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Venetian painter – 19th c. Guardesque Venice lagoon – San Cristoforo
Venetian painter – 19th c. Guardesque Venice lagoon – San Cristoforo

Venetian painter – 19th c. Guardesque Venice lagoon – San Cristoforo

Located in Varmo, IT

Venetian painter (19th-20th century) — Venice, view of the Island of San Cristoforo della Pace

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vedutist Venetian painter - 19th century landscape painting - View Venice
Vedutist Venetian painter - 19th century landscape painting - View Venice

Vedutist Venetian painter - 19th century landscape painting - View Venice

Located in Varmo, IT

Venetian painter (early 19th century) - Venice, view of the gardens with the Coffee House towards

Category

Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Venetian painter - 19th century Venice view - Doge's Palace at Sunset
Venetian painter - 19th century Venice view - Doge's Palace at Sunset

Venetian painter - 19th century Venice view - Doge's Palace at Sunset

Located in Varmo, IT

Venetian painter (19th century) - Venice, view of the Basin of San Marco towards the Riva degli

Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Vittorio Bressanin (Venetian painter) - early 20th century painting - Interior
Vittorio Bressanin (Venetian painter) - early 20th century painting - Interior

Vittorio Bressanin (Venetian painter) - early 20th century painting - Interior

Located in Varmo, IT

Vittorio Emanuele Bressanin (Musile di Piave 1860 – Venice 1941) - Interior with a Romantic Scene. 36 x 46 cm unframed, 51 x 61 cm with frame. Oil on panel, in a wooden frame. - S...

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Early 20th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Ottone Zorlini (Venetian painter) - 20th century painting - Landscape staircase
Ottone Zorlini (Venetian painter) - 20th century painting - Landscape staircase

Ottone Zorlini (Venetian painter) - 20th century painting - Landscape staircase

Located in Varmo, IT

Ottone Zorlini (Treviso 1891 - San Paolo 1967) - Landscape with Staircase. 25.5 x 33.5 cm unframed, 35 x 43 cm with frame. Oil on cardboard, in a wooden frame. - Signed lower left...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

E. Scattolini Venetian painter - early 20th Impressionist lagoon sailing boats
E. Scattolini Venetian painter - early 20th Impressionist lagoon sailing boats

E. Scattolini Venetian painter - early 20th Impressionist lagoon sailing boats

Located in Varmo, IT

E. Scattolini (active in Venice in the early 20th century) - Bragozzi with raised sails on the lagoon. 72 x 79 cm (without frame) - 79 x 87 cm (with frame). Oil on panel, in gilded...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Ottone Zorlini (Venetian painter) - 20th century painting - Landscape with lake
Ottone Zorlini (Venetian painter) - 20th century painting - Landscape with lake

Ottone Zorlini (Venetian painter) - 20th century painting - Landscape with lake

Located in Varmo, IT

Ottone Zorlini (Treviso 1891 - San Paolo 1967) - Landscape with Lake and Mountains. 23.5 x 30.5 cm unframed, 38.5 x 45 cm with frame. Oil on cardboard, in a wooden frame. - Signed...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Venetian Market Scene, Italy, Gondola, Oil on Plywood, Signed and Titled verso
Venetian Market Scene, Italy, Gondola, Oil on Plywood, Signed and Titled verso

Venetian Market Scene, Italy, Gondola, Oil on Plywood, Signed and Titled verso

Located in Berlin, DE

, possibly associated with Venetian painters active between 1920 and 1950. The scene unfolds before the

Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil

Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman
Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman

Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

Attributed to, Alessandro Longhi 1733-1813, Longhi was a prominent Venetian portrait painter

Category

Mid-18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peaceful Venetian Canal Scenes in a Pair of Mid 20th-C. Paintings
Peaceful Venetian Canal Scenes in a Pair of Mid 20th-C. Paintings

Peaceful Venetian Canal Scenes in a Pair of Mid 20th-C. Paintings

Located in San Francisco, CA

This pair of timeless scenes of Venice are both by Venetian painter, Luigi Zugolo, who, according

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Turnip"
"Turnip"

Giacomo Ceruti"Turnip"

$50,000

H 80.32 in W 48.82 in

"Turnip"

By Giacomo Ceruti

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Caravaggio’s influence on genre painting. Unlike the refined elegance of contemporary Venetian painters

Category

18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Samsone & Dalila"
"Samsone & Dalila"

"Samsone & Dalila"

By Antonio Balestra

Located in Edinburgh, GB

a highly sought-after Venetian painter, Balestra was known for combining classical idealism with

Category

19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Samsone & Dalila”
“Samsone & Dalila”

“Samsone & Dalila”

By Antonio Balestra

Located in Edinburgh, GB

-after Venetian painter, Balestra was known for combining classical idealism with Baroque drama, making

Category

17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th-century Old Master-style Holy Family, After Anthonius van Dyck
19th-century Old Master-style Holy Family, After Anthonius van Dyck

19th-century Old Master-style Holy Family, After Anthonius van Dyck

By Anthony van Dyck

Located in San Francisco, CA

, Van Dyck was heavily influenced by the Venetian painter Titian, while developing his signature style

Category

Early 19th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of the Grand Canal by William James
View of the Grand Canal by William James

View of the Grand Canal by William James

By William James

Located in New Orleans, LA

artist Samuel Scott, he was also a pupil of the great Venetian painter Canaletto, who undoubtedly had a

Category

18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Untitled - Head of a bearded man.

Untitled - Head of a bearded man.

By Franz Xaver Jungwirth

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754) was a Venetian painter. He became famous with his depiction of expressive

Category

1750s Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

By Apollonio Domenichini

Located in West Sussex, GB

surroundings. His name is recorded in the records of the fraglia or guild of Venetian painters in 1757, and it

Category

18th Century Renaissance Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Venetian Glow
Venetian Glow

Peter BusaVenetian Glow, c. 1957-1959

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H 24 in W 36 in

Venetian Glow

By Peter Busa

Located in Hudson, NY

"Venetian Glow" by abstract expressionist painter Peter Busa.

Category

Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Joseph Pardons his Brothers
Joseph Pardons his Brothers

Giulio CarpioniJoseph Pardons his Brothers, c. 1660

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H 43.31 in W 56.7 in D 3.94 in

Joseph Pardons his Brothers

By Giulio Carpioni

Located in London, GB

that assimilated influences from the Caravaggesque Venetian painters Saraceni and Le Clerc and

Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grand Canal with gondolas in foreground
Grand Canal with gondolas in foreground

Grand Canal with gondolas in foreground

Located in Lake Worth, FL

artist Antoine Bouvard are amongst the most highly regarded of the Venetian genre. Bouvard’s refined

Category

18th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Maison Basse

Paul ResikaMaison Basse, 1980

Unavailable

H 19.825 in W 25.825 in D 25.825 in

Maison Basse

By Paul Resika

Located in Lawrence, NY

thusly: "A modernist genre painter, a virtuosic colorist, and a realist painter who traffics in

Category

1980s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Venise
Venise

Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)Venise

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H 14.97 in W 18.51 in

Venise

By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)

Located in Stuttgart, DE

painters of the Venetian subjects.

Category

Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rococò Venetian painter - 18th century figure - Mary Magdalene
Rococò Venetian painter - 18th century figure - Mary Magdalene

Rococò Venetian painter - 18th century figure - Mary Magdalene

Located in Varmo, IT

Venetian painter (18th century) - Mary Magdalene. 46 x 37 cm without frame, 80 x 71 cm with frame

Category

Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rococò Venetian painter - 19th century landscape painting - Portico in Venice
Rococò Venetian painter - 19th century landscape painting - Portico in Venice

Rococò Venetian painter - 19th century landscape painting - Portico in Venice

Located in Varmo, IT

Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - Venice 1793) follower of - Portico Veneziano. 68 x 54 cm without frame, 84 x 70 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in wooden frame. Con...

Category

Early 19th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antonio Molinari, Oil on Canvas 17th Century, Lot with His Daughters
Antonio Molinari, Oil on Canvas 17th Century, Lot with His Daughters

Antonio Molinari, Oil on Canvas 17th Century, Lot with His Daughters

Located in Milan, IT

Molinari, venetian painter born in 1665: formed by his father Giovanni Battista before beginning at the

Category

17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Stormy Sea Oil on Canvas 18th Century
Stormy Sea Oil on Canvas 18th Century

Stormy Sea Oil on Canvas 18th Century, 1700s

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H 15.36 in W 26.78 in D 1.19 in

Stormy Sea Oil on Canvas 18th Century

Located in Milan, IT

agains the rocks. The types of figures and their making are close to Francesco Guardi's style a venetian

Category

18th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Two Venetian vedute oil paintings in giltwood frames after Canaletto
Two Venetian vedute oil paintings in giltwood frames after Canaletto

Two Venetian vedute oil paintings in giltwood frames after Canaletto

Located in London, GB

‘Giovanni Antonio Canal’, Canaletto, as he was widely-known, was an 18th Century Venetian painter, who was

Category

1780s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"End of the Day"
"End of the Day"

Walter Lansil"End of the Day", 1879

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H 10 in W 16 in D 3 in

"End of the Day"

By Walter Lansil

Located in Southampton, NY

Art Club and the Society of Sons of the Revolution. Acclaimed as "the celebrated Venetian painter" in

Category

1870s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Venetian Evening
Venetian Evening

Venetian Evening

By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

he found there. Known as one of the most prolific painters of Venetian genre from this period

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Santa Maria della Salute attributed to William James
Santa Maria della Salute attributed to William James

Santa Maria della Salute attributed to William James

By William James

Located in New Orleans, LA

student of the London artist Samuel Scott, he was also a pupil of the great Venetian painter Canaletto

Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Madonna"
"Madonna"

Pellegrino da San Daniele"Madonna"

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H 30.91 in W 21.07 in

"Madonna"

Located in Wien, Wien

his career oriented himself with great interest on great Venetian painters of the time. This painting

Category

15th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Venetian Flower Stall
Venetian Flower Stall

Venetian Flower Stall

By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

beauty that he found there. Known as one of the most prolific painters of Venetian genre from this period

Category

19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of the Grand Canal, Venice
View of the Grand Canal, Venice

View of the Grand Canal, Venice

By William James

Located in New Orleans, LA

similar work by the great Canaletto, undoubtedly the most famous painter of Venetian views of all time

Category

18th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Della Salute, Grand Canal by Antoine Bouvard
Della Salute, Grand Canal by Antoine Bouvard

Della Salute, Grand Canal by Antoine Bouvard

By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

beauty that he found there. He became known as one of the most prolific painters of Venetian genre from

Category

19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rialto Bridge, Venice by Antoine Bouvard
Rialto Bridge, Venice by Antoine Bouvard

Rialto Bridge, Venice by Antoine Bouvard

By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

beauty that he found there. He became known as one of the most prolific painters of Venetian genre from

Category

19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Golden Moment

A Golden Moment

By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

warmth and beauty that he found there. Known as one of the most prolific painters of Venetian genre from

Category

18th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

End of the Day, Venice
End of the Day, Venice

End of the Day, Venice

By Antoine Bouvard Snr.

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

beauty that he found there. Known as one of the most prolific painters of Venetian genre from this period

Category

19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Evening Waters
Evening Waters

Evening Waters

By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

beauty that he found there. Known as one of the most prolific painters of Venetian genre from this period

Category

19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

By St.Marks, Venice Italy
By St.Marks, Venice Italy

By St.Marks, Venice Italy

By Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine)

Located in Woodbury, CT

prolific painters of Venetian genre from this period. Bouvard’s works are broad and confidently painted

Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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