18th Century Painting Depicting Courtly Life

This monumental architectural painting depicts a stone fountain topped by a large bronze basin, from which an impressive floral arrangement unfurls. The ground is strewn with grapes,...

We present you this exquisite 18th-century coastal tableau that captures the collaborative efforts of both men and women weaving baskets along the shore while men prepare for a fishi...

This narrative-rich 18th-century painting most likely transports us to a lively hunting scene featuring noble men and women, killers and a horde of dogs hunting game. This painting ...

This wonderful oil painting on canvas portrays a vibrant Dutch landscape and is attributed to Théobald Michau (1676-1765). It is characterised by a realistic depiction of everyday ru...

Beautifully executed large-scale still life painting with overflowing fruit, flowers and a parrot. Oil on canvas, in carved, painted and gilt period frame. Signed in lower right corn...

Beautiful large oil painting on canvas. The scene depicted is ascribed to the biblical repertoire of the Old Testament, taken from the book of Genesis (Gen 2.18-20) "God assigns Adam...

This large (110 inches high) oil on canvas painting depicts a successful hunter, with his felled game displayed near his retriever dogs. Our hunter is leaning against a stone pedestal, clad in blue coat and pants with his rifle beneath his right hand. The man is wearing a gold cap with red fabric attached to it and has a sword on his left hip. Three retriever dogs stand to the hunter’s left, while a fourth sits in front of him (the man appears to be motioning to this dog with his left hand). An orange terra cotta vase adorned with spiral fluting sits on top of a molded plinth at the top of the pedestal. Ivy has begun to wrap around the vase, which also is festooned with green drapery. On a ledge at the base of the pedestal is the felled game: a rabbit and three birds. The hunting display is surrounded by numerous trees and shrubbery. Mountains and a lake can be seen in the background, beneath a blue sky with pink and orange clouds and birds flying. Based on the size and vertical orientation, the scene was most likely part of a French boiserie room...

A Flemish late 17th, early 18th century oil on canvas architectural painting attributed to Jacobus Ferdinandus Saey (1658–1725) set inside a carved giltwood frame from the 1700s. Pa...