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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
18th c. French Portrait of a Lady by Jean Ranc (1674 - 1735), Paris circa 1700
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady with carnations
By Jean Ranc (Montpellier 1674 - Madrid 1735), circa 1700
Oil on canvas in oval shape,
Dimensions: h. 35.82, w. 28.34 in.
Period Louis XIV giltwood and carved frame with laurel leaves.
Framed dimensions: h. 42.52 in, w. 33.85 in.
Provenance: Collection of the Marquis de Bailleul at the Château d'Angerville-Bailleul (before 1942).
To be included in the catalog raisonné of the artist by Stephane Perreau
Important portrait of a young woman depicted half-length turned three-quarters, her face looking at the viewer.
Dressed in a brick red velvet dress, an elegant blue scarf envelops her figure.
Hair styled “a la Fontange”, her powdered hair is raised and tied at the back with a red ribbon, several curly locks escape from her bun and fall on her back and shoulders.
The perfectly oval face with regular features dominated by her straight nose is softened by her gray eyes with slightly lowered lids. The red tinged skin tones on the cheeks and cheekbones color the face and make the portrait come alive.
The young woman is portrayed standing near a pot of carnations. Her strongly lighted figure stands out against an architectural background of columns.
The artist's palette is made of contrasts opposing warm to cold hues. The icy electric blue contrasts with the fiery brick red, the hair powdered with white accentuates even more the flush of the cheeks.
The left arm bent at the elbow, extending the open hand with slightly bent fingers in the foreground brings depth to the composition.
Our portrait, an interesting testimony in the corpus of works of the painter, is part of his youthful period, around 1700-1705.
The former belonging of this portrait to the Marquis de Bailleul reinforces the remarkable character of our painting.
The portrait has been examined by Stéphane Perreau, specialist of Jean Ranc and will be included in the catalog raisonné currently being written, under number P. 43. The notice edited by Mr Perreau is below:
"Painted around 1700-1705, this portrait of a woman is directly inherited from Hyacinthe Rigaud, the master of Jean Ranc (the hand turned over the front, in a watch...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of William Beekman Of New York, 18th Century American School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of William Beekman Of New York, 18th Century
American School
Large 18th Century American School portrait of a William Beekman of New York, oil on canvas. Excellent qualit...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,559 Sale Price
20% Off
Rococo painting with frame by 18th-century Venetian school oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (with a Salvador Rosa-style gilded frame 88 x 116 cm) depicts a group of four children who are playing outside on a swinging seesaw; we are probably dealing with a prank, as can be seen by the satisfied expression of the child on the right at the expense of the one in the foreground, who seems to be supported by the others, perhaps because of the fear felt.
They are dressed in the same way, with black or brown ankle boots and a kind of double-breasted jumpsuit with a rich lace collar reminiscent of the jabots of dames, blue for the one in the foreground, brick-colored for the other three.
Children also look alike in the hair, typical of the period, and features, suggesting a kinship relationship.
We find the same subject, for example, in Johann Zoffany...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Boy in a Black Tunic - Early 17th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Flemish School, Early 17th Century
Portrait of a Boy in a Black Tunic
Oil on panel
Image size: 15¾ x 13⅛ inches
This accomplished portrait of an unknown boy in his early teens was p...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Gentleman, 17th Century English Oil on Canvas
By (Circle of) Mary Beale
Located in London, GB
Circle of Mary Beale
1633 - 1699
Portrait of a Gentleman
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 x 25 inches
Contemporary gilt frame
Mary Beale was the daughter of a Suffolk clergyman.She married Charles Beale...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Important 18th Century Pastel Portrait Painting Young Girl John Russell RA 1789
By John Russell
Located in Portland, OR
An important authenticated & documented 18th century portrait by John Russell R A (1745-1809), England, signed & dated 1789.
This rather charming & sensitive portrait of a young girl...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
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...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,670 Sale Price
40% Off
Portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, Early 18th Century Oil Painting
By Dominicus van der Smissen
Located in London, GB
Dominicus van der Smissen
Early 18th Century
Portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch
Oil on canvas
Image size: 20½ x 16¼ inches
Period gilt frame
This is a portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, composer, Kapellmeister and organist, whom Van der Smissen most probably portrayed during his stay in Hamburg, Brunswick or Amsterdam. The identification is based on the reproduction of the portrait which was engraved by Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak (1740- 1774).
Van der Smissen has reduced the face of the sitters to an egg-shaped oval in three-quarter view, applying diminution to one half of the figure’s torso, which is farther away from the viewer. This partial side view, with the head turned to look at the viewer over the shoulder, creates spatial depth and brings the figure to life by avoiding the stiffness of a frontal depiction.
Because the artist chose to highlight the figure from above, a distinct shadow is cast under the tip of the nose, in the shape of a triangle. This is an often recurring and almost ‘signature’-like feature in Van der Smissen’s oeuvre.
Hurlebusch's garments are of a very high quality and serve to reflect the sitter’s wealth, status and elegance. During this period, gentlemen often shaved their heads in order to facilitate the wearing of a wig, which wouldbe worn with a suit. Here Hurlebusch has been depicted in a luxurious turban-like cap lined with lynx fur, a highly fashionable and expensive material at the time.
Over his shirt, he wears a velvet fur-lined gown adorned with decorative clasps fashioned from silver braid. The elegant informality of his appearance can be seen in his unbuttoned shirt and the unfastened black ribbon hanging from his button hole, which has been artfully arranged into a fluttering drape by the portraitist.
The Sitter
Hurlebusch was born in Brunswick, Germany. He received the first instructions in his field from his father Heinrich Lorenz Hurlebusch, who was also a musician. As an organ virtuoso, he toured Europe, visiting Vienna, Munich and Italy.
From 1723 to 1725 he was Kapellmeister in Stockholm; later he became Kapellmeister in Bayreuth and Brunswick, and lived in Hamburg from 1727 to 1742, where he had contact with fellow composers Johann Mattheson and Georg Philipp Telemann. He made his living composing, performing and teaching.
In 1735 and 1736, he is believed to have visited Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig, who promoted Hurlebusch’s compositions as the local seller...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Angels
By Domenico Piola the Elder
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, until 1996
Private Collection, USA
One of the leading artists in Genoa during the second half of the seventeenth century, Domenico Piola came from a successful family of artists, renowned for their many illusionistic ceiling programs throughout Genoese churches and palaces. A prolific draughtsman and painter, Domenico oversaw an extremely productive studio. In addition to his collaborations with numerous other artists, Domenico also provided many designs for book illustrations and prints that circulated throughout Europe, earning him international exposure and high acclaim in his own day.
As Dr. Anna Orlando has indicated (written communication), the present work is an early work by Piola, datable from the late 1640s. At this time the young artist came strongly under the influence of Castiglione and Valerio Castello, while admiring the works of Giulio Cesare Procaccini. Piola’s works from this period are exuberant and fluid, and the artist’s love of portraying children is evident from the angels and putti that populate both his altarpieces and more intimate paintings.
The present work depicts three angels...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bathers On A Mountainous River Landscape, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Bathers On A Mountainous River Landscape, 17th Century
attributed to Sisto BADALOCCHIO (1581/85-1647)
Fine huge 17th Century Italian Bolognese School Old Master landscape with bathers in a mountainous river landscape, oil on canvas attributed to Sisto Badalocchio. Excellent quality and condition for its age presented in a superb antique gilt frame.
Measurements: 120cm x 90cm...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$13,571 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Charles II of Spain
Located in London, GB
Title: Portrait of Charles II of Spain
Artist: Unknown
Date: Late 17th century
Medium: Oil on copper
Framing: Set against red velvet in a deeply carved and distressed giltwood frame,...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
A Bearded Man Tortured By A Spiked Sandal, 17th century
Located in Blackwater, GB
A Bearded Man Tortured By A Spiked Sandal, 17th century
Italian School - rare unusual depiction possibly of a martyr
Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master depiction of a bearded m...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,005 Sale Price
20% Off
The Musician
Located in London, GB
This head and shoulders portrait is an outstanding example of the breadth, force and beauty of this artist's pictorial manner and abilities. This captivating portrait features a musi...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,573
An Apostle Painted in the Circle of Peter Paul Rubens, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Peter Paul Rubens (circle of)
An Apostle
circular 15.15 inches (38.5 cm)
oil on canvas
Provenance: Bukowskis Auctions, lot 725149, as "Peter Paul Rubens, circle of".
Category
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
$6,674 Sale Price
20% Off
17th-18th C. original Oil on Canvas, Genre Scene with Figures in a Tavern
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is the original antique 17th/18th-century oil painting on canvas depicting a contemplative scene featuring a man sitting indoors. He is dressed in period clothing, includ...
Category
Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,168 Sale Price
20% Off
Jeune Femme Au Manchon Charles André Van Loo 1705/1765 (entourage)
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Jeune Femme au Manchon
Entourage de Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765)
Huile sur toile – Dimensions : 32 x 41 cm
Cadre ancien en bois sculpté et doré
Ce délicat portrait d’une jeune ...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Saint Bartholomew, 1670
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the 17th century. Painting oil on canvas depicting a religious subject Saint Bartholomew of excellent pictorial quality. Painting of beautiful size and ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,258 Sale Price
20% Off
Painting Female Portrait 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Central European school of the 18th century.
The distinguished lady, flaunting a dress embellished with bows and lace, is seated at her desk and holding a letter; in t...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century portrait oil painting of a girl with an orange
By Robert Byng
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of Robert Byng
British, (1666-1720)
Girl with Orange
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29 inches x 24 inches
Size including frame: 36 inches x 31 inc...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Panel, Ladies Gathering Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 17th Century Dutch School
Title: Ladies Collecting Flowers
Medium: oil painting on panel, framed
Oval : 6.75 x 9.25 inches, frame...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,477 Sale Price
30% Off
Manner of William Hogarth - Late 18th Century Oil, The Basket Seller
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of a determined looking woman seated on a bench surrounded by woven baskets. One hand propped on her him and another through the handle of her basket, she looks to the right with an intense stare. The artist depicts her on a street lined with tall continental buildings on a summer's day. Painted in a style influenced by 18th century artist...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young girl in pink toilet
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century portrait of a lady
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady richly dressed in a purple silk gown with white sleeves, a gold coloured cloak draped across one shoulder, her blonde curls worn up...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venus Love Guercino 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Emilian school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, the Guercino (Cento 1591 - Bologna 1666), workshop
Attributable to, Benedetto Gennari (Cento, 1633 - Bologna, 1715)
Venus disarming Love
oil on canvas
...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$10,965 Sale Price
20% Off
After the Hunt, Jan Josef Horemans the Younger, Antwerp 1714 – 1790, Flemish
By Jan Josef Horemans the Younger
Located in Knokke, BE
After the Hunt
Jan Josef Horemans the Younger
Antwerp 1714 – 1790
Flemish School
Signature: Attributed to Jan Josef the Younger Horemans
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Size incl...
Category
Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Girl with a Basket of Fruit
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
French School, late 18th century, circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805)
Young Girl with a Basket of Fruit
Oil on canvas, preparatory work,
Unsigned
39 x 31 cm
Provenance:
Pri...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Languid Girl in Blue Camisole 18th century Italian Rococo Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Attributed to Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707 - 1762), Italian painter of the Rococo era. His portraits, mostly of women, are renowned for being beautiful and realistic. The details and ...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, 18th Century Oil Painting
By Anton von Maron
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Michael Dahl (circle) 17th century portrait of Sir William Cowper
By (Circle of) Michael Dahl
Located in York, GB
Portrait of Sir William Cowper [1639-1706] Circle of Michael Dahl.Oil painting on canvas
17th century oval, bust-length, with a long dark wig, and wearin...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,242 Sale Price
35% Off
Portrait of a Lady . Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger. ( Paris, 1612-1689), attrib
By Louis Elle (Ferdinand)
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a lady .
Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger. ( Paris, 1612-1689), attributed.
Circa 1680.
Oil on canvas, resting on cardboard.
In 19th-century giltwood frame.
A female...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$2,935 Sale Price
30% Off
Dionysus Bacco Roman school 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Caravaggesque northern artist active in Rome in the 17th century, active in Rome in the 17th century.
Workshop of Gerard van Honthorst (Utrecht, 1592 – Utrecht, 1656)
Dionysus/Bacch...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,351 Sale Price
20% Off
The Flagellation of Christ, Old Master, Flemish School, Oil on copper
Located in Knokke, BE
The Flagellation of Christ
Old Master
Flemish School
17th century
Medium: Oil on copper
Dimensions: Image size 22 x 17 cm, frame size 39 x 31 cm
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Oil Painting Style of Benjamin Marshall "The Hobby Horse"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting Stye of Benjamin Marshall "The Hobby Horse" 1768 -1835 painter of sporting subjects especially racing scenes. This fine late Regency portrait is in his slightly caricatu...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th - 19th C. Portrait Painting After Petrus Staverenus
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th-19th C. Portrait Painting After Petrus Staverenus depicting man with bottle
Oil on canvas
No visible signature
Wax seal on verso
11" x 14"
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lot & His Daughters, 17th Century
By Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Blackwater, GB
Lot & His Daughters, 17th Century
after PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640)
Large 17th century Dutch Old Master depiction of Lot And His Daughter, oil on copper. Excellent quality and co...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
$4,449 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Lady, circle of Mary Beale, 17th century British
By (Circle of) Mary Beale
Located in London, GB
Painting of a lady, circle of Mary Beale (1633–1699), who was one of the first professional female portrait painters in England and a pioneering figure for women in the arts during t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venetian Rococò painter - 18th century mask figure painting - Colombina Carnival
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian master (18th century) - Mask of Colombina.
161 x 68 cm without frame, 169.5 x 76.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a white lacquered wooden frame (not si...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,594 Sale Price
45% Off
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 17 x 23 1/2 inches (43 x 60 cm)
Contemporary William Kent hand made frame
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Woman with Muff, XVIIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Venetian school of the eighteenth century. The portrait proposes the figure of a young woman wearing an everyday dress, but embellished with spotted fur...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,271 Sale Price
20% Off
17th century portrait of Lady Sarah Cowper, Circle of Michael Dahl
By (Circle of) Michael Dahl
Located in York, GB
Portrait of Lady Sarah Cowper, nee Holled [1644-1720]-Circle of Michael Dahl 17th century,Oil painting on canvas
oval,bust-length . She has dark hair tie...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,242 Sale Price
35% Off
Portrait of a Young Boy Thomas Wagstaff - Scottish art 18th century oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb late 18th century portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Scottish artist Alexander Nasmyth. Painted circa 1790 the sitter is of the Wagstaff family, either Thomas o...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lady
Located in London, GB
John Westbrooke Chandler
1763- 1807
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 x 25 inches (76 x 63.5 cm)
Original gilt swept frame
This portrait is marked by its loose brushwork, which creates a...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$20,023
17th Century Italian Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting, 1680
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a portrait of an old lady, The widow of the pharmacist from Trento, of good pictori...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realist European painter - 19th century portrait painting - Austrian Empire
Located in Varmo, IT
European Painter (1804-1867 ca.) - Portrait of an Officer of the Austrian Empire.
73 x 60 cm without frame, 90 x 77 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in original carve...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aristotle Phyllis Spranger 16/17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Bartholomäus Spranger (Antwerp, 1546 – Prague, 1611) workshop
Aristotle and Phyllis
Oil on canvas 64 x 54 cm In frame 79 x 72 cm
The curious subject of this painting, quite...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Judge, 17th Century English Oil Portrait Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, on board
Image size: 30 1/4 x 27 inches (76.75 x 68.5 cm)
Contemporary style handmade frame
This is a attention-holding portrait of a 17th century English judge...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mary Beale (circle) Portrait Painting of Sir John Pettus
By (Circle of) Mary Beale
Located in York, GB
A very fine oil on canvas of Sir John Pettus ,circle of Mary Beale 17th century
Wearing a red cloak and a black tunic with white collar. His coat of arms to the right.
Housed in a gilt frame, the size overall being 85 x 74 cm whilst the painting is 76 x 63.5cm
In overall excellent condition.
There is a wealth of history about the sitter online , below is a brief resume
John Pettus
Sir John Pettus (1613–1690) was an English royalist, politician and natural philosopher. Pettus was an expert on metallurgy and became a deputy governor of the royal mines in England and Wales under Charles I and II. He is known for the first English translation of the work of the German metallurgist Lazarus Ercker.
Pettus’s grandfather was a wealthy Norwich merchant ,he purchased the manor of Rackheath in 1590 and represented the city in 1601 and 1604-10. Although a younger son, Pettus inherited the manors of Chediston and Wenhaston, He married well; but even before the Civil War most of his estate was mortgaged, and his wife’s expectations were never realized, owing to her father’s misfortunes as leader of the City Royalists. Pettus became a servant to Charles I, and took part in the farcical royalist attempt on Lowestoft in March 1643, but was exchanged after nearly a year in prison. It is unlikely that he resumed command of his regiment, such as it was, since he ‘continued inoffensive till the taking of Bristol’ by the New Model Army...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Trepanning Surgeon, Early 17th Century Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel, inscribed top left ‘AETATIS SUAE 32’
Image size: 27 x 35 inches (68.5 x 89 cm)
Contemporary style handmade frame
This is a portrait of a medical figure from the ea...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil
17th-18th Century By Niccolò Cassana Portrait of a Gentleman Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Niccolò Cassana (Venice, Italy, 1659 - London, UK, 1714)
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 119.5 x 92.5 cm
Painting without frame.
Expe...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a well-to-do gentleman
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Portrait of a well-to-do gentleman in pastel on parchment.
Signed left: Marteau L. 1760.
French School, possibly by Louis Marteau (1715 – 1804)
In a gilded 19th century frame.
Dimen...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Pastel
Child Jesus Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Baby Italian Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lombard painter active in the 17th century
Infant Jesus
Oil painting on canvas
70 x 82 cm. - In antique frame 78 x 91 cm.
This painting depicts an unusual and pleasant iconographic...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,357 Sale Price
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ENOCH SEEMAN (circle of) PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR AS A BOY
By Enoch Seeman
Located in York, GB
ENOCH SEEMAN (circle of) PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR AS A BOY
A very fine 18th century portrait of Sir Francis Seymour as a boy,oil on canvas housed in a gilt frame, circle of Enoch Seeman
The size of the painting is 49 x 39.5cm (19¼ x 15½ in.) whilst overall the size is 65 cm x 56 cm
The painting is in very good condition, the Canvas has been relined, and recently cleaned.
Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christie's, 19 January 1945, lot 34 Anonymous sale, Crewkerne, Somerset, 24 April 2009, lot 1947
SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR
Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590 – 12 July 1664), of Marlborough Castle and Savernake Park in Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1641 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. He supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.
In June 1611 he was accused of abetting the escape of his brother William Seymour and his wife Arabella Stuart, but protested his innocence. He was knighted by King James I at Royston on 23 October 1613. In 1612 was settled on him by his grandfather the manor of "Puriton with Downend" in Somerset, formerly one of the many possessions of his great-grandfather the 1st Duke of Somerset.
In June 1642, Seymour signed the declaration that the king had no intention of war. He followed the King to York, offering to raise twenty horse in his cause, and Parliament accordingly declared him a delinquent. In autumn 1642 he went with his brother, the Marquis of Hertford, into the Westcountry to organise the royalist forces and suppress the parliamentary militia. He crossed the Bristol Channel...
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Oil
Portraits of Two Ladies, Pair of Portraits, Young Woman, Demarteau after Vincent
By Gilles Demarteau
Located in Greven, DE
Bust portrait of two young girls. Colour engraving in crayon manner after François-André Vincent. each 50.8 x 37.4 cm. Circa 1788, Leymarie 662, IFF 6, 74.
This sheet is a typical ex...
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Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Handmade Paper
Nathaniel Hone, portrait of "flora" roman goddess, 18th century
By Nathaniel Hone the Elder
Located in York, GB
I have great pleasure in offering for sale this beautiful portrait, by Nathaniel Hone, the elder. 18th century. The painting is of Ann Anderson, wife...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Oil
Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding Flowers, circa 1600 Flemish School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding Flowers, circa 1600
Flemish School
Large circa 1600 Flemish School portrait of a man holding flowers wearing a plumed hat, oil on panel. Exceptional...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,005 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Nobleman in Armour, 17th Century Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 x 35 inches (76.25 x 89 cm)
Carved gilt frame
A half-length portrait of a man turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, standing, wearing st...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Religious figurative drawing of 18th century male portrait on parchment
Located in Florence, IT
This small portrait, from an important Florentine collection, (unframed 14x10 cm.) is signed and dated on the lower edge "Io(hannes) Baptista Scarlattius Rondinelli Fecit Anno 1754."...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Portrait of William Russell, Lord Russell, Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Style of Sir Godfrey Kneller
1646 - 1723
Portrait of William Russell, Lord Russell
Oil on canvas
Image size: 12 x 11 inches (30 x 28 cm)
In a period carved gilt frame
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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