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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Sir Rowland Cotton (1581 – 1634), Tudor Oil on Canvas, Life Size Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on original canvas
Image size: 78 1/4 x 44 inches (199 x 112 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Provenance
Sir Rowland Cotton, 1608
Family Descent
Private Collection
Sir Rowland Cot...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian 17th Century Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting Coastal Landscape Fishermen
Located in Portland, OR
Italian 17th Century oil on canvas Baroque painting, attributed to Salvator Rosa (1615-1673), a coastal landscape scene with fishermen, circa 1650.
The painting depicts a rocky coast...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil on Panel Cavalry Skirmish Soldiers
Horses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavalry Skirmish
Flemish School, mid 17th century
circle of Lambert de Hondt (Flemish, 1620-1665)
oil on panel, framed
Framed: 21 x 27 inches
Board: 16 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition, with old repairs and thinning in places.
This painting, attributed to the circle of Lambert de Hondt (Flemish, 17th century), depicts an intense battle scene, typical of Flemish military compositions of the time. Lambert de Hondt was known for his battle scenes, landscapes, and hunting scenes, often filled with dynamic action and fine detail, and this work clearly reflects his influence.
The artwork portrays a cavalry skirmish with soldiers in traditional 17th-century military dress, including red tunics...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,306 Sale Price
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Early Historical Portrait Believed to be of Scottish Politician David Carnegie
By John Baptist De Medina
Located in Houston, TX
Early historical portrait in the style of William Aikman believed to be of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk, a Scottish peer and politician. The work features the central figure ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Alpine Landscape with Mother and Children" Antique Oil Painting Europe Nature
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size: 29 x 44 in.
Frame Size: 36 x 51 in.
Unsigned
A marvelous antique oil on canvas painting, exemplary of Romantic Dutch painting that depicts a sweeping, dra...
Category
Romantic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fete Champetre - Garden Party - French 18thC figurative landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This charming 18th century French Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of Joseph Frans Nollekens. Painted circa 1740 it is described as a fete champetre - a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. They were often elegant affairs and became very popular in 18th French paintings. Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710 and they were also included as a category in the French Academy. In this painting, several well dressed figures are sat in the foreground by a fountain and statue, being entertained by a musician. Beyond, a wide avenue of trees leads towards a very grand country house with countryside beyond. There is superb detail in the figures and their colourful clothing. The brushwork in the trees and sky is also superb. This is a charming example of an 18th century fete champetre and of a French Old Master oil painting.
Provenance. Gloucester estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 49 inches by 30 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a fine gilt frame, 56 inches by 37 inches and in good condition.
Josef Frans Nollekens or Joseph Frans Nollekens (1702–1748)[2] was a Flemish painter who was principally active in England where he is often referred to as "Old Nollekens" to distinguish him from his famous son, the sculptor Joseph Nollekens. He painted conversation pieces, galant companies and fêtes champêtres in the style of Watteau, genre scenes as well as portraits. He was also active as a picture restorer.
A fête champêtre was a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. This form of entertainment was particularly practised by the French court, where in the Gardens of Versailles and elsewhere areas of the park were landscaped with follies, pavilions, and temples to accommodate such festivities. The term is a French expression, very literally translating as "party in the fields", meaning a "pastoral festival" or "country feast" and in theory was a simple form of entertainment, perhaps little more than a picnic or informal open air dancing. In practice, especially in the 18th century, the simplicity of the event was often contrived. A fête champêtre was often a very elegant form of entertainment involving on occasions whole orchestras hidden in trees, with guests sometimes in fancy dress. Such events became a popular subject in French 18th-century painting, representing a glamourized aristocratic form of pastoral, with "scenes of well dressed dalliance in a park setting". Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710, and is its best exponent, imitated by others such as Nicolas Lancret and Jean-Baptiste Pater...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$17,507 Sale Price
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France early 18th Century, Portrait of a cleric, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
French school early 18th Century
Portrait of a cleric,
oil on canvas
68 x 54 cm, oval
Not signed which is normal for this type of artwork
I recently had this painting cleaned and r...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Hendrick Van Somer Saint Jerome Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Hendrick van Somer o Someren o de Somer (Lokeren, Belgium, 1607 - Naples, Italy, 1656)
Title: Saint Jerome
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 91 x 72 cm - with frame 108...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$23,161 Sale Price
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The Tax Collectors attributed to Marinus van Reymerswaele
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marinus van Reymerswaele
c.1490 – c.1546 Dutch
The Tax Collectors
16th century
Oil on wood panel
Marinus van Reymerswaele stands among the greatest and most beloved artists of 16th-century Antwerp. Entitled The Tax Collectors, this oil on board original exudes the technical skill and life-like vibrancy for which the artist is renowned.
In a quiet interior scene, two men sit at a green table covered in coins, jewels, and empty moneybags. While the man in the red turban...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Young Christ Pricked by a Thorn (Niño de la Espina)
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Private Collection, Paraguay, for at least the last 80 years
Painted in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 18th century, the present work depicts the young Christ as the Niño de la Espina—a devotional representation of Christ as he looks down at his bleeding finger, which has been pricked by the crown of thorns resting on his lap. The subject of the Young Christ Pricked by a Thorn was especially popular in Cuzco, and the rich details and decorative elements of our work perfectly capture the essence and style of the Cuzco School of painting.
In our painting, Christ wears an intricately patterned floor-length robe trimmed with gilded cuffs and a gilded collar. The delicate gilding, including the halo of golden rays emanating from his head, are executed in brocateado, an ornamental over-gilding technique that is characteristic of the Cuzco School. The red chair on which Christ sits also includes brocateado in the decorative gilt elements. The form of the chair takes inspiration from those commonly used by friars both in Spain and the Andes, known as silla frailera or sillon frailero, and was also frequently employed in related depictions of the Virgin Mary Spinning. Here the young Christ is rendered with soft, elongated features that reflect the influence of the Italian Mannerist painters who were pivotal to the formation of the Cuzco School, including the Jesuit friar Bernardo Bitti and Matteo Pérez del Alesio. Additionally, while its origins can be traced to Northern European pictorial traditions, the lush flower garland that frames the work is a signature feature of Cuzqueño painting...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jesus and Saint John the Baptist
Located in Atlanta, GA
Similar in style to Guido Reni's late masterpiece "The Baptism of Christ," circa 1623, this painting by a follower of Guido Reni captures Reni's unique balance of strictly discipline...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Christ Flagellation, 1630
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Great religious painting from the first half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting the Flagellation, one of the most dramatic moments of the Passion. Christ, tied to t...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1780 Antique 18c. original oil painting on canvas Portrait of a Nobleman Signed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original oil on canvas is a refined and characterful 18th-century British portrait, signed and dated in the lower left: "Js. Jones P.X. 1780." The work depicts a gentleman of st...
Category
Impressionist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a woman with a book
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Italian school circa 1560, circle of Bernardino Campi
Portrait of a woman with a book
Oil on panel
H. 78 cm ; L. 57cm
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Circle Teniers, Flemish Art, Peasants smoking and drinking in a Tavern Interior
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Greven, DE
Circle or Follower of David Teniers, Peasant in a Tavern Inn, drinking and smoking. Oil on canvas, Framed: 39 x 47 cm. Typical Flemish Baroque Interior...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Steinigung von Santa Stefano"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Filippo Lauri (Rome, 1623 - 1694)
"The Stoning of Saint Stephen"
Oil on Canvas
Framed: 55 x 72 cm Flat: 61 x 65 cm
No signatured
This powerful Baroque painting by Filippo Lauri, a r...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Moses Striking Water from the Rock
By Pier (Pietro) Dandini
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moses Striking Water from the Rock;
Circle of Pietro Dandini, Italian 1646-1712
Italian School, late 17th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 3...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,838 Sale Price
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18th Century by Pietro Bardellino Mary Magdalene Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pietro Bardellino (Naples, Italy, 1731 – 1806)
Title: Mary Magdalene
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 75 x 60 cm – with frame 97 x 82 cm
Antique shaped and carved wood...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,852 Sale Price
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Late 18th Century British Oil Painting Figures by Blacksmiths Forge Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Blacksmiths Forge
British artist, late 18th century
Circle of Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817)
oil on board, unframed
board: 11 x 14.5 inches
provenance: private collection, En...
Category
English School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,072 Sale Price
30% Off
Depicting the annunciation of the shepherds
Located in San Francisco, CA
Continental school
Oil on canvas
Depicting the annunciation of the shepherds
18th/19th century
No visible signature
Realigned/restored
26.5 x 30.5
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th century Italian Horse Battle scene between Crusaders and their enemy
By Jacques Courtois
Located in Woodbury, CT
Fine huge 17th Century Italian/French Old Master Battle Scene of the Crusades, oil on canvas. Grand scale extensive landscape view of a battle from the 1670-80 period, with cavalry f...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$13,650 Sale Price
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Painting Madonna and Child 16th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on walnut board.
The painting follows early 16th-century Tuscan models (e.g., the pictorial mode of Domenico Puligo), but is of slightly later production and weaker hand, from "p...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 18th-Century Russian Icon, Volga Masters (Circle), The Crucifixion
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item.
This exquisite and exceedingly rare early 18th-century Russian Staurotek icon depicts The Crucifixion of Christ with an assemblage of s...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Madonna with Child, 1750
Located in Vicoforte, IT
A refined 18th-century Italian painting. This artwork oil on canvas depicts a splendid Madonna and Child with a cherub, crafted with exquisite skill. The composition dates stylistica...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Fishes and Oysters - Oil on Canvas - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with fishes and oysters is an original oil on canvas realized in the 17th Century by Neapolitan School Master.
Impressive in size as well as for its vivid representation o...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1700
s Venetian Old Master Ink Drawing St. Marks Lion Angelic Figures Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lion of St. Mark
Venetian Old Master, mid 18th century
circle of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venetian, 1696-1770)
ink and watercolour drawing on paper mounted on a card frame, unf...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
$1,417 Sale Price
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Crucifixion, Bruges school, Flemish, mid 16th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Crucifixion, cercle of Adriaen Isenbrandt, mid 16th century
School of Bruges, cercle of Adriaen Isenbrandt (actif 1510-1551)
Oil on oak panel with its original ebonized frame
Dimensi...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
Banquet Attrib to Van Den Hoecke Religious Oil on Table Old Master 17th Century
By Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648)
Herod's banquet
Early 17th century
oil on panel, with gold highlights (in the guise of Salome and in the curtains of the building in the background)
56 x 80 cm.
framed 72 x 90 cm.
Note: The painting probably dates from an original by Frans II Francken (1581 - 1642), which is shown under the number 0000344789 in the RKD.
Valuable oil painting on panel depicting King Herod and the beautiful Jewish princess Salome according to the episode taken from the Gospel of Matthew (14.3-11), which sees her as the protagonist in the story of the martyrdom of John the Baptist. The event shown is a cross between history and legend, a myth faced for centuries by artists in every field: Caravaggio in painting, Oscar Wilde in theater, Richard Strauss...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$15,425 Sale Price
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Madonna with Child Angels and Saints, XVII-XVIIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Northern Italian school of the 17th-18th century. The work of a devotional nature, sees the Madonna, seated on the clouds and assisted by two angels who suppo...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Allegorical Mythological Summer"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist, 17th-18th Century – Allegorical Scene
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 131 x 108 cm (unframed), 147 x 124 cm (framed)
Provenance: Private collection
Century &...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Allegorical Mythological Winter"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Allegorical Mythological Scene
Unidentified Artist
17th–18th Century
Oil on canvas
Framed: 152 x 196 cm
Canvas: 131 x 178 cm
No signatured
Description
This masterfully executed B...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed 18th Century Oil - Saint John the Baptist
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful 18th century religious portrait depicting Saint John the Baptist in a pastoral landscape. The saint is recognisable by his symbolic attributes and the inscription 'ECCE A...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Landscape with Ruins Painting, 1790
Located in Vicoforte, IT
A great painting from the second half of the 18th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a splendid Italian landscape in Arcadian style, a pastoral scene set in the Roman countrysi...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Mondino Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria Oil/Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Antonio Mondino (information from c. 1610 to c. 1626)
Title: Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A portrait of John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, ca. 1644 - 1674
By Hans Holbein
Located in New York, NY
A portrait of courtier and politician John Poyntz, after Hans Holbein, circa 1644 - 1674. This painting is based on a drawing by Hans Holbein, part of the drawings collection of the ...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$24,000 Sale Price
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Perseus and Andromeda
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Carle Vanloo (Nice 1705 – Paris 1765)
Perseus and Andromeda
Oil on canvas. H. 081; W. 065.
Alongside François Boucher (1703-1770) and Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777), Carle Vanlo...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$64,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a young fisherman in a landscape
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Attributed to Godfried SCHALKEN
(Made 1643 – The Hague 1706)
Young fischer
Oil on panel in one board
H. 32.5 cm; L. 25.5 cm
Around 1670/75
Related works:
- Autograph version with nu...
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Dutch School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Escuela española (XVIII) El bautismo de San Jeronimo según Juan de Valdes Leal
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de la obra se puede ver, es aceptable ya que en su momento se acondicionó debidamente
Medidas de la obra: 38 x ...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Roman Ruins - Painting attr. to Francis Harding - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman ruins is an original old master artwork realized realized by a follower of the artist Giovanni Paolo Panini and attributed to Francis Harding (1730-1766).
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Includes frame.
The work is a replica of Panini's canvas made around 1740, made known by Ferdinando Arisi in his 1986 monograph (Cat.456) as belonging to the Galleria Taccani in Milan and recently reappeared on the London market...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Abraham and the Sacrifice of His Son Isaac by Adriaen Van Stalbemt, C. 1605-1610
Located in Stockholm, SE
Artist: Adriaen van Stalbemt (Stalbempt) 1580-1662
Title: Abraham and the Sacrifice of His Son Isaac “Das Opfer des Abraham”
According to the Old...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
By Domenico Puligo
Located in New Orleans, LA
A masterful example of Italian Mannerist painting, this exceptional panel was composed by the renowned Florentine painter Domenico Puligo. Alongside Jacopo Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino, Puligo is remembered as one of the foremost figures of the Mannerist movement that rose to prominence during the 16th century in Florence. This panel of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child and Saint John the Baptist is a characteristic example of his celebrated devotional images, which grace museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Museo del Prado (Madrid), Palazzo Borghese (Rome), and Palazzo Pitti (Florence), among many others.
Puligo’s skill with color is fully demonstrated in the beautifully preserved work. Considering its age, the vibrancy and the sheer range of color is remarkable. The Virgin Mary’s crimson dress...
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Mannerist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Musicians"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist, Neapolitan School, 17th Century
"Musicians"
Oil on canvas
Framed: 107 x 140 cm Flat: 92 x 124 cm
No signature
This evocative 17th-century painting, attribute...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Rococo 18th-Century Portrait Young Boy Playing a Flute Oval Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Boy
French Rococo School, 18th century, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 24 x 20 inches
Canvas : 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condi...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rinaldo and Armida in Armida
s Enchanted Garden Baroque Italy 1700 Mythology
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Domenichino, actually Domenico Zampieri (after)
Bologna 1581 – 1641 Naples
Rinaldo and Armida in Armida's Enchanted Garden, circa 1700
Oil on canvas (doubled)
Size: 80 x 138 cm
...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baroque Italian painter - Set of four 18th century figure paintings - Evangelist
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (early 18th century) - Four Evangelists.
25.5 x 19 cm without frame, 29 x 22.5 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on panel. in wooden frames (not signed).
Conditi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,779 Sale Price
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Austrian Old Master Baroque Oil Canvas Painting Architecture Allegory Cherubs
Located in Portland, OR
An important & large oil on canvas Baroque painting by the Bohemian Old Master artist, Franz Xaver Karl Palko (1724-1767), an allegory of architecture, circa 1750.
The painting depic...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wooded Figurative River Landscape - Dutch 17thC Golden Age art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
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 for Art History. Painted circa 1640 it is an Italianate wooded river landscape with drovers and their herd crossing a river with a watchtower beyond. Begeyn was one of the many 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters to embrace the Italianate style, populating their decidedly non-Dutch, mountainous landscapes with rustic travellers and picturesque ruins bathed in warm, Mediterranean light. It has Begeyn's characteristic brightly lit cattle and grouping of figures, similar to a comparable painting in the Lichtenstein Princely Collections. The brushwork and details are superb. One can see the influence of his teacher Nicholaes Berchem (1620-1683) and the typical golden glow of the Golden Age painters. This is a stunning 17th century Golden Age oil painting and an excellent example of Begeyn's work.
Provenance: With Koetser Gallery, Zurich. Private Collection (Rhine region). Anon. sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 22 June 2010, lot 357, as by Jacob de Heusch (€18,600).
Anon. sale, Christie's South Kensington,18 November 2015, lot 432, as 'Follower of Nicolaes Berchem'; where purchased by the present owner.
Note: Begeyn was one of the many 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters to embrace the Italianate style, populating their decidedly non-Dutch, mountainous landscapes with rustic travellers and picturesque ruins bathed in warm, Mediterranean light.
He is thought to have studied under Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683), a pioneer of this genre of landscape painting, and travelled extensively to Italy, London and later to Germany in 1688, where he lived out his days as court painter to Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg (later Frederick I, King of Prussia).
The present work was previously thought to be the work of Jacob de Heusch (1656-1701), but has been more recently reattributed to Abraham Begeyn by Dr Marijke C. de Kinkelder formerly of the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History.
A comparable scene, which also includes Begeyn's characteristic brightly lit cattle and a similar figure group, was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 18 November 2015, lot 110. Another can be found in the Liechtenstein Princely Collections (no.GE 290).
Condition. Oil on canvas, image size 21 inches by 18 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a beautiful gilt frame, 28 inches by 25 inches and in good condition.
Abraham Begeyn (c. 1637 Leiden - 11 June 1697 Berlin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Begeyn was born in Leiden. Though perhaps known mostly for his Italianate landscapes and cattle in the manner of Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Begyn was a highly skilled painter active in many genres, who travelled widely. According to the RKD, Begeyn's earliest known work is from 1653, though he was first accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Leiden in 1655. He stopped paying dues in 1667, because he set off for a trip to Italy. He is registered in Rome and Naples from 1659–1660. In the rampjaar or disaster year, of 1672, he is registered in Amsterdam, and after that he lived in London, where he painted at Ham House, Surrey, together with Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707) and Dirck van Bergen...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1600
s French Old Master Oil Painting Nude Figures in Landscape Oil on Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figures in Wooded Landscape
French School, 17th century
oil on wood panel, framed
framed: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
board: 20 x 15.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century English Oil Portrait Smart Gentleman Squire holding Letter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1780’s
Circle of George Romney (1734-1802)
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 30 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
private collectio...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,024 Sale Price
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Rebecca at the Well
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Nicola Maria Rossi masterfully captures the biblical tale of Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, a story from the Book of Genesis. In this scene, Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, arrives at ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century Italian school, The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist
Located in PARIS, FR
17th century Italian School
The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: h. 106 cm, l. 77 cm
Important 17th century Italian carved giltwood frame
Fram...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madonna and Child with Angels, attributed to Louis de Caullery, Flemish, 17th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
Madonna and Child with Angels
Attributed to Louis de Caullery (1565 -1622) for figures & Abraham Govaerts (1589 - 1626) for landscape
Not signed
17th century Antwerp school, circa 16...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
"Flemish genre tavern scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Unidentified Artist
17th-Century Tavern Scene
Oil on canvas
Framed: 113 x 103 cm Canvas: 96 x 91 cm
This 17th-century oil painting captures a lively tavern scene, a popular subject in Dutch and Flemish genre painting of the Golden Age. The composition is rich in character and storytelling, depicting a group of men engaged in a card game, with coins, letters, and drinks scattered across the table. A standing woman, possibly a barmaid or concerned onlooker, leans in, while a man enters from the left, holding his hat and appearing amused by the game. In the foreground, a small child tends to a jug and tankard, adding a touch of humor and domestic realism.
Executed in oil on canvas, the painting showcases earthy, warm tones and rich chiaroscuro, emphasizing the candlelit glow of the scene. The artist masterfully captures the textures of fabrics, wood, and metal, giving depth and dimension to the environment. The expressive faces and animated gestures highlight the social interactions typical of Dutch and Flemish tavern paintings...
Category
Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1800
s French Neo Classical Old Master Chalk Drawing Roman Figures Court Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Court
French School, circa 1780-1820 period
pencil/charcoal/white chalk drawing on artist paper
stamped with a name (either a collector or the artist)
size: 18 x 24 inches
...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil
$1,750 Sale Price
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17th Century by Giovanni Battista Beinaschi Saint Bartholomew Oil on Canvas
By Giovanni Battista Beinaschi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giovanni Battista Beinaschi (Fossano, Italy, 1636 - Naples, Italy, 1688)
Title: Saint Bartholomew
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 9...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century Dutch, with figures goats and sheep outside in a barn yard or farm
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unknown Artist (Dutch School, late 18th century)
Pastoral Scene with Goatherds, ca. 1780–1800
Oil on canvas
In this lively pastoral composition, a group of figures reclines in rusti...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ludovico Pozzoserrato (Venetian Master) - late 16th century figure painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Lodewijk Toeput, known as Ludovico Pozzoserrato (Antwerp or Mechelen c. 1550 - Treviso 1604 or 1605) - Meeting of Ladies and Gentlemen in a Landscape.
44 x 49 cm unframed, 63 x 68 c...
Category
Mannerist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for a Vignette
Located in Astoria, NY
Jean-Michel Moreau (French, 1741-1814), Study for a Vignette, Oil on Canvas, circa 1775, for "Les A propos de La Folie" by Pierre Laujon, inscribed "Moreau - Esquisse ou Frontispice ...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diana and Actaeon, a Mannerist painting after Joseph Heintz the Elder
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting seduced us with its rich colors. Depicting Diana and her companions surprised by Actaeon, it was inspired by an engraving by Aegidius Sadeler II after a painting by Jos...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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