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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century
Arthur Hacker - 1890s British Oil Painting - Portrait of a Lady
Located in London, GB
ARTHUR HACKER, RA
(1858-1919)
Portrait of Dora Radclyffe
Signed and dated u.l.: To Dora Radclyffe/ from Arthur Hacker/ Aug ‘92
Oil on canvas
Framed
56 by 43 cm., 22 by 17 in.
(fr...
Category
1890s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Traditional Italian portrait of a woman in the country, Naples Italy
Located in New York, NY
Signed low left.
All of our works are covered by our own guarantee of authenticity which covers the work for its lifetime of ownership with the purchaser. We carry out stringent due...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 18th century portrait of a water spaniel dog standing in a landscape
By George Stubbs
Located in Bath, Somerset
Circle of George Stubbs (1724-1806). English 18th century portrait of a water spaniel standing in a wooded landscape.
This charming painting is a wonderful example of the style of English dog painting made popular by artists such as George Stubbs and other sporting artists working in England in the 18th century who painted the dogs and horses of the aristocracy and wealthier classes. It follows in the ancient tradition of celebrating and commemorating our faithful canine companions through portraiture.
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset
George Stubbs (1724-1806) was classified in his lifetime as a sporting painter, and as such was excluded from full membership of the Royal Academy. He is best remembered for his paintings of horses and his conversation pieces. Having studied anatomy, Stubbs's pictures of horses are among the most accurate ever painted.
Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a leather worker...
Category
18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of baron de Roisin - Gendarmerie general
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Flemish school of the 19th century
Armorial portrait of Baron Henri de ROISIN (1787-1846)
in the uniform of a general of the gendarmerie (1835)
Oil on canvas
H. 108 cm; W. 90 cm
Bar...
Category
1830s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino - Año 1855
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1855
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco del siglo xix en madera estucada y policromada (el marco ...
Category
1850s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
17th-18th C. original Oil on Canvas, Genre Scene with Figures in a Tavern
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is the original antique 17th/18th-century oil painting on canvas depicting a contemplative scene featuring a man sitting indoors. He is dressed in period clothing, includ...
Category
18th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century English Portrait of Aristocratic Gentleman Huge Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Aristocratic English Gentleman
circle of Thomas Hudson (British (1701-1779)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 53.5 x 45 inches
painting: 45 x 40 inches
provenance: private...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Portrait of a Gentleman, thought to be Moses Diego Lopez Pereira
Located in London, GB
Austrian School, 18th Century
A Portrait of a Gentleman, thought to be Moses Diego Lopez Pereira, 1st Baron d’Aguilar, in an elaborate coat and a powdered wig
Oil on canvas
Provena...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Very Large Mid 19th Century Victorian Portrait English Gentleman Seated Leather
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Victorian English Gentleman
Portrait of a Man seated in a leather chair, holding a letter in his hand.
oil on canvas , framed
framed: 41 x 33 inches
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
prove...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Belle Epoque French Impressionist 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Elegant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Beauty
French Impressionist painter, circa 1890s
signed indistinctly
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 23 inches
canvas: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique French Impressionist Young Woman Portrait Landscape Framed Oil Painting
By Leon Richet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist landscape oil painting by Leon Richet (1847 - 1907). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 22 by 29 inches overall and 15 by 20 painting alone.
Category
1880s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Anyone for Croquet" Herbert Gustave Schmalz, Portrait by Pre-Raphaelite Artist
Located in New York, NY
Herbert Gustave Schmalz
Anyone for Croquet, circa 1898
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
47 5/8 x 31 3/4 inches
Provenance
Anthony Mitchell, Nottingham
Burlington Gallery Ltd., Londo...
Category
1890s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Marianne Cogny De Troy Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Workshop/Circle of François de Troy (Toulouse 1645 – Paris 1730)
Portrait of a young lady (probably Marianne de Cogny, epouse de Philippe-Emmanuel de Beaufort...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), 19th Century European School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), 19th Century
European School - unfinished study
Large 19th Century European School unfinished portrait of Danish Philosopher Søren Kierke...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
'Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet' three-quarter-length portrait, oil on canvas
By John Vanderbank
Located in St. Albans, GB
Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
Canvas Size: 50 x 40" (127 x 102cm)
Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48" (147 x 122cm)
Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet (1628 – 11 January ...
Category
1710s English School 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
Antique French Miniature Portrait of Lady Biographical details with painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Miniature Portrait
French School, late 18th/ early 19th century
framed: 5.5 x 5.5 inches
board: 2 x 2 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Ship Captain George Buckman
Located in Milford, NH
A fine oil on canvas portrait of Captain George Buckman, identified lower center, indiscernibly signed and dated 1860 lower right, with a tall ship with an American flag in the backg...
Category
1860s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919)
Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
bears signature (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm)
Painted between 1862-1863
Footnotes
This work will be included in the forthcoming Pierre-Auguste Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.
Provenance
Berthe Poret Collection, France (acquired from the artist in 1863).
Thence by descent to the previous owner.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1947).
O'Hana Gallery, London (acquired circa 1955).
Michael Mathias Collection, US (acquired through Emmanuel Javogue Fine Arts, Miami in 1998).
Simic Galleries, Carmel, by 2000.
Private collection, Texas (acquired circa 2007).
Private collection, Atlanta.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in February 2019.
Exhibited
London, O'Hana Gallery, Cezanne to Picasso "Oeuvres de jeunesse," April 12 - May 16, 1956, no. 13 (titled 'Portrait of Mlle. Berthe Poret').
Paris, Galerie Drouot - Provence, Exposition, June 1 - July 31, 1959.
Edmonton, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), Paris and French Countryside Revealed, June 9 - September 3, 2001.
Literature
G-P. & M. Dauberville, Renoir, Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, pastels, dessins et aquarelles, vol. I, 1858-1881, Paris, 2007, no. 440 (illustrated p. 453; titled 'Portrait de Mademoiselle Berthe Poret' and dated circa 1863).
One of the earliest known paintings by Renoir...
Category
1860s 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
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
The Badminton Player 19th C. French Oil Painting Young Girl Racket & Shuttlecock
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Badminton Player"
French School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
painting: 24 x 14 inches
framed: 28.5 x 18.5 inches
Very rare early portrayal of a young badminton...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1800's French Neo Classical Old Master Chalk Drawing Roman Figures Court Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Court
French School, circa 1780-1820 period
pencil/charcoal/white chalk drawing on artist paper
stamped with a name (either a collector or the artist)
size: 18 x 24 inches
...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil
19th century French, Surrender of the French at Huningen Fort to the Austrians
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful French period copy of the famous painting by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille, which the original is now in a museum in Paris.
This piece came from a private collection in New Jersey where it had been since it was purchased in France back in the 1950s. The previous owner was an Art dealer in NYC during the 1950s-70s and she kept some of her favorite paintings, this being one of them.
The piece was re-framed in the 1990s
In 35 years of dealing in paintings, I have never seen another example of this scene, it is very rare.!
History of the scene:
In the Siege of Hüningen (27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797), the Austrians captured the city from the French. Hüningen is in the present-day Department of Haut-Rhin, France. Its fortress lay approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the Swiss city of Basel and .5 miles (0.80 km) north of the spot where the present-day borders of Germany, France, and Switzerland meet. During the time of this siege, the village was part of the Canton of Basel City and the fortress lay in an area contested between the German states and the First French Republic.
The siege occurred within the French Revolutionary Wars during which Revolutionary France ranged...
Category
1880s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
19th Century genre portrait oil painting of a girl with a writing slate
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Sillem Lidderdale
British, (1831-1895)
The Scholar
Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)94
Image size: 26.5 inches x 19.5 inches
Size including frame: 33.5 inche...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Sketch of Artists Nude Model Posing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
French School, late 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 17.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent
1856-1925 American
Stamped by artist's estate (en verso)
Oil on canvas
John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cain & The Death Of Abel, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Cain & The Death Of Abel, 18th Century
School of William Blake (1757-1827)
Circa 1790 English School depiction of Cain and the Death Of Abel, oil on canvas. Rare biblical depiction...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
19th Century by Sir Henry Raeburn Portrait of a landowner Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Sir Henry Raeburn (Stockbridge, Edinburgh, UK, 1756 - Edinburgh, UK, 1823)
Title: Portrait of a landowner
Year: Early 19th century, 1803
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Without fra...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Victorian Signed Oil Painting Lady Artist Seated Sketching in Garden 1862
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Female Artist Sketching in the Garden
by Arthur Rankley (British, 1819-1872)
signed and dated 1862 with monogram
oil painting on canvas, in antique period gilt frame
canvas: 24...
Category
Mid-19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Mid Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Gentleman with Newspaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman reading the 'London Journal',
English school (mid 19th century)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
condition: some minor surface abrasion...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Painting, 19th century, oil on canvas, "Young woman with flower basket"
Located in Berlin, DE
Painting, 19th century, oil on canvas, "Young woman with flower basket"
Signed, F.Bach.
Dimensions with frame 52cm x 72.5cm
Category
19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Flax Spinner - Belgian Victorian art female portrait oil painting craftwork
Located in London, GB
This beautiful Victorian portrait oil painting is by Belgian artist Alfred Ronner. Painted circa 1890 the painting is of a young woman sat at a spinning wheel. She is spinning flax, ...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Group of Three 19th Century Framed Painted Silhouettes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Group of Three 19th Century Framed Painted Silhouettes
Framed in black: Male: 6.25x7.75, unframed 5.5x7
Framed in black: Female: 4.75x6.25, unframed 2.x2.75
Gilded frame: Female: ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink
Huge Antique French Rococo Oil Painting Mythological Lovers in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hunter
French School, late 19th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed size: 32 x 42 inches
provenance: private collection, France
Superb large scale French oil painting,...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil, Study for a Portrait of Emile Baron
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 19th century oil sketch of a society figure. Though not signed the work is by repute and very much in the style of Charles Auguste Émile Durand. Presented in modern gilt and p...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Red-haired beauty portrait oil painting on canvas by René Avigdor 19Th Century
Located in Gavere, BE
Red-haired beauty portrait oil painting on canvas by René Avigdor 19Th Century
Rene Avigdor was born in Nice and spent his career in France.
He specialized in portraits, especiall...
Category
1890s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine 18th Century English Oil Portrait Smart Gentleman Squire holding Letter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1780’s
Circle of George Romney (1734-1802)
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 30 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
private collectio...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Napoleons Retreat From Russia, 19th Century French School Large Napoleonic Wars
Located in Blackwater, GB
Napoleons Retreat From Russia, 19th Century
French School Large Napoleonic Wars Scene
Large 19th Century French School Napoleonic Wars Scene of Napoleon retreating following the in...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 a Lady with Jewels Dutch School 18th century Signed with Frame
Located in Pistoia, IT
Portrait of a woman with jewelry, early 18th-century Dutch school by painter Gérard Wigama (1673-1741). Monogram in the lower right corner on the base of the GW column. Fine Arts exp...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Folk 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Styrian Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine folk portrait depicting an Austrian woman in traditional Styrian region attire. She sports a tall, beaded headdress typically seen in Styrian folk wear with a complementary co...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Sibyl Lady Zanotti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 18th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Portrait of an Eritrean Sibyl who writes the prophecy
Circle of Lorenzo Pasinelli (Bologna 1629 - 1700) - Attributable to Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Miss Anna Davenport, dated 1853 by Charles V BOND (19th century)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of a Miss Anna Davenport, dated 1853
by Charles V BOND (19th century)
Large 19th Century American School portrait traditionally identified as a Miss Anna Davenport of Detr...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Four large French 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
Fine 1800's Portrait of Young Aristocratic Boy with Letter & Pen Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Aristocrat
French School, circa 1800's
circle of Louis Leopold Boilly (1761-1845)
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 16 x 13.5 inches
frame: 21 x 18 inches
p...
Category
Early 19th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait of George Catlin
By George Catlin
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
George Catlin was a 19th-century American artist, explorer, and advocate for Native American culture whose legacy is deeply intertwined with his iconic portraits and depictions of Native American tribes. A defining aspect of Catlin's work is his commitment to authenticity and respect for his subjects. He strove to capture not only their physical appearances but also their spiritual essence and cultural practices. His portraits are characterized by a keen attention to detail and a sensitivity to the individuality of each subject, reflecting his deep admiration for Native American traditions and values. This painting however, went beyond his skill for painting Native American...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on Canvas Painting Portrait of the Italian Noble Family of Zanardi Count
By Lucia Casalini Torelli
Located in Firenze, IT
This museum quality old master oil on canvas formal portrait painting depicting the family of the Count Zanardi is signed by the artist- the female painter Lucia Casalini Torelli- and published in a book dedicated to Casalini Torelli’s workshop and academy.
This palatial masterpiece artwork comes directly from the ancient Villa Maraini Guerrieri - Palidano di Gonzaga (Mantua), an historic Italian heritage building owned by the descendants of the family portrayed for more than two centuries, until 1998.
The big scale of this oil on canvas masterpiece painting states the relevance of Lucia Casalini Torelli as a painter. The present artwork is a formal family portrait painting that aim to introduce the characters depicted according to their social role in the society. The noble family is all gathered under a loggia overlooking a park, the landscape in the background is partially covered by a beautiful red cloth on the right side.
The father stands up and holds the hand of his eldest son, proudly introducing his future heir. The son wears a light-blue dress and red boots, he is depicted in a serious pose holding a black tricorn hat under his arm and a rapier sword on his belt.
The mother wears an elegant gold and dark green brocade dress, she is sitting with her youngest daughter on her knees while her second son is by her side. The little daughter wears a lovely long red and dress with white lace and holds an apple on her hand. The son stands next to his mother and is dressed in a brown priestly clothes.
This palatial old masters piece was probably painted in 1740 due to the similarities with Cardinal Doria’ s portrait, now on display at the Doria Palace Museum, the official residence of the Prince of Genoa.
The painting features original canvas (“prima tela”) and antique original patina, it is in excellent overall condition considering the age, use and its large scale. A formal detailed condition report and the results of the inspection with the UV lamp accompanied by photos is available on request.
As well as for its exceptional quality and quite perfect state of conservation, this painting is particularly important and even more valuable both for the artist who painted it and for its absolutely exclusive provenance.
Lucia painted the most prominent and powerful noble families of her time, the location of these paintings is unknown to the art market as it is extremely likely that the portraits are still kept in private collections.
Furthermore, Lucia was one of the most appreciated artists of her time, so important that she was admitted as a member of the academy at a time when women were forbidden to attend these studies.
In 1706, Felice Torelli...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Victorian Portrait of Country Gentlemen Squire Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English artists, circa 1870
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 31 inches
canvas : 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall very good and pr...
Category
1870s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gustave de Jonghe, "An Afternoon Visit, " original oil painting
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Gustave de Jonghe
An Afternoon Visit
Oil on panel
Image Size: 32.8 x 25 inches
Framed Dimensions: 41.7 x 33.5
Hand signed in lower left corner
Category
1860s Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century portrait painting of a boy with a spinning top on a garden terrace
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a young boy, full-length in a blue velvet coat and breeches, standing on a stone terrace in a garden landscape, playing with a spinning top. Signed and dated ' Phil. Merc...
Category
1740s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th century portrait of the painter Nathaniel Dance
Located in London, GB
Collections:
Robert Gallon (1845-1925);
Private Collection, UK.
Oil on canvas laid down on panel
Framed dimensions: 11.5 x 10 inches
This highly engaging, previously unpublished portrait by Johan...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
19th century Portrait of A Young Noble Girl by Giacomo GROSSO (1860-1938)
Located in Blackwater, GB
"Ritratto Di Nobildonna", 19th Century
by Giacomo GROSSO (1860-1938) sales to $75,000
Large 19th Century Italian portrait of a young noble lady, oil on board by Giacomo Grosso. Exc...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
British Portrait of Two English Children Dog - Circle Sir William Beechey
Located in Miami, FL
This charming portrait is a statement piece for any space. The two elegantly handsome sitters are brother and sister and are accompanied by their loyal dog. With 18th and 19th centu...
Category
Early 1800s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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