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19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Prince

19th Century

This striking portrait emerges from deep shadows, with warm golden tones illuminating the subject's face against a dark background. The composition is tightly focused on the profile ...

This intimate portrait captures a woman in profile, adorned with pearls and luxurious fabrics, set against a dark background that enhances the subject's luminous skin tones. Unsigned...

A charming depiction of a young boy reading a paper titled 'The League'. Inscribed verso 'Sketch by E. Brothers'. Presented in a gilt frame with elaborate foliate ornamentation. On c...

This charming scene depicts a child at the feet of his seated mother reading out loud from a book. The sister looks up at them both, smiling as she holds out her apron full of flower...

Beautiful, early 19th century, oil on canvas painting of a French noble boy in a luxurious, two-piece, velvet suit trimmed in intricate lace, and a pair of striking, crimson stocking...

19th century male portrait, painting Oil on canvas No visible signature, 25 x 30 unframed

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...

19th century female portrait, painting No visible signature Oil on canvas 23.25 x 30 unframed