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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Group of Three 19th Century Framed Painted Silhouettes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Group of Three 19th Century Framed Painted Silhouettes
Framed in black: Male: 6.25x7.75, unframed 5.5x7
Framed in black: Female: 4.75x6.25, unframed 2.x2.75
Gilded frame: Female: ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink
c. 1800's French Oil Painting on Canvas Young Girl with Pet Dog on Lap
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Girl with her Dog
French School, circa 1800 period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 23.5 x 19 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: the paintin...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Une Affection Tacite - Large 19th Century Oil Painting of Young Lovers
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Une Affection Tacite’ by Adèle Kindt (1804-1893).
The painting – which depicts a young woman and her ardent admirer – is signed by the artist and dated 1862.
Born into a family o...
Category
1860s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Musketeer oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Benito Belli (19th century) - Musketeer - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 57x30 cm.
Frame measurements 79x52 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Charlotte Shore Daughter of 1st Lord Teignmouth. Portrait in India 1792 to 1795.
By Arthur William Devis
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Arthur William Devis.
English ( b.1762 - d.1822 ).
Portrait of Charlotte Shore, Daughter of the 1st Lord Teignmouth 1790 - 1864.
Oil on Canvas.
Oval Image size 26.2 inches x 20.5 in...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Goddess Hera - 19th Century Neoclassical Oil Painting Ancient Greek Myth
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Hera’ by Eduard Niczky (1850-1919).
The painting - which depicts the Greek queen of the gods in golden diadem and yellow robe - is signed by the artist and hangs in a newly commis...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Regina dei Fiori - 19th Century Oil Painting Society Portrait of Italian Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Regina dei Fiori’ by Frédéric Soulacroix (1858-1933).
The painting – which depicts an aristocratic Italian beauty sitting beside a porcelain vase full of peonies – is signed by th...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Melancholic Sappho - Large 19th Century Pre-Raphalite Oil Painting Greek Goddess
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908).
The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the...
Category
1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman Signed S Sassoon Between the Wars Period Oil 1920 – 1940
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Between the Wars Portrait Oil Painting
Bust Portrait of a Gentleman circa 1920 – 1940
Signed S. Sassoon
Oil on Canvas.
Image size 20.9 inches x 17.3 inches ( 53cm x 44cm ).
Frame siz...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Lady w Red Coral necklace 19th century Italian oil painting
By Guerrino Guardabassi
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Guerrino Guardabassi (Rome 1841 - 1893)
Portrait of a Young Lady
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 1/4 inches (61 x 51.5 cm)x`
32.5 x 28.5 inches framed (82.5 x 72.5 cm framed)
Signed lower left...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Captain
Located in Columbia, MO
F. CLEVEROT
Captain
1898
Oil on panel
18 x 14 inches
Framed: 28 x 24 inches
Hand signed lower right recto
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Study Of A Gentleman
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This splendid early 19th-century English school portrait study depicts a gentleman wearing a brown coat, cream waistcoat, white shirt, and cravat.
He’s dressed according to the rath...
Category
1820s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a spanish woman in a church
By Francis Humphrey Woolrych
Located in PARIS, FR
Francis Humphrey Woolrych
1868-1941, American
Portrait of a spanish woman in a church
Painting, oil on paper glued on hardboard
Signed
Painting: 25.5 x 32.5 cm (10 x 12.8 inches)
Fra...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Ferdinando I De Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Serving Bread
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Ferdinando I De Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Serving Bread
Italian School - inscribed "Qui Bene Servire Optime Ducker Scit" To Serve Well, Is To Lead Well
Large antiq...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Enchantress - 19th Century Belle Epoque Oil Painting Portrait French Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Enchantress’ by Nathaniel Sichel (1843-1907). This large fine 19th century oil on canvas, depicting a dark-haired beauty wearing a crown of holly, is signed by the artist and ha...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a woman, Tasie
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Jules Antoine LECOMTE DU NOÜY
Paris, 1842 - Paris, 1923
Portrait of a woman, Tasie
Painting, oil on wood
Signed, titled and dated 1876: "Tasie / Lecomte du Nouy / 76"
Painting: ...
Category
1870s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Man with a Cigar, Bowtie, Early American Portraiture, Smoking Man
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Man with a Cigar, c. 1840s
Oil on Canvas
30" x 25"
Housed in a 4 3/8" Frame
Overall Size: 38 1/4" x 33 1/4"
Light craquelure, some in-painting. Please view all pho...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Antique Boston School Violin Player Portrait Oil Painting, ca 1890’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Although unsigned, this is a very well executed portrait of a violin player seated in a hushed setting. It is surely Boston School in style and dating to the very end of the 19th cen...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Russian Icon Mother God Deesis 19th Century Paint Egg Tempera on panel
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antique Russian icon ''Mother of God of Deesis''
Central Russia - 19th century
71 x 40 cm.
Egg tempera on wooden panel
Antique Russian icon with the Mother of God, portrayed full-...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
Early Victorian English Oil Portrait of Dapper Young Gentlemen gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English artist, circa 1830
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 22 x 18 inches
canvas: 16 x 12 inches
Provenance: private collection, Dorset, England
Condition: The painting is in overall ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of Country Lady in Headscarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady
English School, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 21.5 x 25.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: basic good condition but ver...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saul on the road to Damascus
Located in East Grinstead, GB
Frances Bannerman 1844-1944, was a Canadian born painter. She travelled to France, Italy and England where she lived for the remainder of her life. In 1886 she married an English art...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Guinevere - 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting of King Arthur Queen Legend
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English mediaeval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her lo...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Othello & Desdemona - 19th Century Oil Painting of Shakespeare Play Venice Italy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Othello recounting his adventures to Desdemona and Brabantio’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts Shakespeare’s Venetian general, his lover D...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Belle Epoque Beauty - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait French Girl Paris
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910). The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto Ritratto maschile 1833
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola francese. In basso a sinistra sono presenti la firma e la data scritte al contrario; la firma è leggibile come H. Faillade. In basso a destra è presente invece...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of blonde girl with green dress on paper. SIgnés and Dated 1851.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of blonde girl with green dress on paper. Dated 1851.
Technique: watercolor and pencil on painter's cardboard.
Some defects ( please see photos).
Partially legible signatur...
Category
1850s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board
Portrait Of A Boy & His Horse, 19th Century Walter Harrowing (1838-1913)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Boy & His Horse, 19th Century
Walter Harrowing (1838-1913)
Large 19th Century portrait of a young boy and his horse in a landscape, oil on canvas by Walter Harrowing...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Dog Painting: Cane Corso ("Bodyguard Dog") Jules Chardigny, circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on wood panel
Housed within its beautiful and original ornate original gilt frame.
9 x 7 1/4 (15 1/4 x 1...
Category
1860s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, 19th century English portrait of a dogs head
By George Earl
Located in Woodbury, CT
!9th century English portrait of a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel
Wonderful portrait study of this very popular breed of dog.
Dating from the middle of the 19th century this piece...
Category
1860s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone By George Frederic Watts
Located in New Orleans, LA
George Frederic Watts
1817-1904 British
Portrait of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Oil on canvas
This exceptional portrait captures the stately likeness of the famed “Gra...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Fashion. Young Victorian Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alice Anne Renshaw.
English ( b.1849 - d.1900 ).
Young Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat
Watercolor & Gouache on Artist's Board ( An embossed stamp in the top left hand corn...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of Country Squire in Yellow Waist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Squire
English School, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 26 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: basic good condition tho...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait The Honourable Mrs Charlotte Gunning, 18th Century
By Thomas Gainsborough
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait The Honourable Mrs Charlotte Gunning, 18th Century
circle of Sir Thomas GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788)
Large late 18th Century portrait of The Honourable Mrs Charlotte Gunning, oil on canvas. Circa 1780 portrait of Gunning wearing a black wide brim hat, choker and fur lined dress...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Scruffy Terrier Dog Staring in Gilt Frme
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Alert Terrier
by Martin Theodore Ward (British 1799-1874)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 15.5 x 17.5 inches
canvas : 10 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, Berkshire, Engl...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Little Ballerina
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alphonse PELLET (1853-1926)
The Little Ballerina
Oil on wood panel signed low right
Old frame regilded with leaves
Size panel : 30 X 43 cm - Size frame : 40 X 55 cm
Alphonse PELLET...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gospel Scene on Sunrise Jesus Passing Peter 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gospel of Apostle Luke, Chapter 22:
61. and the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Befor...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Lady in paris Street 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
LEBAS Léonie (19th-20th)
"Lady in Paris Street 1900"
Oil on wood panel signed low right
Old Frame regilded with gold leaves
Dim panel : 16 X 22 cm
Dim frame : 50 X 41 cm
LEBAS Léoni...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Victorian Original Oil Painting Portrait of Little Red Riding Hood
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Little Red Riding Hood
by John Talbot Adams (1827-1909)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 50 x 40 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition hav...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Female Figure - Oil Paint by Domenico Morelli - 19th century
By Domenico Morelli
Located in Roma, IT
Seated female figure is original oil painting on panel realized by the artist Domenico Morelli (1823-1901).
Hand signed overleaf.
Stamp "Galleri...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
English 19th century figure scene with fisherman helping ladies on to a boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding quality Victorian Genre scene of some fishermen helping some high-class ladies on to their small boat.
The style is a type of the High-end Victorian Genre scene. Painters like Tissot, Millais, the Pre-Raphaelites, and other genre painters all painted in this high-quality style.
The painting is signed and dated lower left and is an oil on canvas, but alas the signature is not obvious enough to know the painter.
The history of the painting is that it came from an English private collection of paintings...
Category
1860s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orientalist Portrait Painting by Bridell-Fox, 1865
Located in London, GB
Orientalist portrait painting by Bridell-Fox, 1865
English, 1865
Canvas: Height 33cm, width 25cm
Frame: Height 49.5cm, width 42cm, depth 6cm
This intimate portrait depicts a seated ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Portrait of a young woman - dream on ephemeral beauty
By Jean Joseph Weerts
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Joseph WEERTS
Roubaix, 1846 - Paris, 1927
Portrait of a young woman - dream on ephemeral beauty
Painting, oil on wood
Signed
Painting: 24 x 33 cm
Beautiful original frame: 41 x ...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on paper.
8 x 6 (18 1/2 x 15 1/4 frame) inches
The dog, possibly a Grand Griffon Vendéen, is depicted wi...
Category
1860s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Portrait of Terrier "Hercules", 19th Century signed JL
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Terrier "Hercules", 19th Century
signed JL
19th Century English Dog portrait of "Hercules" a small terrier, oil on board signed JL. Good quality and condition head port...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Young woman painting, the artist, 19th Century anonymous master oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
Painted with inspiration, sensitivity and with grace, this painting depicts a young woman whose right arm is slightly stretched out. Although we cannot see her hand, she must clearly...
Category
1870s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Officer & Horse Of The Royal Queens Dragoons, Seven Years War (1756-1763)
By David Morier
Located in Blackwater, GB
Officer & Horse Of The Royal Queens Dragoons, Seven Years War (1756-1763). 18th Century
by David MORIER (1704-1770)
Large circa 1760 portrait of an officer and horse of the Royal ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Enormous Religious German Oil Painting Adoration of Madonna & Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Adoration of the Madonna & Christ Child
German Baroque artist, late 19th century
oil painting on canvas
framed within highly ornate gilt frame
overall size: 68 x 50 inches in total
c...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Portrait of a Victorian Lady, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted in the 19th century, this exquisite miniature portrait wonderfully exemplifies realism in traditional oil painting. The small artwork is painted in the conventional portraiture style of the Old Masters, and achieves soft realism with fine brushwork and a subdued, neutral palette. The half length portrait depicts a fine Victorian woman dressed in all black with a delicate lace collar and bonnet. She wears a ruby broach...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Night At The Opera, 19th Century by Manuel CUSI Y FERRET (1857-1922)
By Manuel Cusi y Ferret
Located in Blackwater, GB
A Night At The Opera, 19th Century
by Manuel CUSI Y FERRET (1857-1922) to $20,000
Large 19th century Spanish portrait of a lady at the theatre, oil on canvas by Manuel CUSI Y FERRE...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta, 19th Century
attributed William LINTON (1791-1876) to $20,000
Large 19th Century sunset view at the Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta, oil on canvas ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Dog Painting: Pair of Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs, circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting:
Pair of Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs
Jules Chardigny (France, 1842-1892) circa 1870
Oil on canvas, signed
21 3/4 x 18 1/3 (29 1/8 x 24 3/4 frame) inches
This rather large painting depicts a very finely executed portrait of a two Grand Griffon Vendéen hunting dogs. The Grand Griffon Vendéen are a very old breed of French hunting dogs...
Category
1870s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Old Woman 1893 by Famous Russian Master Oil Painting on Canvas Frame
Located in Stockholm, SE
Attributed by Nikolay Alekseyevich Kasatkin (1859 - 1930). In this touching artwork, the artist perfectly conveyed the character of the old woman, who has seen a lot in her life. The hands, tired out and riddled with veins, lie helplessly on the knees. Her slouched body tells us about the load of years lived. The painter skillfully conveys a sense of wisdom, kindness, and humility through her wrinkled face and detached gaze. The painting exudes warmth with a subtle touch of sadness and reflection on a life lived. Thanks to moderately contrasting colors, the portrait comes to life and shows us the depth of the artist's intention. Kasatkin not only continued the traditions of the best masters of portraiture in Russia in the 19th century, but also introduced new principles into it. He sought to display on canvas not only the external features of a person, but also to demonstrate his spiritual world. Antique oil painting on canvas, signed bottom left, framed.
Size app.: 68.5 x 52.3 cm (roughly 27 x 20.6 in), frame is 80.5 x 63.5 cm (roughly 31.7 x 25 in). Very good condition, very well preserved recently conserved condition with minimal wear (notice few micro losses here and there). Please study good resolution images for cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 5.4 kg is going to measure 8 kg packed for shipment.
Nikolay Alekseyevich Kasatkin (1859 - 1930) was a Russian painter, considered to be one of the founders of Social Realism in Russia. From 1873 to 1883 he studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture with Vasily Perov and Illarion Pryanishnikov. Upon graduating, he received a medal for his painting "Beggars at the Church Door". In 1891, he began exhibiting with the Peredvizhniki and, from 1894 to 1917, was a teacher at his alma mater. For thirty years, beginning in 1883, he worked with Ivan Sytin, providing illustrations for his popular almanac/calendars and teaching lithography. He also contributed The Great Reform, an encyclopedia that celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Emancipation (1861), and a collection called "Russian History in Pictures". In 1903, he became a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. He participated in the Exposition Universelle (1900), where he won a silver medal, and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904), among others. In 1923, following the Civil War, he was named the first "People's Artist of the Republic" and became a member of the AKhRR (Association of Artists). He is considered to be one of the forerunners of Socialist Realism in the arts and was sometimes called the "Gorky of Painters". In 1956, the Soviet Union honored him with a 40 kopeck commemorative postage stamp. In 1971, his painting of a female mine worker...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Antique portrait of a woman, French romantic oil painting, female portrait
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique portrait of a young woman. Romantic 1800's oil painting on canvas board. This is an attractive, traditional 19th Century French oil painting in its original frame.
MORE ABO...
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1840s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The little bouquet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Miralles is one of Spain's most lauded academic coming towards impressionism painters. He was technically superlative and had a way with lush brushwork that made his work highly sou...
Category
1870s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola (1871-1950) Portrait of Lady, oil sketch signed
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950)
Portrait of a lady, a sketch
signed lower right
Oil on canvas transfered on cardboard
25 x 18 cm oval
Framed : 31 x 24.5 cm
This port...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Erlkönig by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, circa 1900
By Jan Toorop
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Erlkönig by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, circa 1900
school of JAN TOOROP (1858-1928)
Huge circa 1900 Symbolist scene from Goethe's poem The Erlkönig, oil on canvas. Excellent qu...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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