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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Located in London, GB
Follower of El Greco
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on canvas
The present work bares close similarity to a painting of the same name in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Ma...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century by Mexican Maestro Virgin of Solitude Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Dimensions: 165 x 123 cm without frame - 194 x 152 cm with frame
Black painted, carved, sculpted and guilloché wooden frame, gilded parts in the inner groove.
Publications: unpubl...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Portrait of a Gentleman French School Man Oil on Canvas Blue White
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting, oil on canvas, measuring 92 x 75 cm without frame and 102 x 87 cm with frame depicting a nobleman of the French school of the first half of the 18th century.
In its formal...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venetian School, Ottoman Honey Merchant
Located in London, GB
This incredibly rare early depiction of an Eastern Mediterranean or North African honey merchant is thought have been painted circa 1620. It predates the Flemish-French painter Jean ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) Son In Law to Oliver Cromwell
By Robert Walker
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) Son In Law to Oliver Cromwell, 17th Century
attributed Robert WALKER (1607-1658)
Large 17th Century portrait of General Henry Ireton, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition Civil War portrait...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Saint Jerome, Antwerp, 16th century, circa 1550, cercle of Lambert Van Noort
Located in PARIS, FR
Saint Jerome in the desert
Cercle of Lambert Van Noort (1520-1571, Antwerp)
Antwerp School, mid-16th century
Oil on oak panel.
Dimensions: panel h. 69 cm (27.16 in), l. 52.5 cm (20.6...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
French School, 18th Century, Portrait Of A Man Seen From Three Quarters, chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century
Paris, Louis XV-Transition period
Portrait of a man seen from three quarters
Mid-18th century
Sanguine
40 x 29 cm
59 x 50 cm framed
Superb Transition pe...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Oil Painting Figures by Shipping Harbour Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Trading Port
Italian artist, circa 1720's period
circle of Michele Marieschi (Italian 1696-1744)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, UK...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ritratto a matita del pittore Francesco Albani, inizi del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno rappresenta, come riportato a penna in basso al centro del foglio, il ritratto del celebre pittore dell'Emilia Romagna Francesco Albani, uno dei massimi rappresentanti del...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Antique Flemish 18th Century Oil Painting Swans Frightened by Dog in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Swans Startled by Dog
Flemish Old Master, 18th century
oil on bevelled wood panel, framed
framed: 14.5 x 17 inches
panel: 10 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
The Matchmaker, oil on canvas by Jan Baptist Lambrechts
By Jan Baptist Lambrechts
Located in Gent, VOV
Jan Baptist LAMBRECHTS (Antwerp, 1680 - after 1731), L'entremetteuse Canvas. On verso, wax stamp. 40 x 31 cm Expert : M. René MILLET
Lambrechts was born in Antwerp in 1680. His fathe...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Benedetto Luti Head of a Girl Oil Pastel on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original "cassetta" frame in carved and gilded wood.
Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri.
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
Romancing - Mathijs Wulfraet (Arnhem 1648 - Amsterdam 1726)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on copper
signed with monogram lower right: "MW."
Matthijs Wulfraet was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Young Mathijs had more interest in drawing than anything else and even thou...
Category
Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Copper
Still life with fruits on a shelf Oil painting on canvas Paolo Paoletti
Located in Milan, IT
Paolo Paoletti (Padua, 1671 - Udine, 1735)
Still life with fruits on a shelf
Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 81 cm
Expert opinion Dr. Gianluca Bocchi
The still life under consideration can...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Jacopo Zanguidi Dit Bertoja (1544 - 1574) - Important 16th Century Drawing
Located in PARIS, FR
Jacopo Zanguidi BERTOJA (1544-1574)
Combat of five figures, bas-relief from the School of Athens after Raphael
Ink on paper
43×34cm
Interesting thing
According to Professor David E...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ink
The Cleansing of the Temple, Late 18th European School Graphite Drawing
Located in London, GB
Pencil and chalk on paper
Image size: 8 1/2 x 13 inches (22 x 33cm)
This wonderful drawing depicts 'The Cleansing of the Temple', a biblical narrative where Christ expels merchants...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Graphite, Chalk, Paper
The Prayer, 19th Century after JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792)
By Henri Pierre Danloux
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Prayer, 19th Century
after JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792)
Large 18th Century English School portrait of a girl at prayer, oll on canvas attributed to Joshua Reynolds, Excellent qu...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Of Czechoslovakian Theologian Jan Hus (1370-1415), 17th Century Europe
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Czechoslovakian Theologian Jan Hus (1370-1415), 17th Century
European School
17th Century European School portrait of Czech Theologian Jan Hus, oil on panel. Excellent...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ecce Homo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil on canvas.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo and workshop.
Certificated by Enrique Valdivieso who is the most inportant expert in this artist.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas
Study of a Bull and Study of Two Heads with Laurel Crowns (recto and verso)
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
(Possibly) Wilhelm Suida; thence by descent to:
Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, until 1996
Private Collection, USA
Traditionally attributed to the French...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Ter Borch, Interior with elegant Ladies and a Gentleman, The Letter, Old Master
By Gerard ter Borch the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Painting after Gerard Ter Borch. The orginal "The Letter" is in Munich, Alte Pinakothek . It measures height: 56 cm (22 in); width: 46.5 cm (18.3 in) and dates from c. 1655.
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Study of a Nude Man
By Francesco Maffei
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
John Barnard, London (Lugt 1419) or possibly Saint John Dent, London and Milton (Lugt 1438)
Unidentified collector’s mark “W,” lower left of the mount (Lugt 2591a)
Private Collection, USA.
This expressive and boldly executed drawing is a work by Francesco Maffei...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
A View of Riseholme, 18th Century English Signed Watercolour Landscape
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed and entitled bottom right
Image size: 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.5 cm)
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by:
Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to:
Private Collection, New York
Literature:
Rudolf Kuchynka, “České obrazy tabulové ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Památky archeologické, vol. 31 (1919), pp. 62-64, fig. 5.
Jaroslav Pešina, “K datování deskových obrazů ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Ročenka Kruhu pro Pěstování Dějin Umění: za rok (1934), pp. 131-137.
Jaroslav Pešina, Pozdně gotické deskové malířství v Čechách, Prague, 1940, pp. 150-151, 220.
Patrik Šimon, Jindřich Waldes: sběratel umění, Prague, 2001, pp. 166, 168, footnote 190.
Ivo Hlobil, “Tři gotické obrazy ze sbírky Jindřicha Waldese,” Umění, vol. 52, no. 4 (2004), p. 369.
Executed sometime in the 1380s or 1390s by a close associate of the Master of the
Třeboň Altarpiece, this impressive panel is a rare work created at the royal court in Prague and a significant re-discovery for the corpus of early Bohemian painting. It has emerged from an American collection, descendants of the celebrated Czech industrialist and collector Jindřich Waldes, who died in Havana fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe.
The distinctive visual tradition of the Bohemian school first began to take shape in the middle of the fourteenth century after Charles IV—King of Bohemia and later Holy Roman Emperor—established Prague as a major artistic center. The influx of foreign artists and the importation of significant works of art from across Europe had a profound influence on the development of a local pictorial style. Early Italian paintings, especially those by Sienese painters and Tommaso da Modena (who worked at Charles IV’s court), had a considerable impact on the first generation of Bohemian painters. Although this influence is still felt in the brilliant gold ground and the delicate tooling of the present work, the author of this painting appears to be responding more to the paintings of his predecessors in Prague than to foreign influences.
This Resurrection of Christ employs a compositional format that was popular throughout the late medieval period but was particularly pervasive in Bohemian painting. Christ is shown sitting atop a pink marble sarcophagus, stepping down onto the ground with one bare foot. He blesses the viewer with his right hand, while in his left he holds a triumphal cross with a fluttering banner, symbolizing his victory over death. Several Roman soldiers doze at the base of the tomb, except for one grotesque figure, who, beginning to wake, shields his eyes from the light and looks on with a face of bewilderment as Christ emerges from his tomb. Christ is wrapped in a striking red robe with a blue interior lining, the colors of which vary subtly in the changing light. He stands out prominently against the gold backdrop, which is interrupted only by the abstractly rendered landscape and trees on either side of him.
The soldiers’ armor is rendered in exacting detail, the cool gray of the metal contrasting with the earth tones of the outer garments. The sleeping soldier set within a jumble of armor with neither face nor hands exposed, is covered with what appears to be a shield emblazoned with two flies on a white field, somewhat resembling a cartouche (Fig. 1). This may be a heraldic device of the altarpiece’s patron or it may signify evil, referencing either the Roman soldiers or death, over both of which Christ triumphs.
This painting formed part of the collection assembled by the Czech industrialist and founder of the Waldes Koh-i-noor Company, Jindřich Waldes, in the early twentieth century. As a collector he is best remembered for establishing the Waldes Museum in Prague to house his collection of buttons (totaling nearly 70,000 items), as well as for being the primary patron of the modernist painter František Kupka. Waldes was also an avid collector of older art, and he approached his collecting activity with the goal of creating an encyclopedic collection of Czech art from the medieval period through to the then-present day. At the conclusion of two decades of collecting, his inventory counted 2331 paintings and drawings, 4764 prints, and 162 sculptures. This collection, which constituted the Waldesova Obrazárna (Waldes Picture Gallery), was first displayed in Waldes’ home in Prague at 44 Americká Street and later at his newly built Villa Marie at 12 Koperníkova Street. This Resurrection of Christ retains its frame from the Waldes Picture Gallery, including its original plaque “173 / Česky malíř z konce 14 stol.” (“Czech painter from the end of the 14th century”) and Waldes’ collection label on the reverse.
The Resurrection of Christ was one of the most significant late medieval panel...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Portrait Of A Spanish Marquess, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Spanish Marquess, 18th Century
attributed to Louis-Michel VAN LOO (1707-1771)
Large 18th European portrait of a Spanish Marquees / Noble at a bureaux signing a docum...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Westminster From The South, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Westminster From The South, 18th Century
by Joseph FARINGTON (1747-1821) similar to $45,000
Fine large 18th Century London view of Westminster fr...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Man
By Sir Allan Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (27.25 x 19.5cm)
Handmade William Kent frame
This quickly created oil sketch is a study for a larger work, its purpose being to aid the artist and give the client a visual representation of the final piece.
The subject is a young gentleman in a colourful pink and white outfit. He also wears a powdered wig and bears a decorative sword...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Procession Ornament
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Chinese Procession Ornament dating from the Liao Dynasty, from 907 to 1125 AD. The Liao Dynasty, also known as the Khitan Empire, was an empire in northern China that ruled over the regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, and parts of northern China proper. It was founded by the Yelu family of the Khitan people in the final years of the Tang Dynasty, even though its first ruler, Yelu Abaoji, did not declare an era name until 916. The Liao Empire was destroyed by the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty in 1125. However, remnants of its people led by Yelu Dashi established the Xi (or Western) Liao Dynasty 1125 - 1220, also known as Kara - Khitan Khanate, which survived until the arrival of Genghis Khan...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Bronze
Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding Flowers, circa 1600 Flemish School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding Flowers, circa 1600
Flemish School
Large circa 1600 Flemish School portrait of a man holding flowers wearing a plumed hat, oil on panel. Exceptional...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spanish 18th C. Oil on Canvas"Still Life with Walnuts, Melon, Grapes and Orange"
Located in Madrid, ES
SPANISH SCHOOL
18th CENTURY
STILL LIFE WITH WALNUTS, MELON, GRAPES AND ORANGE
unsigned
oil on canvas
15-3/4 x 21 inches (40 x 53 cm.)
framed: 24-1/2 x 28-3/4 inches (62 x 72.5 cm.)
...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PPortrait Of Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess o
Located in Blackwater, GB
PPortrait Of Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland
Circle of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Huge 17th Cent...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mythology Monochrome Frieze Tuscan Neoclassic Art Pietro Benvenuti 18th century
Located in Florence, IT
This interesting grisaille […] of a high standard of quality and in an excellent state of conservation, represents an interesting derivation with slight variations from an engraving,...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Owen Ormsby, bust-length, in a brown coat
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Gainsborough Dupont (1754 - 1797, British)
Portrait of Owen Ormsby, bust-length, in a brown coat, with slightly later inscription identifying the sitter
oil on canvas
2...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Dutch 17th Century Oil Painting - The Card Game by Ter Borch
By Gerard ter Borch the Younger
Located in London, GB
Gerard ter Borch
The Cards Game
Oil on canvas
14 x 15.5 inches unframed
19 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches framed
Gerard ter Borch (Dutch; December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg, was an influential and pioneering Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Rooster With Adorned Feathers, Circle Of John Nost Sartorius
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Rooster With Adorned Feathers, 18th Century
Circle of John Nost SARTORIUS (1759-1830)
Large 18th century English study of a rooster in a farmyard, oil on canvas. Supe...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary, circa 1600 School of Palma il Giovane (1548-1628)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary, circa 1600
School of Palma il Giovane (1548-1628)
Fine Large circa 1600 Venetian School depiction of Saint Elizabeth of...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Bewigged Gentleman
By Vittore Ghislandi
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Copper
Exquisite Pair of 17th Century Capriccios by Viviano Codazzi
Located in London, GB
VIVIANO CODAZZI (c. 1603-1672)
A Pair of Architectural Cappriccios
Oil on Canvas
24 x 28 7/8 inches (60.8 x 73.2 cms)
Provenance: Collection Pérez d...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
SET OF TWO ITALIAN CARVED AND GILT WOODEN HEADS OF LIONS
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two carved and gilt wooden heads of lions, italy, venice, 1760 circa
This pair of playful and charming lion heads are a marvelous example of Venetian sculptural and decorative...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Wood
Dog scratching its ear
Located in PARIS, FR
This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums.
1. Georg Schweigger
Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models.
2. The success of a naturalistic theme
As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century.
This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes.
This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Marble, Silver
18th Century Lanscape Oil Painting of Matlock High-Torr
By Thomas Smith (b.1720)
Located in London, GB
Thomas Smith of Derby
Matlock High-Torr Landscape
Oil on canvas
27 x 34.5 inches unframed
34 x 41.5 inches including frame
Thomas Smith of Derby (died 12 September 1767) was an Engl...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Large Antique Oil Painting of Samson and Delilah after Anthony van Dyck
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
Large antique oil painting of Samson and Delilah after Anthony van Dyck
Dutch, 17th Century
Height 165cm, width 233cm
This very large artwork ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Propylaea II, from: Homage to Hellas Volume II
Located in London, GB
OSKAR KOKOSCHKA 1886-1980
Pochlarn 1886-1980 Schweinfurt (Austrian)
Title: Propylaea II, from: Homage to Hellas Volume II Propylaen II, aus der Serie Bekenntnis zu Hellas II, 1961...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Lithograph
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson of Edinburgh
Located in Miami, FL
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson
Sir. Henry Raeburn ( Scottish 1756 - 1823 )
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson
29x 24
Purchased, J Leger & Son,...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
PAIR OF ITALIAN ARCHITECTURAL BRACKETS IN PIETRA SERENA, TUSCANY, 1600 CIRCA
Located in Milan, IT
Richly decorated on the side and with finely sculpted female faces, these carved stone architectural brackets are a great example of the Tuscan production of the late 16th Century. O...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Stone
Banana Plants: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line double page engraving of banana plants, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Banana 1. Musa,...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Madonna with the book. Genovese School. Follower of Bernardo Strozzi.
Located in Firenze, IT
Madonna with the book.
XVIIth century.
Oil on Canvas.
Antique painted wooden frame, in need of restoration.
Reintel.
Baroque Era.
Interesting painting of the Genoese school, with ch...
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady in a Blue & Pink Silk Dress, possibly Mrs Rowe, Signed Dated
Located in London, GB
This charming picture, which has been signed and dated: H. Pickering pinxt 1752 is a type favoured by the highly successful artist Henry Pickering. Pickering’s painting life, from 1...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Abigail, Countess of Kinnoull, Signed Dated Godfrey Kneller Painting
Located in London, GB
Presented by Titan Fine Art, this elegant and beautiful portrait depicts Abigail Hay, Lady Dupplin, Countess of Kinnoull; it is an excellent example of English portraiture from the f...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River landscape, studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger 17th century Antwerp school
Located in PARIS, FR
River landscape
Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678)
17th century Antwerp school
Oil on copper: h. 7.48 in, w. 10.43 in
Ebonized wood and moulded frame
Framed: h. 18.4 in, ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Lady in an Elaborate Ruff & Lace Coif c.1610-20, Dutch Old Master
Located in London, GB
This magnificent oil on panel portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, is a splendid example of the sumptuous female portraits that were painted for members of the upper echelons of so...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Birds with an Upturned Basket of Fruit 1
Located in West Sussex, GB
Giovanni Agostino Cassana
(c.1658 – 6 May 1720) Venetian
Birds with an Upturned Basket of Fruit
Oil on canvas: 25 x 35 in. Frame: 33 x 43 in.
Abate, or Giovanni Agostino Cassana ...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Russian Icon 16th century The Battle of the Novogorodians with the Suzdalians
Located in London, GB
The Battle of the Novogorodians with the Suzdalians
16th century
Size 50.5 x 47.5 x 3 cm.
The icon is located in the Russian Federation.
There is an expert opinion from leading R...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Wood, Egg Tempera, Wood Panel
A Pair of 18th century Venetian Canal Scenes in the Style of Francesco Guardi
Located in West Sussex, GB
Style of Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)
Venetian Canal Scenes, a pair
-San Giorgio Maggiore from the Bacino di San Marco
-Santa Maria della Salute from the Grand Canal
Oils on canvas: 13 X 18 ¼ in. Frame: 18 ½ x 23 ½ in. Late 18th / early 19th century.
Francesco Guardi was an Italian painter of veduta, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School.
He was born in Venice in 1712, the son of a minor painter, Domenico Guardi, and went on to become, after Canaletto, the main painter of views of Venice in the mid-18th century.
His early figurative paintings were carried out in association with his brother, Gian Antonio, but in about 1760 Guardi turned to view painting, recording both the architecture of the city and the celebrations of its inhabitants in interior and exterior scenes. These works brought him great success. The earliest of these show the influence of Canaletto, but he gradually adopted a looser style characterized by spirited brush-strokes and freely imagined architecture.
Gallery notes: This fabulous pair of Venetian scenes are a work by a highly talented but unknown artist painting...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady in Red Dress on Porch c.1680, English Aristocratic Provenance
Located in London, GB
Presented by Titan Fine Art, this painting formed part of a historic collection of an English aristocratic family, Lord and Lady Sandys at their magnificent baroque and Regency Grade-I listed family home, Ombersley Court. The house was among the most fascinating survivals of its kind in this country. The atmospheric interiors were distinguished above all for the works of art associated with two key moments in national history. The collection was acquired or commissioned over five centuries and remained at Ombersley Court until its recent sale, the first in 294 years. This portrait hung in the Grand Hall.
This exquisite grand manner work is an evocative example of the type of portrait in vogue during a large part of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The artist has depicted an elegant lady, three quarter length and seated on porch with a luxurious crimson swag curtain by her side. The clothing – known as “undress” at the time, consists of red silk fastened at the front and sleeves by large gold and diamond jewels over a simple white chemise. In her lap she holds a blue wrap and in her other hand, at her chest, she clutches the end of a sheer gauzy scarf that has been draped around her body with the other end a type of headdress – this type of sheer scarf was often employed by Wissing in his portraits. The classical architecture signifies cultivation and sophistication and the luxurious swag curtain is a signifier of wealth. The portrait can be dated to circa 1680 based on the sitter’s attire, the “hurluberlu” hairstyle, and other portraits by Wissing using the same formula.
This oil on canvas portrait has been well cared for over its life, which spans almost 350 years. Having recently been treated to remove an obscuring discoloured varnish, the finer details and proper colour can now be fully appreciated.
Once owned by Evesham Abbey, the manor of Ombersley was acquired by the Sandys family in the early 1600s, when Sir Samuel Sandys, the eldest son of Edwin Sandys, Bishop of Worcester and later Archbishop of York, took a lease on the manor, before receiving an outright grant in 1614. The present house, Ombersley Court, dates from the time of Samuel, 1st Lord Sandys, between 1723 and 1730. The house itself is a fine example of an English Georgian country house set in rolling countryside and surrounded by Wellingtonias, planted to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo by Arthur Hill, 2nd Baron Sandys, who played a distinguished part in the battle and was one of the Duke of Wellington’s aides de camp. The Duke also stayed in the house and in the Great Hall, was the Waterloo banner which was brought to the house by Sir Arthur Hill, aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, who succeeded his mother, the Marchioness of Downshire as 2nd Lord Sandys. Further Waterloo memorabilia are kettle drums from battle. The family had a strong tradition of military and political service, dating back to the 17th century, and this was also reflected in the fine collection of portraits and paintings in the house. In short, Ombersley represented a vital aspect of British history. The house and more especially the collection were of the greatest historical importance. Houses that have remained in the possession of the same family for as many as three centuries have become increasingly rare.
Through this portrait, collectors have a chance to acquire a piece of British history and an evocative vestige of a glittering way of life, which is now gone.
Much of the attractiveness of this portrait resides in its graceful manner and the utter beauty of the youthful sitter. Presented in a beautiful carved and gilded period frame, which is a work of art in itself.
Willem Wissing was a Dutch artist who enjoyed a solid artistic training at The Hague under Arnold van Ravesteyn (c.1650-1690) and Willem Dougijns (1630-1697). He came to London in 1676 and most probably joined the studio or Sir Peter Lely as an assistant that same year. After Lely’s death in 1680 he effectively took over his business and he scaled the heights of patronage with extraordinary ease, creating an independent practise in 1687, and painted for very important aristocratic patrons. King Charles II was so impressed by a portrait Wissing painted of his son, the Duke of Monmouth, in 1683 that he commissioned his own portrait and that of his Queen Catherine...
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