Horizontal Antique Paintings

About this collection

A wide wall asks for a wide picture. Some rooms decide the shape of the painting before anything else, and a canvas that fights the proportions of the space never settles into it. Everything in this room is wider than it is tall.

Most are landscapes, which is what the horizontal format has always suited, from Barbizon river scenes to pastoral fields and coastal views. Old Master compositions complete the selection, all from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth, and all framed.

For guidance on choosing a size for a mantel, see our guide to choosing a painting for above the fireplace.

19th century Barbizon school river landscape with willows and a figure, ornate gilt frame

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

$2,700

Horizontal antique landscape paintings for sale here run from Barbizon river scenes in their period gilded frames to pastoral fields and coastal views, several signed by listed painters of the nineteenth century, alongside Old Master compositions. Collectors searching for a large horizontal painting above a fireplace, a wide antique oil painting for a mantel, or a long picture above a sofa or a sideboard will find the proportion they need, since everything in this room is wider than it is tall.

Free shipping to the USA and Canada. For guidance on scale and hanging, see our How to Collect Antique Paintings guide.

Horizontal Antique Paintings

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