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Two (a pair) Portrait of Gentleman, Portrait of Lady, 17th century, Oil Painting
By John Closterman
Located in London, GB
responsible for some of the remarkable portraits of the period. He spent a couple of years as drapery painter
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Belle Epoque French Portrait of Lady
By Marie Nicolas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
painting from the height of the glorious Belle Epoque period, depicting this portrait of an elegant lady
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil Painting, blue period "Balloon Man" by Diane Vidito
Located in New York, NY
Balloon Man is done in the tradition of a “blue period” Picasso, which had an influence on Vidito’s
Category

1950s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Abstract portrait study from the 1940 s
By Alain Mettais Cartier
Located in Woodbury, CT
Cartier was a French Abstract painter from the 1940-50 period. He painted Landscapes, Portraits and
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1940s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Honoré Louis Umbricht, Portrait Of Marguerite Grosjean, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
was a distinguished painter of genre scenes, landscapes, stills and portraits. Born in the attractive
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1920s French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Woman Giuseppe Palanti Oil Painting 20th Century
By Giuseppe Palanti
Located in Milan, IT
. His painting production includes many portraits of famous characters of the period, especially the
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

PORTRAIT of a Lady in a Blue Dress, circa 1665
By John Michael Wright
Located in London, GB
quite unlike the majority of English portraits of the period. No other English artist before Wright had
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on canvas Spanish “Portrait Toribio of Velasco and Viguri”
Located in Valladolid, ES
Velasco y Viguri” Genre: Portrait Period: 1830–1860 Country of origin: Spain Provenance: Álava-Velasco
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1850s Romantic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Ambrotype of a Gentleman in a Suit in Case, Civil War Period 1860s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present 19th-century photograph is a portrait of a gentleman wearing a suit. Ambrotypes such as
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1860s Romantic Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

Fine Early 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Mother and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine traditional early 19th Century English School portrait in oil, depicting a mother and child
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

After Renaissance Self Portrait by the Artist Tiziano Vercellio or Titian
Located in Houston, TX
Intricately rendered painting after the Renaissance period self portrait of the artist Tiziano
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18th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Mary Augusta de La Barre de Nanteuil (1836 – 1862)
Located in Paris, IDF
testify to a high social rank and a careful staging typical of commissioned portraits of the period
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Seated Gentleman in Brown Robes, Antique Oil Painting
By John Closterman
Located in London, GB
exceptionally luxurious inventiveness which was responsible for some of the remarkable portraits of the period
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cornelis Jonson Van Ceulen The Younger, Portrait Of Philip Lord Wenman
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Restoration Period. Several portraits of Charles II (by Peter Lely’s studio and Jacob Huysmans) are also
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1670s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of William, Baron Craven wearing a green jacket in an interior
By Thomas Beach
Located in Bath, Somerset
setting more expected for a portrait of this quality and period. Another version of this portrait by Beach
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair (2) Portraits Gentleman Lady, William Rachel Helyar c.1656, Civil War
By Robert Walker
Located in London, GB
December 1697 and was buried at Whitechurch, Dorset 2 Jan 1698. This period in which this portrait was
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby, Antique oil on canvas painting
By J. de Langhe
Located in London, GB
modelling of the hands – this portrait is on a level with some of the best portraits of the period. The
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Portrait of a Lady, Margaret Catesby, circa 1660, Manor House Provenance
Located in London, GB
original portrait is notable for being quite unlike the majority of English portraits of the period. No
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Late 17th French Portrait of a gentleman, workshop of N. de Largilliere, Paris
By Nicolas de Largillière
Located in PARIS, FR
tradition in several portraits of this period, such as: Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1685, Chateau de
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Robert-Léopold Leprince. Portrait of a Young Woman with white dress. Circa 1830
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a Young Woman with Black Ribbon Signed Léopold Leprince in red at the right Robert
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1820s Romantic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady with Cartwheel Ruff, Dutch Golden Age, Antique Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
. It is a sublime example of the 17th century Dutch Golden Age portrait. During this period the Dutch
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

(1897-1981) SCOTTISH LARGE 1920 s Portrait of A Lady ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
By William Johnstone
Located in Cirencester, GB
. This work is a wonderful period Scottish portrait and would look even better with the inclusion of a
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Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

(1897-1981) SCOTTISH LARGE 1920 s Portrait of A Lady ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
By William Johnstone
Located in Cirencester, GB
. This work is a wonderful period Scottish portrait and would look even better with the inclusion of a
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Lady Anne Stapylton (c.1663-1730) c.1690s Antique Oil Painting
By John Closterman
Located in London, GB
exceptionally luxurious inventiveness which was responsible for some of the remarkable portraits of the period
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman in Armour and Holding a Baton, Manor House Provenence
Located in London, GB
today (very good period copies are in National Portrait Gallery, London, at Wilton House, Welbeck Abbey
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman in a Black Doublet Holding a Medallion c.1575/80
Located in London, GB
Portrait of a Gentleman in a Black Doublet Holding a Medallion c.1575/80 16th Century Florentine
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of a Gentleman in Scarlet Robe Holding Flowers c.1675, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
landscape in the distance was often employed in English portraits of this period. Held in an exquisite
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th century English portrait of a boy with his dog in an arcadian landscape
By Willem Wissing
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a young boy wearing classical dress and sandals with a blue cloak, holding a spear over
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Lady in Elaborate Costume with Ruff Pearls c.1615; oil on panel
By Robert Peake the Elder
Located in London, GB
she carries a fan. Fans were commonly depicted in portraits of this period. The fan grew in
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Pablo PICASSO (after) : Blue Period, Maternity - Pochoir - 500 copies - 1963
Located in Paris, IDF
After Pablo PICASSO Blue Period : Maternity Pochoir / Stencil (Jacomet process : lithograph
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1960s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Charcoal, Lithograph, Stencil

Portrait of a Man Holding a Letter, a drawing by Jean-Baptiste Oudry 1686 - 1755
By Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Located in PARIS, FR
period: mainly portraits, but also still lifes and some religious paintings and landscapes. Of the
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1710s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Ink

Thomas Davidson
By John Kay
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the title
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1790s Victorian Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Paul Gauguin with an Angel Drawing by Emile Bernard - Pont-Aven, 1888
By Émile Bernard
Located in PARIS, FR
, wearing a cap characteristic of his Pont-Aven period. A first portrait at the top, barely sketched, is
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1880s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Georgian English Family Portrait Large 18th century oil painting on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Family Portrait English School, circa 1780's oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 22.5 x 34
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Qajar period tempera portrait of a Persian dignitary
Located in London, GB
This portrait of a Persian dignitary is an exquisite piece, which was created in the late 19th
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

John Paul Jones Commander of a Squadron - 13 Colonies United States...
Located in Santa Monica, CA
save for some scattered soiling. Important period portrait of John Paul Jones (1747-1792). Jones is a
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1770s Old Masters More Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Ferdinand Mifliez MISTI (1865-1923) French Belle Epoque Pastel Drawing
Located in Holywell, GB
A vibrant Belle Époque period portrait in pastel of a fashionable society young woman. Signed
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1890s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Intervention of Pocahontas - 19th Century Italian Oil Painting American History
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
subject pictures, period portraits, and Pompeian scenes. He was an ardent fan of Italian opera and
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Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spring, Portrait of a young English girl from the mid Victorian period.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Edmund Havell was a genre & portrait artist; son of landscape artist Edmund Snr & nephew of William
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Intervention of Pocahontas - 19th Century Italian Oil Painting American History
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
subject pictures, period portraits, and Pompeian scenes. He was an ardent fan of Italian opera and
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Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Tired" John White Alexander, Portrait in Interior, American Impressionist
By John White Alexander
Located in New York, NY
remained unfinished at his death. Throughout this period, Alexander’s portraits and figure studies continue
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1910s American Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

La Liseuse - 19th Century Impressionist Pastel Portrait of Young Women Reading
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
Gonzalès (1847-1885). It is presented in fine, period water gilded frame. The portrait comes directly from
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Portrait of a Woman Drawing, Austrian Lithograph Art Nouveau Vienna Secession
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Surfside, FL
a frank eroticism. In addition to his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he
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20th Century Vienna Secession Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Antique rabbit painting by Abel Hold, Victorian rabbit still life oil portrait
By Abel Hold
Located in AIGNAN, FR
period he sent a portrait of a starving man to Walter Spencer-Stanhope of Cannon Hall who then became a
Category

1860s Victorian Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Four Women from the suite The Beggar s Opera
By Mariette Lydis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Buenos Aires marked a prolific period of creation, including portraits, book illustrations, and prints
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1930s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nude Awakening - Albert Braïtou-Sala (1885-1972)
By Albert Braïtou-Sala
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
specialists of the portrait of ' interwar period.
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Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

When Ends Meet
By Mickalene Thomas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
in this portrait during the period that Barak Obama was vying for Presidency and trying to defeat the
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Screen

Two Nudes
By Jean-Jacques Henner
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
deathbed in 1857. During this two-year period, Henner painted numerous portraits of Alsatians. Henner
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19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Knight of the Turf
By John Kay
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the
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18th Century and Earlier Victorian Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Lord Gardenstone (Eccentric Advocate)"
By John Kay
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the
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18th Century and Earlier Victorian Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Henry Melville
By John Kay
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
that period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the
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1790s Victorian Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Three Edinburgh Bucks
By John Kay
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, who abounded at that period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and
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1780s Victorian Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Patent for Knighthood
By John Kay
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, who abounded at that period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and
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1790s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

George Smith and Deacon Brodie (The First Interview)
By John Kay
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
caricatures of local celebrities and oddities, who abounded at that period in Edinburgh society. Kay's
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1780s Victorian Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Flowers in a Vase - Fauvist Still Life Oil Painting by Charles Camoin
By Charles Camoin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
were as one, as their work dating from this period shows (in fact, Camoin's portrait of Marquet was
Category

1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bouquet de Fleurs - Fauvist Oil, Still Life Flowers in Vase by Charles Camoin
By Charles Camoin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
dating from this period shows (in fact, Camoin's portrait of Marquet was long considered to be a Camoin
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1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mas en Provence - 20th Century Pastel, Tree in Landscape by Charles Camoin
By Charles Camoin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
were as one, as their work dating from this period shows (in fact, Camoin's portrait of Marquet was
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

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There is a broad range of period portraits for sale on 1stDibs. There are many Old Masters, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add period portraits that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, black, gray, gold and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but John Kay, Bernhard Heiliger, Franz Kline, (after) Gustav Klimt and Lawrence Wilbur produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and canvas. If space is limited, there are small period portraits measuring 1 across, while our inventory also includes pieces up to 160 inches across to better suit those in the market for large iterations.

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