18th-Century Paintings for the Living Room (page 2)

Showing 49 to 68 of 68 18th-century paintings

Venice: The Rialto, Francesco Guardi, 1763, oil on wood

Francesco Guardi Venice: The Rialto, 1763 The Met

Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1724, Cornelis Troost, 1724, oil on canvas

Cornelis Troost Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1724, 1724 Rijksmuseum

The Herepad in the Haagse Bos, Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1778, oil on panel

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue The Herepad in the Haagse Bos, 1778 Rijksmuseum

We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around a free-standing column in this vertical landscape painting. The people we can see have light skin.

Canaletto English Landscape Capriccio with a Column, c. 1754 National Gallery of Art

Sun pours across a landscape with trees and plants growing around and on an arched stone ruin, a bridge and river, and, in the distance, buildings along a flat-topped hill carpeted with grass in this vertical painting.

Canaletto English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace, c. 1754 National Gallery of Art

The image is a portrait painting of a woman. She is seated with her body turned slightly to the right, while her head is facing forward towards the viewer. She has a gentle expression with slightly raised eyebrows.

Henry Raeburn Mrs. George Hill, c. 1790/1800 National Gallery of Art

An Amsterdam Canal House Garden, Cornelis Troost, c. 1740 - 1745, oil on canvas

Cornelis Troost An Amsterdam Canal House Garden, c. 1740 - 1745 Rijksmuseum

This painting shows a grand building with elaborate arches, columns, statues, and staircases, in front of which is a courtyard filled with people facing away from us.

Francesco Guardi Temporary Tribune in the Campo San Zanipolo, Venice, 1782 or after National Gallery of Art

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), Thomas Gainsborough, 1787, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), 1787 The Met

Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop, Rachel Ruysch, 1716, oil on canvas

Rachel Ruysch Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop, 1716 Rijksmuseum

Large painting, woman in pink dress in front of classical sculpture, shrine.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, 1763–65 Art Institute of Chicago

Capriccio: The Lagoon, Francesco Guardi, After 1770, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Capriccio: The Lagoon, After 1770 Art Institute of Chicago

Pirna: The Obertor from the South, Bernardo Bellotto, mid-1750s, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Pirna: The Obertor from the South, mid-1750s The Met

This painting depicts a harbor scene with brown arches and towers on the right, along with tall columns that look like ruins. At the bottom of the painting, people are engaged in various activities along the water's edge.

Francesco Guardi Capriccio of a Harbor, c. 1760/1770 National Gallery of Art

We look onto the side of a rowboat crowded with nine men trying to save a pale, nude young man who flails in the water in front of us as a shark approaches, mouth agape, from our right in this horizontal painting.

John Singleton Copley Watson and the Shark, 1778 National Gallery of Art

Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon, Canaletto, early 1740s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon, early 1740s The Met

Ruined Archway, Francesco Guardi, 1775–93, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Ruined Archway, 1775–93 Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. Lewis Thomas Watson (Mary Elizabeth Milles, 1767–1818), Joshua Reynolds, 1789, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds Mrs. Lewis Thomas Watson (Mary Elizabeth Milles, 1767–1818), 1789 The Met

Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, Thomas Gainsborough, 1769, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, 1769 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, William Hogarth, 1729, oil on canvas

William Hogarth The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, 1729 The Met