Italian 18th Century Oil on Canvas Painting of Ruins and Figures

A most handsome and finely detailed Italian 18th century Giltwood, Mecca, and Oil on Canvas painting, by Antonio Visentini. This beautiful painting depicts Italian ruins with what ap...

A very attractive Italian early 18th Century Roman oil on canvas, of an architectural theme. The painting is of a central round pavilion amidst ruins accente...

A decorative and statement making Italian 18th century Louis XV st. Oil on Canvas and Giltwood painting, in the manner of Giovanni Paolo Panini. This storytelling Capriccio style pai...

A spectacular and extremely well executed pair of Italian mid 18th century Old Master oil on canvas paintings of ruins. Each painting displays wonderful perspectives, exceptional arc...

Italianate style (19th Century) capriccio on an architectural oil on canvas painting with figures among classical ruins in an ebonized frame.

Venetian school of the mid-18th century. Oil on canvas painting depicting an invented landscape composition of remarkable pictorial quality. On the right is a ruined building, probab...

This fine old painting is a typical pastiche of the kind popular throughout Italy and the world in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The most commonly associated artist who really m...

Attributed to Bartolomeo Pedon (Italian 1665-1732) "Ruins", circa 1700 Oil on canvas 69.5" x 52" inches framed 61" x 43.5" inches unframed Pedon was born in October 1665. In 1716, he became part of the Fraglia, a guild of Venetian painters. He lived the lifestyle of a Bohemian and had a strong taste for poetry. Pedon spent most of his career as a painter in Padua, in the Monastery of San Benedetto, and died in February 1733. The present painting, attributed to Pedon, relies on the late Seicento landscape culture of Northern Italy. The artist was clearly influenced by painters like Johann...