All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1456570 (stock #FA99)
This antique miniature portrait from the 18th century features the Duchess Maria Amalia of Parma, née Archduchess of Austria. The portrait is delicately hand-painted on the mother of pearl and placed behind convex glass. It is mounted in an oval gold gilt frame with a scalloped rim. The frame comes with a suspension loop and bar pin for easy hanging.

The portrait showcases the Duchess wearing a stunning pink dress decorated with lace trimming and bows...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1382152 (stock #a1661)
Signed J.J. and dated 1772 on the lower right, this watercolor on wafer shows an obviously well-off woman attired in the latest finery, and with an elaborate hairdo with a lace cap.

Excellent condition, with no flaws to speak of, and measuring 1 1/2" by 1 1/4"...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Tempera : Pre 1800 item #1416439 (stock #JB0250)
Interesting and rare north Indian gouache and ink drawing with text, circa 1700's, by an anonymous artist working in India in the classic style. Measuring 4 1/2" by 10 5/8" (14 3/8" by 23 1/2" as professionally framed), this is a work that should be of considerable interest to the collector of Indian drawings. The work is detailed to the extreme, in the manner of Indian art, and the age is obvious...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1276639 (stock #a1390)
An Italian miniature painting on natural wafer, Signed lower left "Mario Salvi". The sitter is identified, in the family history on the reverse, as Olivia Pia Salvi.

Olivia, a pretty young woman in a pale blue gown, is painted in a soft manner, with luminescent skin tones, as was the Italianate style of the time. The artist composed the painting very carefully, with the almost cloud-like hair framing the face and curling down to follow the neckline of her dress...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1466525 (stock #a1891)
A strong English portrait miniature on natural wafer that will cause you to see spots before your eyes. However, they are on a high-necked dress worn by this woman whose attire also features a cap or wide headband. The reverse of the 2 1/2" by 2 1/8" gilt metal case has interwoven plaits of hair. Excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1438042 (stock #a1752)
A fine miniature portrait by Jeremiah Meyer, painted in watercolor on organic wafer. The sitter, an attractive woman with long brown hair, is simply presented in a teal gown, with no jewelry or other distractions from her natural beauty.

The painting has no cracks, chips, bowing, or restoration. The brass case is in fine condition with an unimportant dent in the back. The overall size is 1 7/8" by 1 5/8"...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1800 item #1470546 (stock #FA16)
Antique Late 18th-century - early 19th-century Polish Holy Icon of Black Madonna of Czestochowa Queen of Poland (also called Our Lady of Częstochowa). Oil painting finely hand painted on a metal panel (possibly iron). Housed in the 19th century Ebonized and Gilt Wood Frame...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1454316 (stock #503)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,000.00
“Gentlemen in a Blue Jacket” is we believe an oil painting in a baroque style that of Peter Paul Rubens. The work measures
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1800 item #1443784 (stock #1145)
L'Enfant Gallery
$8,000.00
Beautiful,Rare and important 1799 dated “privateers” gouache measuring 12x17” The work has on its reverse a letter from a cabin boy written 50 years later.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1800 item #1453184 (stock #1589)
Romans Of The Great Temple” Color Lithograph 10x14” beautiful example of a rare 18th Century
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1361249 (stock #a1605)
A fine miniature, painted in watercolor on natural material, by George Place. The subject is a rather jowly hazel-eyed fellow in liturgical garb. Housed in its original gold plated case.

The painting is in excellent condition with no issues. The black or white specs in the photo are only in the photograph. Size of the cased painting is 2 3/8" by 2".

NOTE: George Place (c1760 - 1805) was born in Ireland and studied there under F.R. West...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1800 item #755141 (stock #FA27)
This is a fragment of a larger 18th century European religious painting. The painting is very well painted in oil on wood with a gesso layer and depicts Christ carrying the cross with a thorn crowned head. Dimensions: 36 cm x 14, 5 cm (14 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in). The wood and the painting has been professionally conserved to protect from further deterioration.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1438212 (stock #416)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,500.00
Saint Receiving the Holy Spirit signed (L.R). Sebastian Ricci. Italian 18th Century painter Sebastiano Ricci. Oil on Canvas. 18 x 13". Frame Size 23 x 18" Sebastiano Ricci (1659 - 1734) was an Italian painter of the Late Baroque school in Venice.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1475176 (stock #a1884)
A c1795 continental miniature of a gent who looks somewhat disgruntled, possibly with the waistcoat with blue polka dots and the black jacket with pearl buttons that his wife picked out for him. The reverse of the painting has a "B" embroidered on pink silk fabric. Both the front and back have beveled glass. The diameter of the gilt metal case is 2".
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1444747 (stock #1815)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,400.00
A Beautiful oil on tin, measuring 14 x 10“ of the Madonna and Child,Mexico. Eighteenth Century.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1800 item #969045
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This miniature of George Washington was found by an advanced collector in London. We have agreed to research this miniature for the owner. The very American style of painting on ivory miniature measures 42mm x 35mm, and is mounted in its original gold frame. To date, we have sent photos of this miniature to Mount Vernon and to another advance collector in the South. We will advise more as we receive more information on this rare item.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1800 item #1389053 (stock #a1679)
A fine and charming portrait miniature with an unusual and exceptional reverse. The sitter is a sweet woman painted in an ethereal manner. She is wearing pearl earrings and a cream gown with a pair of roses at the low point of the neckline. There is a lace fichu with a double blue line at the border...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1800 item #1448142 (stock #2323)
L'Enfant Gallery
Price on Request
Dutch Artist Jan Griffier The Younger “Golden Age Landscape” Oil 42x36, a beautiful painting depicting an English gentleman hunter who comes upon an ancient ruin with the sculpture of The Mythical figure of Cronus oil on canvas measuring 48x36 inches……Jan Griffier II (1688–c.1750]) was an 18th-century painter active in England. Biography Griffier was born in England and died in London...