Antique French Paintings

About this collection

French painting runs from the Baroque of the seventeenth century and the court portraits of the eighteenth to the Barbizon landscape, Impressionism, and the modern schools of the twentieth.

Every antique French oil painting here was bought in France and ships direct from our gallery, four centuries of it, many signed and still in their period frames. To place them in their traditions, read our guides to Barbizon School and Impressionism.

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

18th century

$4,900

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

18th century

$5,800

The unframed panel on a small easel on a marquetry desk in a panelled study, next to bound books and brass candlesticks

Tristan Lacroix, Huntsman and Four Hounds, French Oil on Panel, Signed and Dated 1891

19th century

$2,900

White and Purple Roses, Watercolour on Vellum, Circle White and Purple Roses, Watercolour on Vellum, French School, Circle of Redouté's Pupils, 19th Centuryof Redouté's Pupils, 19th Century

19th century

$5,600

Two Tigers in a Landscape, Oil on Canvas, French Romantic School, Mid-19th Century, Gilt Frame

19th century

$12,000

Signed Oil Painting, Haystacks Landscape by Adolphe Felix Cals (1810-1880), Listed French Impressionist, Oil on Canvas

19th century

$8,900

Antique Barbizon School Oil Painting, Lively Landscape With Figures by a River, 19th Century French Art on Wood Panel, Gilded Frame

$2,700

18th century French portrait of a nobleman in powdered wig and blue frock coat, oil on canvas

18th Century Portrait of a Nobleman with Powdered Wig, French School Oil on Canvas, 1750s Original

$3,300

Portrait of Two White Spitz Dogs, Unsigned Oil on Canvas, 19th Century French School, Framed

19th century

$2,700

Seventeenth century French oil of Saint John the Baptist as a child holding the lamb and the reed cross, in a carved oval giltwood frame

Saint John the Baptist Embracing the Lamb, French School, 17th Century Oil on Canvas, Oval Carved Gilt Frame

17th century

$6,300

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

Young man in a dark coat and high white cravat against a grey ground, small early nineteenth century French oil portrait in its original gilt bead frame

French School, Portrait of a Young Man in a High Stock, Oil on Canvas, circa 1815, Original Gilt Frame

19th century

$1,900

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

18th century

$4,830

Signed 1839 French portrait of a gentleman with his gun and dog in a landscape, oil on canvas in gilt frame

Charles Suan, Gentleman in a Landscape with His Dog, 1839, Signed French Romantic Oil on Canvas, Framed

19th century

$4,900

Signed 1839 French portrait of a young hunter standing with his gun and his pointing dog, oil on canvas in a period gilt frame

Charles Suan, The Hunter and His Dog, 1839, Signed French Romantic Oil on Canvas, Framed

19th century

$4,900

Antique French oil on wood panel, a gallant scene with Cupid in a formal garden, in moulded frame

17th Century French Oil on Panel, Gallant Scene in a Garden, Old Master Baroque Original, Framed

17th century

$4,800

Antique French Paintings

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