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Artist: Unknown
Socialite 1950's female portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of a Socialite.
Oil on canvas glued down to masonite panel.
Panel measuring 25 x 30 inches.
Unsigned and unattributed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
17th Century Portrait of Reverend and Reformer John Calvin
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Rare 17th-Century Portrait of John Calvin
This small interesting portrait, of John Calvin (1509–1564) offers a rare glimpse into the enduring legacy of the French-Swiss reformer. P...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy (Man)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy Gentleman, 2003.
Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches.
Signed with monogram and dated lower right.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Mural Symbolist Figural Male Nude Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American or European mural study painting. Tempera, oil and mixed media on board. Framed. Measuring: 25 by 30 inches overall,. In excellent original condition. Handsomely fr...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique portrait oil painting of two sisters French child portrait painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
A truly beautiful oil portrait painting on canvas of two sisters. This wonderful old painting is breathtakingly beautiful! The sisters look straight into the eye of the artist, the...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,369 Sale Price
20% Off
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an int...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VI
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VI", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series I (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series I", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an interm...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Antique French portrait oil painting of a woman from 1852 French female portrait
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Stunning antique oil portrait painting of a woman in its original frame. This old French portrait with its Chiaroscuro effect is both atractive and charming. A woman with a sideway...
Category
1850s French School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Elegant Woman in Green Kimono, 19th century French School in Frame
Located in Pistoia, IT
French school of the second half of the 19th century, portrait of elegant woman with green kimono, oil on canvas.
With great decorative impact, the painting depicts a pretty girl t...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French school 19th Century, Portrait of a Lady with a Fan, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th Century
Portrait of a Lady with a Fan
oil on canvas
75 x 62 cm
Not framed
Condition: the original canvas has been doubled and placed on a new stretcher, and trace...
Category
1840s Old Masters Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman portrait post-impressionist French female original oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage woman portrait oil painting female portrait lady portrait original oil painting vintage moody impressionist portrait oil painting on canvas.
Vintage oil impressionist portra...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$429 Sale Price
39% Off
18th Century French School Portrait of an Actress with Flowers
Located in Beachwood, OH
18th Century French School
Portrait of an Actress
Oil on canvas
30 x 23 inches
36 x 30 inches, framed
Category
18th Century French School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Bay Horse, Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century English school oil painting depicts a bay horse in a stable.
The British aristocracy has always had a passion for equestrian activities, and during th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Baroque Italian painter - 17T18th century figure painting - Franciscan friar in
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th-18th century) - Franciscan pilgrim friar sitting and writing (preparatory sketch).
14 x 16.5 cm.
Antique oil painting on panel, without frame (not signed).
C...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique American Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract cubist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 18 by 14 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a ...
Category
1940s Cubist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Signed Paris Street Scene Detailed Sidewalk Cafe Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French cafe scene landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 29 by 41 inches overall, and 24 by 36 painting alone.. In excellent original condition. H...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Classic 19th-Century Beauty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Everything about this portrait denotes an aristocratic sitter. Enrobed in an off-white silken gown, the young lady is adorned by a string of pearls extending beyond her waist. Since ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Italian School 18th Century Oil - Christ on the Cross, Devotion
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative religious painting in oil portrays a bearded figure tenderly cradling a smaller Christ on the Cross. A small halo can be seen emitting from the larger head study, whic...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Portrait of a woman with red jacket trimmed with fur and braid German School.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a woman with red jacket trimmed with fur and braid
German School, late 18th - early 19th century
Oil on canvas, 64 × 48 cm
Gilded wooden frame, not original
Dressed in a...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century German School, Gentleman with Top Hat, 1839
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century German School
Br: Venus aus Chemnitz 50 Jahre alt 58 24/5 39, 1839
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
25.5 x 20 inches
30.5 x 24.75 inches, framed
The gentleman is Johann ...
Category
1830s Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series III", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
'Portrait of a Man', French School (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Man', mixed media on fine art paper, French School (circa 1970s). Discovered in the south of France, this enigmatic portrait captivates with its quiet intensity and pa...
Category
1970s Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Framed 19th Century Oil - The Hunter
Located in Corsham, GB
A charismatic portrait depicting a hunter on the trail, paused, hand out in hesitation as he strains to hear something in the underbrush. Unsigned. Presented in a distressed gilt fra...
Category
19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Oil - The League
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depiction of a young boy reading a paper titled 'The League'. Inscribed verso 'Sketch by E. Brothers'. Presented in a gilt frame with elaborate foliate ornamentation. On c...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil - Christ in Prayer
Located in Corsham, GB
An atmospheric portrayal of Christ in prayer, hands clasped and head bowed in a posture of deep reverence. The subject is rendered in warm, rich tones of red and gold against a dark ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Original Oil Painting on canvas contemporary Art cityscape with many faces
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an amazing, very impressive original large modern painting on canvas, depicting an urban cityscape with many faces in the foreground.
The painting is in excellent condition....
Category
20th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
The Feathered Hat
Located in San Francisco, CA
There something so poignant about this 40-something woman, painted sometime after World War I by F. Harding. She’s in her plain but “Sunday best” clothes. Yet she unwrapped for this ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
1930's Original Parisian Fashion Watercolor Burgandy Dress With Green Cape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,132
Antique 19th C. Oval Oil Portrait of a Lady in Lace Collar Original Painting
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a beautiful original antique oil painting on canvas, dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, featuring a refined female portrait.
This classic Victorian-style portrai...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Copy of "Portrait of Beatrice dʼEste" by Leonardo da Vinci created 15th Century
Located in New York, NY
A masterful copy by an unknown artist, after the portrait of "Beatrice d'Este" by Leonardo Da Vinci also known as ‘Portrait of a Lady’ or ‘La Dama con la reticella di perle (The Lady With a Pearl Hairnet)’. The original work originally created in the 15th Century is currently on display in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Museum of Milan. Beatrice d'Este was the Duchess of Bari/Milan and was believed to be one of the most attractive princesses of the Renaissance. Her impeccable style won her many admirers throughout Italy and France, and she became a trendsetter of the highest order. This copy of the original painting, is an oil on canvas done in the 18th Century, and in this exquisite portrait, the artist has masterfully depicted the fine details with draped hair, pearls, royal dress, ornate headgear and sumptuous jewelry in front of a dark background. Once again, capturing the imagination with another enigmatic smile. It comes housed in an elegant period giltwood frame with ebonized trims and ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso.
Art measures 28 x 18 inches
Frame measures 34.5 x 24.5 inches
There is much debate and controversy over who actually painted the "Beatrice d'Este" was it Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), or Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (1455–1508). So we may never know who executed the original portrait which hangs in the museum, but that need not deter from an appreciation of its singularity. Following the portraiture convention established by painters of the Quattrocentro, the artist has chosen to portray his sitter in profile. In doing so, he magnificently captures the essence of his sitter, a girl on the threshold of womanhood. Bedecked in the adornments—silk, velvet, pearls and embroidery (brocade) crafted of spun gold threads—afforded her by birthright and marriage, Beatrice looks forward in noble serenity. And at the same time her profile with its upturned nose and slight smile betrays an innocence that must have been the basis of the oft-repeated epithet: la più zentil donna in Italia” (“the sweetest lady in Italy”).
It is believed the lady is Beatrice d'Este (1475-1497), duchess of Bari and later of Milan, the wife of Ludovico Sforza (known as "il Moro"). One of the most beautiful princesses of the Italian Renaissance, she was known for her good taste in fashion. Beatrice was a member of the Este-Sforza family, which joined by marriage two of the oldest reigning and already powerful houses in Italy. The house of Este, which held court in Ferrara, traced its lineage to the 11th century Dukes of Saxony and Bavaria. Beatriceʼs father, Ercole I ruled the Ferrara commune for 34 years, catapulting the city-state (and the Estes with it) to an unmatched level of economic prosperity and cultural prominence. The family was renowned for its love of letters and patronage of the arts.
The first time Leonardo da Vinci’s name resounded in the Ambrosiana, it was through the pen of its founder, Cardinal Federico Borromeo, who attributed this little panel to the great Master, describing it as “A portrait of a Duchess of Milan, by the hand of Leonardo”. Following the Cardinal’s statement, the portrait was for long assumed to depict Beatrice d’Este, the wife of Ludovico il Moro. However, scholars have recently been more cautious and vague in their statements, with regard to both the artist (anonymous Lombard or Emilian...
Category
18th Century Northern Renaissance Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Expressive Young Woman Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted late 19th or early 20th century portrait painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Marie Aubry as Andromeda in Lully’s Opera Persée – French School, late 17th c.
Located in Firenze, IT
Singer in the Role of Chained Andromeda, Possibly from Persée by Lully (1682)
Marie Aubry (c. 1650 – after 1684), renowned soprano of the Académie Royale de Musique and the original...
Category
17th Century French School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of old woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
18th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,145
Fine Mid 19th Century Oil - Boy in Thought
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century oil depicting a young boy with a school book in hand, deep in thought. The artist has rendered the boy in impressive detail as he stands out illuminated against a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique American Impressionist Nicely Framed Picnic Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 20 by 27 inches painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold g...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,820 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Cubist Nude Dancing Portrait Framed Signed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American cubist nude woman dancing/erotic painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period modernist silver leaf rubbed mol...
Category
1940s Cubist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,340 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Oil - Girl Beside a Water Fountain
Located in Corsham, GB
Initialled 'R.M.' lower left. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18/19-th Century French Antique Original Oil Painting on canvas, Rococo, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a fabulous Oil on canvas painting. French, late 18th to early 19th century. The artwork depicts a gallant scene, a shepherdess, and her lover resting in the forest. This stunning impressive piece of art is waiting to be a part of your collection. Collectible European Classical Paintings, Rococo, And Romanticism in Fine Art
More photos are available upon request.
Overall in very good condition.
Please see the photos, they are part of the description.
The painting is presented in a nice vintage ornate frame...
Category
Early 19th Century Rococo Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,520 Sale Price
47% Off
French painting portrait Bearded italian man oil canvas Second half 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the second half of the 18th century Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (57 x 49 cm with the frame) Very beautiful frame in gilded wood from the Louix XVI period with decoratio...
Category
Late 18th Century French School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,430 Sale Price
20% Off
Frank Sternberg - Barbizon School 1880 Oil, The Young Tatterdemalion
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative painting depicts a solitary young boy in tattered clothing traversing a snow-covered rural path, framed by a wooden fence and distant trees against a muted winter sky....
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an elegant lady sitting
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
La obra se presenta enmarcada con un marco de la época de la pintura (el marco presenta alguna leve falta)
Medidas de la obra: 59 cm. de altura x 48 cm. de an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Original Oil Painting on canvas contemporary Art young woman with a guitar
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an amazing, very impressive original large modern painting on canvas, depicting a young woman with a guitar sitting on the pavement.
The painting is in excellent condition...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American School Fauvist Interior Scene Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare early American fauvist interior scene. Great colors and composition. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed. Measuring 20 by 24 inches.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19 century Large Oil Painting on canvas, Female portrait, Dated 1879
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original antique 19th-century large oil painting on canvas painting depicting a portrait of a Lady in a long black dress, standing near a bright red curtain.
The painting...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor from the Istituto di Arte di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy. The professor released works of artists whom he mentored over the years. We are unsure who painted the series we acquired as several are just signed, 'Giacomo', or, left completely unsigned, yet many are clearly by the same artist. This one is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with a French-style linen slip. The canvas is textural like one of the vintage maps...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French school 20th Century, Portrait of a young man in green, oil
Located in Paris, FR
French school of the 20th Century,
Portrait of a young man in green,
oil on cardboard panel, cradled on the back
53 x 40 cm
This intense portrait is particularly moving and intere...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Woman, 1940s-50s. Signed Vera d’Angara, Italian-Russian actress
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a Woman, 1940s-50s. Signed Vera d’Angara, Italian-Russian actress
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: Height 59 cm x Width 58 cm
Frame: Painted wooden frame
The portrait...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
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.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"Testing the Water" American Modernist Interior Scene Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible and rare early American modernist interior scene still life. So finely painted and a very rare and provocative subject for its time. Signed lower left. Handsomely fram...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Plaster and gilded wood frame
47 x 40.5 x 6 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Old Masters Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,216
Contemporary French Impressionist Cafe Scene Nicely Framed Genre Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted contemporary cafe interior scene. Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
1990s Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Red Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Red Background)
Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman has d...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Large French Oil painting On Canvas, portrait of a musketeer 19th century
Located in Gavere, BE
Beautiful Oil On Canvas, portrait of a musketeer French school 19th century
This is a French 19th century school with large dimensions .
Very decorative and exclusive portrait paint...
Category
1890s French School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series VII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inte...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Ashcan School Early Antique American Impressionist Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted antique American school oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 29 by 38 inches overall and 23 by 32 painting alone. Unsigned. Painted in a striking Ashcan s...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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