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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Women portrait (Coraline)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Auguste Adolphe CHAUVIN
(Liege, 1810 – Liege 1884)
Portrait of Coraline
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
91 x 68 cm
1868
Auguste Adolphe Chauvin, born in Liège on October ...
Category
1860s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady - British 19th century art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian portrait oil painting is by British portrait artist Edward Spilsbury Swinson. It was painted in 1891 and is dated and signed lower right. It is a half l...
Category
1890s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Miroir, dated 1892 by ÉDOUARD CUGNOTET (1848-1899)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Le Miroir, dated 1892
by ÉDOUARD CUGNOTET (1848-1899)
Large 19th Century French portrait of a lady looking into a mirror, oil on canvas by Edouard Cugnotet. Good quality and condi...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
American Modernist "Chow Line" Ashcan School Rare California Surreal Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene of figures eating lunch by the shovel full. Really well painted and unusual scene. A rare early work by Justin Murray (1912 - 1987). Sign...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
Romanticism Italian painter - 19th century figure painting - Girl portrait
Located in Varmo, IT
Romantic painter (early 19th century) - Girl with earrings.
49.5 x 40.5 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Head and Shoulders of a Man - Jewish 20s art male portrait oil painting
By Jacob Kramer
Located in London, GB
Jacob Kramer is a Jewish artist who migrated with his family to Leeds to escape the Russian pogroms when Kramer was only eight. This portrait oil painting was painted when Kramer was...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna and Child
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This classic icon is beautifully painted with a rich patina and is in very good condition - checking all the boxes for a wonderful investment quality antique.
Since 1995, the Pushk...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of a Lady Holding a Fan - French 19thC oil painting indistinctly signed
Located in London, GB
This charming 19th century portrait oil painting is attributed to the French School and painted by a female artoist. It has the composition and delicacy of French academic painters s...
Category
1870s French 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
Boy with Guinea Pig - British Victorian animal art male portrait oil painting
By Henry Turner Munns
Located in London, GB
This charming British Victorian genre oil painting is by noted exhibited artist Henry Tuner Munns. It was painted in 1865 in realist palette with superb detail in the young boy's fac...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique British Portrait of Elegant Lady with Flower Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
British School, late 19th/ early 20th century - circa 1900
oil on canvas, framed in oak wood frame
framed: 30 x 26 inches
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenan...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Italian Orientalist Masterpiece Painting "Four Women In The Harem"
By Rudolf Ernst
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Italian Orientalist Masterpiece Painting "Four Women In The Harem" circa 1880, in the Circle of Rudolf Ernst.
Oil on canvas.
"The O...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a man with a mustache
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Green wooden frame and gold borders
51 x 43 x 2.5 cm
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Oil Painting Portrait of Country Lady in Bonnet with Basket Roses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Picking Roses
French School, late 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of antique paintings gilded bronze signed "Lieve du Morvain "1847
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Pair of religious background paintings depicting " Penitent Magdalene" and " Madonna and Child" by Lieve du Morvain, works signed and dated both lower left, oil on ivory.
Magdalene ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Night Passeth, the Day Cometh - British Post Impressionist art oil painting
By Harry Morley
Located in London, GB
This superb British exhibited Post Impressionist oil painting is by much sought after noted artist Harry Morley. It was painted in 1921 and exhibited that year at the Royal Academy L...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Petite Laitière Bretonne, dated 1898 by Maurice GRÜN (1869-1947)
Located in Blackwater, GB
La Petite Laitière Bretonne, dated 1898
by Maurice GRÜN (1869-1947)
Large 19th Century French Breton village girl portrait, oil on canvas by Maurice Gru...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Four large family portraits
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Suite of four large family portraits, kept together to this day. Created around 1840 by the painter Théophile Morel, who presented portraits at the Salon des Artistes Français from t...
Category
1840s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Family in a Cottage Interior - British 19thC genre oil painting
Located in London, GB
Richard Hollingdale, British Victorian genre artist painted this lovely family in a cottage interior. Painted in 1855, the colourful composition is six figures of all ages around a t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
KPM Painted Porcelain Plaque Entitled "Amor mit Schmetterling"
Located in New York, NY
“Amor fit Schmetterling” Cupid with a Butterfly
Artist: After William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Period: Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Dimension: 7 1/2 x 10 inches (plaque); 12 x 14 inches (...
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Glaze, Porcelain
Portrait Of A Lady In A Grey Jacket, circa 1900 - Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady In A Grey Jacket, circa 1900
signed Lavery - circle of Sir John Lavery (1856-1941)
Large 19th / early 20th century portrait of a lady...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Double Portrait”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original oil on canvas double portrait painting of a young boy and girl with cat (moist likely brother and sister) attributed to the hand of American artist, John Carlin. ...
Category
1860s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Oil - Lady Gutting Fish
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting a smiling woman gutting a basket of fish. The painting is in the style of Dutch genre scenes, with its darkened interiors and focus of everyday life of nor...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Gentleman Identified as Mr Thomas Ash, circa 1810
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Invalid Freidling from Mindelheim, 19th Century
Carl SPITZWEG (1808-1885)
19th Century portrait of The Invalid Freidling from Mindelheim, oil on panel signsd Spitzweg. Excellen...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Child portrait in clouds
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French school circa 1800
Portrait of a child in the clouds
H. 40 cm; L. 32 cm
This luminous portrait is that of a child of three or four years old, represented in the clouds. The ve...
Category
Early 1800s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, Early American Portraiture, American Folk Art
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, c. 1820s
Oil on Panel
24" x 19.5"
Housed in a 3" Carved Frame
Overall Size: 29" x 25 1/4"
In excellent condition. Ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Historical portrait of John Knox
Located in East Grinstead, GB
Sir David Wilkie R.A. 1785-1841 was a Scottish painter of genre scenes, portraits and historical scenes of which this is one. The portrait is of John Knox 1514-1572 who was a Theolog...
Category
1830s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman with Shawl - British early 19thC portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British early 19th century female portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1800 it is a half length portrait of a beautiful...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Festa Da Ballo, 19th Century by Francesco VINEA (1845-1902)
Located in Blackwater, GB
La Festa Da Ballo, 19th Century
by Francesco VINEA (1845-1902) sales
Large 19th Century Italian scene of a dancing party in a tavern, oil on canvas by Francisco Vines. Excellent ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century French Naive Portrait of Lady Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, 19th century
circle of Henri Rousseau, French 1844 - 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 23.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
co...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
J.Lambert 19th c. Antique oil painting on wood Portrait, Genre scene, Gold Frame
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is an amazing original antique oil painting on a wooden board depicting a portrait of a nobleman in a red camisole with a guitar. He peers around the corner as if he is a...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Queen
by Diogène Ulysse Napoléon Maillart (French, 1840 – 1926) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 42 x 30 inches
framed: 45 x 33 inches
condition: overall v...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1870's French Oil Painting Large Canvas Three Children Fishing Woodland Pool
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing the Pool
French School, 19th century, circa 1860's-1870's
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall good co...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century French Realist Oil Painting Chef in Kitchen Pantry Larder
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Chef
circle of Théodule-Augustin Ribot (French, 1823 – 1891)
oil on board, framed
framed: 20.5 x 16.5 inches
board: 15 x 12 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, ...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French School - Portrait of a Young Maiden, ca 1840
Located in Baltimore, MD
This French School portrait of a lovely young maiden is quite charming. It is not signed but is clearly by an accomplished hand. The young woman's facial expression of innocence an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishermen Sailors at Sea - Scottish Victorian art marine portrait oil painting
By Patrick William Orr
Located in London, GB
This charming Scottish Victorian oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Patrick William Orr. Painted circa 1880, this marine portrait is of two fishermen sailors at sea, sorting th...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clara - British Art Deco 20's female portrait landscape Newlyn oil painting
Located in London, GB
A superb portrait oil painting by noted British Newlyn school artist Harold Harvey. Painted in 1922 the sitter is Clara Matthews. A full length portrait, Clara is set in a landscape and holding a rose. In several of Harvey's portraits his female sitters...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Post Impressionist Portrait of a Girl -Jewish 1920's art oil painting apples
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Jewish artist Alfred Lomnitz. Lomnitz was born in Germany and Jewish by denomination. He emigrated to England in 1933...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - Old Master Scottish art oil painting by RSA president
By John Gordon Watson
Located in London, GB
A fine Old Master British portrait oil painting which dates to circa 1830 and depicts a girl. Painted by the president of the Royal Scottish Academy, Sir John Watson Gordon...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Charlotte Julianna Jane Howard - British Victorian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian portrait is by noted artist Richard Buckner. Painted circa 1840 it is a half length seated portrait and the sitter is Charlotte Julianna Jane Howard, 3r...
Category
1840s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dog Waiting Patiently - British Victorian art loyal dog portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Victorian oil painting is by British artist E Stott. The painting, painted circa 1880 is a portrait of a large dog. The artist is clearly a very talented dog artist and k...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Naive Portrait of Gentleman with Moustache Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, 19th century
circle of Henri Rousseau, 1844 - 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condit...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19 century, Original Antique Oil Painting in canvas, Female Portrait
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is a very interesting antique 19th-century original oil painting on canvas depicting a woman who overlooks a parapet and touches a bottle placed on it. With her right han...
Category
Early 19th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Mrs Anne Neale Tucker Lauzun - British Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn. Painted circa 1800, the sitter is Anne Neale Tucker Lauzun. She was born in St Geo...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Watercolor Painting Muscular Male Nude Classical Roman Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Muscular Made Nude,
"Olympus"?
sepia watercolour drawing on paper, framed
framed: 23 x 15 inches
painting: 20 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sou...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Seated Gentleman - British 19th century art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking British 19th century portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1820 it is the portrait of a seated gentleman in a brown hi...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait in Studio - British art 19th Century interior oil painting
Located in London, GB
A fine interior oil painting which dates to circa 1870 by listed artist Alfred Stevens. It is a superb British Impressionist painting which depicts the artist in his studio in front ...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl in Pink - Scottish 1920's Impressionist art female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Scottish Colourist portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish female artist Helen Ainslie Wingate. She was the daughter of Sir Charles Lawton Wingate who was president of...
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady with Lace Collar - British 19th century art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
This very charming British 19th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1810 it is a seated half length portrait of a l...
Category
1810s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Manner of Nogari - Dutch School 19th Century Oil, Woman Reading
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming Dutch School portrait depicting a woman reading. She wears layers on linen that drapes around her frame and over the crown of her head. The artist uses chiaroscuro to show...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Portrait - Russian Ukrainian Cubism
Located in London, GB
This oil painting is signed by the artist "Kremegne" in the lower right part.
It was painted circa 1920's.
Provenance:
Madame Line Playfair, Chiswick, London
Exhibited:
Redfern Ga...
Category
1920s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Florentine Signed Gordigiani Portrait Landscape Painting 19th century oil canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The scene is set in a luxuriant and blossoming garden-on which we can see a pergola vine training and an ionic column-outlined with fast and wide brush strokes of faint and pastel colours. In some parts of the background is revealed the preparatory layer, because it’s unfinished, but we can presume the presence of a light blue sky with some clouds, deducing it from a confrontation with the left side, where the sky was started.
In the foreground a boy dressed up with a style reminding medieval echoes looks like observing a flower or a small animal that he’s holding, as the position of the fingers-that seems caressing something-make suppose. It's signed on the right side: MG. (Michele Gordigiani).
The physiognomy, the expression and the hairstyle recall Edoardo Gordigiani...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serenade in the Harem - French 19th Century Orientalist art nude oil painting
By Joseph Caraud
Located in London, GB
This beautiful French 19th century Orientalist oil painting is by noted French artist Joseph Caraud. It was painted circa 1848 when Caraud was painting Algerian scenes. The compositi...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
By The Light Of The Lantern, 19th Century European Oreintalist School
Located in Blackwater, GB
By The Light Of The Lantern, 19th Century
European Oreintalist School
Large 19th Century European Orientalist portrait of a woman at night illuminated by her lantern, oil on panel....
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman with Book - British Art Deco 20s portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted British artist James P Barraclough. Painted circa 1923 it is a seated portrait of a young woman holding a book on her lap. She is wearing a blue satin dress with lace cuffs and collar and is gazing warmly at the artist and viewer. The illumination on her features is superb. A lovely Art Deco period oil portrait...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman at the Seashore - British Victorian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1840 and is by British Victorian artist William Edward Frost who was noted for his depiction of nudes and feminine beauty. The ov...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The School Room - Flemish 19th century art interior genre oil painting children
By Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder
Located in London, GB
This charming Flemish genre oil painting is attributed to Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder. Painted circa 1850 it is a fine realist genre scene of the interior of a school room, a t...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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.
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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.
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