ANCIENT PAINTING
 

Painting Jesus stripped of his clothes

17th Century

Oil on canvas. The scene depicts a moment of the Passion of Christ, which coincides with the Xth station of the Via Crucis: having arrived on Golgotha, Jesus is stripped of his clothes, while a soldier prepares the irons to nail him to the cross, another prepares the sign to be displayed on the cross, a third squeezes a sponge soaked in gall to give him water. Restored and relined in the early 1900s, the painting has some paint loss and a scratch at the top. It is presented in a period frame.

Painting Landscape with Figures

Oil on canvas. In the large classical landscape of Nordic style, with thick vegetation and a torrential river, three figures are depicted on the path on the left that evoke the biblical characters of the Flight into Egypt: a man leads a donkey, on which sits a woman, wrapped in a blue cloak, holding her little son in her arms. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in an early 1900s frame.

Painting Portrait of a Priest

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a prelate, severely intent on reading the breviary: the white fur cape worn by the priest over his cassock stands out, while on his head he wears the traditional biretta. The painting has a small cut in the lower left, and some paint loss. It is presented in a contemporary gilded frame.

Antique Painting Female Portrait Oil on Canvas XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. Central European school of the 18th century. The distinguished lady, who flaunts a dress enriched with bows and lace, is seated at her desk and holds a letter in her hand; at the bottom left an envelope bears traces of a name, unfortunately illegible, a device to make the portrayed character known. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in an early 1900s frame.

Antique Painting Historical Subject Oil on Canvas XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. This is an ancient copy of the work by Giovanni Battista Salvi, known as Sassoferrato (1609 -1685), now preserved in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria (Palazzo dei Priori), which was previously exhibited for a long time in the church of San Severo in Perugia. Sassoferrato's models of Madonnas were very successful and were therefore widely copied and replicated. The painting, restored and relined, is presented in a period frame.

Antiuque Painting Religious Subject Oil on Canvas XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. Central Italian school of the 18th century. Saint Joseph tenderly holds the baby Jesus in his arms, looking at him with great tenderness; some little angels are watching them around, and one of them holds the flowering stick, the iconographic symbol of the Saint. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period frame.

Antique Painting Landscape Oil on Canvas France XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. French school of the second half of the 18th century. This bucolic landscape of verdant countryside opens up in the background with fields and blue mountains. In the foreground, near an imposing fountain consisting of a monumental marble base on which rests an amphora vase, a shepherd and a shepherdess are engaged in conversation, while they rest together with their herd of cows and sheep. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a late 19th century gilded frame.

Antique Painting Male Portrait Oil on Canvas XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. Italian school of the 18th century. The man, dressed in black with a white collar, poses in front of a shelf on which rest some objects: a crucifix, a bell, an inkwell, which identify the man as a magistrate. The painting has been restored and relined. It is presented in a period frame.

Antique Painting Portrait of a Nobleman Oil on Canvas '700

Oil on canvas. Portrait of a noble gentleman of the eighteenth century, in a frock coat closed at the bottom by a precious pearl brooch, and with a satin cloak draped over his shoulders. The work, restored and relined, is presented with a strip frame.

Painting Scene of Repentance of a King

Oil on canvas. At the center of the scene a king kneels in a contrite attitude before an old man, who bends toward him with an attitude of benevolent welcome; around him the soldiers of the entourage and other dignitaries assist, participating and obsequious. It could be the biblical episode of King David's repentance before the prophet Nathan, who opened his eyes to his sin of concubinage with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah, and then assures him of the Lord's forgiveness. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period frame, composed of ancient elements, with several missing parts.

Antique Painting Battle Scene Oil on Canvas XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. The scene depicts a battle between an army of Moors and white soldiers, defending a fortification from which they fire cannons, while in the background, on the top of a promontory, a white city emerges. Set near the sea, with several invading vessels heading towards the coast, the scene focuses on the capture of the Moorish king, in the center on his white horse, with a dismayed expression on his face because he is surrounded by opposing soldiers who try to unseat him, while his own soldiers try to defend him. The atmosphere of the scene is dominated by the dust and smoke of the cannons, which cover all the characters in an earthy veil, even where the colors of the clothes would be more vivid. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period frame.

Antique Painting Battle Scene Oil on Canvas XVII Century

Oil on canvas. Lombard school of the late 17th century. Scene of a battle fought on a plain between the cavalry of two Nordic armies. In the center, two knights are facing each other with bladed weapons, while around them there are those who shoot, those who play the trumpet, those who have fallen from their horses and beg for help; dust and clouds blur the contours of the surrounding landscape. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period frame.

Antique Painting Mythological Subject Oil on Canvas XVIII Century

Oil on canvas. The large painting tells the famous mythological episode of the Judgement of Paris, the event that helped trigger the Trojan War. Paris, a Trojan prince, was called to settle the dispute between the three goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, over who deserved to be awarded the golden apple to "the most beautiful", thrown by the goddess Discord on the table of the gods. Each of the three goddesses promised Paris a reward in exchange for the apple, and he chose Aphrodite, who had promised him the most beautiful woman in the world, namely Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. In the large scene, Paris is sitting in the center, between the legs of the goddess Aphrodite, to whom he holds out the apple with his raised arm; Aphrodite is taking the apple with one hand, while she turns upwards to indicate to the god Cupid, hovering above her, to carry out his task. On the left, the other two goddesses turn their backs, indignant and frowning, while above the god Mercury decrees Aphrodite's victory, pointing at her with his staff, the caduceus symbol of the agreement reached, and the god Cupid, on Aphrodite's instructions, prepares the fiery arrow with which he will make Helen fall in love with Paris. The scene is completed by a putto who pours water from a vase from above, perhaps a sort of baptism, or consecration of the choice. The imposing and strongly carnal figures fill the scene in a tangle of bodies, which with the variation of the flesh colors - pale those of the divinities, more vivid that of the shepherd prince, (the only mortal in the fact!), but all played out in a single chromatic range -, create a chromatic homogeneity. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a period frame.

Antique Painting Portrait of a Nobleman Oil on Canvas XVII Century

Oil on canvas. Dutch school of the 17th century. The young nobleman, very serious, looks out from an oval painted frame, on which he rests his hand to show off his family ring. The painting, already relined and applied to a recent frame, requires further restoration due to paint loss in the painted part. Presented in a period frame.

Antique Painting Male Portrait Oil on Canvas XVII Century

Oil on canvas. Dutch school of the 17th century. The young nobleman, very serious, looks out from an oval painted frame, on which he rests his hand to show off his family ring. The painting, already relined and applied to a recent frame, requires further restoration due to paint loss in the painted part. Presented in a period frame.