Late 18th Century Paintings

Late 18th Century French Romantic Landscape Painting, oil on Canvas Charming vertical rectangle ideal french landscape painting, painted in oil on canvas depicting a small village at the banks of a river, the forefront showing wooden brigde which is crossed by a peasant and his dog who is heading towards a midieval abbey on the left bank of the river. On the right edge of the painting a large oak tree...

Oil on canvas portraying the visit of Venus to the forges of Vulcan. French school of the 2nd half of the 18th century. Undoubtedly executed by a pupil of François BOUCHER; who died...

Thomas Whitcombe: ‘Flora’, this oil on canvas shows the action, within a gilt frame with a panel reading ‘British Frigate “Flora”, 36 guns commanded b...

Pastel 18th century Venus of the grape harvest France Portrait of a young girl with an antique crown of bunches of grapes, vine leaves and ears of wheat. Her light brown curly hair b...

O/6504 - Little lovely Fleming old painting, with a scene of children playing: for connoisseurs. It is still in its original frame, but it deserve to be placed in a prominent positio...

Pair of panels featuring battle scene in a landscape and soldiers in a landscape. The two scenes have a similar composition, with a foreground framed by trees and animated with figur...

Shepherds and pastoral scenes have been popular subjects in art for centuries, appearing in various styles and mediums, including paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Artists often depicted pastoral landscapes with shepherds tending to their flocks, conveying themes of simplicity, harmony with nature, and rural life. Pastoral art...

A traditional pair of still life oil on canvas paintings, each depicting a Neoclassical style urn with human figure designs. Each urn is adorned with flowers inside and surrounding t...

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...

ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES NORTHCOTE (1746-1831) Portrait of an Artist Oil on canvas

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...

Late 18th-early 19th century charming oil on canvas, naïve Venice scene.

"A Study of the Ruins of a Castle." By: John Claude Nattes (English 1768-1822). Fine original watercolor painting with pencil on paper, inscribed in pencil on reverse, matted and gil...

An 18th century oil painting in shades of green. Removed from the dining room walls of a Loire Valley chateau.

Beautiful watercolor from the end of the 18 century representing a garden of an italian palace sign by RENE LOUIS MAURICE BEGGUYER DE CHANCOURTOIS {Nantes 1757-Paris 1817}

A very decorative neoclassical 18th century Danish portrait painting of a young boy feeding a parrot with cherries. Signed by Erik Pauelsen and dated 1788. Oil on canvas, lined and framed. Measurements of the frame: 78 cm x 93 cm. Erik Pauelsen (1749–1790) was a Danish painter. He is most notable for his landscapes and was also a popular portraitist. From an early age he had his mind set on becoming an artist. He travelled to Copenhagen and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1770-1777 where he won the large silver medal and the small gold medal in 1775 and finally the large gold medal in 1777 together with the Academy's travel scholarship. He travelled to Rome by way of Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Paris and visited Dresden and Berlin on his way back. During his travels he became a member of several foreign art academies and was granted the title of professor in Düsseldorf. After his return to Denmark, he became a member of the art academy, but was passed over for the post of professor by Jens Juel...