Sold|$6,064
Academic Study (Head Study)
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, 22cm x 16cm, (29cm x 23cm framed). This wonderfully painted study is very much in the tradition of early 19th century artists such as Theodore Gericault. Gericault wa...
Canvas, Oil
Our Lady of Sorrows with the Instruments of the Passion
Located in Roma, IT
Our Lady of Sorrow with the instruments of the Passion is an original artwork realized by an Anonymous painter near to the Roman School between the XVII and the XVIII Century. Oil ...
Oil
Sold|$2,800
X Station of the Cross or the Way of the Cross or Via Crucis XVII Sec Oil Paint
Located in Roma, IT
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixi...
Oil
Baroque painter in Naples - late 17th century landscape - Moonlit view
Located in Varmo, IT
Master active in Naples (late 17th century) - Landscape in the moonlight. 4.5 x 74.5 cm without frame, 73 x 92 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in antique carved and...
Canvas, Oil
Spanish School, Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Spanish School, Seated Male Nude, c.1900, oil on canvas, 69cm x 55cm, (81cm x 66cm framed) This figure study is unusual in that it beautifully captures the character of the sitter, ...
Oil, Canvas
18th-Century Danish School, Miniature Portrait Of A Gentleman
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-18th-century oval Danish portrait miniature depicts a good-humoured gentleman dressed in a three-piece suit with white stock. Engaging, alive and natural, he’s pre...
Copper
Sold|$2,800
Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross or Via Crucis XVII Sec. Oil Paint
Located in Roma, IT
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixi...
Oil
French School of the 17th Century Portrait of a Saint, oil
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 17th Century Portrait of a Saint, probably Saint Paul Oil on canvas transfered on cardboard Oval 22.5 x 19 cm Framed : 31 x 28 cm In good condition, some inpain...
Oil
Portrait of a Lady C1680, oil on canvas
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of John Michael Wright British, (1617-1694) Portrait of a Lady Oil on canvas Image size: 28½ inches x 24½ inches Size including frame: 36½ inches x 31 inches Provenanc...
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$7,277
Portrait of a Lady
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Circle of Sir Peter Lely Dutch, (1618-1680) Portrait of a Lady Oil on canvas Image size: 28 inches x 23 inches Size including frame: 36 inches x 31 inches A portrait of a la...
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$24,000
The Hunting Party
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful example of the early English School of sporting painting, this work shows the influence of Northern European artists on their English contemporaries. Drawing on the best...
Canvas, Oil
William John Wainwright (1855-1931) - Watercolour, The Dancing Master
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait captures a cheerful gentleman in 18th-century attire, featuring rich textures in his ornate jacket and lace cravat. The composition places the subject in a doorway, cre...
Watercolor
Landscape with Riders, Netherlandish School, Dutch 17th Century, Horses
Located in Stockholm, SE
Step into the captivating world of a bygone era with this remarkable small-scale oil painting on copper, measuring just 12 x 17 cm. Executed during the 17th century, most likely in t...
Copper
Saint Francis Receiving The Stigmata. Oil On Copper, Flemish School, 17 century
Located in Firenze, IT
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata Oil on copper. Flemish school. 17th century Dimensions: with frame 19 cm x 16 cm, without frame 16 cm x 13 cm The scene of Saint Francis ...
Copper
English 19thC folk art oil portrait of a Beagle hound in a landscape circa 1830
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English rare portrait study of a Beagle hound painted circa 1830. The style of the painting is similar to the dog portraits by the English 18th-century painter John Wotton...
Oil, Canvas
Flagellation of Christ Italian School of 17th Oil on Marble Framed
Located in Roma, IT
a very interesting and beautiful oil on marble painting as typical of the Italian School of the 17th century, representing the Flagellation of Christ painted with an intensive use of...
Marble
17th c. French school, Maria Anna Christine Victoria of Bavaria
Located in PARIS, FR
Lovely portrait of a young princess, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, dauphine of France, wife of Louis de France dit Dauphin, son of Louis XIV and grandmother of Louis XV. The young ...
Canvas, Oil
Peter Strozzi: Marshal of France and opponent of the Medici. 17th century.
Located in Firenze, IT
Pietro Strozzi: Marshal of France and Spirited Condottiere Portrait of Pietro Strozzi Italian School, 17th Century In the style of Cristofano dell'Altissimo (1525-1605). Oil on canv...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Young Nobleman 1796 Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Very fine Portrait of the Nobleman, Bernardini Savio Porro 1796 . Seated figure holding a letter , the coat of arms seen on the right corner . Finely carved gilt- wood frame . Oil...
Oil
Portrait of Sir Thomas Wharton (c.1615-1684)
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Sir Thomas Wharton (c.1615-1684), 18th Century British School After Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641) A very attractive example of the type of small-scale panel portraits o...
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Edward Hodges, English Country House Provenance
Located in London, GB
This fine and highly attractive portrait from the early 19th century English school demonstrates very clearly that the artist was a fine draftsman capable of conveying great tenderne...
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$8,760
Litanies to the Virgin and Child
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
South American (probably Cuzco) School, 17th Century Litanies to the Virgin and Child Oil on panel Inscribed in Latin under a selection of icons 31.1/4 x 19.1/4 in. (79.3 x 48.8 cm.)...
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of George Peele (c.1557-c.1596), Very early Elizabethan panel
Located in London, GB
In this Elizabethan panel portrait, a gentleman has been depicted wearing a fashionable red slashed doublet, white ruff, and a cape. According to the inscription the sitter was aged...
Oil, Wood Panel
17th-Century Continental School, Portrait of a Dominican Monk
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This 17th-century continental oil painting depicts a monk of the Dominican Order. It’s remarkable that after 300 years, this portrait of an unknown monk still exists. Its provenance...
Oil, Canvas
German Miniature of Soldier with Fallen Soldier
Located in New Orleans, LA
This charming German miniature painting depicts a fallen hero on a battlefield, overlooked by a fellow soldier gazing at the viewer forlornly. A tragic and somber scene of wartime an...
Copper
Early 18th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Lady In A Russet Dress
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This splendid early 18th-century oil painting depicts a lady wearing a russet dress with a blue sash. Her outfit is synonymous with the period and perhaps inspired by the future Que...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of King Henry IV
Located in London, GB
English School Late 16th or Early 17th Century Portrait of King Henry IV Oil on oak panel Image size: 23 x 18 inches Contemporary style frame This is a corridor portrait, f...
Oil, Wood Panel
Sold|$5,000
Late 19thC English Coach and horses in a landscape. Cambridge to London Coach
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well-painted English late 19th century coaching scene in an extensive landscape. Typical English coaching scene with a little folk art look about it. The style of painting has a lot...
Canvas, Oil
Italian School 17th Century, Saint Bonaventure, Old Master Gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Italian school circa 1600 Saint Bonaventure Gouache on paper, faded 10.5 x 8.5 cm, oval shape In a very charming baroque frame : 20 x 15 cm oval shape This bald Saint meditating on ...
Boy blowing soap bubbles, studio of Alexis Grimou, French, early 18th c. Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a boy with soap bubbles, studio of Alexis Grimou (Argenteuil, 1678 – Paris, 1733) First quarter of 18th century French school Oil on canvas: h. 79 cm, w. 63,5 cm Louis XI...
Canvas, Oil
Italian early 18th century Herdsman with cows passing ruins and landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
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 ...
Canvas, Oil
Empire French Family Portrait Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Portrait of a young family composed by father, mother and two child holding a flower basket. .Finely carved coeval gilt- wood frame . Oil on Canvas, in very good original condition...
Oil
Neoclassical Female Portrait. Chemise à la reine and Shawl. Germany, ca 1790
Located in Firenze, IT
Neoclassical Female Portrait with Shawl and Chemise à la Reine, German School, circa 1790 Oil on canvas, 52 × 64 cm including original giltwood frame A refined portrait of a woman f...
Canvas, Oil
Early 18th-Century Spanish School, Christ In The Tomb
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This evocative early 18th-century oil painting depicts Christ in the tomb partially wrapped in a white linen shroud. It’s probably of Spanish origin. Images of Christ’s listless cor...
Canvas, Oil
Lamentation of Christ - 16th century Antwerp school, Flemish
Located in PARIS, FR
The Lamentation of Christ with Saint Jean, Virgin and Mary Magdalene First half of 16th century Antwerp school Oil on oak panel h. 38 cm, w. 26 cm Ebonized wood frame in flemish baro...
Oil, Wood Panel
18th-Century English School, Portrait Of Spencer Compton, Earl Of Wilmington
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-18th-century English oil painting depicts Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673/1674-1743), wearing the red sash and star of the Order of the Bath. Compton was the s...
Oil, Wood Panel
Circa 1400, Spanish school of 'The Prophet Daniel', tempera on panel with gildin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Spanish school, circa 1400 The prophet Daniel Tempera on panel with gilding 35.1/4 x 10.5/8 in. (89.5 x 28 cm.) Condition: The painting has been recently stabilised and cleaned up. ...
Tempera, Wood Panel
Austrian school. Portrait of a Lady with Floral Shawl. Ca. 1825
Located in Firenze, IT
Austrian or Central European School. Portrait of a Lady in White Dress with Floral Shawl and Long Chain with Pendant, ca. 1825-1835 Oil on canvas, relined Size: 76 × 62 cm Half-le...
Canvas, Oil
XVII century. Gentleman With Sword In A Blacksmith’s Forge.
Located in Firenze, IT
Gentleman with sword in a blacksmith’s forge. Italy, first half of the 17th century Oil on walnut panel Panel size: 22 × 18.5 cm Frame: 28.5 × 25 cm (not original) A forge. Tools n...
Walnut, Oil, Wood Panel
Venetian Costumes - Original Ink Drawing by Italian Master 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Venetian Costumes is an original ink drawing on paper made by Anonymous artist in the manner of Pietro Longhi realized in the XVIII century. A beautiful lot of ink drawings represe...
Ink
Black Horse - China Ink by Chinese Master Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Black Horse is an artwork realized in the half of 20th century. Original black ink drawing on paper. On the left side a text in Chinese calligraphy, a red stamp seal and sign. "Hoay...
Ink
18th Century French Still Life with Urn, Flowers & Foliage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine quality classical still life oil painting, dating to the early 18th century and of French authorship. The painting is very close in terms of style and quality to the works ...
Still Life with Red Parrot & Flowers
Located in Milford, NH
A fine early 19th century oval old master still life with a red parrot and flowers in a gilt shell decorated urn or vase, monogrammed RM lower right, and housed in a molded giltwood ...
Canvas, Oil
Still life, Swedish, 18th century.
Located in Stockholm, Stockholm
A nice decorative Swedish 18th century still life painted on a wood panel. It is in a very nice condition. It is probably painted during the second half of the 18th century. The var...
Oil, Wood Panel
Sold|$10,516
Suiveur De Cornelis De Heem (1631-1695)
Located in ROUEN, FR
Suiveur De Cornelis De Heem (1631-1695) Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase, huile sur toile (oil on canvas). 69x56,5 cm
Oil
19th Century Flemish Floral Still Life, Oil on Canvas on Panel
Located in SANTA FE, NM
19th Century Floral Still Life (Flemish School, 19th century) Oil on canvas on panel Floral Still Life, Oil on Canvas on Panel 30 x 20 3/4 inches In still life paintings, also kno...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
18th Century Italian School, An Architectural Capriccio, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
18th Century Italian School, An Architectural Capriccio, Pen and black ink and brown ink wash on paper 17 x 18,5 cm Framed : 27 x 29 cm The 18th century was truly the golden age o...
Ink
French School 18th century, The Judgement of Paris, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th century, The Judgement of Paris, Pen and back ink and black ink wash on paper 14.5 x 17 cm Framed : 28 x 31 cm The particularly fine execution of this 18th cent...
Ink
An early Italian 18th Century watercolour on vellum of an Allegory of Redemption
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Follower of Michelangelo (Italian, 1475 – 1564) An Allegory of Redemption Watercolour on vellum, oval 8 x 9.3/4 in. (20.3 x 25 cm.)
Watercolor, Vellum
France 18th century, Architectural Capriccio, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France 18th century, Attributed to Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (1715-1759) Architectural Capriccio Black ink, ink wash on paper 26 x 20.5 cm (Oval) in a beautiful framing : 43 x 35 cm ...
Ink
France 18th Century, A Lady in red, pastel
Located in Paris, FR
France, end of the 18th century Portrait of a lady in a red coat Pastel on paper 27 x 22 cm In good condition Framed 37 x 33 cm (a small lack in the gilding lower right, see photo p...
Pastel
Portrait Miniature c1765 Letitia Preston Vallancey
Located in Holywell, GB
A fine sanguine chalk drawing on paper of Letitia aged about ten dating to around 1765. Unsigned, inscribed verso and presented in a 19th century mount and frame. “When Letitia Pres...
Chalk
18th-century French school Study of a man seen from behind, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
18th-century French school Study of a man seen from behind, Charcoal and white chalk on brown paper 46 x 29 cm Framed under glass : 60 x 43 cm This beautiful study of a naked man...
Chalk, Charcoal
French School 18th Century, Portrait of a gentleman, pastel
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 18th Century Portrait of a gentleman Pastel on paper 25 x 18 cm Framed : 49 x 32 cm The mounting of this work is marked "Attribué à Saint Aubin", which means t...
Pastel
Double-Sided 1709 Drawing After Dürer – Rhinoceros & Hippopotamus
Located in Stockholm, SE
This rare double-sided ink drawing (dated 1709 on both sides) features two of the era’s most exotic beasts: a rhinoceros and a hippopotamus. The unknown artist drew heavy inspiration...
Paper, Ink
French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and white chalk on paper, 60cm x 46cm, (76cm x 61cm framed). The picture is framed behind UV glass. Drawings and paintings of the nude were central to academic art trainin...
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Figures - Pencil and Ink on Paper - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a drawing in pencil and pen on paper by an Italian anonymous Artist of the 17th Century. In good condition except for diffused folding and stains with worn margins. Not...
Pencil, Ink
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