17th Century Decorative Art

Antique print titled 'Kiangsi'. This plate shows a view on the Chinese city of Kiangsi with its ramparts. Behind the city wall a pagoda can be seen. On the foreground several ships a...

Antique print titled 'Tonglou'. This plate shows a view on the Chinese city of Tonglou with its ramparts. Also depicted are ships. This print originates from a German edition of : 'G...

Antique print titled 'De Kerck Poelepolay / De Kerck Mogommate / De Kerck Tambamme / De Kerck Mulipatto.' Four views of the churches of Poelepolay, Mogommate, Tambamme, Mulipatto (Ce...

Antique print titled 'Mallagam / Achiavelli / Mayletti / Oudewil.' View of the churches of Mallagam, Achiavelli, Mayletti and Oudewil (Ceylon, Sri Lanka). This print originates from ...

The ruins of the Roman fortress Brittenburg near Katwijk, The Netherlands. Made by 'Ludovico Guicciardini' after an anonymous artist. Lodovico Guicciardini (19 August 1521-22 March 1...

“Stop of the travelers” is a charming scene depicting several characters, horses and dogs with a backdrop of woods and a small house. The composition used here is a typical character...

Antonio Cifrondi (1665 - 1730), Attributed Man with stick - Saint Joseph Measures: Oil on canvas, Cm 115 x 79 - With frame, cm 139 x 103 This canvas is, for stylistic and c...

Old engraving from the 17th century: Nicolas Paussin 1677 Large seventeenth century engraving dated 1677. With very decorative back frame total measures: 91x71 cm and only the engra...

Early 17th century, French hand colored equestrian engraving. After Antoine de Pluvinel (French, 1552-1620), "Henry IV, Mounted", figure 42 from "L'Instruction du Roy en l'Exercice de Monter a Cheval", c. 1625, matted and framed under UF-3 plexiglass (blocks approx. 97% of UV) , gallery label verso. Figures from this publication have sold at Christie's. Those were not hand colored. A highly detailed engraving with the French King Henry 1V the central figure. Mounted on horseback, Le Roy (the King) is watched by no less than 10 courtiers some of whom are mounted on horseback, all of which are named in the engraving. Antoine de Pluvinel (1552, Crest, Dauphine - 24 August 1620) was the first of the French riding masters, and has had great influence on modern dressage. He wrote L’Instruction du Roy en L'exercice de Monter à Cheval ("instruction of the King in the art of riding"), was tutor to King Louis XIII, and is credited with the invention of using two pillars, as well as using shoulder-in to increase suppleness. In 1594, Pluvinel founded the "Academie d'Equitation" near what is now Place des Pyramides. There, the French nobility was trained not only in horsemanship, but also in all the accomplishments (dancing, fashionable dressing, etc.) It can be said that Pluvinel's influence on the aristocracy lasted from the late 16th century to the 17th century. Richelieu, the future Prime Minister of King Louis XIII attended the Academie; so did William, Duke of Cavendish. Pluvinel's book was published posthumously by the Flemish engraver Crispijn van de Passe II and the royal valet de chambre...

Small occasional table, the top inset with a 17th century Fresco-Fragment featuring a sensuous portrait of the Hunting Goddess Diana, attributed to a Follower of Annibale Carracci. The walnut and fruit wood table of early 20th century manufacture...

A very fine late 17th century allegorical Flemish Brussels Baroque tapestry Period: Late 17th century Country: Brussels, Belgium Measures: Depth 0.75" Width 111" Height 10...

Frans van de Casteele (Kasteels) called Francesco da Castello (Brussels, ca. 1541 - Rome, 1621) Adoration of the shepherds Crowning with thorns First decade of the 17th century. Tempera and gold on parchment, 290 x 240 mm (with frame). Original wooden frame with trimmed silver foil applications; in the corners, medallions with the four evangelists. The two refined miniatures of the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Crowning with Thorns are works of the artist's full maturity, dating from the first decade of the 17th century, characterized by formal simplification and pure colors in the invoice of the garments that stand out from the eburoral incarnations of the characters. Among the numerous motifs comparable to those of other miniatures by Francesco da Castello, the small medallions with the Evangelists barely outlined on a golden background, closely recall the miniatures, of reduced dimensions, inserted in the compartments of the frame of the altar with the Mysteries del Rosario, as well as those of another box with compartments with the Tree of Jesse...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original 17th - 18th century silk embroidered and stitched tapestry A very good looking and decorative piece, I'm sure there is s...

Francesco Zucco (circa 1575-1627) Gentleman’s portrait Measures: Oil on canvas, cm 120 x 140 The painting analyzed here belongs to the pictorial production of Francesco Zucc...

Late 17th Century Russian Orthodox Icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God painted over gold leaf and gesso laid on a wooden board. It has been framed with a gold gilded museum mou...

After Jean Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes, 1684-Nogent-sur-Marne, 1721), Disembarkation for the Island of Cythera, Pastel drawing, Framed, 19th or 20th century.

Pair of very early temple calligraphy panels. A pair of Edo period (17th century) carved wood panels that used to hang outside a temple. One plaque has evidence of a seal in the uppe...

17th century Italian hand-sculpted plaster angel head with coordinating peridot on lucite and framed with natural-forming emerald and mica. The putto (angel head in Italian) has been...

Oil on canvas, mythological painting of Satyr (pan depicted with goat horns) and woman portraying the Classic eternal theme of Eros and the struggle against it. European (Italian ...

Views of the Veneto Venetian school of the XVll century with original frames. Not relining. Inventory labels on the rack.

The countye of Monmouth with the situation of the townshire described Anno, 1610 The reverse with Monmouthshire, Chapter VI and an alphabetical list of towns. In a beautiful Flemish oak polished and gilded frame Cartographer: John Speed...

Dutch painting, after Adrian Ostade (1610-1685). Proveniens: private family collection from Stockholm, Sweden. Measures: H. 51 W. 51 cm H. 20 W. 20 i...

Antique early 17th century British very rare and original John Speed, hand coloured map of Denbighshire, dated 1610, by John Sunbury and George Humble. John...

Louis XIV on horseback. Engraved by Gerard Edelink after Charles Lebrun, circa 1680. Engraving on two sheets pasted together and glued on canvas. With frame and glass of the time.

Late 17th century oil on joined wood panel interpretation of The Vision of Saint Hubertus by Albrecht Durer. It was painted in 1501 and became a very po...

An assemblage made of several individual elements. A pair of early 19th century of gold gilded carved wood Russian columns. 18th Centur...

On twilled linen ground, with large scale stylised leafy and blossoming vines, embroidered in worsted wool coloured stitching. Backed on wooden stretchers.