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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century
The Love Letter, Opulent Room, Opulence
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Hans Buchner (German, 1856 - 1941)
Signed: Hans Buchner (Lower, Left)
Location: Müchen (Lower, Left)
" The Love Letter ", circa 1880s
Oil on Mahogany Panel
19 1/2" x 11 1/2"
Hou...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Oil
Mid 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian gentleman.
Attributed Frederick Frith (1819-1871)
The Reverend James Metze, bust length, turned to the left, wearing coat and cravat
wate...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$243 Sale Price
30% Off
!8th century Irish or English portrait of a woman with Ermin, blue dressing lace
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful 18th century Irish or English portrait, attributed to the Irish painter Nathaniel Hone.
Nathaniel Hone was born in Dublin but by 1748 had set...
Category
1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Beautiful Woman SALOMAN Gouache Danish Swedish painter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Geskel SALOMAN
Tonder (Denmark) 1821 – Bastad (Sweden), 1902
Portrait of a woman with a book
Gouache on bone
8.8 x 8.5 cm (16.5 x 15.5 cm with the frame)
Signed lower right “G. Salom...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Huge Antique European Portrait of Girl with Plaits in Hair oil on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Girl with Plaited Hair
European School, late 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 41.5 x 35.5 inches
canvas: 36 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condi...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,633 Sale Price
30% Off
19th century portrait painted in St Petersburg in 1819
Located in London, GB
Signed, inscribed and dated, lower right:
'Geo Dawe RA St Petersburgh 1819', also signed
with initials, lower centre: 'G D RA'; and signed and inscribed verso:
'Geo Dawe RA Pinxit 1819 St Petersburgh';
Also inscribed on the stretcher by Cornelius Varley with varnishing instructions.
Collections:
Private collection, UK, 2010
Literature:
Galina Andreeva Geniuses of War, Weal and Beauty: George Dawe...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Antique French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Drummer Large Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Drummer
French School, late 19th century
Post-Impressionist School
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 22.5 inches
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
co...
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady Holding Bouquet Of Red Poppies
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lady Holding Bouquet Of Red Poppies.
Portrait depicting a beautiful young woman holding bouquet of red poppies in a fine pink satin dress.
The painti...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escuela española (Principios XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato del Papa Pio VII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
El estado de conservación de la pintura es aceptable, solo comentar que la tela está reentelada
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un antiguo marco en madera p...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas Portrait Isabelle McCreery
By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Located in LA, CA
Raimundo De Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas "Portrait of Isabelle McCreery” depicting an elegant woman gracefully exiting a li...
Category
19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Enchanting Young Girl Wearing a Garland of Morning Glory Flowers
By James Holland
Located in West Sussex, GB
Attributed to James Holland (1799 -1870) and William Henry Hunt (1790-1864)
A Portrait of a Young Girl Wearing a Garland of Morning Glory Flowers
Oil on canvas: 17 ½ x 18 in. Frame: 23 ½ x 24 in. Circa 1820
An enchanting head and shoulders portrait of a young girl wearing a white shift...
Category
Early 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Early American Southern Hudson River School Boys Swimming Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare early American sunset Hudson River School swimming hole painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 7.25H by 10L.
Category
1860s Hudson River School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Joseph Highmore Portrait of a lady, 18th century
By Joseph Highmore
Located in York, GB
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Grace Loftus,of Beverley hall yorkshire.Three-quarter-length, before a window.
Dressed in blue and wearing a white bonnet. The paintin...
Category
1740s Old Masters 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
Rebecca at the Well
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Nicola Maria Rossi masterfully captures the biblical tale of Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, a story from the Book of Genesis. In this scene, Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, arrives at ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th c Original Oil on Canvas, Attrib. THOMAS PATCH (UK, 1725-1782) Caricature
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an unusual unique antique 18-century original oil painting on board depicting a figure of a gentleman wearing a white wig and is dressed in a red jacket and white jab...
Category
18th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Renaissance Style Head Profile Portrait of Christ Beautiful Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Head of Christ
19th Century Dutch School
oil on paper laid down on board, unframed
size: 7.5 x 6 inches
private collection
The painting is in overall very good and sound condition
Category
19th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Folk 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Styrian Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine folk-style portrait depicting a man wearing traditional wear from Styria, Austria. The artist captures the gentleman in a layered suit with a rich bottle-green overcoat. To hi...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Faucher - Post Impressionist Figurative Landscape Oil by Henri Martin
By Henri Martin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Beautiful signed and dated figure in landscape oil on canvas by sought after French post impressionist painter Henri Martin. The piece depicts a view of a lone farmer standing in a v...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Empress Sophie-Charlotte of Prussia Miniature Empress Bronze Frame
Located in Pistoia, IT
Magnificent miniature portrait depicting Queen Sophie Charlotte of Prussia from the Restoration period.
The queen is depicted as a young maiden, probably during her stay in Versaille...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
The Madonna with Christ Child & St. John Fine 18th Century Italian Old Master
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna, Christ Child and St. John
Italian School, 18th century
oil on wood, framed in period gilt antique frame
framed: 16 x 14.5 inches
wood: 9 x 6.5 inches
provenance: private...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting Manner of Richard Cosway "Natalie"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting manner of Richard Cosway "Natalie" 1813 - 1880 Portrait bequeathed to Mrs William from the Duchess of Wellington in 1865 then by her to her...
Category
19th Century 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
Race Horse Phoenix with Guilermo Kemmis - British 19th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British 19th century equine oil painting is by noted horse lover, George Gascoyne. Painted in 1889, this French born chestnut horse is Phoenix. While he was essentially a miler, Phoenix (sometimes seen spelled as “Phenix”) came from a family that had produced Classic winners in France at up to 15 furlongs. He proved an excellent sire following his export to Argentina, becoming the foundation stallion for Guillermo Kemmis' breeding program at Haras Las Rosas. This painting is from his time in Argentina with Kemmis. Phoenix is depicted in a flat landscape against a vivid blue sky. A gentleman, possibly his owner, Guillermo Kemmis, stands smiling in front of him holding his reigns and gives perspective to how tall Phoenix is. Although in profile, Phoenix is turning to look at the viewer, his chestnut coat gleaming and his anatomy perfectly portrayed. This is a superb Victorian equine portrait of a noted horse in the 19th century and is a lovely example of Gascoyne's work as a horse lover.
Signed with initials and dated GG 1889 lower right.
Provenance. Inscribed "Phenix" (Cymbal -- Belle-Etoile) by George Gascoyne, Sittingbourne, Kent to reverse.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 36 inches by 28 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a wooden frame, 44 inches by 36 inches and in good condition.
HORSE BIOGRAPHY
Phoenix (FR) 1875 – 1893? Chestnut horse.
Cymbal (GB) x Belle Etoile (FR), by First Born (FR)
Family 25. While he was essentially a miler, Phoenix (sometimes seen spelled as “Phenix”) came from a family that had produced Classic winners in France at up to 15 furlongs. He proved an excellent sire following his export to Argentina, becoming the foundation stallion for Guillermo Kemmis' breeding program at Haras Las Rosas.
Race record. Complete record unavailable but as follows:
1878: Won Prix de la Forêt (FR, 1600mT, Longchamp)
1879: Won July Cup (ENG, 6FT, Newmarket July). Won Rous Memorial Stakes (ENG, 8FT, Ascot). Won Bunbury Stakes (ENG, Newmarket). 2nd Rosebery Handicap (ENG, Epsom)
1880: Won Lennox Stakes (ENG, Goodwood)
As a stallion: Phoenix was the Argentine champion sire six times, reaching the top in 1887-1890, 1892 and 1895.
Notable progeny: Hawk Eye (ARG), Lenape (ARG), Marinera (ARG), Osiris (ARG), San Martín (ARG), Surplice (ARG)
Connections: Phoenix was owned by Comte Frédéric de Lagrange. After being exported to Argentina, he stood at Haras Las Rosas, the stud farm of leading Argentine breeder Guillermo Kemmis. His last known foals were born in 1894.
Pedigree notes: Phoenix is outcrossed through five generations. Sired by Cymbal, a son of 1861 Derby Stakes winner Kettledrum, he is out of Belle Etoile, whose half sister Garenne (by Gladiator or Ethirion or Freystrop) is the second dam of 1894 Prix Royal-Oak (French St. Leger) winner Gouvernail and the third dam of 1894 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby...
Category
1880s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young woman in profile by Pierre-Victor Galland
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre-Victor Galland (1822 - 1892)
Young woman in profile
Oil on canvas
39.3 x 31.9 cm
65.2 x 55 x 7 cm with frame
Artist's sale's stamp (monogram) top left (L. 1197)
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de caballero burgués
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
El estado de conservación es aceptable, pero en la zona de la cara, presenta algunos desgastes (ver fotografías adjuntas)
Se presenta sin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Rose
Located in St. Albans, GB
'The Rose'
Canvas Size: 38.5 x 28" (98 x 71cm)
Outside Frame Size: 48.5 x 38 (123 x 97cm)
Oil on canvas
Emile CHARLET
1851 - 1890
Born 1851 in Belg...
Category
1870s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$11,978
19th Century By Giuseppe Molteni Portrait of a Woman Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori (Milano), Italy, 1800 - Milano, Italy, 1867)
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 67 × 55 cm - with frame 91.5 x 80 cm
...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Aristocrat with Pet Dog
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century style, “Young aristocrat with pet dog”. The work is a modern copy of a portrait of Pierre Van Cortlandt, first lord of Van Cortlandt manor in NY. ...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Queen Maria Theresa King Van Meytens 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Martin van Meytens (Stockholm 1695 - Vienna 1770)
Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa of Habsburg (Vienna 1717 - 1780)
Portrait of Emperor Francis I of Lorraine (1708 - 1765)
oil on ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$15,618 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of a Lady in Lace Bonnet
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady
English artist, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: some former restoration and s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$975 Sale Price
30% Off
Dipinto figurativo italiano ritratto di nudo maschile del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Sebbene atteggiato in una delle pose convenzionali adottate in Accademia per l’esercitazione della copia dal nudo, il modello anziano qui ritratto è indagato con tale sensibilità ana...
Category
1860s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
$390 Sale Price
30% Off
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, 1891, signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 19th century
Portrait of a young man, 1891
Signed (illegible) and dated 91 on the lower right
Oil on canvas
46 x 38 cm
Framed 52 x 44
In good condition, recently...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Bewigged Gentleman
By Enoch Seeman
Located in St. Albans, GB
Enoch Seeman
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Size: 30 x 25" (76 x 64cm)
Outside Framed Size: 37 x 32" (94 x 82cm)
He was born in Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland, around 1694. His father, also En...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 18th Century European Oil Painting Three Figures in Landscape
By (After) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Three Figures in a Landscape
Continental School, late 18th century
after the earlier painting by Murillo
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 31.5 x 35 inches
Canvas: 26 x 36.5 inches
Prove...
Category
Late 18th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,901 Sale Price
30% Off
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
Portraits King Louis XV Queen Gobert Paint Oil on canvas old master 18th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pierre Gobert (Fontainebleau 1662 - Paris 1744) Atelier of
Pair of fine portraits
Louis XV, King of France and his wife, Maria Leszczyńska
oils on canvas (2), 41 x 32 cm., in frame 53 x 44 cm.
It is easy to identify the sitters of this charming pair of portraits in the rulers of France, namely Louis XV of Bourbon, who ascended the throne in 1715 at the age of just thirteen and was nicknamed the 'Beloved', and Maria Leszczyńska, Queen Consort of France and Navarre and daughter of the King of Poland Stanislaus I.
The queen is depicted in a three-quarter-length figure, her face smiling and turned towards the spectator. She wears a wig in shades of grey with her hair gathered around the nape of her neck and a diadem on her head, and pendants on her ears. She wears a dress with a wide neckline made of red velvet, brocaded with gold threads, with rich lace sleeves, and a bodice adorned with a jewelled bodice of diamonds and pearls. On the shoulders rests a blue velvet mantle embroidered with the heraldic...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,863 Sale Price
20% Off
Biedermeier Period c.1830 Oil - Portrait of a Lady with a Handkerchief
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine Biedermeier period portrait depicts an arresting sitter, adorned with a substantial choker of pearls. No detail of the woman's fashionable dress goes unnoticed by the artis...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,178 Sale Price
20% Off
19th century English Portrait of a Young boy in a Cavalier costume
Located in Woodbury, CT
This elegant English 19th-century portrait of a young boy dressed in a Cavalier costume, painted circa 1860, is a striking example of Victorian portraiture that seamlessly combines h...
Category
1860s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman Reading, Oil on canvas circa 1896
Located in Gent, VOV
This exquisitely rendered painting captures a moment of serene introspection — a fleeting glimpse into the stillness of domestic life. The young woman, immersed in her reading, is no...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French romantic painting 19th Portrait Young Italian lady in costume 15th
Located in PARIS, FR
19th Century French School
Portrait of a Young Italian Beauty in 15th Century Costume
Oil on wood panel
27 x 21 cm (31.5 x 25.5 cm with frame)
Beautiful antique giltwood frame
Very g...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1820's French Portrait of a Gentleman Signed & Dated 1824 Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a French Gentleman
French School, indistinctly signed
dated 1824
inscribed verso
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 22 x 19 inches
provenance: private collection, France
c...
Category
Early 19th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Deposition Atala De Roussy-trioson Paint Oil on canvas 19/20th Century French
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The deposition of Atala
Follower of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (Montargis, 1767 - Paris, 1824)
19th-20th century
Oil on canvas
47 x 65 cm. - Framed 67 x 84 cm
The propos...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,114 Sale Price
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Portrait of a French lady by Robert Le Vrac Tournieres, circa 1725
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a young Lady
Robert Le Vrac Tournières (1667-1752)
18th century French school, circa 1725
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: h. 81 cm, w. 65 cm
Important 18th century Régence per...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Out of Mischief - British Victorian 1891 art interior portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This absolutely charming exhibited British Victorian oil painting is by female artist Maria Louisa Angus. Painted in 1891, it was exhibited at the Royal Academy that same year. The composition is an interior scene with two young girls on a sofa, looking at a picture book and keeping 'out of mischief' as it is entitled. The room holds an exotic mix of oriental objects and a gorgeous umbrella plant in a gleaming terracotta pot. The girls themselves are sat on a beautifully detailed fur throw, looking at a book, with a marine painting on the wall behind them. The brushwork and colouring are superb and the pink of the older girl's dress is picked up throughout the room. A really lovely painting by a very talented Victorian female artist.
Signed and dated M.L. Angus 1891 lower left.
Provenance. Exhibited at the London, Royal Academy, 1891, no. 841 entitled Out of Mischief.
Anonymous, sale, Doyle, New York, May 20, 1998, lot 161, illustrated. Private collection, Newport, Rhode Island.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 27 inches by 20 inches unframed and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a gilt frame, 34 inches by 27 inches framed and in good condition.
Maria Louisa Angus (1863 - 1934) was born in Southwark on 29th July 1863, the daughter of a printer. She studied at the Lambeth School of Art in 1886 and established a studio at 1a Cowley Street in Westminster, later she worked out of Powers Studio in Ruskin House, Rochester Row. She specialised in genre subjects and some landscapes. She exhibited 10 pictures at the Royal Academy between 1888 and 1893 as well as many London Galleries and Societies. In 1913 she exhibited in the Anglo German Exhibition...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$13,371 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Lady with Pink Bow - British c 1820 Old Master art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1820 it is a seated half length portrait of a beautiful lady in a b...
Category
1820s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$13,371 Sale Price
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“Child in White Dress”
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1890
Signed verso on stretcher bar
Original period gold leaf frame
Overall size framed 21 x 18 in
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,280 Sale Price
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Antique American or European Trompe L'oeil Realist Macabre Skull Framed Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American or European realist skeleton still life drawing. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silver leaf molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...
Category
1890s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pencil
19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Cotignac, FR
A fine French academic study sketch on paper of a classical head. The work is unsigned but very much in the style of the period and its early exponents such as Jacques-Louis David.
...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Chalk, Pastel
Large 19th Century French Portrait of Lady with Roses & Smart Dress oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 34 x 29 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sou...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,755 Sale Price
30% Off
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
Portrait of Mother, Child, and Dog titled "The Cradle and the Companion"
By Henry Bacon
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This tender interior scene by Henry Bacon captures a moment of warmth and domestic harmony. A young mother leans gently over a carved red cradle while her daughter, dressed in a whit...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Portrait of a Sculptor
By Andrea Del Sarto
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
After Andrea Del Sarto 1486 - 1530, who was an Italian Renaissance painter and draughtsman. Del Sarto worked in Fresco decorating, portrait painting and as a painter of alter pieces,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bloody Shouldered Arabian Horse Oil on canvas 18th Century
By John Wootton
Located in London, GB
John Wootton (1686 - 1764)
The Bloody-Shouldered Arabian
Oil on canvas
Inscribed below, 'Bred by Lord Oxford in 1755 & Sire of many famous Racers, including the Duke of Bolton's 'Swe...
Category
Early 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cardinals & Explorer Discussing Maps Grand Elaborate Interior Antique Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Studying the Maps
Italian School, late 19th century
signed lower corner
watercolour on board, framed
framed: 24.5 x 17.5 inches
painting: 20.5 x 14 inches
provenance: private collect...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,388 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait Woman Parodi 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master
By Domenico Parodi (Genoa, 1672 - 1742)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Domenico Parodi (Genoa, 1672 - 1742)
Portrait of Anne Marie d'Orléans (Château de Saint-Cloud, 27 August 1669 - Turin, 26 August 1728), first queen consort of Sardinia and maternal g...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,122 Sale Price
20% Off
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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