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Art Subject: Portrait
Black Flag Photo #1
Black Flag Photo #1

Black Flag Photo #1

By Kevin Salk

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Henry Rollins of Black Flag at Mi Casita, shot in January, 14 1983. Edition Details: Archival pigment print on 100% cotton fine art paper, signed and numbered in the margins by the ...

Category

1980s Performance Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Boy and the Blossom 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern Men
Boy and the Blossom 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern Men

Boy and the Blossom 1 -21st Century Contemporary Figurative Portrait, Modern Men

By Samson Adetunji

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

This painting invites us to see strength in a different light, not as something loud or forceful, but as something calm, grounded, and quietly powerful. There’s a gentle confidence i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Floaties (Beachshoot) - based on a Polaroid

Floaties (Beachshoot) - based on a Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Floaties (Beachshoot) - 2005 48x46cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory # 1435. Not ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Widow
Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Widow

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Widow

Located in Corsham, GB

A formal portrait of a widow in traditional mourning attire. Indistinctly signed and dated to the lower left. Well presented in a gilt-effect frame. On canvas on stretchers.

Category

Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

1930's French Oil Painting Portrait of Lady with Playing Cards Beautiful Work
1930's French Oil Painting Portrait of Lady with Playing Cards Beautiful Work

1930's French Oil Painting Portrait of Lady with Playing Cards Beautiful Work

By Louise Alix

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Playing Cards by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below oil painting on canvas unframed measures: 30.5 inches high by 22.5 inches wide condition: overall very good and ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lady in the Orange dress (All I have is Me) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Women
Lady in the Orange dress (All I have is Me) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Women

Lady in the Orange dress (All I have is Me) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Women

By Taiwo Odejinmi

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide 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 Authent...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Acrylic

Idealization. Oil on canvas
Idealization. Oil on canvas

Idealization. Oil on canvas

By Roxana Khonkulova

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Idealization" reflects the essence of imagined perfection, existing solely within the realm of our thoughts and desires. This painting illustrates the interaction between a real p...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Popcorn
The Popcorn

The Popcorn

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting presents a sophisticated visual paradox: a woman dressed in the refined style of a 17th-century portrait — black dress, lace collar, white bonnet — is interrupted by un...

Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed

French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed

Located in Paris, FR

French School 19 th Century Portrait of a young man Signed (signature not deciphered) on the lower right Pencil, black chalk and heightenings of white and red chalks on paper Oval vi...

Category

1880s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Pencil

"The Comfort of Many", portraits of women together, friendship, family and love

"The Comfort of Many", portraits of women together, friendship, family and love

By Theophilus Tetteh

Located in Edgartown, MA

In his work, Tetteh condenses the internal sentiments and tensions of his characters and focuses them, using the eyes as the outlet for expression. In this way his subjects become in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of Scottish Gentleman with Clay Pipe - 18th century art oil painting
Portrait of Scottish Gentleman with Clay Pipe - 18th century art oil painting

Portrait of Scottish Gentleman with Clay Pipe - 18th century art oil painting

Located in Hagley, England

This atmospheric 18th century portrait oil painting is attributed to a Scottish artist. Painted circa 1790, The painting is a half length portrait of a seated gentleman. He is wearing a blue bonnet, the badge of a Scottish country gentleman and smoking a clay pipe. The way the light catches his hand and face and gleams on his buttons is lovely. The frame is super in that it echoes the button on his jacket. This is an excellent example of an 18th century Scottish portrait...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

ARTIST UNKNOWN 'Chinese Propaganda War Poster'- Lithograph
ARTIST UNKNOWN 'Chinese Propaganda War Poster'- Lithograph

ARTIST UNKNOWN 'Chinese Propaganda War Poster'- Lithograph

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Powerful reproduction of a classic Chinese propaganda poster originally issued during the late Maoist / early post-Mao era, promoting national military strength and modernization. Th...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman signed limited edition 20x24" print
Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman signed limited edition 20x24" print

Jimi Hendrix by Baron Wolman signed limited edition 20x24" print

By Baron Wolman

Located in Austin, TX

Jimi Hendrix by iconic photographer, Baron Wolman. Taken at the Travelodge Motel, San Francisco, February 1968. Having served as Rolling Stone magazine’s first Chief Photographer, Ba...

Category

1960s Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Elizabeth Taylor on the Set of "Giant" -  Oversize Print

Elizabeth Taylor on the Set of "Giant" - Oversize Print

Located in London, GB

Elizabeth Taylor on the Set of "Giant" by Globe Photos This stunning black and white image features actress Elizabeth Taylor posed outdoors while behind the scenes of the film "Gia...

Category

2010s Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Passage" (2022) by Kristen Santucci, Oil Painting, Portrait
"Passage" (2022) by Kristen Santucci, Oil Painting, Portrait

"Passage" (2022) by Kristen Santucci, Oil Painting, Portrait

By Kristen Santucci

Located in Denver, CO

Kristen Santucci's "Passage" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a blond female with white wings. Kristen grew up in Greenbelt, Maryland. She was always creative as a child and had an interest in art, but it wasn’t until she moved to Florida in 1988 and worked as a picture framer that she started painting. Florida’s sunsets...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Small Box / - Human society -
Small Box / - Human society -

Small Box / - Human society -

Located in Berlin, DE

Alla Victorovna Kraschina-Shadov (*1958), Small Box, 1999. Oil on canvas, 59 cm x 59 cm (image size), 63 cm x 63 cm (frame), monogrammed and dated 1999 on the lower right, also signe...

Category

1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

This Shall Pass 1  - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men, Green
This Shall Pass 1  - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men, Green

This Shall Pass 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men, Green

By Olaosun Oluwapelumi

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

This shall pass, like a fleeting dream, A moment in time, a fleeting scheme, The winds of change will soon abate, And the stormy skies will soon relate, The sun will shine, the cloud...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Stan Laurel - Vintage Autographed Photograph - 1940s

Stan Laurel - Vintage Autographed Photograph - 1940s

Located in Roma, IT

Stan Laurel - Vintage Autographed Photograph  is a vintage photo, realized in the 1940s. Hand-signed by the actor Stan Laurel and his friend and colleague Oliver Hardy the most famo...

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Victorian English Oil Painting Portrait of a Young Girl In a Bonnet with Her Dog
Victorian English Oil Painting Portrait of a Young Girl In a Bonnet with Her Dog

Victorian English Oil Painting Portrait of a Young Girl In a Bonnet with Her Dog

By Victorian School

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Young Girl with Her Loyal Dog English School, 19th century oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 28 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: very good c...

Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Beatles- Photo - 1960s

The Beatles- Photo - 1960s

Located in Roma, IT

The Beatles is an early photograph realized in the beginning of 1960s. Good conditions.

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

JFK speaking - John F. Kennedy Election campaign 1960

JFK speaking - John F. Kennedy Election campaign 1960

By Rolf Gillhausen

Located in Cologne, DE

Born in Cologne in 1922, died in Hamburg in 2004. Apprenticeship as a machinist from 1937, then studied engineering (not completed due to the war). Served in the war and imprisoned....

Category

1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Inside a Dream, Oil Painting
Inside a Dream, Oil Painting

Inside a Dream, Oil Painting

By Kristen Brown

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This hazy portrait depicts the sober expression of a woman in conversation. Soft surfaces and thin layers of paint create an enigmatic atmosphere that referen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Edward Strauss, Vanity Fair composer violinist music portrait, 1895
Edward Strauss, Vanity Fair composer violinist music portrait, 1895

Edward Strauss, Vanity Fair composer violinist music portrait, 1895

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'Eduard Strauss' Chromolithograph, 1895. Vanity Fair musician portrait of Eduard Strauss (1835 – 1916) the Austrian composer. 400mm by 270mm (sheet)

Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Two Girls - Lithograph by Felicita Frai - 1980s

Two Girls - Lithograph by Felicita Frai - 1980s

By Felicita Frai

Located in Roma, IT

Lithograph on paper. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 150. Excellent condition. This luminous colour lithograph by Felicia Frai depicts two young women portrayed fr...

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pathos
Pathos

Pathos

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS PIECE: "I often combine food with portraits. On the surface, this absurd combination appears to reject any sense of reason (an extension of my own twisted sense of humour)...

Category

2010s Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Strong Beauty -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Women Hair, Modern
Strong Beauty -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Women Hair, Modern

Strong Beauty -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Women Hair, Modern

By Lawrence Amoo

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Lawrence Amoo (...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Oil

Isolde

Isolde

By Amy Friend

Located in Sante Fe, NM

In the Dare alla Luce series, I initially responded to a collection of vintage photographs, retrieved from a variety of sources both personal and anonymous. Through hand-manipulated ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Old Violinist - Late 19th Century Figurative Lithograph
Old Violinist - Late 19th Century Figurative Lithograph

Old Violinist - Late 19th Century Figurative Lithograph

By John George Brown

Located in Soquel, CA

Finely detailed late 19th century chromo-lithograph portrait of a violinist street musician by John George Brown (British, 1831-1913). Many of Brown’s paintings were reproduced in lithography (Chromo-lithograpy), as is the case with the one offered here. Presented in a rustic antique Oak wood frame with giltwood fillet. Image, 15.63"H x 10.63"W. John George Brown was a British citizen and an American painter born in Durham, England. His parents apprenticed him to the career of glass worker at the age of fourteen, in an attempt to dissuade him from pursuing painting. He studied nights at the School of Design in Newcastle-on-Tyne while working as a glass cutter there between 1849 and 1852, and evenings at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh while working at the Holyrood Glass Works between 1852 ad 1853. After moving to New York City in 1853, he studied with Thomas Seir Cummings at the National Academy of Design where he was elected a National Academician in 1861. Brown was the Academy’s vice-president from 1899 to 1904. Around 1855, he worked for the owner of the Brooklyn Glass Company, and later he married the daughter of his employer. His father-in-law encouraged his artistic abilities, supporting him financially, letting Brown pursue painting full-time. In 1866, he became one of the charter members of the Water-Color Society, of which he was president from 1887 to 1904. Brown became famous for his depictions of street urchins found of the streets of New York (bootblacks, street musicians, posy sellers, newsboys, etc.). Brown’s art is best characterized as British genre painting...

Category

1870s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Portrait of Miss N. (Evelyn Nesbit)
Portrait of Miss N. (Evelyn Nesbit)

Portrait of Miss N. (Evelyn Nesbit)

Located in Carmel, CA

Photogravure from Camera Work Issue #1 Great Condition Loose attached by tape - see pictures. Over matted. Was framed upon purchase in 80's

Category

Late 19th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Kate Moss London" Signed Limited Edition Framed Archival Pigment Print
"Kate Moss London" Signed Limited Edition Framed Archival Pigment Print

"Kate Moss London" Signed Limited Edition Framed Archival Pigment Print

By Jake Chessum

Located in London, GB

"Kate Moss London" by Jake Chessum Portrait of a young 16 year old Kate Moss – before she shot to supermodel stardom and became the icon she is today. Jake grew up in Croydon, South London. He studied Graphic Design at St. Martins School Of Art, and started working as photographer straight out of college. Assignments for The Face, Arena, and an early ad campaign for “Neutrogena” featuring a 16 year old Kate Moss followed. By 1995 Jake was regularly flying the Atlantic on assignment for JFK Jrs' “George” Magazine and in 1999 he upped sticks and moved permanently to NYC where he still lives with his wife and 2 kids...

Category

1990s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

K.K - Framed 19th Century Oil, In the Wheat Fields
K.K - Framed 19th Century Oil, In the Wheat Fields

K.K - Framed 19th Century Oil, In the Wheat Fields

Located in Corsham, GB

A naive 19th century genre scene in oil, depicting an mother and daughter playing together in golden wheat fields. The artist depicts the two figures, mid piggy back ride, happy with...

Category

19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man

Located in New York, NY

Provenance: with Leo Blumenreich and Julius Böhler, Munich, 1924 Dr. Frederic Goldstein Oppenheimer (1881-1963), San Antonio, Texas; by whom given to: Abraham M. Adler, New York, until 1985; thence by descent to the present owners While old inscriptions on the verso of this panel propose its author to be Hans Holbein and the sitter Sir John More—a lawyer, judge, and the father of Sir Thomas More—this fine portrait has long been recognized to be by a Flemish hand. Max Friedländer gave the painting to Bernard van Orley (1487/1491 – 1541) in 1924, but did not include it in the volume dedicated to the artist in his Early Netherlandish Paintings...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Freedom and love
Freedom and love

Freedom and love

By DARIA DUDOCHNYKOVA

Located in Zofingen, AG

This piece captures the sublime sensation of freedom found beneath the surface of the water — a space where vulnerability and liberation coexist. In this raw, elemental environment, ...

Category

2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ben (Water in the Hole) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Landscape, Men
Ben (Water in the Hole) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Landscape, Men

Ben (Water in the Hole) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Landscape, Men

By Olamilekan Bello

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issue by ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Emilio Greco Painting, titled "Roma", 1972
Original Emilio Greco Painting, titled "Roma", 1972

Original Emilio Greco Painting, titled "Roma", 1972

By Emilio Greco

Located in New York, NY

Emilio Greco (Italian, 1913-1995) Roma, 1972 Oil on canvas 45 1/2 x 28 3/4 in. Signed and inscribed lower left: Emilio Greco, Roma, 1972 Emilio Greco, (born Oct. 11, 1913, Catania, Italy—died April 5, 1995, Rome), Italian sculptor of bronze and marble figurative works, primarily female nudes and portraits. At the age of 13, Greco was apprenticed to a stonemason, and he later studied at the Academy of Art in Palermo. Though he began exhibiting in Rome in 1943, he was not well-established until after World War II. His first solo exhibition was held in 1946, and in 1948 he became a teaching assistant at the Artistic Secondary School in Rome. His subject matter varied little throughout his career. In their refined, elongated forms and assertive balance, his sculpted figures...

Category

1970s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Anne Evelyn - British 18thC Old master oil painting excellent prov.
Portrait of Anne Evelyn - British 18thC Old master oil painting excellent prov.

Portrait of Anne Evelyn - British 18thC Old master oil painting excellent prov.

By George Romney

Located in Hagley, England

This stunning British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting, with exceptional provenance, is by noted artist George Romney. It was painted in 1788, commissioned by James Evelyn of Felbridge as it is of his younger daughter Anne, aged 20 years old. James was a Doctor of Law and Anne's mother was his second wife, Jane. Felbridge house, Anne's home, was in the village of Godstone in Surrey. This superb oil painting is a seated portrait of Anne, wearing a white dress with a green sash, her forearms exposed and her hands in her lap. Anne is blessed with the most wonderful long auburn curly hair and is visually stunning. Her body is partly turned away from the artist/viewer and she is slightly gazing down at us with confident, clear eyes. Anne is pictured in a landscape with a dramatic sky behind her. Romney's brushwork on her dress, hair and the background is superb. The delicate detailing of her facial features is also stunning. Sometimes Old Master portraits can be a little staid, but this one of Anne with her wild auburn hair and bold look is just magnificent. This is a fantastic example of George Romney's work and of an 18th century British Old Master with exceptional detailed provenance. Name plate states: Anne, younger daughter of James Evelyn of Fellbridge Esq. 1788, aged 20. Romney. Provenance. With Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851) With The Hon. Henry Berkeley Portman (1860-1923), Later 3rd Viscount Portman; with Emma, Viscountess Portman (1862-1929) By 1926; with her daughter Lady Moyra Dawson-Damer (1897-1962) Thence by family descent. Painted in 1788. There are various labels verso. Mentioned in Lord Hawkesbury's Catalogues of Portraits at Compton Place and at Buxted Park, in Sussex, 1903, p.18, no. 3, at Buxted Park, as in the 'Dining Room, South Wall'. Further Bibliography: Gower (R. S.) Romney, London, 1904, p. 175 Kidson (Alex) George Romney, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015, I, p. 205, no. 422 (illus).Ward (Humphrey) and Roberts (William) Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay, London: T Agnew & Sons, 1904, p. 51 Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 30 inches by 24 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt frame with name plate, 37 inches by 31 inches and in good condition. George Romney (1734-1802) was born in Dalton-on-Furness, Lancashire, on 15 December 1734, the third of the eleven children of John Romney and Anne Simpson. Leaving school at the age of eleven, he worked for eight years in his father's cabinetmaking workshop before being apprenticed to a local painter, Christopher Steele, with whom he served for two years, from 1755 to 1757, in Kendal, York, and Lancaster. He married a Kendal girl, Mary Abbot...

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1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Marilyn Quiet Moment 1955 (Framed)
Marilyn Quiet Moment 1955 (Framed)

Marilyn Quiet Moment 1955 (Framed)

By Ed Feingersh

Located in London, GB

Marylin Monroe relaxes on a couch in her hotel room at the Ambassador Hotel in New York City. TITLE: MARYLIN QUIET MOMENT 1955 PHOTO: ED FEINGERSH PAPER: SILVER GELATIN RESIN PRINT...

Category

1950s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Painted Red - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait

Painted Red - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Figurative, Portrait

By Clare Marie Bailey

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Painted Red Edition of 10 - 40 x 40 cm. Digital C-Print based on a on a 600 Polaroid. Signed on back and certificate. Not mounted. Painted Red (Shot 2020 on 600 film) Directly infl...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Antoni Vila Arrufat (1894 - 1989) - Joven durmiendo - Oleo sobre tela - 1959
Antoni Vila Arrufat (1894 - 1989) - Joven durmiendo - Oleo sobre tela - 1959

Antoni Vila Arrufat (1894 - 1989) - Joven durmiendo - Oleo sobre tela - 1959

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Firmado en la parte inferior por el autor y fechado del año 1959 En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado y fechado del año 1959 Estado de conservación aceptable Se presenta enm...

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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

La Belle-Fillle de Goya (after Francisco de Goya)
La Belle-Fillle de Goya (after Francisco de Goya)

La Belle-Fillle de Goya (after Francisco de Goya)

Located in Fairlawn, OH

La Belle-Fillle de Goya (after Francisco de Goya) Etching on cream laid paper, 1872 Signed in the plate lower right of image Inscribed: Goya, pinx, lower left Published in Gazette de...

Category

1870s Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

French Mid 19th Century Portrait of an Italian Brigand. Oil on Canvas.
French Mid 19th Century Portrait of an Italian Brigand. Oil on Canvas.

French Mid 19th Century Portrait of an Italian Brigand. Oil on Canvas.

By Léon Cogniet

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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1860s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil