Copper Portrait Paintings

San Carlo Borromeo. Early 17th century. Technique: oil on copper. Good state of conservation. It represents San Carlo praying in front of a book, a human skull and a crucifix. Italia...

17th century Italian Old master painting "Adoration of the Shepherds" This exquisite and confidently painted bozzetto was most likely a sketch for a much larger painting. The Adorat...

The Holy Family, with St. John Italian Old Master, early 1600's period oil on shaped copper panel, framed framed: 10 x 9 inches copper: 7 x 5.5 inches (overall size) provenance: priv...

This charming mid-18th-century oval Danish portrait miniature depicts a good-humoured gentleman dressed in a three-piece suit with white stock. Engaging, alive and natural, he’s pre...

English School, 18th century Portrait of a gentleman Oil on copper Painting Size - 2 x 1 1/2 in Framed Size - 11 x 10 3/4 in

Circle of Gerard ter Borch Portrait of a gentleman Oil on copper Painting Size - 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in Framed Size - 11 3/4 x 11 in

Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller Portrait of a Gentleman, Traditionally identified as a member of the Churchill Family Oil on copper Painting Size - 3 x 2 1/2 in Framed Size - 12 x 11 1...

Thomas Flatman (1635-1688) Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as William III Oil on copper Painting size - 2 x 1 1/2 in Framed size - 11 1/2 x 10 1/2 in

Circle of Gonzales Coques (1614/18-1684) Flemish A Boy Counting his Coins oil on copper 17th-century plate dimensions 24 x 21 cm with frame 43.5 x 39.5 cm Provenance: A Swedish ...

This relentlessly charming mid-19th-century miniature portrait depicts a gentleman wearing a black coat and necktie with a white shirt and waistcoat. Behind its darkened exterior, it...

Aiden Kringen's (US based) "Lumière 8" is an original handmade oil painting that depicts a figure with her face in three quarters view surrounded with copper hued shapes and patterns About the Artist: A kaleidoscopic fantasia—crystalline planes floating in space, nestling together like immaculate puzzle pieces—abstract nebulae, human figures and faces enveloped in swirling fields or particles of energy—these number among the images evoked by the hauntingly enigmatic paintings of artist Aiden Kringen. Within this worldview a mysterious network of interlocking planes becomes visible to the beholder: mystical fields of unknown substance revealed as the building blocks of our bodies and semblances, surrounding, cocooning, perhaps even protecting us. It is a vision verging on the mystical, which Kringen portrays through a distinctive style: a fractured, cubistic mode of conscious- ness in which multiple dimensions or perspectives assimilate into an ecstatic whole. The artist deploys this style in opulent and seductive portraits as well as abstract tableaux whose optical signature is magnified by compositional dynamism and deeply layered surfaces. Born in Los Angeles in 1992, Kringen lived variously in the American West and Mexico—Sebastopol, Jalisco, Portland, Flagstaff—before settling in the hill- and vineyard-dotted environs of Sonoma, County, where he is now based. In these very different environments, each of which possesses a uniquely picturesque natural beauty, the artist began from an early age to develop his aesthetic approach. He has always had a keen eye for detail, grounded in a gift for looking closely at the human experience. “I’ve always been interested in observing people,” he recalls, “and in the details of how we interact with one another.” He put this natural ability to task when he began working on illustration and graphic-design projects while in high school. From his mother, an artist and graphic designer, he learned the fundamentals of composition and typography, the nuances of positive and negative space and the relationships between them. Using sheets of Letracet—a system for transfer- ring typeface—proved particularly instrumental in developing a methodology for layering and collage, which continue to inform his works on canvas and paper. He learned old-school tech- niques, hands-on and mechanical, in keeping with a Bauhaus-like appreciation for perfectionism, integrity, and hard work. Kringen began painting at 14. Then as now, drawing was central to his approach. He studied vintage anatomy...

German school around 1600 Adoration of the Magi Oil on copper H. 17.5 cm; L. 22.5 cm This scene of the adoration of the Magi is represented from the beginning of the Christian era, without however representing the three kings...