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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1950s
Portrait of Boy and Guitar Original oil by Angeli - Italy circa 1960
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Boy and Guitar Original oil by Angeli - Italy circa 1960
Classical portrait of a young boy ad his guitar by Angeli, an unknown Italian painter (Italy, 20th Century). Roc...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
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
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
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
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
French Impressionist mid century cafe scene of two women seated in a Cafe
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francois Gall, Hungarian by birth, became an impressionist painter in the pure French tradition after he moved to Paris in 1936. He was born in Kolozsvar in the former region of Tr...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
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
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...
Category
1840s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Portrait of a Man with Architectural Drawing by a European Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown
(European, nineteenth century)
Man Holding an Architectural Drawing
Oil on canvas, 30 3/4 x 25 1/4 inches
Framed: 35 1/2 x 30 inches (approx.)
Original frame.
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist 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
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
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
The blue bow: a little boy with tousled hair naturalistic portrait oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
This sweet little boy sits quietly like a well brought up child, but you can see in his eyes how much he likes to run and play. In this sensitive portrait painted in circa 1860 by Fé...
Category
1860s Naturalistic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Feeding The Birds, 19th Century by Charlotte J Weeks (19th Century, British)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Feeding The Birds, 19th Century
by Charlotte J Weeks (19th Century, British)
Large 19th Century English scene of two ladies feeding birds, oil on canvas by Charlotte J Weeks. Excel...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
School of Paris, Barbara, Oil on Canvas, 1950s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas dating from the 50s whose subject strangely resembles Barbara, the French singer. If it is really her, I am unable to confirm that she played the guitar, or that it is ...
Category
1950s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Breton Fisherman
Located in Marlborough, England
Sir George Clausen
A BRETON FISHERMAN
Later inscribed: "To Trythallen Rowe in Friendship / George Clausen 1892 / 28th Sept"
Oil on canvas laid down on board
Frame 46cm x 37cm
Image ...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Dutch Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Country Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady
Dutch Impressionist, late 19th century
oil on wood - looks like a cigar box lid?
framed
framed: 11 x 8.5 inches
board: 8.5 x 6 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
GEORGE ROMNEY(after)19th century portrait The Hon.Reverend Anchitel Grey as a Bo
Located in York, GB
A fine painting after George Romney of The Hon.Reverend Anchitel Grey (1774 – 1833) as a Boy
The painting depicts a boy aged about ten, standing, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a blue coat, and white linen collar, a spaniel with its paws on his chest. Shoulder length brown hair. Trees in the background on the right, distant horizon with cloudy sky on the left.
The sitter was the third son of George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1765-1845) and Lady Henrietta Cavendish-Bentinck (died 4th June 1827), daughter of the 2nd Duke of Portland...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of man with white hair
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Plaster and gilded wood frame
66 x 59 x 9 cm
Fragile frame for transport.
It is possible that it is damaged during the journey.
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique portrait of a boy, child portrait, early 1800's male framed portrait
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique oil portrait from the early 1800's of a child in a black feather hat on a stretched canvas, framed, unsigned. This is a truly exceptional oil painting of a child, it reminds ...
Category
1810s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oedipus and Antigone, study of heads
Located in PARIS, FR
Neoclassical school circa 1800-10
Oedipus and Antigone, study of heads
Painting, oil on spun wood panel
Unsigned
Painting: 33 x 42 cm (13 x 16.5 inches)
Beautiful original frame: 44....
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Wife
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Beautiful impressionistic portrait of Soviet master, Aleksei Belykh's, wife. Belykh was a Russian artist from Sverdlovsk. This painting is signed and dated and in great condition. ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Porcelain Portrait "Duchess of Devonshire" Georgiana Cavendish in Bronze Frame
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A very good quality early 19th Century Austrian, Vienna style convex porcelain plaque depicting a hand painted portrait of the "Duchess of Devonshire." Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess o...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Emperor Nichols I Of Russia, Battle Of Sevastopol, 19th century Franz KRÜGER
Located in Blackwater, GB
Emperor Nichols I Of Russia, Battle Of Sevastopol, 19th century
Franz KRÜGER (1797-1857)
19th Century scene of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, with his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), 19th Century
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), 19th Century
English School
Large 19th Century Portrait Of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), oi...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Death Of Major Peirson, The Battle Of Jersey (1781), 19th Century
By John Singleton Copley
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Death Of Major Peirson, The Battle Of Jersey (1781), 19th Century
after John Singleton Copley RA (1738-1815)
Large 19th Century scene from The B...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a man in his interior
Located in PARIS, FR
Edmond Marie Félix de Boislecomte
Arras, 1849 - Paris, 1922
Portrait of a man in his interior
Painting, oil on canvas
Signed
Painting: 38 x 46 cm (15 x 18.1 inches)
Beautiful 19th ce...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Profile of a young boy
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
42 x 34 x 3.5 cm
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of "Sefton" Henry Constable Up Top 1878 Epsom Derby Winner 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of "Sefton" Henry Constable Up Top, 1878 Epsom Derby Winner, 19th Century
by John Frederick I HERRING (1795-1865) sale to $1,250,000
19th Century English horse racing stu...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Nude Lady, circa 1900 by Philip de László (1869–1937)
By Philip de László, 1869-1937
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Nude Lady, circa 1900
by Philip de László (1869–1937) sales to $280,000
Large 19th Century English portrait of a nude lady seated, oil on canvas by Philip de Laszlo. ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Of John Conant Of Worcester, Massachusetts (1773-1856), circa 1810
By Gilbert Stuart
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of John Conant Of Worcester, Massachusetts (1773-1856), circa 1810
circle of Gilbert STUART (1755-1828)
Large early 19th century portrait of John Conant of Worcester, Mass...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Mr William Willard, Horse & Hounds, At The Brighton Hunt, 1857
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Mr William Willard, Horse & Hounds, At The Brighton Hunt, 1857
Charles Bilger Spalding (1810-1871)
Large 19th century Portrait of Mr William Willard, horse & hounds at ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"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
The Death Of Icarus, 19th Century - Alexandre CABANEL (1823-1889)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Death Of Icarus, 19th Century
circle of Alexandre CABANEL (1823-1889)
Large 19th Century French classical scene of The Death Of Icarus, oil on canvas circle of Alexandre Cabane...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Hunting Party, Scottish Moors, 19th Century by ROBERT CLEMINSON (1844-1902
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Hunting Party, Scottish Moors, 19th Century
by ROBERT CLEMINSON (1844-1902) similar to $15,000
Large 19th century Scottish Moors Hunting Party, oil on canvas by Robert Clemins...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Portrait Oil Painting - Portrait of a Troubled Soul
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED SOUL
Size: 65.5 x 54 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
This mid-century expressive and emotive oil portrait delves into the depths of the human psyche with a...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Salvation, circa 1900 signed E HARRISON Large 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite
Located in Blackwater, GB
Salvation, circa 1900
signed E HARRISON
Large 19th Century Classical Pre-Raphaelite scene of angel ascending toward the heavens with a man in her embrace, oil on canvas signed Harr...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Fine 19th Century British Sporting Art Oil Painting Horse in Stable Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Horse in a Stable
by F. C. Partridge, signed and dated 1880's
English artist, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 28 inches
canvas: 18 x 24 inches
provenan...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Fair Price
By Fabio Fabbi
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Fabio Fabbi, born in Italy in 1861, stands as an acclaimed Orientalist painter renowned for his devotion to capturing the exotic allure of the Orie...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Victorian Portrait of a Lady Seated in a Chair Original 19th Century Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Seated Lady
English School, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
L'écolier, 19th Century - Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884)
Located in Blackwater, GB
L'écolier, 19th Century
circle of Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884)
Large 19th Century portrait of a young village school boy, oil on canvas circle of Jules Bastien-Lepage. Excell...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Highly Detailed Oil Painting - Old Woman Knitting Attributed to David Monies
Located in Stockholm, SE
Essay:
David Monies (1812-1894) was a danish artist, specializing in portrait and genre painting. His father Salomon Monies (1786-1853) was a Jewish busin...
Category
1840s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1880's German/ French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Man with Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man in a Hat
French/ German School, late 19th century
indistinctly inscribed verso, dated 1888
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 14 x 11.5 inches
provenance: private coll...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine Antique French Signed Oil Painting Portrait Young Lady in Turban
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady wearing pink and a Turban headpiece
by Henri-Charles Daudin (1864-1917, French)
signed oil on wood panel, unframed
board: 14 x 10.5 inches
provenance: privat...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady in the Harem - Oil on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lady in the Harem is a modern artwork realized by Unknown Orientalist Painter in the 1st half 19th Century.
Oil on Canvas.
Includes Frame: 61 x...
Category
19th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Oil Painting Female English Maiden Late 19th Century
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3912 19th Century English female portrait
Image size 23x19.5
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Sleeping Girl by Danish German Genre Painting Master 19th century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Johann August Frederik Carl Lorange (1833 - 1875) was highly skilled Danish artist of German roots. Not much known on his biography, unfortunately, but most of his works were produc...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Early English Victorian Large Oil Painting Portrait of Lady in Bonnet & Lace
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
English artist circa 1830-1850 period
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 37.5 x 33 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: over...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Academic 19th Century portrait of a young woman by Cabanel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889) was a prominent French academic painter known for his mastery of Neoclassical and Academic art. Born on September 28, 1823, in Montpellier, France, Caba...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of a Young Girl
Oil on canvas, c. 1895
Signed lower right (see photo)
Edmondson studied in Paris with Lefebvre and Aman-Jean. This work shows the influence of Aman-Jean.
Con...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Girl, 19th Century by Robert ANDREW (19th Century) Newlyn School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of An Birmingham Industrialist, dated 1904
by George F. HARRIS (1856-1924) Birmingham Society Painter
Large 1904 Late Victorian era portrait of a Birmingham Industriali...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), dated 1840
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), dated 1840
by Daniel MACLISE (1806-1870) sales to $600,000
Large 1840 portrait of a young Charles Dickens, oil on canvas by Daniel Maclise....
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th century Portrait of a young boy in a Summer landscape with flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Eva Roos, née Vedder was an artist and illustrator, mainly of children's books. She is believed to have lived and worked in the Hampstead area of London in the late 19th and early 20...
Category
1890s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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