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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Le Lapin Domestique - Etching by Jacques De sève - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Lapin Domestique 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 cardb...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Chauvesouris - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Chauve- souris is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et partic...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Jefte and his daughter, Girolamo Forabosco and aides, 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
The painting depicts Jephthah and his daughter, two Old Testament biblical characters. The girl is depicted in profile,dressed in the clothing of a seventeenth-century Venetian lady: the low-cut dress, tightened at the waist
by a golden belt...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Still-Life Flower Landscape Castelli Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italian art
By Giovanni Paolo Castelli detto Spadino
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Still life in a landscape with fruit and game
Work of the late Roman Baroque of the late seventeenth / eaarly eighteenth century
attributable to Giovanni Paolo Castelli, known as Spadino (Rome, 1659 - 1730)
oil on canvas
62 x 76 cm., Framed 90 x 109 cm.
An open-air setting, with a hilly landscape gash that opens into the distance in the central part, surrounds our beautiful canvas, which showcases a rich selection of game and fruit, arranged in the foreground near the point of view of the observer, occupying a large part of the visual field with their bright and festive colors.
The style and quality of the work, like the pictorial technique of this still life, characterized by subtle luminous vibrations and a lively chroma, make it attributable to the Roman Giovanni Paolo Castelli, known as Lo Spadino (Rome, 1659 - 1730), one of the most important specialists of this pictorial genre of late Baroque Rome, which had a very successful career between the 17th and 18th centuries.
Analyzing the rich and heterogeneous catalog of the Roman master, in fact, our canvas can be included among his rare works which, alongside a selection of fruit - among which stand out large melons, ripe figs, dark grapes and plums - we see a game advert, presumably as requested by a patron who loves hunting. Next to various birds, spoils of a profitable hunting trip, there is also a small green woodpecker, with the characteristic red spot on the head, and a nice rodent that terminates from behind the trunk.
The painter abandons himself to a skilful and brilliant chromatic texture of the surfaces, through a pictorial material rendered with exceptional vibration in its luminous and 'tactile' body, fully respecting the taste of the full Roman Baroque.
The quality appears excellent, distinguished by a skilful and brilliant chromatic texture of the surfaces, which appear almost vibrant thanks to a skilful drafting of the pictorial material.
Inevitable and evident are the Flemish suggestions, which had influenced the Roman Baroque still life, in particular the work of Abraham Brueghel...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
$15,434 Sale Price
20% Off
17th-18th Century By Louis Cretey Saint Sebastian Oil on Canvas
By Louis Cretey
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Louis Cretey (Lyon, France, 1635 - 1702)
Title: Saint Sebastian
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: with frame 91 x 75 x 5 cm - without frame 77 x 60.5 cm
With a "cassetta" frame in ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coastal Landscape Horses Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Forest Old master Art
By Pandolfo Reschi known as Monsù Pandolfo (Danzica 1643 - Florence 1699), attributable
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pandolfo Reschi known as Monsù Pandolfo (Danzica 1643 - Florence 1699), attributable
Coastal landscape with fortified city, castle with tower, and battle scene
oil painting on canvas
Measurements: canvas 90 x 120, with frame 104 x 134
This expansive coastal landscape, with a fortress-city overlooking the sea and a small castle with a watchtower, serves as the stage for an eventful battle scene between soldiers and, presumably, a band of brigands.
It is an illustrative typology attributable to Pandolfo Reschi (Danzica 1643 - Florence 1696), known for his works in which he perfectly combines the airy landscape of Tuscan-Roman matrix with images of knights in battle or brigands intent on their raids.
Pandolfo Reschi was born in Gdansk but from an early age he moved to Rome where he began his brilliant career following the style of Salvator Rosa, even if his real teacher was the Flemish-Italianized Livio Mehus. With Mehus and Rosa he refined his skills as a battle painter and was later taken to the workshop by the Borgognone, even if his main occupation was that of a genre painter.
The decisive turning point in his career came after his transfer to Florence, around the middle of 1660, where he continued his studies with Livio Mehus. After a decade he was now an established and highly coveted painter, so much so that in 1670 he was hired by the Medici court as protege of Cardinal Francesco Maria de Medici...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Ancient Map - Macedonia - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Macedonia is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
The Map is Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercoloring.
Good condit...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Vue de Macerata et de sa Campagne - drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper.
Some foxing, otherwise very good condition.
Titled and dated.
Includes passepartout.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Evangelista Schiano (attr.) (active in the 18th century)
Title: Saint Gennaro
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 102 x 74 cm - with frame 126.5 x 100 cm
19th century car...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
18th Century By Vincenzo Re The Pool of Bethesda Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Vincenzo Re (Parma, Italy, 1695 - Naples, Italy, 1762)
Title: The Pool of Bethesda
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 50 x 62 cm - wi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$8,425 Sale Price
20% Off
Veduta della Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano by G.B.Piranesi - 1749
Located in Roma, IT
Veduta della Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, is an original etching realized by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1749.
S. Giovanni in Laterano with palace and Scala Santa on t...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Cupid Paint Oil on canvas France Neo classicism Art Quality Love 18th century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Eighteenth-century French school
Entourage de François Boucher (Paris 1703 - 1770)
Cupid who shoots his arrow
Oil on canvas, 48 x 40 cm
with frame 58 x 49 cm.
The painting, of pl...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1675 engraving by David Loggan
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Le Petit - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Petit is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved lower right.
Good condit...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Three Heads of Women, Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Three Heads of Women, Year: of original: 1637, Medium: Etching, Size: 12 in. x 10 in. (30.48 cm x 25.4 cm), Printer:...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Landscape Marina Van Der Velde Old master 17th Century Signed Flemish Paint
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Quality work attributed to the painter Peter Van Der Velde (Antwerp 1634 - c.1714) - Monogrammed
Coastal view with vessels and perched castle
Oil painti...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
$14,664 Sale Price
35% Off
18th-century celestial - Cetus
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Cetus
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas published up to that ti...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Pair of Roman Landscapes - by J.F. Van Bloemen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful couple of Roman Landscape by J. F. Van Bloemen, in very good conditions and with later wooden frames.
Bibliography and Exhibitions:
Old Master Exhibition, H.Terry-Engell, ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Joen and Deborah - Etching by Jan Pieters Saenredam - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Joen and Deborah is an old master artwork realized in 17th Century by Jan Pieters Saenredam.
Black and white etching.
Good condition.
Signature on ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Orbis Terrarum - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Antique Map - Orbis Terrarum is an antique map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
The Map is Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercoloring.
Good conditions with...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Amstelredam - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Amstelredam is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
Good conditions.
from Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: carte...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Roman Temple and Tower - Etching by Giuseppe Aloja - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Temple and Tower from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giuseppe Aloja in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching b...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait Cardinal Barberini Alberti Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antonio Alberti (1603 - 1649)
Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Marcello Barberini (Florence 1569 – Rome 1646)
Inscription on the bottom: F.M D.D ANTONIUS BARBERINUS ROM. O. CAP. S.R.E. ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
$7,343 Sale Price
20% Off
From Paolo Veronese, Allegory of Strength and Wisdom
By Paolo Veronese
Located in Milan, IT
Follower of Paolo Veronese (Verona, 1528 - Venice, 1588)
Allegory of wisdom and strength
Oil on canvas, 48 x 36.5 cm
Picture frame, 61 x 48 cm
The Allegory of Wisdom and Strength...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian School Late 17th - Early 18th "Cherubs (B)" Pen drawing of Putti
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cherubs" (B)
Pen and Ink drawing of Putto
Italian School
Late 17th early 18th century.
Pen and ink on paper
6 ½ x 17 ½ (22 ½ x 11 ½) inches
Antique scenes of putto and a faun cele...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Rococò Venetian painter - 18th century figure painting - Virgin child - Italy
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - Madonna with Child.
37.5 x 45.5 cm without frame, 55 x 63 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved wooden frame (not signed).
C...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,795 Sale Price
57% Off
Cuzco School Baptismal Dish
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Manuel Ortíz de Zevallos y García, Peru; and by descent in the family to:
Private Collection, New York.
This impressive baptismal dish is an example of eighteenth-cent...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Silver
Set of Four Gourds
Located in London, GB
Set of 4 double-page mezzotint engravings, printed in colour and finished by hand.
[Published: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer, Regensburg, 1737].
An attractive collection of fine plates...
Category
Naturalistic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
Landscape Reder 17/18th Century Pait OIl on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Christian Reder (Leipzig 1656 - Rome 1729)
Landscape with pastoral idyll
Oil on canvas 66 x 132 cm Framed 76 x 143 cm
We present this delightful work, of which the matchin...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
$6,099 Sale Price
20% Off
Cupid In Three Frames - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cupid In Three Frames from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century.
Monogrammed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etch...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
“Les Revers de la Fortune”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original stipple engraving with colors titled “Les Revers de la Fortune” (Reversal of Fortune) by the well known French engraver, Louis Marin Bonnet...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Riera i Arago ELICE vERTICAL engraving.
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Josep Maria Riera i Aragó (Barcelona, 1954), is a Spanish plastic artist.
He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona. Throughout his career he has dedicated himself to scul...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Landscape - Pencil and Watercolor by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1750
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful drawing in watercolor and pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
In good condition; only a smallspots at the edges of the drawing an...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
The Coronation Of The Virgin, 17th Century
By Guido Reni
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Coronation Of The Virgin, 17th Century
After Guido RENI (1575-1642)
Fine Huge 17th Century Italian School Old Master depiction of the co...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Travellers in Wooded Landscape - Dutch 17th century art Old Master oil painting
By Jan Wijnants (circle)
Located in London, GB
An original, very large Dutch Old Master oil on canvas which is attributed to circle of Jan Wijnants and was painted circa 1680. The huge canvas is in good clean condition and depicts a wooded landscape with travellers passing through. A delightful very large country house old master painting.
Provenance. Private collection, Christies.
Condition. Oil on canvas. Very large, image size is 53 inches by 41 inches and in good clean condition.
Framed size is 63 by 51 inches. The carved original 17th Century wood frame...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
Hornskeleton - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Hornskeleton is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboard...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
View of Gorlitz - Etching by G. Braun and F. Hogenberg - Late 16th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This View of Gorlitz is an original etching realized by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg as part of the Series "Civitates Orbis Terrarum".
The “Civitates Orbis Terrarum” (Atlas of C...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Ancient Roman Fresco Herculaneum - Original Etching G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good condit...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
17th Century By Agostino Beltrano The Procession to Calvary Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Agostino Beltrano (Naples, Italy, 1607 - 1665)
Title: The Procession to Calvary
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 98 x 122.5 cm - with frame 118 x 142.5 cm
Beautiful or...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Le Couguar - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Couguar is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Le Grand.
Signed in plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du ...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Le Furet - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Furet is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Roman Fresco - Etching by Ferdinando Campana - 1772s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Ferdinando Campana in 1772s.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
T...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Oceani Borealis - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1660s
Located in Roma, IT
Oceani Borealis is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
Good conditions.
From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: c...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Hercule - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hercule is an etching realized by Jean François Poletnich in 18th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
18th Century By Giustino Menescardi Ascent to Calvary Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giustino Menescardi (Milan, Italy, c. 1720 - Venice, Italy, after 1779)
Title: Ascent of Calvary
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 47 x 36 cm - with frame 57 x 43 cm
Shaped and gilded wooden cassetta frame
Publications:
Bozzetti, modelletti, sketches: dalla collezione di Giorgio Baratti...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Portrait King Solomon Desubleo Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Michele Desubleo (Maubeuge, 1602 - Parma, 1676) - attributable
Portrait of gentleman like Solomon, the wise king
Oil painting on canvas
120 x 141 cm., By gilded wooden frame cm. 134 x 162 cm.
The beautiful painting shows us an image of the famous Solomon king, legendary biblical figure who became the personification of the good reigning over the centuries, and proverbially recognized as one of the wisest politicians in history. The features of the off are presumably those of the client of the work, who wanted to emphasize his image by impersonating a character with legendary fame.
The reigning, with an elegant coron head of Corona of Eastern Foggia, is dressed in a sumptuous silk clothes...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
$18,048 Sale Price
20% Off
Mare Atlanticum - Etching by Johannes Janssonius - 1650s
Located in Roma, IT
Mare Atlanticum is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
Good conditions.
From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: c...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Annunciation Garland Pendant - Flemish 17thC art religious floral oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb trompe l'oeil painting is in the circle and quality of the Antwerp Jesuit master Daniel Seghers. Painted circa 1650, the central cartouche,...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Oil
$9,990 Sale Price
20% Off
Roman Charity (Cimon and Pero)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Michel CORNEILLE the Younger (Paris, 1642 – 1708)
Roman Charity (Cimon and Pero)
Black chalk with white highlights on beige paper
Height: 28 cm – Width: 20 cm
Unsigned
France, cir...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Chalk
The Horse - Etching by Antonio Tempesta - 1610s
Located in Roma, IT
The Horse is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
Not signed.
Image Dimensions: 5 x 7 / 8 x 10 c...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
William Lord Russell
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Sir Godfrey Kneller 1646-1723, was a German born English portrait painter. He was a pupil of Bol and Rembrandt, he was born in Leiden, travelled to Rome , Venice, Hamburg and later t...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Theodoor Galle Martin de Vos 17th Century Engraving Jesus on the Cross
Located in London, GB
We have the full series of 52 prints (including title page) from Vita Passio et Resurrectio Iesu Christi listed. To find the others scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and search for 'Collaert' - or message us as they may not all have been uploaded yet.
Theodoor Galle (1571 – 1633) after Maerten de Vos (1532 - 1603)
Jesus on the Cross...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Portrait Of Charles I Of England (1600-1649) Wearing The Order Of The Garter
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Charles I Of England (1600-1649) Wearing The Order Of The Garter, 17th Century
circle of Sir Antony VAN DYCK (1599-1641)
Large 17th Century English portrait of King Cha...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,550 Sale Price
20% Off
Tuscan Proverbs - Etching by Carlo Lasinio - 1786
Located in Roma, IT
Tuscan Proverbs 3 is an original etching realized by Carlo Lasinio in 1786.
Etching and watercolour technique, in good conditions, except for some stains on the back of the yellowed...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
Judith and Salome, a pair of oil paintings on canvas by Francesco Conti
Located in PARIS, FR
This widely referenced pair of paintings is one of Francesco Conti’s most successful productions. Francesco Conti is one of the finest painters of 18th-century Florence. In the shimmering colors typical of his best work, he represents two opposite characters from the Bible: the virtuous Judith, whose courage saves her people by cutting off the head of the invader Holofernes, and the depraved Salome, who under the influence of her mother becomes responsible for the beheading of the prophet John the Baptist.
The artist's talent lies in his ability to treat these two macabre subjects with a light touch, presenting us with two attractive women who seem to twirl with glee amidst the severed heads...
1. Francesco Conti, the “Florentine Tiepolo”
Francesco Conti is a major painter of the Florentine school of the 18th century; he can even probably be considered, along with Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692-1768), as one of the two main painters of the second quarter of the Florentine 18th century.
Born in Florence in 1682, Francesco Conti began his apprenticeship in the workshop of Simone Pignoni (1611 - 1698), a disciple of Francesco Furini; he was also influenced by the Venetian Sebastiano Ricci. A protégé of Marquis Riccardi, he accompanied him to Rome between 1699 and 1705, where he frequented Carlo Maratta's studio. He settled permanently in Florence in 1705.
Painted exclusively on canvas, the majority of his work consists of religious subjects, altarpieces or private devotional works. It is likely that Conti himself was a devout churchgoer, as evidenced by his affiliation, in the third decade of the eighteenth century, to the Society of the Disciples of Saint-John-the-Baptist, and his entry, at the end of his life, into the fraternity of the Venerable Society of the Holy Trinity.
In Florence, Conti worked for the Grand Duchy's major patrons, including the last Medici - in particular Giangastone and Annamaria Luisa, Electress Palatine - and confirmed his role as a reference painter under the Lorraine Regency, as master of the Public Drawing School, which was closely linked to the institute responsible for the manufacture of semi-precious stone mosaics, then located in the Uffizi complex.
Matteo Marangoni, an art critic of the early 20th century, praised his "brushwork full of elegance and true spirit of the 18th century", pointing out that Conti was "probably one of the best colorists" of the Florentine school of his time. These two characteristics led the art historian Paolo dal Poggetto to nickname him the "Florentine Tiepolo".
2. Judith and Salome, two biblical characters opposing each other
These two paintings form a pair presenting two biblical episodes, which have in common the depiction of a "heroine" carrying the severed head of a man.
While the Salome episode might at first appear to be an echo of the Old Testament story of Judith, each character is the exact opposite of the other. Judith, whose story is told in the Book of Judith, is a beautiful young widow from Bethulia who, accompanied by her maid, went into the camp of the invading Assyrians and won the confidence of Holofernes, the general commanding the enemy army. Invited to a great feast on the fourth evening, she took advantage of Holofernes' drunkenness to cut off his head. “She went up to the bedpost near Holofernes’ head, and took down his sword that hung there. She came close to his bed, took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Give me strength today, O Lord God of Israel!” Then she struck his neck twice with all her might, and cut off his head. Next she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts. Soon afterward she went out and gave Holofernes’ head to her maid, who placed it in her food bag...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century By Dalla Rosa Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro Oil/Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Saverio Dalla Rosa (Verona, Italy, 1745 - 1821)
Title: Portrait of Angela Guggerotti Fracastoro
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 94 x 73 cm - with frame 105 x 94 cm
Fr...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Organs - Etching -De Humani Corporis Fabrica - by A. Vesalio - 1642
Located in Roma, IT
The Internal Organs is an original etching realized for the 1642 edition of the "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" by the italian anatomist Andrea Vesalio.
It shows the human internal org...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
The Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand from Captain Cooks Travels
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
The Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook John...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Engraving
Ancient Roman Scene from the series... - Etching by G. Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Scene from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The e...
Category
Modern 18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Etching
17th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
By Willem Wissing
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of Willem Wissing
Dutch, (1656-1687)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29 inches x 24.5 inches
Size including frame: 35 inches x...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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