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Period: Early 18th Century
Two Arcadic Landscapes - J.F. Van Bloemen (follower of) - Oil on Canvas
Located in Roma, IT
Two Arcadic Landscapes are a couple of original oil paintings by a follower of the Flemish artist, Jan Frans Van Bloemen (1662-1749). These old master's original paintings represen...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Large 1700 Italian Old Master Nude Bather with Classical Figures Water Fountain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, circa 1700's Classical figures in landscape oil on canvas, framed framed: 36 x 32 inches canvas: 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very goo...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

17th-18th Century By Matteo Bonechi Marine Triumph Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Matteo Bonechi (Florence, Italy, 1669 - 1756) Title: Marine Triumph Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 65 x 80 cm - with frame 85 x 100 cm Not signed Expertise by Profe...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Italian painter - 18th century figure painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Chrono. 90.5 x 106 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed). Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conservation of t...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Circle of Michael Dahl (1659-1743) - Early 18th Century Oil, Lady with Jasmine
Located in Corsham, GB
This formal portrait depicts a woman in early 18th-century dress, wearing an elegant dark gown with white lace trim and a red drape or shawl. She holds jasmine flowers in her hand, s...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Naive 18th Century Oil - Mary and Child Appear Before Monks
Located in Corsham, GB
This religious painting depicts the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus appearing in a heavenly vision above kneeling monks. The composition is framed by a floral wreath with cherubs dotted t...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Marco Ricci follower (Venetian painter) - 18th century landscape painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - River landscape with figures. 34 x 26 cm unframed, 43 x 35 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on canvas, in a car...
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Rococo Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th c. French Portrait of a Lady as Venus, attributed to Pierre Gobert
By Pierre Gobert
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady as Venus ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE GOBERT (1662-1744) FRENCH SCHOOL AROUND 1720 OIL ON CANVAS: H. 55.51 in, W. 42.91 in. IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY GILTWOOD FRAME (RE-GILT)...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early-18th Century French School, Ex-Voto Portrait With Emilian Jacobin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This splendid early 18th-century French oil painting represents an ‘ex-voto’ with Emilian Jacobin and a depiction of the Virgin Mary with Christ and angels. Ex votos are votive offe...
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French School Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Early 1700 s French Oil Elegant Figures Lady being Dressed Rococo Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, circa 1720's circle of Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) oil painting on canvas 15 x 23 inches provenance: private collection, UK Fine depic...
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Rococo Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Manner of Francois Boucher - 18th Century Oil, Lovers in Autumn
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic oil study depicting a couple resting on a woodland floor feeding each other fruit. The scene appears to be a play on the Four Seasons series by François Boucher where the...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Francisco de Asís
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco del siglo xix en madera estucada y policromada (el marco presenta algún leve descolche) El es...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Cuzco School 18th Century Oil - Christ Child of Atocha
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 18th-century Cuzco-style depiction of the 'Santo Niño de Atocha', or 'Holy Child of Atocha', a popular figure in Roman Catholic devotio...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Still Life of Flowers and fruit - Dutch Old Master c1700 floral art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Dutch Old Master floral still life oil painting is attributed to circle of Simon Pietersz Verelst. Painted circa 1700 the compositio...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

FINE 18th CENTURY OLD MASTER CHALK DRAWING - ROMANESQUE FIGURES INTERIOR SCENE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century Title: Classical figures within an interior. Medium: chalk on paper, mounted. Size: drawing: 11.5 x 13.5 inches Provenance:...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Chalk

18th Century Oil - Bust of A Man in Red Cap
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking portrait featuring a figure in 17th-century dress. He sports a red cap and dark clothing against a shadowy background, masterfully capturing the subject's intense gaze and...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

An Elegant Hawking Party, A Pair of Paintings
By August Querfurt
Located in Wiscasett, ME
A pair of old master paintings by August Querfurt (1696-1761). Oil on panel, one signed with initials in the lower left. Two scenes depicting hawking parties from the 18th century. I...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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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...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil, Panel

English 18th century portrait of Henrietta Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle.
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of Henrietta Pelham-Holles (née Godolphin) (1701-1776), Duchess of Newcastle, standing in a wooded landscape with a river beyond, three-quarter length wearing an ivory silk ...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Outstanding 18 century Paintings The Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of large painting oil on canvas with the Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne scene . Italy 18' century . Amazing landscape background and roman Temple with classical archite...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Female Nude in Front of a Curtain with Clothes - Oil on Canvas - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female nude in front of a curtain with clothes is an old master artwork realized by an Italian artist in the early 18th century, Mixed colored oil on canvas. Good condition.
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Modern Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

18th century oil painting English portrait of a gent in armor, wearing a wig
By studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding early 18th century English portrait of James Bellevue. The portrait was always believed to be the work of Sir Godfrey Kneller who was known to have painted James Bellevu...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre cobre - Virgen orando
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La pintura representa a la Virgen María por su iconografía tradicional. Viste un manto azul verdoso que cubre su cabeza y hombros, y una túnica rosada con detalles en tonos claros. S...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Alessio de Marchis workshop (Italian baroque) - 18th century landscape painting
By Alessio de Marchis (Naples, 1684 - Perugia, 1752)
Located in Varmo, IT
Alessio de Marchis (Naples 1684 - Perugia or Urbino 1752) circle of - Arcadian Landscape with Shepherds and Flock. 60 x 72 cm unframed, 74 x 86 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting ...
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Baroque Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Portrait of a Bewigged Gentleman
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...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

"Arcian fantasy landscape"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Baroque "Arcadian Fantasy Landscape" – Oil on Canvas (circa 1700) A mesmerizing early 18th-century Baroque landscape, capturing an idealized Arcadian vision of nature, architecture, ...
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Baroque Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of Nature Morte Trompe L oeil Italian Baroque Early 18th Century
By Cristoforo Munari
Located in Milano, IT
A stunning pair of antique Italian trompe l'oeil still lifes, a pair of 18th-century oil-on-canvas visual pranks, fake still lifes known as paintings of deception by an Italian-born ...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of Roman Landscapes - by J.F. Van Bloemen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful couple of Roman Landscape by J. F. Van Bloemen, in very good conditions and with later wooden frames. Bibliography and Exhibitions: Old Master Exhibition, H.Terry-Engell, ...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Felice Boselli (Baroque) - 18th century figure painting - Still life Sheperds
By Felice Boselli
Located in Varmo, IT
Felice Boselli (Piacenza 1650 - Parma 1732) - Shepherd with flock and game. 155 x 112 cm without frame, 170 x 126 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame lacquered in faux marble. The painting has stylistic affinities with "Game with children playing with a dog" (Parma, Galleria Nazionale) and with the pair of paintings "Old man and girl...
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Baroque Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gaspare Lopez, attrib. Still Life with Fountain, Obelisk and Cascade of Flowers
Located in Firenze, IT
Gaspare Lopez, attrib. Still Life with Fountain, Obelisk and Cascade of Flowers in a Garden, Naples, c. 1720 Oil on canvas, 36 × 45.2 cm Giltwood frame of later date, 48 × 57.4 cm Inscription on reverse: “H. C. Veit – 1A Chesham Mews SW1 – 16 June 1957” This painting, one of a pair of Neapolitan still lifes from the early eighteenth century, displays a refined architectural setting combined with a rich cascade of flowers—features closely associated with the work of Gaspare Lopez, one of the leading Italian flower painters of the period. At the centre stands a fountain with a putto, its stream rendered in fine, silvery strokes that recall Lopez’s characteristic way of enlivening his compositions with water. To the left rises a slender obelisk, a motif that appears in several of his more elaborate garden scenes and contributes to the noble, decorative tone of the setting. The cascade of flowers is constructed with the inventive spirit typical of his floral capricci: roses, tulips, peonies, carnations and his distinctive blue bellflowers, painted with a clear, bright touch. The colours are luminous, joyful and decorative, expressing the Neapolitan vitality that marks Lopez’s mature style. Already in his lifetime he was known as “Gaspare dei fiori” for his spectacular and often deliberately exuberant floral arrangements. The background features an Italianate garden with cypresses, terraces and stone structures. This repertoire closely parallels the still lifes with garden terraces preserved at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (inv. GG 1658, 1662, 1664), all attributed to Lopez. Despite its smaller size, the present painting shares the same horizontal layout, bright skies with soft clouds and the interplay of architecture and abundant floral masses, offering strong arguments for the attribution. Lopez trained under Andrea Belvedere, the foremost Neapolitan flower painter of the late Baroque. From him he inherited a refined botanical vocabulary, brilliant colour and a taste for scenographic compositions, which he later developed in a more decorative and international direction while active between Naples, Rome and Florence. Condition: old varnish and stable craquelure. Provenance A handwritten label on the reverse, dated 16 June 1957 and bearing the London address 1A Chesham Mews, SW1, identifies former ownership by Henri C. “Harry” Veit (1925–2012): American citizen, engineer trained at Princeton, US Navy veteran and grandson of the French Orientalist painter Maurice Bompard...
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Baroque Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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 Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Framed 18th Century Oil - Horses in a Winter Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
Several figures load firewood onto horses in a snow-covered landscape. Beautifully presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

The Bloody Shouldered Arabian Horse Oil on canvas 18th Century
By John Wootton
Located in London, GB
John Wootton (1686 - 1764) The Bloody-Shouldered Arabian Oil on canvas Inscribed below, 'Bred by Lord Oxford in 1755 & Sire of many famous Racers, including the Duke of Bolton's 'Swe...
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English School Early 18th Century Paintings

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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...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Primitive Spanish vase of flowers, after Pedro de Camprobín
Located in New York, NY
Early 18th Century still life, very close to Pedro de Camprobín.
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Baroque Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Presumed portrait of Marie-Anne de Bourbon
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Nicolas de LARGILLIERRE (Paris 1656 – 1746) Portrait of a woman, presumed to be Marie-Anne de Bourbon, Princess of Conti (1666-1739) Oil on oval canvas H. 8...
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French School Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Attributed to MILLOT, Henri Portrait of a Lady
Located in Berlin, DE
Attributed to MILLOT, Henri. Portrait of a Lady. Oil on canvas. Unsigned, inscribed Millot on the reverse. 18th century. 85 x 69 cm. Framed. 85 x 69 cm. Portrait of a young woman in ...
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Baroque Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

18th century portrait of the artist’s daughter, Catharina, playing the cello
By Balthasar Denner
Located in Bath, Somerset
The sitter, seated in a yellow silk gown trimmed with a pink bow playing the cello, is believed to be the artist Balthazar Denner's eldest daughter Catharina (1715-1744), after his marriage to Esther Winter in Hamburg in 1712. She is also recognisable in another portrait of the Denner family in the Hamburg Kunsthalle, painted circa 1740 by the artist's son, Jacob Denner (1722-1765). Oil on canvas in a period giltwood frame. Provenance: Private collection, Northern Germany Professor Helmut Borsch-Supan, Berlin, confirmed the authenticity of the painting after examining it in 2013. The painting will also be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonnée of the artist, by Ute Mannhardt. Balthasar Denner...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Floral Arrangement in a Glass Vase - Dutch Old Master still life oil painting
By Simon Pietersz Verelst (circle)
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning 18th century Dutch Old Master Golden Age floral oil painting is attributed to a circle of Simon Pietersz Verelst. Painted circa 1720 it is a still life floral of a mixe...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Portrait 18e Siècle Pierre Mignard (1612/1695) Entourage.
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Huile sur toile dim avec cadre 44/52 cm Dim sans cadre 33.5/41 cm Ecole française Entourage Pierre Mignard Pierre Mignard  né le 17 novembre 1612 à Troyes et mort le 30 mai 1695 à Pa...
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French School Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Van Lint workshop (Baroque) - 18th century landscape painting - Apollo Daphne
Located in Varmo, IT
Circle of Hendrik Frans van Lint (Antwerp 1684 - Rome 1763) - Apollo and Daphne. 40 x 50 cm. Old oil painting on canvas, unframed (not signed). Condition report: Lined canvas. The...
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Rococo Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Georgian Embroidery - At the Table
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful 18th-century embroidery depicting a family at the table for dinner. The artist has expertly blended threads of varying weights and painted fine watercolour details to cr...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Tapestry

Portrait of Monsieur Aubert, a ceremonial portrait by Nicolas de Largillière
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance : Arnold S. Kirkeby (1901-1962) Donated by Arnold S. Kirkeby to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1955, where it remained until its sale at Sotheby's, New York on January 10, 1991, lot 82. Christie's, London, July 7, 2010, lot 186, where it was purchased after the sale by the executors of the will of the late Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) for display at Exbury House The Trustees of Exbury House Literature : R. Brown, Bulletin of the Art Division, Los Angeles County Museum, VIII, 1957, pp.8-9, no. 4; S. Schaefer and P. Husco, European Paintings and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, 1987), p. 53 (illustrated and dated c. 1735) This sumptuous ceremonial portrait, executed around 1725-1730, depicts Monsieur Aubert, the French General Comptroller of Bridges and Roadways, as we learn from a letter on the desk beside our model. The virtuoso treatment of the fabrics, the authoritative yet confident pose, the vigorous treatment of the two hands, are representative of Largillière's talent, here at the peak of his art as portraitist. The portrait also has a rather extraordinary provenance: donated by Arnold S. Kirkeby, an American hotel magnate and real estate developer, it was exhibited during almost forty years in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum, before being acquired in 2010 by the executors of Edmund de Rothschild's will to adorn his former home Exbury House (Hampshire), where it remained until its sale in 2022. 1. Nicolas de Largillière, a great European portraitist Nicolas de Largillière (or Largillierre), one of Europe's premier painters of portraits, history paintings, and still lifes during the late seventeenth century and the first four decades of the eighteenth, was born in Paris in 1656. He was the son of a hatmaker and merchant who moved with his family to Antwerp in 1659. As a boy of nine, he traveled for the first time to London in the company of an associate of his father. After returning to Antwerp more than a year later, his artistic gifts were recognized and his father apprenticed him to Antoni Goubau (1616-1698), a painter genre scenes and landscapes. Something of a prodigy, he was admitted to the painters' Guild of Saint Luke when he was only seventeen. In 1675 he made a second trip to London, where he was employed at Windsor Castle and worked as a restorer under the direction of Italian painter and decorator Antonio Verrio (c. 1639-1707), who brought him to the attention of King Charles II (r. 1660-1685). At this time Largillière painted several still life paintings in the manner of the Dutch and Flemish masters. Thereafter he practiced this branch of painting with consummate skill, a talent that allowed him to make brilliant use of flowers, fruit, and animals in some of his most ambitious portraits and contemporary history pictures. In 1679 Largillière settled in Paris, where he specialized in baroque portraiture in the grand manner of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), and Peter Lely (1618-1680). The Flemish battle painter Adam Frans van der Meulen (1631 or 1632-1690) introduced him to Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) who, as First Painter to King Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715) and director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, was the predominant figure in France's official art establishment. Upon his acceptance as a candidate for admission to the Académie, he agreed to execute as his diploma picture a large portrait of Le Brun (completed 1686, Paris, Musée du Louvre, eight photo in the gallery) seated in his studio surrounded by the accoutrements of his art and an oil study for the ceiling of Galerie des Glaces at Versailles. In 1686, Largillière made a final trip to England, where he painted portraits of the newly crowned king, James II (r. 1685-1688) (Greenwich, National Maritime Museum) and his consort Mary of Modena...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

A portrait of a lady and her daughter with an exotic bird
Located in Bath, Somerset
A portrait of a lady three-quarter length, seated in an interior, wearing a red silk gown draped in a pink silk sash with an exotic bird perched on her hand and one arm resting on a stone plinth, her young daughter wearing a green silk gown standing at her side. Oil on canvas, housed in a period 'Lely' giltwood frame. This double portrait was painted at the height of Dahl's career in circa 1715 when Dahl had become firmly established as one of the leading portrait painters in Britain. Although the identities of the sitters are currently unknown, it is a sensitive depiction of a close and affectionate bond between a mother and daughter, with the young girl's hand resting affectionately on her mothers lap. The tamed exotic bird adds a charming decorative element which also serves to convey the high social status of the lady, given only the very wealthy would be able to own such a rare and expensive pet and the lively colouring of the bird's feathers is reflected in the colours of the sitters' silk gowns. Provenance: Private collection, London Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659-1743 London) was born in Stockholm in Sweden and studied under Martin Hannibal (d 1741) and later with David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. In 1682 he travelled to London, where he became acquainted with Godfrey Kneller and Henry Tilson, and in 1685 he left for Europe with Tilson, working briefly in Paris before continuing to Venice and Rome, where they stayed for about two years. In Rome Dahl converted to Roman Catholicism and gravitated towards the circle of Christina, former Queen of Sweden, who sat for him (Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincs). He returned to England with Tilson via Frankfurt and arrived in London in 1689, staying in England for the remainder of his career. During Dahl's absence, Kneller had consolidated his supremacy in London as the most fashionable portrait painter, but Dahl rapidly became Kneller’s closest competitor. His patrons probably had roots in the Swedish diplomatic circles, but it expanded as a result of his ability and his agreeable personality. His prices were lower than those of Kneller and he favoured softer, more diffused, colour tones and could respond to his sitters with sincerity and humanity. Politically, Kneller supported the ascendant Whigs while Dahl was a Tory, but they frequently painted the same sitters from both parties, and in spite of fundamental differences in technique and temperament, their work was sometimes similar in appearance. Dahl was prolific but rarely signed his work, and comparatively few of his portraits were engraved in mezzotint, the method used by Kneller to widen his reputation. By 1690 he had painted the aged Duke of Schomberg (engraved by William Faithorne) and Prince George of Denmark (London, Kensington Palace). He was ignored by William III but received commissions from Princess Anne, including one for a portrait of herself (Oakly Park, Ludlow, Salop). He also painted the future Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, and his informal portrait of the Duchess (Althorp House, Northants), formerly attributed to Kneller, is perhaps the most intimate of all images of her. During the 1690s he secured the patronage of Charles Seymour, the ‘Proud’ 6th Duke of Somerset, who ordered a series of seven full-length portraits of notable contemporary beauties from Dahl (1690s; Petworth House, W. Sussex, NT). This was originally a scheme similar to Kneller’s more famous ‘Hampton Court Beauties’, but the portraits were subsequently reduced to three-quarter-length formats. The features of the sitters are not individualized, but they possess a decorative, languorous glamour that recalls Lely rather than Kneller. Somerset gave Dahl further employment over the next 25 years. In 1698, following the death of Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, Dahl was offered the post of court painter at Stockholm, which he apparently refused, preferring to remain in London at his studio in Leicester Fields, near the Swedish legation. In about 1700 he was joined by a young compatriot, Hans Hysing, who worked with him for many years. Dahl seems not to have married until after 1708, He had a son Michael (d. 1741), also a painter, of whose work nothing is known, and two daughters. After the accession of Queen Anne in 1701, she and Prince George sat for a number of official portraits. His royal patronage ceased with Queen Anne’s death, and when Dahl refused to paint the infant Duke of Cumberland in 1722. He was suspected of Jacobite sympathies, and relations had cooled between him and the Swedish legation. However, his practice continued to prosper, and he acquired another important patron in Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, who shared his political views and whose circle included the architect James Gibbs and the poets Matthew Prior and Alexander Pope, all of whom Dahl painted. Oxford commissioned several portraits of himself. In the earliest (1719; Welbeck Abbey...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Landscape with Ruins Capriccio of Italian School Early 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Baroque capriccio with architectural ruins and figures, an early 18th century Italian painting showing an imaginary landscape with Roman ruins and figures, an early Italian oil-on-ca...
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Baroque Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

18th Century by Matteo Bonechi Presentation of Jesus Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Matteo Bonechi (Florence, Italy, 1669 - Florence, Italy, 1756) Title: Presentation of Jesus Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 75 x 49 cm – with frame 89.5 x 65 cm Shaped, carved and gilded wooden box frame Not signed Expertise by Sandro Bellesi, Professor and art historian Fairs: The International Biennial of Antiques in Florence 2022 (BIAF, Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze) Publications: Bozzetti, modelletti, sketches: dalla collezione di Giorgio Baratti (From the Giorgio Baratti Collection) curated by Anna Orlando, Agnese Marengo and Annalisa Scarpa, Genova, 2022, pp. 20, 21. The present painting is a very interesting testimony of the creative process of Matteo Bonechi, one of the leading artists on the Tuscan art scene in the early 18th century. The canvas in question is in fact the last preparatory model made by Bonechi before he executed an altarpiece for the church of San Filippo Neri in Cortona in 1716. The scene presented here is that of the Presentation of Jesus, when, forty days after his birth, the child is ransomed through an offering in the temple and placed in the hands of Simeon, who prophesies his future: the coming of the Messiah...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th c. French Portrait of a Lady by Jean Ranc (1674 - 1735), Paris circa 1700
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady with carnations By Jean Ranc (Montpellier 1674 - Madrid 1735), circa 1700 Oil on canvas in oval shape, Dimensions: h. 35.82, w. 28.34 in. Period Louis XIV giltwood and carved frame with laurel leaves. Framed dimensions: h. 42.52 in, w. 33.85 in. Provenance: Collection of the Marquis de Bailleul at the Château d'Angerville-Bailleul (before 1942). To be included in the catalog raisonné of the artist by Stephane Perreau Important portrait of a young woman depicted half-length turned three-quarters, her face looking at the viewer. Dressed in a brick red velvet dress, an elegant blue scarf envelops her figure. Hair styled “a la Fontange”, her powdered hair is raised and tied at the back with a red ribbon, several curly locks escape from her bun and fall on her back and shoulders. The perfectly oval face with regular features dominated by her straight nose is softened by her gray eyes with slightly lowered lids. The red tinged skin tones on the cheeks and cheekbones color the face and make the portrait come alive. The young woman is portrayed standing near a pot of carnations. Her strongly lighted figure stands out against an architectural background of columns. The artist's palette is made of contrasts opposing warm to cold hues. The icy electric blue contrasts with the fiery brick red, the hair powdered with white accentuates even more the flush of the cheeks. The left arm bent at the elbow, extending the open hand with slightly bent fingers in the foreground brings depth to the composition. Our portrait, an interesting testimony in the corpus of works of the painter, is part of his youthful period, around 1700-1705. The former belonging of this portrait to the Marquis de Bailleul reinforces the remarkable character of our painting. The portrait has been examined by Stéphane Perreau, specialist of Jean Ranc and will be included in the catalog raisonné currently being written, under number P. 43. The notice edited by Mr Perreau is below: "Painted around 1700-1705, this portrait of a woman is directly inherited from Hyacinthe Rigaud, the master of Jean Ranc (the hand turned over the front, in a watch...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century Oil - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Located in Corsham, GB
An evocative 18th-century religious oil painting rich in symbolism, portraying Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. The saint is represented through traditional iconography: a lily symbolising pu...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Attrib. Marc Baets - Framed Early 18th Century Oil, Life on the Lakeside
Located in Corsham, GB
Attributed to Marc Baets, this exquisite Flemish School painting depicts an idyllic landscape with peasants conversing beside a fortified building. During the late 17th and early 18...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

18th Century French Rococò Painting
Located in Roma, IT
18th Century French Rococò Painting An oil on panel painting attributed to the great French artist of the eighth century, Jean Ra...
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Rococo Early 18th Century Paintings

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Wood, Canvas, Oil

English 18th century portrait of a Lady and her Daughter in an interior
By (attributed to) Joseph Highmore
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a blue silk gown, seated in a classical interior, with her daughter in a pink gown standing beside her holding a sprig of blossom. T...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

Spanish School 18th Century Oil - The Crown
Located in Corsham, GB
This richly detailed 18th-century still life depicts symbols of royal authority and power, featuring an ornate golden crown alongside armour, a ceremonial key and a cannon ball on a ...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

A Woodland Pathway Follower of Meindert Hobbema. Framed antique oil painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
Follower of Meindert Hobbema Dutch 1638 - 1709 No signature is visible Framed Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 35 x 43" (89 x 109cm) Outside Frame Size: 43 x 51" (110 x 130cm) Meindert Hobbema, viewed today as one of the most characteristic and highly valued Dutch landscape painters of the seventeenth century, is not mentioned in a single seventeenth-century literary source. The earliest reference to his work occurs in Johan van Gool...
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Dutch School Early 18th Century Paintings

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Oil

English 18th century portrait of a lady, Circle of Thomas Murray (1663-1735)
Located in Bath, Somerset
An early 18th century portrait of a young lady, half length, wearing a blue silk gown with white chemise and gold trimmed cloak draped across her arm and shoulders. Her sensitively observed soft expression and skilfully painted youthful 'dewy' complexion are reminiscent of the portrait style of John Closterman whose work Murray would have been familiar with, being a close colleague of Murray's teacher, John Riley. An old label on the reverse identifies the sitter as a young Princess Charlotte...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a French lady by Robert Le Vrac Tournieres, circa 1725
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a young Lady Robert Le Vrac Tournières (1667-1752) 18th century French school, circa 1725 Oil on canvas Dimensions: h. 81 cm, w. 65 cm Important 18th century Régence per...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th century painting of the Dalbiac family in the gardens of a country house
By Charles Philips
Located in Bath, Somerset
The painting depicts James (Jacques) Dalbiac, his wife Louise (ne de la Porte) and their five children, James, Charles, Louise, Marianne and Martha in the ornamental gardens of a grand country estate. The extensive gardens extend into the distance with gardeners working in the background and figures strolling through the avenues of trees. A peacock and peahen can be seen on the wall to the left and a potted orange tree to the right. Louise Dalbiac holds an orange taken from the orange tree, aluding to the family's faith and their loyalty to the protestant King William of Orange and their adopted country. The Dalbiacs were wealthy London silk and velvet merchants of French Huguenot origin who had fled France at the end of the 17th century to escape persecution for their protestant faith. England offered safe refuge and their skills and industriousness allowed them to establish one of the most successful businesses in London's Spitalfields which became a new centre of the silk trade, effectively leading to the collapse of the once dominant French silk industry. Both sons, James and Charles followed their father and Uncle into the family business, successfully growing the family's fortune and each going on to own their own country estates. A conversation piece is a genre of painting used to describe group portraits of families and friends, often depicted with their servants and family pets and set within an elegantly furnished interior or the garden of a grand country house. They were a celebration of the intimacy of family relations as well as a sign of status, property and the power of succession. The informality of conversation pieces grew popular in 18th century England, allowing the sitters to present themselves in a more relaxed pose, perhaps engaged in intellectual conversation or showing their talents or interests. In this present portrait, the Dalbiacs are shown richly dressed and and at leisure in a grand country house setting, conveying their success and cultural and social aspirations. Charles Philips (c.1703–1747) was an English artist known for painting a number of portraits and conversation pieces for noble and Royal patrons in the mid-eighteenth century. He was the son of portrait painter Richard Philips...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of King Edward VI, Oil on panel with Gold Leaf, 18th Century English
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel Image size: 25 1/2 x 19 inches (37.5 x 27 inches) 18th Century Auricular gilt frame Provenance New York private collection This portrait of the King Edward VI depicts the boy-king standing in a black and gold embroidered doublet, wearing a jewelled cap. King Edward holds a staff with a globus cruciger set on the table beside him. No expense has been spared in the making of this piece, with gold leaf being applied in many areas to give the effect of the costume's gold embroidery, chain of office and other metal accessories. As the precious male heir to the Tudor dynasty...
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English School Early 18th Century Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Follower of Philippe de CHAMPAIGNE (1602-1674), Madonna with Child, oil /canvas
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Philippe de CHAMPAIGNE (1602-1674), follower of (possibly a pupil) Madonna with child Oil on canvas Dimensions: 70x55 cm (with frame: 88x72 cm). In good condition, relined, professi...
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Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

!8th Century Portrait of a Dame French School Woman Oil on Canvas Gold Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas measuring 92 x 75 cm without frame and 102 x 87 cm with frame depicting a rich lady of the French school of the first half of the 18th century. In its formal ...
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French School Early 18th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

18th Century By Giustino Menescardi Ascent to Calvary Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giustino Menescardi (Milan, Italy, c. 1720 - Venice, Italy, after 1779) Title: Ascent of Calvary Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 47 x 36 cm - with frame 57 x 43 cm Shaped and gilded wooden cassetta frame Publications: Bozzetti, modelletti, sketches: dalla collezione di Giorgio Baratti...
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Old Masters Early 18th Century Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil

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