Four Large-Scale Decorative Chinoiserie Oil on Canvas Panels

An outstanding and grand scale oil on canvas painting of a nude male. Entitled "La Vittoria Della Verita' Sull'Insidia" - "The Victory Of Truth Over The Trap"..... Expertly executed ...

Decorative pair of large scale chinoiserie decorated wall panels. Interesting Asian scenes with amazing layers of detail on these. Makes a beautiful statement!

Five bearded rabbis wearing hats are seated at a table with books. They are visited by a woman in yellow and wearing a hat. Apparently unsigned. Dimensions: 48 x 64", Depth 2" Con...

Decorative oil on canvas signed and dated 78

19th century French Chinoiserie hand-painted panel on canvas was originally a decorative panel in a lavish home, resurrected and newly stretched and framed by our expert in-house sta...

Stunning set of four two-sided painted wood panels that were once a folding screen or room divider. The Italian panels feature parcel gilt framed scenes embellished with Chinese moti...

A fine and large pair of late 19th century to early 20th century oil on canvas paintings . Framed with a custom frame. The paintings have scenes of Chinoiserie children at play. Well...

A Pair of exquisitely detailed Paintings of Asian Porcelains with lovely and subtle color. By F. de Villeonoute depicting polychrome oriental vessels...

Decorative oil on canvas representing elephants

A mid 17th century large scale oil on canvas depicting a Leopardess, a Lioness and a Wolf toying with a Dead Hare in an Arcadian landscape; in the style of the Dutch Golden Age ‘Animaliers’ and the circle of Frans Snijders. Large canvases of hunting scenes, often featuring exotic animals such as leopards and lions, were initially popularised by the celebrated painter and diplomat Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), and rapidly became a fixture of seventeenth-century patrician residences across Europe. They were heirs to the Renaissance tradition of tapestries representing hunts, which had long been a form of princely decoration, but had typically required much greater expenditures of time and money. A monumental Wolf and Fox Hunt painted by Rubens in about 1616 – now in New York’s Metropolitan Museum – is considered one of the master’s earliest forays into this genre (fig. 1), alongside a set of four large hunting scenes originally executed for Elector Maximilian of Bavaria (c. 1616), featuring a Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt (Alte Pinakothek, Munich); a Wild Boar Hunt (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseilles); a Tiger Hunt (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes); and a Lion Hunt destroyed by fire in Bordeaux in 1870. This type of composition – with its energetic treatment of the subject, its references to exotic and powerful beasts and its vibrant atmosphere – immediately appealed to patrons and was enthusiastically embraced by artists both within and outside Rubens’ immediate circle. Among the former were fellow Flemish painters Frans Snyders (1579-1657) and his brother-in-law Paul de Vos (c. 1591-1678), each of whom collaborated with Rubens on important commissions, while also pursuing the genre of hunting scenes as part of their respective studio practices. Indeed, both are now predominantly remembered for their dynamic representations of hunts, which – differently to Rubens’ – chiefly focus on the animals, without the presence of human figures. This characteristic is shared by the present composition, which highlights the interaction between the beasts themselves, their feral nature and proximity enhancing the scene’s dramatic undercurrent. The wolf on the left, baring its teeth to defend its prey, is carefully observed, including its blood-shot eyes, salivating mouth, and thick fur, which all find parallels in compositions by Rubens and his circle (fig. 2). Similarly, the lioness emerging from behind a tree trunk in the background is a citation from a famous composition by Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder...