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Jean Antoine Watteau, Circle of, 18th Century Large Old Master Painting, France
Jean Antoine Watteau, Circle of, 18th Century Large Old Master Painting, France

Jean Antoine Watteau, Circle of, 18th Century Large Old Master Painting, France

By Jean-Antoine Watteau

Located in Vero Beach, FL

Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) circle of. 18th century old master painting, France. With

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Antique 18th Century French Rococo Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Antique French Oil Painting Old Master Portrait of Gent
Large Antique French Oil Painting Old Master Portrait of Gent

Large Antique French Oil Painting Old Master Portrait of Gent

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Gentleman French School, 19th century oil painting on canvas: 36 x 29 inches overall

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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th Century French Rococo Old Master Ink Drawing Nativity Scene
18th Century French Rococo Old Master Ink Drawing Nativity Scene

18th Century French Rococo Old Master Ink Drawing Nativity Scene

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

. framed: 13 x 11 inches painting : 8 x 6 inches Provenance: private collection, Burgundy, France Condition

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18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

French Old Master oil painting of 3 figures releasing a dove
French Old Master oil painting of 3 figures releasing a dove

French Old Master oil painting of 3 figures releasing a dove

By Jean-Antoine Watteau

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Circle of Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721) Freeing a dove Oil on canvas 27.3/4 x 38.1/8 in

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs
Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs

Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing St. Anne & The Virgin Mary with Cherubs

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pietro Fancelli (Italian 1764 - 1850) bio details attached to the frame 'St. Anne & The Virgin' ink with watercolor wash on paper, framed framed: 22 x 16 inches image: 11 x 6.5 inche...

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Fine 18th Century French Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Cain & Abel Fighting
Fine 18th Century French Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Cain & Abel Fighting

Fine 18th Century French Old Master Ink Wash Drawing Cain & Abel Fighting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

paper size: 12.25 x 9 inches private collection, France The painting is in overall very good and sound

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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Washi Paper, Color Pencil

Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting
Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting

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

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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

18th Century Old Master Painting of A Boy Full Figure Oval
18th Century Old Master Painting of A Boy Full Figure Oval

18th Century Old Master Painting of A Boy Full Figure Oval

Located in Los Angeles, CA

18th Century French Old Master Painting of a Boy in Red Jumpsuit Full Figure. Beautiful details on

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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Old Master French Sanguine Drawing of Hercules
Old Master French Sanguine Drawing of Hercules

Old Master French Sanguine Drawing of Hercules

Located in Pasadena, CA

Old Master, French School red chalk drawing on paper is not signed . Done in Sanguine on paper the

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17th Century Baroque Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper

Mythological Scene Various Classical Figures in Landscape
Mythological Scene Various Classical Figures in Landscape

Mythological Scene Various Classical Figures in Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition.

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20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Old Master French School Eagle
Old Master French School Eagle

Old Master French School Eagle

Unavailable

H 27.56 in W 31.5 in

Old Master French School Eagle

By Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Located in Madrid, ES

An oil on canvas French school old master imperial Eagle attributed to Jean-Baptiste Oudry, in

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Paintings

17th Century French Old Master oil painting, School of Poussin
17th Century French Old Master oil painting, School of Poussin

17th Century French Old Master oil painting, School of Poussin

By Nicolas Poussin

Located in London, GB

Dionysic scene, in dark wooded outcrop with trees and cloudy sky. Oil on canvas, in carved and gilt frame. Plaque reads "Ecole de Nicolas Poussin XVIIe siècle."

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Antique 17th Century French Paintings

" Portrait Queen of France "
" Portrait Queen of France "

" Portrait Queen of France "

Unavailable

H 53.55 in W 43.31 in

" Portrait Queen of France "

Located in Madrid, ES

"Portrait " Queen Of France" 18th Century" Important French School Table 18th Century "Queen of

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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

French School 19th Century " Nude "
French School 19th Century " Nude "

French School 19th Century " Nude "

Unavailable

H 37.41 in W 29.14 in

French School 19th Century " Nude "

Located in Madrid, ES

"French School 19th Century "Nude"" 19th Century France "Nude" painted on paper and glue on canvas

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19th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings

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Oil

French Frame "Allegorie Cherubins" 19th Century
French Frame "Allegorie Cherubins" 19th Century

French Frame "Allegorie Cherubins" 19th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

"French Frame "Allegorie of Cherubins" 19th Century" France 19th Century Frame French School

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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French 19th Century Frame " Scene Galante"
French 19th Century Frame " Scene Galante"

French 19th Century Frame " Scene Galante"

Unavailable

H 29.53 in W 39.38 in

French 19th Century Frame " Scene Galante"

Located in Madrid, ES

"French 19th Century Frame "Scene Galante"" France 19th Century French Frame - Copy of F. Boucher

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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Important 18th Century French Frame "Bacchanale"
Important 18th Century French Frame "Bacchanale"

Important 18th Century French Frame "Bacchanale"

Unavailable

H 39.38 in W 58.27 in

Important 18th Century French Frame "Bacchanale"

Located in Madrid, ES

"Important 18th Century French Frame " Bacchanale "" French 18th Century 127cm x 78cm 148cm x

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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mythological Frame " The Queen Of Sheba" France 19th Century
Mythological Frame " The Queen Of Sheba" France 19th Century

Mythological Frame " The Queen Of Sheba" France 19th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

"Mythological Frame " The Queen Of Sheba " France 19th Century" France 19th Century Mythological

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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

18th Century French Baroque Old Master Painting Oil on Leather
18th Century French Baroque Old Master Painting Oil on Leather

18th Century French Baroque Old Master Painting Oil on Leather

Located in Vero Beach, FL

18th century French Baroque old master painting oil on leather. Old Master painting, French

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Antique 18th Century French Baroque Paintings

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Leather

18th Century French Baroque Old Master Painting Oil on Leather
18th Century French Baroque Old Master Painting Oil on Leather

18th Century French Baroque Old Master Painting Oil on Leather

Located in Vero Beach, FL

18th century French Baroque Old Master painting oil on leather. Old Master painting, French

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Antique 18th Century French Baroque Paintings

Materials

Leather

17th Century French Oval Old Master Painting

17th Century French Oval Old Master Painting

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Featuring a Noblewoman, from a prominent Palm Beach estate.

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Antique 1680s French Rococo Paintings

Mid 17th Century French Old Master Nativity Oil Painting
Mid 17th Century French Old Master Nativity Oil Painting

Mid 17th Century French Old Master Nativity Oil Painting

Located in Nottingham, GB

In good condition From a private collection Free international shipping Mid 17th Century French Old

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Antique Mid-17th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Oversized French Antique Old Master Painting After Cazin, Hagar & Ishmael
Oversized French Antique Old Master Painting After Cazin, Hagar & Ishmael

Oversized French Antique Old Master Painting After Cazin, Hagar & Ishmael

By Jean-Michel Cazin

Located in Big Flats, NY

Antique oil-on-canvas old master painting depicts the Christian Biblical story of Hagar and Ishmael

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Antique 19th Century French Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

FINE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH OLD MASTER LARGE OIL - THOMYRIS WITH THE HEAD OF CYRUS
FINE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH OLD MASTER LARGE OIL - THOMYRIS WITH THE HEAD OF CYRUS

FINE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH OLD MASTER LARGE OIL - THOMYRIS WITH THE HEAD OF CYRUS

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

, France Condition: The painting is in good and pleasing condition having been relined recently, very

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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

17th CENTURY FRENCH OLD MASTER OIL TO RESTORE - CLASSICAL LADY IN LANDSCAPE
17th CENTURY FRENCH OLD MASTER OIL TO RESTORE - CLASSICAL LADY IN LANDSCAPE

17th CENTURY FRENCH OLD MASTER OIL TO RESTORE - CLASSICAL LADY IN LANDSCAPE

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

: French School, 17Th century Title: classical lady in a landscape setting Medium & Size: oil painting

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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Paintings by Philippe Budelot French, 1770-1829 Old Master Landscapes, Pair
Oil Paintings by Philippe Budelot French, 1770-1829 Old Master Landscapes, Pair

Oil Paintings by Philippe Budelot French, 1770-1829 Old Master Landscapes, Pair

By Philippe Budelot

Located in West Hollywood, CA

paintings by this Old Master. In the 1st one depicting a Lavoir where women did the laundry by a fountain

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Antique Late 18th Century French Paintings

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Other

Fishermen on the Venetian Lagoon, Signed Oil Painting
Fishermen on the Venetian Lagoon, Signed Oil Painting

Fishermen on the Venetian Lagoon, Signed Oil Painting

By Norman Henry French

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Masters style painting. The artist 'Norman Henry French', was born in 1908 in the UK, but died in the US

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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

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Oil

18th Century French Old Master Lifesize 3/4 Length Portrait Painting of Noble Wo
18th Century French Old Master Lifesize 3/4 Length Portrait Painting of Noble Wo

18th Century French Old Master Lifesize 3/4 Length Portrait Painting of Noble Wo

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beautiful large French 18th Century old master life size 3/4 length portrait painting of a noble

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Antique Early 18th Century French French Provincial Paintings

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Canvas

18th Century French Old Master Painting Young Lady Oil on Canvas Portrait, 1760
18th Century French Old Master Painting Young Lady Oil on Canvas Portrait, 1760

18th Century French Old Master Painting Young Lady Oil on Canvas Portrait, 1760

By Donatien Nonnotte

Located in Firenze, IT

Wonderful French Old Master Louis XV period oil on canvas painting portrait of a lady with her dog

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Antique 18th Century French Rococo Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

French, old master drawing of a gentleman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
French, old master drawing of a gentleman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

French, old master drawing of a gentleman by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

By Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

the "highest ideal" of French painting of the day. Certainly his everyday scenes with their high

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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

18th Century French Old Master Putti with Floral Tribute
18th Century French Old Master Putti with Floral Tribute

18th Century French Old Master Putti with Floral Tribute

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Very fine quality, 18th century French Old Master oil painting depicting these frolicking putti

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18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

18th Century Old Master Portrait Oil Painting in Renaissance Revival Frame
18th Century Old Master Portrait Oil Painting in Renaissance Revival Frame

18th Century Old Master Portrait Oil Painting in Renaissance Revival Frame

Located in Vero Beach, FL

18th century old master portrait oil painting in Renaissance Revival frame. French 18th century

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Antique 18th Century French Renaissance Revival Paintings

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Wood

Fine French Oil Painting Figures before Roman Classical Buildings
Fine French Oil Painting Figures before Roman Classical Buildings

Fine French Oil Painting Figures before Roman Classical Buildings

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

amongst the world leaders in providing faithful replica's of earlier Old Masters. Today, their works are

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18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The 18th Century French Nobleman, oil painting on canvas
The 18th Century French Nobleman, oil painting on canvas

The 18th Century French Nobleman, oil painting on canvas

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The French Nobleman French School, 18th century oil painting on canvas, framed canvas size: 10.5 x

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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French School, 17th / 18th Century oil painting of Seraphim, a fragment
French School, 17th / 18th Century oil painting of Seraphim, a fragment

French School, 17th / 18th Century oil painting of Seraphim, a fragment

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

French School, 17th / 18th Century Seraphim Oil on canvas, unstretched, a fragment 5.3/4 x 15.3/8

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Continental Oil on Canvas Old Master after Fragonard's Fountain of Love
Continental Oil on Canvas Old Master after Fragonard's Fountain of Love

Continental Oil on Canvas Old Master after Fragonard's Fountain of Love

By (After) Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Located in Big Flats, NY

than 550 paintings, of which only five are dated. Wikipedia Born: April 5, 1732, Grasse, France Died

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20th Century French Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century French oil painting, still life of game and fruit
19th Century French oil painting, still life of game and fruit

19th Century French oil painting, still life of game and fruit

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Eugene Cottin (French 1840 – 1902) After an earlier work In the pantry Signed ‘Cottin D’s (D’apres

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Late 19th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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By Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648)

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Located in Riva del Garda, IT

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Located in Riva del Garda, IT

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16th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

Diana and Actaeon, a Mannerist painting after Joseph Heintz the Elder
Diana and Actaeon, a Mannerist painting after Joseph Heintz the Elder

Diana and Actaeon, a Mannerist painting after Joseph Heintz the Elder

Located in PARIS, FR

This painting seduced us with its rich colors. Depicting Diana and her companions surprised by Actaeon, it was inspired by an engraving by Aegidius Sadeler II after a painting by Jos...

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17th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings

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Still Life of Fruit - Dutch 17th century art Old Master still life oil painting
Still Life of Fruit - Dutch 17th century art Old Master still life oil painting

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...

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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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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...

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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figures Dancing Classical Ancient Ruins & Landscape Large Old Master Painting
Figures Dancing Classical Ancient Ruins & Landscape Large Old Master Painting

Figures Dancing Classical Ancient Ruins & Landscape Large Old Master Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

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,...

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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures

Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Italian Old Master, 18th century Title: Angel and Saints appearing to figures, one dressed in a white ruff collar. Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 22 x 26 i...

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Canvas, Oil

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$65,000

H 10.13 in W 14.25 in

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By John White Alexander

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

John White Alexander's graceful depictions of beautiful women earned him critical acclaim both in Europe and America. However, his career did not get off to an easy start—Alexander b...

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1880s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...

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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Landscape With Pan and Syrinx, Flemish School From the 1600s, Oil on Copper
Landscape With Pan and Syrinx, Flemish School From the 1600s, Oil on Copper

Landscape With Pan and Syrinx, Flemish School From the 1600s, Oil on Copper

Located in Stockholm, SE

Flemish School, 1600s Landscape With Pan and Syrinx painted around the 1600s oil on copper 19 x 23.5 cm frame 29 x 34 cm Hand-made oak frame by Swedish frame maker Christer Björkma...

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17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

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Copper

Circle Teniers, Flemish Art, Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern Interior
Circle Teniers, Flemish Art, Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern Interior

Circle Teniers, Flemish Art, Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern Interior

By David Teniers the Younger

Located in Greven, DE

Circle or Follower of David Teniers, Peasant in a Tavern Inn, drinking and smoking. Oil on canvas, Framed: 39 x 47 cm. Typical Flemish Baroque Interior Scene.

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17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Located in West Sussex, GB

Manner of Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) French The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist Oil on canvas: 32 x 27 ½ in. Frame: 37 x 33 in. This fabulous and well execut...

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Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

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Soldier in an Interior, Early 17th Century Dutch Oil
Soldier in an Interior, Early 17th Century Dutch Oil

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Located in London, GB

Pieter Symonsz Potter Dutch 1600 - 1652 Soldier in an Interior Oil on oak panel, red seal to reverse Image size: 15 x 10 3/4 inches Dutch Ebonised frame Bathed in a well lit roo...

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A Close Look at Old-masters Art

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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When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.

Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.

Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.

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