Old Masters 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
Spanish school. Secretary of Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos, bishop of Córdoba.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of Francisco de Reynoso y Baeza.
Secretary of Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos and bishop of Córdoba. Francisci de Reynoso.
Early 17th century.
Small-format portrait from the late Renaissance period.
Spanish school.
Size: Cm 19 x Cm 13.5
Oil on wooden panel.
On the back the fine tablet is strengthened (already in ancient times) by a sheet of parchment.
About 1600-1610.
As often in Mannerist / Late Renaissance portraits, the image of the character is accompanied by the writing that runs at the top, adding a celebratory, historicising touch to the effigy. Let's bring back the sentence here:
DON FRANCISCO DE REINOSO. CAMARERO SECRETO IESCALCO PIO QUINTO OBISCOPO CORDOBA. 68 (? O 7?)
(1534, Autillo de Campos, Spain - 1601, Córdoba)
Francisco de Reynoso was a Spanish cleric, chief chamberlain, and secretary to Pope Pius V, abbot of Husillos, and bishop of Córdoba.
He was the fourth of eleven children. His father was the seventh Lord of Autillo de Campos, and his mother was Juana de Baeza y de las Casas, daughter of Manuel de Baeza, a lawyer of the Royal Council and at the Court of Valladolid.
Francisco de Reynoso was deeply devoted to the Virgin Mary and showed a strong inclination toward religion and piety from an early age.
He studied Latin, arts, and theology at the University of Salamanca.
In 1562, he traveled to Rome with his brothers Pedro and Luis.
In January 1566, following the death of Pope Pius IV, Cardinal Antonio Michele Ghislieri was elected pope, becoming Pius V. From this period until Ghislieri's death in 1572, Francisco de Reynoso served as his chief chamberlain and secretary.
After Pope Pius V died, Francisco de Reynoso returned to Spain and lived for several years in the city of Palencia, where his brother Manuel was a canon.
He supported the Society of Jesus when it was established in Palencia, providing alms to the school's clergy and funding chairs of Letters and Theology at his own expense, as well as donating a significant number of books.
During the brief outbreak of the Black Plague...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Old Woman and Boy with Candles, Oil on Panel, 1800s
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this painting titled "Old Woman and Boy with Candles" an intriguing scene unfolds before our eyes. An older woman gazes ahead, her eyes shielded from the flickering candlelight, w...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
18th century English portrait of the Duke of Newcastle upon his horse in
By Thomas Spencer
Located in Woodbury, CT
Thomas Spencer was a leading sporting and equestrian artist of the period of John Wootton and James Seymour; his art shows a considerable to debt to tha...
Category
1760s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
VENICE - In the Manner of Canaletto -Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Venice - Mario De Angeli - Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm. 70x90.
Mario De Angeli's canvas is an extraordinary work of Italian landscape painting. They are inspired by the landscap...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Herding cattle through a wooded river landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Stark (1794-1859)
Herding cattle through a wooded river landscape
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 18 x 24 in
Framed Size 23 x 29 in
James Stark (1794-1859): A Pioneer in Landscape P...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Family Devotion with Cherubs 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting after Rubens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Family Devotion with Cherubs
French School, 18th century
after the earlier work by Sir Peter Paul Rubens
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 29 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collectio...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fruit & Flower Garland round Intaglio of Putti - Old Master floral oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb German Old Master still life oil painting is attributed to circle of Johann Amandus Winck and also shows the influences of the Dutch Old Masters. Painted circa 1780 the p...
Category
1780s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
1600s Baroque Spiritual Ghosts Supernatural Intense Figures Medieval Old Masters
By Abraham WIllemsens
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Fortune Teller" is an original oil painting on canvas by Abraham Willemsens, Maitre aux Beguins (Master of the Hats). It depicts a fortune tell...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lucretia, by Giacomo Raibolini Francia. Detto il Francia. Oil on panel, framed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Giacomo used to paint with his brother Giulio, identifying their works with the monogram «I I». The strong influence of his father, Francesco, is undeniable in all his works, althoug...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hagar Angel Sacrifice Isaac 18th Century Neapolitan School Old master Paint Oil
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
18th-century Neapolitan master
Pair of paintings ‘Hagar and the Angel’ and ’The Sacrifice of Isaac’
Pair of oils on oval canvas
75 x 60 cm. - In frame 84 x 69 cm.
The proposed pair...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Penitent Mary Magdelane c1750 Oil on Copper
Located in Holywell, GB
A finely painted picture, possibly of the penitent Mary Magdelane, painted in oil on to a copper plate and dating to c1750.
Condition
Two old touch ins, tiny chip to the forehead...
Category
1750s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century Italianate Landscape Garden Classical Ornaments and Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italianate landscape garden with classical ornament, including Giambologna's Sabine women and a classical urn, view to a bay beyond
Coplestone War...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
A view of Lake Nemi, Italy
By Carlo Labruzzi
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Circle of Carlo Labruzzi
A view of Lake Nemi
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 26 3/8 x 40 1/2 in
Framed Size 35 x 49 in
Carlo Labruzzi was an Italian painter, draftsman, and engraver, best...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century by Giacomo Sementi and Pier Francesco Cittadini Danae Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giovanni Giacomo Sementi (Bologna, Italy, 1580 - Rome, Italy, 1636) - Pier Francesco Cittadini (Milan, Italy, 1616 - Bologna, Italy, 1681)
Danae
Oil on canvas, without frame 119 x 179 cm, with frame 140 x 200 x 12 cm, weight 35 kg
Expertise by Professor Giancarlo Sestieri
Publications: Carne - la materia dello spirito, exhibition catalogue curated by Father Alessio Geretti, project of the scientific catalogue curated by Father Alessio Geretti, Nicole Pravisani and Giulia Toffoletti, (21 May - 22 October 2023), Illegio, Casa delle Esposizioni, pp. 56-59; Body, Love and Feelings - Works of Ancient Masters from the 16th to the 19th century. In the paintings of Giorgio Baratti private collection, Milan, exhibition catalogue curated by Alessandro Marchi, (27 July - 18 September 2011), San Marino - Historical Centre, pp. 38-39; Giorgio Baratti Collezione. Selezione di opere d’arte antica (Giorgio Baratti Collection. Selection of ancient works of art), curated by Professor Giancarlo Sestieri and with the participation of Professor Andrea Emiliani, Grafiche Veneziane, Venezia 2011, pp. 22-23.
It is a gentle and graceful Danae the one portrayed by Giovanni Giacomo Sementi. A painting in which the Milanese painter Pier Francesco Cittadini also collaborated by painting the golden basin filled with flowers to the left of the scene. The work shows various pictorial influences; from the Bolognese Emilian style, to that of Ludovico Carracci (1555 - 1619) and Guido Reni (1575 - 1642), to the Baroque and Roman style. The work features an elegant red drapery which serves as the background to the entire scene, but the real protagonist is the young woman with long red hair who is lying on a bed covered by a white sheet. The girl is naked except for a lapis lazuli blue mantle...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Knight - painting - XVII century
Located in Roma, IT
The Knight is an original oil painting on canvas realized during the XVII century by an anonymous artist.
Provenance: Pecci-Blunt collection. Good condition...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Flowers in a Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted in the style of the 17th century Dutch painter Alexander Andrienssen, this painting is of a glass vase on a wood surface filled with flowers. The artist's careful attention ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pair of Italian 18' century Paintings with Gardens
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of Italian 18' century paintings , oil on canvas with Venetian Palace gardens , antiques sculptures and various figures .
Measurements with frame cm 75 x101
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
COUNTRY GIRL- W.A.Bouguereau- Italian Portarit of young peasant Oil on canvas
Located in Napoli, IT
Country girl - Pietro Colonna Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm. 45x25
Gold gilded wooden frame available on request
The painting by Pietro Colonna is a free interpretation of the paint...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escuela Europea (XIX) - Autor desconocido - Retrato masculino
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
En la parte inferior va firmado por el artista
La obra se presenta enmarcada
El estado se puede ver, es aceptable, solo comentar que tiene algunas pequeñas faltas o desgastes en la...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Still Life Oil Painting Italian Old Master Fruit on Ledge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ornate Classical Fruit Still Life
Italian School, 17th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 27 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
PORTRAIT OF UGO FOSCOLO - Antonio Jannone - Italian Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
PORTRAIT OF UGO FOSCOLO - Oil on canvas cm.50x40, Antonio Jannone, Italy, 2002.
this beautiful portrait of the Italian poet Ugo Foscolo is the painter's pe...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Martyrdom of Saint Stephen- Painting attr. to Vincent Adriaenssen- 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with martyrdom of Saint Stephen is an old master artwork realized in 17th century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Includes coeval gilded frame cm. 148x196.
The artwork is attributed to Vincent Adriaenssen called il Manciola (Antwerp, 1595 - Roma, 1675)
Among the painters who worked in the first half of the seventeenth century it is possible to indicate only the Neapolitan Scipione Compagno (1624-1680) as the author of scenes of martyrs set within a landscape or a view such as, for example, the Martyrdom of Saint Stefano recently hesitated at the Ansorena in Madrid on June 16, 2021. It should be noted, however, that the landscape represented in the painting examined here, characterized by luxuriant vegetation, meticulously represented "in the Flemish style", shows differences with the typical settings of the paintings di Compagno, characterized above all by urban views, visionary architectures or rather arid vegetation. Even the refined figures, so elongated and lanky, represented in our painting, in particular the group of knights in the foreground on the right, are not reflected in the production of the Neapolitan painter. These elements, to which we add the depiction of the Eternal Father amidst the clouds and the detail of the dog in profile in the foreground, instead recall a painter mainly known as a battle soldier, but who was also the author of many works depicting episodes from ancient Rome set within luxuriant landscapes, or rather Vincent Adriaenssen known as Manciola, a painter from Antwerp whose figure has been shed light thanks to recent studies. The group of horsemen represented to the right of the examined painting is, in fact, comparable with other groups on horseback present in numerous works by Manciola such as, for example, in the Triumph of Caesar (Rome, Babuino, 23-03-2010; formerly Florence, Collection Privata, 2006), while similar elongated and somewhat lanky figures, dressed in red, yellow, blue and white, can be found in the three paintings conserved at the Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaro, which in the past were erroneously attributed to the Umbrian painter Francesco Allegrini...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century Oil portrait of a Hungarian Rabbi
Located in Woodbury, CT
This 19th-century oil on panel portrait depicts a Hungarian Rabbi, characterized by his traditional attire and solemn expression. The Rabbi is portrayed with a long, white beard and ...
Category
1890s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape With Pan and Syrinx, Flemish School From the 1600s, Oil on Copper
Located in Stockholm, SE
Flemish School, 1600s
Landscape With Pan and Syrinx
painted around the 1600s
oil on copper
19 x 23.5 cm
frame 29 x 34 cm
Hand-made oak frame by Swedish frame maker Christer Björkma...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Copper
Mercury and Io, a rediscovered painting by Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (ca. 1740)
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Mr. Nicolas Lesur for confirming the autograph nature of the entire composition after a direct examination of the painting on November 27, 2024.
This painting...
Category
1740s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century by Pietro Della Vecchia The Alchemists Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pietro Della Vecchia (Venice, Italy, 1603 - Vicenza, Italy, 1678)
Title: The Alchemists
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 73 x 97 cm – with frame 90.4 x 114.3 x 6 cm
...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christ and St John the Baptist as children, studio of J. van Cleve, 16th Flemish
By Joos van Cleve
Located in PARIS, FR
Christ and St John the Baptist embracing
Studio of Joos van Cleve (1485 – 1541), Antwerp
First half of 16th century
Oil on oak panel, h. 55 cm, w. 43 cm
A 17th century ebonized wood frame
Framed: h. 100 cm, w. 83 cm
Provenance:
• Advertisement in Burlington Magazine, 1929, at the antique dealer Paul Larsen, 34 Duke's Street, London, United Kingdom
• Clowes Sale, Christie's London, 7 July 1950, lot 153 (as Joos Van Cleve)
• Acquired from the Katz antique dealers in Dieren (Netherlands) in the 1950s (one of the most important art galleries in the Netherlands specialising in Old Masters)
• By descent, private European collection
The composition of our painting depicting two naked babies embracing, Jesus and Saint John the Baptist, draws its source from a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, probably executed in Milan around 1490 (kept at Windsor Castle, United Kingdom).
This scheme, widespread early in the Lombard school, was widely reproduced by Leonardo's Milanese followers (Marco d'Oggiono, Bernardino de Conti or Bernardino Luini.)
It is very likely that Joos Van Cleve was inspired by one of the works of his artists during his stay in Italy, however some historians hypothesize that he borrowed the figures from the painting by Marco d'Oggiono who had copied it on site in Flanders (it would have belonged to Margaret of...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Dutch shipping in a choppy sea
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Charles Martin Powell (Chichester 1775-1824)
Dutch shipping in a choppy sea
Signed 'CPowell' lower right
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 16 x 19 in
Framed Size - 23 x 25 in
Provenance: The Parker Gallery...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century Portrait of a young girl, Miss Cator in a landscape, white dress
By John Russell
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait of a young British Girl, in her white dress with Pink Sash.
Choosing to acquire an 18th-century portrait of a young girl by English artist John Russell is an opportunity to...
Category
1780s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
!8th century Irish or English portrait of a woman with Ermin, blue dressing lace
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful 18th century Irish or English portrait, attributed to the Irish painter Nathaniel Hone.
Nathaniel Hone was born in Dublin but by 1748 had set...
Category
1780s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Man – A Dramatic Study in Light and Expression
Located in Stockholm, SE
This compelling portrait, recently studied by Stéphane Pinta of the esteemed Cabinet Turquin in Paris, has been confidently attributed to the Austrian painter Matthäus (Matthias) Lod...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Jesus Christ Crowned with Thorns
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in LA, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Wood
Scholar Sharpening His Quill Penn Attributed to Justus Juncker, Oil on Panel
Located in Stockholm, SE
Justus Juncker (1703-1763, Germany) Attributed to
Scholar Sharpening His Quill Penn
Expertise: We would like to thank Dr. Fred G Meijer for his valuab...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Panel
Fine Antique Italian Oil Cannaregio Canal Venice Busy Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice
Italian School, 19th century, after Francesco Guardi, Italian 1712-1793
oil on panel
Painting: 8 x 10 inches
condition: overall very sound, with ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dancers in a Landscape - British 19thC art figurative landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely painting is a British Old Master late 18th century or early 19th-century oil painting by Thomas Barker of Bath. It is stylistically very similar to his other works of the...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
VENICE - Gianluca Gorini - Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
VENICE - Italian landscape oil on canvas oval painting cm.30x60 by Giancarlo Gorini, Italy 2002.
Gold gilded wooden frame available o...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge Old Master Oil Painting 17th century Diana & Cupids in Panoramic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Diana The Huntress and her Cherubs
Northern European artist, circa 1680's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 60.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: some p...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
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20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Cuore Sacro” olio su tavola in legno cm 30x28 ca 1800
Located in Torino, IT
Opera di fine 1800, Cornice originale restaurata in più punti
The "Sacred Heart" is often associated with Catholic devotion, representing the love and compassion of Jesus.
This dev...
Category
Early 1800s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Fine Dutch Old Master Large Oil Painting Portrait Gentleman in Ruff Collar Robes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman in Ruff Collar and Robes
Dutch School, 18th century
oil on canvas laid over panel, unframed
board: 28.5 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Travelling Comic Theatre - Italian 18thC art figurative landscape oil painting
By Marco Marcola
Located in London, GB
This interesting Italian 18th century Old Master oil painting is by noted artist Marco Marcola, also known as Marco Marcuola. It was painted circa 1770 and has excellent provenance. ...
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1770s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
A pair of Dutch 17th century old master portraits of a husband and wife
Located in Bath, Somerset
A rare pair of three-quarter length 'marriage' portraits by one of the foremost dutch portrait painters of the 17th century, Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam). The gentleman signed middle left 'Maes 1679'. Oil on canvas in dutch style ebonised frames. Dimensions 58 x 47.5cms each.
The gentleman is shown in a landscape at dusk, leaning against a stone capital, wearing a white chemise decorated with lace, a black coat and a brown silk cloak draped across his body.
The lady is elegantly dressed in an ivory silk gown decorated with jewels on the neckline and shoulders, the contrasting sleeves in gold fabric, with a rose pink silk cloak draped over her shoulder and bodice. She wears a pearl necklace and earrings with her fair hair worn up with ringlets falling down onto her chest in the fashionable style of the day. She stands with one hand touching a lock of her hair as she rests her arm on the bowl of a stone water drinking fountain...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century classical religious oil painting portrait female subject red dark
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" is a copy oil painting on wood panel, after Italian artist Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli). The painting depicts Saint ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunting trophy with a deer and game, adorned with the accoutrements of the chase
By Jan Weenix
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Flemish or South German, c. 1700-1720
Hunting trophy with a deer and game, adorned with the accoutrements of the chase
Oil on canvas
In a period style moulded pine and ebony veneer...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 1700's Italian Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait of a Clerical Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Clerical Gentleman
Italian artist, mid 18th century
Circle of Giovanni Battista Carboni (1725-1790)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 22 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th century European oil, Christ and his disciples seated around a table.
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century European oil, Christ and is disciples seated around a table.
An interesting and very unique painting.
Possibly a fragment originally from a piece of furniture.
The s...
Category
1650s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape by Jan Frans Soolmaker
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting depicts a pastoral scene that is attributed to the artist Jan Frans Soolmaker, an artist known for his Italianate landscapes and scenes that often feature equestrian and Arcadian elements. The painting is not signed but is attributed to Soolmaker, relating it to a known signed work by the artist that was sold at Sotheby’s London in 1999.
The scene is suffused with the warm glow of a setting or rising sun, casting a soft light that is characteristic of Soolmaker’s landscapes. It shows a shepherd guiding a group of cattle across a shallow stream, with the animals taking center stage in the composition. The animals are rendered with careful attention to their forms and the play of light on their bodies, which is a hallmark of Soolmaker's work. The landscape is composed of a rocky terrain with trees and shrubbery, creating a sense of depth and natural beauty that invites the viewer to explore the scene further.
The background suggests a vast, open landscape with distant mountains, which adds to the Italianate feel of the painting. The sky is dramatic, with clouds catching the light of the sun, contributing to the overall serene yet dynamic atmosphere of the work.
The provenance of the painting is notable, having been in the possession of significant historical figures such as Swedish Prince Fredrik Adolf, and later The collection of Pär Ulmgren, The collection of Gösta Stenman, and Engineer and politician Gustaf Henry Hansson.
Potential buyers have the option of choosing between a newly made gold frame or an older brown frame, which allows for personalization in how the work is presented.
Soolmaker’s work is often compared to that of Dutch painter Nicolaes Berchem, whose style he emulated. Soolmaker's landscapes reflect a similar sensitivity to light and composition, making his works sought after for their beauty and historical significance. Despite the smaller body of work left by Soolmaker, due to his short career, his paintings are valued for their craftsmanship and the legacy of the artist’s brief but impactful contribution to the Dutch Italianate landscape genre.
Information:
Jan Frans Soolmaker (Flanders 1635‑1685)
Shepherd with Sheep...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Goats in a Landscape at Sunset - Antique Dutch Old Master Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 18th century Dutch Old Master oil on panel depicting mountain goats in a landscape at sunset.
Excellent quality work in very good original condition. The reverse of the ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Saint Lawrence Looking at the Treasures
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Saint Lawrence Looking at the Treasures" is a captivating painting attributed to the Bolognese School, a prominent art movement from Bologna, Italy, flourishing primarily in the 16t...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Napoli
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Napoli'
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 inches
co...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
18th century portrait painting of a boy with a spinning top on a garden terrace
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a young boy, full-length in a blue velvet coat and breeches, standing on a stone terrace in a garden landscape, playing with a spinning top. Signed and dated ' Phil. Merc...
Category
1740s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
1930s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fete Champetre - Garden Party - French 18thC figurative landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming 18th century French Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of Joseph Frans Nollekens. Painted circa 1740 it is described as a fete champetre - a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. They were often elegant affairs and became very popular in 18th French paintings. Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710 and they were also included as a category in the French Academy. In this painting, several well dressed figures are sat in the foreground by a fountain and statue, being entertained by a musician. Beyond, a wide avenue of trees leads towards a very grand country house with countryside beyond. There is superb detail in the figures and their colourful clothing. The brushwork in the trees and sky is also superb. This is a charming example of an 18th century fete champetre and of a French Old Master oil painting.
Provenance. Gloucester estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 49 inches by 30 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a fine gilt frame, 56 inches by 37 inches and in good condition.
Josef Frans Nollekens or Joseph Frans Nollekens (1702–1748)[2] was a Flemish painter who was principally active in England where he is often referred to as "Old Nollekens" to distinguish him from his famous son, the sculptor Joseph Nollekens. He painted conversation pieces, galant companies and fêtes champêtres in the style of Watteau, genre scenes as well as portraits. He was also active as a picture restorer.
A fête champêtre was a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. This form of entertainment was particularly practised by the French court, where in the Gardens of Versailles and elsewhere areas of the park were landscaped with follies, pavilions, and temples to accommodate such festivities. The term is a French expression, very literally translating as "party in the fields", meaning a "pastoral festival" or "country feast" and in theory was a simple form of entertainment, perhaps little more than a picnic or informal open air dancing. In practice, especially in the 18th century, the simplicity of the event was often contrived. A fête champêtre was often a very elegant form of entertainment involving on occasions whole orchestras hidden in trees, with guests sometimes in fancy dress. Such events became a popular subject in French 18th-century painting, representing a glamourized aristocratic form of pastoral, with "scenes of well dressed dalliance in a park setting". Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710, and is its best exponent, imitated by others such as Nicolas Lancret and Jean-Baptiste Pater...
Category
1740s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 1800's French Oil Figures by Monastic Ruins Stream Bucolic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Monastic Ruins by a Stream
French School, early 1800's
oil on canvas, framed
Framed 15 x 19 inches
Canvas : 12.5 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very go...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lady with Garland of Flowers - British 17thC Old Master oil painting
By Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
This charming 17th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Swedish born Michael Dahl who lived and work in England for most of his life. Painted circa...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wooden Landscape with Shepherds, Fountain and Flock - by Jan Frans van Bloemen
Located in Roma, IT
Bibliography:
A.Busiri Vici, Jan Frans Van Bloemen Orizzonte e l’origine del paesaggio romano settecentesco, Ugo Bozzi Editore, Roma 1974, n.41
This artwork is shipped from Italy. U...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 17th Century by Guido Reni Masculine Head Oil on canvas
By Guido Reni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Guido Reni (Bologna, Italy, 1575 – 1642)
Title: Masculine Head
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 44.7 × 51.2 cm – with frame 62.8 x 68.3 x 5.5 cm
Expertise by Claudio...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jesus Son Salvi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ancient painting depicting Jesus with the Commissioner's son
(Alternative reading: St. Joseph with the Child, or the 'Paternity')
Giovan Battista Salvi known as "the Sassoferrato" (1609 - 1685) circle / follower
Oil painting on canvas
76 x 59 cm. -With frame in the shape of a small temple, not coeval 99 x 84 cm.
The interesting canvas that we are pleased to offer you recalls the iconographic model of classic paternity, which traditionally sees Saint Joseph holding the sleeping baby Jesus...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
16th Century by Bernardino Detti Face of Christ Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Bernardino Detti (Pistoia, Italy, 1498 - 1572)
Title: Face of Christ
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 41 x 32 cm - with frame 47 x 55.5 cm
Antique box frame made of solid wood and walnut burl.
Publications: unpublished
The painting by Bernardino Detti (1498 - 1572) depicts the face of Jesus...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Tax Collectors Italian 1700's Oil Painting on Copper in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tax Collectors
Italian School, early 18th century
oil on copper panel, framed
framed: 14 x 11.5 inches
copper panel : 11.5 x 9 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
conditio...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Card Players by a Flemish 1600s Artist
Located in Stockholm, SE
Flemish 1600s School
The Card Players
oil on oak panel
panel dimensions 22.5 x 20 cm
frame included
Provenance:
From a Swedish private collection.
Condition:
Flat and stabl...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Panel
Mid Century Dutch Windmill Original Oil in Dutch Impressionist Style
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Dutch Windmill Original Oil in Dutch Impressionist Style
Colorful French impressionist style oil painting by F. Simont (Dutch 19th/20t...
Category
1950s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Pair of Italian 18' century Paintings with Gardens
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of Italian 18' century paintings , oil on canvas with Venetian Palace gardens , antiques sculptures and various figures .
Measurements with frame cm 75 x101
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century English portrait of a lady
By Willem Wissing
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady attributed to William Wissing, half-length, wearing a pearl necklace and an amber gown adorned with jewels to the bodice and sleeves, wit...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
J. Clays (British painter) - 19th century Still Life painting - Fruits
Located in Varmo, IT
J. Clays (British, 19th-20th century) - Still life with fruit basket.
61 x 51 cm without frame, 67.5 x 58 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of the French Princess, late 17th c. French school
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of the Princess of Conti - Attributed to Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger (1648-1717)
Late 17th century French school
Oil on canvas, h. 100 cm, l. 80 cm
Important Louis XIV ...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Annunciation De Matteis Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century Leonardo
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The Annunciation
Circle of Paolo De Matteis (Piano Vetrale, 1662 - Naples, 1728)
oil painting on canvas (106 x 90 cm - with frame 118 x 103 cm.)
The work,...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
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
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rare 18th Century English Still Life of Grapes and Peaches
Located in Harkstead, GB
A rare and most attractive still life by William Smith of Chichester. The sumptuous textures of the peaches and grapes contrasting with the dark ba...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady by a Woodland Stream Holding a Shell c.1690; Oil on canvas
By Harman Verelst
Located in London, GB
This elegant portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, depicts a beautiful young lady seated in a wooded area, resting one arm on a rock, before a landscape and a warm evening sky. She is wearing a white smock under russet-coloured silks, loosely held in place by an immense black diamond clasp on the sleeve, and her body is enveloped in a voluptuous swag of azure silk; the costly fabrics and jewels reveal that the sitter was a paragon of a wealthy and privileged society that she belonged to.
Much of the attractiveness of this portrait resides in its graceful composition and the beauty of the youthful sitter. The flowing water in the left margin of the picture and the shell that she holds are compositional devises often used at the time to allude to her potential as wife and mother, recalling Proverbs, Chapter 5, Verse 18: “Let thye fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of thye youth”. Symbolism was a key component to many works of this period and contemporary viewers would have deciphered them immediately. Such images exude a sense of status and Augustan decorum, and were highly influential in transmitting these values into the first half of the eighteenth century. Held in a good quality and condition gilded antique frame.
Herman Verelst was from a great dynasty of painters, with many members achieving great success. Specialising in portraits and still life paintings, he was one of the legions of foreign-born artists working in England at the time. Today, many of his pictures are given to other artists or are simply relegated to that term “circle of” which is a great disservice because he had an ability to render faces and drapery on par with some of the best artists at the time. Herman’s work is quite distinctive in the way he rendered faces and this particular pose was a favourite. His faces were portrayed with great skill often using the sfumato technique which gave them a very smooth feel to the skin with no hard lines, and many known works by him show that he could also render drapery with great affect. Our painting was painted in the 1690’s.
His father, Pieter Hermansz Verelst...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Triumph Trinity Christ De Matteis Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Paolo De Matteis (Piano del Cilento, 1662 - Naples, 1728)
attributed/ workshop
Triumph of the Trinity with Our Lady, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Ignatius, Saint Fran...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch Marine Shipping Seascape - Golden Age art Old Master oil painting boats
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Old Master marine oil painting is attributed to the circle of Jacob de Heusch. Painted circa 1690 the setting is an Italian coast with fish...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
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