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Portrait of Lady Copley
By Willem Wissing
Located in Bath, Somerset
Belton House.
Literature:
Ellis Waterhouse 'The Dictionary of 16th and 17th Century British Painters
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of James II as Duke of York (1633-1701), Large-scale
By (follower of) Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
This grand scale portrait painted in the 17th century depicts King James II, when Duke of York. A
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Pastel - Rebecca
Located in Corsham, GB
middle-class society in the late 18th century. Drawn in excellent detail, with particular attention to
Category
18th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of a Lady
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
painter working in England at the court of Charles II during the mid to late 17th century.
He was born
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Countess of Peterborough, Portrait of a Lady in Blue Dress
Located in Stockholm, SE
estate has had several owners since the 17th century. The current two-story riveted timber main building
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Young Girl
By Adriaen Van Der Linde
Located in Bath, Somerset
artist as the 'Flemish emigrant Adriaen Van Der Linde'.
The early 17th century in Holland saw rapid
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Portrait of Lady Katherine Anne Erskine
By John Baptist De Medina
Located in Bath, Somerset
).
Literature:
Ellis Waterhouse 'The Dictionary of 16th and 17th Century British Painters' 1988, page 90
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Portrait of a Lady
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Bath, Somerset
in the original 18th century giltwood frame. Signed 'G. Kneller' lower right.
Provenance:
Collection
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of King Henry IV
Located in London, GB
English School
Late 16th or Early 17th Century
Portrait of King Henry IV
Oil on oak panel
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
18th century, Paris, Workshop Of Pierre Gobert, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon
By Pierre Gobert
Located in PARIS, FR
on canvas, Paris, late 17th century.
Workshop Of Pierre Gobert (1662 - 1744)
Beautiful 17th century
Category
Late 17th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Ludovic Stewart, second Duke of Lennox and First Duke of Richmond
Located in Blackwater, GB
Aubigny
English School
Large 17th/18th century English Old Master portrait of Ludovic Stewart, second
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of the Duchesse de Gesvres
By Charles Beaubrun
Located in Bath, Somerset
and 17th centuries. They were cousins born in Amboise and both studied under their uncle, Louis
Category
18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Portrait of Timothy Mortimer
Located in London, GB
.
There was a great demand for this style and type of portrait in 18th century England and Sir Godfrey
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady, circa 1690
Located in London, GB
part of the 17th century and the early part of the 18th. France, during this period, was the leading
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
Located in London, GB
shoulder in a style that was popular in the early 18th century. The use of the feigned oval was a very
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caracalla, An 18th Century Drawing Attributed Drawing to Johan Tobias Sergel
Located in Stockholm, SE
An 18th century study drawing of a bust depicting Caracalla, possibly executed by Johan Tobias
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Portrait of Lady Leigh (1658-1705)
Located in London, GB
in England during the last part of the 17th century. It is said to represent Lady Eleanor Leigh (née
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady in a Pink Dress and Green Wrap c.1695, Antique Oil Painting
By (Circle of) Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
.
Held in an exquisite gilded 18th century frame of fine quality and condition.
Sir Godfrey Kneller
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady, Fine Carved Period Frame
By (circle of) François de Troy
Located in London, GB
portrait that was in vogue in France during the last part of the 17th century and the early part of the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Christopher Musgrave (1664-1718) circa 1690
By John Riley
Located in London, GB
. Painted by one of England’s leading 17th century portrait painters, John Riley was the official painter to
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jacob Huysmans (Attributed), Portrait Of A Lady With Pearls
By Jacob Huysmans
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This splendid mid-17th-century half-length portrait attributed to Flemish artist, Jacob Huysmans (c
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady with a Dove, Signed and Dated 1736
Located in London, GB
accomplished example of the type of portrait that was in vogue in 18th century England. Much of the beauty of
Category
1730s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a young boy holding his pet squirrel
By Joseph Highmore
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
wool (to comply with a 17th-century statute to encourage the wool trade) in the fifth bay of the south
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722)
Located in London, GB
striking image of the type of portrait in vogue during the last part of the 17th century and early part of
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Young Gentleman, Lord George Douglas, Arcadian Landscape c.1710
Located in London, GB
gentleman represents a fine example of portraiture at the turn of the 18th century. The present painting is
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Colonel Richard Lister in Armour
Holding a Baton, Harlaxton Manor
By studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
, at their immensely impressive home Harlaxton Manor, Grantham. Our portrait, and the contents of the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Armour
Located in Firenze, IT
late 17th to the early 18th century.
Original period frame in carved and gilded wood.
This portrait
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Oil Painting
By Studio of Sir Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
, and many variations made both in the 17th and 18th centuries, by the same hand and others, are not
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Jan van Reynegom (1584-1640) date 1612; Antique Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
decorated and became national heroes. In the second half of the 17th century the Dutch merchant fleet equals
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Lady, Manor House Provence, Coombe Abbey, oil on canvas painting
Located in London, GB
duties of two family members
In this intimate picture, painted in the late 17th century or early 18th
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady in Silver Dress Oil Painting, Outstanding Gilded Carved Frame
Located in London, GB
17th century in France saw the creation of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, an institution
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) circa 1702
By studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
part of the 17th century and early part of the 18th. Presented in its period gilded antique frame
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Hannah Clements as a Shepherdess c.1730; by Charles Jervas
By Charles Jervas
Located in London, GB
literature and by the early 17th century was already popular in art; all educated individuals were familiar
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Miss Lyddell as a Shepherdess c.1710, Antique Oil Painting
By Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
pastoral literature and by the early 17th century was already popular in art; all educated individuals were
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Charles-François, Duc de La Vallière (1670-1739) circa 1720
Located in London, GB
This fine portrait depicts a member of French aristocracy – the portrait passed through the French
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Framed Portrait of Old Master Artist Petrus de Jode by Anthony van Dyck
By (After) Anthony Van Dyck
Located in Alamo, CA
done by his father Petrus de Jode, the Elder after a drawing by his fellow 17th century old master
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry (c.1668–1719) Oil Painting
By Johann Kerseboom
Located in London, GB
accomplished late-seventeenth century/ early 18th century portraitist, Johann Kerseboom, who was an artist born
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boy blowing soap bubbles, studio of Alexis Grimou, French, early 18th c. Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
pivotal generation between the 17th and 18th centuries, he played a fundamental role in the evolution of
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman Holding Gloves c.1723, Antique Oil Painting MICHAEL DAHL
By Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
present this exquisite example of the English 18th century Grand Manner portrait. The sitter is portrayed
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Girl With Dove
Located in Brecon, Powys
An extremely pretty late 17th Century Puritan portrait of a young girl with a dove and a coral
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Portrait of Mrs William Acton, White Dress
Blue Cape c.1740 Signed painting
By Thomas Bardwell
Located in London, GB
Booth family in the early 16th century but was purchased by the influential Bacon family in the 17th
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Marie Mancini Holding a String of Pearls, Old Master Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
of this portrait and it was a type that was in great demand during the 17th century as it is today
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady, Hélène Ferrand, Marquise de Saint Germain Beaupré c.1675
By Pierre Mignard
Located in London, GB
century and the entirety of the 18th. The pinnacle was at the French court and more notably the Bourbon
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Portrait Gentleman Black Coat Orange Sash, Dutch Old Master, Oil on Panel c.1650
By Bartholomeus van der Helst
Located in London, GB
demand for portraits in the Netherlands was great in the 17th century. Bartholemeus van der Helst was
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of King William III, King of Great Britain c.1691; Antique Painting
By John Riley
Located in London, GB
the leading native-born portrait painter of the first forty years of the 18th century. Richardson
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady Diana Cecil, Countess of Elgin c.1638, Manor House Provenance
Located in London, GB
17th century, and this was also reflected in the fine collection of portraits and paintings in the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Lady, Susannah Papillon c.1695, fine carved frame, oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
the sitter in our portrait. In the early 18th century Papillon Hall ceased to be used by the family
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Lady Mary Booth, later Countess of Stamford c.1720; Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
18th century.
The landscape setting imbues the portrait with a sense of Arcadian simplicity. This
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman in Armour, Sir Richard Knight, Oil on canvas, Fine frame
By Willem Wissing
Located in London, GB
the fund raised by Elizabeth I to resist the attempt of the Spaniards. Later in the 18th century Jane
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Painting of Lady Mary Capel, Countess of Essex in a Yellow Dress c.1698
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in London, GB
club patronised by the movers and shakers of the 18th century with a Whig allegiance. The members were
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Archer, a Moor holding a Bow
By Johannes Visscher
Located in Stockholm, SE
individualized portrait of a Black subject from the 17th century, drawn from life by Cornelis yet beautifully
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Lady Henrietta Churchill and her son William
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Bath, Somerset
1718.
Literature: 'The Dictionary of 16th and 17th Century British Painters'. Ellis Waterhouse, 1988.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings
Portrait of Young English aristocrat with Straw Hat. English School circa 1720
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young aristocratic girl - 18th century English style
Oil on canvas.
Silvered wood
Category
1720s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Wood
Setting by Marcantonio Franceschini Cupid Oil on Canvas End 1600 - Early 1700
Located in Milan, IT
presented in a beautiful gilded coeval frame, adjusted to the painting. End of the 17th century - early 18th
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a man in three-quarter view, wearing a cap, a drawing by Lagneau
Located in PARIS, FR
collections as early as 1667. From the 18th century onwards, drawings by the artist can be found in many of
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
17th Century Spanish Portrait
Located in Essex, MA
Oil on canvas portrait of Spanish noblewoman
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Paintings
Materials
Canvas
A Large and Magnificent Oil On Canvas Painting of King William III (1672–1702)
By (After) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Queens, NY
magnificent work is crafted after Sir Godfrey Kneller, the renowned portrait artist of the late 17th and early
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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