Old Masters Paintings
OLD MASTERS
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Style: Old Masters
Golden Age Sheep and Goat in a Landscape - Dutch 17thC Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
Abraham Begeyn, Dutch Golden Age painter and Prussian court painter painted this wonderful 17th century Old Master oil painting. Painted circa 1690 and signed lower right, the subjec...
Category
1690s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joseph interpreting Dreams - Italian Old Master 17thC religious art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely 17th century Old Master religious oil painting is from the Italian School. The subject is Joseph in prison interpreting the dreams of Pharoah's Baker and Butler. The bars...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Master Dutch Female Nude Arcadian Landscape - 19th century art oil painting
By (Attributed to) Isaac de Mucheron
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas which is attributed verso to Isaac Mucheron with figure by Vandveldt. The scene depicts a nude in an Arcadia classical landscape with ruins. Fresh colour an...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lady in Mob Cap - British Old Master 18th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming British Old Master Regency pastel portrait is attributed to John Russell RA. Painted circa 1790 the composition is a blonde woman in pretty mob cap with a blue ribbon. A really lovely image.
Provenance. Oxford estate.
Condition. Oil pastel on paper, 23 inches by 19 inches unframed and in good condition but has line in paper in middle.
Frame. Housed in a fine frame, 30 inches by 26 inches framed and in good condition.
John Russell RA (1745-1806) was an English painter renowned for his portrait work in oils and pastels, and as a writer and teacher of painting techniques. Russell was born in Guildford, Surrey, the son of John Russell Snr., book and print seller and five times mayor of the town; his father was something of an artist, and drew and published two views of Guildford. Russell was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and soon showed a strong inclination for art. He trained under Francis Cotes RA (of Cavendish Square, London), one of the pioneers of English pastel painting, and, like Cotes, was an admirer of the pastel drawings of Rosalba Carriera whose methods influenced his technique of "sweetening". At the age of 19 he converted to Methodism, which was the cause of tension with his family and with his teacher; he made no secret of his strong evangelical leanings and would attempt to preach and convert at every opportunity. Russell set up his own studio, in London, in 1767. He made the acquaintance of the notorious Dr. William Dodd, whose portrait he painted in 1768. He was introduced to Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, who unsuccessfully attempted to persuade him to give up painting and attend her Methodist ministers' training college at Trevecca in Wales. On 5 February 1770, he married Hannah Faden, daughter of a Charing Cross print and map seller...
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Boy Playing a Flute - 18th/19th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This interesting painting is a British Old Master late 18th century or early 19th century oil painting attributed to Thomas Barker of Bath. It is stylistically very similar to his ot...
Category
Early 1800s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Helena Fourment, Ruben's 2nd Wife - Flemish Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning Old Master 18th century portrait oil painting has previously been attributed to Sir Peter Paul Rubens. Indeed the sitter, Helena Fourment or Hélène Fourment (11 April 1614 – 15 July 1673) was the second wife of Baroque painter Rubens...
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Elegant Lady in a Red Silk Dress, Beautiful Antique Frame c.1720
By Jonathan Richardson the Elder
Located in London, GB
This beautiful portrait was painted circa 1725 and is a fine example of the English eighteenth century portrait style. The artist has chosen to depict the lady against a plain background wearing a simple red silk dress and transparent headdress hanging down the back. The sitter is not shown with jewellery or any other elements to distract the viewer’s attached, thus highlighting the beauty of the young sitter. This restrained manner achieves a sense of understated elegance.
The portrait genre was valued particularly highly in English society. Neither landscapes nor allegorical pictures were ever priced so highly at exhibitions and in the trade as depictions of people, from the highest aristocracy to scholars, writers, poets and statesmen. With the rich colouring and lyrical characterisation, these works are representative of the archetypal English portrait and is are very appealing examples of British portraiture...
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Attributed à H. Francken II, 17th c. Anwerp - The prodigal son among courtesans
Located in PARIS, FR
The Prodigal Son Among Courtesans
Attributed to Hieronymus Francken II (Antwerp 1578-1623)
Early 17th century Antwerp school
Oil on oak panel,
Dimensions: H. 52.5 cm (20.67 in), W. 74 cm (29.14 in)
Flemish-style moulded wood frame
Frame: h. 78 cm (h. 30.70 in.), w. 100 cm (39.37 in.)
At first glance, this festive and joyful painting depicts a group of elegantly dressed people dancing to the sound of an orchestra in a richly decorated interior with a wide opening onto a rural exterior. However, the real theme is cleverly concealed by the painter and is only discernible through the artifice of a small scene in the background where we see a half-naked man, in the company of the pigs next to a makeshift shelter.
In fact, beyond the pleasant and apparently superficial character of the painting, it is a subject taken from the parable of the prodigal son in the Gospel. The illustrated episode is the prodigal son among courtesans.
Even if the viewer's attention is drawn to the central couple (prodigal son embracing a pretty courtesan) doing the dance steps, the artist takes care in a narrative approach of all the groups and ancillary scenes in order to create a rich and varied composition. Thus the musicians seated on a raised platform are depicted with great skill, their faces animated, their clothes abundantly varied.
The theme of music, which has always been associated with that of sensuality and physical love, helps to exacerbate licentious pleasures.
The merry company dances "Spanish pavane", a slow court dance from the sixteenth century, danced close to the ground by couples arranged in a procession, which was probably introduced to the south of the Netherlands around 1600 during the governance of Albrecht VII and the daughter of the King of Spain Isabella Clara Eugenia in Brussels.
The interior of the house is also carefully elaborated, the embossed leather dyes on the walls, the middle sideboard (typical in Francken interiors), where the rich gold and silver crockery is placed in front of the painting "Andromeda chained to the rock and Perseus arriving to rescue her". The inclusion of a contemporary and probably extant pictorial work is also one of the characteristics of the Francken family, among them Frans Francken the Younger...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oak
Italian Landscape with Travellers - Dutch Golden Age 17thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Golden Age Old Master landscape oil painting is attributed to Jacob van der Croos. Painted circa 1670 it is an Italianate landscape with figures and their animals i...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Mrs James Hoste - British 18th century art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb large three quarter length British Old Master portrait in a landscape oil painting is attributed to circle of John Vanderbank the Younger. Painted circa 1738 the sitter is Mrs James Hoste of South Wootton and Sandringham, nee Hammond. She was the daughter of Anthony Hamond and Susan Walpole, daughter of Robert Walpole, and was sister to Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford. She married Major James Hoste of Sandringham, Norfolk, and they had two daughters. The sheen of her blue satin dress against her gold cloak is stunning. A really lovely 18th century portrait with excellent provenance.
Inscribed with sitter details lower left.
Provenance. By descent within the family of the sitter at West Acre High House, Norfolk;
Cheffins, Cambridge, 'West Acre High House' sale, 24 November 2010, Lot 519; Wood Hall, Arkesden, Essex.
Literature: 'Portraits in Norfolk Houses', Prince Duleep Singh, 1927, No. 36.
Sitter's details on two labels verso.
Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 50 inches by 40 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt frame, 58 inches by 48 inches framed and in good condition.
John Vanderbank (1694-1739) was an English portraitist and book illustrator, who enjoyed a high reputation for a short while during the reign of King George...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alexander The Great Le Brun Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master France
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antichità Castelbarco SRLS is proud to present:
Charles le Brun (Paris 1619 - 1690) Circle of
Alexander the Great seated on throne gives audience to satraps of the empire
Oil on canvas (90 x 142 cm. - In frame 114 x 168 cm.)
The composition depicts Alexander the Great, seated triumphant on his throne and aware of his own glory as he raises his sceptre high in the air as a sign of power, while giving an audience to the Persian governors of the conquered provinces, dressed in traditional ceremonial robes.
With the conquest of the Persian empire and the consequent subjugation of Darius III, Alexander had now marked his rise to ruler of the ancient world, and it became necessary to establish a court administration in which his state could be manifested and by which he could bring the authority of his sovereignty to his empire.
We see here Alexander, by now considered the King of Kings, receiving the Persian satraps of the provinces of the kingdom (the satrapies) in audience in his royal tent, displaying all the typical symbols of his power: the throne, the classical crown (tiara), the shirt, the red royal cloak...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Realist British painter - 19th century figure painting - Tavern interior
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (19th century) - Interior of a tavern.
58 x 76 cm without frame, 75 x 91 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame and gilded plaster (some b...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Grape Seller - Workshop of Jacob Ochtervelt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jacob Ochtervelt (Workshop)
The Grape Seller
oil on canvas
unframed: 80.7 x 61 cm.; 31 ¾ x 24 in.
framed: 109.5 x 89 cm.; 43 1/8 x 35 in.
Essay:
This captivating piece, originating from the studio of the revered Dutch artist Jacob Ochtervelt, mirrors the composition of a signed and dated 1669 canvas by Ochtervelt that is presently housed in the Hermitage museum. Its subject, "The Grape Seller" immerses us in a typical 17th-century interior, replete with characters from various strata of society.
At the center, a fruit vendor is depicted bending over to weigh grapes for the buyer. A child hands some of the grapes to her mother to taste, their attentive maid standing by. The backdrop showcases typical Ochtervelt details: a hint of the city visible through the doorway, light filtering in through an overhead window, and a playful dog at their side.
The exquisite quality of the piece is evident in the minutiae, such as the intricate detailing of the mother's earring, which in reality spans only a few millimeters yet boasts impressive attention to detail. Initially, Sotheby's considered this work to be an autograph piece by Ochtervelt. But due to some uncertainty, it was auctioned as Workshop of Jacob Ochtervelt. On the other hand, the esteemed Cabinet Turquin in Paris leans toward attributing the piece directly to Jacob Ochtervelt himself.
The painting is framed in an authentic period frame, which has been delicately restored by Stockholm's Förgyllning och Bildhuggeri. The frame retains its age-old patina and, while in used condition, has minor imperfections adding to its charm.
Another interesting thing worth to mention is the painting's provenance. It was once owned by the 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868-1940), the founder of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Continental Old Master oil after Murillo, fine gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18th/ 19th century Continental School, after Murillo
Title: Figures eating Grapes
Medium: signed oil painting on metal, framed.
Size:...
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19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Painting of Lady Mary Capel, Countess of Essex in a Yellow Dress c.1698
Located in London, GB
This portrait depicts an elegant, aristocratic women wearing a yellow silk dress with white chemise and a red mantle elegantly draped around her body. By tradition the portrait represents Mary Capel, Countess of Essex. Born Lady Mary Bentinck in 1679, she was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange (the future King of England) and his wife Anne Villiers (died 1688).
Lady Mary's maternal grandparents were Sir Edward Villiers and Lady Frances Howard...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HENRY FREDERICK LUCAS LUCAS, horse in stable, oil, 19th century
Located in York, GB
Beautiful oil on canvas, study of a horse in stable.Housed in a gilt frame
signed and dated 1886 lower right
The size being 60 x 44 cm. whilst overall 75 x 60 cm
Provenance:
The contents of a Cheshire Country House.
Presented in very good condition.
HENRY FREDERICK LUCAS LUCAS...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naval Battle Engagement at Sea Large Busy Battle Scene Many Ships, Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, early 20th century
signed
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 17 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, Eng;and
condition: good and sound condition, minor ...
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classical Still Life of Flowers in Urn on Stone Plinth Signed British Oil
By Robert Dumont-Smith
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers
by Robert Dumont-Smith, British 1908-1994
signed oil on copper, framed
inscribed verso
framed: 9 x 11 inches
board: 6.5 x 8.25 inches
provenance: priv...
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Mid-20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
16th c. Flemish school - Holy family - workshop Pieter Coecke Van Aelst
Located in PARIS, FR
Holy family with an angel, workshop Pieter Coecke Van Aelst (Alost, 1502 - Bruxelles, 1550)
Faithful to the traditions of the late Gothic and early Renaissance, our painting depicts ...
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16th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Mrs Harborough - British 18th century art portrait lady oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of noted portrait artist Enoch Seeman. Seeman came from Poland to England as a youngster with hi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Cavalry Military Battle Encampment Soldiers on Horseback French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Military Encampment
French Old Master, circa 1700
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 20 x 27 inches
canvas: 17.5 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very goo...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shipping in Calm Waters, 18th Century Dutch Oil on Wood Panel, Man o War
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shipping in Calm Waters
Dutch School, 18th century
oil painting on wood panel
panel: 10 x 12.75 inches
framed: 14 x 17 inches
condition: very good, minor evidenc...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Antique Italian painter - 18th century figure painting - Saint crucifix
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Saint with crucifix.
65 x 50 cm without frame, 78 x 64 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame.
Condition report: ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Maria Vittoria Queen of Portugal - Italian Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Italian Old Master portrait oil painting is by Domenico Maria Sani. Painted circa 1732 the sitter is of Maria Anna Vittoria (1718 - 1788), daughter of Philip V and Elisabetta Farnese, who in 1729 married Joseph prince of Brazil and king of Portugal...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Early 1800's Italian Oil Roman Buildings in Ancient Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, early 1800's
Title: Ancient Buildings in Italianate Landscape
Medium: oil painting on board, framed.
framed: 18.25 x 20.75 inches
canvas: 11 x 13.7...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Annunciation Garland Pendant - Flemish 17thC art religious floral oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb trompe l'oeil painting is in the circle and quality of the Antwerp Jesuit master Daniel Seghers. Painted circa 1650, the central cartouche, most probably the work of ano...
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1650s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wooded Landscape with Diana Hunting - 17thC Old Master French art oil painting
Located in London, GB
A original large French Old Master oil on canvas which is by Millet (1642-1679) and was painted circa 1675. This large canvas is in good clean condition and depicts a wooded landscap...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arcadian Italian Landscape - Old Master 17thC French oil painting herdsman sheep
By (Attributed to) Gaspard Dughet
Located in London, GB
A delicate oil on canvas landscape capriccio of an Arcadian landscape with figures and sheep and goats in the foreground. A stormy sky and blasted tree populate the landscape and the...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Travellers near Ruins in a Landscape - Dutch Old Master art figural oil painting
By Pieter Wouwerman
Located in London, GB
This lovely Dutch Old Master oil painting is attributed to artist Pieter Wouwerman. Painted circa 1660 it is figurative landscape with horseback travellers and their dogs in the foreground approaching ruins on their left. Beyond is a river snakes through the landscape, beneath the fading light of approaching dusk. There are some superb details making this an excellent Dutch Golden Age oil painting...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Traditional Dutch River Landscape with Old Town & Houses Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape in Holland (titled verso)
Dutch School, 20th century
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 42 inches
canvas: 24 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, Eng...
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Late 20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
San Francisco Javier
Located in Miami, FL
Colonial School, Mexico, XVIII Century
"San Francisco Javier"
Oil on canvas
18 x 14 in.
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Oil painting of horses - Mares and Foals in a Landscape
By Daniel Clowes
Located in London, GB
Daniel CLOWES (1774-1829) after George Stubbs
Mares and Foals in a Landscape
oil on canvas
29 x 33 inches, inc.frame
Daniel Clowes lived and worked in Chester all his life and ...
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19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Sagrada Familia
Located in Miami, FL
José de Páez (1727-1790)
Colonial Mexican painting from the 18th century. Conserved in excellent condition.
"La Sagrada Familia"
Oil on Copper
8 x 12 in
...
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Copper
Portrait of a Lady with Rose - British art Old Master portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming British early 19th century portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Sir William Etty and is masterfully portrayed with beautiful pre Impressionist impasto. Pain...
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19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - Old Master British early 19thC oil painting woman bonnet
Located in London, GB
A fantastic British oil painting which is unsigned and is circle of Thomas Lawrence. It depicts a portrait of a lady and dates to circa 1820. This is a super portrait painting which ...
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19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Two Topers in Deep Conversation
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Topers in Deep Conversation
Dutch School, mid 17th entury
circle of David Teniers (Dutch 1610-1690)
oil on canvas
canvas: 8 x 7 inches
provenance: private collection, France
conditio...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Floral Arrangement in a Glass Vase - Dutch Old Master still life oil painting
By Simon Pietersz Verelst (circle)
Located in London, GB
This stunning 18th century Dutch Old Master Golden Age floral oil painting is attributed to a circle of Simon Pietersz Verelst. Painted circa 1720 it is a still life floral of a mixe...
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1720s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Putti Playing - French 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning French 17th century Old Master oil painting is by Baroque artist Laurent de la Hyre. It was painted circa 1645 and has excellent provenance from Christie's. The painti...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique oil painting, Boy Fleaing a Dog, Gerard ter Borch, Dutch golden age
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Gerard ter Borch (II) (1617-1681), copy after, around 1700
'Boy Fleaing a Dog'
Oil on canvas
Professionally restored (cleaned and relined)
In modern frame in 17th century style
Dimensions excl. frame: 33 x 27,5 cm.
Dimensions incl. frame: approx. 50 x 45,5 cm.
Depcited is a boy busy fleaing a dog. The boy sits on a chair with the dog on his lap. On a table on the right there is a book and a pen. On a wooden bench lies the boy's hat.
What is unique about this painting by Ter Borch, is the relationship that is depicted between human and animal. Mostly animals like dogs where depicted as an attribute in paintings in the 17th century, and sometimes used to symbolize certain character traits. This boy is lovingly caring for his dog, which he is giving his full attention.
Another interesting detail is that Ter Borch's brother Moses, was probably the model for this painting. Ter borch often used family members as models for his paintings. Moses was also a very talented painter and draughtsman.
Several copies of this work by Ter Borch are known. One of these copies is in the collection of the Dutch Rijksmuseum (Image included in the image gallery (last image)).
The original painting is in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek museum in Munich, Germany.
Gerard ter Borch, also known as Gerard Terburg, was a Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still Life Arrangement - Dutch Old Master 17thC art oil painting fruit butterfly
By Leendert de Laeff
Located in London, GB
A fine Dutch still life Old Master by Leendert de Laeff which is signed and dated 1664. This oil on canvas on panel depicts a still life of fruit with insects and butterflies. A supe...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Friendship
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Friendship" is a visually captivating artwork that immediately evokes a sense of warmth and connection. The piece is created using oil and acrylic on canvas and portrays two figures...
Category
1990s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Huge 18th Century Oil Painting Classical Landscape Ancient Castle with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Classical Landscape
English School, 18th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 34.5 x 36.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Figure Fame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Fame'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inches
cond...
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper
17thC Spanish Colonial School Frame with orig. Painting St. Joseph Jesus Child
Located in Meinisberg, CH
17th Century Spanish Colonial School (Likely to be School of Cuzco in Peru) - St. Joseph with the Christ Child carrying a basket, housed in its original carved, hardwood frame.
• Painted in oil on canvas (laid on to fiberboard), ca.58 x 48 cm
• Original frame, ca. 64 x 54 cm
• Visible image ca. 52.5 x 42.5 cm
Centuries ago this religious painting, depicting St. Joseph with his flowering staff and the Christ Child carrying a basket, was originally displayed in a church or chapel in 17th Century colonial...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Arrival of the Storm, a painting by the school of Claude-Joseph Vernet
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in PARIS, FR
During his stay in Italy from 1734 to 1752, Joseph Vernet made several trips to Naples between 1737 and 1746, where he painted numerous maritime scenes. The pre...
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1770s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Young Prince, 19th c., by Mystery Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Artist
Untitled (Young Prince), c. 1800-1900
Oil on canvas
16 x 13 in.
Framed: 23 x 19 1/2 x 2 in.
Category
19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Spanish Old Master style Oil Painting Ornate Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Studio of Miguel Canals, Spanish 1925-1995
Still life painting with flowers in a vase
oil painting on canvas, framed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 23 x...
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20th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Garden Landscape De Moucheron Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Old master Italy
By Isaac de Moucheron (Amsterdam 1667 - 1744)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Flemish painter active in Rome in the 17th-18th centuries
Circle of Isaac de Moucheron (Amsterdam 1667 - 1744)
Italian garden with water features in a villa
Oil on canvas (49 x 65 c...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady with White Gloves - British 18thC art Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to noted portrait artist Thomas Hudson. Hudson was most prolific between 1740 and 1760 and, from 174...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Anunciación
Located in Miami, FL
Anonymous Artist
"La Anunciación" from the 18th Century.
Oil on Copper
21.5 x 15.7 inches
Perfect Condition
It represents the moment when Mary accepts the divine designs transmitted by the archangel Saint...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Copper
Portrait Soldier Armour Lombard Painter 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lombard painter of the 17th century
Portrait of a Man in Armour
Oil on canvas
81 x 71 cm. - In frame 94 x 82 cm.
A handsome gentleman in armour, immortalised in an authoritative an...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Interior St. Salvator church Brugge, J.V. Génissson, Oil paint/canvas
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
Belgium, 1805 – 1860
Victor-Jules Génissson was born in Sint-Omer (Belgium) on February 24, 1805.
He was the son of Jules and Julie Paulmier. And married Reine Marie Van Bree in 183...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Garland of Flowers - Flemish 18thC art Old Master floral oil painting
By Pieter Casteels III
Located in London, GB
This superb 18th century Old Master floral still life oil painting is attributed to Flemish artist Pieter Casteels III. Painted circa 1730 it is a garland or swag of flowers, somethi...
Category
1730s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Elegant Lady in a Blue Silk Dress, Beautiful Antique Frame c.1720
By Jonathan Richardson the Elder
Located in London, GB
This beautiful portrait was painted circa 1725 and is a fine example of the English eighteenth century portrait style. The artist has chosen to depict the lady in a simple blue silk dress and without jewelry or a background, thus allowing the viewer to concentrate solely on the beauty of the sitter. The effect of this restrained manner creates a sense of understated elegance.
The portrait genre was valued particularly highly in English society. Neither landscapes nor allegorical pictures were ever priced so highly at exhibitions and in the trade as depictions of people, from the highest aristocracy to scholars, writers, poets and statesmen. With the rich colouring and lyrical characterisation, these works are representative of the archetypal English portrait and is are very appealing examples of British portraiture...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Table Top Still Life with Birds, Fruit and Walnuts - Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This simply stunning German 18th century Old Master oil painting is by noted artist C.L. Braun, signed lower right on the table edge. It was painted circa 1780 and has the look of a...
Category
1780s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
After Hendrick MOMMERS (1623-1693) Haarlem Vegetable Market c1750
Located in Holywell, GB
After Hendrick MOMMERS (1623-1693) Haarlem Vegetable Market c1750
An early copy c1750, of an entertaining Dutch vegetable market scene in an Italianate landscape. The original was p...
Category
1750s Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Follower of Enoch Seeman the Younger
German, (1694-1744)
Portrait of Gilbert Sympkin
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29.25 inches x 24.5 inches
Size including frame: 38 inches x 33.25 inches
A fine three quarter length portrait of a gentleman traditionally identified as Gilbert Simpkin (Sympkin), follower of Enoch Seeman the younger, C1720. The portrait is set in a feigned sculptured oval cartouche, a device used to give a sense of depth. The sitter is depicted wearing a fashionable blue jacket and matching waistcoat with a white chemise and lace jabot. He wears a powdered wig in the fashionable style of the day and is posed holding his hat under his left arm with the fingers of his right hand stretched out. At court, long fingers signified wealth, culture and intelligence. The painting has clearly been executed by an artist of great ability who has been influenced by Enoch Seeman the younger.
Gilbert Simpkin (Sympkin) was born in London on 24 August 1683, the son of John Simpkin and Susannah Butler. His grandfather was also called Gilbert Simpkin. He entered Oxford University in 1700 where he studied at St John’s College. In 1702, he became a student of Middle Temple, which at the time was one of the world’s most important centres of legal education. He later settled in Plymouth and then Bristol. He died in Bristol on 15 May, 1744 and was buried at Bristol Cathedral. He remained unmarried and the portrait may well have been commissioned to commemorate when he was first Called to the Bar or perhaps had established his own practice.
Enoch Seeman or Seemann the younger was born in Danzig, Germany now Gdansk, Poland in 1694. His father was Enoch Seeman Senior, an artist of Flemish origin and his brothers Isaac, Noah and Abraham also became artists. He came to London with his father and brothers around 1704 and established himself as a portrait artist. From 1717 he became painter to the Royal court painting...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Lady with Garland of Flowers - British 17thC Old Master oil painting
By Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
This charming 17th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Swedish born Michael Dahl who lived and work in England for most of his life. Painted circa...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
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