Jacob De Wit Figurative Paintings

Portrait of a French Gentleman French School, indistinctly signed dated 1824 inscribed verso oil on canvas, unframed painting: 22 x 19 inches provenance: private collection, France c...

Follower of Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789) Man with Bagpipes oil on oak panel no signature 25 × 19 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in) 31 x 26 cm (12.2 x 10.2 in) This refined 18th...

Riverside Gathering French Rococo School, 19th century signed lower front corner oil on canvas, framed Framed: 26 x 34 inches Canvas: 24 x 32 inches Provenance: private collection, F...

French Master (18th century) - Allegory of the Arts. 53 x 72 cm without frame, 63 x 83 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame (not signed). Condi...

Italian painter (18th-19th century) - Female nude. 44 x 54 cm without frame, 54 x 64 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas mounted on a panel, in a carved and gilded wooden...

Courtier Presenting Himself Before Elegant Ladies in Parkland French artist, circa 1800 period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 19 inches provenance: private collection, France c...

Good condition overall. With beautiful carved wooden frame. All of our works are covered by our own guarantee of authenticity which covers the work for its lifetime of ownership wit...

The Allegorical Winged Nude Lady, adorned with the attributes of Spring French School, 18th century (Rococo period) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 52 inches provenance...

Portrait of a Young Boy French Rococo School, 18th century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 24 x 20 inches Canvas : 20 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very...

Antique Rococo Oil Painting, around 1800, Royal Dance in the Garden Oil on canvas. Canvas relined. Stretcher renewed. Dimensions are without fra...

Portrait of a Lady French artist, Rococo period 18th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 15 x 12.5 inches canvas: 10.5 x 8.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition...

A voluptuous woman lies prone on a divan, bearing her backside and turning her head flirtatiously to the viewer, though averting her eyes slightly, as if to maintain a coy demeanor. Surrounded by lush fabrics of deep blues, the creamy tones of her skin and dressing gown are thrown in sharp contrast, making the figure glow luminously. The whole painting is ordered by folds - of flesh, of fabric, of cushions, of the rug - inviting the viewer's eye to look closely across the topography of the canvas. One of Boucher's cabinet paintings (that is, paintings made for private collectors rather than official exhibition at the Salon), the open eroticism of this work invites a voyeuristic gaze. Although it was created for a private audience, it was later displayed at the Salon of 1767, where the critic Denis Diderot found it shocking and lascivious. Nonetheless, Boucher would later paint another iteration of this reclining pose, this time using Marie-Louise O'Murphy, a favorite mistress of King Louis XV, as his model, suggesting that the provocative composition was a stock figure for Boucher's private commissions. "The Brunette Odalisque" (French: L'Odalisque or l'Odalisque brune) is a painting of c. 1745 by François Boucher, now in the Louvre in Paris. He later produced two other works in the odalisque genre, both known as "The Blonde Odalisque". The present painting is another version of Bouchers painting which differs in minor details. The quality of the paint is very fine and the whole technique and style allows a dating to c. 1750. As Boucher's Painting was very famous there were several copies and versions which were made by his studio. The present painting can be attributed to the close circle of Boucher. The Painting is framed in a golden frame which was built in the Rococo style in c. 1990. Both the title of Boucher's painting and the objects found in the interior fix the subject as an odalisque, a concubine within the harem of the Ottoman sultan. The sumptuous textiles and exotic, decorative objects suggest early traces of Orientalism, although the figure appears European. Odalisque paintings...