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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1970s
A Night At The Opera, 19th Century by Manuel CUSI Y FERRET (1857-1922)
By Manuel Cusi y Ferret
Located in Blackwater, GB
A Night At The Opera, 19th Century
by Manuel CUSI Y FERRET (1857-1922) to $20,000
Large 19th century Spanish portrait of a lady at the theatre, oil on canvas by Manuel CUSI Y FERRE...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Death Of Icarus, 19th Century - Alexandre CABANEL (1823-1889)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Death Of Icarus, 19th Century
circle of Alexandre CABANEL (1823-1889)
Large 19th Century French classical scene of The Death Of Icarus, oil on canvas circle of Alexandre Cabane...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th-19th Century By Natale Schiavoni Portrait of the Sister Oil on Cardboard
By Natale Schiavoni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original frame in gilded wood and gilded pastiglia.
Autograph dedication of the artist in the back of the painting.
Natale Schiavoni (Chioggia (Venice), 1777 – Venice, 1858) wan a...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The Gold Brooch, Orientalist Oil Painting, Signed and dated 1894
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel, signed, dated and inscribed ‘Bou Saada, 1894’ lower right
Image size: 13 x 8 3/4 inches (33 x 22.25 cm)
Ornate Gilt frame
Euguene Alexis Girardet
A child prodigy, Gi...
Category
1890s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
Ships Sailing In A Venice Lagon At Sunset 19th Century Etienne Leroy (1828-1876)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Ships Sailing In A Venice Lagon At Sunset, 19th Century
by Etienne Leroy (1828-1876)
Large 19th Century Venetian Sunset view of ships sailing across the lagoon, oil on canvas by E...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century
by Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)
Large 19th Century view of children playing in a hillside near Capel Curig...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Ballerina, early 20th Century by Marcel BLOCH (1882-1966)
By Marcel Bloch
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Ballerina, early 20th Century
by Marcel BLOCH (1882-1966)
Large early 20th Century French Impressionist portrait of a ballerina, oil on canvas by Marcel Bloch. Good q...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boy with Apples
By Georg Cornelius
Located in Lincoln, GB
This portrait of a young boy with an apple is a beautiful piece by Georg Cornicelius.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scagliola Plaster Painting Portrait Napoleon 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Portrait of the younger brother of Napoleon, Lucien Bonaparte, done with the Scagliola technique.
Scagliola (from the Italian scaglia, meaning "chips") is a type of fine plaster came into fashion in 17th-century Tuscany as an effective substitute for costly marble inlays, the pietra dura works created for the Medici family...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plaster
Portrait Of A Red Haired Holding Flowers, circa 1900
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Red Haired Holding Flowers, circa 1900
English School signed JM
Circa 1900 English School portrait of the young girl holding flowers...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Mary Hardy (nee Sulman), Late 19th Century Victorian Oil
Located in London, GB
Slade School
Late 19th Century
Portrait of a Mary Hardy (nee Sulman)
Oil on panel
Image size: 8 x 7 inches
Contemporary frame
Provenance
Lady Town (Grandda...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN PLAQUE, THE PRODIGAL SON
Located in New York, NY
Finely painted after Rembrandt with a self-portrait of the artist and his spouse, Saskia, in a tavern, in the guise of the Prodigal Son
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCE...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
La lecture au jardin (Lesson in the Garden)
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Post-Impressionist painter Georges d’Espagnat captures a charming moment between a mother and her child in this vibrant oil on canvas. Rendered with a studied use of complementary colors and bold brushstrokes, the painting showcases the artist's unique Post-Impressionist style. Remembered as one of the most individualistic artists of the 20th century, his distinctive canvases bring together the loose brushwork of the Impressionists and the bold color palette favored by the Fauves. Together, they achieve a vibrant spontaneity that lends itself well to the carefree subjects of the present work.
Masterfully composed, La lecture au jardin moves beyond the Impressionist instinct to capture a fleeting moment on canvas. Rather, d'Espagnat succeeds in creating a deep feeling of harmony in the work. Warm colors are perfectly balanced with cool tones, while vertical and horizontal lines are softened by the curves of the foliage and his subjects' figures. Through his simplification of forms and intentional use of color and line, he creates a scene that is carefully designed and thoroughly modern. A similar view of a mother and her child by d'Espagnat is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
The Post-Impressionist painter was an individualist since his youth, choosing to forgo traditional schooling in order to independently study the Old Masters in the Louvre. He soon became involved with the most prominent Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters of the age, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Signac, who themselves existed outside the traditional norms of French Academic training. In 1891, he exhibited at the Salon des Refusés, and again the following year at the Salon des Indépendants.
By 1895, he held his first one-man show in Paris, and just three years later his success earned him a solo show at the prestigious Durand-Ruel Gallery. Between 1905 and 1910 he made several trips to visit Renoir on the Côte d’Azur. Their close friendship resulted in a group exhibition at Marcel Bernheim...
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting 19th Century - Portrait of Young Lady
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ERNEST BLANC-GARIN (1843-1916)
Portrait of a Young Lady around 1880
Oil on wood panel signed low
Old Original frame gilded with leaves
Dimensions wood : 40 X 30 cm
Dimensions frame : 62 X 53 cm
ERNEST BLANC-GARIN (1843-1916)
Belgian Painter 19th Century
Born 8 October 1843 in Givet (France)
Died 1916 in Brussels (Belgium)
Painter of Portraits and Urbanscapes.
In Brusssels he was taught by Jan Portaëls (1818-1895); then in Paris by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
He took part in the Salon de Paris from 1868.
After a trip to Italy in 1870, he came back to Brussels for creating a private Art Academy providing a very liberal teaching.
His portraits are made with a lot of freedom and gracefulness.
Bibliography :
Dictionary of Artists E. Benezit Book II / 373
Gérald SHURR : Les petits Maîtres de la Peinture 1820- 1920 Book V
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Night Royal Mail Coach To London, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Night Royal Mail Coach To London, 19th Century
attributed to Charles Cooper HENDERSON (1803-1877)
Fine large 19th Century scene of a Lon...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jules TOULOT (1863-nc) Painting 19th century soldier uniform interior
By Toulot Jules
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Toulot Jules (1863-nc)
Pianist officer in the Second Empire period
Oil on canvas signed low right
Old frame regilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas : 65 X 43 cm
Dim frame : 90 X 67 cm
TOULOT Jules (1863-nc)
French painter 19th century
Born 11th November 1863 in Champeinx (Puy de Dôme...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait King William IV, s Duke Of Clarence, early 19th Century
By James Lonesdale
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait King William IV, s Duke Of Clarence, early 19th Century
by James Lonsdale (1777-1839)
Fine early 19th Century portrait of King William IV as...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Break from Play
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 24 x 18 inches
Framed size: 31 x 25.5 inches
Signed lower left
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eagle & Rabbit In The Alps, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Eagle & Rabbit In The Alps, 19th Century
attributed to John James AUDUBON (1785-1851)
Fine large 19th Century French School study of an Eagle with its prey in the mountains of the...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jeune Fille en Blanc - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Young Paris Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942).
The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is lis...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist 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
The Rose, 19th Century by Emma SANDYS (1834-1877)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Rose, 19th Century
by Emma SANDYS (1834-1877) similar to $70,000
Large 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite portrait of a young red haired girl holding a rose, oil on canvas by Emma San...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Circa 1870
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Painting of a Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Circa 1870
Oil on paper.
8 x 6 (18 1/2 x 15 1/4 frame) inches
The dog, possibly a Grand Griffon Vendéen, is depicted wi...
Category
1860s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
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
Very Large 1820's English Portrait Dapper Young Gentleman Period Drama Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dapper Young Gentleman
English School, circa 1820's period
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 40 x 34 inches
canvas: 32 x 27 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: ...
Category
1820s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Portrait of a Young Lady in a White Dress 1840’s, Oil Painting on canvas
Located in London, GB
Titan Fine Art are pleased to present this exquisite portrait. As much attention is paid to the woman's luxurious apparel as her facial features. The ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Letter
Located in New Orleans, LA
A red-robed cardinal chuckles at the letter in his hand in this oil on canvas by the Italian painter Andrea Landini. The vibrantly hued piece illustrates the artist’s genius at rendering charming narratives in remarkable detail. Entitled The Letter, the work is a superb example of Landini's technical virtuosity — from the finely carved and upholstered chair to the neoclassical painting in the background, every detail is meticulously depicted.
Such works satirizing the clergy would have been severely censured just a generation earlier. Yet, by the time Landini picked up the brush, the European public had grown discontent with the hypocrisy of the clergy, many of whom enjoyed lavish lifestyles. Cardinal paintings such as this became highly popular during the period, and Landini emerged alongside Georges Croegaert, Marcel Brunery and Jehan Georges Vibert as the leading painters of the genre.
Born in Florence in 1847, Andrea Landini trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, first under the animal painter Riccardo Pasquini and later with religious painter Antonio Ciseri...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young woman portrait with a white bow
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Charles HERMANN-LÉON (born Léon Charles Sigismond HEMRMANN)
(Le Havre 1838 - Paris 1908)
Portrait of a young woman
Oil on canvas
H. 54 cm; L. 41 cm
Signed and dated upper right - 187...
Category
1870s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique portrait of a boy, child portrait, early 1800's male framed portrait
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique oil portrait from the early 1800's of a child in a black feather hat on a stretched canvas, framed, unsigned. This is a truly exceptional oil painting of a child, it reminds ...
Category
1810s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Robert von Steiger (1856-1941) Portrait Dutch Officer A. v. Steiger 1884 Holland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Johann Ludwig Robert von Steiger
(Swiss, * 8th of January, 1856, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; † 1st of June, 1941, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Portrait of Karl Alfred Arthur von Steiger
Lie...
Category
1880s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, 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
19th Century Spanish Colonial School, Retablo, El Nino de Atocha
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century Mexican oil painting depicts the Christ child as ‘El Nino de Atocha’.
El Nino de Atocha is a popular subject of Mexican retablo art and its roots can be trace...
Category
1880s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
The Lesson - Portrait Interior - British Victorian art oil painting reading
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian oil painting is by noted artist John Eaton Walker. Painted circa 1855 it is portrait in an interior of a beautiful young woman in a yellow satin dress. ...
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19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Marin sur le pont" by Edmond de Palezieux - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
oil on canvas without frame
One point of restoration
Category
1890s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Portrait of a Victorian Lady, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted in the 19th century, this exquisite miniature portrait wonderfully exemplifies realism in traditional oil painting. The small artwork is painted in the conventional portraiture style of the Old Masters, and achieves soft realism with fine brushwork and a subdued, neutral palette. The half length portrait depicts a fine Victorian woman dressed in all black with a delicate lace collar and bonnet. She wears a ruby broach...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be ...
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1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Little Ballerina
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alphonse PELLET (1853-1926)
The Little Ballerina
Oil on wood panel signed low right
Old frame regilded with leaves
Size panel : 30 X 43 cm - Size frame : 40 X 55 cm
Alphonse PELLET...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Fabulous 19th Century Male Mustache Portrait Dutch Ripple Frame Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredibly well executed and superb subject. A 19th century portrait of a handsome young man with a mustache. Framed in a Dutch ripple wood molding...
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1890s Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a lawman in his study
Located in Roma, RM
Giuseppe Gandolfo (Catania 1792 - 1855), Portrait of a lawman in his study
Oil painting on canvas 87 x 68 cm signed and dated 1831 (or 1851) lower left, always
in the lower left co...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Original Abstracted Figurative Silkscreen - Life's Frustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary Original Abstracted Figurative of Profile and Detailed Eye Silkscreen - Life's Frustration
A compelling abstracted silkscreen of profile of man with detail of his eye w...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Profile of Maiden with Rose
Located in Roma, RM
Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca (Verona 1858 - 1942), Profile of Maiden with Rose
Oil painting on panel 27 x 19 cm signed lower right.
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Board
Homey Scene with Flowers and Lady Reading 1897 Norwegian Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The signature at the bottom right with the date and ink inscriptions on the stretcher lead us to the Norwegian painter Henrik Asor Hansen (1862 - 1929). In the center of the scene is...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Woman in Harvest Fields Next to Coastal Seascape Victorian Oil Painting canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest Workers
English School, 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 16.5 inches
provenance: from a collection in England
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Robert Walker Macbeth RA ROI RWS, Far From The Madding Crowd
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This spellbinding late 19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Robert Walker Macbeth RA ROI RWS (1848-1910) depicts a young woman wearing a white pelerine and a jacket trimmed w...
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1880s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in a White Shawl - 19th Century British Gouache Portrait Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
This striking late 19th century gouache on paper depicts a portrait of a young lady in a white shawl. The work is beautifully executed with a splash of colour behind the lady to acce...
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1890s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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
Very Large British Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Young Artist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Young Artist
by Thomas Kent Pelham (act.1860-1891, British)
signed oil on canvas, framed in a beautifully ornate gilt swept frame
framed: 34 x 42 inches
painting: 28 x 36 inches
...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
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
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...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'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
Portrait Of A Young Girl In A Lilac Dress With A Black Bow. Circa 1860. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young girl in a lilac dress with a black bow.
Circa 1860.
Signature below right, partially visible.
Size with frame 59cm x 49cm
Size without frame 33cm x 24cm
The portr...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Carbon Pencil
Russian Traveler Genre Portrait 19th Century Oil Painting Signed Framed
Located in Stockholm, SE
The short signature lower left a monogram of joined Cyrillic letters "V" and "P" with date 77, leads to the Russian painter Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (1844 - 1927). Here we have pl...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of man seated at Torah
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pietro Torrini (Florence, 1851 -1914). The Pope's Chef.
Located in Firenze, IT
Pietro Torrini (Florence, 1851 -1914).
The Pope's Chef.
Oil on canvas.
Size with frame: cm 55 x 51.
Size without frame cm 31 x 26.5
Carved and gilded wooden frame.
Label present (Ge...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Full-Length Portrait of Nicholas I of Russia in a Classical Setting
Located in London, GB
A Full-Length Portrait of Nicholas I of Russia in a classical setting. Pietro Labruzzi (1739–1805). 1802.
Signed, located and dated lower left: ‘Pietro Labruzzi Roma Pinx Anno 180...
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Early 1800s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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