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Antique oil painting romance landscape painting. 19th century
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique oil painting romance landscape painting. 19th century
Oil on canvas. Romantic scene
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
GUILLOT French Academic Painting Interior Pianist 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
cm with frame)
Signed and dated on the left "P. Guillot / 1880"
Wax seal on the back
Painting
Category
1880s French School Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Scale Persian Hunt Landscape Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-01 Large Scale Persian Hunt, circa 1920's oil painting on canvas depicting hunting scene
Category
1920s Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
1900s French Painting
Located in High Point, NC
This early 20th-century French portrait painting captures a tender domestic moment, depicting two
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$1,395
Mughal School Miniature Painting of Radha-Krishna
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century Indian miniature painting is composed in the Mughal style and depicts a meeting
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Landscape painting with figures, XVIIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Central European school of the eighteenth century. Under a blue sky, a
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Oil Painting on Canvas of a Child with a Bird and a Dog
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming small 19th Century oil painting on canvas of a girl in a dress in an interior scene with a
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
1910
s "Desert Landscape" Oil Painting
Located in Arp, TX
, this captivating painting titled "Desert Landscape" offers a breathtaking depiction of a realistic
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$740 Sale Price
38% Off
19th C. Country Farmhouse Landscape Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
J.N. Spier country farmhouse landscape painting
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left and dated 1877
Has
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Period Italian Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Follower Painting
Located in Roma, IT
This not signed very interesting oil painting on canvas dates back to the mid-17th century.
It
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist Oil Painting with Equestrian Subject
Located in London, GB
Orientalist oil painting with Equestrian subject
Continental, Early 20th century
Canvas size
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dark Mountains Landscape Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
: private collection, England
condition: sound condition through the edges are worn and the painting is
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
$548 Sale Price
20% Off
The Farmers Stable, Victorian Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
: antique oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 19.5 x 25.5 inches
canvas: 15 x 21 inches
Provenance
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,535 Sale Price
88% Off
Impressionist Oil Painting - Colourful Mountain Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School:
Title:
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: canvas: 22 x 32 inches
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique European Religious Figure Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
, France
the painting is in overall very good and sound condition
Category
19th Century Old Masters Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,041 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of antique reverse glass paintings
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique reverse glass paintings
Continental, 18th Century
Frame: Height 46cm, width 40cm
Category
18th Century Renaissance Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Glass
Emmanuel Costa Riverside Town Landscape Painting
By Emmanuel Costa
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Emmanuel Costa (French, 1833-1921)
Untitled, c. Late 19th century
Oil on wood panel
9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.
Framed: 14 x 18 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed lower right: Costa Emmanuel
B...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Theodore Rousseau COUCHE De Solei Oil Painting
By Théodore Rousseau
Located in Dallas, TX
: This painting will be included in the digital supplement of the Théodore Rousseau catalogue raisonné
Category
1840s Barbizon School Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Laid Paper
Spanish landscape oil on canvas painting
By Enrique Galwey
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
occupied a room of honor with fifty-eight oil paintings.
Museo del Prado
Category
1890s Impressionist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,781 Sale Price
50% Off
Impressionist Oil Painting - Summer Exotic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: canvas: 24 x 30 inches
Provenance: private
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Woman Painting
Located in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, FR
Old Woman Painting
Vintage Design
Table black frame, an old French woman, dating from the 19th
Category
19th Century French Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,050
Abstract Geometric Composition, Modern British Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition.
Category
19th Century Abstract Geometric Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$2,193 Sale Price
20% Off
Painting of Bridge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting by a French artist offers a serene landscape bathed in subtle shades of green and
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$4,875
Gian Domenico Tiepolo Follower Period Italian Painting
By Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Located in Roma, IT
Gian Domenico Tiepolo Follower Period Italian Painting
A beautiful and important painting fan
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Parchment Paper
Oil Painting by Edwin Ellis "Salvaging"
By Edwin Ellis
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Edwin Ellis "Salvaging" 1841- 1895 A Nottingham painter of coastal scenes, studied
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alessandro Sani Genre Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Alessandro Sani (Italian, 1856-1927)
A Woman and Her Suitors
Signed A. Sani (lr)
Oil on canvas
26 x 21.5 inches (66 x 54.6 cm)
(Framed 37 x 32 inches)
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
Setter in a Landscape, Antique Dog Painting
By John Martin Tracy
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
, five paintings slated for inclusion in the 1893 Chicago World's Fair were lost in a fire, a devastating
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist Painting Algerian Harem Academic Painter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
. One of his paintings, The Austerlitz Bridge, is held in the Algiers Museum.
Category
19th Century Academic Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th-Century Barbizon Painting, River Landscape, Fontainebleau
By Leon Richet
Located in Cheltenham, GB
collections and continue to appeal to collectors drawn to contemplative naturalism.
This painting aligns
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Andrew Thomas Schwartz Neoclassical Style Painting
By Andrew Thomas Schwartz
Located in New York, NY
mural painting to study abroad, which resulted in three years of study in Italy, France, Germany and
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marti Alsina oil canvas signed Original Painting
By Ramon Marti Alsina
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Marti Alsina oil canvas signed Original Painting
Ramón Martí Alsina, also Ramon Martí i Alsina
Category
1880s Realist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Art Deco Portrait 1920s Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
French Art Deco Portrait 1920s Oil Painting
A captivating French Art Deco–era portrait, possibly
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
KPM Porcelain Plaque Painting of "Hope"
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in New York, NY
Antique KPM Porcelain Plaque depicting one of the seven virtues Hope. She is shown in white robes, standing beneath a flowering cherry blossom tree.
Fully Marked
Giltwood Framed
...
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
French Modernist Cubist Painting Storm Approaching Paris
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned to the front but signed
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$245 Sale Price
35% Off
Painting - Poster project for French mode
By Francisque Poulbot
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Francisque POULBOT
(Saint-Denis, 1879 - Paris, 1946)
Poster project for the Bal de la Mode - February 25, 1922
Charcoal and oil on canvas
H. 99 cm; W. 91 cm
Signed lower right
In th...
Category
1920s French School Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Cubist Painting River Seine Paris
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
River Seine View, Paris
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$262 Sale Price
35% Off
Original 1861 Late Romantic Naturalist Landscape Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Original 1861 Late Romantic Naturalist Landscape Painting
This piece features a small countryside
Category
1860s Romantic Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Marines in Pair - Dutch Painting 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painting, Landscapes, Orientalism
Museum of Soissons : « Hostelry during Louis XIII reign »
Bibliography
Category
1880s Academic Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting by William Pitt "Polbathwick, Cornwall"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by William Pitt "Polbathwick, Cornwall" 1818 - 1900 William Pitt was a Midlands
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist Cubist Painting Vibrant Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant street scene
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$351 Sale Price
35% Off
Scottish Cliffside, Antique Oil Painting, Signed
By Francis E. Jamieson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Scottish Cliffside, Antique Oil Painting, Signed
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
Signed on
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,028 Sale Price
20% Off
Period Grand Tour Style Signed Italian Painting
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting the Roman Forum, in particular
the Temple of Jupiter
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Oil Painting - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Garibaldi is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of the late 19th Century.
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Not signed.
Good conditions except for sign of times.
Le...
Category
1880s Modern Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Mughal Painting of Battle scene
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 19th Mughal Gouache of a lively battle scene w intricate details , text on upper and lower border and on back.
Great condition
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Karel Klinkenberg 19th Century Dutch Signed Painting
By Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and important painting by the great Dutch artist Karel Klinkenberg who lived at the turn
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch School Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady at Dressing Table - Original Painting
By Delphin Enjolras
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
paintings, figures, nudes, interiors, painter with the gouache, painter in watercolours, pastellist.
Pupil
Category
1920s Academic Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Still Life of Roses, grapes and an Ivory Vase
Edward Ladell antique painting
By Edward Ladell
Located in St. Albans, GB
exquisite example of Ladell's painting. Signed with his traditional stylistic monogram, this painting boasts
Category
1850s Victorian Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil
$12,612 Sale Price
20% Off
Qing Dynasty Floral Bed Canopy Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Thoughts of a long, happy life greeted the young couple who gazed up from their bed on this canopy panel. Adorned with chrysanthemums and peaches, both symbols of longevity, the lyri...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood Panel, Lacquer
$2,304 Sale Price
20% Off
Chaim Gross Watercolor Painting, Nude Figures
By Chaim Gross
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Chaim Gross (American, 1902-1991)
Marking(s); notes: signed; 1928
Materials: pencil and watercolor on paper
Dimensions (H, W, D): 9"h, 6.5"w; 17"h, 13"...
Category
1920s Other Art Style Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Paper
19th Century Italian Signed and Located Painting
By Eugenio Spreafico
Located in Roma, IT
19th Century Italian Signed and Located Painting
Beautiful and rare oil on canvas painting by the
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Landscape Painting Called Sunburst, 1906 (Solbrytning)
Located in Stockholm, SE
.
Condition Report:
The painting has undergone careful restoration over several months by our conservator. It
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sporting oil painting of a hunter
hounds
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
23.5 inches
Size including frame: 21.75 inches x 29.75 inches
An animated sporting painting of a
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Orientalist Oil Painting by Pavy
By Eugène Pavy
Located in London, GB
Antique French Orientalist oil painting by Pavy
French, 1884
Panel: Height 53cm, width 65cm
Frame
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Peach Basket Painting
Located in New York, NY
Peaches in Basket. American oil of peaches spilling out of woven cornucopia basket in gilt wood Barbizon frame. United States, circa early 1900’s.
Dimensions: 14.5" W x 11.5" H x 1....
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Paint, Giltwood
$3,000
Swedish Landscape, Oil Painting, 19th Century, Framed
Located in Stockholm, SE
sun begins to set. Possible traces of a signature can be seen in the lower left, “AM…”. This painting
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,579 Sale Price
30% Off
French school Still Life Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
as oil paintings like "Église Saint-Rémi à Maisons-Alfort."
This painting is a still life
Category
Early 20th Century Tonalist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$415 Sale Price
75% Off
19th-century Antique Genovese Sailor portrait painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of a Genovese Sailor, ca. 1890.
Watercolor on cardboard measuring 4 x 5.5 inches; 9 x 11 inches framed.
Category
1890s Realist Antique Paintings Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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