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Tortoise
By Scott Daniel Ellison
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso Acrylic on canvas Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Japanese Children with Tortoise
By Harry Humphrey Moore
Located in New York, NY
sign language. After developing an interest in art as a young boy, Moore studied painting with the
Category

Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Tortoise Encounter. Ocean Artwork Beachfront
By Arozarena De La Fuente
Located in Mexico City, MX
. Be sure check out the other 23 outstanding ocean animal paintings of this series done with the same
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Chinese Contemporary Art by Hongda - Supernatural Tortoise
Located in Paris, IDF
essence of the world. Convey personal insights into reality and the pursuit of idealism. He uses painting
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Sailcloth

Gopher Tortoise, Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Leatherback and Map Turtles.
Located in New York, NY
Original gouache illustrations collaged onto watercolored board. Original art for "Treasure Book Anual #3." London, 1972.
Category

1970s Animal Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

Romanian Contemporary art by Alex Manea - Achilles and the Tortoise
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, enamel, lacquer & solar print on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Tortoise, Animal, Acrylic on Canvas, Blue, Green, Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Debabrata Basu
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
the tough life led by the young artist community are all depicted in his paintings. His paintings
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

19th Century English Signed Oil Puppies in Barn Watching Tortoise on Floor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th Century English The Three Puppies signed with monogram, oil on canvas, framed in antique pine wood frame framed: 15.5 x 19 inches canvas: 11 x 15 inches provenance: private coll...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzy Bartolini Reverse Painting on Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Suzy Bartolini reverse painting, French artist born 1930. Well known for her reverse painting of
Category

Vintage 1930s French Paintings

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Glass, Paint

Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of Tortoise Style Wallpaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tortoise Wallapaper by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Fire (Tortoise Spirit), 2018, figurative, orange yellow, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to that subject
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker, Paper

'Cubistic Cityscape' original signed oil painting by Ernesto Gutierrez
By Ernesto Gutierrez (b.1941)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting is one of the series of cubist cityscapes that the Peruvian artist Ernesto Gutierrez
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Out on a Limb"/"Tortoise & The Hare, " Double-sided Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Out on a Limb" is an original ink drawing with a second side, titled "Tortoise & the Hare," both
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Fine Classic British Sporting Art Oil Painting - Racehorse with Jockey Up
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Jockey Up' English School, 20th century oil painting on canvas canvas: 25 x 27 inches framed: 30 x
Category

20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting depicts "Orpheus
Category

17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century French School Still Life Painting
Located in Winter Park, FL
chain. In the background is a tall pewter candlestick, a tortoise shell tea caddy with small key, and
Category

Antique 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century French School Still Life Painting
19th Century French School Still Life Painting
H 27.75 in W 24.25 in D 2.25 in
Happy Sea Turtle, Original Painting
By Suren Nersisyan
Located in San Francisco, CA
current as the tiny tortoise swims merrily. The piece elicits a positive and playful atmosphere.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait on Ivory of a Lady in a Hat in a Brass and Tortoiseshell Frame
Located in Tampa, FL
Portrait on ivory of a lady in a hat in a brass and tortoise shell frame. French paper on back
Category

Antique 1880s French Paintings

Materials

Brass

Ambergris
By Joanne Tod
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joanne Tod (b.1953) is a renowned Canadian artist and a master of figurative painting, of the same
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Ambergris
Ambergris
H 31.75 in W 25.75 in
19th Century Dutch Style Faux Tortoise Ebonized Antique Painting Picture Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique circa 1880's Dutch style faux tortoise design ebonized painting or picture frame. This
Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Picture Frames

Materials

Wood

Blue Koi (Pond, Lush, Orange, White, Red, Movement, Fish)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively personality
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Magnolia (Flowers, Toned-down, Muted, Delicate, Warm)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
dining room exudes a vibrant charm, complemented by quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space
Category

2010s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Green Koi (Pond, Lush, Green, Red, Movement, Fish)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively personality, evident
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Oil

Lily Pads (Flowers, Waterscape, Green, Saturated)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively personality
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Lily Pond (Flowers, Waterscape, Pastell, Warm)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
, complemented by quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Blooms (Flowers, Saturated, Green, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
, complemented by quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively
Category

2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Mackarel (Fish, School, Saba, Green, Light Green, Blue, Pink, Soft, Warm)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
, complemented by quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively
Category

2010s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Oil

Turtles (Teal, Blue, Brown, Deep, Vibrant)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively personality, evident
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Oil

Abstract IV (Abstract, Vibrant, Deep, Blue, Navy, Green, Orange, Pink, 30% OFF)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
, complemented by quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Abstract II (Abstract, Vibrant, Deep, Blue, Navy, Green, Orange, 25% OFF)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively personality
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Abstract I (Vibrant, Deep, Blue, Navy, Green, Orange, Yellow 25% OFF LIST PRICE)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively personality
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Abstract III (Abstract, Vibrant, Deep, Blue, Navy, Green, Orange, 30% OFF)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
, complemented by quirky giant tortoises in the living room. The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively
Category

2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Cypress (Landscape, Pebble Beach, California, Golf Course, Monterey Peninsula)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
, Iconic, Bunker, Green, Fairway *Framed in a black wooden frame ----------------- About the Painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Oil

Mediterranean Capriccio, Oil on canvas by Abraham Storck, circa 1680
By Abraham Jansz Storck
Located in Paris, FR
( Well Known French Expert in Paris) Within a tortoise-shell Turtle This oil on canvas of the golden age
Category

17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Gregory Lomayesva Contemporary Native American Art
Located in Larchmont, NY
woodworking, painting, music production and film making. Whatever he is doing, the artist is always working to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

The Pearl Lady, Oil on board signed Honthorst, dated 1644
By Gerard van Honthorst
Located in Paris, FR
, dated 1644 Within a beautiful tortoise shell With a certificate by René Millet ( Well Known French
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel

The tortoise and the hare
Located in Ljubljana, SI
The tortoise and the hare. Original color aquatint and etching, 1983. Edition of 150 signed and
Category

1980s Conceptual Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

19th C English Tole Tray with Recent Faux Tortoise and Fish / Carp Painting
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely early English black toleware tray. I believe the faux tortoise paint along the rim
Category

Early 20th Century English Victorian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Tortoise", Joshua Tree, California, 2005
By Jose Picayo
Located in Hudson, NY
antique fresco painting, Picayo examines time using the inanimate faces of broken dolls, reflecting on the
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

William Skilling (1862-1964) Dogs with Bone Portrait / Picture
By William Skilling
Located in Dallas, TX
Victorian parlor painting style with contrived aging, distressed finish, and a faux tortoise frame, signed
Category

20th Century American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Italian Rococo Period Pair of Oils Depicting Floral Arrangements, Mid-18th cen.
Located in Atlanta, GA
giltwood and faux tortoise frame.
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Paintings

Materials

Paint

Of Mice and Cats
Located in Woodbury, CT
tortoise-shell patina. Unframed size: 23.38 inches high x 19.63 inches wide. Framed size: 32.5 inches high
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Of Mice and Cats
Of Mice and Cats
H 32.5 in W 28.625 in D 2.75 in
'Marine Life with River Tortoise'. Unknown Aboriginal Artist, Australia
Located in London, GB
This fine painting by an unknown Aboriginal artist, titled 'Marine Life with River Tortoise
Category

Vintage 1960s Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Natural Fiber

Maitland Smith Tessellated Marble and Tortoise Shell Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
expertise include finely executed porcelains, sophisticated finishing techniques, and detailed hand painting
Category

Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Marble, Sterling Silver

Korean Asian Large Long Life Byobu Byeongpung Shipjangsaengdo Ten Panel Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
floating clouds and mist-shrouded mountains and resting in the peach tree below. Turtles/ tortoises are
Category

Mid-20th Century Korean Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper

19th-century Carved, Painted and Gilt tortoise shell, 'the Cosmic Turtle'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A highly unusual carved painted, gilt and gem-set tortoise carapace resembling the mythical Cosmic
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Gold Leaf

Attrib. William Gawin Herdman (1805-1882) - Watercolour, Landscape with Tower
Located in Corsham, GB
picture is well presented in a tortoise shell effect frame. Signed with initials to the lower right. On
Category

19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The King's Camelopard
Located in Amsterdam, NL
waterfowl. There was also an 'enormous tortoise'." The showpiece of his collection, however, was the female
Category

1820s Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold

The King's Camelopard
The King's Camelopard
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H 14.49 in W 10.99 in D 0.04 in
19th Century Screen with Grotesques Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
ornamentation often used in painting, sculpture and minor arts, for example in ceramics and tapestries
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Memento mori: a snuffbox in blonde tortoiseshell, gold, white agate. France 1820
Located in Milan, IT
painted in oil on a white agate table. The painting depicts a burnt book above which a skull is placed
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Agate, Gold

Burlwood Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
, which, when gently unscrewed, reveals a miniature erotic painting of exceptional detail. Erotic antiques
Category

Antique 19th Century English Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Burl

Burlwood Erotic Snuff Box
Burlwood Erotic Snuff Box
H 1 in Dm 3.88 in
1850's Tortoiseshell Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
being tortoiseshell. The edges of the box is in gold plate and depict on the sides, small painting of
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate

1850's Tortoiseshell Box
1850's Tortoiseshell Box
H 1.19 in W 2.37 in D 1.58 in
Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
sensuous etchings and paintings. The genre gained great popularity in the 18th century, particularly in
Category

Antique 19th Century European Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Glass

Erotic Snuff Box
Erotic Snuff Box
H 0.88 in Dm 3.63 in
Fine 17th Century Dutch Colonial Armorial Tortoiseshell & Silver Box, Dated 1691
Located in Amsterdam, NL
was one of the 250 richest men of the country and he owned a painting by Rembrandt “the adoration of
Category

Antique 17th Century Dutch Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Rare Pair of Spanish Colonial 18th Century Tortoiseshell Enconchado Mirrors, Per
Located in Benington, Herts
colonial art, particularly associated with Mexico, comprising of oil paintings inlaid with mother of pearl
Category

Antique 1720s Mexican Wall Mirrors

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
America. His personal collection of master drawings, prints, and paintings, from which he extracted much
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

George III Rococco Pressed Tortoiseshell, Ormolu, Bilston/Battersea Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
opposite bank. Exceptional quality painting of incredible detail.
Category

Antique 1760s English Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

Wall Clock 18th Century Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Warsaw, PL
India and South America. His personal collection of master drawings, prints, and paintings, from which
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Wall Clock 18th Century Boulle
Wall Clock 18th Century Boulle
H 49.22 in W 18.12 in D 9.45 in
Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes with historical decor to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
top of the lid there is a decor. It is a copy of Jaen-Louis David's painting "Bélisaire demandant
Category

Antique 1840s Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze

Golden Wood Mirror - Mercury Ice - Period: Louis XV
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
century, a mirror can sell for much more than a painting by Raphael, because the material is expensive and
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors

Materials

Wood

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Find the exact tortoise painting you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. If you’re looking for a tortoise painting from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a tortoise painting to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of beige, gray, brown, blue and more. Creating a tortoise painting has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Jay Golding, David Barnett, Debabrata Basu, Scott Daniel Ellison and Jared Fitzgerald are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paint, acrylic paint and paper — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Tortoise Painting?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a tortoise painting in our inventory may begin at $600 and can go as high as $13,800, while the average can fetch as much as $1,954.