Antique 18th Century Paintings

About this collection

Eighteenth-century painting is the art of the Rococo age, when the European courts turned from Baroque gravity to lighter colour, intimate scale and elegance, in portraiture, mythological and religious subjects.

Our eighteenth-century paintings for sale span the French, Dutch, Italian and German schools, on canvas and wood panel, from court and society portraits with powdered wigs and lace to biblical, devotional and mythological subjects and scenes of everyday life. Most are framed. Attributions are given in the period's own terms, After, Follower of and Attributed to. To place these works in their age, read our guide to Rococo & the French Eighteenth Century.

French School, Portrait of a Lady in a Lace Cap with Pink Ribbons, 18th Century Oil on Canvas, Framed

18th century

$4,900

The young Saint John the Baptist seated with the lamb and the reed cross, French School oil on canvas

Saint John the Baptist as a Child with the Lamb, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century French School, Unframed

18th century

$3,600

Dutch School farmyard painting of a hen with her chicks and an earthenware pan, a windmill beyond a ruined wall, oil on canvas in a moulded frame

Dutch School, Hen and Chicks in a Farmyard with a Windmill, Oil on Canvas, Circa 1700, Framed

18th century

$6,700

Follower of Louis Tocqué, Portrait of a Gentleman with a Carnation, French Oil on Canvas, Mid 18th Century, Gilt Frame

18th century

$5,800

Portrait of Two King Charles Spaniels, Oil on Panel, French School, 18th Century, Ebonized Frame

18th century

$6,900

Antique French Baroque Royal Portrait — Oil on Canvas, After Hyacinthe Rigaud, 18th Century, Framed

18th century

$4,800

Unframed portrait of an older gentleman in a red coat with a white stock and lace jabot, wearing a powdered wig, turned slightly to the right against a dark brown ground, the canvas shown flat with its tacking edges visible

French School, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Red Coat, 18th Century Oil on Canvas, Unframed

18th century

$2,800

Antique penitent Magdalene in a cave with an open book and a skull, oil in a moulded gilt frame

18th Century Dutch School Oil on Wood Panel, Penitent Mary Magdalene with Vanitas, Wide Gilt Frame

18th century

$3,800

Habsburg Court Portrait of a Young Officer in White Uniform, Oil on Canvas, Late 18th Century, Gilt Frame

18th century

$2,700

Italian School, 18th Century, Nymph and Satyr, Oil on Canvas, Framed

18th century

$2,900

Circle of Januarius Zick (1730-1797), Hagar and Ishmael Saved by the Angel, 18th Century German Oil on Canvas, Unframed

18th century

$5,800

Follower of Louis Tocqué, Portrait of a Woman with Pearl Necklace, 18th Century Rococo Oil Painting, Framed

$5,700

18th Century French Old Master Oil Painting, Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well, Unframed

18th century

$4,830

The Fortune Teller and the Stolen Purse, French Genre Scene, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century, Unframed

18th century

$5,785

Antique Dutch School floral still life with a rose, morning glories and a butterfly, oil on canvas in a gilt frame

Dutch School, Bouquet of Flowers with Butterfly in a Glass Vase, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century, Relined, Framed

18th century

$3,800

Antique 18th Century Paintings

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