$5,140
H 14.18 in W 12.6 in D 1.19 in
Portrait of a Gentleman in Doublet & Ruff c.1595; Elizabethan oil on copper
Located in London, GB
Portrait of an Elizabethan Gentleman in a Black Doublet c.1595 Manner of Hieronimo Custodis (died c
Copper
Sold
H 42.33 in W 34.65 in
Portrait of Richard Tomkins (c.1532-1603), Elizabethan oil on panel
Located in London, GB
portrait proclaim to every onlooker that this is a superior being. In Elizabethan collections there was a
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 20th Century Oil - Elizabethan Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th Century oil showing a beautiful woman in Elizabethan dress, standing, looking
Oil
Early 20th Century Oil - Elizabethan Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th Century oil showing a beautiful woman in Elizabethan dress, standing, looking
Oil
Early 20th Century Oil - Elizabethan Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th Century oil showing a beautiful woman in Elizabethan dress, standing, looking
Oil
Sold
H 23.63 in W 19.3 in D 2.76 in
Portrait of an Elizabethan Gentleman, Edmund Huddleston Dated 1562, oil on panel
Located in London, GB
Portrait of an Elizabethan Gentleman, Edmund Huddleston Dated 1562 Follower of George Gower (1540
Oil, Panel
Sold
H 26.78 in W 20.48 in D 1.97 in
Elizabethan Portrait of Thomas Vavasour in a Black Doublet c.1587, Oil on panel
Located in London, GB
This exquisite portrait, presented by Titan Fine Art, was painted during the last quarter of the
Oil, Wood Panel
Sold
H 25.2 in W 23.63 in D 1.97 in
Portrait of George Peele (c.1557-c.1596), Very early Elizabethan panel
Located in London, GB
In this Elizabethan panel portrait, a gentleman has been depicted wearing a fashionable red slashed
Oil, Wood Panel
Sold
H 42 in W 53 in D 1 in
Elizabethan Portrait of Noble Lady Large Framed English Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Elizabethan Lady by Tim Brown, (British contemporary) signed and dated verso oil painting on
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 42 in W 53 in D 1 in
Elizabethan Portrait of Noble Lady Large Framed English Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Elizabethan Lady by Tim Brown, (British contemporary) signed and dated verso oil painting on
Canvas, Oil
Fine English Portrait of Elizabethan Lady, framed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
of an Elizabethan Lady Medium: oil on board, framed Framed: 16.5 x 13 inches Board: 13.5 x 10
Oil
Sir Walter Raleigh (1553-1618), 16th Century Elizabethan Court Portrait
Located in Blackwater, GB
Elizabethan Court Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition half length
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 45 in W 35 in
Large British Portrait of Elizabethan Courtier Gent with Coat of Arms painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gentleman Courtier Portrait of an Elizabethan Gentleman English School, late 20th century oil
Oil, Canvas
Gentleman in Elizabethan Dress
Located in New Orleans, LA
An arresting portrait of a strong character in Elizabethan clothing, a very old painting on a wood
Oil
Sold
H 48.82 in W 38.19 in
Sir John Fortescue An Elizabethan Portrait of A 17th Century English Statesman
Located in Lincoln, GB
80cm / 124 x 97cm Framed Oil on panel Inscribed upper right with date and sitter’s age ‘Ano Domini
Oil
16th Century Oil Portrait.
Located in Salisbury Wiltshire, GB
An oil on panel of an Elizabethan lady. Circa 1585.
$34,765
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$19,500
H 31 in W 33 in
19th century English portrait of a White/grey hunter in a stable
By Charles Towne
Located in Woodbury, CT
English 19th century portrait of a White / Grey hunter in a stable. Charles Towne was born in Wigan in 1763. He was trained as a coach painter, and by the age of 17 was set up in t...
Oil, Canvas
$101,121
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Wool, Silk
$165,000
H 25.25 in W 21 in D 0.13 in
Jacqueline au Bandeau de Face (Grand Tête de Femme)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Stunning and iconic portrait of Picasso's wife, Jacqueline Roque, signed in pencil by Picasso and numbered in pencil from the limited edition of 50.
Linocut
Wharton Esherick Curved Sofa 1958
By Wharton Esherick
Located in Chicago, IL
This Sofa by Wharton Esherick exemplifies his pioneering role in the American Craft Movement. This is his first sofa design, one of Four ever made. Known for his dedication to organ...
Poplar, Tulipwood, Walnut
$11,651
H 63.98 in W 72.84 in D 44.89 in
Bed, 19th Century, Italian, Baroque, Carved, Painted, Gilded, Armorial Cartouche
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The headboard is surmounted with a carved cresting and turned finials at each end, and the frame painted with scrollwork. The centre of the headboard has a cartouche containing a pai...
Beech
On Hold|$57,500
H 39 in W 52 in
"Earthly Paradise" Frédérick Bouttats (Antwerp, 1590-1661)- Studio of
Located in SANTA FE, NM
The Earthly Paradise Frédérick Bouttats (Antwerp, 1590-1661)- Studio of Circa 1610-1612 Oil on wood panel, cradled Circa 42 7/8 x 29 3/8 (ca. 52 x 39 frame) inches The inner frame i...
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 20th C. Tiffany Studios Lemon Leaf Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th C. Tiffany Studios Lemon Leaf Table Lamp. Made in U.S.A.
Bronze
Ondine
By Pierre Marcel-Béronneau
Located in New Orleans, LA
Mystical and mysterious, a mythological Ondine rests beside an ethereal forest pond in this majestic, original oil on canvas by French Symbolist Pierre-Amédée Marcel-Béronneau. A stu...
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
Located in London, by appointment only
Scottish, after 1837. This particular carving of the Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom as used in Scotland is marvellous for the tremendous vitality of the Unicorn and Lions. It ...
Wood, Paint
$527,762 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
$6,031
H 37 in W 32 in D 3 in
Portrait of a Bewigged Gentleman, Oil on Canvas, Early 18th Century
By Enoch Seeman
Located in St. Albans, GB
Enoch Seeman Canvas Size: 30 x 25" (76 x 62cm) Outside Frame Size: 37 x 32" (92 x 80cm) 1694-1744 He was born in Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland, around 1694. His father, also Enoch...
Oil
$23,303
H 25.5 in W 18 in
Portrait of King Edward VI, Oil on panel with Gold Leaf, 18th Century English
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel Image size: 25 1/2 x 19 inches (37.5 x 27 inches) 18th Century Auricular gilt frame Provenance New York private collection This portrait of the King Edward VI dep...
Gold Leaf
$24,312Sale Price|20% Off
H 59.06 in W 38.98 in
Antique Wooden Crucified Wood Tempera Giotto
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Christ Crucified (Christus Patiens) with God the Father, the Virgin and St. John In the manner of 14th century Tuscan painting Tempera on panel Height: 150 cm Width: 99 cm Perform...
Egg Tempera
$78,500
H 19.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.13 in
Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher by Rembrandt Van Rijn
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rembrandt van Rijn 1606–1669 Dutch Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt) 235, state 2/2 Bartsch 280 Printed by Rembrandt Signed and dated "Rem...
Paper, Etching
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.
On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.
In Denver, a major new retrospective reveals how the painter’s devotion to ordinary life — and his fearless shifts in style — shaped modern art.
Only the best painter could suit the calculatedly extravagant Bertha Russell.
With a solo show at the Denver Art Museum and a commission from the Met, the Cree Canadian painter has become an international sensation.
After a two-year closure, they Yale Center for British Art opens its doors again, with all sorts of changes to its building and programming.
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
Get to know the key movements and artists who have influenced visual culture for more than a century.
The nonspeaking California artist is having a moment, with vivacious paintings that play on art-magazine covers as well as more mysterious abstractions.
This kaleidoscopic early-modern art style has long deserved another look. Now, the Guggenheim museum is doing just that.