Old Masters Art
OLD MASTERS
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Style: Old Masters
Toeletta Albani Mythological Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The Toilet of Venus
Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - 1660), workshop of
oil on canvas
62 x 76 cm. - framed 70 x 84 cm. (period frame)
The proposed painting, depicting the Toeletta ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
17th century Allegory of the four Elements - Frans Francken the Younger Flemish
Located in Antwerp, BE
Very fine 17th century Flemish old master "Allegory of the four elements" attributed to Frans Francken the Younger
The figures are the Nereid Amphitrite, holding a coral and represe...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dance of the Cupids, Antique print with carved wooden frame
Located in Napoli, IT
Antique color print depicting the dance of cupids with carved wooden frame.
The extraordinarily refined and highly decorative painting depicts an 18th-century allegory.
Centrally and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Color
LES LAVEUSES, loire valley, french landscape scene, oil by Henri DutzchoildD
Located in York, GB
A lovely tranquil scene of LES LAVEUSES.
Depicting houses by a stream/river with a woman washing her laundry.Framed Oil on canvas Signed and dated '74'(lower right)
The size being...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Polyphemus Galatea Carracci Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Annibale Carracci (Bologna, 1560 - Rome, 1609) Workshop of
Polyphemus and Galatea (or Polyphemus in love)
First half of the 17th century
Oil on canvas
75 x 62 cm. - In antique fram...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
A bird concert
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
We'd like to thank dr. Jan De Maere for his advice.
The exquisite detail and vibrant composition of this painting attributed to Jan Baptist Bouttats, show a versatile ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of Lady in Silver Dress - Dutch Old Master art portrait oil painting
By Willem Wissing
Located in London, GB
This lovely Dutch Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Willem Wissing. Wissing settled in England and emerged as Peter Lely's most important pupil after his de...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
The robbery
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on copper
Step into the world of Christoffel van den Berghe with this captivating small painting titled "The Robbery." This intriguing scene unfolds within a lush forest, where...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
Frederick III Cranach Rohrich Paint Oil on table 19th Century Flemish Portrait
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Follower of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach, 1472 - Weimar, 1553)
Attributed to Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (Nuremberg 1787 - 1834)
Frederick III of Saxony, called the Wise (1486-1525)
Oil on ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait King De Zurbaran 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Spanish school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francisco de Zurbaran (Fuente de Cantos 1598 - Madrid 1664) circle
Full-length portrait of a king
Second half of the 17th century
Oil on canvas
78 x 52 cm. - in frame 89 x 67 cm.
...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
18th century portrait of sisters Lady Catherine and lady Jane Brydges
By James Maubert
Located in Bath, Somerset
This large double portrait depicts the sisters Lady Catherine and Lady Jane Brydges, the daughters of John Brydges, the Marquess of Carnarvon (1703-1727). They are seated on a stone...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
George paice, 19th century, oil, horse and rider with dogs
By George Paice
Located in York, GB
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Amsterdam Harbour Scene with Figures Dutch 17th Century art marine oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch 17th century Golden Age Old Master cityscape oil painting of Amsterdam is by noted artist Jacobus Storck. Painted circa 1670, the composition is a Dutch Amsterdam h...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Mary Magdalene praying in her cave
Located in Gent, BE
Immerse yourself in the serene spirituality and masterful technique of David Teniers the Elder with this evocative depiction of Mary Magdalene in her cave. Trained under the tutelage...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
European Pastoral Scene on Vellum. Probably Eighteenth Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown
(European, probably Eighteenth Century)
Shepherds and Peasants in a Landscape
Ink, watercolor, and gouache on vellum; 12 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches
Framed: 20 x 28 inches (approx.)
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Vellum
Saint Jerome Angels 17th Century Venetian School Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Jerome supported by two angels
Early 17th century Venetian painter
Oil on canvas
86 x 67 cm. - In frame 103 x 84 cm.
The proposed painting offers us an intense portrayal of S...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Feast in the Garden of Love, 17th century Antwerp, Louis de Caullery
Located in PARIS, FR
Louis de Caullery (1582-1621)
Antwerp School early 17th century
Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: h. 51 cm (20.08 in), w. 43 cm (16.93 in)
Ebonized wooden frame
Framed: h. 67 cm (26.38 in...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
The Pipesmoker
Located in Gent, BE
Immerse yourself in the charm of Dutch Golden Age artistry with this captivating piece by Edward Collier, an acclaimed still-life painter renowned for his vanitas and trompe-l'œil wo...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting London Night
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Fire and Moonlight’ by Abraham Pether FSA (1752–1812).
The painting – which depicts an extensive moonlit view across the City of London with a cottage on fire in the foreground – w...
Category
1790s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Two Sunny animated landscapes with travellers with a river view, a town beyond
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
Comes with a certificate by dr. Jan De Maere
"In my opinion they are early works, inspired by the river views of Jan Griffier the Elder, the italianate coulisses by Dir...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
The temptation of Saint Anthony
Located in Gent, BE
The temptation of Saint Anthony - Attributed to Cornelis de Baeillieur
Oil on copper
Cornelis de Baellieur the Elder was an Antwerp painter who was strongly influenced by Frans Fran...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
Travellers and Carriage in Landscape Dutch 17th century Golden Age oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Old Master Golden Age oil painting is attributed to Pieter Bodding van Laer. Painted circa 1635 the composition is a group of travellers who have stopped to rest. I...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Suite of 12 Views of Italy
By Franz Weirotter
Located in New York, NY
Franz Weirotter (1730-1771), Suite of 12 Views of Italy, etchings, 1759 [most signed in the plate by Weirotter]. Reference: Nagel 5. 10 printed in pairs on one sheet; one on a small...
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Four Women, a drawing by Francesco Furini (after L. Ghiberti's bas-relief)
Located in PARIS, FR
We thank Carolina Trupiano Kowalczyk for her help in describing this drawing and for confirming the attribution to Francesco Furini; her presentation (in Italian) is available on req...
Category
1620s Old Masters Art
Materials
Chalk
The Departure of the Vendéens, an oil on carboard by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance:
Alfred Stevens Collection
Sold by Madame Blanc on May 3, 1876 (number 24 representing The Departure of the Vendéens, FRF 510, bought back by Madame Blanc).
Paul Touzet (...
Category
1790s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of a Gentleman with his Dog - Possibly Abraham Tucker. Oil on Canvas
By Enoch Seeman
Located in St. Albans, GB
Enoch Seeman - 1894 - 1744
An excellent example of Seeman's work. It is typically unsigned as was the case of many portraits of that time. A three quarter length portrait showing a r...
Category
1730s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Bacchanal
By Giovanni Andrea Podestà
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bacchanal
Etching, 1649
Inscribed in the square left: "Magnificentis/simo Principi/Paolo lorda/no. II Bracci/ani Duci/Aud. P.DDD/1640; Inscribed on right: Rome apud Franciscsum Saluu...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Fine 1700's French/ Dutch Oil Painting on Copper Portrait Man Ruff Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Ruff Collar
Dutch/ French artist, 18th century
oil painting on copper, unframed
copper board : 6.75 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
co...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) The Prophecy of Simeon Large Antique Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Italian
Title: The Prophecy of Simeon
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Painting: 21.5 ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
A garland surrounding the Virgin and Child
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on copper
In the delicate masterpiece crafted by the workshop of Jan Brueghel the Younger, a lush garland of flowers envelops the serene figure of the Virgin and Child, creatin...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
We'd like to thank dr. Jan De Maere for his advice.
In Cornelis Saftleven's arresting depiction of the temptation of Saint Anthony, the viewer is drawn into a surrea...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Huge late 17th early 18th century Italian floral oil - Peacock doves and a duck
Located in Antwerp, BE
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...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Confortini Mary Madonna Angels Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacopo Confortini (Florence 1602-1672)
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Oil on canvas
80 x 60 cm./Framed 101 x 81 cm.
The proposed painting, datable to around the middle of the 17th century, depicts the Virgin enveloped in a golden glow and reclining on a throne of fluffy clouds, while lovingly supporting the Child on her lap, with two adoring angels...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Trompe l’oeil French painter - 19th century Still life painting - Assignat money
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (18th-19th century) - Trompe l'oeil.
61 x 48 cm without frame, 69.5 x 56.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on panel, in wooden frame.
Condition report: Good sta...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Saint Jerome De Somer Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master Flemish Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Hendrick de Somer, known as Enrico Fiammingo
(Lokeren 1602 - Naples 1655)
Saint Jerome penitent in the cave
oil on canvas
103 x 130 cm. - In original period frame 123 x 152 cm.
Th...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Madonna and Child with St Catherine and Putti - Italian 17thC art oil painting
By Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari
Located in London, GB
This stunning Italian 17th century Old Master religious oil painting is by Baroque artist Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chari. Painted circa 1684 it is a large and vibrant oil painting of the Madonna and child. To their left is Saint Catherine and to their right four putti or cherubs look upon a sleeping Jesus. The detail in all the figures faces and hair and the colouring is just superb, especially the Madonna's sumptuous blue robe. A really fabulous 17th century religious work with previous full attribution and excellent provenance which was once attributed to Carlo Maratta (1625-1713).
Provenance. With Vangelisti, Lucca, Italy, 1966, from whom acquired by the family of the previous owner, and thence by descent.
Red seal stamp verso
Christies April 15th 1912
Christies March 23 1956
Condition. Oil on Canvas. Image size 44 x 54 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in an original Carlo Maratta frame, 62 inches by 52 inches framed and in good condition.
Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727), also known simply as Giuseppe Chiari, was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mostly in Rome. Born in Rome, he was one of the main assistants, along with Giuseppe Passeri and Andrea Procaccini, in the studio of an elder Carlo Maratta. His father had opposed the career, but his mother, on the recommendation of a painter named Carlo Antonio Gagliani. By the age of 22, he had frescoed the lateral lunettes (Birth of Virgin and Adoration of Magi...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
An animated village near the river
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on canvas
We like to thank Dr. Jan de Maere for his help.
Certificate dating 10/04/2024 is available.
In Jan Frans Beschey's captivating painting, a lively village nestled alo...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baroque Italian Sculptor - 17th century carved wood sculpture - God father
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved wooden sculpture - God the Father blessing - Italy, 17th century
81 x h 35 x 13 cm.
Entirely in carved wood.
Condition report: Good state of conservation of the sculptural ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Early 1800's English Romantic Sunset Landscape Oval Panel Christies prov.
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Romantic Sunset Landsca
English School, early 1800's period
oil on wood panel, framed in antique gilt frame
framed: 27 x 31.5 inches
panel: 16 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
18th Century English School Portrait of a young girl, half length
Located in Harkstead, GB
A charming portrait of a young girl presented in the original, hand carved giltwood frame.
Circle of John Opie (1761-1807)
Portrait of a young girl, half length
With old label to t...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century religious old master oil - St. John the Baptist in a landscape
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century oil on copper - St. John the Baptist in a landscape with the Lamb
The very finely and delicately painting depicts St. John in a vast landscape, with a vibrant sunset co...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Francesco Cepparoli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Francesco Cepparoli in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate on the ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
17th century religious old master oil - Penitent Magdalene in a landscape
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century oil on copper - Penitent Magdalene in a landscape
The very finely and delicately painting depicts Mary Magdalene in a vast landscape, with a vibrant sunset colouring th...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
Very Large Marine Shipping Scene Impressive Statement Piece
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Marine Scene
Dutch or Flemish, 20th century
color print on canvas, framed
framed: 27 x 34 inches
canvas: 20 x 27.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very goo...
Category
20th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Color
Village Scene Figures & Animals - British Old Master exh pastoral oil painting
By James Ward
Located in London, GB
This stunning British Old Master exhibited pastoral oil on panel is by noted artist James Ward. Painted circa 1815 with superb provenance, it was exhibited posthumously at the Royal ...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
A Portrait of a Bewigged Gentleman
By Enoch Seeman
Located in St. Albans, GB
Enoch Seeman
Canvas Size: 30 x 25" (76 x 62cm)
Outside Frame Size: 37 x 32" (92 x 80cm)
1694-1744
He was born in Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland, around 1694. His father, also Enoch...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Merry Company Party Duck 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Flemish school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob Duck (Utrecht, 1600 - 1667) attributable
Merry company in an interior
Oil painting on canvas
63 x 51 cm./ In antique box frame 80 x 70 cm.
On the back of the old frame label...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
1800's French Naval Battle Scene Night Time Engagement Large Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Naval Engagement
French School, early 1800's period
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 28 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition, with...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wooded Figurative River Landscape - Dutch 17thC Golden Age art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb 17th century Dutch Golden Age oil painting has been more recently reattributed to Abraham Begeyn by Dr Marijke C. de Kinkelder formerly of the RKD - Netherlands Institute...
Category
1640s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Bacchanal Painting Dancing of the Nymphs 1850
By Cornelius van Poelenburgh
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Dutch/Flemish oil on panel painting, after Cornelis van Poelenburgh, circa 1850.
The painting portrays a number of nude and partially robed nymphs dancing in a bucolic...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Portrait De La Fosse Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 - Paris 1743) attributable
Portrait of the painter Charles de La Fosse (1636-1716)
oil on canvas
60 x 52 cm/ In a beautiful frame cm. 113 x 78
The ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a harpist - Belgian Old Master musical art oil painting harp player
Located in London, GB
This charming Belgian Old Master musical portrait oil painting is by noted artist Jan Baptiste Lodewijk Maes. Painted in 1820 and signed and dated it is a half length portrait of a b...
Category
1820s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Raimondo di Montecuccoli in armor with a marshal's staff. Circa 1660
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of Raimondo di Montecuccoli in armor with a marshal's staff. Dutch School.
Oil on canvas
Dutch School.
Circle of Peter Nason (Amsterdam, 1612 - 1690 The Hague).
Portrait ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century portrait after caravaggio "The Card Sharps"
By (After) Caravaggio
Located in York, GB
A fine painting after Caravaggio of "The card sharps" housed in a gilt frame, excellent condition.
The size overall being 99 cm x 86 cm whils...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Ruins Landscape Codazzi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Roma Italy
By Niccolò Codazzi (Naples, 1642 - Genoa, 1693)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Roman school late 17th - early 18th century - Follower of Niccolò Codazzi (Naples, 1642 - Genoa, 1693)
Pair of fantastic architectural whims with class...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
William sidney cooper, Cows by a river 19th century landscape oil
Located in York, GB
A fine framed oil on canvas painting by the renowned artist William Sidney coope.Signed and dated 91 lower left.
This painting depicts 3 cows resting by a river, a village with hous...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
19th century dutch romantic painting - Cows, sheep and goats in their field
By Jan van Ravenswaay
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century Dutch romantic painting of animals resting in their pasture by Jan Van Ravenswaay
Jan van Ravenswaay was a prominent Dutch painter of the 19th century, recognized for h...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jan Six by Pierre François Basan, after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thin laid paper laid down to mid-weight Japon paper, 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 inches (244 x 190 mm), narrow to thread margins. Lettered below the image in the lower right margin wit...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Handmade Paper
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