About Galen Galerie
We would like to share our passion for Old Masters with you and show that you can wonderfully combine these unique pieces with a modern, contemporary interior. All objects, the paintings and drawings, are unique. Some of them are around 400 years old and still impress with their quality today. The owner of the gallery, Dr Maria Galen, studied art history and history and wrote her PhD thesis about the Flemish Baroque artist Johann Boeckhorst. Dr Maria Galen was already active in the art market during her studies and worked for the auction house Christie's in Amsterdam. I...Read More
Established in 20111stDibs seller since 2021
Featured Pieces
German or Danish School, Decorative Marine Painting, Coastal Scene, Fishermen
Located in Greven, DE
German or Danish School, 19th Century
Coastal Scene with boat/ ship and fishermen
very decorative cabinet piece in a golden frame
The painting is very fine and goes with a very nice ...
Category
19th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portraits of Two Ladies, Pair of Portraits, Young Woman, Demarteau after Vincent
By Gilles Demarteau
Located in Greven, DE
Bust portrait of two young girls. Colour engraving in crayon manner after François-André Vincent. each 50.8 x 37.4 cm. Circa 1788, Leymarie 662, IFF 6, 74.
This sheet is a typical ex...
Category
18th Century Romantic Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper
Road to Emmaus in a Landscape, Pilgrims, Gillis de Hondecoeter, Old Master
Located in Greven, DE
The painting "The Road to Emmaus in a Landscape" by Gillis de Hondecoeter is a masterful example of early 17th-century Dutch landscape painting. The sce...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Set of Eight Apostles, Portrait of Men, Head Studies, Flemish School, Van Dyck
Located in Greven, DE
Set of Eight Apostles
each oil on panel
each framed (different as some are golden, some are not, please view the photos)
So far there is no certain attribution. The style of the ser...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Head of Saint John the Baptist on a platter, Rubens, Flemish, Old Master
By Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Greven, DE
This painting, attributed to the circle of Peter Paul Rubens, presents a classic depiction of the Johannesschüssel—the severed head of John the Baptist on a platter. While Rubens him...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
PAN Walther, Large Photo on Canvas, Photo of a Boy, Unique, signed and dated
By Pan Walther
Located in Greven, DE
Pan Walther
Portrait of a Boy
Photo on Canvas, Signed and Dated 1964
This is a photo on canvas and a unique, large and room-filling. Soo far the only known example of this work. Ther...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Canvas
Saint John the Baptist Preaching, 18th Century, Old Master, Pittoni, Italian
By Giovanni Battista Pittoni
Located in Greven, DE
Pittoni came from a family of painters and architects. He received lessons from his uncle Francesco Pittoni in Venice and later from Antonio Balestra....
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Emperor Ferdinand I. Prague School, 17th Century, Copper, Old Master
Located in Greven, DE
Unknown artist
Prague School
Portrait of Emperor Ferdinand I. (1503-1564)
17th century
Oil on copper, 21,3 x 16,8 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Pennsylvania, until 2016
This work by an unknown artist is a semi-portrait in predominantly brown-green tones.
brown-green tones of the emperor Ferdinand I, who was crowned emperor in 1558.
Ferdinand I of the Habsburg dynasty, who was crowned emperor in 1558.
in a suit of armour lavishly decorated with gold ornaments.
The portrait of Ferdinand...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Kaendler, Great King Vulture, Model, 1734, Porcelain, Meissen, Animal
Located in Greven, DE
Great king vulture on tree trunk
Porcelain,
Model by J.J. Kaendler 1734. This present porcelain sculpture was made after the model by Kaendler, in the 19th or 20th Century. There are no visible marks.
Kaendler and Porcelain:
Dresden in the 18th century owed its Europe-wide fame as a centre of courtly splendour to the elector Frederick Augustus I (1670-1733). 'August the Strong' had a distinct passion for collecting and was not only a patron and lover of the arts, but also an enthusiastic patron of science. His natural history cabinet was regarded as the most important collection of its kind in Europe and contained a large number of exotic animals. He financed expeditions, from which the researchers were to bring the 'most possible species of their animals alive or in skins and skeletons or even crushed' back to Dresden. Johann Joachim Kaendler had this extensive collection of partly living exhibits at his disposal when he was commissioned to design life-sized animal sculptures for the 'Japanese Palace...
Category
19th Century Baroque Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Portrait of a noble Gentlemen, Max Franz of Austria, Archduke, Meytens, Habsburg
Located in Greven, DE
Portrait of Max Franz as coadjutor of the Teutonic Order
Oil on canvas, 54 x 45 cm
Maximilian Franz of Austria
Austrian Archduke Maximilian II. Franz, was Grand Master of the Teutoni...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flemish School, Portrait Young Boy, Old Master Drawing, Baroque, 17th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Old Master Drawing, Flemish School, Portrait or Sketch of a standing young boy. Condition : see photos
The drawing is on paper.
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Euklid Philosopher, Portrait of a Man, Old Master Painting, Baroque Art
Located in Greven, DE
Impressive Painting of the philosophy Euclid, painted in the Manner of Luca Giordano.
Provenance: Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 21.11.1995, Lot 46
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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