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Item Ships From: USA
19th Century Oil on Tin / Retablo Set in Hand Made Frame
Located in Ross, CA
Antique oil paint on tin, know as a retablo. The painting is of Mary, Mother of Jesus and is framed in a hand made shadow box frame.
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19th Century Mexican Neoclassical Revival Antique USA - Paintings

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Tin

Maritime Nautical Seascape Henry Scott Oil Painting “Harvey Mills” Boston Harbor
By Henry Scott
Located in Shippensburg, PA
HENRY SCOTT R.S.A. British, 1911-2005 "Down Easter 'Harvey Mills' in the Lower Inner Harbour, Boston, with Governors Island in the Distance Oil on canvas signed lower left titled...
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20th Century English USA - Paintings

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Canvas

Pair Chinese Asian Silk Watercolor Framed Paintings
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair tall framed and matted Chinese silk water color paintings depicting exotic birds and flowers and shrubbery. Both with calligraphy inscription and red seal. Expertly crafted with...
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1930s Chinese Vintage USA - Paintings

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Silk, Wood

Monumental Bohemian Tiki Pastel Painting Tropical Nude MCM Faux Bamboo Frame 66"
Located in Dayton, OH
Immense mid 20th century pastel painting on board by Hilbert R. Whiteman, depicting a tropical fantasy scene featuring a topless brunette woman surrounded by terracotta sculptures, l...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern USA - Paintings

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Bamboo, Hardwood, Paint

Antique 19th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting by Asti, Portrait of a Lady
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century Italian-French oil on canvas painting "Portrait of A Lady," signed "A. Asti." Angelo Asti (French, 1847-1903).
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19th Century French Antique USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Antique German KPM Porcelain Portrait Plaque Young Woman Signed Wagner Asti 1890
By Angelo Asti, Wagner Kpm
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique German Hand-Painted KPM porcelain portrait plaque signed "Wagner" after the painting "Reflection" by the Italian artist Angelo Asti (1847-1903). Asti was born in Milan...
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1890s German Belle Époque Antique USA - Paintings

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Porcelain, Giltwood

Emil Kashou Oil on canvas 1974 "Dance?"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Oil on Board Painting of Mother and Child. Signed bottom right Emil Kashou 1974. Heavy applied paint gives a beautiful textile to this titled painting, "Dance?" Overall in nice sh...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Paintings

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Paint

"Nudes in the Surf", Atmospheric Painting with Male Nudes and Horses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Continuing a tradition going back decades, Josef Pieper painted a series of seaside scenes with multiple nude male figures, riding and leading horses along the shore, their strong bodies...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage USA - Paintings

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Paint

Tropical Bird Woodland Landscape Painting After Martin Johnson Heade Framed 35"
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful original tropical bird landscape painting after Martin Johnson Heade. Features a colorful array of hummingbirds bustling about in a woodland paradise setting. Forest, m...
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Late 20th Century USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Large Oil Painting Theatre de Vaudevile by Hartman Signed
By Dong Kingman
Located in Norton, MA
A very large beautiful oil painting by Hartman, "Theatre de Vaudeville" oil on canvas. Measures: 36" x 48" view and 47" x 59" framed. Artist Hartman Medium Oil on canvas. ...
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20th Century American American Colonial USA - Paintings

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Canvas

Fine 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Triumph of Flora" Attr. Ferdinand Wagner II
By Ferdinand Wagner II 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large 19th century Louis XV style Whimsical Neoclassical Revival style Oil on Canvas "The Triumph of Flora" attributed to Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927), school of François Boucher (French, 1703-1770). The impressive artwork depicting a semi-nude Flora hovering through the clouds surrounded by playful cupids, cherubs, love doves and a seated maiden, within white and grey clouds, offering her Spring flower bouquets and floral wreaths, within a banded giltwood frame. Note: Previously used as a ceiling painting. Unsigned, Circa 1870. Measures: Canvas height: 91 3/4 inches (233 cm) Canvas width: 59 inches (150 cm) Frame height: 61 3/8 inches (155.9 cm) Frame width: 93 1/2 inches (237.5 cm) Depth: 2 3/8 inches (6 cm) Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) was the son of Passau Ferdinand Wagner Senior, a teacher at a vocational art school who began training him professionally at a young age. After traveling to Italy in 1867-1868, he continued with his art studies at The Munich Academy of Arts led by Peter Von Cornelius and Julius Schnorr Von Carolsfeld...
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19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Antique USA - Paintings

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Giltwood, Canvas

Pair Of Scandinavian Rococo Folk Art Wooden Paintings
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of early Swedish Rococo Folk Art wooden paintings or table tops.
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Mid-18th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique USA - Paintings

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Wood

Religious Oil Painting “Madonna De La Silla” After Raphael 19 Th Century
Located in Houston, TX
This painting is after Raphael which was one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance. He was a meteoric success painting altar pieces and Por...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique USA - Paintings

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Paint

Mersad Berber 'Bosnia, 1940-2012' Oil on Canvas, Woman with Flowers
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed lower left. A lovely pensive woman dressed in 19th c. style holding flowers. She looks to the left with fruits in an abstract composition on a tab...
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20th Century Aesthetic Movement USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

German 19th Century Oil on Canvas Triptych of Cherubs by Ferdinand Wagner II
By Ferdinand Wagner II 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) A very fine and charming triptych group of three oil on canvas laid on board titled "An Allegory to Spring" each panel depicting different playful and joyous scenes of putti and a cherubs reminiscent of spring, love and peace. The center panel depicting a seated putto, crowned with flowers, a standing putto behind him holding a sack of arrows and a seated cherub facing him next to a watchful peace dove on top resting of a flower bouquet. The left panel depicting a seated putto next to a standing putto with a freshly harvested apple. The right side panel depicting a standing cherub holding a fig branches with leaves. All three-in-one panels within individually carved giltwood frames. All panels signed at the lower left: Ferd. Wagner, circa 1890. Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) was the son of Passau Ferdinand Wagner Senior, a teacher at a vocational art school who began training him professionally at a young age. After traveling to Italy in 1867-1868, he continued with his art studies at The Munich Academy of Arts led by Peter Von Cornelius and Julius Schnorr...
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Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

1970s Blue Gray Bridge Architectural Art Oil Painting
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Oil on Canvas Painting Stone Bridge MCM Architectural Art Signed, hard to read appears as Oastruita. Vintage wear on wood frame. Original unrestored vintage condition. Please refer t...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Paintings

Materials

Other

19th Century American School Nautical Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century American School Nautical Painting. Wonderful oil on panel maritime painting of steam yacht with American flag. Signed by A Benson in lower right corner. Framed in ornate...
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19th Century American American Classical Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Wood

Collectible Rare Original Oil on Canvas Painting by Henri Pontoy, Paris France
By Henri Pontoy
Located in Miami, FL
A Rare Parisian Gem: "Le Vert Galant" by Henri-Jean Pontoy This captivating oil painting by Henri-Jean Pontoy (1888-1968) offers a unique perspective on the famed Paris, France land...
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Early 20th Century French USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Alfano Dardari Surrealist Clowns Painting Wall Street Stock Market Oil on Canvas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alfano Dardari (Italian, 1924-1988) “surrealist clowns painting” A fantastic 1950’s Italian oil on canvas painting depicting colorful clowns gatherin...
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20th Century Italian USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Naval Battle Scene" 19th Century Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on panel measuring 21" x 24.5" including the frame. The painting is signed in the lower right corner, but we cannot attribute the signature. The scene is a lively naval battl...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique USA - Paintings

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Paint

Italian School Painting of Madonna and Child
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century Italian School oil on canvas of Madonna and child. Gilt frame.
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century French Victorian Terrier Oil Painting Signed
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian gilt framed oil painting of seated black and white terrier (signed DUBOUY, 1904).    
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20th Century French Victorian USA - Paintings

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Canvas

Antique 19th Century French Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Ships at Port.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century French Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Ships at Port. Painting is not signed but written on back of the frame's stretcher is "Painted by Emil Inqstad 1860."
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Late 19th Century French Antique USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Antique Oil on Canvas Painting of Cherub & Woman in Gilt Frame C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil on Canvas Painting of Cherub & Woman in Gilt Frame C1890 Measures- 13.75"H x 11"W x 1.5"D
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Late 19th Century Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Matriarch Scroll Portrait Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese Qing ancestor scroll portrait painting of a high ranking official or Imperial court matriarch. Features a intricately decorated Min...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA - Paintings

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Linen, Silk, Plexiglass, Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Monumental Floral Still Life Giclee 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced Delivery Rates - See Below or Click “Ask The Seller” to Request a Quote*** A monumental giclee on canvas floral still life with table top urn having garden flower arrange...
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20th Century USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

German Genre Painting Doctor’s Visit, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A German genre painting depicting a doctor’s visit to a little girl, 19th century. canvas: 17 by 20 ¼ inches frame: 24 by 27 inches
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19th Century Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Vintage Boho Original Oil Painting of Horse and Rider
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bring pastoral elegance and equestrian charm to your space with this vintage Boho oil painting on paper, featuring a stately horse and rider set against a sweeping countryside backdr...
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Mid-20th Century British USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff Oil on Board Cossacks Warriors on Horsback
By Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff (Austrian/Russian, 1850-1924) a fine oil on board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback" within an ornate giltwood frame, circa 1890 Born in 1850 in Linz (Austria) Stoiloff died in Vienna in 1924. According to a research of Russian literature, he studied in the 1880s at St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. He was very well known for his Russian horse...
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Late 19th Century Russian Baroque Antique USA - Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

German Realist Still-Life Painting of Fruits and Wine by Gottfried Schultz
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GOTTFRIED SCHULTZ German, 1842-1919 Still-Life with Fruits and Wine on a Marble Surface with a Small Fly Oil on linen Signed upper left "G. Schultz" Item # 402UJE16Z An intricately painted still-life scene centered around a blown glass goblet of white wine centered on a marble table top. Red and white grapes spill across the surface with a sprig of the grape vine together with several large leaves resting on the top while peaches, a pear, two plums and an open apricot are laid out on the table. A single fly looks on at the table of sweet fruits and juices, its tiny body casting...
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19th Century German Antique USA - Paintings

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Linen, Paint

Jean Antoine Watteau, Circle of, 18th Century Large Old Master Painting, France
By Jean-Antoine Watteau
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) circle of. 18th century old master painting, France. With great pride we offer an extremely rare masterpiece from the 18th century, France. This painting is unsigned as most of his works. It has no provenance, but carries with it all the earmarks of the great Rococo style school of Watteau. It pictures one of his famous outdoor parties with a group of frolicking young people. In the background is a reference to a swing, a favored subject in his paintings. The composition of the painting, colors, brushstrokes (especially in the fabric) is clearly Watteau’s studio. This large 18th century canvas...
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18th Century French Rococo Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Oil on Canvas in the Style of Mark Rothko
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas painting in the style of Mark Rothko depicting a color field in mostly warm tones. Unsigned. Mounted in a gilt wooden frame. Excellent condition.
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20th Century American USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

19th Century Pair of English Victorian Horse Oil Paintings Signed
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Victorian gilt framed oil paintings of white horse with saddle by wall (signed J. PAUL 1873).  
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19th Century British Victorian Antique USA - Paintings

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Canvas

Hindenburg Disaster, Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
A painting of the famous Hindenburg disaster in 1937. This was used as an illustration in SHIPS OF THE AIR, a book by award winning children's book author and illustrator Lynn Curlee...
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Late 20th Century American USA - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Large Floral Still Life Oil on Canvas
Located in Redding, CT
Large Floral Still Life Oil on Canvas. Soft pastels with blue and gray , pink and white. Flowers are hydrangeas and tulips. Housed in a silver gray gesso frame. Perfect romantic piec...
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Mid-20th Century Romantic USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Antique Indo Persian Mixed Media Miniature Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Indo Persian Mughal Art mixed media miniature painting on paper depicting a courtyard scene with Vishnu and Maharaja painted in bold colors and with fine details, and gild...
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19th Century Unknown Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Paint

Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime Painting Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning abstract painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (also known as Mrs. Bennett; 1935-2013). Acrylic on Belgium Linen and painted in 2006. Untitled, t...
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Early 2000s Australian Modern USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique Chinese Export Reverse Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice late 19th century to early 20th century, Chinese export reverse glass painting, depicting a noblewoman within a courtyard setting with a kid who is holding a lotus in a v...
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Late 19th Century Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Glass

Red Barn Oil on Canvas Landscape Signed C.G Moody
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil painting on canvas proudly signed C. G. Moody untraceable painter! It sits in a very nice and matching frame chosen by the artist. In this impressionist painting from the 196...
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1960s American Neoclassical Revival Vintage USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Modern Abstract Painting by John Byle
Located in Miami, FL
A striking abstract painting by John Byle. John Byle was born in Detroit, Michigan. He studied art in Chicago and immigrated to Israel in 1951. Byle was th...
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20th Century Israeli Modern USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Anselm Kiefer Collectible Art Book
By Anselm Kiefer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Title: Anselm Kiefer (Venezia Contemporaneo) Publisher: Brand: Charta Publication Date: 1997 Binding: Soft cover An excellent overview of Anselm Kiefer_s long career. Over the past four decades, Anselm Kiefer has produced a diverse body of work in painting, sculpture and installation that has made him among the most important artists of his generation. His subject-matter ranges over sources as diverse as Teutonic mythology and history, alchemy and the nature of belief, all depicted in a bewildering variety of materials, including oil paint, dirt, lead, models, photographs, woodcuts, sand, straw and all manner of organic material. By adding found materials to the painted surface of his immense tableaux, he invents a compelling third space between painting and sculpture. Synopsis: This monograph presents Kiefer's complete work to date, reproduced in full color. Review: Writing about one of the most important and complex artists of our times requires the erudition, clarity, and broad view of a Daniel...
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20th Century Italian Folk Art USA - Paintings

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Paper

19th Century Original Oil on Canvas Painting of Madonna and Child
Located in Round Top, TX
Striking original oil on canvas painting of Madonna and child with the infant Saint John the Baptist. Unsigned. After the original by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) dated ca....
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19th Century Italian Antique USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Original Mid Century Cityscape Oil Painting on Board. 1950s Heller MCM Decor
By Heller
Located in Peoria, AZ
S U P E R B ! MID CENTURY MODERN C I T Y S C A P E P A I N T I N G ! ICONIC HELLER MID CENTURY STYLE! OIL ON BOARD HUGE! Approx. 29 " x 53 " C I R ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

"Battle of the Nudes, " Large Art Deco Painting by Wedel, Elton John Collection
By Nils Wedel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fantastic view of a great battle waged by a phalanx of nude male soldiers -- probably a scene from Sweden or France -- was painted by Nils Wedel, an important Swedish painter st...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage USA - Paintings

Materials

Paint

Antique Oil on Canvas Seascape Painting C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil on Canvas Seascape Painting C1890. Measures - 13.5"H x 20.25"W x 3.25"D. This fine antique oil on canvas seascape painting, circa 1890, features a dramatic depi...
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19th Century Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Giovanni Antonio Raggi Orientalist Painting
Located in Savannah, GA
Giovanni Antonio Raggi (Italian, late 19th century) Scene depicting and hookah smoker. Watercolor and gouache on paper. sight: 14 by 20 ¾ inches Frame: 23 by 30 inches
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Late 19th Century Italian High Victorian Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Paint, Paper

Alicia Quaini (Argentina, B. 1977) Pallet Oil On Canvas Floral Still Life
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pallet oil on canvas depicting a still life with a multi-colored floral bouquet in a vase on a red table top surface. Set against a molted background. Presented in a gilt frame, line...
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21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Country USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Italian 17th Century Oil on Canvas Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, Mignard
By (circle of) Pierre Mignard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within...
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17th Century French Baroque Antique USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

1960s Raoul Dufy Venice Gouache on Paper
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raoul Dufy "Venice" gouache on paper. Nice new wood frame included. Framed size: 26" x 33" Image size: 16.5" x 23.5".
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1960s French Modern Vintage USA - Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame, which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting. A retailer's label reads " Fred K/ Keer's Sons - Framers and Fine Art Dealers - 917 Broad St. Newark, N.J." - Another label from the gilder reads "Carlo Bartolini - Doratore e Verniciatori - Via Maggio 1924 - Firenze". Circa: 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Canvas diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 54 inches (137.2 cm) Frame width: 42 1/2 inches (108 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...
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Early 1900s Italian Baroque Antique USA - Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Early 19th Century European Oil on Board Portrait of a Woman with Tired Feet
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming oil on mahogany board depicts a portrait of a young woman in typical early 19th-century fashion surrounded by foliage while she sits on a rock tending to her shoe. Hous...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique USA - Paintings

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Mahogany, Paint

Large Vintage Framed Pichhavai Painting of Krishna Playing His Flute
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vintage Pichhavai painting on fabric of Krishna playing is flute with Radha and female Gopis gathered by his side. The colors, details and facial ex...
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1970s Indian Folk Art Vintage USA - Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Paint

French 19th Century Aubusson Cartoon with Floral Decor Surrounding a Cherub
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Aubusson cartoon painting from the 19th century, with floral decor surrounding a cherub populated cartouche. Created to be used as a model to weave a tapestry in the Aubusso...
Category

19th Century French Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Italian 18th Century Oil on Canvas "Madonna and Child" after Giovanni Lanfranco
By Giovanni Lanfranco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 18th century oil on canvas "Madonna and Child" after Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian, 1582-1647). The young Virgin Mary attending to...
Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

East Village Art Scene Oil on Canvas, Signed Kim Keever, 1985
By Kim Keever
Located in Stamford, CT
Stunning expressionistic oil on canvas by East Village artist Kim Keever, part of the 1980s New York City East Village art scene that includ...
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Italian Still Life by P. Fortunato Italy, 20th C. Still Life Apples Oil Painting
By P. Fortunato
Located in Rochester, NY
P. Fortunato (Italy, 20th C.) Oil On Canvas, Still Life With Three Apples And Leather Bound Books A fabulously painted oil on canvas still life scene depicting three red apples on a...
Category

20th Century Italian Modern USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Charles Levier (Fr. 1920-2003) Watercolor & Ink Coastal Landscape With Sunflower
By Charles Levier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Watercolor & ink on paper depicting a landscape with bright yellow and orange sunflowers in the foreground, a large structure over-looking the blue waters and rolling hills off in th...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern USA - Paintings

Materials

Metal

Antique Hand Painted Miniature Portrait on Porcelain in a Brass Easel Frame
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice antique hand-painted miniature portrait on porcelain of Princess Louise of England, circa 1900s. The piece is mostly likely a "Grand Tour" ...
Category

Early 20th Century French French Provincial USA - Paintings

Materials

Brass

Grand Scale Spanish 17th Century Oil Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
An exceptional and outstanding 17th century Oil On Canvas Painting from Madrid, Spain. Wonderfully executed in the style of Velazquez, depicting a M...
Category

17th Century Spanish Antique USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Cuban-American Artist Geiler Gonzalez Oil Painting on Canvas, "Icaro" Signed L/R
Located in Miami, FL
Cuban-American Artist Geiler Gonzalez Oil Painting on Canvas, "Icaro" Signed L/R Offered for sale is an oil painting on canvas by Cuban-American artist Geiler Gonzalez titled "Icaro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American USA - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

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