Antique French Oil Paintings for Sale

Antique French old master oil paintings for sale, Eliezer and Rebecca at the well after Nicolas Poussin

COLLECTION OLD MASTERS TO MODERN

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17th Century Paintings

Five putti with music books and oboes in a landscape, late 17th century Flemish oil on panel, in a gilded frame

Flemish School, late 17th century

Concert of Putti, late 1600s

$4,800

The Virgin and Child at the left, the eldest king kneeling in yellow, a crowd of twelve behind, Flemish, 17th century

Flemish School, 17th century

Adoration of the Magi, 1600s

$7,900

Seventeenth century German School portrait of a man in a plain white linen collar against a black ground, oil on panel in a deep gilt frame

German School, 17th century

Man in a White Collar, 1600s

$8,900

Seventeenth century French allegory of autumn, a young woman with fruit beneath a tree in a harvest landscape, oil on panel in its original painted frame

French School, 17th century

Allegory of Autumn, 1600s

$3,920

18th century Paintings

Antique portrait of a lady with a pink ribbon hat, 18th century French oil on canvas, gilt frame

French School, 18th century

Lady in a Lace Cap

$4,900

Sold out

Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness with the angel, circle of Januarius Zick, 18th century German school oil on canvas, unframed

German School, 18th century

Hagar and Ishmael, 1700sSold

French School, late 18th century

Gentleman in a Powdered Wig

$3,300

The young Saint John the Baptist seated with the lamb and the reed cross, French School oil on canvas

French School, 18th century

Young Saint John, 1700s

$3,600

Dutch School farmyard painting of a hen with her chicks and an earthenware pan, a windmill beyond a ruined wall, oil on canvas in a moulded frame

Dutch School, circa 1700

Hen and Chicks, circa 1700

$6,700

Antique 18th century French portrait of a gentleman with a lace jabot and a pink carnation, oil on canvas in a gilt frame

French School, mid 18th century

Gentleman with a Carnation

$5,800

Two King Charles spaniels in a dark landscape, 18th century French oil on panel in an ebonized frame

French School, 18th century

Two King Charles Spaniels, 1700s

$6,900

A man in a red coat and lace cravat under a long powdered wig, French school, in a carved gilt frame

French School, 18th century

Gentleman in a Red Coat, 1700s

$4,800

Portrait of a gentleman in a red coat with a white stock and lace jabot, oil on canvas, 18th century French school, unframed

French School, 18th century

Gentleman in a Red Coat, 1700s

$2,800

Antique penitent Magdalene in a cave with an open book and a skull, oil in a moulded gilt frame

Dutch School, early 18th century

Penitent Magdalene, 1700s

$3,800

Pan and Syrinx, the nymph fleeing the god into the reeds, oil on canvas, 18th century European school, in a carved gilt frame

Italian School, 18th century

Pan and Syrinx, 1700s

$2,900

Portrait of a lady in blue-green silk with a pearl necklace, follower of Louis Tocque, 18th century oil on canvas in a gilt frame

French School, 18th century

Lady in Blue-Green Silk, 1700s

$5,700

Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well, French School oil on canvas, 18th century, sold unframed

French School, 18th century

The Samaritan Woman, 1700s

$4,830

A fortune teller takes a young woman's hand while a boy lifts her purse, French genre scene, oil on canvas, 18th century

French School, 18th century

The Fortune Teller, 1700s

$5,785

Antique Dutch School floral still life with a rose, morning glories and a butterfly, oil on canvas in a gilt frame

Dutch School, 18th century

Bouquet with a Butterfly, 1700s

$3,800

19th Century Paintings

Portrait of Emperor Joseph II, 19th century Austrian School oil on canvas, in a gilt frame

Austrian School, 19th century

Emperor Joseph II, 1800s

$2,900

Portrait of a hussar officer in pale blue dolman with black fur pelisse and a silver breast star, early 19th century Austrian oil on canvas in a period gilt frame

Austrian School, early 19th century

Hussar Officer in Blue, 1800s

$2,900

Signed heather path landscape by James Desvarreux, a sand track climbing between banks of flowering heather toward blue hills, late 19th century oil in a period gilt frame

James Desvarreux-Larpenteur (1847-1937)

Heather Path in Bloom

$2,700

Barbizon School landscape with a woman and child by the water, 19th century French oil on canvas by Edmond Renault, in an ornate gilt frame

Charles Edmond Renault (1829-1905)

Woman and Child by the Water, 1800s

$3,600

Portrait of a young Austrian officer in white uniform with the Golden Fleece, Austrian school oil on canvas, early 19th century, in a wide gilt frame

Austrian School, early 19th century

Officer with the Golden Fleece

$2,700

Portrait of a Habsburg archduke in the white uniform of the Austrian army with the Golden Fleece and the Maria Theresa star, Austrian school circa 1800, in a gilt frame

Austrian School, circa 1800

Archduke in White Uniform

$3,200

Barbizon school river landscape with a cow, 19th century French oil, gilt carved frame

French School, 19th century

River Landscape with Cow, 1800s

$2,700

Moonlight over two windmills beside a canal, signed oil on canvas, late 19th century, in a fluted gilt frame

European School, late 19th century

Moonlight over Two Windmills, 1800s

$3,200

Full view of the framed canvas, blossoming tree and thatched farm with hens, in its carved gilt swept frame

Paul Emmanuel Péraire (1829-1893)

Blossoming Tree and Farmyard

$3,700

Corchon y Diaque portrait of a woman with a wine-red silk ribbon in her hair, oil on panel in a carved giltwood frame with water leaf ornament

Corchon y Diaque (1853-1925)

Woman in a Wine-Red Silk Cap

$5,700

A young woman in a pink silk gown reaching to a rose on a garden terrace, a servant with a basket of flowers at the right and a spaniel at her feet, in a carved gilt frame

Louis Lassalle (1810-1870)

Young Woman Gathering Roses

$5,785

A girl in a blue skirt feeding a flock of turkeys in a shorn field at the edge of an oak wood, signed oil by Emile Michel dated 1872, in a carved gilt frame

Emile Michel (1828-1909)

Girl with Turkeys, 1872

$6,700

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, early 19th century

Young Man in a High Stock

$1,900

Antique French Barbizon landscape with haystacks signed and dated 1882, oil on wood panel in a gilded carved frame

Eugène Forest (1808-1891)

Haystacks Landscape, 1880s

$2,600

Two oxen under the yoke drawing a cart across flowering heather with sheep grazing, signed Desvarreux oil on canvas in a carved gilt frame

James Desvarreux-Larpenteur (1847-1937)

Oxen and Sheep in a Clearing

$3,700

Marcellin Desboutin (1823-1902)

Laughing Boy

$4,900

Eliezer offering the gold bracelet to Rebecca at the well, a dozen women with water jars before Roman architecture, oil on canvas after Nicolas Poussin

French School, circa 1800

Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well

$4,700

19th century French oil portrait of a woman with blue flowers in her hair, gilt oval frame

French School, 19th century

Woman with Blue Flowers, 1857

$2,730

The Virgin rising with arms open, carried by five draped angels above a dark plain and a walled town, in a moulded gilt frame (after Poussin, 1881)

French School, 19th century

Assumption of the Virgin, 1881

$3,500

Sunset landscape with a shepherd and his flock in silhouette against an orange sun, in a silvered moulded frame (Etienne Mein)

Etienne Mein (1865-1938)

Oedipus and Antigone at Sunset

$3,800

Signed orientalist oil painting of a palm oasis and rocky gorge at sunset, late 19th century, in a gilded wood frame

John Lewis Shonborn (active late 19th century)

Oasis Gorge at Sunset

$3,900

Signed Adolphe-Félix Cals landscape of sheaves in a stubble field, oil on canvas, 19th century French school, in a gilt frame with flower corners

Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-1880)

Haystacks in a Stubble Field

$8,900

Five stooks of cut wheat in a stubble field under a clouded summer sky, a dark treeline behind, in a carved gilt and black frame (Gaston Bonfils)

Gaston Bonfils (1855-1946)

Sheaves in a Harvest Field

$2,400

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

Tristan Lacroix (1849-1914)

Huntsman and Hounds, 1891

$2,900

Early 19th century officer in a dark green coat with a pale blue sash and silver star, oil on canvas in a moulded gilt frame

Austrian School, early 19th century

Officer with Sash and Star

$2,900

Two tigers resting before a dark rock at dusk, mid 19th century French oil on canvas in a gilt frame

French School, mid-19th century

Two Tigers in a Landscape, 1800s

$12,000

Fox seizing a duck at the water's edge, 19th century French oil on canvas by Ernest Brigot, unframed

Ernest Brigot (1836-1910)

Fox Seizing a Duck, 19th Century

$13,000

Camel in wedding trappings with a plumed litter in the desert, signed oil on canvas by Alfred Couverchel

Alfred Couverchel (1834-1867)

Wedding Camel, 1800s

$12,000

Signed and dated 1882 portrait of a puppy by Charles Chaplin, oil on bare mahogany panel in a carved gilt frame

Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825-1891)

Portrait of a Puppy, 1882

$3,800

Portrait of a Pekingese named Kit, signed oil on panel by Ernest Jean Delahaye, circa 1910, in an oak frame

Ernest Jean Delahaye (1855-1921)

Pekingese Named Kit, c. 1910

$2,900

Two white spitz dogs, an adult and a puppy, 19th century French oil on canvas in a gilt frame

French School, 19th century

Two White Spitz Dogs, 1800s

$2,700

19th century French oil study of a fire by the coast with ships, oil on canvas in gilt frame

French School, 19th century

Fire by the Coast, 1800s

$5,600

Victor Philippe Philipsen (1841-1907)

Vesuvius from the Bay of Naples

$3,800

Signed Barbizon heather landscape by James Desvarreux, purple moor in bloom, carved silvered frame

James Desvarreux-Larpenteur (1847-1937)

Heather in Bloom

$2,900

Signed oil by Léon Printemps of the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle pavilions, gilt frame

Léon Printemps (1871-1945)

Paris Exposition of 1900

$1,900

Antique French landscape with four large haystacks and a shepherd driving his flock, oil on canvas in a gilded frame

Alexandre Gaston Guignard (1848-1922)

Shepherd among Haystacks

$3,600

The Belle Jardiniere after Raphael, the Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, oil on canvas, 19th century, in a period gilt frame

European School, 19th century

Madonna after Raphael, 1800s

$3,800

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Signed 19th century poppy field landscape by Rousseau with cattle and wildflowers under a blue sky, gilt frame

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1861-1911)

Poppy Fields, late 1800sSold

Two roses in lilac and cream on vellum, a 19th century French botanical study in a moulded gilt frame

French School, 19th century

White and Purple Roses, 1800s

$5,600

French School, circa 1840

Woman with a Pearl Necklace

$5,600

Antique English portrait of a man in a tall black top hat and white stock, oil on canvas in a carved gilt frame

English School, early 19th century

Man in a Top Hat, 1800s

$2,600

Habsburg portrait of a lady with jeweled tiara and red shawl, early 19th century oil in gilt frame

Austrian School, early 19th century

Lady with a Jeweled Tiara, 1800s

$3,400

Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, after Anthony van Dyck, seated in a ruff and black cloak, 19th century oil on panel

European School, 19th century

Earl of Arundel, after van Dyck

$2,800

A gentleman with his gun and dog in a landscape, signed and dated 1839 by Charles Suan, oil on canvas in a period gilt frame

Charles Suan (1810-1879)

Gentleman with Gun and Dog, 1839

$4,900

A woman knitting alone in a park, signed oil on canvas by Octave Guenard, late 19th century, in a carved gilt frame

Octave Guénard (1845-1934)

Woman Knitting in a Park, 1800s

$2,700

Portrait of a Habsburg officer in white Austrian uniform with orders, oil in gilt frame

Austrian School, early 19th century

Habsburg Officer, 1800s

$2,900

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 (1810-1879)

The Hunter and His Dog, 1839

$4,900

The Collection

GalerieClub Fine Art offers antique French oil paintings for sale, sourced in France and shipped free to the United States and Canada. Over 1,100 paintings have found buyers since 2017.

Buying an Antique French Oil Painting Online+

A painting you cannot handle has to be shown, not described. Most works here are photographed front and back, in and out of the frame, with close views of the signature, the paint surface and any damage. The reverse is included, because the back of an old picture says what the front cannot. A stretcher, a colourman's stamp, an old sale label, a relining, a split in a panel, all of it is there before you buy.

Condition is written in full, including what the photographs show. Our guide to reading condition on an antique painting sets out what each term means. Fourteen days to return from delivery, no restocking fee.

Original Oil Paintings on Canvas, Wood Panel and Board+

Every work in this collection is an original oil painting, hand painted once. No prints, no reproductions, no editions. An original carries real thickness where the paint was loaded and real thinness where it was dragged, and that relief throws its own small shadows in raking light.

The support tells you what a painting was for. An antique oil on wood panel was made to be looked at closely, at arm's length. An antique oil on board went outdoors in a paint box and came back the same day. A large antique oil painting on canvas over a keyed stretcher was made for a wall someone crossed a room to see. Each support is named on the page, framed or unframed.

Signed Antique Oil Paintings and Antique Gold Frames+

Most of the collection is signed. Where a canvas carries no name, the school and the period take its place, which is the honest answer and the usual one. Where a picture follows a known composition by an Old Master, it is catalogued after that master, which says the design is his and the hand is not. The seven terms between a painter's own hand and a later copy are set out in our guide to reading attribution.

Many keep a period gilded frame, carved wood or plaster and gilt, swept or florentine. An antique ornate framed painting carries as much carving as the picture will bear, and it was chosen that way. An antique gold frame is often half of what makes a picture worth hanging, and it is described on its own because it has its own date and its own history. An unframed antique oil painting is photographed edge to edge, tacking margin included.

Free Shipping to the USA and Canada+

Shipping is free to the United States and Canada, professionally packed and fully tracked. Original paintings enter both countries duty-free under tariff heading 9701, which covers works of art executed entirely by hand. A painting costs less to import than almost anything else of comparable value.

Canadian buyers pay local sales tax on import, collected at the border. American buyers may pay a merchandise processing fee above a certain value, plus the carrier's own handling charge. Neither is a customs duty, and the declared value is always the price paid. Full terms on our shipping and returns page.

French Antique Oil Paintings, Found in France+

France painted more pictures, over more centuries, than anywhere else in Europe, and most of them never left. They came down through families, through provincial auctions, through houses being emptied. Every painting here was found in France and is shipped from France, which is what buying direct means in practice. The French school is the largest part of the collection, but pictures travelled in every direction across Europe, and a French house of 1800 often held a Flemish still life or an Italian religious composition alongside anything painted in Paris.

New to collecting antique paintings? Our collecting guides set out how to read attribution, condition, frames and signatures.

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