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Oil on Canvas Portrait of Mother and Child
Oil on Canvas Portrait of Mother and Child

Oil on Canvas Portrait of Mother and Child

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

This painting is unsigned but evidence shows that it is from a European school. It shows a mother with a child on her lap as well as a forest background. Likely wealthier patrons due...

Category

Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady
Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady

Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A beautifully painted oil on canvas of a lady, circa 1825, merged with a period gilt-wood frame

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1820s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

"A Quiet Moment, " Oil on Canvas Portrait
"A Quiet Moment, " Oil on Canvas Portrait

"A Quiet Moment, " Oil on Canvas Portrait

By Pamela Papas

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"A Quiet Moment" is an original oil painting on canvas by Pamela Papas. It depicts a woman in a

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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Child and Dog Portrait
19th Century Child and Dog Portrait

19th Century Child and Dog Portrait

Located in San Francisco, CA

Fabulous 19th Century oil on canvas portrait of a child with their dog. It is signed and dated 1872

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1870s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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Oil On Canvas Portrait For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact oil on canvas portrait you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Old Masters style, while we also have 84 Old Masters versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for an oil on canvas portrait from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add an oil on canvas portrait to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of brown, black, gray, blue and more. Finding an appealing oil on canvas portrait — no matter the origin — is easy, but Montse Valdés, Masri Hayssam, David Padworny, Ciro De Rosa and Michele Mikesell each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home. A large oil on canvas portrait can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 1.19 high and 1 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

How Much is a Oil On Canvas Portrait?

The price for an oil on canvas portrait in our collection starts at $150 and tops out at $170,000 with the average selling for $4,701.

Finding the Right Portrait-paintings for You

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.

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