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Artist: Unknown
View of the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unknown artist (Naples), 19th century
View of the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius
oil on metal plate
unframed: 7.8 cm (3.1 in) diameter
framed: 20.5 × 20.5 cm (8.1 × 8.1 in)
Thi...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Metal
Landscape Oil Painting, Vintage French Countryside Painting with Horses
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage landscape with horses oil painting on canvas. This atmospheric and unusual painting features horses shading under a tree waiting for their owners to collect them after a day...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Pointer dog - 19th Century Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of a Longhaired Pointer dog, also called German Longhaired Pointer or German Longhaired Vorsteh, monogrammed and dated “A.D. 1895”, oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, mount...
Category
1890s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Antique American Modernist Framed Dog Portrait Signed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, rea...
Category
1920s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Landscape Oil Painting on wood, French Impressionist Farm Scene
Located in AIGNAN, FR
French Landscape Oil Painting on wood in vintage frame. This charming post-impressionist painting is of a person leaning against a tree overseeing some chickens in front of a very c...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$591 Sale Price
20% Off
1960's Mod Girl Fashion Model portrait mid-century modern abstract painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fabulous ca. 1960 mid-century modern painting of four fashion models.
Oil on panel measuring 18 x 24 inches.
Unsigned and unattributed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Between Lessons – A Schoolboy Lost in Thought
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unidentified Artist
Schoolboy, Early 1900s century
signed lower left
oil on canvas
unframed 24 × 29 cm (9.4 × 11.4 in)
framed 41 × 47 cm (16.1 × 18.5 in)
This intimate genre pain...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century English School PORTRAIT OF A LADY original oil painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Indistinctly Signed TABE ? (mid 20th Century) English School
TITLE: "Portrait Of A Lady"
SIGNED: lower left
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 65cm x 55cm inclusive of frame
COND...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Bernadette Soubirous Portrait and Religious Scene (1891)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This remarkable double-sided devotional painting on copper showcases exceptional craftsmanship and deep spiritual reverence. On the recto, a finely rendered portrait of Saint Bernade...
Category
1890s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Copper
Basket Of Red Cherries Still-Life Oil Painting With Gilt Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
This still life painting depicts a woven basket brimming with ripe cherries, delicately arranged on a tabletop against a subdued background. The cherries are rendered with a sheen, t...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Adoration of the Shepherds by a follower of Denys Calvaert
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unknown Italo-Flemish Artist (active circa 1600)
Adoration of the Shepherds
oil on copper
unframed: 32 × 25.5 cm (12.6 × 10 in)
framed: 43 × 37 cm (16.9 × 14.6 in)
Provenance:
Acq...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Copper
Antique English Exhibited King Charles Cavalier Dog Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English impressionist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Exhibited. Framed. Measuring: 22 by 27 inches image alone. Handsomely framed in white wood molding....
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 16 inches overall. Handsomely framed in wood m...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Echoes of the Atelier XII
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier XII, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Echoes of the Atelier X
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier X, acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. XIV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by Duval (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by unknown artist (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Vanguard Series Nr. XV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XV: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Mid Century Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 16 inches image alone. Handsomely framed in w...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sunset Path, M. R. Tyler
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Beautiful early American School piece, obviously painted by a talented artist who studied in France. Oil on board, signed lower left, unlock the mystery of this wonderful painting. 9...
Category
1870s Barbizon School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue and White Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6131 Blue and white abstract Expressionist painting
Image size 18x14"
Category
1970s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$375 Sale Price
44% Off
Vintage European Marine Original Oil Painting Tall Ship Seascape Signed Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original vintage oil painting presents a dramatic European marine scene featuring a powerful tall ship navigating rolling open seas, its sails filled with wind and motion. A sec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 13 by 15 inches overall. Handso...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Italian Nude Woman/Naiad Pompeiian Fresco Style Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Italian nude figure painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 14 inches overall and 13 by 9 inches painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
19th Century Italian School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait Study of a Young Woman, Oil on paper, 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
This is a sensitive small-scale study portrait of a young girl, executed in warm monochrome brown tones. Painted during the second half of the 19th century, oil on paper and mounted ...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting, Framed, 1940s, 9.5x7.5 Inches
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6119 Parisian street scene
Set in a decorative period frame
Image size 9.5x7.5"
Category
1940s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$300 Sale Price
36% Off
Dog Portrait of a Terrier on a Red Ground, circa 1910
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Red Terrier
Possibly Dutch School
Oil on wood panel, circa 1900-1910. Initialed lower left
7 1/2 x 7 (12 x 11 1/2 frame) inches
A charming and thoughtfully rendered depiction of a t...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Painting in Antique Italian Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting. Gouache on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 20 by 15 inches overall. Handsomely framed in an antique Italian frame. Excellent condition, read...
Category
20th Century Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache, Board
Antique American Impressionist Floral Vase Signed Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American still life painting. Oil on board. Framed in an antique gilt wood frame. Measuring: 30 by 23 inches overall and 26 by 19 inches painting alone. Excellent condition,...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Figural Composition Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 19inches overall. Handsomely framed in...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cuzco (Cusco) School - Ángel Arcabucero (Angel with Arquebus)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Cuzco (Cusco) School, 19th century, Peru
Ángel Arcabucero (Angel with Arquebus)
oil on canvas
unframed 58 × 41 cm (22.8 × 16.1 in)
framed 66 × 49 cm (26.0 × 19.3 in)
No signature
Provenance:
Acquired in Peru in 1986 by the previous owner.
Essay:
This painting portrays a celestial figure identified as an ángel arcabucero – literally an “arquebus-bearing angel,” shown as an archangel wielding an early firearm (arquebus) instead of the traditional sword. The angel is richly attired in the fashion of an Andean noble or Spanish aristocrat, with an ornate embroidered coat, lace collar, and billowing sleeves, in keeping with the distinctive iconography of these militaristic angels. Such ángeles arcabuceros emerged in the late 17th century in colonial Peru and were especially popular in Cuzco School painting, replacing the sword of Catholic warrior-angels with a gun to signify the heavenly army’s power in a modern guise. The graceful figure, dressed as a nobleman yet serving a divine role, underscores the fusion of earthly authority and celestial protection – a sartorial and symbolic innovation unique to the Andean region’s religious art. This iconography, found only in Spanish colonial territories, resonated with local believers and visually confirmed the angel’s identity as a heavenly soldier guarding the faithful, his delicate hands cradling a long-barreled arquebus as if it were a sacred instrument.
The Ángel Arcabucero exemplifies the visual hallmarks of the Cuzco School, a major Peruvian painting...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Figural Fauvist Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 37 inches overall. Handsomely framed ...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Circle of David des Granges (1611–1672), Oil on Copper Portrait Miniature, 1660
Located in Holywell, GB
A finely executed portrait miniature in oil on copper depicting a gentleman dressed in a black gown and white lawn collar. The piece is dated verso 1660 and the sitter was likely ass...
Category
17th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Antique American Impressionist Moonlit Framed Nocturnal Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist moonlit seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 35 by 30 inches overall. Handsom...
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions by JG
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. II: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by JG (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten studios and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,201 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Mid 19th Century Oil - Figures on a Country Path
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming mid 19th century rural scene depicting a red-cloaked figure walking along a country path. The figure passes beneath a mature tree, its foliage turning a rich autumnal brow...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Oil - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Located in Corsham, GB
An evocative 18th-century religious oil painting rich in symbolism, portraying Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. The saint is represented through traditional iconography: a lily symbolising pu...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Echoes of the Atelier IV
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier IV, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Religious Painting Venetian School 18th Sketch Martyrdom Saint Cyprien Flavien
Located in PARIS, FR
Venetian School
18th century
The Martyrdom of Saint Cyprian and Flavian of Carthage? (Sketch)
Oil on canvas
30 x 23 cm (39 x 32 cm with frame)
Trace of a signature in the lower right...
Category
18th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Pomegranate and Poinsettia Still Life
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American still life painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 30 by 36 inches overall and 24 by 30 inches painting alone. Framed. Excellent condition, ready to h...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy (Man)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy Gentleman, 2003.
Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches.
Signed with monogram and dated lower right.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$873 Sale Price
20% Off
Fernand Audet French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Butterfly
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
signed lower right
oil painting on board, unframed
painting: 9.5 x 13 inches
A fine "mid century" oil painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$133 Sale Price
35% Off
Vintage French Impressionist Floral Still life Vase of Flowers
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3795 Impressionist vase of flower
Signed on verso Gelant
Set in a carved gilt wood frame
Image size 19.75 x15.75"
Category
1970s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$392 Sale Price
20% Off
Les Causses du Minervois
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Stunning old master oil on canvas of a French landscape with an aquaduct in the foreground and a medieval village in the distance. Possibly Les Causses du Minervois. Oval canvas,...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Two Religious Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed
size: 16.5 x 9.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to...
Category
1950s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$81 Sale Price
40% Off
Spanish Beauty with White Bird in Style of Picasso
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6098 Spanish beauty with white bird
Elaborate gilt frame Image size
15.5x19.5"
Category
1950s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Tonalist Sunset Landscape Framed Impressionist Sunset Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Gerbera Daisy Red Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist sill life. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 24 inches overall and 24 by 20 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Realist Horse Portrait Barn Scene Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American realist barn scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 25 by 29 inches overall. Handsomely framed i...
Category
1880s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady In Blue Art Deco Female Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting
Set in a white frame
Category
1930s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
$350 Sale Price
38% Off
City Graffiti Art Colorful Oil Painting #1 by S. Mooney
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4090 An abstract graffiti art, oil on artist board displayed in a custom -made wood frame Image size 12H x 12 W
Category
1980s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$300 Sale Price
36% Off
Rene Leroy, French Contemporary Modernist Painting, the Orchestra
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: R. Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: The Orchestra
Medium: oil painting on canvas
Size: painting: 7 x 5 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage American Modernist Giltwood Framed Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 9 by 7 inches overall. Handsomely framed in a giltw...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions III (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions III', oil on board (circa 1970s). Step into a world where the spirit of early 20th-century modernism meets the bold experimentation o...
Category
1970s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,037 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Italian Large Figurative Framed Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman
Framed
Image size 24x36"
Category
1930s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Glouster Harbor New England Fishing Boat Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5169 Antique American Large Impressionist seascape oil painting .Oil on canvas circa 1930
Framed
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Category
1930s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,310 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique California Coastal Seascape Landscape Painting circa 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2751 California seascape oil on masonite displayed in an 19 century antique gitl -black wood frame,signed lower left by Mellin.
Image size 11 H x 17 W
Category
1940s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$450 Sale Price
53% Off
French Art Deco Portrait 1920s Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
French Art Deco Portrait 1920s Oil Painting
A captivating French Art Deco–era portrait, possibly portraying a dancer, silent film star, or flapper girl.
Her striking dark eye makeup ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
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