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
Italian School, Late 17th Century, Design for an Arched Portal, Pen and Ink
Located in Greven, DE
Italian School, Late 17th Century – Architectural Design for an Arched Portal with an Oval Window and Acanthus Volutes
This elegant architectural drawing in pen and ink, by an Itali...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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
Expressionism, Extergem, Sea, Palms, Cote D'Azur, 1921, Summer Coast Scene
Located in Greven, DE
Painting of a Beach Promenade, with Palm Trees, perhaps the City of Nice nearby. The painting is signed and dated 1921. The artist Guido Van Extergem is o...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Sacra Conversazione, Maria, Christ, Old Master, Religious, Baroque Painting, art
Located in Greven, DE
Attributed to Peter Candid / Pieter de Witte
(Bruges c. 1540 - 1628 Munich)
Sacra Conversazione
Oil on wood, 29 x 37 cm
The painter, sculptor and architect Peter Candid, known in Italy as Pietro Candido, was born in Bruges between 1540 and 1548. In the 1560s he stayed in Florence, where he worked in the workshop of Giorgio Vasari, with whom he collaborated on a number of commissions for the House of Medici. After a brief stay in Volterra, he went to Munich in 1586. For the next 42 years, until his death, he remained court painter to Duke William V...
Category
17th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mother with Child, Rose, Old Master, Figurative Painting, Love, Christmas Scene
Located in Greven, DE
L. Franssen
Mother and child with a rose
Oil on wood, 44,5 x 33,5 cm
signed
The artist of this outstanding painting is completely unknown so far. There is no entry under "L. Franssen" in any encyclopaedia or reference work. There was a Dutch artist, Jan Fransen (1604/5 - ca. 1646), who was mainly based in Amsterdam. According to Thieme/Becker, he created numerous paintings with biblical depictions, study heads and still lifes. However, it could also have been Jan Franssen or Frantzen, who was not born until 1644 but was also active in Amsterdam. However, no confirmed works by either artist are known.
Just as interesting as the attribution is the depiction: a young woman holds her child on her lap while she prepares a meal on a hob. At the same time she holds a rose in her hand. Most likely, Mary is depicted here with the young Jesus...
Category
18th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Master Painting, Flemish Baroque Grisaille, Cornelis Schut, Mary with Child
Located in Greven, DE
Cornelis Schut, atrributed to
(1597 - Antwerp - 1655)
Mary with Child, St. Elisabeth and John the Baptist en grisaille
Oil on wood, 33,5 x 26,5 cm
Co...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape by Moonlight, Waterfall, Monthelier, French Romantic Art, Christmas
Located in Greven, DE
Fine Watercolour Drawing by Alexandre Jules Monthelier. He was a French Artist who worked in France and created many drawings of famous landscape and sceneries (e.g. the cathedral of...
Category
19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Noble Hunting Society wild Boar Deer and Dogs, Hunter's Life, 1822, Watercolour
Located in Greven, DE
This Watercolor drawing shows a noble hunting society. The duke (?) on horse and several noble ladies accompanying the soctiety. The duke (?) gestures towards a group of hunters on h...
Category
19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Orientalist Art, Old Master Drawing Elephants, Hunt and Soldiers, Nature
Located in Greven, DE
Guignet was born in Annecy and grew up in the city of Autun. He was a friend of Hippolyte Michaud. He was a rather popular orientalist painter in h...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper
Circle of David Teniers, Landscape with Peasants by an Inn and a River, Dutch
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Teniers, Peasants in a Landscape passing by a river and an Inn.
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jan Boeckhorst (1604–1668), Saint Ursula, Flemish Baroque Oil Painting
By Jan Boeckhorst
Located in Greven, DE
Johann (Jan) Boeckhorst (Münster 1604–1668 Antwerp) – Saint Ursula
This large and richly coloured painting by Jan Boeckhorst, one of the most accomplished followers of Rubens and Va...
Category
17th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hercules and Omphale, after Simon Vouet, Baroque Oil on Panel, 17th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Hercules and Omphale, after Simon Vouet – Baroque Oil on Panel, 17th Century
This oil on panel depicts Hercules and Omphale after a composition by the French Baroque master Simon Vo...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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Italian School, Late 17th Century, Design for an Arched Portal, Pen and Ink
Located in Greven, DE
Italian School, Late 17th Century – Architectural Design for an Arched Portal with an Oval Window and Acanthus Volutes
This elegant architectural drawing in pen and ink, by an Itali...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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
Expressionism, Extergem, Sea, Palms, Cote D'Azur, 1921, Summer Coast Scene
Located in Greven, DE
Painting of a Beach Promenade, with Palm Trees, perhaps the City of Nice nearby. The painting is signed and dated 1921. The artist Guido Van Extergem is o...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
Sacra Conversazione, Maria, Christ, Old Master, Religious, Baroque Painting, art
Located in Greven, DE
Attributed to Peter Candid / Pieter de Witte
(Bruges c. 1540 - 1628 Munich)
Sacra Conversazione
Oil on wood, 29 x 37 cm
The painter, sculptor and architect Peter Candid, known in Italy as Pietro Candido, was born in Bruges between 1540 and 1548. In the 1560s he stayed in Florence, where he worked in the workshop of Giorgio Vasari, with whom he collaborated on a number of commissions for the House of Medici. After a brief stay in Volterra, he went to Munich in 1586. For the next 42 years, until his death, he remained court painter to Duke William V...
Category
17th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mother with Child, Rose, Old Master, Figurative Painting, Love, Christmas Scene
Located in Greven, DE
L. Franssen
Mother and child with a rose
Oil on wood, 44,5 x 33,5 cm
signed
The artist of this outstanding painting is completely unknown so far. There is no entry under "L. Franssen" in any encyclopaedia or reference work. There was a Dutch artist, Jan Fransen (1604/5 - ca. 1646), who was mainly based in Amsterdam. According to Thieme/Becker, he created numerous paintings with biblical depictions, study heads and still lifes. However, it could also have been Jan Franssen or Frantzen, who was not born until 1644 but was also active in Amsterdam. However, no confirmed works by either artist are known.
Just as interesting as the attribution is the depiction: a young woman holds her child on her lap while she prepares a meal on a hob. At the same time she holds a rose in her hand. Most likely, Mary is depicted here with the young Jesus...
Category
18th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Master Painting, Flemish Baroque Grisaille, Cornelis Schut, Mary with Child
Located in Greven, DE
Cornelis Schut, atrributed to
(1597 - Antwerp - 1655)
Mary with Child, St. Elisabeth and John the Baptist en grisaille
Oil on wood, 33,5 x 26,5 cm
Co...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape by Moonlight, Waterfall, Monthelier, French Romantic Art, Christmas
Located in Greven, DE
Fine Watercolour Drawing by Alexandre Jules Monthelier. He was a French Artist who worked in France and created many drawings of famous landscape and sceneries (e.g. the cathedral of...
Category
19th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Noble Hunting Society wild Boar Deer and Dogs, Hunter's Life, 1822, Watercolour
Located in Greven, DE
This Watercolor drawing shows a noble hunting society. The duke (?) on horse and several noble ladies accompanying the soctiety. The duke (?) gestures towards a group of hunters on h...
Category
19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Orientalist Art, Old Master Drawing Elephants, Hunt and Soldiers, Nature
Located in Greven, DE
Guignet was born in Annecy and grew up in the city of Autun. He was a friend of Hippolyte Michaud. He was a rather popular orientalist painter in h...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper
Circle of David Teniers, Landscape with Peasants by an Inn and a River, Dutch
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Teniers, Peasants in a Landscape passing by a river and an Inn.
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jan Boeckhorst (1604–1668), Saint Ursula, Flemish Baroque Oil Painting
By Jan Boeckhorst
Located in Greven, DE
Johann (Jan) Boeckhorst (Münster 1604–1668 Antwerp) – Saint Ursula
This large and richly coloured painting by Jan Boeckhorst, one of the most accomplished followers of Rubens and Va...
Category
17th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hercules and Omphale, after Simon Vouet, Baroque Oil on Panel, 17th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Hercules and Omphale, after Simon Vouet – Baroque Oil on Panel, 17th Century
This oil on panel depicts Hercules and Omphale after a composition by the French Baroque master Simon Vo...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel