Painted Paintings

Oil painting on canvas Portrait young man Imperial Russian navy military school 19th This oil on canvas represents in a medallion a student of the Russian imperial army. It wears a n...

Antique Folk Art Maine rocky coast seascape, by D. A. Fisher (1867 - 1940), circa 1900, an oil on board seascape with gentle combers breaking on rocks on the foreground, with two sloops sailing in the background, signed lower right. The reverse retaining the label for Frost & Adams Academy Boards, Artists' Tube Colors, etc. , dealers in fine art materials in Boston from 1869 to 1921. There is also a label from The Thomas Co, Picture Framing, Washington D.C. D.A. Fisher lived in Portland Maine and was a prolific painter of primarily marine landscapes, with subjects focused primarily in southern Maine, but also Massachusetts and New Hampshire. While his work is quite similar and sympathetic with "The Brushians," a group of about 16 artist from Portland that painted on outings around Casco Bay...

French 18th century painted engraving after François Boucher (1703-1770), depicting the scene of a shepherdess. Painted engraving set in its o...

Antique framed oil painting on canvas by Zollepx is a beautiful work that depicts the classic still life of a pewter pitcher filled with colorful flowers and set by an open window. P...

The artist's studio painting; oil on canvas; approx. framed size: 48" x 24.5" x 2" impressive still-life of an array of flowers before an interior backdrop, circa 1950s. Joseph "Joe" Plaskett (12 July 1918–21 September 2014) was a Canadian painter. He studied with many prominent Canadian painters like A.Y. Jackson, Jack Shadbolt...

An antique Indian painting from the 19th century depicting Guanyin the Bodhisattva of Compassion sitting on a dragon. Created in India during the 19th century, this large painting features Guanyin the Bodhisattva of Compassion, sitting on the head of a dragon, fluffy clouds adorning the painting's lower section. Her right foot on a lotus flower, Guanyin wears an ornate headdress and elegant clothes. The painting itself measures 30.5"W x 53.5" H and has been set inside a custom frame. Its peaceful subject will make this 19th century Indian painting...

Vintage Ezio Colosimo geometric abstract painting in Blush Tones Offered for sale is a vintage lyrical geometric abstract oil painting on canvas by Ez...

This peaceful antique framed oil painting on canvas depicts a lovely pastoral scene complemented by the original frame. Artist van Gaal has employed a post-impressionist technique wi...

18th Century Framed Family Crest oil painting on canvas is a wonderfully well preserved work in part because of the lavish frame that was added to ...

Nudes male female painting on canvas, Italy, 1990s This oil painting on canvas features a large painting that captures a poignant scene depicting three nude figures. The central focu...

Francesco Aviani (Italy - Venice, 25-11-1662 / 1715) att. Couple of paintings depicting Capricci Oil on canvas, 135 x 183 cm, without frame The two large and fine paintings depict two illusionistic architectural renderings, with views of colonnades and arched buildings, animated by figures. The compositions are characterized by the harmony with which the painter introduces the sumptuous architectural monuments, the mirrors of water, the buildings in the distance and the views of the landscape. Dominates with a color on the tones of brown and ochre that stands out on the blue sky, marked by some cloud of steam. The insertion of the figures to enliven the architectural views also balances with the set. The Capriccio, an artistic genre that has made its way into Italian painting since the 17th Century, is characterized by the representation of fantastic architectures or prospective inventions, sometimes combined with elements drawn freely from reality. The two paintings are an example of this type and they are a very interesting and Fine artwork. The remarkable pictorial quality emerges both from the composition of the ensemble and from the way in which the artist describes the views with great attention to detail, highlights and refined, perfectly realistic, chiaroscuro. The same must be recognized for the figures: these are described with a wise brushstroke, quick and quick touches give the dynamism of the moment that is captured, as if time had stopped to show and narrate what is happening. The painting on the right represents a large Baroque building in stone and paved with marbles, two floors, with moving façade, large columns with corinthian columns, a large portal with a staircase with large footsteps, a balustrade with string, from which some figures appear, and two equestrian monuments in bronze. The sumptuous building overlooks a large POOL of water, with a gushing fountain, around which some characters sit. In the second floor is described a white palace from which rises a tower crowned by a structure with wrought iron loggia. In addition there is a bridge and some architectural ruins behind which some mountainous reliefs fade towards the horizon. On the staircase is described a particular scene. The people seem to be part of a very precise story. A woman, in the shadow of a parasol supported by a servant, would seem to drive out of the palace a man, who, taken under his arm by two maidens with a determined attitude, is led to a boat. The scene could be identified with the biblical episode of the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15,11-32), at the moment when the prodigal son is robbed and driven away by the harlots. The episode tells of a man with two children. The youngest said to his father: “Father, give me the part of my inheritance”. And the father divided the substances. After not many days, the youngest son, collected his things, left for a far country and there he lost his substances with prostitutes and living as a debaucher. When he had spent everything, there came a great famine in that country and he began to find himself in need. Reduced to hunger, he was forced to be a pig herder to survive. He therefore meditated in his heart to go to his father and ask for his forgiveness and to be welcomed anew, even as a servant. While still on the road, however, the father saw him and ran towards him, receiving him with open arms. He then ordered his servants to prepare a great feast for the occasion, killing for the purpose the "fatty calf". The firstborn did not understand why his brother was given such treatment, and reminded the parent that he, who had always obeyed him, had never received a single kid to celebrate with his friends. The father answered him: «Son, you are always with me and everything that is mine is yours; but it was necessary to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and came back to life, was lost and was found». The parable of the prodigal son was often portrayed in painting and the scene he finds most is certainly that of returning home in his father’s arms. Among the many is a canvas by the famous painter Giovanni Paolo Pannini (or Panini) (Italy – Piacenza, 1691– Rome, 1765) kept at the Hallsborough Gallery in London. Rather rare, however, is the scene of the prodigal son driven and robbed by harlots. There is an engraving by Hans Collaert II (1561-1620) in which this moment is described in the background compared to the moment, narratively later, in which he is penitent among the pigs. The second painting, certainly pendant of the first, represents a similar palace, with some characters overlooking the balustrade marcapiano and other figures around the large bathtub quadrilobata. In the foreground is described a monument with two large stone sculptures. In the distance some architectural elements and, beyond, the mountains are lost on the horizon. The studies related to the numerous painters of architectural views and caprices, active in Italy, and the archival documents found, which could better clarify commissions, biographies and certain works, are scarce and sporadic. Therefore there are still many difficulties in reconstructing a catalogue of autograph works for each author. Through paintings in private collections, in museums and paintings passed on the antique market it is however possible to advance some attributions in order to better delineate the various artistic figures. The style of the works studied here leads to a dating that runs between the 17th and 18th Centuries, with obvious influences dictated by the perspectives of the brothers Galli Bibiena. The analysis of the architectures and the chromatic palette suggests that we are in the presence of a northern Italian and Venetian author. Observing the decorations and the volutes, the brightness and the perspective disposition in fact, we find several analogies with those used by the Vicenza painter Francesco Aviani, excellent in pictorial perspective and architectural views. The biographical profile of Francesco Aviani (Italy - Vicenza, 1662-1715) was essentially traced in 1956 by Andreina Ballarin, then re-visited by Federica Spadotto in 2014 and Giancarlo Sestieri in 2015. Certain documents about his life are scarce, as are the documented works. He was born in Venice, probably on 25 November 1662, to Bernardo and a Magdalene whose surname is unknown, and was baptized on 3 December 1662. Between 1701 and 1703 he worked, together with his brother MarCo, sculptor, for the fresco decoration (now illegible) of the church villa in Soella (Vicenza). On October 16, 1703 he married Isabella Carcano. On March 26, 1715 he made a will and died on April 3 of the same year, in Vicenza. The frescoes in the refectory of the sanctuary of Monte Berico in Vicenza are considered authentic works by Aviani, probably made in 1708; the paintings preserved in the Civic Museum of Vicenza: “Landscape with Lazzaro and the rich Epulone”; “Christ among the doctors”; “The miraculous fishing”, works not datable but with attribution corroborated by style. In addition, the frescoes in the east and west corridors of the Villa La Rotonda, near Vicenza; the fresco in the apse basin of the chapel of the church S. Croce, Vicenza, now destroyed; the frescoes of the central hall of Villa Camerini a Montruglio (1714) and a painting of a “Porto Regio”, of which we have a print engraved by Dall'Acqua. From his works emerges the artistic background that animated the Venetian culture in the early eighteenth century. The scenic grandeur with which Aviani treats the architecture also suggests a stay in Emilia of the painter, in which he could have come into contact with the environment of the Bibiena. These contacts would be confirmed by the press of Cristoforo Dall'Acqua (Vicenza 1734-1787), “Il porto regio”, after a painting of Aviani. The press was part of a group of engravings, representing royal buildings, reproducing paintings of the Bibiena. In the eyes of Dall’Acqua, therefore, Aviani’s work was not foreign among those of the Emilians. Inside the sumptuous architectural whims, Aviani often depicts biblical scenes, in which the characters share the space and the narrative rhythm, along with figures drawn from everyday scenes, memories of the Veronese and Bassano heritage. Also in the works covered by this study the author does not seem to want to give up a biblical subject, though the purpose of the paintings appears to be clearly a staging scenography-architectural within which the characters are relegated to the role of extras. From the examination of the architectural Capriccio gathered under the name of Aviani then emerge common elements. The comparison between these works and the works in question highlights the proximity of the compositions. The imposing and scenic architectures are in fact equally characterized by the perspective-scenographic ability diffused in emilian “quadraturisti” and in Bibiena work. In fact, you can see the spectacular slender architecture in the lower part, the loggias that create chiaroscuro games with arches and binate columns placed on massive bases and overhung by projecting cornices. Significant also the comparison with two paintings with architectural whims in a night vision attributed to Francesco Aviani. In Aviani’s works it is possible to find a certain knowledge of the Roman Codazzi paint nd its early development of the eighteenth century, developed with the Locatelli, the Pannini and the less known Domenico Roberti. To Roberti have been recently attributed two works that have some compositional affinity with the canvases in question. The same can be done for a work on the antique market, attributed to Pietro Francesco...

Description Artist: Jean Krille - Expressionist painter Switzerland (1923- 1991) Oil on board Artwork dimensions: 136 x 104 cm (53 1/2in. x 41in.) Signed: front lower right corner "...

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...

One of Six fun vintage study for an Italian Classic garden courtyard. Probably some scenographic preparation. Really pleasant scenery and nice vivid color on the blue and white scale...

17th century Dutch Old Master oil painting, Still-life with fruits and wine and Venetian glass The present painting is a stunning portrayal of opulent abundance. Resting on a shimmering, dark red silk...

Lauro Lessio abstract oil painting in the Pittura Metafisica style Offered is a large oil painting by the Italian artist Lauro Lessio created in the "pittura metafisica" style whi...

A fascinating and rare historical genre painting, executed in oil on canvas and signed by the Spanish artist Luis Taberner y Montalvo. The composition depicts a dramatic 19th-century...

Large Gabe Silverman 1980s abstract Op Art painting Offered for sale is an original Op Art painting recently discovered in a time capsule from the 19...

19th Century Framed Oil on Canvas of Still Life is an intriguing work, signed by the as yet unidentified artist. Representing a combination of techniques, the artist has skillfully ...

A stunning oil on canvas of RAF Lancaster Bombers returning from a mission over Germany in WWII. It has exceptional quality and detail. By South African ...

Dramatically and vividly painted, this depiction of a seated Archer of Asian descent, holding his bow in one hand, is a Classic example of Depression-era portraiture. The contemplati...

A pair of original oil paintings on canvas depicting a handsome young aristocratic couple of the Directoire, early Empire period. They are each pictured from the waist up, she holdin...

Oil on canvas painting, attributed to the French school of the 19th century, depicts a serene scene of fishermen hauling in nets along the edge of the upper Rhône near Saint Genis, i...

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Henri Joseph Pauwels (1903-1983) is a classic example of landscape work by the celebrated and prolific artist who is one of Belgium's favorit...

Jules Salles-Wagner (French, 1814-1898) A Large and Impressive French, 19th century oil on canvas "The Water Carrier" depicting a standing and posing young peasant girl holding twin-...

Old oil painting 18th century Illustration of waterfall in roman mountains 18th century painting in a gilded frame Very fine painting.  

Set of four antique 19th century Italian oil on wood marina landscape paintings with painted wooden frames Measures with frame: 34 x 44 x 3cm.

Large and impressive painting of still life of flowers with a white cockatoo In an Italianate landscape with ancient columns and ruins in the backgroun...

Nineteenth century. Still life with fruits. Oil on canvas, 64 x 52 cm. The still life analyzed presents a mixture of floral and fruit elements arranged in a circular order o...

Two striking acrylic paintings on board, one of a cabaret or can-can dancer on a stage and one of a gentleman seated at a card table and both with painted theatrical frames by the no...

Original MCM Pen and ink architectural study for a Palm Springs Residence (unbuilt). Framed and signed; J.H.Hahn, Reminiscent of the famed Dinah Shore hous...

Antique set of three early 19th century watercolors of Austrian military uniforms depicted in a stark landscape in a matter of fact technique with han...

Framed Oil Painting on Panel by Marthe de Spiegeleir (1897-1991) is a splendid post-impressionist work depicting a charming country cottage on a late afternoon. The presence of an u...

This vibrant and dynamic abstract painting is a captivating blend of colors and textures. A bold interplay of pink, blue, and white creates a visually stimulating composition. The ar...

Portrait of a young woman. Good general condition, missing parts of the frame. Signed and dated. France, 1919. Céline-Alice Winter-Schahl was born in Strasbourg in 1863 and died in Dijon in 1943. Daughter of Charles David Winter...

A fantastic and striking original oil on board painting by the renowned artist John Mackay. This is signed and dated from 2012. It is a great size and b...

Wonderful still life painting by California artist John Powell. Oil on Canvas, unframed. (Born 1930) is active/lives in California. John Powell is known for Floral still life and lan...

An arresting image of a bearded wise man with a rich and perhaps exotic story! An original signed oil on wood panel. Painted in the moody style of a Northern European portrait with exceptional technical articulation and expression. There is a clarity and realism about this piece. The man depicted appear to be in a contemplative mood, He wears a large brimmed hat...

Japanese screen with two doors painted with mineral pigments on rice paper. Early Showa period.

This 19th century framed oil painting on canvas by Albert Jaboneau (1855-?) depicts the bustling harbor scene at Anvers, France during the late 19th century showing the "hybrid" ship...

A wonderful mixed-media on board of a group of nude well rounded women dancing and frolicking. It is a great painting signed lower left Charles Burdick. ...

Antique portrait / oil painting of a noblewoman, France 18th Century Painting painted oil on canvas, oval stretcher. Portrait of an eagle lady, probably ...

An exceptional abstract expressionism painting signed PAULET circa 1950 Poliakoff school.

Antique 19th Century Indian Kalighat painting of the God Krishna worshipping his divine consort Radha. Painted in Calcutta, Bengal, India by a Bengali patua, with natural mineral pigment paints on paper. Signed illegibly in pencil, lower right. Origins of Kalighat painting written by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England: According to legend, Lord Shiva, the god of dance and destruction, was deep in meditation on Mount Kailash when he received news of the death of his consort, Sati, an avatar (or human manifestation) of the goddess Kali. He wandered for days with her body draped across his shoulders and his inconsolable grief threatened to ruin the earth. Lord Vishnu, the Preserver, was called upon to intervene. To relieve Shiva's burden, he shattered Sati's body into 51 pieces. The little toe of Sati's right foot was said to have fallen at the site of the Hooghly River...

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on thin paper size: 18 x 14.5 inches condition: very good and ready to b...

C.M. Hutschenreuther porcelain plaque depicting 'Daphne' signed 'Wagner' l/r , in an elaborate gilt frame Germany circa 1910 Measures: Plaque: 6" H x 4" W Framed: 14" H x 12" W x...

1990s Italian Venetian framed oil on canvas painting with craquelure.

"Babel Launch I" by noted New York artist Kevin Paulsen. Pigment and plaster on fabric laid on board. Inscribed on reverse by artist to explain the influences portrayed in his approa...

Pietro Bardellino (Italy - Naples, 1732 - 1806), attr., Sacred Heart of the Child Jesus Measurements: with frame, cm L 86 x H 99 x P 8; only the canvas, cm L 78 x H 64 The painting, made in oil on canvas, represents the Sacred Heart of the Child Jesus. Stylistically the work is attributable to Pietro Bardellino (Italy, Naples, 1732 - Naples, 1806), a pupil of Francesco De Mura and considered by critics one of the most gifted and sensitive exponents of the Rococo style in Naples. The canvas represents the Child Jesus, surrounded by flowers in an outdoor setting, while showing the sacred heart. The canvas has a well-balanced color and a strong sweetness of the child’s traits, which with the complicit gesture of the right hand, involves the viewer in the intimate and delicate sharing of the garden in which he sits. The roses, in addition to being a beautiful piece of still life, contribute to enrich the Christological message, being bearers of symbolic meanings. Marian attributes par excellence, are often side by side with Christ, whose thorns foreshadow the Passion. In the canvas, on the top left, two cherubim are observed: among them, according to the Old Testament, is God: the author therefore puts into place an iconographic and iconological hyperbole that amplifies its meaning. The iconographic theme of the Child Jesus with the Sacred Heart in his hand spread between the second half of the eighteenth century and the first of the following century. With the worship of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Church intends to honour the Heart of Jesus Christ, one of the organs symbolizing his humanity, which by intimate union with the Divinity, has the right to worship and love of the Saviour for men, of which His Heart is the symbol. It represents one of the fundamental devotions of Christian life, as it manifests the true face of God, who is prodigal and boundless love. It was the French mystic Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque...

This 19th century oil painting depicts a portrait of of a male, framed beautifully in a gilded wood frame. The painting is an original, and produced using the oil painting techniqu...

Very captivating, original oil on canvas of a beautiful nude woman with expressive amber eyes and a lion by her side, by famous deceased listed Dutch artist, Leo Jansen...

Domenico Carnevale (Sassuolo, 1524 - Modena, 1579) Adoration of the Shepherds Oil on copper, 42 x 28 cm Frame 54 x 36 cm Expert opinion of Prof. Emilio Negro The painting represents the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Child in the center, next to the Madonna kneeling in prayer and an angel behind her; towards him in the foreground a woman with a child in her arms, a shepherd with a sheep on the right, a bagpiper on the left and various other male and female characters turn to him. The architectures of the background, between which a glimpse of the landscape can be glimpsed, are hidden in the upper part by the clouds, where a "celestial glory" encamps with three flying angels. The painting shows mannerist characters that can be traced back to the second half of the sixteenth century, and can be traced back to an author from the Modena area, with stylistic references to the Bolognese Samacchini (1532 - 1577) and Passerotti (1529 - 1592). More precisely, it can be attributed to Domenico Carnevale (1524-1579), one of the most important masters of the sixteenth century active in the local area. The Carnival was formed in Emilia, his homeland, where he worked for many years. However, his works also show a clear Roman influence, dictated by a long experience in the city, during which he also dedicated himself to the restoration of the Sistine Chapel. Trained in the late-mannerist environment of Modena, he is also linked to the Parmesan Corrorese and Ferrarese Dossesque tradition; Carnival also always maintains a slight archaic sentiment in his work, The main stylistic reference must be identified in a work similar in subject and iconographic setting, coming from the church of the Pio Istituto Orfanelle di San Geminiano di Modena, currently part of the Art Collection of the Province, attributed to the same influence as the Carnival. Another interesting comparison should be identified with A Presentation of Jesus in the Temple...

Oil on panel depicting a bearded gentleman in top hat. Signed lower left. Ornate wood and gesso gilded frame. Overall dimensions given below, the image size is 5.75 inches high X 4.5...

A charming oil painting on board of a farm house with a scene depicting farm life in the back yard. The very detailed early frame with an oil on board in colorful muted tones. The ea...

This large antique oil painting was done by the well known Willem Hendriks of the Netherlands in approximately 1920 in his signature realistic style. The painting is an oil on canvas and is titled "The Old Well" and depicts a Dutch woman...

Abstract mixed medium-on-paper by Philip Renteria (1947-1998), 1973. Untitled gouache and ink on paper, both dated and hand-signed by artist. Newly-framed, float-mounted within black...

Large Purvis Young Abstract Outsider Folk Art Painting on Board, Attributed Offered for sale is a large attributed Purvis Young (1943-2010) abstrac...

We are delighted to offer for sale this massive original late 19th century extra large Flemish oil painting, signed Q Jihuitog depicting a nice na...