Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. 1571-1585).

Jews in the desert collecting the Manna. Oil on canvas, XVII century. Oil on canvas arranged horizontally in which a figurative theme is shown with a mountainous landscape in the ba...

Temptations of San Antonio Abad. Oil on canvas. 17th century, following the model of David Teniers II (Antwerp, 1610-Brussels, 1690). Oil on canvas showing a figurative scene located inside a cave. To the right, you can see a cross standing, supported; to the left, a hut; and in the center of the painting appears an elderly, bearded man, leaning on a table on which there is a ceramic jug and a skull, with an open book at the foot of it. The man looks towards a woman, who points to something outside, and appears accompanied by a large frog and a series of ghostly beings or monsters dressed in brightly colored cloth and clothing. San Antonio Abad or Antonio Magno (251-356) was a Christian monk, considered the founder of the eremitical movement. He was tempted numerous times by the devil while he was in the desert, becoming a subject frequently represented in art (as can be seen in this oil painting). He is represented in a black habit because the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of San Antonio (Hospitals) was placed under his patronage, being the color of the habits of the members of this order (the tau or Egyptian cross was also the symbol chosen by they). David Teniers II or El Joven was a prominent Flemish painter and engraver, son of David Teniers El Viejo or I and father of David Teniers III, much appreciated at the time for his scenes of villagers and common people, his paintings of monkey painters, etc. . He dealt with the theme of the Temptations of Saint Anthony...

Rapture of Europe Oil on canvas. 17th century, following the model of VERONESE, Paolo Caliari (Verona, 1528-Venice, 1588). Oil on canvas showing a scen...

Saint Stephen. Oil on canvas. 17th century, following Aegidius Sadeler's engraving (inspired by Jacopo Palma). The figure of the Saint appears in the ...

Great Flemish painting from the first half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting the allegory of love, of remarkable pictorial quality. Painting attributable to the Du...

A fine early 18th century Flemish school circa 1730, oil on panel attributed to Mattheus Terwesten (a partial signature next to the pedestal) set into its gold leaf gilt carved wood....

A landscape with nymphs and satyrs revelling by a stream , 1628 Daniël Cletcher, Den Haag 1599 Died: Den Haag buried on 1632-11-25 Father: Thomas Cletcher sr. (? - ca. 1655) Mother...

Antique decorative oil painting on wood panel, belonging to the 17th-century Flemish school. The work depicts the biblical scene of "Susan and the Elders," a recurring theme in Baroq...