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Period: 17th Century
The Cavalry Charge, Anglo-Dutch Wars, 17th Century Palamedes PALAMEDESZ
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Cavalry Charge, Anglo-Dutch Wars, 17th Century
attributed to Palamedes PALAMEDESZ (1607-1638)
Large 17th Century Battle scene of a cavalry charge during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, ...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Plank Bridge – Landschap met een bruggetje van planken
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thin cream laid paper with a partial "M" or "W" watermark, 5 x 5 15/16 inches (126 x 150 mm), thread margins. Inscribed in the plate in the upper-right: “Antoni Waterlo fe...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Etching, Laid Paper
17th Century Oil on Canvas Antique Italian Mythological Painting, 1640
Located in Vicoforte, IT
A magnificent 17th-century Italian painting. This artwork oil on canvas depicts a famous episode from the Iliad, the dispute between Agamemnon and Achilles over Briseis. During the T...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ecce Homo Christ Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master Leonardo Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lombard painter of the seventeenth century
Ecce Homo
Oil painting on canvas
56 x 43 cm. , framed 75 x 63 cm.
Provenance: Florence, Pandolfini, 5.10.2021, lot 209
The proposed canv...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$5,928 Sale Price
20% Off
A 17th c. Italian school, Capriccio with the Colosseum, circle of V. Codazzi
Located in PARIS, FR
A capriccio with the Colosseum in Roma
17th century Italian school
Circle of Viviano Codazzi (1604-1670)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: h. 35.43 in, w. 51.18 in
Modern 17th century style ...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beggar with a Wooden Leg
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on handmade wove paper, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (95 x 70 mm), thread margins. Third state (of five), likely printed early 19th century. In very good condition with light handlin...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Etching, Handmade Paper
The Birth of Adonis; Plate 1 from The Story of Adonis
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an early and large unidentified heraldic watermark with a windmill, and the collector's stamp of Count F. J. von Enzenberg (1802-1879),...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Portrait of a Lady, After Sir Peter Lely (1610-1680) Oil Painting
By After Sir Peter Lely
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil Painting After Sir Peter Lely (1610-1680) Portrait of a Lady
Housed in a Lely gold Leaf Frame.
Peter Lely:
In 1647 he became a member of the Pain...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel, monogrammed mid left
Image size: 15 x 12 1/4 inches (38 x 31 cm)
Dutch ripple style frame
Loeding was born in Leiden in around 1637 and was admitted into the Leiden Guild of St Luke in 1664. Like other Dutch cities, Leiden required membership in the guilds in order to sell wares falling under the various specifications. There is no record of his artistic training or influences, but he likely belonged to the circle of artists including Pieter de Ring and Gerrit Dou, who founded and maintained the Guild. Loeding is last registered as a member in 1673.
One of the most versatile genres that emerged from Dutch 17th Century artistic specialisms is that of 'pronkstilleven'; a laden table with a variety of rich textures, like ornate glassware, gilded goblets, exquisite nautilus cups...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17
century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705) not signed.
The dramatic subject of the paintin...
Category
Academic 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Holy Family in a wreath of flowers
Located in Berlin, DE
The painting is oil on canvas.
Unsigned
Philippe de Marlier or Philips de Marlier, also called "Fat Lup" (fat Philip) (also: Philips de Marli; Philips de Merlyn; first name also: F...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
17th century portrait of a lady
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady by Dutch Golden Age painter Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693). Half-length, within a feigned oval, the lady wears a pearl necklace and earrings, an ivory silk gown adorned...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apollo and Daphne - Painter active in the 17th century
Located in Como, IT
Apollo and Daphne
Artist active in the 17th century
Oil on canvas in gilded frame
?Dimension: 37x86 cm (48x95.5 cm including the frame)
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century etching black and white figures scene
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Singer" is an original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega. It depicts a performer and onlookers. Publisher: Pearce #50.
4" x 3" art
16 1/2" x 13 1/2" frame
Cornelis Pietersz Be...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Etching
Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 Dutch
Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook
Etching on paper
New Hollstein's 309, second state of II
Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1658" (upper left)
Created from observations of a live model, this work started as a figure study before evolving into a more imaginative setting. It remains ambiguous whether the scene is set indoors, as suggested by the cushion the figure is seated on, or outdoors, indicated by the foliage in the background. The omission of her feet, suggesting they may be dangling in a brook, adds a charming touch to Rembrandt’s imaginative scene. The figure seems unaware of the viewer, presenting a dignified yet sensual demeanor.
The son of a miller, Rembrandt van Rijn is believed to have been born in Leiden on July 15, 1606. He studied first at the Latin School and then was enrolled at the University of Leiden at the age of 14. He soon left to study art—first with a local master, Jacob van Swanenburch, and then, in Amsterdam, with Pieter Lastman...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Etching, Paper
Religious Subject Oil on Canvas Italy XVII Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Venetian school of the seventeenth century. Entirely in the foreground, this scene of a group of sacred figures, which presents the faces of Mary and the Chil...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Ducks On The Riverbank, 17th Century MARMADUKE CRADOCK (1660-1717)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Ducks On The Riverbank, 17th Century
circle of MARMADUKE CRADOCK (1660-1717)
Large 17th Century scene of Ducks on the riverbank while a hunt ensues on the distance, oil on canvas. ...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,963 Sale Price
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17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1630
Located in Vicoforte, IT
An important 17th-century Italian painting. This oil on canvas artwork depicts the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence in the presence of Emperor Valerian, one of the most powerful and wides...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Grape Seller - Workshop of Jacob Ochtervelt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jacob Ochtervelt (Workshop)
The Grape Seller
oil on canvas
unframed: 80.7 x 61 cm.; 31 ¾ x 24 in.
framed: 109.5 x 89 cm.; 43 1/8 x 35 in.
Essay:
This captivating piece, originating from the studio of the revered Dutch artist Jacob Ochtervelt, mirrors the composition of a signed and dated 1669 canvas by Ochtervelt that is presently housed in the Hermitage museum. Its subject, "The Grape Seller" immerses us in a typical 17th-century interior, replete with characters from various strata of society.
At the center, a fruit vendor is depicted bending over to weigh grapes for the buyer. A child hands some of the grapes to her mother to taste, their attentive maid standing by. The backdrop showcases typical Ochtervelt details: a hint of the city visible through the doorway, light filtering in through an overhead window, and a playful dog at their side.
The exquisite quality of the piece is evident in the minutiae, such as the intricate detailing of the mother's earring, which in reality spans only a few millimeters yet boasts impressive attention to detail. Initially, Sotheby's considered this work to be an autograph piece by Ochtervelt. But due to some uncertainty, it was auctioned as Workshop of Jacob Ochtervelt. On the other hand, the esteemed Cabinet Turquin in Paris leans toward attributing the piece directly to Jacob Ochtervelt himself.
The painting is framed in an authentic period frame, which has been delicately restored by Stockholm's Förgyllning och Bildhuggeri. The frame retains its age-old patina and, while in used condition, has minor imperfections adding to its charm.
Another interesting thing worth to mention is the painting's provenance. It was once owned by the 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868-1940), the founder of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century by Il Padovanino Mary Magdalene or Young Woman Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Alessandro Leone Varotari, known as Il Padovanino (Padua, Italy, 1588 – Venice, Italy, 1649)
Title: Mary Magdalene or Young Woman
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Without frame 50.5...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Floris van Schooten (1585/88-1656)
Still Life
Oil on canvas, 121 x 85 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection
Floris van Schooten, a Dutch painter mainly active in Haarlem, is renowned ...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto Mosè salvato dalle Acque, XVII-XVIII secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
La scena racconta l'episodio biblico del libro dell' Esodo in cui il piccolo Mosè, che la madre aveva affidato al fiume all'interno di una cesta per salvarlo dalla str...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
17th Century by Luca Forte Walnuts, Chestnuts, a Bunch of Grapes and a Quince
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Luca Forte (Naples, 1615 ca. - 1670 ca.)
Title: Walnuts, Chestnuts, a Bunch of Grapes and a Quince
Medium: Oil on walnut panel
Dimensions: without frame 13 x 22.5 cm - with frame 31 ...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Coppia di Medaglioni in Marmo Profili di Papi fine XVII-inizi XVIII secolo
Located in Pistoia, IT
Coppia di medaglioni in marmo raffiguranti i profili dei papi Gregorio VIII e Leone IX. Italia, bottega romana, fine XVII-inizi XVIII secolo.
Gregorio VIII, nato Alberto di Morra ...
Category
Italian School 17th Century Art
Materials
Marble
Saint Mark Evangelist Guercino Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Workshop of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Il Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666)
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Oil on canvas - 85 x 71 cm., Framed 100 x 86 cm.
Of great cha...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$7,164 Sale Price
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Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), bust-length, in armour
Located in London, GB
After Robert Walker
1599 - 1658
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), bust-length, in armour
Oil on canvas
Image size: 24 x 29 inches (61 x 73 cm)
Original carved gilt frame
This...
Category
English School 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
St. Peter and the Rooster Italian School 17th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Milano, IT
St. Peter And The Rooster 1600 oil painting on canvas reinteled with new frame. The painting was probably part of a larger composition depicting St. Peter repenting, weeping. Italian...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century By Giovanni Battista Spinelli Jacob
s dream Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giovanni Battista Spinelli (Chieti, Italy, 1613 - Ortona, Italy, 1657)
Title: Jacob's dream
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 98 x 135 cm - with frame 108 x 145 cm
Not signed
Expertise by Professor Nicola Spinosa, art historian
Publications: From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Two botanical prints after Cornelisi Bloemaert
Vincenzo Leonardi
Located in Middletown, NY
Two botanical prints after Cornelis Bloemaert & Vincenzo Leonardi
"Lemon", from Hesperides. Reproductive print on thick C.M. Fabriano cotton wove paper; and Pierre Joseph Buchot (17...
Category
French School 17th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Bronze of Amphitrite after Michel Anguier
Located in New Orleans, LA
After Michel Anguier
French 1612-1686
Amphitrite
Bronze
This remarkable bronze masterpiece was cast after a High Baroque masterwork by French sculptor Michel Anguier. After traini...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Art
Materials
Bronze
17th Century by Bernardo Strozzi Portrait of a man with white collar
By Bernardo Strozzi
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Bernardo Strozzi, also known as “Il Cappuccino” and “il Prete Genovese”, (Genoa, Italy, 1581 – Venice, Italy, 1644)
Title: Portrait of a man with white collar
Medium: Oil on canvas
D...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$63,375 Sale Price
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Still Life with Flowers, Fruits and Animals
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Neapolitan school of the seventeenth-eighteenth century. The large composition is rich in numerous different elements: in the center stands a large floral com...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Still Life with fruit and Delft plate
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 15 ½ x 19 ¼ inches (39.5 x 49 cm)
18th Century carved gilt frame
Provenance
Irish Country Estate
This complex and convincing composition is painted from a...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ladies. Paper, lithograph, 63x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the waterfront. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued he...
Category
Post-Modern 17th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Ladies. Paper, lithograph, 69x53 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the waterfront. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued he...
Category
Post-Modern 17th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Christ as Salvator Mundi, Circle Van Dyck, Flemish Old Master, Christ Child
Located in Greven, DE
The Christ Child as Redeemer of the World
Oil on Canvas, 69.3 x 49.7 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Belgium
The present painting is known in different versions. One of them is ...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century by Mexican Maestro Virgin of Solitude Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
17th Century Mexican Maestro
Title: Virgin of Solitude
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 165 x 123 cm - with frame 194 x 152 cm
Bla...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge engraving by David Loggan
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
Category
Realist 17th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
17th century engraving black and white landscape ancient building scene
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the mid-seventeenth century, views of historic landscapes and classical structures were increasingly popular among print collectors, and artists like the Frenchman Israel Sylvestre were eager to fill that demand. In this example, Sylvestre captures a view of the Arch of Constantine...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
Male and female portrait, both in silk kimono, possibly textile dealers
By Christoffel Lubieniecki
Located in Amsterdam, NL
CHRISTOFFEL LUBIENIECKI (1659-1729)
Pair of portraits of a gentleman and a lady, both in silk kimono, before a country house (circa 1680)
Indistinctly signed “C.......” on a box under the man’s left hand
Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 67 cm each
Both sitters are portrayed wearing a silk “Japanese” coat. During the second half of the seventeenth the Japanese silk coat, an adapted Japanese kimono, became a real vogue in the Dutch elite. The exclusive Dutch trade contacts with Japan can explain the popularity of the kimono-style silk coats in the Netherlands. Everybody who could afford one, dressed in such a fashionable and comfortable coat and, like the present sitters, some proud owners had themselves portrayed in a “Japanese” coat often together with an oriental carpet to underline their standing and international connections. These portraits are the work of the Polish-born portraitist Christoffel Lubieniecki (also known as Lubienitski, Lubinitski or Lubiniecki)
Lubieniecki was first trained in Hamburg under Julian Stuhr and after 1675 in Amsterdam under Adriaen Backer and Gerard de Lairesse. He specialized in landscapes, generally of an Italianate character, and in portraits. The loving execution of these contented burghers, enjoying the garden vistas of their country house, places him alongside Amsterdam portraitists such as Constantijn Netscher and Michiel van Musscher...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baroque Venetian painter - 17th century figure painting - The chariot of Apollo
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (17th century) - Apollo's Chariot.
64 x 126 cm unframed, 92 x 153 cm with frame (not signed).
Oil on canvas, lacquered and gilded wood.
- Provenance: Cambi 2024, ...
Category
Baroque 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Studies of a kneeling female figure, an arm, a hand, and a head in profile
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Studio of Carlo Maratti (or Maratta)
Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713
Studies of a kneeling female figure, an arm, a hand, and a head in profile
Red chalk on paper
43.4 x 26.6 cm
Unsigne...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Chalk
17th Century By Lombard Artist Still Life with Birds and Burning Fuse Oil/canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Lombard Artist of the 17th Century
Title: Still life with birds and burning fuse
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 79 x 109 cm - 103 x 136 cm with frame
"Cassetta" fram...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of an Officer, Cornelius Johnson, 17th Century Old Masters
Located in London, GB
Circle of Cornelius Johnson
Circa 1620’s
Portrait of a Officer
Oil on canvas
Image size: 28 x 24 inches
Period style hand made frame
Provenance
Private European Estate
This striking portrait dates to around 1620, as you can see from the images of the sash the detail is very high. The sash is decorated with gold thread and would have cost a small fortune at the time. Sashes were originally developed for a military function (making officers more visible for their men during combat), but soon became a primarily male fashion...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Moonlit River Landscape, 17th Century attr. Aert van der Neer (1603-1677)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Moonlit River Landscape, 17th Century
attributed to Aert van der Neer (1603-1677)
Large 17th Century Dutch landscape view of boats on a rover landscape, oil on canvas. Extensive no...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,654 Sale Price
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Saint James The Greater, 17th Century ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Saint James The Greater, 17th Century
after ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
Large 16th 17th Century Old Master portrait of Saint JamesT...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,038 Sale Price
25% Off
17th Century by Panfilo Nuvolone Still Life Oil on Slate
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Panfilo Nuvolone (Cremona, Italy, 1581 - Milan, Italy, 1651)
Title: Still life
Medium: Oil on slate
Dimensions: without frame cm. 17 x 19.5 - with frame cm. 31.5 x 37.5
Not signed
E...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Slate
$121,334 Sale Price
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17th Century By Domenico Maria Canuti Assumption of the Virgin Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Domenico Maria Canuti (Bologna, Italy, 1626 – 1684)
Title: Assumption of the Virgin
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 138 x 104.5 cm
Not signed
Expertise by Professo...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 17th Century By Still-life Italian painter Still life Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
17th Century Still-life Italian painter
Title: Still life
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 58 x 136 cm - with frame 71.5 x 150 cm
Antique shaped and gilded wooden box...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century by Filippo Abbiati Solomon sacrificing to idols Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Filippo Abbiati (Milan, Italy, 1640 - 1715)
Title: Solomon sacrificing to idols
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 117 x 146 cm – with frame 131 x 158 cm
Antique cassett...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Rocky Landscape with Trees and Temple Ruins a drawing by Giulio Parigi (ca 1615)
Located in PARIS, FR
This Rocky Landscape with Trees and the Ruins of a Temple is a drawing by Giulio Parigi, an eclectic and prolific artist of the Medici court. An engraver, architect, furniture and je...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Pen
Saint Francis of Assisi comforted by an angel
Located in Como, IT
Guglielmo Caccia said the Moncalvo
(Montabone, 1568 - Moncalvo, 1625)
Saint Francis of Assisi comforted by an angel
Oil on canvas, cm 96 x 73 - (wi...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Philip Melanchthon
Located in London, GB
German School
17th Century
Portrait of Philip Melanchthon
Oil on panel, unsigned
Image size: 9 x 12 inches (22.6 x 30.3 cm)
This charming portrait depicts Philip Melanchthon, the ac...
Category
17th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Painting David with the Head of Goliath 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Central Italian school of the 17th century.
The painting recalls in pictorial style the production of Angelo Caroselli (1585-1652), a Roman Baroque artist who was a pa...
Category
Other Art Style 17th Century Art
Materials
Oil
The 1564 Medici Danti Map of California
By Fra Egnazio Danti
Located in New York, NY
Florentine, Probably Seventeenth Century
Titled
L’ultime parti note nel Indie occidentali
Dated on the edge of the cartouche: “M.D. LXIII. M.AG” [1564…the month of August]
In the 1560s Cosimo I de’Medici, the powerful Duke of Florence, undertook a major renovation of the Palazzo Vecchio, the venerable palace that to this day dominates the city at the Piazza della Signoria. For the Sala della Guardaroba, literally the wardrobe room, but in fact the storeroom of the Duke’s most precious holdings, Cosimo conceived of a grand decorative project that was to reflect in one space the entire cosmos --both an indication of the Duke’s ambition and an allusion to his name. The plan, supervised by Giorgio Vasari, involved the construction of walnut cabinets to contain the Medici treasures, on the outside doors of which were to be placed large hand-painted maps specially commissioned to document and illustrate the current knowledge of the world. Portraits of famous men were to decorate the tops of the cabinets and two large globes –one representing the terrestrial world, the other celestial—were to descend from openings in the ceiling. The commission for the maps, inspired by Ptolemy’s Geographia, was given to the celebrated mathematician and cosmographer, Fra Egnazio Danti (Perugia 1536-1585 Alatri). Fifty-three maps were ultimately created. Thirty were conceived and executed by Danti between 1563 and 1575. The remaining twenty-three were completed by Stefano Bonsignori between 1576 and 1686. They remain in place in Florence in the room for which they were created.
The present work is an exact-size painted, drawn and inscribed copy of Danti’s map of California...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen
David Loggan Engraving, Habitus Acamedici in Universitate Oxoniensi
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634-1692)
Habitus Acamedici in Universitate Oxoniensi - Oxford Academical Dress
Engraving
39 x 52 cm
Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, and was baptised...
Category
Realist 17th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
17th Century By Gramatica Cryptoportrait of a lady as The Veronica Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Antiveduto Gramatica (1569 – 1626)
Title: Cryptoportrait of a lady as The Veronica
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 100 x 74.5 cm - with frame 123.5 x 103.5 cm
Not sig...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venus abducting Adonis.; Plate 2 from The Story of Adonis
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an unidentified ovoid purple ink stamp (not in Lugt), 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (247 x 326 mm), thread margins. Uniform age tone with scatt...
Category
Old Masters 17th Century Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Mummery. 1986. Paper, etching, 48.5x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the waterfront. Paper, watercolor, 60x80 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued he...
Category
Post-Modern 17th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Polyphemus and Acis Red Chalk Drawing, Italian, 17th-18th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
An Italian red chalk drawing depiction on paper, probably 17th or 18th century, illustrating the dramatic scene of Polyphemus hurling a boulder at Acis and Galatea. Attributed to an...
Category
Italian School 17th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Chalk
$1,698 Sale Price
44% Off