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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Couple #2- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude dancing male and female
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone
Couple #2
50 x 40 cm
Oil on wood
Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence.
For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltime works as a painter. Her works are all around the world in great collections.
For our exhibition 'A Female Gaze' Daniela Astone made a series of paintings where the female aspect of her life is the main subject.
This series contains a series of seven paintings where you see a dancing couple. Female- male couples and male-male/ female-female couples.
The Currator of Galerie Bonnard says about the paintings by Daniela Astone:
The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special. Her style is virtuoso and her subjects narrative. The keys are loose and subtle. For this artist, standing in front of a painting means...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Girl in the Rain - Gold Edition #5", Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Gold Edition - with real gold leaf, 23,75 carat
Art measures 19.68 x 19.68 inches
Frame measures 24.80 x 24.80 inches
Framed in a high-quality contemporary wooden moulding.
Color...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
State of Mind 15 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow of Africa 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
18th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait, Major Alexander Brown in Military Uniform.
By Sir David Wilkie
Located in Cotignac, FR
18th Century Military portrait of a young officer in Napoleonic period military dress. The painting is not signed but the subject is Major Alexander Brown. The work is oil on canvas later mounted on board and presented in a fine 'Regence style' carved gilt frame. There are labels to the back referring to the subject, 'Major Brown of Trinity' and a framers trade label from Edinburgh.
A magnificent and imposing portrait of a young military officer in the prime of his life. His red uniform adorned with fine buttons, fringed epaulettes and high gilt collar. His ruddy complexion offset by his stylish hair, a quiff and swept forward to the sides as was the fashion at the time.
Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) was a Scottish painter, especially known for his portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from his travels to Europe and the Middle East. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes. His main base was in London, but he died and was buried at sea, off Gibraltar, returning from his first trip to the Middle East. He was sometimes known as the "people's painter".
He was Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV and Queen Victoria. Apart from royal portraits, his best-known painting today is probably The Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch of 1822 in Apsley House.
Sir David Wilkie was actually admitted in 1799 (despite only being 14) through the influence of the Earl of Leven...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Generation Pop
Located in Zofingen, AG
Generation Pop is my vision of a generation that lives through colors, emotions, and the spirit of play.
The brightness of childhood fused with the pulse of pop art creates a fresh, ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century French Signed Oil Portrait of a Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Woman
French artist, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, frames
Framed: 29 x 23 inches
Board : 22 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,187 Sale Price
30% Off
Seated Woman in Blue oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Sanz
Title: Seated Woman in Blue
Date: Late 20th Century
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 91 × 61 cm (35.8 × 24 in)
Frame: Unframed
Signature: Signed Sanz lower left
Conditi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baroque Italian painter - 17/18th century figure painting - Franciscan friar
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th-18th century) - Franciscan pilgrim friar sitting writing (preparatory sketch).
14 x 16.5 cm without frame, 19 x 21.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on pa...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$948 Sale Price
33% Off
Original 1920
s/ 30
s Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady Exquisite Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
original pencil drawing on paper
by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
signed
piece of paper is 12 x 9.5 inches
In good condition, though with ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Crayon
Yesterday
s Echo -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Adebayo Taiwo, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Lady - Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French modernist oil on board portraity of a smartly dressed young lady.
Typicallly French look to the lady in this lovely little portrait. She is smart...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hippie portrait original oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frame size 50x58 cm.
Joan Cruspinera Muñoz was born in 1945 in Tiana, Barcelona. This Catalan artist is a painter, draftsman and painter. His training...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$450 Sale Price
36% Off
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970
s French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 25.5 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the su...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sincerity of Purpose -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage man portrait post impressionist oil painting by French artist Yves Diey
By Yves Diey
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage portrait of a man oil painting by French artist Yves Diey. This is a 1939 oil on board, signed in the bottom left of a man in a suit and tie. Here, the artist has sculpture...
Category
1930s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ocean sunset -original hyper realism seascape oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil Pastel, Oil
Attitude - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women Fashion
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The painting titled “Attitude” captures the very ‘essence’ of his subjects who they are and what they represent outside of their roles experiences obligations and accomplishments. Ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Study of a Basset Hound by Léon Espinasse (French 19th/20th)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Portrait of a Basset Hound"
Léon Espinasse (French, c. 1870 to 20th century)
Watercolor
Signed lower left
12 x 9 3/8 (23 ¾ x 21 frame) inches
A stunning exercise in complete contro...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970
s French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
signed oil painting on card, unframed
size: 17 x 24 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hallucination
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting conveys the idea that what we perceive as life may be an illusion, while the true reality remains hidden. At the center of the scene, a man and a woman stand by a pool, ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Everywhere and Nowhere", Sarah Detweiler "Hidden Mother" Woman in Grass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Everywhere and Nowhere" is an original painting by Sarah Detweiler and is made from oil paint on gallery wrap canvas with preserved moss edges. This piece measures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Found Objects, Mixed Media
404. Exit Not Found
Located in Zofingen, AG
The world offers fewer exits. Fewer phone booths. Fewer places to disconnect from the noise. In this striking, hyperreal scene, a woman walks alone past a red booth glowing in the ni...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
The Cat Knows but Says Nothing
Located in Zofingen, AG
A woman sits in a sunlit room with soft geometric lines and a peaceful color palette of green, beige, and blue. A black cat rests on her lap, staring out the window at a calm, bl...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Original Fauvist Oil Portrait -- Study of Madame Matisse
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of Madame Matisse Fauvist portrait in oil paint on canvas.
Vintage study of Henri Matisse's famous fauvist portrait with his wife as sitter. Signed by Annamarina Norman, a Cal...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
$142 Sale Price
30% Off
19th century English portrait of a White/grey hunter in a stable
Located in Woodbury, CT
English 19th century portrait of a White / Grey hunter in a stable.
Charles Towne was born in Wigan in 1763. He was trained as a coach painter, and by ...
Category
1820s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Face No. 103, 2018
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
A face in multi colors, including mainly bone with red, grey and white. Acrylic painting on paper is 14 x 11 inches. Part of the artist's new series begun in 2017 of anonymous face...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
surreal woman face oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938) - Surrealist figure - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938)
Catalan painter attracted by the Middle Ages and I...
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$545 Sale Price
61% Off
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier
By David Morier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
David Morier (c.1705–1770 London)
An equestrian portrait of Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier, 1st Earl of Ligonier (1680–1770)
Oil on canvas
Canvas size - 40 x 50 in
Framed size - 48 ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman - 1920
s Antique English Art Deco Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A fine 1920's oil on board portrait of a smartly dressed gentleman, close to the work of James Abbott McNeil Whistler.
The work is indistinctly signed and dated 1924 lower right. P...
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Petite fille - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Henri Lebasque
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated divisionist oil on canvas figure in landscape by French post impressionist painter Henri Lebasque. This stunning piece depicts a young girl in a white dress wearing ...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"M.Y. 3" (2014) by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
"M.Y. 3" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on board depicting a brunette female in a contemplative pose.
A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature.
To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mannerist Italian painter - 16th/17th figure painting - Madonna praying
Located in Varmo, IT
Umbrian-Roman Master (16th-17th century) - Madonna in Prayer.
84 x 58.5 cm unframed, 96 x 70.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame (not signed).
Condi...
Category
16th Century Mannerist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,134 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique German Oil Painting Portrait of a Family Group - Restoration project
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Family Group
German School, late 19th/ early 20th century
oil on board
board: 17.5 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: sound condition but with various surface ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gentleman with a Pipe - 1930
s French Post Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A striking 1930's French post-impressionist oil on board portrait of a gentleman smoking a pipe by Antonin Guéton.
Excellent quality and condition post-impressionist portrait. Sign...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil painting on canvas Spaniel and Terrier dog in a kennel by Samuel Fulton
Located in Gavere, BE
Oil painting on canvas Spaniel and Terrier dog in a kennel by Samuel Fulton . A Portrait of a Dog by Fulton achieved US $17,640 at Christie’s in New York — his auction record
Info :...
Category
1920s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Panagia Paramythia Byzantine Style Icon, Egg Tempera on Wood, 24K Gold Leaf
Located in Segovia, ES
Panagia Paramythia (Mother of Consolation)
Artist: Oliver Samsinger.
Technique: Egg tempera on gesso and wood, with 24‑karat gold leaf.
Dimensions: 37 × 31 × 2.5 cm.
Description of...
Category
2010s Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of an Elegant Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960)
signed and dated 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
c...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970
s French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
signed oil painting on card, unframed
size: 17.5 x 24.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1800
s British Oil Painting Family Portrait Dorset Country House Children
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The children of Robert Williams with their go-cart in the grounds of Bridehead, Dorset *see historical notes below.
ATTRIBUTED TO RAMSAY RICHARD REINAGLE (1775-1862, unsigned).
oi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,409 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait of an Architect with his Drawings - 18th Century Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of an Architect at His Desk, 1798
Oil on canvas, relined. Signed “C A Lorentzen 1798.”
The composition depicts an architect seated at his desk, surrounded by drawings and pa...
Category
1790s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Balinese Dancer - British 1920
s art portrait oil painting Musician Music Dance
By John Young Hunter
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning British 1920's tempera oil on board painting is by noted artist John Young Hunter. It was painted circa 1927 and the composition is a f...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Contemporary abstract expressive woman
s figure painting "Fierce Identity"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
French artist Natalya Mougenot continues her ongoing series dedicated to women, where she explores resilience, transformation, and the complexity of feminine strength. Each portrait ...
Category
2010s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
HM Queen Elizabeth II Portrait British Oil Painting signed oil on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Late HM Queen Elizabeth II
Edne G. Simpson, British 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
State of Mind - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In a bid to find myself strength amidst an inferiority complex. I realized that, whether as an individual or as a nation, What we call strength and weakness, yellow, black and white...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
An Apostle Painted in the Circle of Peter Paul Rubens, Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Peter Paul Rubens (circle of)
An Apostle
circular 15.15 inches (38.5 cm)
oil on canvas
Provenance: Bukowskis Auctions, lot 725149, as "Peter Paul Rubens, circle of".
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Original Oil Painting - lady in hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
dated 1991
oil painting on canvas
canvas: 44 x 30 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: from the...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,282 Sale Price
30% Off
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 1966 Oil, Chiaroscuro Self Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
An intriguing oil study by the artist George Weissbort (1928-2013). Signed, dated and inscribed verso. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort). On board.
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary French Abstract Picasso Style Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Regal Style French Abstract, Picasso Style, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 25.5 x 21.5 inches
Sensational abstract oil painting by a French female artist named Beatrice Werlie.
The abstract style painting shows a medley of coloured flecks, based on a ochre background, with a soft range of reds and greens.
There is a faint outline of a face with what we believe to be a crown, lost amongst the cubist paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Halfway, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "Halfway" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman with her hands folded and supporting her chin as she stares forward, her face cast in light and ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century Irish or English Antique portrait of two dogs, waterdogs
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding portrait of two dogs.
Sam Spode was an Irish painter of horse and dog portraits from the late 18th century through the early 19th century. His dog portraits are very rar...
Category
1830s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Rare Renaissance Old Master Oil Painting c. 1600 Oil on Panel The Madonna
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Virgin Madonna
Spanish Renaissance artist, circle of El Greco (1541-1614)
circa 1600
oil on wood panel, unframed
panel: 20 x 14.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, northern ...
Category
Early 17th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$13,095 Sale Price
30% Off
French Art Deco Portrait 1920s Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
French Art Deco Portrait 1920s Oil Painting
A captivating French Art Deco–era portrait, possibly portraying a dancer, silent film star, or flapper girl.
Her striking dark eye makeup ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Unique Circular Portrait of a Migrant Girl on Yellow Wood Panel – "Currency #247
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Special offer only in this artwork of this series: 50% off from May 21 to May 28 only. This limited-time campaign highlights selected works from Currencies, the long-running series b...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
After Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) - 19th Century Oil, Self-Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely executed copy of Peter Paul Rubens' 1623 self-portrait. Inscribed "Eigentum von Friedbert Dorfler" (Property of Friedbert Dorfler) to the reverse. Well presented in a gilt-e...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Antique Oil Painting Oval Portrait of Mary Magdalene Holding Ointment Jar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Mary Magdalene with an Ointment Jar
Spanish School, early 20th century
after the earlier 16th century painting by Jan van Scorel
oil on panel, framed
framed: 44 x 34 inc...
Category
Early 20th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940
s French Portrait of Young Man Original Signed Oil on Canvas Period Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
by Roger Allain (French 1920-1992)
signed and dated 1941 (a very rare period due to WW2)
oil on canvas
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
En Deuil Blanc Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87)
Located in Oxford, GB
English School
‘En Deuil Blanc’ Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87)
Oil-on-panel
14 x 10 in.
c.1600
Provenance
Christie’s, South Kensington, November, 2011;
Private collecti...
Category
16th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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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Herman Braun Vega
Howard Somerville
Hugues Merle
Innocent Chikezie