Jan van Ravenswaay

19th century dutch romantic painting - Cows, sheep and goats in their field

17th century Flemish Old Master - Orpheus charming the animals with his music The present painting is full of delightful details, such as the unicorn galloping in the distance, the ...

Old master still-life "Hunting trophy with a peacock, partridge and game birds in a sunset landscape" attributed to Adriaen de Grijff Adriaen de Gryeff (1657-1722) (also spelled Gri...

Huge late 17th, early 18th century Italian Old master - A peacock doves and a duck holding flowers in a park landscape at sunset, attr. Angelo Maria Crivelli In a peaceful park land...

Romantic 19th century painting of a shepherd with his flock attributed to Hippolyte Paul Vayson Hippolyte Paul Vayson is a French painter and engraver born on December 4, 1841 in Gordes (Vaucluse) Son of a justice of the peace, Paul Vayson was a student at the Lycée d'Avignon before taking a law degree in Paris to become a lawyer. He was introduced to painting by being a pupil of Charles Gleyre at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, and in the studio of Jules Laurens. His subjects and landscapes mainly illustrate rural Provence. He exhibited in 1865 at the Salon of French Artists, he was awarded a medal at that of 1875 (3rd year of his trip to Algeria) for his painting La Gardeuse de moutons and at that of 1879 (2nd class medal) for Les Moutons, landscape of Provence. That year he had the architect Paul Casimir Fouquiau build a mansion at 13, rue Fortuny in Paris. He has a Parisian workshop at 16, rue de Navarin. He was a member of the jury of the Salon des artistes français (painting section) and promoted to officer of the Legion of Honor in 1886. He married in Lisieux on April 6, 1876 with Clotilde Polin, with whom he had two children. He was elected mayor of Murs (Vaucluse) from 1896, the year of the death of his brother who held this position, until his own death in 1911. A monument was inaugurated in his honor on September 18, 1913, in the Jardin du Rocher des Doms in Avignon, in the presence of Frédéric Mistral. This work by the sculptor Félix Charpentier represents him in bust form...

19th century English countryside landscape "Summer in the Highlands" This peaceful painting depicts an Highlands countryside scenery during a sunny summerday. In the foreground two ...

Romantic 19th century painting of a shepherd with his flock by August Friedrich Schenck August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck (23 April 1828 – 1 January 1901) was a painter born in Glüc...

Pastoral Landscape by Peter la Cave (fl. 1789-1816) oil painting on wood panel, framed framed: 12.5 x 15 inches panel: 8 x 10 inches provenance: private ...

Benjamin Killingbeck (act. 1769-1783) A dark bay racehorse held by his trainer on a racecourse Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 40 x 50 in Framed Size ...

Pastoral Landscape Dutch Old Master, 18th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 12 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: good a...

A fine oil on canvas painting of a horse and rider with hounds. This traditional country scene shows the rider wearing his red hunting jacket, identified as Mr Mackenzie riding "dut...

A delicate oil on canvas landscape capriccio of an Arcadian landscape with figures and sheep and goats in the foreground. A stormy sky and blasted tree populate the landscape and the...

This stunning British Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of noted bird painter Marmaduke Cradock. Painted circa 1690 it is an excellent example and the sort of collection of birds he loved to paint - a peacock, wild turkeys, a jay in the foreground and doves, all set in a beautiful landscape. A variant of this painting is now in The Tate collection. Unlike many artists, he preferred to paint live birds with all their passions, joys and quarrels. The artist has perfectly capture the dynamics between this group, especially the dove and jay, as they all begin to settle down in the twilight. The colouring and brushwork are superb making this a fantastic British Old Master bird oil painting in a stunning carved gilt frame. Provenance. London estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 42 inches by 39 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a magnificent complementary period carved and gilded frame, 50 inches by 47 inches and in good condition. Marmaduke Cradock (1660-1716) was an English painter of birds and animals. Some older sources give his first name as Luke. Cradock was an English painter, noted for his depictions of birds, dead game, and other animals. He was born in Somerton, Somerset and moved to London, where he served an apprenticeship to a house-painter. He was, however, self-taught as an artist, becoming skilled in the depiction of birds and animals. Horace Walpole wrote that "I have seen some pieces by his hand which he painted with a freedom and a fire that entitled them to more distinction". According to Walpole, Cradock deliberately shunned aristocratic patronage. He worked in general by the day, and for dealers who retailed his works; possessing that conscious dignity of talent which made him hate to be employed by men whose birth and fortune confined his fancy, and restrained his freedom. According to the RKD his work as a still life and bird painter was influenced by Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Peter Frans Casteels, and Jakob Bogdani. Sketches in the collection of the British Museum indicate that he based at least some of the birds in his paintings on drawings from life. He tended to paint domestic birds and common wild species, rather than the exotic varieties favoured by some other artists. He sometimes introduced elements of drama such as attacks by predatory animals into his bird paintings, a feature shared with the works of Francis Barlow...