Antique Oil Painting on Canvas, 18th Century Villa in Black and White, Italy

This Italian capriccio oil painting offers a vivid portrayal of Roman architectural splendor in ruins, crafted with skillful detail and a sweeping, atmospheric perspective. Set withi...

A very fine Italian 18th century oil on canvas "Madonna and Child" after Giovanni Lanfranco (Italian, 1582-1647). The young Virgin Mary attending to...

18th century Spanish school still life flowers oil on canvas painting. Dimensions with frame: 44.5 x 54 x .2.5.

Antonio Bertoli (active between 1829 - 1842) Portraits of women (2) Oil on canvas, 41.5 x 31 cm With frame 52 x 42.5 cm Signed below A. Bertoli The two portraits examined here are by the hand of the artist Antonio Bertoli, a painter active in Florence between 1829 - 1842. He trained at the Florentine Academy, where in 1832 he obtained the prize for the nude in drawing. At the academic exhibitions of the following years he exhibited mainly portraits, including a representation of Nicolò Macchiavelli executed in 1837. An eclectic artist, he experimented with different genres: for the Villa Puccini di Scornio in Pistoia, in 1838, he was commissioned to create a history picture, The death of Francesco Ferrucci (Pistoia, Civic Museum), inspired by an episode of the novel Siege of Florence by Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi. Instead, two religious paintings date back to the 1840s: Christ chasing the merchants from the Temple and a Virgin Mary, In the portraits analyzed Bertoli depicts two half-length women taken from a foreshortening and a frontal in close pose, characterized by very similar Mediterranean features. In the first painting the woman, taken from the front, looks directly at the viewer. The wavy hair is decorated with a colorful violet and is partially covered by a white veil...

A light-brown, green antique Austrian Baroque oil on canvas painting by Franz Xaver Hornöck in a hand crafted original black, partly gilded wooden frame, in good condition. The vinta...

Antique mid 18th century Italian late Baroque / Rococo oil on cloth framed ornamental painting with rocaille, flowering roses and vases.

Italian old master painting, 17th century, oil on canvas. Good condition Measures: H. 54 W. 43 cm H. 21.2 W. 16.9 in.

18th century Spanish "Penitent Magdalene" oil on canvas in the style of 17th century Italian school, particularly Tiziano models. Dimension: 101 x 71 cm, 111 x 80 cm (frame).

A very fine and large 18th century oil on canvas titled "Mother and Child" (Probably members of The Swedish Royal Family). Attributed to Michael Dahl (Swe...

A very fine French 18th century oil on canvas "Fecundity" After Francois Lemoyne (French, 1688-1737) Depicting a young mother holding her twin her infant babies on her arms, within a...