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Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful original Chinese Ancestor Portrait with a Chinese married couple great faded colors.
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Canvas

Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Chinese Ancestor Portrait
H 77.17 in W 53.55 in D 1.19 in
Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Chinese 'Ancestor Portrait' oil on canvas laid down on board, depicting a seated dignitary. The
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Canvas

Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Chinese Ancestor Portrait
H 33 in W 25 in D 1 in
Antique Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Antique Chinese ancestor portrait on canvas, Qing dynasty, showing the patriarch and the matriarch
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Canvas

Antique Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Antique Chinese Ancestor Portrait
H 74.41 in W 59.06 in D 0.79 in
Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately detailed composition is a late-Qing dynasty ancestor portrait depicting several
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Late 19th Century Qing Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Paint, Pigment

19th Century Qing Dynasty Ancestor Portrait
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Ancestor Portrait of a noble Qing Dynasty woman. Her social status is reflected in the sable
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Chinese Ancestor Portrait of a Mandarin Dignitary
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese ancestor portrait of a Mandarin Dignitary. Antique tempera on paper painting of a
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately detailed composition is a late-Qing dynasty ancestor portrait depicting several
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Framed Chinese Pen and Ink Family Ancestor Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) Chinese pen and ink family ancestor portrait capturing nine honorees seated
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Glass, Walnut, Wood, Paper

Framed Chinese Pen and Ink Ancestor Portrait in Navy
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) Chinese pen and ink ancestor portrait capturing the honoree seated and
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Walnut, Paper

Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait Depicting a Man in Golden Robes
Located in New York, NY
Chinese ancestor portrait depicting a man in flowing golden robes decorated with medalions
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Framed Vintage Chinese Pen and Ink Ancestor Portrait in Red
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) Chinese pen and ink ancestor portrait capturing the honoree seated and
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

Framed Chinese Pen and Ink Ancestor Portrait in Red Dress
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th century) Chinese pen and ink ancestor portrait capturing the honoree seated and
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Fiberglass

Framed Chinese Pen and Ink Ancestor Portrait in Navy Dress
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) Chinese pen and ink ancestor portrait capturing the honoree seated in a
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Walnut, Paper

Pair of Framed Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Ink and Pigment on Paper, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
luck. This pair of ancestor portraits was hand-painted in the mid-19th century and beautifully depicts
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Mid-19th Century Qing Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Pigment, Paper

Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Located in Essex, MA
Depicting a husband and wife seated with rank badge. Ebonized frame.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Art

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Paper

Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait
H 50 in W 42.5 in D 1 in
Vintage Asian Fabric & Paper Ancestor Portrait - China - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage mixed media ancestor portrait - silk fabric/paper/hair and gouache mounted to a silk
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Textiles

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Fabric, Silk, Wood

Pair of Framed Chinese Ancestor Portraits, circa 1880s
Located in Chicago, IL
luck. This pair of ancestor portraits was hand-painted in the late-19th century and beautifully
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Monumental Chinese Ancestor Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Reflecting the role that ancestor worship played in Chinese culture, this Qing-dynasty painting
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20th Century Qing Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Wood, Paint, Pigment

Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Portrait, Senior Official First Rank, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
invite and reward closer inspection. Ancestor portraits have a long history in China stemming from
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Bamboo, Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Monumental Chinese Ancestor Portrait Scroll, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric

Large Chinese Ancestor Portrait Hanging Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Qing Dynasty Chinese Ancestral Portrait, 19th Century, Ancestor officer commemorate portrait and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

19th Century Chinese Framed Ancestor Portrait, #Ric.P1
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Large Pair of 19th Century Chinese Framed Ancestor Portraits
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Large 19th Century Chinese Framed Ancestor Portrait, #Ric.P2
Located in Norton, MA
Hand-Painted on silk, Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Silk

Large 19th Century Chinese Framed Ancestor Portrait, #Ric.P3
Located in Norton, MA
Hand-Painted on silk, Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Glass, Wood, Paint

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Large Size, Framed
Located in Doylestown, PA
A nice pair of Chinese ancestor family group portraits, 19th century, on paper, framed in teak
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Pen and Ink Ancestor in Navy Robes Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) Chinese pen and ink ancestor portrait capturing the honoree seated in a red
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Glass, Walnut

Edith, with a portrait of her ancestor
By Frances F. Denny
Located in New York, NY
deeply rooted history as early settlers of New England. One ancestor, John Howland, was a deckhand aboard
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Latin American Folk Art Family Portrait Colombian Naive Painting, Color Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Folk art, Naive, Latin American art , Family portrait in the style of a Chinese ancestor portrait
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1970s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil

Red Tole Peinte and Decalcomania Chinoiserie Umbrella Stand
Located in Kittery Point, ME
With a printed Chinese ancestor portrait.
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20th Century French Chinoiserie Umbrella Stands

Materials

Tôle

Framed Pair of Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Paintings on Silk
Located in Morristown, NJ
Antique pair of Qing dynasty ancestor portraits depicting a male and a female. Hand painted on silk
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Glass, Wood, Paint

No. 196 by Hongyu Zhang - Contemporary portrait painting, blue, abstract
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
, charcoal, and acrylics, this figurative piece is a portrait that visually gives the still image a dynamic
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Tribute to Michelangelo III by Zhang Hongyu - Contemporary portrait painting
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
, this figurative piece is a portrait that visually gives the still image a dynamic dimension. On the
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Pastel, Acrylic, Cardboard, Engraving

No. 200 by Hongyu Zhang - Contemporary portrait painting, mixed media, orange
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
like pastels, China ink, charcoal, and acrylics, this figurative piece is a portrait that visually
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Charcoal, Pastel, India Ink, Acrylic

No. 206 by Hongyu Zhang - Contemporary portrait painting, mixed media, orange
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
contrasting mediums like pastels, China ink, charcoal, and acrylics, this figurative piece is a portrait that
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Canvas, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, India Ink, Acrylic

Autoritratto Selfportrait Oil on Canvas Portrait Rome Contemporary In Stock
By Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni
Located in Utrecht, NL
Autoritratto Selfportrait Oil on Canvas Portrait Rome Contemporary In Stock Giovanni Tommasi
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Senator Bartolomeo Panciatichi by Santi di Tito (1574)
Located in PARIS, FR
intended to constitute galleries of ancestors. One of the characteristics of Santi di Tito's portraits is
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Poplar, Oil

Striking 18th Century Portrait of the 12th Earl of Caithness
By Sir Henry Raeburn
Located in London, GB
) was a Scottish portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tribute to Rodin 5 by Zhang Hongyu - Contemporary portrait painting, dark tones
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
piece is a portrait that visually gives the still image a dynamic dimension. On the canvas composition
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard, Engraving

Portrait of a Lady, Katherine St Aubyn, Godolphin, Cornelius Johnson, Oil canvas
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in London, GB
Titan Fine Art are pleased to present this charming bust-length portrait, which is a good example
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Stay Woke Buddha 1" daguerreotype portrait statue zen buddhist peaceful serene
Located in Phoenix, AZ
drew on portraits of victims of the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s genocide in Cambodia and iconic images
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver

ANOTHER DAY Signed Woodcut, Modern Portrait, Black Couple, Brown, Blue, Beige
By Otto Neals
Located in Union City, NJ
, enhanced with hand-colored accents. ANOTHER DAY is a dramatic, contemporary black couple portrait
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen, Woodcut

Jean Racine Portrait: 17th C. Engraving by Edelinck in Perrault's Les Hommes
By Gerard Edelinck
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century portrait engraving of Jean-Baptiste Racine by Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Portrait of a Lady - Roaring twenties art female portrait chalk drawing
By Count Mario Grixoni
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful sanguine chalk drawing portrait of a young woman, by Count Mario Grixoni, dated
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Vincent de Paul Portrait: 17th C. Engraving by Edelinck in Perrault's Les Hommes
By Gerard Edelinck
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century portrait engraving of Saint Vincent de Paul by Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Helen
Located in Natchez, MS
. She appears as a Victorian portrait of an ancestor.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady - British Roaring Twenties Art Deco female portrait red chalk
By Count Mario Grixoni
Located in London, GB
Grixoni. Executed by one of the leading artists of the day it is a very striking and fascinating portrait
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1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

The Way Love Grows - Paint by Emmett Graham - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
ancestors who are returning to Earth for their annual visit. This belief came from the Aztecs, they
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"The Bronze Mask" Acrylic on canvas 36" x 26" inch painting by Tom Barnabi
By Tom Barnabi
Located in Culver City, CA
feeling is something that unites a modern person with his ancestors. Tom Barnabi was born in Moscow in
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"ZEUS" Acrylic on canvas 36" x 26" inch painting by Tom Barnabi
By Tom Barnabi
Located in Culver City, CA
feeling is something that unites a modern person with his ancestors. Tom Barnabi was born in Moscow in
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"NIKE. Improvisation 2" Acrylic on canvas 36" x 26" inch painting by Tom Barnabi
By Tom Barnabi
Located in Culver City, CA
emotions. After all, the feeling is something that unites a modern person with his ancestors. Tom Barnabi
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Fume" Acrylic on canvas 39" x 39" inch painting by Tom Barnabi
By Tom Barnabi
Located in Culver City, CA
feeling is something that unites a modern person with his ancestors. Tom Barnabi was born in Moscow in
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Ritrato Postumo di Benedetto Silva d' Angola Oil Painting on Canvas In Stock
By Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni
Located in Utrecht, NL
paintings today. Ferroni, similarly to his ancestors, was educated in the classical, baroque tradition. His
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Plantation Worker II
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
We should never forget our foreign religion was forced on our ancestors during slavery and the
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

UNTITLED (FLAUTA)
Located in Aventura, FL
history and feel of their ancestors. His works have been exhibited at major sites of Bogotá and in
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LA DUDA
Located in Aventura, FL
history and feel of their ancestors. His works have been exhibited at major sites of Bogotá and in
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LA DUDA
LA DUDA
H 55 in W 69 in
Divus Teberinus Selportrait City Rome Contemporary Oil Paint In Stock
By Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Ferroni, similarly to his ancestors, was educated in the classical, baroque tradition. His paintings
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Regal
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
, resistance, and freedom; a common language and means of identification among us. Our ancestors viewed it as a
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Regal
Regal
H 36 in W 24 in D 1 in
"Buddha of Phnom Pehn #1" daguerreotype on silver buddha statue cambodia photo
Located in Phoenix, AZ
and violence. Early work drew on portraits of victims of the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s genocide in
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver

"Buddha of Phnom Penh #2" daguerreotype on silver buddha statue cambodia photo
Located in Phoenix, AZ
and violence. Early work drew on portraits of victims of the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s genocide in
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver

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Ancestor Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of ancestor portraits is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique ancestor portraits was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, wood and fabric. Ancestor portraits have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of ancestor portraits to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Neoclassical ancestor portraits are of considerable interest. Ancestor portraits have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Christoffer Relander, Frances F. Denny and Katherine Fraser are consistently popular.

How Much are Ancestor Portraits?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,280, while they’re typically $400 on the low end and $11,000 highest priced.