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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Fine 17th Century Dutch Oil Painting on Wood Panel Horse & Figures Resting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Resting Place Dutch School, mid 17th century oil painting on board, unframed canvas: 7 x 9 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition
Oil
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law - Tempera on Cardboard
Located in Roma, IT
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law is a superb and colorful tempera on cardboard, realized in 1766 by an anonymous artist of ...
Tempera
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Seascape Ships Landscape Porcellis 17th Century Paint Oil on table Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Julius Porcellis (Rotterdam 1610 – 1645 Leiden) attributable Seascape with ships Oil on wood panel (oak) 52 x 84 cm In gilded wood frame 77 x 108 cm The painting on display d...
Oil
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Landscape River Zuccarelli 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy Art
By Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788), circle of Landscape with river and resting shepherds First half of the 18th century oil painting on canvas cm. 60 x 93, wit...
Oil
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Carnival Rome Colonna square Cerquozzi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Carnival in Rome in Piazza Colonna Roman school of bamboccianti (mid-17th century) - workshop of Michelangelo Cerquozzi (Rome 1602 - Rome 1660) Oil on canvas 74 x 96 cm. - Framed 88...
Oil
French 19th Century Oil, Portrait of a young girl knitting in an interior
Located in Woodbury, CT
French School Portrait of a Young Girl Knitting Oil on wooden panel Circa 1840 This painting is not signed A beautifully observed early nineteenth-century French interior portrait d...
Oil, Wood Panel
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Large Ornate Classical Flowers in Vase Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers by the Miguel Canals Studio, Spain oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 23.5 x 18 inches Provenance: Private collection Condition: very good condition Fo...
Oil
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Mixed Floral Arrangement in a Vase - Dutch Old Master Golden Age oil painting
By Simon Pietersz Verelst 1
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning 18th century Dutch Old Master Golden Age floral oil painting is attributed to Simon Pietersz Verelst. Painted circa 1700 it is a still life floral of a mixed flower arr...
Oil
18th-Century Spanish Baroque Oil Painting, The Divine Shepherdess, Virgin Mary
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This tender mid-18th-century Sevillian oil painting depicts the Virgin Mary as La Divina Pastora, the Divine Shepherdess. Attired in a straw hat, decorated with flora, she rests in...
Canvas, Oil
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Madonna Of Silence Carracci Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560 – Rome 1609) School of Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist (known as “The Silence”) Oil on canvas 73 x 89 cm. In frame 86 x 101 cm. ...
Oil
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Italian Greyhound and Friends - Italian 17thC Old Master dog art oil painting
By Francesco Fieravino
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning Old Master 17th century oil portrait painting is attributed to Francesco Fieravino, an artist famous in his day for still lifes and carpets. This painting which dates t...
Canvas, Oil
Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815–1875) Sweden Interior of a Kitchen, c. 1840 oil on paper laid on cardboard, inscribed “Lundgren Nr. 15” on the reverse. unframed 27.5 x 20.5 cm (10 ¾ x ...
Paper, Oil, Board
Eternal Destiny: Buddha Still Life Oil Painting, Signed, Hovsep Pushman.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Eternal Destiny By Hovsep Pushman (1877–1966) A 20th-century American oil painting on board, signed lower left. This evocative still life features Buddha figures, a blue pottery pitc...
Oil
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Fine 18th Century English Portrait of Aristocratic Gentleman Huge Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Aristocratic English Gentleman circle of Thomas Hudson (British (1701-1779) oil on canvas, framed framed: 53.5 x 45 inches painting: 45 x 40 inches provenance: private...
Oil
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Amsterdam Harbour Scene with Figures Dutch 17th Century art marine oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Dutch 17th century Golden Age Old Master cityscape oil painting of Amsterdam is by noted artist Jacobus Storck. Painted circa 1670, ...
Oil
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River Thames by Moonlight, Large 19th Century English Oil on Canvas Painting
By Henry Pether
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The River Thames at Leigh by Moonlight’ by Henry Pether (1800-1880). The painting is signed by the artist and dated 1851 and is presented in a bespoke gold metal leaf frame. We o...
Oil
Inmaculada Concepción - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura Estado aceptable de conservación el de la pintura Medidas obra: 100 cm. de altura x 73 c...
Oil
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Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Juan Bautista
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela Española siglo XVIII Se trata de un óleo sobre tela representando a San Juan Bautista Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra Medidas: 104 x 83 cm. El estado se puede ver, pres...
Oil
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Saint John Baptist Pombioli Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Tomaso Pombioli (Crema, 1579 – Crema, 1636) Saint John the Baptist Oil on canvas 99 x 130 cm. In frame 120 x 152 cm. Reference bibliography: M. Marubbi and C. Piastrella, L'...
Oil
ALLEGORICAL SCENE - Giovanni Faliero - Italy Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Allegorical Scene - Giovanni Faliero Italia 2009 - Oil on canvas cm. 90x110. This beautiful oil on canvas is the personal reinterpretation of the magnificent painting “Bacchant playing the Cymbals” by Jean-Simon Berthélemy, a French painter of the 18th century. Here we admire a mythological scene showing a naked bacchant playing cymbals next to a wooded stream, with a small sleeping faun...
Canvas, Oil
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Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre cobre - Virgen orando
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La pintura representa a la Virgen María por su iconografía tradicional. Viste un manto azul verdoso que cubre su cabeza y hombros, y una túnica rosada con detalles en tonos claros. S...
Oil
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Battle Masturzo Lansdscape 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Marzio Masturzo (Active in Naples and Rome in the second half of the 17th century) Attributable Battle between Christian and Turkish cavalry Oil on canvas 78 x 144 cm - 99 x ...
Oil
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Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Bathers by Wooden Pool Carved Wood Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bathers by the Woodland Pool Dutch School, 17th century circle of Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594-1667) oil on copper, framed framed: 13 x 15 i...
Oil
$14,496
16th Century Christ in Mary's House Francesco Bassano Magdalene Oil on Canvas
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas, measuring 82 x 112 cm without frame and 100 x 130 cm with contemporary frame, depicting Christ in the house of Mary and Magdalene by the painter Francesco Bas...
Canvas, Oil
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Bearded Man Oil Painting on Canvas Signed Piotr Topolski 21st Century
Located in GB
Piotr Topolski, born in Kielce, Poland, in 1960, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He specializes in creating compelling oil portraits, often drawing inspiration from th...
Canvas, Oil
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Escuela flamenca (siglo xviii) - Óleo sobre tela - Paisaje con figura a caballo
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo Se presenta enmarcada la pintura El estado de la obra se puede ver, es aceptable, pero con algunas restauraciones antiguas y la tela está...
Oil
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Capriccio Tivoli Landscape - British 18th century Old Master art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British 18th century Old Master landscape oil painting is attributed to circle of Richard Wilson. Painted circa 1770 it is a Capriccio Tivoli landscape with figures by a ...
Oil
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Portrait of a Gentleman in a Landscape - British Old Master art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is by William Williams of Norwich. It was painted circa 1780, after he had returned to England from in Philadelphia ...
Oil
Abraham and the Sacrifice of His Son Isaac by Adriaen Van Stalbemt, C. 1605-1610
Located in Stockholm, SE
Artist: Adriaen van Stalbemt (Stalbempt) 1580-1662 Title: Abraham and the Sacrifice of His Son Isaac “Das Opfer des Abraham” According to the Old...
Copper
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Portrait of Putti Playing - French 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning French 17th century Old Master oil painting is by Baroque artist Laurent de la Hyre. It was painted circa 1645 and has excellent prove...
Oil
Large 17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Shepherd in Ancient Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Berger with Animals in Classical Landscape 17th Century Italian Old Master, we cannot see a signature oil painting on canvas, unframed 23 x 27 inches condition: very old reline, mino...
Canvas, 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...
Canvas, Oil
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Portrait of Madam van Robais - French Old Master oil painting 18th century art
Located in Hagley, England
This fine French Old Master portrait oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1770 and is attributed to the circle of Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun. The sitter is Madam van Robais. The van R...
Oil
Sir Richard Sutton's foxhounds
By John Ferneley Senior
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Ferneley Snr (1782-1860 Melton Mowbray) Sir Richard Sutton's foxhounds signed J. Ferneley lower right Oil on canvas Canvas Size 16 1/8 x 20 1/2 in Framed Size 21 x 25 in Proven...
Oil
The Kermesse of Saint George (A Village Festival) - 17th Century Oil Painting
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“The Kermesse of Saint George (A Village Festival)” is an oil on canvas painting by David Teniers the Younger (or David Teniers II) as opposed to his father, David Teniers the Elder....
Canvas, Oil
Monk in a Monastic Cell, Roma, Italy
Located in Stockholm, SE
Egron Lundgren (1815–1875) Monk in a Monastic Cell signed and dated Egron Lundgren Rom 1848 oil on relined canvas unframed 62 x 50 cm (24 ½ x 19 ¾ in.) framed 79 x 68 cm (31 x 26 ¾...
Canvas, Oil
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Madonna Child Maria Sassoferrato Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giovan Battista Salvi known as 'il Sassoferrato' (1609 - 1685) circle/ workshop Madonna with sleeping child Oil on canvas 84 x 66 cm - Framed (19th century) 112 x 95 cm The paintin...
Oil
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Military Encampment Soldiers on Horseback Dusk Landscape 1700's Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Military Encampment Circle of Carel van Falens (1683-1733, Flemish) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 8 x 10.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and so...
Oil, Canvas
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Samson Delilah Molinari Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antonio Molinari (Venice, 1655–1704) Attributed to Samson and Delilah Oil on canvas 122 x 148 cm. - Framed 135 x 160 cm. The subject of this fine work is recounted in the Bi...
Oil
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Saint Catherine Portrair Guido Reni Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - 1642) Workshop of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (full details LINK) Oil on canvas Measurements (cm): 96 x 73 - with frame 112 x 88 This splendid work dep...
Oil
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Fine Classical Still Life Flower Painting Signed & Dated English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers English artist, 20th century signed oil on board, unframed dated 1980 board: 14.5 x 11.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: overall ...
Oil
$1,850
Early 20th Century Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice at Dusk (2-Sided)
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Oil Painting Grand Canal at Dusk, Venice Italy (2-Sided) Peaceful and substantial romantic scene of a gondolas along Venice's iconic Grand Canal at Dusk by Richar...
Oil, Board
portrait of 2 dogs, Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs by Jules Chardigny
Located in York, GB
A fine oil painting on canvas depicting a Portrait of what i believe to be 2 Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs. pairs of Grand Griffon Vendéen hunting dogs, as well as single portr...
Oil
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Fine 18th Century British Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady, Large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) British. 18th Century Bust Portrait of a Lady, Oil on Canvas, Inscribed on a label verso, canvas: 30" x 25" (76.2 x 63.5cm). frame: 30 x 25 in...
Canvas, Oil
Drawing of Naked Man, Pencil on Paper, Old Masters Style, Framed, 1920
Located in Napoli, IT
DRAWING OF NAKED MAN - Study of light by Gennaro Luciano, Naples, 1920, with ebony frame. Cm.65x48.
Paper, Pencil
Feast of Esther, oil on panel, early 17th century Italian school, Renaissance
Located in PARIS, FR
Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther Attributed to Denys Calvaert (Antwerp, 1540 – Bologna, 1619), not signed Early 17th century Italian School, circa 1610 Oil on poplar panel,...
Poplar, Oil, Wood Panel
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Huge Victorian English Old Master Oil Painting Madonna & Christ Child after Dyck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna and Christ Child English School, 19th century after the earlier painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck, unsigned oil on canvas, framed in fine elaborate gilt frame. Framed: 49...
Oil, Canvas
Juliet and her Nurse..., Oil Painting on Canvas by Henry Perronet Briggs
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Henry Perronet Briggs, Attributed to, English (1793 - 1844) Title: Juliet and Her Nurse with the Page Peter from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Year: circa 1820 Medium: Oil o...
Canvas, Oil
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Portrait Duchess Woman 17th Century Paint Van Gelder Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jan van Gelder, Italianised as Giovanni Vangheldri (Antwerp 1621 – Modena 1685) Portrait of the Duchess Vittoria Farnese d'Este (Parma, 1618 – Modena, 1649) wife of Francesco I d'E...
Oil
The Virgin And Child, Saint Anne And The Infant Saint John The Baptist
By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Circle of Raphael (Urbino, 1483 - 1520, Rome) The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John (after the Madonna of Divine Love) Oil on canvas (relined), 72 × 58 cm ...
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1840's Portrait of a Bearded Man in a Fez Hat large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of William James Muller (British, 1812-1845) Portrait of a Bearded man in a Fez Oil on canvas, unframed unsigned Dimensions: (Unframed) 31.5 in. (H) x 21.75 in. (W) Conditio...
Canvas, Oil
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Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Madonna with Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna & Christ Child Italian, 17th century oil on wood panel, unframed board: 9.5 x 7.5 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and sound condition fo...
Oil
17th-Century Flemish School, Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Justaucorps, Oil
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine late 17th-century Flemish portrait depicts a distinguished gentleman dressed in the elaborate fashions of the 1670s. He wears a long, collarless coat known as a justaucorps...
Canvas, Oil
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Old Master Dutch Female Nude Arcadian Landscape - 19th century art oil painting
By (Attributed to) Isaac de Mucheron
Located in Hagley, England
An original oil on canvas which is attributed verso to Isaac Mucheron with figure by Vandveldt. The scene depicts a nude in an Arcadia classical landscape with ruins. Fresh colour an...
Oil
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17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Moses Striking Water from the Rock
By Pier (Pietro) Dandini
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moses Striking Water from the Rock; Circle of Pietro Dandini, Italian 1646-1712 Italian School, late 17th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 3...
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Providenza
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Providenza' Italian School, 18th century ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass) image size: 10.5 x 7 inches overall framed: 17 x 13 inche...
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
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Van Bloemen Landscape Rome Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antichità Castelbarco SRLS is proud to present: Painting depicting "View of Rome with countryside scene with ancient ruins, with the Palatine from via dei Cerchi", work of high qual...
Oil
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Fine 18th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Cattle & Sheep Ancient Ruins
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape Dutch Old Master, 18th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 12 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: good a...
Oil
18th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait, Major Alexander Brown in Military Uniform.
By Sir David Wilkie
Located in Cotignac, FR
18th Century Military portrait of a young officer in Napoleonic period military dress. The painting is not signed but the subject is Major Alexander Brown. The work is oil on canvas later mounted on board and presented in a fine 'Regence style' carved gilt frame. There are labels to the back referring to the subject, 'Major Brown of Trinity' and a framers trade label from Edinburgh. A magnificent and imposing portrait of a young military officer in the prime of his life. His red uniform adorned with fine buttons, fringed epaulettes and high gilt collar. His ruddy complexion offset by his stylish hair, a quiff and swept forward to the sides as was the fashion at the time. Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. He was sometimes known as the "people's painter". He was Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV and Queen Victoria. Apart from royal portraits, his best-known painting today is probably The Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch of 1822 in Apsley House. Sir David Wilkie was actually admitted in 1799 (despite only being 14) through the influence of the Earl of Leven...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Portrait of a Lady, Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Essex c.1660-1665, Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Portrait of a Lady, possibly Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Essex (1636–1718) c.1660-1665 Studio of Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680) This portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, is a particu...
Canvas, Oil