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Altarpiece Painting

Altarpiece
Altarpiece

Altarpiece

By Brooks Anderson

Located in Burlingame, CA

Alterpiece. Oil on canvas, meticulously painted by Brooks Anderson. Canvas edges are painted dark in the artist's signature style. Lovely to behold from every angle. Singed, titled, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Legion of Arm Hunters: Original Contemporary Realism Oil Painting, 2023, 40x30
Legion of Arm Hunters: Original Contemporary Realism Oil Painting, 2023, 40x30

Legion of Arm Hunters: Original Contemporary Realism Oil Painting, 2023, 40x30

Located in Carmel, CA

The arrangement is unmistakably classical in its structure; figures straining, reaching, and supporting one another upward toward the light, while the subject matter is entirely cont...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars, Varnish, Canvas

19th-Century Hand-Painted Porcelain Cherub Miniature Plaque
19th-Century Hand-Painted Porcelain Cherub Miniature Plaque

19th-Century Hand-Painted Porcelain Cherub Miniature Plaque

Located in London, GB

The artwork is an expertly executed period adaptation modelled directly after High Renaissance master Raphael’s iconic 1512 altarpiece painting, the Sistine Madonna. This charm...

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Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Models and Miniatures

17th Century Holy Family St John The Baptist Religious, Panel Painting
17th Century Holy Family St John The Baptist Religious, Panel Painting

17th Century Holy Family St John The Baptist Religious, Panel Painting

Located in Lisbon, PT

A Flemish School altarpiece work of art, a masterfully achieved oil painting in five joined oak panels, reinforced by a grand frame form an altarpiece-style painting La Sainte Famil...

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Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings

Materials

Wood

Antique 18th Century Oil on Canvas Large Painting, the Holy Family
Antique 18th Century Oil on Canvas Large Painting, the Holy Family

Antique 18th Century Oil on Canvas Large Painting, the Holy Family

Located in Braintree, GB

It was most frequently depicted in painting and, especially in the Renaissance, was a favourite subject for altarpieces.

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Antique 17th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

17th - 18th Century Portrait of Guy Painting Oil on Canvas by Area of Amorosi
17th - 18th Century Portrait of Guy Painting Oil on Canvas by Area of Amorosi

17th - 18th Century Portrait of Guy Painting Oil on Canvas by Area of Amorosi

By Antonio Amorosi

Located in Milan, IT

A pupil of Giuseppe Ghezzi, Amorosi worked mainly in Rome, dedicating himself to both religious painting (altarpieces for S. Rocco, S. Maria in Cosmedin) and genre painting.

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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Cupid
Cupid

Cupid

By Felice Ficherelli known as 'il Riposo' (San Gimignano 1603 - Florence 1660)

Located in London, GB

From 1650, Ficherelli is noted to have become less decorative and more solemn in his subject matters, often painting altarpieces for churches. His colouration became more muted, as w...

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17th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Faun Nymph Cherubs Liberi Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Faun Nymph Cherubs Liberi Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Faun Nymph Cherubs Liberi Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Liberi created important cycles of frescoes, as well as altarpieces and numerous secular easel paintings; the latter are particularly similar to the one in question and are highly so...

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Peasant Woman" by Alessandro Pomi - Oil on Wood - 68x45 cm
"Peasant Woman" by Alessandro Pomi - Oil on Wood - 68x45 cm

"Peasant Woman" by Alessandro Pomi - Oil on Wood - 68x45 cm

By Alessandro Pomi

Located in Geneva, CH

Among his many works are a large altarpiece made in Sydney and paintings of the Way of the Cross for the Cathedral of Treviso. ​

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Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Portrait of Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti
Portrait of Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti

Portrait of Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti

By Pierre Mignard

Located in London, GB

Whilst in Rome, he worked on religious commissions, particularly altarpieces and paintings of the Madonna and Child.

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17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Outside the Inn
Outside the Inn

Outside the Inn

By Heywood Hardy

Located in Wiscasett, ME

In 1909 Heywood Hardy returned to live in Sussex, at East Preston, a few minutes walk from the beach. His last paintings were altarpieces for the thirteenth century Church of St Mary...

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Early 1900s Victorian Animal Paintings

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Oil

The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus /// KPM after Peter Paul Rubens Baroque
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus /// KPM after Peter Paul Rubens Baroque

The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus /// KPM after Peter Paul Rubens Baroque

By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.

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1880s Baroque Nude Paintings

Materials

Enamel

"Outside the Inn" by Heywood Hardy
"Outside the Inn" by Heywood Hardy

"Outside the Inn" by Heywood Hardy

By Heywood Hardy

Located in Wiscasset, ME

In 1909 Heywood Hardy returned to live in Sussex, at East Preston, a few minutes walk from the beach. His last paintings were altarpieces for the thirteenth century Church of St Mary...

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Antique Early 1900s English Victorian Paintings

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Paint

17th Century by Panfilo Nuvolone Still Life Oil on Slate
17th Century by Panfilo Nuvolone Still Life Oil on Slate

17th Century by Panfilo Nuvolone Still Life Oil on Slate

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Although Nuvolone is mainly known as a figure painter, he produced both altarpieces and sacred paintings, he was particularly distinguished for his prolific work on original still li...

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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Slate

Monumental 18th Century Austrian Carved Frame in Baroque Taste
Monumental 18th Century Austrian Carved Frame in Baroque Taste

Monumental 18th Century Austrian Carved Frame in Baroque Taste

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Almost certainly originally made as an ecclesiastical or architectural surround for an altarpiece, large painting or mirror. Of impressive scale, the rectangular aperture is framed b...

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Antique Early 18th Century Austrian Baroque Picture Frames

Materials

Pine, Paint

Antique Processional Cross - Bronze Brass Large Altar Crucifix Tall Church Shaft
Antique Processional Cross - Bronze Brass Large Altar Crucifix Tall Church Shaft

Antique Processional Cross - Bronze Brass Large Altar Crucifix Tall Church Shaft

Located in Forney, TX

From important Catholic relics, alter table and candlestick pricket floor lamp, old liturgical chalice liturgy items, cathedral architectural salvage, monastery, temple & mosque frag...

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Early 20th Century Religious Items

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Brass, Bronze

Very Finely Painted Late 19th Century Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain Rectangular Plaque
Very Finely Painted Late 19th Century Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain Rectangular Plaque

Very Finely Painted Late 19th Century Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain Rectangular Plaque

By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)

Located in Long Island City, NY

Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.

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Antique Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood

Important Sculpture "Saint George in Bronze"Bernt Notke (1440–before May 1509)
Important Sculpture "Saint George in Bronze"Bernt Notke (1440–before May 1509)

Important Sculpture "Saint George in Bronze"Bernt Notke (1440–before May 1509)

Located in Madrid, ES

He and his workshop produced art in the form of tapestries, wooden sculptures, and paintings. The main type of artwork produced by the workshop of Bernt Notke was altarpieces, incorp...

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Antique Late 18th Century German Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice
Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice

Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice

Located in valatie, NY

Paolo Veronese is acknowledged as one of the giants of Venetian Renaissance painting. His artistic production was richly varied, extending from imposing altarpieces to smaller religi...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Paper

Siege and Struggle: The Kauwensteinse Dike in the Eighty Years' War, 1647
Siege and Struggle: The Kauwensteinse Dike in the Eighty Years' War, 1647

Siege and Struggle: The Kauwensteinse Dike in the Eighty Years' War, 1647

Located in Langweer, NL

He was known for his frescoes, altarpieces, and history paintings. In this detailed engraving, we can see a dynamic representation of a battle scene.

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Antique 1640s Prints

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Paper

18th Century Spanish Colonial Church Altar Table now Sideboard Server
18th Century Spanish Colonial Church Altar Table now Sideboard Server

18th Century Spanish Colonial Church Altar Table now Sideboard Server

Located in Forney, TX

We have a wonderful collection of 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century religious objects, including relic cabinet, tabernacle, altarpiece, retablo, reredos, triptych, devotional paintin...

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Antique 18th Century Central American Baroque Religious Items

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Wood, Pine, Paint

Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in Madrid, ES

The decoration of the private apartments, the fashion for which Louis XV had promoted at Versailles and Fontainebleau, offered little opportunity to excel in this area. Other than pa...

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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

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Madonna with Christ Child - 17th Century, Old Master, Figurative, Oil Painting
Madonna with Christ Child - 17th Century, Old Master, Figurative, Oil Painting

Madonna with Christ Child - 17th Century, Old Master, Figurative, Oil Painting

By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)

Located in Arles, FR

Il Guercino had a very fertile mind, eventually producing over 800 paintings, 104 large altarpieces, and 14 large-scale compositions for princes and important personages.

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar - 17th Century Figurative Oil Painting
The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar - 17th Century Figurative Oil Painting

The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar - 17th Century Figurative Oil Painting

By Peter Paul Rubens

Located in Arles, FR

Rubens specialized in making altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological subjects, as seen here in today's painting, The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar.

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Finnish Dusk Scene
Finnish Dusk Scene

Axel HaartmanFinnish Dusk Scene, 1956

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H 14.25 in W 22 in

Finnish Dusk Scene

By Axel Haartman

Located in Woking, Surrey

Highlights amongst his many achievements include exhibiting at the Salon des Independent in 1911 and painting the altarpiece of Ylimarku Church in 1933.

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo "Virgin and Child" 17th Century Style
After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo "Virgin and Child" 17th Century Style

After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo "Virgin and Child" 17th Century Style

By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Located in EVREUX, FR

He died on April 3, 1682, following a fall from scaffolding while painting an altarpiece in the Capuchin convent in Cadiz.    

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Antique 17th Century French Paintings

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Paint

Finnish Dusk Scene
Finnish Dusk Scene

Finnish Dusk Scene

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H 14.25 in W 22 in D 1 in

Finnish Dusk Scene

By Axel Haartman

Located in Woking, GB

Highlights amongst his many achievements include exhibiting at the Salon des Independent in 1911 and painting the altarpiece of Ylimarku Church in 1933.

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Mid-20th Century Finnish Beaux Arts Paintings

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Paint

18th C Dutch Old Master Drawing Pastel Jacob de Wit Head of a Putto
18th C Dutch Old Master Drawing Pastel Jacob de Wit Head of a Putto

18th C Dutch Old Master Drawing Pastel Jacob de Wit Head of a Putto

By Jacob De Wit

Located in Gouda, NL

Our drawing can for instance be compared to a sheet in the Rijksprentenkabinet of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (see last fig.).[2] Other examples are in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuning...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Pastel

18th C Italian Old Master Drawing by Giacomo Zoboli Study Joseph Potiphar's Wife
18th C Italian Old Master Drawing by Giacomo Zoboli Study Joseph Potiphar's Wife

18th C Italian Old Master Drawing by Giacomo Zoboli Study Joseph Potiphar's Wife

Located in Gouda, NL

It can be compared to Zoboli’s Two Angels in the Morgan Museum & Library, New York, which is of almost identical size (see last fig.).[5] Many of Zoboli’s chalk drawings are prepara...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Colonial Baroque Gold Altarpiece, Painting Virgin of Candelaria
Colonial Baroque Gold Altarpiece, Painting Virgin of Candelaria

Colonial Baroque Gold Altarpiece, Painting Virgin of Candelaria

By Colonial Furniture Company

Located in Valladolid, ES

She is a different beauty, with more indigenous features, such as slanted eyes or a dark complexion. Altarpiece The other part that makes up this piece is the architectural str...

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Antique 1780s Central American Baroque Paintings

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Gold Leaf

16th Century Quadriptych Altarpiece Oil on Panel of the Four Apostles Naive Folk
16th Century Quadriptych Altarpiece Oil on Panel of the Four Apostles Naive Folk

16th Century Quadriptych Altarpiece Oil on Panel of the Four Apostles Naive Folk

Located in Lincoln, GB

16th Century Quadriptych Altarpiece Oil on Panel of the Four Apostles Naive Folk Art Style Medium: Oil on wooden panel Age: Late 16th Century Renaissance Art Set of 4 Northern Ita...

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Antique 16th Century Italian Paintings

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Wood

Oil on Panel Altarpiece With Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Spain circa 1760-1800
Oil on Panel Altarpiece With Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Spain circa 1760-1800

Oil on Panel Altarpiece With Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Spain circa 1760-1800

Located in Round Top, TX

Altarpiece comprised of oil paintings on panel, showing three barefoot friars from the Carmelite order and two apostles, Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Paintings

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Wood, Paint

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis
16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis

16th Century German Renaissance Allegorical Oil Painting Sexual Health Syphilis

By Christoph Schwarz

Located in Portland, OR

Christoph Schwarz was known to create a wide variety of works, including altarpieces, frescoes, and other oil paintings. A number of Schwarz's work were later turned into engravings ...

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16th Century Northern Renaissance Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Small Oil Painting From 1902 Called Birch Trees by the Stream
Small Oil Painting From 1902 Called Birch Trees by the Stream

Small Oil Painting From 1902 Called Birch Trees by the Stream

Located in Stockholm, SE

His work includes portraits and was also recognized for his contributions to religious art, notably an altarpiece for Vimmerby Church. His paintings were widely exhibited, including ...

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Early 1900s Academic Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunlit Spring Thaw with Reflections – Oil Painting by Ernst Lindgren, 1926
Sunlit Spring Thaw with Reflections – Oil Painting by Ernst Lindgren, 1926

Sunlit Spring Thaw with Reflections – Oil Painting by Ernst Lindgren, 1926

Located in Stockholm, SE

Lindgren received notable commissions for public works, including painting altarpieces for local churches in his home region such as the mission churches in Hög and Ås in Delsbo.

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1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by Gunnar Torhamn, Sweden, 1928
Oil Painting by Gunnar Torhamn, Sweden, 1928

Oil Painting by Gunnar Torhamn, Sweden, 1928

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H 49.22 in W 42.13 in D 1.58 in

Oil Painting by Gunnar Torhamn, Sweden, 1928

Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio

Torhamn conducted among other things altarpieces and wall paintings with monumental figurative compositions in strong colors.

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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings

Oil painting by Gunnar Torhamn, Sweden, 1928
Oil painting by Gunnar Torhamn, Sweden, 1928

Oil painting by Gunnar Torhamn, Sweden, 1928

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H 49.22 in W 42.13 in D 1.58 in

Oil painting by Gunnar Torhamn, Sweden, 1928

Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio

Torhamn conducted among other things altarpieces and wall paintings with monumental figurative compositions in strong colors.

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Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Paintings

Pair of 19th Century Swedish Framed Pastoral Paintings Signed B. Nordenberg
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Framed Pastoral Paintings Signed B. Nordenberg

Pair of 19th Century Swedish Framed Pastoral Paintings Signed B. Nordenberg

Located in Dallas, TX

Nordenberg has also painted pictures of middle-class and upper-class life, and also religious paintings and altarpieces. Nordenberg was born in Jämshög, in the south of Sweden, on Ap...

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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

19th Century Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Christ and St John After P. Rubens
19th Century Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Christ and St John After P. Rubens

19th Century Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Christ and St John After P. Rubens

Located in Dallas, TX

Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Picnic in Horten, Norway, Oil Sketch.
Picnic in Horten, Norway, Oil Sketch.

Picnic in Horten, Norway, Oil Sketch.

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

While he gained recognition for his vivid depictions of peasant life, he also painted scenes of the middle and upper classes, as well as religious compositions, including church pain...

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1880s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

The Swan Dance
The Swan Dance

Einar ForsethThe Swan Dance, ca. 1950

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H 55.91 in W 35.44 in D 1.58 in

The Swan Dance

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

Forseth became best known for his stained glass windows, mosaic floors, ceiling paintings and altarpieces but he was also a painter, designer, and ceramicist and created table decora...

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1950s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bengt Nordenberg, 19th century Study of an Interior, oil on cardboard.
Bengt Nordenberg, 19th century Study of an Interior, oil on cardboard.

Bengt Nordenberg, 19th century Study of an Interior, oil on cardboard.

Located in Stockholm, SE

In particular, the latter had a big influence on Nordenberg's painting style and subject matter. Nordenberg also painted pictures of middle-class and upper-class life, and also relig...

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Antique 19th Century Swedish Paintings

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Paper

Circle of Luis de Morales 16th Century "Virgin with Child and Saint John"
Circle of Luis de Morales 16th Century "Virgin with Child and Saint John"

Circle of Luis de Morales 16th Century "Virgin with Child and Saint John"

By Luis de Morales

Located in Madrid, ES

For more than fifty years he was the most prolific and important painter of that extensive region, where he made numerous altarpieces and altar paintings, expanding his production to...

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Antique 16th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings

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Paint

17th Century Spanish School, "San Bartolome"
17th Century Spanish School, "San Bartolome"

17th Century Spanish School, "San Bartolome"

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H 51.97 in W 3.94 in D 44.49 in

17th Century Spanish School, "San Bartolome"

Located in Madrid, ES

A trip to Madrid is documented in 1661, to visit the Royal Collections of El Escorial, commissioned by the cathedral chapter of Jaén, with the aim of copying some painting for the Al...

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Antique 17th Century Spanish Baroque Paintings

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Paint

Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo
Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo

Head of a Monk – Preparatory Study, Atelier of Enrico Reffo

Located in Firenze, IT

It is most likely a study for a figure within an altarpiece or wall painting, searching for the right expression of spiritual focus and inner strength.

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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

The Father and Brother of Benjamin West
The Father and Brother of Benjamin West

The Father and Brother of Benjamin West

By Benjamin West

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

In 1766 West proposed a scheme to decorate St Paul's Cathedral with paintings. It was rejected by the Bishop of London, but his idea of painting an altarpiece for St Stephen Walbrook...

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1870s Victorian Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

17th Century Antwerp Cabinet with Painted Panels Attributed to H. Van Balen
17th Century Antwerp Cabinet with Painted Panels Attributed to H. Van Balen

17th Century Antwerp Cabinet with Painted Panels Attributed to H. Van Balen

Located in PARIS, FR

Although he began his career painting large-scale altarpieces, Van Balen is best known for his pictures on cabinets.

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Antique Early 17th Century Belgian Louis XIII Cabinets

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Wood, Paint

15th century Florentine Sculpted Wooden Head of Christ
15th century Florentine Sculpted Wooden Head of Christ

15th century Florentine Sculpted Wooden Head of Christ

Located in Leesburg, VA

In consideration of the aforenoted, it is to be further speculated if the painter, Neri di Bicci and his workshop could have been responsible for painting the present head of Christ ...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Sculptures and Carv...

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Wood

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