Frank Chabry Figurative Paintings

This commanding mid-17th-century Spanish Baroque painting depicts Saint Elijah wrapped in a coarse Carmelite habit and raising a flaming sword. Towering within the vertical composit...

French portrait of a nobleman, 17th Century, great condition. With a beautiful carved wooden frame.

This important oil painting on canvas, although it is not signed as is almost always the case with this artist's paintings, is attributed to the great Genoese painter Luciano Borzone...

This painting is likely to be from the late 18th or early 19th century, and is likely inspired by Antonio Correggio's "Virtue of Vice" circa 1531. Frame dimensions: 30 x 49 inches. This painting has been in a private California collection for over 40 years. It was acquired from a high end antique...

Giulio Carpioni (Venice 1613 - Vicenza 1678) - Madonna and Child with Saints Joseph, Francis, Dominic and Anthony of Padua. 61 x 37.5 cm. Oil on canvas, unframed (not signed). Bib...

An antique Flemish School figurative portrait, circa 1770, depicting Sir Anthony van Dyck after his late self-portrait. Painted in oil on canvas by an unidentified artist, this unsig...

An antique figurative oil painting on canvas, circa 1890, depicting The Surrender of Breda after Diego Velázquez (1599–1660). This unsigned, late 19th-century interpretation brings a...

Similar in style to Guido Reni's late masterpiece "The Baptism of Christ," circa 1623, this painting by a follower of Guido Reni captures Reni's unique balance of strictly discipline...

Attentive observer, may I challenge you to find some unusual elements in this panel painting? One detail has to do with the symbolic use of color, the other with a later adjustment of the image. Indeed! The Blessed Virgin is not dressed in her usual sky blue cloak, which refers to her purity, but in a red robe. During the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the Virgin often wore such a red garment to refer to the Passion of Christ. After all, the blessing Christ child with his orb would shed his blood for the redemption of mankind. The second strange element catches the eye when one looks closer at the little Jesus. It appears that he was originally depicted completely naked, but got on a transparent loincloth over time. In the past there were several times when nudity in art was subject to some form of censorship. For example, the supervision of Christian art was strongly encouraged by the Council of Trent (1545-1563). This assembly was dealing with the inner-ecclesiastical reform of the Roman Catholic Church. One of the important theologians who followed the council’s guidelines was Joannes Molanus (1533-1585). He did not consider the nakedness of the Christ Child to be edifying and pointed out that children could be endangered in this way. He may have been referring to the dangers of paedophilia. During the 19th century, puritanism emerged. A famous example of a moral preacher was Pope Pius IX...

Oil on canvas "Cupid" circa 1900 after Anthony van Dyck additional info: Title: cupid Style: baroque Medium: oil on canvas Signature: unsigned Provenance: private collection Canvas...

This expressive genre scene, an oil on canvas, presents a magnificent example of Baroque-era painting. The dramatic narrative of the "dice game" subject - where the emotions of an ea...

Oil on canvas depicting John of God in a moment of quiet devotion, his gaze lifted and expression deeply contemplative. He wears a dark monastic habit and holds a rosary with a cross...

Ferraù Fenzoni (Faenza 1562–1645) – St John the Baptist: Oil Painting and Preparatory Drawing A rare ensemble: this listing comprises Ferraù Fenzoni's painting of St John the Baptis...

The painting Juno and King Aeolus at the Cave of Winds by Randa depicts a dramatic scene from Greco-Roman mythology. It portrays Juno, the queen of the gods, visiting Aeolus, the rul...

Charlatan with Snakes in a Roman Square, Bamboccianti, 17th Century Not signed 17th Century // Circa 1640–1660 // Italy, Possibly Rome // Roman-Flemish Bamboccianti Milieu // Oil o...