$9,705Sale Price|20% Off
H 38 in W 32 in D 2 in
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
Oil
$7,487Sale Price|20% Off
H 37 in W 31 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Young Boy Thomas Wagstaff - Scottish art 18th century oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb late 18th century portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Scottish artist
Oil
$4,424Sale Price|20% Off
H 42.5 in W 36 in
Clan Murray, Coat Of Arms, Duke Of Atholl, 18th Century Scottish School
Located in Liphook, GB
Clan Murray, Coat Of Arms, Duke Of Atholl, 18th Century Scottish School Large 18th Century
Canvas, Oil
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H 36.5 in W 28.5 in
David Martin (Circle), Pair Of 18th-Century Companion Portraits, Oil Paintings
By David Martin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming pair of mid-18th-century Scottish school companion portraits depict a gentleman
Canvas, Oil
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H 30 in W 25 in D 2 in
Portrait of Sarah Wagstaff Playing Piano - Scottish 18th century oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb late 18th century portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Scottish Old Master
Oil
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H 38 in W 33 in D 2 in
Portrait of Boy Painting - Thomas or John Wagstaff - Scottish 18thC oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb late 18th century portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Scottish artist
Canvas, Oil
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H 30 in W 25 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Lady in Silver Dress - Scottish 18thC art Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Scottish 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Scottish
Oil
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H 31 in W 23 in
Fine 1700's Scottish Ancestral Portrait of Young Lady in White Dress with Red
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady Circle of Thomas Murray (Scottish, 1663 - 1735) oil on canvas
Canvas, Oil
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H 53.25 in W 45.25 in
Oil portrait of a man with his gun and dog, Sportsman, Scottish, David Allan
Located in Bletchingley, Surrey
lengths in oils. Works Represented: Scottish National Portrait Gallery; National Portrait Gallery London
Canvas
Portrait Of Lady Richardson, Wife of Sir James Richardson, 18th/19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
18th 19th Century Scottish portrait of Lady Richardson, wife of Sir James Richardson, oil on canvas
Canvas, Oil
$201,853
H 47.75 in W 66.5 in
Grand 19th Century English Marine Painting in Stunning Light
By John Wilson Ewbank
Located in London, GB
John Wilson Ewbank (1799 - 1847) Shipping in the Harbour, South Shields Oil on canvas 39.5 x 58 inches unframed 47.75 x 66.5 inches framed Provenance: Christie's October 2002; L...
Oil
$998Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 28 in
Fine Large Oil Painting Portrait of the Lady with the Fan Diego Velazquez
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of the Lady with a Fan English School, second half 20th century after Diego Velazquez's (1599-1660) original painting oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas : 36 x 28 inche...
Oil
$5,530Sale Price|20% Off
H 22 in W 26 in
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian Old Master, 18th century Title: Angel and Saints appearing to figures, one dressed in a white ruff collar. Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 22 x 26 i...
Canvas, Oil
$4,214Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in W 9 in
17th Dutch Golden Age Old Master Oil on Wood Panel Mythological Nude in Woodland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mythological Figures in Woodland Glade Dutch School, late 17th century oil on wood panel, unframed panel: 11 x 9 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: minor surface sc...
Oil
$66,362
H 48 in W 58 in
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier
By David Morier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
David Morier (c.1705–1770 London) An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier (1680–1770) Oil on canvas Canvas size - 40 x 50 in Framed size - 48 ...
Oil
$11,715Sale Price|20% Off
H 42.92 in W 55.91 in
Leda Swan Mythological Paint oil on canvas French Painter 18th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
French painter of the late 18th-early 19th century Leda and the Swan (Literary source: Metamorphoses by Ovid, Book VI) Oil on canvas 95 x 126 cm Framed 109 x 142 cm This c...
Oil
$7,477Sale Price|20% Off
H 34.26 in W 28.75 in
Portrait Philip V King Rigaud Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 - Paris 1743) Circle Portrait of Philip V, King of Spain (Versailles 1683 - Madrid 1746) Oil on canvas 72 x 59 cm - framed 87 x 74 cm. The painting...
Oil
$15,351Sale Price|20% Off
H 43.5 in W 59.25 in D 1 in
Huge 1600's Flemish Old Master Oil Painting Tobias & The Angel Baroque Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tobias & The Angel Flemish Baroque Old Master, circa 1600 circle of Paul Brill (Flemish 1554-1626) oil painting on canvas, 43.5 x 59.25 inches condition: very good, restored and read...
Canvas, Oil
$16,825Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.25 in W 59.85 in
Saint John Baptist Pombioli Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Tomaso Pombioli (Crema, 1579 – Crema, 1636) Saint John the Baptist Oil on canvas 99 x 130 cm. In frame 120 x 152 cm. Reference bibliography: M. Marubbi and C. Piastrella, L'...
Oil
$6,239
H 26.25 in W 21.63 in D 1 in
French School, 17th Century, 'Portrait of the Marquise de Grugieres', oil canvas
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
French school, 17th Century Portrait of the Marquise de Grugieres Oil on canvas 26.1/4 x 21.5/8 in. (66.7 x 54.8 cm.) In a gilded composite frame, later production (possible early 1...
Canvas, Oil
$293,939Sale Price|20% Off
H 113 in W 92 in
C19th Portrait Princesse de Joinville of Brazil - Spectacular fit for a palace
By Henri d'Ainecy Montpezat
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Princess de Joinville riding a Bay Horse Henri d’Aincy, Le Comte Monpezat (French 1817-1859) Painted circa 1837-9 oil on canvas 113 x 92 inches (including frame) 92 x 70 ...
Oil
Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...
Copper
$6,965Sale Price|30% Off
H 21 in W 18 in
18th century Portrait of a young girl, Miss Cator in a landscape, white dress
By John Russell
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait of a young British Girl, in her white dress with Pink Sash. Choosing to acquire an 18th-century portrait of a young girl by English artist John Russell is an opportunity to...
Canvas, Oil
$37,713Sale Price|20% Off
H 57 in W 47 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Lady with White Gloves - British 18thC art Old Master oil painting
By Thomas Hudson
Located in Hagley, England
This charming British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to noted portrait artist Thomas Hudson. Hudson was most prolific between 1740 and 1760 and, from 174...
Oil
Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood
By Thomas Hudson
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood Oil on Canvas, unsigned Image size: 25 x 30 inches (63 x 76 cm) Original carved & gilded frame Provenance Descended through the Family Estate ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,990Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 20.5 in
Antique French Old Master Oil Painting Christ Healing the Sick in Jersusalem
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ Healing the Sick French School, 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 15 x 20.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Europe Condition: some craquelure throughout, mo...
Oil
An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.
Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.
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