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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Great Italian Fresco Early 1700s Dominican Fathers by Francesco Malcotto
Located in Milano, MI
Monumental early 18th-century Italian fresco depicting Dominican Friars by Francesco Malcotto, who made this painting for Milan, for the Renaissance basilica Santa Maria delle Grazie...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
15th Century Antique Brussels Millefleur Tapestry 6' X 5'
Located in Los Angeles, US
A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...
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Unknown Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Spanish 17th Century Oil Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding 17th century Oil Painting of Catherine of Alexandria, a Christian saint and virgin, martyred in the early fourth century by t...
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Rare Antique Map of the Middle East, ca.1690
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print, untitled.
Two decorative maps on one sheet of the middle east in biblical times. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Anonymous...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$340 Sale Price
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Antique Print with Charts of Hemispheres by Scherer, c.1703
Located in Langweer, NL
Various antique charts of hemispheres illustrating the positioning of the earth. Printed for Scherer's 'Atlas Novus' (1702-1710).
Artists and Engravers: Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen until about 1680. Thereafter he obtained important positions as Official Tutor to the Royal Princes...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$226 Sale Price
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Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures.
Italian, 18th century large painting in oil on canvas is from the school of Giovan...
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Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$16,800 Sale Price
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Charles Monnet " National Assembly In The Night Of August 4-5 " Engraving
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This engraving represents the National Assembly in the night of August 4 and 5, 1789 realized by Isodore Stanislas Herman after the work of Charles Monnet...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
17th Century Fine Flemish Tapestry, Silk & Wool, Green, Blue, Red, Battle Scene
Located in Port Washington, NY
The tapestry shown here is a magnificent example of 17th-century European artistry, likely influenced by the grand tradition of tapestry weaving that flourished in France and Flander...
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Silk
Italian School, Madonna Of Divine Love, On Panel, 17th/18th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Italian school 17th / 18th century: oil on framed panel, representing The Virgin and Child Jesus, accompanied by Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist as a child, in the foreground
A...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
1706 Heraldic Engraving of Scotland’s Unicorn and Royal Arms by Coronelli
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: 1706 Heraldic Engraving of Scotland’s Unicorn and Royal Arms by Coronelli
Description: This elegant antique print, likely from Vincenzo Maria Coronelli’s 'Isole Britanniche: ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Flemish Tapestry 17th Century - Greenery With Owl - H2m70xl2m25 - N° 1430
Located in Paris, FR
Flemish French Tapestry (Manufactury of Flandres) 17th century - Greenery with Owl - H2m70xL2m25 - No. 1430
Clean, revised and lined with velcro
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Towe...
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French Aubusson Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Silk
18th Century French Neoclassical Hand-Painted Panel on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Please note this the painting is dark as original photograph displays.
This exceptional late 18th-century Neoclassical hand-painted panel, crafted on canvas and mounted to a board,...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
18Th Century, Pair of Italian Allegory Paintings By Vittorio Amedeo Rapous
By Vittorio Amedeo Rapous
Located in IT
18Th Century, Pair of Italian Allegorical Paintings By Vittorio Amedeo Rapous
Pair of paintings depicting the Allegory of Spring with putti and the Allegory of Autumn with putti, Vi...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$35,907 Sale Price
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English 18th Century Playing Cards by Hunts & Sons
Located in Delft, NL
English 18th Century Playing Cards by Hunts & Sons
13 colored English 18th century playing cards by Hunts & Sons
Hunts & Sons (1789-1801) ...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Paper
Antique Bird Print of the Nightingale by Sepp & Nozeman, 1789
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Motacilla, Luscinia'. The common nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), also known as rufous nightingale, is a small passerine bird best kno...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$850 Sale Price
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Antique World Map by P. Schenk '1706'
By Peter Schenk
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Diversa Orbis Terrae. Visu Incedente per Coluros Tropicorum, Ambos Ejus Polos, et Parciularis Sphaerae Zenith, in Planum Orthographica Projectio (..) Plat Ontwerp van verscheyde Aert-klooten (..)'. One of the earliest Dutch World Maps to focus on a more modern cartographic style, based on Carel Allard's map of 1696. This map represented a noteworthy shift from the traditional decorative Dutch 17th century maps where the margins would be full of classical mythological...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$5,102 Sale Price
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18th Century Oil on Canvas Framed Flemish Painting Interior Scene, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Flemish painting from the 18th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting an interior scene of a tavern with characters of good pictorial quality. Nice size and pleasant impact painting, for antique dealers, interior decorators and collectors of old Dutch painting...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Jacob weeps over Joseph's tunic, Antique Flemish Tapestry Circa 1600 - N° 1498
Located in Paris, FR
This tapestry has already been cleaned in our craft workshop
The setting sun bathed the hills of Canaan in golden light, but in Jacob’s heart, darkness reigned. He sat bent, his eye...
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Silk
18th century French School : portrait of an aristocrat dated 1768, oil on canvas
By Porcher
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
18th century French school, portrait of an aristocrat woman circa 1760 - 1770, oil on canvas set into a Louis XVI style frame (the frame is a 19th century production ; it is gilt wit...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
$6,142 Sale Price
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Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Hera's Chariot Hand Fan Shadowbox
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 18th century French Louis XVI / Neoclassical painted boudoir hand fan. White sticks pierced with foliate / floral designs as well as trumpets and sheets of music; gilded acce...
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Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Paint
$940 Sale Price
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17th Century French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson verdure landscape tapestry from the 17th century, featuring a paradisiacal vision of a remote cottage with a beautiful waterfall placed within a lush lakeside setti...
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French Aubusson Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
$89,995 Sale Price
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1797 Port of Boston from 'Views of North America' Panels Signed by Zuber Et Cie
By Jean Zuber
Located in IT
Panels decorated with printed paper, depicting an idyllic scene of Boston Harbour, France.
The motif comes from the 'Vues d'Amérique du Nord' series and was first presented by Jean ...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Antique Square Late 17th C. Brussels Baroque Mythological Tapestry Mars Venus
Located in New York, NY
A Museum Quality piece, this is an exquisite example of a late 17th/ early 18th Century Brussels Baroque Mythological Tapestry. It is a complete piece with its original border, measu...
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Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
17th Century Flemish Old Master Painting Circle of Frans Francken.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century Flemish Old Master Painting Circle of Frans Francken
Rare 17th century Flemish School painting, circle of Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642). This Cabinet picture, ...
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Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
17th Century Brussels Mythological Tapestry Persephone from the History of Ceres
Located in New York, NY
A Baroque Brussels tapestry from the 17th century, signed by Marcus de Vos, depicting Proserpine (Persephone) reaching for a pomegranate and on the right side a dragon, probably from...
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Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
$99,995 Sale Price
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18th Century English Wall Shelf
Located in High Point, NC
Late 18th century Georgian oak wall shelf with stepped crown molding which has dental detail as well, following down to a lovely hand scalloped apron over four shelves. the shelves a...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Oak
Pair of Miniature Portraits in Giltwood Frames
Located in Huntington, NY
2 portraits, late 18th century, oil on board.
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
$1,136 Sale Price
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Beautiful Antique 18th Century Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful 18th century French Aubusson tapestry with beautiful design and beautiful with red, blue and green, entirely handwoven at Aubusson manufacturing with wool and silk wov...
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French Aubusson Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
$2,740 Sale Price
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Rare Aubusson Pastoral Tapestry, 18th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Rare fine 18th century Aubusson tapestry, depicting a rural landscape in which three shepherds watch helplessly as one of their lambs is carried off by an opportunistic wolf. Hand-wo...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Silk
Beautiful 17th-century Mexican School - "Annunciation."
Located in Madrid, ES
17th-century Mexican School - "Annunciation."
Oil on canvas. 110 x 89 cm, framed 120 x 99 cm.
Framed.
This work comes from the city of Morelia, the monastery of the Capuchin Poor ...
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Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Pair of 17th Century Chinese Huaniaohua Paintings with Gilded Frames
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 17th century Chinese Huaniaohua paintings created in 1665 with the watercolor mixture Gouche.
The pair showcases beautiful floral scenes in the centuries old tradition of...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Quartz
Bird’s-Eye View of Genoa – Engraving by Matthäus Merian the Elder c.1650
Located in Langweer, NL
Bird’s-Eye View of Genoa – Engraving by Matthäus Merian the Elder c.1650
This finely detailed antique print titled Genua presents a sweeping bird’s-eye view of the historic Italian ...
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Swiss Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$746 Sale Price
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18th Century French Faience Carnation Plate Sceaux
Located in Austin, TX
18th Century French carnation plate , Manufacture of Sceaux.
Border déchiqueté.
Sceaux ceramics are presented at The Getty Museum and The MET.
The ceramic manufactory at Sceaux, outs...
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French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
French 18th Century Oil on Canvas Floral Painting in the Dutch School Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French oil on canvas still-life floral painting in the Dutch School style from the 18th century, in giltwood frame. Born in France during the Age of Enlightenment, this exquisite f...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
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...
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German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Magnificent Flemish Historical Tapestry the Bull Hunting, 17th Century
Located in Rome, IT
outstanding tapestry in wool and silk, Bruxelles, second half of the 17th century.
Depicting a detailed scene of The Bull Hunting. On the background of the landscape the Monument of ...
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Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Tapestry
Late 17th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson Biblical tapestry from the late 17th century, depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba seated on a throne at center, flanked on either side by attendants, to t...
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French Aubusson Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Antique Late 17th Century Antique Franco-Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This late 17th century Franco-Flemish verdure tapestry, signed RAET, worked in fresh colors, depicting animals in a wooded river landscape with a bird of prey attacking a rabbit in t...
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Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
17 Foot Long Signed Flemish Tapestry from the Series of 7 Liberal Arts, C. 1670
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
Originally part of a series of tapestries from Flemish weaver Michel Wauters, depicting the Seven Liberal Arts. This massive tapestry (well over eight...
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Belgian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Textile, Wool, Linen, Silk
Antique French Pair of large Oils on Canvas Painting of Cherubs 18eme Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an Pair of oil Paintings in the Style of François Boucher.
This is a charming 18th century Pair of oil on canvas painting depicting cherubs . The cherubs are draped.
This...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
$7,559 Sale Price / set
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Spanish Colonial Cusco School Oil Painting, La Santa Trinidad
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Spanish Colonial Oil On Canvas Painting, La Santa Trinidad (The Holy Trinity). Painting depicts God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit figura...
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Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
17th century Aubusson tapestry - the rest after the harvest - N° 1331
Located in Paris, FR
Piece of collectionTapestry 17th century Aubusson - the rest after the harvest
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tapestries, carpets, kilims and textiles old, modern and contemporary.
We work for private clients, amateurs, antique dealers...
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French Aubusson Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
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Wool
18th Century Large Original Painted Canvas Of French Country Side
Located in Charleston, SC
This rare large painted unframed canvas from the mid 18th century portrays the image of an idyllic pastoral scene in Southern France.
Featuring a group of herons and swans in the di...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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)...
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Unknown Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Der Blaue Reiher - Hand-Colored Engraving of the Blue Heron by Seligman, ca.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Der Blaue Reiher - Hand-Colored Engraving of the Blue Heron by Johann Michael Seligmann, 18th Century
This beautiful hand-colored engraving, titled 'Der Blaue Reiher', illust...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$652 Sale Price
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Tritons defending Nereids. Oil on glass (reverse). Possibly Italian school...
Located in Madrid, ES
Tritons defending Nereids. Oil on glass (reverse). Possibly Italian school (perhaps Naples), late 16th 17th century.
It has some issues.
Framed glass plate with a painting, probabl...
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European Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
Large Antique 18thC Portrait Painting by Thomas Beach in Giltwood Frame
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Large Antique 18thC Portrait Painting Signed By Thomas Beach (English 1738-1806) Seated in Gilt...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Giltwood
$3,000 Sale Price
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Original Hand-Colored Antique Regional Map of Switzerland, 1753
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Switzerland titled 'Territorium Reipublicae liberae Helveticae Scaphusiensis (..)'. Regional map of Switzerland.
Artists and En...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$557 Sale Price
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Early 18th century Flemish antique tapestry 10x13 Verdure Wool & Silk 297x384cm
Located in New York, NY
Early 18th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry Fine Verdure Wool & Silk
9'9" x 12'7"(10x13) 297cm x 384cm
Circa 1720
"This is a very fine Authentic Antique Flemish wool & silk Tapest...
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Belgian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique 17th Century Flemish Historical Tapestry, Featuring Dido and Aeneas
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson historical tapestry from the late 17th century, depicting Aeneas relating his adventures to Dido, from 'The Story of Dido and Aeneas'...
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Belgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Silk
$44,995 Sale Price
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Exotic Wildflower with Butterflies – Rare Botanical Engraving by Meerburgh, 1775
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Exotic Wildflower with Butterflies – Rare Botanical Engraving by Meerburgh, 1775
Description:
This exquisite hand-colored botanical print, marked Tab. X, comes from the 1775 ...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Painting Landscape with Figures, 1680
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a wonderful bucolic landscape with a village, common people and grazing animals. Wi...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Large Print of the Procession for the Papal Inauguration in Rome, Italy, c.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Le Pape va en ceremonie prendre possession du pontificat (…)' - This very large original antique print shows the procession for the Papal inauguration in the ...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,275 Sale Price
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FOUR fine early Delft Blue and White Wall Tiles in Copper frames, Ca 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are Four fine Delft ceramic wall tiles all with a blue and white hand painted similar pattern, made in the Netherlands during the late 17th / early 18th Century, circa 1700 and...
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Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Earthenware
17th Century Venetian Oil Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding and grand 17th century Baroque oil painting on an oval wooden panel of the Madonna and Child. Beautifully executed and stunning patina.
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Majestic Hunter: The American Belted Kingfisher in Its Natural Habitat, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Original hand-colored antique bird print showing an American Kingfisher from the book "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds" (1743-1751) by George Edwards.
This hand-colored engraving showcases the bird perched on a branch, holding a fish in its beak.
The kingfisher is characterized by its distinctive plumage, with a slate-blue back and wings, a speckled tail, and a prominent crest on its head. Its body is white underneath with some pinkish hues near the breast. The bird's sharp beak is shown spearing a fish, emphasizing its hunting prowess. The surrounding environment includes a simple background with water and vegetation, highlighting the bird's natural habitat. This illustration is part of an increasingly rare and treasured collection of natural history artwork from the 18th century.
George Edwards (1694–1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist who is often referred to as the "father of British ornithology." His most famous work, "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds" (1743-1751), and its continuation "Gleanings of Natural History" (1758-1764), contain detailed illustrations and descriptions of many bird species, many of which were little known or newly discovered at the time. Edwards' work is highly regarded for its accuracy, artistry, and contribution to the field of ornithology.
About George Edwards:
1. **Early Life and Career**:
- Born in Stratford, Essex, Edwards was apprenticed to a tradesman in London. However, he developed an interest in natural history and began studying birds, insects, and other animals.
- He spent some time traveling in Europe, studying various collections of natural history specimens.
2. **Publications**:
- **"A Natural History of Uncommon Birds" (1743-1751)**: This work is a collection of 210 hand-colored engravings of birds. It is known for its meticulous attention to detail and accuracy in depicting bird species.
- **"Gleanings of Natural History" (1758-1764)**: This series continued the work started in "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds" and included additional birds as well as other animals.
- His publications also included detailed observations and descriptions, making them valuable not only for their artistic merit but also for their scientific content.
3. **Artistic and Scientific Contributions**:
- Edwards was known for his ability to combine artistic skill with scientific precision. His illustrations often depicted birds in lifelike poses and settings, showing their natural behaviors.
- He collaborated with and was influenced by other naturalists and illustrators of his time, such as Carl Linnaeus and Mark Catesby.
- Edwards' works were used by Linnaeus in the development of his system of taxonomy.
4. **Legacy**:
- George Edwards' contributions to ornithology and natural history have had a lasting impact. His detailed and accurate illustrations helped to advance the study of birds and influenced subsequent generations of naturalists and artists.
- His books remain highly prized by collectors and are considered important historical documents in the field of natural history.
### "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds" and Its Importance:
- **Illustrations**: Each illustration in Edwards' work was carefully hand-colored, and the engravings were often accompanied by descriptive text that included observations about the birds' habitats, behaviors, and physical characteristics.
- **Scientific Accuracy**: Edwards took great care to ensure the accuracy of his depictions, often working from specimens he had observed firsthand.
- **Influence**: The work was well-received in its time and remains a significant reference for ornithologists and historians. It contributed to a greater understanding and appreciation of bird species from around the world.
Overall, George Edwards' work represents a critical intersection of art and science during the Enlightenment period, capturing the beauty and diversity of the natural world while contributing to the scientific knowledge of his time.
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The bird depicted is a Belted Kingfisher...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
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Paper
$330 Sale Price
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Hand-Colored Engraving of the Crested African Crane by Johann Seligmann. ca.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Der Gefiederte Afrikanische Kranich - Hand-Colored Engraving of the Crested African Crane by Johann Michael Seligmann, 18th Century
This captivating hand-colored engraving, t...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$584 Sale Price
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Antique Engraving of Persepolis, a City Sacked by Alexander the Great, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Ruinen van 't Paleis van Darius, gelegen in 't oude Persepolis, door last van Alexander de Groote verbrandt (..)'.
Persepolis was sacked by the troops of Al...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$463 Sale Price
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Mid-18th Century English Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Young Gentleman
Located in Charlottesville, VA
English school oil on canvas portrait dating to the mid-18th century, depicting a finely dressed young gentleman. The subject’s elegant attire and composed expression suggest wealth ...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Giza Pyramids and Sphinx Engraved: An 18th-Century Egyptian Vista, 1782
Located in Langweer, NL
This original print is titled "THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT."
It depicts the famous Giza pyramid complex, with the three pyramids standing prominently in the background. In the foreground...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$151 Sale Price
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A longtime admirer of Kahn’s work, 1stDibs editorial director Anthony Barzilay Freund explores why it’s relevant now more than ever.
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The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.
Anna Condo’s Multifaceted Career Spans Film, Photography and NFTs
From her historic Manhattan townhouse, the talented creator and curator of 1stDibs' latest NFT exhibition tells us about the art in her home and how she got involved with cryptoart.
How Keith Rivers Went from NFL Linebacker to Blue-Chip Art Aficionado
The former football player is as serious about becoming a great contemporary-art patron as he once was about making tackles. Here, Rivers tells us how he got the collecting bug and how his tastes have evolved over the years.
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