1780s Landscape Paintings

P J Huysmans Flemish School Canvas Size: 23 x 19" (59 x 49cm) Outside Frame Size: 30 x 26" (76 x 66cm) Oil on canvas Reduced shipping fees P J Huysmans was active around 1790. All...

The work, in an excellent state of conservation, is part of a series of four big paintings tempera on canvas made by various authors representing allegory scenes made for the marquis Ginori and it comes, as the others, from Villa La Zambra in Sesto Fiorentino (nowadays the Villa is a Police Station, Cf. A. Villoresi, Sesto Fiorentino notizie di storia, geografia, arte edited by L. Lici and S. Pollastri, Sesto Fiorentino, 1988, p. 128) and it can be ascribes, for stylistic evidences and for the typological definition of the figures, to Giovan Battista Benigni...

A French or Flemish 18th-century interesting Moonlight scene, of shipping at sea. Influenced by the work of Claude Vernet the painter has produced a v...

18th century English oil, still life of grapes, Melon, apple and peach. William Elmer was an English painter of portraits and still lives. The son of S...

Petit (18th Century) Pair of Landscapes Signed and Dated, Petit 1787 Oil on Panel 17 1/2 X 23 1/4 Provenance: Captain Gilbey and by descent.

18th-century portrait study of men on horseback with an extensive landscape and dog drinking water. Tethart Haag was the son of Johann David Christian Haag from then Hesse-Kassel, who took him in 1747 to the Netherlands when he was employed there as court painter to Stadhouderlijk Hof in Leeuwarden. When Prince William IV was elevated to stadtholder in 1747 and moved to The Hague, Johann took his son with him to move there. Tethart was taught by his father in painting and in 1756 joined a painting society in The Hague called the Confrerie Pictura, where he registered in 1760 as a portrait and horse painter. In 1760 Tethart followed his deceased father as court painter to Stadtholder Prince William V. In that capacity, he made an inventory of the paintings in the governor's court between 1763 and 1764. From Haag, alongside portraits of the governor, several other works depicted: stable interiors and driving schools, portraits of horses with or without driver, and portraits of prominent people, often depicted on horseback. A remarkable work of Haag is his painting of Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange on a horse, which hangs in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Contrary to tradition he did not picture her sitting with both legs on one side, but in the male position, which was customary for kings and emperors. Haag gave painting lessons to the princess. He also made drawings of paintings by famous masters, including The Young Bull by Paulus Potter. Hague also worked as an engraver and etcher. Prince William V Gallery As court painter to Prince William V, Haag also managed the collection of paintings by the governor and was his chief adviser in the foundation in 1774 of a stadtholder 'Picture Gallery' at the Buitenhof in The Hague. He was thus the first director and curator of this first public museum in the Netherlands, which would later be known as the Prince William V Gallery. His salary amounted to 200 guilders in 1783. However, he had access to a service property located on the first floor of the picture gallery on the Buitenhof. Director of Cultural Institutions In addition to his work for the governor's court and as an artist, Haag held various posts at cultural institutions in The Hague. He was chief (since 1762) of the Hague guild Confrerie Pictura and in 1788 he was appointed dean. He was also director of the Hague Academy of Drawing. This is a very well painted 18th-century painting, being full of fine detail and quality. The painting would make a good addition to any collection as well as a great way to start a collection with such an outstanding piece. The painting is listed on the RDK website of genuine Dutch paintings. It was also entered into Christie's of London the famous auctioneers...

18th century English tree-lined landscape with a pathway with figures resting. John Rathbone was a British landscape artist working in the late 18th Cen...

Attributed to Dominic Serres RA 1722–1793 HMS Chatham off the coast of America Oil on canvas Image size: 39 ½ x 28 inches Framed The Chatham was a 50-g...

William Anderson was born in Scotland in 1757, though the precise details of date and place are elusive. He trained initially as a shipwright, but by the age of thirty was an accompl...

These beautiful paintings were created in England in c.1780, by the school of Canaletto. Born ‘Giovanni Antonio Canal’, Canaletto, as he was widely-known, was an 18th Century Venetian painter, who was famous for his ‘vedute’ (views) of Venice. These two paintings were created shortly after Canaletto...

Lovely soft gouache landscape scene titled "Paysage avec Chateau et Cours d'Eau" (Landscape with Castle and Stream) by artist Louis Gabriel Moreau in 1787. Framed in gold gilt frame. Artist Biography: Louis Gabriel Moreau, a gifted draughtsman, etcher and painter of landscapes, had a prodigious career. After studying with Pierre-Antoine de Machy, who specialized in painting Grand Tour themes - landscapes redolent with Classical ruins and tromp-l'oeil architectural scenes, he went on to become a member of the Academie de St. Luc, artist to Comte d'Artois (later King Charles X), and curator of the National Museum in Paris. Moreau, a master of watercolors and gouaches, combined the picturesque architectures of his master de Machy with naturalistically, almost plein-air-rendered, topographical landscapes in the Ile-de-France region just outside of Paris. Moreau's fascination with the effects of light at different times of the day precipitated his use of a lighter palette, characterized by warm yellows and verdant foliage punctuated by deep ultramarine blues instead of browns. Moreau's predilection for natural light made him equally successful following the French Revolution, in which the Third Estate toppled the landed gentry and their royal established academies. Before 1789, French castles and estates in lush settings of abundance were Moreau's preferred subject; the painting offered exemplifies this style - a style upon which he established himself as an artist for nearly twenty-five years exhibiting annually at the Academie de St. Luc. Following the Revolution, Moreau's, bright palette and light drenched compositions with voluminous clouds and ruins dotting the low horizon remained; his subjects, on the other hand, became distinctly more humble, showcasing the daily life of farmers, fishermen, modest structures and gardens. Both Moreau's pre- and post-Revolutionary paintings...