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Artist: Unknown
Mid-18th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Girl With A Posy
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exceedingly charming mid-18th-century English oil painting depicts a girl wearing a red gown with a train over a white petticoat. She’s holding a posy or nosegay.
Evidently once commissioned for an English country house, the identity of this young lady remains a mystery. Her gown appears to be inspired by the popular ‘robe à la française...
Category
1740s English School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
German Miniature of Young Lady in a Fancy Hat
Located in New Orleans, LA
This charming German miniature painting, created of oil on copper, depicts a young woman wearing a large and lavish hat. With dark, braided hair and blue eyes, the sitter's cheerful ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
1944 Vintage Mid Century Modern Swedish Figurative Portrait Oil Painting - Oscar
Located in Bristol, GB
OSCAR
Oil on board
Size: 65.5 x 54.5 cm (including frame)
A striking and emotive mid-century figurative portrait composition that is characterised by expressive brushwork and a rich...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
English School 19th Century Oil - A Loving Sister
Located in Corsham, GB
This intimate portrait captures a tender moment between a young girl and her baby sister. The baby is placed in a cot while the older girl entertains her with a rattle. The artist dr...
Category
19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Suicide, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Suicide, 19th Century
Unusual European School Oil On Panel
19th century European School interior scene of an artists suicide, oil on panel. Beautifully painted melancholy interior...
Category
19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$5,509
1960's French Portrait Elderly Man with Pen - Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
inscribed verso
stamped to the reverse
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
19th Century Portrait Of A Young Woman Oil On Canvas
Located in York, GB
Fine 19th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Young Woman in large gilt gesso frame .unsigned.
Identity of the sitter as yet unknown. The artist has managed to capture her ethereal b...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Museum Quality American School School Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible quality American school portrait painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1880s Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Of A Scottish Monarch Oil On Canvas 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas. Intense and high quality, the painting depicts a monarch of the royal house of Scotland.
Around the portrait, in a painted oval frame, there are some writings: the name Rober(t) appears at the top left, the title Rex at the bottom left and the abbreviation Scot, which stands for Scotorum, on the right; the writing at the top right is not identifiable, but it seems to be an acronym.
The man portrayed wears a hat and a coat adorned with ermine fur, which is considered the noblest fur, reserved for royalty. He wears a golden pendant around his neck, which depicts two leaves with the fruit of the thistle, which, in heraldry, symbolizes Scotland.
The writing and the pendant therefore refer to a Robert of Scotland, probably from the dynasty that reigned in the fourteenth century.
The portrait was however executed in the romantic nineteenth-century period, probably using some ancient engravings...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Oil - Boy With A Tin Whistle
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th Century portrait,. showing a young boy playing a tin whistle. The artist has adopted an Italianate style and subject matter to create an atmospheric and eye catchin...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$438 Sale Price
20% Off
Hungarian Rabbi Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi with Shtreimel
Located in Surfside, FL
20th century Jewish Chassidic Rabbi with fur hat portrait, Judaica Oil Painting
Category
20th Century Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Important Victorian portrait of Alexander Smith
Located in New York, NY
Important Victorian painting depicting Alexander Smith. It has a fantastic frame and is in excellent condition. Written Alex Smith (...) on the letter.
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Portrait of a Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful head and shoulders portrait of a young boy in a white collared shirt and buttoned brown jacket. Presented in a textured gilt-effect frame with internal slip. Indistinctl...
Category
20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$282 Sale Price
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Portrait of Bishop Gaspard Mermillod - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Bishop Gaspard Mermillod is an original artwork realized by an artist belonging to the Roman School of 19th Century.
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
The bishop depicted in the painting examined here, as suggested by the coat of arms represented at the top left, is the Swiss Gaspard Mermillod, born in Carouge on 22 September 1824.
Mermillod is known to have been one of the most active representatives of social Catholicism and one of the eminent personalities who formed in Rome that "select committee" set up in 1882 by Pope Leo XIII...
Category
19th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Howard Barnes (1937-2017) - 1982 Oil, Dance
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking abstract piece depicting a woman in a red leotard. The artist captures the dancer in a series of bold, expressive forms, showing her eyes shut in concentration. Signed and...
Category
20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$496 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 19th Century Oil - Girl With Basket
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking mid 19th Century full length portrait of a young woman in a red dress and blue bonnet, sitting on a hay bail with a basket at her feet, The painting is unsigned and has be...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$313 Sale Price
20% Off
1975 Modernist Semi-Abstract Portrait Oil Painting - Figure in the Dark
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURE IN THE DARK
Size: 49 x 40 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An emotive and expressive semi-abstract figurative portrait, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1975.
The co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blue Period, Two Boys on a Beach, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boys in Blue
French School, Mid 20th century
Oil painting on board, framed
Signed on the lower right hand corner
Framed size: 34.5 x 23 inches
This artist was clearly inspired by Pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of The Wife Of A British Hong Kong Diplomat, circa 1890 Chinese School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of The Wife Of A British Hong Kong Diplomat, circa 1890
Chinese School - one of a pair we are selling
19th Century Chinese Provincial Scho...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist School, second half of the 19th century
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Impressionist School, second half of the 19th century
Portrait of Two Young Girls
Oil on panel,
28 x 22 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Paris
This delicate portrait, executed ...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Holy family under an oak tree on a gold background
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French school circa 1870
Holy Family under an oak, after Raphaël, on gold background
Oil on canvas
H. 92 cm; W. 60 cm
This aesthetic curiosity takes up the very famous composition b...
Category
19th Century French School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Portrait Lady Side Profile Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner and dated 1960
Image : 12 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's Frenc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
1960's French Portrait Caricature Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
stamped
Image : 25.5 x 20 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. Ide...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Abstract Portrait, Red Colour, Stylised, Glazed Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Portrait, Red Colour, Stylised, Glazed Frame
By European schooled artist, Late 20th Century
Gouache and Ink on canvas
Framed size: 14.5 x 16 inches
...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Portrait of a Gentleman in a Bowler Hat - British late 19th century art
Located in London, GB
This charming British male portrait oil painting is of a gentleman in an iconic bowler hat. Painted circa 1880 it is a wonderful soft focus realistic image of a man in a suit with a wide pale blue tie and handkerchief in pocket. We can also just see the chain of his pocket watch. He is positioned again a wall with wonderful brushwork. A really fantastic painting in a stunning gilded oak frame...
Category
1880s Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,958 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Oil - Ann Heron
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th Century copy of the original portrait (by an unknown artist) of Ann Heron (nee Vining). The sitter is a solemn young woman in a white dress and red cloak. The paint...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$572 Sale Price
20% Off
1960's French Portrait Gentleman in deep Thought, Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
stamped
Image : 25.5 x 19.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Mary Chugg (1935-2024) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Looking in the Mirror
Located in Corsham, GB
Oil on board. Signed in the lower right and dated 1966.
Category
20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Portrait Grumpy Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
inscribed verso
stamped on reverse
Image: 25. 75 x 19.75 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Roger Peronnet - French School 1964 Oil, A Helping Hand
Located in Corsham, GB
A dynamic study of a child helping an elderly gentleman in a drunken state on the street. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame with decorative carvings. O...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
H. W. - 1947 Oil For Restoration, Lady with the Flower Basket
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with a monogram and dated to the upper left. Presented in a gilt frame with pierced details. On canvas.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$293 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Virgin of Sorrows, 1770
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 18th century. Religious painting depicting the Virgin of Sorrows, of excellent pictorial quality. Oil on canvas framework recentl...
Category
1770s Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rococo painting with frame by 18th-century Venetian school oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (with a Salvador Rosa-style gilded frame 88 x 116 cm) depicts a group of four children who are playing outside on a swinging seesaw; we are probably dealing with a prank, as can be seen by the satisfied expression of the child on the right at the expense of the one in the foreground, who seems to be supported by the others, perhaps because of the fear felt.
They are dressed in the same way, with black or brown ankle boots and a kind of double-breasted jumpsuit with a rich lace collar reminiscent of the jabots of dames, blue for the one in the foreground, brick-colored for the other three.
Children also look alike in the hair, typical of the period, and features, suggesting a kinship relationship.
We find the same subject, for example, in Johann Zoffany...
Category
18th Century Rococo Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unknown (woman at easel)
Located in Columbia, MO
Unknown
Oil on canvas
35.5 x 23.5 inches
Framed: 40.75 x 28.75 inches
Category
20th Century Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judaica Market Scene, Shuk, European Hasidic Rabbi Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
framed sight size 10 x 13.5 inches painting, framed to 15 x 19.
Impressionistic Realistic portrait of an older rabbi visiting the marketplace. Children playing. Here the artist conveys a sense of quiet grandeur through the eyes of his subject and the way it's rendered. following a distinguished lineage of Jewish genre...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on canvas Spanish “Portrait Toribio of Velasco and Viguri”
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding oil on canvas portrait depicting a child, Toribio de Velasco y Viguri, whose name appears written in gold letters in the upper right corner against the dark background of...
Category
1850s Romantic Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
A Rich Merchant - Painting by Unknown - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A rich merchant is an original old master artwork realized in the 18th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas depicting a merchant looking at a coin in his left hand. Provena...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Nazarius & Celsus (350AD) after Bartolomeo Montagna (1450-1523)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Saint Nazarius & Celsus (350AD), 18th Century
Diptych Of The Christian Knights & Martyrs after lost work by Bartolomeo Montagna (1450-1523)
Large 18th Century Italian Old Master de...
Category
18th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Oil Painting Portrait Young Woman Necklace Period Frame Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful and rare antique American portrait of a young woman in a stunning period frame, likely original to the piece.
Unsigned but beaut...
Category
1890s American Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Shepherd Boy with Dog late 19th Century Framed Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This young shepherd clearly didn't want to pose for the artist, but something caught his attention, and in this expression and look, the artist masterfully depicted the whole range o...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Painting, 19th century, women portrait, oil on canvas.
Located in Berlin, DE
Painting, 19th century, women portrait, oil on canvas.
Dimensions with frame 63cm x 77.5cm
Category
19th Century Victorian Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,792 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Of A Lady Wearing A White Dress, Beautiful English School Portrait 1840
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of a lady in a white dress, 19th century
Beautiful portrait from an English school circa 1840
Beautiful large portrait from an English school from the 19th century of a la...
Category
19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Portrait of a Young Girl with Red Hair
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming portrait of a young girl with red hair wearing a typical mid-century frilly dress and high-cut bangs, by an unknown artist (American,...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of William Shakespeare, Nineteenth Century oil painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown Artist
(English or American, nineteenth century)
William Shakespeare
Oil on canvas, mounted on board; 9 x 7 1/4 inches
FRAMED: 14 1/2 x 13 inches (approx.)
This work depicts...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Qing-Dynasty Ancestor Portrait
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately detailed composition is a late-Qing dynasty ancestor portrait depicting several generations of a family's male ancestry. Or...
Category
Late 19th Century Qing Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Paint, Pigment
American Portrait Painting of a Lady of the Verplanck Family
Located in Houston, TX
The painting features a 3/4 bust portrait of a refined lady from the Verplanck family of Orange County, New York. The painting shows a young woman seated for her portrait in a fine b...
Category
1820s American Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Little Girls and Their New Friends Genre Scene 19th century Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very touching scene with two little girls. Two sisters are thrilled to meet their new pets that their parents have bought. The sincerity and immediacy of children's feelings depicted...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine Mid 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a Lace Bonnet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Mid 19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Woman Wearing a Lace Bonnet
Finely detailed portrait miniature of an older woman wearing a lace bonnet.
No visible signature.
Dimensi...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine English School 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Girl Fetching Water
Located in Corsham, GB
A particularly fine 19th century oil portrait of a young girl fetching water from a nearby river. Well presented in a gilt frame and slip, under glazing. Unsigned. On canvas on stret...
Category
19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$568 Sale Price
20% Off
Ecole française (XIX) - Portrait d'un gentilhomme
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Sin firmar, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco bastante actual
Medidas obra: 32 cm. de altura x 25 cm. de ancho
Medidas obra: 39 cm. de altura x 34 cm....
Category
Mid-19th Century Flemish School Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Colonel Edward Astley 1st Royal Life Guards, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Colonel Edward Astley 1st Royal Life Guards, 19th Century
by Frederique Emile O'Connell (1823-1885)
Large 19th Century Portrait of Colonel Edward Astley, 1st Royal Life Gua...
Category
19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 11L x 9H.
Category
1950s Impressionist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
French School Mid 20th Century Oil - The Smell of Spring
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine impressionist style portrait study of a young woman in a garden filled with flowers. She pulls a branch of blossom towards her to smell, her eyes drifting to the distance in t...
Category
20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$493 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740), 18th Century Franz De Backer
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740), 18th Century
bv Franz De Backer (1680-1749)
Large early 18th Century portrait of Charles VI, ruler of t...
Category
18th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marie von der Osten (b.1856) - Late 19th Century Oil, Dutch Girl with a Teacup
Located in Corsham, GB
A charismatic portrait depicting a young woman wearing a traditional Dutch lace cap. In her hands, she clasps a teacup close to her chest. The artist captures the girl in a loose sty...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Framed Male Portrait New England Flannel Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicey painted American modernist portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 8H by 10L.
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Head Portrait Greek Roman Head Bust Portrait Bearded Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Bust Portrait"
French School, 19th century.
charcoal drawing on paper, unframed.
painting: 23.5 x 17.75 inches
Condition report:
The painting is in good and sound condition, ...
Category
19th Century Renaissance Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pair of French Character Portraits, Pink and Blue Backgrounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pair of French character portraits.
French school, mid 20th century.
Gouache on unframed paper.
Both stamped and named on the backs, with the artists initials written on the right ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of a Lady - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century Painting.
Miniature on ivory.
Wooden frame with leather back.
12 X 12 cm.
Good conditions!
Category
19th Century Modern Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Italian Realist Oil Painting Portrait of Two Children in a Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare antique Italian portrait of two children posed inside a villa against a landscape.
This unsigned but beautiful work comes house in contemporary frame added to the work to e...
Category
1890s Realist Unknown Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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