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Item Ships From: London
Self Portrait
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in London, GB
HUGO SCHEIBER 1873-1950
1873 - Budapest - 1950 (Hungarian)
Title: Self Portrait
Technique: Original Signed Pastel Drawing on Paper
Size: 37.7 x 30 cm. / 14.8 x 11.8 in.
Additiona...
Category
1940s Futurist London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Blue Headdress, Group Portrait Orientalist Oil Painting, Signed and Dated
By Emile Deckers
Located in London, GB
Émile Deckers
1885 - 1968
The Blue Headress
Oil on canvas, signed lower left, inscribed and dated "Algers, 1958"
Image size: 26 x 33 inches (66 x 84 cm)
Hand made Orientalist gilt f...
Category
1950s London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait, 20th Century Jewish Artist Oil Painting
By Carl Felkel
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed bottom right
Image size: 13 1/2 x 17 inches (34.25 x 43 cm)
Contemporary frame
The Artist
Painter Carl Friedrich Felkel was born in 1896, in Stockerau, near Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) and was probably of Jewish descent. He initially studied under Walter Thor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a Gentleman Commoner at Oxford, 18th Century Oil on Canvas
By James Northcote b.1746
Located in London, GB
James Northcote
Portrait of a Gentleman Commoner at Oxford
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 x 25 inches (76 x 63.5 cm)
Original gilt frame
This painting is a comparatively rare example ...
Category
18th Century English School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Gold Brooch, Orientalist Oil Painting, Signed and dated 1894
By Eugene Alexis Girardet
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel, signed, dated and inscribed ‘Bou Saada, 1894’ lower right
Image size: 13 x 8 3/4 inches (33 x 22.25 cm)
Ornate Gilt frame
Euguene Alexis Girardet
A child prodigy, Gi...
Category
1890s London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sweet Dreams
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 19 x 27 inches
Framed size: 24 x 32 inches
Monogrammed lower right
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,195
Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 1945
Located in London, GB
CONSTANTIN Andreevic TERECHKOVITCH 1902-1978
(Russian)
Title: Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 1945
Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on canvas
size: 33 x 24 cm / 13 x 9.5 ...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of the Musician Mazzi
By Alfred Reth
Located in London, GB
ALFRED RETH 1884-1966
Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: Portrait of the Musician Mazzi, 1912
Technique: Original Signed Oil pain...
Category
1910s London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A pair of Portraits of a Rabbi by José Schneider
Located in London, GB
A pair of Portraits of a Rabbi by José Schneider (1848-1893)
Oil on canvas
2 parts, 21.2 x 18.4 cm (8 ³/₈ x 7 ¹/₄ inches) each
Signed lower left on second panel, José Schneider
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,425 Sale Price
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Stay
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on linen
Linen size: 16 x 24 inches
Framed size: 22 x 30.5 inches
Monogrammed lower left
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$6,783
Possible Portrait of Young Napoleon
Located in London, GB
Circle of Johann Heinrich Schmidt
Possible Portrait of Young Napoleon
1749-1829
Pastel on parchment
Image size: 23 1/2 x 19 inches
Unsigned
This portrait likely depicts a young Emp...
Category
Early 19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Parchment Paper
Portrait of a Lady in a Black Bonnet
By Arthur Ambrose McEvoy
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (78 x 66.5 cm)
Handmade contemporary style frame
Provenance
Collection of David Sellin, Washington, D.C. Sellin was an American art ...
Category
Early 20th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Musician
Located in London, GB
This head and shoulders portrait is an outstanding example of the breadth, force and beauty of this artist's pictorial manner and abilities. This captivating portrait features a musi...
Category
Late 17th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,348
Portrait of a Young Girl, Polish Late 19th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Szymon Buchbinder
1853 - 1908
Portrait of a Young Girl
Oil on canvas
Image size: 19 x 13 inches
Original frameSimon Buchbinder (1853-1908) was a Polish painter. Most of his works we...
Category
Late 19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Speak From The Heart
By Danny O'Connor
Located in London, GB
Danny O’Connor is an artist based in Liverpool, he graduated from Liverpool John Moores Art School where he studied graphic arts.
Danny is predominately a figurative and portrait ar...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Study of Woman in Black
Located in London, GB
Glasgow artist James Klinge is renowned for some of the city’s finest street art.
Specialising in stencils, spray-paint and acrylics he has easily made his name as one of the top st...
Category
2010s London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint
I Was Here All Along
By Danny O'Connor
Located in London, GB
Danny O’Connor is an artist based in Liverpool, he graduated from Liverpool John Moores Art School where he studied graphic arts.
Danny is predominately a figurative and portrait ar...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Sailor Smoking a Pipe
By Arthur David McCormick
Located in London, GB
Sailor Smoking a Pipe
Arthur David McCormick
Oil on canvas
Image size: 19 x 25 1/2 inches (48 x 65 cm)
Contemporary frame
Arthur David McCormick (1860–1943) was a notable British illustrator and painter, renowned for his landscapes, historical scenes, naval subjects, and genre scenes. Born in Coleraine, County Londonderry, he pursued his education at the Royal College of Art in London from 1883 to 1886.
McCormick’s career was marked by his contributions to various illustrated magazines, including the English Illustrated Magazine and the Illustrated London News. He participated in significant expeditions, such as Sir Martin Conway’s journey to the Karakoram Himalayas in 1892 and Clinton T. Dent’s expedition to the Caucasus Mountains in 1895. His illustrations from these travels were featured in Conway’s book “Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas” (1894) and his own publication “An Artist in the Himalayas” (1895).
Throughout his career, McCormick illustrated nearly thirty books, focusing on travel and adventure themes. Some of his notable works include illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” (1905) and Henry Newbolt’s “Drake’s Drum and Other Songs of the Sea” (1914). He was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1889 to 1938.
Navy Cut Sailor Work...
Category
20th Century English School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'A Fireside Read' and 'Threading the Needle' (Pair)
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 10 x 8 inches each
Framed size: 13 x 10.5 inches each
A signed lower left
B signed lower right
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Young Lady
By William Edward Frost
Located in London, GB
Oil on board
Image size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (14 x 11.5 cm)
Original 19th century oval mount and frame
Provenance;
With Richard Naworth, Blackburn
William Edward Frost (September 1810 – 4 June 1877) was an English painter of the Victorian era. Virtually alone among English artists in the middle Victorian period, he devoted his practice to the portrayal of the female nude. Specialising in portraiture from about 1830, Frost painted more than 300 portraits during a 15-year period, and showed some as his first exhibits from 1836.
William Edward Frost was born in Wandsworth, then in Surrey, in September 1810. He showed artistic talent from an early age, and was encouraged in this by his father: first by his arranging drawing lessons with a Miss Evatt, a neighbouring amateur, and then, in 1825, by his introducing him to William Etty, who became his mentor. On Etty’s recommendation, he entered Henry Sass’s School for Drawing and Painting at 6 Charlotte Street, in 1826, and spent three years there, while also studying at the British Museum each winter.
Frost was educated in the schools of the Royal Academy, beginning in 1829; he established a reputation as a portrait painter before branching into historical and mythological subjects, including the subgenre of fairy painting...
Category
19th Century English School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Self Portrait in a Mirror with Artist's Tools, Oil on canvas, Signed, Polish
By Joseph Biel
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed bottom left
Image size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 51 cm)
Contemporary style hand made frame
Joseph Biel
Joseph Biel was a painter and photographer who was born in ...
Category
20th Century Modern London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female Portrait - Russian Ukrainian Cubism
By Pinchus Krémègne
Located in London, GB
This oil painting is signed by the artist "Kremegne" in the lower right part.
It was painted circa 1920's.
Provenance:
Madame Line Playfair, Chiswick, London
Exhibited:
Redfern Ga...
Category
1920s Cubist London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two for Tea
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 18 x 15 inches
Framed size: 22 x 19 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Gypsy Girl
By Howard Morgan
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 24 x 17 inches
Framed size: 30.5 x 23.5 inches
Signed and dated lower right
Provenance: Private collection, Surrey
Category
20th Century Contemporary London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,085
Cleopatra, Mistress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony by Lélia Pissarro
By Lelia Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Cleopatra, Mistress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
100 x 100 cm (39 ³/₈ x 39 ³/₈ inches)
Signed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of Herbert Fisher, Mid-19th Century Oil Painting, Original Watts Frame
By George Frederic Watts
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
c.1855 - 1860
Image size: 19 x 14 inches (48.25 x 37.25 cm)
Original Watts frame
The Sitter
Herbert William Fisher (1826 - 1903) was a British historian, best known for his 'Considerations on the Origin of the American War' (1865). Fisher was tutor to the future King Edward VII, and served as Private Secretary to the 5th Duke of Newcastle. in 1863 he became Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, his former pupil, before being appointed to the position of Vice-Warden of the Stannaries in 1870. One of his daughters, Adeline, married Ralph Vaughan Williams.
George Frederick Watts
Watts (1817 - 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He is known to have said 'I paint ideas, not things'. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as 'Hope' and 'Love and Life' in which the emotions and aspiration life were intended to be represented in a universal symbolic language.
Watts was born in Marylebone in central London on the birthday of George Frederic Handel (after whom he was named), to the second wife of a poor piano-maker. He showed artistic promise very early, learning sculpture from the age of 10 with William Behnes, starting to study devotedly the Elgin Marbles (later writing "It was from them alone that I learned") and then enrolling as a student at the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 18.
He first exhibited at the Academy in 1837, with a picture of "The Wounded Heron" and two portraits, but his attendance at the Academy was short-lived, and his further art education was confined to personal experiment and endeavour, guided by a constant appeal to the standard of ancient Greek sculpture. He also began his portraiture career, receiving patronage from his close contemporary Alexander Constantine Ionides, who later came to be a close friend. In 1849 the first two of the allegorical compositions which form the most characteristic of the artist's productions were exhibited—"Life's Illusions," an elaborate presentment of the vanity of human desires, and "The people that sat in darkness," turning eagerly towards the growing dawn. In 1850 he first gave public expression to his intense longing to improve the condition of humanity in the picture of "The Good Samaritan" bending over the wounded traveller; this, as recorded in the catalogue of the Royal Academy, was "painted as an expression of the artist's admiration and respect for the noble philanthropy of Thomas Wright, of Manchester," and to that city he presented the work. From the late 1840s onward he painted many portraits in France and England, some of which are described below. Notable pictures of the same period are “Sir Galahad...
Category
1850s Victorian London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Pot Carrier - Bright Colour Portrait, Women, Texture, Face
Located in London, GB
Nicolle was born in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia as it was then) and grew up in Africa and then travelled the world for some years before settling in the Uk.
“My love of colour stems from my ...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Acrylic
What a Picture
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 20 x 16 inches
Framed size: 27 x 23.5 inches
Signed lower left
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Girl Oil Painting 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Circle of Thomas Derrick
British 1885 - 1954
Oil on panel
Image size: 21 1/2 x 14 inches (55 x 36 cm)
Hand made frame
Category
1950s London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Steam Room 4, 20th Century Contemporary Acrylic
By Graham Dean
Located in London, GB
Graham Dean
1980
Steam Room 4
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: 14 x 10 inches
In keeping with Dean's passion for experiencing the subjects of his work, this ...
Category
1980s Contemporary London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Fine Bouquet (Pair)
By Fritz Wagner
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 14.5 x 12 inches each
Framed size: 21 x 19 inches each
Signed upper
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-Portrait - Royal Academy Founding Member, 18th Century
By Francis Hayman
Located in London, GB
Francis Hayman RA
1708–1776
Self-Portrait
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 8 x 6¼ inches
Contemporary gilt frame
This newly discovered work is the earliest known self portrait by Francis Hayman, dated to the mid to late 1720’s. The small scale of the portrait gives it a strong sense of intimacy. Whereas clients would often dress themselves in their best clothes for a sitting, Hayman has portrayed himself in informal attire, with his shirt unbuttoned and a wig cap.
Born in 1708 to a respectable Devonshire family, his training began at the tender age of ten under the tutelage of the historical painter Robert Brown, who was probably an uncle. By the 1730’s he is known to have been engaged in painting scenery for the popular theatres on Goodman’s Fields and Drury Lane. He established a studio on St Martin’s Lane, and demonstrated his versatility as one of the most
important painters of his time in portraits, illustration and history painting.
Indeed, he was one of the first English painters deemed to have the skill and proficiency to rival that of the foreign masters, such as Holbein and Kneller, who were brought in by the court to make up for the perceived shortcomings of the native artists. Led by William Hogarth, Hayman and other artists began to create a new movement in the English art world. Thomas Gainsborough was one of his pupils, whom he is said to have introduced to the more lascivious and debauched underbelly of London life.
After mostly making his living as an illustrator, in the 1740’s Hayman was commissioned by the proprietor of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Jonathan Tyers, to produce a series of four large celebratory canvases depicting British victories from the Seven Years War. His association with Tyers continued, and over the next ten years he produced a number of large decorative paintings...
Category
18th Century Old Masters London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil Pastel
Beauties (Pair)
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 15.25 x 11.25 inches
A signed lower right, B signed lower left
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Self Portrait
By Gerald Goddard Jackson
Located in London, GB
Gerald Goddard Jackson
1878-1941
Self Portrait
Oil on canvas
Image size: 23½ x 19½ inches
Original frame
Jackson was born at Duddington, Northamptonshire on 5 March 1878. He enrolled at the Slade School of Art in 1893 where he studied alongside fellow students Wyndham Lewis, Orpen, Gertler, Nash and Nevinson. He left the Slade in 1899 in order to travel to Canada, USA and Mexico, spending three years in Italy.
In 1911, he joined the Army. Upon the outbreak of the First World War, his battalion was sent to France. He was captured in 1916 and was held at various German prisoner of war camps, largely at Schwarmstedt in Saxony. Whilst in captivity he befriended the poet Frederick William Harvey...
Category
20th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Fine Wine
By Benjamin Eugène Fichel
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 7 x 5 inches
Signed and date '1859' lower left
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Moses -contemporary geometric portrait, Biblical character, mixed media painting
By Marco Araldi
Located in London, GB
Marco’s background is in engineering and architecture, making him familiar with mathematical design and the awareness of geometry.
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of a Girl, British School 20th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
British School
20th Century
Oil on canvas
Image size: 12 x 8 inches
Framed
Category
20th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Distinguished Gentleman
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches
Framed size: 12 x 10.5 inches
Signed upper right
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Girl in a Green Scarf, 20th Century Oil Portrait
Located in London, GB
A.M. Coates
20th Century
Girl in a Green Scarf
Oil on canvas
Image size: 14 x 10 inches
Category
20th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Enjoying a Smoke
By Fritz Wagner
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 9.5 x 7 inches
Framed size: 13.25 x 11 inches
Signed upper right
Provenance: Private collection, Herefordshire
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Feeding the New Brood
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
Framed size: 14.75 x 17.75 inches
Signed and dated 1870 lower right
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Quiet Smoke
By Fritz Wagner
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 8.75 x 7 inches
Framed size: 13.75 x 11.75 inches
Signed upper left
Category
19th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The First Taste
By Joan Fairfax Whiteside ARRC FMAA
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed lower right
Image size: 14 1/4 x 16 inches (36 x 40 1/2 cm)
Hand made frame
Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodigious artist and illustrator. Born into an eminent...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Study of Lockdown
Located in London, GB
Glasgow artist James Klinge is renowned for some of the city’s finest street art.
Specialising in stencils, spray-paint and acrylics he has easily made his name as one of the top st...
Category
2010s London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint
Portrait of the Artist's Assistant, Watercolour and Ink, 20th Century British
By Frank Dobson
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and ink on graphite, signed lower right
Image size: 22 x 17 1/2 inches (56 x 44.5 cm)
Original frame
POA
Inscribed on reverse 'Frank Dobson's Assistant - Celia Gills'
F...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady
Located in London, GB
Gilbert Soest
1605-1681
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Original carved gilt frame
Provenance
Private Estate, England
This portrait dep...
Category
17th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Possible Portrait of William Shakespeare
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches (44 x 56.5 cm)
Period oak frame
This is a portrait of a Tudor gentleman in an open next shirt with one hand raised to his chest. ...
Category
Early 1600s London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil
Price Upon Request
Christ as a Boy
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Francesco Bonsignori
Italian 1455-1519
Christ as a Boy
Oil on wood panel
Image size: 12 1/4 x 16 inches (31 x 40.5 cm)
Original gilt frame
In this painting on panel, ...
Category
16th Century Italian School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
Portrait of Nicholas Poyntz
Located in London, GB
Remigius Van Leemput
Portrait of Nicholas Poyntz
1607-1675
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 13 x 10 1/4 inches (33 x 26 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Provenance
The Dalva Brothers Colle...
Category
17th Century Flemish School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Price Upon Request
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey 16th Century Oil Portrait
Located in London, GB
English School
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
16th Century
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 22 1/4 x 18 inches (56.5 x 46 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Provenance
Tudor Exhibition, New Gallery, ...
Category
16th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oak
Price Upon Request
Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood
By Thomas Hudson
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood
Oil on Canvas
Image size: 25 x 30 inches (63 x 76 cm)
Original carved & gilded frame
POA
Provenance
Descended through the Family Estate
Born in Poland in 1760 to the 2nd Earl of Mansfield and his wife, Elizabeth Mary Murray would later come under the care of her uncle, William Murray (1st Earl of Mansfield) at Kenwood House in Hampstead. David Murray (2nd Earl of Mansfield) was set to inherit the title and full wealth of his uncle, including Kenwood House. Lady Mansfield’s second cousin would soon join her at Kenwood, where they would be raised together and featured in multiple portraits of the time. Her younger sister, Henrietta, is seen in a separate portrait done by Thomas Hudson as well. At the age of 25 she married George Finch-Hatton, an English aristocrat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772-1784.
Gazing out at the viewer, Lady Mansfield wears a decorated dress, with an abundance of pearls and lace, and a transparent gold lined veil surrounding her right shoulder. The excess of luxurious fabric matches another Hudson portrait of another Lady Mansfield, with the lace detailing and complementary bodice. The depiction of this Lady Mansfield epitomizes the style of portraiture in the 18th century, such as the styles Hudson’s pupils Joshua Reynolds, Joseph Wright, and Peter Toms. From Hudson’s travels to the Low Countries and Italy, he no doubt brought back artistic inspiration from the international pieces he encountered.
Thomas Hudson
Hudson was a celebrated 18th century portrait painter. Born in Devon in 1701 he studied under the artist Jonathan Richardson and married his daughter, against Richardson’s wishes.
He had many artistic friends including William Hogarth and Francis Hayman and travelled with them in Europe in 1748. He also visited Italy with the sculptor Louis-François Roubiliac in 1752. Hudson’s style of portraiture proved so successful that for a decade from 1745 to 1755 he was London’s most popular portrait painter and made a fortune painting the cream of London society and members of the Royal Family.
He was also a talented teacher, perhaps too good, as subsequently a number of his former assistants overtook him in popularity including the artist Joshua Reynolds.
Hudson retired in the late 1750’s and died in Twickenham in 1779. His most notable works include portraits of King George II and George Friedrich Handel and his “Portrait of a Nobleman in Van Dyck dress.” Many of Hudson’s works may be seen in art galleries. These include the National Portrait Gallery, the National Maritime Museum, the Tate Gallery, the Foundling Museum and the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. His works are also in Museums across the world...
Category
18th Century English School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood
By Thomas Hudson
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Lady Mansfield of Ringwood
Oil on Canvas
Image size: 25 x 30 inches (63 x 76 cm)
Original carved & gilded frame
POA
Provenance
Descended through the Family Estate
The y...
Category
18th Century English School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), bust-length, in armour
By Robert Walker
Located in London, GB
After Robert Walker
1599 - 1658
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), bust-length, in armour
Oil on canvas
Image size: 24 x 29 inches (61 x 73 cm)
Original carved gilt frame
This...
Category
17th Century English School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Located in London, GB
Studio of Adriaen Isenbrandt
1510 - 1551
The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Oil on oak panel, wax seal verso
Image size: 10 3/4 x 8 inches (27 x 20.5 cm)
Contemporary style frame (image below)
POA
Provenance
Collection of Mrs Marianne Hudson
Mary, holding Jesus in her arms, is centrally positioned against a gold detailed architectural backdrop, reflecting the traditional iconography of the enthroned Virgin and Child. This composition suggests the theme of “Maestà” or “Majesty,” emphasising the figures religious significance.
In the painting from the studio of Adriaen Isenbrandt, the artist masterfully infuses the scene with rich symbolism and hidden meanings that reflect the cultural and religious context of the period. The infant Christ, seated on the Virgin Mary’s lap, is draped in a delicate, translucent white garment that symbolises his purity. In his hand, he clutches a piece of coral, a multifaceted symbol representing immortality, youth, and health. Notably, coral was also a common teething tool during that era, adding another layer of contemporary relevance.
A scarlet-headed blackbird, native to South America, perches gracefully on Christ’s outstretched finger. This bird is a potent symbol of creation and protection, enhancing the divine narrative of the scene. Mary, with a tender and loving gesture, caresses Christ’s back while gazing adoringly at her son, underscoring her role as the nurturing mother of God.
Mary is centrally positioned within an architectural alcove, which subtly suggests a heavenly halo without explicitly depicting one. The alcove’s niches, traditionally used to emphasise the importance of sculptures, further highlight her significance. She is adorned in a voluminous red gown, with the undulating folds of the fabric accentuated by white highlights. The red colour of her dress symbolises maternal qualities, while the iridescent blue undercoat, visible in certain areas, signifies sanctity and purity due to its rarity and expense at the time.
Moreover, Mary is depicted as the epitome of contemporary Medieval...
Category
16th Century Dutch School London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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Portrait of a Young Man
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 13 x 16 1/2 inches (33 x 42 cm)
Contemporary style frame (Image below)
Provenance
Private European Collection
Darnley Fine Art offers this boldly brushed ...
Category
17th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 18th English Century Painting
By George Romney
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 22 x 20 inches (22.75 x 51 cm)
Pierced gilt frame
This half-length portrait shows the sitter with her head and eyes looking over her shoulder, to the right. She is dressed in a delicate blue dress and blue shawl with her hair tied up away from her face. The composition of the painting is simple but effective; the woman stands out and is the undeniable focus of the viewer's attention.
George Romney's artistic style is characterised by its focus on the beauty and elegance of human forms. Here, one can appreciate his ability to capture the delicacy of facial features and the soft textures of clothing. In addition, Romney has used a soft and diffuse brushstroke technique that creates a light and soft effect in the work. The dark and diffused background highlights the young woman's figure even more, creating an effect of depth and realism.
It is possible that this sitter is Miss Anne Dutton.
George Romney
Romney was a fashionable portrait painter of late 18th-century English society. In his portraits Romney avoided delving into the character or sensibilities of the sitter. His great success with his society patrons depended largely on just this ability for dispassionate flattery. Line rather than colour dominates; the flowing rhythms and easy poses of Roman classical sculpture underlie the smooth patterns of his compositions.
From 1755 to 1757 Romney was the pupil of Christopher Steele, an itinerant portrait and genre painter. Romney’s career began when he toured the northern English counties painting portraits for a few guineas each. In 1762 he went to London. His history painting The Death of General Wolfe won him an award from the Society of Arts; nonetheless he turned almost immediately to portrait painting. In 1764 he paid his first visit to Paris, where he was befriended by Joseph Vernet. Romney especially admired the work of Nicolas Le Sueur, whose use of the antique strongly appealed to him. In 1773 he went to Italy for two years, where he studied Raphael’s Stanze frescoes in Rome, Titian’s paintings...
Category
18th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, Oil on Oak Panel Portrait, 16th Century
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (36 x 30 cm)
Period style frame
This portrait shows Chaucer with a string of beads in one hand and a writing implement in the other. The Arms in the top left of the picture are the Arms of Chaucer, featuring a per pale argent and gules, a bend counterchanged.
This painting appears to derive, like all other portraits of Chaucer, from an illustration in an early fifteenth-century manuscript, Hoccleve's De Regimine Principum. Here Hoccleve included one portrait of Chaucer, showing him with an inkhorn around his neck and holding a rosary in one hand. Since it is likely that Hoccleve had met Chaucer, many scholars believe this could be the most genuine representation of the English writer with all other depictions being seemingly based on it.
In almost all portraits of Chaucer, including this one, the poet is shown wearing a pendant attached to his vest. This item is often considered to be a penner, included in the artworks as a sign of the general occupation of a writer. Whilst the pendant is generally accepted as a case for a writing instrument, possibly with equal plausibility, it has also been suggested that the item is an ampulla, a small lead vial containing water and the blood of St. Thomas Becket...
Category
16th Century London - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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