Renaissance Paintings

A vertical French Impressionistic opera scene in the manner of Touleouse Lautrec depicting a woman with a gentleman beside her. French School, l...

Wonderfully painted on Rittenhouse Square, these complimentary paintings illustrate a stark contrast between trees and City Hall in Philadelphia, PA...

Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings. Book by Pietro Marani Da Vinci in detail: Leonardo's life and work all paintings. One of the most fully ac...

Beautiful dog portrait by the Dutch painter Jan Essen. The painting shows a Schipperke, which is a breed of dog that used to be more common than it is now. It is a small-sized shepherd, of Belgian origin. The painter has succeeded in portraying the dog in its natural position. Beautiful details are the black fur of the dog and the eyes. The way the dog looks is just very dog like, a dog lover will recognize this faithful, loyal look. Jan Essen is a well-known Dutch animal painter from the second half of the 19th century. Initially he painted landscapes and cityscapes, but under the influence of the English animal painter J. Swan he also started painting animals from 1885 onwards. He has never lacked appreciation, because his work has been awarded at exhibitions in Amsterdam, Germany, France and Australia. He learned the trade from Conrad Greive (1837-1891). Signed and dated top left, Jan van Essen...

A wonderful antique Victorian portrait of a gentleman oil painting. This was painted in England, probably around 1860-1880. The portrait is...

A vibrant vintage painting of a fabric draped interior with the backside of a lady. Painted on canvas, no signature found. Be sure to view all the images to see the details of this p...

Oil on canvas, initialed "H.W." or "N.W." and dated "1894" bottom right, with a "Winsor & Newton, Limited, 38 Rathbone Place, London," stamp en verso, presented in a gilt frame.

A charming and pastel colored oil on canvas featuring the “Port of La Rochelle” circa 1938. Signed by the artist, Gabriel Moiselet. Beautifully done with wonderful brushwork and sof...

A beautiful and fine mountain landscape painting by German painter, Wilhelm Buddenberg (1890-1967) depicting two deer during a "summer morning by Garmis...

Beautiful antique oil painting on canvas portrait of a gentleman with fur. Excellent pictorial quality great attention to detail. Flemis...

19th century Portrait of Tiziano Vecellio and Rembrandt Measures: (2) Oil on canvas, 25 x 18.5 cm Frame 46 x 37 cm The two portraits depicting the artists Tiziano Vecellio and Rembrandt are to be counted among the reproductions of those famous self-portraits made by the two painters throughout their careers. As far as Titian is concerned, the artist creates numerous self-portraits that shoot him in different ages of his life and in different poses from time to time. An example is the one kept in the Prado Museum (Tiziano Vecellio, Self-portrait, 1560, oil on canvas, 86 × 65 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid), which portrays the now elderly master, as in the present case. The thick white beard reaches almost to the chest, depicted almost in profile, while here the bust is frontal and the face turned three-quarters; his gaze is then turned to the outside of the painting and his expression seems tired and thoughtful. The broad forehead is uncovered and cut by a tight black bonnet from which no hair comes out. A thin white collar separates the face from the rest of the body dressed in an elegant and sober black dress, just like in this portrait. The figure clearly emerges from the background devoid of objects or furnishings, so that nothing distracts our gaze from the image of the famous artist who thus wants to be remembered. Another example is the self-portrait in Berlin (Self-portrait, 1552, 96 x 75 cm, Staatliche Museen, Berlin), which depicts the elderly artist, but decorated with a rich dress and placed in a physical space. Finally, the lost self-portrait in oil on paper, cited by Vasari in his Lives in 1545, keeps a low profile, as evidenced by the rather modest dress...

Antique oil painting on board by H. G. Ontrop (1880-1955) is a slightly more impressionistic work than typical for the artist, with wisp...