18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Elegant pair of oil paintings on wooden panels, depicting Jesus and the Madonna in their youthful physiognomy. Originally part of a larger wooden altarpiece, these two works are now ...

Set in the original carved gilt frame and painted in France circa 1780, this antique painting depicts a typical pastoral French village in a landscape landscape, with pond, fishermen...

Huge Dutch old master, oil on canvas depicting a still life of flowers on a stone ledge with bird nests, in a classical garden landcape. Vibrant colours, canvas housed in a giltwood frame. Justus van...

Francesco Lavagna (Italy, Naples 1684-1724) Pair of paintings depicting Still Life composition of flowers and watermelon and garden in the background The paintings, beautifully mad...

We present you this magnificent oil painting on canvas endearingly the Virgin Mary gently caressing the head of Christ Child asleep on his Mother's lap. This artwork has been expertly fit with new canvas and encased in an exquisite gilded wooden frame. It is representative of the Tuscan School...

Lot and his daughters, EMILIAN SCHOOL XVIIIth century Oil on canvas 175 x 126 cm Lot and his daughters is one of the themes most frequently encountered by seventeenth-century pain...

Master of the Neapolitan School of the 17th Century. Vision of Saint Francis Description The saint of the order, identified by his wounds, is depicted in a sleeping posture. Accord...

An antique late 18th century Indian miniature painting with a traditional scene of social life. In the center of the composition is an Indian Raja proudly seated in a red palanquin carried by his servants. In front and behind the palanquin are the rulers guards with spears in their hands. This colorful image belongs to the Rajput school, 16th to 19th centuries, spread in Central India and Rajasthan on the territory of the Rajput principalities. Its main centers are Bundi, Mewar, Marwar, Malwa, Kishangarh. Matted and framed. Antique Indian Miniature, Illustration, Vintage Oriental Art...

Pair of American oil on canvas portraits in the original floral gilt frames and stretchers. South Carolina, Late 18th century. Signed Dr. Anthony Hemingway on re-verso.

A charming Spanish scene depicting figures dressed in period attire. This oil painting on copper, dating to around 1800, is unsigned but reflects the era and style of Francisco de Go...

Japanese two-panel screen: Gibbons of Folklore, Edo period (17th century) Kano School painting of gibbons in Japanese fables. The left panel represents a Japanese fable of a monkey a...

AURELIANO MILANI (attributed) (Bologna, 1675 - Rome, 1749) "The Repentance of Saint Peter" Oil on canvas, 75x58.5 cm without frame 85cm x 68.5cm with frame Aureliano Milani (Bologna,...

18th century Japanese Screen of a Collection of Fans. Paintings on fans depict famous Japanese painting subjects, this screen was most li...

Antique painting Our Lady of Sorrows, 18th century Oil on canvas 101 x 75 cm Anonymous painter. The painting in general is assumed to be Lombard from the first half of the 1700s, ye...

Anonymous – Spanish American Colonial School, 18th Century "Missionary Encounter in a Tropical Landscape" Oil on Canvas A rare and evocative example of 18th-century Spanish American...

French School, late 18th Century Oil on canvas. Pug on a Cushion in a fine period frame. 22¾ x 28½ in.), frame 28” x 34

Neapolitan School of the 17th Century Battle scenes between Christians and Turks (2) Oil on canvas, 52 x 71 cm Framed, 61 x 80 cm One genre that met with wide acclaim in seventeenth-century Neapolitan painting and flattering success among collectors was that of battle. The Parthenopean nobility loved to adorn the walls of their salons with battles depicting single acts of heroism or complex combats that exalted patriotism and warlike prowess, virtues with which members of the wealthy aristocracy of the time liked to identify. The Church, in the Neapolitan area, was also at the forefront of commissions, commissioning artists to depict the spectacular triumphs of Christendom over the infidels, such as the memorable naval battle of Lepanto in 1571, which marked a historical turning point with the great victory over the Turks, becoming a repeated iconographic motif imbued with devotional value, replicated several times through the interest of the Dominican order, which was very devoted to Our Lady of the Rosary, who benevolently followed earthly events from above in heaven. Other themes dear to the Church within the genre were drawn from the Old and New Testaments, such as Constantine's Victory at the Milvian Bridge or St. James at the Battle of Clodius. Among the leading Neapolitan artists of that period, several specialized in battle scenes: these include Francesco Graziani, known as Ciccio Napoletano, a battler active between Naples and Rome in the second half of the 17th century; Andrea De Lione, who lived in Naples from 1610 to 1685, a versatile narrator of battles without heroes, of horsemen assaulting or retreating, and of profane scenes immersed in a wild and primordial, yet already classicized, nature; and Carlo Coppola. The latter was active for more than twenty years, from 1640 to 1665, and his catalog, which is interesting because it bears witness to a particular historical moment and the tastes of private patrons, has yet to be defined, although many of his works are initialed. It is precisely to Coppola's corpus that these two paintings could come close: with the production of the Neapolitan battler the two paintings seem to share the smoky colors, the accentuated chiaroscuro and the marked dynamism of the scenes. Moreover, it is necessary to mention how that of the battle between Christians and Turks was an absolutely central theme in Coppola's pictorial production. Also close to the manner of the two paintings analyzed here is the production of one of Coppola's most celebrated pupils, Giovanni Luigi Rocco...

Beautiful fragment of a tempera painting on a gold background, applied on a wooden panel, depicting Saint Thomas Aquinas. The saint is dressed in the Dominican habit, characterized b...

Pier Francesco Cittadini (Milan, 1616-Bologna, 1681) "Jacob and his family go to Egypt" Oil on canvas, cm 109 x 190 (canvas only) The valuable painting, made in oil on canvas, depicts Jacob and his family go to Egypt and we believe it can be, given the high quality painting, autograph work of Italian Pier Francesco Cittadini (Italy Milan, 1616 - Bologna, 1681) made after 1647. The work, in excellent condition is accompanied by a coeval frame in wood finely carved and golden. The scene depicted, which was confused with the Flight to Egypt in the past years, is instead identified with the biblical episode of Jacob’s journey. In the foreground, reading the painting from left to right, we see a caravan composed of animals, including donkeys, dromedaries, goats, dogs and horses and people, women, men and slaves, who carry on their journey along the banks of a river, following a path that to the right, would seem to lead to the through of a bridge. In addition to the watercourse is described an environment characterized by large rocks and impervious come far to cover the entire verticality of the canvas. On the left, in the distance, we see the tail of the caravan that runs along the steep path. Large trees enliven and harmonize the environment, as well as white and grey clouds characterize the predominantly clear sky and illuminated on the right by sunlight. The story is told in the Bible, Book of Genesis, 30, 25, passage in which is described the flight of Jacob from Haran after the contrasts with Laban, father of his wife Rachel. Jacob is the third great patriarch of the Bible. From his descendants originate the twelve generations of the people of Israel. He is the son of Isaac and Rebekah, who led him to flee from the wrath of Esau to Haran to seek refuge from his brother, Laban. At his uncle’s house Jacob met his daughter Rachel. As soon as he saw his cousin, Jacob was taken. Jacob will stay seven years in the service of Laban to marry his beloved Rachel. But Laban, with a deception, will give him in marriage first Lia, the least beautiful eldest daughter, and only after another seven years the splendid Rachel. From his first wife he will have several children, while Rachel will give birth to the beloved son, Joseph, who will become viceroy of Egypt. After years of service, Jacob asked to be paid with every dark-coloured garment among the sheep and every spotted and dotted garment among the goats. Laban accepted and sent away from his sons all the leaders of that kind. So Jacob took fresh branches of poplar, almond and plane tree, and flayed them, and put them in the troughs. The optical suggestion induced the goats and the sheep to conceive and give birth to dark, striped and dotted garments. He also ensured that all the strongest and healthiest leaders of the flock of Laban would drink near the barked branches, thus assuring a genetic superiority to his part of the flock. His flocks grew numerous and strong and he became richer than his relative, arousing envy. It was clear that Laban would not respect him much longer. At the suggestion of the Lord, Jacob decided to return to Canaan. Trying to avoid any possible dispute, he left with his family while Laban was absent for shearing sheep. But when, three days later, his uncle returned home, he became angry, feeling offended because Jacob had gone secretly and had not allowed him to greet his daughters and grandchildren. In addition, his teraphim, statuettes, or idols, which depicted the family deities, had disappeared. After 7 days of pursuit, Laban and his men reached Jacob’s group on Mount Gilead, in the mountainous region west of the Euphrates River, where his uncle and grandson had a stormy conversation. The younger man was outraged at being accused of stealing idols and told Labano to rummage through his family’s tents at will. Neither of them could know or even imagine that it was Rachel who took the idols and hid them in the saddle of the camel. During the search, she sat down firmly on the saddle, apologizing for not being able to get up, «because I usually have what happens to women» (Gen 31:35). So the loot wasn’t discovered. The author of this work was inspired by the composition of an engraving by Stefano Della Bella (1610-1664) of circa 1647. The engraving by Stefano della Bella bears the title "Iacob sur ses vieux jours quitte sans fascherie pour voir son filz Ioseph, sa terre et sa patrie" and is signed on the bottom left "Stef. of the Beautiful In. et fe." while on the right it is declared "Cum privil. Regis", that is with license of the king. Stefano Della Bella (Italy - Florence, May 18, 1610-Florence, July 12, 1664) was born in a family of painters, sculptors and goldsmiths and was left early orphan of his father sculptor, he dedicated himself first to the art of goldsmith at the school of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione and Gasparo Mola, then turning his attention to drawing and engraving. He soon began drawing figures and copying the etchings of Jacques Callot, which inspired his early works. Under the protection of the Medici, in particular of Don Lorenzo, cadet son of Grand Duke Ferdinand I, Della Bella has the opportunity to make study trips to Rome, where he stayed from 1633-1636; In Rome he met French engravers and publishers of prints such as Israël Henriet and François Langlois, who influenced his decision to move to Paris in 1639, four years after the death of Callot. In Paris he soon reached, thanks to the engravings commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu, the success also worldly; he frequented courtiers, theatre artists and writers, while refusing too oppressive honors. In 1646-1647 he continued his travels in the Netherlands to Amsterdam, Antwerp and Dordrecht. He returned to Florence in 1650 and resumed working under the protection of the Medici court, working for his patrons. In 1656 he became a member of the Academy of Apatists. The painting object of this study is reasonably attributable to Pier Francesco Cittadini, or Pierfrancesco Cittadini, called the Milanese or the Franceschino (Italy - Milan, 1616-Bologna, 1681) as some exemplary stylistic comparisons proposed to follow can prove. Pier Francesco Cittadini was an Italian baroque painter, mainly active in Bologna. His artistic training first took place with the painter Daniele Crespi...

"Madonna With Sleeping Child, Follower Of Giovan Battista Salvi Il Sassoferrato (1609 - 1685)" Madonna with Sleeping Child Follower of Giovan Battista Salvi known as 'il Sassoferrato...

Great oil on canvas depicting Madonna and Child. Carved, gilded and polychrome wooden frame with floral arrangements. Venetian, 18th Century. Dimensions in centimeters: CANVAS 69cm H x 51cm / FRAME 107cm H x 80cm. In art, a Madonna is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The word is from Italian ma donna 'my lady' (archaic). The Madonna and Child type is very prevalent in Christian iconography, divided into many traditional subtypes especially in Eastern Orthodox iconography, often known after the location of a notable icon of the type, such as the Theotokos of Vladimir...

French 18th century painted engraving in the Rococo style, after François Boucher (1703-1770). Painted engraving set in its original gilt fra...

Each in later bird’s-eye maple frames. Depicting farm animals and skaters on a pond, houses and people in daily pursuits along a waterway.

Oil painting on iron plate, depicting a Vanitas with skull and fruit. Octagonal frame in interlocking ebonized wood with flaring to match the painting and gold profiling on lead. Ita...

17th century Dutch Old Master oil painting, Still-life with fruits and wine and Venetian glass The present painting is a stunning portrayal of opulent abundance. Resting on a shimmering, dark red silk...

Most likely French, c.1790/1800, painted on slate with carved giltwood frame.

Pair, Original oil on canvas paintings with calvary soldiers near encampment. Unsigned, brass plaque on each reads August Querfurt 1696-1761. August Querfurt (1696–1761) was an Austr...

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...

This very detailed miniature work designed to be set into an album of works for private viewing is of the Great Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan and was painted in...

17th century Italian School "ECCE AGNUS DEI" oil on canvas Dec. 70 x 90 cm good condition.

Our Lady with the Child Jesus 18th century Italian school according to model by Reni Guido. Oil on canvas DIM.: 45 x 37 cm good conditions.

This very large painting features as its main element ancient ruins, but also contains the bucolic elements and rusticated features so often associated w...

Early 18th Century French Oil on Canvas Grisaille of Putti in a Hunting Scene. Gray-green tones, sculptural looking putti in a landscape with auct...

This stunning oil painting on wood panel depicts Mercury, the messenger of the gods, soaring above the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli. At the center of the composition, Mercury is portray...

View of the pier of Antwerp. Oil on canvas. Flemish school, 18th century. Numerous ships and boats appear in the landscape, accompanied by small characters. In the background a city...

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...

Attr. Jacobus or Iacomo Victors (Amsterdam c. 1640 - 1705) Still life with birds Oil on canvas, 112 x 133 cm The still life examined here is a rare example of the simultaneous presence of live and dead animals in a single composition. On two rocky levels different ornithological species are neatly arranged, reproduced with the utmost fidelity and adherence to life. Mallards, doves, sparrows and a partridge placed on their backs can be recognized. The soft mantles with different chromatic tones, with the characteristic streaks and spots of color, together with the precise investigation of the various ornithological typologies, denote an observation of the real datum typical of the seventeenth-century Flemish tradition. Another mallard, this time alive, seems to have just settled on the rock, as if to observe the rich composition moving its neck. Its characteristic colors, the bright green of the head and the upper part of the neck, the yellow of the beak and the orange of the legs characterize the painting and capture the viewer's attention. The flight of the dove in the foreground is splendid, seen from above, the virtuosic pose and the brightness of its feathers, in an elegant modulation of grays tending to white, denote the stylistic quality of this work. It was probably created by a Flemish artist working in Italy in the second half of the seventeenth century: close analogies can be found with the game of Jacobus Victor...

18th century, pair of French Louis XVI oil on canvas paintings with trompe l’œil, attributable to Piat Joseph Sauvage (Tournai, 1744–1818) Size: cm H 94 x L 132 each The pair o...

Antico dipinto ad olio francese del secolo XVII,cornice originale dell'epoca.L'autore si ispira alle opere di Francois Boucher,dimostrando una buona capacita' esecutiva ,in questo ca...

Giacinti Brandi ( 1621-1691 ) " S. Giovannino " 17th Century Important Baroque painting attributable to the hand of the great Roman old master Giacinto Brandi. It depicts San Giovannino who, with an expression of rare beauty and intensity, turns his gaze toward us who observe this small masterpiece. Giacinto Brandi (1621 – 19 January 1691) was an Italian painter from the Baroque era, active mainly in Rome and Naples. Born in Rome,he was part of the studio of Alessandro Algardi, a noted sculptor who noted that Brandi was more suited to painting. He joined the studio of Giovanni Giacomo Sementi. He traveled to Naples from 1638, and by 1647 had returned to Rome to work under Giovanni Lanfranco, where Brandi befriended Mattia Preti. The two artists would later on, often collaborate. His works are well distributed among baroque Churches of Rome including San Carlo al Corso ceiling frescoes (1670–1671), San Silvestro in Capite, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, a canvas of Sant'Andrea (1650) in Santa Maria in Via Lata a painting of Martyrdom of the Forty (1660) for the Chiesa delle Santissima Stimmate di San Francesco a Coronation of the Virgin (1680) which serves as main altarpiece for the church of Gesù e Maria, a canvas of the Drunkedness of Noah in the Galleria Corsini, an Assumption (1655) for Santa Maria in Organo in Verona a fresco from Ovid's Metamorphoses (1651–1653) for Palazzo Pamphilj in Piazza Navona, and a Martyrdom of San Biagio for the church of San Carlo ai Catinari a Visione del beato Giovanni di San Facondo (1656) and a Estasi della beata Rita da Cascia (1660) in the Basilica di Sant'Agostino in Campo Marzio San Rocco intercede per i malati di peste (1673) and San Rocco in gloria (1674) in the Chiesa di San Rocco all'Augusteo; Compianto sul Cristo morto (1675–76) in the Chiesa di Sant'Andrea al Quirinale. In 1647, he joined the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon in Rome and from 1651 was inducted into the Accademia di San Luca for painters. In 1663, he frescoed the life of Saint Erasmus...

Oil tempera on canvas "The Annunciation" Period: 17th century This beautiful canvas fits into the pure Emilia-Bolognese iconographic tradition of the seventeenth century, captiva...

French 18th century painted engraving after François Boucher (1703-1770), depicting the scene of a shepherdess. Painted engraving set in its o...

Ancient Religious Painting From The 17th Century 17TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS PAINTING. SANTA CATARINA. LATIN WRITING. MEASUREMENTS: 116X80CM

A French striped pine trumeau mirror with an oil painting in the style of Fragonard.

Large 18th C. Bucolic Painting Garden Nature Scene Landscape Dog Flowers Antique . A Beautiful Hand painted bucolic " Bucolique " painting in the spir...

A grand view of an Italian lake, tower with the lake Garda (other name Benaco) and boats in the background. An Italian School from XVIII Century. Frame with glass. Frame: 28 x 31 c...

Neoclassicism saturates this droll portrait of a French girl c. 1800: the high-waisted dress, the antique hairstyle "a la Titus” complemented with m...

This magnificent 18th-century Spanish Colonial oil painting is a remarkable example of religious art, showcasing a stunning depiction of the Dormition of the Virgin. Measuring grandl...

18th Century, Italian painted with still Life by Francesco Lavagna. The fine and imposing painting, accompanied by a frame in carved and gilded wood, depicts a sumptuous composition...

This lovely and decorative painting of peasants in a bucolic setting with numerous farm animals is typical of the period and is designed to illustrate happier moments and a getting b...

French Louis XVI (18th century) oil painting of a scene with a dog and a young lady enticing a young sleeping man with a feather in a gilt carved swag and scroll frame with an eagle ...

Italian still life oil painting of gourds, grapes and various fruit, resting on a table with a white table cloth in a carved gilt wood ...

A Late 18th Century Oval Painting Girl with a cat, original oil on canvas in gilt-wood frame. Height 68 cm Width 58 cm Depth: 5cm Provenance: Private ...

Ottoman oil painting, monumental battle scene, circa 1740. Monumental oil on canvas painting, wide-scale combat scenes of the ottomans in Europ...

Ancient painting "Madonna and Saint Anne" from the 17th century. Lombard (Italy) painter. Title: Madonna with Child and Saint Anne between Saint Joseph and Saint Paul Oil on canvas...

SIR MARTIN ARCHER SHEE, P.R.A. (1769-1850) A PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF THOMAS NETHERTON PARKER (1772-1848) AND HIS WIFE SARAH PARKER (1779-1854) Oil on ...

An exquisite Spanish Colonial oil painting from the 18th century, depicting Saint Mary Magdalene in a richly detailed composition. This piece showcases the characteristic Cuzco Schoo...

Portrait of young 17th century Germany Elegant portrait of a young German of the xvii century in oil on wooden table. The frame is later. To highlight the quality of this young man ...