Bandit and soldier, pair. Oils on boards. LUCAS VILLAAMIL, Eugenio.

Landscapes, Xalapa, Mexico. Pair of oils on canvas. Spanish school, around 1840. Provenance: Conde de la Cortina collection, Jalapa, Mexico. Couple of landscapes framed within the Spanish school of the first half of the 19th century, with a clear romantic affiliation. Both evidence the knowledge of the Dutch classicist landscape, one of the main influences on the Spanish romantic landscape. Thus, we see compositions in "V", closed on the sides and open in the center, very low horizons that allow a wide development of the sky, spaces built in depth based on successive planes subtly differentiated by light and color, and small figures perfectly integrated into the natural setting. In addition, the skies are scenographic and dramatic, with low clouds behind which the golden light characteristic of the classicist landscape filters. One of the most radical aspects of romantic painting was the attempt to replace large canvases with historical or religious themes with landscapes. They wanted the pure landscape, almost figureless or totally devoid of them, to achieve the heroic significance of history painting. They were based on the idea that human feeling and nature should be complementary, one reflected in the other. In other words, the landscape should arouse emotion and transmit ideas. Thus, landscapers like the author of these canvases tried to express their feelings through the landscape, instead of imitating it. The romantic landscape had two main aspects: the dramatic one, with turbulent and fantastic views, and the naturalistic one, which emphasized images of a peaceful and serene nature. This second conception is what we see embodied in these works; the painter tries to communicate a religious reverence for the landscape, nature in its fullness. In fact, the author's own use of light here conveys a foggy, cloudy, dreamlike atmosphere that invites the viewer to meditate and contemplate himself in the landscape. The romantic landscape is constituted, however, by manifestations of very different types and not comparable to each other; it does not affect all national schools equally, staying more faithful to tradition in schools such as the French or the Dutch. Thus, in this canvas we do not find the grandiose scenery of the British and Germans, the steep mountains or the monumental Gothic ruin...

The work presented here is a devotional painting, especially for its small format, probably intended for a private altar. It represents with a scenographic sense and deep dramatism t...

Landscape with lake. Oil on canvas. Century XVIII. Landscape with a sunset situated on a lake, with some mountains in the background and some trees and a hut in the foreground. Sli...

Portrait on porcelain showing a three-quarter lady, enhanced on a monochromatic background. The lady appears with a magnificent dress of light tones, with a crown of flowers on the h...

View of the pier of Antwerp. Oil on canvas. Flemish school, 18th century. Numerous ships and boats appear in the landscape, accompanied by small characters. In the background a city...

Landscape. Oil on canvas. XIX century. Natural landscape or a garden, with a lake in the foreground, which presents a series of trees towards the center of it. Both the theme and ...

19th century oil on canvas portrait by Eugenio Lucas. Dimensions with frame: 67 x 47.5 x 7.5cm.

Continental School (19th century), a pair of decorative oils on canvas depicting various wildflowers in a landscape, 15" x 19". Both framed alike in original rope-molded giltwood frames...

Antique 19th century oil on canvas people painting attributed to Eugenio Lucas Villamamil, with acanthus and foliate gilt wood and gesso frame Dimensi...

19th century "La Boda / The Wedding" oil on canvas painting by Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (1824-1870). The scene represent a wedding under a bridge with eve...

Paolo Corvino "Cigar Friends" Signed in upper left corner. 19” x 29” sight. 26” x 36” framed. We will sell individually.

18th century French pair of oils on gold leaf panels. One is depicting an angel playing the violin, and the other one is holding the music book.