Painting under glass is a difficult artistic technique that is executed directly on a sheet of glass.
The glass supports the paint like a canvas. Thus the glass serves both as a support and as a protective varnish. It is a “cold” painting technique so the process does not require baking.
Pastel on paper of a quality woman.
Old frame and glass
English school,
Late 18th century
Painted canvas “Game scene”
End of the 18th century.
France
Oil on canvas of a young English girl.
Portrait on landscape background.
English school
First part of the 19th century
Oil on canvas representing a young girl holding a bouquet of flowers.
Important frame in gilded wood.
France
Circa 1730
Oil on canvas representing a man with a severe and dark look.
Spain
Late 16th century
Oil on canvas representing the allegory of sight.
This painting is actually composed of two paintings attached and relined. Was it a diptych or a series of several paintings, two of which would have been joined together?
Oil on canvas representing Jupiter warning Eros against Psyche.
This painting is a 19th century copy of the ninth scene from the loggia of Psyche in the Farnese Gallery in Rome, completed in 1517 by Raphael and his pupils.
Painted canvas representing a couple of Triton and Naiad children in a garden decor at the fountain of the Four-Dolphins in Aix en Provence, trompe l’oeil frame with foliage decor.
End of the 17th century,
Provence, France.
Oil on canvas depicting Sainte Barbara, on its original canvas, original gilded wooden frame.
XVII century,
Italy.