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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1920s
Period: 1910s
Early 17th-Century Bolognese School, Annunciation, The Reading Madonna
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exquisite early 17th-century Italian oil painting, which probably originated in Bologna, Italy, depicts the Madonna reading. It’s stylistically reminiscent of works by Lorenzo C...
Category
Early 1600s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Presumed portrait of Marie-Anne de Bourbon
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Nicolas de LARGILLIERRE
(Paris 1656 – 1746)
Portrait of a woman, presumed to be Marie-Anne de Bourbon, Princess of Conti (1666-1739)
Oil on oval canvas
H. 8...
Category
Early 1700s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venus Bacchus Ceres Paggi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Mythologic
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giovanni Battista Paggi (Genoa 1554 – Genoa 1627)
Venus, Bacchus and Ceres (Parallel title: ‘Sine Cerere et Baccho, friget Venus’)
Oil on canvas
103 x 78 cm. - Framed 125 x 100 cm.
...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Important Rococo 18th Century French portraits
Located in New York, NY
Very good condition with original canvas, stretcher and frame.
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ecce Homo Castello 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Genoese school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
17th-century Genoese School
Workshop of Valerio Castello (Genoa, 1624 - Genoa, 1659)
Ecce homo
Oil on canvas
117 x 99 cm.
In frame 138 x 118 cm.
The Ecce Homo, the subject of our ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in New York, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV.
A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
A truly ...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian men portrait
By Giovanni Maria delle Piane dit Mulinaretto (Genoa 1670 - Monticelli d´Ongina 1745)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Giovanni Maria DELLE PIANE, known as IL MULINARETTO
(Genoa, 1660 – Monticelli d'Ongina, 1745)
Portrait of a man
Oil on oval canvas
H. 108 cm; L. 83 cm
Provenance: Nino Ferrari Colle...
Category
1740s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 18th century portrait of Henrietta Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle.
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of Henrietta Pelham-Holles (née Godolphin) (1701-1776), Duchess of Newcastle, standing in a wooded landscape with a river beyond, three-quarter length wearing an ivory silk ...
Category
1720s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pietà Cherubs Paint Oil on canvas Religious Rome 16/17th Century Michelangelo
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Peintre actif à Rome au XVIe siècle - entourage de Scipione Pulzone (Gaeta 1550 - Rome 1598)
La Pietà (Christ mort soutenu par la Madone)
huile sur t...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christ Cross Religious Van Dyck 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
By Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641) workshop
Christ Carrying the Cross - 17th century
Oil on canvas (120 x 94 cm - framed 140 x 112 cm).
This remarkable canvas, depic...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oval 18th century Portrait of a Young girl, oil on copper
By (Follower of) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite 18th-century portrait depicts a young girl, delicately rendered in the style of Sir Godfrey Kneller, one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the Baroque period...
Category
1750s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Charles Ii King Spain Child Del Mazo Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Attributed to Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (Castile 1611 - Madrid 1667) pupil and collaborator of Diego Velázquez
Portrait of Charles II, King of Spain, as a child (1661 -1700)
Spain, c. 1670 Oil on canvas 68 x 49 cm. - In antique frame 96 x 75 cm.
The analysis of this portrait, and in particular the style with which its features have been outlined, brings us back to the great tradition of the 17th century Spanish school.
The portrait depicts the young King Charles II of Spain, dressed in typical Spanish fashion, the youngest and only son of Philip IV of Spain and his second wife Maria Anna of Austria, as well as the last of the Habsburg dynasty to rule Spain. which portrayed the young ruler in full length at the age of four (dated 1665), dressed in a black suit and cape, and a large feathered...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Interior Scene Many Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Alms for the Poor
by Richard Brakenburg (Flemish 1650-1702)
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 25 x 30 inches
Provenance: private collection, France, extensively inscribed verso
Conditi...
Category
17th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early-18th Century French School, Ex-Voto Portrait With Emilian Jacobin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This splendid early 18th-century French oil painting represents an ‘ex-voto’ with Emilian Jacobin and a depiction of the Virgin Mary with Christ and angels.
Ex votos are votive offe...
Category
1710s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Psychostasy Archangel Michael Giordano 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Luca Giordano (Naples, 1634 - 1705) workshop of
Psychostasy of the Archangel Michael, or the Weighing of Souls
(probable preparatory sketch)
Oil on canvas
58 x 43 cm.
Framed 73 x 6...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
By Pierre Mequignon, Portrait of Carlo Gozzi
Located in Milan, IT
Peter Mequignon (1768-1826), 1794
Portrait of Carlo Gozzi
Oil on panel, 15 cm x13
Base cm 27 x 18
Dated and signed "P. Mequignon 1794"
The protagonist portrayed, identified by ...
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large 18th Century European Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady Lace Collars
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
European School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 37.5 inches
canvas: 30 x 24.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th century Dutch portrait of a family group in an interior
Located in Bath, Somerset
An 18th century painting of a family group (otherwise known as a ‘conversation piece’) gathered around a table, an open door to the garden beyond. The father seated, with his son standing by his side, the mother seated, playing with a child on her lap, with another lady, possibly a maid standing behind, a Culpeper microscope...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Jean-Baptiste Van Loo, Portrait of King Louis XV of France (1710-1774)
Located in New York, NY
After Jean-Baptiste Van Loo, A Portrait of King Louis XV of France (1710-1774)
A magnificent quality three-quarter length portrait of King Louis XV of France and Navarre, painted in the 18th century after Jean-Baptiste Van Loo.
Oil on canvas, in the original carved and gilt wood frame.
Canvas: 40" high x 32" wide
Frame: 46.5" high x 39" wide
Very good condition, ready to hang. No damages noted.
The present composition follows a portrait of Louis XV painted by Jean-Baptiste Van Loo in 1726-1727, today in Versailles. (Oil on canvas. 198.5 by 143 cm. Inv. no. MV 6942.)
There were several full-length portraits painted by Van Loo of the young Louis XV, and all were executed in the years of or after his majority, 1723, when he took full control of government, wresting power from the Régent, his great-uncle Philippe, Duc d'Orléans. A slightly larger version (205 by 171 cm), in which the pose and surrounding paraphernalia mirrors that of the present work, is in the Château de Versailles, while another, in which Louis stands more front-on, his pointing right index-finger now tucked in, and with a different background arrangement, is also in Versailles. Further versions of this latter are in Nice, Musée Chéret and the Musée de Perpignan.
The composition of all of these full-lengths would appear to derive from Van Loo's large equestrian portrait of Louis XV, painted in collaboration with Charles Parrocel, which was commissioned in 1723 by the Surintendance for Charles de Lorraine. Louis is depicted in similar armour and costume, astride his horse, similarly turned three-quarters to the left and his right arm outstretched. Most subsequent depictions of Louis followed this original design, including, for example, Carle Van...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Portrait Knight Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Lombard school Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lombard painter of the 17th century
Portrait of a Knight in Armour
Oil on canvas
81 x 70 cm./ Framed 93 x 82
A handsome gentleman in armour, immortalised in an authoritative and pr...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 17th Century by Tiberio Titi Portrait of a Gentleman Oil on panel
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Tiberio Titi (Florence, Italy, 1573 – 1638)
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: Without frame 122 x 91 cm – with frame 162 x 133 x 10 cm
Publications: G...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Jesus Son Salvi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ancient painting depicting Jesus with the Commissioner's son
(Alternative reading: St. Joseph with the Child, or the 'Paternity')
Giovan Battista Salvi known as "the Sassoferrato" (1609 - 1685) circle / follower
Oil painting on canvas
76 x 59 cm. -With frame in the shape of a small temple, not coeval 99 x 84 cm.
The interesting canvas that we are pleased to offer you recalls the iconographic model of classic paternity, which traditionally sees Saint Joseph holding the sleeping baby Jesus...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mannerist Italian painter - 16th/17th figure painting - Madonna praying
Located in Varmo, IT
Umbrian-Roman Master (16th-17th century) - Praying Madonna.
84 x 58.5 cm without frame, 96 x 70.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in wooden frame.
Condition report:...
Category
16th Century Mannerist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco Portrait of a Redhead Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura Greenwood (1897-1951)
Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1925
Oil on canvas, measuring 16 x 20 inches
Signed lower right.
Condition: the piece will require some minor conserva...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grey stallion held by groom in Duke of Grosvenor’s colours British 18C
Located in London, GB
Richard Roper (British, c. 1730-c. 1775)
Grey stallion held by groom in the Duke of
Grosvenor’s colours
Oil on canvas
Old chalk inscription '22 Mar 74' verso
Property of a gentleman...
Category
18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cubist Painting from 1918-19, Portrait of Dr Mens III
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938)
Portrait of Dr Mens III, 1918-1919
oil on board
70 x 50 cm
stamp signed
painted c. 1918-1919
Provenance:
Within the family Beer until today
Dick Beer (1893-1938)
Dick Beer was born in London in 1893. His father, John Beer (1853-1906), was a Swedish painter from Stockholm who had a career mainly as a watercolour painter with motifs of horses from racetracks and fox hunts from the countryside.
Barely fifteen years old, Dick Beer became an orphan and came to Sweden in 1907. Already in 1908-1909, he started at Althin's painting school in Stockholm. And later, at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1910-1912. His teachers were, among others, Gustaf Cederström, Oscar Björk and Alfred Bergström...
Category
1910s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York (1637-1671), 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Anne Hyde, Duchess of York (1637-1671), 17th Century
Circle of SIR PETER LELY (1618-1680)
Large 17th Century English School court portrait of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, oil on can...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a lady in blue dress ”Countess of Peterborough”
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite portrait, with its new attribution to Theodore Russel, is believed to depict Lady Penelope O'Brien, daughter of Barnabas O'Brien, the sixth Earl of Thomond, and wife of the Earl of Peterborough, whom she married in 1644. The painting thus belongs to a historically significant period, capturing the refined elegance of the time.
The portrait has a prestigious provenance from Elleholms Hofgård, a historic estate in Mörrums socken, Blekinge, Sweden. Elleholms Hofgård, whose two-story, timber-framed main building was constructed in 1730 and expanded in 1804, has changed ownership several times since the 17th century. The ancestors of the present owners acquired the estate in 1915, and from the 20th century until 2023, this painting was prominently displayed in the estate’s main building, making it an integral part of the estate’s history.
Theodore Russel, an English portrait artist born in 1614, studied under the renowned Sir Anthony van Dyck, whose influence can be seen in Russel’s meticulous style. Russel often painted on cabinet-sized panels, such as this one, which measures approximately 39 x 31 cm. This preference for panels is a notable characteristic that sets him apart from contemporary artists like Sir Peter Lely, who exclusively used canvas. The size of the panel is a key reason for the reattribution to Russel from Peter lely, as Lely never used panels for his works. This distinctive format, along with Russel’s characteristic style, strongly supports the new attribution.
Russel, the son of Nicasius Rousseel, a goldsmith and jeweler to James I and Charles I, refined his skills under the mentorship of his uncle, the famous portrait painter Cornelis Janssen. He also worked as an assistant and copyist for van Dyck, further honing his artistic style. This captivating portrait exemplifies Russel’s craftsmanship, reflecting the elegance of the period’s fashion and the artist's refined techniques.
oil on wood panel
with indistinct inscription Countess of Peter[...] upper left.
with inscription on the reverse: ”Countess of Peterborough. P. Lely 1670. S Beatty Picture Restorer [...] Warwick”.
unframed 39 x 31 cm = 15.35 x 12.2 inches
framed 52 x 41.5 cm = 20.47 x 16.34 inches
Condition:
The portrait has just been restored by a professional art conservator in Stockholm and is now in a very good condition. The colors are vivid, and the skin tones appear more natural than before. It is a very fine painting. The frame is newly made and included.
Provenance:
Elleholms Hofgård, Mörrums socken, Blekinge, Sweden **;
Stockholms Auktionsverk, Fine Art & Antiques Autumn...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Saint George 17/18th Century Paint Cima Da Conegliano Oli on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint George
A follower of Giovanni Battista Cima, known as Cima da CONEGLIANO (Conegliano c. 1449 - Conegliano c. 1517)
Oil on canvas
126 x 49 cm.
Framed 143 x 65 cm.
The painting...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Portrait Louis XV child
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (18th century) - Portrait of Louis XV as a child.
64.5 x 49.5 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conse...
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Early Antique American School Fauvist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Very finely painted and a rare fauvist palette. No signature found.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Death Of Patroclus, 18th Century School of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Death Of Patroclus, 18th Century
School of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)
18th Century French Neo-Classical scene of the Death Of Patroclus, oil on panel. Excellent quality an...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Madonna with Holy Child and St. John
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Madonna with Holy Child and St. John is a masterful depiction of a tender religious scene, capturing the sacred relationship between the Virgin Mary, the infant Jesus, and St. John t...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Portrait of Lady with Garland of Flowers - British 17thC Old Master oil painting
By Michael Dahl
Located in London, GB
This charming 17th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Swedish born Michael Dahl who lived and work in England for most of his life. Painted circa...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of an Elegant Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960)
signed and dated 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
c...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Set of Eight Apostles, Portrait of Men, Head Studies, Flemish School, Van Dyck
Located in Greven, DE
Set of Eight Apostles
each oil on panel
each framed (different as some are golden, some are not, please view the photos)
So far there is no certain attribution. The style of the ser...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pair of 17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Paintings Sibyls, 1670s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Rare pair of Italian paintings from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artworks depicting two splendid female figures recognizable thanks to the inscriptions at the b...
Category
1670s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint John the Baptist Paint Pasinelli 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lorenzo Pasinelli (Bologna, 1629 - 1700)
Sermon of Saint John the Baptist Circa 1650.
Oil on canvas 115 x 154 cm With frame 136 x 174 cm
Provenance Milan, Porro 6 June 2006 ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady in Green Dress & Pearl Jewellery c.1660 Painting John Wright
By John Michael Wright
Located in London, GB
In this exquisite work, painted around the time of the Great Fire of London in 1666, a beautiful young woman is wearing a green dress over a white chemise and a russet-coloured scarf...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Stonecutter's Evening, Early 20th Century American Scene Oil, Man w/ Violin
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
The Stonecutter's Evening, c. 1915
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
36 x 27.5 inches
42.25 x 34 inches, framed
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
Category
1910s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judith With The head Of Holofernes, 17th Century CARLO MARATTA (1625-1713)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Judith With The head Of Holofernes, 17th Century
School of CARLO MARATTA (1625-1713)
Large 17th Century Italian Old Master oval depiction of Judith With The Head Of Holofernes, oil...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 17th Century Flemish Baroque Oil Painting Roman Charity Large Wood Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roman Charity
Flemish Baroque period, first half 17th century
circle of Peter Paul Rubens
oil on wood panel, framed
framed: 24.5 x 30 inches
panel: 20 x 26 inches
Provenance: Private...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Portrait Painting Lady with Parrot, 1780
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a portrait of a young girl, Princess with parrot, of good pictorial quality. Painti...
Category
1780s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Portrait of an Edwardian Lady - British American art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of John Singer Sargent. Sargent was born in America then trained in Paris before coming to London. Painted...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emperors Caesar Octavian Tiziano Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17/18th Century
By Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576) follower of
Portrait of the emperor Julius Caesar (Rome 100 BC - 44 BC), inscribed above C. IVLIVS. CAESAR
Portrait of the Emperor Octavian Augustus (Rome 63 BC - 14 BC), inscribed on top OCTAVIANUS II ROM IMP
17th century
oil painting on canvas
Measurements (cm.): 65 x 50, with frame 81 x 68 cm.
The Latin writer Suetonius with his work 'De vita Caesarum' (and in particular with his tradition in the vernacular of 1543, edited by the Florentine scholar Paolo del Rosso) inspired Tiziano Vecellio who, in 1537, painted for Duke Frederick II of Gonzaga portraits of the eleven emperors, adorning the walls for a small room in the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, later known as the Cabinet of the Caesars.
These effigies were intended to establish the link between the new era and classicism with its splendor, as well as to celebrate the value and wisdom of the rulers, who perceived themselves, in their lordships, as valiant new emperors.
Titian's paintings soon became enormously popular and many patrons and lords of the time, including Ferdinando d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara and Governor of Milan or Vespasiano Gonzaga, turned to the workshop of the Cremonese Bernardino Campi...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hare coursing outside a country house with hounds Oil British 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Thomas Burford (British, c. 1710-1779)
Hare coursing outside a country house
Oil on canvas
Property of a gentleman
From the collection of Peter Roe
Dimensions:
(Frame) 12.5 in. (H)...
Category
18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Woman with a Cigarette", Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950)
Located in Paris, FR
Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950) was a Hungarian painter of Jewish origins. He started as a self-taught artist. He was initially inspired by Impressionism before evolving towards Expression...
Category
1920s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
18th century portrait of the artist’s daughter, Catharina, playing the cello
By Balthasar Denner
Located in Bath, Somerset
The sitter, seated in a yellow silk gown trimmed with a pink bow playing the cello, is believed to be the artist Balthazar Denner's eldest daughter Catharina (1715-1744), after his marriage to Esther Winter in Hamburg in 1712. She is also recognisable in another portrait of the Denner family in the Hamburg Kunsthalle, painted circa 1740 by the artist's son, Jacob Denner (1722-1765). Oil on canvas in a period giltwood frame.
Provenance: Private collection, Northern Germany
Professor Helmut Borsch-Supan, Berlin, confirmed the authenticity of the painting after examining it in 2013. The painting will also be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonnée of the artist, by Ute Mannhardt.
Balthasar Denner...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a woman with a book
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Italian school circa 1560, circle of Bernardino Campi
Portrait of a woman with a book
Oil on panel
H. 78 cm ; L. 57cm
Category
16th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
18th Century Oil on Canvas Biblical Italian Painting Judith and Holofernes
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Wonderful Italian painting from the first half of the 18th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a fascinating biblical story, the beheading of the Babylonian leader Holofernes by...
Category
1720s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A pair of Dutch 17th century old master portraits of a husband and wife
Located in Bath, Somerset
A rare pair of three-quarter length 'marriage' portraits by one of the foremost dutch portrait painters of the 17th century, Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam). The gentleman signed middle left 'Maes 1679'. Oil on canvas in dutch style ebonised frames. Dimensions 58 x 47.5cms each.
The gentleman is shown in a landscape at dusk, leaning against a stone capital, wearing a white chemise decorated with lace, a black coat and a brown silk cloak draped across his body.
The lady is elegantly dressed in an ivory silk gown decorated with jewels on the neckline and shoulders, the contrasting sleeves in gold fabric, with a rose pink silk cloak draped over her shoulder and bodice. She wears a pearl necklace and earrings with her fair hair worn up with ringlets falling down onto her chest in the fashionable style of the day. She stands with one hand touching a lock of her hair as she rests her arm on the bowl of a stone water drinking fountain...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jusepe de Ribera workshop (Italian master) - 17th century figure painting Saint
By Jusepe de Ribera
Located in Varmo, IT
Jusepe de Ribera (Xàtiva 1591 - Naples 1652) circle of - San Giuseppe.
108 x 80 cm without frame, 123 x 95 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded woo...
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Spaniard with mantilla and fan
By Henry Meylan
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Elizabeth Allison - British Slade Sch Art Deco portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This enigmatic portrait oil painting is by noted Slade School artist John Cecil Stephenson. In 1929, when Portrait of Elizabeth Allison was completed...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century Portrait of a young girl, Miss Cator in a landscape, white dress
By John Russell
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait of a young British Girl, in her white dress with Pink Sash.
Choosing to acquire an 18th-century portrait of a young girl by English artist John Russell is an opportunity to...
Category
1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Portrait of a 55 year old Gentleman
Located in Stamford, GB
A finely painted portrait of Man aged 55 years. Signed, Inscribed and Dated with old Dutch family provenance. He weighs a large white millstone ruff and a black silk tunic.
Category
Mid-17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, 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.
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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