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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Portrait of an Italian Noblewoman
Located in London, GB
15th century, Italian
Circle of Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1429-1498)
Portrait of an Italian Noblewoman
Oil and tempura on poplar panel
With partial inscription: ALZETAPIN
Provenance:...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
Portrait of King Edward VI, Oil on panel with Gold Leaf, 18th Century English
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel
Image size: 25 1/2 x 19 inches (37.5 x 27 inches)
18th Century Auricular gilt frame
Provenance
New York private collection
This portrait of the King Edward VI depicts...
Category
Mid-18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Old Head Flemish School Eyes Caravagism Oil on Canvas Yellow White
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on panel depicting a strong and distinctive old man's head with dimensions of 36 x 28 cm without frame and 68 x 60 with frame coeval Flemish school of the second half of...
Category
Late 17th Century Flemish School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramatic subject of the painting depicts th...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of The Persian Sybil, 17th Century School of GUERCINO (1591-1666)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of The Persian Sybil, 17th Century
School of GUERCINO (1591-1666)
Large 17th Century Italian Old Master portrait of the Persian Sybil, oil on canvas. Excellent quality an...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) Son In Law to Oliver Cromwell
By Robert Walker
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of General Henry Ireton (1611-1651) Son In Law to Oliver Cromwell, 17th Century
attributed Robert WALKER (1607-1658)
Large 17th Century portrait of General Henry Ireton, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition Civil War portrait...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self Portrait, Oil on Oak Panel, English School, Handmade Frame
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 9 x 7 1/4 inches (23 x 18.5 cm)
Period style hand made frame
This is a self-portrait is most likely by a 17th century English...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oak
Rococo painting with frame by 18th-century Venetian school oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (with a Salvador Rosa-style gilded frame 88 x 116 cm) depicts a group of four children who are playing outside on a swinging seesaw; we are probably dealing with a prank, as can be seen by the satisfied expression of the child on the right at the expense of the one in the foreground, who seems to be supported by the others, perhaps because of the fear felt.
They are dressed in the same way, with black or brown ankle boots and a kind of double-breasted jumpsuit with a rich lace collar reminiscent of the jabots of dames, blue for the one in the foreground, brick-colored for the other three.
Children also look alike in the hair, typical of the period, and features, suggesting a kinship relationship.
We find the same subject, for example, in Johann Zoffany...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th-18th Century By Benedetto Luti Head of a Girl Oil Pastel on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original "cassetta" frame in carved and gilded wood.
Expertise by Prof. Giancarlo Sestieri.
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
Little Sister, Big Sister, c.1970
Located in Franklin, MI
A wonderful painting in the style clearly identified
with the artist.
Category
1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ecce Homo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in MADRID, ES
Oil on canvas.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo and workshop.
Certificated by Enrique Valdivieso who is the most inportant expert in this artist.
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait Of Czechoslovakian Theologian Jan Hus (1370-1415), 17th Century Europe
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Czechoslovakian Theologian Jan Hus (1370-1415), 17th Century
European School
17th Century European School portrait of Czech Theologian Jan Hus, oil on panel. Excellent...
Category
16th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Musician
Located in London, GB
This head and shoulders portrait is an outstanding example of the breadth, force and beauty of this artist's pictorial manner and abilities. This captivating portrait features a musi...
Category
Late 17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Owen Ormsby, bust-length, in a brown coat
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Gainsborough Dupont (1754 - 1797, British)
Portrait of Owen Ormsby, bust-length, in a brown coat, with slightly later inscription identifying the sitter
oil on canvas
2...
Category
Late 18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Spanish Marquess, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Spanish Marquess, 18th Century
attributed to Louis-Michel VAN LOO (1707-1771)
Large 18th European portrait of a Spanish Marquees / Noble at a bureaux signing a docum...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century by Juan Alfonso Abril Head of St Paul Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Juan Alfonso Abril (active in the 17th century in Valladolid)
Head of Saint Paul
Oil on canvas, cm. 48,5 x 62 - with frame cm. 63 x 76,5
Shaped wooden f...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding Flowers, circa 1600 Flemish School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Gentleman Holding Flowers, circa 1600
Flemish School
Large circa 1600 Flemish School portrait of a man holding flowers wearing a plumed hat, oil on panel. Exceptional...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PPortrait Of Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess o
Located in Blackwater, GB
PPortrait Of Barbara Villiers (1640–1709), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland
Circle of Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Huge 17th Cent...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Phillip, 6th Viscount Wenman.
By Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Located in London, GB
Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1750-1811) was an English portrait painter and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Justly celebrated in his lifetime he won several...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson of Edinburgh
Located in Miami, FL
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson
Sir. Henry Raeburn ( Scottish 1756 - 1823 )
Half Length Portrait of Mr. Robertson
29x 24
Purchased, J Leger & Son,...
Category
18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Bewigged Gentleman
By Vittore Ghislandi
Located in New York, NY
Vittore Ghislandi, called Fra Galgario
Provenance:
Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, New York, ca. 1966-1996
Private Collection, USA
Exhibited:
“Eighteenth Century European Pai...
Category
18th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
17th Century Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait Catherine of Braganza Queen Consort
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland, circa 1660. Italian School. Oil Painting."
This stunning oil painting, dating to the mid-17th century , depic...
Category
17th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady possibly Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley 1673-1750 Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles Jervas
Possibly Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley 1673-1750
Oil on Canvas
Picture Size: 50 x 40"
Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48"
1675 – 1739
Charles Jervas, who was born in Clonli...
Category
Early 1700s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Man possibly Arthur Viscount Irwin, Temple Newsam Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles Jervas
Possibly Arthur, 6th Viscount Irwin (Temple Newsam)
Oil on Canvas
Picture Size: 50 x 40"
Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48"
1675 – 1739
Charles Jervas, who was born in Cl...
Category
Early 1700s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The sisters young women original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 98x117 cm.
Ramon Aguilar i Moré (Barcelona, 1924-Barcelona, September 23, 2015) was a Spanish painter. His work was influenced by the expressionist movement, although...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch Old Master Portrait of Maurits, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Oil on Panel
Located in London, GB
In 1607, the Delft city council decided to commission a portrait of Stadholder Maurits of Nassau for the town hall, with Michiel van Mierevelt as the chosen artist due to the passing...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Abstract Prism: Radiant Cubist Figure
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Abstract Prism: Radiant Cubist Figure', oil on board, by STM (circa 1970s). A marvellous late mid-century, medium-sized painting by an artist with the initials STM. Clearly inspired...
Category
1970s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Lady in an Elaborate Ruff & Lace Coif c.1610-20, Dutch Old Master
Located in London, GB
This magnificent oil on panel portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, is a splendid example of the sumptuous female portraits that were painted for members of the upper echelons of so...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Resurrection Christ Tiziano 16/17th Century paint Oil on canvas Old master Italy
By Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The Resurrection of Christ
Follower of Tiziano Vecellio (Pieve di Cadore 1490 - Venice 1576)
Venetian school of the late 16th/early 17th century
Oil on canvas
108 x 78 cm. - Frame...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Noblewoman Dog Van Loo Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Louis Michel van Loo (Toulon 1707- Paris 1771) attributable
Portrait of a noblewoman with her little dog
Oil on canvas (79 x 66 cm. - with frame 92 x 78 cm.)
A qualitative portrait depicting an elegant noblewoman of French origin, presumably belonging to the wealthy court of Versailles during the reign of Louis XV; this work fully reflects the pictorial qualities as well as the refinement of the compositional style of the French painter Louis Michel van Loo (1707- 1771), one of the most significant portrait painters of his time, and for this reason in demand at the most noble European courts.
The work, taking up the traditional formula for portraits of members of the aristocracy, shows the effigy in a half-length pose, slightly turned to the right and looking directly at the viewer.
The woman, with a regal bearing, is here portrayed intent on completing her daily beauty ritual, wearing a cape during her make-up, which must have just been completed as pink powder is visible on her cheeks. This luxurious garment reveals a corset with a daring neckline, made of silk and lace, and a coral-coloured dress ending in wide jabote cuffs. Her hair is styled in the French fashion in a hairstyle that highlights her facial features.
Having finished her beauty ritual, the woman is intent on removing her cape with one hand, an elegant gesture that emphasises her noble pose.
At her side is her small pet dog, sitting on a blue velvet cushion with gold trim.
The canvas may have been made on the occasion of a wedding, elegantly celebrating the role of a member of the aristocracy. The presence of the pet depicted in her arms had in fact a precise meaning: the fidelity that is such a well-known characteristic of the dog, declared at the same time the virtues of the effigy.
Louis Michel van Loo (Toulon 1707- Paris 1771) was the son of the painter Jean Baptiste van Loo, with whom he studied in Rome and Turin. He attended the Paris Academy, where he won the first prize for painting in 1726. In 1728 he returned to Rome, where he met Francois Boucher. In 1732, passing through Turin, he returned to Paris. In 1737 van Loo became court painter in Madrid, succeeding Jean Ranc...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady . Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger. ( Paris, 1612-1689), attrib
By Louis Elle (Ferdinand)
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a lady .
Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger. ( Paris, 1612-1689), attributed.
Circa 1680.
Oil on canvas, resting on cardboard.
In 19th-century giltwood frame.
A female...
Category
1680s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of a Young Gentleman, Pieter Van Der Dvssen; by Jan van Haensbergen
By Jan Van Haensbergen
Located in London, GB
Portrait of a Young Gentleman, Pieter Van Der Dvssen c.1664
Jan van Haensbergen (1642–1705)
This charming portrait is an excellent example of late 17th century child portraiture and is from one of the most prolific periods in art history – the Dutch Golden Age. A vast number of artists produced work to fulfil the demands and tastes of a broad Dutch society, and many cities in the Netherlands developed into distinct artistic centres, characterised by style and specialities of subject. The quality of our portrait is similar to the works of the highly specialised ‘fijnschilders’, who were working in Leiden at the time; these artists executed meticulous small-scale paintings. As with the artist’s other works of children, Haensbergen painstakingly recorded many details including a fine depiction of the face, and the surface effects of the materials and the pearl clasps.
The young sitter is Walther Bernt Pieter Van der Dussen. He was born into a wealthy noble Catholic family in Delft in 1654. In this portrait he would be around ten years of age, dating the work to circa 1664, which is also the year before the artist’s marriage to Johanna van Heusden. The Van der Dussen family were great patrons of the arts and commissioned a number of major works from eminent artists in Delft & Amsterdam. Van der Dussen died in 1716.
The wooded setting, the lamb, and the “picturesque” or “Roman” dress...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in New York, NY
Circle of Jacques-Louis David
(French, 18th Century)
Provenance:
Private Collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibited:
“Art of Collecting,” Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 23 November 2018 – 6 January 2019.
This vibrant portrait of young man was traditionally considered a work by Jacques-Louis David, whose style it recalls, but to whom it cannot be convincingly attributed. Rather, it would appear to be by a painter in his immediate following—an artist likely working in France in the first decade of the nineteenth century. Several names have been proposed as the portrait’s author: François Gérard, Louis Hersent, Anne-Louis Girodet (Fig. 1), Theodore Gericault, and Jean-Baptiste Wicar, among others. Some have thought the artist Italian, and have proposed Andrea Appiani, Gaspare Landi...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady of Quality c1790 Oil Painting English School
Located in Holywell, GB
A stylish portrait of a fashionable aristocrat dating to the late 18th century. Her hair is bedecked with pearls and worn in a style popular in the 1790’s. Her apple green gown is d...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Michiel Jansz. Van Mierevelt (Follower), Portrait of Maurice of Orange
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early to mid-17th-century oil on panel depicts Maurice of Nassau (1567-1625), Prince of Orange. It’s a bust-length portrait, presented in a feigned oval, after a full length by ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th Century French School, Saint John the Baptist, oil on copper
Located in Paris, FR
17th Century French School
Saint John the Baptist in a landscape
oil on copper
17 x 11.5 cm
In good condition except very small loss of painting in the lower left part
In a modern f...
Category
1680s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ritratto del Re di Sardegna Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia. Ambito di G. Panealbo
Located in Firenze, IT
Ritratto del Re di Sardegna Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia. Ambito di Giovanni Panelalbo.
Ritratto di Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia (Torino, 26 giugno 1726 – Moncalieri, 16 ottobre 1...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait. 1975, oil on plywood, 32x27, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. 1975, oil on plywood, 32x27,5 cm
Abstract portrait
Robert Elibekyan (1941) (Armenian: Ռոբերտ Էլիբեկյան; born 21 April 1941) is an Armenian pa...
Category
1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood
Christ Crucified Rubens Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Religious
By Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640) Workshop / circle
Crucifixion of Christ with Saint Mary Magdalene
Oil painting on canvas
112 x 62 cm. - In antique frame 126 x 73 cm.
...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 18th Century British Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady, Large oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) British.
18th Century Bust Portrait of a Lady,
Oil on Canvas, Inscribed on a label verso,
canvas: 30" x 25" (76.2 x 63.5cm).
frame: 30 x 25 in...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of three children - Bernhard Keil (1624-1687)
Located in Gent, BE
“A portrait of three children, one of them holding a basket of grapes, while another plays the flute”
Oil on canvas
Housed in a blackened 17th-century frame.
We'd like to thank dr...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Cubist Woman
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Cubist Woman', oil on board, by STM (circa 1970s). A captivating painting by an artist with the initials STM. Clearly inspired by cubists Picasso and Braque, the artis...
Category
1970s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Abigail, Countess of Kinnoull, Signed Dated Godfrey Kneller Painting
By Kneller Godfrey
Located in London, GB
Presented by Titan Fine Art, this elegant and beautiful portrait depicts Abigail Hay, Lady Dupplin, Countess of Kinnoull; it is an excellent example of English portraiture from the f...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady in a Blue & Pink Silk Dress, possibly Mrs Rowe, Signed Dated
By Henry Pickering
Located in London, GB
This charming picture, which has been signed and dated: H. Pickering pinxt 1752 is a type favoured by the highly successful artist Henry Pickering. Pickering’s painting life, from 1...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Madonna with the book. Genovese School. Follower of Bernardo Strozzi.
Located in Firenze, IT
Madonna with the book.
XVIIth century.
Oil on Canvas.
Antique painted wooden frame, in need of restoration.
Reintel.
Baroque Era.
Interesting painting of the Genoese school, with ch...
Category
17th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
circa 1700s Huge Old Master Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady Oil Painting canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
circa 1700
circle of John Closterman (German 1660-1711)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 50 x 40 inches
provenance: private collection, Somerset, England
con...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Patrick Boudon. Inner Family. Post-war Expressionism. 1970s.
Located in Firenze, IT
Patrick Boudon.
Inner Family.
Post-war Expressionism.
1970s.
Patrick Boudon.
Art Informel. Ecole de Paris.
Technique: oil on cardboard.
This painting by Patrick Boudon from the 197...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
'Portrait of a Seated Man', German School (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Seated Man', oil on canvas, German School (circa 1970s). A richly coloured portrait of a figure painted in the style of expressionists / cubists of the era. The sensuo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Family Seated on a Bench at the Port
Located in London, GB
'Family Seated on a Bench at the Port', oil on board, by François Diana (circa 1970s). A painting with a very wholesome, homespun theme harks back to a more innocent time. A family i...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Woman portrait oil on canvas painting pitxot
By Antoni Pitxot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil on canvas by Antoni Pitxot.
Canvas measurements: 41 X 33 Cm
Measures with frame: 52 X 44 Cm
Dalí's friend and collaborator and member of a family of artists, the artistic produc...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Woman Princess Diziani Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Gaspare Diziani (Belluno 1689 - Venice 1767)
Portrait of a Young Princess (Salome?)
Oil on canvas
42 x 33 cm
Framed 70 x 63 cm
A charming portrait of a beautiful young woman with ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 1700's French/ Dutch Oil Painting on Copper Portrait Man Ruff Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Ruff Collar
Dutch/ French artist, 18th century
oil painting on copper, unframed
copper board : 6.75 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
co...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
An Artist Grinding Colours, Possibly a Self-Portrait
Located in London, GB
Jan Kupetsky (1667 - 1740)
Czech School
An artist grinding colours, possibly a self-portrait
Oil on canvas
Signed, verso : "Joseph Prinzig"
Provenance:
Private Collection, Hungary
...
Category
Late 17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
16th Century by Bernardino Detti Face of Christ Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Dimensions: 41 x 32 cm without frame - 47 x 55.5 cm with frame
Antique box frame made of solid wood and walnut burl.
Publications: unpublished
The painting by Bernardino Detti (14...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
G Negri called Il Boccia Baroque Figurative Painting 17th century oil canvas
By Girolamo Negri called Il Boccia
Located in Florence, IT
Oil on canvas, 62 x 51 cm (without the frame)
Even if on the background there is an attribution to “Francesco Gessi pupil of Guido Reni” by the bolognese art historian Guido Zucchini (dated 1945), recent studies are tending to add it to the corpus of Girolamo Negri called Il Boccia (Bologna 1648-1718) due to lots of similarities with his style (the pale and warm palette chosen, the profile)
The painting represents a lady on profile wearing a brown turban, a yellow clock...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A praying elderly woman by Quiringh Van Brekelenkam (1622-1669)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
Signed and dated lower left.
Quiringh van Brekelenkam was a Dutch genre painter, who studied under Gerard Dou. As a result, his paintings from the 1640s and 50s are si...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Madonna Addolorata By Sassoferrato
By Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi)
1609-1685 Italian
Madonna Addolorata
Oil on canvas
Celebrated Italian artist Sassoferrato and his moving religious imagery are the epitome ...
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17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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