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Portrait of Emperor Ferdinand I. Prague School, 17th Century, Copper, Old Master

c. 1640

Vittore Ghislandi, called Fra Galgario Provenance: Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, ca. 1966-1996 Private Collection, USA Exhibited: “Eighteenth Century European Pai...

The Flagellation of Christ Old Master Flemish School 17th century Medium: Oil on copper Dimensions: Image size 22 x 17 cm, frame size 39 x 31 cm

Heinrich Faust is a German genre painter of the late 19th century. He painted dramatic interpretations of everyday occurrences such as families and grou...

Follower of Samuel de Wilde c.1841 Portrait of an Actor in character. Oil on canvas; held in a period gilded frame. Dimensions refer to size of ...

During the Counter-Reformation, the traditional cult of saints was encouraged, and spiritual exercises were recommended to come closer to God. In the pai...

Oil on canvas; held in an ebonsied period style frame Dimensions refer to size of frame. Charles II’s propagandists cast Cromwell as a brutal despot whereas critics now tend to foc...

Francesco Fracanzano (Monopoli 1612-Napoli 1656) Testa di vecchio Olio su tela, cm 66x52,5 La tela presenta la figura di un uomo anziano a mezza figura con lo...

The portrait is attributed to the French painter Monique Daniche (1737 - 1824) Magnificently painted baroque portrait of unidentified noble child wearing fashionable dress and holdin...

Late 17th/early 18th century portrait of a boy. This portrait is in the manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller, however it lacks a signature and documentation. It would not look out of place in an English country house. The Portrait is of a young English boy...

Giovanni Battista PIAZZETTA (Workshop of) Venice, 1683 - Venice, 1754 Oil on canvas 48 x 38.5 cm (64 x 58 cm with the frame) Piazzetta painted a number of "portraits" of saints or laymen in small formats and in a tight framing, and several Virgin Mary readin a book. We can compare our painting to the Virgin in the Hisch collection sold at Sotheby's in London in 1971 . Piazzetta has produced several "Madonna in the Book", a subject traditionally close to the Virgin of the Annunciation. The Virgin Mary is said to have been reading the psalms when the angel Gabriel came to visit her : "Madonna in prayer", Sotheby's New York in 1979, Madonnina orante, Pinacotheque de Vicenze, exhibited in 1982, the “Santa Vergine Maria” represented with a book, print from a missing painting...