Lisbon - Paintings

This watercolor by Alfredo Morais, dated 1943, captures the lush gardens and exotic architecture of a Palace in Sintra, Portugal. Signed in the lower right corner as “Alfredo Morae...

This Modernist Bucolic Oil Painting, created in 1946 by Portuguese artist Agostinho de Mello Júnior (signed Melo J), offers a captivating glimpse...

The ancient city of Pompeii was founded sometime around the 7th or 6th century BCE by the Oscans, an Italic tribe that inhabited the region of Campania in what is now southern Italy....

- A very large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Rosa Bonheur. Apty titled"La fenaison en Auvergne / Haymaking in Auvergne" features an antiqued canvas. The canvas is signed a...

A Post-Impressionism melancholic background with several figures ahead on a snowy road by Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes Stanton (1870-1937) ‘ Hughes-Stanton ‘ signed on lower left....

A bucolic 20th century oil on wood painting of a cow by the river marked "Mello" by the portuguese painter Agostinho Mello Júnior Mello Jr Frame 68.5 x 48.5 cm Painting 50.5 x 31 cm

A 19th-century French oil on wood painting depicting a mischievous young boy climbing over a stone wall, playfully avoiding a chained guard dog. This scene, painted during the Roman...

This remarkable early 20th-century Portuguese portrait, painted by A. Alves Braga in 1923, showcases the refined technique and attention to detail characteristic of the artist. The s...

A watercolorist painting by Alfredo Januário de Moraes (1872 to 1971), a pioneer of portuguese comics and illustration, with a scene of a popular pilgrimage in the square of the Sanc...

An exquisite French Impressionist painting with a nautical theme and somber boats on the pier - a serene seascape bearing the signature 'C H. Igounet' by renowned Impressionist paint...

A 19th century painting of a bucolic scene in the woods with an old painter painting a lady on an easel, signed 'Pierre Morinville`. Frame 61 x 47 cm Canvas 46 x 33.5 cm

A Baroque styled remarkable somber evocation of Flemish winter painting, depicting a group of people strolling along a riverbank, surrounded by a barren and icy landscape. The mood o...

Countryside village oil on canvas France 19th century with minor losses.

A tranquil scene into coastal France, this 1930 painting by Louis Germain captures the timeless charm of the Côte d'Azur. In the foreground, fishing boats rest on the sand, their we...

A Romanticism Jean-Augustin Franquelin's painting of a scene of a kneeling daughter crying and a mother wiping tears, signed painting, a prominent painter of the École des Beaux-Arts...

An amazing Baroque Period painting named "La Fille Grondé'' (Disobedient daughter) by the renowned painter Paul Emile Destouches (1794-1874). It depicts a family scene with the betro...

An oil painting on platex by Jaime Augusto Murteira (1864–1955), depicting a sunlit village street with a church rising in the background and figures quietly passing by. Signed lowe...

A Belle Epoque Impressionist painting of a richly ornamented woman surrounded by paintings on the wall in the background signed «Y . DaGuerre H» Frame: 78 x 89 cm Canvas: 60 x 73 cm

This 19th-century French Romantic oil painting captures a dramatic shipwreck aftermath, typical of marine scenes from the Romantic period. The composition includes a group of sailor...

This early 20th-century French oil painting captures a moment along a canal. A painting for lovers of French art and canal scenes. A wooden barge glides across the water, reflecting...

A late 19th-century Russian impressionist painting portraying a melancholic ballerina seated quietly, holding a small bouquet of flowers. Her elegant pose and expression, combined wi...

Intimate oil on wood Portrait of Saint Joseph and the Christ Child This oil painting offers a unique glimpse into the Holy Family through the tender bond between Saint Joseph and th...

This 18th-century Flemish oil on wood painting depicts the moment of adoration of the Child Jesus, in the loving arms of the Virgin Mary. Kneeling at their feet is the young Saint J...

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...

Oil on canvas representing a naked woman, Gloria Morera Font (1938 - ), "La soledad de la artista", signed and dated 1976. Spain, 1970s.

The Post-Impressionist Russian painting "Осінний букет" (Autumn Bouquet) is a masterful representation of a still life composition, featuring a vibrant arrangement of flowers. "Осін...

Shepherds and pastoral scenes have been popular subjects in art for centuries, appearing in various styles and mediums, including paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Artists often depicted pastoral landscapes with shepherds tending to their flocks, conveying themes of simplicity, harmony with nature, and rural life. Pastoral art...

A painting of european styled ladies aboard a boat liner, observing the lighthouse fortress St. Peter and St. Paul of the Imperial city of St. Petersburg, capital of the Russian Empi...

Oil on canvas painting signed M. L. Daguerry, located Paris and dated 1888 on lower left corner. Wooden frame and gilded stucco. France, 1888.

In the picturesque Bosque de Boulogne forest of France, a solitary individual paces along a tranquil path, surrounded by the barren beauty of winter. This evocative oil painting, cre...

A watercolour painting of boats in the harbour by António Amadeu Conceição Cruz (1907-1983) with a dedication to the great painter Herculano Monteiro and signed «António Cruz» in dar...

A set of 4 picturesque oil paintings of Bosque de Boulogne forest, winter streets od Paris and Montmartre, a set of a France of solitary individuals along tranquil paths, surrounded ...

A very large antiqued reproduction oil painting after Charles Ferdinand Ceramano. Apty titled "Shepherd And His Flock On The Hill / bergeres et leur tropeau sur un colline " featur...

'Guinguette au bord de la Marne,' a picture depicting a coffee shop scenario in a garden ( A Sunday dance in Paris by the Marne River; Guinguette is a cabaret in the open air in Pari...

A Sèvres enamelled porcelain scene, inspired on the well-known Raphael painting from 1513, that shows the Madonna of Segiore. It depicts the Christ Child being embraced by Mary, who ...

A pointillist-style painting of a peaceful countryside scene featuring a wagon filled with hay, signed by the Portuguese modernist painter Agostinho de Mello Júnior, also known as Me...

A painting by Joaquim Lopes (1886 to 1956) of Chrysanths, a watercolour signed «J F Lopes» and dated «1946», part of the first generation of the Modernist Movement Portuguese. Joaqui...

An early french post-impressionism 20th century oil painting of the Sacre Coeur and the Moulin Rouge signed “R . Bosc” on Oil on composite wood panel and beautifully framed. It is ...

Wojciech Gerson (1831-1901), a renowned Polish Realism artist, has created a unique masterpiece - a painting depicting a child adorned in a green dress, seated gracefully in an armch...

Village Francais Oil on canvas Beginning of the 20th Century

An oil painting on canvas representing a harbor with boats, in Marseille, and attributed to the Joseph Vernet School. France 18th century. Joseph Vernet was a prominent 18th-century...

Oil on canvas representing flowers. 19th century French School.

A striking French post-Impressionist painting depicting a somber scene of Montmartre, with the iconic white dome of the Sacre Coeur visible in the distance. The painting captures two...

This magnificent painted oil canvas, depicts an anonymously beautiful peasant women on a lush surrounding of forest and bushes. Portuguese intelectual work of as well an anonymous painter, the female traits of her face are well represented and also on her garments. She is carrying a basket full of harvested country flowers...

An oil on wood artwork titled "Mello Junior" depicts a portuguese square in the city of Porto, featuring an aerial view of the Cathedral. Vila Real is the municipality where Agostin...

A Post-Impressionism painting depicting a young girl with striking blue eyes and a delicate pink and white ruffle dress adorning her head, which appears to be a Communion dress. The ...

A rare round oil painting on wood capturing a moody nocturnal scene in Brittany, France, from the early 20th century. This landscape artwork portrays a rural riverside mill bathed i...

An early 20th century oil painting on a composite panel of Winter landscape painting with snow of people walking in the Bosque de Bologna. “R . Bosc” signed. Style: Post-Impressionis...

An Post-Impressionis oil painting on a composite panel from the early 20th century depicting a winter scene in the Bosque de Vincennes area, signed "R Bosc" executed in oil on compos...

This 19th-century French painting captures a tender romantic scene, set within an idyllic countryside garden under a dreamy sky. Painted in oil on canvas with delicate brushwork and...

Chicken coop, Oil on canvas, late 18th century

Countryside Landscape, Oil on canvas, signed. Beginning of the 19th century FRENCH

Dead Nature Oil on wood, France 20th Century.

Untitled (Let’s get your entertnaiment backup and running) (150x120cm) - Filipe Real Marinheiro About Filipe Real Marinheiro (b.1990, Portugal) Lives and works in Lisbon, Po...

This captivating oil painting by renowned Portuguese artist Jaime Murteira masterfully portrays anchored boats with a picturesque village in the backdrop. His naturalist technique i...

A french painting of bucolic landscape with river and man in the distance signed «P . Curier». Frame 85 x70 cm Canvas 65 x 50 cm

An oil on wood painting by portugese Modernist Master Thomaz de Mello Junior (1906 - 1990) signed «T Mello» Frame 41 x 60 cm Unframed 36 x 28 cm Tomáz de Mello Jr, disciple of Mi...

A couple's love scene. A pastel and charcoal painting on paper. 1949 ‘Maria Adelaide de Lima Cruz’ signed and with a dedication by the Artist. Mounted in frame with glass. Maria A...