$8,100
Roberto Bompiani "The Confirmation" Museum Quality Large Scale Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Roberto Bompiani (Italy, 1821-1908) "The Confirmation" Museum Quality Oil Painting circa 1871 Extraordinary oil painting by listed Italian artist.
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
The Flirtation
By Allesandro Battaglia
Located in Missouri, MO
Battaglia, Roma 1906" Site Size: 30 x 20 inches Framed Size: approx 41 x 33 inches Son of Clelia Bompiani and Ercole Battaglia, he was trained by his grandfather Roberto Bompiani, ...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$3,688
H 31.5 in W 39.38 in
ROMANTIC SCENE - French School - Oil on Canvas Italian Figurative Painting
By Salvatore Testa
Located in Napoli, IT
Romantic Scene - Oil on canvas cm.80x100, Salvatore Testa, Italy, 2008 The painting by Salvatore Testa depicts a beautiful courting scene, the painting is inspired by the French Sch...
Canvas, Oil
A Patient Model
By Guilio Rosati
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 16 x 13 inches Framed size: 18.5 x 22 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
$2,405
H 57.88 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
Painting: "The Visitation," oil on canvas. Northern Italian School of the late 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Northern Italian School of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. This grand performance depicts the Gospel scene of the encounter between Mary, who is expecting Jesu...
Oil
Biblical Scene Painting, Oil on Canvas. XVIIth century.
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. The scene depicts a young woman who is brought before a priest in chains, while he is surrounded by other elders. This is probably an incident from the Old Testament,...
Oil
$2,268
H 33.47 in W 40.16 in D 1.97 in
Painting Holy Family with Saints 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. The scene depicts the Holy Family accompanied by St. John and another saint kneeling before the infant Jesus, who is conversing with them while sitting on his mother's...
Oil
$572Sale Price|28% Off
H 14.18 in W 14.97 in
French painter - 19th/20th century erotic watercolour - Intimate scene
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 12 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...
Paper, Watercolor
$572Sale Price|28% Off
H 14.18 in W 14.97 in
French painter - 19th/20th century erotic watercolour - Intimate scene
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 12 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...
Paper, Watercolor
$572Sale Price|28% Off
H 14.18 in W 14.97 in
French painter - 19th/20th century erotic watercolour - Intimate scene
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 10 x 14 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...
Paper, Watercolor
$572Sale Price|28% Off
H 14.18 in W 14.97 in
French painter - 19th/20th century erotic watercolour - Intimate scene
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th-20th century) - Erotic scene. 14 x 17 cm (without frame) - 36 x 38 cm (with frame). Watercolour on paper, within a passe-partout, in a carved and gilded wooden...
Paper, Watercolor
$29,783
H 72.84 in W 56.3 in D 4.73 in
19th-Century Italian Oil-on-Canvas Painting by Carlo De Notaris, Signed, Depicting a Biblical Scene
Located in Vicoforte, IT
An important Italian painting from the second half of the 19th century. An oil-on-canvas painting by Carlo De Notaris (1812–1888) depicting a fascinating biblical episode: The Prophe...
Canvas, Oil
$8,362
H 59.06 in W 81.5 in D 1.19 in
Painting: *The Gathering of Manna*, oil on canvas. Central European School of the late 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
The large scene depicts the biblical episode recounted in the Book of Exodus—the miracle performed by God to help the people of Israel as they fled from Egypt: since the Israelites ...
Oil
$9,679
H 60.63 in W 48.82 in D 2.37 in
Painting Our Lady of St. Jerome, 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Emilian school of the 17th-18th centuries. This is an early copy of Correggio's famous panel painting entitled La Madonna di San Girolamo or Il Giorno (Our Lady of St....
Oil
$1,600
H 10.63 in W 14.63 in
"In the Artist's Studio, " Late 19th Century Scottish Realist Watercolor Interior
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"In the Artist's Studio" was painted in the realistic style in the late 19th century by the Scottish artist, George Clark Stanton. Stanton was a painter, watercolorist, goldsmith and...
Watercolor
$1,718
H 22.84 in W 12.09 in
"Courtship", Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Sapnish Artist M. Alonso Pérez
By Mariano Alonso Pérez
Located in Madrid, ES
MARIANO ALONSO PÉREZ Spanish, 1857 - 1930 COURTSHIP signed "Alonso Pérez" (lower left) oil on canvas 23 x 12-1/8 inches (58 x 30.7 cm.) framed: 28-1/2 x 17-3/4 inches (72 x 45cm.) P...
Canvas, Oil
$3,895Sale Price|22% Off
H 25 in W 18.25 in D 1.75 in
Italian, 19th Century Watercolor "The Courting" Federico Ballesio Attributed
By Francesco Ballesio 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attributed to Federico Ballesio (Italian, 19th Century) An Italian watercolor and gouache on paper "The Courting". The finely painted watercolor cellar scene depicting a seated maide...
Giltwood, Paper
Alessandro Sani Genre Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Alessandro Sani (Italian, 1856-1927) A Woman and Her Suitors Signed A. Sani (lr) Oil on canvas 26 x 21.5 inches (66 x 54.6 cm) (Framed 37 x 32 inches)
Oil
$23,792
H 78.75 in W 118.12 in D 1.58 in
Water Garden. Large Contemporary Triptych Oil Painting
By FRANCESCA OWEN
Located in Brecon, Powys
Francesca Owen is one of the foremost Expressionist artists in the UK. Her works are heavily influenced by the sights, sounds and colours of India where she travels extensively and w...
Oil
$14,411Sale Price|20% Off
H 39 in W 62 in
Huge 17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Painting Figures Playing Cards
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Card Players Flemish Old Master, 17th century based on a version (in reverse) of a painting by Cornelis de Vos (Flemish 1584-1651) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 39 x 62 inches ...
Oil, Canvas
$194,736
H 57.68 in W 85.44 in
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Canvas, Oil
$206,651Sale Price|24% Off
H 53.125 in W 43.25 in
Portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
A three-quarter length portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford (1615-1684), in a blue dress. Attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Anne Carr, Lady Russell, an estee...
Oil
$30,928
H 68.9 in W 55.91 in
18th c. French Portrait of a Lady as Venus, attributed to Pierre Gobert
By Pierre Gobert
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady as Venus ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE GOBERT (1662-1744) FRENCH SCHOOL AROUND 1720 OIL ON CANVAS: H. 55.51 in, W. 42.91 in. IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY GILTWOOD FRAME (RE-GILT)...
Canvas, Oil
$8,018
H 128 in W 149 in D 4 in
Banquet with Figures Memento Mori Italian 17th Century After Giovanni Martinelli
Located in Milano, IT
Antique Painting of 1600s Banquet with Figures Memento Mori after Giovanni Martinelli death comes to the banquet table-memento mori circa 1635. The oil on canvas painting (lined with...
Canvas, Oak, Oil
$10,882
H 55.12 in W 91.74 in D 2.37 in
The Wait for the Battle, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century, Framed
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. The large-scale scene is set outside a rocky fortress and features a garrison of soldiers preparing for battle: in the left foreground, by a tree, the group of mounted...
Oil
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