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A fine and large 19th century oil on canvas after Bartolomé Esteban Murrillo's (Spanish, 1617-1682) "Beggar Boys Playing Dice" (The original work by Murillo was painted in 1675). The impressive artwork depicts two young boys playing dice while another eats a piece of fruit as his dog watches on., within an ornate gildwood and gesso frame bearing a label from the faming company Bigelow & Jordan. The original work by Murillo is currently at the Alte Pinakothek Museum in Munich, Germany. The present work is signed: L. Rüber. Circa: Munich, Late 19th Century. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (born late December 1617, baptized January 1, 1618 – April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Although he is best known for his religious works, Murillo also produced a considerable number of paintings of contemporary women and children. These lively, realist portraits of flower girls, street urchins, and beggars constitute an extensive and appealing record of the everyday life of his times. Murillo was born to Gaspar Esteban and María Pérez Murillo. He may have been born in Seville or in Pilas, a smaller Andalusian town. It is clear that he was baptized in Seville in 1618, the youngest son in a family of fourteen. His father was a barber and surgeon. His parents died when Murillo was still very young, and the artist was largely brought up by his aunt and uncle. Murillo began his art studies under Juan del Castillo in Seville. There he became familiar with Flemish painting and the "Treatise on Sacred Images" of Molanus (Ian van der Meulen or Molano). The great commercial importance of Seville at the time ensured that he was subject to influences from other regions. His first works were influenced by Zurbarán, Jusepe de Ribera and Alonzo Cano, and he shared their strongly realist approach. As his painting developed, his more important works evolved towards the polished style that suited the bourgeois and aristocratic tastes of the time, demonstrated especially in his Roman Catholic religious works. In 1642, at the age of 26, he moved to Madrid, where he most likely became familiar with the work of Velázquez, and would have seen the work of Venetian and Flemish masters in the royal collections; the rich colors and softly modeled forms of his subsequent work suggest these influences. In 1645 he returned to Seville and married Beatriz Cabrera y Villalobos, with whom he eventually had eleven children. In that year, he painted eleven canvases for the convent of St. Francisco el Grande in Seville. These works depicting the miracles of Franciscan saints vary between the Zurbaránesque tenebrism of the Ecstasy of St Francis and a softly luminous style (as in Death of St Clare...

Painting "Boat at sea", oil on canvas. Signed E. Svaneby Year : 1931 Very good condition. dimensions height 40 cm width 48 cm without frame, height 30 cm, width 38 cm

A colorful oil on canvas representing a group of children playing in a garden area near a Cathedral. Framed by a carved giltwood frame with foliage det...

Painting "Boat at sea", oil on canvas. Signed E. Svaneby Year : 1931 Very good condition. height 40 cm, width 49 cm without frame H.29 cm W.38 cm

Vintage (20th Century) oil painting of a six-person crew rowing out to sea in a boat on rectangular, unframed canvas.  

A famous architectural element at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware, this painting was probably done in the 1940s.

This antique and unframed oil painting on canvas is unsigned but believed to have originated from Italy in circa 1850 in the period Victorian style. The painting depicts a number of ...

Oil on canvas signed, dogs at rest signed by H Jones, 1912.

This artwork, as simple yet sophisticated, showcases the feminine form with dark, rounded lines to highlight the body with delicacy and a background enhanced by more angular lines. ...

19th century framed oil on canvas "Cows in a Pasture" by Ludvig Kabell (Danish, 1853-1902), signed L. Kabell lower right.  

New York City born Kathi Robinson Frank began painting at an early age. While in high school, she studied at The Art Students League and pursued her passion at Bard College where she...

Niels Simonsen (1807-1885). Danish Golden Age painter and orientalist. Oil on canvas. Oriental beauty. Dated 1859. The canvas measures: 48 x 41 cm. ...