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Old Masters Portrait Paintings

OLD MASTERS

Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.

The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.

Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.

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Style: Old Masters
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...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French school late 18th Century, Portrait of a young man, oil on metal
French school late 18th Century, Portrait of a young man, oil on metal

French school late 18th Century, Portrait of a young man, oil on metal

19th Century Portrait, Child At Play , Attributed To Henry Tanworth Wells
Located in York, GB
19th century portrait, child at play ,Attributed to Henry Tanworth Wells A beautiful oval portrait of a young child at play, attributed to the portrait painter Henry Tanworth Wells. finely executed, this oil on canvas is in excellent condition. Housed in a period frame. The size overall is 79 cm x 62 cm whilst the painting is 56 cm x 46 cm Henry Tanworth Wells [1828-1903] Henry Tanworth Wells RA was an English miniature and portrait painter. He was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle though he painted in the academic style. His most popular painting...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Portrait, Child At Play , Attributed To Henry Tanworth Wells
19th Century Portrait, Child At Play , Attributed To Henry Tanworth Wells

19th Century Portrait, Child At Play , Attributed To Henry Tanworth Wells, 19th century

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. ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Cardinal Barberini Alberti Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Portrait Cardinal Barberini Alberti Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master

Portrait Cardinal Barberini Alberti Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master, 1630-1650

Portrait Philip V King Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 - Paris 1743) Circle Portrait of Philip V, King of Spain (Versailles 1683 - Madrid 1746) Oil on canvas 72 x 59 cm - framed 87 x 74 cm. The painting examined here, depicting King Philip V of Spain (Perpignan 1659 - Paris 1743), is to be placed in the circle of the painter Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 - Paris 1743), one of the most significant portrait painters of his time and a great interpreter of the French school. This is a work of excellent pictorial quality: note the rendering of the facial features and the sharpness of the contours emphasised by the light. The face is characterised by chiaroscuro passages that verisimilarly reproduce light and its effects, rendered with great skill. Philip V wears a black satin costume with a sword at his side, he wears the stiff white Spanish collar and at the same time wears the blue sash of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the collar of the Habsburg Order of the Golden Fleece: this bringing together of the two main orders of France and Spain announced the possibility of a union between the two crowns. In Spanish costume, this effigy is nevertheless fully in line with the French tradition of ceremonial portraiture, also testifying to the renewal that Rigaud had brought about, particularly through the relationship between the character and the splendour of the decoration. The work is inspired, reworked in a reduced format to make it suitable for a private clientele, by the large painting that Rigaud made for the sovereign around 1700, today conserved in the Louvre, reproduced by the same workshop in numerous other versions. The account books...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Philip V King Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art
Portrait Philip V King Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art

Portrait Philip V King Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art, 1695-1720

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
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18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Portrait of a Young Man - 17th Century Portrait in Oil
Portrait of a Young Man - 17th Century Portrait in Oil

Pieter Harmensz Verelst
Portrait of a Young Man - 17th Century Portrait in Oil

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...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Child Jesus Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Baby Italian Religious
Child Jesus Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Baby Italian Religious

Child Jesus Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Baby Italian Religious, 1600-1699

19th century Portrait of a lady, Priscilla Osborn, William Jacob Baer
Located in York, GB
PORTRAIT OF PRISCILLA, MRS WILLIAM OSBORN half length, oil on canvas, WILLIAM JACOB BAER (1860-1941) housed in the original early 19th c gilt cavetto frame The overall size being 94....
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th century Portrait of a lady, Priscilla Osborn, William Jacob Baer
19th century Portrait of a lady, Priscilla Osborn, William Jacob Baer

William Jacob Baer
19th century Portrait of a lady, Priscilla Osborn, William Jacob Baer, 19th century

The Penitent Mary Magdalene - Old Master religious art portrait oil painting
By Guido Reni
Located in London, GB
This is a superb Italian Old Master portrait oil painting attributed to circle of Guido Reni. It is a half length portrait of the penitent Mary Magdalene...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Penitent Mary Magdalene - Old Master religious art portrait oil painting
The Penitent Mary Magdalene - Old Master religious art portrait oil painting

The Penitent Mary Magdalene - Old Master religious art portrait oil painting, 17th century

17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Wood Panel Figures in Tavern Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Topers in a Tavern' Circle of Jacob Toorenvliet (Dutch 1635 - 1719) oil on panel, framed framed: 9 x 7 inches panel: 7.5 x 6 inches provenance: priv...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Wood Panel Figures in Tavern Interior
17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Wood Panel Figures in Tavern Interior

17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Wood Panel Figures in Tavern Interior

19th century antique portrait lady in landscape Godfrey Kneller (manner of)
Located in York, GB
Fine Portrait of a lady standing in a landscape wearing a white satin dress and holding a posy of flowers. Manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) ...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th century antique portrait lady in landscape Godfrey Kneller (manner of)
19th century antique portrait lady in landscape Godfrey Kneller (manner of)

19th century antique portrait lady in landscape Godfrey Kneller (manner of)

Portrait De La Fosse Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 - Paris 1743) attributable Portrait of the painter Charles de La Fosse (1636-1716) oil on canvas 60 x 52 cm/ In a beautiful frame cm. 113 x 78 The ...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait De La Fosse Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art
Portrait De La Fosse Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art

Portrait De La Fosse Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art, 1690-1720

Henry Raeburn, (circle) 19th Century portrait of Sir Charles Forbes Edinglassie
By Henry Raeburn (circle)
Located in York, GB
Portrait of Sir Charles Forbes of Edinglassie, Oil on canvas. The size of the portrait is 75 cm x 59.5 cm whilst overall the size is 106 cm x 91 cm In very good condition.There has been some restoration/overpainting etc.There is some minor craquelure. Housed in a period gilt frame decorated with acorns and leaves Overall a good portrait, circle of a fine scottish artist , with an interesting sitter, his details below. sir Charles Forbes of Edinglassie Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet (1774–1849) was a Scottish politician, of Newe and Edinglassie, Aberdeenshire. Forbes was the son of the Rev. George Forbes of Lochell. He was a descendant of Alexander Forbes of Kinaldie and Pitsligo, and was in 1833 served heir male in general to Alexander Forbes, 3rd lord Forbes of Pitsligo, father of Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, attainted in 1745. Forbes was of a bluff but kindly nature, diffident as to his own merits, of a straightforward and manly character. On the death of his uncle in 1821 Forbes succeeded to the entailed estates of the Forbeses of Newe, and was created a baronet by patent in 1823.[1] He married in 1811. His daughter, Elizabeth, married General, Lord James Hay, second son of the seventh Marquess of Tweeddale. Sir Henry Raeburn FRSE, RA, RSA (1756-1823) Scottish portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland. He served as Portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland Raeburn had all the essential qualities of a popular and successful portrait painter. He was able to produce a telling and forcible likeness; his work is distinguished by powerful characterisation, stark realism, dramatic and unusual lighting...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Henry Raeburn, (circle) 19th Century portrait of Sir Charles Forbes Edinglassie
Henry Raeburn, (circle) 19th Century portrait of Sir Charles Forbes Edinglassie

Henry Raeburn, (circle) 19th Century portrait of Sir Charles Forbes Edinglassie, 19th century

18th Century European Portrait of Saint John the Baptist as a Child.
Located in SANTA FE, NM
18th Century European Portrait of a Child Saint John the Baptist Oil on Canvas 19 x 14 1/4 inches This lovely and sensitively painting has been examined by a professional restorer w...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century European Portrait of Saint John the Baptist as a Child.
18th Century European Portrait of Saint John the Baptist as a Child.

18th Century European Portrait of Saint John the Baptist as a Child.

Terwesten Woman Allegory Art Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Mattheus Terwesten (The Hague, 1670 - 1757) Portrait of a young woman with palette and brushes, as Allegory of the art of Painting Oil on canvas 160 x 91 cm. - In frame 178 x 107 cm...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Terwesten Woman Allegory Art Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master
Terwesten Woman Allegory Art Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master

Terwesten Woman Allegory Art Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master, 1690-1740

Fleur de Neige, Portrait de Mme Godillot
By Jan Van Beers
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Fleur de Neige by Jan Van Beers, painted in July 1880, stands out for the delicacy of its depiction. This remarkable portrait depicts a woman dressed in a sumptuous white costume, ad...
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1880s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Fleur de Neige, Portrait de Mme Godillot
Fleur de Neige, Portrait de Mme Godillot

Jan Van Beers
Fleur de Neige, Portrait de Mme Godillot, 1880

peter lely (follower) 18th century Portrait Of A Gentleman
By (follower of) Peter Lely
Located in York, GB
A head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman wearing a white powdered wig. The gentleman in question is as yet unknown but certainly has the look of an aristocrat. oil on canvas, housed in later gilt frame The painting is 57cm by 44cm (17½ x 22¼ inches high) whilst overall is 58½ x 71 cm (23 x 28 inches high) The condition overall is very good having had some restoration and also relined and cleaned. There is some cracquelure throughout and some areas of retouching a few minor abrasions and losses to the background mainly edges by frame non of which detract from this fine piece. Peter Lely...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

peter lely (follower) 18th century Portrait Of A Gentleman
peter lely (follower) 18th century Portrait Of A Gentleman

peter lely (follower) 18th century Portrait Of A Gentleman, 18th century

19th century Portrait Spencer Perceval Attributed To George Francis joseph
By George Francis Joseph
Located in York, GB
A late 18th early 19th century oil on canvas Portrait of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, bust-length, in an interior, holding papers.Attributed to George Francis Joseph...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th century Portrait Spencer Perceval Attributed To George Francis joseph
19th century Portrait Spencer Perceval Attributed To George Francis joseph

19th century Portrait Spencer Perceval Attributed To George Francis joseph

18th century portrait of sisters Lady Catherine and lady Jane Brydges
By James Maubert
Located in Bath, Somerset
This large double portrait depicts the sisters Lady Catherine and Lady Jane Brydges, the daughters of John Brydges, the Marquess of Carnarvon (1703-1727). They are seated on a stone...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th century portrait of sisters Lady Catherine and lady Jane Brydges
18th century portrait of sisters Lady Catherine and lady Jane Brydges

James Maubert
18th century portrait of sisters Lady Catherine and lady Jane Brydges, Circa 1730

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...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil

18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas
18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas

Evangelista Schiano
18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas, Second half of 18th Century

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...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Paint Religious 17th Century Oil On Panel Saint Girolamo Leonardo Italy Holy
Paint Religious 17th Century Oil On Panel Saint Girolamo Leonardo Italy Holy

Entourage by Prospero Fontana (Bologna 1512 - 1597)
Paint Religious 17th Century Oil On Panel Saint Girolamo Leonardo Italy Holy, 1600

17th/18th century portrait , Circle Godfrey Kneller, wife, Earl of westmorland
By (Circle of) Godfrey Kneller
Located in York, GB
Portrait Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt. (British, 1646-1723) of Katharine, wife of Thomas, 6th Earl of Westmorland, oil on canvas late 17th early 18th century in date. The sitter Katharine is facing dexter and is wearing a cream dress, blue and gold cloak and lace mantilla...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

17th/18th century portrait , Circle Godfrey Kneller, wife, Earl of westmorland
17th/18th century portrait , Circle Godfrey Kneller, wife, Earl of westmorland

17th/18th century portrait , Circle Godfrey Kneller, wife, Earl of westmorland, 17th century

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...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Mary Beale (circle) Portrait Painting of Sir John Pettus
Mary Beale (circle) Portrait Painting of Sir John Pettus

Mary Beale (circle) Portrait Painting of Sir John Pettus, 17th century

19th Century By Comte d'Houdetot Portrait of GiovanniAntonioFilippini Oil/canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Frédéric-Christophe, Comte d'Houdetot (Paris, France, 1778 - 1859) Title: Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Filippini Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 72.50 x 42 cm - with ...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century By Comte d'Houdetot Portrait of GiovanniAntonioFilippini Oil/canvas
19th Century By Comte d'Houdetot Portrait of GiovanniAntonioFilippini Oil/canvas

Frédéric-Christophe, Comte d'Houdetot
19th Century By Comte d'Houdetot Portrait of GiovanniAntonioFilippini Oil/canvas, 19th century

Cupid Paint Oil on canvas France Neo classicism Art Quality Love 18th century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Eighteenth-century French school Entourage de François Boucher (Paris 1703 - 1770) Cupid who shoots his arrow Oil on canvas, 48 ​​x 40 cm with frame 58 x 49 cm. The painting, of pl...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Cupid Paint Oil on canvas France Neo classicism Art Quality Love 18th century
Cupid Paint Oil on canvas France Neo classicism Art Quality Love 18th century

Entourage de François Boucher (Paris 1703 - 1770)
Cupid Paint Oil on canvas France Neo classicism Art Quality Love 18th century, 1740-1820

17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
By John Riley
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of John Riley British, (1646-1691) Portrait of a Gentleman Oil on canvas Image size: 29 inches x 24 inches Size including frame: 36 inches x 31 inch...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman

17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman, C1690

18th Century By Dalla Rosa Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro Oil/Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Saverio Dalla Rosa (Verona, Italy, 1745 - 1821) Title: Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 94 x 73 cm - with frame 105 x 94 cm Fr...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century By Dalla Rosa Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro Oil/Canvas
18th Century By Dalla Rosa Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro Oil/Canvas

Saverio Dalla Rosa
18th Century By Dalla Rosa Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro Oil/Canvas, 18th century

Saint Catherine Religious Reni 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - 1642) Workshop of Probably Gian Domenico Cerrini, the Cavalier Perugino (Perugia 1609 - Rome 1681) Saint Catherine of Alexandria Oil on canvas 65 x 5...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Saint Catherine Religious Reni 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Saint Catherine Religious Reni 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Saint Catherine Religious Reni 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy, 1600-1680

Portrait Of A Gentleman George Williams Kenworthy by John Dalziel Kenworthy
Located in York, GB
John Dalziel Kenworthy portrait of a gentleman . Fine, large and imposing oil on canvas housed in a gilt frame. The sitter is unidentified, he has an aristocratic and characterful lo...
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Early 1900s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Of A Gentleman George Williams Kenworthy by John Dalziel Kenworthy
Portrait Of A Gentleman George Williams Kenworthy by John Dalziel Kenworthy

John Dalziel Kenworthy
Portrait Of A Gentleman George Williams Kenworthy by John Dalziel Kenworthy, 1904

17th Century by Cristoforo Serra Portrait of a Shepherd Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Cristoforo Serra (Cesena, Italy, 1600 - 1689) Title: Portrait of a Shepherd Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 92 x 75 cm - with frame 106.5 x 94.5 cm Antique gilt-wood...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

17th Century by Cristoforo Serra Portrait of a Shepherd Oil on Canvas
17th Century by Cristoforo Serra Portrait of a Shepherd Oil on Canvas

Cristoforo Serra
17th Century by Cristoforo Serra Portrait of a Shepherd Oil on Canvas, Early 17 Century

Soldier in an Interior, Early 17th Century Dutch Oil
Located in London, GB
Pieter Symonsz Potter Dutch 1600 - 1652 Soldier in an Interior Oil on oak panel, red seal to reverse Image size: 15 x 10 3/4 inches Dutch Ebonised frame Bathed in a well lit roo...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Soldier in an Interior, Early 17th Century Dutch Oil
Soldier in an Interior, Early 17th Century Dutch Oil

Pieter Symonsz Potter
Soldier in an Interior, Early 17th Century Dutch Oil, 1600-1650

19th century landscape/portrait horse with army officer, William Edward Millner
By William Edward Millner
Located in York, GB
Portrait of a bay horse with army officer seated on a drinking trough, signed with monogram and and dated 81', inscribed verso 'by W E Milner, Gainsborough', oil on canvas. The size overall being 44 x 57 cm (17.5 x 22.5 inches) whilst the image is 35 x 48 cm ( 19 14 inches ) In very good condition housed in a gilt frame. William Edward Millner...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th century landscape/portrait horse with army officer, William Edward Millner
19th century landscape/portrait horse with army officer, William Edward Millner

William Edward Millner
19th century landscape/portrait horse with army officer, William Edward Millner, 19th century

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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Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Emperors Caesar Octavian Tiziano Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century
Emperors Caesar Octavian Tiziano Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century

Emperors Caesar Octavian Tiziano Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century, 1680-1730

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WARHAM, Old Masters Oil on Wood
Located in London, GB
after HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER 1497 – 1543 PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WARHAM Oil on canvas Image size: 38 x 35 inches (89 x 71 cm) Hand made period style frame The handling of the paint in...
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18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WARHAM, Old Masters Oil on Wood
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WARHAM, Old Masters Oil on Wood

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WARHAM, Old Masters Oil on Wood

19th century English School Portrait of a Gentleman, with Riding Crop & Dog
Located in York, GB
(early 19th century) English School Portrait of a Young Gentleman, with Riding Crop and Dog The reverse stamped T Brown, High Holborn, Linen, oil on canvas, The size overall being 104 cm x 84 cm whilst the painting is 89cm x 70cm A charming portrait in overall very good condition housed in a gilt frame The painting has been cleaned recently . There is some old restoration in the form of a small patch to the rear,barely visible to the front. some texturization to top right in certain light Certainly does not detract from this charming painting SHIPPING Free uk delivery Delivery usually within 14 working days.Fully insured delivery. please provide telephone/email details for courier. We ship worldwide for free. All taxes/customs etc to be paid for by purchaser. RETURNS (The Consumer Contracts Regulations) Whilst we are sure that you will be extremely happy with your purchase, if for any reason you are not, then you are entitled to return the item to us for a refund. For all purchases made you are entitled to return the item(s) for a period of up to 14 days following receipt by you or a representative indicated by you. Please contact us to confirm that you are returning the item(s) and the reason for doing so. Upon receipt of the item(s) we will refund the purchase price via your original payment method...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th century English School Portrait of a Gentleman, with Riding Crop & Dog
19th century English School Portrait of a Gentleman, with Riding Crop & Dog

19th century English School Portrait of a Gentleman, with Riding Crop & Dog, 19th century

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...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Terracotta, Gesso

A Guardian Angel and a Child

Baldassarre Franceschini, called Il Volterrano
A Guardian Angel and a Child, 17th Century

19th Century By Giuseppe Molteni Portrait of a Woman Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori (Milano), Italy, 1800 - Milano, Italy, 1867) Title: Portrait of a Woman Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 67 × 55 cm - with frame 91.5 x 80 cm ...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century By Giuseppe Molteni Portrait of a Woman Oil on Canvas
19th Century By Giuseppe Molteni Portrait of a Woman Oil on Canvas

Giuseppe Molteni
19th Century By Giuseppe Molteni Portrait of a Woman Oil on Canvas, 19th century

Joseph Highmore Portrait of a lady, 18th century
By Joseph Highmore
Located in York, GB
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Grace Loftus,of Beverley hall yorkshire.Three-quarter-length, before a window. Dressed in blue and wearing a white bonnet. The paintin...
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1740s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Joseph Highmore Portrait of a lady, 18th century
Joseph Highmore Portrait of a lady, 18th century

Joseph Highmore
Joseph Highmore Portrait of a lady, 18th century, 1745

17th Century by Giovanni Stefano Danedi Madonna and Child Crowned by Angels
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giovanni Stefano Danedi, called Montalto (Treviglio, Italy, 1612 - Milan, Italy, 1690) Title: Madonna and Child crowned by angels Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: without frame 58 x ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

17th Century by Giovanni Stefano Danedi Madonna and Child Crowned by Angels
17th Century by Giovanni Stefano Danedi Madonna and Child Crowned by Angels

Giovanni Stefano Danedi
17th Century by Giovanni Stefano Danedi Madonna and Child Crowned by Angels, Middle of 17th Century

English 18th century portrait of a Lady and her Daughter in an interior
By (attributed to) Joseph Highmore
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a blue silk gown, seated in a classical interior, with her daughter in a pink gown standing beside her holding a sprig of blossom. T...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

English 18th century portrait of a Lady and her Daughter in an interior
English 18th century portrait of a Lady and her Daughter in an interior

(attributed to) Joseph Highmore
English 18th century portrait of a Lady and her Daughter in an interior, circa 1720

17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy
By Gerard Soest
Located in London, GB
Gerard SOEST (1600 - 1681) Portrait of a Young Boy oil on canvas 35.5 x 30.5 inches inc. frame Gerard Soest (circa 1600 – 11 February 1681), also known as Gerald Soest, was a portra...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy
17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy

Gerard Soest
17th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Young English Boy, circa 1650

Óleo sobre lienzo - Retrato de un Rabino
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior (A.GROSZ) Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco presenta algunas faltas) El estado de la obra es buen...
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Early 1900s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Óleo sobre lienzo - Retrato de un Rabino
Óleo sobre lienzo - Retrato de un Rabino

August Ignatz Grosz (1847-1917)
Óleo sobre lienzo - Retrato de un Rabino

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...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th c. French Portrait of a Lady by Jean Ranc (1674 - 1735), Paris circa 1700
18th c. French Portrait of a Lady by Jean Ranc (1674 - 1735), Paris circa 1700

Jean Ranc
18th c. French Portrait of a Lady by Jean Ranc (1674 - 1735), Paris circa 1700, circa 1700

Mid-18th-Century German School, Portrait Of An Aristocrat In Armour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-18th-century half-length German portrait depicts a middle-aged aristocrat wearing armour and a wig. Despite his heavily-clad appearance, it’s likely that this rather noncha...
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1750s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mid-18th-Century German School, Portrait Of An Aristocrat In Armour
Mid-18th-Century German School, Portrait Of An Aristocrat In Armour

Mid-18th-Century German School, Portrait Of An Aristocrat In Armour, c. 1750

Antique Continental Old Master oil after Murillo, fine gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18th/ 19th century Continental School, after Murillo Title: Figures eating Grapes Medium: signed oil painting on metal, framed. Size:...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique Continental Old Master oil after Murillo, fine gilt frame
Antique Continental Old Master oil after Murillo, fine gilt frame

Antique Continental Old Master oil after Murillo, fine gilt frame

Portrait of Marquise de Maintenon, attributed to Henri Gascar, 17th French
By Henri Gascar
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of the Marquise de Maintenon Attributed to Henri Gascar (Paris, 1635 – Rome, 1701) Oil on canvas, oval shape. Dimensions: h. 60 cm, w. 47 cm (23.62 inch x 18.50 inch) Carved...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Marquise de Maintenon, attributed to Henri Gascar, 17th French
Portrait of Marquise de Maintenon, attributed to Henri Gascar, 17th French

Portrait of Marquise de Maintenon, attributed to Henri Gascar, 17th French, circa 1670

Portrait of an Officer, Cornelius Johnson, 17th Century Old Masters
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in London, GB
Circle of Cornelius Johnson Circa 1620’s Portrait of a Officer Oil on canvas Image size: 28 x 24 inches Period style hand made frame Provenance Private European Estate This striking portrait dates to around 1620, as you can see from the images of the sash the detail is very high. The sash is decorated with gold thread and would have cost a small fortune at the time. Sashes were originally developed for a military function (making officers more visible for their men during combat), but soon became a primarily male fashion...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of an Officer, Cornelius Johnson, 17th Century Old Masters
Portrait of an Officer, Cornelius Johnson, 17th Century Old Masters

Portrait of an Officer, Cornelius Johnson, 17th Century Old Masters, 1620

18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Phillip, 6th Viscount Wenman.
By Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Located in London, GB
Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1750-1811) was an English portrait painter and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Justly celebrated in his lifetime he won several...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Phillip, 6th Viscount Wenman.
18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Phillip, 6th Viscount Wenman.

Nathaniel Dance-Holland
18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Phillip, 6th Viscount Wenman.

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...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century portrait oil painting of a girl with an orange
18th Century portrait oil painting of a girl with an orange

18th Century portrait oil painting of a girl with an orange, C1715

Portraits English Couple 18th Century Kneller Man Woman Old master Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 – London 1723) entourage of Pair of portraits of an English couple from the 18th century William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705 – 1793) and Lady ...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portraits English Couple 18th Century Kneller Man Woman Old master Oil on canvas
Portraits English Couple 18th Century Kneller Man Woman Old master Oil on canvas

Portraits English Couple 18th Century Kneller Man Woman Old master Oil on canvas, 1730-1750

Pietà Religious Jesus Lama 16/17th Century Paint Oil on table Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giovan Bernardo Lama (Naples, 1536-1600 ca.) The Pietà oil on panel 51 x 41 cm. Antique frame (defects and faults) 66 x 56 cm. Observing the exquisite quality and the elegance ...
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Pietà Religious Jesus Lama 16/17th Century Paint Oil on table Old master Italy
Pietà Religious Jesus Lama 16/17th Century Paint Oil on table Old master Italy

Pietà Religious Jesus Lama 16/17th Century Paint Oil on table Old master Italy, 1560-1600

Portrait of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Early 17th Century Portrait
Located in London, GB
English School, (circa 1600) Portrait of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Oil on panel, oval Image size: 29¼ x 23⅞ inches Painted wooden frame Provenance: 176, Collection of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick. The Trustees of the Lord Brooks’ Settlement, (removed from Warwick Castle). Sotheby’s, London, 22nd March 1968, lot 81. Painted onto wooden panel, this portrait shows a dark haired gentleman in profile sporting an open white shirt. On top of this garments is a richly detailed black cloak, decorated with gold thread and lined with a sumptuous crimson lining. With the red silk inside it’s all very expensive and would fall under sumptuary laws – so this is a nobleman of high degree. It’s melancholic air conforms to the contemporary popularity of this very human condition, evident in fashionable poetry and music of the period. In comparison to our own modern prejudices, melancholy was associated with creativity in this period. This portrait appeared in the earliest described list of pictures of Warwick castle dating to 1762. Compiled by collector and antiquary Sir William Musgrave ‘taken from the information of Lord & Lady Warwick’ (Add. MSS, 5726 fol. 3) is described; ‘8. Earl of Essex – an original by Zuccharo – seen in profile with black hair. Holding a black robe across his breast with his right hand.’ As tempting as it is to imagine that this is a portrait of Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl Essex, we might take this with a pinch of salt. Its identification with this romantic and fatal Elizabethan might well have been an attempt to add romance to Warwick Castle’s walls. It doesn’t correspond all that well with Essex’s portraits around 1600 after his return from Cadiz. Notably, this picture was presumably hung not too far away from the castle’s two portraits of Queen Elizabeth I. The first, and undoubtedly the best, being the exquisite coronation portrait that was sold by Lord Brooke in the late 1970s and now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. The second, described as being ‘a copy from the original at Ld Hydes’, has yet to resurface. The portrait eventually ended up being hung in the State Bedroom of Warwick Castle. Archival documents present one other interesting candidate. The Greville family’s earliest inventory of paintings, made in 1630 at their home Brooke House in Holborn, London, describes five portraits of identified figures. All five belonged to the courtier, politician and poet Sir Fulke Greville (1554-1628), 1st Baron Brooke, and were hung in the ‘Gallerie’ of Brooke House behind yellow curtains. One of them was described as being of ‘Lord of Pembrooke’, which is likely to have been William Herbert (1580-1630), 3rd Earl of Pembroke. William was the eldest son of Greville’s best friend’s sister Mary Sidney, and was brought up in the particularly literary and poetically orientated household which his mother had supported. Notably, the 3rd Earl was one of the figures that Shakespeare’s first folio was dedicated to in 1623. The melancholic air to the portrait corresponds to William’s own pretensions as a learned and poetic figure. The richness of the robe in the painting, sporting golden thread and a spotted black fabric, is indicative of wealth beyond that of a simple poet or actor. The portrait’s dating to around the year 1600 might have coincided with William’s father death and his own rise to the Pembroke Earldom. This period of his life too was imbued with personal sadness, as an illicit affair with a Mary Fitton had resulted in a pregnancy and eventual banishment by Elizabeth I to Wilton after a short spell in Fleet Prison. His illegitimate son died shortly after being born. Despite being a close follower of the Earl of Essex, William had side-stepped supporting Devereux in the fatal uprising against the Queen and eventually regained favour at the court of the next monarch James I. His linen shirt is edged with a delicate border of lace and his black cloak is lined on the inside with sumptuous scarlet and richly decorated on the outside with gold braid and a pattern of embroidered black spots. Despite the richness of his clothes, William Herbert has been presented in a dishevelled state of semi-undress, his shirt unlaced far down his chest with the ties lying limply over his hand, indicating that he is in a state of distracted detachment. It has been suggested that the fashion for melancholy was rooted in an increase in self-consciousness and introspective reflection during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. In contemporary literature melancholy was said to be caused by a plenitude of the melancholy humor, one of the four vital humors, which were thought to regulate the functions of the body. An abundance of the melancholia humor was associated with a heightened creativity and intellectual ability and hence melancholy was linked to the notion of genius, as reflected in the work of the Oxford scholar Robert Burton, who in his work ‘The Anatomy of Melancholy’, described the Malcontent as ‘of all others [the]… most witty, [who] causeth many times divine ravishment, and a kind of enthusiamus… which stirreth them up to be excellent Philosophers, Poets and Prophets.’ (R. Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1621 in R. Strong, ‘Elizabethan Malady: Melancholy in Elizabethan and Jacobean Portraits’, Apollo, LXXIX, 1964). Melancholy was viewed as a highly fashionable affliction under Elizabeth I, and her successor James I, and a dejected demeanour was adopted by wealthy young men, often presenting themselves as scholars or despondent lovers, as reflected in the portraiture and literature from this period. Although the sitter in this portrait is, as yet, unidentified, it seems probable that he was a nobleman with literary or artistic ambitions, following in the same vain as such famous figures as the aristocratic poet and dramatist, Edward de Vere...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Early 17th Century Portrait
Portrait of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Early 17th Century Portrait

Portrait of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Early 17th Century Portrait, 1600

Saint John the Baptist Paint Pasinelli 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lorenzo Pasinelli (Bologna, 1629 - 1700) Sermon of Saint John the Baptist Circa 1650. Oil on canvas 115 x 154 cm With frame 136 x 174 cm Provenance Milan, Porro 6 June 2006 ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Saint John the Baptist Paint Pasinelli 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Saint John the Baptist Paint Pasinelli 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master

Saint John the Baptist Paint Pasinelli 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master, 1650

Painting 19th Century Romantic Courtiers Genre Scene
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Courtiers Party in the Park in 18th Century In the Taste of Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) Oil on canvas Frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 73 X 59 cm Dim frame : 100 X 87 cm
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1850s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Painting 19th Century Romantic Courtiers Genre Scene
Painting 19th Century Romantic Courtiers Genre Scene

Painting 19th Century Romantic Courtiers Genre Scene, Circa 1850

Very Large Antique French Old Master Oil Painting after Rembrandt, self portrait
By Antique French
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century, after the earlier work by Rembrandt Title: Self portrait of the artist Medium: oil on canvas, framed in antique gilt swept frame. Fra...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Very Large Antique French Old Master Oil Painting after Rembrandt, self portrait
Very Large Antique French Old Master Oil Painting after Rembrandt, self portrait

Antique French
Very Large Antique French Old Master Oil Painting after Rembrandt, self portrait

A painting of Sappho by Ettore Forti
Located in London, GB
A painting of Sappho by Ettore Forti Italian, c.1900 Frame: Height 85cm, width 38cm, depth 2.5cm Canvas: Height 73cm, with 26.5cm, depth 2.5cm This excellent portrait painting depic...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A painting of Sappho by Ettore Forti
A painting of Sappho by Ettore Forti

Edoardo Ettore Forti
A painting of Sappho by Ettore Forti, c.1900

Ecce Homo Christ Metsys 16th Century Paint Oil on table Flemish Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
16th-century Flemish master Circle of Quentin Metsys (Leuven, 1466 - Antwerp, 1530) Ecce Homo oil on panel cm. 34 x 23 with frame 47 x 37 (not contemporary) An important painting...
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Ecce Homo Christ Metsys 16th Century Paint Oil on table Flemish Old master
Ecce Homo Christ Metsys 16th Century Paint Oil on table Flemish Old master

Ecce Homo Christ Metsys 16th Century Paint Oil on table Flemish Old master, 1520-1620

18th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Follower of Enoch Seeman the Younger German, (1694-1744) Portrait of Gilbert Sympkin Oil on canvas Image size: 29.25 inches x 24.5 inches Size including frame: 38 inches x 33.25 inches A fine three quarter length portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as Gilbert Simpkin (Sympkin), follower of Enoch Seeman the younger, C1720. The portrait is set in a feigned sculptured oval cartouche, a device used to give a sense of depth. The sitter is depicted wearing a fashionable blue jacket and matching waistcoat with a white chemise and lace jabot. He wears a powdered wig in the fashionable style of the day and is posed holding his hat under his left arm with the fingers of his right hand stretched out. At court, long fingers signified wealth, culture and intelligence. The painting has clearly been executed by an artist of great ability who has been influenced by Enoch Seeman the younger. Gilbert Simpkin (Sympkin) was born in London on 24 August 1683, the son of John Simpkin and Susannah Butler. His grandfather was also called Gilbert Simpkin. He entered Oxford University in 1700 where he studied at St John’s College. In 1702, he became a student of Middle Temple, which at the time was one of the world’s most important centres of legal education. He later settled in Plymouth and then Bristol. He died in Bristol on 15 May, 1744 and was buried at Bristol Cathedral. He remained unmarried and the portrait may well have been commissioned to commemorate when he was first Called to the Bar or perhaps had established his own practice. Enoch Seeman or Seemann the younger was born in Danzig, Germany now Gdansk, Poland in 1694. His father was Enoch Seeman Senior, an artist of Flemish origin and his brothers Isaac, Noah and Abraham also became artists. He came to London with his father and brothers around 1704 and established himself as a portrait artist. From 1717 he became painter to the Royal court painting...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
18th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman

Follower of Enoch Seeman the Younger
18th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman, C1720

Christ Mary Magdalene Banquet Luti 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Benedetto Luti (Florence, 1666 - Rome, 1724) Christ and Mary Magdalene at the banquet of the rich Pharisee Simon Oil on canvas (73 x 46 cm. - Framed 93 x 67 cm.) During a ba...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Christ Mary Magdalene Banquet Luti 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas
Christ Mary Magdalene Banquet Luti 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas

Christ Mary Magdalene Banquet Luti 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas, 1690-1720

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