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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Ukranian/Russian naive icon of Ezekiel on wood panel, 1700's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Icon of Ezekiel painted in egg tempera on a wood panel. The image is of Ezekiel's ascension to heaven.
Russian/Ukrainian, 1700's.
Category
Ukrainian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th/19th Century Korean Buddhist T’aenghwa Painted Scroll or Banner in Frame
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Korean Buddhist T’aenghwa scroll painting, similar to the Tibetan Thangka paintings. The Korean name taenghwa is very similar to the Tibetan word thangka and the period of pop...
Category
Korean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Bolognese School of the 16th Century - Mummy of Saint Catherine of Bologna
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Bolognese School of the 16th Century
Mummy of Saint Catherine of Bologna
Oil on Panel
20,5 x 7 x 0,8 cm
This rare painting depicts Saint Catherine of Bologna as a mummy, housed in a ...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
17th Century Tibetan Thangka Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare 17th century (Ming Dynasty) Tibetan Thangka depicting the Medicine Buddha seated on a lotus throne with an alms bowl in one hand, and his other hand with outstretched fingers touching the ground, feeling the pulse of the Earth. The Buddha is surrounded by dozens of monks seated...
Category
Tibetan Tibetan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Linen, Paint
Pair 18th or 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Gouaches Of Vesuvius, Bay of Naples
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th or 19th century Neapolitan gouaches of Virgil's Tomb, one with a view of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. This is a wonderful high quality pair of a rare subject. A...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paper
18th Century Large Original Painted Canvas Of French Country Side
Located in Charleston, SC
This rare large painted unframed canvas from the mid 18th century portrays the image of an idyllic pastoral scene in Southern France.
Featuring a group of herons and swans in the di...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique French Pair of large Oils on Canvas Painting of Cherubs 18eme Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an Pair of oil Paintings in the Style of François Boucher.
This is a charming 18th century Pair of oil on canvas painting depicting cherubs . The cherubs are draped.
This...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Landscape Painting, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from 18th century. Framework oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting a view with characters, animals and ruins of good pictorial quality. Large size fr...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Italian still life - Fish and Melon
Located in Malton, GB
This is a wonderful late 18th century oil on canvas still life depicting fish and melon. The quality of the work is very good and is housed in the original frame. The subtle colours ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
END OF THE 18th CENTURY PORTRAIT OF COUNT LUDOVICO CAPRARA
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid oil portrait on canvas of Count Bailiff Ludovico Caprara (1731-1812), as indicated by the writing inside the "tabula ansata," at the bottom of the frame of the painting. The...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Pair French 18th-19th Century Chinoiserie Circle of Jean B. Pillement
By Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 18th-19th century whimsical rococo style chinoiserie oil on canvas, circle of Jean-Baptiste Pillement. (French, 1728-1808). One oil painting depicting an outdoor patio scene of a standing young mother, holding a fan, with her three young children playing with a horse-toy, a parrot and a cat, all surrounded by flowers, plants, trees, planters and flanked by a dragon fountain...
Category
French Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
18th Century, Painting with Still Life by Maximilian Pfeiler
Located in IT
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 ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
An 18th Century European School Painting
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Portrait of a Lady and her Dog, 18th Century, European School
The oval painting within its original oak leaf and beaded gilt-wood frame, oil on canvas.
Height: 101 cm Width: 85 ...
Category
English Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century, Italian Rococo Still Life Painting by Michele A. Rapos
By Michele Antonio Rapos
Located in IT
Michele Antonio Rapos (Turin 1733-1819), Still life of flowers and fruits,
Oil on canvas
frame: cm H 133 x W 124 x D 8 (canvas: cm 108.5 x 108.5)
The painting depicts a triumph of ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Antique Spanish Colonial Oil on Canvas Painting of Saint Anthony
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful 18th century Spanish colonial oil on canvas painting of Saint Anthony with the infant Jesus. There are a few old repairs as shown on photos...
Category
Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large 18th century Spanish Colonial Religious Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large oil painting of the holy family on hand woven canvas.
Peruvian or Bolivian.
Acquired from an estate in the San Francisco Bay Area f...
Category
Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting of a French Nobleman
Located in NICE, FR
We present you this incredible oiled portrait painting rendered in the regency style of Louis XIV. It depicts a French man of high social standing, framed in an oval gilded wooden frame with fine floral details. The man is attired in a rich, purplish-red velvet coat featuring delicate lace cuffs...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Pair of Noble Portraits, Late 18th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
A distinguished pair of noble portraits
Likely painted by Hans Hansen (1769–1829) or another artist from Circle of Jens Juel.
These portraits are masterfull...
Category
Danish Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Abraham Brueghel (1631-1690) Attribution - "Triumph of Flowers and Fruits" 17th
By Abraham Brueghel
Located in Madrid, ES
Abraham Brueghel (1631 - 1690) Attribution - "Triumph of Flowers and Fruits in Plein Air"
oil on canvas
95 x 130 cm without frame
100cm x 135cm with frame
good conditions
Abraham Br...
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
18th Century, Italian 'Memento Mori' Old Master School of Guido Reni
By Guido Reni
Located in Atlanta, GA
In the style or School of the Important Old Master Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642).
A stunning Old Master 18th or possibly 17th century Italian Baroque School religious portrait painting...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Antique 17th Century Painting Madonna /Virgin Mary Italy Oil on Canvas
Located in Doha, QA
Magnificent Italian 17th century Portrait of Virgin Mary measures 52 x 68 cm without the frame.
The colors are stunning and the paintin...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century French Rococò Painting
By Jean Raoux
Located in Roma, IT
18th Century French Rococò Painting
An important oil on panel painting attributed to the great French artist of the eighth centur...
Category
French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
French School of Jean-Baptiste Greuze - Pastel Painting
Located in Kingston, NY
Portrait of an elegant young lady and very much in the manner of Jean-Baptiste Greuze. An 18th-century painter of melodramatic genre, morality lessons, female figures, and portraits ...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian 17th Century Still Life Painting in Period Carved Gilt Frame
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Italian 17th century still life painting in period carved gilt frame
Italian school still life painting from the workshop of a great master. The 17th century Baroque painting in oil...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
18th Century or 19th Century Orientalist Painting Of A Turkish Ottoman Sultan Ma
Located in New York, NY
18th Century or 19th Century Orientalist Painting Of A Turkish Ottoman Sultan Mahomed
Unframed in good condition ready to be framed and hung
Size ...
Category
Unknown Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
17th Century Oil on Copper Saint Joseph and King David
Located in Firenze, IT
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Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Copper
Monumental 16th Century Painting Depicting the Scene of the Visitation of Mary
Located in Torino, IT
Monumental
16th century painting
depicting the scene of the
Visitation of Mary.
Anonymous painter of the Lombard school.
Coeval copy after Federico Bar...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
17th Century Old Master Oil Painting Crucifixion of St Peter
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
17th Century Old Master Oil Painting Crucifixion of St Pe...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Charming child portrait of Swedish king Charles XI from the late 17th Century
By David Ehrensrahl
Located in Knivsta, SE
Extremly charming oil painting. Child portrait of the Swedish king Charles XI (1655-1697) from the late 17th Century in the circle of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628-1698). No frame....
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
Peter Paul Rubens Circle of "Saint Catherine " Never Restored First Canvas
Located in Madrid, ES
Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640) circle of
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Never Restored First Canvas
Oil on canvas
129.5 x 94 cm
The work is based on the painting by Peter Paul Rubens and engraved by Schelte von Bolswert.
Rubens, known as "the Prince of the Baroque", was the great master who revolutionized both Flemish and European painting. His first training took place thanks to the masters Otto van Veen and Jan Brueghel the Elder. His trip to Italy, where he stayed, studied and painted for eight years, was fundamental to his artistic growth. His first stop was Venice, where Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto studied. He later came into contact with Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, becoming the court painter of the family, a position he held until the end of his stay in Italy. In Mantua, Rubens had the opportunity to study the rich ducal collection closely and assiduously. By making copies of several famous paintings he was able to practice technically on the examples of the greatest masters. In 1601 he was sent by the duke to Rome, where he was able to further broaden his figurative horizons thanks to the copying of the models of Michelangelo and Raphael and the study of the ancient, also looking at the contemporary artistic production of Carracci, Caravaggio and Federico Barocci. After leaving Italy, he settled in Antwerp, where he organized his atelier, applying the methods of organized production, that is, employing his collaborators with rational criteria and on the basis of individual specializations. Among the many painters who came out of Rubens' workshop or were strongly influenced by the master, we remember: Cornelis and Paul de Vos, Jacob Jordaens, Pieter Van Mol, Victor Wolvoet, Joanna Vergouwen, Jan Boeckhorst known as Lange Jan, Lucas Van Uden, Theodor Van Thulden, Peter Van Lint, Willem Van Harp, Vincent Adrianssen, Pieter Van Avont, Jan and Hendrick van Balen, Theodor Boeyemans or Boeijermans, Vincent Malò...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting of the Virgin Mary Holding Baby Christ (Cusco, Peru)
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A fine 18th century painting depicting the Virgin Mary holding baby Christ above four saints, painted in the artistic centers of Cuzco and the Altiplano re...
Category
Peruvian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Old Master Floral Still Life Oil Painting Flowers 18th Century Italian
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Beautiful Italian Still Life oil painting on old canvas of a brass urn holding a bouquet of assorted flowers set on a ledge. 18th or ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Original Oil on Canvas Painting of Zeus and Hera, Italy circa 1700's
Located in Round Top, TX
The colors remain vivid in this 4' tall original oil on canvas painting of Greek gods Zeus and Hera. Unsigned.
This portrayal of the love of the gods includes Zeus, king of the gods ...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
17th Century Original Oil on Canvas Painting of The Adoration of the Magi, Spain
Located in Round Top, TX
Original oil on canvas painting of the adoration of the magi, with Mother Mary and infant Christ.
Framed over 5' wide x 4' tall, no signature/unknown artist.
Canvas has craquelure, o...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Renaissance Style Italian Religious Painting
By Sandro Botticelli
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful old Italian master painting Madonna
Oil on panel
Alessandro Filipepi, also known as Sandro Botticelli, is the first artist that come...
Category
Italian Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Spanish Colonial Screen
Located in Mexico, DF
Fantastic Spanish Colonial school screen. Probably from Peru. This screen, with a kind of European landscape, give us an idea of the influence ...
Category
Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
17th Century Oil on Canvas Venetian Antique Painting The Sacrifice of Isaac 1670
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian school of the 17th century. Great oil on canvas artwork depicting a biblical episode, the sacrifice of Isaac. To test the faith of Abraham, a just and devout man, God orders...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Madonna with Child Painting Oil on Canvas Tuscan School
Located in Milan, IT
17th century, Tuscan school
Madonna and Child
Oil on canvas, 31 x 21 cm
With frame, cm 37,5 x 27,5
The pearly incarnations and the thoughtful play of looks between the Virgin, turned to the Son, and Questi, warmly open to the viewer, pour out the present painting with compositional perfection. Virginal fabrics become mottled at the folds, wrapping the Madonna in a thin vitreous mantle. The pastel colors, shining on the pink robe just tightened at the waist by a gold cord, enliven the faces of the divine couple in correspondence of the cheeks, lit by an orange warmth. Even the left hand of the Virgin, composed in perfect classical pose (Botticelli, Madonna with Child, 1467, Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon), is sprinkled with warmth thanks to the immediate touch with Christ. From the nimbus of the Mother a delicate luminous disk is effused, which takes back, in the most distant rays, the colour of the hair of the Son, from the tones of the sun. The Child Jesus is represented intent in a tender gesture of invitation with the right hand, while with the other he offers a universal blessing: with his hand he retracts the index and annular palms, extending the remaining three fingers, symbol of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The painting welcomes and re-elaborates that typically Tuscan formalism that boasted in the rest of Italy the constant appreciation by the most up-to-date artists and collectors. Arrangement, composition and mixing of colors place the canvas in the middle between the changing mannerist and the sculptural figures of Michelangelo, essential yardstick of comparison in terms of anatomical and expressionistic rendering. In the present, silvery and pinkish powders act as three-dimensional inducers to the Child’s mentioned musculature and to the vivid folds of the clothes, expertly deposited on the lunar whiteness of the skins. While these colours recall the equally brilliantly transparent colours of Pier Francesco Foschi...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spectacular Painted Six-Panel Armorial Baroque Screen from Italy, Circa 1700
Located in Dallas, TX
This six panel Italian screen is from the Baroque period, circa 1700. The four central panels have been affixed to a foldable frame, while the two outer panels are detached. When all...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Beautiful 17th Century Italian School " Virgin of Sorrows "
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful 17th century Italian school " Virgin of Sorrows "
Oil on canvas
Measures : 50.5 x 42.5 cm
very good condition
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Robert Gardelle Signed Portrait Swiss Oil Painting, 18th Century, Switzerland
Located in New York, NY
Robert Gardelle portrait Swiss oil painting, 18th century, Switzerland. A portrait by painted Robert Gardelle. Signed a tergo / on the back R. Gardelle...
Category
Swiss Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Italian 18th Century Oil on Canvas "Madonna and Child" after Giovanni Lanfranco
By Giovanni Lanfranco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 18th century oil on canvas "Madonna and Child" after Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian, 1582-1647). The young Virgin Mary attending to...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
pair of Italian late 18th century Gouache and Silvered Wood paintings
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and finely detailed pair of Italian late 18th century Gouache and Silvered Wood paintings, in the manner of Michelangelo Maestri. Each truly stunning painting of maidens playing musical instruments is framed within a Silvered wood rectangular frame. Both Gouaches depict nude maidens with cloud like garments gently wrapped around their body. One maiden is adorned in beautiful pearl jewelry...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Silver Leaf
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Holy Family, 1660
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a wonderful Holy Family. Painting of remarkable pictorial quality, particularly evident in the masterf...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Old Master Oil Painting Adoration of the Magi
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
17th Century Old Master Oil Painting Adoration of the Magi
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Monumental 18th Century Italian Oil Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
A monumental 18th century Oil On Canvas Painting from Lucca, Italy. Delightful soft color and hues with handsome cracquelure. The painting will be the statement of its surrounding.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Pair of 18th Century Italian Oil Paintings
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Italian School Paintings from the 18th Century. " Allegory of Summer and Autumn" Oils on canvas. In simplistic black frames with slight gilding.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
French Trumeau Louis XVI Children Scene, Late 18th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Late 18th century, Louis XVI Trumeau.
The mirror is no the original, the painting representing a children scene needs a restoration
Good condition.
For shipping: 5 x 165 x 74 c...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Wood
"Abraham Repudiating Hagar", Miniature, Ater Van Rijn, Rembrandt, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
"Abraham repudiating Hagar". Framed miniature. Ater VAN RIJN, Rembrandt (Leinden, 1606-Amsterdam, 1669), 18th century.
It shows a story of Genesis. The story tells that Sara accepte...
Category
European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Other
Pair of 18th Century Paintings on Board in Gilt Frames Signed N. Lavreince
By Niklas Lavreince
Located in Dallas, TX
Set in the original carved gilt frames, these beautiful antique paintings were created in France, circa 1770. The first composition titled "...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Giltwood
Triptych Russian Icon of Christ & The Virgin of the Unfading Roses, c. 1700's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A traditional Russian triptych of Christ and the Virgin of the Unfading Roses. The Mother of God and her son are shown wearing crowns and dressed in r...
Category
Russian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, 17th Century Falcon by Mitani Toshuku
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mitani Toshuku (1577-1654)
“Falcon”
Wall panel, ink and light color on paper.
Upper seal: Mitani
Lower seal: Toshuku
Dimensions:
Each 118.5 cm x 51 cm x 2 cm (46.5” x 20” x .75”)
Individual falcon paintings by Mitani Toshuku (1577-1654), an early artist of the Unkoku School. Founded by Unkoku Togan (1547–1618), a master of the Momoyama period, the Unkoku school enjoyed long lasting patronage in southern Japan. Togan was a retainer of the Mori family in present day Yamaguchi prefecture. Members of the school considered themselves to be in the artistic lineage of Sesshu Toyo...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Flemish School 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Flemish school 17th century
"Our Lady with the Child Jesus, St. John, St. Elizabeth and Zacarias".
Oil on canvas Relined.
Dimensions: 74 x 84 cm
good conditions.
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Paint
17th Century Oil on Board Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful early 17th century oil on board painting of Saint Eugene - The Archbishop Of Toledo, Spain. Wonderful brushwork and intricate detail....
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Gentleman with his Three Children by 18th Century English Artist John Opie
By John Opie
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A large oil on canvas depicting a youthful father with his three children, two of which are behind him playing musical instruments, the daughter with her harp and son playing the flute. A third child with his back to the painter faces his father. The painting is presented in a carved and gilded wood frame. Like the great majority of Opie's work, this painting is not signed or stamped.
Opie lived at No 8 Berners Street where he moved in 1791, the street famous for artists, composers and instrument makers. Jacob Erat the famous harp maker lived in the neighbourhood and moved to 23 Berners Street before his death in 1821. This painting could be the painting referenced in John Jope Rogers, "Opie and his Work" Truro 1878, Page 220, entitled 'Musical Party'.
Provenance: Charles St. George Quechee, Vermont; New England Private Institution; Sotheby's New York April 7, 1989, Lot 1, as John Opie, Portrait of a Gentleman and his three children; Private collection Connecticut.
John Opie RA, (May 1761 – 1807), was a Cornish historical and portrait painter. He painted many great men and women of his day, including members of the British Royal Family, and others who were most notable in the artistic and literary professions. Opie's artistic abilities eventually came to the attention of a local physician and satirist, Dr John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). Recognising a great talent, Wolcot became Opie's mentor, buying him out of his apprenticeship and insisting that he come to live at his home in Truro. Wolcot provided invaluable encouragement, advice, tuition and practical help in the advancement of his early career, including obtaining many commissions for work.
In 1781, Opie moved to London with Wolcot, having entered into a formal profit-sharing agreement with him. Although Opie had received a considerable artistic education from Wolcot, the doctor chose to present him as a self-taught prodigy. A portrait of a boy shown at the Society of Artists the previous year had been described in the catalogue as "an instance of Genius, not having ever seen a picture." Wolcot introduced the "Cornish wonder" to leading artists, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was to compare him to Caravaggio and Velazquez, and to prospective patrons. The business arrangement with Wolcot lasted for a year after which Opie informed the doctor that he now wished to go it alone, leading to the estrangement of the two former partners.
Through the influence of a Mrs Boscawen, Wolcot managed to have Opie introduced at the court of King George III. The king purchased one of his pictures and commissioned him to produce a portrait of Mary Delany...
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British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY TEMPERA ON CANVAS VENUS BATHING
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid neoclassical representation painted in tempera on canvas, depicting the goddess Venus while bathing. The goddess is seated, half naked, with her breasts exposed and surround...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures.
Italian, 18th century large painting in oil on canvas is from the school of Giovan...
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Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
