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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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Style: Old Masters
The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes")
The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes")

The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes")

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in New York, NY

Etching and drypoint on laid paper, 1651. New Hollstein's third, and final, state. Full sheet size 5.38 x6.5 inches. Frame size 14.25 x 16.75 inches. Catalogue raisonné references...

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1650s Old Masters Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Flowers Still-life Volo 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italt
Flowers Still-life Volo 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italt

Flowers Still-life Volo 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Italt

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Francesca Volò Smiller, called Vincenzina (Milan, 1657 - 1700) attributed Floral composition overflowing from an embossed vase (LINK) Oil on canvas 79 x 61 cm. Framed 89 x 70 cm. T...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.
Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.

Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Readings from the "Communion of Saints": folio from an Italian Missal Pigment on vellum Mid 17th century Provenance: Otto F. Ege (1888-1951) Phillip Duechnes Bookseller, New York, c. 1948 References And Exhibitions: Otto F. Ege Box Folio 27 Ege describes these folios as: Epistolary (Epistolarium), Italy, Middle 15th century Latin Text: Rotunda or Round Gothic Script, square rhetorical neumes Sister folio are in the following rare book libraries: Case Western Reserve University Cincinnati Public Library Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland Public Library Denison University Kent State University Kenyon College...

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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Art

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Ink, Vellum

Study of a Sleeping Girl in a Cap

Study of a Sleeping Girl in a Cap

By Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Located in Middletown, NY

Graphite on greenish gray wove paper. 15 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (390 x 295 mm). Initialed "G. B." in pencil on the lower right recto. In generally good condition with some minor scattered surface soiling. Condition is consistent with age. ____ This drawing is closely related to two known mid 18th century oils...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Handmade Paper, Graphite

Angelic Cherubs with Classical Figure in Wilderness Finely Painted Preparatory
Angelic Cherubs with Classical Figure in Wilderness Finely Painted Preparatory

Angelic Cherubs with Classical Figure in Wilderness Finely Painted Preparatory

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Figure with Cherubim in Wilderness Italian School, 17th century oil painting on wood panel framed 13 x 11 inches condition: overall for its age very good, though the work is most likely a preparatory...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Holy Family Ramenghi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Religious Art
Holy Family Ramenghi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Religious Art

Holy Family Ramenghi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Religious Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Bolognese school of the seventeenth century Circle Giovanni Battista Ramenghi, known as Bagnacavallo (Bologna, 1521 - 1601) Oil painting on canvas (86 x 72 cm. - With antique frame ...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

18th Century portrait oil painting of a lady in an ermine trimmed cloak
18th Century portrait oil painting of a lady in an ermine trimmed cloak

18th Century portrait oil painting of a lady in an ermine trimmed cloak

By Sir Godfrey Kneller

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller Dutch, (1646-1723) Portrait of a Lady in an Ermine Trimmed Cloak Oil on canvas Image size: 26.5 inches x 22.5 inches Size including frame: 33.5 inches x 29.5 inches A well-executed half-length portrait of a lady painted in a feigned oval, circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller. The use of a feigned oval was a device used in portraiture to give a sense of depth and add an intimacy to the painting, drawing your attention to the sitter. The subject, posed without her wig in the undressed fashion of the day, wears a blue ermine trimmed blue cloak over a white silk robe...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Annunciation Bonini Paint Oil in canvas Old master 17th Century Leonardo Italy
Annunciation Bonini Paint Oil in canvas Old master 17th Century Leonardo Italy

Annunciation Bonini Paint Oil in canvas Old master 17th Century Leonardo Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Girolamo Bonini, called Anconitano (Ancona, circa 1600 - Bologna 1680) Annunciation (or Madonna of the Beautiful Angel) Oil on canvas (115 x 91 cm. - Framed 134 x 108 cm.) Work accompanied by the expertise of Prof. Emilio Negro The work, undoubtedly commissioned as an object of private devotion, shows the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, a Gospel episode here set on the two figures portrayed in the foreground, the Archangel Gabriel with outstretched wings, a portrait of supernatural beauty, and the Virgin; We see her here absorbed in reading a prayer book with her eyes turned humbly downwards as a sign of devotion, while a small cherub hands her white lilies, a symbol of purity and chastity.   In the upper part of the composition is the austere image of God the Father, with the dove radiating with light, emblem of the Holy Spirit, surrounded by a flock of angels fluttering in the clouds charged with intense glow and play of light, in full Baroque style. It should also be noted that the image of the Saviour's mother in a delicately pious attitude, with her yellow veil, her broad blue mantle and her usual modest red dress from which the edges of her white blouse protrude, is to be interpreted as a kind of tender allegory of sacred love. The painting in question is an interesting replica with variants of the composition commissioned from Francesco Albani for the Fioravanti chapel in the ancient church...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

A Lively Naval Engagement
A Lively Naval Engagement

A Lively Naval Engagement

Located in Wiscasett, ME

Oil on panel measuring 21" x 24.5," including the frame. The painting is signed in the lower right corner, but we cannot attribute the signature. Probably dating from the late 19th ...

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Late 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

View of the Grand Canal by William James
View of the Grand Canal by William James

View of the Grand Canal by William James

By William James

Located in New Orleans, LA

William James Fl. 1754-1771 British View of the Grand Canal, Venice, with San Geremia and the Entrance to the Cannaregio Oil on canvas This luminous Venetian scene was painted...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, 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

1800's Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Theseus Temple Athens in Landscape
1800's Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Theseus Temple Athens in Landscape

1800's Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Theseus Temple Athens in Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Theseus Temple, Athens early 1800's Italian artist oil on canvas laid over board, framed framed: 9 x 12.75 inches board: 6.75 x 10.75 inches provenance: private collection, UK condit...

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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Toilet Venus Albani Mythological 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Toilet Venus Albani Mythological 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master

Toilet Venus Albani Mythological 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Toilet of Venus Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - 1660) Follower of Oil on canvas 64 x 96 cm In fine gilded frame 83 x 121 cm. The painting on offer, depicting ‘Venus’ Toilet',...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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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

Early 18th Century Old Master Christ Agonizing on the Cross
Early 18th Century Old Master Christ Agonizing on the Cross

Early 18th Century Old Master Christ Agonizing on the Cross

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

"Early 18th Century Old Master Christ Agonizing on the Cross." Oil on panel. Artwork: 18.2 × 13.4 cm (7.2 × 5.3 in.) ; 29.9 × 25.4 cm (11.8 × 10 in.) (Framed) This finely executed ...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil, Panel

Christ De Vos Paint 16/17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemish school Art
Christ De Vos Paint 16/17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemish school Art

Christ De Vos Paint 16/17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemish school Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Maarten de Vos (Antwerp, 1532–1603) workshop Christ Expelled from the Temple in Jerusalem (Or The Stoning of Christ) Oil on canvas 109 x 86 cm. Framed: 121 x 97 cm. Anyone pa...

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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

16th Century Italian Renaissance Old Master Portrait of a Procuratore
16th Century Italian Renaissance Old Master Portrait of a Procuratore

16th Century Italian Renaissance Old Master Portrait of a Procuratore

By Jacopo Bassano

Located in London, GB

Jacopo BASSANO (c. 1510-1592, Italian) Portrait of a Procuratore Oil on canvas 30 ¼ x 26 inches (including frame) Provenance: Lucien Bonaparte’s Collection (as Portrait of Doge Priuli, Tiziano); Rich-mond, Virginia Museum, Portrait of Doge Lorenzo Priuli. The painting is a portrait of a man half-length, on a black background. It is a three-quarter portrait, according to a custom very common in the genre of portraiture in sixteenth century. The man is wearing a decorated...

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16th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Old Master Dutch Female Nude Arcadian Landscape - 19th century art oil painting
Old Master Dutch Female Nude Arcadian Landscape - 19th century art oil painting

Old Master Dutch Female Nude Arcadian Landscape - 19th century art oil painting

By (Attributed to) Isaac de Mucheron

Located in Hagley, England

An original oil on canvas which is attributed verso to Isaac Mucheron with figure by Vandveldt. The scene depicts a nude in an Arcadia classical landscape with ruins. Fresh colour an...

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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

Antique Dutch Oil Painting Figures at Sunset by Coastal Estuary with Buildings
Antique Dutch Oil Painting Figures at Sunset by Coastal Estuary with Buildings

Antique Dutch Oil Painting Figures at Sunset by Coastal Estuary with Buildings

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A River Landscape With A Figure On A Donkey 1800's Dutch School oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 27 inches canvas: 18 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, England ...

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Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Madonna Maria Piola Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Religious
Madonna Maria Piola Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Religious

Madonna Maria Piola Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Religious

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Anton Maria Piola (Genoa, 1654 - 1715) circle Madonna and Child Genoese school of the second half of the 17th century Oil on canvas 93 x 74 cm.- In antique frame 110 x 92 cm. (Work with expertise by Dr. Arabella Cifani) In the pleasing work proposed, depicting a classical Nativity scene, the Madonna is immortalised in adoration as she gently holds the sheet on which the Child is lying, with a gesture of protection and pride that facilitates an atmosphere of intimate recollection, in addition to the presence of three cherubs at the top. The stylistic analysis of the canvas can easily be traced back to a painter of the Genoese school and active during the 17th century, specifically with the devotional works from the workshop of Domenico Piola (Genoa, 1627-1703), an absolute protagonist of Genoese Baroque culture. Piola was the owner of the most important city painting workshop of the time, known as 'Casa Piola', where his sons Paolo Gerolamo and Anton Maria also collaborated. His production, which specialised in a type of highly decorative, profane and allegorical paintings, destined for the decoration of Genoese patrician palaces, also included a refined series of works of a religious nature. In particular, the style of our beautiful breast painting...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Oil

17th Century Spanish school oil painting of a soldier arriving at a village
17th Century Spanish school oil painting of a soldier arriving at a village

17th Century Spanish school oil painting of a soldier arriving at a village

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Spanish School (17th Century) A soldier arriving at a village Oil on canvas Unsigned 29 x 43.1/4 in. (74 x 110 cm.) Oil on canvas, not relined. Surface dirt and varnish discolourati...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

The Kermesse of Saint George (A Village Festival) - 17th Century Oil Painting
The Kermesse of Saint George (A Village Festival) - 17th Century Oil Painting

The Kermesse of Saint George (A Village Festival) - 17th Century Oil Painting

By David Teniers the Younger

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“The Kermesse of Saint George (A Village Festival)” is an oil on canvas painting by David Teniers the Younger (or David Teniers II) as opposed to his father, David Teniers the Elder....

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady, Old Masters 18th Century Oil

Portrait of a Lady, Old Masters 18th Century Oil

By Thomas Hudson

Located in London, GB

Thomas Hudson 1701 – 1779 Portrait of a Lady Oil on canvas Image size: 30 x 25 inches Original carved giltwood frame Hudson had many assistants, and employed the specialist drapery ...

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18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre cobre - Virgen orando
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre cobre - Virgen orando

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre cobre - Virgen orando

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

La pintura representa a la Virgen María por su iconografía tradicional. Viste un manto azul verdoso que cubre su cabeza y hombros, y una túnica rosada con detalles en tonos claros. S...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil

Allegory of Abundance

Allegory of Abundance

Located in New York, NY

Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Br...

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17th Century Old Masters Art

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Copper

Classic Bird Color Prints x 3 - Beautiful Set of 3 Classical Birds
Classic Bird Color Prints x 3 - Beautiful Set of 3 Classical Birds

Classic Bird Color Prints x 3 - Beautiful Set of 3 Classical Birds

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Set of 3 Colored Bird Prints each unframed, 10.5 x 14.5 inches condition: very good A beautiful set of 3 colored prints of classical birds in landscape settings. As a set, they make wonderful interior design either presented on their own or as a gallery wall grouping.

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20th Century Old Masters Art

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Color

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