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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Huge Victorian Oil Painting by Famous Artist Portrait Country Girl in Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gleaner
by Charles Sillem LIDDERDALE (British, 1831-1895)
signed & dated 1890
oil painting on canvas,
framed in what we believe to be the original frame
framed: 51.5 x 37.5 inch...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950s "Black Floor" Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Black Floor
c. 1940-1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18" Unframed
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks.
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann.
San Francisco Abstract Expression
A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency.
Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Love and Flowers -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
French School 19th Century, A Man bust-length, oil on wood panel
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 19th Century
A Man bust-length
Oil on wood panel
31,5 x 22 cm
Framed 47,8 x 37,5 cm
In good condition. The painter chose to deal with the roughness of his suppo...
Category
1850s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Mythological Classical Oil Painting Winged Angels with Naked Figure in Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winged Angels
European artist, late 20th century
(possibly a copy after an earlier painting)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, Wiltshire...
Category
20th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
LADY IN BLACK-In the Manner of G. Bodini Italy figurative oil on canvas painting
Located in Napoli, IT
LADY IN BLACK - Oil on canvas painting, Eugenio De Blasi, Italy, 2011
This is his reinterpretation of a greatest old master painting by Giovanni Boldini.
Gold leaf gilded and mohogan...
Category
Early 2000s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed American Illustration "Romeo and Juliette" Framed Rare Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American illustration painting. Signed. Framed. Measuring 20 by 24 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine American Impressionist Interior and Portrait Painting, 1922, Boston area
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1891, John Gilmore Wolcott graduated from Harvard in 1914 and continued studies in art with Charles Woodbury. He was active in the Boston art scen...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca, The Prayer of Mary, 1920
Located in Vicenza, VI
Positive photographic print with white lead highlights and charcoal trim of a painting depicting the prayer of Mary, both made by Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca.
The photograph has the arti...
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper
Fine 18th Century English Portrait of Aristocratic Gentleman Huge Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Aristocratic English Gentleman
circle of Thomas Hudson (British (1701-1779)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 53.5 x 45 inches
painting: 45 x 40 inches
provenance: private...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,806 Sale Price
30% Off
By Heart
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"By Heart," a compelling artwork by Oyeleye Feranmi, beautifully captures the essence of unity and brotherhood transcending differences. In this poigna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Growth, portrait, contemporary, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
This beautiful folk art style portrait by Kerry Louise Bennett contemplates the idea of personal growth, the journey towards contentment and the notion of being comfortable in your o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Glimmer" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Nude Female Portrait
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "Glimmer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female wearing a translucent robe, posing with her arms above her head. The painting is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Girl Holding Wool - British Edwardian female portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This beautiful British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted and much exhibited female artist Maud Marion Wear. Wear trained at the Royal Academy Schools in London for five yea...
Category
Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christ on the Cold Stone – After Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This striking devotional image, painted by a follower of Jan Gossaert, represents one of the most influential compositions of the Northern Renaissance: Christ on the Cold Stone, or C...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$11,103 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait Of a French Aristricatic Lady
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6128 Portrait of a French woman
Set in a gilt frame
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
You Become What You Think About - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Eli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Contemporary abstract figurative woman's portrait on canvas "Silent Tempest"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
“Silent Tempest” is an abstract woman’s portrait by French contemporary artist Natalya Mougenot, painted in her distinctive expressionist and metamodernist style. Combining bold colo...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Legend about a white Cow Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting
By Ashot Yan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Surrealism Original Painting
Artist: Ashot Yan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2023
Style: Portrait Surrealism,
T...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Self Portrait of the Artist, Early 20th Century Oil Painting, Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kenneth Marcus Hugh (American, 1916-2011)
Self Portrait
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right and dated ’36
33 x 27 inches
39 x 33 inches, framed
Kenne...
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century French Painting of a Chic Grey Haired Lady With Pearl Earrings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984)
Medium: oil on board, unframed
Size : 14 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The painting is in overa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Feelings
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Emily - Colorful Original Figurative Painting on Canvas
By Kate Tova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vibrant multimedia artworks incorporate reflective mediums and thick textures in Kate Tova's work. Colors splash across the page melding into flourishes of sequins, rhinestones, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Sequins, Glitter, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Inside- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone
Inside
60 x 50 cm
Oil on canvas
Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence.
For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltime works as a painter. Her works are all around the world in great collections.
For our exhibition 'A Female Gaze' Daniela Astone made a series of paintings where the female aspect of her life is the main subject.
This series contains a series of seven paintings where you see a dancing couple. Female- male couples and male-male/ female-female couples.
The Currator of Galerie Bonnard says about the paintings by Daniela Astone:
The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special. Her style is virtuoso and her subjects narrative. The keys are loose and subtle. For this artist, standing in front of a painting means...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Exploring at the Beach, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by a childhood photo taken at a Santa Cruz beach, this painting captures the simple joys of summer. Two children dig in the sand, perhaps building a ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Portrait of Elegant" Signed and dated 1895 Oil on Canvas in Frame
Located in Pistoia, IT
Octave GALLIAN (1855-1918) "Portrait of Elegant" , oil painting on canvas signed and dated 1895 lower right.
Magnificent portrait depicting a young woman with deep dark eyes and rave...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lisa, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mishurovski V.V.
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Impressionism
Year: 2020
Title: Athos monk father Siluan
Size: 39....
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegant Nude in Pink Peignoir, standing before a Mirror
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov
(Born 1974) Russian
Elegant Nude in Pink Peignoir, standing before a Mirror
Oil on canvas: 11 x 16 inches. Frame: 18 x 23 inches.
Konstantin Razumov's work has...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19thC English Sporting Scene – Bay Horse & Groom In A Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item.
This early 19th-century oil painting by English artist W.S. Cooper (act. 1832-1834) depicts a bay hunter and groom in a landscape with ...
Category
1830s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madonna Child Conca 17/18th Century Paint Oil on copper Old master Roman school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Sebastiano Conca (Gaeta 1680 – Naples 1764) circle
Madonna and Child
Oil on copper
26 x 20 cm In high-quality period frame 72 x 50 cm
The work depicts the Madonna lovingl...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,866 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure Painting, Nature, Green Flora, Picnic Among the Ferns by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Picnic Among the Ferns"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 60 inches
41.5 x 61.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based Ameri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$17,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Oil - A Fruit Seller
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful Victorian oil study of a young boy selling fruit on a street corner. The basket of fruit has been painted with fine attention to detail and the child's face is almost an...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$545 Sale Price
20% Off
Essence of Life -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Green
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Can you imagine life as if it were a gigantic rollercoaster ride of emotions?
Just like on a rollercoaster, there are moments when we feel incredibly happy, and there are times when ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Guardian Angel, 17th century Italian Old Master oil on copper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Guardian Angel
Italian School, 17th century
Oil painting on copper, framed
Framed size: 12 x 10.5 inches
Fine quality early Italian Old Master oil on copper panel, dating to the 17t...
Category
17th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,104 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Antique American Impressionist Nicely Framed Picnic Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 20 by 27 inches painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold g...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,820 Sale Price
20% Off
Escuela española (XIX) - Santa Bárbara - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra (la placa que pone "ESCUELA SEVILLANA XVIII" es errónea, esta obra es del siglo XIX
Estado de conservación ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$658 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine 1700's French/ Dutch Oil Painting on Copper Portrait Man Ruff Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Ruff Collar
Dutch/ French artist, 18th century
oil painting on copper, unframed
copper board : 6.75 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
co...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
“Young Lady and Governess” by Constantino Sereno - Oil on Board - 89x67cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (101.5 x 79 x 5 cm)
Costantino Sereno (1829–1893) was an Italian painter renowned for his historical scenes, religious frescoes, and decorative works that en...
Category
1870s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Early 20th century English Antique portrait of a Polo Pony
By George Paice
Located in Woodbury, CT
This early 20th-century portrait of a Polo Pony by the esteemed English artist George Paice is an exquisite representation of equine artistry, showcasing Paice’s remarkable skill in ...
Category
1910s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Superb Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
The sitter is an elegant young woman in her finest dress and jewelry.
Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 22" x 27...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Light - Figurative Ocean Fish Swimming Realism Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liberty IX /// Jack Graves Statue of Liberty New York France United States Paint
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Liberty IX"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2025
Medium: Original Acr...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Follower of Salvatore Maresca - Early 20th Century Oil, Portrait of an Old Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A charismatic portrait of an elderly gentleman clutching a bottle of red wine and a full fiasco. Signed' S. Maresca' to the lower right. Copied from the artist's original work. On ca...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Masri' by Masri - Large Colorful Contemporary Abstract Self Portrait Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri (Lebanese, born 1965)
"Masri" 2023
Oil paint, Acrylic paint, Canvas, Stretcher bars
The artist signed the bottom right and back of the painting.
Masri’s "Masri" is a striking ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Antique portrait oil painting female 19th century original oil on canvas
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique oil portrait painting of a woman. This painting is an attractive French portrait painting of a woman in a green dress. The artist has given this painting a depth of detail ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady in Gold Dress - British 1940's female portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Frank Owen Salisbury also known as Frank O'Salisbury. Painted in 1944 it is a three quarter length portrait of a l...
Category
1940s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animated biblical scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Work re-lined
Plaster and gilded wood frame
86 x 105 x 7 cm
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,995 Sale Price
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Portrait Of A Young Girl In A Lilac Dress With A Black Bow. Circa 1860. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young girl in a lilac dress with a black bow.
Circa 1860.
Signature below right, partially visible.
Size with frame 59cm x 49cm
Size without frame 33cm x 24cm
The portrait depicts a young girl with an elegant hairstyle, her hair carefully tied back. Dressed in the fashion of the 1860s, her light lilac dress reflects the synthetic aniline colors, a novelty in fashion at the time.
A black bow at the neck and slightly black straps accentuate her attire.
Represented at mid-length, with a mysterious and melancholic gaze, suggesting a mourning endured over a year ago.
The portrait, executed in pastels, chalks, and charcoals on paper, highlights the mastery and speed of the artist's execution.
Framed in a vintage oval frame...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Carbon Pencil
$317 Sale Price
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"Study of a Goat's Head" Frans Lebret (Dutch, 1820-1909)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Study of a Goat"
Frans Lebret (Netherlands, 1820-1909)
Oil on paper on wood panel
9 x 10 (13 1/2 x 14 1/4 frame) inches
Initialled lower right
This is a simply stunning and deeply ...
Category
1870s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
YOUTH AND WISDOM Ciro De Rosa Italian School - Italy Figurative Oil on painting
By Ciro De Rosa
Located in Napoli, IT
Youth and wisdom -Ciro De Rosa Italia 2007 - Oil on canvas cm.60x50
Gold leaf gilded wooden frame cm.82x73 available on request
The painting by Ciro De Rosa is characterized by light...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Traditional English Oil Painting Rural Crafts Portrait of Man in Woods
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Woodsman
by John Edwards (1940 - 2020)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 23.5 inches
board : 23 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$795 Sale Price
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1830's French Romantic Period Large Oil Painting Christ on the Cross
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Crucifixion
French School, circa 1830's
circle of Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 37.5 x 22.5 inches
provenance: private collection, northern France
...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,057 Sale Price
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Green Abstract Face Original French Artwork Acrylic Painting
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original French Artwork
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original acrylic painting on thick artist paper, unframed
size: 13.5 x 10.5 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from t...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$463 Sale Price
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"Studio Sketch of Ella", Surrealist, Cream, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Studio Sketch of Ella” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in creams and browns. The painting is from the “Studio Visitors” series. When Ella a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
1930's British Oil Painting Portrait of Westminster School Boy in Uniform
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Young Westminster"
by Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962)
signed and dated 1931
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 24
canvas: 29 x 20 inches
condition: very go...
Category
1930s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Pair of Indigenous Fillipino Portraits
Located in San Francisco, CA
One might reasonably ask: What were the 16th-century Spanish colonizers thinking when they took on the conquest of the Philippines? The archipelago nation is comprised of 7,641 islan...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
The Flamenco Dancer Vintage French Signed Oil Painting Original Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Georges Regnault (French mid 20th century)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 27 x 24 inches Canvas: 22 x 18 inches
Provenance: Private Collection, France
Condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
$912 Sale Price
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Reclining Woman with Flowers oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Reclining Woman with Flowers
Artist: Joan Beltrán Bofill (Badalona, 1934 – Palma de Mallorca, 2009)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 73 × 100 cm (approx. 28.7 × 39.4 in)
S...
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,050 Sale Price
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Portrait of an Old Bearded Man
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer a captivating portrait, most likely painted in the late 18th century, attributed to an artist within the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. This oil ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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