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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Escalade Festival in Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swiss Pastoral landscape Alpine valley at sunset 19th century Oil painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Romanticism movement is well maintained here by Benedikt Franz Hess (1817-1870), Swiss / American, a painter of panoramic landscapes in a detailed transcriptive yet broadly painted s...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
A Womans Dress, White Tulips Patterns, Acrylic Painting on Watercolor Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful expressionist style drawing by Juanjo Saez. Juanjo's pictorial work is an exploration of color, texture, and movement, creating vibrant compositions that capture ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pastoral Landscape Meeting on Bridge Early 19th century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Summer rustic scene depicts an idyllic picture of country life in which harmony and happiness reign. The muted, slightly blurry colors convey the artist's inner world and mood, while...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Mountains 12 April 09:54 - Modern Nature Landscape Oil Painting
By Robert Motelski
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Fauvist Colour Field Landscape, Les Baux de Provence
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Fauvist Colour Field gouache on paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is signed bottom left and titled to the back of the paper, Les Baux de Provence.
A charming and ch...
Category
Late 20th Century Color-Field Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Water tower
By Georges Fustier
Located in Genève, GE
Work on panel
Golden wooden frame
41 x 51.5 x 4.5 cm
Category
1930s Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oosterkwelder, Schiermonnikoog- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Landscape
By Flip Gaasendam
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Flip Gaasendam. An important member of the 'Dutch Northern Figurative Painters' . His paintings are called 'Poems in paint' .
The place where he painted t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The sunrise by Franco Salas Borquez - Black & white painting, ocean waves, sea
By Franco Salas Borquez
Located in Paris, FR
The sunrise is a unique pigments, acrylics and pastel on canvas painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 120 × 200 cm (47.2 × 78.7 in).
The artwork is si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Pigment
Paysage, oil and acrylic painting on paper by Marc Tanguy
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Paysage" by Marc Tanguy (2024)
Acrylic and oil painting on paper laid on board, 58 x 44 cm
Framed with a natural oak floating frame (61 x 47 x 3,5 cm frame included)
This artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French School Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Spanish village landscape Spain oil on canvas painting
By Jordi Freixas Cortes
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Freixas Cortés (1917-1984) - Spanish village landscape - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 65x54 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Freixas Cortés (1917-1984)
Jordi...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Peasant woman of Ibiza Spain oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Juan Orvay (1938) - Peasants of Ibiza - Oil on panel
Oil measurements 27x22 cm.
Frame size 41x36 cm. (16,1417 in. and 14,1732 in).
Joan Orvay Orvay (Eivissa 1938) ART Painter. He st...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Visionary White Castle in Miniature
Located in Stockholm, SE
This small yet striking painting by Primus Mortimer Pettersson (18.5 x 21.5 cm) encapsulates the essence of his artistic vision—an imagined world where reality and dream blur into on...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Christ Angels Pietro Da Cortona Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Christ surrounded by angels in the desert
Circle of Pietro da Cortona, born as Pietro Berrettini (Cortona 1597 - Rome 1669)
Oils on canvas (66 x 50 cm. - in frame 80 x 64 cm.)
The ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moonlit Reflections, Heyst-sur-Mer. Painted 1884
By Elias Erdtman
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elias Erdtman (Sweden, 1863–1945)
Moonlit Reflections, Heyst-sur-Mer
oil on canvas laid on board
signed E. Erdman och daterad -84
unframed: 29 x 18.5 cm (11.4 x 7.3 inches)
framed:...
Category
1880s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Homage to Joan, Joan Mitchell, gallery wrapped, contemporary, nature
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is a result of my appreciate of Joan Mitchell and her amazing paintings. I have always admired her paintings. Her paintings and her commitment to painting was awe insp...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Land of Don Quixote Spain oil on canvas painting
By Ignacio Gil Sala
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Land of Don Quixote
Artist: Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28.7 x 36.2 in (unframed)
Condition: Excellent preservation, unframed
Descriptio...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waves by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary seascape painting, ocean, dark tone
By Franco Salas Borquez
Located in Paris, FR
Waves is a unique graphite drawing on linen canvas by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 118 × 91 cm (46.5 × 35.8 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork are 120 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Graphite
Barn 28 Augustr 16:56 - Contemporary Expressive Landscape Painting
By Robert Motelski
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Expressive Plein Air Study from Engelsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
This intimate plein air study by Olof Arborelius captures the quiet beauty of a sunlit forest edge reflected in still water. The confident, spontaneous brushwork and delicate handlin...
Category
1880s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Turnip"
By Giacomo Ceruti
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Giacomo Ceruti, known as Il Pitocchetto (1698-1767) – “Turnip”
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 204 x 124 cm (unframed)
Provenance: Private collection
This remarkable painting, “T...
Category
18th Century Realist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring poppies 50X50
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I've poured my soul into the vivid crimson blooms, contrasting against the subdued greens and blues, evoking life's vibrancy. Each stroke is a breath, blendin...
Category
2010s Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Green wooden frame and gold borders
70 x 81 x 2.6 cm
Category
1940s Italian School Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape 100 by Jean Krille - Oil on masonite 100x100cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seaside at Saint Raphaël by Ernest Voegeli - Oil on Canvas 46x61 cm
By Ernest Voegeli
Located in Geneva, CH
Ernest Voegeli is an artist who has found his path through a combination of solid technique and a clear, insightful approach to color, form, and composition. While his work is primar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lake and mountain landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surf In Menton. Horizontal, realism, impressionism, seascape, sea, blue, France
Located in Oslo, NO
"In spring 2020 I traveled to the south of France to the city of Menton, where the famous Fête du Citron took place." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "I was mesmerized by ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract impressionist nature forest acrylic painting on paper "Dance of trees"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary, expressive abstract impressionist painting, "Dance of Trees", vividly captures the serene essence of a forest landscape through the lens of a dynamic, impressionis...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Summer evening. Original painting by Spanish artist Liudmila Shabazova
Located in Zofingen, AG
Summer seascape at sunset. The bright colors of the day are replaced by gentle ones. The damp smell of the sea mixes with the smell of plants and flowers. The work is done with acrylic on paper.
11x16 inches (30x42 cm.)
The product will be well-packaged and protected from moisture and damage when sent by mail.
I appreciate your interest in my painting.
Artist Liudmila Shabazova.
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
CONVERSATION UNDER THE ANCIENT TREE..Yuri Krotov.contemporary Russian artist
By Yuri Krotov
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Yuri Krotov
Yuri Krotov was born 1964 in Grivenskaya Cossack Settlement, Krasnodar Territory, located close to the Azov Sea. At the age of 8 he met a local painter G.A. Polugaev who...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Softness Of Days End, minimalists, cy twombly, contemporary, modern, flower
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series that is influenced by trying to find simplicity and beauty in todays chaotic world. I start each painting with a feeling; be it hope, despair, happi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Carbon Pencil
Late Spring Poppy Flower, Geometric Shapes, Modernist Grid in Red Tones on Paper
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Category
2010s Constructivist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Impressionist Oil on Canvas, The Salmon Pool, Canonbie, Scotland
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century oil on canvas view of a salmon river by Miss D L Murray. The painting is signed bottom left and there is an artist's label with title to th...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hudson River School Large American Impressionist Landscape Wisconsin in the Snow
Located in Cotignac, FR
A large scale American Hudson River School Impressionist landscape of a snow scene, most probably Wisconsin, by Leroy Ferdinand Jonas. The painting is signed and dated bottom right and presented in a fine gilt frame.
An imposing view of a snowy landscape most probably the artist's native Wisconsin. Jonas has captured the grandeur of the scene with the contrast between the thick lush snow and the rich colours of the foliage and leaves on the trees. His impasto technique is very characteristic of the American Impressionists as is the subject and sense of scale. A really beautiful painting which because of its scale would be a statement piece in any room.
LeRoy Jonas was born in the town of Texas, Marathon County, Wisconsin, on April 18, 1897, son of Johann F. and Marie (Borchardt) Jonas. He was educated in Wausau public schools and attended the Chicago Art Institute, where he studied under John Norton, noted for his murals, Leopold Seifert, noted for his portraits, and William Wilmovsky, a landscape artist. He worked as a commercial artist and Conservator of Fine Arts there. Upon graduating, he painted for a while in Door County, Wisconsin and was then awarded a scholarship to study under Leon Lundmark...
Category
Early 20th Century Hudson River School Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish landscape oil on board painting Spain painter
By Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874-1959) - Spanish landscape - Oil on board
Oil mesures 11.5x19 cm.
Frame measures 22x28 cm.
Photographer and artist from Lleida trained at the "Círcu...
Category
1920s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pair of Roman Landscapes - by J.F. Van Bloemen - 18th Century
By Jan Frans van Bloemen (Orizzonte)
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful couple of Roman Landscape by J. F. Van Bloemen, in very good conditions and with later wooden frames.
Bibliography and Exhibitions:
Old Master Exhibition, H.Terry-Engell, ...
Category
Early 18th Century Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Overgrown pond
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my creation, I've endeavored to capture the serene beauty of nature's embrace, where a hidden pond, overgrown with life, reflects a sky softly blurred by the morning mist. I've in...
Category
2010s Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard, Giclée
Capri
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Gilded wooden frame with glass window
66 x 71 x 2.5 cm
This painting depicts a magnificent coastal view of a rocky beach, incorporating a fascinating play of texture...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Clouds At Sunset, Oil On Canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Augustin REY
Milan 1864 - Breteuil-sur-Iton 1934
Clouds at sunset
circa 1900
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
33 x 55 cm
42 x 65 cm framed
Adolphe Augustin Rey de Villette, known...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seascape Spain oil on canvas painting Mediterranean spanish
By Josep Marfa Guarro
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Josep Marfa Guarro (1928-2014) Costa Brava Spain Oil on canvas
Oil measures 27x35 cm. Frameless.
Josep Marfa Guarro (1928-2014)
Josep Marfa Guarro was a Catalan painter specialize...
Category
1990s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"An Impulse Budding" (abstract, floral, energetic, calm, rose, blush, pink)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
AN IMPULSE BUDDING
2024
Paris, France
This piece is formed first with a pink dye underpainting on canvas, with white acrylic and green oil painted on top. The notion of the title, "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Dye, Oil
"Vue plongeante sur la porte d’Amont – Etretat" - Normandy, France
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Vue plongeante sur la porte d’Amont – Etretat" - Normandy, France
"Overlooking the Porte d'Amont - Etretat" - Normandy, France
Oil on canvas signed lower right, 92 x 60 x 2,5 cm, ti...
Category
1990s French School Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mountain landscape"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Alois Arnegger (1879–1963) – "Mountain Landscape" (1911)
Artist: Alois Arnegger
Title: Mountain Landscape
Date: 1911
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 57 x 65 cm Artwork: 48...
Category
19th Century Realist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Forest Triptych, Looking Up Through The Trees, Blue Nature, Handmade Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of w...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Rag Paper
"Dream Coming True" Extra-Large Blue Contemporary Landscape By Sophie Pollock
By Sophie Pollock
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
This artwork presents a dreamy blue abstract scenery by contemporary artist Sophie Pollock. With its soft nuances of blue and white, the color palette creates a soothing and serene a...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Summer Landscape
Located in Wien, 9
Nikolai Iwanowitsch Chrustatschow war ein russischer Maler und Grafiker, der vor allem für seine Landschafts-, Porträt- und Stilllebenmalerei bekannt ist. Er stammte aus einer Künstl...
Category
Early 20th Century Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Blue twilight” Original vertical city landscape. Impasto oil painting . Framed
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork masterfully captures a quaint, snow-covered village at dusk. The sloping street, lined with bare trees, leads the eye upward to clusters of charming, pastel-colored hous...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blue snow" Original large square landscape. Impasto oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil on canvas, I captured a quiet village blanketed in snow, basking in the serene blue of winter's touch. The textured strokes and impressionistic style evoke the crisp air ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Jesus and the Samaritan
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a religious subject, Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus is traveling...
Category
1680s Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Landscape With an Old Tree By Danish Artist Nils Hans Christiansen
By Nils Hans Christiansen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Nils Hans Christiansen (1850-1929) Denmark
Winter Landscape With an Old Tree
oil on canvas
late 19th century
signed
canvas dimensions 15.94 x 12.79 inches (40.5 x 32.5 cm)
frame 2...
Category
1890s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New Horizon 176 - Large Seascape, Sunset, Sunrise, Ocean Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
READY TO HANG - GALLERY QUALITY
A beautiful modern seascape, abstract, made with professional varnished acrylics and Amsterdam acrylic sprays on stretched heavy canvas.
I ship this...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Spray Paint
Church of Charleville After War - Original gouache Handsigned #CERTIFICATE
By Maurice Utrillo
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice UTRILLO
Damaged Church of Charleville After War, c. 1920
Original gouache on paper
Handsigned and dated at bottom right
Size at view 43 x 54 cm (c. 17 x 22 inch)
Presented i...
Category
1920s Realist Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Impressionist Pointillist Pastel. 'La Garrigue', Provence.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary Impressionist pastel of a Provençal landscape by Belgian artist Francis Besson. Signed to the very bottom right.
A whirl of colours and floral designs shape this gorge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Dérive, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary painting, Water Reflections, Leafs, Nature
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang.
Medium : Oil and Acrylic painting on Canvas.
Artist : Deniz Bayav
Subject : Dérive (Title)
Signature : T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Kaori III" - colorful impressionistic painting with flowers on linen canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness." - Eckhart Tolle
Let your g...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Titian workshop Venetian painter - 17th century figure painting - Mary Magdalene
Located in Varmo, IT
Follower of Titian (18th century) - Penitent Magdalene.
35.5 x 25 cm without frame, 48.5 x 38.5 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on panel, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.
...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century
Orpheus and the animals
Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm
Provenance: South German private collection.
On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting depicts "Orpheus and the Animals."
The harp-playing Orpheus sits centrally in front of a tree whose trunk bifurcates above his head. This central tree frames with its crown the scenery towards the horizon and at the same time offers through branches the possibility for many birds to find space. The left half of the picture is characterized by a seascape, at the edge of which the ruins of a castle can be seen deep in the background. This seascape, framed by mountains on the horizon, is the only area where sky can be seen. On this side, waterfowl such as storks, swans and ducks can be seen. In the right half, the viewer looks into a deep European forest. On this right side, more land animals can be found, such as deer, rabbits and lions, among others. Orpheus wears opulent red and gold trimmed clothing, under his blue breastplate we see a white shirt. His feet are adorned by elaborate sandals. His head is surrounded by a radiant laurel wreath ("poeta laureatus"). The young man is clearly identifiable as the singer and poet of Greek mythology, Orpheus, by his harp, the laurel wreath and the animals surrounding him.
Orpheus was one of the Argonauts who, under Jason, was searching for the Golden Fleece. He sang so beautifully that he even conquered the angry sea and enemies by the magic of his lyre. During the journey, Orpheus is said to have drowned out even the sirens with his singing. It is said that he was the greatest of all poets and charmed people, animals, stones and trees with his singing.
In total, 51 birds and 37 different species are depicted in the painting. The animals are mostly depicted in great detail and, except for a few, can be identified. Mainly European species of animals are shown. Exceptions are the ostrich-like nandu peeking out from behind the deer, as well as the large parrot on the upper left, and the two lions. Similar is the case for the large animal directly behind Orpheus on the right. The shape of the head suggests an arctic fox from the polar regions, even though the body is much too large. The arctic fox was first described in 1555 by Olaus Magnus. However, it could also be a depiction of a brown or black bear.
An unusual detail is the animal, which is relatively isolated in the right background and looks to the left. It is not clearly identifiable, but it shows certain similarities with the Australian kangaroo. This was first described by Vespucci in 1500 and further by Francisco Pelsaert in 1629. If it is indeed a kangaroo, this would be one of the earliest surviving pictorial representations.
In this painting, Orpheus is accompanied by a small monkey playing a viola da gamba. This is an iconographic peculiarity. In general, this painting has some peculiarities compared to other paintings with "Orpheus and the animals". The central positioning of Orpheus is quite common, but he usually holds a lyre and is dressed in an antique style, but not as opulently. The choice of animals is also remarkable: European animals in particular are seen, hardly any exotic features, such as camels or elephants.
The two lions in the right foreground are a quotation from Peter Paul Rubens and his depiction of "Daniel in the Lion's Den", which was realized in an engraving.
The present painting can be classified as belonging to the Flemish School of the 17th century on the basis of its painterly and compositional conception. From the circle of Jan Brueghel the Younger are numerous representations of this Orpheus - theme, which take it as an opportunity to show as many exotic animals. There are also echoes of Spanish painters such as Juan de Arellano...
Category
17th Century Baroque Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Romantic British painter - 19th century landscape painting - Lake view
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (late 19th century) - Romantic landscape fisherman at the lake.
41 x 66 cm.
Old oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state o...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Continental Europe - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
