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Who was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century?

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Who was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century?
British artist John Singer Sargent was one of the most important portrait painters of the 19th century. Other notable portraitists from the period include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassat, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of portrait paintings.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
1880's German/ French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Man with Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man in a Hat French/ German School, late 19th century indistinctly inscribed verso
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Toby Rosenthal (German Jewish painter) - 19th century figure painting - Portrait
Located in Varmo, IT
Tobias Edward Rosenthal, known as Toby (Strasbourg 1848 - Munich 1917) - Portrait of a gentleman
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Sleeping Girl by Danish German Genre Painting Master 19th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Johann August Frederik Carl‏ Lorange (1833 - 1875) was highly skilled Danish artist of German roots
Category

19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Wood Panel, Oil, Canvas

American artist Portrait German lady 19th century Oil painting by J. Eichholtz
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ceremonial Portrait of Noble German Lady - amazing discovery of hidden monogram "J.E. 1826
Category

1820s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Huge German 19th Century Portrait of Elegant Lady Dressed for Ball signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Dressed for the Ball" by Heinrich Michaelis (German, b.1837) signed lower front corner oil
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early-19th-Century German School, Portrait Of A Pastor
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century German oil painting depicts a seated protestant pastor holding a bible
Category

1810s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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