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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Animated biblical scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Work re-lined
Plaster and gilded wood frame
86 x 105 x 7 cm
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,076
1800’s French Rococo Oil Portrait of Young Girl Pink Bow Blue Dress to restore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, Rococo period original
Likely to be a preparatory sketch for a larger piece.
oil painting on canvas laid on board, framed
framed: 1...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) The Prophecy of Simeon Large Antique Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Italian
Title: The Prophecy of Simeon
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Painting: 21.5 ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,628 Sale Price
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Holy Family Piola Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Maria Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Genoese school of the second half of the seventeenth century
Circle of Domenico Piola (Genoa 1627-1703)
The Holy Family
Oil painting on canvas
83 x 68 cm. - in an antique frame 99 x...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,204 Sale Price
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Fine 1700's French/ Dutch Oil Painting on Copper Portrait Man Ruff Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Ruff Collar
Dutch/ French artist, 18th century
oil painting on copper, unframed
copper board : 6.75 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
co...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
French Rococo 18th-Century Portrait Young Boy Playing a Flute Oval Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Boy
French Rococo School, 18th century, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 24 x 20 inches
Canvas : 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condi...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Putti Playing - French 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning French 17th century Old Master oil painting is by Baroque artist Laurent de la Hyre. It was painted circa 1645 and has excellent prove...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
English School 18th Century Oil - Boy with A Hoop
Located in Corsham, GB
This 18th century portrait depicts a young child in formal attire standing in a pastoral landscape, holding a hoop toy. The composition juxtaposes the subject's rigid pose and ornate...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century English Oil Portrait Smart Gentleman Squire holding Letter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1780’s
Circle of George Romney (1734-1802)
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 30 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
private collectio...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Sibyl Lady Zanotti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Portrait of an Eritrean Sibyl who writes the prophecy
Circle of Lorenzo Pasinelli (Bologna 1629 - 1700) - Attributable to Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,589 Sale Price
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Huge 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady with her dog
attributed to Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel, Dutch 1622 - 1672 *see notes below
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 40 x 33.5 inches
provenance...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century Italian Old Master Oil - Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 17th Century Italian School
Title: The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: canvas: 21” x 16” (53.3 x 40.8cm)
Pro...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century by Andrea Vaccaro Penitent Magdalene Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Andrea Vaccaro (Naples, Italy, 1604 – 1670)
Title: Penitent Magdalene
Year: 1630-1635 ca.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 75 x 62 cm – with frame 87.5 x 74.7 x 5.5 cm...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$56,278 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Young Boy - British art 1780 Old Master male portrait oil painting
By Joseph Wright of Derby
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Joseph Wright of Derby. Painted circa 1780 the painting is of a boy in a tunic and wide collar. A really c...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,504 Sale Price
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1707 Antique 18 cent. original oil painting on canvas, Portrait Maria Adelaida
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a beautiful Antique 18-century original oil painting on canvas depicting a portrait of a beautiful woman In a dress of dark gold brocade trimmed with lace. A bright bl...
Category
Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,850 Sale Price
50% Off
17th Century Onorio Marinari Italian Religious Painting
By Onorio Marinari
Located in Roma, IT
A very important painting by the great artist of the Florentine school, Onorio Marinari.
Dr. Silvia Benassai has confirmed Marinari’s authorship of the Saint Margaret of Antioch; ava...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, traditionally identified as Edward Addison, Esq., 1780s
Located in Maidenhead, GB
George Romney (1734-1802)
Portrait of a Gentleman, traditionally identified as Edward Addison, Esq., c.1780s
Oil on canvas
In a period carved and gilded swept frame
76.3 x 63.2 cm.; ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Old Bearded Man
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer a captivating portrait, most likely painted in the late 18th century, attributed to an artist within the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. This oil ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Lady with Jewels Dutch School 18th century Signed with Frame
Located in Pistoia, IT
Portrait of a woman with jewelry, early 18th-century Dutch school by painter Gérard Wigama (1673-1741). Monogram in the lower right corner on the base of the GW column. Fine Arts exp...
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century Dutch Tavern Antique Oil Painting with Seated Figures Scene
Located in Palm Coast, FL
🎨 Original 17th–18th Century Flemish Tavern Scene Oil Painting – Baroque Genre Style
This is a rare and authentic original oil painting on canvas, conceivably from the late 17th or ...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
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Early Historical Portrait Believed to be of Scottish Politician David Carnegie
By John Baptist De Medina
Located in Houston, TX
Early historical portrait in the style of William Aikman believed to be of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk, a Scottish peer and politician. The work features the central figure ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mary Magdalene Guercino Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Mary Magdalene in the Desert
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666) Workshop of
Oil on canvas 122 x 78 cm In frame 136 x 92 cm
The painting presents us with a superb image of the penitent Magdalene, portrayed as an attractive young woman, mischievously undressed to remind us of her sinful past, her gaze full of devotion turned towards the angel messenger arriving from above.
The composition is made even more fascinating by her long, loose hair that falls softly over her body, revealing her breasts, a further reference to the strong femininity of this saint, who is both a sinner and a penitent, and therefore perpetually portrayed in the ambivalence between the sacred and the profane.
Stylistically, the work, which can be dated to the first half of the 17th century, clearly belongs to the Emilian school, and the Guercinesque characteristics undoubtedly suggest that it was executed by an artist from his workshop.
The iconography of the painting reinterprets a work by Guercino, “The Vision of Saint Jerome”, painted in 1641 for the Confraternity of Saint Jerome in Rimini: the two works are similar in their setting, the composition of the scene, the treatment of the bodies of the protagonists and even in the pose and colours and the inclusion of the angel in the upper part of the painting.
Returning to our beautiful Magdalene, although Guercino's original work cannot be traced, there are other versions by his talented pupils and workshop, including that by Cesare Gennari (Cento, 1637 - Bologna, 1688), now in the Pinacoteca Civica in Cento (FE), considered one of the best talents to emerge from the prestigious teaching of the master. Gennari Cesare - Penitent Magdalene oil on canvas, 276x 171 cm, 1662, no. 0342 Civica Pinacoteca Il Guercino, Cento (FE).
Although it is difficult to attribute our high-quality canvas to a specific artist, we can trace its authorship to the workshop of the great master, hypothesising that it was painted either by Cesare Gennari himself or by an artist close to his style, such as Giuseppe Maria Ficatelli, from whom the particular sense of light and vigorous naturalism derives.
Our painter follows the robust and synthetic naturalism typical of Cesare's style: the touch is refined but full of character in the depiction of Mary Magdalene, with her sensual flesh, particularly her breasts, which are barely concealed by her long, curly, golden hair.
The woman embodies a three-dimensional strength that makes her the focal point of the painting, around which everything else is coordinated, thanks in part to her diagonal pose, which emphasises her depth.
She kneels on a rock altar, on which there is a crucifix and an open book, as well as a skull at her feet, as a warning against Vanitas.
In this dark setting, with colours that are deep and functional to the message of faith that Mary Magdalene conveys, the only source of light illuminating the scene is the angel at the top of the painting, pointing to the true source of that glow, which stands out against the magnificent lapis lazuli blue of the sky.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Good condition, with some restoration work consistent with the age of the painting, complete with gilded frame...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$11,179 Sale Price
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Set of Eight Apostles, Portrait of Men, Head Studies, Flemish School, Van Dyck
Located in Greven, DE
Set of Eight Apostles
each oil on panel
each framed (different as some are golden, some are not, please view the photos)
So far there is no certain attribution. The style of the ser...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$28,664 Sale Price
20% Off
18th century portrait painting of a boy with a spinning top on a garden terrace
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a young boy, full-length in a blue velvet coat and breeches, standing on a stone terrace in a garden landscape, playing with a spinning top. Signed and dated ' Phil. Merc...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
16th Century Oil on Panel Italian Painting Madonna and Child with Saint John
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique 16th-century Italian painting. Oil on panel artwork depicting a Madonna and Child with the young Saint John, of extraordinary pictorial quality. The Virgin is intent on readi...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
18th Century Oil - Grape Gatherer
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil study depicting a woman gathering grape vines in a field. Part of a pair of oils depicting women harvesting. Unsigned. On panel.
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
After Jean-Baptiste Van Loo, Portrait of King Louis XV of France (1710-1774)
Located in Queens, NY
After Jean-Baptiste Van Loo, A Portrait of King Louis XV of France (1710-1774)
A magnificent quality three-quarter length portrait of King Louis XV of France and Navarre, painted in the 18th century after Jean-Baptiste Van Loo.
Oil on canvas, in the original carved and gilt wood frame.
Canvas: 40" high x 32" wide
Frame: 46.5" high x 39" wide
Very good condition, ready to hang. No damages noted.
The present composition follows a portrait of Louis XV painted by Jean-Baptiste Van Loo in 1726-1727, today in Versailles. (Oil on canvas. 198.5 by 143 cm. Inv. no. MV 6942.)
There were several full-length portraits painted by Van Loo of the young Louis XV, and all were executed in the years of or after his majority, 1723, when he took full control of government, wresting power from the Régent, his great-uncle Philippe, Duc d'Orléans. A slightly larger version (205 by 171 cm), in which the pose and surrounding paraphernalia mirrors that of the present work, is in the Château de Versailles, while another, in which Louis stands more front-on, his pointing right index-finger now tucked in, and with a different background arrangement, is also in Versailles. Further versions of this latter are in Nice, Musée Chéret and the Musée de Perpignan.
The composition of all of these full-lengths would appear to derive from Van Loo's large equestrian portrait of Louis XV, painted in collaboration with Charles Parrocel, which was commissioned in 1723 by the Surintendance for Charles de Lorraine. Louis is depicted in similar armour and costume, astride his horse, similarly turned three-quarters to the left and his right arm outstretched. Most subsequent depictions of Louis followed this original design, including, for example, Carle Van...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Dante Alighieri Cristofano Papi Dell'altissimo Paint 16/17th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Florentine school of the sixteenth century
Cristofano di Papi dell'Altissimo (Florence 1525 – 1605) workshop
Portrait of Dante Alighieri (Florence 1265 - Ravenna 1321)
Oil o...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna & Sleeping Infant Christ, 18th Century Italian School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Madonna & Sleeping Infant Christ, 18th Century
Italian School
Large 18th century Italian Old Master devotional scene of the Madonna & Child, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and co...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,182 Sale Price
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Fine 18th Century Oil - Portrait of a Lady in Pearls
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightfully elegant 18th-century tondo depicting a lady in pearls. The subject is rendered in exquisite detail and is captured in fine attire, typical of the Georgian period. Beau...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century French Portrait of Mysterious Man Oil on Canvas for restoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 25 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: the painting is in sound conditi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Assumption Virgin Trinity Caccia Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Guglielmo Caccia (Monabone, 1568 - Moncalvo, 1625) and workshop
Assumption of the Virgin with the Trinity and concert of angels
Oil on canvas (125 x 100 cm - In frame 137 x 112 c...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$11,800 Sale Price
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Madonna Del Cardellino, 18th Century after RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Madonna Del Cardellino, 18th Century
after RAPHAEL (1483-1520)
Large 18th Century Italian Old Master depiction of the Madonna Of the Goldfinch, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,170 Sale Price
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Portrait of Mrs Harborough - British 18th century art portrait lady oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of noted portrait artist Enoch Seeman. Seeman came from Poland to England as a youngster with hi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
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Oil
A portrait of John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, ca. 1644 - 1674
By Hans Holbein
Located in New York, NY
A portrait of courtier and politician John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, circa 1644 - 1674. This painting is based on a drawing by Hans Holbein, part of the drawings collection of the ...
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$24,000 Sale Price
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Portrait of Flying Childers Racehorse Oil on Canvas British 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Thomas Spencer (British, active c. 1740-1756)
A Portrait of Flying Childers
Oil on canvas
With an incorrect label "a racehorse second at new
market by John Wotton”
With an indistinct...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of King Henry VIII (1491-1547), 17th Century Royal Court Portrait
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of King Henry VIII (1491-1547), 17th Century
English School Royal Court Portrait
Large 17th Century English Royal Court Portrait of King Henry VIII Of England, oil on canv...
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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,035 Sale Price
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Holy Family Giovannino Bronzino Paint Oil on table 16th Century Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Agnolo di Cosimo, known as 'il Bronzino' (Monticelli of Florence, 1503 – Florence, 1572)
The Holy Family with San Giovannino
Oil on table (120 x 90cm. - I...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$36,021 Sale Price
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Penitent Saint in Wilderness with Angels & Cherubs Italian Old Master on Copper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Penitent Saint
Italian artist, 17th century
oil on copper panel, framed
framed: 10 x 8 inches
copper panel : 7.5 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rebecca at the Well
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Nicola Maria Rossi masterfully captures the biblical tale of Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, a story from the Book of Genesis. In this scene, Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, arrives at ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christ Cross Religious Van Dyck 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
By Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641) workshop
Christ Carrying the Cross - 17th century
Oil on canvas (120 x 94 cm - framed 140 x 112 cm).
This remarkable canvas, depic...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$17,141 Sale Price
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Venus Paolo Fiammingo Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16th Century Italian Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pauwels Franck, known as Paolo Fiammingo
(Antwerp, 1540 - Venice, 1596)
Venus lying in a landscape
Oil on canvas 116 x 150 cm.
In antique frame 136 x 170 cm.
The work is accompanied by a critical card by Dr. Federica Spadotto
The splendid painting proposed sees portrayed, bare and stretched out on a red brocade cloth in gold sprinkled with roses, a refined and sensual Venus, in a composition with a profound symbolic value, and arriving at the perfect representation of the Renaissance woman who, like Venus, becomes an allegory love, eros, beauty and fertility.
The canvas is part of the prestigious Venetian artistic and cultural environment of the second half of the sixteenth century, whose distinctive distinctive trait can be traced back to its cosmopolitan vocation. This characteristic, as Dr. Spadotto noted in her in-depth study, belongs to the same physiology of the Venetian capital, that is, being a distinctly commercial city located in a strategic point with respect to trade. Representing one of the liveliest ports in the Mediterranean also meant witnessing the continuous passage not only of goods, but of men, ideas, suggestions from distant countries, which influenced not only the taste of their people, but above all art.
This happened thanks to the circulation of prints, as well as pictorial specimens, to which are added the stays of great foreign artists and, above all, the permanence in the capital of a non-negligible number of Dutch, Flemish and German masters.
An emblematic case in this regard comes from Pauwels Franck (Antwerp, 1540 - Venice, 1596), better known as Paolo Fiammingo, who established himself in his native city at a young age - in 1561 a figure enrolled in the Guild of San Luca - and arrived in Venice in 1573. .
He resided in Venice from 1584 until his death, although the stylistic and formal references of some of his works have led critics to believe that in previous years he had undertaken a journey to central Italy, or to Florence and Rome, where he would have metabolized the lively cultural debate that permeated these cities and which, on the other hand, seemed completely absent in Venice.
Here Paolo will be fascinated by the sense of color and by the atmospheric component fixed on the canvas by Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice 1518 - 1594), of which he becomes a collaborator, to undergo, around 1590, the suggestion of Paolo Caliari...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$30,432 Sale Price
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Eastern European Mannerist Portrait in traditional dress 19th/18thC
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...
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Mannerist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,175 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Gentleman, David Erskine, 13th Laird of Dun, Wearing Armour c.1700
Located in London, GB
The gentleman in this exquisite oil on canvas portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, is shown with the grandiloquence characteristic of the English School of painting. He is portray...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine Large 17th/ 18th Century English Portrait of Mr. Gilbert Charity Founder
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Mr. Gilbert (believed to be the founder of 'Gilberts Charity, Bridgwater, Somerset)
English School artist, late 17th/ early 18th century
oil...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Gentleman with his Dog - Possibly Abraham Tucker. Oil on Canvas
By Enoch Seeman
Located in St. Albans, GB
Enoch Seeman - 1894 - 1744
An excellent example of Seeman's work. It is typically unsigned as was the case of many portraits of that time. A three quarter length portrait showing a r...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Emperors Caesar Octavian Tiziano Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century
By Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576) follower of
Portrait of the emperor Julius Caesar (Rome 100 BC - 44 BC), inscribed above C. IVLIVS. CAESAR
Portrait of the Emperor Octavian Augustus (Rome 63 BC - 14 BC), inscribed on top OCTAVIANUS II ROM IMP
17th century
oil painting on canvas
Measurements (cm.): 65 x 50, with frame 81 x 68 cm.
The Latin writer Suetonius with his work 'De vita Caesarum' (and in particular with his tradition in the vernacular of 1543, edited by the Florentine scholar Paolo del Rosso) inspired Tiziano Vecellio who, in 1537, painted for Duke Frederick II of Gonzaga portraits of the eleven emperors, adorning the walls for a small room in the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, later known as the Cabinet of the Caesars.
These effigies were intended to establish the link between the new era and classicism with its splendor, as well as to celebrate the value and wisdom of the rulers, who perceived themselves, in their lordships, as valiant new emperors.
Titian's paintings soon became enormously popular and many patrons and lords of the time, including Ferdinando d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara and Governor of Milan or Vespasiano Gonzaga, turned to the workshop of the Cremonese Bernardino Campi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$11,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Madonna Child Conca 17/18th Century Paint Oil on copper Old master Roman school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Sebastiano Conca (Gaeta 1680 – Naples 1764) circle
Madonna and Child
Oil on copper
26 x 20 cm In high-quality period frame 72 x 50 cm
The work depicts the Madonna lovingl...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,962 Sale Price
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Diogenes looking for a man, studio of Pieter Van Mol, Paris, 17th century, Paris
By Pieter Van Mol
Located in PARIS, FR
Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man
Studio of Pieter Van Mol (Antwerp 1599 – Paris 1650)
Paris, mid-17th century
Oil on canvas, h. 44.5 ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 18th century portrait of a water spaniel dog standing in a landscape
By George Stubbs
Located in Bath, Somerset
Circle of George Stubbs (1724-1806). English 18th century portrait of a water spaniel standing in a wooded landscape.
This charming painting is a wonderful example of the style of English dog painting made popular by artists such as George Stubbs and other sporting artists working in England in the 18th century who painted the dogs and horses of the aristocracy and wealthier classes. It follows in the ancient tradition of celebrating and commemorating our faithful canine companions through portraiture.
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset
George Stubbs (1724-1806) was classified in his lifetime as a sporting painter, and as such was excluded from full membership of the Royal Academy. He is best remembered for his paintings of horses and his conversation pieces. Having studied anatomy, Stubbs's pictures of horses are among the most accurate ever painted.
Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a leather worker...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,912 Sale Price
20% Off
Saint George 17/18th Century Paint Cima Da Conegliano Oli on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint George
A follower of Giovanni Battista Cima, known as Cima da CONEGLIANO (Conegliano c. 1449 - Conegliano c. 1517)
Oil on canvas
126 x 49 cm.
Framed 143 x 65 cm.
The painting...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$10,558 Sale Price
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French Rococo 18th-Century Portrait of Young Girl with Grapes Oval Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Girl
French Rococo School, 18th century, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 24 x 20 inches
Canvas : 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Con...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman in Green Coat -British 18thC art Old Master oil painting
By Francis Cotes
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Francis Cotes. It was painted circa 1760 when Cotes was preferring oil as a medium and comparison...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lady, Barbara Herbert, Countess of Pembroke c.1708, Large Painting
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Barbara Herbert, Countess of Pembroke c.1708
Charles d’Agar (1669-1723)
This magnificent large-scale portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, depicts the British court of...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Miniature Portrait
French School, late 18th/ early 19th century
framed: 5.5 x 5.5 inches
board: 2 x 2 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ecce Homo Coxie Paint 16/17th Century Paint Oil on table Old master Flemish Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Circle of Michael Coxie (Malines, 1499 - Malines, 1592)
Ecce Homo with Pontius Pilate
Oil on panel
Flemish school 16th-17th century
112 x 81 cm - framed 121 x 90 cm.
The proposed p...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,446 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Young Man
Located in London, GB
Pupil of Rembrandt
Portrait of a Young Man
17th Century
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 4 1/4 x 5 inches (11 x 13 cm)
Dutch ebonised frame
This small portrait is of a young man, staring inquisitively out towards the viewer. The realism of his appearance is striking, with great care taken in the depiction of the man’s features - for example, his full lips and the slight bump in the bridge of his nose. The man wears a rich burgundy doublet and a black cap and is adorned with gold accessories, indicating a degree of wealth - it is likely that this is a miniature portrait for a wealthy patron. The warm flesh tones of this painting and the intricate rendering of the man’s curly brown hair demonstrate the artistry of the painter, who has successfully captured the image of youth within his brushstrokes.
Rembrandt’s Pupils
Upon completing his artistic education, Rembrandt opened a studio and began to take students - the first of which were Gerrit Dou and Isaac Jouderville. The studio functioned as an art school, in which materials and guidance were provided - contrary to the studios of his peers, Rembrandt did not offer lodging to his pupils. The families of prospective pupils had to pay Rembrandt 100 guilders (enough for a house at the time) for this artistic education, and the profits from any works produced by pupils under Rembrandt would be paid to the master rather than kept by the student-artist - this contributed substantially to the master’s income.When taking on pupils, Rembrandt looked for those who could already paint, and guided their styles to reflect his. By choosing pupils who were somewhat experienced artists, Rembrandt had an array of painters that could be involved at any stage of assisting with the creation of his works - in this way, Rembrandt’s pupils often functioned as studio assistants as well. In order to perfect Rembrandt’s style, pupils would paint copies of their teacher’s works, sometimes adding their own distinct variations. They would use the same subjects and models as Rembrandt himself, and would accompany him on outdoor trips to paint nature and landscapes. The extensive copying and utilisation of same source materials has rendered Rembrandt’s work and the work of his pupils difficult to differentiate, even in the modern era.At least 50 pupils were taught by Rembrandt, with many continuing on to become his studio assistants. A few graduated into successful artists in their own right - for example, Govaert Flinck...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oak, Panel
$15,285
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