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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Alpine Shepherd and his pipe
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Beige wooden frame
44.5 x 36.5 x 1 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Lightning by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary seascape painting, ocean
By Franco Salas Borquez
Located in Paris, FR
The Lightning is a unique pigments and silver crayon on wood painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 80 × 60 cm (31.5 × 23.6 in).
The artwork is signed,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Pear branch laden with ripe fruits on a golden background
By Margherita Leoni
Located in Milan, IT
Margherita Leoni's small and precious painting presents all the fullness of thriving nature offering its fruits. As in sacred art, gold has always evoked the divine, the choice of th...
Category
2010s Realist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
French School - Portrait Black Elvis - Large - Oil Painting Impressionist AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait Elvis Presley
Technique: Acrylics, oil painting, China ink on canvas 73x60cm / 28,7x23,6inch
》》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《《
❶ → Original signed work. Certificate of aut...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars
Children at play, oil/canvas, 108x128 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Vilnis Sausserdis
Children at play, oil/canvas, 108x128 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,305 Sale Price
20% Off
Vicious Circle (donut cake lady dessert americana vintage surreal painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A hyperrealistic doughnut dominates Vicious Circle, its glossy chocolate glaze reflecting light with mouthwatering precision. Seated atop it, a young woman in a vintage swimsuit appe...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White-browed scrubwren - Figurative, Acrylic, Animals, Polish art
By Magdalena Nałęcz
Located in Warsaw, PL
*** Please note: Pictures of painting in frame are only a visualization. Painting is sold unframed
Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow i...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Natale in Sicilia
By Giulio D
Angelo
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Beige wooden frame
50 x 53 x 3.5 cm
Category
1940s Italian School Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Victorian British Oil Painting Genre Scene Roadside Inn Hampshire
By Henry Charles Woollett
Located in Stockholm, SE
This beautiful Victorian oil painting titled "Roadside Inn in Hampshire" is attributed to the renowned British artist Henry Charles Woollett (c.1826-1893), and depicts a picturesque ...
Category
1860s Victorian Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
A town 11. Contemporary figurative mixed media artwork, Landscape, Polish art
By Dominika Stawarz-Burska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative mixed media on cardboard painting by Polish artist Dominika Stawarz-Burska. Artwork has characteristical glossy finish to it which resembles surface of cerami...
Category
2010s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard, Oil
Retrouvailles
By Paul Guiragossian
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique artwork by Paul Guragossian
Signed lower left
Born to Armenian parents, who were survivors of the Armenian genocide, Paul Guiragossian experienced the consequences of exile f...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Serein, oil and acrylic painting on canvas by Marc Tanguy
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Serein" by Marc Tanguy (2023)
Acrylic and oil painting on paper laid on board, 50 x 38 cm
Framed with a natural oak floating frame (53 x 41 x 3,5 cm frame included)
This tranquil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French School Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Admire - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2025
Located in Roma, IT
'Admire', Original oil painting on canvas 80 x 100 cm realized by Elena Mardshova in 2025
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunter - Contemporary Powerful Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Jakub Malinowski – Born in 1985. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting at the University of Arts in Poznań. He is engaged in painting and drawing. Since 2011 he has been workin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Monumental Cubist Charcoal Drawing Paper on Canvas Signed By Lajos Kantor
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding Monumental Artwork Consists of 8 mounted Cubist charcoal drawings mounted on blind canvas frames.
Drawing for the Panon University Hall Mosaic Project executed in 1965, City of Veszprem, Hungary.
size : 420 x 370 cm cca
Lajos Kántor painter, graphic artist
1922 - 2013
Lajos Kántor was a student of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts between 1949 and 1954, where Gyula Hincz, Endre Domanovszky, Bernáth Aurél, and Jenő Barcsay...
Category
1960s Cubist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
French School Raging Bull VI ♛ 1938 NSWE Oil Impressionist th century AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 6 ♛
This artwork is already collector by using old commercial ads from 1938.
Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement.
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on o...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Indoor genre scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Brown carved wooden frame
71 x 91 x 5 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Italian School Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,741
A Woman on a Sofa with Dog - Painting by Francesco Settimj - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized in the mid-20th Century by Fausta Settimj.
Good condition except for some minor losses on edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rome from the Pincio - Painting by Mario Evangelisti - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Rome from the Pincio is an orginal modern artwork realized in 1973 by the Italian artist Mario Evangelisti.
Mixed colore oil painting on canvas.
Ha...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Patrick Boudon. Inner Family. Post-war Expressionism. 1970s.
By Patrick Boudon
Located in Firenze, IT
Patrick Boudon.
Inner Family.
Post-war Expressionism.
1970s.
Patrick Boudon.
Art Informel. Ecole de Paris.
Technique: oil on cardboard.
This painting by Patrick Boudon from the 197...
Category
1970s Expressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLMEN - French School -Portrait Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
By Eugenio De Blasi
Located in Napoli, IT
Portrait of a Gentlemen - Oval oil on canvas cm.50x40, Italia, 2006 Eugenio De Blasi
Wooden frame available on request
The portrait of Eugenio De Blasi is inspired by one of the many portraits painted by Guillam Francois Colson, a French historian painter, who painted portraits of families...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Portrait
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on bristol paper
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Mirage en Mer
By Patrick Rubinstein
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique work by Patrick Rubinstein, one of the most famous French contemporary artists in the world.
This work of art is in perfect condition, never owned before.
It is part of his 'M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Kinetic Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Oil on Panel Flemish Antique Religious Painting, 1650
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique 17th-century Flemish painting. Oil on panel artwork depicting the biblical scene of the casting of lots for Christ's tunic. The soldiers, after crucifying Jesus, took his clo...
Category
17th Century Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Out of sight 1 2006, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Out of sight 1
2006, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, social...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,455 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque Italian painter - 17th century figure painting- Baptism of Jesus
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th century) - Baptism of Christ.
122 x 74 cm without frame, 133 x 86 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in wooden frame (not signed).
Condition repo...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,362 Sale Price
20% Off
"Le Verdon depuis le Belvédère de Rancoumas" - France, original oil on canvas
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
"Le Verdon depuis le Belvédère de Rancoumas" – Provence, France
“The Verdon from the Belvedere of Rancoumas” - Provence, France
Oil on canvas signed lower right, 81 x 100 x 2,5 cm, ...
Category
1990s French School Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Party Time by Swedish Artist Eric Hallström, Pastel on Paper
Located in Stockholm, SE
Eric Hallström (1893-1946) Swedish
Party Time
pastel on paper
signed Eric Hallström
image dimensions approx 19.29 x 23.22 inches (49 x 59 cm)
frame 26.37 x 30.70 inches (67 x 78 cm...
Category
1920s Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$2,732 Sale Price
35% Off
The Flagellation of Christ, Old Master, Flemish School, Oil on copper
Located in Knokke, BE
The Flagellation of Christ
Old Master
Flemish School
17th century
Medium: Oil on copper
Dimensions: Image size 22 x 17 cm, frame size 39 x 31 cm
Category
17th Century Baroque Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
$13,030 Sale Price
30% Off
"rose flowers" Rose, Green, Flowers cm. 66 x 55 Oil
By Maya KOPITZEVA
Located in Torino, IT
Flowers,Rose,Pot, purple,russian artist,woman artist
MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005)
Maya kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, b...
Category
1980s Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,686 Sale Price
20% Off
Óleo sobre tablero - Bañistas
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el autor
Estado de conservación aceptable
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Medidas de la obra: 50 x 65 cm.
Medidas del marco: 59 x 73 cm.
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Category
1940s Symbolist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tennis. Figurative Oil Painting, Olympic Games, Sport, Realistic, Polish artist
By Dorota Zych-Charaziak
Located in Warsaw, PL
The painting shows two tennis players which is one of the official sports of the Olympic Games. The tennis match has a spectacular character and dynamics well captured in the paintin...
Category
2010s Expressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn walk
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Beige wooden frame
48 x 40.5 x 3.8 cm
Category
1910s Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
FAKE (yellow eggs cowboys vintage americana surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
in FAKE, three cowboys stand side by side, dressed in dusty, timeworn attire, they exude an air of quiet contemplation, perplexed with their hands resting on their hips as they gaze ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Oil Paint - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original modern artwork realized in the late 19th Century
It represents the "Hero of the Two Worlds", Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Mixed colored oil pai...
Category
19th Century Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Happiness has been Hiding in-between your Heartbeats Oil Painting on Canvas
By Nikolas Antoniou
Located in Utrecht, NL
Happiness has been Hiding in-between your Heartbeats Oil Painting on Canvas
Nikolas Antoniou was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. In 2012 he graduated in fine arts at the University of West...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Along the Lake, Adolphe Keller, Brussels 1880 – 1968, Belgian Painter, Signed
By Adolphe Keller
Located in Knokke, BE
Along the Lake
Keller Adolphe
Brussels 1880 – 1968
Belgian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom right
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 51 x 61 cm
Biography: Keller Adolphe was born on June 21 in 1880 in Brussels. He was a post-Impressionist painter of genre scenes and flower still lifes, but with a preference for landscapes. He was also draughtsman, watercolourist and pastelist.
He studied at the Academies of Fine Arts in Brussels and Sint-Joost-Ten-Node with master teachers P. Braeke and H. Ottevaere.
In 1910 he took part in the great Brussels Exhibition.
He often paints around the Red Cloister (Auderghem) on the edge of the Sonian Forest, where he settled in 1934. He also painted in the South of France, in Saint-Tropez.
Keller was a chairman of the Alfred Bastien...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free birds. Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Vibrant, European art
By Waleria Matelska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative acrylic on paper painting by young professional European artist Waleria Matelska. Artwork is minimalistic and composed with synthetic shapes. Painting is vibrant- main col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Nude of Woman - Oil Painting by Anastasia Kurakina - 2018
By Anastasia Kurakina
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of woman is an original oil painting on cardboard, realized in 2018 by the emerging artist Anastasia Kurakina.
Mixed colored tempera and oil painting on canvas
This beautiful...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Frans Wouters, Adoration of The Herders, Christmas Scene, Christ, Flemish School
Located in Greven, DE
Frans Wouters was a Flemish Baroque painter who mainly created smaller cabinet pieces.
He was initially apprenticed to Pieter van Avont in Antwerp, but then moved to Rubens‘ worksho...
Category
17th Century Baroque Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil
Pierrot. Surrealistic, Fantasy Oil Painting on Board, Polish art
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork depicts wide variety of fantastical creatures on a black background. Scene takes place at n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lady writing
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Wooden frame with glass pane
49.5 x 62 x 2 cm
Category
20th Century Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$1,032
Warsaw Krakowskie Przedmieście - Oil painting, Figurative, Landscape, Muted
By Magdalena Spasowicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
MAGDALENA SPASOWICZ Studied painting under prof. Jan Cybis and graphic arts with prof. Tadeusz Kulisiewicz at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She receive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of Alice Ritter by Ferdinand Fagerlin. Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ferdinand Fagerlin (1825-1907) Sweden
Portrait of Alice Ritter, The Artists Wife
oil on canvas
signed with monogram
painted 1862
canvas size 27.95...
Category
1860s Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,323 Sale Price
20% Off
The Couple - Paint by Giovanna Picciau - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
The couple is a work of art realized by Giovanna Picciau (1977, Turin) in 1987.
Oil on Canvas.
Cm. 90x100.
Very good conditions!
Category
1980s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,441 Sale Price
25% Off
Before Storm Vivid Landscape by Swedish Master 19th century
By Wilhelm von Gegerfelt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Attributed by Wilhelm von Gegerfelt (1844—1920). The disheveled crowns of the trees indicate to us the raging wind, and the evening sky in the background...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Cardboard
River landscape
By Marius Chambaz
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Wooden frame and gilded plaster
70 x 86 x 6 cm
Category
1930s Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self-portrait 11 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 98x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Self-portrait 11
2009, canvas, acrylic, 98x140 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Felt Pen
$6,533 Sale Price
20% Off
Two people - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art Minimalism, Vibrant
By Waleria Matelska
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Rise of the Sun in Provence - Original oil painting, Signed
By André Cottavoz
Located in Paris, IDF
André Cottavoz (1922-2012)
Rise of the Sun in Provence
Original oil painting
Signed in the right corner
On panel 24 x 41 cm (c. 10 x 16 inch)
Very g...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Urushadze - In Red
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Nina Urushadze is a Georgian artist born in 1983 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is graduated from Apollon Kutateladze at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
Category
2010s Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Norwegian Fjord, Karl Kaufmann, Neuplachowitz 1843 – 1905 Vienna, Austrian
Located in Knokke, BE
A Norwegian Fjord
Kaufmann Karl
Neuplachowitz 1843 – 1905 Vienna
Austrian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom right with pseudonym J. Holmstedt
Medium: Oi...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Head 083 Pop Art - ITALIAN SCHOOL AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Moschetta original artwork "Head 83.2022"
As an Antique sculpture, Dario Moschetta creates strength and movement in this artwork. Moreover, experimental technique brings an unique t...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$1,621 Sale Price
61% Off
Portrait of Berthe Thorwaldsen with bust of Horace Vernet - 1833
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Berthe Thorwaldsen with Bust of Horace Vernet is an original modern artwork realized by the Circle of Horace Vernet (30 June 1789 – 17 Januar...
Category
1830s Modern Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lively landscape along the Tiber, Italy
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden molded wooden frame
60 x 72.5 x 5.5 cm
Category
Early 19th Century Italian School Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of a hill slope across a stretch of water; A View from Keitele or Ruovesi
Located in Stockholm, SE
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Björneborg 1865–1931 Stockholm)
View of a hill slope across a stretch of water; A View from Keitele or Ruovesi
Signed and dated “AXEL GALLEN 1904”
Oil on can...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Distorted Green Portrait with Erased Inscription. "Currency #230"
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This circular green-toned portrait explores themes of exclusion, invisibility, and erasure within identity discourse. The facial features appear blurred, almost erased, dissolving into an ambiguous presence that resists clear representation. This visual distortion is mirrored by the inscription itself—scratched, overwritten, and rendered unreadable. The deliberate removal of legibility evokes the frustration of miscommunication and the social marginalization of those whose narratives remain silenced.
About the Series
Part of Natasha Lelenco’s Currencies...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Monet’s Dahlias by Lumi Mizutani - Landscape painting, Giverny, flowers, garden
By Lumi Mizutani
Located in Paris, FR
Monet’s Dahlias is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments and Indian ink on Japanese paper mounted on panel, dimensions are 31.8 ×...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Panel, Pigment
Large "View of Venice", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Karl Kaufmann
By Karl Kaufmann
Located in Madrid, ES
KARL KAUFMANN
Austrian, 1843 - 1901
VIEW OF VENICE
signed & dated "K. Kaufmann 1894" (lower right)
oil on canvas
38-3/4 x 56-1/8 inches (98 x 142 cm.)
framed: 41-1/2 x 59-1/4 inches ...
Category
1890s Naturalistic Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Festa galante nel parco. Scuola francese. Metà XVIII secolo
Located in Milan, IT
La scena raffigura una festa all’interno di un parco cintato da mura con varchi ad arco che si aprono sulla campagna, e ornato sulla destra con un’anfora su colonnina e al centro, dietro le figure, con una fontana zampillante, con statue di putti e conchiglie.
Due coppie di dame e gentiluomini riccamente vestiti si intrattengono galantemente, circondati dalla servitù; uno degli uomini sta suonando il violino, accovacciato davanti alla sua dama che, affiancata dalla damigella, segue la melodia sullo spartito retto dal moretto al suo fianco, mentre due musicanti accompagnano la suonata con il flauto e un mandolino; l’altra coppia, in atteggiamento di dialogo intimo, ascolta sulla sinistra, mentre sulla destra anche il cacciatore che rientra dalla caccia osserva la scena.
Nella scena spicca in particolare il ricco abito della dama al centro, caratterizzato dalle ampie pieghe posteriori ricadenti dalle spalle a creare un mantello. Tale abito corrisponde a quello che veniva chiamato “robe à la Watteau”, dal nome del pittore francese Antoine Watteau che per primo ritrasse signore indossanti questo modello.
Antoine Watteau (1684 -1721), pittore francese considerato uno dei più influenti esponenti francesi della pittura rococò, fu il precursore del genere pittorico delle scene galanti, genere sviluppatosi in Francia dalla fine del ‘600 e protrattosi per tutto il secolo successivo.
Le scene galanti si potevano considerare come la versione aristocratica della scene di genere: caratterizzate da musica, danze, piacevoli conversazioni fra dame e gentiluomini attorniati dalla servitù, tendevano a esaltare i costumi, gli abiti alla moda, gli ambienti della classe elevata, trasmettendo una sorta di distacco dai tempi e i luoghi reali, proiettando lo spettatore in una atmosfera quasi teatrale, fatta di gesti, sguardi, colori e luci da palcoscenico.
Peraltro Watteau, insieme ai cicli delle Fêtes galantes, si distinse anche per quelli ispirati al teatro, assorbendo la passione per le scene e i personaggi di tale ambiente da Claude Gillot...
Category
Mid-18th Century Other Art Style Continental Europe - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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