Late 18th Century Paintings

Exceptional oil painting on canvas by Haitian artist depicts lush green jungle with bright and vivid colorful parrots overlooking beautiful green and turquoise mysterious waterfall. ...

Exceptional oil painting on canvas by Haitian artist depicts lush green jungle with bright and vivid colorful parrots overlooking beautiful lush jungle, acrylic paint on canvas, with...

An oil on copper painting of a hawking scene attributed to Carel Van Falens. Circa 1700. A fascinating picture showing elegant mounted figures with t...

A fabulous pair of large vintage oil paintings in the manner of Tamara de Lempicka. They date from around the late 20th century. They are beautifully executed and are very impressiv...

Fine 18th century portrait of a lady, unsigned, circa 1750, Sweden. (reframed, oil on canvas) According to old frame painted by Johan Horner (...

Probably a variation of ‘Spring’ After Boucher’s Four Seasons. Highly decorative. Typical rococo frivolity and color palette. Garlands and festoons of flowers with intertwined ribbon...

This fine old painting is a typical pastiche of the kind popular throughout Italy and the world in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The most commonly associated artist who really m...

This is a truly splendid antique and highly decorative French hand painted set in a gilded and glazed box frame, dating from the late 18th century. This wonderful fan is beautifully hand-painted with stunning figures dressed in classical costumes, gracefully dancing and playing music with a charming classical pavilion in the background. It has spectacular guards and spins. Add this highly ornate antique framed fan...

Antique Italian painting from the 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting still life with fruit of good pictorial quality. Oval-shaped painting adorned with a non-coeval, carve...

Pair Antique 19th Century Indian Miniature Mica Paintings C.1830 Indian Company School A pair of 19th Century Indian mica gouache paintings on mica. Depicting the water carrier and of a Purdah bullock...

Pair Antique 19th Century Indian miniature Mica paintings C.1830 Indian Company School A pair of 19th Century Indian gouache paintings on mica. M...

A beautiful French antique oil on canvas painting in the Manner of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) 'The Serenade' dating from the early 19th century. The delightful subject of the painting is a courting couple in a rugged country landscape with a large chateau in the background. The couple are seated in period costumes, while the gentleman serenades the lady. Framed in its delightful original gilt frame, add this lovely period scene to your home. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: height 73 x width 106 x depth 3 height 64 x width 97 Dimensions in inches: height 2 foot, 5 inches x width 3 foot, 6 inches x depth 1 inch height 2 feet, 1 inch x width 3 foot, 2 inches Jean-Antoine Watteau was baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical, Rococo. Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet. Jean-Antoine Watteau[n. 1] was born in October 1684 in Valenciennes, once an important town in the County of Hainaut which became sequently part of the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands until its secession to France following the Franco-Dutch War. He was the second of four sons born to Jean-Philippe Watteau (1660–1720) and Michelle Lardenois (1653–1727), and was presumed to be of Walloon descent. The Watteaus were a quite well-to-do family, although Jean-Philippe, a roofer in second generation, was said to be given to brawling. Showing an early interest in painting, Jean-Antoine may have been apprenticed to Jacques-Albert Gérin, a local painter, and his first artistic subjects were charlatans selling quack remedies on the streets of Valenciennes. Watteau left for Paris in 1702. After a period spent as a scene-painter, and in poor health, he found employment in a workshop at Pont Notre-Dame, making copies of popular genre paintings in the Flemish and Dutch tradition; it was in that period that he developed his characteristic sketchlike technique. His drawings attracted the attention of the painter Claude Gillot, and by 1705 he was employed as an assistant to Gillot, whose work, influenced by those of Francesco Primaticcio and the school of Fontainebleau...