About Brave Fine Art
Brave Fine Art is a research-led art dealership based in the historic Cotswolds, which is run by the husband and wife team of Andy Shield (Art History) and Holly Shield (Art Conservation). Over the last eight years, we’ve acquired, researched, and conserved over 2,500 enchanting old paintings, which are now in the homes of our delighted patrons. Through our research, and by trawling the archives, we’ve unearthed hundreds of stories that were previously lost to time. We’re also passionate about art conservation and working ethically. We offer free shipping to the UK, US...Read More
Established in 20171stDibs seller since 2023
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Featured Pieces
Early 17th-Century Dutch School Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Ruff, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This splendid early 17th-century Dutch School portrait depicts a stout gentleman wearing a tall starched ruff and a sober black doublet. It originated in the Low Countries before ent...
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th-Century Dutch Oil Painting, Landscape With Father
Son
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century oil painting by Gerrit Hendrik Göbel (1786-1833) presents a tranquil rural landscape, plausibly in the region of Salland. Painted during the formative years o...
Category
Early 19th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 19th-Century Landscape Painting, Plaine De Quevilly, Near Rouen, France
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century landscape by Marguerite de Lacombe (née Gamelin, 1876–1960) offers a tender view of rural life near Rouen. Painted with a quiet sensitivity characteristic of h...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th-Century Barbizon Painting, River Landscape, Fontainebleau
By Leon Richet
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil on canvas by Léon Richet (1843-1907) captures a quiet stretch of water in the Forest of Fontainebleau - a place the artist knew with intimate devotion. It ...
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Dutch Landscape Painting, Landscape With River, Wayfarer
Dog
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 18th-century Dutch oil painting, produced around 1720, reflects the enduring influence of the Amsterdam school and carries forward one of the Dutch Republic’s most cherish...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-17th-Century Spanish School Oil Painting, Portrait Of A Theologian
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-17th-century Spanish oil on canvas depicts a dignified man of learning - a theologian, or perhaps a cathedral canon.
Dressed in a black cassock, marked by a vertical row of...
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 17thC Marine Battle Painting, An English Warship Engaging Barbary Corsairs
By Isaac Sailmaker, born circa 1633-1721
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This large and imposing late 17th-century oil painting depicts several British ships defeating the notorious Barbary Corsairs.
Amid the smoke, burning wreckage and carnage of a sink...
Category
17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th-Century Spanish Baroque Oil Painting, The Divine Shepherdess, Virgin Mary
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This tender mid-18th-century Sevillian oil painting depicts the Virgin Mary as La Divina Pastora, the Divine Shepherdess.
Attired in a straw hat, decorated with flora, she rests in...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 18th-Century French Rococo Oil Painting, Portrait of a Baron
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This sumptuous early 18th-century portrait by leading French artist Louis de Silvestre (1675-1760) depicts Baron Pierre de Gaultier, a nobleman and diplomat active during the final y...
Category
Early 18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th-Century Baroque Oil Painting, Saint Peter in Penitence, Old Master Art
By Gerrit van Honthorst
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This skilfully rendered mid-18th-century Swedish oil painting depicts the biblical figure of Saint Peter in penitence.
“Regrets, I've had a few”, explained Frank Sinatra, and indeed...
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17thC Huge Flemish Oil Painting On Canvas, Rhineland Landscape with Sportsmen
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This impressive mid-17th-century oil painting by Flemish artists Pieter Bout (1640 to 1645-1689 to 1719) and Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (1644-1719) depicts an extensive mountainous Rhi...
Category
17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th-Century Oil Painting On Canvas, Italianate Landscape With Roman Soldiers
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item.
This extensive early 18th-century oil painting attributed to German artist Franz Joachim Beich (1665-1748) depicts a mountainous Italia...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
