Old Masters Art
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
Christ on the Cold Stone – After Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This striking devotional image, painted by a follower of Jan Gossaert, represents one of the most influential compositions of the Northern Renaissance: Christ on the Cold Stone, or C...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Cradled Panel Portrait of Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Noble Lady
Dutch Old Master, 17th century
oil painting on cradled panel, framed in 17th/ 18th century frame
framed: 16.5 x 14.5 inches
panel: 12 x 10 inches
Pro...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Cradled Panel Portrait of Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
Dutch Old Master, 17th century
oil painting on cradled panel, framed in 17th/ 18th century frame
framed: 16.5 x 14.5 inches
panel: 12 x 10 inches
Provenanc...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Oil Painting Travellers before Waterfall
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Travellers admiring the Waterfall
Italian School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 11.75 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very good condition with a...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th century French Old Master Portrait of a woman in oriental costume
Located in Aartselaar, BE
French 18th century old master portrait of a majestic lady dressed "à la Turque"
The sitter at the viewer with a kind and enigmatic smile and twinkling eyes. She looks elegant and kind, yet also has an intelligent and determined aura, reflecting the character of someone who is in charge of her own life and destiny.
De Silvestre paid great attention to her spectacular outfit, which is striking in its portrayal of the sumptuous fabrics and their decorative richness. She is wearing a luxurious royal blue robe à la...
Category
1740s Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gentleman gearing up for a hunt with his dog - 17th century Flemish Old Master
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Fine 17th century Flemish Old Master oil "A gentleman sounding the call for the hunt" attributed to Gillis Van Tillborgh
The present painting has been painted with very swift and co...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Feast of Belshazzar Huge 17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Feast of Belshazzar
Flemish Old Master, 17th century
oil on canvas, framed in antique giltwood carved frame
framed: 40 x 64 inches
canvas : 34 x 60 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th century Dutch Old Master Portrait Painting of a girl with a dog
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Magnificent Dutch 17th century old master portrait of a young girl, possibly a princess, with a dog, attributed to Jan de Baen
With its shimmering colors, a cheerful lapdog, and flu...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A pair - Greyhounds coursing
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Nost Sartorius (London 1759-1828)
Greyhounds Coursing
Signed and dated 'J. N. Sartorius 1820.' lower centre
A Pair, Oil on canvas
Each Canvas Size - 14 1/8 x 17 1/8 in
Each Fram...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
A Huntsman with Dogs and Pony
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Nost Sartorius (London 1759-1828)
A Huntsman with Dogs and Pony
Signed 'JN Sartorius pin.' lower right
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 26 3/4 x 37 in
Framed Size - 31 x 41 in
John No...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Carved Gilt Wood Frame - 18th Century French Old Master Picture Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful early 18th century French carved gilt wood picture frame. Exceptional quality frame with hand carved and gilded acanthus leaf and berry decoration.
The frame previo...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Wood
The Lions Den
By George Stubbs
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Circle of George Stubbs
The Lions Den
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 11 x 14 1/2 in
Framed Size 17 x 21 in
George Stubbs, one of the most celebrated animal painters of the 18th century, ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
17th century Flemish old master landscape - Rest on the flight to Egypt - Christ
Located in Aartselaar, BE
17th century Flemish Old master painting "The Rest on the flight into Egypt", Victor Wolfvoet the Younger
Amidst a serene landscape, the Holy Family rests beneath the shade of a spr...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
Florals in classic urn Old Masters 17th century Dutch style
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Floral with Urn is in a classical Dutch style that dates to the 17th century. The bright flowers drape the urn in whites, crimsons and pinks, standing out against the darker foliage...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 18th Century Flemish Classical Oil Painting Travellers River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Travellers in Landscape
Flemish Old Master, 18th century
oil on on canvas, unframed
canvas : 29 x 39 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition
For...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Singer by Candlelight (Dutch School Old Master Genre Scene)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Dutch School painting dating from 17th century. Oil on wood panel measuring 10 3/8 x 14 7/16 inches. Unsigned. No inpainting or conservation.
Depicted is a scene with a beautiful young woman singing...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of an Elderly Man
Located in Stockholm, SE
This finely executed oil painting, attributed to the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, captures the contemplative expression of an elderly man, his gaze lowered in quiet re...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Moses & Parting of the Red Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moses with the Israelites before Parting the Red Sea
circle of Matteo de Pitocchi (Italian 1626-1689)
oil on canvas laid on board, framed
framed: 26 x 48 inches
canvas: 21 x 43 inche...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
18th Century French Oil Classical Still Life of Flowers in Baroque Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life in Baroque Landscape
French School, 18th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 27.5 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Study of a horse lying on its right side seen from the front
By Adam Frans van der Meulen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Provenance:
Jean-Marc Du Pan (1785–1838), Geneva (L. 1440), passed to his brother
Alexandre-Louis Du Pan (1787–1846);
his sale, Geneva, March 26–28, 1840, included in lots 913–917;
...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Old Master Style Inn Interior with three men drinking around a table
Located in Woodbury, CT
This 18th-century painting, attributed to Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774), depicts a rustic inn interior, a subject frequently explored by Dutch and German genre painter...
Category
1780s Old Masters Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Huge 17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Painting Figures Playing Cards
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Card Players
Flemish Old Master, 17th century
based on a version (in reverse) of a painting by Cornelis de Vos (Flemish 1584-1651)
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 39 x 62 inches
...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th Century Portrait of John Calvin
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Rare 17th-Century Portrait of John Calvin
This small interesting portrait, of John Calvin (1509–1564) offers a rare glimpse into the enduring legacy of the French-Swiss reformer. P...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Huge Antique Dutch Old Master Oil Painting The Jewish Bridge after Rembrandt
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Jewish Bridge
antique Dutch School, after the 1660's oil painting by Rembrandt (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
oil painting on canvas, framed in its antique gilt frame with ornate mould...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The So-Called Tempio della Tosse, Near Tivoli. Interior Upright
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The So-Called Tempio della Tosse, Near Tivoli. Interior Upright (Veduta interna del Tempio della Tosse)
"Temple of the Cough"
Etching, 1764
Signed in the plate
From: Vedute di Roma...
Category
1760s Old Masters Art
Materials
Etching
Bustling 17th century harbour landscape with fishermen, visitors and merchants
By Mathys Schoevaerdts
Located in Aartselaar, BE
17th Century Flemish Painting "A bustling scene of fishermen, merchants and visitors in a peaceful and picturesque port village”, Mathys Schoevaerts (attr.)
This intriguing painting...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Man with a Turban
Located in Stockholm, SE
This finely executed oil painting, attributed to the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, depicts a bearded man wearing an ornate turban adorned with jewels and a feather. The...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Rare on the Art Market, A Drawing by Moitte, A Fashionable Couple, 1766
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pierre Etienne Moitte studied in Paris under Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet and Pierre-François Beaumont (1719–1769). In 1771, he was accepted (agréé) by the Académie Royale de Peinture e...
Category
1760s Old Masters Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Last Judgement, 17th or 18th Century Follower of Hieronymus Bosch
Located in Stockholm, SE
An interesting 17th or possibly 18th century painting of the Last Judgement by a probably Dutch follower of Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). It is in fair condition with some paint loss...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Huge 18th Century Classical Italianate Arcadian Landscape Figures & Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures in an Arcadian Landscape
Italian School, 18th century
follower of Claude Lorrain (French 1600-1682)
oil painting on canvas: 28 x 36 inches
framed: 39.5 by 47 inches
presented...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19thC. Figures Hunting Classical Ruins Mountainous Sunset Landscape North Africa
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Continental, 19th Century
oil on canvas, framed
Monogrammed 'WM' and dated '1868' lower right
framed: 34 x 48.5 inches
canvas : 29.5 x 44 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Co...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Allegory Sculpture Portrait Veronese 18th Century Paint Oil on copper Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The Allegory of Sculpture by Paolo Caliari, known as Veronese (Verona 1528 – Venice 1588)
Venetian school, early 18th century
Oil on copper (97 x 63 cm - with frame 110 x 74 cm...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Holy Family St John Scarsella Paint 17th Century Oil on table Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ippolito Scarsella, known as Lo Scarsellino (Ferrara, c. 1550 - 1620) workshop
Holy Family with the Infant St John
oil on arched panel 46 x 29 cm.
in a small temple frame 75 x...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
17th century Still-life Opulent display of grapes, prunes and a lemon
Located in Aartselaar, BE
17th century Old Master still-life painting depicting an opulent bunch of grapes, surrounded by other fruits including prunes, long radishes and a lemon
Created more than 300 years ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1800's French Neo Classical Old Master Chalk Drawing Roman Figures Court Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Court
French School, circa 1780-1820 period
pencil/charcoal/white chalk drawing on artist paper
stamped with a name (either a collector or the artist)
size: 18 x 24 inches
...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier
By David Morier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
David Morier (c.1705–1770 London)
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier (1680–1770)
Oil on canvas
Canvas size - 40 x 50 in
Framed size - 48 ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Attributed to Evert Collier (1642-1708)
A vanitas still life
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 30 x 25 in
Framed Size 29 x 34 in
Evert Collier (a...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Oval 18th century Portrait of a Young girl, oil on copper
By (Follower of) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite 18th-century portrait depicts a young girl, delicately rendered in the style of Sir Godfrey Kneller, one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the Baroque period...
Category
1750s Old Masters Art
Materials
Copper
Colliers lying in the Thames at Deptford and unloading their cargoes for London
By Peter Monamy
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Peter Monamy (London 1681-1749)
Colliers lying in the Thames at Deptford and unloading their cargoes for the London market
signed 'P: Monamy: Pinx' lower left
Oil on canvas
Canvas Si...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Holy Family with the Young St John The Baptist and St Elizabeth
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Scipione Pulzone, called Il Gaetano (Gaeta 1544 - Rome 1598)
Holy Family with the Young St John The Baptist and St Elizabeth
Oil on canvas
A Royal Coat of Arms lower left
Canvas size...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
17th century Dutch Old Master Portrait of a boy with his dog - Dutch golden age
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Dutch 17th century old master portrait of a boy, accompanied by his playful dog, blowing bubbles
This captivating portrait shows a young boy who is looking at the spectator with ey...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pair of 18th Century Architectural Capriccio of Roman temples with hunters
Located in Aartselaar, BE
18th century Architectural Capriccio's of Roman temples with hunters, attributed to Thomas Blanchet
This pair of paintings portrays hunters gathered before the imposing remnants of ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century Dutch Old Master - Summertime landscape of Kleve in 1661
Located in Aartselaar, BE
17th century Dutch old master painting "A summer day in Kleve in 1661"
Our painting depicting a whimsical vibrant blue sky, was long believed to depict an Italian landscape. However...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
A view of Bath, England
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Edmund Garvey (Kilkenny 1740-1813)
A view of Bath
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 20 x 28 in
Framed Size 26 x 33 in
Edmund Garvey (1740 – 28 May 1813) was an Irish landscape painter whose...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
An elegant lady and gentleman hare coursing in an extensive landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752) & Thomas Spencer (1700-1753)
An elegant lady and gentleman hare coursing in an extensive landscape
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 33 x 50 in
Framed Size - 41 x...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
18th Century Huge Floral Still Life Oil Painting Depicting Bouquet Ornate Urn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bouquet of Flowers
French School, early 1700's period
oil painting on canvas, framed in antique gilt frame
framed: 37 x 54.4 inches
canvas: 30 x 47 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Asklepios and His Followers
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating work belongs to Elias Martin’s later period, characterized by his exploration of historical, biblical, and mythological themes. As Mikael Ahlund, Director of the Gus...
Category
1810s Old Masters Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Oil Painting Georgian London by Night
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Fire and Moonlight’ by Abraham Pether FSA (1752–1812).
The painting – which depicts an extensive moonlit view across the City of London with a cottage on fire in the foreground – w...
Category
1790s Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
A Tompe l'oeil still life of hanging birds
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
English School, c. 1800
Still life of hanging birds
Oil on panel
Panel size - 8 x 6 in
Framed size - 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in
This trompe-l'œil still life is a striking example of illusio...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Apollo, plate 11 from the series of The Gods in Niches
Located in Middletown, NY
by Jacopo Caraglio (after Rosso Fiorentino)
Rome: Carlo Losi, 1526. Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches, 215 x 110 mm), thread margins. In very good condition with a...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Handmade Paper
A huntsman and his hounds
By Samuel John Egbert Jones
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Circle of Samuel John Egbert Jones
A huntsman and his hound
Oil on board
Painting size 10 x 7 in
Framed size 14 x 12
This painting captures a classic 19th-century rural hunting sce...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
Antique English Grand Tour Old Master Oil Figures Classical Arcadian Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Landscape
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 37 inches
canvas : 19 x 27 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: the frame is exceptionally fragile and vulnerab...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large White Marble Head of Alexander the Great Rome 17th century Sculpture
Located in Pistoia, IT
Bellissima e imponente testa neoclassica in marmo di Alessandro Magno, Italia, Roma, XVII secolo.
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), who enjoys great posterity throughout history, ...
Category
1660s Old Masters Art
Materials
Marble
Huge 18th Century French Oil Painting Dogs Fighting Medieval Castle Wooden Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fighting Dogs
French Provincial School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed in period antique wooden frame (walnut?)
Framed: 26 x 51 inches
Canvas : 19 x ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Road to Emmaus, German Old Master Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
German School, 1700s
The Road to Emmaus
oil on panel
unframed: 24.3 x 17.5 cm (9.6 x 6.9 inches)
framed: 34.5 x 28 cm (13.6 x 11 inches)
Provenance:
Swedish author and artist Amel...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
An Extensive Landscape with Trees From The De La Gardie and Sparre Collection
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Sparre/De la Gardie collection is one of Sweden’s most important collections of drawings. In 1969, upon the death of Pontus de la Gardie, the collection—comprising approximately ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Paper, Pen
Early 19th Century Norwich School oil painting of figures by a river
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly atmospheric oil painting of two figures sitting chatting by a woodland stream . A rare work by this master of early 19th century English painting. A very handsome piece...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oak, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Antique Oil Elegant Floral Still Life with Vibrant Blooms in a Golden Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Floral Still Life
Flemish School, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 33 x 25 inches
Canvas: 28 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: very go...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Art
Materials
Oil
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