$6,084Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a Soldier - British 19th century art military portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This interesting British Victorian military portrait is by artist C Marten.
Oil
1850's Portrait of British Officer in Red Military Uniform Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Military Portrait of a British Officer English School, mid 19th century unsigned oil on canvas, framed Framed: 33 x 28 inches Canvas : 24 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, ...
Oil
1850's Portrait of British Officer in Red Military Uniform Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Military Portrait of British Officer in Red Coat Victorian Army Portrait by English School (British, mid-19th century) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 24 x 20 inches Provenance: pri...
Oil
$8,842Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a British Army General in Uniform - British exh. art oil painting
By Walter Ernest Webster
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Impressionist Edwardian military portrait oil painting is by noted artist Walter Ernest Webster.
Oil
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H 36.03 in W 31.11 in D 3.94 in
Regency Portrait of an Officer in Uniform c.1815, Gentleman, British Military
By Ramsay Richard Reinagle
Located in London, GB
Regency Portrait of an Officer in Uniform c.1815 Circle of Ramsay Richard Reinagle RA (1775-1862) This fine and highly attractive portrait from the British Regency period demonstrat...
Canvas, Oil
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H 9.85 in W 8.08 in
Framed Early 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a British Military Officer
Located in Corsham, GB
This finely detailed watercolour depicts an early 19th-century British military officer. He wears the standard red coat of an infantry regiment. His epaulettes and a sash distinguish...
Watercolor
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H 23.63 in W 19.69 in
Portrait of an Officer - Antique British Army Military Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb late 19th or early 20th century oil on board portrait of a British Army officer, possibly of a Scottish regiment.
Canvas, Oil
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H 40 in W 30 in D 2 in
Military Portrait of Hon Edward Brownlow - British 19th century art oil painting
By Henry Weigall
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning military portrait oil painting is by noted British portrait artist Henry Weigall, painted circa 1880.
Oil
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H 30 in W 25 in D 2 in
Portrait of Dr Anderson - British Slade School oil painting military uniform WWI
By Arthur Ambrose McEvoy
Located in Hagley, England
An original circa 1914 oil on canvas painting by Arthur Ambrose McEvoy. It depicts a portrait of Dr Anderson in uniform during World War One. This is a fine painting by a British li...
Oil
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H 33 in W 28 in
1850's Portrait of British Officer in Red Military Uniform Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Military Portrait of a British Officer English School, mid 19th century unsigned oil on canvas, framed Framed: 33 x 28 inches Canvas : 24 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, ...
Oil
Portrait Of An Officer Of The 50th Regiment, early 19th Century Napoleonic Wars
Located in Blackwater, GB
Exceptional early and important British Military portrait of a young officer of the 50th Regiment in his red tunic and holding his hat.
Oil, Board
Portrait Of Major H. R. Lawrence 40th Pathans Indian Army 1921 Walter Hutton
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Major H. R. Lawrence 40th Pathans Indian Army, dated 1921 by Walter HUTTON (1877-1940) similar to $20,000 Large 1921 British military portrait of Major H R Lawrence 40t...
Canvas, Oil
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H 37 in W 32 in
Portrait Of A Senior British Military Officer, Identified as Charles Sackville,
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Senior British Military Officer, Identified as Charles Sackville, 6th Earl Of Dorset (1643-1706) circle of Sir Godfrey KNELLER Large 17th Century military portrait of...
Canvas, Oil
$201,886
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
$19,740Sale Price|20% Off
H 58.67 in W 44.89 in
Portrait Ferdinando II Sustermans Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giusto (or Justus) Sustermans (Antwerp, 1597 – Florence, 1681) Workshop of Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici (1610–1670), Grand Duke of Tuscany Oil on canvas 133 x 97 cm Fram...
Oil
Study of a Male nude, circa 1800 France Empire Oil on canvas
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
French artist, circa 1800 Study of a male nude Oil on canvas Size 24 x 49 cm Frame 34 x 59 cm
Oil
$1,493Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 28 in
Large Mid Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Gentleman with Newspaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman reading the 'London Journal', English school (mid 19th century) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 36 x 28 inches condition: some minor surface abrasion...
Oil, Canvas
$9,850
H 20 in W 16 in D 12 in
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box, Attributed to Jansen. At first glance, the box's visual allure is simply breathtaking. Adorned with ...
Wood
$132,747Sale Price|20% Off
H 51 in W 41 in D 2 in
My Lady of the Rose Portrait of Hilda, the Artist's Wife - British oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. The influence of Lord Frederick Leighton and the Italian Renaissance can easily be seen....
Oil
Portrait of Captain George Week
Located in London, GB
William Roth Born 1754 Portrait of Captain George Meek Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1782 lower right Image size: 25 x 18 ½ inches (64 x 47 cm) Ornate giltwood William Kent style...
Canvas, Oil
Horse & French Military Rider
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in Milford, NH
A finely detailed oil painting of a horse and French military rider with bugle by French artist Edouard Jean Baptiste Detaille (1848-1912). Detaille was born in Paris, France into a...
Oil, Panel
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
$2,275
H 19 in W 23 in D 2 in
Antique American Winter Impressionist Snow Landscape Framed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting by Cecil Chichester (1891 - 1963). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 19 by 23 inches overall, and 16 by 20 painting alo...
Canvas, Oil
$193,424Sale Price|20% Off
H 86.62 in W 129.93 in D 5.91 in
Antique 19th Century framed painting Naval Battle with Nelson. Oil on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Francois Tattegrain 'Batterie de Cote Engagee' The Battle of Bologne FREE SHIPPING Canvas Size: 185 x 295cm Outside Size: 220 x 330cm This fantastic painting is one of Francois Tat...
Canvas, Oil
$5,128Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.68 in W 5.12 in D 1.97 in
The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700 Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...
Paper
$77,112
H 14 in W 11.8 in
Two royal portraits (the Duc d'Angoulême and the Duc de Berry) by H.P. Danloux
Located in PARIS, FR
These two royal portraits are a major historical testimony to the stay of the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X) and his family in Edinburgh in 1796-1797. Given by the sitters to ...
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
$8,019Sale Price|20% Off
H 33.08 in W 40.16 in
Apollo Marsyas Batoni Paint 18th CEntury Oil on canvas Old master Mythological
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Apollo and Marsyas Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Lucca 1708 – Rome 1787) circle oil on canvas (65 x 83 cm. - framed 84 x 102 cm.) Provenance: Private collection, Rome The subject...
Oil
$1,127
H 11.34 in W 9.77 in
French school, circa 1840, Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on wood, signed
Located in Paris, FR
French school, circa 1840, Portrait of a Gentleman, monogrammed D.L. on the lower right oil on wood panel 28.8 x 24,8 In a beautiful antique frame : 48 x 43.5 cm This gentleman’s...
Oil
$450,000
H 30 in W 25 in
Duke of Wellington's Niece, Portrait of Lady Bagot, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 25 inche
By Sir John Hoppner
Located in Miami, FL
In historical British portraiture, it's who the sitter is that drives the price. In the present work, the sitter is Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley-Pole, eldest daughter of William, 4...
Oil, Canvas
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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