Portrait of an Artist, Circle Of Thomas Gibson, Circa 1730

An early 19th century oil portrait on board of an Italian woman in traditional costume. Framed in oak with gold leaf. Board measures 21 in. x 17 in.

Vintage Italian Wall Painting of an Artists Studio, Signed and dated, J. Annus Rome 1960. The painting depicts an artists studio with an easel in the evening set in Rome. Painting i...

18th C. Portrait of a Lawyer Circle of Jacques Aved French School oil on canvas . Circle of Jacques-Andre-Joseph-Camelot Aved Portrait of a lawyer 1702-1766 French school mid-18th century. Jacques André Joseph Camelot Aved (12 January 1702 – 4 March 1766), also called le Camelot (The Hawker) and Avet le Batave (The Dutch Avet), was a French painter of the 18th century and one of the main French Rococo portraitists. He painted among others the Ottoman Empire ambassador to France in 1742, Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Efendi . His father was a physician and he was orphaned when he was a little boy. He was raised in Amsterdam by one of his uncles, who was a captain in the Dutch army. After his training in Amsterdam with François Boitard and Bernard Picart, Jacques Aved started working in Paris for Belle in 1721. He later entered at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1731 and he was appointed councilor after graduating in 1734 and in 1759, he took part in his last salon. In 1753 he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura As an art dealer and collector, he owned one of the most important collections with works by Italian French and especially Dutch artists . This collection was sold at auction in 1766 . Carle Van Loo...

Stunning example of an early rare oval Miniature Portrait Watercolour on paper within a finely chased Ormolu surround by English Artist Arthur James Melhuish (1824-1925) depicts P...

Oil portrait of an elegant young woman arranging flowers 19th century, initialed "J.M." Wonderful oil painting housed in a gilded frame. The painting shows a young woman arr...

A 'grand tour' watercolor painting on woven paper of an Italian coastal scene with village, boat, and washer-women on shore housed in a giltwood frame with...