Old Masters Art
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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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Style: Old Masters
Huge 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Still Life Fruit Flowers & Jug
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Fruit in Basket with other objects
Italian artist, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24.5 x 33 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor
By Aelbert Cuyp
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Attributed to Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)
An Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman
Signed 'A. Cuyp. fe...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$29,498 Sale Price
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French Old Master The Garden of Gethsemane Unusual Shape Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century
Title: The Garden of Gethsemane
Medium: oil painting on wooden panel, unframed.
painting: measurem...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Tavern Interior Drinkers Sloped over Tables
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tavern Interior
Flemish School, 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13.5 x 18
canvas: 11 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound cond...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
18th Century French Oil Painting Tavern Scene Interior Merry Making Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Merry Makers in the Tavern
French School, 18th century
oil on canvas
canvas: 8 x 11 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier
By David Morier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
David Morier (c.1705–1770 London)
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier (1680–1770)
Oil on canvas
Canvas size - 40 x 50 in
Framed size - 48 ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Large 18th Century European Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady Lace Collars
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
European School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 37.5 inches
canvas: 30 x 24.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Panel Angelic Visitation to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Angelic Visitation
Dutch School, mid 17th century
circle of Rembrandt (Dutch 1606-1669)
oil on wooden panel, framed in faux tortoiseshell style frame.
framed: 25 x 28.75
painting...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Church of St. Costanza, Rome: An 18th Century Piranesi Architectural Etching
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 18th century Giovanni Battista Piranesi etching entitled: "Veduta interna del Sepocro di Santa Costanza, fabbricat...
Category
1770s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Madonna with Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna & Christ Child
Italian, 17th century
oil on wood panel, unframed
board: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition fo...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Excuela española (XVIII) - Escena bíblica - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de la obra se puede ver, presenta varias faltas de pintura y precisar...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$957 Sale Price
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Fine 18th Century British Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady, Large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) British.
18th Century Bust Portrait of a Lady,
Oil on Canvas, Inscribed on a label verso,
canvas: 30" x 25" (76.2 x 63.5cm).
frame: 30 x 25 in...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,385 Sale Price
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Escuela Valenciana (XVIII), tras Juan de Juanes - Inmaculada Concepción
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
El estado de conservación de puede ver, es bastante bueno, solo aconsejaría una limpieza ya que está un poco sucia, pero por lo demas, muy aceptable
Se presen...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$1,531 Sale Price
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Mythological combat scene with Roman soldiers on horseback.
By Virgil Solis
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and brownish black ink on grayish-cream laid paper, 6 1/2 x 8 inches (165 x 175 mm), irregular hexagonal sheet with margins. Some archival repairs along the top sheet edge, scatt...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Pen
Portrait of an Old Bearded Man With a Black Cap
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer a captivating portrait, most likely painted in the late 18th century, attributed to an artist within the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. This oil ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Old Master Painting, Flemish School from 1600s, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small Flemish painting, measuring only 24.5 x 18.5 cm and executed on a copper plate, depicts Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Created in the 17th century, the artist remains unknow...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
$4,038 Sale Price
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Huge 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady with her dog
attributed to Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel, Dutch 1622 - 1672 *see notes below
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 40 x 33.5 inches
provenance...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Old Master Oil on Wood 17th Century Flemish Netherlands Holland
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Dutch Master
17th Century
Farmer at the Well with Goats and Cows
Oil on Wood
Size: approx. 48 x 63 cm
Frame: 68 x 83 cm
Age-related condition, old restorations (see photos)
Viewing...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
18th Century French Portrait of Mysterious Man Oil on Canvas for restoration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 25 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: the painting is in sound conditi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Architect with his Drawings - 18th Century Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of an Architect at His Desk, 1798
Oil on canvas, relined. Signed “C A Lorentzen 1798.”
The composition depicts an architect seated at his desk, surrounded by drawings and pa...
Category
1790s Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Annunciation Ferri Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Religious Rome
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ciro Ferri (Rome, 1634 – Rome, 1689) Attributed to
Annunciation (probably a preparatory sketch)
Oil on canvas 61 x 41 cm - In frame 79 x 49 cm
The work, certainly commission...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$6,098 Sale Price
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Madonna Child Conca 17/18th Century Paint Oil on copper Old master Roman school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Sebastiano Conca (Gaeta 1680 – Naples 1764) circle
Madonna and Child
Oil on copper
26 x 20 cm In high-quality period frame 72 x 50 cm
The work depicts the Madonna lovingl...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$5,973 Sale Price
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Venus Cupid 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Venetian school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Venetian painter of the 17th/18th century
Venus and Cupid
Oil on canvas 57 x 49 cm. In frame 71 x 61 cm.
The painting captures the attention with its intimate and sensual re...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$5,600 Sale Price
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View of Castello dell'Acqua Felice - Etching by G. B. Piranesi - 1751
Located in Roma, IT
View of Castel of Acqua Felice is an original etching realized by the italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1751.
Very precoius and rare lifetime impression. Roman edition. I...
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Portrait of Anne Evelyn - British 18thC Old master oil painting excellent prov.
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting, with exceptional provenance, is by noted artist George Romney. It was painted in 1788, commissioned by James Evelyn of Felbridge as it is of his younger daughter Anne, aged 20 years old. James was a Doctor of Law and Anne's mother was his second wife, Jane. Felbridge house, Anne's home, was in the village of Godstone in Surrey. This superb oil painting is a seated portrait of Anne, wearing a white dress with a green sash, her forearms exposed and her hands in her lap. Anne is blessed with the most wonderful long auburn curly hair and is visually stunning. Her body is partly turned away from the artist/viewer and she is slightly gazing down at us with confident, clear eyes. Anne is pictured in a landscape with a dramatic sky behind her. Romney's brushwork on her dress, hair and the background is superb. The delicate detailing of her facial features is also stunning. Sometimes Old Master portraits can be a little staid, but this one of Anne with her wild auburn hair and bold look is just magnificent. This is a fantastic example of George Romney's work and of an 18th century British Old Master with exceptional detailed provenance.
Name plate states: Anne, younger daughter of James Evelyn of Fellbridge Esq. 1788, aged 20. Romney.
Provenance. With Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851)
With The Hon. Henry Berkeley Portman (1860-1923),
Later 3rd Viscount Portman; with Emma, Viscountess Portman (1862-1929)
By 1926; with her daughter Lady Moyra Dawson-Damer (1897-1962)
Thence by family descent.
Painted in 1788. There are various labels verso.
Mentioned in Lord Hawkesbury's Catalogues of Portraits at Compton Place and at Buxted Park, in Sussex, 1903, p.18, no. 3, at Buxted Park, as in the 'Dining Room, South Wall'.
Further Bibliography: Gower (R. S.) Romney, London, 1904, p. 175 Kidson (Alex) George Romney, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015, I, p. 205, no. 422 (illus).Ward (Humphrey) and Roberts (William) Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay, London: T Agnew & Sons, 1904, p. 51
Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 30 inches by 24 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt frame with name plate, 37 inches by 31 inches and in good condition.
George Romney (1734-1802) was born in Dalton-on-Furness, Lancashire, on 15 December 1734, the third of the eleven children of John Romney and Anne Simpson. Leaving school at the age of eleven, he worked for eight years in his father's cabinetmaking workshop before being apprenticed to a local painter, Christopher Steele, with whom he served for two years, from 1755 to 1757, in Kendal, York, and Lancaster. He married a Kendal girl, Mary Abbot...
Category
1780s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$98,326 Sale Price
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Still Life of Fruit - Dutch 17th century art Old Master still life oil painting
By Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning Dutch 17th century Old Master still life oil painting is attributed to the circle of Jan Davidsz de Heem. Painted circa 1660 it is a magnificent vibrant painting of gra...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$9,286 Sale Price
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18th century English portrait of a Hound or Gun Dog in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite early 19th-century English portrait of a gun dog or foxhound by Thomas Weaver is a masterpiece of sporting art that offers both historical...
Category
1790s Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,775 Sale Price
30% Off
Holy Family with the Young St John The Baptist and St Elizabeth
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Scipione Pulzone, called Il Gaetano (Gaeta 1544 - Rome 1598)
Holy Family with the Young St John The Baptist and St Elizabeth
Oil on canvas
A Royal Coat of Arms lower left
Canvas size...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Angel Annunciation Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Tuscany school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Seventeenth-century Tuscan painter
Angel of the Annunciation
Oil on canvas
52 x 74.5 cm Framed 94 x 71 cm
The work on offer, characterised by a refined sacredness, depicts...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
The Arrival of the Angel - Etching By Simone Cantarini - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrival of the Angel is an old master artwork realized by Simone Cantarini in 17th Century.
Black and white etching.
Image dimensions: 21x17
Mo...
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17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Miniature Portrait
French School, late 18th/ early 19th century
framed: 5.5 x 5.5 inches
board: 2 x 2 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Watercolor
Military Camp Scene and Battle. Pietro Graziani (XVII/XVIII century), entourage
Located in Firenze, IT
Military Camp Scene and Battle.
Pietro Graziani (XVII/XVIII century), entourage.
A pair ( two) of small paintings.
Antique XIX century frames in gilt wood.
In good condition.
Oi...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,039 Sale Price
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17th century portrait of the wine merchant Caspar Rommerskirchen - Old master
Located in Aartselaar, BE
17th-century German portrait of the wine merchant Caspar Roemerskirchen at the age of 26 in 1628, Franz Kessler (attr.)
This highly decorative portrait depicts the 26-year-old Caspa...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Saint Michael Archangel Roman School 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Michael the Archangel Victorious
Roman painter, 17th-18th century
Oil on canvas 112 x 74 cm In frame 128 x 91 cm
This interesting Saint Michael the Archangel subduing ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$9,333 Sale Price
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Antique Spanish Old Master Oil on Wood Panel, Head Portrait of Christ
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18/19th Century Spanish School
Title :Head study of Christ
Medium: oil painting on wood panel, period gilt framed
panel : 6 x 5 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Thetis Hephaestus Blanchard Mythological Paint Oil on table 17th Century French
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacques Blanchard (Paris, 1600 – Paris, 1638) and workshop
Thetis in Hephaestus' forge (Hephaestus gives Thetis the weapons he forged for Achilles)
Oil on canvas applied to pan...
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17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$9,333 Sale Price
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Classical Landscape - French 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb 17th century French Old Master oil painting is attributed to Jean Francois Millet. Painted circa 1670 it is a classical landscape with figures by a bend in a river in the...
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17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$19,665 Sale Price
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Religious Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - Saint Monica prayer
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Saint Monica in prayer.
56 x 32 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed).
Condition report: Good state of conservation of th...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$957 Sale Price
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"Earthly Paradise" Frédérick Bouttats (Antwerp, 1590-1661)- Studio of
Located in SANTA FE, NM
The Earthly Paradise
Frédérick Bouttats (Antwerp, 1590-1661)
Painting is Circa 1610-1612
Oil on wood panel, circa 42 7/8 x 29 3/8 (ca. 52 x 39 frame) inches
The inner frame is c18th ...
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1610s Old Masters Art
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Oil, Wood Panel
$46,000 Sale Price
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Still-Life Flowers 17th century Flemish School Paint Oil on table Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
17th-century Flemish school
Still life with flowers
Oil on panel 33 x 25 cm In frame 50 x 42 cm
The painting depicts a wonderful still life of flowers, where numerous colour...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$4,355 Sale Price
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17th Century Old Master Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
17th Century Old Master Drawing
Old master drawing with figure and putti
Housed in a handsome contemporary wooden frame
Drawing dimensions 4...
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17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Graphite
18th century English marine Battle scene between Dutch and British warships
By Francis Swaine
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to Francis Swaine (British, 1725–1782)
Naval Engagement at Sea, 18th century
Oil on panel
In this evocative seascape, a cluster of ships—flags raised, cannons fired—conve...
Category
1760s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Landscape River Zuccarelli 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy Art
By Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788), circle of
Landscape with river and resting shepherds
First half of the 18th century
oil painting on canvas
cm. 60 x 93, wit...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$6,098 Sale Price
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Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Interior Scene Many Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Alms for the Poor
by Richard Brakenburg (Flemish 1650-1702)
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 25 x 30 inches
Provenance: private collection, France, extensively inscribed verso
Conditi...
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17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dutch Marine Shipping Seascape - Golden Age art Old Master oil painting boats
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Dutch Old Master marine oil painting is attributed to the circle of Jacob de Heusch. Painted circa 1690 the setting is an Italian coast with fish...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
The Penitent Magdalene - Italian Baroque Old Master art portrait oil painting
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning Italian Baroque Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 - 1666) and it is ascribed verso. The paint...
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17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$13,110 Sale Price
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Madonna Holy family Tisi 16/17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Benvenuto Tisi, il Garofalo (Garofalo, Rovigo 1476 - Ferrara 1559) workshop/follower
Madonna with Child and Saint Joseph
Oil on canvas 125 x 90 cm - In frame 143 x 109 cm.
I...
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16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$9,333 Sale Price
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Portrait of Madonna at Prayer - Italian Old Master art religious oil painting
By Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
Located in Hagley, England
This rather special Italian Old Master religious portrait oil painting is attributed to a follower of Giovanni Battista Salvi, or Sassoferrato as he is better known. Painted circa 17...
Category
1790s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$8,303 Sale Price
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Huge Old Master Oil Painting 17th century Diana & Cupids in Panoramic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Diana The Huntress and her Cherubs
Northern European artist, circa 1680's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 60.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: some p...
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17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Spanish Noble Lady - 17th Century Old Master art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning, large portrait oil painting is attributed to Spanish Old Master Claudio Coello who is considered the last great Spanish painter of the 17th century. It has formerly been the property of Lady Beatrice...
Category
1680s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil Crayon
$98,326 Sale Price
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Madonna & Child with Saint Heavenly Cherubs Fine 17th Century Old Master Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Child with a Saint and Heavenly Cherubs
17th Century Italian School, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 20 x 18 inches
canvas : 13 x 10 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife
Located in Middletown, NY
Sadeler, Aegidius II, after Bartholomeus Spranger
Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller
Engraving on hand made laid paper wit...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Portrait of a lady in blue dress ”Countess of Peterborough”
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite portrait, with its new attribution to Theodore Russel, is believed to depict Lady Penelope O'Brien, daughter of Barnabas O'Brien, the sixth Earl of Thomond, and wife of the Earl of Peterborough, whom she married in 1644. The painting thus belongs to a historically significant period, capturing the refined elegance of the time.
The portrait has a prestigious provenance from Elleholms Hofgård, a historic estate in Mörrums socken, Blekinge, Sweden. Elleholms Hofgård, whose two-story, timber-framed main building was constructed in 1730 and expanded in 1804, has changed ownership several times since the 17th century. The ancestors of the present owners acquired the estate in 1915, and from the 20th century until 2023, this painting was prominently displayed in the estate’s main building, making it an integral part of the estate’s history.
Theodore Russel, an English portrait artist born in 1614, studied under the renowned Sir Anthony van Dyck, whose influence can be seen in Russel’s meticulous style. Russel often painted on cabinet-sized panels, such as this one, which measures approximately 39 x 31 cm. This preference for panels is a notable characteristic that sets him apart from contemporary artists like Sir Peter Lely, who exclusively used canvas. The size of the panel is a key reason for the reattribution to Russel from Peter lely, as Lely never used panels for his works. This distinctive format, along with Russel’s characteristic style, strongly supports the new attribution.
Russel, the son of Nicasius Rousseel, a goldsmith and jeweler to James I and Charles I, refined his skills under the mentorship of his uncle, the famous portrait painter Cornelis Janssen. He also worked as an assistant and copyist for van Dyck, further honing his artistic style. This captivating portrait exemplifies Russel’s craftsmanship, reflecting the elegance of the period’s fashion and the artist's refined techniques.
oil on wood panel
with indistinct inscription Countess of Peter[...] upper left.
with inscription on the reverse: ”Countess of Peterborough. P. Lely 1670. S Beatty Picture Restorer [...] Warwick”.
unframed 39 x 31 cm = 15.35 x 12.2 inches
framed 52 x 41.5 cm = 20.47 x 16.34 inches
Condition:
The portrait has just been restored by a professional art conservator in Stockholm and is now in a very good condition. The colors are vivid, and the skin tones appear more natural than before. It is a very fine painting. The frame is newly made and included.
Provenance:
Elleholms Hofgård, Mörrums socken, Blekinge, Sweden **;
Stockholms Auktionsverk, Fine Art & Antiques Autumn...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a girl, possibly Dorothy Bigg (née Wither) (1661-1717), c. 1674
By Gerard Soest
Located in Henley-on-Thames, England
Gerard Soest (c. 1600-1681)
Portrait of a girl, possibly Dorothy Bigg (née Wither) (1661-1717), c. 1674
Half-length, wearing natural pearl and gemstone jewellery
Oil on canvas
In...
Category
1670s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
The Knight - painting - XVII century
Located in Roma, IT
The Knight is an original oil painting on canvas realized during the XVII century by an anonymous artist.
Provenance: Pecci-Blunt collection. Good condition...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint John Baptist 16/17th Century Paint OIl on canvas Old master Tuscany school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Florentine painter, 16th-17th century
Saint John the Baptist
Oil on canvas 67 x 56 cm - In frame 98 x 83 cm
In bringing out the sculptural figure of this young Saint John the...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
$9,831 Sale Price
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Antique Roman painter - 18th century landscape painting - Wanderers - Italy
Located in Varmo, IT
Roman painter (18th century) - Landscape with Wayfarers.
43.5 x 34.5 cm unframed, 58.5 x 49.5 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame (no...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
44% Off
18th/19th Century French Old Master Oil Christ entering Jerusalem
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
18th/19th Century School
'A scene of Christ entering Jerusalem'
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Size of painting: 21.5" x 18.25" inches
condition: overa...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Singer by Candlelight (Dutch School Old Master Genre Scene)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Dutch School painting dating from 17th century. Oil on wood panel measuring 10 3/8 x 14 7/16 inches. Unsigned. No inpainting or conservation.
Depicted is a scene with a beautiful young woman singing...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine 18th Century Italianate Landscape Garden Classical Ornaments and Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italianate landscape garden with classical ornament, including Giambologna's Sabine women and a classical urn, view to a bay beyond
Coplestone War...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
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