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Item Ships From: Tri-State Area
Antique Italian Impressionist Signed Venice Cityscape Gold Gilt Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian impressionist Venice cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely ...
Category
1890s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Artist's Studio - Pond" Colorful Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Thomas deDecker has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed muc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Scandinavian Female Figurative Oil Painting of A Bather
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4032 Scandinavian painting of a female bather on cut out wood applied to a painted backround
Set in a wood frame image size 8.5x10.5"
Category
1920s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Branches in Bloom" French Vase with Colorful Flowers Oil Painting on Linen
Located in New York, NY
An impressionistic depiction of a Saint-Cloud factory porcelain vase ca. 1695–1710 with a burst of flowers exploding with color and bold marks. Alfaro bridges the Baroque cultural mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Glouster Harbor New England Fishing Boat Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5169 Antique American Large Impressionist seascape oil painting .Oil on canvas circa 1930
Framed
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Category
1930s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Nicole" Black Bunny on White Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with thick use of paint. It is hou...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Question Mark & Comma" Butterflies on Silver and Gold Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate multicolor butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden silver land...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Picnic Scene" Paulette Van Roekens, Impressionist Scene, Leisure, Pastel Colors
Located in New York, NY
Paulette Van Roekens
Picnic Scene
Signed lower center
Oil on canvas
12 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches
Painter Paulette van Roekens was born in France and attended the Philadelphia School of D...
Category
1920s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Afternoon Picnic" Still Life Out Doors Impressionist Oil Painting with Florals
By Martha Walter
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical depiction by Martha Walter of a picnic table with flowers, cups, Pepsi bottles, bowls and a basket. The bold colors and strong contrasts make Walter's work so striking an...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Antique English Portrait Oil Painting of an English Writer
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3423 English writer portrait, oil on board displayed in a gilt -wood frame, signed by Welsh.Image size 10 H x 8 W
Category
1940s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Early 1900s Nude Women & Swans Deco River Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist nude women landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed "Wolfe". In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding....
Category
1920s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fusen Yao Post-Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Autumn Memories"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Autumn Memories
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 27 x 27 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Trees by John Motz 61
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5178 Antique American modernist trees landscape 1961
image size 16x24"
Category
1960s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Oil, Acrylic
"Metal" Black Bunny Gold & Silver w Red Accents Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a silver and gold background with red accents with ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Roses in the Cart" Parisian Autumn Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Paul Renard
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, artist Paul Renard depicts his subject in a most romantic yet academic way. The artist was truly a master of capturing the magic and romance of the busy streets of Paris portraying the way of the times effortlessly. With much attention to detail and subtle brush strokes using a wide color pallet, a beautiful rendition of the street with figures is accomplished. We are reminded of the great impressionists of the early 20th Century such as Edouard Cortès in this piece. Paris in all of its glory in the "Roses in the Cart" is a pertinent example of how Renard achieves excellence in his work, leaving us with emotions of Paris in Autumn during dusk effortlessly. This piece is signed lower right lower right and comes housed in a beautiful wood carved museum quality...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary Cheshire Cat Animal oil Painting 2018
By Patrizia Russo
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3936 Cheshire cat acrylic painting on rapped canvas no frame required
Category
2010s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"La Madeleine" Impressionist 20th Century Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts "La Madeleine" in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the magic of Paris from the 20th Century with much life. The flower sellers and tre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
19th century English Antique Portrait of a terrier or toy dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
Edwin Loder – son of famous artist James Loder – originally enlisted in the 62nd Regiment of Foot in 1846 at the age of 19, serving mainly in India.
After 20 years in the Forces, Ed...
Category
1860s Victorian Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Hunting scene”
By Jack Levine
Located in Warren, NJ
Jack Levine original Oil painting on Canvas Hunt Scene. In good condition measures 42x29
Category
20th Century Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem, Under the sea rare unique 1980 oil on canvas painting signed Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Rare 1980 Hunt Slonem painting. The artist has painted - literally - thousands and thousands of bunnies (and almost as many birds and butterflies), but you won't easily find the li...
Category
1980s Naturalistic Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Walk, Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lucien Neuquelman
By Lucien Neuquelman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Neuquelman, French (1909 - 1988) - Spring Walk, Year: 1938, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right, Size: 13 x 9.5 in. (33.02 x 24.13 cm), Frame Size: 20.5 x ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"St. Theresa 3" White and Blue Butterflies on Scored Gold Background Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts two delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape. Slonem ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Men Fraternizing with Ladies, Pre-20th Cen Oil Painting by Wilfrid Beauquesne
By Wilfrid Constant Beauquesne
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wilfrid Constant Beauquesne, French (1840 - 1913)
Title: Men Fraternizing with the Ladies
Year: c. 1890
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 21.5 x 26 in. (54.61 x 66.04 ...
Category
1890s Old Masters Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spanish Moss Teche Bayou" Purple & Blue Toned Landscape Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
WIth a passion for restoring historic houses, one of Slonem's properties is in Lousiana, where he now spends a lot of his time painting and picking up inspiration for his pallet. Thi...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Wood
"Fly Away With Me" Multicolor Paper Butterflies Painting on Canvas w Shadow Box
By Laila Jalallar
Located in New York, NY
This piece is executed with hand cut butterflies, and comes displayed in an acrylic shadow box. These works conjure sensations of nostalgia, created from paper, cutting out colorful ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Antique French Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting Village Bell Tower 1950
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3956 French Impressionist landscape on artist board set in a gilt wood frame
Image size 11.5x7.75"
Category
1950s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$325 Sale Price
51% Off
"Pretty Pickins" Post-Impressionist Colorful Floral Oil Painting on Board Framed
Located in New York, NY
A joyous colorful floral still life painting depicting a bunch of freshly picked flowers placed effortlessly. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic manner and is a wonderful display of Reilly's more impromptu style, with bold colors of joyful yellow, deep rouge, and softer colors of light blue, hints of brown, and pops of pink. White ostrich daisies along with blue bluebells, orange, yellow and mamey flowers on a background of bright green grass and dark bushes in the background. This still life in nature, in the garden from nature. This bouquet reminds us of sunny summer days filled with the scent of flowers and nature. This piece is titled and has artist's estate stamp on the back, it comes housed in a contemporary gold leaf plain air wood frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 30 x 24 inches
Frame measures 37 x 31 inches
John Reilly is a critically acclaimed and award-winning New Jersey artist, born in Brooklyn, NY in 1942. He received his early art training at the School of Art and Design, formally known as ‘The School of Industrial Art’ in Manhattan, where he studied advertising art. By the age of twenty-three, he operated a mid-town-based sales promotion agency, eventually expanding the business to service large companies such as Bacardi Rum, Johnson and Johnson, Nabisco, and KLM...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th century Scottish Lock landscape scene with cows watering with sun setting
By Alfred Fontville de Breanski
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alfred Fontville de Breanski (British, 1877–1957)
Scottish Loch Scene, oil on canvas, circa early 20th century
This luminous Highland landscape by Alfred Fontville de Breanski captu...
Category
1880s Victorian Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Totem Hutch Visit" Blue, Silver, Gold and Red Bunny Family
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Totem Hutch Visit" Blue, Silver, Gold and Red Bunny Family
A group of seven rabbits gestured in black on a multicolor metallic background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 3...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Le Soleil Blanc, Modern Oil Painting and Sand on Canvas by Claude Venard
By Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Le Soleil Blanc, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil and Sand on Canvas, signed lower left and titled on verso, Size: 20 x 28.75 in. (50.8 x 73.03 ...
Category
1970s Modern Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Junxue Xun Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Spring Mountains"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Spring Mountains
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Francis Bacon 'Portrait of Michel Leiris', 2017, Vintage
By (after) Francis Bacon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
Category
2010s Modern Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Offset
"Mother & Child" Post-Impressionist Interior Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting depicting an interior scene of a mother and child reading together while sitting on a table round table with a mantel, and a window on the background with the...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Montmartre Hill" Parisian Street Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a city scene at the Montmartre Hill in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many important Post-Impressionists 20th Century painters. This pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century French Garden or Féte a Bride and musicians playing music
Located in Woodbury, CT
This enchanting 18th-century French fête galante captures the elegance and joy of aristocratic leisure, set amidst a lush garden adorned with flowers. A scene of refined celebration,...
Category
1780s Old Masters Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed East Hampton Landscape Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist landscape pastel painting. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silverwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
1960s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Board, Pastel
Women in Meadow, Impressionist Oil Painting on canvas by Lucien Neuquelman
By Lucien Neuquelman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Neuquelman, French (1909 - 1988) - Women in Meadow, Year: circa 1938, Medium: Oil on canvas, signed lower right, Size: 9.5 x 13.75 in. (24.13 x 34.93 cm), Frame Size: 16.5...
Category
1930s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Almost Home" Solebury Bucks County PA Twilight Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by Solebury, Bucks County PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American School Cubist Abstract Framed Signed Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist abstract painting. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
1990s Cubist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier and Westie dogs in a room
By George Armfield
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique Victorian English 19th Century, King Charles Cavalier spaniel and Westie terrier in an interior.
This exquisite English 19th-century painting by...
Category
1850s Victorian Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris" Impressionist Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jean Salabet
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Jean Salabet. Salabet was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His wor...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English portrait of a young girl with her pet spaniel in landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
This enchanting early 19th-century portrait of a young girl in a pastoral landscape, attributed to the esteemed English portraitist Margaret Carpenter, is a rare and captivating exam...
Category
1840s Victorian Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century follower of Rubens, two military men on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century English/Dutch School, from the Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
A very interesting and well-painted 17th-century oil on canvas of two men seated on horseback in a landsc...
Category
1680s Old Masters Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,050 Sale Price
30% Off
"The Red Bush" Gabriel Godard, Painting, Oil on canvas, French artist, 1979
By Gabriel Godard
Located in New York, NY
Gabriel Godard (1933-2023)
The Red Bush, 1979
Oil on canvas
Artwork: 28 x 20 1/2 in. l 71 x 52 cm
Framed: 31 1/2 x 24 in. l 80 x 61 cm
Signed lower left
Condition: Perfect condition...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Jeffrey" White Outline Bunny on Black Background Diamondust Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a white bunny on a black background with thick white paint and then ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Glass, Resin
“Boat at night”
By James Gale Tyler
Located in Warren, NJ
James Gale Tyler original oil painting on canvas “night sail”. In good condition measures 24x20
Category
20th Century Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Good News" Three Colorful Butterflies on Gold Background with Scoring Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts three delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape. Slone...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Wei Zhang Abstract expressionism Original Oil On Canvas "White And Blue World"
Located in New York, NY
Title: White And Blue World
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 22 x 26 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Charles Hinman, Minimalist Drawing, Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Signed
By Charles Hinman
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman
Untitled Minimalist Drawing (Mid-Century Modern), 1980
Pastel on off-white wove paper
Signed in pencil and dated by the artist on the lower-right front. Jeffrey Fuller...
Category
1980s Minimalist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Bateaux a Carnac" Impressionist Marine Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Yolande Ardissone
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece of art titled “Bateaux a Carnac" is a captivating original work by renowned artist Yolande Ardissoner. Ardissoner was mostly known for her playful and sophisticat...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cherry Bloom" Bunny on Pink Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a pink and white bunny on a cherry blossom pink background with thic...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
Antique American Modernist Large New York Cityscape Framed Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a late 19th century fluted cove giltwood molding. E...
Category
1940s Modern Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Oil Painting Windmill on Mykonos Landscape 1964
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3701 Oil on stretched canvas
Set in a vintage hand painted frame
Image size 15x19"
Category
1960s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$275 Sale Price
59% Off
"Pink Chiffon" Contemporary Landscape Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a warm, vibrant palette and captures a rural scene. A cool blue-violet barn sits in a yellow-gold field and cast...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Beyond the Dunes", An Original Abstract Seascape Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract painting by Karin Olah, titled Beyond the Dunes, offers a tranquil view across soft rolling grasses and sandy textures toward a distant shoreline beneath a...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Canvas, Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Grass" Bunny Couple in Green
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Grass" Bunny Couple in Green
Two bunnies gestured in black on a green background in a vintage frame.
Unframed: 12 x 11 inches
Framed: 16 x 15 inches
*Painting is framed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Quadrivium 80" 2025 acrylic and collage on paper
By Peter Stephens
Located in New York, NY
Peter Stephens
Quadrivium 80, 2025
acrylic and collage on paper
30 x 22 in.
image size: 16 x 16 in
(ste029)
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Copy of "Portrait of Beatrice dʼEste" by Leonardo da Vinci created 15th Century
Located in New York, NY
A masterful copy by an unknown artist, after the portrait of "Beatrice d'Este" by Leonardo Da Vinci also known as ‘Portrait of a Lady’ or ‘La Dama con la reticella di perle (The Lady With a Pearl Hairnet)’. The original work originally created in the 15th Century is currently on display in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Museum of Milan. Beatrice d'Este was the Duchess of Bari/Milan and was believed to be one of the most attractive princesses of the Renaissance. Her impeccable style won her many admirers throughout Italy and France, and she became a trendsetter of the highest order. This copy of the original painting, is an oil on canvas done in the 18th Century, and in this exquisite portrait, the artist has masterfully depicted the fine details with draped hair, pearls, royal dress, ornate headgear and sumptuous jewelry in front of a dark background. Once again, capturing the imagination with another enigmatic smile. It comes housed in an elegant period giltwood frame with ebonized trims and ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso.
Art measures 28 x 18 inches
Frame measures 34.5 x 24.5 inches
There is much debate and controversy over who actually painted the "Beatrice d'Este" was it Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), or Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (1455–1508). So we may never know who executed the original portrait which hangs in the museum, but that need not deter from an appreciation of its singularity. Following the portraiture convention established by painters of the Quattrocentro, the artist has chosen to portray his sitter in profile. In doing so, he magnificently captures the essence of his sitter, a girl on the threshold of womanhood. Bedecked in the adornments—silk, velvet, pearls and embroidery (brocade) crafted of spun gold threads—afforded her by birthright and marriage, Beatrice looks forward in noble serenity. And at the same time her profile with its upturned nose and slight smile betrays an innocence that must have been the basis of the oft-repeated epithet: la più zentil donna in Italia” (“the sweetest lady in Italy”).
It is believed the lady is Beatrice d'Este (1475-1497), duchess of Bari and later of Milan, the wife of Ludovico Sforza (known as "il Moro"). One of the most beautiful princesses of the Italian Renaissance, she was known for her good taste in fashion. Beatrice was a member of the Este-Sforza family, which joined by marriage two of the oldest reigning and already powerful houses in Italy. The house of Este, which held court in Ferrara, traced its lineage to the 11th century Dukes of Saxony and Bavaria. Beatriceʼs father, Ercole I ruled the Ferrara commune for 34 years, catapulting the city-state (and the Estes with it) to an unmatched level of economic prosperity and cultural prominence. The family was renowned for its love of letters and patronage of the arts.
The first time Leonardo da Vinci’s name resounded in the Ambrosiana, it was through the pen of its founder, Cardinal Federico Borromeo, who attributed this little panel to the great Master, describing it as “A portrait of a Duchess of Milan, by the hand of Leonardo”. Following the Cardinal’s statement, the portrait was for long assumed to depict Beatrice d’Este, the wife of Ludovico il Moro. However, scholars have recently been more cautious and vague in their statements, with regard to both the artist (anonymous Lombard or Emilian...
Category
18th Century Northern Renaissance Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Beached" Contemporary Coastal Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary coastal painting by Carol Young features a cool blue palette and depicts a scene of a blue dinghy boat on a sandy shoreline. The painting is signed by the artist in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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