About Brave Fine Art
Brave Fine Art is a research-led art dealership based in the historic Cotswolds, which is run by the husband and wife team of Andy Shield (Art History) and Holly Shield (Art Conservation). Over the last eight years, we’ve acquired, researched, and conserved over 2,500 enchanting old paintings, which are now in the homes of our delighted patrons. Through our research, and by trawling the archives, we’ve unearthed hundreds of stories that were previously lost to time. We’re also passionate about art conservation and working ethically. We offer free shipping to the UK, US...Read More
Established in 20171stDibs seller since 2023
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Featured Pieces
Late 17th-Century Hessian School, Crucifixion With Donors, Lutheran Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 17th-century German oil painting depicts the Crucifixion of Christ with kneeling donors, conceived as a complete memorial ensemble within its original inscribed frame.
At...
Category
1690s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-17th-Century Flemish School, Portrait Of A Gentleman, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-17th-century Flemish oil painting depicts a gentleman wearing a black doublet together with a collar edged with lace. In his right hand, he clutches a pair of gloves. It's a...
Category
1650s Flemish School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Landscape With Torrent By Moonlight, 19th-Century Nocturne Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by Rudolf Giffinger (act. c. 1870-1895) depicts a moonlit mountain torrent - its rushing waters carving a luminous path through a darkened Alpine ...
Category
1890s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis Godefroy
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This meditative early 17th-century oil painting depicts the French jurist and humanist Denis Godefroy (1549-1622), known in Latin as Dionysius Gothofredus, one of Europe’s most respe...
Category
1630s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Landscape, Late Autumn, 19th-Century British Landscape Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by English artist Frank Walton (1840-1928) depicts a tranquil river landscape, most likely set within the Surrey countryside near the artist’s hom...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Francesco Solimena (Workshop), The Virgin & Child With Saint Joseph
By Francesco Solimena
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 18th-century oil painting by an artist active in the workshop of Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) depicts the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping Christ Child, with Saint Josep...
Category
Early 1700s Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Across The Stream, Midgham, Berkshire, 19th-Century Landscape Painting
By Henry Hillingford Parker
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by English artist Henry Hillingford Parker (1858-1930) depicts a quiet rural moment in the Berkshire countryside.
In the foreground, a tranquil s...
Category
1890s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-18th-Century Tuscan School, Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding A Letter
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This eloquent mid-18th-century Italian portrait, painted in Tuscany around 1750, portrays an upstanding gentleman of intellect and composure. Acquired from a country house in Pescia,...
Category
1750s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-18th-Century Central Italian School, Architectural Capriccio
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This refined mid-18th-century Italian architectural capriccio depicts a solitary figure kneeling among lions within a monumental ruin. It's a vision of steadfast faith painted with q...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian School Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
Mid-18th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Gentleman With A Lace Jabot
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-18th-century French oil painting depicts a bourgeois gentleman wearing a pale grey-blue coat with a white waistcoat and a prominent lace jabot. He's reserved, comfortable, a...
Category
1760s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nicolas Fouché, Portrait Of A Lady As Flora, Goddess Of Spring
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This elegant early 18th-century oil painting by French master portraitist Nicolas Fouché (1653-1733) depicts a young lady representing an allegory of Flora, the goddess of flowers an...
Category
1710s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Member Of The Greder Family, Late 17th-Century Oil Painting
By Hyacinthe Rigaud
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine late 17th-century oil painting by an artist working in the circle of French painter Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) depicts a distinguished member of the Greder family of Solo...
Category
1690s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
