Amsterdam - Paintings

oil stick, acrylic, charcoal on raw linen canvas

Large Prussian-blue grisaille. French, Rococo, mid-18th century. Depicting a romantic couple resting by the edge of a lake, in a wooded landscape with abundant, luxuriant nature. Pro...

oil stick, acrylic, charcoal on raw linen canvas

oil stick, acrylic, & charcoal on raw linen

oil stick, acrylic, & charcoal on raw linen

oil stick, acrylic, & charcoal on raw linen

oil stick, acrylic, & charcoal on raw linen

oil pastel, charcoal & acrylic on raw linen

CHRISTOFFEL LUBIENIECKI (1659-1729) Pair of portraits of a gentleman and a lady, both in silk kimono, before a country house (circa 1680) Indistinctly signed “C.......” on a box under the man’s left hand Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 67 cm each Both sitters are portrayed wearing a silk “Japanese” coat. During the second half of the seventeenth the Japanese silk coat, an adapted Japanese kimono, became a real vogue in the Dutch elite. The exclusive Dutch trade contacts with Japan can explain the popularity of the kimono-style silk coats in the Netherlands. Everybody who could afford one, dressed in such a fashionable and comfortable coat and, like the present sitters, some proud owners had themselves portrayed in a “Japanese” coat often together with an oriental carpet to underline their standing and international connections. These portraits are the work of the Polish-born portraitist Christoffel Lubieniecki (also known as Lubienitski, Lubinitski or Lubiniecki) Lubieniecki was first trained in Hamburg under Julian Stuhr and after 1675 in Amsterdam under Adriaen Backer and Gerard de Lairesse. He specialized in landscapes, generally of an Italianate character, and in portraits. The loving execution of these contented burghers, enjoying the garden vistas of their country house, places him alongside Amsterdam portraitists such as Constantijn Netscher and Michiel van Musscher...

oil pastel, charcoal & acrylic on raw linen

Charles Frederick de Brocktorff (1775–1850) ‘Camelopard – a present from the Pacha of Egypt to the King – at Malta on its way to England’ Signed and dated C.F. de Brocktorff. / 1827. lower right, inscribed as titled in the painted margins lower centre. Pencil and watercolour heightened with gold paint and gum arabic on paper, 36.8 x 27.9 cm A gift so majestic, it made kings blush, and a gift so grand, it would startle Europe into a craze. Pasha Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1805-1848) did it in 1827: he sent to Europe three magical spotted, horned creatures, each with a neck reaching the skies and legs as long as a house is high. One giraffe to King Charles X of France, one to Francis I of Austria and the most fabled one to King George IV of England. A curious sight for Europeans, who had not seen such a beast since the Medici giraffe in 1487. Few animals created more of a stir in Europe than these royal...

David Finsonius (Veere 1597- Bergen op Zoom 1646/1648) Portrait of a girl with a rose and a red coral necklace With traces of the artist’s signature and annotated AETATIS S.V. 2 1⁄2 Ao 1631 Oil on panel, H. 104.5 x 79.5 cm Provenance: Purchased by Jonkheer Helenus Marius Speelman (1857-1909), Kasteel de Wittenburg; thence by descent The work shows a strong resemblance to a portrait by Finsonius in the North Brabant Museum. This signed and dated "Girl with Basket and Cherries" (Inv. 15529), was painted just a year later, in 1632. Not only are the paintings remarkably similar in overall size and format, in painting style, and in the positioning of the girls in full length in their white lace dresses. They are also connected by the iconographic scheme of the respective coral necklaces, each with a gold memorial medal hanging from it. Although they are of course individuals, the faces are very similar in their depictions of features such as eyes, nose, and lips. This points to the same technique applied by the same painter. Finally, the handwriting is almost the same on the works by Finsonius known so far. About the painter, David Finson named 'Finsonius' (related to the better-known Louis Finson...

Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...

The title of this painting, together with the subject depicted, underlines the message of Pep Anton Xaus's artworks. Pay especial attention to the donke...

Leead Shamir's "Two Faces" is an exquisite acrylic canvas that encapsulates the essence of duality and the complexity of human emotion. Born in 1969 in Ashke...

Attractive group portrait depicting the 4 children of Jean Gabriel Verne, Count de Besseuil and Julie Sophie Guy de la Findoise, making music together. The depicted children are:...

Follower of Zacharias Wagener (1614-1688) Tamanuâguasû (Giant Anteater) On Italian 17th or 18th-century paper, H. 28 x W. 43.5 cm ​The present painting is a copy after Wagener’s painting of the anteater, Tamanduá-bandeira, which is illustrated in his “Thier Buch”, with 109 drawings of Brazilian fish, birds and mammals, published in Amsterdam c. 1641, in German. ​ Zacharias Wagener, or Wagenaer in Dutch, (Dresden 1614 – Amsterdam 1668) was a real adventurer who became Opperhoofd on Deshima and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in the service of the VOC. During the Thirty-Year War in Germany Wagener tried his luck in Amsterdam where he worked for the map-maker Willem Blaeu. In 1634 he joined the WIC and left for Dutch Brazil where he worked as writer and painter, together with Frans Post...

A sawah landscape, Sumatra Signed and dated 'Sonnega '54' (lower right), and annotated 'Voor Jan de Bas 1-1-1970 / R de Bas' (on the reverse) oil on canvas, 50,5x60,5 cm Provenance: - Collection Pieter de Bas (1909-1979) Mr de Bas was head of the MULO school and acting head of the HBS school in Medan. Thence by descent to the present owner. Exhibited: - Hotel de Boer, Medan 1954, where acquired by the first owner. The light I observed everywhere was of a special quality, fluorescent blue, shone from nowhere but radiated from every point, oddly with great depth and intensity. The light in an entirely different dimension came from nowhere and went nowhere shimmering with the glow of a bright blue jewel. The most important thing I discovered was of being omnipresent and able to understand everything at the same time, yes I could fathom creation completely. Auke Sonnega, born March 9, 1910 in Leeuwarden, known as the painter, primarily of young Balinese men and women. Originally raised in the reformed denomination, the parents of Auke apparently practised theosophy and their children, including Auke were taught these principles. The talent for drawing revealed itself at an early stage which in 1926 lead to a 4-year study of textile design at the Academy for Art and Craft in Amsterdam. He completed the academy in 1930 and worked in a carpet factory in Twente until 1934 and then followed in his sister Aafje’s footsteps leaving the Netherlands to go to the Dutch East Indies where in 1935 he started working as a graphic designer with an advertising bureau in Batavia. He was able to travel through Java and Bali on the motorbike that he brought with him from Europe, and was paid for his travelogue, enhanced with his own photo’s which appeared in several Dutch newspapers and magazines. In the 1930’s two Europeans, Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet...

oil pastel, charcoal & acrylic on raw linen

Roland Strasser (1895-1974) "Japanese Geisha" Signed lower right Oil and gold leaf on canvas, measures: 76 x 46 cm In fine white-wash wood frame. ...

‘Zulu Dancers’ Signed bottom right Hardman, titled on a sticker at the reverse and with address Walton End, Walton Lane, Bosham, Chichester, and Price 45 gns. Oil on board, 99 x 87...

GOVERT VAN EMMERIK (1808-1882) View on the Governor’s Palace in Paramaribo, Surinam Signed and dated 1856 Oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm In large gilt...

Charming tavern scene depicting drunken peasants enjoying dancing and drinking in front a farmhouse/ tavern in a landscape. Painted in great detail in vivid colors on a hand cut oak ...

"Myriad Scintilla" by Ron Mills is 145 x 165 cm unframed. The frame that it includes makes it a total size of: 151 x 171 x 5.5 cm The frame is included in the price, but can also be...

Abraham Johannes Romswinckel (1810-1856) Self-portrait in Indonesian landscape Inscribed Abr. Joh. Romswinckel, geb. Batavia 17 Oct. 1810, overl...

Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...

ERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950) Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them Signed and dated E. Bindewald d.j., 27 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 90.5 cm In black and gilt gesso frame. Note: Bindewald was born in Charlottenburg. He moved to Berlin in 1914 where he studied till 1924 at the Berliner Kunst Akademie. Bindewald travelled in Europe, but mainly stayed in Germany and certainly never was in China. This painting was made in Europe, presumably in the China Town of Berlin. Bindewald received several commisions in Germany from factory owners who wanted their factories painted inside, usually with workers, as well as outside. In the present painting the sitter on the right seems to be a man with a Manchurian background, wearing the brown coat reserved for the highest aristocracy in China. In China the black sleeve-ends completely cover the hands, indicating that the high aristocracy does not have to do any manuel labour. This man clearly is not a factory worker but he possibly is the (co)- owner of the factory in the background and as such might need his hands to do at least some writing. The man on the left in the modern Western suit...

"The constant search for matter with its limitations has led me to work with different elements throughout my career, but it is now with cement, waxes and tar that I have found my ow...

"Limen" by Ron Mills is 145 x 165 cm unframed. The frame that it includes makes it a total size of: 151 x 171 x 5.5 cm The frame is included in the price, but can also be removed fr...

"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...

Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...

Step into the mesmerizing world of EXIT, the original acrylic painting on canvas meticulously crafted and shaped by the divine proportions of the golden rectangle. Inspired by the Re...

Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...

"The constant search for matter with its limitations has led me to work with different elements throughout my career, but it is now with cement, waxes and tar that I have found my ow...

Theo Meier (1908-1982) View of the Village of Iseh, painted from the house of Theo Signed and dated 48 Theo Meier lower left Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 50 cm In original frame carved by the artist. Note: Theo Meier arrived in Bali in 1936 with the intention of going on to Tahiti where he had been before. However Bali turned out to be the paradise he had been searching for in his dreams and he had no desire any more to move elsewhere. Bali at that time was still a very traditional place where society lived according to an acient religious system and in a luscious tropical setting the modern world was ignored. Here he met Walter Spies...

Jacob Eduard Van Heemskerck Van Beest (1828-1894) “Avondgebed; Maleidische tripang visschers onder de hoge kust van Celebes” (Ev...

Paul Bodifée (1866–1938) Summer landscape with country path Signed lower left: Paul Bodifee Oil on canvas, laid down on panel (marouflé) Canvas size: 36.5 x 52 cm Framed size: 49 x 6...

"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...

Charles Legrain, (19th century) Two Javanese landscapes Both signed Legrain Ch. and one dated 1857 Both oil on canvas, size: 95 x 114 cm In rich gilt-gesso frame. (2x).

Peter Peereboom (1952) graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. He has various solo shows on his name including Centre Pompidou Paris in ...

"Once again we are able to contemplate the unique work of Joan Peris with its imaginative and fresh landscapes. All his paintings are as fascinating as they are unusual, emitting the...

Oil painting on Belgian linen canvas. Very layered with subtle colours showing the sunlight. It depicts the cast shadow of the Eiffel Tower on a sunny day and the people walking in t...

Jarik Jongman introduces waiting rooms, data centers and film sets as a stage for ideas about reality and human behaviour in the 'post truth' society. More than ever, 'truth' seems t...

Maria Paola Coda's creative process dwells on a permanent search for the beauty hiding within our state of mind. Coda examines and translates the vibratory element of beauty that goe...

"Once again we are able to contemplate the unique work of Joan Peris with its imaginative and fresh landscapes. All his paintings are as fascinating as they are unusual, emitting the...

Jarik Jongman introduces waiting rooms, data centers and film sets as a stage for ideas about reality and human behaviour in the 'post truth' society. More than ever, 'truth' seems t...

Jarik Jongman introduces waiting rooms, data centers and film sets as a stage for ideas about reality and human behaviour in the 'post truth' society. More than ever, 'truth' seems t...

Many of Jarik Jongman's works involve architecture in some form: motel rooms, waiting rooms, dilapidated buildings, usually devoid of human presence, often provoking feelings of nost...

Many of Jarik Jongman's works involve architecture in some form: motel rooms, waiting rooms, dilapidated buildings, usually devoid of human presence, often provoking feelings of nost...

Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...

Artist: Aquil Copier Title: Untitled (from the series: Appearance can be deceptive, never be the same). Medium: Thick oil paint on canvas Size: 5.1 x 7.1...

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Shadows & Light Paris gives the spectator a birds eye perspective of the Eiffel tower's first floor; the cast shadow of the building with the visitor's standing in line for the ticket office. The painting is executed in rich layered oil paint in radiating colours of a sunny Summer day. Eline de Jonge...

Step into a world where music and visual art converge in perfect harmony with Zahava Lupo's original acrylic on canvas, capturing the essence of summer in a symphony of color and for...

Lazlo Tatz (Hungary 1888 - Philippines 1951) Portrait of a Chinese man Oil on canvas, H. 50 x W. 44.5 cm Tatz studied in Budapest and Paris, and in 1931 h...

This Lead Shamir's original painting is a stunning visual representation of her multidisciplinary approach, where she utilizes a vast array of techniques and materials. This particul...

Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...

"Once again we are able to contemplate the unique work of Joan Peris with its imaginative and fresh landscapes. All his paintings are as fascinating as they are unusual, emitting the...

"Once again we are able to contemplate the unique work of Joan Peris with its imaginative and fresh landscapes. All his paintings are as fascinating as they are unusual, emitting the...

"Questions of a Thousand Dreams" by Ron Mills is 125 x 125 cm unframed. The frame that it includes makes it a total size of: 131 x 131 x 5.5 cm The frame is included in the price, b...