Early 18th Century Drawings

Jacques Rigaud, 1680-1754, a draughtsman and engraver produced these two hand colored engravings "Vue et Perspective de la Place des Victoirea" and "Palais Vue et Perspective du Pala...

A fine chiaroscuro drawing of a Bearded Venetian Man gazing downward Possibly by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta or his ambit Early 18th century; Venice, Italy Charcoal with white lead heightening on prepared blue paper Approximate size: 29.5 x 22 cm The present drawing, of superb execution and carefully articulated expressiveness, features the head of an elderly bearded man gazing downward. While his cap suggests a man of middle-class stature, his contemplative gaze embodies a sense of dignity and the wisdom that comes with age. The man is pensive, contemplative, beguiled by his own meditations. The portrait emerges from the negative space of the sheet, with the protagonist’s beard dissipating into the void of prepared rich blue paper—the Venetian carta azzurra—and rendered in black charcoal with white heightening, offering a tonal depth that emphasizes the dimensional relationship between the sheet itself and its portrait. The sketch is highly finished, made with great efficacy, and perhaps copies some detail of a finished work: perhaps a painting made by the artist himself, or one derived from another artist’s work. The verso appears to feature a white chalk counterproof of the Penitent Magdalene and an inscription along its margin offers an old attribution to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. While the suggestion of Tiepolo is likely incorrect, a more befitting suggestion could be Tiepolo’s contemporary, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta who frequently executed and sold drawings...

Antique Italian painting from the 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a mythological subject, Bathsheba bathing, of good pictorial quality. Painting of large size and pleasant impact adorned with a 20th century frame, carved and gilded, with some small signs of the time. The composition chosen by the painter to represent Bathsheba from behind in the foreground, in the distance to the right, King David is pleasant (see photo). The sacred scriptures narrate that one day King David, walking on the terrace of her palace, sees Bathsheba and falls in love with her. She is the wife of Uriah, a soldier engaged in war, and David will...

Antique Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a religious subject Saint Margaret of Antioch immersed...

Antique Flemish painting from the first half of the 18th century. Oil on canvas painting depicting an interior scene, the dining room with the typical clothes and furnishings of the ...

Framed and Matted Britannia Map hand tinted and colored with gilt frame. Signed Matthaus Seutter, 1725 Seutter was one of the most important and prolific German map publishers of t...

Ancient Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Framework oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting a religious subject Christ carrying the cross and Virgin of ...

Ancient Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Framework oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting a historical / biblical subject (under study) with kings, warriors, priests and city in the background. Painting of great measure and impact, for antique dealers, interior decorators and collectors of ancient art. Framework complete with small modern golden wooden frame (see picture). Painting for living room...

Antique Italian painting from 18th century. Framework oil on canvas in first canvas and in fabulous patina depicting a subject of sacred art Virgin with angels...

Ancient Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting biblical subject the departure of the prodigal son of good pictorial quality. Non-...

Ancient Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Framework oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting a subject of sacred art Virgin with Child of excellent picto...

Ancient Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Framework oil on panel depicting Education of the Virgin Mary of good pictorial quality. Beautiful painting, for ant...