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Period: 18th Century
"Earl Sandwich Refusing to Leave His Ship": An 18th Century Etching/Engraving
By Robert Smirke
Located in Alamo, CA
An 18th century etching and engraving entitled "Earl Sandwich Refusing to Leave His Ship While on Fire in the Battle of Sole Bay" by William Byrne (1743-1805), after a painting by Robert Smirke (1753-1845). It was published in London in 1798.
The print is presented in a cream-colored mat. The mat measures 17.13" in height and 13" in width. The print is in excellent condition.
Edward Montagu, the 1st Earl of Sandwich...
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Mercury and Io, a rediscovered painting by Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (ca. 1740)
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Mr. Nicolas Lesur for confirming the autograph nature of the entire composition after a direct examination of the painting on November 27, 2024.
This painting...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93
What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history painting following the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, this is a question which is rarely posed and one which is not easily answered. Examination of surviving Royal Academy exhibition catalogues reveals a profusion of artists’ names and titles, few of which remain immediately recognizable, whilst endeavours to explain the impact of exhibition culture on painting - such as the 2001 Courtauld show Art on the Line - have tended to focus on the first and second generation of Royal Academician, rather than young or aspiring artists in the early nineteenth century. This makes the discovery and identification of the work under discussion of exceptional importance in making sense of currents in English painting around 1800. Executed by Edward Dayes...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two royal portraits (the Duc d'Angoulême and the Duc de Berry) by H.P. Danloux
Located in PARIS, FR
These two royal portraits are a major historical testimony to the stay of the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X) and his family in Edinburgh in 1796-1797. Given by the sitters to Lord Adam Gordon, the Governor of Edinburgh, and kept by family descent to this day, these two portraits provide us with a vivid and spontaneous image of the Duc d’Angoulême and his brother the Duc de Berry. Danloux, who had emigrated to London a few years before, demonstrate his full assimilation of the art of British portrait painters in the brilliant execution of these portraits.
1. Henri-Pierre Danloux, a portraitist in the revolutionary turmoil
Born in Paris in 1753, Henri-Pierre Danloux was first a pupil of the painter Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié (1735 - 1784) and then, in 1773, of Joseph-Marie Vien (1716 - 1809), whom he followed to Rome when, at the end of 1775, Vien became Director of the Académie de France. In Rome he became friends with the painter Jacques-Louis David (1748 - 1825).
Returning to France around 1782, he settled in Lyon for a few years before returning to Paris in 1785. One of his first portraits was commissioned by the Baroness d'Etigny, the widow of the former Intendant of the Provinces of Gascony, Bearn and Navarre Antoine Mégret d'Etigny (1719 – 1767). He then became close to his two sons, Mégret de Sérilly and Mégret d'Etigny, who in turn became his patrons. In 1787, this close relationship with the d'Etigny family was further strengthened by his marriage to Antoinette de Saint-Redan, a relative of Madame d'Etigny. After his marriage, he left for Rome and did not return to France until 1789. It was during the winter of 1790-1791 that he painted one of his masterpieces, the portrait of Baron de Besenval. Set in a twilight atmosphere, this portrait of an aristocrat who knows that his death is imminent symbolizes the disappearance of an erudite and refined society which would be swept away by the French Revolution.
The Jacobin excesses led Danloux to emigrate to England in 1792; many members of his family-in-law who remained in France were guillotined on 10 May 1794. Danloux enjoyed great success as a portrait painter in England before returning to France in 1801.
During his stay in England, Danloux was deeply under the influence of English portraitists: his colors became warmer (as shown by the portrait of the Duc d'Angoulême that we are presenting), and his execution broader.
2. Description of the two portraits and biographical details of the sitters
The Duc d'Angoulême (1775-1844) was the eldest son of the Comte d'Artois, the younger brother of King Louis XVI (the future King Charles X), and his wife Marie-Thérèse of Savoie. He is shown here, in the freshness of his youth, wearing the uniform of colonel-general of the "Angoulême-Dragons" regiment.
He is wearing the blue cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit, which was awarded to him in 1787, and two decorations: the Cross of Saint-Louis and the Maltese Cross, as he was also Grand Prior of the Order of Malta.
Born on 16 August 1775 in Versailles, Louis-Antoine d'Artois followed his parents into emigration on 16 July 1789. In 1792, he joined the émigrés’ army led by the Prince de Condé. After his stay in Edinburgh (which will be further discussed), he went to the court of the future King Louis XVIII, who was in exile at the time, and in 1799 married his first cousin Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France, the daughter of Louis XVI and the sole survivor of the royal family. The couple had no descendants. He became Dauphin of France in 1824, upon the accession to the throne of his father but played only a minor political role, preferring his military position as Grand Admiral. Enlisted in Spain on the side of Ferdinand VII, he returned home crowned with glory after his victory at Trocadero in 1823.
He reigned for a very short time at the abdication of Charles X in 1830, before relinquishing his rights in favor of his nephew Henri d'Artois, the Duc de Bordeaux. He then followed his father into exile and died on 3 June 1844 in Gorizia (now in Italy).
His younger brother, the Duc de Berry, is shown in the uniform of the noble cavalry of the émigrés’ Army. He is wearing the blue cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit, awarded to him in May 1789, and the Cross of Saint-Louis (partly hidden by his blue cordon).
Born on 24 January 1778 in Versailles, Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois also followed his parents into emigration and joined the émigrés’ army in 1792. After his stay in Edinburgh, he remained in Great Britain, where he had an affair with Amy Brown...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
French Art, Rococo, Portrait Queen Marie Antoinette France, Oval, Circle Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
French School, Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Pastel /oil Pastel on Paper, Rococo, 18th Century. The Pastel is made in the style...
Category
Rococo 18th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
$5,920 Sale Price
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The Witch of Endor - Oil Paint - End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Witch of Endor conjures up the specter of Samuel in front of King Saul is an old master artwork realized by a follower of Georg Andreas Wolfgang I between 18th and 19th century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
On the back probable signature of the author traced by brush "P. So [mita] rt [...] Fac. ".
The subject of this painting, the witch of Endor, a necromancer mentioned in the Bible whose power was to evoke the spirit of the dead, is a very rare theme in painting and there are few artists who represented it. In Italy it was especially Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) who had a deep interest in necromantic subjects and, in particular, he produced many paintings of this kind when he stayed in Florence in the 1840s. Rosa's inventions were exported throughout Europe and, in particular, in the German cities of Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Augusta through the works of Johann Heinnrich Schonfeld (Stuttgart, 1627 - Habsburg, 1684), an artist who worked in Naples and who remained sensitive to figure of Salvator Rosa.
In this context, in addition to Schonfeld, the Swiss Joseph Werner II (Berne, 1637-1710) was also responsible for the diffusion of this pictorial genre, introducing Rosa's works on witchcraft among his knowledge of Augsburg. He was also the inventor of the scene represented here from whose drawing (Bern, Kunstmuseum, inv. A1196), executed in 1677, the engraving made immediately after by Georg Andreas Wolfgang the Elder (1631–1716) and by which derives precisely the work examined here. The engraving, which was part of a series of biblical images, was dedicated by Wolfgang to Leonhard Weiss, probably a municipal employee of Augsburg or tis mayor.
Reference bibliography:
- Susan Broomhall, Gender and emotions in medieval and early modern Europe...
Category
Modern 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$16,452 Sale Price
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Boats of the Friendly Isles, Tonga: Original 18th C. Engraving from Captain Cook
Located in Alamo, CA
"Boats of the Friendly Isles" is an original 18th century engraving from a drawing by William Hodges (1744-1797), who was the artist who accompanies Captain Cook on his second voyage...
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
"A coastal landscape with figures and ruins"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"A Coastal Landscape with Figures and Ruins"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions (Framed): 75 x 100 cm
Dimensions (Canvas): 48 x 74 cm
No signatured
This striking 18th-century oil paint...
Category
Realist 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venus Goddess With Horse - Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Venus Goddess With Horse from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo Morghen in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some fo...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Etching
18th Century English Marine Oil Painting on Wood Panel Fishing Boats Stormy Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stormy Seas
English School, 18th century
oil on thick wood panel, unframed
panel: 25 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, East Anglia, England
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Roman Marble Bust
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully hand carved Roman marble bust of an Emperor or Senator. The richly draped robe features a relief of a face.
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Marble
$37,500
Landscapes Couple Ricci Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676 – Venice 1730)
Circle of Pair of Arcadian landscapes with figures
Oil on canvas 56 x 72 cm. - Framed 77 x 93 cm.
This pair of charming landscapes, ex...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$9,618 Sale Price
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Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute.
Henry Redoute was the bro...
Category
Victorian 18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
Dipinto Ritratto maschile con Veste a Fiori, XVIII secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola italiana del XVIII secolo.
Nel ritratto di questo gentiluomo spicca in particolare la veste da camera realizzata in un elegante tessuto fiorato, nelle tonalità d...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Portraits of John Wood of Hollin Hall, Yorkshire; and Francis Wood (pair)
Located in West Sussex, GB
A Superb pair of oval portraits with full provenance .Portrait of John Wood Esq of Hollin Hall, Yorkshire; Portrait of Francis Wood. Circa 1710.
Oils on canvas:29 x 24 in. Frame: 37...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Mid-18th-Century German School, Portrait Of An Aristocrat In Armour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-18th-century half-length German portrait depicts a middle-aged aristocrat wearing armour and a wig.
Despite his heavily-clad appearance, it’s likely that this rather noncha...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young girl in pink toilet
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Vatican Hallway designed by Raphael: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Volpato
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copper-plate engraving by Giovanni Volpato after a drawing by Camporesi. It was the frontispiece for volume one of the rare and valuable...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
Fine 18th Century English Portrait of Aristocratic Gentleman Huge Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Aristocratic English Gentleman
circle of Thomas Hudson (British (1701-1779)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 53.5 x 45 inches
painting: 45 x 40 inches
provenance: private...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Sandwich Islands Canoe (Hawaii): Framed 18th C. Engraving Captain Cook's Journal
By John Webber
Located in Alamo, CA
"A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, the Rowers Masked" is an engraving created by Charles Grignion, from a drawing by John Webber (1752-1793), who was the artist on Captain James Cook's 3rd and final voyage of discovery. It is Plate 65 in the atlas of "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere", the official British Admiralty sanctioned journal published upon completion of the voyage in London in 1784 by Strahan & Cadell.
This famous image of ten Hawaiian rowers transporting a priest who is carrying a feather-covered image of Kukailimoku, the Hawaiian god of war. The priests and paddlers are all wearing gourd masks in their double-hulled canoe with an upright lateen woven sail. Each hull was shaped from a single large Koa log harvested from island rainforests, where they were carved before being transported to the coast.
This engraving is presented in a Koa wood frame and a white mat. There are occasional faint spots, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. Koa is the same wood as was used to make the canoe. Koa wood is legendary in Hawaii. Not only is this amazing wood native to Hawaii, but it is known for the deep rich colors and varied grain pattern. Koa has an honored heritage in Hawaii and is highly revered and sacred. The word “koa” means “warrior” in Hawaiian. The warriors of King Kamehameha the Great, created canoes and weapons from a wood plentiful on the Big Island of Hawaii. This wood became synonymous with the warriors themselves, and it became known as koa. The frame measures 20.75" high, 26.75" wide and 0.88" deep.
There are three other engravings listed from the official journal of Captain Cook's 3rd voyage available that are presented in identical Koa wood frames and mat (LU117324682022, LU117324684052, LU117324684062). They would make a wonderful grouping for a display of 2, 3 or 4 prints. A discount is available for a grouping depending on the number of items included.
Hawaii was discovered by Captain Cook (1728-1779) during this voyage. Hawaii was originally called The Sandwich Islands in honor of The Earl of Sandwich...
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
Combat d'Hercule, from "Temple des Muses" - Original Etching by B. Picart - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing the fight of Hercules against Hydra.
Beautiful plate with very fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, publi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Etching
Le Mangabey Monkey: Framed Audebert 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 18th century folio-sized colored stipple engraving with hand-finishing entitled "Le Mangabey, Buff, Simia Aethiops, Linne", which was drawn and engraved by Jean Baptiste Audebert...
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
1780 Antique 18c. original oil painting on canvas Portrait of a Nobleman Signed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original oil on canvas is a refined and characterful 18th-century British portrait, signed and dated in the lower left: "Js. Jones P.X. 1780." The work depicts a gentleman of st...
Category
Impressionist 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Macbeth and the Three Witches a Painting on Panel by Francesco Zuccarelli
By Francesco Zuccarelli
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting, created during Zuccarelli's stay in England, represents the decisive moment when Macbeth, together with Banquo, meets the three witches who announce that he will be Ki...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid-18th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Lady With Sapphires
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-18th-century half-length French portrait depicts a lady wearing an olive green gown, together with a red cloak, and exquisite sapphi...
Category
Rococo 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early-18th Century French School, Ex-Voto Portrait With Emilian Jacobin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This splendid early 18th-century French oil painting represents an ‘ex-voto’ with Emilian Jacobin and a depiction of the Virgin Mary with Christ and angels.
Ex votos are votive offe...
Category
French School 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 James Cook Final Voyage
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Human Sacrifice in a Morai in Otaheite (Tahiti) 1784 by John Webber is from the First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain...
Category
Realist 18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
A pair of portraits in profile (2 works) – English School, 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red crayon on cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 4 inches (95 x 102 mm) ; 3 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches (95 x 80 mm). Each with scattered early repairs done with non-archival tape on the verso; the sm...
Category
English School 18th Century Art
Materials
Crayon, Laid Paper
Set of Six Hand-Colored Engravings from Curtis's Botanical Magazine /// Botany
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Curtis (English, 1746-1799)
Title: Set of Six Hand-Colored Engravings
Portfolio: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed
Year: 1794-1812 (First-second ser...
Category
Victorian 18th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio
Portrait Of Isabella Blackett, Countess Of Buchan, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Isabella Blackett, Countess Of Buchan, 18th Century
English School
Large 18th Century English portrait of Lady Isabella Blackett, Duchess of Buchan oil on canvas. Excel...
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape - Drawing by Jan Peter Verdussen - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful drawing in pencil and watercolor on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1745 ca.
In good condition, excpet for some foxing on the right.
The artwork r...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Portraits of the Famous Horses 'Old Partner' & 'White Nose'
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752)
The Portraiture of the Famous Horse 'Old Partner'
The Portraiture of 'White Nose'
Engraved by Richard Houston
Image size 14 x 16 in
Framed size 16 x 18 in
...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Painting 18th Century Vanitas Still Life Skull Religion Esotericism Occult
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Vanitas 18th century
French School
Oil on canvas
Old frame gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas : 73 X 60 cm
Dim frame : 93 X 80 cm
Certificate of authenticity
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Pair of Floral Still Lifes, likely Italy, 18th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Pair of still life paintings with floral vases in Baroque style. The vertically arranged bouquets display a wonderful composition of various colorful flowers.
Oil on canvas.
Image s...
Category
Baroque 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mejor es Holgar from Los Caprichos - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
Mejor es holgar from Los Caprichos is an original artwork realized by the artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799.
Etching and a...
Category
Modern 18th Century Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
17. True tulip, Triton's trumpet, Hermit crab
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 Art
Materials
Pigment
Allegory Poetry Trémolières Paint 18th Century OIl on canvas Old master France
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pierre Charles Trémolières (Cholet, 1703 - Paris, 1739)
Allegory of Poetry (the Muse Calliope)
Oil on canvas (86 x 112 cm - In original lacquered frames 122 x 95 cm.)
Work ac...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Jean Baptist Marie Huet Three Cherubs, Restrike from Musee du Louvre
By Jean Baptist Marie Huet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exquisite piece, titled Three Cherubs, is a lithographic reproduction from La Calcographie du Louvre, printed on fine Lana paper. The artwork captures the whimsical charm of che...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century Art
Materials
Etching
$720 Sale Price
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18th Century by Giuseppe Antonio Petrini, Portrait of Saint Peter, Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giuseppe Antonio Petrini, (Carona, Italy, 1677 – 1757 ca.)
Title: Portrait of Saint Peter
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 75.5 x 63 cm - with frame 96 x 83 x 5 cm
Not signed
Expertise by Professor Giancarlo Sestieri
Provenance: Luigi Koeliker - Koetser Collection. Collection number 858 on verso.
The apostle in half-length portrait, looking upwards. His shoulders are bare from his blue shirt, a brown cloak is draped over his arm. In his hand he holds the ‘keys to paradise’, which make him attributively recognisable. The bearded face shows the pleading remorse for his defamation of Christ described in the biblical account. The painting style immediately reveals Petrini's brushwork. The painter, who was born in Ticino, is one of the northern Italian-Lombard artists of the late Baroque period, who was possibly associated with Bartolomeo Guidobono (1654-1709) in Turin after 1700 and is documented with works in his home city between 1711 and 1753. Works by his hand were mainly found in the Como, Bergamo and Lugano areas. Other depictions of St Peter can be found in the church of Dubino and in a private collection in Montagnola. In 1991, an exhibition of his works was organised at the Villa Malpensata in Lugano, Switzerland. The painter was the son of a sculptor and, according to the sources, a pupil of the Genoese painter Bartolomeo Guidobono (1654-1709). However, he was also inspired by the works of Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709). Works by his hand can be found in several churches in Piedmont, such as San Maurizio in Pinerolo. At the end of the 1730s, a strong development towards the Rococo style can be recognised, as demonstrated by his ‘Allegories of the Seasons’ (Lugano Art...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scorpion - Etching by Charles De la Haye - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Scorpion is an original etching on paper realized by Charles De la Haye after Andrea Stech, in the 18th century.
Signed in the plate on the lower.
Good condi...
Category
Modern 18th Century Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin attributed to Mason Chamberlin
By Mason Chamberlin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Mason Chamberlin
1729-1787 British
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
No visible signature
Oil on canvas
This exceptional portrait of Benjamin Franklin represents one of ...
Category
Academic 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of two young girls with a whippet and a rabbit in a wooded landscape
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of two young girls in a wooded landscape, standing full-length, one attaching a red collar on a seated white whippet and the other holding her pet black and white rabbit. Ci...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View Of Kinnungam - Hand Watercolored Etching by A. Leide
Located in Roma, IT
View Of Kinnungam is an original print realized in the beginning of the XVIII century by Pieter van der Aa.
Hand-watercolored etching. Includes frame 42 x 52.5 cm.
Original title,...
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Etching
Fete Champetre - Garden Party - French 18thC figurative landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This charming 18th century French Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of Joseph Frans Nollekens. Painted circa 1740 it is described as a fete champetre - a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. They were often elegant affairs and became very popular in 18th French paintings. Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710 and they were also included as a category in the French Academy. In this painting, several well dressed figures are sat in the foreground by a fountain and statue, being entertained by a musician. Beyond, a wide avenue of trees leads towards a very grand country house with countryside beyond. There is superb detail in the figures and their colourful clothing. The brushwork in the trees and sky is also superb. This is a charming example of an 18th century fete champetre and of a French Old Master oil painting.
Provenance. Gloucester estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 49 inches by 30 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a fine gilt frame, 56 inches by 37 inches and in good condition.
Josef Frans Nollekens or Joseph Frans Nollekens (1702–1748)[2] was a Flemish painter who was principally active in England where he is often referred to as "Old Nollekens" to distinguish him from his famous son, the sculptor Joseph Nollekens. He painted conversation pieces, galant companies and fêtes champêtres in the style of Watteau, genre scenes as well as portraits. He was also active as a picture restorer.
A fête champêtre was a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. This form of entertainment was particularly practised by the French court, where in the Gardens of Versailles and elsewhere areas of the park were landscaped with follies, pavilions, and temples to accommodate such festivities. The term is a French expression, very literally translating as "party in the fields", meaning a "pastoral festival" or "country feast" and in theory was a simple form of entertainment, perhaps little more than a picnic or informal open air dancing. In practice, especially in the 18th century, the simplicity of the event was often contrived. A fête champêtre was often a very elegant form of entertainment involving on occasions whole orchestras hidden in trees, with guests sometimes in fancy dress. Such events became a popular subject in French 18th-century painting, representing a glamourized aristocratic form of pastoral, with "scenes of well dressed dalliance in a park setting". Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710, and is its best exponent, imitated by others such as Nicolas Lancret and Jean-Baptiste Pater...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$17,372 Sale Price
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Reception for Captain Cook, Tonga: Original 18th C. Engraving, Cook's 3rd Voyage
By John Webber
Located in Alamo, CA
"The Reception of Capt. Cook in Hapaee" is an original 18th century engraving from a drawing by John Webber (1751-1793), who was the artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third ...
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
18th century By French Maestro Bacchanal Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
18th Century French Maestro
Title: Bacchanal
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 24 x 30 cm - with frame 33.5 x 39 cm
Antique shaped wooden frame lacquered in mustard col...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$10,609 Sale Price
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Latin American Colonial Cuzco School Visitation
Located in New York, NY
Excellent condition. Cuzco School 18th Century oil on canvas of the Visitation. Unsigned.
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
White-throated Capuchin Monkey: Framed Audebert 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 18th century folio-sized colored stipple engraving with hand-finishing entitled "Le Sai a gorge blanche. Variete A. Buff. Simia capucina. v.a.", which was drawn and engraved by Jean Baptiste Audebert...
Category
18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
Christ the Savior of the World - Icône 25x32 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Greek icon
Oil on wood, gold background
18th / 19th century
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$3,150 Sale Price
30% Off
Capriccio con arco (verso: study of a man)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, 18th century, circle of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Capriccio con arco (verso: study of a man)
Brown ink on paper,
39 x 24.5 cm
Unsigned
Provenance:
Private collec...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Large 1700's Italian Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait of a Clerical Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Clerical Gentleman
Italian artist, mid 18th century
Circle of Giovanni Battista Carboni (1725-1790)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 22 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dipinto con Scena di Tempesta seconda metà del 700
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola francese della seconda metà del XVIII secolo.
Probabilmente opera di un seguace di Claude Joseph Vernet (1714 -1789), pittore francese specializzato in marine e ...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Late 18th Century Watercolour, A Swiss Village, Circle of Claude-Louis Châtelet
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 18th or early 19th century watercolour view of a group of figures in a village square. Though not apparently signed the work is very competent and of high quality. It is frame...
Category
French School 18th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$550 Sale Price
20% Off
The Gardens of Versailles - Original etching, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Jacques Rigaud (c. 1671/91-1754)
Original etching
Etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 38 x 56.5 cm (14.9 x 22.2 inch)
INFORMATION : Published by the Chalcograp...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century Art
Materials
Etching
The Tuileries Palace : A Royal Residence - Original etching, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Jacques Rigaud (c. 1671/91-1754)
The Tuileries Palace : A Royal Residence
Original etching
Signed in the plate
On Arches vellum 38 x 56.5 cm (14.9 x 22.2 inch)
INFORMATION : Publis...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century Art
Materials
Etching
18th Century Italian Portrait Credited to Maria Giovanna Battista Clementi
Located in Roma, IT
18th Century Italian Portrait Credited to Maria Giovanna Battista Clementi
The painting probably depicts a young nobleman of Savoy court ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Peacock III (Wall Piece/Dish (hand-painted, made to order by the artist)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman
Vintage Peacock III (Wall Piece/Dish (handpainted)
Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster, Brass Wire (for hanging, can be removed)
Year: 2023 (and following years)
Size: 5.5x4x0.25in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1333
*Made to Order Every piece is unique, design might differ slightly Customization possible
**Lead time approx. 2 weeks for qty 1-3
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My ceramics are handmade and painted with the finest overglazes from Europe. The gold luster used is 24k liquid Gold from Germany. Every piece is unique. My imagery is inspired by vintage Meissen dinnerware, William Morris wallpaper and other historical sources.
Porcelain, Ceramics, Pottery, Ornament
Vintage Moth Wall Piece Ornament Small Dish Candy Sugar Tea handpainted handmade butterfly peacock 24k German gold luster ceramics porcelain charm, jewelry, personalized, family, tree, retro, heart, mother, moon, baby, feet, gemstone, flower, mom, birth, year, art, chinapaint, luster, lustre, contemporary ceramics, futility of pleasure, herend, meissen, sevre, pattern, arita, arita ware, imari, imari ware, dresden, germany, japan, jingdezhen, china, photography, momento mori, flowers, flower motif, drawing, illustration, peacock, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, kiku, 菊, kikka, 菊花, Ōka, 黄花, Kiku no hana...
Category
Baroque 18th Century Art
Materials
Brass
Chamomile & Safflower: A 17th-18th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Chamemelum Romanum flore simplici (Chamomile), Cincus Sativus (False saffron, Safflower), Chamaemelum Romanum Flore (Roman Chamomile)", depicting flowering Chamomile, Safflower and Roman Chamomile plants respectively from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This beautiful colorful engraving is printed on thin laid chain-linked paper with wide margins. There are a few small spots and some irregularity of the lower edge. There is some bleed-through of text from the verso. The print is otherwise in excellent condition with striking hand-coloring. The sheet measures 22.25" high and 17.38" wide.
Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was an apothecary and botanist. He was curator of the Willibaldsburg Castle garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop...
Category
Academic 18th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
Celestial Music - Etching by C.N. Cochin the Elder - Early 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Celestial Music is an original black and white etching on cream-colored paper, realized by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688-1754), the well-known ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Art
Materials
Etching
!8th Century Portrait of a Dame French School Woman Oil on Canvas Gold Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas measuring 92 x 75 cm without frame and 102 x 87 cm with frame depicting a rich lady of the French school of the first half of the 18th century.
In its formal ...
Category
French School 18th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil





