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Rare Jacobean Portrait on Panel Lady Elizabeth Wheeler née Cole 1623 Historical
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in London, GB
A Rare Jacobean Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Wheeler (née Cole), 1623
Attributed to Cornelius Johnson
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
We Will Do It - Large Format Painting, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art. The search
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sweeties I - Large Format Painting, Figurative Oil Painting, Beach, Sea View
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art. The search
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rare Earth" mixed media abstract with textural browns, orange, lavender
By Nancy Eckels
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Rare Earth is a beautiful luminous abstract painting by Nancy Eckels. It exhibits the bold
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Other Medium
Period Italian Signed Landscape Painting
By Demetrio Tabacco
Located in Roma, IT
thick blanket of snow, we can admire all the superb skill of Demetrio Tabacco.
A painting of rare
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Gustaf Höglund: Self-Study (1939), a Rare and Striking Early Self-Portrait
Located in Stockholm, SE
painting. His attire, consisting of a blue shirt, dark waistcoat and red tie, underlines a self assured
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare abstract work "Gold, silver, and lead 1" by Impiglia
By Giancarlo Impiglia
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A rare abstract work by the indelible Giancarlo Impiglia.
Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Silver, Gold Leaf
"Fan Dance 2" abstract with textural blues, orange, and reds, tans
By Nancy Eckels
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
one of the rare paintings that I have done on a cradled birch wood board. It's fun to work on a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Other Medium
Spanish School (18th Century), A Rare Portrait of Juan Procopio de Bassecourt
Located in Queens, NY
Spanish School (18th Century), A Rare Portrait of Juan Procopio de Bassecourt, count of Santa Clara
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A very Rare Specimen of Lopopulus - Paint by Alberto Gallerati - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Alberto Gallerati (b. 1945) in 1970s.
Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Exceptional and rare depiction of the Black Madonna as Sancta Maria de Pace
Located in DEVENTER, NL
: approx. 46 × 35 cm (exclusief. frame)
Provenance: Private collection, South Germany
This painting shows
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Walk into Town, Oil Painting, Dutch Romantic and Hague Schools
By Bernardus Johannes (Bernard) Blommers
Located in New York, NY
, combined with the painting’s excellent provenance and condition make it a rare and unique example.
Our
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Ashcan School Modernist New York Street Scene Rare "Fire Hydrant Pool"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Signed Italian Period Painting Neapolitan Landscape
By Girolamo Gianni
Located in Roma, IT
.
The whole is depicted in an 'atmosphere of rare intensity and beauty
This painting, never before on
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Rare 19th Century Russian Oil Portrait Bearded Man with Staff Signed Gilt Frame
Located in Stockholm, SE
RARE museum-quality example of a 19th‑century Russian plein‑air oil study on canvas, executed with
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Cardboard
A Rare Portrait Of Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mary Cecelia Gifford), 1878
By Sanford Robinson Gifford
Located in Queens, NY
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American 1823-1880)
A Rare Portrait Of Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Original Swedish Ink Wash Drawing by Torsslow 1890 Andersen Fairy Tale Art
Located in Stockholm, SE
, insured worldwide shipping. Note: The glass on the painting will be removed before packing and shipping
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink
Modern French Painting Signed Marine Landscape
By Moya Dyring
Located in Roma, IT
. . . qualities rare enough in Australian painting'.
In August Dyring embarked for Panama whence she travelled by
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
$1,424 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled Spin Painting By Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in New Orleans, LA
painting offers the rare opportunity to own a work by one of art history's greatest renegades.
This work
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, House Paint
French school Still Life fruits Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
watercolor artwork, oil paintings are rare.
Cecil Romey was a skilled 20th-century artist whose 84-year life
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Gesso
$391 Sale Price
76% Off
Bit of Blue
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
array of vibrant floral arrangements, fruit and collectibles. The more rare paintings feature boats at
Category
1990s American Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Twice told tale (23)" David Shapiro, Rare Oil on Canvas Symbolic Composition
By David Shapiro
Located in New York, NY
David Shapiro
Twice told tale (23), 1984
Signed and dated on verso
Oil on canvas
44 x 22 inches
David Shapiro was born in 1944 in Brooklyn, New York. His artwork, as described by a...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Twice Told Tale (3)" David Shapiro, Rare Oil on Canvas Symbolic Composition
By David Shapiro
Located in New York, NY
David Shapiro
Twice Told Tale (3), 11/1983
Signed and dated on verso
Oil on canvas
44 x 22 inches
David Shapiro was born in 1944 in Brooklyn, New York. His artwork, as described by...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English School, A Rare Portrait of John Scott Russell and "The Great Eastern"
Located in Queens, NY
English School, A Rare Historical and Important Portrait Painting of John Scott Russell and "The
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$54,600 Sale Price
30% Off
A Rare Orientalist Portrait of a Nubian Guard, by Edmund Walenta, 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
A Rare Orientalist Portrait of a Nubian Guard, by Edmund Walenta, 19th Century.
Oil on canvas
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roger Cortet (1910-1978) Still-life with a white sculpture, oil on canvas signed
By Roger Cortet
Located in Paris, FR
.
This rare painting by Roger Cortet is typical of his interest in the representation of objects, and
Category
1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"On the Hopi Reservation" Rare Adobe Scene by Dawson Dawson-Watson circa 1927
By Dawson Dawson-Watson
Located in San Antonio, TX
the beauty of the Texas Hill Country. A jury selected paintings for an exhibition and there were
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Rare Portrait of 6 Dogs on Enamelled Ceramic by Maison Pichenot-Loebnitz
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Very Rare Portrait of 6 Dogs on Enameled Ceramic Maison Pichenot-Loebnitz
Enamels, ceramic
France
Category
1870s Art Nouveau Animal Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Rare Early 20th C. Watercolor -- Pendennis, Captain Costigan and Miss Fothering
By Charles Edmund Brock
Located in Soquel, CA
paintings have been located.
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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 Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Autumn. Landscape Paintings acrylic, impressionism, horizontal, mountains
Located in Oslo, NO
depth, local flavor, and rare European landscape scenes.
The painting is painted with acrylics on a
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Moonlit Houseboats at Greenbrae Lagoon- Rare Nocturnal L/S, Charles Rollo Peters
By Charles Rollo Peters
Located in Soquel, CA
"Houseboats in Moon Light", a rare early 20th century tonalist nocturnal harbor landscape scene at
Category
1910s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Rare Catherine Koenig Nude Female Artist American Trompe L
oeil Pastel Pink
By Catherine Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
quite rare in contemporary art. Her refined paintings and drawings have been exhibited in many sites
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Tempera, Egg Tempera, Board
Sequoia Emmanuelle Original Earth Child Painting
Located in New York, NY
painting is a rare example by the photographic leaning artist, but channels her unique style nonetheless
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Mummies - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Modernism, Seascape
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art. The search
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Husband - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Modernism, Seascape
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art. The search
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare New York City Oil Portrait by Modernist Artist Lisa Mangor, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
, who owned one of her paintings and was guided by Mangor at the start of his pursuing a fine art
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Art, Spiritual, Oriental, Painting by Hovsep Pushman.
By Hovsep Pushman
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This rare and historic Orientalist painting, La Petite Dieu, translated as “Little God”, by
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Subject (abstract expressionisting pop art painting)
By Wayne Timm
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
pages. This rare and experiment painting was inspired by the artist's smaller studies which were actual
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,400 Sale Price
40% Off
1930s Italian Signed and Archived Roman Landscape
By Giovanni Omiccioli
Located in Roma, IT
An important and rare painting by the great Italian avant-garde artist Giovanni Omiccioli.
It
Category
Early 20th Century Italian School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Antique Orientalist Oil Painting Mosque Evening Coastal Landscape Prevost
Located in London, GB
Antique Orientalist Oil Painting Mosque Evening Coastal Landscape Prevost
Swiss, 1856
Canvas
Category
Mid-19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Antique Italian Mythological Painting, 1640
By Valerio Castello
Located in Vicoforte, IT
or contemporary. A Homeric page translated into painting with rare intensity, a refined work for a
Category
1640s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Artists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Painting, Landscape
By Frederick Shane
Located in Denver, CO
stunning and historically significant painting is a rare opportunity for collectors seeking an authentic
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Antique Oil Painting of Serene Landscape, Signed, Circa 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
. This painting is a rare occasion on which the artist has felt drawn to depict a Native American subject.
Category
20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Architectural Capriccio Painting
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Large 17th-century Italian painting. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a splendid architectural
Category
1660s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dialogue VIII - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, People
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art. The search
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Oil on Panel Italian Mythological Painting, 1760
Located in Vicoforte, IT
A rare 18th-century Italian painting. Oil on panel artwork depicting a captivating mythological
Category
1760s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Beginning 6 - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Seaside
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
theories of the 17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bullet - Contemporary Joyful Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Seaside
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
theories of the 17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rumba - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Dancer, Realism, Energetic, Joyful
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art. The search
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realistic Wildlife Landscape Painting Bald Eagle Michael Budden
By Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
available. Most of my wild life paintings from this period were completed in acrylics but this was a rare
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Factory Worker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
)
About the Painting
James Patrick’s Factory Worker is a rare painting in terms of subject matter
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
C.286, Geometric, Hard Edge and Optical painting
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in New York, NY
It is rare to see a painting by Vasa Mihich available. These works are carefully worked through
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plywood, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Forsyth Georgia Street Scene Southern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene with two women. Rare oil painting by John Melza Sitton
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Jewish American Modernist Orchestra QUARTET New York oil Painting
By Tully Filmus
Located in New York, NY
This is for an original Oil Painting by the famous New York Jewish Artist Tully Filmus
Painting
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stockholm Sunset View Oil Painting, Art Nouveau, Signed, 1923
Located in Stockholm, SE
collections of the Moderna Museet (Modern Museum of Art) in Stockholm. His paintings are exceptionally rare
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$3,607 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait - XXI century, Oil figurative painting, Red
By Marlena Nizio
Located in Warsaw, PL
satisfaction are rare in the contemporary painting. The duty of a person writing for a catalogue is to state
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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