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Item Ships From: New York City
Nude Scandinavian Female Bathers at the Pond 1965
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3804 Fantasy oil painting nude bathers
Category
1960s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Woman with Cat Painting by Charles Burdick
By Charles Burdick
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burdick (1924 - 2016)
Untitled (Reclining Nude)
Oil on paper (?)
Sight: 7 x 10 1/4 in.
Framed: 14 x 16 1/4 x 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Burdick
Excellent midcentury style r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Antique American Realist Nude Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 34 inches overall and 20 by 28 painting alone. In excellent condition. Handsomely framed in a period ar...
Category
1930s Realist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Isabel Moncayo Signed Ashcan School "Window Shopping" Framed Modernist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive ashcan school modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Rare ashcan school modernist street scene by Isabel Moncayo. In excellent original condition. Handsomely f...
Category
1930s Modern New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Seated Nude" American Impressionist Portrait of a Woman Oil on Board Painting
By Louis Bouché
Located in New York, NY
This is a wonderful example of Louis Bouché's charming Nude portraits. The artist was truly a master of capturing the energy of the times, and character o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Les Foins, Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting by Pierre Eugène Montézin
By Pierre Eugène Montezin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pierre Montezin, French (1874 - 1946) - Les Foins, Year: 1938, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 23.75 x 31.75 in. (60.33 x 80.65 cm), Frame Size: 31.25 x 39.5 inc...
Category
1930s Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Impressionist Nude Woman Bather Portrait Large Framed Oil Painting
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring 33 by 25 inches overall and 32 by 24 painting alone.
Category
1930s Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach, Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach is a painting by the artist Mark Beard which depicts two men in speedos standing on a beach.
n.d.
Signed i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach, Painting by Mark Beard](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-on-beach-for-sale/a_9323/1665678483289/Beard_Two_Men_on_Beach_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "mark beard art")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Bathers by the Shore
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
66 x 84 inches
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York...
Category
2010s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Bathers by the Shore](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-bathers-by-the-shore-for-sale/a_9323/1598457224758/Beard_Sargeant_Bathers_by_the_Shore_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "mark beard artist")
Antique American Modernist Period Male Nude Surrealist Masterpiece Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing early American surrealist nude male portrait landscape. Painted by Charles W St Clair. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 24L x 30H. Super detailed and rare!
Category
1930s Surrealist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Modernist Nude" Mid Century Bold Colorful Abstract Nude Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the 1950s by Russian, American painter Helen Stein. Mostly known for her abstract figures on canvas, this piece...
Category
1950s Modern New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Figurative Oil Painting "A Family Man's Fantasy"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5150 French oversized Surreal oil on canvas A Man's Fantasy
Framed
Category
1960s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian Large Figurative Framed Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman
Framed
Image size 24x36"
Category
1930s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fan Nap: Vietnam Sketchbook, Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting by Noel Dagget
By Noel Daggett
Located in Long Island City, NY
Noel Daggett, American (1925 - 2005) - Fan Nap: Vietnam Sketchbook, Year: 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, Size: 24 x 20 in. (60.96 x 50.8 cm), Frame Size: 33 x 28 inches
Category
1970s Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
$3,600 + $1...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-kissing-for-sale/a_9323/1665678243073/Beard_Two_Men_Kissing_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "2 dudes making out")
Mary Bernstein Abstract Seated Female Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Mary Bernstein (American, XX), Abstract Seated Female Nude, Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, unframed. 46" H x 42" W.
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Middle Eastern Woman" Abstract & Cubist Style Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A mysteriously rich oil painting of a semi nude Middle Eastern woman in a red headdress. Shaoul adopts a more abstract, cubist and expressionist style. In this piece we explore bold,...
Category
2010s American Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Cubist Nude Dancing Portrait Framed Signed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American cubist nude woman dancing/erotic painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period modernist silver leaf rubbed mol...
Category
1940s Cubist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Cubist Nude Abstract Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist nude oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed
Category
1960s Cubist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Double-sided painting on panel
30 x 24 inches
Category
20th Century Contemporary New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-sailors-for-sale/a_9323/1738353689807/Beard_Two_Sailors_1920_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors")
Three Nudes, Modern Painting by Inukai 1938
By Kyohei Inukai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai (aka Earle Goodenow), American (1913–1985)
Title: Three Nudes
Year: 1938
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 14.5 x 10 inches
Frame Size: 18 x 14 inches
Category
1930s Cubist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl in a Chair, Large Painting by Bill Wiman
By Bill Wiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Wiman, American (1940 - )
Title: Girl in a Chair
Year: 1978
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 82 x 83.5 in. (182.88 x 212.09 cm)
Frame: 83 x 84.5 inches
Category
1970s Photorealist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Wildlife of the Southwest, Large Painting by Bill Wiman 1978
By Bill Wiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Wiman, American XXth
Title: Wildlife of the Southwest
Year: 1978
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 58 x 58 in. (147.32 x 147.32 cm)
Frame: 59 x 59 inches
Category
1970s Photorealist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Modernist Nude Portrait Surreal Signed Ancient Style Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and well painted modernist nude composition. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18H by 24L inches.
Category
1930s Abstract New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist
Tennessee, 9/12/86
Oil on canvas
34 x 43 3/4 x 1 in.
Titled and inscribed upper left
Category
1980s Contemporary New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
n.d.
Signed in red, u.l.
Double-sided oil painting on panel
30 x 24 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-valton-and-his-wrestler-for-sale/a_9323/1738348176269/Beard_Valton_and_His_Wrestler_1920_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler")
Hercules Mourning the Death of his Cupbearer Hylas
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon (1849-1930)]
Oil on canvas
Signed in red, l.l.
48 x 60 inches, canvas size
54 x 66 inches in gold leaf frame
61 x 74 x 6 inches, framed
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“By his own account, the most ambitious work of Michallon’s career was a thirty-foot canvas depicting Noah’s Ark, which he exhibited in the Salon of 1875, where it went unmentioned by the critics. Preparatory work for this elaborate composition took him frequently to the Jardin des Plantes, where he made painstaking drawings and oil sketches of the animals on view. These studies were enthusiastically remarked upon by visitors to his studio, some of whom counseled him to give up history painting altogether and pursue the less dignified but presumably more lucrative career of animal painter. Following this advice, and profiting from the tremendous vogue in 1880s Europe for all things African...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hawaii
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City
Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at University of Calif...
Category
1970s Realist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Vintage Paris School Nude Female Bathers Double Sided Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist nude woman portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
O from the Hollywood Suite, Pop Art Painting by Mel Ramos
By Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - )
Title: O from the Hollywood Suite
Year: 2009
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 39.5 in. x 30 in. (100.33 cm x 76.2 cm)
Frame S...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
In the Mood for Love Female Nude original painting by Paula Craioveanu
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“In the Mood for Love”. Original painting, acrylic on canvas. 27.5x19.6x1in/ 70x50x3cm
Ready for hanging, no need for frame, painted on the sides. Shipping stretched from New York.
...
Category
2010s Feminist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed in red, u.r.
$3250.00 + $200.00 framing
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-exercising-en-plein-air-for-sale/a_9323/a_35855721542990254245/20_Exercising_En_Plein_Air_980_master.jpg?width=240 "bruce dickinson nude")
Antique American Impressionist Beach Scene Nude Hamptons Summer Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American impressionist nude beach scene oil painting by Nathan Hoffman (1900 - 1979). Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.
Category
1920s Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Farewell, Nude Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Farewell
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 18 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 25.4 cm)
Frame Size: 23 x 15 inches
Category
1960s Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Four Dancing Nude Men Gouache Painting 1976
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6011 Four nude male dancers gouache painting set in a brown matt in a brass frame
Image 16.5x21.5"
Category
1970s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Nude" Marguerite Stuber Pearson, Female Nude, Outdoor Boston School, American
By Marguerite Stuber Pearson
Located in New York, NY
Marguerite Stuber Pearson
Nude, circa 1940
Signed lower right
Oil on artist board
20 x 16 inches
Marguerite Stuber Pearson was an American painter best known for her elegant portra...
Category
1940s Academic New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
After Jacques Wagrez "Quadriga of Cupid" Oil
Located in Astoria, NY
After Jacques-Clement Wagrez (French, 1850-1908), "Quadriga of Cupid", Oil on Canvas, late 19th century, monogrammed lower right in Cyrillic, original gilt composition frame. Image: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large American School Modernist Nude Woman Fauvist Modern Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Up for sale here is a great modernist portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Painted in a wonderful modernist style. Framed. Image size 28 x 44.
Category
1910s Modern New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Three Male Nudes Embracing Blue Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2897 Blue figures,contemporary acrylic on board,displayed in a black wood frame,signed lower left by Veron .Image size 9.5 H x 7.5 W
Category
1980s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water
Signed in red, recto
Oil on canvas
96.25 x 67 inches (244.5 x 170.2 cm)
$15,000 + $900 framing
This work is offered by Cla...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-three-bathers-by-the-water-for-sale/a_9323/1658516123793/Beard_Three_Bathers_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "mark beard artist")
Nude Woman
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen, American (1942 - )
Title: MB 3
Year: 1987
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 30 x 42 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Portrait by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled (Nude), 20th century
Oil on board
11 1/8 x 14 in.
Framed: 17 x 20 in.
Signed lower right: A Smith
Arthur Sm...
Category
20th Century Modern New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Jin Liu Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Production Plan-3"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Production Plan-3
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5 x 11.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Art Deco Posing Nude 1940
By G. Pascal Rocca
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3901 Posing Nude a 1940's oil on canvas
Signed Pascal La Rocca
Unframed
Some losses to paint.
Category
1940s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Style of Arthur B. Davies, Art Nouveau Muses, Reverse Glass Painting
Located in New York, NY
Style of Arthur B. Davies
Untitled (Muses), c. 1920
Reverse glass painting
19 x 24 in.
Reverse glass painting is a form of art that consists of applying paint to a piece of glass t...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Glass, Oil, Laid Paper
Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 11L x 9H.
Category
1950s Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of a Seated Nude Woman" American Impressionist Painting Oil on Panel
By Robert Philipp
Located in New York, NY
A rare and breath taking work, with masterful bursh work and sublime execution of light. We are drawn to the subtle beauty and elegant pose. The tasteful compostion lends an intimate scene into the artists studio where Philip has captured her effortlessly. This piece comes displayed in a wonderful frame and hanging wire on verso.
Art measures 24 x 20 inches
Frame measures 30 x 26 inches
Robert Philipp was born on February 2, 1895 in New York City. He was an American painter influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits of attractive women and Hollywood stars. Moses Solomon Philipp showed early talent and grew up in a family atmosphere that fed and cultivated his creativity. At age of 15, he entered the Art Students League for four years and then continued his training at the National Academy of Design. His teachers at the League included George Bridgeman and Frank DuMond, and at the National Academy he studied with Douglas Volk...
Category
1940s American Impressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Two Studio Models
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City
Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at University of Cali...
Category
1970s Realist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
American School Signed Trompe L'Oeil Nude Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American school modernist painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Nicely framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category
1940s Realist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gorgeous Abstract Expressionist Figures by Syril Frank
Located in New York, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021)
Untitled, c. 1970s/80s
Oil on canvas
Framed: 21 3/4 x 25 2/3 x 1 in.
This fantastic painting in the abstract expressionist style loosely depicts a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Pin-up Gil Baer French Surrealist Nude Woman Puppet Show
By Gil Baer
Located in New York, NY
Soo Funny!
Gil Baer (1859-1931) is the artist of this beautiful, humorous painting. This is a surrealist illustration painting of a nude woman behind...
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Male Academic Nude Painting Henri Brugnot Exposition Label 1st Prize
By Henri Brugnot
Located in New York, NY
Antique Male Academic nude painting Henri Brugnot with exposition label (1st prize).
by Henri Brugnot (1874-1940)
Oil on canvas board
15" x 30"
The lab...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Mermaids, Fauvist Painting by Charles Cobelle
By Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Mermaids" is an original watercolor paintng on paper by French artist, Charles Cobelle (1902 - 1994), signed lower right. The playful imagery of the Mermaid, bird and goat in the s...
Category
1960s Fauvist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938) In the Locker Room, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938) In the Locker Room, Contemporary Queer Figurative Painting
n.d.
Signed in red, u.l.
Oil on canvas
60 x 36 inches
$8,000 + $750 framing
This work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Female Posing Nude Circa 1970
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3125 Female Nude, vintage acrylic on paper applied on board displayed in a new black wood frame
Unsigned
Image size 12 H x 10 W
Category
1970s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Gouache Nude
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3161 Acrylic nude in a custom wood frame
Category
1970s New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Aroused, Erotic Painting by George Grosz 1940
By George Grosz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz, German (1893 - 1959)
Title: Aroused
Year: 1940
Medium: Oil on Paper, signed l.r.
Paper Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Frame Size: 36 x 30 inches
Prove...
Category
1940s Expressionist New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Allegory of Fortune
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
S. Spinelli Collection, Florence; their sale, Galleria Pesaro, Milan, July 11-14, 1928, lot 112 (unsold); reoffered Galleria Luigi Bellini, Florence, April 23-26, 1934, lot 132, as manner of Baldassare Peruzzi
Dr. Giacomo Ancona, Florence, 1930s, and after 1939, San Francisco; thence by descent to his son:
Mario Ancona, San Francisco; thence by descent to his children:
Mario Ancona III and Victoria Ancona, San Francisco, until 1995; thence to:
Phyllis Ancona Green, widow of Mario Ancona, Los Angeles (1995-2012)
Literature:
Donato Sanminiatelli, Domenico Beccafumi. Milan 1967, p. 170 (under paintings attributed to Beccafumi)
Among the precious survivors of Renaissance secular paintings for domestic interiors are several unusual and particularly attractive panels painted in Siena at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth centuries. These paintings depict exemplary figures from antiquity—heroes or heroines, as well as allegorical, literary, and mythological figures. For the most part, these panels have survived in groups of three, although it is possible that some of these works were painted either as part of larger series or as individual projects. One such trio by Beccafumi consists of two paintings now at the National Gallery, London (Marcia and Tanaquil) and a third in the Galleria Doria-Pamphilj, Rome (Cornelia). These were commissioned around 1517–1519 for the bedroom of Francesco di Camillo Petrucci in Siena and were most likely placed together as elements in the wall decoration (spalliere) or installed above the back of a bench or cassapanca. Another, earlier (ca. 1495–1500), set of three—Guidoccio Cozzarelli’s Hippo, Camilla, and Lucretia (Private Collection, Siena) survives with its original wooden framework—a kind of secular triptych. Judith, Sophonisba, and Cleopatra in the collection of the Monte dei Paschi, Siena, are by an anonymous artist close to Beccafumi called the “Master of the Chigi-Saracini Heroines.” Girolamo di Benvenuto’s Cleopatra, Tuccia, and Portia are dispersed (homeless, Prague, Chambery), and Brescianino’s Faith, Hope, and Charity are in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena.
The present painting first appeared in the Spinelli sale in Florence in 1934, at which time it was sold with two panels of identical size and format. Each was catalogued as being by the “manner of Baldassare Peruzzi” and of unidentified subject. Of these, the painting depicting a male figure turned to the right has recently reappeared in a private Italian collection, while the location of the third work, portraying a cloaked figure turned three-quarters left, remains unknown. Our panel depicts the allegorical figure of Fortune. Here she is represented in typical fashion as a nude female figure balanced on a wheel (sometimes called the Rota Fortunae), her billowing drapery indicating that she is as changeable as the wind. The appearance of the Virgin and Child in the cloud at the upper right is an unusual addition to the iconography. The subjects of the two pendant male...
Category
16th Century Old Masters New York City - Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
