Jacopo Guarana Art

Classical mythological painting by Houston artist Edsel Cramer. Known for his classically inspired portraits of prominent Houstonians, this work featuring the myth of the Judgement o...

The Judgement of Paris Fontainebleau School, circa 1580 *see notes below oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 30 x 40 inches canvas: 27 x 37 inches Provenance: private collection, ...

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...

A fine copy after "Une Bacchante" by William Bouguereau (1825-1905), oil on canvas, 115 x 185 cm. The original of "Bacchante playing with a goat", dating from 1862, is now part of th...

THE EXPECTANT NUDE Size: 55.5 x 70.5cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A brilliantly executed and emotive mid-century modernist figurative portrait of a reclining pregnant nude...

Hercules and Omphale Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm According to legend, Hercules had to make atonement and became a slave to the Lydian queen Omphale. When she found out who her slave was, she married him. Falling for his mistress and made effeminate by the luxury of court life, the former hero allowed himself to become the laughing stock of the court. He dressed in women's clothes, spun wool and did other women's work, whereas Omphale wore his lion's skin and carried a wooden club. When the time of punishment was over, the hero realised his delusion and left Omphale. So far, the painting could not be clearly assigned to an artist. Nevertheless, it impresses with its fluid and convincing painting, whose colourfulness and conception are reminiscent of the Prague School around Bartholomäus Spranger. This work follows an engraving and an etching made by Michel Dorigny in 1643 after a design by Simon Vouet. It shows the same scene but the print differs in minor details from the present painting (see e.g. the head of the lion) and the treatment of the faces seems to be painted more detailed and refined. So far there is no painting...

JOSÉ MANUEL CAPULETTI Spanish, 1925 - 1976 IRIS CON RAMA DE OLIVO signed "Capuletti" (lower right) oil on canvas 34-5/8 x 20-1/2 inches (88 x 52 cm.) framed: 38 x 23-3/4 inches (96.5...

A striking Modern figure painting of two bathers in a boathouse by noted Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted at the OxBow School of Saugatuck, Michigan (t...

Baroque Landscape with Figures French School, 17th century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 29.5 x 23.5 inches Canvas : 25.5 x 19 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition...

Classical Figures in Ancient Landscape Italian School, 18th century oil on panel, painting: 9 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and sound condition

A captivating, Modern portrait painting of a female nude seated in a quiet studio interior by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A sensitive, skilled portrait of ...

A Striking Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Scene "Seated Nude with Mirror" by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Oil on Masonite, dating fr...