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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Portrait of a Young Man - 17th Century Portrait in Oil
By Pieter Harmensz Verelst
Located in London, GB
Circle of Pieter Harmensz Verelst
1618 - 1678
Portrait of a Young Man
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 7 ½ x 5 ¾ inches
Dutch ripple frame
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Early 17th Century by Tiberio Titi Portrait of a Gentleman Oil on panel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Tiberio Titi (Florence, Italy, 1573 – 1638)
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: Without frame 122 x 91 cm – with frame 162 x 133 x 10 cm
Publications: G...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$84,644 Sale Price
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Portrait of Benedict Arnold
By Ralph Earl
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This portrait, attributed to the American painter Ralph Earl, captures Benedict Arnold, one of the most controversial figures of the American Revolutionary War. Ralph Earl, known for...
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
18th century painting of the Dalbiac family in the gardens of a country house
By Charles Philips
Located in Bath, Somerset
The painting depicts James (Jacques) Dalbiac, his wife Louise (ne de la Porte) and their five children, James, Charles, Louise, Marianne and Martha in the ornamental gardens of a grand country estate.
The extensive gardens extend into the distance with gardeners working in the background and figures strolling through the avenues of trees. A peacock and peahen can be seen on the wall to the left and a potted orange tree to the right. Louise Dalbiac holds an orange taken from the orange tree, aluding to the family's faith and their loyalty to the protestant King William of Orange and their adopted country.
The Dalbiacs were wealthy London silk and velvet merchants of French Huguenot origin who had fled France at the end of the 17th century to escape persecution for their protestant faith. England offered safe refuge and their skills and industriousness allowed them to establish one of the most successful businesses in London's Spitalfields which became a new centre of the silk trade, effectively leading to the collapse of the once dominant French silk industry. Both sons, James and Charles followed their father and Uncle into the family business, successfully growing the family's fortune and each going on to own their own country estates.
A conversation piece is a genre of painting used to describe group portraits of families and friends, often depicted with their servants and family pets and set within an elegantly furnished interior or the garden of a grand country house. They were a celebration of the intimacy of family relations as well as a sign of status, property and the power of succession. The informality of conversation pieces grew popular in 18th century England, allowing the sitters to present themselves in a more relaxed pose, perhaps engaged in intellectual conversation or showing their talents or interests. In this present portrait, the Dalbiacs are shown richly dressed and and at leisure in a grand country house setting, conveying their success and cultural and social aspirations.
Charles Philips (c.1703–1747) was an English artist known for painting a number of portraits and conversation pieces for noble and Royal patrons in the mid-eighteenth century. He was the son of portrait painter Richard Philips...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a young woman in Louis XV period dress
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French School
Portrait of a young woman in Louis XV period dress
Pastel on paper mounted on oval canvas
H. 68 cm; W. 54 cm (Frame: H. 102 cm; W. 71 cm)
18th century frame, anti-refle...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
$5,322 Sale Price
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Portrait Of Charles I Of England (1600-1649) Wearing The Order Of The Garter
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Charles I Of England (1600-1649) Wearing The Order Of The Garter, 17th Century
circle of Sir Antony VAN DYCK (1599-1641)
Large 17th Century English portrait of King Cha...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
By Domenico Puligo
Located in New Orleans, LA
A masterful example of Italian Mannerist painting, this exceptional panel was composed by the renowned Florentine painter Domenico Puligo. Alongside Jacopo Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino, Puligo is remembered as one of the foremost figures of the Mannerist movement that rose to prominence during the 16th century in Florence. This panel of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child and Saint John the Baptist is a characteristic example of his celebrated devotional images, which grace museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Museo del Prado (Madrid), Palazzo Borghese (Rome), and Palazzo Pitti (Florence), among many others.
Puligo’s skill with color is fully demonstrated in the beautifully preserved work. Considering its age, the vibrancy and the sheer range of color is remarkable. The Virgin Mary’s crimson dress...
Category
Mannerist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
17th Century by Juan Alfonso Abril Head of St Paul Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Juan Alfonso Abril (active in the 17th century in Valladolid, Spain)
Title: Head of Saint Paul
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 48.5 x 62 ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
St. Peter and the Rooster Italian School 17th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Milano, IT
St. Peter And The Rooster 1600 oil painting on canvas reinteled with new frame. The painting was probably part of a larger composition depicting St. Peter repenting, weeping. Italian...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Florentine Neoclassical Allegory Landscape Painting from a Villa tempera canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The work, tempera on canvas in a great state of conservation, is part of a series of four big paintings of various authors documented in origin in the Villa La Zambra in Sesto Fioren...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Evangelista Schiano (attr.) (active in the 18th century)
Title: Saint Gennaro
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 102 x 74 cm - with frame 126.5 x 100 cm
19th century car...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil
Portrait Cardinal Barberini Alberti Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antonio Alberti (1603 - 1649)
Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Marcello Barberini (Florence 1569 – Rome 1646)
Inscription on the bottom: F.M D.D ANTONIUS BARBERINUS ROM. O. CAP. S.R.E. ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,302 Sale Price
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Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), 17th century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), 17th century
circle of Robert WALKER (1599-1658)
Large 17th Century English Civil War portrait of Oliver ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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.(unsigned)
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...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint James Religious Tempesta Paint 17th Century OIl on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antonio Tempesta (Florence 1555 - Rome 1630) Circle
Saint James defeating the Moors in battle
Oil on canvas 112 x 102 cm - Framed 125 x 114 cm
A valiant knight with his sword...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Return Of King Agamemnon, 16th Century Frans I FLORIS (1516-1570) Trojan War
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Return Of King Agamemnon, 16th Century
circle of Frans I FLORIS (1516-1570)
Large 16th Century Flemish Old Master depicting the return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, o...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Captain George Meek
Located in London, GB
William Roth
Born 1754
Portrait of Captain George Meek
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1782 lower right
Image size: 25 x 18 ½ inches (64 x 47 cm)
Provenance
Murray Cassy
Jean Piere O...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunting dogs and a deer, British oil painting Richard ANSDELL 19Th c
By Richard Ansdell
Located in Gavere, BE
Hunting dogs and a deer, British oil painting Richard ANSDELL 19Th c
Description
Title: End of the run
Materials: oil on canvas
Signature: not signed
Provenance: private collection...
Category
Other Art Style 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
$12,052 Sale Price
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Baroque Portrait of a gentleman 18th century Italian master by Domenico Parodi
By Domenico Parodi (Genoa, 1672 - 1742)
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are grateful to Prof. Daniele Sanguineti for suggesting the attribution to Domenico Parodi (1672 - 1742). He dates the painting into the period between 1730 and 1740. Domenico Par...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century French Portrait Jean-Baptiste Soyer
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful pastel on paper laid down on canvas in an oval shape.
It depicts a young noblewoman portrayed three-quarter-length with her little dog in her arms.
Seated in a gilded armch...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood, Paper, Pastel
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 by Alessandro Longhi Portrait of a young musician Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Alessandro Longhi (Venice, Italy, 1733 – 1813)
Title: Portrait of a young musician in front of his desk with a score in his hand
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 39.5 ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century portrait oil painting of a lady
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Dutch, (1618-1680)
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29.25 inches x 24.25 inches
Size including frame: 37...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Ralph William Grey
Located in London, GB
Provenance
By descent through the sitter's family to
The Collection of R. W. Vivian-Neal of Poundisford Park, Somerset, from whom acquired by
With Lane Fine Art, UK, where purchased by the present owners in 1996
Literature
'Poundisford Park, Somerset' in Country Life, 22 December 1934, ill.
A.W. and C.M. Vivian-Neal, Poundisford Park, Somerset: A catalogue of pictures and furniture, Taunton 1939, cat. nos. 11 and 13
This is a three-quarter-length portrait of Ralph William Grey in a mole-coloured velvet coat and a long waistcoat of green satin, heavily embroidered in gold. Under his left right hand is a black chapeau bras. He has white doe-skin gauntlet gloves.
Son of William and Ann Grey of Backworth: born 19 December 1707. He married Mary the daughter of William Rawstorne of Newall in 1741 and died 5 November 1786. He was educated at Eaton and Trinity College, Oxford.
Within a year of his birth Mrs Grey died and, according to the Country Life article 'From that time forward all Mr Grey's faculties were concentrated on the well-being of his son. The possession of an heir gave zest to his efforts to build up the family fortune: he was successful in most of his ventures. Years later his interest in life was centred in the home of his daughter-in-law and grandchildren'.
Grey's right hand is depicted in the present portrait resting on Locke's Essays and the Country Life article also records that there are constant references to John Locke...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Two Girls & A Servant, 17th Century
By Kneller Godfrey
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Two Girls & A Servant, 17th Century
circle of Sir Godfrey KNELLER (1646-1723)
Huge 17th Century English Old Master portrait of two ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Allegory of Music School After Lorenzo Lippi
Located in Pasadena, CA
After Lorenzo Lippi (Florence, May 6, 1606 - Florence, April 15, 1665) is a Baroque painter of the Florentine school and a seventeenth-century Italian poet.
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coronation Portrait Of King Edward VI (1537-1553) as King Of England & Ireland
Located in Blackwater, GB
Coronation Portrait Of King Edward VI (1537-1553) as King Of England & Ireland, 16th Century
English School - Oil on panel - circa 1547
Large 16th Century Coronation portrait of Edward VI as King Of England & Ireland, oil on panel. Early and important portrait...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
18th century pastel portrait of a young boy in a wooded landscape
By Arthur Pond
Located in Bath, Somerset
This little jewel of a pastel of a young boy in his smart red jacket and silver trimmed waistcoat is by an artist working in the circle of Arthur Pond and ...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$7,677 Sale Price
20% Off
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson of Edinburgh
Located in Miami, FL
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson
Sir. Henry Raeburn ( Scottish 1756 - 1823 )
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson
29x 24
Purchased, J Leger & Son,...
Category
Realist 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...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Beautiful Early 17th Century Painting of St Peter
Located in London, GB
17th Century Italian School
St Peter
Oil on Canvas
55 1/2 x 41 inches
This large and tender rendering of Saint Peter was painted by the hand of great Italian painter of the 17th Cen...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cain & The Death Of Abel, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Cain & The Death Of Abel, 18th Century
School of William Blake (1757-1827)
Circa 1790 English School depiction of Cain and the Death Of Abel, oil on canvas. Rare biblical depiction...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman in Grey Coat & White Cravat, Oil on canvas Painting
Located in London, GB
This exquisite work, presented by Titan Fine Art, is by the notable artist Hans Hysing, who was a noteworthy painter in England; it is significant in its q...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century French Rococò Painting
By Jean Raoux
Located in Roma, IT
18th Century French Rococò Painting
An oil on panel painting attributed to the great French artist of the eighth century, Jean Ra...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Oil
Paint Religious 17th Century Oil On Panel Saint Girolamo Leonardo Italy Holy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
This splendid panel, made in the last decades of the sixteenth century, depicts San Girolamo, a monk who lived between the 4th and 5th centuries, presente...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna and Child with Angels in the Clouds
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Charles H. and Virginia Baldwin, Claremont, Colorado Springs, Colorado ca. 1907-1934; thence by descent until sold in 1949 to:
Charles Blevins Davis, Claremont (renamed Trianon), Colorado Springs 1949 -until gifted in 1952 to:
The Poor Sisters of Saint Francis, Trianon, Colorado Springs, 1952 until acquired, 1960, by:
John W. Metzger, Trianon, renamed as the Trianon School of Fine Arts, Colorado Springs, 1960-1967; when transferred to:
The Metzger Family Foundation, Trianon Art Museum, Denver, 1967 - 2004; thence by descent in the Metzger Family until 2015
Exhibited: Trianon Art Museum, Denver (until 2004)
The present work is a spectacular jewel-like canvas by Amigoni, rich in delicate pastel colors, most likely a modello for an altarpiece either lost or never painted. In it the Madonna stands firmly upon a cloud in the heavens, her Child resting on a delicate veil further supported by a cloud, as he gently wraps his arm around his mother’s neck. From above angels prepare to lower flowers and a wreath, while other angels and seraphim surrounding the two joyfully cavort.
Dr. Annalisa Scarpa, author of the forthcoming monograph on Jacopo Amigoni...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady, Old Masters 18th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Thomas Hudson
1701 – 1779
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 x 25 inches
Original carved giltwood frame
Hudson had many assistants, and employed the specialist drapery ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century English portrait of a lady beside an urn, with a basket of flowers
By Tilly Kettle
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady wearing a white gown with a red cloak, pearls in her hair and draped over one shoullder, standing beside a classical urn with a basket of flowers, c.1765.
The portrait is believed to be a companion portrait of a John (1741-1816) or James (1751-1807) Durno which is housed in an identical frame. The sitter is possibly either the wife of John who was Janes Byres of Stonywood or John and James's sister Elizabeth. (James never married). The Durno family were based around the Aberdeen area of Scotland and John was an advocate in the area and then later a customs official in Jamaica. James was a successful timber merchant, spending time in the Baltic before being made His Majesty's Consul in Memel, Prussia.
The portrait is likely to have been painted before Tilly travelled to India in 1768, when John, Jane and Elizabeth would have been in their twenties.
We are gtrateful to Mark Beattie for sharing his family knowlege and research on the portrait.
Provenance:
With W. C. Beattie in the mid 19th century, and by descent through the family
Private collection, Kent
With thanks to Hugh Belsey who has confirmed this to be the work of Tilly Kettle from photographs.
Tilly Kettle (1735-1786) was born in London, the third of six children by Henry Kettle (c.1704-c.1773), a coach painter, and his wife Ann. He attended William Shipley...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Master portrait of a lady musician by the master or portraiture
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to Pierre Paul Prud’hon (French, 1758-1823)
'La belle musicienne'
Oil on canvas, oval
Signed ‘P. P. Prudon’ (lower left)
28.3/4 x 23.1/2 in. (73 x 59.5 cm.)
Pierre Paul Prud'hon is considered a prime example of early French Romanticism. He was born as the seventh and last child of a master tailor. At the age of 16 he was a pupil of the painter and sculptor Francois Devosge. After finishing his studies he moved to Paris, where he first worked for an engraver and became friends with the Baron of Joursanvault, who became his patron. He also made a friendship with the "incorruptible", the politician and revolutionary Maximilien de Robespierre. Despite important friendships and the care of some cardinals, Prud'hon plunges into loneliness and melancholy. He has a good reputation and produces allegorical paintings, but his attachment to Robespierre forces him to leave the French capital. He now lives in the Free County of Burgundy, where he makes portraits and illustrations for Pierre Didot, the owner of the printing house. After a few years he moved back to Paris and his career received a new impetus.
In the Louvre, Prud'hon is provided with a studio in which he paints "La sagesse et la vérité descendant sur la terre" (Wisdom and Truth descend to earth) for one year, as well as some ceilings of the Louvre. The government assigns him a studio in the Sorbonne, where his wife Jeanne, whom he married at the age of 19, comes looking for him. To escape her, he asks the museum director for protection. In 1808 he wrote "La justice et la vengeance divine poursuivant le crime" (Justice and divine revenge pursue the crime). In the same year he is also named Knight of the Legion of Honour and is able to break with his grumpy wife once and for all. He soon reconnects with his student and painter of neoclassicism Constance Mayer. Pierre is commissioned to paint a portrait of the Empress and wife of Napoleon, Joséphine de Beauharnais, which can still be seen today in the Louvre. He also paints the small "Roi de Rome" (King of Rome). In 1816 the Academy of Fine Arts elected him a member, where he took over the armchair in the painting section of François-André Vincent.
A few years later his depressed wife commits suicide, and full of pain Prud'hon finishes her last work "Une famille malheureuse" (Engl. An Unhappy Family) and exhibits it. He himself dies soon afterwards and is buried in Paris.
Many renowned artists admire Prud'hon for his "clair-obscur", the chiaroscuro painting...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16/17th Century Italian Raffaello Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Tuscan painter active towards the end of the 16th century
Portrait of Captain Niccolò Orsini (Pitigliano, 1442 - Lonigo, 1510), count of Pitigliano and Nola.
Tuscany, end of the 16th century
Oil on canvas, 64 x 47 cm., Framed 89 x 73 cm.
The portrait we present to you shows the effigy of a vigorous high-ranking male figure in armor, in the most typical Renaissance pose, half-length and taken in profile, with his face and gaze turned to the side; the serious and intense expression and the facial features evoke at first glance the portraiture of early Florentine mannerism.
He is Niccolò III Orsini (Pitigliano, 1442 - Lonigo, 1510), count of Pitigliano and Nola and son of Aldobrandino Orsini, famous leader and captain (or capitano di ventura) who lived between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, who served for the state Pontifical in Naples and Florence and above all for the Republic of Venice.
Portraiture with these characters, which derives from ancient coinage, was used in the sixteenth century in the sequences of Portraits of Illustrious Men, both in painting and in sculpture. The profile portrait was in fact a genre reserved, according to the Renaissance tradition, for celebrations, presenting those characteristics of imperturbability typical of the military role covered.
Our painting is a work created by an author active in Tuscany towards the end of the sixteenth century, adhering to those pictorial styles made famous by the portraitist Cristofano di Papi dell'Altissimo (1530-1605), a pupil of Bronzino and then of Pontormo, known for having created a collection of about 500 portraits of illustrious men, known as the 'Gioviana Series' (now in the Uffizi Gallery); and among these it is possible to identify one dedicated to Niccolò Orsini.
Our painting is inspired, in particular, by a print taken from the collection of prints...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century By Neapolitan Maestro San Vincenzo Ferreri Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
17th Century Neapolitan Maestro
Title: San Vincenzo Ferreri
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 63 x 48.5 cm - with frame 77 x 63.5 cm
Original shaped, carved, sculpted a...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of General John Churchill, Duke Of Marlborough The Battle Of Ramillies
By John Vanderbank
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of General John Churchill, The Duke Of Marlborough At The Battle Of Ramillies, 1706
by JOHN VANDERBANK THE YOUNGER (1694-1739)
Large early 18...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Johann Theodor Bavaria, Son of Prince Elector, by Joseph Vivien, Rococo
Located in Greven, DE
Portrait of Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703-1763)
by Joseph Vivien
Johann Theodor of Bavaria (* September 3, 1703 in Munich; † January 27, 1763 in Lièg...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 18th English Century Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, unsigned
Image size: 22 x 20 inches (22.75 x 51 cm)
Pierced gilt frame
This half-length portrait shows the sitter with her head and eyes looking over her shoulder, to the right. She is dressed in a delicate blue dress and blue shawl with her hair tied up away from her face. The composition of the painting is simple but effective; the woman stands out and is the undeniable focus of the viewer's attention.
George Romney's artistic style is characterised by its focus on the beauty and elegance of human forms. Here, one can appreciate his ability to capture the delicacy of facial features and the soft textures of clothing. In addition, Romney has used a soft and diffuse brushstroke technique that creates a light and soft effect in the work. The dark and diffused background highlights the young woman's figure even more, creating an effect of depth and realism.
It is possible that this sitter is Miss Anne Dutton.
George Romney
Romney was a fashionable portrait painter of late 18th-century English society. In his portraits Romney avoided delving into the character or sensibilities of the sitter. His great success with his society patrons depended largely on just this ability for dispassionate flattery. Line rather than colour dominates; the flowing rhythms and easy poses of Roman classical sculpture underlie the smooth patterns of his compositions.
From 1755 to 1757 Romney was the pupil of Christopher Steele, an itinerant portrait and genre painter. Romney’s career began when he toured the northern English counties painting portraits for a few guineas each. In 1762 he went to London. His history painting The Death of General Wolfe won him an award from the Society of Arts; nonetheless he turned almost immediately to portrait painting. In 1764 he paid his first visit to Paris, where he was befriended by Joseph Vernet. Romney especially admired the work of Nicolas Le Sueur, whose use of the antique strongly appealed to him. In 1773 he went to Italy for two years, where he studied Raphael’s Stanze frescoes in Rome, Titian’s paintings...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Guardian Angel and a Child
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York; by whom gifted in 1880 to:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (80.3.673); deaccessioned and sold:
Christie’s, New York, 12 June 19...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Terracotta, Gesso
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 Elisabeth Marguerite, The Artist's Daughter
Located in Miami, FL
Nicolas de Largillierre painted Elisabeth Marguerite in oil on canvas. A larger version of this work was offered by Sotheby's for $500,000 and is now in a French Museum - Palais ...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch Old Master Portrait of Maurits, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Oil on Panel
Located in London, GB
In 1607, the Delft city council decided to commission a portrait of Stadholder Maurits of Nassau for the town hall, with Michiel van Mierevelt as the chosen artist due to the passing...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Saint John the Baptist & Saint Benedict after Bartolomeo Montagna (1450-1523)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Saint John the Baptist & Saint Benedict, 18th Century
Diptych after lost work by Bartolomeo Montagna (1450-1523)
Large 18th Century Italian Old Master depiction of Saint John the B...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tri-Directional Portrait Commemorating the Russo-Turkish War
Located in New Orleans, LA
Austrian School
18th Century
Tri-Directional Portrait Commemorating the Russo-Turkish War
Oil on wooden strips
This extraordinary tri-directional portrait exemplifies the rare innovation known as a triscenorama, capturing a pivotal diplomatic moment through ingenious artistic technique. Employing triangularly cut wooden strips, this remarkable work simultaneously depicts three imperial figures central to the Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739: Empress Anna Ivanovna Romanova of Russia when viewed directly, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI from the left and Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I from the right, commemorating the Treaty of Nissa that concluded this significant European conflict.
The portrait utilizes an exceptionally rare optical technique that predates modern movable imaging technology. When observed from different angles, the painted triangular wooden strips create a transformative effect, revealing entirely different imperial portraits as the viewer shifts position. The precision required to execute such a work demonstrates remarkable technical mastery, as the artist had to conceptualize three distinct portraits as well as the meticulous arrangement of the panels. This sophisticated manipulation of perspective creates an interactive viewing experience considered revolutionary for its time.
Almost certainly created by an Austrian artist, this diplomatic artwork likely served as a commemorative piece marking the Treaty of Nissa, signed in September 1739. The treaty concluded Russia's ambitious campaign to secure access to the Black Sea while countering Ottoman raids in Ukraine and the Caucasus regions. Given its exceptional quality and historical significance, this portrait was possibly commissioned by Emperor Charles VI himself, potentially serving as a diplomatic gift to either Empress Anna or Sultan Mahmud I during the treaty negotiations.
Under Empress Anna's leadership, Russia sought to counter devastating raids from Ottoman allies, particularly the Crimean Tatars...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Sybil, 18th Century Italian School
By Guido Reni
Located in Blackwater, GB
Sybil, 18th Century
Italian School - After Guido Reni
Large 18th Century Italian Old Master depiction of a Sybil (Apollonian Oracle / Prophetess), oil on canvas. Beautiful quality ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Philip V King Spain Louise Savoy Queen Gobert Paint Oil 18th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Circle of Pierre Gobert (Fontainebleau 1662 - Paris 1744)
Pair of portraits
Portrait of Philip V, King of Spain (Versailles 1683 - Madrid 1746)
Portrait of Queen Louise of Savoy (16...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,416 Sale Price
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Portrait Of Palatine Matthew III Csák of Trencin (1260-1321) Italian School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Palatine Matthew III Csák of Trencin (1260-1321)
Italian School - Circle of TITIAN
Large 16th Century Italian School portrait of a Matthew III Csak Of Trencin, oil on c...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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