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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Military Encampment Soldiers on Horseback Dusk Landscape 1700's Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Military Encampment
Circle of Carel van Falens (1683-1733, Flemish)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 8 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and so...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century European oil, Christ and his disciples seated around a table.
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century European oil, Christ and is disciples seated around a table.
An interesting and very unique painting.
Possibly a fragment originally from a piece of furniture.
The s...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Circle of Jean Honore Fragonard (1732–1806) A Painting of Three Putti and Fire
Located in New York, NY
Circle of Jean Honore Fragonard (French 1732–1806) An Exceptional Painting of Three Putti and Fire, circa 1795.
Masterfully painted in the late ...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
18th century Portrait of a young girl, Miss Cator in a landscape, white dress
By John Russell
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait of a young British Girl, in her white dress with Pink Sash.
Choosing to acquire an 18th-century portrait of a young girl by English artist John Russell is an opportunity to...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 18th Century British Oil Painting Figures by Blacksmiths Forge Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Blacksmiths Forge
British artist, late 18th century
Circle of Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817)
oil on board, unframed
board: 11 x 14.5 inches
provenance: private collection, En...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
OIL PAINTING FRENCH By ? Beautiful lady of Nobility in a Gold Neoclassical Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING By ? Beautiful lady of Nobility in a Neoclassical Frame
FINE Portrait OIL PAINTING Old Master Early 19th Century
French artist
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Oil
Jesus with the ball of the world and the saints
Located in MADRID, ES
Peruvian 18 century
Spanish colonial
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
The Mediterranean girl II
Located in Sempach, LU
In this oil painting, I've poured my soul into capturing the timeless grace of a moment steeped in sunlight and shadows. Her gaze, a silent conversation with the viewer, is filled wi...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique British Oil Painting Portrait of William Shakespeare Fine Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of William Shakespeare
British artist, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound con...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 17th century religious family painting - Mary with Christ and Anna
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Old Master painting depicting the Infant Christ with Mary and St. Anne attributed to Nicolas de Liemaker
The artist of the present work wonderfully captured the loving gaze of Maria, looking in awe at her child. One can sense the tenderness and love in her eyes. The eyes of Christ appears to be filled with wisdom and love and a finely painted aura crowns his and his mother's heads. St. Anne, Mary's mother, gently holds the infant whilst gazing adoringly at him. The painting is not only a beautiful depiction of Christ and his mother and grandmother, but also a sweet image of the tender bond between a mother's and their children. The vibrant and soft colours of the fabric create a soft cocoon around the figures and seem to further emphasis the beauty and importance of the depicted scenery and its protagonists.
Nicolaas de Liemaecker (also spelled as Liemaker or Liemackere) was a Flemish painter born in Ghent in 1601. He was also known under the name Nicolaas Roose. His father was Jacobus de Liemaecker, a painter upon glass. Nicolaas is reported to have been trained by his father and Gaspard de Crayer II (1), an apprenticeship with Otto Van Veen has also been suggested. In 1624 he worked at the Court of the Bishop of Paderborn and for Ferdinand of Bavaria. He later returned to his native city, where he focused on religious and historical paintings. He was a very accomplished and celebrated artist who attained a high rank in his profession. He witnessed the baptisms of Pieter and Janne-Marie Van Hulle...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 18th Century Italian Oil Painting Venice Canal Many Buildings & Figures
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Venetian Canal
Italian artist, 18th century
circle of Francesco Guardi (Italian 1712-1793)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23.5 x 32.5 inches
canvas: 20 x 29.5 inches
provenance: p...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madonna and child, Italian school, 18th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Italian School, 18th century
Depicted are the Madonna and Child Jesus, the virgin Mary is holding the Child Jesus lovingly in her arms. The child, lying on a bundle of cloth and with...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HUGE OLD MASTER LATE 18th CENTURY CIRCLE of SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS OIL PAINTING
Located in Ferndown, GB
HUGE OLD MASTER LATE 18th CENTURY CIRCLE of SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS OIL PAINTING
Fine OIL PAINTING Old Master 18th Century R.A artist in a Large
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Flemish old master painting - Adoration of the Shepherds Christmas
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish Old master painting "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Victor Wolfvoet the Younger
Surrounded by an elegant and broad black frame, i...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Large Flemish Painting Dutch School 18Th View Of Village Characters And Animals
Located in Roma, IT
an important and large painting 220x208 cm of a dutch village with building characters and animals. The painting present a group of
farmers in a convi...
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Flemish School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto religioso manierista emiliano raffigurante Santa Caterina, XVI secolo
Located in Florence, IT
The painting, of which the subject is Saint Catherine from Alexandria with the breaking wheel used for her martyrdom, can be attributed to the mannerist artist of Emilia Romagna region Luca Longhi...
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Mannerist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th century Portrait of Anna Maria de Camiudo - Royal Court 1630 Spain
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century old master Portrait painting of Anna Maria De Camiudo
Anna Maria de Camiudo was a Spanish noblewoman and daughter of Don Pedro Velasques de Camiudo and Dona Maria de l...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Oil Painting Figures by Shipping Harbour Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Trading Port
Italian artist, circa 1720's period
circle of Michele Marieschi (Italian 1696-1744)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, UK...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century oil on canvas painting 'Ectasy of Saint Cecilia'
Located in Oostende, BE
This unique painting is called 'Ectasi of Saint Cecilia' and was painted by the Italian painter Bartolomeo Guidobono, nickname The Savona Priest (1654-1709)
Work of great pictorial ...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large 1700's Italian Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait of a Clerical Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Clerical Gentleman
Italian artist, mid 18th century
Circle of Giovanni Battista Carboni (1725-1790)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 22 inches
provenance: private c...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tavern scene with drunken peasants enjoying dancing and drinking, after Teniers
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Charming tavern scene depicting drunken peasants enjoying dancing and drinking in front a farmhouse/ tavern in a landscape. Painted in great detail in vivid colors on a hand cut oak ...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Abduction of the Sabine Women , a Renaissance drawing by Biagio Pupini
Located in PARIS, FR
This vigorous drawing has long been attributed to Polidoro da Caravaggio: The Abduction of the Sabine Women is one of the scenes that Polidoro depicted between 1525 and 1527 on the façade of the Milesi Palazzo in Rome. However, the proximity to another drawing inspired by this same façade, kept at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and to other drawings inspired by Polidoro kept at the Musée du Louvre, leads us to propose an attribution to Biagio Pupini, a Bolognese artist whose life remains barely known, despite the abundant number of drawings attributed to him.
1. Biagio Pupini, a Bolognese artist in the light of the Roman Renaissance
The early life of Biagio Pupini, an important figure of the first half of the Cinquecento in Bologna - Vasari mentions him several times - is still poorly known. Neither his date of birth (probably around 1490-1495) nor his training are known. He is said to have been a pupil of Francesco Francia (1450 - 1517) and his name appears for the first time in 1511 in a contract with the painter Bagnacavallo (c. 1484 - 1542) for the frescoes of a church in Faenza. He then collaborated with Girolamo da Carpi, at San Michele in Bosco and at the villa of Belriguardo.
He must have gone to Rome for the first time with Bagnacavallo between 1511 and 1519. There he discovered the art of Raphael, with whom he might have worked, and that of Polidoro da Caravaggio. This first visit, and those that followed, were the occasion for an intense study of ancient and modern art, as illustrated by his abundant graphic production.
Polidoro da Caravaggio had a particular influence on the technique adopted by Pupini. Executed on coloured paper, his drawings generally combine pen, brown ink and wash with abundant highlights of white gouache, as in the drawing presented here.
2. The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Our drawing is an adaptation of a fresco painted between 1525 and 1527 by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the façade of the Milesi Palace in Rome. These painted façades were very famous from the moment they were painted and inspired many artists during their stay in Rome. These frescoes are now very deteriorated and difficult to see, as the palace is in a rather narrow street.
The episode of the abduction of the Sabine women (which appears in the centre of the photo above) is a historical theme that goes back to the origins of Rome and is recounted both by Titus Livius (Ab Urbe condita I,13), by Ovid (Fasti III, 199-228) and by Plutarch (II, Romulus 14-19). After killing his twin brother Romus, Romulus populates the city of Rome by opening it up to refugees and brigands and finds himself with an excess of men. Because of their reputation, none of the inhabitants of the neighbouring cities want to give them their daughters in marriage. The Romans then decide to invite their Sabine neighbours to a great feast during which they slaughter the Sabines and kidnap their daughters.
The engraving made by Giovanni Battista Gallestruzzi (1618 - 1677) around 1656-1658 gives us a good understanding of the Polidoro fresco, allowing us to see how Biagio Pupini reworked the scene to extract this dynamic group.
With a remarkable economy of means, Biagio Pupini takes over the left-hand side of the fresco and depicts in a very dense space two main groups, each consisting of a Roman and a Sabine, completed by a group of three soldiers in the background (which seems to differ quite significantly from Polidoro's composition).
The balance of the drawing is based on a very strongly structured composition. The drawing is organised around a median vertical axis, which runs along both the elbow of the kidnapped Sabine on the left and the foot of her captor, and the two main diagonals, reinforced by four secondary diagonals. This diamond-shaped structure creates an extremely dynamic space, in which centripetal movements (the legs of the Sabine on the right, the arm of the soldier on the back at the top right) and centrifugal movements (the arm of the kidnapper on the left and the legs of the Sabine he is carrying away, the arm of the Sabine on the right) oppose each other, giving the drawing the appearance of a whirlpool around a central point of support situated slightly to the left of the navel of the kidnapper on the right.
3. Polidoro da Caravaggio, and the decorations of Roman palaces
Polidoro da Caravaggio was a paradoxical artist who entered Raphael's (1483 - 1520) workshop at a very young age, when he oversaw the Lodges in the Vatican. Most of his Roman work, which was the peak of his career, has disappeared, as he specialised in facade painting, and yet these paintings, which are eminently visible in urban spaces, have influenced generations of artists who copied them abundantly during their visits to Rome.
Polidoro Caldara was born in Caravaggio around 1495-1500 (the birthplace of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, who was born there in 1571), some forty kilometres east of Milan. According to Vasari, he arrived as a mason on the Vatican's construction site and joined Raphael's workshop around 1517 (at the age of eighteen according to Vasari). This integration would have allowed Polidoro to work not only on the frescoes of the Lodges, but also on some of the frescoes of the Chambers, as well as on the flat of Cardinal Bibiena in the Vatican.
After Raphael's death in 1520, Polidoro worked first with Perin del Vaga before joining forces with Maturino of Florence (1490 - 1528), whom he had also known in Raphael's workshop. Together they specialised in the painting of palace façades. They were to produce some forty façades decorated with grisaille paintings imitating antique bas-reliefs.
The Sack of Rome in 1527, during which his friend Maturino was killed, led Polidoro to flee first to Naples (where he had already stayed in 1523), then to Messina. It was while he was preparing his return to the peninsula that he was murdered by one of his assistants, Tonno Calabrese, in 1543.
In his Vite, Vasari celebrated Polidoro as the greatest façade decorator of his time, noting that "there is no flat, palace, garden or villa in Rome that does not contain a work by Polidoro". Polidoro's facade decorations, most of which have disappeared as they were displayed in the open air, constitute the most important lost chapter of Roman art of the Cinquecento. The few surviving drawings of the painter can, however, give an idea of the original appearance of his murals and show that he was an artist of remarkable and highly original genius.
4. The façade of the Milesi Palace
Giovanni Antonio Milesi, who commissioned this palace, located not far from the Tiber, north of Piazza Navona, was a native of the Bergamo area, like Polidoro, with whom he maintained close friendly ties. Executed in the last years before the Sack of Rome, around 1526-1527, the decoration of Palazzo Milesi is considered Polidoro's greatest decorative success.
An engraving by Ernesto Maccari made at the end of the nineteenth century allows us to understand the general balance of this façade, which was still well preserved at the time. The frescoes were not entirely monochrome, but alternated elements in chiaroscuro simulating marble bas-reliefs and those in ochre simulating bronze and gold vases...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Quattro Virtù Cardinali tempera su tela, arte manierista toscana del XVI secolo
By Cristofano Rustici
Located in Florence, IT
Cristofano Rustici called il Rusticone was an artist active in Siena between the 16th and 17th century, son of Lorenzo Brazzi called il Rustico (Siena 1521-1572). Even if his artistic training started in the family workshop, he was mostly very influenced by the Flemish artist Bernhard van Rantwijk, who was also living in the Tuscan town at the same time.
The subject of the four paintings are the Cardinal Virtues...
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Mannerist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Canvas
18th Century Allegory Giandomenico Cignaroli Apollo Oil on Canvas Blue White
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas measuring 68 x 92 cm without frame and 88 x 112 cm with frame depicting the allegory of the liberal arts with geometry, geography and mathematics with Apollo a...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pastel Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful 18th century French oval pastel on paper of a young woman, unsigned, and housed under glass in its original giltwood foliate gessoed frame. Some frame gesso repairs and t...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
18th Century English Marine Oil Painting on Wood Panel Fishing Boats Stormy Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stormy Seas
English School, 18th century
oil on thick wood panel, unframed
panel: 25 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, East Anglia, England
condition: very good and sound c...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Witch of Endor - Oil Paint - End of 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Witch of Endor conjures up the specter of Samuel in front of King Saul is an old master artwork realized by a follower of Georg Andreas Wolfgang I between 18th and 19th century.
...
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Modern 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Allegory Giandomenico Cignaroli Liberal Arts Oil on Canvas Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas measuring 68 x 92 cm without frame and 88 x 112 cm with frame depicting the allegory of the liberal arts painting, sculpture and music on one side with Minerva...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John Hervey Portrait on occasion of receiving the Title 1st Earl of Bristol
By (Circle of) Godfrey Kneller
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).
Early 18th-century near-life-size portrait of a noble man richly dressed in a long wig.
Circle of the German-British cour...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Mythological Scene, Early 1700s, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting, attributed to the circle of Charles Antoine Coypel, presents a mythological scene. Though the artist remains unknown, the work clearly echoes the style of th...
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French School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Panel painting Annunciation 16th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Board. Central-Italian school of the second half of the 1500s.
The sacred scene of the Annunciation sees the two protagonist figures placed in the foreground in an interior th...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto con Il Giudizio di Paride, Attribuito a Domenico Lupini 1500s 1600s
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
Il modello deriva da un'incisione di Marcantonio Raimondi su disegno di Raffaello, appositamente realizzato per l'opera grafica, e derivato da un dipinto posto nella Stanza della Segnatura (1513-1515) nei Musei Vaticani. Questo modello fu ripreso e variato successivamente sia in opere dipinte che in altre incisioni, in particolare in quella di Raphael Sadeler del 1589, attualmente presso il gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe dell'Accademia Carrara di Bergamo: il dipinto qui proposto difatti mostra le stesse modifiche apportate rispetto all'originale raffaellesco.
Al centro della scena mitologica immersa in un paesaggio naturale, si trovano le tre dee che si contendevano il titolo di più bella: Giunone con il pavone...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Matchmaker, oil on canvas by Jan Baptist Lambrechts
By Jan Baptist Lambrechts
Located in Gent, VOV
Jan Baptist LAMBRECHTS (Antwerp, 1680 - after 1731), L'entremetteuse Canvas. On verso, wax stamp. 40 x 31 cm Expert : M. René MILLET
Lambrechts was born in Antwerp in 1680. His fathe...
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18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Oval Shape Figures in Tavern Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tavern Interior
Dutch School, 17th century
oil on metal, framed
framed: 8 x 6.75 inches
painting: 6 x 4.25 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condit...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Flemish Old Master - A young boy enjoying a pie, allegory of taste
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Flemish old master painting, Allegory of taste
The very fine painting depicts a young boy, cheekily tasting a delicious pie. He's looking at the viewer with eyes twinkl...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pietro Della Vecchia (Venetian Master) - 17th century figure painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Pietro Muttoni, known as Della Vecchia (Venice 1603 - Vicenza 1678) - The kiss.
21.5 x 36.5 cm without frame, 30.5 x 45.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, in a wooden f...
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Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
17th Century Myth of Diana and Ataeon Francesco Solimena Oil on Canvas Blu Red
By Francesco Solimena
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas depicting the myth of Diana and Actaeon measuring 110 x 130 without frame and 120 x 140 with frame by the painter Francesco Solimena.
According to the myth, d...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century French School, Saint John the Baptist, oil on copper
Located in Paris, FR
17th Century French School
Saint John the Baptist in a landscape
oil on copper
17 x 11.5 cm
In good condition except very small loss of painting in the lower left part
In a modern f...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Large 18' Century French Oil Paintings after Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing works of the genre scene, dates to the late 18th century. After the famous French artist Francois Boucher, who was the court painter to King Louis XV.
It is in its origina...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th century Old Master painting - Allegory of Justice - truth demons skeleton
Located in Antwerp, BE
Late 17th, early 18th century old master oil painting depicting an allegory of Lady Justice holding demons at bay
Our painting, likely a sketch for a much larger work,, conveys a pr...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Clelia crosses the Tiber' Domenico Lupini attributed to, XVth century
Located in Milan, IT
The painting represents Clelia crossing the Tiber. Clelia was a Roman heroine, who was given as a hostage, together with other girls, to the Etruscan king Porsenna during the peace n...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17 Century Holy Family Francesco Nuvolone Holy Family Oil on Canvas White
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on canvas measuring 102 x 120 cm without frame and 110 x 128 cm depicting a Holy Family by the painter Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (Milan 1609 - 1702).
A member of the dyn...
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Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique battle painter - 17th century figure painting Battle Knight
By Jacques Courtois
Located in Varmo, IT
Jacques Courtois, known as il Borgognone (Saint-Hyppolite 1621 - Rome 1676) circle of - Battaglia.
53 x 80 cm without frame, 73.5 x 97.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canv...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dipinto Sacra Famiglia con Sant'Anna
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
Il dipinto deriva dall' opera di Rubens (1577 -1640) conservata al Museo del Prado a Madrid, riprodotta in controparte in incisione da Paulus Pontius (1603 -1658), com...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early XVI century. The Agony in the Garden. Southern German school.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Agony in the Garden. (Christ on the Mount of Olives).
Technique: Oil on Panel, 4 wooden boards, not parqueted.
Dim. with frame: 78cm x 67cm
Dim. without frame: 52 x 62 cm
Germa...
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Northern Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood, Board
18th Century English Sporting Art Oil Painting Hunting Scene Riders & Horses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Fox Hunting Scene
English School, 18th century
oil painting on metal, framed
painting size: 15.75 x 19.75 inches
framed: 22 x 26 inches
condition: very good and presentable
p...
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English School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian painter - 18th century landscape painting figures- Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Landscape with shepherds at rest.
44 x 61 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good condition of the...
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Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto Crocifissione con i Santi Paolo, Maddalena e Bartolomeo XVII-XVIII sec
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
Tradizionale raffigurazione del Crocifisso, attorniato dai Santi legati al culto del committente.
In questo caso si hanno la Maddalena, abbracciata al palo della Croc...
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Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Portrait, Major Alexander Brown in Military Uniform
By Sir David Wilkie
Located in Cotignac, FR
18th Century Military portrait of a young officer in Napoleonic period military dress. The painting is not signed but the subject is Major Alexander Brown. The work is oil on canvas later mounted on board and presented in a fine 'Regence style' carved gilt frame. There are labels to the back referring to the subject, 'Major Brown of Trinity' and a framers trade label from Edinburgh.
A magnificent and imposing portrait of a young military officer in the prime of his life. His red uniform adorned with fine buttons, fringed epaulettes and high gilt collar. His ruddy complexion offset by his stylish hair, a quiff and swept forward to the sides as was the fashion at the time.
Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. He was sometimes known as the "people's painter".
He was Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV and Queen Victoria. Apart from royal portraits, his best-known painting today is probably The Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch of 1822 in Apsley House.
Sir David Wilkie was actually admitted in 1799 (despite only being 14) through the influence of the Earl of Leven...
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Realist 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Large 17th century Portrait of a noble lady - Castle Caufeild - Godfrey Kneller
Located in Antwerp, BE
17th century Portrait of a lady, possibly from the Caulfeild family, seated in a luxurious landscape holding a basket of flowers
The sitter is looking sweetly at the spectator, whil...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian painter - 18th-19th century figure painting - Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Bolognese painter (18th-19th century) - Maddalena.
70 x 50 cm without frame, 89 x 69 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
18th Oil Painting Horses Feeding at the Stables
Located in London, GB
James Seymour (1702–1752)
Feeding Time in the Stables
Oil on canvas
32 x 38 inches inc. frame
Provenance: Private Collection, Lambourn
James Seymour (1702–1752) was an English painter, widely recognized for his equestrian art.
Seymour was born in London. His father was an amateur artist and art dealer, whose other business dealings (as a banker, goldsmith, and diamond merchant) afforded young Seymour the leisure time to study art on his own, either his father's or the art at the Virtuosi Club of St. Luke - a gentleman's club his father belonged to, specializing in art. In a short time the boy was a self-taught artist, familiar with many of the prominent artists of the period.
Seymour's love of art was matched only by his love of horses. He began spending time at racetracks early on, and before long found himself absorbed in the sport - drawing, painting, owning, breeding, and racing horses. His art proved popular among the prominent sporting families of the day, eventually garnering Seymour patrons in Sir William Jolliffe and Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Adoration of the Shepherds, attributed to Louis de Caullery, early 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Adoration of the Shepherds
Attributed to Louis de Caullery (1580-1622)
17th century Antwerp School, circa 1620
Oil on copper: h. 54 cm (21.26 in.), w. 72 cm (28.35 in)
A 17th century...
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Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Huge 18th Century French Rococo Old Master Oil Allegorical Nude Winged Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Allegorical Winged Nude Lady, adorned with the attributes of Spring
French School, 18th century (Rococo period)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 52 inches
provenance...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting on Wood Panel Biblical Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Biblical Figures, Large Gathering around Christ?
Dutch Old Master, early 17th century
oil painting on wood panel, stuck on velvet backing board
velvet board: 27 x 29 inches
board: 25.5 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition, obvious old panel...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
17th Century By Cerrini Virgin with the Child and angels Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original canvas.
Beautiful ancient frame in carved, sculpted, gilded wood.
The painter illustrates the famous iconography of "The Virgin with the Child and Angels". We can have a lo...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Villagers in a Landscape - Flemish 17thC art figurative landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This fantastic Flemish 17th century Old Master oil painting is by Thomas Van Apshoven. It was painted circa 1650 and depicts a village with figures outside a tavern, eating, drinking and dancing. Beyond are more dwellings, villagers and animals, all under a blue summer's sky. The detail, brushwork and vibrant colouring are superb. This is an excellent example of Apshoven's work and a typical subject he loved to paint.
Provenance. Leominster estate.
Wax stamp verso.
Condition. Oil on panel, 22 inches by 17 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed In beautiful gilt frame, 30 inches by 25 inches and in good condition.
Thomas van Apshoven (1622– 1664) was a Flemish painter known for his landscapes with peasant scenes and genre scenes in interiors. His genre scenes depict village festivals, the interiors of taverns, village scenes or landscapes with peasants engaged in various activities, singeries, guardroom scenes and laboratories of alchemists. Some still lifes have also been attributed to him. His themes and style are close to that of David Teniers the Younger. He was born on 30 November 1622 in Antwerp as the eldest son of Ferdinand van Apshoven the Elder and Leonora Wijns. His father was a painter who had studied with Adam van Noort and had become a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1596. No paintings by his father are known. His younger brother Ferdinand van Apshoven the Younger became also a successful painter. Thomas studied under his father. Some sources state that he became a pupil of the prominent genre painter David Teniers the Younger. It is more likely, however, that he was an imitator of Teniers. He was registered as a 'wijnmeester' [son of a master] in the Guild of St. Luke of Antwerp in the guild year 1645–1646. He married Barbara Janssens on 22 March 1645. The couple had four children. The godfathers of the children included the painters Victor Wolfvoet...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century By Guidotti aka Cavalier Borghese Salomé and the Baptist Oil/canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original canvas.
Frame in sculpted, carved, gilded wood
Publications:
- M. Pulini, in La croce, la testa, il piatto. Storie di San Giovanni Battista, Cesena, Galleria Comunale d...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil