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Technique: Hand-Painted
Maitland Smith Large Oil Hand Painted Canvas on Wood Panel
Located in Germantown, MD
A large Maitland Smith Oil Hand Painted Canvas on Wood Panel.
Measures 36" in with and 72" in height.
Category
Late 20th Century Other Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid century Danish vintage still life oil painting of green leaves in a vase
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original vintage oil on plate still life painting with the motive of a yellow and black vase with branches of green and reddish-brown leaves on a wooden table alongside a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
Daniel Van der Putten Torc Waterfall Killarney National Park Co. Kerry Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Painting by Daniel Van der Putten ‘Torc Waterfall Killarney National Park’. This Painting of the Torc Cascade scene in Kerry near Killarney at the world-famous national park is very ...
Category
Late 20th Century Irish Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique pastoral oil painting of small house in a green riverside landscape
Located in Ebberup, DK
Antique Scandinavian oil on canvas painting of a riverside landscape with a small house and a haystack near the water. The surrounding fields and trees are summer green and the sky i...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Romantic Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
The Bathers by Eric John Youngquist, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental 1920s oil on canvas, The Bathers, reinterprets William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s renowned 1884 masterpiece through the distinctive vision of Swedish-born artist Eric John ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Reclining Cat Oil on Canvas Signed by Charles Kiffer - Cat Portrait - 1950s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Reclining Cat - Oil on Canvas Signed by Charles Kiffer - Cat Portrait - 1950s
Charles Kiffer (1902–1992) was a French painter, poster artist, and lithographer trained at the École ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Ash, Paint
Antique early 20th century landscape oil painting of desert landscape
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original antique oil on cardboard impressionist painting from 1903. The motive is a desert landscape with mountains in the background kept in warm and intriguing colours.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
Apples Still Life Oil on Canvas, Signed
Located in Pearland, TX
Lovely signed still life oil on canvas featuring three red and golden apples cast in warm light. Signed LIZ.
Measurements: 26.0"W x 22.0"H x 2.5"D; sight: 15.5"W x 11.5"H.
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Euphrasia Loutchinsky (1887-1974)
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Euphrasia Loutchinsky (1887-1974) is a particularly impressive work showcasing the artist's talents. She spent her life in what was came to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Belle Époque Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Antique English Horse Paintings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting pair of 19th century English oil paintings on canvas of Clydesdale horses in a countryside setting with figures. Signed E. Harris 95 and ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage Oil Painting - 1960s Nude Female Figure
Located in San Carlos, CA
🌟 For Sale: Stunning Vintage Oil Painting - 1960s Nude Female Figure 🌟
Add a touch of timeless artistry to your space with this fantastic, large oil painting on canvas. This strik...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique Large Russian Icon of the Pokrov, Moscow School, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A fine antique Russian icon of The Protection of the Mother of God, Pokrov
Moscow School
19th century
The Protection Icon depicts the Mother of God appearing above congregants a...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
Mid 19th Century Signed and Framed French Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Ross, CA
Oil on wood painted and signed by the artist in France around 1850. Richly framed in a deep hand cared wood frame with gilt details. The plein air painting is a bucolic scene of peo...
Category
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fine Museum Quality Large Antique 18th Century Greek Orthodox Icon, Pentecost
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional, museum quality very large 18th century Greek icon of the Pentecost.
Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood, primed with gesso.
Attributed to Mount Athos...
Category
18th Century Greek Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
Christian Sell, German Military Painting, On Panel, 19th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Christian Sell (August 14, 1831, Altona, Germany - April 21, 1883, Düsseldorf, Germany)
Military scene, fine quality
Unrestored
Oil painting on panel
18 x 24.2 cm
Category
19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
18th/19th Century Dutch Painting in Oil on Canvas after Johannes Vermeer
By (attributed to) Johannes Verelst
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th/19th Century Dutch Painting in Oil on Canvas after Johannes Vermeer
Antique painting after the famous motif, “Young Women with a Water Pitcher” by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675)...
Category
Late 18th Century Unknown Renaissance Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Nude From The Back Oil Painting
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant oil painting of nude woman from the back , beautiful vibrant red dress exposing nicely painted woman back.
Sign on the bottom right.
Category
20th Century American Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Guatemalan Fruit Vendors Oil on Canvas Painting by Juan Sisay
Located in New York, NY
Guatemalan folk art oil on canvas painting of native Mayan women vending fruit from baskets. They are dressed in the hand woven native clothing of Santiago Atitlan, which is located on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
Juan Sisay...
Category
Mid-20th Century Guatemalan Tribal Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$1,250 Sale Price
28% Off
Portrait of Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Oil on Canvas, Circa 1725
Located in Kinderhook, NY
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...
Category
Early 18th Century German Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Vintage Japanese Watercolor Painting of Two Geisha, Signed, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage watercolor painting of two Geisha under an umbrella - watercolor over graphite with gold gilt border - signed upper right (unidentified artist/maker...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Daniel Van der Putten Reenadinna Woods Killarney National Park Co. Kerry Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Painting by Daniel Van der Putten ‘Deer in Reenadinna Woods in Killarney National Park’. This woodland scene in Kerry near Killarney at the world famous national park is very beautif...
Category
Late 20th Century Irish Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage American Folk Art Painting of a Cat, Oil on Wood
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming American Folk Art oil painting on wood features orange cat sitting next to fish bowl with gold fish. The painting is executed ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Oil Painting - Pack of Hunting Dogs - Signed Marie Didière Calvès
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful oil painting, depicting a pack of hunting dogs in the field, made by the French artist Marie-Didière Calves.
The style is somewhat impressionistic. Seen up close, a bit ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-century vintage abstract impressionist male nude oil on canvas
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid-century vintage oil on canvas male nude painting. This painting has beautiful tones of amber, cream and brown. The painting is presented in his original naturalist blon...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique English Painted Wood Firescreen Flower Basket Dummy Board
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Englishpainted wood firescreen flower basket dummy board
During the 18th and 19th centuries, dummy board fire screens were highly fashionable, esp...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Vintage 1970s French Original Oil Painting in Pastel Colors
Located in COLMAR, FR
A stunning piece of original, vintage art. Despite its' seemingly Scandinavian influence, this oil painting on hardboard is actually French. It is dated 1978 and signed by artist, R....
Category
1970s European Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
English Oil Painting of Horse and Groom Attributed to Ben Marshall, circa 1805
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A stunning circa 1805 English equestrian oil on canvas painting firmly attributed to prominent late-Georgian period artist Benjamin Marshall portrayi...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
Rococo Bow Ribbon Double Oval Frame in Giltwood with Floral Paintings
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Rococo Giltwood Frames with Flowers Paintings
Giltwood Double Oval Hanging Frame with Pink Flowers Painting and Bow Ribbon Details.
Spain, 1940s.
These stunning oil on canva...
Category
20th Century Spanish Rococo Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oil Painting of Jesus Christ Carrying The Cross, Italy Early 18th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Religious oil painting on canvas of Jesus Christ carrying the cross on the way to his crucifixion. This European piece of art is probably 17th-18th Century. This art piece was disc...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Large Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas attr. to George A. Storey (1834-1919)
By George Adolphus Storey
Located in Chicago, IL
This evocative Victorian genre scene, attributed to George Adolphus Storey, R.A., captures the moment immediately after a letter has been delivered. In a leafy walk, a Georgian house...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century Oil Painting - Cats with Kitten
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Charming oil painting, dating from around 1900 and likely originating from Belgium or France. The work depicts a tender domestic scene with a mother cat and her kittens. Two kittens ...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century English Thoroughbred Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century horse portrait has the kind of offhand elegance that makes British sporting art so quietly addictive. The composition is disarmingly simple: a lone bay set aga...
Category
Late 19th Century English Country Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
Sarah Rishel Art Print Intaglio Etching "Applique Quilt", 13/200
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Limited edition print "Applique Quilt" features a section of stylized traditional Country-style quilt, framed with an abstract flower garland. The etching captures an old fashioned, ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
Superb Ammi Phillips American Folk Art Portrait Painting, circa 1840
By Ammi Phillips
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Superb Ammi Phillips American Folk Art Portrait painting, circa 1840
We are proud of our acquisition of this authentic masterpiece by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865).
The finely rendered portrait depicts an attractive young girl in a delightful lifelike quality. The pretty face is a refreshing change from the stern expressions of most of the paintings showing mature female or male sitters. Phillips palette is dark with a strikingly dramatic use of light to her face.
The painting, on its original stretchers, is in untouched condition. The frame is period. This painting is unsigned, as are most of his works, but bares the unmistakable characteristics of a Phillips painting.
Portrait of a young girl holding a book and wearing a golden whistle.
From the New England estate of the renowned Folk Art Collector and scholar, John Bauer...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas
3 Seated Dalmatian Neoclassical Interior, Anderson School /Workshop, Unframed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Three Seated Dalmatians in Neoclassical Interior, Anderson School / Workshop, Unframed, 20th Century
This monumental painting, titled Three Seated Dalmatians in Neoclassical Interi...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Late 19th Century Landscape Oil Painting of Ruins in Viaduct, France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A peaceful French painting on canvas depicting landscape scene featuring a house or small castle in ruins, a water with a bridge nearby. The painting is contained in a simple gold le...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Elegant Vintage Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Vintage painting of elegant woman looking forward gracefully, with mysterious look, nice colors combinations, great decorative painting.
Sig...
Category
20th Century American Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
George Sotter Studio Barn Bucks County Impressionist Night Scene Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
George Sotter's Studio in Bucks County Pa, a brisk winter night. Chimney smoke gently kisses the air. The starry night sparkles over deciduous trees as lush snow covers the ground. D...
Category
Late 20th Century American American Classical Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Large & Impressive Oil on Canvas "Madonna & Child" After Murillo - V. Bianchini
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large and Impressive Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas "Madonna and Child" After Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1618-1682) depicting a seated Virgin Mary with a baby Jesus Chri...
Category
1910s Italian Baroque Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Fox Hunter on Horse with Hounds, Attributed to Gilpin, Oil on Canvas, Circa 1790
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite circa 1790 equestrian oil on canvas of a red-coated and bewigged gentleman fox hunter with outstretched arm and hand holding cap, 'riding to hounds' on a galloping bay h...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Large Jaap Gidding Attributed 'Underwater' Painting Tuschinski Theatre 1920s
By Jaap Gidding
Located in Tilburg, NL
Large Jaap Gidding Attributed 'Underwater' Painting from Tuschinski Theatre Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1920s.
Mesmerizingly beautiful unique and very large museum quality painting ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossom & Pheasants by Mori Tetsuzan
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mori Tetsuzan (1775-1841)
Pheasants and Cherry Blossoms
Two-fold Japanese screen. Ink, color, gofun, gold and silver on paper.
A two-fold Japanese bir...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Abstract Art Collage - Painting Bauhaus Style - "Mobile N.10" by Soizic MENUT
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Abstract Art Collage - Painting Bauhaus Style - "Mobile N.10" by Soizic MENUT
"Mobile N.10" is an original and one-of-a-kind collage artwork (this is not a print).
This original a...
Category
2010s French Bauhaus Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
English Regency Period Original Watercolor Maple Frame Blackbird Nest and Eggs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original British School Regency Period watercolor study of a Blackbird’s nest and eggs, mounted in a Georgian Period Maple frame – Dated 1863.
These...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paper, Birdseye Maple
19th century oil on canvas, study of a male nude ...
Located in Brecht, BE
a study of a male nude ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid-20th Century, Oil Painting Flower Still Life with Sunflowers in a Vase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Large and expressive painting with a flower still life of sunflowers in a vase. Beautiful in impressionistic touch and thickly painted. A clear reference to the of Vincent van Gogh, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold
Located in Kyoto, JP
Imao Keisho (1902-1993)
Pine Trees
Early 20th Century, Circa 1930
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink on silk and gold leaf.
Dimensions: Each screen H. 67.5” x 148” (172 cm x 376 cm)
A pair of monumental six-panel Japanese pine screens by the renowned Nihonga artist Imao Keisho. Here Keisho entirely removed the background and brought the pine trees to the surface of the painting. This simplification of the elements makes the scene exceptionally direct and compelling and injects a very modern...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century English Portrait Of an Architect or Scholar Old Master Painting
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century English or Continental old master portrait of a gentleman wearing a red robe with a black fur collar, holding a stick in his right hand. The stick might be the attribute...
Category
Early 18th Century English Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
French Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Painting
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This French vintage Mid-century abstract painting on canvas is signed by the artist, Katzyi. View all images to see the current condition.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Oil On Canvas Seascape Painting of a Tall Masted Ship by T. Bailey C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil On Canvas Seascape Painting of a Tall Masted Ship by T. Bailey C1900
Measures- 20.25"H x 16"W x .75"D
This antique oil on canvas painting by T. Bailey, circa 1900, depic...
Category
Early 20th Century Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Lucien Carbonell Original Oil Painting, Parisian Street Scene
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This stunning oil painting by Lucien Carbonell captures the essence of a lively Parisian street scene, filled with charm and vibrancy. The artwork depicts an idyllic autumn day, show...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia C. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Antique Balinese Kamasan painting, rendered on handwoven cotton, beautifully captures the timeless elegance of classical Wayang-style storytellin...
Category
Early 1900s Balinese Folk Art Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Italian 17th Century Baroque Battle Scene Oil on Canvas Painting Giltwood Frame
Located in Firenze, IT
This large Italian Baroque oil on canvas, dating from the late 17th century represents an exceptionally vivid battle scene with the unusual subject of a brigand ambush on a stagecoac...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Peter Keil, Untitled Portrait - II
By Peter Keil
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Peter Keil, Untitled Portrait - II, Berlin, 1970s
Oil on Board, Unframed,Artist Board 39" x 27"
This captivating piece, titled "Untitled Portrait - II," was created by the distingui...
Category
20th Century German Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Original Playboy Artist Leo Jansen Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
By Leo Jansen
Located in Tustin, CA
Very sensual, large original oil on canvas of a beautiful reclining red headed nude woman, by famous deceased listed Dutch artist, Leo Jansen (1930-1980). T...
Category
1970s American Other Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
$4,225 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique early 20th century maritime oil on canvas painting with a sailboat
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original vintage oil on canvas maritime painting with a beautiful sailboat and seagulls in the early morning light. The waters are slightly uneasy and the crew members can...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting, Late 1970s
Located in Round Rock, TX
A vibrant vintage and dynamic abstract composition rendered with a refined, confident hand.
The artist balances bold color fields with gestural precision, creating a sense of motio...
Category
1970s Greek Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger & Dragon by Kaiho Yusetsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677)
Tiger and Dragon
Early Edo Period, Circa 1650
A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink and slight color on paper.
Dimensions:
Each screen: H. 171 cm x W. 380 cm (67.5’’ x 149.5’’)
In this pair of early Edo period Japanese screens a group of tigers prowl in a bamboo grove whipped with fierce wind, while a dragon claws through clouds and mist. The dragon embodies elemental qualities - looming out of the mist, the coils of its body disappearing in the clouds. The dragon is calling for rain, symbolizing spring which is considered the fountain of life. On the other side, the tigers calls for the wind, symbolizing autumn which is considered the end of life. Tigers were familiar motifs within Japanese art from ancient times though the animals were imaginary to the people in the 17th century. While dragons and tigers are usually associated as sacred and ferocious, in this painting, both animals have rather amusing expressions. The tigers appear to glare at the dragon with cat-like eyes, and the look on the swirling dragon’s face appears almost affectionate - lending a playful flair to an otherwise magnificent theme.
The tiger and dragon are cosmological symbols of the balancing forces in the world. Screens such as this were originally meant to express the fluctuating nature of the world. For Japanese in the early Edo period, they likely suggested the powers of the cosmos. In Japan the tiger and dragon motif was originally absorbed into the circles of Zen monasteries before spreading into the secular world. The theme especially appealed to the military classes with the Kano school, the official painters to the Shogun and the samurai, being the leading contributors. The painter of this pair of screens, Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677), was closely patronized by the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. In his later years he worked with Kano school artists...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
19th Century American Portrait of Joseph Stringham
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century American Portrait of Joseph Stringham (1776-1834)
Oil on Canvas
Later Giltwood Frame
Presenting an exquisite 19th-century ...
Category
Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Greek Orthodox Icon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Greek Orthodox icon painted over gold leaf laid on a wooden board. Byzantine style and painted with egg tempera .
Category
Early 20th Century Balkan Balkan Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
$2,000