18th Century Paintings

Late 18th-early 19th century charming oil on canvas, naïve Venice scene.

Huile sur toile représentation de Jésus Christ d'époque XVIIème de dimension 54 cm par 42 cm.

A very decorative neoclassical 18th century Danish portrait painting of a young boy feeding a parrot with cherries. Signed by Erik Pauelsen and dated 1788. Oil on canvas, lined and framed. Measurements of the frame: 78 cm x 93 cm. Erik Pauelsen (1749–1790) was a Danish painter. He is most notable for his landscapes and was also a popular portraitist. From an early age he had his mind set on becoming an artist. He travelled to Copenhagen and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1770-1777 where he won the large silver medal and the small gold medal in 1775 and finally the large gold medal in 1777 together with the Academy's travel scholarship. He travelled to Rome by way of Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Paris and visited Dresden and Berlin on his way back. During his travels he became a member of several foreign art academies and was granted the title of professor in Düsseldorf. After his return to Denmark, he became a member of the art academy, but was passed over for the post of professor by Jens Juel...

Thomas Whitcombe: ‘Flora’, this oil on canvas shows the action, within a gilt frame with a panel reading ‘British Frigate “Flora”, 36 guns commanded b...

An impressive and large scale Continental 18th century oil on canvas painting. The painting is framed within a fine walnut frame with a carved...

18th Century painting on porcelain by Matthew William Peters titled ‘Adorational’. Circa 1780. Peters (1742 - 1814) was an English portrait and genre painter who later became an Ang...

Oval portrait Miniature on tortoiseshell of a noblewoman, probably Spanish, 17th-early 18th century. In original beautiful bronze moulded frame. Image size: 3 3/4" H x 3" W.

Mme. Adelaide and Mme. Victoire. Oil on canvas, with antiques frames.

Charles-Louis Clerisseau (French, 1721-1820), a depiction of figures dancing amongst Classical ruins, gouache on paper, unsigned, framed. Being of the late 18th century, circa 1770...

"A Study of the Ruins of a Castle." By: John Claude Nattes (English 1768-1822). Fine original watercolor painting with pencil on paper, inscribed in pencil on reverse, matted and gil...

An 18th-century oil on canvas originating from mainland Europe, this painting captures a captivating scene. The foreground portrays a tumultuous sky with a mesmerising pink-orange su...

This ‘cuir bouili’ (moulded leather) panel is a truly beautiful and rare piece of early 18th Century art. It is a profile portrait of the French King Louis XIV (1643-1715), depicted at around the age of 50. This image is based on a marble relief sculpture...

Portrait of the two children of Mr and Mrs Oliver Jones, full-length, one wearing blue, the other red, holding a bow and a spear. Oil on canvas Unframed: 126.2 x 102 cm Framed: 130...

A stunning and extremely decorative complete set of six Italian 18th century watercolor paintings in their original frames. Each painting displays a beautiful array of lovely vivid c...

Pastel 18th century Venus of the grape harvest France Portrait of a young girl with an antique crown of bunches of grapes, vine leaves and ears of wheat. Her light brown curly hair b...

We call him “Dr. House”, because he feels so calm, experienced and confident. This beautifully painted oil portrait dates from about 1780 and the antique frame fits this stately appe...

An 18th century saint painted portrait in a frame with silver flowers, leaves and bronze dore sunburst trim. Beveled oval glass. Circa,1750, Italy.

A beautiful and very high quality English 18th century oil on canvas painting named Rosewood Castle, N. Wales by Julius Caesar Ibbetson circa 1781. The wonderfully executed painting depicts washerwomen cleaning clothes in the river near a Bridge at Rosewell Castle, North Wales. In the background is a beautiful blue sky with clouds...

SIR MARTIN ARCHER SHEE, P.R.A. (1769-1850) A PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF THOMAS NETHERTON PARKER (1772-1848) AND HIS WIFE SARAH PARKER (1779-1854) Oil on ...

Behold "Abundantia," an oil masterpiece on panel, often attributed to the accomplished artist Angelica (Maria Anna) Kauffman (Italian/English, 1741-1807). This remarkable work of art...

Nicholas Pocock: ‘The Glorious First of June’, ink, grey wash and watercolour on paper showing the battle formation of Admiral Lord Howe’s British flee...

Highly unusual faience frame with maker mark holds a finely detailed portrait of a woman of importance for the time. Information is listed on back (see p...

Rare pair of paintings on black marble ( one more gray ), representing the Adoration of the Child by angels, the other The Virgin, the Child and Saint John the Baptist and the lamb n...

Oil on canvas painting of a floral arrangement with faintains, birds, pears, cherrys and peaches. Spanish colonial 18th Century

A striking pair of French 18th century oil on canvas in mahogany and giltwood frames. Each painting retains its original beautiful mahogany frame with a finely carved charming foliat...

Beautiful Chinese painting, 18th century Measures: H. 32 W. 45 cm H. 12.5 W. 17.7 in.

Beautiful Chinese painting, 18th century. Measures: H 32, W 45 cm H 12.5, W 17.7 in.

European Painting of young venetian man with turban

A charming pair of late 18th English century oil paintings on canvas. Each painting portrays a portrait of a young lady in oval within carved giltwood fra...

A charming Italian 18th century Louis XVI period gouache in its original giltwood frame. The wonderfully executed painting depicts a beautiful landscape of the Italian countryside wi...

Beautiful and large painting, oil on canvas, representing a fishing village. Very lively scene with in the foreground a river full of sailboats and boats, fishermen and farm animals....

Beautiful watercolor from the end of the 18 century representing a garden of an italian palace sign by RENE LOUIS MAURICE BEGGUYER DE CHANCOURTOIS {Nantes 1757-Paris 1817}

British oil on canvas by Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding. British, 1787-1855. Signed bottom left: Copley fielding. Framed: 28" width: 33". Canvas: 25" width: 30".

Painting signed and dated lower right "Eug. Péchaubès - 1920". It is an oil on canvas depicting a cart driven by a coachman and launched at high speed by three horses. Golden frame i...

Late 18th century portrait of a gentleman unframed , English. Joh Rud Kupfer, 1764 age 37 signed on back.

Very handsome Italian portrait of a soldier, in ebonized frame with silver detail. Measurements include frame.

Giovanni Domenico Molinari (Caresana, 1721 - Turin, 1793) Lying Female figure Oil on canvas, cm 46 x. 31 - With frame, cm 56 x 42 The present painting is connected by style and treated subject, in this case a young girl lying in an idyllic landscape, to the production of small pictures of pastoral subject of the Piedmontese painter Giovanni Domenico Molinari (Caresana, 1721 - Turin, 1793). Molinare was born in Caresana (Vercelli) on 19 July 1721 but after losing both his parents he moved to Turin. Here he became, from 1736, a pupil of the Academy of Drawing founded by the painter Claudio Francesco Beaumont (Turin, 4 July 1694 - Turin, 21 June 1766) where he remained as a pensioner until December 1755. Molinari was immediately engaged in the translation of the master’s sketches on cardboard used for the Regia manufacture of tapestries. His early success on the Turin art scene is confirmed by the fact that he joined the Compagnia di San Luca in 1756. In 1751 he married Margherita Peiroleri, whose brothers Pietro (engraver) and Nicolò (painter) also attended the school. Remained widower count two other marriages first with Lucrezia Elisabetta Burzio and then in 1770 with Domenica Maria Ferrero. On the death of the master in 1766 Molinari, considered by his contemporaries to be the most faithful interpreter of the master and for his elegant and Arcadian style, which clearly interprets the aesthetic taste of the court, was called to finish the works that remained unfinished, such as the altarpiece for the church of Santa Maria della Scala in Moncalieri depicting the Assumption venerated by Blessed Bernard of Baden and Saint Anthony. Molinari was also well praised by critics and Abbot Lanzi highlighted the quality of the production of historical and mythological subject for the rigorous post-marattesco classicism. In Turin he worked for Vittorio Amedeo III of Savoy as a portrait painter, executing for him eleven canvases (between 1774 and 1775), but, since 1745, he also supplied tapestry cartoons to the local Fabbrica, of which, in 1766, he became director. The production of paintings of sacred subjects is also lively, especially used in the decoration of the churches of the capital as the Assumption for the Hotel of Virtue and San Pietro Regalado and San Benedetto il Moro for Santa Maria degli Angeli ( Torino) He also painted tempera and oil cartoons for the same church, on the occasion of the beatification of Pacifico da San Severino (1787) and, for that of San Francesco di Paola, when Gaspare de Bono...