Europe - Paintings

Early 19th-Century Italian School Oil on Canvas – After Raphael The Holy Family with Saint Elisabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist Introduction: A Masterpiece Inspired by Rap...

FLEMISH SCHOOL OF THE 17TH Century "Virgin of the Milk" Oil on canvas 45x36.5cm. Gilt wood frame good conditions.

Italian oil painting in gilded frame signed Antonio Romano

17th century Flemish Shool Antwerp, wild boar hunt in the style of Frans Snijders, oil on oak panel marked by Guilliam Gabron 1609-1662, Antwerp. The st...

Painted canvas figuring a side view Art Deco woman. She wears a brown-orange coat with large sleeves with geometrical white, black and gilt motifs. She ...

Monumental oil on canvas painting / portrait, 19th century High quality oil painting from the 19th century. Wide gold frame. Illustration o...

Painted canvas or decorative panel representing an elegant Italian represented in three-quarter view with a large hat in chocolate and gold tones decorated with leaves and a gray str...

Nils Johansson (1922-2014). Acrylic paint on paper. Abstract composition. Sweden, mid 20th century.

Oscar Hullgren, painting oil on canvas, signed and dated 40, framed with gilded wood. Good condition . Dimension of the canvas 44X54 cm dimension with frame: 56X66 cm Oscar Hullgren...

This is a Scandinavian vintage oil on canvas painting with motive of a traditional countryside half-tilbered farm house. The colours are strong and clear; the grass is green and the ...

Oil painting by Knud Holar. Signed by K. Holar.

Pair of 19th century English miniature portrait paintings. On the back can be read: Joseph Storr of Ouswick, born 6 of February 1755 and died 10 of December 1831. Married with Ann...

PETRA VON KAZINYAN Fresh Ripe Fruit (af. CARAVAGGIO) Acrylic on Canvas // Unique, Signed Petra von Kazinyan's "ALTER IDEM" series (named after the famous Cicero quote „Amicus est ta...

Beautiful large flower still life, painting of a colorful bouquet of roses in a blue vase with geometric patterns, painted in a classical style, signed lower left R. Blanlin, first h...

An 18th century painting of a gallant scene in a park. Attributed with seal of painter's studio to Philippe Mercier (1689 to 1760) from the circle of the french painter Nicolas Lanc...

Italian School of the Sec. XVII "SALOME WITH THE HEAD OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST" Oil on copper. Dim.: 22 x 15 cm good conditions.

This oil-on-canvas portrait features an Oriental girl, likely from the mid-century period, depicted with a striking blend of realism and abstraction. Her face is softly illuminated, ...

Born in Lisbon in 1881, Francis Smith was a French-Portuguese painter of English parentage, who lived in Paris from 1907. He took part in several exhibitions in Portugal, the free ex...

Oil painting on canvas depicting the city of Venice, made by Remo Brindisi in the 1970s Ø cm 50 h cm 59 including frame A twentieth-century verista painter, he was born in Rome in ...

Superbe tableau huile sur toile ancien des années 1950/1960 joliment encadré. Signé par l'artiste mais illisible, ce tableau procure un sentiment à la personne qui le regarde. joli...

Charming pair of paintings representing young women in well-off interiors during their music lesson, one illustrating a singing lesson and the other a Cello lesson. The theme of the music lesson...

Antique painting Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, by northern European painter of the 17th century Oil on canvas 100 x 150 cm Painting based on a subject by Martin de Vos (1532-1603) a...

Circle of VAN DE KASTEELE, Frans (Brussels, c. 1541 – Italy, 1621). "Virgin with angels and saints". Oil on copper. Curly frame in ebony. Devotiona...

PORTRAIT OF D. MARIA BÁRBARA DE BRAGANÇA (1711-1758), QUEEN OF SPAIN Circle of Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-1771) Oil on canvas Her Royal Highness, the Infanta Maria Barbara of Braganza (1711-1758) was the first-born child of King John V of Portugal (1689-1750) and his queen consort Maria Anna of Austria (1683-1754). Born in December 1711, she had the Convent Palace of Mafra built in her honour following a vow made by her royal father. Her status as Princess of Brazil, inherent to 18th century Portuguese presumptive heirs, would however be superseded once the queen gave birth to two male princes, D. Pedro (1712-1714) and D. José (1714-1777), preventing her from ascending to the throne. Daughter of one of the most illustrious monarchs of his time, Maria Barbara was carefully educated to become a fond admirer of the arts, and of music in particular, having had the Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) as her music teacher. On the 10th January 1723 the young princess was betrothed to the Infante Ferdinand of Spain (1713-1759), eldest son of King Philip V (1683-1746). Six years later, on the 19th January, she entered her new country in a carefully choreographed ceremony that became known to history as the “Exchange of the Princesses”. This unique event took place on a specially built Bridge-Palace, a wooden, luxuriously decorated structure that included various modules and rooms, on both banks of the river Caia, the natural border between the town of Elvas in Portugal and of Badajoz in Spain. Simultaneously, on the same day that the Portuguese Infanta crossed the border to marry the Spanish Crown Prince, her new sister in law, the Infanta Mariana Victoria of Bourbon (1718-1781), her husband’s sister, crossed the same bridge in the opposite direction to marry Prince D. José, the Portuguese heir to the throne. Once married, Maria Barbara would spend 17 years as Princess of Asturias, only becoming Queen of Spain at her husband’s accession following the death of Philip V in 1746. She is portrayed in the 1743 painting by Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-1771) now in the Prado Museum, in which Philip V had himself represented with all his close family. The new Queen would take an important role at court eventually becoming the liaison between her husband and the King of Portugal, particularly throughout the negotiations for the Treaty of Madrid (1746-1750). Maintaining her interest in music, she patronized the Italian castrato singer Farinelli (1705-1782) while remaining close to her old master Scarlatti, having herself composed some sonatas for a large orchestra. She would also commission and fund the building of the Royal Salesians Monastery complex in central Madrid, where both her and Ferdinand VI are buried. The portrait we are presenting for sale shows the Queen in half-length, turning left at three quarters. She is wearing a blue low-cut dress embroidered with flowers and foliage, over a lace cuffed white blouse, and an ermine cloak pined on the left-hand side by a diamond broach. The powdered hair style is held sideways by a seven diamond and black plume headdress and topped by a small gold and pearl crown. The right arm rests on a cushion while the left hand, at chest height, holds a miniature male portrait. The Infanta’s features are analogous to the 1725 portrait by the painter Domenico Duprà (1689-1770), also in the Prado Museum collection. Further similarities can be found in another portrait by Louis-Michel van Loo, in which a seven diamond and black plume headdress is also present. In this work, the cushion supporting Maria Barbara’s right arm has also some obvious similarities to our painting. The same diamond headdress reappears in Van Loo’s above-mentioned portrait of Philip V’s family dated from 1743. It is nevertheless in Lisbon’s Ajuda National Palace that it is possible to find an almost identical depiction of the Infanta holding a miniature portrait of her husband. In it, the future Ferdinand VI is portrayed facing right at three quarters and wearing a curly wig, suit of armour, the golden fleece insignia and a blue band, in a composition that closely resembles an 18th century Spanish school painting that appeared in the art market in January 2016. Another detail common to various portraits of the Portuguese Infanta and Queen of Spain is the small gold and pearl crown on her head. In another Van Loo painting, also from the Prado Museum, in which Maria Barbara is portrayed as Queen, this crown is represented together with a headdress similar to the one previously described. Another two paintings by the same artist, at the Royal Academy of Saint Ferdinand, include the same ornament. We must also refer the paintings by the artist Jean Ranc (1674-1735). In one, dating from 1729 (Prado Museum), the Infanta is depicted outdoors holding a flower bouquet and wearing a yellow silk dress with red cloak, and a set of diamond and ruby jewellery that includes a headdress similar to the one present in our portrait. Another work by the same artist, belonging to the Complutence University of Madrid, depicts the Infanta sumptuously dressed in identical colours to our painting and wearing an elaborate headdress and diadem. These portraits, beyond their iconographical importance as contemporary records of the Infanta and Queen Maria Barbara, are also illustrative of 18th century fashion for jewelled head dressing. Often, flowers were combined with joyful adornments, composing almost theatrical displays that would reinforce the ostentatious nature of the image. The ornamental flowers and the chromatic character of the jewels would complement the luxury of the colourful dresses in blue, crimson, green or other silk shades, in compositions whose sole purpose was to highlight a royal sitter’s wealth and power, becoming an essential statement accessory within the strict court protocols and codes of conduct. Circle of Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-1771) Slowly but steadily, the resolute, tranquil and dignified attitude of Renaissance and Baroque portraiture becomes artificial and presumptuous. Mid 18th century society favours elusive expression and psychological deepness, albeit limited to the face, that, with emphasis on detail, on the rich colour palette and on changing costumes and landscapes, associated to the courtliness of gestures, creates a strongly artificial environment while maintaining a highly poetic intrinsic character. Louis-Michel van Loo followed a dynasty of famous Dutch origin artists that had settled in France. Initially taught by his father, Jean-Baptiste von Loo (1684-1745), the younger van Loo studied in Turin and Rome and frequented the Paris Academy. In Rome he worked with his uncle Charles-André van Loo (1705-1765) and become a painter for the Turin Court. In 1737 he arrived in Spain being summoned by Philip V to succeed Jean Ranc as painter of the king’s chamber. In Madrid, his work covers the numerous Court commissions and the Royal Saint Ferdinand Fine Arts Academy, of which he was a founding member and director for the Painting department in 1752. Is production at court consisted essentially of numerous portrait paintings, often Royal gifts...

A pair of two very large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Antoine Watteau: - A very large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Antoine Watteau. Features an antiqued canvas. Frame: 75.5 cm (29.72 inches) x 66.5 cm (26.18 inches) Canvas: 55.5 cm (21.85 inches) x 46.5 cm (18.31 inches) - A very large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Jean Antoine Watteau...

Soldiers looting a village XVII century oil on panel Oil on panel: 75 x 110 cm Signed and dated 1650 lower left Sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 11/18/93 For 130,000 DG = 60,827 € - joint purchase invoice for the year 93 About painter dutch painter Utrecht 1586 - 1666 Utrecht Painter of genre scenes, generally of peasants, views and landscapes of villages and towns (including some winter landscapes) and some religious and allegorical subjects (mainly at the beginning of his career). We do not know under whom our painter studied. Seeing the Flemish character of his work, some scholars believe that he could have studied in Flanders, in Antwerp. Droochsloot was a versatile and productive painter. The central museum in his hometown of Utrecht holds 15 of his paintings, showing the diversity of his work, many other museums exhibit his works Our painting represents a scene that took place during the Eighty Years' War. This Dutch War of Independence from Spain was a long, slow war that lasted from 1568 to 1648. The war began with a Protestant uprising in Flanders and Holland against the Spanish...

Oil painting on canvas, framed in a carved and ebonized wooden guilloché frame, enhanced with burl wood inserts that accentuate its elegance. The painting depicts a half-naked woman ...

Vanitas. Oil on panel. Surroundings by Vincent Sellaer (c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589). Oil on canvas that shows, on a background with trees and hills, a child figure sitting on a ...

Italian Francesco or Pietro Graziani Neapolitan battle scene, 17th/18th Century This battle scene is attributable to one of the two Graziani ( Francesco or Pietro) battle scene pain...

Miçao Kono - "Woman with Cat" (1934) Type : Huile sur toile Signature : Signée et datée 1934 en bas à gauche et au dos de l’œuvre Encadrement : Exceptionnel cadre Art Déco en marqu...

Orientalist porcelain plaque in the manner of KPM German, 20th century measures: Frame: Height 54cm, width 74cm, depth 3cm Plaque: Height 40cm, width 60cm, depth 0.5cm This fine and exceptionally large porcelain plaque...

BRITISH SCHOOL "Landscape with Figures" 19th Century Oil on canvas, Recovered. Dim.: 79 x 32 cm good conditions

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.

17th century, The condemnation and martyrdom of the four crowned saints by Giuliano Dinarelli Mid-17th century, Italy, Bologna Oil on canvas, frame ...

This is a fine Scandinavian original oil on canvas painting of a seaside landscape with lyme grass on sand hills in the foreground and the sea in the background. A lone mast is seen ...

1970s Jaime Parlade designer hand painting "Walking Horse" oil on canvas Horse.

Important Pair of Italian School Paintings "Night and Day" 19th Century Inspired by the excavations of Pompeya Two oils on the carton. 35cm x 24cm A year ago it was clean underneath

An intriguing 20th-century work, a study for a church fresco ceiling, showcases the artistic genius of Bauhain, a pivotal figure bridging Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. The piece ...

Two portraits of Japanese man and women in traditional costume painted on silk, circa 1920, in their original frames. Details show the exquisite tradit...

SPANISH SCHOOL 17th Century "Still life". Oil on canvas Recovered. Dim.: 65.5 x 55.5 cm. good conditions

Jan Ten Compe ( 1713, Amsterdam – 1761, Amsterdam ) Flemish Painting oil on canvas 28cm x 35cm very good condition Jan Ten Compe (1713, Amsterdam – 1761, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. According to his biographer Jan van Gool, he was a follower of Jan van der Heyden and Gerrit Berckheyde...

An antique oil on canvas depiction of a Lion in rampant pose. One of four similar panels removed from an English country house.

"MATER DOLOROSA" FOLLOWER OF TITIAN VECELLIO 17th Century MATER DOLOROSA Oil on panel cm. 66 x 52 Black and gold lacquer frame PROVENANCE Roman family CONDITION REPORT Vertical re...

Lennart Lilja Oil on canvas Dimensions 62/72 Unframed work Lennart Lilja (1924-2008). He was a Swedish artist. Student of Isaac Gründewald and Otte Sköld. In the 1950s he wrote play...

Oil on canvas painting features a dynamic scene of a woman riding a white horse. The background is awash in all shades of blue, creating a sense of motion and energy. The woman is dressed in an eye-catching orange dress, and her hair flies behind her as she rides. The painting is framed in a beautiful gilded wood frame, adding an elegant touch. It is a work of art by the talented Lebanese artist...

Vintage Oil Painting of a Bavarian Village, Alexander Michael 1973 A framed oil painting depicting the view to the Bavarian village Tanning with a Baroque church, surrounded by farm...

Most likely French, c.1790/1800, painted on slate with carved giltwood frame.

In the 17th century landscape and peasants were a popular painting subject. The panel shows a scene next to a riverbank. The colors are very muted and mainly in shades of brown and g...

"Painting, Oil on Canvas, Louis Philippe period" Large and Beautiful 19th century Portrait, Louis Philippe period, very well framed. Measures: h: 121cm, w: 101cm, d: 9cm.

Ludwig Orny (1920 – 2005) — Abstract Composition Oil on Panel This expressive abstract painting by Ludwig Orny (1920 Bratislava – 2005 Munich) showcases the artist’s masterful layeri...

WILLEM VAN MIERIS CIRCLE (1662-1747) "Aeneas flees from burning Troy" by Federico Barocci Oil on canvas. Restorations. Dim.: 117 x 170 cm good condi...

Alan Davie (British 1920 - 2014) Structures for Saturn’s Day Gouache 1995 Size: 68.5cm x 55.5cm - 27 ins x 21¾ ins Frame: 73cm high x 87.5cm - 28¾ ins x 34½ ins note: this pa...

“Nr 6” Oil Painting by Harry Booström, 1955 Additional Information: Style: Mid century, Scandinavian Dimensions (W x H): 60.5 x 60 cm Condition: Good v...

Dutch painting 19th representing a cottage scene with moonlight figures.

This is a very good Crystoleum picture in its original gilt frame, by J H Schroder, a German artist. (Johann Heinrich Schröder (German, 1757-1812)) The p...

Great vintage mid century modern impasto style oil painting with bold brushstrokes, heavy texture and dramatic colours dominated by gold, black, brown, and grey. The piece is signed ...

A Tingatinga painting by unknown artist from 1978. Signed Massani. It is painted on masonite and has a thin black frame. Naive motif in bold colours with two birds. The painting h...

Painting in charcoal on paper made by Enrico Della Torre. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Material: Charcoal...

Wonderful 17th century Italian painting. Oil on canvas artwork depicting Tobias and the angel Raphael, a famous biblical episode from the Book of Tobit. In the story, the young Tobia...

19th Century Biedermeier Landscape Painting with River and Mountain Hut A large magnificent antique landscape painting in a golden wooden frame. The scene shows a tranquil Alpine co...