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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
Grimace - China Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grimace is a beautiful brown and black China ink drawing and watercolor on wire rod paper, made by an anonymous artist of the late 18th century. A precious old master's original dra...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Sir. John Powell, Knight: Early 18th C. Engraved Portrait After William Sherwin
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century portrait of Sir John Powell entitled "The Honorable Sr. John Powell, Knight. one of the Justices of her Majesties' Court of Common Pleas. Ano. D 1711". It was engraved and published by John King in London in 1711, after an earlier work by William Sherwin. The engraving depicts a bust length portrait of Powell wearing an elaborate fir-trimmed robe and collar. The portrait is encompassed in an ornate oval frame, sitting on a pedestal with an impressive coat-of-arms below. This engraved portrait is printed on laid, chain-linked watermarked cream-colored paper The sheet measures 15.25" high and 11.38" wide. It is adhered to an archival thick card at the upper corners, There is a 1/8" tear at the lower edge of the sheet, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. This engraving is held by museums and institutions, including the British Museum and the Harvard University Art Museum. Sir John Powell (1632-1696) was an English lawyer and judge who served as a justice of the King's Bench from 1683 until his death. He was born in Glamorganshire, Wales, and studied at Jesus College, Oxford, before being called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1656. Powell was known for his staunch support of the monarchy and the Church of England, and he played a prominent role in the trial of the Whig leader Lord William Russell in 1683, which resulted in Russell's execution for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate King Charles II. Powell was also involved in the trials of several other prominent Whig politicians, including Algernon Sidney and Titus Oates. In addition to his work as a judge, Powell was also a member of Parliament for various constituencies throughout his career, and he served as Solicitor General and Attorney General for Wales under King James II. However, he opposed James's efforts to promote Catholicism and supported the Glorious Revolution of 1688, which led to James's overthrow and the installation of William and Mary as joint monarchs. Powell was known for his intellectual rigor and his legal expertise, and he authored several influential legal treatises during his lifetime. He was widely respected by his peers and by the legal community as a whole, and his legacy as a jurist and judge continues to be celebrated today. William Sherwin (1645-1709) was an English engraver who worked during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and is known for his high-quality engravings of various subjects, including portraits, landscapes, and architectural views. Sherwin was trained as an engraver and worked as an apprentice to the renowned engraver Robert White. After completing his training, he went on to establish his own studio in London, where he produced a significant body of work over the course of his career. One of Sherwin's most famous works is his engraving of the portrait of John Locke...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

18th Century by Nicola Viso The adoration of the magi Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Nicola Viso, (active 1724 – 1742) Title: The adoration of the magi Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 63 x 100 cm – with frame 76.5 x 114.7 x 4.5 cm Signed “N. Viso. f” ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

STILL LIFE WITH FLOWER FRUIT AND BIRDS - Oil on canvas Italy Alfredo Mayeux
Located in Napoli, IT
Oil painting on canvas - Composition of flowers in a metal vase with fruit, and landscape in the background - Alfredo Mayeux; early XX century.
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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

COUNTRY GIRL- In the Manner of W.A.Bouguereau- Italy Oil on canvas -Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Country girl - Pietro Colonna Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm. 45x25 Gold gilded wooden frame available on request The painting by Pietro Colonna is a reinterpretation of the Young Sh...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Announcement Waben Signed Dated 1620 17th Century Oil on table Flemish Paint
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacques Waben (Alkmaar ca. 1575-1641/1642 Hoorn) Signed in the bottom centre and dated ‘J. Waben f./1620’. The Announcement to the Shepherds Oil on oak panel 103 x 63 cm in frame 107 x 67 Provenance: Vienna Palais Dorotheum Old master painting 10.12.2015 (lot 143) This is a spectacular depiction of the theme of the annunciation to the shepherds, set in a nocturnal atmosphere dense with photos but refined, the episode of the birth of Jesus reported in the Gospel according to Luke (Lu 2:8-15), in which an angel announces the birth of Christ to a group of shepherds. We see the scene just as described in the Gospel passage that sets the event at night where the shepherds, intent on watching over their flock, were startled by the sudden appearance of an angel of astonishing beauty who we see here radiating a powerful golden light, while at his side a multitude of other angels from the heavenly army sing praises to God. After exhorting them not to be afraid, he informed them that a saviour, the Messiah, had been born in Bethlehem, whom they would find wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger, cared for by the Virgin and St Joseph. The annunciation to the shepherds was the most depicted night scene in Flemish painting from the 15th century...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Turn of the 20th Century French tryptic depicting the Annunciation with 2 saints
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A. Lion (French, c. 1900) A tryptic depicting the Annunciation flanked by two Saints Signed “A. LION” (to the left of Mary) Oil on board Framed dimensions 23. ½ x 37. ½ in. (60 x 95...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil, Board

Wooded Figurative River Landscape - Dutch 17thC Golden Age art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb 17th century Dutch Golden Age oil painting has been more recently reattributed to Abraham Begeyn by Dr Marijke C. de Kinkelder formerly of the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History. Painted circa 1640 it is an Italianate wooded river landscape with drovers and their herd crossing a river with a watchtower beyond. Begeyn was one of the many 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters to embrace the Italianate style, populating their decidedly non-Dutch, mountainous landscapes with rustic travellers and picturesque ruins bathed in warm, Mediterranean light. It has Begeyn's characteristic brightly lit cattle and grouping of figures, similar to a comparable painting in the Lichtenstein Princely Collections. The brushwork and details are superb. One can see the influence of his teacher Nicholaes Berchem (1620-1683) and the typical golden glow of the Golden Age painters. This is a stunning 17th century Golden Age oil painting and an excellent example of Begeyn's work. Provenance: With Koetser Gallery, Zurich. Private Collection (Rhine region). Anon. sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 22 June 2010, lot 357, as by Jacob de Heusch (€18,600). Anon. sale, Christie's South Kensington,18 November 2015, lot 432, as 'Follower of Nicolaes Berchem'; where purchased by the present owner. Note: Begeyn was one of the many 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters to embrace the Italianate style, populating their decidedly non-Dutch, mountainous landscapes with rustic travellers and picturesque ruins bathed in warm, Mediterranean light. He is thought to have studied under Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683), a pioneer of this genre of landscape painting, and travelled extensively to Italy, London and later to Germany in 1688, where he lived out his days as court painter to Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg (later Frederick I, King of Prussia). The present work was previously thought to be the work of Jacob de Heusch (1656-1701), but has been more recently reattributed to Abraham Begeyn by Dr Marijke C. de Kinkelder formerly of the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History. A comparable scene, which also includes Begeyn's characteristic brightly lit cattle and a similar figure group, was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 18 November 2015, lot 110. Another can be found in the Liechtenstein Princely Collections (no.GE 290). Condition. Oil on canvas, image size 21 inches by 18 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a beautiful gilt frame, 28 inches by 25 inches and in good condition. Abraham Begeyn (c. 1637 Leiden - 11 June 1697 Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Begeyn was born in Leiden. Though perhaps known mostly for his Italianate landscapes and cattle in the manner of Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Begyn was a highly skilled painter active in many genres, who travelled widely. According to the RKD, Begeyn's earliest known work is from 1653, though he was first accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Leiden in 1655. He stopped paying dues in 1667, because he set off for a trip to Italy. He is registered in Rome and Naples from 1659–1660. In the rampjaar or disaster year, of 1672, he is registered in Amsterdam, and after that he lived in London, where he painted at Ham House, Surrey, together with Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707) and Dirck van Bergen...
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1640s Old Masters Art

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Oil

VEDUTA DI CHIAIA, Antonio Cardon - Stampa su carta con cornice, moderna
Located in Napoli, IT
Hand-colored print of the engraving by Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon of the original painting by Gabriele Ricciardelli. Edizioni Pontevecchio. Lily logo and a brush with the inscr...
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1970s Old Masters Art

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Color

An Allegory for Smell
Located in London, GB
Dutch School An Allegory for Smell 17th Century Oil on canvas Image size: 19 x 14.5 cm Dutch ebonised frame This painting depicts a rather smelly scene - a young boy bent over his f...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil, Oak, Panel

Fruit & Flower Garland round Intaglio of Putti - Old Master floral oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb German Old Master still life oil painting is attributed to circle of Johann Amandus Winck and also shows the influences of the Dutch Old Masters. Painted circa 1780 the p...
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1780s Old Masters Art

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Oil

Animals Muzzles - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - Animals Muzzles is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and...
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1810s Old Masters Art

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Etching

17th Century by Meiffren Comte A pair of still lifes Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Meiffren Conte or Comte (Marseille, France, 1630 – 1705) Title: A pair of paintings, still lifes with magnificent jugs and shell Year: 1690 ca. Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: wit...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil, Canvas

Hagar Angel Sacrifice Isaac 18th Century Neapolitan School Old master Paint Oil
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
18th-century Neapolitan master Pair of paintings ‘Hagar and the Angel’ and ’The Sacrifice of Isaac’ Pair of oils on oval canvas 75 x 60 cm. - In frame 84 x 69 cm. The proposed pair...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Frederick III Cranach Rohrich Paint Oil on table 19th Century Flemish Portrait
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Follower of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach, 1472 - Weimar, 1553) Attributed to Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (Nuremberg 1787 - 1834) Frederick III of Saxony, called the Wise (1486-1525) Oil on ...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

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. ...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Crucifixion: 18th Century Etching by Conrad Metz after Daniele da Volterra
Located in Alamo, CA
"Crucifixion" is an etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink by Conrad M. Metz after a painting by Daniele da Volterra. It was published in London in 1789 in 'Imitations Of Ancient...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Man on Horseback Abducting a Woman
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Jean-Robert ANGO (Active 1759 – 1773) Man on Horseback Abducting a Woman Red chalk and white chalk 26.1 x 25.9 cm Provenance Libert-Castor sale, November 19, 1993 (lot no. 23, ill...
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1760s Old Masters Art

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Chalk

Escuela Hispano-colonial (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - San José con niño
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada Se presenta enmarcada la obra El estado de la obra es aceptable Medidas obra: 73 cm. de altura x 50 cm. de ancho Medidas obra enmarcad...
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1850s Old Masters Art

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Oil

The Card Game: An Early 17th Century Engraving by A. Voet after Cornelis de Vos
By Alexander Voet
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century engraving entitled "The Card Game" by old master artist Alexander de Voet after a painting by Cornelis de Vos, created in 1632. The pain...
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1630s Old Masters Art

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Engraving

VENICE - Gianluca Gorini - Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
VENICE - Italian landscape oil on canvas oval painting cm.30x60 by Giancarlo Gorini, Italy 2002. Gold gilded wooden frame available o...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Wooden Landscape with Shepherds, Fountain and Flock - by Jan Frans van Bloemen
Located in Roma, IT
Bibliography: A.Busiri Vici, Jan Frans Van Bloemen Orizzonte e l’origine del paesaggio romano settecentesco, Ugo Bozzi Editore, Roma 1974, n.41 This artwork is shipped from Italy. U...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Le Singe" The Monkey Tapestry
Located in Atlanta, GA
Belgian made, Jacquard woven with relief stitch. Fully lined with rod pocket for hanging. Cotton and rayon. Measurements are approximate.
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Late 20th Century Old Masters Art

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Tapestry

Ancient Roman Painting - Original Etching by N. Billy, N. Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman painting - The offering scene with the angel from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realize...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Galante Scene Vermeer d'Utrecht Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Old Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Flemish painter of the 18th century - Follower of Jan van der Meer, called Vermeer d'Utrecht (Schoonhoven, verses 1630 - 1692) Courtship scene at the entrance of an inn oil on canvas, 70 x 62 cm. (with frame 80 x 72 cm.) This pleasant genre scene, depicting a young innkeeper conversing amiably with a gentleman as she prepares to serve him wine in a glass goblet that she still holds in her hand, is inspired by the painting made in 1653 by the Dutch painter Jan van der Meer, known as Vermeer d'Utrecht, and today kept in Paris at the Louvre Museum. Set outside an inn or a post station, the scene illustrates the theme of seduction, with the young waitress being courted by the client, a charming traveler with a changing red cloak, who tries to charm her. Yes, it is a work that harmoniously combines the painter's Dutch origins, with the stylistic characters learned during his training in his homeland, with the Italian-like characters learned during his trip to Italy around 1655. In Rome, in particular, he met and collaborated with various authors of the Bamboccianti school, first of all Jan Miel...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Marble relief of a trireme from the Temple of Fortuna, Praeneste, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Ba...
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1770s Old Masters Art

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Etching

Vedute di Roma (3rd state) (Frontispiece of series, with Statue of Minerva)
Located in Chicago, IL
Views of Rome (Vedute di Roma): Frontispiece for the whole series, with Statue of Minerva. A fine impression of the rare 3rd state (of seven) of this m...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

The Holy Family Religious Paint Oil on table Tuscan School 17th/18th Century Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The Holy Family Tuscan school, 17th-18th century Oil on panel 30 x 24 cm In frame 41 x 33 cm This pleasant devotional painting, commonly referred to as “The Holy Family”, dep...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Lady Eleanor Dundas - Old Master 18C Scottish art oil painting female portrait
By Henry Raeburn (circle)
Located in London, GB
A fine large and stunning Scottish Old Master portrait oil painting on canvas portrait in good condition which depicts Lady Eleanor Dundas in a white dress set against an open landsc...
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

18th Century by Francesco Zuccarelli Landscape with River and Waterfall
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano, Italy, 1702 - Florence, Italy, 1788) Title: Landscape with River and Waterfall Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 55 x 78.5 cm - with frame 70 x 93 cm Expertise by Professor Giancarlo Sestieri Publications: Giorgio Baratti Collezione. Selezione di opere d’arte antica (Giorgio Baratti Collection. Selection of ancient works of art), curated by Professor Giancarlo Sestieri with the participation of Professor Andrea Emiliani, Grafiche Veneziane, Venezia 2011, pp...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Pharmacist Valentino Signed Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy
By Giovanni Domenico Valentino (Rome 1630 - Imola 1708)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giovanni Domenico Valentino (Rome 1630 - Imola 1708) Signed with the monogram G.D.V in the center right, on a majolica vase The pharmacist in his laboratory Oil on canvas, 73 x 66 cm In gilded and lacquered frame cm. 86 x 80 This work, depicting a fascinating laboratory interior with a pharmacist busy in the preparation of medicines, is part of the typical production of the Roman Gian Domenico Valentini, also known as Giovanni Domenico Valentino (Rome 1630 - Imola 1708). The canvas, which is signed with the monogram G.D.V in the center right on a majolica vase, should have been painted in Rome, where the painter worked from 1662 until his death, except in 1680-1681, when he worked in Imola and Ravenna. The use of models by Flemish artists who populated the Eternal City appears essential in the development of Valentini's painting. The use of Nordic models in the development of this type of pictorial genre, with interior scenes and elements of still life, had gained great fortune with the Roman client, leading to an almost serial production, but always of great evocative charm. . Giovanni Domenico Valentini distinguished himself in the artistic panorama of the Italian seventeenth century precisely for the peculiarity of his favorite subjects: they are mainly kitchen interiors or as in our case of a laboratory, where countless objects are piled up arranged in picturesque disorder: here the tools of a pharmacy, in copper and terracotta, vases or pourers in metal and clay, jars and albarelli in majolica, bottles, flasks, glasses, cauldrons, basins and other containers in copper and terracotta, as well as an open oven. The large background wall is occupied by an angular hanging shelf for jars and apothecary jars all arranged in a row, in the foreground the still life featured various pharmaceutical tools such as apothecary bottles, mortar bowls, jars and jars with handles as well as pots and copper vessels. Particularly striking from a chromatic point of view, and a typical piece of furniture of the painter, is the painting above the door frame, which depicts a landscape. The interiors of the Valentini, of which our painting is a valuable example, which display large quantities of objects or furnishings, are arranged with a wisely studied organization: the whole represented is arranged according to the dictates of a pre-ordered exhibition and appears so to speak 'on display', exhibited and organized according to the very personal intent of a painter who aims to ennoble everyday life and make it the emblem of his art. The interior of our pharmacy is very similar to a monogrammed version kept in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Fesch, in Ajaccio (inv. 852-1-461) depicting a 'Young man visiting a pharmacy', in which the same elements, albeit varied: the half-open wardrobe...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Fabricius (Ponte Cestio) Bridge : Framed 18th C. Piranesi Architectural Etching
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi is entitled "Dimostransi nella Tav. presente la Pianta, ed Elevazione del Ponte, oggi detto Quattro Capi egli è antichissimo, e chiamavasi Fabrizio da L. Fabrizio Presid. delle Strade, che lo fabbrico' nel fine della Repubblica. "(The Plan and Elevation of the Bridge, today called Quattro Capi. The architect is very ancient, and was called Fabrizio da L. Fabrizio Presid. delle Strade, who built it at the end of the Republic). This is plate 18 in volume 4 of Piranesi's "Le antichita romane opera di Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano" (Roman antiquities by Giambatista Piranesi Venetian architect). It was published in Rome in 1756-1757. This etching depicts the plan and elevation of the bridge now called the Ponte dei Quattoro Capi or Ponte Cestio (Bridge of the Four Heads), which in antiquity was called the Bridge of Fabricius after L. Fabricius, the Superintendant of the Streets who built it at the end of the Republic, around 62 BC. It was also been known in the Middle Ages as ‘Ponte Giudeo’ (Bridge of the Jews). The bridge crossed from the left bank or northeast side of the Tiber River to Tiber Island...
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1750s Old Masters Art

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Etching

17th Century By Domenico Maria Canuti Toilet of Venus with Cupids and Satyrs
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Domenico Maria Canuti (Bologna 1626 - 1684) Title: Toilet of Venus with Cupids and Satyrs Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 79 x 98 cm - ...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil

Italian landscape with Monte Socrate (after Jan Both)
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778-1862) Italian landscape with Monte Socrate (after Jan Both) Signed and dated 1823 on the reverse Oil on canvas Canvas size ...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Vienna, Antique Map from "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" - Etching - Old Master
Located in Roma, IT
Braun G., Hogenberg F., "Vienna", from the collection "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", Cologne, T. Graminaeus, 1572-1617. Image Dim: cm 15 x 47, Dim: cm 20 x 53. Wonderful B/W Aquatint r...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Still Life Flowers Nani 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Naples Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giacomo Nani (Porto Ercole 1698 - Naples 1770) Still life with flowers, riser with crystals and liqueurs, icebox, china and basket with biscuits (LINK) Oil on canvas cm. 64 x 73 - Framed cm. 83 x 93 Provenance (see images): - Dorotheum (April 14, 2005) Vienna, Lot 37 Est: €20,000 EUR - €30,000 EUR - Dorotheum (October 15, 2008), Lot 281 East: €18,000 EUR - €25,000 EUR The proposed painting is a work by the Neapolitan painter Giacomo Nani (Porto Ercole 1698 - Naples 1770) and delights us with a selection of his favourite elements in the creation of his precious still lifes; On a stone shelf, on which an embroidered carpet is laid, we see a series of objects, including two painted porcelain cups, a riser with two liqueur bottles and crystal goblets; then there is a transparent glass vase filled with flowers, and finally some foodstuffs, a basket with biscuits, a wrapped Neapolitan aubergine and an icebox with an oyster. Everything is arranged to create a refined and elegant ensemble. A pupil of Gaspare Lopez (Naples - Venice ca. 1732), one of the leading generalists of the time, Giacomo Nani developed an autonomous personality over time, much appreciated by 18th century nobles and collectors, including the Duchess of Terranova and the Duke of Limatola, as well as the Bourbons. Numerous in particular were his paintings owned by King Charles of Bourbon, which are now preserved in Naples and Caserta at the picture gallery of the Royal Estate of Carditello. Twenty-four canvases by Giacomo Nani were sent to Spain by Charles of Bourbon as gifts for his mother, Elisabeth Farnese, and are today kept at the Royal Palace of Riofrío, one of the residences of the Spanish royal family, and at the Royal Palace of the Granja de San Ildefonso, in Segovia. A painter of still lifes, his works were often devoted to a wide variety of foodstuffs. In his compositions, foodstuffs of the period appear and, in particular, in the series conserved in Spain, most of the dishes that were served on the tables of the Neapolitans in those years are depicted as in a select menu. He sometimes depicted objects typical of Neapolitan tradition, as in the present painting, the typical rosolio wine, Capodimonte ceramics...
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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Portrait of a Young Prince, 19th c., by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist Untitled (Young Prince), c. 1800-1900 Oil on canvas 16 x 13 in. Framed: 23 x 19 1/2 x 2 in.
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19th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Letter B - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter B is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Etching

Persia, Armenia & Adjacent Regions: A Hand-colored 17th Century Map by De Wit
Located in Alamo, CA
This colorful and detailed 17th century copperplate map by Frederick De Wit was published in Amsterdam between 1666 and 1690. It depicts the Caspian Se...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Art

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Engraving

Curarlos y a Otra - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Curarlos y a otra is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810. Original etching on paper. The artwork belongs to the famous print collection L...
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1860s Old Masters Art

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Etching, Aquatint

17th Century by Giuseppe Nuvolone Adoration of the Magi Oil on paper and canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giuseppe Nuvolone (Milan, 1619 – 1703) Title: Adoration of the Magi Medium: Oil on paper applied to canvas Dimensions: without frame 16.5 x 24 cm – with frame 22 x 29 cm Antique sha...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Paper, Canvas, Oil

A Ray of Sunlight
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ruisdael is regarded as the principal figure among Dutch landscape painters of the second half of the 17th century. His naturalistic compositions and style representing massive forms...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Meridies; Der Mittag (Noon; The Midday) /// Johann Daniel Preissler Old Master
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Johann Daniel Preissler (German, 1666-1737) Title: "Meridies; Der Mittag (Noon; The Midday)" Portfolio: Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day) Year: 1723 Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: likely Johann Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, Germany Publisher: Jeremias Wolff (Erben), Augsburg, Germany Reference: Le Blanc No. 255, 38; Nagler No. 23 Sheet size: 22.5" x 16.32" Image size: 18.13" x 14.32" Condition: Soft handling creases and folds to sheet. A few light areas of staining and scattered small areas of discoloration in margins. Two small tears skillfully repaired from verso in margins. Has been professionally stored away for decades. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition with full margins Extremely rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Engraved by German artist Johann Balthasar Probst (1673-1750) after a drawing by German artist Johann Daniel Preissler (1666-1737). Comes from Preissler's 1723 "Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)" portfolio of four etchings and engravings. Printed from one copper plate in one color: black. Descriptions of the portrayed image are printed in Latin and German. Biography: Johann Daniel Preissler, or Preisler (1666–1737) was a German painter and director of Nuremberg's Academy of Fine Arts. He was a notable member of a German artistic family, originating in Bohemia. His children included Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771), Georg Martin Preisler (1700–1754), Barbara Helena Preisler (1707–1758; married to Oeding), Johan Martin Preisler (1715–1794), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717–1765), all in their time renowned artists. Most notable for his portraits, nudes and history paintings, Johann Daniel Preissler also produced drawings and frescoes. He was particularly known beyond his native Nuremberg for his "Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic", a sequence of works on art theory – the individual works were translated into several other languages and served as textbooks for students such as the Swiss Salomon Gessner...
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1720s Old Masters Art

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

Portrait of a Young Boy
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Attributed Federico Icilio Joni (1866-1946, North Italian Sienese) “Portrait of a Young Boy” 17 ¾ x 14” (on poplar panel) Icilio Federico J...
Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

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

16th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

View of the Ancient Structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido
Located in Fairlawn, OH
View of the Ancient Structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others built by Marcus Agrippa in the time of Augustus when he cleaned all the sewers leading...
Category

1750s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Annunciation Scene
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Pierre-Mathieu Ogier (active between 1676 and 1709) Annunciation Scene Engraved copper plate, dated 1691 17.5 x 11.2 cm Provenance: Private collection, France This engraved copper...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Copper

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

Late 17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Chalk

Period Italian Signed Landscape
By Ugo Gheduzzi
Located in Roma, IT
1910s Italian Signed Landscape Beautiful oil painting on cardboard by the great Bolognese artist Ugo Gheduzzi (Crespellano BO 5 March 1853 - Turin 1925). The light of rare intensity...
Category

Early 20th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher by Rembrandt Van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606–1669 Dutch Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt) 235, state 2/2 Bartsch 280 Printed by Rembrandt Signed and dated "Rem...
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17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Frankfort, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Frankfort, Germany entitled "Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp" by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg, from their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published in Cologne, Germany in 1595. This is an English translation of an excerpt from the original text in the atlas: "Frankenberg or, according to others, Francoburgum, a town in Hesse. Charlemagne vested the town of Frankenberg with many freedoms and privileges, which it still enjoys to this day, and on account of its valiant and victorious soldiers awarded a signet, upon which there formerly appeared a golden castle with a tower, together with the letter F and a golden crown. Frankenberg, seen here from the northeast, lies on a hill above the River Eder. The hillside is covered with fields neatly separated by bushes and fences. Soaring above the town is the massive Liebfrauenkirche, which was modelled on St Elizabeth's church in Marburg. The New Town was founded in 1335 at the foot of the hill (right) and merged with the Old Town as late as 1556. Frankenberg was founded by Conrad of Thuringia in 1233/34 to prevent the archbishops of Mainz from expanding their sphere of influence...
Category

16th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Engraving

Player - Etching by Filippo Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Player 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 folding due to the t...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

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

Materials

Chalk

STILL LIFE - Salvatore Marinelli School Baroque - Oil on Canvas Italian Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Still life - Salvatore Marinelli Italia 2008 - Oil on canvas cm. 60x120 Salvatore Marinelli's canvas is a painting inspired by Abraham van Beyeren Dutch painter, of the Baroque age, ...
Category

Early 2000s Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tarantella - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tarantella is an original watercolor on ivory-colored paper, realized by Michela De Vito in the first half of XIX century. Good conditions except for shading and light stains along...
Category

1820s Old Masters Art

Materials

Watercolor

Rome, The Countryside- China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
Rome is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1742. In good condition except for some pencil marks and traces of sealing wax on the back and some diffused foxings. ...
Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

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

17th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

French School Of The 18th century, An Ancient Shipyard, Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school of the 18th century An ancient shipyard or building site (?) Ink and ink wash on paper 17.5 x 23 cm In a modern frame 32 x 37 cm
Category

1780s Old Masters Art

Materials

Ink

South Pier, Sunderland 19th century oil , john callow
Located in York, GB
A fine 19th century oil on canvas painting "South Pier, Sunderland " signed and indistinctly dated 1844, the size of the painting being approx. 45 x 80 cm whilst overall size bei...
Category

1840s Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait de Femme (Portrait of a Woman) /// Old Masters Italian Romantic Queen
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Pierre Augustin Massé (French, 1880-?) Title: "Portrait de Femme (Portrait of a Woman)" Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts Year: 1898 Medium: Or...
Category

1890s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

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