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OLD MASTERS

Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.

The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.

Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.

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Style: Old Masters
19th century oil Devon coastal scene William Shayer Snr (Circle of)
19th century oil Devon coastal scene William Shayer Snr (Circle of)

19th century oil Devon coastal scene William Shayer Snr (Circle of)

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

Located in York, GB

19th century oil Devon coastal scene William Shayer Snr (Circle of) A very attractive oil on canvas of cockle gatherers on the Devon coast The painting depicts a busy scene with people gathering their cockles with horses/donkeys laden with baskets ready to take to market. The painting Bears signature, also inscribed and dated 1833 (lower right) The size overall is 95 x 130cm whilst the image is 64 x 104cm (25 x 40¾ in.) Housed in the original heavy gilt frame Provenance: The property of a lady and gentleman , removed from a Cheshire country house William Shayer (1787–1879) was an English landscape painter and figure painter who became prominent during the Victorian era. A self-taught artist, who began by painting decorations on rush-bottom chairs. He moved on to painting carriages in the town of Guildford, after which he started doing heraldic painting...

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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Portrait of a Young Man, Old Masters Etching after Raphael Sanzio da Urbino
Portrait of a Young Man, Old Masters Etching after Raphael Sanzio da Urbino

Portrait of a Young Man, Old Masters Etching after Raphael Sanzio da Urbino

By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)

Located in Long Island City, NY

Raphael Sanzio da Urbino, After by Alphonse Leroy, Italian (1483 - 1520) - Portrait of a Young Man, Year: circa 1858, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 10.75 x 8.5 inches, Size: 22 x ...

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1850s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Late 15th-century Old Master Burgundian Netherlands carved walnut figure
Late 15th-century Old Master Burgundian Netherlands carved walnut figure

Late 15th-century Old Master Burgundian Netherlands carved walnut figure

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Beautiful late 15th-century Burgundian Netherlandish portrait of a woman. Carved walnut. Original polychrome has been removed with traces at base and lower portions of figure. Minor ...

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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art

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Walnut

Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio
Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio

Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio

By Giuseppe Vasi

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio Etching, 1752 Signed in the plate lower left (see photo) From: Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna ( The Magnificense of Ancient and Modern Rome) , (1747-1761) Volume II, The Main Squares and Obelisks, columns and other ornaments, 1752, Plate No. 21 Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna_ (1747-61), a collection of 238 plates that was published in ten volumes. Vasi recorded all types of architecture and organized these images of contemporary Rome by subject, with each volume representing a different category of architecture. This comprehensive project provides one of the most complete views of eighteenth-century Rome Condition: Excellent Image/Plate size: 8.25 x 12.63 inches Sheet size: 11 x 15 7/8 inches Vasi was Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s teacher. Piranesi (1720-1778) entered Vasi’s studio as an apprentice at age 20 c. 1740. Piranesi left Vasi’s employment after stabbing Vasi over the perception that Vasi was withholding secrets of the etching process. Giuseppe Vasi was an Italian engraver and painter born and trained in Sicily. He received a classical education in his hometown of Corleone and trained as a printmaker in nearby Palermo, perhaps under the tutelage of the etchers Antonino Bova and Francesco Cichè. He moved to Rome in 1736, already an established printmaker, and spent most of his career documenting the urban landscape of the city in engravings. Through his patron, the politically and culturally influential Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva d’Aragona, Vasi met other artists working in Rome, such as Sebastiano Conca, Ferdinando Fuga, and Luigi Vanvitelli. He was also influenced by his predecessors, including Giovanni Paolo Panini, Giovanni Battista Falda...

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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Dutch-Flemish Baroque old master - Late 17th century nobleman portrait oil
Dutch-Flemish Baroque old master - Late 17th century nobleman portrait oil

Dutch-Flemish Baroque old master - Late 17th century nobleman portrait oil

Located in Varmo, IT

European master (17th–18th century) - Portrait of a Nobleman. 81 x 65 cm (without frame) - 100.5 x 83.5 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame (not sig...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Victorious Judith Galizia Fede Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Victorious Judith Galizia Fede Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Victorious Judith Galizia Fede Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Galizia Fede (Milan c. 1578 – c. 1630) Circle Victorious Judith Oil on canvas 116 x 91 cm. – In an antique frame 149 x 125 cm. The work depicts a captivating portrait of the ...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

18th Century by Antonio Mercurio Amorosi Portrait Little Girl with Cat
18th Century by Antonio Mercurio Amorosi Portrait Little Girl with Cat

18th Century by Antonio Mercurio Amorosi Portrait Little Girl with Cat

By Antonio Mercurio Amorosi

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Artist: Antonio Mercurio Amorosi (Comunanza, Italy, 1660 - 1738) Title: Portrait of a little girl with cat Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 42 x 31.5 cm – with frame 5...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Perroneau Portrait Lady Woman Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Old master French
Perroneau Portrait Lady Woman Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Old master French

Perroneau Portrait Lady Woman Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Old master French

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Jean-Baptiste Perroneau (Paris, 1715 – Amsterdam, 1783) Portrait of a lady Oil on oval canvas 60 x 50 cm. - In frame 77 x 66 cm. Work accompanied by expertise: Raffaelle Colace (Cremona), Ferdinando Arisi Reference bibliography: d’Arnoult, Dominique (2014) Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, c 1715-1783, un portraitiste dans l’Europe des Lumières Excerpt from the expertise of Dr. Colace: This refined portrait of a lady is a perfect example of the style of Jean-Baptiste Perroneau, a very talented French painter, whose most beautiful works are located, just like this one, between the fifth and sixth decades of the eighteenth century. "Perroneaeu is more naturally colored than La Tour, the est, in the peinture de poussière colorée, tout plein de tons clairs, frais, presque humides": this is how his brothers wrote about him in La Maison d...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Susanna The Elders Segala Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Susanna The Elders Segala Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Susanna The Elders Segala Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Giovanni Segala (Venice 1663 - Murano 1720) Susanna and the Elders oil on canvas (155 x 127 cm - with frame 174 x 146 cm) This delightful, large-scale painting illustrates th...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Animal Anatomy - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Animal Anatomy - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tom. VIII Pl. LIII, p. 396 Copper engraving, 1771 edition This finely engraved anatomical plate presents a detailed study of the male reprod...

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1770s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Christ Angels Pietro Da Cortona Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century  Art
Christ Angels Pietro Da Cortona Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century  Art

Christ Angels Pietro Da Cortona Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Christ surrounded by angels in the desert Circle of Pietro da Cortona, born as Pietro Berrettini (Cortona 1597 - Rome 1669) Oils on canvas (66 x 50 cm. - in frame 80 x 64 cm.) The ...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Allegory Of Europe Solimena 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Allegory Of Europe Solimena 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Allegory Of Europe Solimena 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino 1657 - Barra 1747) workshop/circle The Allegory of Europe oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm. - with frame: 119 x 92 cm. The work, which can be placed ...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Young Christ Pricked by a Thorn (Niño de la Espina)

Young Christ Pricked by a Thorn (Niño de la Espina)

Located in New York, NY

Provenance: Private Collection, Paraguay, for at least the last 80 years Painted in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 18th century, the present work depicts the young Christ as the Niño de la Espina—a devotional representation of Christ as he looks down at his bleeding finger, which has been pricked by the crown of thorns resting on his lap. The subject of the Young Christ Pricked by a Thorn was especially popular in Cuzco, and the rich details and decorative elements of our work perfectly capture the essence and style of the Cuzco School of painting. In our painting, Christ wears an intricately patterned floor-length robe trimmed with gilded cuffs and a gilded collar. The delicate gilding, including the halo of golden rays emanating from his head, are executed in brocateado, an ornamental over-gilding technique that is characteristic of the Cuzco School. The red chair on which Christ sits also includes brocateado in the decorative gilt elements. The form of the chair takes inspiration from those commonly used by friars both in Spain and the Andes, known as silla frailera or sillon frailero, and was also frequently employed in related depictions of the Virgin Mary Spinning. Here the young Christ is rendered with soft, elongated features that reflect the influence of the Italian Mannerist painters who were pivotal to the formation of the Cuzco School, including the Jesuit friar Bernardo Bitti and Matteo Pérez del Alesio. Additionally, while its origins can be traced to Northern European pictorial traditions, the lush flower garland that frames the work is a signature feature of Cuzqueño painting...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

The Line of Beauty and Grace, Oil on Canvas, Framed, WH 1745
The Line of Beauty and Grace, Oil on Canvas, Framed, WH 1745

The Line of Beauty and Grace, Oil on Canvas, Framed, WH 1745

By William Hogarth

Located in St. Albans, GB

A copy of the self portrait of William Hogarth with his dog, called Trump. A fantastic quality image possibly from Hogarth's original school of art. This piece is titled, dated and monogrammed. It is in an antique, period Louis XIV style frame. The painting measures 36 x 28" (92 x 72cm) Outside Frame Size: 45 x 37" (104 x 94cm) Hogarth began this self-portrait in the mid-1730s. Initially Hogarth painted himself wearing a formal coat...

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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Conestabile Madonna Old Master Renaissance
Conestabile Madonna Old Master Renaissance

Conestabile Madonna Old Master Renaissance

By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)

Located in London, GB

After Raphael Conestabile Madonna 1483 - 1520 Oil on poplar panel Image size: 8 x 8 inches (20.5 x 20.5 cm) Original ornate hand carved gilt frame Conestabile Madonna Made in compos...

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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas
18th Century by Evangelista Schiano Saint Gennaro Oil on Canvas

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...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Antique European Religious Figure Oil Painting
Antique European Religious Figure Oil Painting

Antique European Religious Figure Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Antique European oil on panel, framed framed: 9 x 7 inches board: 7 x 5inches private collection, France the painting is in overall very good and sound condition

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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Original Glass Art  - 19th Century
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Original Glass Art  - 19th Century

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Original Glass Art - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait of Garibaldi is an admirable piece of art painted on small glass, realized by anonymous artists of the 19th Century. Good condition. The tiny and small piece of glass art,...

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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Glass

Portrait Singer Vignon Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master French school
Portrait Singer Vignon Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master French school

Portrait Singer Vignon Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master French school

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Claude Vignon (Tours, 1593 – Paris, 1670) Portrait of a singer in a doublet Circa 1625 Oil on canvas (105 x 79 cm. - In frame 120 x 94 cm.) The work has been the subject o...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Shepherd talking to a young shepherd on a donkey
Shepherd talking to a young shepherd on a donkey

Shepherd talking to a young shepherd on a donkey

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching on handmade, cream laid paper. 5 13/16 x 7 5/8 inches (146 x 192 mm), thread margins. Scattered handling creases, light age tone, and minor paper inconsistoncies throughout....

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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching

Portrait of a Woman in a red Dress - French Old Master art oil painting
Portrait of a Woman in a red Dress - French Old Master art oil painting

Portrait of a Woman in a red Dress - French Old Master art oil painting

Located in Hagley, England

This lovely French Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Painted circa 1810 it is a head and shoulders profile of a beautiful woman, resting her head on one hand. There is superb attention to detail and vibrant colouring. An excellent example of a French Old Master portrait of the period. Unsigned. Provenance. London estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 15 inches by 12 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame, 20 inches by 17 inches framed and in good condition. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style. Although he considered himself a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, it is his portraits, both painted and drawn, that are recognized as his greatest legacy. His expressive distortions of form and space made him an important precursor of modern art, influencing Picasso, Matisse and other modernists. Born into a modest family in Montauban, he travelled to Paris to study in the studio of David. In 1802 he made his Salon debut, and won the Prix de Rome for his painting The Ambassadors of Agamemnon in the tent of Achilles. By the time he departed in 1806 for his residency in Rome, his style—revealing his close study of Italian and Flemish Renaissance masters—was fully developed, and would change little for the rest of his life. While working in Rome and subsequently Florence from 1806 to 1824, he regularly sent paintings to the Paris Salon, where they were faulted by critics who found his style bizarre and archaic. He received few commissions during this period for the history paintings he aspired to paint, but was able to support himself and his wife as a portrait painter and draughtsman. He was finally recognized at the Salon in 1824, when his Raphaelesque painting of the Vow of Louis XIII was met with acclaim, and Ingres was acknowledged as the leader of the Neoclassical school in France. Although the income from commissions for history paintings allowed him to paint fewer portraits, his Portrait of Monsieur...

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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Portrait Young Girl Mengs Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Woman Art
Portrait Young Girl Mengs Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Woman Art

Portrait Young Girl Mengs Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Woman Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Anton Raphael Mengs (Aussig, 1728 - Rome, 1779) Workshop Portrait of a young girl with a book Oil on canvas 64 x 49 cm - Framed 77 x 63 cm , Unsigned The work, depicting a cha...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

18th Century by Matteo Bonechi Presentation of Jesus Painting Oil on Canvas
18th Century by Matteo Bonechi Presentation of Jesus Painting Oil on Canvas

18th Century by Matteo Bonechi Presentation of Jesus Painting Oil on Canvas

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Matteo Bonechi (Florence, Italy, 1669 - Florence, Italy, 1756) Title: Presentation of Jesus Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 75 x 49 cm – with frame 89.5 x 65 cm Shaped, carved and gilded wooden box frame Not signed Expertise by Sandro Bellesi, Professor and art historian Fairs: The International Biennial of Antiques in Florence 2022 (BIAF, Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze) Publications: Bozzetti, modelletti, sketches: dalla collezione di Giorgio Baratti (From the Giorgio Baratti Collection) curated by Anna Orlando, Agnese Marengo and Annalisa Scarpa, Genova, 2022, pp. 20, 21. The present painting is a very interesting testimony of the creative process of Matteo Bonechi, one of the leading artists on the Tuscan art scene in the early 18th century. The canvas in question is in fact the last preparatory model made by Bonechi before he executed an altarpiece for the church of San Filippo Neri in Cortona in 1716. The scene presented here is that of the Presentation of Jesus, when, forty days after his birth, the child is ransomed through an offering in the temple and placed in the hands of Simeon, who prophesies his future: the coming of the Messiah...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Equity and Diversity Linocut Print on Linen and Canvas, Unframed
Equity and Diversity Linocut Print on Linen and Canvas, Unframed

Equity and Diversity Linocut Print on Linen and Canvas, Unframed

By Tosin Oyeniyi

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Let’s come together Let’s learn to love one another Learn to love your brother Learn to love your sister Love your neighbor One eye can’t see One ear doesn’t hear One hand can’t cla...

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21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Art

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Linen, Canvas, Ink, Linocut

Madonna with Holy Child and St. John, 17th Century Oil on Wood
Madonna with Holy Child and St. John, 17th Century Oil on Wood

Madonna with Holy Child and St. John, 17th Century Oil on Wood

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

Madonna with Holy Child and St. John is a masterful depiction of a tender religious scene, capturing the sacred relationship between the Virgin Mary, the infant Jesus, and St. John t...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Wood, Oil

Still-Life Flower Von Tamm 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Still-Life Flower Von Tamm 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Still-Life Flower Von Tamm 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Franz Werner Von Tamm known as Monsieur Daparait (Hamburg 1658-Vienna 1754) Attributed to Still life of fruit with lizard Oil on canvas, 58 x 74 cm. Framed 76 x 92 cm. This magnifi...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Les Offres d'Amour, Old Masters Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer
Les Offres d'Amour, Old Masters Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer

Les Offres d'Amour, Old Masters Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer

By Albrecht Dürer

Located in Long Island City, NY

Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - Les Offres d'Amour, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Image Size: 6 x 5.25 inches, Size: 6.5 x 5.75 in. (16.51 x 14....

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Late 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Still Life of Flowers in Ornamental Urn on Ledge - Dutch Old Master oil painting
Still Life of Flowers in Ornamental Urn on Ledge - Dutch Old Master oil painting

Still Life of Flowers in Ornamental Urn on Ledge - Dutch Old Master oil painting

By Gerard van Spaendonck

Located in Hagley, England

This superb vibrant Dutch 18th century Old Master floral oil painting is attributed to circle of Gerard Van Spaendonck. Painted circa 1790, it is a beautiful mixed floral still life flower arrangement in an ornate urn on a marble ledge against a landscape. The flowers include roses, tulips, blue iris and trailing blue morning glory. The carved ornate grey/blue urn on the cream marble ledge create a strong textural contrast with the soft petals and leaves. This is a wonderful example of Dutch 18th century floral oil paintings with fine detail and brushwork. Provenance. Private Collection, UK (by descent). Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ebonised frame, 39 by 34 inches framed and in good condition. Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822) was a Dutch painter. Gerard was born in Tilburg, an older brother of Cornelis van Spaendonck...

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1790s Old Masters Art

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Oil

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