18th Ruins Painting

A LARGE SCALE TEMPERA ON CANVAS DEPICTING A SCENE WITH RUINED BUILDINGS SEPARATED BY A BODY OF WATER AND FIGURES, A DAM IN THE FOREGROUND AND A THE SKYLINE OF A TOWN IN THE DISTANCE,...

A pair of 18th century Italian landscapes with classical ruins and figures, circa 1750.

Gennaro Greco. "Il Mascacotta." Naples 1663-1714 Nola. Figures Among Classical Ruins with Ships in Stormy Waters Beyond. Measures: 50 x 76 cm., 19.5 x 30", oil on canvas. “Gen...

Our picture is an unusual, early, imaginary architectural view by the master of 18th century Roman vedute. Unlike later work, the pictured ruins are related to, but not identical wit...

Scenic Overview with Ruins and People

Gennaro Greco was received as a member of the painter’s guild in 1708. He was known for being a master of perspective in his oil paintings. Greco worked at the church of S. Frances...

This is probably a late drawing by Tesi and could have been for a decorative wall painting. An exquisite 18th-century drawing by Italian artist Mauro Antonio Tesi (Maurino) (1730–176...

During the second half of the 18th century, a journey to Italy was considered an essential component in the education of young artists and noblemen from Northern Europe. Although Ven...

An original drawing in black pen, ink and grey wash, entitled 'Two Capricci of a Town with Ruins and Figures.' Juriaan Andriessen was one of the last exponents of the little known ...

Italian School, 18th century. Capriccio with classical Roman /Greek ruins and two figures, in a landscape setting. Oil on canvas in period carved giltwood frames. c. 1760. Provenance...

Follower of Michele Marieschi (18th-19th century) - Landscape with ruins and figures. 68 x 93cm. Oil on canvas, unframed. Condition report: Lined canvas. Fair state of conservatio...

This charming 18th-century genre scene depicts figures with their cattle resting before ruins, a motif popular in the capriccio style. Unsigned. Beautifully presented in a gilt frame...

Neapolitan School, 18th century. Landscape with ancient ruins. Vintage frame. 40cm x 50cm Measures without frame. Good conditions.

The Roman Campagna Italian School, 18th century oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 20 x 23.5 inches framed: 24 x 27.5 inches provenance: private UK collection Beautiful 18th cen...

Landscape with ruins and figures, oil on board. High quality figures and perspective depth through light. 18th century. Presented in late 17th century Roman frame.

A beautifully executed 18th-century oil landscape depicting a rider and other figures observing historic Roman ruins. Presented in a smart black moulded frame with gilt detailing to ...

Gaetano Ottani (1720 - 1724 / 1801) Pair of paintings depicting landscapes with ruins and figures Measurements: canvas cm W 82 x H 66; with frames cm W 98 x H 82 x d 6 The two valua...

French School of the 18th century " Ancient ruins and Figures " Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. 46 x 54 cm good condition for the age

18th century Italian school architectural capriccio featuring characters visiting classical ruins.

Antique Italian painting from 18th century. Framework oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting a view with characters, animals and ruins of good pictorial quality.

Frequent in the venetian painting of 18th century are this kind of scene where ruined architectural elements, often elements of classical taste, insered in a countryside landscape, b...

This splendid early 18th-century classical landscape painting depicts an idyllic coastal view with architectural ruins and figures.

Well painted that might benefit from a cleaning. Typical scene with columns and rubble ruins.

A very fine and delicately painted watercolour study of church ruins and cattle. The artist has meticulously drawn the fine details of the stone work, with great attention given to t...

A gorgeous Neoclassical Grand Tour framed oil on board painting of an Italian Capriccio landscape view of a ruined temple on the sea shore and a boat on water. Attributed to Frances...

An exquisite landscape depicting a quaint rural farm with a young woman and her daughter playing with their dog before a calm pool of water where a figure rests on the bank; the that...

An unsigned 18th century oil painting on canvas of classical ancient Roman ruins, called Capriccio, attributed to Luigi Vanvitelli ( born May 12, 1700, Naples died March 1, 1773, Cas...

A Baroque Capriccio with ruins and figures, an early 18th century Italian painting showing an imaginary landscape with roman ruins and figures, an antique oil on canvas Italian paint...

The foreground showing figures walking among the ruins of a triumphal arch, beyond are sailing vessels on the Venetian Lagoon, on the far shoreline is a view of La Torre di Malghera ...

Well painted and very interesting early 18th-century Italian oil on canvas of a man with his cows on a pathway. From a private collection in London, UK Oils on canvas Framed in a ...

Antique Italian painting from the 18th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a landscape with ruins of good pictorial quality.

A large Antoine Pierre Patel oil on canvas landscape painting of classical ruins in a carved gilt-wood frame. The painting signed A. P. Patel 1700. For many more fine antiques...

Set of 3 ancient paintings depicting classical architectural ruins, painted on canvas with a molurate wood frame and moved in the upper part, built and hand painted, it was probably ...

An original ink and watercolor on laid paper by Dutch artist Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818) titled "Waterfall and Ruins", c. 1785. Provenance: Denis Conley Gallery, Property of a Fif...

Sun set in a river landscape with travelers resting next to a large tree and some ruins. In the background, a church and some other buildings and ruins in front of mountains towering...

Neoclassical miniature gouache depicting figures on the 'Grand Tour' viewing a large marble urn and other Roman era ruins in a beautifully rendered landscape. In a period giltwood fr...

We quote his letter here, with the permission of the professor: "They are a useful acquisition for knowing a little more about the diffusion in Rome of the genre of the "Architectura...

18th century frame, depicting a castle in ruins with herder and grazing animals.

Oil on canvas. In the depicted scene of Romantic taste, some dames and gentlemen are strolling in the middle of classical ruins, in the gilded and suffused light of the sunset. On th...

Revelry in a Classical Landscape Italian School, early 18th century (circa 1700) oil painting on canvas, laid on board, unframed board: 20 x 36 inches provenance: private collection,...

Artist/ School: Italian School, 18th century Title: Figures/ Travellers walking through a Baroque landscape admiring the ancient classical, Roman ruins.

Classical Ruins Italian, early 18th century circle of Pietro PALTRONIERI dit IL MIRANDOLESE (1673-1741) oil on canvas, framed Framed: 27 x 34 inches Canvas : 24 x 30 inches Provenanc...

A 18th century oil painting on canvas representing an Italian aquedotto and ruins around Rome.

The Ancient Ruins French School, 18th century oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 35 x 46 inches framed: 41 x 52 inches condition: overall very good, the canvas has an old reline ...

This is an excellent example of a British 18th century Old Master oil painting which is comparable with Richard Wilson, George Lambert and George Barret, other noted 18th century lan...

Still life with classical ruins, 18th-19th century, oil on canvas further mounted to paperboard, depicting a silver urn of lush blossoms against a backdrop of Roman columns and cedar...

Artist/ School: Circle of Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) French Title: Peacocks in a Palatial Garden amidst classical ancient ruins. Medium: watercolour on paper Size: paper : 1...

French School 18th Century In the taste of Joseph VERNET (1714-1789) Seaside Landscape with Roman Ruins and Galleon Oil on canvas Old Frame regilded with leaves Dim canvas : 61 X 73...

The painting depicts these ancient classical Roman ruins amidst an Arcadian landscape, with various figures seated amongst the setting.

Behind this scene there is a broad landscape: there are houses and hills on the sides of a river. It is typical of the 18th century paintings to insert ruins in a natural landscape.

George Smith of Chichester (1714-1776) A classical landscape with ruins oil on canvas 43 x 64 cm 16 7/8 x 25 1/4 in Provenance From the collection of Trevor Lowther Brodrick, 11th V...

Artist/ School: Italian School, first half 18th century (circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini 1691-1765) Title: Figures in a Classical Italianate Landscape with ancient Roman Ruins.

Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures. Italian, 18th century large painting in oil on canvas is from the school of Giovanni Paolo Panini and a fine example of ...

An important & large Italian Baroque period oil painting on panel attributed to Daniele Crespi (1598-1630), "The Entombment of Christ", Milan circa 1620. See artist biography below. ...

Late 17th Century Italian School. The Return of the Ark on the Covenant, Oil on Canvas, in a Fine 17th Century Italian Frame, canvas: 40.25" x 49.75" (102.3 x 126cm) Fine quality an...

Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 – London 1723) Portrait of an English noblewoman, presumably Mary Capel, Countess of Essex (1679–1726) Oil on canvas 128 x 104 cm. In frame 146 x...

Christ Healing the Sick French School, 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 15 x 20.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Europe Condition: some craquelure throughout, mo...

Alberto Carlieri (Italy-Roma 1672-1720), "Christ and the adulteress", Oil on canvas, with frame cm H 115 x L 151 x 6.5, only canvas H 98.5 x L 135 cm good conservation conditions ...

Abraham van CUYLENBROCH (1620-1658) Diana With Her Attendants in a Grotto 1651 signed oil on panel 12.2 in x 15.7 inches, inc. frame; 31 x 40 cm Provenance: Sale of Sotheby's Lo...

Italian School, 18th century. A masterful example of 18th-century Italian School artistry, this Old Master landscape painting captures the sublime beauty of an idealized European co...

This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...

Antique oil painting romance landscape painting. 19th century Oil on canvas. Romantic scene landscape painting under a clear blue sky. Oil on canvas early 19th century. Painting fr...

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',...

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...

This exquisite antique Venetian-style king bed is a true showstopper, featuring an intricately hand-carved and gilded frame with a soft, distressed celadon green finish. The elaborat...