$5,977Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a Soldier - British 19th century art military portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This interesting British Victorian military portrait is by artist C Marten.
Oil
$2,954Sale Price|25% Off
1850's Portrait of British Officer in Red Military Uniform Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Military Portrait of British Officer in Red Coat Victorian Army Portrait by English School (British, mid-19th century) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 24 x 20 inches Provenance: pri...
Oil
$8,694Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a British Army General in Uniform - British exh. art oil painting
By Walter Ernest Webster
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Impressionist Edwardian military portrait oil painting is by noted artist Walter Ernest Webster.
Oil
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H 36.03 in W 31.11 in D 3.94 in
Regency Portrait of an Officer in Uniform c.1815, Gentleman, British Military
By Ramsay Richard Reinagle
Located in London, GB
Regency Portrait of an Officer in Uniform c.1815 Circle of Ramsay Richard Reinagle RA (1775-1862) This fine and highly attractive portrait from the British Regency period demonstrat...
Canvas, Oil
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H 9.85 in W 8.08 in
Framed Early 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a British Military Officer
Located in Corsham, GB
This finely detailed watercolour depicts an early 19th-century British military officer. He wears the standard red coat of an infantry regiment. His epaulettes and a sash distinguish...
Watercolor
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H 23.63 in W 19.69 in
Portrait of an Officer - Antique British Army Military Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A superb late 19th or early 20th century oil on board portrait of a British Army officer, possibly of a Scottish regiment.
Canvas, Oil
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H 40 in W 30 in D 2 in
Military Portrait of Hon Edward Brownlow - British 19th century art oil painting
By Henry Weigall
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning military portrait oil painting is by noted British portrait artist Henry Weigall, painted circa 1880.
Oil
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H 30 in W 25 in D 2 in
Portrait of Dr Anderson - British Slade School oil painting military uniform WWI
By Arthur Ambrose McEvoy
Located in Hagley, England
An original circa 1914 oil on canvas painting by Arthur Ambrose McEvoy. It depicts a portrait of Dr Anderson in uniform during World War One. This is a fine painting by a British li...
Oil
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H 33 in W 28 in
1850's Portrait of British Officer in Red Military Uniform Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Military Portrait of a British Officer English School, mid 19th century unsigned oil on canvas, framed Framed: 33 x 28 inches Canvas : 24 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, ...
Oil
Portrait Of An Officer Of The 50th Regiment, early 19th Century Napoleonic Wars
Located in Blackwater, GB
Exceptional early and important British Military portrait of a young officer of the 50th Regiment in his red tunic and holding his hat.
Oil, Board
Portrait Of Major H. R. Lawrence 40th Pathans Indian Army 1921 Walter Hutton
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Major H. R. Lawrence 40th Pathans Indian Army, dated 1921 by Walter HUTTON (1877-1940) similar to $20,000 Large 1921 British military portrait of Major H R Lawrence 40t...
Canvas, Oil
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H 37 in W 32 in
Portrait Of A Senior British Military Officer, Identified as Charles Sackville,
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Senior British Military Officer, Identified as Charles Sackville, 6th Earl Of Dorset (1643-1706) circle of Sir Godfrey KNELLER Large 17th Century military portrait of...
Canvas, Oil
$198,353
H 47.75 in W 66.5 in
Grand 19th Century English Marine Painting in Stunning Light
By John Wilson Ewbank
Located in London, GB
John Wilson Ewbank (1799 - 1847) Shipping in the Harbour, South Shields Oil on canvas 39.5 x 58 inches unframed 47.75 x 66.5 inches framed Provenance: Christie's October 2002; L...
Oil
$5,012Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.68 in W 5.12 in D 1.97 in
The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700 Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...
Paper
$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
$1,467Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 28 in
Large Mid Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Gentleman with Newspaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman reading the 'London Journal', English school (mid 19th century) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 36 x 28 inches condition: some minor surface abrasion...
Oil, Canvas
$9,238Sale Price|20% Off
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
$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
This exceptional antique oil painting on canvas by renowned American artist Henry Peters Gray (1819–1877) depicts W. P. Wright, Esq. in a dignified three-quarter-length portrait pain...
Oil
$2,119Sale 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
$4,061
H 12.21 in W 10.24 in
Portrait of a Young Man with Bagpipes, Follower of J.H. Tischbein the Elder
By Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder
Located in Stockholm, SE
Follower of Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789) Man with Bagpipes oil on oak panel no signature 25 × 19 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in) 31 x 26 cm (12.2 x 10.2 in) This refined 18th...
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
$1,521Sale Price|20% Off
H 17 in W 14 in
19th-Century French Oil Portrait of Smart Gentleman in Formal Attire
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman in Formal Attire French School, 19th century oil on board, framed framed: 17 x 14 inches board : 13 x 10.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, Franc...
Oil
$6,500
H 41.5 in W 18.75 in D 1.5 in
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
Paint
$3,933
H 22.5 in W 18.5 in
17th-Century Flemish School, Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Justaucorps, Oil
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine late 17th-century Flemish portrait depicts a distinguished gentleman dressed in the elaborate fashions of the 1670s. He wears a long, collarless coat known as a justaucorps...
Canvas, Oil
$75,426
H 14 in W 11.8 in
Two royal portraits (the Duc d'Angoulême and the Duc de Berry) by H.P. Danloux
Located in PARIS, FR
These two royal portraits are a major historical testimony to the stay of the Comte d'Artois (the future Charles X) and his family in Edinburgh in 1796-1797. Given by the sitters to ...
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
$21,467
H 31.89 in W 25.6 in D 0.4 in
18th century French Old Master Portrait of a woman in oriental costume
Located in Aartselaar, BE
French 18th century old master portrait of a majestic lady dressed "à la Turque" The sitter at the viewer with a kind and enigmatic smile and twinkling eyes. She looks elegant and ...
Canvas, Oil
Mid-19th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Chemist
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This striking mid-19th-century French portrait presents a male sitter standing calmly beside a table laid with the tools of scientific inquiry. Dressed in a dark frock coat with ca...
Canvas, Oil
$7,950
H 33.25 in W 20.25 in D 3 in
“A Lady in Black, 1894” French Impressionist Portrait Pastel on Canvas Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“A Lady in Black, 1894” by Paul-Marie Lapierre Renouard (1854-1940) This exceptional pastel portrait of an elegant woman in black is among the artist’s finest works. A close examina...
Canvas, Pastel
$4,415
H 39.5 in W 31 in D 3 in
Portrait Of A Member Of The Greder Family, Late 17th-Century Oil Painting
By Hyacinthe Rigaud
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine late 17th-century oil painting by an artist working in the circle of French painter Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) depicts a distinguished member of the Greder family of Solo...
Canvas, Oil
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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