Amicus Optimus Hominis (Study) - Still Life Drawing of Animal Skull
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook Amicus Optimus Hominis (Study) Charcoal & Chalk on Paper 20h x 16w in 50.80h x 40.64w cm MLC018 Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyperrealist painter, born in To...
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
$1,500
Actaeon's Folly - Still Life Drawing, Mythology Skull with Antlers, and Florals
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook Actaeon's Folly (Study) Charcoal & Chalk on Paper 13h x 22w in 33.02h x 55.88w cm MLC017 Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyperrealist painter, born in Toledo, O...
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
$1,800
The Artist in Profile - Oval Shaped Portrait Painting in Extraordinary Detail
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook The Artist in Profile oil on aluminum 10 x 8 in. oval MATTHEW COOK b.
Oil, Panel
$20,000
The Curse - Female w/ Sunflowers, Ode to Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Lady Shalott"
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook The Curse Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum 36h x 24w in 53h x 38w x 1d in (framed) 134.62h x 96.52w x 2.54d cm MLC019 Bio: Matthew Cook is a realist painter, born in Toledo, ...
Oil, Acrylic
$10,000
Mockery and Hate - Norse Mythology Still Life with Flowers and Animal Skull
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook Mockery and Hate Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum 18h x 24w in 33h x 37w x 1d in inches (framed) 45.72h x 60.96w cm MLC020 Bio: Matthew Cook is a realist painter, born in Tol...
Oil, Acrylic
$13,000
Ophelia - Hamlet Inspired Still Life Painting with Plaster Mask and Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook Ophelia Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum 24 x 24w in 38.25h x 38.25w x 1d in (framed) 97.16h x 97.16w x 2.54d cm MLC021 Bio: Matthew Cook is a realist painter, born in Toledo...
Oil, Acrylic
$400
Jem's Treasure (Study) - Still Life Drawing of the Insides of a 'Treasure Box'
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
In Jem’s Treasure (Study), Matthew Cook transforms a shallow drawer of carefully arranged objects into a meditation on memory, time, and the fragility of childhood.
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
$4,000
Vanitas III - Still Life Painting of a Human Skull & Flowers, Oil on Aluminum
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
To use life’s comforts while he can – A. Brontë Matthew Cook Vanitas III Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum 10h x 8w in (15.5h x 13.5w x 1.5d, framed) 25.40h x 20.32w cm MLC010 Bio: Matt...
Oil, Acrylic
A Very Difficult Game Indeed (Study) - Still Life Drawing of Bird Skull
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Invite team members You said: Find information about artist Matthew Cook ChatGPT said: Here’s information about artists named Matthew Cook — there are a few notable ones in diffe...
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Vanitas III (Study) - Still Life Drawing of a Human Skull & Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook Vanitas III (Study) Charcoal & Chalk on Paper 10h x 8w in 25.40h x 20.32w cm FRAMED DIMENSIONS 16h x 14w x 1d in 40.64h x 35.56w x 2.54d cm MLC014 Bio: Matthew Cook ...
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
$1,800
Joanne in Profile - Photorealist Oil Painting on Oval Panel of Woman in Profile
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
The oval shaped panel is framed in a custom frame with classic details. Matthew Cook Joanne in Profile, 2018 oil on aluminum 10 x 8 in. oval Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyper...
Oil, Panel
$6,000
A Very Difficult Game Indeed - Still Life with References to Alice in Wonderland
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Alice soon came to the conclusion that it was a very difficult game indeed" - Lewis Carroll 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' ch. VIII Matthew Cook A Very Difficult Game Indeed O...
Oil, Acrylic
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H 8 in W 10 in
The King Beetle - Still Life Oil Painting of Beetle, Matches, Floral Wallpaper
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
The black frame measures 10.5h x 12.5w inches. Matthew Cook The King Beetle oil and acrylic on aluminum 8h x 10w in 20.32h x 25.40w cm Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyperrealis...
Metal
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H 10 in W 8 in
Vanitas II - Original Oil Painting of a Human Skull in 17th Century Dutch Style
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
The framed dimensions are H 175 x W 15 inches. Matthew Cook Vanitas II oil on aluminum 10h x 8w in 24.5h x 20.32w cm Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyperrealist painter, born in...
Oil, Panel
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H 8 in W 10 in
Pomegranates - Still Life, Original Oil Painting on Aluminium Panel, Dutch Style
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
The framed dimensions are 16.25h x 18.25w inches. Matthew Cook Pomegranates oil on aluminum panel 8h x 10w in 20.32h x 25.40w cm MLC007 Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyperreali...
Oil, Panel
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H 11 in W 8 in
Vanitas - Original Oil Painting of a Human Skull in 17th Century Dutch Style
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
The framed dimensions are H 19.25 x W 16 inches. Matthew Cook Vanitas oil on aluminum 11h x 8w in 27.94h x 20.32w cm Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyperrealist painter, born in...
Oil, Panel
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H 15 in W 15 in D 1.5 in
Can You Use It In a Sentence? - Still Life Painting, Bumble Bee, Book & Pencil
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Inscribed on back: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." –W.B. Yeats Matthew Cook Can You Use It In a Sentence? Oil on Aluminum 6h x 6w in 15.24h x ...
Oil
Jem's Treasure - Still Life Painting Inside Found Cigar Box
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook Jem's Treasure Oil on Aluminum & Found Objects 8h x 5w in 20.32h x 12.70w cm MLC013 Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyperrealist painter, born in Toledo, Ohio.
Found Objects, Oil
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H 8 in W 10 in
Memento Vivere - Original Oil Painting Human Skull in 17th Century Dutch Style
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
The framed dimensions are H 14.5 x W 16.5 inches. Matthew Cook Memento Vivere oil on panel 8h x 10w in 20.32h x 25.40w cm MLC008 Bio: Matthew Cook is an emerging hyperrealist pain...
Oil, Panel
$975
H 7 in W 8 in
Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawings of skulls are often called vanitas, which often contain collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements a...
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Memento Mori Skull, Antique Swedish Charcoal Drawing
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unknown Artist (Sweden, early 20th century) Memento Mori inscribed in Swedish: “Tänk på att Jag har varit såsom Du, och att Du skall bliva såsom Jag.” pencil, charcoal and white he...
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
$3,400
H 26 in W 17 in D 1.5 in
Untitled Portrait II (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Man)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern, academic style portrait painting on canvas of a young athletic male oil on canvas, 26 x 17 inches in antique wood frame This vertical, contemporary portrait painting of sin...
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait - Original Oil Painting by Peter Lupkin
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Full of texture and color, Lupkin depicts an emotional portrait of himself. The intricate color choices of light pinks and blues throughout the skin and background bring a somber fee...
Oil, Canvas
$780Sale Price|68% Off
H 20 in W 12 in D 1 in
Henry Ernst Schnakenberg, (Still Life with Skull)
By Henry Ernst Schnakenberg
Located in New York, NY
Henry Schnakenberg is mostly known for New York City scenes. This is clearly a departure. It is signed at the lower left and dated '4-53' on the reverse.
Oil
Portrait of a Man
Located in London, GB
Charcoal, chalk and red chalk Initialled (lower left and right) 12cm × 9.5cm (41cm × 37cm framed) A French actor and artist. He is known for acting in several French films in the 1...
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
oil portrait, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Edward Zelinsky
Located in Yardley, PA
Portrait of a Dutch friend :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Si...
Oil
$15,000
H 65 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas, Flowers, "When Sunflowers Are Falling..."
By Victor Wang
Located in St. Louis, MO
Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas, Flowers, "When Sunflowers Are Falling..." “My path through life has been adventurous, exciting, and dream-like. My experience of settling into Ame...
Canvas, Oil
$7,909
H 19.69 in W 31.5 in
Still-life with Skull, 21st Century Contemporary Classical Still-life Painting
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Still-life with skull 50 x 80 cm Oil on wood panel Framed (included 62 x 92 cm Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'. Since her sta...
Oil, Wood Panel
Still Life with Skull
By Nikos Kanarelis
Located in New York, NY
Untitled Graphite on paper 18 1/2 × 27 3/5 in / 47 × 70 cm Nikos Kanarelis was born in Athens, Greece in 1975 where he now lives and works. Βetween 1999 and 2004 he studied at t...
Paper, Graphite
Impressionist Floral Still Life, "Sunflowers III"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original acrylic and gold leaf still life painting by San Diego artist, Duke Windsor. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery. Duke Windsor’s suc...
Gold Leaf
Ritratto dell'uomo
By Justas Varpucanskis
Located in Mokena, IL
Ritratto dell’uomo, 2019 Oil on Panel with Gilded Frame, 14 x 14 inches Set against a penetrating black background, Justas Varpucanskis’s “Ritratto dell’uomo”’ emerges with a shro...
Oil
Autumn Sunflowers
By Allison Green
Located in New York, NY
Allison Green's “Autumn Sunflowers” depicts four brown, wilting sunflowers surrounded by a deep yellow, mimicking the colors of a fall sunset. This representational oil painting port...
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 16 in W 12 in
Contemplative Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas, 16x12 in, Signed
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting from Peter Lupkin's 2025 exhibition, "Breaking" at Gallery VICTOR, Chicago presents a contemplative portrait rendered in expressive, layered brushstrokes. Cool blues an...
Canvas, Oil
Angelo (male portrait)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970). Face Pic 34 (Angelo), 2025 Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel. Image measuring 12 x 12 inches; measuring 13 x 13 inches framed. Signed, titled...
Mixed Media
$265
H 28 in W 22 in D 0.13 in
A Large Gothic Themed 1930s American Modern Drawing, Human Skull- Momento Mori
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, Gothic inspired 1930s American Modern drawing of a human skull by notable Chicago artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A highly finished, early example of Adams's re...
Paper, Charcoal
$15,000
H 21 in W 17 in D 2 in
"Washington Square Park in Snow" Impressionist Winter Street Scene Oil on Canvas
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in New York, NY
A truly stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting Washington Square Park in the snow. An iconic scene that so many have come...
Canvas, Oil
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Gold Leaf
Sold|$368,000
H 104 in W 45 in D 6 in
104" Historic Tiffany Window "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after Mantegna c1890
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Big Flats, NY
Magnificent historic Tiffany Studios framed window, "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after the 1460 work by Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Incorporating a harm...
Stained Glass
$17,170Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 15.75 in D 8.67 in
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully carved hood & robes all from...
Carrara Marble
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
$120,000
H 16.5 in W 27.75 in D 15 in
Medieval French Charter House Library - Miniature Room by Kupjack Studios
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Kupjack Miniatures Medieval French Charter-House Library, Normandy France, circa 1425, 2012 mixed media 16.50h x 27.75w x 15d in 41.91h x 70.48w x 38.10d cm KJK002 Eugene Kupjack an...
Mixed Media
$10,169
H 35.44 in W 25.99 in
"Under the Parasol", 20th Century Oil on Canvas Attributed to Laureano Barrau
Located in Madrid, ES
ATTRIBUTED TO LAUREANO BARRAU Spanish, 1863 - 1957 UNDER THE PARASOL unsigned oil on canvas 35-1/2 x 26 inches (90 x 66 cm.) framed: 44-1/4 x 35-1/2 inches (112 x 90 cm.) PROVENANCE...
Canvas, Oil
$145,000
H 40 in W 30.5 in
Sunshine and Rain, Semi Nude women in joyful moment
By Charles Courtney Curran
Located in Miami, FL
A magical, idealized moment is captured as a bare-breasted maiden strolls out in the rain. Inscribed with title and signature on reverse Roughton Galleries; Dallas, Texas This larg...
Oil
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 10 in
"Looking Away" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Oil Painting, Female Nude Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz’s "Looking Away" (2020) is a masterful example of contemporary figurative realism, executed in oil on board. This original, handmade painting captures a quiet, ...
Oil, Board
$1,500
H 31 in W 15 in D 0.8 in
Nude Woman, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
By Ashot Muradyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Nude Woman, Size: 31" x 15" x 0.8'' i...
Canvas, Oil
$65,700
H 38 in W 52 in D 3 in
Emanuel Oberhauser “Mermaids and Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting
By Emanuel Oberhauser
Located in Queens, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian 1854 - 1919) “Mermaids, Neptune and Sea Water Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting painted circa 1885. Masterfully painted, this artwork dep...
Oil
$1,350
H 14 in W 11 in
"Revelation 1" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Female Nude
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
"Revelation 1" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on board depicting a nude female in a monochromatic palette. A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a gr...
Board, Oil
$125,000
H 42.52 in W 27.56 in D 22.84 in
Purple Museum Quality Amethyst Centerpiece Mineral Masterpiece Decorative Object
Located in London, GB
A very large, one of a kind epimorph amethyst. This piece is a visual spectacle with the natural sculptural formations of amethyst in a different variety of purple tones. Also disp...
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
$524,214 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
$7,500
H 40 in W 30 in
Desire - Nude Lovers Entangled in a Passionate Kiss, Oil on Paper on Canvas
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting demonstrates Bruno Surdo’s deep grounding in classical figurative tradition while addressing intimacy in a distinctly contemporary register. The tightly compressed comp...
Canvas, Oil, Archival Paper
$1,250
H 17 in W 13 in D 2 in
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board Elegant seated nude woman by Pau Milosevich (American, b. 1936). A woman is seated in a studio, in fro...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
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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