European Paintings

Snowy Landscape – Alex Weise Work dimensions: 60 x 80 cm Measurements with frame: 64 x 84cm Technique: oil on canvas Period: 1930s One of this artist's favorite subjects: snow in t...

An impressive and large scale painting on board of the Mother Mary holding the infant Jesus, each displayed wearing a crown with a golden sacred heart, probably Hungarian, the inscription underneath reads ‘Zdravas Kralovno’ in Slovak, which translates to the Latin Salve Regina or Hail, Queen, these are a reference to the Latin Hymn of the same name, which is traditionally thought to have originated in 11th century Germany, and specifically to the monk Hermann of Reichenau. Unlike the Icons of Catholicism, these Eastern Orthodox Icons...

A wonderful late 1950s Parisian oil painting, a tourist street souvenir, painted by J. de P. Vétheuil, originally by Claude Monet. In original fr...

Emiel Hansen (Denmark) figures on a cloudy day original oil painting circa 1930 Brilliant 1930s original oil painting by listed artist Emiel Hansen. ...

Impressionistic Oil Painting of a Garden Scenery, Alexander Michael 1996 A framed oil painting depicting a lush, vibrant garden scene filled with greenery and blooming begonias in r...

Atmospheric antique oil painting showing a small house and what appears to be the back door with small windows and an outhouse. All is kept in warm, darkened colours and provides the...

“La Merienda” written at the bottom of this cartoon, refers to a light meal served between lunch and dinner. At the top is written “Goya”, which pertains to the known Spanish artist, one of the greatest Old Masters. In 1775 he was employed by the Royal Tapestry...

An antique still life oil painting with fruit, pear, apple, grapes and peeled mandarin. In the background a wine bottle. The painting is signe...

Large hand painted three piece wall hanging that can be Hung altogether or separately. The colors are in rose and Green hues depicting frolicking angels and an abundance Of floral a...

A dark-blue, black abstract interior with chairs and window surround, oil on wood in canvas on a blue frame by Daniel Clesse, painted in France, signed and dated circa in 1970. Dani...

Beautifully executed French Art Deco female nude oil on canvas, signed by listed artist Gustave Florot, circa 1930.

Antique oil painting of a landscape with wild flowers. The painting is painted in an impressionistic style, with a quick touch. The paint ...

This exquisite Biedermeier portrait from around 1820 is a true gem of early 19th-century German painting. Executed with remarkable finesse, the painting captures a seated lady in a s...

A very fine French 18th-19th century oil on canvas portrait of a posing lady with flowers, after Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) within an ornate gilt wood carved frame, circa 1800. ...

This standout 19th-century oil portrait captures the quiet elegance of a German lady. She is dressed in a deep navy gown with a delicate white lace collar and a golden brooch. She em...

A Early 20th Century Italian old master style painting of Madonna and Child. The painting has been cleaned, restreached and relined and has an early frame that may or may not be ori...

An Italian Rococo period framed still-life oil on canvas painting from the late 18th century, depicting a colorful bouquet. Created in Italy during the third quarter of the 18th cent...

Description EDMOND LOUYOT (French 1861-1920) after FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (French 1703-1770) A GERMAN EMPIRE ROCOCO REVIVAL PAINTING, "Two Putti as Allegories of Music," LORRAINE, 1899, oi...

19th century painting of a maid and her lover, signed and dated In great condition Ready to hang Size of frame is : 38 inches by 30 inches Size of work is : 28 inches by 20 inches John Douglas...

Silvio Poma Landscape With Shepherds oil on canvas painting depicting a dirt road in the middle of a tree-lined countryside with farmers grazing a flock of sheep. On the left side of...

An oil on panel landscape painting titled "Port De Marseille", signed Georges Muller in carved frame. Introducing "Port De Marseille," a captivating oil-on-panel painting signed by t...

Beautiful and colorful mid century modern painting of a flower still life. The painting dates from circa 1960 and is framed in a simple black wooden frame. The painting is signed low...

Robert Gardelle portrait Swiss oil painting, 18th century, Switzerland. A portrait by painted Robert Gardelle. Signed a tergo / on the back R. Gardelle...

Magdalena Hniedziewicz - Black Madonna of Czestochowa Poland icon Catholic - Black Madonna Measures : 13,5cmx18,5cm Wear consistent with age and use.

Original oil on canvas nature landscape of sheep grazing among hillside heather in Scottish highlands. Unsigned, but in likeness of William II Watson (1847-1921) Canvas shows craquel...

A stunning oil painting on a canvas by the French artist Louis Cane, dated 1983. The painting is 130 x 104 cm and is namned "Picknick in the green". It is in excellent condition and ...

The grand Georgain oil on canvas portrait stands nearly five feet tall and depicts a handsome middle aged gentleman wearing a wig, a smart dress coat with long waistcoat and white si...

Copy of French Impressionist by Anonymous showing a woman on a dock with a sailboat in the distance

Finely painted in an Italian palette with mythological and Roman battle scenes, each border rim painted with yellow enamel. With a large carved ebony...

Marty de Cambiaire: Tableaux & Dessins, Paintings & Drawings. 1st Ed softcover catalog in French and English. Works by:Alessandro Ballarin, Cristina et Jean-Luc Baroni, Val rie Basty...

18th Century Spanish Colonial Painting of Christ on the Cross with a floral border. Painting inscribed at bottom BER DADERAFE DELSD LOS MILAGROS(translates to “True Faith of the Lord...

Antique Polish Icon of The Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates (our best hypothesis). Our purported Antique Polish Icon of the Orthodox Icon of Saint Theodore the General, Commander, S...

Oil on canvas depicting a countryside landscape with a herd of Norman cows. Signed Collignon, late 19th century, in its original wooden and gilded stucco frame. Very good condition ...

A circa 1920s Spanish Colonial painting of an angel holding olive branch. Measurements: Height: 27.5" Width: 21.5" .

Treasures of the Vatican: St. Peter's Basilica, The Vatican Museums and Galleries, The Treasure of St. Peter's, The Vatican Grottos and Necropolis, and The Vatican Palaces by Maurizi...

This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting of the view of the The Grand Canal in Venice by the renowned British artist Alfred Pollentine (1836-1890) and signed lower right 'A Pollentine, 19th century in date. This beautiful landscape captures a striking view of the Grand Canal, it features a busy canal scene with gondoliers in the foreground, in the distance the facades of Saint Mark's complete the painting. Housed in it's original and beautiful gilt gallery frame. Several examples of his work have sold at top auction...

A Marvelous 19th Century Italian Oil on Canvas titled "The Cardinal's Present" by Arturo Ricci. This oil on canvas is truly incredible and one of Ricci's best works of art. The sce...

Landscape with Hut depicts a typical Mediterranean setting (" Barraca valenciana en la Albufera) , featuring a large hut and another one partially hidden among lush vegetation. ROcam...

This evocative three-quarter length portrait, executed in the Venetian School during the 17th century, depicts an imagined figure of an elite Ottoman woman, rendered in rich oils on canvas. Her elaborate headdress, ornate costume, and poised bearing align with Western ideals of exoticism and nobility, shaped through Venetian eyes. The rose delicately held at her chest may serve as a symbolic identifier—an allusion to Rossa or Rosselana, the Western name for Hürrem Sultan (c.1502–1558), the influential consort and later wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent...

Miniature with female subject, watercolor on ivory. The frame, in waxed fruit wood, black in colour, is oval shaped with the oval interior delimited by a golden brass decorated frame...

Splendid oil painting "Still Life" executed in the early 1900s.The manner in which this still life was executed shows a pictorial conception devoted to a total realism that takes int...

the paintings showing unique homes in both pastoral and coastal landscapes, all in original incised giltwood frames

Maximilian Pfeiler (active Rome, circa 1694-circa 1721 Budapest) Still life with peaches, grapes, figs and pomegranate Oil on canvas, Measures: cm H 63,5 x W 47. With frame cm ...

"The Tears of Saint Peter", Follower Domenikos Theotokopoulos- El Greco 19th Century El Greco Museum. Toledo, Castilla la Mancha, Spain. Saint Peter's Tears El Greco (1541-1614) Oil...

Museum-Quality Painting by Norwegian Artist Nikolai Olsen Berg (1875–1955) "Farmyard at Jølster" circa 1910 This exceptionally rare work by Norwegian painter Nikolai Olsen Berg exem...

Dutch visual artist Han Sterk, owner of gallery studio "Han Sterk," is an artist whose creative output consists of both paintings and sculptures, at times figurative but more often a...

Constructed from salvaged antique wood that has been reinforced with more recent boards, this large-scale coat of arms shield has an outward curve, reminiscent of the bend of a real ...

This is a magnificent pair of antique Italian oil on canvas paintings by Ettore Ascenzi, 19th C, Italian, titled "Music Recitals" signed and inscribed 'Roma' . These beautiful paint...

Amazing Antique French Tapestry Unique Square Fisherman Verdure Beige 7'4" x 7'10" (8' x 8') 224cm x 239cm Circa 1890 This piece will be shipped free to anywhere worldwide! "Th...

This antique oil on canvas painting by Théodore Levigne (1848–1912) captures a tranquil riverside scene at sunrise, as a herder leads cattle and sheep along a winding path beneath go...

1600s Paintings of French Nobility 1600s Portraits of Nobility: Seventeenth-century Paintings Size: 18.5 x 14.6 inches French Artist Featured here are six oval paintings depicting ...

Francesco Aviani (Italy - Venice, 25-11-1662 / 1715) att. Couple of paintings depicting Capricci Oil on canvas, 135 x 183 cm, without frame The two large and fine paintings depict two illusionistic architectural renderings, with views of colonnades and arched buildings, animated by figures. The compositions are characterized by the harmony with which the painter introduces the sumptuous architectural monuments, the mirrors of water, the buildings in the distance and the views of the landscape. Dominates with a color on the tones of brown and ochre that stands out on the blue sky, marked by some cloud of steam. The insertion of the figures to enliven the architectural views also balances with the set. The Capriccio, an artistic genre that has made its way into Italian painting since the 17th Century, is characterized by the representation of fantastic architectures or prospective inventions, sometimes combined with elements drawn freely from reality. The two paintings are an example of this type and they are a very interesting and Fine artwork. The remarkable pictorial quality emerges both from the composition of the ensemble and from the way in which the artist describes the views with great attention to detail, highlights and refined, perfectly realistic, chiaroscuro. The same must be recognized for the figures: these are described with a wise brushstroke, quick and quick touches give the dynamism of the moment that is captured, as if time had stopped to show and narrate what is happening. The painting on the right represents a large Baroque building in stone and paved with marbles, two floors, with moving façade, large columns with corinthian columns, a large portal with a staircase with large footsteps, a balustrade with string, from which some figures appear, and two equestrian monuments in bronze. The sumptuous building overlooks a large POOL of water, with a gushing fountain, around which some characters sit. In the second floor is described a white palace from which rises a tower crowned by a structure with wrought iron loggia. In addition there is a bridge and some architectural ruins behind which some mountainous reliefs fade towards the horizon. On the staircase is described a particular scene. The people seem to be part of a very precise story. A woman, in the shadow of a parasol supported by a servant, would seem to drive out of the palace a man, who, taken under his arm by two maidens with a determined attitude, is led to a boat. The scene could be identified with the biblical episode of the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15,11-32), at the moment when the prodigal son is robbed and driven away by the harlots. The episode tells of a man with two children. The youngest said to his father: “Father, give me the part of my inheritance”. And the father divided the substances. After not many days, the youngest son, collected his things, left for a far country and there he lost his substances with prostitutes and living as a debaucher. When he had spent everything, there came a great famine in that country and he began to find himself in need. Reduced to hunger, he was forced to be a pig herder to survive. He therefore meditated in his heart to go to his father and ask for his forgiveness and to be welcomed anew, even as a servant. While still on the road, however, the father saw him and ran towards him, receiving him with open arms. He then ordered his servants to prepare a great feast for the occasion, killing for the purpose the "fatty calf". The firstborn did not understand why his brother was given such treatment, and reminded the parent that he, who had always obeyed him, had never received a single kid to celebrate with his friends. The father answered him: «Son, you are always with me and everything that is mine is yours; but it was necessary to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and came back to life, was lost and was found». The parable of the prodigal son was often portrayed in painting and the scene he finds most is certainly that of returning home in his father’s arms. Among the many is a canvas by the famous painter Giovanni Paolo Pannini (or Panini) (Italy – Piacenza, 1691– Rome, 1765) kept at the Hallsborough Gallery in London. Rather rare, however, is the scene of the prodigal son driven and robbed by harlots. There is an engraving by Hans Collaert II (1561-1620) in which this moment is described in the background compared to the moment, narratively later, in which he is penitent among the pigs. The second painting, certainly pendant of the first, represents a similar palace, with some characters overlooking the balustrade marcapiano and other figures around the large bathtub quadrilobata. In the foreground is described a monument with two large stone sculptures. In the distance some architectural elements and, beyond, the mountains are lost on the horizon. The studies related to the numerous painters of architectural views and caprices, active in Italy, and the archival documents found, which could better clarify commissions, biographies and certain works, are scarce and sporadic. Therefore there are still many difficulties in reconstructing a catalogue of autograph works for each author. Through paintings in private collections, in museums and paintings passed on the antique market it is however possible to advance some attributions in order to better delineate the various artistic figures. The style of the works studied here leads to a dating that runs between the 17th and 18th Centuries, with obvious influences dictated by the perspectives of the brothers Galli Bibiena. The analysis of the architectures and the chromatic palette suggests that we are in the presence of a northern Italian and Venetian author. Observing the decorations and the volutes, the brightness and the perspective disposition in fact, we find several analogies with those used by the Vicenza painter Francesco Aviani, excellent in pictorial perspective and architectural views. The biographical profile of Francesco Aviani (Italy - Vicenza, 1662-1715) was essentially traced in 1956 by Andreina Ballarin, then re-visited by Federica Spadotto in 2014 and Giancarlo Sestieri in 2015. Certain documents about his life are scarce, as are the documented works. He was born in Venice, probably on 25 November 1662, to Bernardo and a Magdalene whose surname is unknown, and was baptized on 3 December 1662. Between 1701 and 1703 he worked, together with his brother MarCo, sculptor, for the fresco decoration (now illegible) of the church villa in Soella (Vicenza). On October 16, 1703 he married Isabella Carcano. On March 26, 1715 he made a will and died on April 3 of the same year, in Vicenza. The frescoes in the refectory of the sanctuary of Monte Berico in Vicenza are considered authentic works by Aviani, probably made in 1708; the paintings preserved in the Civic Museum of Vicenza: “Landscape with Lazzaro and the rich Epulone”; “Christ among the doctors”; “The miraculous fishing”, works not datable but with attribution corroborated by style. In addition, the frescoes in the east and west corridors of the Villa La Rotonda, near Vicenza; the fresco in the apse basin of the chapel of the church S. Croce, Vicenza, now destroyed; the frescoes of the central hall of Villa Camerini a Montruglio (1714) and a painting of a “Porto Regio”, of which we have a print engraved by Dall'Acqua. From his works emerges the artistic background that animated the Venetian culture in the early eighteenth century. The scenic grandeur with which Aviani treats the architecture also suggests a stay in Emilia of the painter, in which he could have come into contact with the environment of the Bibiena. These contacts would be confirmed by the press of Cristoforo Dall'Acqua (Vicenza 1734-1787), “Il porto regio”, after a painting of Aviani. The press was part of a group of engravings, representing royal buildings, reproducing paintings of the Bibiena. In the eyes of Dall’Acqua, therefore, Aviani’s work was not foreign among those of the Emilians. Inside the sumptuous architectural whims, Aviani often depicts biblical scenes, in which the characters share the space and the narrative rhythm, along with figures drawn from everyday scenes, memories of the Veronese and Bassano heritage. Also in the works covered by this study the author does not seem to want to give up a biblical subject, though the purpose of the paintings appears to be clearly a staging scenography-architectural within which the characters are relegated to the role of extras. From the examination of the architectural Capriccio gathered under the name of Aviani then emerge common elements. The comparison between these works and the works in question highlights the proximity of the compositions. The imposing and scenic architectures are in fact equally characterized by the perspective-scenographic ability diffused in emilian “quadraturisti” and in Bibiena work. In fact, you can see the spectacular slender architecture in the lower part, the loggias that create chiaroscuro games with arches and binate columns placed on massive bases and overhung by projecting cornices. Significant also the comparison with two paintings with architectural whims in a night vision attributed to Francesco Aviani. In Aviani’s works it is possible to find a certain knowledge of the Roman Codazzi paint nd its early development of the eighteenth century, developed with the Locatelli, the Pannini and the less known Domenico Roberti. To Roberti have been recently attributed two works that have some compositional affinity with the canvases in question. The same can be done for a work on the antique market, attributed to Pietro Francesco...

A French Napoléon III period framed architectural oil on canvas panel from the mid 19th century, with Allegory of the Arts and rinceaux motifs. Created in France at the beginning of ...

Heavily impastoed oil with collaged material elements on canvas. Signed and dated on the back -Z. Salaburski, 1962.

Wall decorative painting on paper

Cupid Drinking from a Pool. William Edward Frost (1810-1877) Oil on canvas, transferred to board. Cupid is shown drinking from the Hippocrene Spring—mythically linked to the Muses a...

This watercolour on paper is framed under glass and signed in the left corner. It shows the East Indiaman sailing downwind under full canvas. The rever...

A gorgeous pair of Grand Tour or Neoclassical style framed oil paintings of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Early Century Oil on board, gilt frame Measures:...

Jean Marie Daneis (French 1944-) Peches et Groseilles, (Peaches and Currants) Oil on canvas, Signed lower left. The still life painting , an oil on canvas, depicts three peaches an...

One of a kind and very beautiful work by René Genis, a French painter known for his serene and poetic style, depicts a sown field from an unusual perspective, cut by a foreground of...