Spanish Colonial Paintings
SPANISH COLONIAL STYLE
After the conquest of Mexico in 1521 and the Philippines in 1565, Spain dictated a global culture. The colonization of territories in the Americas, Western Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Pacific imposed the values of Spain, including Catholicism, while the extraction of resources reinforced the empire’s wealth and power. Unlike many styles that came out of European colonialism, such as British Colonial, Spanish Colonial furniture and architecture frequently mixed local heritage with the artistic traditions of Spain.
Spanish Colonial furniture was informed by the shifting styles of Europe as well as Indigenous culture. There were Inca tapestries depicting Spanish coats of arms and Baroque chairs adorned with tropical flora. The butaca, a low easy chair popular in the Caribbean, was inspired by Rococo’s curving forms and the shape of precolonial seating. In New Mexico, Pueblo artisans carved chests with patterns reminiscent of Anasazi art.
Even within the homes of the wealthy, furniture was usually restricted to necessities like benches, desks, cupboards and chests. These were often ornately designed and especially important for storing prized goods like textiles. Spanish Colonial houses were built with adobe and clay and tended to be minimally decorated, so the style’s heavily carved wooden furniture pieces stood out against a home’s white stucco walls.
The Spanish Colonial period mostly came to an end after the territories achieved independence from Spain. However, its aesthetics continued to influence Southwestern style and Spanish Colonial Revival style after Spanish Colonial style was used extensively at San Diego’s 1915 Panama-California Exposition.
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Style: Spanish Colonial
18th Century Spanish Colonial Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Spanish Colonial Painting of Christ on the Cross with a floral border. Painting inscribed at bottom BER DADERAFE DELSD LOS MILAGROS(translates to “True Faith of the Lord...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
Spanish Colonial Cusco School Oil Painting, La Santa Trinidad
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Spanish Colonial Oil On Canvas Painting, La Santa Trinidad (The Holy Trinity). Painting depicts God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit figura...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Early 20th c. Virgin of Guadalupe, Bolivia, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Virgin of Guadalupe, unsigned, oil on canvas, unframed.
CREATOR Unsigned.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1910-1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil on Canvas.
CONDITION...
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Early 20th Century Bolivian Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
1941 Rio Blanco, Chile by Ceferino Carnaci Painting
Located in Stamford, CT
1941 Rio Blanco, Chile by Ceferino Carnaci Painting.
Newly framed in gold giltwood frame.
Painting includes COA and artist information from the gallery it was purchased from in Buen...
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1940s Chilean Vintage Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Wood, Paint
Spanish Colonial Cuzco School Madonna Virgin Mary Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable Spanish colonial late 18th/early 19th-century painting of Lady of the Rosary, Madonna and Child, or Virgin Mary. Oil on canvas Cuzco school painting...
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19th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
18th Century Spanish Colonial School, Cuzco, Angel
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th century Spanish Colonial School, Cuzco: Angel, oil on tin. Framed, in good condition. Rich colors of red, blue and white. Inscribed in upp...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Tin
Spanish Colonial Cuzco School 18th C. Oil on Canvas St. Joseph with Christ Child
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th century oil on canvas, St. Joseph with Christ child.
The unidentified artist who painted this bucolic scene, dominated by the figure of the sixteenth-century Portuguese monk Sa...
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18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Floral & Parrot Wall Panels / Paintings 1920's
Located in Fulton, CA
A pair of hand painted panels with urn, parrot and floral motif. Circa. 1920's. California Rancho or Spanish Revival style. Warm, old world glow and patina. Can be mounted to a wall side by side or separately. Originally part of a 3 or 4 panel floor screen...
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Early 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Leather, Wood, Paint
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography
An exceptional 18th-century Spanish Colonial oil painting on canvas, depicting a veiled nun in a strikin...
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Mid-18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Peruvian Cusco School Revival - San Isidoro - Circa 1950
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Presenting a Peruvian Cusco School Revival painting from the mid 20th century, depicting the beloved figure of San Isidoro, the patron saint of farmers and laborers. This exquisite ...
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Mid-20th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Framed Antique Spanish Colonial Painting Cuzco School
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely antique oil on linen painting from Spanish Colonial period late 18th-early 19th century. In the style of Classic Cuzco School, the painting depic...
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19th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
19th Century Cuzco School Oil On Canvas Archangel Raphael
Located in Hastings, GB
Peruvian Cuzo School Oil on Canvas of the Archangel Raphael, 19th Century.
The Cuzco or Cusco school was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition that began in the 1500's in Peru, foll...
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1840s Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Large 18th century Spanish Colonial Religious Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large oil painting of the holy family on hand woven canvas.
Peruvian or Bolivian.
Acquired from an estate in the San Francisco Bay Area f...
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18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Late 17th Century Spanish Colonial Our Lady and Baby Jesus
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This late 17th-century oil on canvas from Peru, depicting the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, is a striking example of Spanish Colonial art. The work reflects the deep religiosity and de...
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Late 17th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Pair of Antique Wood Decorative Painted Panels
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique wall panels crafted in hardwoods and paint decorated in floral motifs retrieved as architectural remnants from an Addison Mizner Palm Beach Estate.
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Early 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Hardwood, Paint
San Isidoro Isidro Labrador 19th Century Spanish Colonial Cusco School
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Presenting a rare and captivating Peruvian Cusco School painting from the mid 19th century, depicting the beloved figure of San Isidoro, the patron saint of farmers and laborers. Thi...
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19th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Spanish Colonial Screen
Located in Mexico, DF
Fantastic Spanish Colonial school screen. Probably from Peru. This screen, with a kind of European landscape, give us an idea of the influence ...
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18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
Cuzco School Oil Painting of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this oil-on-canvas painting from the end of 18th century representing the Virgin Mary holding little baby Jesus in her arms.
The painting follows the style of t...
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Late 18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
18th Century, Spanish Colonial Painting Depicting Saint Anthony W/ Infant Jesus
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century Oil on what appears to be canvas laid to board during a Professional Conservation, Spanish Colonial.
This exceptional 18th-century Spanish Colonial painting depicts Sai...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas, Giltwood, Masonite, Paint
Saint Joseph - 18th Century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This exquisite 18th-century Peruvian oil on canvas is a masterful example of Spanish Colonial art, embodying the profound devotion and artistic sophistication of the period. The pain...
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Mid-18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Large Spanish Colonial Painting, St. Augustine
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th century large Spanish Colonial oil on canvas painting of El Escriban, or The Scribe’, St. Augustine. Rich colors of red, gold, silver and b...
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20th Century Venezuelan Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Antique Spanish Colonial Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare 18th century Spanish Colonial "Christ Ascending" on Canvas. There is a figure of Christ below a cross.
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Late 18th Century Central American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
18th Century Cusco School Oil on Canvas Pope Gregory XIII
Located in Hastings, GB
An important and truly exceptional 18th century Cuzco School (Spanish School, Peru) Oil on Canvas of Pope Gregory XIII.
Attributed to Marcos Zapata or Marcos Sapaca Inca. (Cuzco, Pe...
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1720s Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Antique Spanish Colonial Oil on Canvas Painting of Saint Anthony
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful 18th century Spanish colonial oil on canvas painting of Saint Anthony with the infant Jesus. There are a few old repairs as shown on photos...
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18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
Antique Ernesto Fontana Original Oil Painting, 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Ernesto Fontana Original Oil Painting. It is beautifully mounted in a period gilded frame. Signed lower left.
Additional information:
Materials: Canvas, Giltwood
Color: Gold...
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19th Century Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Large Framed Painting “La Merienda” by A. Minguez
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
“La Merienda” written at the bottom of this cartoon, refers to a light meal served between lunch and dinner. At the top is written “Goya”, which pertains to the known Spanish artist, one of the greatest Old Masters. In 1775 he was employed by the Royal Tapestry...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
1947 Una Mañana En Enero by Antonio Ballerini Framed Painting
Located in Stamford, CT
1947 Una Mañana En Enero by Antonio Ballerini Painting. Newly framed in gold giltwood frame.
Painting includes COA and artist information from the gallery it was purchased from in Bu...
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1940s Chilean Vintage Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th-century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas depicting Saint Raphael Archangel
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
A monumental and captivating 18th-century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas depicting Saint Raphael the Archangel, rendered in grand scale with overall dimensions of 167 cm height by 11...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
18th Century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas MARY QUEEN OF HEAVEN
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
An outstandig early 18th Century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas depicting Mary and The Holy Trinity,
or "Mary Queen of Heaven".
You can notice th...
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Early 18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Beautiful 17th-century Mexican School - "Annunciation."
Located in Madrid, ES
17th-century Mexican School - "Annunciation."
Oil on canvas. 110 x 89 cm, framed 120 x 99 cm.
Framed.
This work comes from the city of Morelia, the monastery of the Capuchin Poor ...
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17th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
Late 17th Century Our Lady of Sorrows - Spanish Colonial oil on Canvas
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This 17th-century oil on canvas from Spanish Colonial Peru features a striking depiction of Our Lady of Sorrows. The Virgin is shown with a somber expr...
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Late 17th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Zocalo Oil Painting by Mexican Artist Jesus Ortiz Tajonar
By Jesus Ortiz Tajonar
Located in Miami, FL
Zocalo Oil Painting by Mexican Artist Jesus Ortiz Tajonar
Offered for sale is an original oil painting of Mexico City by the Mexican artist Jesus...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
The Assumption of Mary or Dormition of the Virgin 18th Century Spanish Colonial
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This magnificent 18th-century Spanish Colonial oil painting is a remarkable example of religious art, showcasing a stunning depiction of the Dormition of the Virgin. Measuring grandl...
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Early 18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
18th-Century Mexican Spanish Colonial "The Mystical Lactation of Saint Cajetan"
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Rare 18th-Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Oil Painting "The Mystical Lactation of Saint Cajetan"
This remarkable 18th-century Mexican Spanish Colonial oil on canvas presents a rar...
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Mid-18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
1950 Oil on Canvas, The lagoon, Valencia, Spain Signed C.Lopez
Located in Miami, FL
1950 oil on canvas, The lagoon, Valencia, Spain signed by Lopez with a beautiful frame
Traditional landscape of Valencia Called "Albufera".
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
Mary Queen of Heaven - Early 17th Century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
This exquisite early 18th-century Spanish Colonial oil painting, originating from Bolivia, portrays “Mary, Queen of Heaven.” With meticulous craftsmanship, it illustrates the Coronat...
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Early 18th Century Bolivian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 16th Century, Oil on Canvas
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Spanish Colonial Oil on canvas painting of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. In this representation of the Virgin Mary being f...
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16th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
Saint Mary Magdalene - Spanish Colonial - 18th Century
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
An exquisite Spanish Colonial oil painting from the 18th century, depicting Saint Mary Magdalene in a richly detailed composition. This piece showcases the characteristic Cuzco Schoo...
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Mid-18th Century Bolivian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Spanish Colonial, Penitent Mary Magdalene, Original O/C Painting, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Spanish Colonial
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Original oil on canvas painting
XIX century
Details
Original period frame.
Painting dimensi...
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18th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
18th Century, Spanish Colonial Religious Painting of San Geronimo
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century painting of San Geronimo, oil on canvas laid on wood board. It was later placed in a restored 19th century wood and gesso frame. There is no signature.
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18th Century Unknown Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Spanish Colonial Painting of Jesus with Child, in 19th Century Gilt Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Colonial painting of Jesus with child from the 19th century. This antique Spanish Colonial painting from Latin American is a beautiful depic...
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19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
St John the Baptist
Located in Mexico, DF
Jose de Alcibar, infant Saint John, signed and dated 1802, oil on copper. This item does not belong to the mexican heritage as it has been acquired and...
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Early 19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
St Hedwig
Located in Mexico, DF
This 19th century Mexican oil on tin 'oracion' (prayer) is dedicated to Santa Eduviges. Saint Hedwig is the patroness saint of Bavaria, brides, jealousy and difficult marriages -- kn...
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Early 19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
18th-Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Oil on Canvas - Saint Christopher
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
18th-Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Oil on Canvas - Saint Christopher
This 18th-century Spanish Colonial oil on canvas, depicting Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child, is a striking example of Peruvian Cusco School religious art. With its bold composition, expressive figures, and rich color palette, this piece embodies the grandeur of colonial-era ecclesiastical painting...
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Mid-18th Century Peruvian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
a. De Cortés - Latin American Painting on Panel - Unframed - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
A. DE CORTÉS - Vintage Latin American school airbrush still life painting on panel - signed lower right - untitled - unframed - late 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - st...
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Late 20th Century South American Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
20th Scene of This Time, Sea, Spanish Oil on Canvas, Gonzalez Alacreu
Located in Miami, FL
Gonzalez Alacreu is already a Classic, as is also a great impressionist, since Impressionism is the Classic art of the last two centuries of painting, and when we see children and wo...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
Early 19th century Capriccio Brazil School Painting
Located in Seaford, GB
Rare Early 19th century Capriccio view of Rio de Janeiro Painting
Probably painted circa 1810 by one of Jean-Baptiste Debret, Italian Students.
Painted on Sailcloth.
Historical Con...
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Early 19th Century Brazilian Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
Kay Yum, Untitled Portrait Painting on Canvas, Framed, Mexico, circa 1960
Located in Chatham, ON
KAY YUM - Untitled (Portrait of a Mexican Girl) - Mid Century Latin American oil painting on canvas - contained in a vintage frame with linen line...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas, Softwood, Paint
19th Century Framed Retablo of St. Joseph
Located in Ross, CA
Antique retablo showing Saint Joseph with a child Jesus. Vibrantly painted in rich turquoise and burnt orange colors. Matted in cream and velvet in a v...
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Late 19th Century Mexican Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Tin
Spanish Colonial Saint and Angel Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Astoria, NY
Spanish colonial oil on panel painting depicting a kneeling saint or bishop being adorned with floral wreath by an angel in the upper left corner....
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18th Century Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Wood
Buffalo hunting, fixed under glass, Indo-Portuguese? 18th century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
very colorful Fixé-sous-verre (paint under glass), representing a scene of horsemen hunting buffalo, in an oval, on a black background
Indo-Portuguese or Philippine work, 18th centu...
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18th Century European Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Glass
Our Lady of Valvanera, Oil on Copper. Spain, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Our Lady of Valvanera, oil on copper. Spain, 17th century.
Height: 20 cm - Width: 14.4 cm.
Certificate of Govaert, 1986.
Our Lady of Valvanera
The Virgin of Valvanera is a Marian devotion from the Sierra de la Demanda, in La Rioja (Spain), a community of which she is the patron saint and one of the patron saints of the autonomous communities of Spain. The current image is a carving considered to be early Romanesque, from the end of the 11th century AD or beginning of the 12th century AD.
The Catholic Church commemorates the feast of the devotion on September 8.
The appearance of the image is recounted in the Historia Latina, written in 1419 by Rodrigo de...
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17th Century Spanish Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Paint
Oil on Canvas Painting of a Floral Arrangement
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil on canvas painting of a floral arrangement with faintains, birds, pears, cherrys and peaches.
Spanish colonial 18th Century
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18th Century Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Canvas
San Camilo
Located in Mexico, DF
This 19th century oil on tin folk retablo represents 'San Camilo de Lelis', often referred to as the 'Red Cross Saint' -- a reference to the Red Cross worn on his black habit.
San C...
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Early 19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Other
Virgin of Guadalupe, Oil on Copper, 18th Century
Located in Mexico, DF
Virgin of Guadalupe with flowers and appearances of the Virgin to Juan Diego, oil on copper, 18th century. This item does not belong to the mexican...
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Early 18th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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Other
"Saint Ferrer", Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico, DF
A 19th century oil on tin folk retablo San Vicente Ferrer, a Dominican Friar who traveled 21 straight years spreading his faith as a missionary. Saint Vince...
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Early 19th Century North American Antique Spanish Colonial Paintings
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