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Period: Mid-19th Century
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de dama con joyas y monóculo
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo Estado de conservación aceptable Se presenta sin enmarcar la obra Medidas de la obra: 75 x 64 cm.
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Old Masters Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

English 19th century portrait of the Clipper ship Crescent at sea in full sail
By John Lynn
Located in Woodbury, CT
English 19th century portrait of the Clipper ship Crescent in full sail. Acquiring a 19th-century English portrait of a clipper ship is more than just adding a painting to your coll...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Woman with Jewelry
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Richard Clague was sent to school in Geneva to study painting with Jean-Charles Ferdinand Humbert (1813-1881) where Richard developed a preference for landscape painting. Following his father's death in December, 1836, he received a substantial inheritance which allowed him to continue his studies. After completing his studies, he travelled to Morocco, Algiers and other destinations in the Middle East where he kept a sketchbook (now in the New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana) and developed an interest in Oriental subject matter. Although he was largely trained in Europe, he settled in Louisiana, becoming part of the "Bayou School".He regularly painted with William Buck...
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Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cherubs Musicians in pair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Mathilde LEHAUT (1816- nc) Cherubs Musicians in oval pair Two Oils on wood signed low Framed by Gault (Paris) - Gold leaves Dim wood panel (each) : 27 ...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

European Portrait Of A Military General
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Portrait of a Military General Fine 19th C European, Neo -Classical half-length portrait of a Military General, a handsome man wearing military regali...
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French School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ferdinand Heilbuth Lady and her Dog
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ferdinand Heilbuth: 1826-1889. Well listed very important 19th century French painter. He was born in Germany but lived and painted mostly in France becoming a French citizen in 1876...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique Dutch School original oil painting on canvas, Genre scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This captivating antique oil painting on canvas is a fine example of Dutch School genre art, evoking the style of the 17th-century master Adriaen van Ostade. The composition features...
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Impressionist Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Oil on Canvas Signed Oval Painting Lady Portrait Dated 1869
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Great oval depicting a splendid portrait of a lady, of remarkable pictorial quality. Oil on canvas, first canvas, painting dated 1869 and signed J. Grund, attributable to the famous ...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of Self-Portraits by Peter P. Rubens and Anton van Dyck Gilded Frames XIX
Located in Pistoia, IT
Florentine school of the mid-19th century, pair of oil on cardboard portraits depicting painters Peter Paul Rubens and Anthon Van Dyck in their magnificent original carved and gilded...
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Italian School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Oil on canvas Spanish “Portrait Toribio of Velasco and Viguri”
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding oil on canvas portrait depicting a child, Toribio de Velasco y Viguri, whose name appears written in gold letters in the upper right corner against the dark background of...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas

French Mid 19th Century Portrait of an Italian Brigand. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 19th Century oil on canvas portrait of an Italian brigand, unsigned, in painted wood and gilt frame. The painting is a fine and fascinating rendition with plenty of wonderful character and detail to the costume, accessories, landscape and seascape. Very atmospheric and imposing much like the character it portrays. There is a trade stamp to the back of the canvas for the Paris firm of Susse Freres. The canvas is on a fine quality stretcher with 'keys'. There is an artist's name or title written on the top of the rear stretcher (see photo). Bands of brigands who populated the hills of southern Italy were steady fodder for the Romantic imagination, and their exploits were reported both factually, fancifully and artistically The painting dates from a period when France, under its then leader Napoleon III, was involved in the conflicts in the Italian states and the unification and eventual creation of the nation of Italy. An earlier and similar portrait exists of the infamous brigand Mazzocchi by Achille-Etna Michallony . Léon Cogniet...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Tibetan Thangka of Vaishravana
Located in Chicago, IL
Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even their homes. This 19th-century Tibetan Thangka is rich with ...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Paint, Pigment

Framed Mid 19th Century Oil - Two children in an Interior
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming Victorian painting showing two girls, perched on a wooden countertop and table, one grasping a picture of napoleon. A chicken can be seen to the lower left of the composit...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a boy 1865
By Carl Gutsch
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Carl GUTSCH (19th Century) Portrait of a young Boy Oil on canvas signed low right and dated 1865 Old Original frame gilded with Leaves Dim canvas : 127 X 84 cm Dim Frame : 157 X 114 ...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lady in Middle-Age Suits, Pastel 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
FANTIN LATOUR Theodore (1805 – 1875) « Young Lady dressed with middle-age suit » Pastel on card signed low right Old original frame gilded with leaves Dim pastel : 80 X 63 cm Dim fr...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Pastel

The Spanish Beauty
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
John Philip 1817 -1857, was a Scottish painter born into a poor impoverished background but was identified for his artistic abilities and sponsored by Lord Panmure the Earl of Dalhou...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century Young Irish Woman with Feathered Hat
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid 19th Century portrait of a young Irish woman in c. 1570s dress with ruffle. Painted in the style of William Merritt Chase. Unsigned and unframed.
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Renaissance Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of Dominican Father Tuscan School Signed Luigi Mussini and Dated 1860
By Luigi Mussini
Located in Milano, IT
Luigi Mussini Portrait Of Dominican Father 1860 taken frontally, half-length, with dark green background. Dressed in a buttoned smock and a white cassock rendered with a masterful b...
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Italian School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 19th Century Woman in Black Dress and Lace Cap Original Oil Painting c.1840
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 19th Century Woman in Black Dress and Lace Cap Original Oil Painting c.1840 A fine portrait of an elegant matron with the lappets of her cap held together by a fancy brooch Ori...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Two Sisters in a Landscape - British 19th century art oil painting
By Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Located in London, GB
British female artist, attributed to Margaret Sarah Carpenter, nee Geddes, painted this lovely 19th century portrait oil painting. Painted circa 1840 it is a three quarter length portrait of a two sisters in a landscape. The colours are still vibrant and the detail lovely. Carpenter mostly painted portraits in the manner of Thomas Lawrence and his influence can be seen here in the composition and detail. A lovely Victorian portrait oil painting by a female artist who was much sought after as a portraitist in London and she was also a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy. When purchased this painting was of a single sitter. However when this stunning painting was professionally cleaned it revealed the second younger sister. Provenance. Christie's, London. 22 September 1978 Lot 50 as by D Allen...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Alice Ritter by Ferdinand Fagerlin. Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ferdinand Fagerlin (1825-1907) Sweden Portrait of Alice Ritter, The Artists Wife oil on canvas signed with monogram painted 1862 canvas size 27.95...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miss Ecart Julie Sandoz (1850) - Oil on cardboard
Located in Geneva, CH
This piece is unsigned but there are many half-erased writings on the back of the cardboard. In particular "miss Ecart" and "Julie Sandoz" as well as the date. Interesting portrait a...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

19thC George Armfield Oil Painting Terrier with a Bowl Original Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Charleston, US
London painter, George Armfield's original oil painting "Untitled -Terrier with Bowl" is an excellent example of this wonderful 19th century artist who is highly sought after for his dog paintings of Terriers. Original's by the renowned 19th century dog painting...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Gold Leaf

19th century Antique European portrait, young boy seated with book by landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful portrait of a young boy seated in his room looking out over the expansive landscape. Painted circa 1840 this piece has all the style of middle European art. French, Swis...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Eugene Gabe - French Mid 19th Century Oil, Child with Kitten
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished mid-19th century portrait by the French artist Eugene Gabe, depicting a young child in a delicate white dress, cradling a small kitten. The composition instantly draw...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Galantes Paar" by Henri Druard - Oil on Canvas - 100x81 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (100 x 120 x 7.5 cm) Henri Druard (1821–1877) was a French painter known for his genre scenes and depictions of everyday life in 19th-century France. Born in...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of President John Tyler
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This distinguished oil portrait of President John Tyler was painted by William Garl Brown, one of the South’s most respected portrait artists of the mid-19th century. Capturing Tyler...
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Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de gentilhombre
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va sin firmar La obra se presenta enmarcada Medidas obra: 60 x 46 cm. Medidas obra: 76 x 64 cm. Estado aceptable aunque si comentar que la tela está reentelada y en la pa...
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Old Masters Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large French Impressionist Oil - Elegant Abstract Portrait Of A Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter. Title: Lady Portrait Medium & Size: oil painting canvas: 26 x 20.5 inches Condition: the painting is very sound and good. Provenance: private collection, France The painting is for auction with no...
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Impressionist Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of blonde girl with green dress on paper. SIgnés and Dated 1851.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of blonde girl with green dress on paper. Dated 1851. Technique: watercolor and pencil on painter's cardboard. Some defects ( please see photos). Partially legible signatur...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Illustration Board

Peasant Girl And Little Lady With Toys. Europe, Romantic Era, Mid-19th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
  Peasant Girl And Little Lady With Toys. Europe, Romantic Era, Mid-19th Century This mid-19th century painting, done in oil on canvas, belongs to the Romantic era. It portrays a t...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Early 19th-Century English School Portrait Of Samuel Jones Of Skeyton, Norfolk
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine early 19th-century English oil painting depicts Samuel Jones of Skeyton, Norfolk, smartly attired in a black coat with white cravat. The portrait was previously in the coll...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 19th-Century Central European School, Christ The Saviour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century central European oil painting depicts Christ The Saviour standing atop an orb and carrying a cross over his left shoulder. An unusual composition, Christ’s rather striking posture is perhaps more ‘Saturday Night Fever’ than it is sacramental. However, the iconography is archaic and derived ultimately from New Testament illustrations dating to the Middle Ages. Depictions of orbs are usually symbolic of the universe, while the cross alludes to redemption. Hence, it’s a visual representation of Christ as the Saviour of humanity. Francisco de Zurbarán...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pair of 19th century English Antique watercolor portraits of a man and woman,
Located in Woodbury, CT
A pair pf 19th century English School watercolor portraits of a man and woman, possibly husband and wife. Both are inscribed on the rever...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Victorian Oil Portrait of a little girl at church on Sunday Morning
Located in Woodbury, CT
Victorian Portrait of a young girl on a Sunday Morning, possibly after or before Sunday School Wonderful Victorian portrait of a little girl painted circa 1870. The quality of the p...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Ecole française (XIX) - Portrait d'un gentilhomme
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Sin firmar, es de autor anónimo Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco bastante actual Medidas obra: 32 cm. de altura x 25 cm. de ancho Medidas obra: 39 cm. de altura x 34 cm....
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Flemish School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Italian School Portrait of Peasant Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 19th Century Italian School portrait of peasant girl by unknown artist, circa 1840. Partial signature lower right edge. Condition: fai...
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Italian School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Portrait of a Woman
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Portrait of a Woman, Oil on Canvas, 19th century, unsigned, inscribed "J Harrison / 1836" to verso, giltwood frame. Image: 23"H x 19.25" W;...
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American Realist Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Portrait of Elegant" Oil on Canvas Figurative Painting of the Nineteenth Century Italian
Located in Pistoia, IT
Modesto Faustini (1839-1891), "Portrait of elegant," oil on canvas in gilt frame signed lower right "M. Faustini - Rome." This splendid portrait belongs to one of the most flourishi...
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Italian School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chasse à Courre Carle Vernet (1758/1836) Entourage
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Scène de chasse dans un paysage boisé Entourage de Carle Vernet (1758–1836) Huile sur panneau, 24,5 x 32,5 cm Charmante scène animée dans un paysage de sous-bois baigné d’une lumiè...
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French School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Sebastian Buff (1829-1880) - 1864 Oil, Man Reading
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine 19th century oil depicts a man reading with his hands clasped together as if in prayer. The blue robes suggest a connection to the church choir. ...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Oil on Panel French Neoclassical Painting Amintas, 1830
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique French painting from the first half of the 19th century. Oil on oak panel artwork of excellent pictorial quality depicting a Neoclassical subject entitled Amintas (Aminta), f...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Neapolitan Children
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas attributed to Ernest Hébert, painter born in Grenoble painter of scenes of the genre in 1840. He arrives in Italy which will become his ado...
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Barbizon School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Luther French, Jr.
Located in Milford, NH
A fine portrait of a gentleman by American portrait artist Sanford Mason (1806-1834). Mason was born in Providence, RI and was known as a sign painter and portrait artist. The sitter...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Children Feeding the Horse
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This captivating artwork, titled "Children Feeding the Horse", is masterfully executed in rich tones. It depicts two children tenderly feeding a gentle white horse against a familiar...
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Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Self Portrait. Original Oil Painting Austrian 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Joseph Weidner Austrian 1801 - 1870 Self Portrait Oil on canvas, signed lower left Image size: 23 x 19 inches (58.5 x 48.5 cm) Original gilt swept fra...
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Vienna Secession Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of his sister Luisa
Located in Roma, RM
Francesco Paolo Palizzi (Vasto 1825 – Naples 1871), Portrait of his sister Luisa Oil painting on canvas 62 x 49 cm, on the back of the canvas there is the declaration of authenticit...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Youthful Thoughts
Located in London, GB
Youthful Thoughts Armand Point Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1889 lower left Image size: 18 1/4 x 25 3/4 inches (46.4 x 65.4 cm) Framed Provenance Private collection, France The p...
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French School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Young Ladies Sewing
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Young Ladies Sewing" by Francis Blackwell Mayer is a charming portrayal of domestic life in the 19th century. Painted by the American artist known for his genre scenes and historica...
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Hudson River School Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of Herbert Fisher, Mid-19th Century Oil Painting, Original Watts Frame
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas c.1855 - 1860 Image size: 19 x 14 inches (48.25 x 37.25 cm) Original Watts frame The Sitter Herbert William Fisher (1826 - 1903) was a British historian, best known for his 'Considerations on the Origin of the American War' (1865). Fisher was tutor to the future King Edward VII, and served as Private Secretary to the 5th Duke of Newcastle. in 1863 he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, his former pupil, before being appointed to the position of Vice-Warden of the Stannaries in 1870. One of his daughters, Adeline, married Ralph Vaughan Williams. George Frederick Watts Watts (1817 - 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He is known to have said 'I paint ideas, not things'. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as 'Hope' and 'Love and Life' in which the emotions and aspiration life were intended to be represented in a universal symbolic language. Watts was born in Marylebone in central London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel (after whom he was named), to the second wife of a poor piano-maker. He showed artistic promise very early, learning sculpture from the age of 10 with William Behnes, starting to study devotedly the Elgin Marbles (later writing "It was from them alone that I learned") and then enrolling as a student at the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 18. He first exhibited at the Academy in 1837, with a picture of "The Wounded Heron" and two portraits, but his attendance at the Academy was short-lived, and his further art education was confined to personal experiment and endeavour, guided by a constant appeal to the standard of ancient Greek sculpture. He also began his portraiture career, receiving patronage from his close contemporary Alexander Constantine Ionides, who later came to be a close friend. In 1849 the first two of the allegorical compositions which form the most characteristic of the artist's productions were exhibited—"Life's Illusions," an elaborate presentment of the vanity of human desires, and "The people that sat in darkness," turning eagerly towards the growing dawn. In 1850 he first gave public expression to his intense longing to improve the condition of humanity in the picture of "The Good Samaritan" bending over the wounded traveller; this, as recorded in the catalogue of the Royal Academy, was "painted as an expression of the artist's admiration and respect for the noble philanthropy of Thomas Wright, of Manchester," and to that city he presented the work. From the late 1840s onward he painted many portraits in France and England, some of which are described below. Notable pictures of the same period are “Sir Galahad...
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Victorian Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

GRISAILLE 19th Century - Cherubs asleep
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GRISAILLE 19th Century (anonymous) Cherubs asleep Part of "Rococo Style" made famous by François Boucher (1703 - 1770) Oil on canvas Circa 1850 Old frame re-gilded Dim canvas : 33 X ...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

GRISAILLE 19th Century - Cherubs Are Playing Music
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GRISAILLE 19th Century (anonymous) Cherubs asleep Part of "Rococo Style" made famous by François Boucher (1703 - 1770) Oil on canvas Circa 1850 Frame re-gilded Dim canvas : 50 X 70 c...
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Academic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Le Sentier Idylle (the Happy Path)
Located in Austin, TX
"Le Sentier Idylle (the Happy Path)" by French Romantic painter Lazare Meyer (1847-1935) 51.5 x 31.5 in. - Oil Paint on Canvas Framed A luminous, two figure composition depicting a ...
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Romantic Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fauste and Margarite Leaving Church
Located in Austin, TX
"Fauste and Margarite Leaving Church", a 19th century oil painting by French Realist painter Adolphe-René Lefevre (1834 - 1886). The painting mea...
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Realist Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

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