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Period: 19th Century
Portrait of a Pointer dog - 19th Century Oil on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of a Pointer dog monogrammed and dated “A.D. 1895”, oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, mounted in a gilt wood frame.
This intimate late 19th century portrait depicts a Poi...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Antique Portrait of a woman, original antique oil painting by Eugene Smits
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique oil on wood portrait of a woman by Belgium artist, Eugine Smits 1800s. This delightful painting in its rich and powerful tones and scultured impressionist paint layers is ve...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thomas van Leent (1807-1882) - Dutch School 1856 Oil, Woman with a Parrot
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely executed and richly symbolic portrait by Dutch artist Thomas van Leent (1807-1882). A young woman sits in a stone niche holding a book in her lap whilst a parrot in a gilded...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cuzco (Cusco) School - Ángel Arcabucero (Angel with Arquebus)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Cuzco (Cusco) School, 19th century, Peru
Ángel Arcabucero (Angel with Arquebus)
oil on canvas
unframed 58 × 41 cm (22.8 × 16.1 in)
framed 66 × 49 cm (26.0 × 19.3 in)
No signature
Provenance:
Acquired in Peru in 1986 by the previous owner.
Essay:
This painting portrays a celestial figure identified as an ángel arcabucero – literally an “arquebus-bearing angel,” shown as an archangel wielding an early firearm (arquebus) instead of the traditional sword. The angel is richly attired in the fashion of an Andean noble or Spanish aristocrat, with an ornate embroidered coat, lace collar, and billowing sleeves, in keeping with the distinctive iconography of these militaristic angels. Such ángeles arcabuceros emerged in the late 17th century in colonial Peru and were especially popular in Cuzco School painting, replacing the sword of Catholic warrior-angels with a gun to signify the heavenly army’s power in a modern guise. The graceful figure, dressed as a nobleman yet serving a divine role, underscores the fusion of earthly authority and celestial protection – a sartorial and symbolic innovation unique to the Andean region’s religious art. This iconography, found only in Spanish colonial territories, resonated with local believers and visually confirmed the angel’s identity as a heavenly soldier guarding the faithful, his delicate hands cradling a long-barreled arquebus as if it were a sacred instrument.
The Ángel Arcabucero exemplifies the visual hallmarks of the Cuzco School, a major Peruvian painting...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Old Master Oil Painting Christ Healing the Sick in Jersusalem
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ Healing the Sick
French School, 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 15 x 20.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Europe
Condition: some craquelure throughout, mo...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,725 Sale Price
30% Off
Marie Mancini as Cleopatra
, Flemish Portrait, Italian Noblewoman, Louis XIV
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed and dated indistinctly, lower left, and painted circa 1850.
Framed dimensions: 39 W x 4 D x 34.5 W inches
Displayed in a fine and substantial, late 19th Century, carved giltwo...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Scholar
Located in Corsham, GB
A formal portrait of a smartly dressed gentleman, leaning casually against a desk. He holds a book in his hand as a symbol of his intelligence, and returns the viewer's gaze with cal...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 19th Century French Dog Oil Painting Portrait of a Pug in Wooded Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pug Dog
French School, 19th century, unsigned
inscribed verso possibly with the artists name/ former owner
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 22 inches
canvas : 22 x 19...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Russian Princess Olga Meyendorff, born Gorchakov, 19th Century Portrait
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of Princess Olga Gorchakov by female 19th century artist Elise Hügel.
An oval portrait of Princess Olga Gortschakoff (1838–1926), here pictured soon after her marriage to Baron Friedrich Adeldagus Felix von Meyendorff, becoming Baroness von Meyendorff, signed Elise Hügel and dated 1858. Executed in oil on canvas, the work shows a young Olga in her early 20´s...
Category
Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Lady in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
An extremely fine nineteenth-century oil portrait of a young lady in profile, dating to the second half of the century. The sitter wears a silky cerulean dress adorned with delicate ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - Large Antique English Georgian Early 19th Century Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large early 19th century Georgian oil on canvas portrait of a young lady wrapped in silk.
Excellent quality portrait which is indistinctly inscribed on the reverse with ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French/ Italian Oil Painting Portrait of a Uniformed Brass Musician
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Brass Band Musician
19th Century, French/ Italian School
signed oil on canvas mounted board, framed
framed: 19 x 15 inches
board: 14 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
French School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French oil painting on panel “Dog lying in front of fireplace” 19th century
Located in Gavere, BE
French oil painting on panel “Dog lying in front of fireplace” 19th century
Thematically, the work aligns with 19th-century realism, which focuses on everyday, non-heroic subjects. ...
Category
French School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine Early Victorian Portrait of English Gentleman Oil Painting in Maple Wood Fr
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an English Gentleman
English School, circa 1830-1840 period
Circle of Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793-1872) unsigned
oil on canvas,...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 1800
s Georgian English Portrait of Lady in Lace Bonnet Blue Shawl, oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady (could be straight out of a Jane Austen novel!)
English School (very early 19th Century, circa 1800-1820)
oil on canvas, framed in an antique gilt frame with shell...
Category
English School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine French Antique Oil Painting Panel Lady Seated in Cottage Interior Knitting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Woman in Cottage Interior
French School, 19th century
signed initials
oil on wood panel, framed in period antique gilt frame
framed: 15 x 12.5 inches
panel: 9 x 6.75 inches
Provenan...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Romantic Portrait of a Woman in Oriental Dress among Greek Ruins, ca. 1840
Located in Firenze, IT
Female Figure in Oriental Dress among the Ruins of Romantic Greece
Oil on canvas, 61 × 46 cm (without frame), 74 × 57 cm (with frame)
Early to mid-19th century
Not signed
A youn...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A formal portrait of a gentleman wearing a brown coat and wig. Well presented in an oval gilt-effect frame with floral ornamentation. Illegibly inscribed in German to the reverse of ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cornish Fisherman Signed Antique Oil Painting Portrait Old Sea Salt Sailor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cornish Fisherman
Signed by David W. Haddon (British, flourished end of the 19th century)
Oil on board, framed
framed: 13 x 11 inches
board: 10 x 8 inches
Provenance: Private col...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna and Child 1800
s English Oil on Canvas with Circular Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Child
English Old Master, c. 1800
oil on canvas, unframed (relined canvas)
Canvas: 14.5 x 12 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condition
De...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Victorian English Old Master Oil Painting Madonna
Christ Child after Dyck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna and Christ Child
English School, 19th century
after the earlier painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed in fine elaborate gilt frame.
Framed: 49...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait King Henry 8th VIII Antique English Painting Famous Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Henry VIII
English artist, circa 1840's
oil on paper laid on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 10inches
board: 8 x 7.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, UK
cond...
Category
English School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
The blue bow: a little boy with tousled hair naturalistic portrait oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
This sweet little boy sits quietly like a well brought up child, but you can see in his eyes how much he likes to run and play. In this sensitive portrait painted in circa 1860 by Fé...
Category
Naturalistic 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century German School, Gentleman with Top Hat, 1839
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century German School
Br: Venus aus Chemnitz 50 Jahre alt 58 24/5 39, 1839
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
25.5 x 20 inches
30.5 x 24.75 inches, framed
The gentleman is Johann ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dog Portrait of a Chihuahua- Arthur von Ferraris (Hungarian, 1856-1936)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Dog Portrait of a Chihuahua 1896
Arthur von Ferraris (Hungarian, 1856-1936)
Signed and dated (1896) right side
Oil on cardboard
11 1/2 x 8 3/4 (17 x 14 1/4 frame) inches
Provenance: ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Paul TILLIER Portrait Red hair woman with a bolero French painting 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Paul Prosper TILLIER
Le Boupère (Vendée), 1834 – Paris, 1915
Oil on canvas
46 x 29 cm (53 x 36 cm with frame)
Signed lower right “Paul Tillier”
Born in Vendée in France, Paul Tilli...
Category
French School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,763 Sale Price
20% Off
Dog Portraits: "The Musicians" Charles Van den Eycken ((1859 - 1923)
By Charles H. Van den Eycken
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Musicians"
Charles H. Van den Eycken (Belgium, 1859 - 1923)
Oil on wood panel with highly ornate original wood, stucco and gilt frame.
Signed upper right and dated "1893.'
10 1...
Category
Realist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Oil, Wood Panel
Woman Playing with a Kitten
Located in Sheffield, MA
Willem Steelink Jr.
Dutch, 1856-1928
Woman Playing with a Kitten
Oil on board
9 ¾ X 7 ¾ in. w/ frame 13 ¾ X 11 ¾ in.
Signed "Wilm. Steelink" upper right
Willem Steelink Jr. (16 Jul...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Queen
by Diogène Ulysse Napoléon Maillart (French, 1840 – 1926) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 42 x 30 inches
framed: 45 x 33 inches
condition: overall v...
Category
Symbolist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$26,292 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Antique Classical Nude Draped in Robes Dancing with Dog Gold Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 19th century
Title: Classical nude draped in robes with dancing dog. The work looks as though it might have been a ceiling...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,369 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian English Oil - Fine Posed Lady Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century.
The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$438 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Victorian Portrait of Country Gentlemen Squire Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English artists, circa 1870
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 31 inches
canvas : 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall very good and pr...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Austrian school. Portrait of a Lady with Floral Shawl. Ca. 1825
Located in Firenze, IT
Austrian or Central European School.
Portrait of a Lady in White Dress with Floral Shawl and Long Chain with Pendant, ca. 1825-1835
Oil on canvas, relined
Size: 76 × 62 cm
Half-le...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,072 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid 19th Century After Greuze Portrait of Milkmaid Oil Painting on Panel Framed
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in Stockholm, SE
A finely executed mid-19th-century oil painting on panel depicting "The Milkmaid" after Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805). This captivating portrait, painted in a charming manner with...
Category
French School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Young Boy Seen from Behind
Located in Stockholm, SE
This intimate oil painting presents a young boy viewed from a three-quarter rear angle, caught in a quiet, reflective moment. The child’s back is turned gently toward the viewer, ren...
Category
Realist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
1830
s French Romantic Period Large Oil Painting Christ on the Cross
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Crucifixion
French School, circa 1830's
circle of Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 37.5 x 22.5 inches
provenance: private collection, northern France
...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,108 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Dog Portrait: Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs Jules Chardigny
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Double Portrait: Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs
Jules Chardigny (France, 1842-1892) circa 1870
Oil on canvas, signed
21 3/4 x 18 1/4 (29 1/8 x 25 frame) inches
Though pairs of G...
Category
Realist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Russian nun
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Russian Nun
Oil on canvas
40.7 x 32.5 cm
(68 x 61.5 cm with frame)
Numbered 701 lower left
Wihtout signature
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1830
s British Oil Painting Large Portrait of a Distinguished Gentleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an English Gentleman
English School, circa 1830's period
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 30 x 24.5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Condition: relined canvas, ov...
Category
English School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Portrait of a North African Man, 1872” Orientalist Portrait Black Model 19th C.
Located in Yardley, PA
“Portrait of a North African Man, 1872” by August Holmberg (1851-1911)
This striking oil painting by the German painter, August Holmberg, depicts a richly detailed and intimate port...
Category
Realist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Canvas
Beautiful 19th Century French Oil Painting on Panel Portrait Lady in Red
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in a Red Dress
French artist, late 19th century
oil on wooden panel, framed in an ornate antique gilt frame.
framed: 16.5 x 13 inches
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
prove...
Category
French School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,314 Sale Price
20% Off
La Parisienne - Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Jean Beraud
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed full length portrait circa 1890 by French impressionist painter Jean Beraud. The work depicts a Parisian lady in a green tuile skirt, a blue jacket with fur and black lace up ...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
19th century English Victorian chickens in a barn scene with Rooster and Hens
Located in Woodbury, CT
This charming English Victorian painting by Arthur Jackson beautifully captures a rustic scene of chickens in a barn. The artist's meticulou...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Huge Victorian Oil Painting by Famous Artist Portrait Country Girl in Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gleaner
by Charles Sillem LIDDERDALE (British, 1831-1895)
signed & dated 1890
oil painting on canvas,
framed in what we believe to be the original frame
framed: 51.5 x 37.5 inch...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog Charming Antique English Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog
English artist, late 19th century
Watercolour drawing on board, unframed
drawing: 7.25 x 5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Condition: This paint...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Classic 19th-Century Beauty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Everything about this portrait denotes an aristocratic sitter. Enrobed in an off-white silken gown, the young lady is adorned by a string of pearls extending beyond her waist. Since ...
Category
Other Art Style 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baroque Style Oil Portrait, The Laughing Cavalier, Follower of Frans Hals
Located in Cotignac, FR
19th Century oil on canvas portrait of a cavalier. The painting is signed or annotated top right. There is a supplier's trade stamp to the back of the canvas.
A wonderful jewel of a...
Category
Baroque 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English Folk Art portrait of a seated King Charles Cavalier dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th Century English Folk Art School
Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Oil on canvas, 13 x 15 inches
Provenance: Iona Antiques
As normal these folk art paintings are unsign...
Category
Folk Art 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Oil - The League
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depiction of a young boy reading a paper titled 'The League'. Inscribed verso 'Sketch by E. Brothers'. Presented in a gilt frame with elaborate foliate ornamentation. On c...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Gentleman English circa 1860
s Period Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th century English school
Portrait of a young gentleman (a scholar?) in dress suit
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 19.5 inches
canvas: 14 x 1...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Oil Painting Portrait of Pomeranian Dog 19th Century framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pomeranian Dog
English artist, late 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches
Canvas: 10 x 8 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Surrey, England
...
Category
English School 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19 cent or earlier Signed Antique Original Oil Painting on canvas, Genre Scene
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a fabulous antique 19th-century or even earlier original oil painting on canvas depicting an interior scene with a seated female nude queen w...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,300 Sale Price
50% Off
19th century English dog portrait, wire haired Jack Russell in original frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to Richard Aistrop (British, active 1880–1910)
Portrait of a Wire-Haired Jack Russell Terrier
Oil on board, circa 1890
In its original gilt frame
Signed Bottom left
This...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century English Victorian Portrait of Two Dogs in a Field Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Two Dogs
English artist, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 18 x 14 inches
Provenance: Private collection, England
Condition: The painting is in good condit...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
J.Lambert 19th c. Antique oil painting on wood Portrait, Genre scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an exceptional original 19th-century antique oil painting on wood board, depicting a nobleman in a red camisole, holding a guitar. He peeks around a corner with an exp...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,725 Sale Price
25% Off
18/19-th Century French Antique Original Oil Painting on canvas, Rococo, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a fabulous Oil on canvas painting. French, late 18th to early 19th century. The artwork depicts a gallant scene, a shepherdess, and her lover resting in the forest. This stunning impressive piece of art is waiting to be a part of your collection. Collectible European Classical Paintings, Rococo, And Romanticism in Fine Art
More photos are available upon request.
Overall in very good condition.
Please see the photos, they are part of the description.
The painting is presented in a nice vintage ornate frame...
Category
Rococo 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,520 Sale Price
47% Off
Painting Portrait Soldier in armor Circel of MESSONIER Wood panel 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 19th century
Ernest MESSONIER (Circle of)
Portrait of a soldier in armor
27.5 x 17.5 cm (31 x 21 cm with the frame)
Beautiful pitch pine wood frame
Good condition
Category
Realist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Julius Kronberg’s Angelica – A Romantic Heroine of Renaissance Legend
Located in Stockholm, SE
Literary Origins of Angelica
The subject of this painting is Angelica, a princess from the epic chivalric romances of the Italian Renaissance. She first appears in Matteo Maria Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato (1483) and reappears famously in Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso (1532). In these poems – part of the Matter of France cycle of Charlemagne and his paladins – Angelica’s extraordinary beauty ensnares many knights, including Orlando (Roland) and his cousin Rinaldo, sparking rivalries and adventures. Ariosto’s narrative particularly highlights Angelica’s tumultuous journey: at one point she is stripped and chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster (a scene mirroring the myth of Andromeda) before being dramatically rescued by the valiant knight Ruggiero on his winged horse. Ultimately, however, Angelica chooses her own destiny. She falls in love with a humble Saracen soldier, Medoro, whom she nurses back to health, and she returns with him to her far-off Asian kingdom – an affair that drives the heartbroken Orlando to madness. This independent resolution (marrying outside the circle of Christian knights) made Angelica an emblem of feminine agency and romantic idealism in Renaissance literature. Her story remained popular in art and literature through the centuries, symbolizing the allure and elusiveness of love.
Kronberg’s Portrayal and Composition
In Julius Kronberg...
Category
Realist 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
19th Victorian century Portrait of a Young girl titled
Im Better Now
Located in Woodbury, CT
Edward Patry (1856–1940)
I’m Better Now, oil on canvas, circa 1890–1900, in the original frame
This tender and exquisitely rendered portrait by Edward Patry captures a moment of qui...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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