Old Masters Figurative Paintings
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
Large Antique French Oil Painting Old Master Portrait of Gent
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas: 36 x 29 inches
overall sound condition, but many surface abrasions and scuffs, thinning paint: for restora...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Niña con paloma
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura
El estado de la pintura es aceptable
Medidas obra: 44 x 32 cm.
Medidas marco: 57 x 44 cm.
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$719 Sale Price
20% Off
Animated fishing scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
64 x 82.5 x 7 cm
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,595
PORTRAIT OF UGO FOSCOLO - Antonio Jannone - Italian Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
PORTRAIT OF UGO FOSCOLO - Oil on canvas cm.50x40, Antonio Jannone, Italy, 2002.
this beautiful portrait of the Italian poet Ugo Foscolo is the painter's pe...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Juliet and her Nurse..., Oil Painting on Canvas by Henry Perronet Briggs
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Henry Perronet Briggs, Attributed to, English (1793 - 1844)
Title: Juliet and Her Nurse with the Page Peter from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Year: circa 1820
Medium: Oil o...
Category
1820s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century landscape village scene horses, animals inn by georgina lara
Located in York, GB
A very fine village scene depicting An English Village with figures, animals, horses, and cart by an Inn,
oil on canvas, indistinctly signed,G Lara , lower left
The size being 51cm x 31cm whilst overall being 66 cm x 47cm
in excellent ready to hang condition
Georgina Lara was also known as Edwina Lara ,she was a London painter of rustic farmyard and village scenes. Her work is extremely similar to Edward Masters who also went by the name of William Masters...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Juan Bautista
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela Española siglo XVIII.
"San Simón".
Titulado a mano en la parte superior.
Óleo sobre tela.
Medidas: 82 cm. x 68 cm.; 86cm. x 72 xm. (marco).
Se trata de un óleo sobre tela rep...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian School Late 17th - Early 18th "Cherubs (B)" Pen drawing of Putti
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cherubs" (B)
Pen and Ink drawing of Putto
Italian School
Late 17th early 18th century.
Pen and ink on paper
6 ½ x 17 ½ (22 ½ x 11 ½) inches
Antique scenes of putto and a faun cele...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Mother and Child 1920s - with Newcomb Macklin Giltwood Frame
By H. Willard Ortlip
Located in Soquel, CA
Excellent figurative painting of a mother and child by H. Willard Ortlip (American, 20th Century), 1927. Signature and date lower left "H. Willard Ortlip 1927." Presented in a giltwo...
Category
1920s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French Portrait Jean-Baptiste Soyer
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful pastel on paper laid down on canvas in an oval shape.
It depicts a young noblewoman portrayed three-quarter-length with her little dog in her arms.
Seated in a gilded armch...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood, Paper, Pastel
Escuela griega (XIX) - San Sísoes Magno - Óleo sobre plancha
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco bastante actual
Medidas obra: 29 cm altura x 19 cm ancho.
Medidas marco: 48 cm altura x 38 cm ancho.
Estado ta...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$479 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Spanish Impressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Spanish Artist
Untitled, c. 1800s
Oil on canvas
8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunters by Inn-Door - Original Ink and Watercolor by Dirk Maas (attr.)
By Dirk Maas
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful watercolor by Dirk Maas, a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Provenance: R. Edereimer Print Cabinet, New York (label overleaf).
Good conditio...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Óleo sobre tela San Victoriano JOSE MARIA GALVAN Y CANDELA (Madrid 1837 - 1899
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
JOSÉ MARÍA GALVÁN Y CANDELA (1837-1899)
"San Victoriano y compañeros mártires".
Firmado a mano en la parte inferior derecha. Y en la parte trasera inscripción a mano con información ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Master Eglomise Painting of Saint John the Baptist 18th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century continental eglomise painting of St John the Baptist preaching. Eglomise is a method of reverse painting on glass. In a go...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paint
Dutch 17th Century Oil Painting - The Card Game by Ter Borch
By Gerard ter Borch the Younger
Located in London, GB
Gerard ter Borch
The Cards Game
Oil on canvas
14 x 15.5 inches unframed
19 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches framed
Gerard ter Borch (Dutch; December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg, was an influential and pioneering Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Excuela española (XVIII) - Jesús nazareno con la cruz - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
Buen estado de conservación el de la pintura, solo comentar que la tela está reentelada
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Medidas obra: 72 cm x 54 cm.
Medidas m...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,150 Sale Price
20% Off
17th Century by Pietro della Vecchia Old man in a coat trimmed with fur
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pietro della Vecchia (Venice, Italy, 1603 - Vicenza, Italy, 1678)
Title: Old man in a coat trimmed with fur
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 36.5 × 23 x 1.7 cm
Paintin...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ophelia - Hamlet Inspired Still Life Painting with Plaster Mask and Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook
Ophelia
Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum
24 x 24w in
38.25h x 38.25w x 1d in (framed)
97.16h x 97.16w x 2.54d cm
MLC021
Bio:
Matthew Cook is a realist painter, born in Toledo...
Category
2010s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Real (Titian)_Greg Miller_Acrylic/Collage/Canvas_Figurative_Portrait_Text
By Greg Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER
"Real (Titian)"
Acrylic, Collage on Canvas
36 x 36 in.
Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relati...
Category
2010s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
$12,800 Sale Price
20% Off
1920 Cesare Ciani Credited Italian Macchiaiolo Portrait Painting
By Cesare Ciani
Located in Roma, IT
1920 Cesare Ciani Credited Italian Macchiaiolo Portrait Painting
A beautiful, intense painting, although it is not signed, is attributed to the great Macchiaioli painter Cesare Cian...
Category
1920s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Follower Jacques-Louis David Neoclassical Red Chalck French Paper
Located in Roma, IT
Important period red chalck watercolor pencil drawing with neoclassical subject.
Depicting the Atilius Regulus departing for Carthage.
Atilius Regulus was a Roman statesman taken pri...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Figurative Painting. Still-life with a profile portrait, and old instrument
Located in Segovia, ES
Still-life with a profile portrait was painted by Spanish artist Goyo Domínguez in 1994.
Acrylics in a 65 cm by 54 cm wooden panel.
Using a classical style with renaissance reminisc...
Category
1990s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$10,546 Sale Price
20% Off
San Francisco Javier
Located in Miami, FL
Colonial School, Mexico, XVIII Century
"San Francisco Javier"
Oil on canvas
18 x 14 in.
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
Stag Hunting in the Vicinity of Nuremberg by a German Artist Peter von Bemmel
Located in PARIS, FR
This small landscape shows a hunting scene: two riders are chasing a stag with their dogs at the edge of a forest. Signed by Peter von Bemmel, it is typical of the production of this...
Category
1720s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Landscape with figures, workshop of Paul Bril, Italian school 17th Century
By Paul Bril
Located in PARIS, FR
Idyllic landscape with myhological story of Cephalus and Procris
Early 17th century Italian school
Workshop Of Paul Bril (Antwerp, 1554 - Roma, 1626)
Oil on poplar panel: H. 28 cm (1...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Poplar, Oil
Peasants Playing Bowls Outside an Inn, 17th Century Oil on Oak Old Master
Located in London, GB
Studio of David Teniers the Younger
1610 - 1690
Peasants Playing Bowls Outside an Inn
Oil on oak cradled panel, signed
Image size: 16 ½ x 22 ½ inches
Gilt s...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bedouin at Prayer, Orientalist Oil Painting on Panel by Rudolf Ernst
By Rudolf Ernst
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting by Orientalist artist Rudolf Ernst depicts a Muslim man in quiet contemplation during prayer. He kneels in solitude in the vast desert as the light fades around him. Ma...
Category
1890s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Diana
Located in London, GB
Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Diana
Oil on canvas
Image Size: 38 x 50 inches (96.5 x 127 cm)
Ornate auricular frame
Provenance
The collection of Mr Campbell
Private Estate
Mary II (16...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Portrait Of A Gentleman By Frans Hals
Located in New Orleans, LA
Frans Hals
1582-1666 Dutch
Portrait of a Gentleman
(possibly Theodore Blevet)
Oil on panel
“Frans Hals is a colourist among the colourists...Frans Hals must have had twenty-seven blacks...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Price Upon Request
Study of a dog
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Study of a dog
Oil on paper laid down on panel, 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Provenance
Private collection, the Netherlands
Note:
We are grateful to Mr Fred Meijer for his attribution to Ludolf de Jongh
Ludolf de Jongh was the son of a shoemaker. When his father moved to Rotterdam, the young Ludolf decided to learn art rather than shoemaking and became a pupil of Cornelis Saftleven. Later he studied under Anthony Palamedes in Delft and still later with Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht.
In 1635 he travelled to France with Francis Bacon. Seven years later, in 1642, he returned to the Netherlands when he heard that his mother had fallen ill. He set up a shop in Rotterdam, and his earliest signed paintings date from that year.
According to Houbraken, his travels had caused him to speak French so fluently, that his parents had to learn French in order to speak with him.
De Jongh’s work shows a strong influence from the Utrecht school of Caravaggio admirers, especially Jacob Duck...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
The Inappetent Owl - Grotesque Scene with Owl and Swan - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two masterpieces by the Master of the Fertility of the Egg, nearly impossible to find in homogeneous pairs on the private market, both in terms of style and dimensions.
They represen...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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