18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Color: Brown
17th Century Korean Grapevine and Squirrel Scroll Painting, Mid Joseon Period
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous. Korean, 17th century. Joseon period.
Hanging scroll. Ink on paper.
Seal: Shinso
Dimensions:
Scroll: H. 200 cm x W. 31 cm (79” x 12”)
Image: H. 122 cm x W. 29.5 cm (48” x 11.5”)
The grapevine came to China and then Korea from western Asia via the silk road trade routes. By the mid-Joseon period, it was one of the most popular subjects for Korean literati painters. Grapevines were painted as a singular subject or, less commonly, in combination with squirrels, which are associated with children due to their playful nature. Together, grapevines and squirrels embody wishes for abundant offspring and wealth.
For the Korean literati artist the twisting vines, curling tendrils and round, plump grapes provided ample opportunity for expressive "brush play”. In this painting the artist has abstracted the scene and is seemingly unconcerned with discontinuities and proportion. Vines spring up from nowhere, grapes hang in random clusters and the squirrel’s head appears as if twisted backwards. For the vines and leaves we can feel a sense of speed in the brushstrokes, imparting a dynamic feel which is at once intense and animated. This contrasts dramatically with the countless tiny strokes of ink which realistically capture the texture of the squirrel’s fur...
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Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paper
18th Century Pair of Italian Still Life Trompe L'Oeil Vision Jokes after Munari
By Cristoforo Munari
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning pair of antique Italian trompe l’oeil still life paintings, a pair of 18th century oil on canvas vision jokes, false still life paintings known as deception paintings by a follower of Cristoforo Munari (Reggio Emilia 1667- Pisa 1720) of Italian origin, dating back to the first half of 1700s.
These 18th century Italian Baroque trompe l'oeil paintings depict an abundance of objects are arranged on a table. The background of the disordered compositions consists of a wooden board wall with hanging sketches and other objects. Both still life compositions are painted in soft ocher tones and have the same unseen source illuminating the display from the left, creating a dark shadow on the right side of both paintings.
Biscuits, a glass vase of flowers, earthenware pots, a wooden instrument...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Oil Painting by British Caricaturist Henry W. Bunbury
By Henry William Bunbury
Located in New York, NY
An untitled painting by British caricaturist and illustrator Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811). Oil on canvas. Unsigned.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Saint Francis, 1720
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Ancient Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Oil on canvas framework depicting a religious subject Saint Francis of good pictorial quality. Wooden frame not Coev...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Unknown Flemish Artist, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Unknown Flemish Artist, Belgium 18th century, in the right part of the painting the artist represented a man sitting in front of a tavern. He is surrounded by Delft baroque earthenware pitchers and plates. The right side of the painting shows different types of birds, among them chicken, a swan, ducks and a peacock. The painter was here definitely inspired by the 17th century painter Melchior de...
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Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Hardwood
Hand Carved, 17th Century Frame
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A striking, richly hand carved, gessoed, and gold gilded Italian roundel frame. The whole, intricately carved with a relief of a braided, floral and fr...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Wood
French 18th Century Oil on Canvas Floral Painting in the Dutch School Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French oil on canvas still-life floral painting in the Dutch School style from the 18th century, in giltwood frame. Born in France during the Age of Enlightenment, this exquisite floral painting presents a strong influence from the Dutch School. Capturing our attention with its bright colors and skillfully depicted presence, a luscious bouquet of flowers displayed on a tabletop, stands out beautifully on a neutral blue and golden background. Pink, white, orange, green, blue and red tones among others are playing with one another in a subtle dance that leaves us mesmerized. Set inside a giltwood frame accented with twisted ribbons and petite beads, this 18th century French floral oil...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Gathering of Manna, Oil on Canvas, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Jews in the desert collecting the Manna. Oil on canvas, XVII century.
Oil on canvas arranged horizontally in which a figurative theme is shown with a mountainous landscape in the ba...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Other
Charles-Louis Clerisseau 18th Century Gouache Of A Dance Amongst Classical Ruins
By Charles-Louis Clérisseau
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Charles-Louis Clerisseau (French, 1721-1820), a depiction of figures dancing amongst Classical ruins, gouache on paper, unsigned, framed.
Being of the late 18th century, circa 1770...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paper
Oil Painting of a Horse Standing Proud in Woodland, signed by the Royal Artist
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Fine Art, Charles Henry Scwanfelder (1774-1837). Signed C H Schwanfelder Pinx and dated 1825.
An exceptional portrait of a horse standing proud in woodland, in front of a tree-lined vista incorporating cows residing by a stream.
Charles born in England, the son of a German decorative painter started his career helping his father painting clock faces and snuff boxes and became renowned in his own right for his animal paintings, later being appointed by George III and George IV. Exhibiting at the Royal Academy between 1809 and 1814. His works can be found at - Temple Newsam House, Lotherton Hall, York Museum trust, National Trust, Florence Court, Leeds City Museum and Galleries, The Ferens Art Gallery and Newstead Abbey...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
French School, circa 1700 Judith and Her Handmaiden with the Head of Holofernes
Located in London, by appointment only
French School, circa 1700 Judith and her handmaiden with the head of Holofernes, with sleeping guards in an architectural setting; and Alexander holding Parmenio's letter, defiantly ...
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French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oak
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Landscape with Children, 1730
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Ancient Italian painting from the 18th century. Oil on canvas framework depicting landscape and folk scene with children of good pictorial quality. Painting of beautiful size and ple...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Japanese Screen Pair by Soga Nichokuan, Hawks on Pine & Plum Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Hawks on plum and pine
Soga Nichokuan (active circa 1625-1660)
Pair of six-fold screens.
Ink, mineral pigments, gofun, gold and speckled gold leaf on paper.
Upper seal: H...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair of 18th Century Louis XVI Watercolors in Original Giltwood Frames
Located in Dallas, TX
These antique colorful watercolors were crafted in France circa 1780, set in the original giltwood frames with glass protection, each art work depicts a courting scene with a young g...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Paper, Glass
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Ink Painting of Palm Trees on Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: ink painting of Palm Trees on paper, Edo period (1787) beautiful painting of Japanese windmill palm trees. Ink paint...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paper, Silk, Wood
18th Century French Pastel Portrait Noble Lady with Flowers
Located in Savannah, GA
Stunning pastel portrait representing a young Noble woman wearing a pink silk dress and blue floral corsage. Period gold gilt wooden frame with glass. It is signed *see second image,...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Giltwood
18th Century, Italian Oil on Canvas Still Life by Pietro Navarra
Located in IT
18th century, Italian oil on canvas still life by Pietro Navarra
Oil on canvas, canvas measures: cm H 103 x W 164, framed measures...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Antique Zen Japanese Ink Scroll After Sesson Shukei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Sumi ink painting with light color wash mounted with brocade borders as a hanging scroll (Kakejiku). The painting depicts the famously eccentric Buddhist monks Hanshan and Shide (known in Japan as Kanzan and Jittoku). Often as a pair, they have been a popular motif in Japanese Zen painting...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paper
English Titled 18th c Lady with Coat of Arms Portrait Oil Painting Gilt Frame
Located in Savannah, GA
18th century English noblewoman in a gold gilt ornate period frame. Lovely detail and color, coat of arms in corner. Unsigned.
Without the frame the painting itself measures 29 inche...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Gentleman Dressed in Armour Framed Oil on Canvas
Located in Savannah, GA
Remarkable 18th century oil painting on canvas depicting the portrait of an old gentleman dressed in armour. Very expressive facial features. Unsigned. The detailed frame is 19th cen...
Category
English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Flemish School, Painting of Madonna and Child, Oil on Panel, Framed
Located in Leuven , BE
This lovely 17th century painting was made in the last part of the European Renaissance period, also known as the high renaissance, late 17th century. This scene depicts the Madonna with her Child...
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Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
St. Bartholomew's Martyrdom, Painting on Vellum, after Ribera y Cucó, José
Located in Madrid, ES
St. Bartholomew's Martyrdom. Painting on vellum. After models from Ribera y Cucó, José (Játiva, Spain, 1591-Naples, Italy, 1652).
The composition is organized around the diagonal t...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Leather
18th Century Painting Showing Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A romantic 18th century oil painting on canvas depicting two young couples in an idyllic landscape, the figures sitting by a stream beside a garden folly, their pets with them. The two men serenade the women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Oil on Canvas S. Girolamo in the Desert
Located in Palermo, IT
St Jerome in the desert depicted with a lion.
The figure of a Saint is very beautiful and anatomically well proportioned made in Center of Italy 17th century.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Organic Material
The Three Kings Miniature Painting
Located in New York, NY
The three kings miniature painting. Antique Louis XV period painting of the three wise men who paid homage to the King. The three kings on card paper i...
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Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint, Giltwood
17th Century Venetian Double Sided Oil Painting Door
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite and rare 17th century double sided Palazzo door from Venice, Italy. This sensational door is constructed with a wooden frame, canvas sides and its iron hardware. Two dif...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Makibashira, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
The Handsome Pillar (Makibashira), Illustration to Chapter 31 of the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Tosa School (second half of the 17th Century)
I...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Chinese Export Watercolour
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century Chinese export watercolour, depicting a man and a woman in a garden, a watermelon set upon the window sill.
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
18th Century Copy of "Port Scene with the Villa Medici" after Claude Lorrain
By Claude Lorrain
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century copy of a painting by Claude Lorrain titled, "Port scene with the Villa Medici" the original painted in 1637 and now hanging in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Th...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Giacomo Guardi Old Master Painting of Venetian Lagoon, Provenance
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century Giacomo Guardi old master painting of Venetian Lagoon. Provenance.
Old master painting in oil on canvas by the artist Giacomo Guardi (1764...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of a Hound within a Landscape
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas. English, late 18th-early 19th century.
Category
English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
1980s Abstract Painting with Heavy Impasto Textures
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Abstract painting with heavy impasto textures
Offered for sale is a 1980s abstract painting on canvas with heavily textured impasto brushwork techniques. The painting inco...
Category
Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood
Detailed 18th Century Style Framed Pastel Bouquet Drawing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detailed 18th century style framed pastel bouquet drawing. Intricate burl wood and ebonized wood period frame. Very decorative.
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
18th Century Italian "Saint Raphael Archangel" Oil on Canvas with Gilded Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Italian "Saint Raphael the Archangel" oil on canvas with gilded frame.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Late 18th Century, Limoges Enamel Plate "Deianeira and the Centaur Nessus"
By Limoges
Located in Paris, FR
Limoges enamel plate featuring Deianeira and the Centaur Nessus. In Ovid's Metamorphosis, Hercules marries Deianeira after conquering Achelous and puts her in the care of Nessus, a centaur, who offers to help her cross the Euenos river. While Hercules floats away, Nessus, who is in love with the princess, tries to abduct her. Realizing the deception, Hercules kills the centaur with an arrow poisoned by the Lernaean Hydra. The dramatic nature of this scene is highlighted by the movement of the waves and Deianeira's brightly-colored, billowing fabric. The creator of this enamel plaque was inspired by Guido Reni...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Enamel
18th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen Collection of Fans on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century Japanese Screen of a Collection of Fans. Paintings on fans depict famous Japanese painting subjects, this screen was most li...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair Of Scandinavian Rococo Folk Art Wooden Paintings
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of early Swedish Rococo Folk Art wooden paintings or table tops.
Category
Scandinavian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Large 1870 Original Religious Painting, Cherubs, Signed by S. Barber, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
1870 original religious painting. Cherubs
Signed by S.Barber
Interior measurements: 48.42in x 39.76in
Frame: 2.75 in.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
17th Century Flemish Oil on Panel Monogrammist H.C., Soldiers Gambling for Tunic
Located in IT
17th century Flemish oil on panel Monogrammist H. C.
"Soldiers gambling for Christ's tunic"
The fine painting depicts the biblical scene i...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
18th century Portrait of Lady Oil on Canvas in Giltwood Frame
Located in Savannah, GA
English oil on canvas portrait dating from the late 1700s painted in the manor of Joshua Reynolds. We believe the giltwood frame could be the original as it is right for the period. ...
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English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
17th Century Italian Oil Painting on Canvas, Landscape with Figures
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Painting of Italian school of northern Italy. Large size, beautiful landscape with a perfect perspective made thanks to the delicate color combinations of the blue sky that illuminat...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Jean Antoine Watteau, Circle of, 18th Century Large Old Master Painting, France
By Jean-Antoine Watteau
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) circle of. 18th century old master painting, France.
With great pride we offer an extremely rare masterpiece from the 18th century, France. This painting is unsigned as most of his works. It has no provenance, but carries with it all the earmarks of the great Rococo style school of Watteau. It pictures one of his famous outdoor parties with a group of frolicking young people. In the background is a reference to a swing, a favored subject in his paintings. The composition of the painting, colors, brushstrokes (especially in the fabric) is clearly Watteau’s studio. This large 18th century canvas...
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French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Piety". Oil on Board. Italian School, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
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...
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European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Pair of Trompe L'oeil Paintings on Wood
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pairr of Trompe L'Oeil still life paintings on wood-framed.
Category
American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Portrait Painting of a Bewigged Gentleman, Prague, circa 1780
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine quality circa 1780 oil on canvas portrait painting of a gentleman in powdered wig, coat, waistcoat, and frilled shirt housed in a period giltwood frame having bead and lamb's tongue design. Red wax seal collection...
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Austrian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of 18th Century Dutch Painted Still Lifes on Panels
Located in Hudson, NY
The pair are painted on wood panel and done circa 1760 by a country artist working from life. Each composition is very similar but subtly different and incorporating different leaves...
Category
Dutch Directoire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Beautiful Chinese Painting, 18th Century
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Beautiful Chinese painting, 18th century.
Measures: H 32, W 45 cm
H 12.5, W 17.7 in.
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Jan van de Vaart Portrait of a Lady
Located in Lincoln, GB
Jan van de Vaart was a Dutch painter and draughtsman of portraits, landscapes, still life's, and trompe-lioeil paintings, and a mezzotint artist who was active in England for most of...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait by Eugenio Lucas
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century oil on canvas portrait by Eugenio Lucas.
Dimensions with frame: 67 x 47.5 x 7.5cm.
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century La Maddalena Oil on Canvas
Located in Palermo, IT
Oil on canvas depicting the Magdalene with jewels on the table, beautiful colors and the face of the Saint's expression. Probably Italian painter from central, Italy, 18th century.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Organic Material
18th Century Italian Oil on Panel Bambocciata by Jean Miel Follower
Located in IT
Jan Miel (follower of)
The bambocciante scene
Oil on panel , cm 38,5 x 51. frame 66 x 53,5 x 4,5 cm
The bright painting, with great chromatic impact thanks to the technique of oil ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
18th C, Oil on Copper of a Nude After Titian's Venus of Urbino by Adam J. Braun
By Adam Johann Braun
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exquisite and rare late 18th century oil on copper plate of a reclining nude by Austrian artist Adam J. Braun, (1748-1827) in the manner ...
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Austrian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Copper
Antique Japanese Hanging Scroll Attributed to Iwasa Matabei
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique ink and color on paper hanging scroll (kakejiku) with brocade border. It appears to be a fragment of a larger hand scroll depicting a procession of a lord with his entoura...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paper
Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Fujibakama, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Purple Trousers (Fujibakama), Illustration to Chapter 30 of the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Tosa School (second half of the 17th century)
Ink, ...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Venetian 17 Century Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting of Kneeling Cupid
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine and rare painting of a kneeling cupid holding a quiver, shown against an idyllic background. The style and subject matter are similar to works by Venetian masters from the 16t...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Brass
Still Life Oil Paintings Series of Six 18th Century Spanish
Located in London, GB
Complete series of late 18th century still life paintings are depicting everything on the kitchen table, fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and deserts, beautifully displayed. Affluent ho...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint
Two 18th Century Architectural Fragment Panels With Putties
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of 18th Century painted architectural fragment panels with putties, one of the panels has Louis Seize decorations
The panels were ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Italian Baroque Style Painting of Beauty and Old Age attributed to R. Manchetti
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An old master style 18th century allegorical painting representing youth and old age, and/or beauty and wisdom, depicted by a beautiful young ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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