Old paintings

Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

About Roman school late 17th - early 18th century - Follower of Niccolò Codazzi (Naples, 1642 - Genoa, 1693) Pair of fantastic architectural whims with classical ruins and figures Oils on canvas, cm. 47 x 60, framed cm. 85 x 68 A suggestive perspective of classical architectural ruins dominates the scene in this beautiful pair of capricci, whose style characteristics appear to be influenced by the models designed by Viviano (1604 - 1670) and his son Niccolò Codazzi (1642-1693), who…

Leopold Schmutzler (1864-1940)⏭ was a Bohemian-born German painter⏩, specialized in portraits, figures and Rococo-style genre scenes. His style was generally realistic with Art-Deco⏩ elements.

Painted in 1817, this highly important sketch is an early preparatory study for The White Horse, the first of Constable's famous ‘Six-Footers’, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819. One of the artist’s most celebrated works, The White Horse is a seminal painting in the history of British"u2026

The story of the invention of the love song, the world’s first algorithm, and the mathematics of transcendence.

A moonlit landscape with a monk entering a ruined abbey by follower of Henry Pether

The Unequal Marriage by Vasili Pukirev presents a story of a young bride marrying an older groom. Yet, this is not a fairytale.

Lam Qua's paintings depicting people with huge, bulbous tumors remain mesmerizing.

This magnificent flower painting was rapidly executed with broad strokes of thin, translucent paint. Two plumes of white flowers with orange speckles and stamens, in a brass Middle Eastern jardiniere, stand out from the deep green background. Remnants of blue ...

Told you my degree would come in handy, Mom.