The Paintings: Two Portraits. Oil on copper. c. 1650. Each in-frame 21 X 16 cm., out of frame 8 x 6 cm., These two very interesting and unresearched portraits were originally purchased years ago as two Puritan Ministers. They may, stylistically, also be 17th century Dutch.
Category Archives: Oil Painting
A Major Influence on Vermeer
An important 17th century Painting of Jacob Van Loo: “Diana and Endymion” The Painting: [Oil on Canvas] “Diana and Endymion”, attrib. Jacob Van Loo. Description: 70 x 60cm., in Frame; 59 x 48 cm., out of Frame. Provenance: 18th century attribution/purchase label on the recto; Christie’s 1950s. “Jacob van Loo (1614, Sluis—26 November 1670, Paris)...
IMPORTANT c. 1700 MEXICAN SCHOOL PAINTING, CIRCLE OF JUAN CORREA
Very Rare depiction of the Great Mystic, Sister María de Jesús de Ágreda, who preached to the Indians of New Mexico through Telekenetic Bilocation. Oil on board. [s.d. s.l. s.n.; circa Mexico City late 17th, early 18th century] Circle of Juan Correa (1646–1716); Mexican School. 28 x 20 cm., [without frame]; 43 x 32 [in-frame...
“The Virgin as Ceres” Venice, c. 1740: Paganism and Early Christianity
The “Virgin Mary as Ceres”, Sifting the Grain. Handsome early 18th Century Venetian Painting- School of Tiepolo. Oil on Canvas. [s.d. s.l., circa Venice 1740] “The Virgin as Ceres” 35 x 30cm. in frame. 24 x 18.5cm. out of frame. The depiction of the the Virgin mary as Ceres is historically important to the early...
AN IMPORTANT AND ORIGINAL 17th CENTURY GENRE SCENE
At the Crossroads of Flemish Baroque painting. The Painting: [Oil on Canvas] Willem van Herp (Antwerp 1614-1677); “Peasants in a Tavern Playing Cards”: 76 x 61 cm., in frame; 54 x 41 cm. out of frame. Lower right corner of frame with damage as depicted. A very handsome genre scene by Willem van Herp, reminiscent...