Oil on canvas painting depicting 18th century allegorical scene 19thC

Pair of paintings depicting scenes of peasant life. Made in oil on panel these two oval-shaped paintings depict typical rural scenes with roosters and peasants. Dated late 1800' wi...

Vittorio Cajani's painting entitled La Forza Del Destino. Vittorio Cajani was a Turin painter born in 1848 who saw his greatest output in the second half of the 19th century. His d...

Meraviglioso ritratto ad olio su tela, epoca primi del 900', realizzato dalla pittrice Ernestina Mak Orlandini.  Il ritratto raffigura una dama vestita di bianco con in mano un bouqu...

Grandioso ritratto della leggendaria Mirra intenta a scappare dal letto una volta scoperta dal padre, realizzato dal maestro Cesare Ghirardi nel 1869. Il dipinto è datato e firmato in basso a sinistra. E’ stato esposto alla Promotrice di belle arti di Torino Leggenda di Mirra: Il re di Cipro Cinira aveva una bellissima figlia chiamata Mirra. Mirra nutriva una scarsa devozione per la dea Afrodite ed ella per punire la principessa, fece sì che si innamorasse perdutamente di suo padre. Mirra ubriacò e drogò il padre in modo da poter giacere con lui per...

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...

This large (96 3/4 inches high) oil on canvas painting depicts a man and his dog on a hunt in the French countryside. A hunter dressed in red and tan with a mauve overcoat can be seen following behind a white retriever...

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 ...

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...