Portrait of Jean-Antoine de Mesmes (Prémier Président), Oil on Canvas Painting C

Francois Martin Kavel (French, 1861-1931) portrait of an elegant woman oil on canvas painting, circa 1890, with Original gilt-wood frame. Sign...

(French School, 19th Century) A fine quality Portrait of "A Young Officer" Oil on canvas, in original gilt-wood frame. Portrait of a handsome, young French officer wearing a bl...

A large oil on canvas painting of moses with the 10 commandments signed by Artist Gustav Dittenberger Dittenberger, signed by artist to Gustav (Aust...

A Large Oil on Canvas Painting of "Sergius Galba", A Roman Emperor, After Titian Mid 19th century, circa 1860. Portrait of Sergius Galba, almost th...

A circa 1725 oil on canvas portrait of Louis George Simpert, as Hereditary Prince, the future Margrave of Baden-Baden (Deutsch: Ludwig Georg Simpert, Markgraf von Baden-Baden) portrayed one-quarter length in powdered wig and wearing ceremonial armor and crimson sash newly fitted in a period molded giltwood frame with bead-and-reel inner border from the Eli Wilner collection. Canvas measures 24.5" x 19.25". A related, but later portrait of circa 1735, attributed to the same unknown painter, is held in the collection of Lichtenthal Abbey, Baden-Baden. Biography: Louis George or Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, born June 7, 1702 at Ettlingen Palace was the son of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden and his wife, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden from birth, at the death of his father in 1707, he succeeded as Margrave of Baden-Baden at the age of four. As such, his mother was regent of Baden-Baden until he reached his majority on 22 October 1727 at the age of 25. He married Maria Anna of Schwarzenberg April 8, 1721 at Český Krumlov Castle. The couple were the parents of four children, of whom only one survived infancy. After the death of the first Maria Anna in 1755, he married the Princess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria on July 10, 1755; the daughter of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and his Austrian wife Archduchess Maria Amalia. The second marriage remained childless. Due to his passion for hunting instead of military service, he became known as "Jägerlouis", "hunter Louis", a play on his father's nickname of Türkenlouis ("Turk Louis") due to his famous heroics against the Turkish army at the Siege of Vienna...

18th century portrait of a gentleman oil on canvas.  

A charming French 18th-century oil-on-canvas portrait of a pharmacist named Petrus Chevallier. Signed “Davila” verso, where it also dated “20 - 09 - 1753" and the title “Petrus Cheva...

Beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting a gentleman belonging to the ancient chivalric order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, founded in 1572 by the House of Savoy. The protagonist ...