Baroque Art

Serigraph on Paper. Page Size: 30 x 20 in. Frame Size: 46 x 34 in. Signed, bottom right. Numbered, bottom left: 53/75 This is an evocative, dramatic portrait of a young woman, set w...

This remarkably fluid terracotta bozetto was made in preparation for Pietro Pacilli’s most important public commission, a large-scale marble statue of San Camillo de Lellis for the nave of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Expressively modelled, this terracotta sculpture is a rare and significant work made by a major Roman sculptor at a transformative moment of European sculpture. Pacilli began his working life on the great Baroque decorative projects initiated in the seventeenth century, but he found success as a restorer of ancient sculpture working to finish antiquities for a tourist market, becoming an important figure in the emergence of an archaeologically minded Neoclassicism. Pacilli trained Vincenzo Pacetti and provided important decorative work for the Museo Pio-Clementino, at the same time he is recorded restoring some of the most celebrated antiquities excavated and exported during the period. Pacilli was born into a family of Roman craftsmen, his father Carlo was a wood carver, and Pacilli is recorded working with him on the Corsini Chapel in San Giovanni Laternao as early as 1735. In 1738 his terracotta model of Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife won the first prize in the second class of the sculpture concorso at the Accademia di San Luca, this is particularly notable as Bartolomeo Cavaceppi came third. He worked as a carver and stuccoist completing works for the churches of San Marco and SS. Trinita dei Domeniciani Spagnoli. Pacilli operated as a sculptor and restorer of antiquities from his studio at the top of the Spanish Steps, close to Santa Trinita dei Monti, where he is listed as a potential vendor to the Museo Pio-Clementino in 1770. In 1763 Pacilli completed a silver figure of San Venanzio for the treasury of San Venanzio. He is recorded as Pacetti’s first master and it was evidently through Pacilli that he began to acquire his facility as a restorer of ancient sculpture. Pacilli, at his studio ‘poco prima dell’Arco della Regina alla Trinita dei Monti,’ exercised, what the nineteenth-century scholar, Adolf Michaelis called ‘rejuvenating arts’ on several important pieces of classical sculpture, including in 1760 the group of a Satyr with a Flute for the natural brother of George III, General Wallmoden, Hanovarian minister at Vienna. In 1765, Dallaway and Michaelis record that Pacilli was responsible for the restorations, including the addition of a new head, to the Barberini Venus which he had acquired from Gavin Hamilton. The Venus was then sold to Thomas Jenkins, who in turn passed it on to William Weddell at Newby Hall. In 1767 Pacilli exported a series of ancient busts ‘al naturale’ including portraits of Antinous, Julius Ceaser and Marus Aurelius, also a statue of a Muse and a Venus. As early as 1756 Pacilli seems to have been operating as an antiquarian, helping to disperse the collection of the Villa Borrioni. Pacilli supplied sculpture to notable British collectors, including Charles Townley, who on his first trip to Italy purchased the Palazzo Giustiniani statue of Hecate from Pacilli. Pacilli was involved with the Museo Pio Clementino from its conception, supplying busts of Julius Ceaser and a Roman Woman as well as completing stucco putti surmounting the arms of Pope Bendedict XIV to signal the entrance to the new Museo Critiano. In 1750 Il Diario Ordinario del Chracas announced that Pacilli had begun work on a sculpture of San Camillo de Lellis for St Peter’s. Camillo de Lellis founded his congregation, the Camillians, with their distinctive red felt crosses stitched on black habits in 1591. Having served as a soldier in the Venetian army, Camillo de Lellis became a novitiate of the Capuchin friars, he moved to Rome and established a religious community for the purpose of caring for the sick. In 1586 Pope Sixtus V formerly recognised the Camillians and assigned them to the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Rome. Camillo de Lellis died in 1614 and was entombed at Santa Maria Maddalena, he was canonised by Benedict XIV on June 26, 1746. It was an occasion that prompted the Camillians to make a number of significant artistic commissions, including two canvases by Pierre Subleyras showing episodes from San Camillo’s life which they presented to Benedict XIV. In 1750 Pacilli was commissioned to fill one of the large niches on the north wall of the nave with a sculpture of San Camillo. The present terracotta bozetto presumably had two important functions, to enable Pacilli to work out his ideas for the finished sculpture and at the same time to show his design to the various commissioning bodies. In this case it would have been Cardinal Alessandro Albani and Monsignor Giovan Francesco Olivieri, the ‘economo’ or treasurer of the fabric of St Peter’s. Previously unrecorded, this terracotta relates to a smaller, less finished model which has recently been identified as being Pacilli’s first idea for his statue of San Camillo. Preserved in Palazzo Venezia, in Rome, the terracotta shows San Camillo with his left hand clutching his vestments to his breast; the pose and action more deliberate and contained than the finished sculpture. In producing the present terracotta Pacilli has expanded and energised the figure. San Camillo is shown with his left hand extended, his head turned to the right, apparently in an attempt to look east down the nave of St Peter’s. The model shows Pacilli experimenting with San Camillo’s costume; prominently on his breast is the red cross of his order, whilst a sense of animation is injected into the figure through the billowing cloak which is pulled across the saint’s projecting right leg. The power of the restrained, axial contrapposto of bent right leg and outstretched left arm, is diminished in the final sculpture where a baroque fussiness is introduced to the drapery. What Pacilli’s terracotta demonstrates, is that he conceived the figure of San Camillo very much in line with the immediate tradition of depicting single figures in St Peter’s; the rhetorical gesture of dynamic saint, arm outstretched, book in hand, head pointed upwards was perhaps borrowed from Camillo Rusconi’s 1733 sculpture of St. Ignatius...

Beauté du XVIIIe siècle 1 by Agent X [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look "Beauté du XVIIIe siècle 1" depicts a Baroque style, flor...

A beautifully hand carved, full size Carrara marble figure of a boy. The robe is elegantly draped with clasps.

"Don't East that Shit Bitch" Painting (FRAMED) 36" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood Comes in antique frame (wood & gold leaf) Size framed:...

Woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - 1640 Antwerp) 337 x 451 mm.; 13 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Duplicate stamp on verso...

Woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp) Reference: Le Blanc 6 Hollstein 6 II/III Notes: 1. A very fine impression of the 2nd state (of three) of this majo...

Path by the sea. 1869. Oil on Canvas, 31x53 cm

Rare and unusual pair of 19th century Italian candle reflector remnants, , hand crafted in brass with hammered floral motifs and the pressed initials NM, now highly decorative wall d...

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Blue tulips. Canvas, oil, 90x65 cm Arturs Amatnieks (Leon) (1974) Leon (real name: Artūrs Amatnieks) is a professional artist, working in realism t...

Agent X Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 4 Archival Pigment Inks on 310 gsm hahnemühle paper Year: 2022 Size: 38x32in Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by ha...

Agent X Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 3 Archival Pigment Inks on 310 gsm hahnemühle paper Year: 2022 Size: 34x26in Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by ha...

Agent X Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 2 Archival Pigment Inks on Canvas Year: 2022 Size: 74x58in Unique Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1162 -...

Fine Group of Sculptures in Bronze after Jean de Boulogne (Giambologna) The torturously twisting Rape of the Sabine Women is one of the finest and most technically difficult sculpt...

In Fidel Santos' photograph Serenity, the artist captures a worn yet tranquil figure, focusing intently on the saint's head and the rich texture of the aged wood. This composition ev...

Italian School 18th Century An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper 35 x 23.5 cm in good condition, traces of folds in the lower right corner Framed : 46.5 x 35.5 cm This...

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St. Joseph with Child in Terracotta beautiful example of Bolognese plastic from the 1700s, circle of Angelo Gabriello Piò (Bologna 1690 - 1770). Modeled as a full-length figure, th...

Framed oil on canvas depicting children. Pink grisaille of cherubs playing in a park. Subject often found over doors or piers in the manner of the 18th century.

In this striking photograph by artist Fidel Santos, an old stained glass window features the ethereal image of Mary Magdalene surrounded by clouds. Despite the dust and cracked panes...

Famous for his paintings of animals, landscapes and still lifes, Giacomo (sometimes spelled Jacopo) Nani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Presumably born in Naples, Nani studied under Gasparo López and Andrea Belvedere whose style Nani often imitated. Nani became famous while working in the court of Charles of Bourbon, future Charles III of Spain (1716 – 1788). His work is featured in the collections of museums worldwide, especially his hometown museum in Naples. An excellent example of his work, this painting is signed in the lower left corner "Giacomo Nani." This painting depicts a hunting dog...

Oil on copper after Raphael " the virgin of Lorette " Chantilly Museum . Ecole Hollandaise from around 1600 . No signature at this time La Vierge de Lorette (Madonna del Loreto) ap...

Pieta, 2019 Oil on Panel with Dutch Ripple Frame, 9 x 12 inches A whispering portrayal of spiritual sorrow, Justas Varpucanskis’s “Pieta” present...

"Untitled 2" Sculpture 24" x 11" x 7" inch Edition 1/1 by Isaac Pelayo Unique work. Signed by the Artist. Comes with COA. Hand embellished plaster/fiberglass sculpture ABOUT THE AR...

Charles Birnbaum is a sculptor and a self-taught photographer. He graduated from Kansas City Art Institute where he studied ceramics and was one of a select group of the esteemed Ken...

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By Martha Ochoa Oil on Canvas Canvas Size: 59" x 30" Framed Size: 69.5" x 40.5" This lovely painting by Martha Ochoa is from the Cusco tradition. The Cusco School was an artistic tr...

"the Madonna Of Justice" Oil On Canvas Work From The Early 19th Italian School" the history: No doubt painted for the ducal palace of Genoa Genoa, ducal palace, Sala dei Sindacatori...

In Fidel Santos' work, La Alegre, a sense of pure exuberance is captured through the depiction of a saint in a state of joyous celebration. The horizontal composition focuses exclusi...

"CIELO" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick & aerosol on paper Size framed: 33.5" x 27.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a h...

Fidel Santos' evocative photograph, L'occhio di Dio, captures a stunning polychromed carving of the All-Seeing Eye, radiating golden beams of light against a stark black background. ...

restored oil on canvas unsigned 80 x 70 cm The image depicts a classic still life in oil on canvas (or wood), set within a carved, partially gilded dark wooden frame. Subject and Com...

"Bill Collect" Oil Painting (FRAMED) 48" x 36" inch by Isaac Pelayo Full name: Fuck the Bill Collector, My Rent is Due Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood Comes in antique...

This painting (oil on paper applied to wood panel, 18 x 12, 5 cm) is a valuable example of the production of small-format works, thus aimed at a private audience, which was very comm...

Framed oil on canvas depicting children. Pink grisaille of cherubs playing in a park. Subject often found over doors or piers in the manner of the 18th century.

17th Century Old Master, Figurative and Landscape Painting by Jan Van der Bent So far, little is known about the life and work of Jan van der Bent. He was...

Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon born Fernando Martins de Bulhoes 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in Padua, Italy. Noted by his contemporaries for his powerful preaching, expert knowledge of scripture, and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick, he was one of the most quickly canonized saints in church history, being canonized less than a year after his death. He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII...

This is an excellent example of the kind of portraiture produced by Castiglione during the early part of the 17th century. In the image, we see the visage of a man with a mustache, wearing a fur-lined hat topped with a feathery decoration. The image is reminiscent of the work of Rembrandt van Rijn, himself known for his portraits in the form of etchings. 4 x 3.5 inches, image 15.25 x 13.25 inches, frame Inscribed "GC" in the plate, lower left This impression is from the edition ca. 1825 from the original plate of ca. 1635. Unlike many Italian artists, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione was profoundly influenced by foreigners. He first studied with local artists in his native Genoa, absorbing not only Tuscan Mannerism and Caravaggism but also the style of Peter Paul Rubens, who had worked in Genoa. From 1621 Castiglione also worked in Anthony van Dyck's Genoa studio. Early on, he was attracted to Flemish animal...

"ALMA" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick & aerosol on paper Size framed: 33.5" x 27.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a he...

In Fidel Santos' work, Saint Peter Chanel, a sense of pure exuberance is captured through the depiction of the sculptural remnant of the head of the saint, The first martyr of the So...

Pair of Angels, Tuscan Sculptures with Cornucopias from the 1600s hand-carved from stone pine wood, lacquered and gilded from Central Italy, from a private villa in Siena; they are...

"ALACRAN" Portrait Painting (FRAMED) 40" x 30" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick & aerosol on paper Size framed: 43.5" x 33.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a h...

"Veduta del Palazzo Maggiore" is an original engraving by Israel Silvestre, titled along the lower edge of the image. The miniature image depicts an idyllic landscape framed with sil...

Beautiful modern still life done in the baroque style: staged fruit, glass with reflections of light from an unseen source, a cup of tea and a crystal server filled with a variety of...

Two putti with symbols of war and victory (cannons, cannonballs, armour, anchor, lion's head, laurel branch/ olive branch, flag, staff with helmet) in pediment triangle. Probably a design for a painting or architecture Pen-and-ink drawing in black on brownish paper, black wash Plain gold moulding with UV glass Allegory of Victory, 18th Century, Old Master Drawing, By De Wit, Figurative Jacob de Wit...

Image dimensions: 20.4 x 27.5 cm. Hunting Scene is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master, Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630). Monogramm ...

The River Allegorical figure of a river. Terracotta cast (late 19th century) after the marble model by Caffieri in the Louvre Museum in Paris, the sculptor's reception piece at the ...

"RAMO" Figurative Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil stick & aerosol on paper Size framed: 33.5" x 27.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a he...

"Untitled 1" Sculpture 23" x 13" x 8" inch Edition 1/1 by Isaac Pelayo Unique work. Signed by the Artist. Comes with COA. Hand embellished plaster/fiberg...

Fascinating mythological story of Diana and Actaeon can be found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Very important provenance from a royal collection. Fabulous finely carved gilt wood coeval frame . Giovanni Battista Viola...

Large-scale Baroque hunting still life featuring a centrally placed amphora set against an idealized landscape. The foreground depicts game birds and a hare, accompanied by a long hu...

This photograph by Fidel Santos depicts an 18th-century etching on parchment paper, meticulously depicting a curtain with beautifully rendered folds and shadows that seem to breathe ...

In this striking image, from Fidel Santos' Curtain Series, a dramatic and deeply aged carved curtain with elaborate folds, drapery, and detailed tassels is highlighted against a sta...

This stunning photograph by Fidel Santos captures an ornate Baroque hand-carved scrolling filigree, a lone remnant of a once-great sculpture. As a testament to the incredible talents...

"No Pets Allowed" Figurative Oil Painting (FRAMED) 24" x 18" in by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil and aerosol on wood Comes in antique frame (wood & gold leaf) Size framed: 32.5" x 22.5" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on crash collision between The Renaissance and Street Art. In a household where constant turmoil and violence were more apparent than most a young Pelayo met escape and peace within the confines of himself and his own creativity. Hispanic born in the heavy beating heart of Los Angeles on the seventh day of June 1996. Pelayo was caught in the crossfires of everything that surrounded him but art served as his only guidance. After dropping out of college Pelayo turned from his hyperrealistic pencil portraits to oil painting where his passions grew more immensely. As of today Pelayo’s work is most influenced and fueled by the crème de la crème of old master painters like Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Velazquez as well as graffiti artists such as RETNA, Shepard Fairey, and EL MAC. In 2017 his work caught the attention and landed in the firm grasp of renown rapper and collector Alvin “Westside Gunn” Worthy. He has created several album covers and artworks for the Buffalo rap moguls music label Griselda Records including his personal collection. Pelayo’s paintings are widely recognized and sought out from all over the globe. His collectors include Sean “Diddy” Combs, Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher, Jeff...

This intricate artwork by Fidel Santos depicts what the artist refers to as a "fieldscape", a beautifully rendered lace depiction of flowers. This mixed media piece transforms the cr...

This striking photograph by Fidel Santos captures the haunting beauty of a weathered wall, where layers of peeling paint, like rings on a tree trunk, show the passage of time. The to...

"Straight from the Trenches" Oil Painting (FRAMED) by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood Comes in antique frame (wood & gold leaf) Size framed: 55.5" x 43...

Frans Francken the Younger 1581 - Antwerp - 1642 Flemish Painter 'The Departure of the Israelites from Egypt – The Exodus', c. 1610 - 1620 Medium: pen in sepia on paper Dimensions: mage size 26 x 34,5 cm, frame size 55 x 65,5 cm Biography: Frans Francken the Younger, born in Antwerp in 1581 and passing away on May 6, 1642, also in Antwerp, was a distinguished Flemish painter. He is recognized as the most prominent and productive member of the renowned Francken family of artists. Francken explored a wide range of subjects, creating large altarpieces for churches and producing smaller works depicting historical, mythological, and allegorical scenes. Notably, his depictions of collectors’ cabinets established a popular new genre of art during his era. He was known for collaborating with other artists, enriching their works with his skilled renderings of figures and narrative elements, complementing specialists in landscape, architectural scenes, and floral still-life painting. Francken was born to Frans Francken the Elder and Elisabeth Mertens. His father was a pupil of Antwerp’s leading history painter, Frans Floris, and a significant creator of altarpieces in Flanders during his time. Francken received his artistic training under the guidance of his father. Additionally, it is possible that Frans and his brother, Hieronymus Francken II, received further instruction in the workshop of their uncle, Hieronymus Francken I, in Paris. A versatile artist, Francken made significant contributions to various genres within Flemish art, introducing new themes and subjects. Many of his works comprised small-scale historical, allegorical, and biblical cabinet paintings, often emphasizing figures. He is credited with either inventing or popularizing several novel themes that gained popularity in Flemish painting, including genre scenes featuring monkeys (also known as singeries) and Kunstkammer or gallery paintings, presenting a plethora of natural and artistic treasures against a neutral wall. Francken introduced various other unconventional themes that later gained traction, such as the ‘Triumphal Procession of Amphitrite’ and ‘Croesus and Solon.’ He also produced a series of paintings depicting witches and witchcraft, including portrayals of witches’ sabbats. His remarkable paintings are held in the collections of numerous major museums throughout Europe. Francken specialized in rendering the human figure, as evidenced by etched and engraved portraits of the artist by Anthony van Dyck (after Peter Paul Rubens), identifying him with the Latin inscription: ‘ANTVERIÆ PICTOR HVMANARVM FIGVRARVM’ (Figure painter of Antwerp). He was frequently invited to contribute figures to compositions by other esteemed artists, including landscape artists such as Tobias Verhaecht, Abraham Govaerts, and Joos de Momper...