The term “Old Masters” generally refers to the most recognized European artists—mostly painters—working between the Renaissance and 1800.
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 50.2 x 40 ins / 127.6 x 101.6 cm MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Reynolds was the leading English portraitist of the 18th Century. He brought great variety and dignity to British portraiture through his study of ancient and Italian Renaissance art, and of the work of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641). -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20.3 x 30.5 in. / 51.5 x 77.5 cm SIGNATURE: Unsigned MEDIUM: Oil on board -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 31.8 x 26.3 ins/ 80.8 x 66.8 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘David de Noter’ (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas David Emile Joseph de Noter was a 19th Century Belgian artist who specialised in painting subjects of still lifes and interior scenes. He is particularly known to have worked in collaboration with Gustave Koller, among many others artists including Henri Leys, Louis Tuerlinckx and Alfred Stevens. -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24 x 28 in./ 61 x 71 cm SIGNATURE: Inscribed 'Geo.Stubbs pinxit/1781 lower right MEDIUM: Oil on panelIn this striking portrait, the sitter's pose is a variation of that used in Stubbs’ portrait of William Evelyn from 1770 and in Stubbs’ own self-portrait of 1782. When comparing this portrait with Stubbs’ from 1782 Basil Taylor wrote, 'The man's features show such a strong resemblance to the artist's, while being considerably younger, that one is bound to consider the possibility that the picture may represent his natural son, George Townly Stubbs'. No certain portrait of GT Stubbs is known, so this suggested identification must remain speculative. There is certainly a lack of pretension about the sitter which might suggest if not his own family at least a friend of Stubbs
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 26.0 x 20.0 inches (66.04 x 50.80 cm) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas