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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Shepherd with Animals in Landscape - Dutch Old Master art pastoral oil painting
By Nicolaes Berchem
Located in London, GB
This lovely Dutch Old Master oil painting is attributed to noted Dutch artist Nicholaes Berchem. Painted circa 1665 it is a charming pastoral scene of a shepherd and his animals including sheep, goats, donkey and cows and of course his trusty dog. They are all resting beneath trees while he looks on attentively. The light in the sky and the light and shadows on the animals is beautiful. A really superb example of Dutch Old Master art with great detail. Provenance. Surrey estate. Christies stamp verso. Condition. Oil on canvas, 38 inches by 32 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a complementary gilt frame, 46 inches by 30 inches and in good condition. Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1620-1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces. He was a member of the second generation of "Dutch Italianate landscape" painters. These were artists who travelled to Italy, or aspired to, in order to soak up the romanticism of the country, bringing home sketchbooks full of drawings of classical ruins and pastoral imagery. His paintings, of which he produced an immense number, (Hofstede de Groot claimed around 850, although many are misattributed), were in great demand, as were his 80 etchings and 500 drawings. His landscapes, painted in the Italian style of idealized rural scenes, with hills, mountains, cliffs and trees in a golden dawn are sought after. Berchem also painted inspired and attractive human and animal figures (staffage) in works of other artists, like Allaert van Everdingen, Jan Hackaert, Gerrit Dou, Meindert Hobbema and Willem Schellinks. Born in Haarlem, he received instruction from his father Pieter Claesz, and from the painters Jan van Goyen, Pieter de Grebber, Jan Baptist Weenix, Jan Wils and Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert. According to Houbraken, Carel de Moor told him that Berchem got his name from two words "Berg hem" for "Save him!", an expression used by his fellows in Van Goyen's workshop whenever his father chased him there with the intent to beat him. No trip or Grand Tour by Berchem was documented by Houbraken though he mentioned another story about the "Berg hem!" nickname which came from Berchem's conscription as a sailor; the man in charge of impressment knew him and sent him ashore with the words "Save him!". Today his name is assumed to come from his father's hometown of Berchem, Antwerp. According to the RKD he traveled to Italy with Jan Baptist Weenix, whom he called his cousin, in 1642–5. Works by him are signed both as "CBerghem" and "Berchem". In 1645 he became a member of the Dutch reformed church and married the year after. According to Houbraken he married the daughter of the painter Jan Wils, who kept him on a short allowance, but to finance his collection of prints he would borrow money from his pupils and colleagues and pay them back from the proceeds of paintings that he didn't tell her about. Around 1650 he travelled to Westphalia with Jacob van Ruisdael, where a dated piece showing Burg Bentheim is recorded. Maybe Berchem went to Italy after this trip and before he moved to Amsterdam - he is not clearly documented in the Netherlands between 1650 and 1656. Around 1660 he worked for the engraver Jan de Visscher designing an atlas. In 1661-1670 he is registered in Amsterdam and in 1670 he moved back to Haarlem, but was living back in Amsterdam by 1677, where he died in 1683. He was a popular teacher and his pupils were Abraham Begeyn, Johannes van der Bent, his son Nicolaes, Isaack Croonenbergh, Simon Dubois, Karel Dujardin, Johannes Glauber, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob van Huchtenburg, Justus van Huysum...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Monumental Singerie 18th Century Whimsical Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental Singerie (monkeys imitating human behavior) 18th century whimsical painting in the style of Christopher Huet In good antique condition w...
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18th Century and Earlier Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mexico City & Cusco Antique Map, Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Braun & Hogenberg
Located in Roma, IT
Etching black and white from Civitates Orbis Terrarum. View of the Old Mexico City, built over the ruins of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán from 1520, and Cusco, ancient capital of th...
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18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Allegory of Music School After Lorenzo Lippi
Located in Pasadena, CA
After Lorenzo Lippi (Florence, May 6, 1606 - Florence, April 15, 1665) is a Baroque painter of the Florentine school and a seventeenth-century Italian poet.
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Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

17th-18th Century Dutch Tavern Antique Oil Painting with Seated Figures Scene
Located in Palm Coast, FL
🎨 Original 17th–18th Century Flemish Tavern Scene Oil Painting – Baroque Genre Style This is a rare and authentic original oil painting on canvas, conceivably from the late 17th or ...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Old Master French Noblemen Engraving by Crispin de Passe
Located in New York, NY
Crispin van de Passe The Younger (c. 1594-1670) Untitled (French Noblemen on Horseback), c. 1620-1660 Engraving Sight: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 in. Inscribed in p...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Engraving

Italian Arch - Old Master British art Italian landscape and ruins through arch
By (Circle of) Hubert Robert
Located in London, GB
This lovely British 18th century landscape oil painting is attributed to circle of Hubert Robert or Robert of the Ruins as he was better known. The work depicts an extensive landscap...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Mountain View Baroque Capriccio Landscape 17th century Oil Painting Old Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Along the road, we see several travelers: some are walking at a leisurely pace, others are engaged in animated conversations. At the top of one mountain, a small castle stands proudl...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Wood, Oil, Canvas

Ancient Roman Statue - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statue, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lowe...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Two Nude Me - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Two Nude Men is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with central folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Le Dogue de Forte Race - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Dogue de Forte Race is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du C...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Faile Couture Signed and Numbered Print
Located in Draper, UT
'Couture' by Faile, 2022 24 x 26 Inches Archival pigment print on 280gsm Entrada Cotton Rag fine art paper. Limited Edition of 300 Hand-signed by the artist duo bottom right. Artist...
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Street Art 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Lithograph, Screen

View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1773
Located in Roma, IT
View of Mausoleo of Cecilia Metella is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1773. Precoius roman edition. Complete title on the lower ma...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Portrait of a Man with a Rifle
Located in London, GB
Oil on layered paper Image size: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (26.5 x 21 cm) Contemporary swept frame This is an eighteenth century portrait of a...
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Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil, Laid Paper

17th Century By Paulus Bor Heraclitus and Democritus Oil on Panel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Paulus Bor (Amersfoort, Netherlands, 1605 - 1669) Title: Heraclitus and Democritus Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: without frame 56 x 46 cm - with frame 77 x 67 cm "Cassetta" frame ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Scandinavian Family Portrait, Artist 18th Century, Scandinavian School
Located in Knokke, BE
Scandinavian Family Portrait Artist 18th century 18th Century Scandinavian School Signature: Not signed Medium: Miniature Dimensions: Image size ...
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Medieval 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Egg Tempera

A hunter taking a rest with his dog
By Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Located in New York, NY
Circle of Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Good condition overall. All of our works are covered by our own guarantee of authenticity which covers the work for its lifetime of ownership with the...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Canvas, Oil

Painted Cleopatra Melts a Pearl in a Cup of Vinegar 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Roman school of the second half of the 17th century. The scene recounts an episode in the love affair between the queen of Egypt and the Roman triumvir Antony: Cleopat...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

A View of London as it was in the Year 1647 pub. by Boydell 1756
Located in Paonia, CO
A View of London as it was in the Year 1647 is a hand colored copper engraving published by the well known British publisher and engraver John Boydell (1720-1804) and engraved by R.Benning sold at Cheapside London 1756. Panoramic view on two sheets conjoined as issued linen mounted. Lettered with title in French and English along the base of the image including a numbered key to the structures. In very good condition except for one 1/8 inch tear in the sky to the left of the middle seam that is barely noticeable. This is a large very detailed panorama of London...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Still Life Musical Instruments Bettera Paint 17/18rt Century Oil on canvas Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Bonaventura Bettera (Bergamo, 1663 - documented until 1718) Still Life with Musical Instruments (LINK) Oil on canvas 90 x 116 cm - Framed 105 x 131 cm. The pendenat of this paintin...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Sleeping Boy - Drawing by Giovanni Fontana - 16th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Boy is an original modern artwork realized in the 16th century by Giovanni Fontana. Ivory colored sheet attached on an ivory colored cardboard (...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait of George Gordon, 7th Laird of Buckie (1707-1756)
Located in Maidenhead, GB
John Alexander (Scottish, 1686-1766) Portrait of George Gordon, 7th Laird of Buckie (Scottish, 1707-1756), c. 1743 Oil on canvas In a carved ebonised frame, with gilded inner slight...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Marble Head of Mercury
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hand-carved marble head of Mercury mounted on a stained wooden plinth.
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18th Century and Earlier Art

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Marble

Escuela europea (XVIII) - La coronación de la virgen - Oleo sobre zinc
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada en la parte inferior, pero me resulta ilegible y desconocida la firma Se presenta enmarcada la obra El estado de la obra se puede apreciar, presenta varias falta...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Aeneas Salmeggia, Ecce Homo
Located in Milan, IT
Enea Salmeggia known as Talpino (Bergamo, 1565 - 1626), second decade of the 17th century Ecce homo Oil on canvas, 84 x 61 cm Framed, 103 x 77 cm The work presented here depicts ...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century by Pietro Bardellino Mary Magdalene Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pietro Bardellino (Naples, Italy, 1731 – 1806) Title: Mary Magdalene Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 75 x 60 cm – with frame 97 x 82 cm Antique shaped and carved wood...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ann Baker - Framed 1747, George II Needlework Sampler
By Ann Baker
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming George II sampler, hand embroidered by Ann Baker in 1747, aged 13. The sampler depicts numerous alphabets above a moralistic verse and a pair of birds beside a tree. Well ...
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18th Century and Earlier Art

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Tapestry

Le Lapin Sauvage - Etching by Jacques De sève - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Lapin Sauvage is an artwork realized  by Jacques de Seve in 1771.   Etching B./W. print  on ivory paper. Signed on  plate on the lower left margin. The work is glued on cardboar...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

La Paysanne Tournee a Gauche, Les Mains Appuyees L’Une sue L’Autre
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Paysanne Tournee a Gauche, Les Mains Appuyees L’Une sue L’Autre (Peasant turned left holding her hands) Etching, 1618 From: Varie Figure (16 plates) Condition: very good, aging Im...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

The Knight - Oil on Board by Pietro della Vecchia - 17th Century
By Pietro della Vecchia
Located in Roma, IT
The Knight is an original painting realized by Pietro della Vecchia during the XVII century. Oil on board. Original title: Ritratto di giovane cavaliere con cappello piumato. Includ...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Le Paon - Etching by Catherine Haussard - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Paon is an etching realized by Haussard in 1771. Signed in plate. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la d...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Portrait of Noble Lady
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed and dated "N MAE / 1691" (lower right) Oil on canvas A masterful example of 17th-century Dutch portraiture, this magnificent oil on canvas comes alive with luminous color, dramatic contrast and extraordinary detail. The work was composed by Nicolaes Maes, an artist widely regarded as the most prominent portrait painter of his era in Amsterdam. Fashionably styled, Portrait of a Noble Lady exemplifies the mature style of Maes, executed with the same artistry and attention to detail he imparted on his most important private commissions. This work by Maes comes from the second half of his career and follows in the rich tradition of the great Flemish Baroque painters Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Like these artists, Maes excels at not only capturing his subjects with a technical perfection but also their inherent elegance and grace. The sitter is draped in luxurious white and red silks and pearls, underscoring the importance and prosperity of his wealthy clientele. She is placed against a dark backdrop, enabling a striking chiaroscuro effect characteristic of the artist’s portraits. Maes’s immense talent for detail and composition is clearly evident. In both palette and proportion, it embodies the somewhat austere style preferred by the artist, which emphasized a painstaking study of the costumes, hairstyles and accessories of his subjects. Such elaborate and highly detailed costuming in portraiture was a fashionable way to show one's wealth in the 17th century, particularly among the emerging class of wealthy merchants. Similar works by the painter can be found in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), National Gallery (London), National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others. Nicolaes Maes was born in Dordrecht in 1634 to a prosperous cloth merchant. Around 1848, he moved to Amsterdam to study under Rembrandt for several years before returning to his native Dordrecht, where he established himself as a painter of genre scenes and portraits. In the 1650s, Maes traveled to Antwerp where he studied the work of Flemish artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Canvas, Oil

Old days Photo - Landscape - Vintage Photo - Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old days Photo - Landscape is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the late 19th century. Good conditions and aged. It belongs to a historical and Nostalgic album including...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Photographic Paper

Coat Of Arms Lord Suffield, Sir Harbord Harbord 1st Baron Suffield 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Coat Of Arms Of Lord Suffield, Sir Harbord Harbord 1st Baron Of Suffield, MP for Norwich (1735-1810), 18th Century English School Oil On Panel Large circa 1784 Coat Of Arms to Lord...
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18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Figures by a River at the Edge of a Wood
Located in Paris, ÃŽle-de-France
Ferdinand von Kobell (1740–1799) Figures by a River at the Edge of a Wood Black chalk, stump and white chalk highlights, on paper 19 x 28.8 cm Signed and dated lower right: 1777 P...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Chalk

Hercules vanquishing a drakaina (half‑woman, half‑serpent)
Located in Paris, ÃŽle-de-France
Circle of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727 – Madrid 1804) Hercules vanquishing a drakaina (half‑woman, half‑serpent) – interpreted either as Echidna or a personified Hydra c. ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Ink

H F Gravelot (1699-1773) Two Allegories, Faith and Vigilance, Pen and Ink
By Hubert-François Gravelot
Located in Paris, FR
Hubert-François Gravelot (1699-1773) Two Allegories : Vigilance and Faith Pen, black Ink, and black wash on paper 7.9 x 4.8 each one Framed 22 x 26 cm Old framing that needs to be...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Ink

Pair of Hand-Colored Pelican Engravings
Located in New York, NY
The Merican Pelican and The Pelican from George Edwards "A Natural History of Birds, Most of which have not been figured or described and others very little known..." published in Lo...
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18th Century and Earlier Art

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Paper

Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Ba...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

17th Century By Mondino Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria Oil/Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Antonio Mondino (information from c. 1610 to c. 1626) Title: Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions:...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Canvas, Oil

Pieter Casteels III 'Signed' Floral Still Life Old master Paint 18th Century Art
By Pieter Casteels III (Antwerp 1684 - 1749 Richmond)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pieter Casteels III (Antwerp 1684 - 1749 Richmond) circle Floral still life Signed lower left, on the stone: P Casteels About 1730 Oil painting on...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Wooden Sculptures Roman Soldiers Rome 18th Century Italy Art Gold
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Wooden sculptures depicting a pair of full-length Roman soldiers Rome, 18th century Carved and gilded wood (walnut?) Dimensions: Maximum height (at lance) 62 cm./ Maximum width: 28 ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Gold

18th century pastel portrait of a young boy in a wooded landscape
By Arthur Pond
Located in Bath, Somerset
This little jewel of a pastel of a young boy in his smart red jacket and silver trimmed waistcoat is by an artist working in the circle of Arthur Pond and ...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Pastel

Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro. Pittore lombardo (Giuseppe Meda?) 1560-1570
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. La grande scena racconta la Deposizione di Cristo dalla Croce, condensando due momenti della narrazione: il Compianto della Madonna sul corpo del Cristo e la deposizion...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Vincenzo Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Aloja in the 18th century. Signed on the plate on the lower ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Italian School 18th Century Oil - Sibylla Phrygia
Located in Corsham, GB
An angelic 18th-century portrait of the Phrygian Sibyl, one of the many prophetesses in ancient Greek mythology. Sibyls, including the Phrygian Sibyl, have been depicted in various f...
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18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Portrait Child Schedoni 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Bartolomeo Schedoni (Modena 1578 - Parma 1615) workshop of Portrait of a child (Alessandro Farnese?) First half 17th century Oil on canvas (95 x 66 cm. - In frame 109 x 80) This i...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

F Cesare Bimerman (1821-1890) Forest Landscape With Travelers and Cattle
Located in San Francisco, CA
F Cesare Bimerman (1821-1890) Forest landscape with travelers and cattle. Oil on Canvas Relined 29x35.37
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18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Rest on the Flight into Egypt - Attributed to Pieter Van Avont - 17th c. Flemish
Located in PARIS, FR
Rest during the Flight into Egypt - The Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist and the angels in a Landscape. Attributed to Pieter Van Avont (1600-1652) 17th century Antwerp School, circa 1630 Oil on oak panel, Dimensions: h. 38 cm, w. 50 cm (14.96 in x 19.68 in) Flemish style frame in ebonized and moulded wood Framed: h. 56 cm, w. 68.5 cm (22.04 in. x 26.97 in.) In the heart of a lush wooded landscape, the Virgin with Jesus rests in a green clearing accompanied by Saint John the Baptist and the cherubs. Seated to the left of the composition, the Virgin Mary holds the Child on her lap; the little Saint John the Baptist wearing the camel-skin tunic (his attribute) stands before Jesus to exchange a few caresses. On the right, the couple of cherubs are playing with the lamb of Saint John the Baptist, bringing a jovial character to the scene. A pair of gardening putti on the left pick flowers to bring bouquets to the Virgin and Jesus. Spring flowers such as tulips, daffodils and anemones that grow abundantly around them and enrich the composition with their shimmering colors. A lush rose bush blooms to the left of the figures offering delicate roses. (The rose is the flower associated with the Virgin Mary, who is the "mystical rose," the one that does not bear the "thorn of sin") At the feet of the Virgin are bunches of grapes (symbol of the future passion of Christ) as well as apples (symbol of the original fall of Man but also of the Redemption in Christ) In the foreground we find a wicker basket filled in profusion with beautiful flowers and guinea pigs nibbling on the blades of grass. In a cleverly arranged disorder, these elements of the still life with their strong symbolic power accentuate the religious theme, but are also an opportunity for the artist to demonstrate his know-how in the still life genre that is gaining momentum in Antwerp. The landscape behind the figures consists of a large tree with a twisted trunk and a luminous opening to the horizon placed on the right. We see Saint Joseph arriving with a donkey, a small reminder from the artist that the composition is associated with the episode of Rest during the flight into Egypt. The calm expanse of this bucolic forest opening onto the luminous distance, with its profusion of symbolic flowers and fruits, is particularly suited to this sacred scene. The theme of Jesus' sacrifice and his tragic fate is mitigated by cherubs who play with innocence and carelessness in the face of the fragility of life symbolized by cut flowers. The great mastery of the painter is manifested by the finesse of the drawing enhanced by the delicacy in the application of the brushstrokes bringing a multitude of details. The richness of the whole is exacerbated thanks to the choice of colours, this varied palette is an undeniable asset of our work. The virtuosity of our artist lies in his versatility, as much concerned with the success of the landscape and flowers as with the modelling of his figures. The cherubs with their naked bodies are gracefully illuminated by warm colours with subtle shadows, while the still life is rendered with astonishing realism, both in the precision of the drawing and in the countless shades of the flowers. There are several compositions similar to ours, of which below are the closest versions: • Sale, Jean-Claude Anaf et Associés, Lyon, 08/02/1998, attributed to Pieter Van Avont, oil on panel, h. 48 cm, l. 71 cm (recorded on RKD n° 31451). Comment: identical composition, only St Joseph with the donkey is different) • Christie's New York sale, 29/01/1998, Pieter Van Avont, oil on copper, h. 23.8 cm, w. 24.8 cm • Dorotheum sale, Vienna, 25/04/2017, Pieter Van Avont and Jan Breughel II, oil on copper, h .26 cm, w. 39 cm • Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Pieter Van Avont, oil on panel, h. 50.5 cm, w. 71.7 cm Peter van Avont, Flemish painter (Mechelen, 1600 - Antwerp. 1652) Born in Mechelen, he is mentioned in 1620 as a member of the painters' guild of his hometown. He left in 1 622 for Antwerp, where he was also a member of the guild. He collaborated with many painters, including Jan Brueguel the Younger, David Vinckboons, Lucas van Uden...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oak, Oil

View of a Mansion in the South of France, a drawing by Claude-Joseph Vernet
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Madame Beck-Saiello for confirming the autograph nature of this drawing after an in-person examination. It was probably during an excursion in the countryside near Avignon that Claude-Joseph Vernet executed this drawing, enhanced with pen and brown ink, depicting a mansion on a hilltop overlooking a small village with geometric shapes. 1. Joseph Vernet, a painter influenced by Italy Claude-Joseph Vernet was born in Avignon in 1714, the son of Antoine Vernet (1689-1753), an artisan painter of architectural decorations, coach panels, and the like. He moved to the studio of Philippe Sauvan (1697-1792), a leading history painter in Avignon, and then worked with Jacques Viali (active 1681-1745), a decorative, landscape, and marine painter in Aix-en-Provence. Vernet's first recorded paintings were decorative overdoors executed in 1731 in the Aix townhouse of the marquise de Simiane. In 1734, Joseph de Seytres, marquis de Caumont, a leading amateur in Avignon, sponsored Vernet to make a study trip to Italy to complete his artistic education and to draw antiquities for his patron. As Avignon was a papal territory in Vernet's day, he also had a number of useful introductions among influential churchmen when he arrived in Rome. Vernet was soon at home in the French community there, and he was encouraged by Nicolas Vleughels (1668-1737), director of the Académie de France in Rome, even though the young painter had no official affiliation with the royal institution. He likely entered the studio of the French marine painter Adrien Manglard...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Ink, Laid Paper, Pen, Carbon Pencil

Altra veduta della Chiesa di ... - Etching by G.B. Falda - Late 1600
Located in Roma, IT
Altra veduta della Chiesa di S. Ignatio de Papa della Compa di Giesu nel Rione della Pigna is an etching realized in the Late 17th Century by Giovan Battista Falda. Good condition e...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

Florentine Neoclassical Allegory Landscape Painting from a Villa tempera canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The work, tempera on canvas in a great state of conservation, is part of a series of four big paintings of various authors documented in origin in the Villa La Zambra in Sesto Fioren...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Canvas, Tempera

Madonna Parrot Paint Oil on table Old master Flemish Follower Master of Parrot
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
'Master of the parrot' (a painter active in Antwerp in the early 16th century, whose name refers to the parrot who always occurs in his paintings) - follower of Madonna on the throne with child (With the coat of arms of the client family in the upper part of the composition) Oil on the table 101 x 62 cm. - In frame 114 x 76 cm. The beautiful proposed work explains the typical iconographic characters of the painter called 'Master of the parrot', a conventional name used by critics to define an anonymous Dutch author of the 16th century. More precisely, it is a painter of the southern Netherlands, active in Antwerp around 1530-50, so defined for the unmistakable parrot who often appears in his works of him. In religious iconography the parrot has often been used as a Marian symbol, as it was widespread that its most common verse was "Ave", that is, the greeting of the Archangel Gabriele to Mary at the time of the Annunciation. Today the idea according to which the name 'master of the parrot' has not referred to a single painter, but rather a group that, based on the stylistic characters, carried out their training at the workshop of Pieter Coecke Van Aelst (Aalst (Aalst is widespread. 1502 - Brussels 1550), creating devotion paintings intended for a bourgeois client and concentrating their activity on a specific topic particularly requested by the contemporary market. By way of example we can mention the Virgin with the San Diego Museum of Art child where the figures, like our own, are in line, With the mannerist taste for the elegant body proportions that exceed reality, with elements such as tapered finger, wide face and thin nose. These characters also betray the influence of active artists in the region such as Joos Van Cleve...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

29. Arctian, Castnia, Steirodon thoracicm
Located in Columbia, MO
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Germany in 1647 and received early artistic training from her stepfather, an established still life painter. She was fascinated by insects and collec...
Category

Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Pigment

Portrait of Barbara Palmer 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of Barbara Palmer 1st Duchess of Cleveland 1640-1709, half-length wearing a red dress and portrayed within a cartouche. Circa 1680 Oil On...
Category

18th Century and Earlier Art

Materials

Oil

Painting with Scene of Battle mid-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. The scene depicts a battle between an army of Moors and white soldiers, defending a fortification from which cannons are firing, while in the background a white city e...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Oil

Skeleton - Etching by Jean Moitte - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Skeleton is an etching realized by Jean Gullaume Moitte in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi...
Category

Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art

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Etching

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Located in Milan, IT
GROTESQUE MASK Italy, 15h Century stone 30 x 31 x 20 cm 11 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 in
Category

18th Century and Earlier Art

Materials

Stone

Pair of French 18th Century Oil on Canvas Boiserie Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of hand-painted, oil on canvas paintings from a boiserie room. Gilding detail on hand-painted frames.
Category

18th Century and Earlier Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Important Sculpture
Located in ROUEN, FR
"Important Sculpture IMPORTANT SCULPTURE representing Saint Floran de Lorch in polychrome wood in its beautiful old polychromy. He is represented ...
Category

18th Century and Earlier Art

Materials

Wood

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