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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Amazing 19th Century Dutch Skating Woman Winter Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A powerful 19th century landscape and portrait painting. A young dutch woman lacing up her skates. Really rare and well painted. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Housed in a beautif...
Category
1870s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of young woman"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Portrait of a Lady Artist: Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Period: Early 19th century
Dimensions: Framed: 84 x 61 cm Unframed: 72 x 62 cm
Provenance:...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Viggo Pedersen Portrait "Benedicte Olrik Daughter of Henrik Olrik"
Located in Detroit, MI
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“Benedicte Olrik” is the portrait of Benedicte Olrik the 18 year-old daughter of another famous artist, Ole Henrik Benedictus Olrik (1830 – 1890) and future wife ...
Category
1870s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait identified as Self Portrait Of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1820)
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait identified as Self Portrait Of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1820), circa 1830
Large 19th Century English Regency portrait believed to be a self portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and good condition portrait identified as British romantic...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gustave de Jonghe, "An Afternoon Visit, " original oil painting
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Gustave de Jonghe
An Afternoon Visit
Oil on panel
Image Size: 32.8 x 25 inches
Framed Dimensions: 41.7 x 33.5
Hand signed in lower left corner
Category
1860s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arthur Trevor Haddon (1864-1941) - 19th Century Oil, Portrait of a Man
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait depicts an elderly gentleman with white hair and a beard, gazing thoughtfully to the side against a rich, dark background. The ornate gold frame surrounding the paintin...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
MINIATURE - L'Empereur Napoleon Ier
By Jacques Lienard
Located in Paris, FR
Jacques Lienard
(1779-1848) French
Napoleon Ist
Miniature on Porcelain
Signed
Porcelain: 5 1/2 high x 4 1/5 wide
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
19th century Irish or English Antique portrait of two dogs, waterdogs
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding portrait of two dogs.
Sam Spode was an Irish painter of horse and dog portraits from the late 18th century through the early 19th century. His dog portraits are very rar...
Category
1830s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sermon Time", 19th Century by Annie Sherrif (1850-1888) Irish
Located in Blackwater, GB
"Sermon Time", 19th Century
by Annie Sherrif (1850-1888)
Large 19th Century Irish portrait of a lady seated before attending church, oil on canvas by Annie Sheriff. Excellent quali...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait Of Thomas A. Woolnoth, The Rhine, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Self Portrait Of Thomas A. Woolnoth, The Rhine, 19th Century
by Thomas Woolnoth (1785-1857)
Large Circa 1810 Georgian self portrait of Thomas A. Woolnoth during the Grand Tour, oil...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 19th Century Oil - The Matron
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early Victorian portrait of a dignified matronly woman, finely dress in black with a delicate lace bonnet and collar and an exquisite jet necklace. The artist shows a wonderfu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1890's French Portrait of Character Man Signed & Dated 1896 titled oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of "H.C" aged 44 years old
French artist, indistinctly signed
dated 1896
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: old...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Four large French family portraits
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Suite of four large family portraits, kept together to this day. Created around 1840 by the painter Théophile Morel, who presented portraits at the Salon des Artistes Français from t...
Category
1840s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Lady Wearing A White Dress, Beautiful English School Portrait 1840
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of a lady in a white dress, 19th century
Beautiful portrait from an English school circa 1840
Beautiful large portrait from an English school from the 19th century of a la...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Scale 1920s Portrait of Florence Foster Jenkins, Amateur Soprano Singer
Located in Soquel, CA
A fine, large-scale portrait of a Philadelphia lady, fabled soprano singer Florence Foster Jenkins, by Richard Langtry Partington (American, 19...
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of man seated at Torah
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady with Lace Collar - British 19th century art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
This very charming British 19th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1810 it is a seated half length portrait of a l...
Category
1810s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19thc century classical French portrait sketch of a North African mans head
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding small oil on velum sketch of a North African/ Arab head study.
The painting is a classic sketch and I'm sure the figure would have been used in a much larger finished w...
Category
1850s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Austrian School Family Portrait
Located in Astoria, NY
Austrian School, Family Portrait, Oil on Canvas, late 19th century, depicting a husband and wife with young child in a garden, surrounded by cherubs, signed "Pawlicek" lower right, g...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier- "The Shah" George Earl (England, 1824-1908)
By George Earl
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier: “The Shah”
George Earl (England, 1824-1908)
Circa 1870
Oil on canvas.
12 ¾ x 12 ¾ (21 x 21 frame) inches.
Orig...
Category
1860s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Mischievous Little Artists' by Edgard Farasyn (1858 – Antwerp – 1938)
Located in Knokke, BE
Edgard Farasyn
1858 – Antwerp – 1938
Belgian Painter
'The Mischievous Little Artists'
Signature: signed middle lower left and dated 'Edg. Farasyn 1881'
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimens...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century male portrait, painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century male portrait, painting
Oil on canvas
No visible signature,
25 x 30 unframed
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solitude
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed “G-Seignac” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
French Academic painter Guillaume Seignac was renowned for his masterful treatment of the idealized nude. His languishing female subje...
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fleur de Neige, Portrait de Mme Godillot
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Fleur de Neige by Jan Van Beers, painted in July 1880, stands out for the delicacy of its depiction. This remarkable portrait depicts a woman dressed in a sumptuous white costume, ad...
Category
1880s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Flax Spinner - Belgian Victorian art female portrait oil painting craftwork
Located in London, GB
This beautiful Victorian portrait oil painting is by Belgian artist Alfred Ronner. Painted circa 1890 the painting is of a young woman sat at a spinning wheel. She is spinning flax, ...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'A Young Parisienne', Royal Academy of Arts, Academie Colarossi, Jeu-de-Paume
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center left, 'Christine Sundberg' (Swedish, 1837-1892) and dated 1888.
Displayed in a period golden maple frame; Framed dimensions: 25.5 x 1...
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19thC portrait of the Duc De Chartres and Louis Philippe with their horses
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th century watercolor of the Duc De Chartres and Louis Philippe with their horses out Fox hunting.
The piece is a fine quality watercolor, well framed in an Eng...
Category
1890s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Early 1800's Italian Oil Painting Portrait of Bearded Man Saint Peter Apostle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, early 19th century
'Portrait of a Bearded Man' - possibly Saint Peter?
oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 13.5 inches
board: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private col...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 1800's French Oil on Wood Panel Portrait of a Rugged Dressed Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
French artist, circa 1800's period
oil on wood panel, unframed
panel: 23 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Honfleur, Normandy, France
condition: some sur...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alonso PEREZ - Painting Genre Scene in Paris
By Alonso Perez
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ALONSO PEREZ (1881 - 1914)
Lady and Napoleon Soldier in the Street
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1906 low right
Dedication : Au sympathique maître et...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Oil Portrait Delicate Austria Romantic 1800s Vintage Woman Realism Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 30" x 24"
Frame: 36.50" x 30.50"
Oil on canvas signed and dated lower right.
Category
1880s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self Portrait of George Catlin
By George Catlin
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
George Catlin was a 19th-century American artist, explorer, and advocate for Native American culture whose legacy is deeply intertwined with his iconic portraits and depictions of Native American tribes. A defining aspect of Catlin's work is his commitment to authenticity and respect for his subjects. He strove to capture not only their physical appearances but also their spiritual essence and cultural practices. His portraits are characterized by a keen attention to detail and a sensitivity to the individuality of each subject, reflecting his deep admiration for Native American traditions and values. This painting however, went beyond his skill for painting Native American...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Maiden in Coastal Landscape - Scottish Victorian art oil painting
By Robert Fowler
Located in London, GB
This stunning Scottish Victorian portrait oil painting is by noted artist Robert Fowler. Painted circa 1893 the composition is of a blonde haired maiden in the foreground, dressed in...
Category
1890s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Set of Five late 19th century Italian or French portraits of Putti or Angels
Located in Woodbury, CT
Set of Five late 19th century Italian or French portraits of Putti or Angels
A unique set of five oils on board depicting either Cherubs or Putti, ...
Category
1890s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil Painting by Frank Moss Bennett "Portrait of John, Annabella and Augusta Anne
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Frank Moss Bennett "Portrait of John, Annabella and Augusta Annesley" 1874 - 1955 Popular painter of figurative scenes. Studied at the...
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
After Giovanni Francesco Romanelli - 19th Century Oil, The Cumean Sybil
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Beautifully presented in a Florentine frame with delicate shell ornamentation. On canvas.
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georg Schirmer (1816-1880) - 1875 Oil, Gentleman from Cassel
Located in Corsham, GB
This 1875 oil on plywood portrait by Georg Schirmer exemplifies late 19th-century German realism. The composition centres on a gentleman in formal attire, set against a dark, atmosph...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Major General Harding Steward - British 19thC military oil painting
By Edyth Starkie
Located in London, GB
This striking British 19th century portrait oil painting is by noted established Irish female artist Edyth Starkie. She studied at the Slade School as well as the Académie Julian in ...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil - The Bather
Located in Corsham, GB
This classical painting, presented in an ornate gilded frame, depicts a serene landscape with a boy seated beside a small waterfall. The composition balances the intimate foreground ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Victorian English Oil - Fine Posed Lady Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century.
The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Girl In White, circa 1900 Portrait Of A Girl In White Hugh RAMSAY
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Girl In White, circa 1900
Portrait Of A Girl In White Hugh RAMSAY (1877-1906)
Large circa 1900 edwardian portrait of a girl in white, oil...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of A Girl, circa 1800
By Thomas Hickey
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Girl, circa 1800
circle of THOMAS HICKEY (1741-1824)
Large circa 1800 Irish School portrait of a young girl in a white dress, oil on canv...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Albert MANTELET (1858-1958) French School c1900 Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Albert MANTELET (1858-1958)
A charming portrait of a young woman resplendent in her finest Sunday bonnet.
Albert Goguet Mantelet was considered to be one of the most accomplished pupils of Ernest Hébert and Heinrich Lehmann.
He painted fashionably attired women from French society. His style achieved
critical acclaim and he quickly became an established artist. Throughout his long career he specialised in genre painting.
His work can be found in the collections of Musees de Chateau Thierry...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Francis William Edmonds Family Portrait
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
In Francis William Edmonds' family portrait, six women and three men are elegantly arranged in a formal yet intimate setting, capturing a moment of togetherness. The composition refl...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Portrait of a Young Boy With Hat, Possibly Painted by Gustaf Brandelius
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unknown Artist, Possibly Gustaf Brandelius (1833-1884)
Portrait of a Young Boy With Hat
oil on tree panel
painted c.1850-70
panel 9.05 x 5.90 inches ...
Category
1860s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Woman with a Fan
Located in Milford, NH
A finely detailed portrait of a beautiful young woman with a fan by Franco-German artist Carl Ernst Von Stetten (1857-1942). Stetten was a Franco-German portrait and genre painter who worked in France. He came from the wealthy Stetten banking family. He began his studies on October 16, 1876 in the class of antiquities at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich. He then left for Paris in the 1880s to study under Jean-Léon Gérôme. He attended the Académie Julian with Gustave Boulanger, Gustave Courtois...
Category
1880s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Queen Of May, dated 1877 by Valentine Cameron PRINSEP (1838-1904)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Queen Of May, dated 1877
by Valentine Cameron PRINSEP (1838-1904) to $180,000
Large 19th Century English pre-Raphaelite portrait of a young girl as May Queen, oil on canvas by ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Double Portrait”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original oil on canvas double portrait painting of a young boy and girl with cat (moist likely brother and sister) attributed to the hand of American artist, John Carlin. ...
Category
1860s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Adelaide" Eastman Johnson, Portrait by Prominent American Genre Painter
Located in New York, NY
Eastman Johnson
Adelaide, circa 1870-79
Signed with initials lower right; titled on the reverse
Oil on board
19 x 15 inches
For many years the foremost genre painter in the United ...
Category
1870s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Little Girls and Their New Friends Genre Scene 19th century Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very touching scene with two little girls. Two sisters are thrilled to meet their new pets that their parents have bought. The sincerity and immediacy of children's feelings depicted...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A Spanish Lady. Oil painting on canvas. Charles Baxter
By Charles Baxter
Located in St. Albans, GB
A perfect example of Charles Baxter's work. A beautiful Spanish lady wearing typical Spanish attire. Despite being unsigned, the painting has full provenance having being fully catal...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old man elderly oil on board painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Anonymous - Old man - Oil on board
Oil size 34x25 cm.
Frameless
Category
1920s Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of woman
By René Guinand
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Golden wooden frame
54 x 47 x 4 cm
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scene de Souk
Located in Jacksonville, FL
After Napoleon introduced Europe to the different and exotic life of the Middles East, it was Delacroix who was the first to return. He brought back vivid images to an unbelieving pu...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl, 1887 by Danish Realist Painter Peder Mørk Mønsted
By Peder Mørk Mønsted
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting titled "Portrait of a Girl" by the Danish realist painter Peder Mørk Mønsted captures an enigmatic young woman whose identity remains unknown. The girl, elegantly posed...
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine Scottish 19th Century Oil - The Coachmaker of Edinburgh
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine portrait of a gentleman thought to be of the name 'Riddell'. Possibly related to the Clan Riddell, local to Edinburgh the family were wealthy merchants. This well-dressed...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Rebekah at the Well', Follower of Luca Giordano, Early 19th Century Figural Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early 19th century, figural oil of a young woman with chestnut hair, shown wearing a headscarf and glancing towards the viewers left. A detail from a copy of 'Rebeca at the Well',...
Category
19th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Original painting for JOB cigarettes advert, 1900, by French artist Gervais
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Paul Gervais was one of the most highly regarded painters of the female form in the late 19th Century but this is one of his most famous images as it was used in the advertising camp...
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.
On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.
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