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Chinese Porcelain Bowl King Frederic the Great China Encre de Chine Grisaille
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Grisaille In art, deriving from the French word gris (gray) this refers to painting executed entirely in
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century French Enamel Plaque Depicting The Finding of Moses
Located in London, GB
between the rich, blue enamel backdrop against the grey foreground, created using the grisaille technique
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Antique Late 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Enamel

"Amateur Championship at Sandwich" by Michael Brown, 1901
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
en grisaille, a technique of painting in various shades of gray washes that at first glance resemble
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Antique Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Prints

Materials

Paper

3 Agate Boxes With Gilt Pomponne Mounts, Antique, 19th Century
Located in Cotignac, FR
Blerzy, Jean-Marie Teron were the important goldsmiths of the industry before the Revolution. Paintings
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19th Century More Art

Materials

Brass

Agate Box With Gilt Pomponne Mounts, Antique, 19th Century
Located in Cotignac, FR
Blerzy, Jean-Marie Teron were the important goldsmiths of the industry before the Revolution. Paintings
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19th Century Other Art Style More Art

Materials

Brass

Agate Box Antique 19th Century Oval With Gilt Pomponne Mounts.
Located in Cotignac, FR
important goldsmiths of the industry before the Revolution. Paintings in grisaille on enamelled panels were
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19th Century Other Art Style More Art

Materials

Brass

Agate Box Antique 19th Century With Gilt Pomponne Mounts
Located in Cotignac, FR
Blerzy, Jean-Marie Teron were the important goldsmiths of the industry before the Revolution. Paintings
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19th Century More Art

Materials

Brass

1902 "In the Sand" Photogravure by James Michael Brown from Sporting Pictures
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
artwork was painted in watercolor or pencil en grisaille, a technique of painting in various shades of
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Antique Early 1900s American Prints

Materials

Paper

VERGER FRERES 1905 Edwardian Enameled Pendant Watch In Platinum Diamonds
By Verger Frères
Located in Miami, FL
timepiece is mounted with forty-nine rose-cuts diamonds, and a grisaille miniature painted in a heart shaped
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Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold

Flower Garden (color trial proof) James Rosenquist Pop Art in black and white
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
Based on Rosenquist’s 1961 grisaille oil painting Flower Garden, this work arranges a still life
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Verger Freres 1901 Spaulding Co Edwardian Watch-Pendant Guilloche 18Kt Diamond
Located in Miami, FL
, & guilloche enamel. This is a one of a kind and very rare timepiece with an enameled grisaille miniature
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Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian More Jewelry

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum

18th century French Grisaille Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large grisaille painting of putti and satyrs. Two of the satyrs head are crowned in a wreath of
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Wood

CIRCA 1780 GEORGE III GRISAILLE PAINTING
Located in BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY
A GEORGE III GRISAILLE PAINTING DEPICTING A CENTRAL CLASSICAL FEMALE FIGURE SURROUNDED BY FOLIATE
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Grisaille painting on canvas
Located in New Orleans, LA
A french rectangular allegorical painting in gray tones in a gilt frame
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Antique 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Paint

Flowerpot in Porcelain de Paris 2 sided Grisaille Painting Guilded 1900 France
By Imperiale Royale, NIMY
Located in Antwerpen, BE
(cachepot), crafted around 1900. Featuring two sides of exquisite grisaille paintings, one depicts playful
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Antique 1890s French Belle Époque Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

"Race of the Berbers - Start, " Grisaille Painting, 1800
Located in Rome, IT
Grisaille / monochrome painting in tones of grey, depicting the start of a horse race, the "Corsa
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Antique Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Paintings

"Race of the Berbers - Arrival", Grisaille Painting, 1800
Located in Rome, IT
Grisaille/ monochrome painting in tones of grey, depicting the start of a horse race, the "Corsa
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Antique Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Paintings

19th Century Dutch Equestrian Grisaille Painting Signed and Dated 1864
Located in Antwerp, BE
Signed and dated 1864 Dutch 19th century grisaille equestrian painting executed in gauche on paper
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Paintings

Materials

Paper

Large Regence Style Trumeau
Located in New Orleans, LA
A trumeau with an exaggerated, arched Berain frame, the original glass topped by a grisaille
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Antique 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors

Grisaille
By Nancy Hagin
Located in New York, NY
acrylic on canvas
Grisaille Study 1
By Nick Farhi
Located in New York, NY
Diptych
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2010s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Grisaille Study 2
By Nick Farhi
Located in New York, NY
Diptych
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2010s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Paintings, Pair, Grisailles, late 18th/early19th c.
Located in Queenstown, MD
Paintings, Pair, Grisailles, "Reliefs in the Antique Style", manner of Piat-Joseph Sauvage, late
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

A Pair of Eva Hollyer (1865-1948) British. Grisaille, Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Located in London, GB
A quality pair of Grisaille Oil on Canvas Painting. Signed by Eva Hollyer (1865-1948) British. One
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Antique 1890s British Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Pair of Oil on Canvas Grisailles
Located in Boston, MA
Pair of over door panels for an estate in Rouen, France. Measures: [1] 47.5" W x 33" H [2] 50" W x 33" H.
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Antique 18th Century French Paintings

French School XVIIIth Century "The children in the park" Large Grisaille
By Piat Joseph Sauvage 1
Located in EVREUX, FR
GEERAERTS, an expert in grisaille and historical paintings. He then joined the Académie Saint-Luc in
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Antique 18th Century French Paintings

Materials

Paint

Swags of flowers adorning a grisaille cartouche with a bust of a girl
By Jan Pieter Brueghel
Located in Greven, DE
Jan Pieter Brueghel (Antwerp 1628 – after 1664 Italy) Swags of flowers adorning a grisaille
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18th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Decorative Vase with Lid
Located in Vienna, AT
border, depicting Juno and Jupiter on a cloud with an eagle in grisaille-painting. The lid is crowned
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

18th C Dutch Old Master Drawing Pastel Jacob de Wit Head of a Putto
By Jacob De Wit
Located in Gouda, NL
biographer Jacob van Gool in 1750. One of De Wit’s specialities were grisaille paintings, giving the
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

Pair of Villa Suvera Benches with Coat of Arms of the Lucchesi Palli Family
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
the back with corresponding grisaille paintings on canvas. The benches have a swivel base and are
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Charles X Benches

Materials

Wood

Beautiful Bench Finely Painted in Grisaille, Northern Europe, Early 19th Century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
An elegant Gondola-shaped bench with flared padfeet. Floral painting in grisaille on black lacquer
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Antique Early 19th Century European Benches

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer

Two Masted Ships at Sea by Willem Van de Velde
By Willem Van de Velde
Located in New York, NY
drawings provided him with the raw material for his grisailles (penschilderingen or ‘pen paintings’ drawn
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Drawings

Grisaille Painting
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
19th century grisaille painting.
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Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint

A French 18th Century Grisaille Painting
Located in Kent, Dover
A French oil on canvas grisaille painting depicting putti. With its original walnut frame.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Paintings

19thc. Painted Trumeau with Grisaille Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Gilded and Painted Trumeau with Beautiful Grisaille Painting
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Antique 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Mirror

18th Century En Grisaille Painting with Cherubs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An excellent 18th Century En Grisaille painting. The lunette oil on canvas of a finely detailed
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

19th Century Italian Grisaille Painting. Cherubs and a Goat
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century Italian Grisaille Painting. Cherubs and a Goat, One of a kind. Visit our site http
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Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings

GRISAILLE PAINTING
Located in New Orleans, LA
A GRAND PAINTING IN GUACHE REPRESENTING A PROCESSION TO NEPTUNE'S TEMPLE
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

18th Century En Grisaille Painting with Cherubs
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
An excellent quality 18th Century En Grisaille painting, the lunette oil on canvas of a finely
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Antique 1760s French Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Paint

French 1820s Horizontal Grisaille Painting Depicting Cherubs Chasing a Bird
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French grisaille painting of horizontal format from the early 19th century. This French grisaille
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Antique Early 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Pair of Large Neoclassical Grisaille Paintings after Thorvaldsen reliefs 1920
Located in Rome, IT
Early 20th century Italian Grisaille Paintings , oil on wood after a famous Thorvaldsen reliefs
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Three Graces Large Neoclassical Grisaille Painting after Canova 1920
Located in Rome, IT
Early 20th century Italian Grisaille Paintings , oil on wood after a famous Thorvaldsen reliefs
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair of Large Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Grisaille Paintings
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of period neoclassical Italian grisaille paintings Each depicting scenes from the Iliad
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Paint

19th Century Trumeau Mirror with Grisaille Painting, France.
Located in Atlanta, GA
A trumeau mirror in a gilt frame with grisaille painting depicting a couple in a pasture, over an
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Antique 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Mirror

Pair of Grisaille Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th Century French Grisaille Oil Paintings of Mythological Scenes Surrounded by a Rich
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Paintings

Pair of French 18th Century Oval Grisaille Paintings of Spring and Summer
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Very decorative pair of two pendant oval grisaille paintings; one depicting four putti (cherubs) in
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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Paintings

Pair of French 19th Century Framed Oval Grisaille Paintings Depicting Two Putti
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French framed oval grisaille paintings from the 19th century, depicting two putti
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Antique 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Pair of Large Neoclassical Grisaille Paintings from Siena, Italy, circa 1810
Located in Dallas, TX
Siena, Italy. They are Grisaille, which is a French term meaning a painting executed almost entirely in
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

“Cows” Oil on Board Grisaille painting by Thomas Craig (American, 1849-1924)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cows" en grisaille  Thomas Craig (1849-1924) Oil on canvas, signed l.l. 15 x 18 inches Known for
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Empire Miniature Grisaille Painting of Figures in a Landscape
Located in Stockholm, SE
An empire miniature painting of figures in a landscape. Painted in grisaille. Mounted in an
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Decorative Art

Materials

Brass

Grisaille, Putti at the Campfire, Follower of Jacob de Wit, probably Netherla
Located in Greding, DE
Grisaille painting in oil on canvas in straight oak framing. The putti gather and warm themselves
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Paintings

Materials

Paint

Rare Pair of Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Grisaille Panels
Located in Essex, MA
Rare pair of large 18th century Italian Grisaille paintings. Scenes from the Iliad. Neoclassical
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Trumeau Mirror with a Grisaille
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful Louis XVI style mirror with a grisaille painting of 2 angels playing at the waterside
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Painting "Allegory of Sculpture with Little Angels"
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French Grisaille painting of the second half of the 19th century. Work oil on canvas depicting an
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Antique Late 19th Century French Paintings

CRK 01450 (Red Grisaille Bunny Painting)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th Century French Grisaille Overdoor Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hand-painted in France, this handsome grisaille overdoor painting is from the 18th Century
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Paintings

Materials

Paint

Chinese Export Rose Canton Porcelain Punch Bowl, Dated 1821.
Located in Downingtown, PA
terraces or acrobats performing for an Emperor, he is seated before a grisaille painting of a dragon that
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serving Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

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Grisaille Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of grisaille paintings is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct grisaille paintings — often made from canvas, fabric and paint — can elevate any home. Grisaille paintings have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Grisaille paintings are generally popular furniture pieces, but Neoclassical, Louis XVI and Empire styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made grisaille paintings over the years, but those made by Gyrth Russell, Jan Pieter Brueghel and Frank Dadd are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Grisaille Paintings?

Prices for grisaille paintings can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, grisaille paintings begin at $255 and can go as high as $50,000, while the average can fetch as much as $6,950.