Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Lady Dormer, Mary Browne c. 1592 oil on panel 35 x 29 inches, unframed; 41 x 34.75 inches, inc. frame Inscribed 'Lady Dormore' Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampt...
Oil
Sir Rowland Cotton (1581 – 1634), Tudor Oil on Canvas, Life Size Painting
Located in London, GB
In 1590 Gheeraerts married Magdalena, the sister of the painter John De Critz. The couple had six children, only two of whom seemed to have survived.
Canvas, Oil
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H 21.26 in W 19.3 in D 1.58 in
17th Century Royal Portrait of James I of England & James VI of Scotland
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
Period Portraits are proud to present this fine oil on panel portrait from the circle of John de Critz which dates to the early 17th century.
Oil
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H 40.95 in W 35.04 in D 3.15 in
Portrait of a Lady in Elaborate Costume with Ruff & Pearls c.1615; oil on panel
By Robert Peake the Elder
Located in London, GB
In 1603 he was employed in the royal household of James I as ‘Picturemaker’ and four years later as ‘Sargeant Painter’ to James I, sharing the position with John de Critz. He is one...
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 33.86 in W 27.56 in
Portrait James I England King Mytens Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The work can be compared with the canvas in Blickling Hall, The Lothian Collection (National Trust) Daniel Mytens was one of the many painters of Flemish and Dutch origin active at...
Oil
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H 31.89 in W 25.6 in D 2.37 in
Portrait of Princess Elizabeth, later Queen of Bohemia, dated 1606, Oil on panel
By Robert Peake the Elder
Located in London, GB
In 1607, Peake was jointly appointed with John de Critz as Serjeant Painter to James I. He died in 1619.
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 35.83 in W 24.41 in D 2.37 in
Portrait of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia & Electress Palatine, Fine Gilded Frame
Located in London, GB
Over the course of his five-year tenure in London, he rose to become the preferred painter of Anne of Denmark, the consort of James VI and I, and later of the King himself, displacin...
Canvas, Oil
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H 37.25 in W 32.25 in D 2.5 in
Attributed to Cornelius de Neve, Portrait of John, Lord Belasyse
Located in London, GB
It has been suggested he possibly associated with Van Dyck, though his works show a strong debt to painting in England prior to his arrival, particularly John de Critz who was his st...
Oil
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H 36 in W 30 in
Portrait King Christian III of Denmark and Norway (1503-1559), 16th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait King Christian III of Denmark and Norway (1503-1559), 16th Century Flemish School Court Portrait Studio of John de Critz (1551-1642) Fine large 16th Century portrait if C...
Oil
$3,450
H 15 in W 10 in D 0.65 in
Wonderful French Ormolu Purple Enamel Gilt Bronze Bow Picture Frame Miniature
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful and rare French ormolu bronze and purple enamel picture frame with a miniature on the top with bows and tassels. Frame: 10" W X 15" H Picture:7" W X 9&q...
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of French Antique Cast Brass Belle Epoque Style Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Patinated Cast Brass Style: French Antique
Brass
$450,000
H 43 in W 32 in
"The Boy, Moses" illustration for Children of the Bible in Good Housekeeping
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The present work was reproduced as an illustration for Bruce Barton's story "The Boy Who Established a Nation," published in the February 1929 issue of Good Housekeeping. Part of an ...
Canvas, Oil
Unusual 19th Century Irish Waterford Glass Mirror
Located in London, GB
An unusual Irish 'all glass' mirror. Mid 19th Century, made in the style of early 18th Century examples. The arched top mirror plate is set within a frame of faceted blue and white ...
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Skee Ball Arcade Machine, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This vintage Skee Ball Machine is your all access pass to instant arcade nostalgia. With its iconic red lanes, bright yellow guides, and retro scoreboards that light up like a carniv...
Metal
$4,600
H 72 in W 14 in D 8 in
Exquisite Pied Peacock Taxidermy: A Majestic Display of Rarity and Elegance
Located in New York, NY
This finely preserved taxidermy specimen depicts a Pied Peacock, a rare and visually striking color morph of the Indian Blue Peacock (Pavo cristatus). The pied variety is characteriz...
Leather, Feathers
$4,200 / set
H 12.25 in W 8.75 in D 3.25 in
pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood wall brackets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely pair of Italian early 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood wall brackets. Each beautiful wall bracket displays a finely carved bust of a cherub with palmettes atop his head a...
Giltwood
$60,547Sale Price|20% Off
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Glass, Walnut
$648,500
H 32 in W 37.75 in
Homme à l'agneau, mangeur de pastèque et flûtiste
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed, dated and numbered “Picasso / 3.2.67 / II” (upper right) Crayon on paper Hailed among the fathers of modern art, Pablo Picasso possessed a seemingly endless supply of creati...
Paper, Crayon
Complete 19th Century Pharmacy Shop Library Bookcases
Located in Vosselaar, BE
We offer a original and complete late 19th century Pharmacy. Found in France it comprises 2 large corner cupboards with shelving on the long side. Furthermore a large bowed and sculp...
Wood
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, early edition 1786
Located in Middletown, NY
4th Edition of the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations London: A. Strahan and T. Cade...
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Ormolu and Crystal Drinks Set
Located in London, GB
A drinks set of the Napoleon III Period The ormolu rectangular frame, rising from swept feet, with a running arcaded gallery, fitted with a mirror plate base houses a suite of fou...
Crystal, Ormolu
Porcelain Figure, Russian Dancer designed by Dimitri Iwanow for Lomonosov
By Dimitri Ivanov, Lomonosov
Located in Bochum, NRW
Tamara Karsavina, a Ballets Russes Dancer, impersonating the "Firebird" in the Ballet by Igor Strawinsky. Porcelain Figure by Dimitri Iwanow for Lomonosov, St. Petersburg Manufactory...
Porcelain
$28,800 / set
H 47 in W 28 in D 28 in
Pair of 1960s Hollywood Regency Chairs in Leopard Velvet & Black Leather Piping
By Dorothy Draper, James Mont
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Jaw dropping one of a kind 1960s Pair of James Mont style Hollywood Regency Throne chairs coming your way and ready for the red carpet. Furniture couture for sure. These gorgeous Chi...
Leather, Upholstery, Velvet, Lacquer
$11,108Sale Price|25% Off
H 49.22 in W 77.56 in D 33.86 in
Restoration period mahogany-veneered sofa bed with canopy
Located in Paris, FR
Restoration-period mahogany-veneered boat-shaped sofa-bed with slightly inverted headboard. The front is soberly adorned with an ormolu plaque featuring scrolls and fleurons framing ...
Bronze
$10,936
H 41.93 in W 26.97 in D 14.97 in
Strongbox Safe Iron Painted Armada Chest Nuremberg Renaissance
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, small, late-Renaissance, Nuremberg, iron, 'armada box', strongbox or travelling safe with its original, naïve, painted decoration This is a rare, small, example of these cha...
Iron
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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