$4,859
H 24 in W 21 in
Portrait Of A Lady, Reputed To Be Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Located in Liphook, GB
Portrait Of A Lady, Reputed To Be Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849), 19th Century circle of Margaret Sarah Carpenter (Salisbury 1793-1872 London) 19th Centu...
Canvas, Oil
$5,264
H 18 in W 13 in D 2.5 in
Portrait of John Manners later 7th Duke of Rutland
By Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1793-1872, was an English portrait painter.
Oil, Panel
Unavailable
H 38.59 in W 33.86 in D 1.58 in
Portrait Of A Lady, 19th Century- old master, oil portrait painting, carpenter
By (Circle of) Margaret Carpenter
Located in York, North Yorkshire
The small repair/restoration to puncture mark can be seen in certain lights but does not detract from a fine portrait The frame is in good country house condition with some minor los...
Oil
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H 38.59 in W 33.86 in D 1.58 in
19th century Victorian portrait of a lady, circle Margaret Carpenter
By (Circle of) Margaret Carpenter
Located in York, GB
The frame is in good country house condition with some minor losses,minor wear throughout none of this attracts from this delightful portrait. Margaret Carpenter (1793-1872) Margaret...
Oil
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H 29.14 in W 25.2 in D 2.76 in
Fine British School 19th Century Oil - Boy with Terrier
Located in Corsham, GB
This refined 19th-century portrait, in the manner of Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872), portrays a rosy-cheeked boy accompanied by his terrier.
Oil
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H 22 in W 19 in
Fine Early Victorian Portrait of an English Lady Oil Painting Maple Wood Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady English School, circa 1830-1840 period, unsigned Circle of Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872) British oil on canvas, framed in antique maple wood frame framed: ...
Oil
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H 22 in W 19 in
Fine Early Victorian Portrait of English Gentleman Oil Painting in Maple Wood Fr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an English Gentleman English School, circa 1830-1840 period Circle of Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872) unsigned oil on canvas, framed in antique maple wood frame fram...
Oil
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H 41.03 in W 33.08 in
Double portrait of a brother and sister, c. 1830s
By Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Located in Henley-on-Thames, England
Smith, ‘Carpenter, Margaret (Sarah)’, in Dictionary of Women Artists, 1 vols., ed. by Delia Gaze (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), pp. 348-350 Richard J.
Oil
Sold
H 24.41 in W 19.3 in
19th century British portrait Miss Coote with her dog - Girl Female artist
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Through this son, our portrait remained in their family for a long time. Margaret Sarah Carpenter (née Geddes; 1793 – 13 November 1872) was an English painter with an established r...
Canvas, Oil
$11,473
H 40 in W 35 in D 2 in
Portrait of a 1920's Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
American artist Henry R Rittenberg painted this lovely 1920's Art Deco portrait oil painting. The painting is a standing half length portrait of a lady in a black coat with a white f...
Oil
$28,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 60 in W 36 in D 3 in
"Reading in the Study" Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting Woman in Pink Dress
Located in New York, NY
An Early 20th Century elegant portrait oil painting by Gordon Stevenson depicting a pensive young woman seated in a serene, indoor setting wearing a light pink gown with delicate, ru...
Oil, Canvas
$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
$5,110
H 35 in W 30 in D 2 in
ORIGINAL 1860 Famous American Artist Henry Peters Gray (1819-1877) oil on canvas
By Henry Peters Gray
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an amazing original antique oil painting on canvas by Famous American Artist Henry Peters Gray (1819-1877), depicting a portrait of a W.P. Wright Esq. Some of his pai...
Oil
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the R...
Maple
$22,524Sale Price|20% Off
H 57.49 in W 47.64 in
Portrait Noblewoman Kneller 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 – London 1723) Portrait of an English noblewoman, presumably Mary Capel, Countess of Essex (1679–1726) Oil on canvas 128 x 104 cm. In frame 146 x...
Oil
$968Sale 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
$2,801
H 14.18 in W 11.82 in
Portrait of an Old Bearded Man With a Black Cap
By Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer a captivating portrait, most likely painted in the late 18th century, attributed to an artist within the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. This oil ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,227Sale Price|25% Off
H 22.45 in W 18.51 in
Kings College Chapel Cambridge University, 19th Century British School
Located in GB
The 19th-century British School blended technical precision, emotional storytelling, and a deep interest in society and nature. While it was initially rooted in traditional and conse...
Oil, Board
$2,098Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 24 in D 1 in
Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady British School, early 1900's Circle of Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927) British. Bust Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (61 x 50.8cm) plus gilt swept f...
Canvas, Oil
$11,473
H 56 in W 46 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Gentleman - British Old Master c1750 art oil painting
By Thomas Hudson
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Thomas Hudson. Painted circa 1750 it is a three-quarter length standing portrait of a gentleman in ...
Oil
$240,000
H 48 in W 32 in
The Young Shepherdess: Late 19th Century Academic Oil Painting
By Charles Amable Lenoir
Located in New York, NY
The Young Shepherdess by Charles Amable Lenoir (1860-1926) Oil on canvas 48 x 32 inches unframed (121.92 x 81.28 cm.) 58 ½ x 42 ¾ inches framed (148.59 x 108.585 cm) Signed on botto...
Oil
$1,960Sale Price|30% Off
H 42 in W 32.5 in
"Portrait of a Lady" - 19th-Century French Framed Antique Woman Oil Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely portrait of a turn-of-the-century elegant woman, perhaps commissioned by a devoted husband (she has a ring on her right hand, which is more common as a wedding ring in north...
Oil
Orientale
By Henri Fantin-Latour
Located in New York, NY
Signed, lower right: Fantin Provenance: Gustave Tempelaere (1840–1904), Paris; possibly by descent to his son: Julien Tempelaere (1876–1961) and with F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris, prob...
Canvas, Paper, Oil
$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
$60,744
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
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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