...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
The Archangel Gabriel, 17th Century workshop of Guido RENI (1575-1642)
By Guido Reni
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Archangel Gabriel, 17th Century
workshop of Guido RENI (1575-1642)
Huge 17th century Italian Old Master depiction of the Archangel Gabriel, oil on canvas. Excellent quality an...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
European Portrait of a Priest
Located in Milford, NH
A fine European portrait of a priest, oil on canvas, probably dating to the 17th or 18th century, unsigned, with original stretcher, minor surface losses and damage, craquelure, edge...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Blood Of Christ, The Milk Of The Madonna, 16th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Blood Of Christ, The Milk Of The Madonna, 16th Century
circle of Adriaen Isenbrandt (1480-1551)
Huge 16th Century Flemish old Master depiction of...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Bulldogs Hunting A Badger, 18th Century attributed to Charles TOWNE (1763-1840
Located in Blackwater, GB
Bulldogs Hunting A Badger, 18th Century
attributed to Charles TOWNE (1763-1840)
Large 18th Century English School hunting scene of Bulldogs Hunting a badger, oil on canvas laid to...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Allegory Of Marriage, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
An Allegory Of Marriage, 18th Century
English School
Large 18th Century English School allegory of marriage, oil on canvas. Rare allegory of life scene with two married couples on...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait of Schildbach, Court Painter Schildbach, Gotha, Convex Copper
Located in Greven, DE
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 (...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
17th Century by Pedro Nunez Portrait of a Child Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pedro Nuñez de Villavicendio (Seville, Spain, 1644 - 1700)
Title: Portrait of a child
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 41.5 x 33.5 cm - with frame 52 x 43.5 cm
19th century shaped and gilded wooden frame
Expertise by Didier Bodart, art historian
A Seville painter of noble origins, Pedro Nuñez de Villavicendio (1644-1700), the author of this pretty child portrait, was a Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. He was a pupil of Murillo and, as a Knight of the Order of Malta, worked with Mattia Preti...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy
By Gerard Soest
Located in London, GB
Gerard SOEST (1600 - 1681)
Portrait of a Young Boy
oil on canvas
35.5 x 30.5 inches inc. frame
Gerard Soest (circa 1600 – 11 February 1681), also known as Gerald Soest, was a portra...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a noble Gentlemen, Max Franz of Austria, Archduke, Meytens, Habsburg
Located in Greven, DE
Portrait of Max Franz as coadjutor of the Teutonic Order
Oil on canvas, 54 x 45 cm
Maximilian Franz of Austria
Austrian Archduke Maximilian II. Franz, was Grand Master of the Teutoni...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Children w Lamb Scene 18th century Oil painting by French Rococo Master
By Jean Baptist Marie Huet
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting was attributed to Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet (1745 - 1811) by Cabinet Turquin (France). A cute scene with children tying a ribbon around the neck of a young lamb. Rococo in th...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Colonel Mellish's Spaniels, Mother & Puppies, 18th Century
By Henry Bernard Chalon
Located in Blackwater, GB
Colonel Mellish's Spaniels, Mother & Puppies, 18th Century
attributed to HENRY BERNARD CHALON (1770-1849)
Large 18th Century portrait of Colonel Mellish's hunting spaniels, mother ...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Girl, 18th Century Oil Old Master
By George Knapton
Located in London, GB
George Knapton
1698-1778
Portrait of a Girl
Oil on canvas
Image size: 20 x 18 inches
Original giltwood frame
This beautiful half length portrait of a young woman, turned to left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a pink, white lace-embroidered, dress, in her hair a pink bonnet trimmed with lace to match her dress.
The depiction of a young girl epitomises child portraiture of the late eighteenth century, in which painters such as William Beechey, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough had begun to discover and express the true character of children, in contrast to the stiff, miniature-adults of previous generations.
The Artist
Knapton was born in Lymington, one of four sons of James Knapton. He was apprenticed to Jonathan Richardson from 1715 to 1722, and in 1720 was a founding subscriber to the academy of St. Martin's Lane established by Louis Chéron...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Lady Woman Voet Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian Art
By Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Antwerp 1639 - Paris 1689)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Antwerp 1639 - Paris 1689) Atelier
Portrait of the Young Ortensia Mancini, Duchess of La Meilleraye (Rome 1646 - Chelsea 1699)
Oil on canvas
75 x 61 cm. - exquisite gilded and lacquered wooden double frame 105 x 91 cm.
The beautiful painting depicting the young and attractive Duchess Ortensia Mancini is part of the refined portraiture of Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Antwerp 1639 - Paris 1689). Of Flemish origin, the painter achieved great success with the aristocratic families of Rome - where he stayed from 1663 to 1679 - thanks to the famous series of portraits commissioned by Cardinal Flavio Chigi, depicting the most enchanting women of the time, and now housed in the Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia.
The paintings became so popular that the artist was repeatedly asked to reproduce replicas and similar versions of them: the 'cabinet des dames' was thus one of the Roman fashions of the 17th century, justifying the large number of female portraits attributable to his workshop that gravitated on the market.
Voet flaunted in his portraits a peculiar softness and grace in the rendering of the complexions, a subtle voluptuousness in the description of the lips, entrusted to small brushstrokes of red, a sense of calm fixity in the pose, all characteristics that are immediately reflected in the work under examination.
Our young effigy, Hortense Mancini...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
By John Riley
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of John Riley
British, (1646-1691)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29 inches x 24 inches
Size including frame: 36 inches x 31 inch...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
G. Albertoni portrait, Oil on Canvas Italy XVIII Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. At the top right are the name of the man portrayed and his age, 78 years old. The man's habit and the attitude of prayer, in front of the Crucifix, with the meditation book...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint John Evangelist Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century French School
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint John the Evangelist
French school of the eighteenth century
Oil painting on canvas
82 x 64 cm. - in frame 102 x 84 cm.
In this pleasant painting we see the portrait of the evangelist John, holding a pen in his hand while writing the pages of the Gospel, while behind him it is possible to recognize the profile of an eagle, his typical iconographic attribute.
The graceful face, which still reveals the devout attitude, which gives the painting a more intimate and delicate, not excessive religiosity, is one of the typical characteristics for works intended for domestic devotion, as in the case of this Saint John.
From the representation of the Saint the freshness of his features immediately stands out, he is in fact portrayed as young and handsome: and it is precisely this iconographic peculiarity that makes the work fascinating and very pleasant, probably commissioned for a private room.
The painting presents the peculiarities of eighteenth-century French portraiture, characterized by a soft drawing and a wise use of light. The rather marked chiaroscuro and well-calibrated shades produce an excellent result thanks to the play of light on the face, highlighted by the dark background of the scene.
The painting has been relined and is in an excellent state of conservation with the colors still bright and a very healthy pictorial layer.
The painting is sold together with a nice golden frame.
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It is also possible to see the painting in the Riva del Garda...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto ritratto femminile figurativo barocco emiliano del XVII secolo
By Girolamo Negri called Il Boccia
Located in Florence, IT
olio su tela, 62 x 51 cm (senza cornice)
Il dipinto è stato per lungo attribuito alla mano di Francesco Gessi, allievo di Guido Reni, come riporta un'iscrizione a matita datata 1945...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 18th century portrait of a Lady and her Daughter in an interior
By (attributed to) Joseph Highmore
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a blue silk gown, seated in a classical interior, with her daughter in a pink gown standing beside her holding a sprig of blossom. T...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Eleanor Of Toledo, Duchess of Florence (1522-1562)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Eleanor Of Toledo, Duchess of Florence (1522-1562), 16th Century
after AGNOLO BRONZINO (1503-1572)
16th century Italian Old Master court portrait of Eleanor Of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, oil on panel. Excellent quality and condition early portrait of the young Spanish noblewoman...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait after Franz Josef Winter, Clemens August of Bavaria, Archbishop Cologne
Located in Greven, DE
Clemens August Ferdinand Maria Hyazinth, Duke of Bavaria (* August 16, 1700 in Brussels; † February 6, 1761 in Koblenz) was as Clemens August I from 1723 to 1761 Archbishop of Cologne and thus at the same time Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, sovereign of the associated archdiocese as well as the tributary lands of Recklinghausen and Westphalia. In addition, he was Legatus natus of the Holy Apostolic See in Rome and Archchancellor of Imperial Italy. Furthermore, he combined the offices of Grand Master of the Teutonic Order...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian 18th Century Oval Religious Oil on Canvas Painting with Saint Dominic
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful Italian 18th Century old masters oil painting on oval canvas with giltwood frame is attributed to Solimena and features a religious scene.
In this splendid oval-shaped painting are depicted Saint Dominic...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady, After Sir Peter Lely (1610-1680) Oil Painting
By After Sir Peter Lely
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil Painting After Sir Peter Lely (1610-1680) Portrait of a Lady
Housed in a Lely gold Leaf Frame.
Peter Lely:
In 1647 he became a member of the Pain...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joseph Highmore Portrait of a lady, 18th century
By Joseph Highmore
Located in York, GB
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Grace Loftus,of Beverley hall yorkshire.Three-quarter-length, before a window.
Dressed in blue and wearing a white bonnet. The paintin...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman
By Ippolito Scarsella (Scarsellino)
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Suida-Manning Collection, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited: Venetian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, October 30-December 15, 1963, no. 31.
Veronese & His Studio in North American Collections, Birmingham Museum of Art, Oct. 1-Nov. 15, 1972, and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Dec. 5-Dec. 31, 1972
Literature: Robert L. Manning, A Loan Exhibition of Venetian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century, exh. cat. New York 1963, cat. no. 31ill., as by Veronese
Stephen Clayton and Edward Weeks, eds., introduction by David Rosand, Veronese & His Studio in North American Collections, Birmingham 1972, as by Veronese, p. 38 ill.
Terisio Pignatti, Veronese, Venice 1976, I, p. 199, cat. no. A225, II, fig. 908, as attributed to Veronese
Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese; catalogo completo dei dipinti, Florence 1991, no. 54°, as attributed to Veronese.
Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese, Milan 1995, II, pp. 517-518ill., cat. no. A 56, under attributed paintings, by Veronese and workshop)
John Garton, Grace and Grandeur; The Portraiture of Paolo Veronese, London-Turnhout 2008, p. 237, fig. 77, cat. no. R16, as workshop of Veronese.
Scarsellino’s art is widely regarded as critical link between the Renaissance and the Baroque styles in Emilian painting; not only was he an important transmitter of the heritage of the Renaissance, but he was also open to innovative ideas, and was one of the earliest to experiment with the trend to naturalism that would become fundamental to art of the new century. Born around 1550, he received his earliest training from his father Sigismondo, an architect and painter; it was probably while working at his father’s side as a youth that he acquired the nickname Scarsellino, or “little Scarsella”. After absorbing the principles of his art in Ferrara and Parma, he went to Venice in 1570, staying for four years and working in the shop of Veronese. In the following decade, his art —especially in terms of its piety and its development of landscape— demonstrates a strong sympathy with that of the Carracci, with whom he worked in 1592-1593 at the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara. Maria Angela Novelli and later Alessandra Frabetti both propose that Scarsellino traveled to Rome, although such a trip has not been documented; if he did travel to Rome, it probably would have occurred during the years that Scarsellino’s colleagues Agostino and Annibale Carracci were there, that is, beginning in 1595 and until 1609. The last decades of Scarsellino’s career again involve stylistic experimentation, this time in a manner that would bring his work very close to the progressive figurative naturalism of Carlo Bononi and prepare the way for Guercino.
The present portrait of a distinguished gentleman had been long thought to be by Paolo Veronese and was in fact attributed to him by such distinguished connoisseurs as Adolfo Venturi and Wilhelm Suida. The portrait’s style is, however, distinct from Veronese’s, although clearly indebted to it, and the attribution to the young Scarsellino is wholly convincing. The painting would then date from the 1570s – a date confirmed by the costume the subject wears. The puffed hat that appears in the painting had a rather short-lived vogue in the early 1570s. One sees it in Giambattista Moroni’s Portrait of Count...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Franz von Sickingen Knight Of The Holy Roman Empire (1481-1523)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Franz von Sickingen Knight Of The Holy Roman Empire (1481-1523)
Italian School
Large 16th/17th Century Italian Old Master portrait of Franz von Sickingen, Knight Of The...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 17th century portrait of John Ludford Esquire
By Mary Beale
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of John Ludford (1653-1681), wearing a lace jabot and brown and gold trimmed cloak in a feigned stone oval cartouche. Inscribed 'John Ludford, Esq, nat. 14th March 1653, Ob,...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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