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15th Century by Circle of Nicolò Zafuri Madonna with Child Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Nicolò Zafuri (circle of) (documented in Candia between 1487 and 1500, died before 10 July 1501)
Title: Madonna with Child
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: without frame 49 x 40 cm
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$13,181 Sale Price
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princess
Located in IT
original oil paintings on canvas
hand signed
one of a kind
short bio
Art education:
2018 Sorbonne University, Paris, France
2014 – MA Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts of R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,982 Sale Price
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Olamide - 21st Century, Contemporary, Surrealism, Portrait, Modern, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Ami...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Insight 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, African Fabric
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
We can predict the present without having to know everything about the past.
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Head of a Classical Poet (Socrates?)
By Pier Francesco Mola
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
Possibly Antonio Amici Moretti, Rome, 1690
Roy Clyde Gardner, Union, Mississippi, 1970s until 2004; by whom given to:
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 2004-2010
Lit...
Category
17th Century Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Afternoon, Modern Portrait Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Afternoon
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Frame Size: 26 x 22 inches
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Pride 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting - Quatros Mujeres
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
Amílcar Rivera M. is a multidisciplinary artist who graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico and now lives and creates in Vilnius, Lithuania. His inter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of a Swiss Man', Appenzeller Tracht, Alpine, Appenzell, Switzerland
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left with monogram for Albert Sebastian Oesch (Swiss, 1893-1920) and dated 1919; additionally signed, verso, 'Ab. Oesch', dated, and titled, 'Appenzell'.
Albert Sebasti...
Category
1910s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Forgotten Memories" Abstract Landscape Painting
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
Forgotten Memories weaves landscape, history, and symbolism into a richly layered visual narrative. Merging impasto brushwork with intricate collage, the artist creates a textured su...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Nap Before Entering the Synagogue Judaica Oil Painting Jewish Hasidic Rabbi
By Mark Siegband
Located in Surfside, FL
Judaic oil painting by Krakow, Poland born artist Mark Siegband.
Signature on top left. Framed w title plaque on frame.
He is one of many great Jewish Polish artists that included Leopold Gottlieb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,312 Sale Price
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Portrait of Lady on Wedding Day - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Pastel by Mason
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Mason (1906-2002) was a painter born in Newport, Wales, who studied at Newport College of Art and the Royal College of Art. Aside from painting he also taught at Scarborough...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
"The Lonely Family: Jake" Contemporary Outsider Art Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Featured in "Kevin Gilmore: Lonely Family Reunion" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX.
In "Lonely Family Reunion", local Houston artist Kevin Gilmore embarks on a poignant explo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Night Rabbit_2023, America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Animal Portrait_Black/Gray
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Night Rabbit"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
18 x 18 in. ; 19.75 x 19.75 in. Framed
______________
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Portrait at the Painter's workshop
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Francesco Brunery (1849–1926)
Portrait at the Artist's Workshop
Oil on wood panel
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim panel : 30 X 24 cm
Dim frame : 54 X 46 cm
Francesco Brunery (1849...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Black Woman's Beauty, 10x8" watercolor
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Black Woman's Beauty by Lu Haskew
Watercolor Portrait
10x8" image size
20x18" framed (behind glass)
Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transport of fine art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009
"Life is good to me. Being able to go to my studio five days weekly and paint for several hours, living in a supportive community, having family and friends who encourage me--all have contributed to helping me become an artist. Being fortunate to study with some of the artists I admire has kept me painting from the garden, people and my favorite things. With the support of galleries, teaching and doing demos, how could I do anything else? My goal is to try to be the best I can be by always being a student, looking for new ideas and stretching my horizons."
Upon retirement from a 33-year teaching career, Lu rented a studio in Loveland and began concentrating on her oil and watercolor painting. Learning from artists she had followed and admired throughout the years her painting became a full time career that lasted 17-years. Beginning in 1992, she studied with renowned painters Richard Schmid, Clyde Aspevig, Joyce Pike...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$168 Sale Price
58% Off
Adam Shaw - "Street Market" - Contemporary Urban Scene Oil Painting 2021
Located in Denver, CO
Adam Shaw's "Street Market" is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas created in 2021. This vibrant contemporary artwork measures 20 x 16 inches (50.80 x 40.64 cm) with a depth...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Male Portrait (Casey, Burberry Shirt)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Tim Doud (b.1971)
Casey (Burberry) 2001-02
Oil on linen, 22 x 22 inches.
Original gallery label on verso.
Excellent condition.
Tim Doud’s paintings and drawings address two se...
Category
Early 2000s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Headdress Profile
Located in Chicago, IL
Kent Williams’ work melds the rigor of technical prowess with the iconoclast’s impulse to disrupt. Juxtaposing beautifully rendered classical forms with elements of abstraction and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of WW11 British Army Officer Soldier Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Army Officer *see notes below
by Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962)
oil painting on canvas , unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
condition: very good, minor surface scu...
Category
1930s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
oil on canvas sketch study circle of Konstantin Makovsky
Located in Gavere, BE
Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (Russian 1839 – 1915) was an influential Russian painter
At the World's Fair of 1889 in Paris, he received the Large Gold Medal for his paintings Deat...
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,655 Sale Price
20% Off
Shovel and Shellfish_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Figurative
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Shovel and Shellfish"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
22.5" x 18" Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based Ame...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$6,580 Sale Price
30% Off
'John and Mimi with Tim', John Lennon, England, Manchester College of Art
By Stephen Bower
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A charming and fresh portrait of the musician and composer standing in front of Mendips, the house where he was mostly raised by his mother's sister Mimi, with his aunt standing behi...
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Calm Before the Storm, " Oil Painting
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Calm Before the Storm" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine figure, in a white and black striped swimsuit, holding a ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
English 19th century portrait painting of a Pointer dog in a woodland landscape
Located in Bath, Somerset
A black pointer in a woodland landscape by John Frederick Herring Senior, circa 1830. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame.
Provenance:
Arthur Ackerman and Son
Frost and Reed
Blains, Bruton Place, London
John Frederick Herring, born in London in 1795, was the son of a London merchant of Dutch parentage, who had been born overseas in America. The first eighteen years of Herring's life were spent in London, where his greatest interests were drawing and horses. In 1814, at the age of 18, he moved to Doncaster in the north of England, and by 1815, had married Ann Harris. His sons John Frederick Herring Jr., Charles Herring, and Benjamin Herring...
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Oil Painting, "Spread Your Wings Into The Unknown"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind realistic oil portrait by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley. Its dimensions are 8" x 24" x 1.5". It comes in a wood frame. A ce...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Smoke, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A man lights his cigarette and enters a moment of pause, stress relief, and contemplation. The contrast of light and shadow on his face highlights his concentra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Anne Wolff, "Irad Ortiz", Horse Racing Jockey Rose Silks Portrait Oil on Canvas
By Anne Wolff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing painting "Irad Ortiz" by artist Anne Wolff is a 24x18 original oil painting on canvas. Featured is the back view of famous jockey Irad Ortiz on horseback. He is ...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Benjamin - Fleur de Lis Background, Oil, Antique Florentine Frame
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Twenty-first century Classical Portraiture has a casual feel as seen here in "Portrait of Benjamin" by Peter Lupkin. The very masculine Benjamin, with his heavy beard, dark tousled ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French school Portrait Nurse Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Nurse Portrait from WWI⬅️
⏩It is signed M Chaumet Sousselier⏪
Jeanne Marie Louise Chaumet Sousselier, born on March 30, 1869 – Paris.
Died on October 19, 1941 – Neuilly-sur-Seine...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$479 Sale Price
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Portrait Of A Lady, 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady, 18th Century
circle of Richard COSWAY (1742-1821)
18th Century English portrait of a Lady, oil on canvas circle of Richard Cosway. Excellent quality and condit...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Turk" oil painting, realist portrait of a bearded man with pipe and red fez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Turk" is an oil on linen painting. A portrait of a Turkish man, wearing a red "fez" hat with tassel, and holding an old fashioned wooden smoking-pipe. Well-dressed with a white ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Petit Thinker
Located in New York, NY
A student of the great French academic Bouguereau, Lobrichon has done a moving and entrancing depiction of a young girl mid-gaze. Beautifully painted and done in a circular format t...
Category
1860s Barbizon School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Self Portrait in Fox Hood" oil painting of artist, fur winter coat, sunlit face
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Self Portrait in Fox Hood" is a realist oil on canvas painting. It depicts a self portrait of Rachel Personett wearing a fox-fur hooded jacket, with a blue sky above. Personett wear...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of Dr. Burger, the Diet Doctor, v. 2, by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - )
Title: Portrait of Dr. Burger, the Diet Doctor, v. 2
Year: 1991
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed upper right and signed, dated, and numb...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 18th English Century Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, unsigned
Image size: 22 x 20 inches (22.75 x 51 cm)
Pierced gilt frame
This half-length portrait shows the sitter with her head and eyes looking over her shoulder, to the right. She is dressed in a delicate blue dress and blue shawl with her hair tied up away from her face. The composition of the painting is simple but effective; the woman stands out and is the undeniable focus of the viewer's attention.
George Romney's artistic style is characterised by its focus on the beauty and elegance of human forms. Here, one can appreciate his ability to capture the delicacy of facial features and the soft textures of clothing. In addition, Romney has used a soft and diffuse brushstroke technique that creates a light and soft effect in the work. The dark and diffused background highlights the young woman's figure even more, creating an effect of depth and realism.
It is possible that this sitter is Miss Anne Dutton.
George Romney
Romney was a fashionable portrait painter of late 18th-century English society. In his portraits Romney avoided delving into the character or sensibilities of the sitter. His great success with his society patrons depended largely on just this ability for dispassionate flattery. Line rather than colour dominates; the flowing rhythms and easy poses of Roman classical sculpture underlie the smooth patterns of his compositions.
From 1755 to 1757 Romney was the pupil of Christopher Steele, an itinerant portrait and genre painter. Romney’s career began when he toured the northern English counties painting portraits for a few guineas each. In 1762 he went to London. His history painting The Death of General Wolfe won him an award from the Society of Arts; nonetheless he turned almost immediately to portrait painting. In 1764 he paid his first visit to Paris, where he was befriended by Joseph Vernet. Romney especially admired the work of Nicolas Le Sueur, whose use of the antique strongly appealed to him. In 1773 he went to Italy for two years, where he studied Raphael’s Stanze frescoes in Rome, Titian’s paintings...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Into the distance. Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish art
By Joanna Woyda
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a girl standing on the shoreline, sh...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Circassian courtisane, in original 19th century frame, orientalist
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Anton Ebert (1845-1896)
A celebrated painter born in a noble familie in castle kladrau in mies, bavaria. His father was royal
treasurer. He studied in Prag...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Elisabeth Marguerite, The Artist's Daughter
Located in Miami, FL
Nicolas de Largillierre painted Elisabeth Marguerite in oil on canvas. A larger version of this work was offered by Sotheby's for $500,000 and is now in a French Museum - Palais ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Abstract Figurative Painting - Figure in Blue
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURE IN BLUE
Size: 48.5 x 42.5 cm (including frame)
Acrylic on card
A striking mid-century modernist abstract figurative painting that presents a seated figure rendered in deep, e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Realist Balinese Indonesian Beauty Princess Portrait of a Girl
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Balanise Portrait of a girl with garlands of flowers in her hair by DULLAH (1919-1996). Dullah was an Indonesian artist who painted many portraits and is in all museums. ...
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"She in Her Green Fedora", Abstract, Cubist, Portrait, Acrylic Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anne Johnstone’s, “She in Her Green Fedora”, is a 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch abstract acrylic painting on cradled board. The image features a stylized portrait painted in bold, abstract mann...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Marie Channer, "Leap of Faith", 24x16 Ballet Dancer Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Leap of Faith", is a 24x16 oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is a ballet dancer in the spotlight of the stage, caught in pose. Overall cool tones ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bread and Jam" George Luks, Ashcan Painting, Portrait of Child
By George Luks
Located in New York, NY
George Luks
Bread and Jam, circa 1920-1925
Oil on canvas
16 x 13 inches
Born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1866, George Luks attended the school of the Pennsylvania Academy of ...
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paint Religious 17th Century Oil On Panel Saint Girolamo Leonardo Italy Holy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
This splendid panel, made in the last decades of the sixteenth century, depicts San Girolamo, a monk who lived between the 4th and 5th centuries, presente...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Hat", 20th Century by Tom QUINN (1918-2015)
Located in Blackwater, GB
"The Hat", 20th Century
by Tom QUINN (1918-2015) sales to $6,500
20th century Irish portrait of a nude lady wearing a wide brim summer hat, oil on canvas by Tom Quinn. Excellent q...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Man On A Rock, Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jeune Fille Assise - Oil on canvas by Tancrède Synave (1870-1936)
Located in Gent, VOV
This exquisite oil painting by Tancrède Synave (1870–1936) portrays a seated young girl in a refined yet intimate domestic setting. The work perfectly ...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emil Stratmann (1890-1974) - Framed Oil, Portrait of a Humble Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking oil portrait by the German painter Emil Stratmann (1890-1974), depicting a bearded gentleman with long, dark hair. Within a few careful brushstrokes, Emil masters the sitt...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a man during French Revolution
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Antoine VESTIER, attributed to
(Avallon, 1740 - Paris, 1824)
Portrait of a man under the Revolution
Oil on canvas
H. 46 cm; L. 37 cm
Circa 1793-95
This beautiful unsigned portrait i...
Category
1790s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Eye of Chuck Close", encaustic and oil stick
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
"The Eye of Chuck Close" by Ceravolo is acrylic oil stick and encaustic paint on two layers. The top lay is set about 1/2 inch in front of the bottom layer....
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Acrylic
Impressionist Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid century oil on canvas portrait of a young woman in a hat by Nino Giuffrida. The painting is signed centre right and is presented in a patinated wood frame.
This vibrant painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Lake Forest Landscape Scene - Vintage 20th Century Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain Lake Forest Landscape Scene - Vintage 20th Century Oil Painting by J Bishop.
Art measures 17 x 14 inches
Frame measures 21 x 18 inches
Vintage painting, ornate gold frame
...
Category
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Saint Cosmas And Saint Damian Attributed To Bonifacio Bembo
By Bonifacio Bembo
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Bonifacio Bembo
c.1444-1477 Italy
Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
Tempera on panel
These exceptionally rare early Renaissance panels of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian are an extraordinary new discovery. Based on the research of art historians Marco Tanzi and Andrea de Marchi, it is believed that these represent the missing panels from the famed polyptych formerly displayed on the altar of the Chapel of San Nicola da Tolentino in the Church of Sant’Agostino in Cremona, Italy. To find two matching early Renaissance panels outside of a museum or church, particularly in such remarkable condition, is an extraordinary rarity.
The central and left-sided panels of the original five-part polyptych are currently in the collection of the Museo Civico Ala Ponzone in Cremona. These panels have luckily remained intact, and respectively portray the Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels and Donor, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (the chapel’s namesake) and Saint George.
While the present panels have since been reduced, that they belong to the Cremonese altarpiece is confirmed by a number of stylistic elements. All five panels contain the same rich decorative arabesque pattern on their stamped gold background, while the figures’ knurled haloes are identical in both their fineness of line and use of perspective. The proportions of the figures coincide perfectly; Saints Cosmas and Damian would have originally also been depicted as full-length figures, fitting into the vertical, Gothic style of the altarpiece.
According to the Christian religion, Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian were 3rd century physicians born in Arabia. Little is known about their lives except that they were reputedly twin brothers and that they were martyred in Syria during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. It was believed that the saints were skilled in healing, and when their medicines failed, their faith and prayers could always perform miracles. Thus, the saints are often depicted with their medical equipment while wearing the traditional medieval doctor’s garb of crimson robes and distinctive round red hats.
The saints are similarly depicted in the present panels, though considering the manner in which they have been cut, their medical tools are not immediately evident. The saints were highly popular as patrons of wealthy families during the Gothic and Renaissance eras, particularly the Medici, and thus they occur frequently in art from the era. The twins, for instance, are found in the famed San Marco Altarpiece by Fra Angelico in the San Marco Museum (Florence), as well as in a set of Medici panels crafted by Filippo Lippi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Rosa
Located in Denver, CO
Interior Portrait
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$4,800
The Gray Kimono
Located in New York, NY
The Gray Kimono, 1901, by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches unframed (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
28 x 24 1/16 inches framed (71.12 x 61.11875 cm)
Paper (Alice Wil...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
R
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$9,000 Sale Price
25% Off
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
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