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Item Ships From: England
Portrait of Jane Seymour (1508-1537) Second Wife of King Henry VIII 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Jane Seymour (1508-1537) Second Wife of King Henry VIII , 17th Century
English School
Large 17th Century English Court portrait of Jane Seymour (1508-1537), Queen of En...
Category
17th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Love Is Beautiful - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Osman Salifu
Love Is Beautiful, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
151.5 x 120.5 cm
59 5/8 x 47 1/2 in
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Residue Of Yesterday, Daniel Ludwig, Nude Painting, Original Oil Painting
By Daniel Ludwig
Located in Deddington, GB
Daniel Ludwig.
Residue of Yesterday- this work of art is an original oil painting on linen.
Size: H:76 cm x W:61 cm
Daniel Ludwig is an American figurative artist who lives and wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Square Abstract Cubist Style Portrai, Blue Colour Original Oil Painting, Signed
By Beatrice Werlie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Square Abstract, Cubist Style, Green Colour, Original Oil Painting
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Anthony Of Padua, 17th Century Circle of CARLO DOLCI (1616-1686)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Saint Anthony Of Padua, 17th Century
Circle of CARLO DOLCI (1616-1686)
17th century Italian Old Master depiction of Saint Anthony of Padua, oi...
Category
17th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century English Impressionist Painting Sketch of Young Girl Reading
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Young Girl Reading
by Carolyn Smith, British early/ mid 20th century
signed oil crayon on artist paper, unframed
drawing: 7 x 10 inches
double sided with sketch verso
Provenance: pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Portrait of two young girls with a whippet and a rabbit in a wooded landscape
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of two young girls in a wooded landscape, standing full-length, one attaching a red collar on a seated white whippet and the other holding her pet black and white rabbit. Ci...
Category
18th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
If Only You Knew the Power of the Dark Side
By Marco Araldi
Located in London, GB
Marco’s background is in engineering and architecture, making him familiar with mathematical design and the awareness of geometry. When he decided to create art, he was naturally dra...
Category
2010s Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Madona Del Granduca, 18th Century after Raphael (1483-1520) Large 18th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Madona Del Granduca, 18th Century
after Raphael (1483-1520)
Large 18th Century Italian Old Master depiction of the Madonna & Chile, oil on canvas. Excellent quality large devotiona...
Category
18th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Cent French Modernist Oil Painting Captivating Portrait Woman Black Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman in a Black Dress
by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century
10.5 x 9.5 inches
oil on canvas, unframed
condition: very good and ready to enjoy
provenance: f...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of A Girl
Toy Bear, dated 1926 by RENE MARIE JOLY DE BEYNAC
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of A Girl & Toy Bear, dated 1926
by RENE MARIE JOLY DE BEYNAC (1876-1978)
Large 1926 French portrait of a young girl and her teddy bear, oil on canvas by Rene Marie Joly ...
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Head
Shoulders Portrait Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait Sketch of a Woman
by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century
10.75 x 9 inches
oil on canvas, unframed
condition: very good and ready to enjoy
provenance: from a priva...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nick Todhunter - Contemporary Oil, Portrait of Robert Brough
Located in Corsham, GB
Nick Todhunter After John Singer Sargent, Contemporary, Oil on canvas. A head and shoulders portrait of Scottish painter, Robert Brough. Brough's life was cut tragically short at the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady in White Dress - British 19th century art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This simply superb British 19th century portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of John Constable. Painted circa 1820 it is a sumptuous half length portrait of a lady in a shor...
Category
1820s Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,812 Sale Price
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Victorian Oil Painting, Portrait Of A Girl With Wildflowers, Flora
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming late 19th-century oil painting by British artist Rowland Holyoake (1861-1928) depicts a girl carrying wildflowers while wearing a straw hat decorated with the same. It ...
Category
1880s Pre-Raphaelite England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Portrait of a Boy
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful head and shoulders portrait of a young boy in a white collared shirt and buttoned brown jacket. Presented in a textured gilt-effect frame with internal slip. Indistinctl...
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$282 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Henry IV, King of England (1367-1413), 16th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Henry IV, King of England (1367-1413), 16th Century
English School Portrait - Early Oil On Panel
Large 16th Century court portrait of Henry IV, King Of England (1367-14...
Category
16th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Signed Victorian Oil Painting Gathering Firewood Autumn Woodland Pathway
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gathering Firewood
by W Pettingale (19th century)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 16.5 x 12.5 inches
canvas : 14 x 10 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: v...
Category
19th Century Victorian England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emil Kuhlmann-Reher (1886-1957) - German Mid 20th Century Oil, Man with a Book
Located in Corsham, GB
An original oil painting by the German portrait and figure painter, Emil Kuhlmann-Reher (1886-1957). Signed lower right. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century English Naive Folk Art Portrait Farm Boy
Dog Having Picnic Lunch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Lunch
English School (mid 19th century)
oil on panel, framed in antique maple wood frame.
framed: 12 x 10.5 inches
painting : 9 x 7 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A portrait of an English terrier dog standing in a walled garden, signed.l
By John Emms
Located in Bath, Somerset
A terrier named Joe standing in an English country house walled garden, painted by the eminent animal painter John Emms (1844-1912) in the late 19th cent...
Category
1890s English School England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self-Portrait - Royal Academy Founding Member, 18th Century
By Francis Hayman
Located in London, GB
Francis Hayman RA
1708–1776
Self-Portrait
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 8 x 6¼ inches
Contemporary gilt frame
This newly discovered work is the earliest known self portrait by Francis Hayman, dated to the mid to late 1720’s. The small scale of the portrait gives it a strong sense of intimacy. Whereas clients would often dress themselves in their best clothes for a sitting, Hayman has portrayed himself in informal attire, with his shirt unbuttoned and a wig cap.
Born in 1708 to a respectable Devonshire family, his training began at the tender age of ten under the tutelage of the historical painter Robert Brown, who was probably an uncle. By the 1730’s he is known to have been engaged in painting scenery for the popular theatres on Goodman’s Fields and Drury Lane. He established a studio on St Martin’s Lane, and demonstrated his versatility as one of the most
important painters of his time in portraits, illustration and history painting.
Indeed, he was one of the first English painters deemed to have the skill and proficiency to rival that of the foreign masters, such as Holbein and Kneller, who were brought in by the court to make up for the perceived shortcomings of the native artists. Led by William Hogarth, Hayman and other artists began to create a new movement in the English art world. Thomas Gainsborough was one of his pupils, whom he is said to have introduced to the more lascivious and debauched underbelly of London life.
After mostly making his living as an illustrator, in the 1740’s Hayman was commissioned by the proprietor of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Jonathan Tyers, to produce a series of four large celebratory canvases depicting British victories from the Seven Years War. His association with Tyers continued, and over the next ten years he produced a number of large decorative paintings...
Category
18th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil Pastel
Fox Hunting Party
Foxhounds, 19th Century
By John Ferneley Senior
Located in Blackwater, GB
Fox Hunting Party & Foxhounds, 19th Century
attributed to John Ferneley (1782-1860)
Large 19th Century English Fox Hunting Party and Foxhounds, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and...
Category
19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H. Harding - Fine 1822 Graphite Drawing, Romantic Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 19th century portrait depicting a curly haired gentleman, with a romantic air. Faintly signed and dated to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with bird's-ey...
Category
Early 19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Fine Antique French Oil Painting Sirens and Cupid Dancing along the Seashore
By Adolphe Lalyre
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Adolphe Lalyre (French, 1848-1933) signed
Title: Sirens and Cupid dancing along the seashore
Medium: signed oil on canvas, unframed.
canvas: 22.75 x 28 inches
Pr...
Category
19th Century Symbolist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$24,235 Sale Price
20% Off
Dutch Old Master Portrait of Maurits, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Oil on Panel
Located in London, GB
In 1607, the Delft city council decided to commission a portrait of Stadholder Maurits of Nassau for the town hall, with Michiel van Mierevelt as the chosen artist due to the passing...
Category
17th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of William Merritt Chase
By Walter Shirlaw
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Attributed to Walter Shirlaw 1838-1909, was a Scottish born American painter who lived in America from the age of two years old. Shirlaw studied in Munich where he befriended America...
Category
Early 1900s England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl in Nature - Mid 20th Century Oil by Michael D
Aguilar
By Michael D
Aguilar
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Baron Michael D`Aguilar was born on May 15, 1922 in London to Spanish parents. He was brother of the artist Paul D`Aguilar. He spent much of his early life in Spain. He studied at...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Biedermeier Early 19th Century Oil - Princess of Brandenstein
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming portrait of an elegantly dressed young woman in Biedermeier fashion. An inscription on the reverse of the panel reads "Prinz. von Brandenstein verh. Seydel" and dates the ...
Category
Early 19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century large scale portrait oil painting of a lady with a lamb
By Arthur Pond
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Attributed to Arthur Pond
British, (1701-1758)
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on canvas
Image size: 50.75 inches x 41.5 inches
Size including frame: 58.5 inches x...
Category
18th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Battle of Marignano, 17th Century - Medieval Italian Wars - King Francis I
By Jacques Courtois
Located in Blackwater, GB
Battle of Marignano, 17th Century
attributed to Il Borgognone (1628-1679)
Large 17th Century Italian Wars battle scene identified as the Battle Of Marignano, oil on canvas. Excell...
Category
17th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ENOCH SEEMAN (circle of) PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR AS A BOY
By Enoch Seeman
Located in York, GB
ENOCH SEEMAN (circle of) PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR AS A BOY
A very fine 18th century portrait of Sir Francis Seymour as a boy,oil on canvas housed in a gilt frame, circle of Enoch Seeman
The size of the painting is 49 x 39.5cm (19¼ x 15½ in.) whilst overall the size is 65 cm x 56 cm
The painting is in very good condition, the Canvas has been relined, and recently cleaned.(unsigned)
Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christie's, 19 January 1945, lot 34 Anonymous sale, Crewkerne, Somerset, 24 April 2009, lot 1947
SIR FRANCIS SEYMOUR
Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590 – 12 July 1664), of Marlborough Castle and Savernake Park in Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1641 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. He supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.
In June 1611 he was accused of abetting the escape of his brother William Seymour and his wife Arabella Stuart, but protested his innocence. He was knighted by King James I at Royston on 23 October 1613. In 1612 was settled on him by his grandfather the manor of "Puriton with Downend" in Somerset, formerly one of the many possessions of his great-grandfather the 1st Duke of Somerset.
In June 1642, Seymour signed the declaration that the king had no intention of war. He followed the King to York, offering to raise twenty horse in his cause, and Parliament accordingly declared him a delinquent. In autumn 1642 he went with his brother, the Marquis of Hertford, into the Westcountry to organise the royalist forces and suppress the parliamentary militia. He crossed the Bristol Channel...
Category
18th Century Realist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century Portrait Of A Young Man, Oil, Circle Of Thomas Jones Barker
Located in York, GB
Portrait of a young man,
half length wearing a yellow waistcoat and holding a cane , Circle of Thomas Jones Barker (1815-1882),(unsigned)
Oil on canvas, h...
Category
19th Century Realist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lord Nelson Fine British Oil Painting on Canvas, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
by John Edwards (British. 1940 - 2020)
signed oil on canvas with board backing, unframed
canvas : 30 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
C...
Category
20th Century English School England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of Elizabeth Plumer (nee Byde)
Daughter, circa 1735
By Enoch Seeman
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Elizabeth Plumer (nee Byde) & Daughter, circa 1735
by ENOCH SEEMAN (1694-1744)
Large 1735 portrait of Elizabeth Plumer & her daughter holding a rattle, oil on canvas by...
Category
18th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
An Unwelcome Surprise, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
An Unwelcome Surprise, 19th Century
French School - Signed Indistinctly
Fine large 19th Century French scene of two pug puppies startling a tabby cat in a barn, oil on canvas. Sign...
Category
19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Agent X, One Queen (4), Original Painting on Canvas, Contemporary Art
By Agent X
Located in Deddington, GB
One Queen (4) By Agent X [2020]
original and hand signed by the artist
Digitally produced painting on canvas
Image size: H:106 cm x W:72 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:106 cm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Digital
Mid 20th Century Portrait of a Man in a Bowler Hat Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man in a Bowler Hat
by Carl Felkel (Austrian, 1896-1980) *see notes below
oil on board, framed
framed: 13.25 x 11.5 inches
board: 10.5 x 8.5 inches
Provenance: private ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and daughter - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
This image shows two figures, mother and child, intimately connected, sitting in what feels like a safe but introspective space. The pink dress contrasts with the dark foliage and fu...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fractured Mind
- Abstract Painting on Board by British Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
'Fractured Mind' - Abstract Painting on Board by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg, using red, black & golden yellow. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artw...
Category
2010s Pop Art England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Stencil, Wood, Pencil, Felt Pen, Board, Wood Panel, Acrylic, Spray Paint...
$2,698 Sale Price
20% Off
Behind Every Strong Woman…
Located in Deddington, GB
Behind Every Strong Woman… by Amy Gardner [2020]
limited_edition
Screen Print
Edition number 40
Image size: H:118.9 cm x W:84.1 cm
Sold Unframed
Please n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Feminist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Screen
Sailors in the Port of Nice
By Alfred Salvignol
Located in London, GB
'Sailors in the Port of Nice', mixed media - gouache, pastel and oil on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The Port of Nice is one of the key hubs of Nice and, in fact, of the entire French Riviera, standing out as one of the main harbours for the boats which sail across the Mediterranean Sea. It accommodates both the ships operated by ferry companies and the private yachts of visitors who come to Nice by sea. The artist here depicts a group of crusty sailors watching...
Category
1950s Expressionist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil, Gouache
$495 Sale Price
60% Off
Portrait Of A British Officer, early 19th Century - Napoleonic Wars Era
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A British Officer, early 19th Century
Napoleonic wars Era
Early 19th Century Napoleonic Wars Era portrait of a British military officer, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition portrait of the officer in his red tunic...
Category
Early 19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting by Louis William Desanges "Maria Vanneck"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Louis William Desanges "Maria Vanneck" 1822 - 1905. An English artist of French heritage Chevalier Desanges painted portraits an...
Category
Mid-19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jeunesse
Located in London, GB
Louis Joseph Lebrun
Belgian 1844-1900
Portrait of a Young Woman
Oil on panel, signed and dated '1884' upper left, labelled verso
Image size:15 3/4 x 12 ½ inches (40 x 31.5 cm)
Ornate...
Category
19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Gentleman, 17th Century Dutch Old Masters Oil
Located in London, GB
Circle of Gerard van Honthorst
1592 - 1656
Portrait of a Gentleman
Oil on wooden panel
Image size: 29 x 23 inches
Contemporary gilt frame
Gerard van Honthorst was a Dutch Golden Age...
Category
17th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
English 18th century portrait of a Lady and her Daughter in an interior
By (attributed to) Joseph Highmore
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a blue silk gown, seated in a classical interior, with her daughter in a pink gown standing beside her holding a sprig of blossom. T...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl, 18th Century Oil Old Master
By George Knapton
Located in London, GB
George Knapton
1698-1778
Portrait of a Girl
Oil on canvas
Image size: 20 x 18 inches
Original giltwood frame
This beautiful half length portrait of a young woman, turned to left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a pink, white lace-embroidered, dress, in her hair a pink bonnet trimmed with lace to match her dress.
The depiction of a young girl epitomises child portraiture of the late eighteenth century, in which painters such as William Beechey, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough had begun to discover and express the true character of children, in contrast to the stiff, miniature-adults of previous generations.
The Artist
Knapton was born in Lymington, one of four sons of James Knapton. He was apprenticed to Jonathan Richardson from 1715 to 1722, and in 1720 was a founding subscriber to the academy of St. Martin's Lane established by Louis Chéron...
Category
18th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century portrait of a lady
By Nicolaes Maes
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady by Dutch Golden Age painter Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693). Half-length, within a feigned oval, the lady wears a pearl necklace and earrings, an ivory silk gown adorned...
Category
17th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orchestra Musicians Playing Cellos And Violins In Warm Concert Scene French Oil
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orchestra Musicians
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
signed lower left
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 15.75 x 15.75 inches
inscribed verso
Condition: Good and sound co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Jane Porter, early 19th Century attributed to THOMAS BARBER
By Thomas Barber
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Jane Porter, early 19th Century
attributed to THOMAS BARBER (1768-1843)
Early 19th century portrait of Jane Porter, oil on canvas attributed to Thomas Barber. Excellent...
Category
Early 19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
William Lord Russell
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Sir Godfrey Kneller 1646-1723, was a German born English portrait painter. He was a pupil of Bol and Rembrandt, he was born in Leiden, travelled to Rome , Venice, Hamburg and later t...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Picnic Parisian Abstract Figurative Painting with Dog inspired by Raoul Dufy
By Gen Paul
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 26.5" x 33"
Eugene Paul’s Picnic is a lively and spontaneous composition that radiates energy and joy. Two figures, sketched with sweeping, fluid lines, lounge and inte...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Rare Jacobean Portrait on Panel Lady Elizabeth Wheeler née Cole 1623 Historical
By Cornelius Johnson
Located in London, GB
A Rare Jacobean Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Wheeler (née Cole), 1623
Attributed to Cornelius Johnson (1593–1661)
This remarkably rare early oil on panel, presented by Titan Fine Art,...
Category
17th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1950
s French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Bearded Man Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour/ gouache painting on board, unframed
size: 13.5 x 9.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enj...
Category
1950s England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$123 Sale Price
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Portrait of Anna Maria Porter, early 19th Century attributed to THOMAS BARBER
By Thomas Barber
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Anna Maria Porter, early 19th Century
attributed to THOMAS BARBER (1768-1843)
Early 19th century portrait of Anna Maria Porter, oil on canvas attributed to Thomas Porte...
Category
Early 19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Oil - Gentleman of the House
Located in Corsham, GB
A meticulously detailed 19th-century portrait of a distinguished Victorian gentleman clad in elegant finery. His gold pocket watch chain drapes subtly across his waistcoat, while a g...
Category
19th Century England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, Early 18th Century Oil Painting
By Dominicus van der Smissen
Located in London, GB
Dominicus van der Smissen
Early 18th Century
Portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch
Oil on canvas
Image size: 20½ x 16¼ inches
Period gilt frame
This is a portrait of Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch, composer, Kapellmeister and organist, whom Van der Smissen most probably portrayed during his stay in Hamburg, Brunswick or Amsterdam. The identification is based on the reproduction of the portrait which was engraved by Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak (1740- 1774).
Van der Smissen has reduced the face of the sitters to an egg-shaped oval in three-quarter view, applying diminution to one half of the figure’s torso, which is farther away from the viewer. This partial side view, with the head turned to look at the viewer over the shoulder, creates spatial depth and brings the figure to life by avoiding the stiffness of a frontal depiction.
Because the artist chose to highlight the figure from above, a distinct shadow is cast under the tip of the nose, in the shape of a triangle. This is an often recurring and almost ‘signature’-like feature in Van der Smissen’s oeuvre.
Hurlebusch's garments are of a very high quality and serve to reflect the sitter’s wealth, status and elegance. During this period, gentlemen often shaved their heads in order to facilitate the wearing of a wig, which wouldbe worn with a suit. Here Hurlebusch has been depicted in a luxurious turban-like cap lined with lynx fur, a highly fashionable and expensive material at the time.
Over his shirt, he wears a velvet fur-lined gown adorned with decorative clasps fashioned from silver braid. The elegant informality of his appearance can be seen in his unbuttoned shirt and the unfastened black ribbon hanging from his button hole, which has been artfully arranged into a fluttering drape by the portraitist.
The Sitter
Hurlebusch was born in Brunswick, Germany. He received the first instructions in his field from his father Heinrich Lorenz Hurlebusch, who was also a musician. As an organ virtuoso, he toured Europe, visiting Vienna, Munich and Italy.
From 1723 to 1725 he was Kapellmeister in Stockholm; later he became Kapellmeister in Bayreuth and Brunswick, and lived in Hamburg from 1727 to 1742, where he had contact with fellow composers Johann Mattheson and Georg Philipp Telemann. He made his living composing, performing and teaching.
In 1735 and 1736, he is believed to have visited Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig, who promoted Hurlebusch’s compositions as the local seller...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grey stallion held by groom in Duke of Grosvenor’s colours British 18C
Located in London, GB
Richard Roper (British, c. 1730-c. 1775)
Grey stallion held by groom in the Duke of
Grosvenor’s colours
Oil on canvas
Old chalk inscription '22 Mar 74' verso
Property of a gentleman...
Category
18th Century English School England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lucretia, by Giacomo Raibolini Francia. Detto il Francia. Oil on panel, framed
Located in New York, NY
Giacomo used to paint with his brother Giulio, identifying their works with the monogram «I I». The strong influence of his father, Francesco, is undeniable in all his works, althoug...
Category
16th Century Old Masters England - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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