17th-18th Century Genre Scenes

Elegant indoor settings featuring social interactions and character moments, with rich colors and detailed costumes, reflecting the artistic styles of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Broken Fan, Bonnet, Louis-Marin (1743-1793)

Geography Lesson, 1752, by Pietro Longhi (1701-1785), oil on canvas, 61x49 cm.

The Sense of Touch, Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716), 1744 to 1747, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm), bleeding, blood, cat (domestic cat), child, Chinese, Chinese vases, conversation piece, costume, feathers, feeling, fireplace, fur, genre subject, girl, heat, interior, landscape, lovers, mantels, men, oval, pain, paintings, senses, touch, vases, women

William Hamilton, 1751-1801, British, The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i, ca. 1790. Oil on canvas.

'La Leçon de Harpe Donne par Mme de Genlis a Mlle d'Orleans', ca 1842, Oil on canvas, 2, 47 cm × 1,83 cm. Museum: Musée de Versailles, Versalles, France. Author: JEAN-BAPTISTE MAUZAISSE.

Interior with a woman washing her hands, Eglon van der Neer, 1675

Marriage A-la-Mode: 3. The Inspection', by william Hogarth c1743. The nobleman is in the house of Dr Misaubin, no 96 St Martin's Lane. He threatens the quack with his cane for having prescribed pills which proved ineffective in curing a girl he has debauched.

'Portrait von Erlach with his Family'. Germany, 1711. Dimensions: 288x317 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ANTOINE PESNE.

Broken Fan, Bonnet, Louis-Marin (1743-1793)

England, London, Hertford House, The Wallace Collection, Painting Titled "The Musical Contest" by J.H.Fragonard

Painting of The Strode Family by William Hogarth dated 1738

Playing At Quadrille, 1740-50. Francis Hayman

Mrs. Barclay and Her Children. Date/Period: Between 1776 and 1777. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 905 mm (35.62 in); Width: 711 mm (27.99 in). Author: Francis Wheatley.

Pehr Hillestrom the Elder (1732-1816). Swedish painter. Interior from an Art Collection. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Huntsman Visiting a Lady. Dated: 1783/1786. Dimensions: plate: 50.7 × 39.7 cm (19 15/16 × 15 5/8 in.) sheet: 54 × 43.3 cm (21 1/4 × 17 1/16 in.). Medium: color mezzotint on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Carlo Lasinio after Gabriel Metsu.

Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702-1748, Flemish, active in Britain (1708; from 1733), Portrait of a Family, 1740. Oil on canvas.

George Morland, 1763-1804, British, St. James's Park, between 1788 and 1790. Oil on canvas.

Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, Elizabeth, Countess of Derby (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753-1797), and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775-1851) ca. 1776 Angelica Kauffmann Swiss In an imagined interior brimming with references to classical antiquity, this young aristocratic family makes a highly fashionable display of domestic bliss. The countesss costume is vaguely classical, while her husband wears stylish fancy dress inspired by Van Dycks portraits from a century before. Unfortunately, the marriage was an unhappy one; roughly two years after Kauffmann painted this portrait, the countess left her husband for a lover. After her death, he eventually married the actress Elizabeth Farren, whose portrait is also at The Met.. Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, Elizabeth, Countess of Derby (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753-1797), and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775-1851). Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, Chur 1741-1807 Rome). ca. 1776. Oil on

The Proposal. Jacobus Buys (1724-1801). Oil on panel. Painted in 1771. 57.5 x 44.4cm.

Champetre Concert' by jean-antoine watteau, 1715. From the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts d'Angers.

Magdalena Moons Begs her Fiancé Francisco Valdez to Postpone the Storming of Leiden another night, 1574, Simon Opzoomer, 1840-60, Dutch painting, oil on panel. This saved the city by allowing reinforcements to arrive and break the Spanish siege in 1574 (BSLOC_2016_2_199)

William Shakespeare (1564-1616). English writer. Hamlet. Queen Gertrude dies poisoned after drinking to the health of Hamlet for his victory in the duel with Laertes. Engraving after painting by Salvador Sanchez Barbudo "The last scene of Hamlet," 1884. Engraving, 19th century. Colored.

The Dance, Aimé Gabriel Adolphe Bourgoin, 1870 painting The dance. Interior in which a young woman dances and a young man plays the violin. panel. oil paint (paint) woman dancing alone. one person playing string instrument (bowed)

Lovers in a landscape, Pieter Jan van Reysschoot, 1702-1772, Flemish

Michele Rapisardi (1822-1886), Florentine Maggiolate, around 1872, oil on canvas.

The Major Makes a Proposal by Fedotov, Pavel Andreyevich (1815-1852) / State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg / Romanticism / 1851 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Genre / 56x76

'The Marriage Contract (detail)', ca. 1711, Oil on canvas, P02353. Author: Jean Antoine Watteau. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Beloved Child, Jean-Honore Fragonard and Marguerite Gerard, circa 1780-1785, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

THE BOUQUET Jean-Baptiste Mallet (1759-1825). "The bouquet, around 1780". Gouache on paper, watercolor. Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum.

Children at Play in the Open by Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743) Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Oil on canvas 27x32,5 France Rococo Genre Painting

Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845). "The indiscreet", between 1795 and 1800. Oil on canvas. Paris, Cognacq-Jay museum. 25932-11 Woman, gallantry, man, indiscret, indiscretion, push back door, gallant life, oil on canvas

Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, with His First Wife (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753-1797) and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775-1851). Artist: Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, Chur 1741-1807 Rome). Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm). Date: ca. 1776.The earl and countess of Derby were married in June 1774 and their son, pictured here, was born in April 1775. The picture was probably painted in the following year. It is one of two versions (the other, which is signed, remains with the sitters' descendants). After Lady Derby's death, the earl married Elizabeth Farren, whose celebrated portrait by Lawrence belongs also to the Museum.Lady Derby's costume is vaguely classical while her husband wears fancy dress, a seventeenth-century-style slashed doublet with a lace Van Dyck collar and matching knee britches. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Corn.de Vos / David & Solomon / c17th

Painting of Marie Antoinette de Lorraine Hapsburg Queen of France and her Children, by Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. Oil on canvas. 1787 Versailles.

Hungary, 18th century. A rest during hunting. From a decoration at Princes Esterhazy Palace.

Joseph is accused by Potiphars woman , Fine Art

The Vegetable Seller, Pieter Angillis, 1685-1734, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1715), between 1725 and 1728, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 32 1/2 × 43 3/4 inches (82.6 × 111.1 cm), apples, barrels (containers), baskets, buildings, cabbage, carriage, cart, costume, dog (animal), field, food, genre subject, horse (animal), house, landscape, market (event), men, merchant, mountains, river, selling, Spaniel, vegetables, village, women

Christening of the Heir, William Redmore Bigg, 1755-1828, British

The Princess of Salm Seated with Her Son, the Prince of Salm, by a Chinese Pavilion. Louis de Carmontelle (1717-1806). Black lead, red chalk, watercolour. 32.5 x 19.4cm. Probably a portrait of Louise-Eleonore, Princess zu Salm-Salm (1729-1800), born Princess of Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, with her son Constantin, Prince zu Salm-Slam (1762-1828).

A Game of Quadrille, Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French

Musical Conversation. Date/Period: Ca. 1760. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 832 mm (32.75 in); Width: 953 mm (37.51 in). Author: Marcellus Laroon the Younger.

William Redmore Bigg, 1755-1828, British, Christening of the Heir, ca. 1799. Oil on canvas.

François Boucher, The Love Letter, French, 1703 - 1770, 1750, oil on canvas

Skill. La industria. 1797-1800. Oil on canvas. 227 (diameter). Madrid, Prado museum. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The needlework shop

Christening of the Heir. Date/Period: Ca. 1799. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 635 mm (25 in); Width: 762 mm (30 in). Author: William Redmore Bigg.

LOUIS XVI 1754-93 King of France says goodbye to family in Tour du Temple 20/1/1793 before execution painted by Jean Jacques Hauer 1751-1829 French

1795 Frankland sisters by Hoppnet John Hoppner, The Frankland Sisters, British, 1758 - 1810, 1795, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection

The Brother's Farewell, Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, undated, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 × 10 1/8 inches (33 × 25.7 cm) and Image: 12 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (31.8 × 25.1 cm)

Thomas King and Sophia Baddely in 'The Clandestine Marriage', Richard Earlom, 1743-1822, British, after Johan Joseph Zoffany RA, 1733-1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760), Published by Robert Sayer, 1725-1794, British, 1772, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches (47.6 x 57.5 cm), Plate: 18 1/4 x 21 7/8 inches (46.4 x 55.6 cm), and Image: 16 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (42.9 x 55.6 cm), actors, actress, brocade, coat, corsage, dress, gesture, gown, hat, kerchief, landscape, literary theme, marriage, men, play, plays by George Colman the elder (bap. 1732, d. 1794) and David Garrick (1717-1779), portrait, The Clandestine Marriage, 1766, theater (discipline), trees, wigs, woman

Rest on the Flight into Egypt. Dating: 1643. Measurements: h 84 cm × w 110 cm; d 9.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Paulus van Vianen (II).

The Virtuous Comforted by Sympathy, Edward Penny RA, 1714-1791, British, 1774, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 50 × 40 1/2 inches (127 × 102.9 cm), basket, bonnet (hat), comfort, curtains, fichu, handkerchief, headpiece, interior, lantern, man, pillow, robe, turban, women

Miniature Representative Wilhelmine of Prussia Princess of Orange Nassau Of Saint-Ligi�. Oval miniature representing a portrait of Prussian Wilhelmine, Princess of Orange Nassau in miniaturist surrounded by his family, in a gilded bronze frame surmounted by a ribbon knot. Gouache on ivory and bronze, 1784. Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum.

The birth of Arkas or the birth of the Adonis. 1720/25. (Giuseppe Mary Crespi; 1665 Bologna Bologna-1747)

Rest On The Flight Into Egypt, Paulus van Vianen (II), 1643 painting Rest on the flight to Egypt. In a landscape on the edge of a forest, Maria, Joseph and the Christ child rest at the foot of a tree. Maria reaches the child a flower. canvas. oil paint (paint) rest on the flight into Egypt

Launisches Madchen Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721 French) Painting State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Portrait of Woman and girls by Abraham Snaphan, Oil on canvas, Baroque, 1651-1691, Russia, Voronezh, Regional I. Kramskoi Art Museum,

Gerard Sanders, Portrait of an amorous couple, portrait painting visual material wood oil, Oval portrait of man who puts his face against the neck of young woman with hat. In his right hand two types of flowers (corn blue and pink-red) signature and year on painting right: G. Sanders 1752

The Indiscreet Gentleman. Date/Period: Ca. 1740. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 600 mm (23.62 in); Width: 500 mm (19.68 in). Author: PIETRO LONGHI.

Mr. and Mrs. Fraser. Date/Period: 1785 to 1790. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 902 mm (35.51 in); Width: 699 mm (27.51 in). Author: ARTHUR WILLIAM DEVIS.

The Squire's Door. Date/Period: Ca. 1790. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 389 mm (15.31 in); Width: 327 mm (12.87 in). Author: George Morland.

Mademoiselle Salle as Venus with the Three Graces. Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743). Oil on canvas. 42 x 54cm.

Trachten in Venedig um 1750, Rokoko, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Lady and the gallant man (Dancing the minuet in gardens of Venetian house, fresco (detail)

Study for 'The Red Cross Knight', John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815, American

London, Vivares, François, Raourt, Bonnet, Louis Marin, France, The fine Musetioner, Two women playing music, Two women sitting on one chair, holding a music book together., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 316 mm, width 380 mm, 1736 - 1793-10-12, print maker, printmaker, 1775 - 1775, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, pastel method, colour printing, Work conception, after a design by, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, English, 1709-07-11 - 1780-11-26, publisher

France, Longueil, Joseph de, Les dons imprudent, The imprudent ladies, verso lower right - stamped, A room with a young woman sitting on a chair. A man kneels before her and kisses her hand, while the woman, with the help of her servant, cuts a lock from the man's long wig. Below the representation a coat of arms., print, prints, verso bottom center - stamped, D() T (), height 365 mm, width 296 mm, 1730 - 1792-07-17, print maker, printmaker, 1740 - 1792, second quarter 18th century, third quarter 18th century, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, aquatint, etching, etchings, color printing

Francois I listening to the last sighs of Leonardo da Vinci before his death, painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

The Buckley-Boar Family. Date/Period: Between 1758 and 1760. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 984 mm (38.74 in); Width: 1,105 mm (43.50 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

fine arts, Hogarth, William, (1697 - 1764), painting, ""the Graham children"", 1742, oil on canvas, 160,5 cm x 181 cm, Tate gallery, London,

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683-1754). Italian painter. A Walk in the Country, 1741-1745. Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Cologne. Germany.

Jerome Bonaparte and Catharina of Wurttemberg as King and Queen of Westphalia by Kinson, Francois-Joseph (1770-1839) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles /Flanders / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 225x179,5 / Neoclassicism

'Maja and Celestina', 1808-1812, Oil on canvas, 166 x 108 cm. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. CELESTINA LA.

1780s LA BRAISER THE STOLEN KISS PAINTING BY JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD A WOMAN HAS LEFT HER COMPANY TO HAVE A SECRET ROMANTIC TRYST

Love song, by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721).

The Sense of Taste, cartoon for tapestry

Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family. Date/Period: Between 1745 and 1747. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,016 mm (40 in); Width: 1,270 mm (50 in). Author: Arthur Devis.

Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's. Date/Period: 1730. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,022 mm (40.23 in); Width: 1,264 mm (49.76 in). Author: Charles Philips.

Battledore and Shuttlecock, Francis Hayman, 1707/8-1776, British, ca. 1740, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm), battledore and shuttlecock, fireplace, genre subject, leisure, servant, sporting art

A Country Gift - ca. 1778 - 183 x 146 cm - Spanish Rococo. Author: RAMON BAYEU (1746-1793). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine (1684-1721). L'enchanteur (The charming musician). Rococo. Oil. FRANCE. CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE. AUBE. Troyes. Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology.

Illustration with french king Louis XIV by Jean Nocret, Oil on canvas, 1670, 1615-1672, Musee de l'Histoire de France, 305x420

Fanchon La Voltreuse and Lattignant Abbe Fanchon the valerous and the LattAignant Abbe ".

Portrait of Children of Empress Maria Theresia of Austria (1717-1780) by Antropov, Alexei Petrovich (1716-1795)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1760/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Art of 18th cen./ 91x72/ Portrait

'The Cottage Door', c1791. Artist: Thomas Gaugain.

The grandmother's birthday, Louis XVI style decor, chromolithograph. France, early 20th Century.

'The Concert', 1741, Oil on canvas, 60 x 49 cm. Author: PIETRO LONGHI (1702-1785). Location: ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES. Venedig. ITALIA.

The Frankland Sisters by John Hoppner

The three daughters of the ROYER composer, 1760 Louis Carrogis, said Carmontelle (1717-1806). "The three daughters of the ROYER composer, 1760". Blood, pencil, watercolor. 1760.

Ländliches Fest im 18. Jahrhundert in Frankreich, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht...

Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719) with her niece by Elle, Louis Ferdinand, the Younger (1648-1717) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / ca 1689 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 224x154,6 / Baroque

'Family Portrait'. Germany, 17th century. Dimensions: 114x158 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jurgen Ovens (Juriaen).

Death of Duke d' ANJOU, 1574, son of HENRI II, King of France and brother of HENRI III, on right with his mother Catherine de Medici

The Music Lesson by Nicolas Lancret, (1690-1743), France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

England,London,Trafalgar Square,The National Gallery,Painting of Mr and Mrs William Hallett titled "The Morning Walk" by Thomas Gainsborough

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Scene from Ancient History, c 1750 Scene from Ancient History

Duet by Zagorsky, Nikolai Petrovich (1849-1893)/ State Art Museum, Odessa/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ 86x115/ Music, Dance,Genre

The arrival of the Archduchess Marie Louise to the gallery of Compiegne Castle, March 28, 1810, painting by Pauline Auzou (1775 - 1835). Austria and France, 19th century.

Vertumnus and Pomona as lovers. Engraving by M. Pool after J. Courtin.

Pseudo Boltraffio. Name given to an unknown painter of the Lombard school, active in Milan between 1500 and 1530. Saints Sebastian and Roque with devotees, 1510-1515. Oil on wooden panel. Pinacoteca Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy.

The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain) Signed and dated, lower right: "C. R. Ryley 1786", Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752-1798, British

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