Antique Portraits
As any art lover knows, Portrait paintings are far more than just mirrors to another person’s physical appearance. Through the use of oils, watercolours and more these pieces offer a glimpse to the sitter’s soul as well as the fashions and symbolism of their time. Long before photography portrait painting was the only way to let people know how you looked and marriages were agreed based off of such pictures. They were the only way to capture a possibly happy moment in time to ruminate on in later life and the only way to recall someone after they had died. With the advent of Photography during the middle of the 19th Century accurate painted representations became less important so artists began to explore more impressionistic and abstract approaches instead. This view continued through the 20th Century to today.
Antique and Vintage portrait paintings offer a wonderful way to engage with the past through a direct connection with another person. Apart from more formal pieces intended for public display (as often found in 19th Century works), many instead are full of softness and openness which bring out the blemishes, insecurities, and longings which all of us are subject to.
At LoveAntiques we have a fine selection of Antique and Vintage Portraits for all your needs.
Mark Stacey Antiques & Decorative
Pheobe Peto Willets Portrait Sketch
£ 245
Mostly Boxes Antiques ltd
Georgian Needlework Picture
£ 225
£ 6,750
Harold Knight (1874-1961) Huge Chairman Of Inland Revenue Oil Portrait Painting
£ 6,750
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Prometheus Antiques
Charming Victorian Oil Portrait of a Lady
£ 385
Kilroy Fine Art
Classical Figure by Heinrich Esser
£ 750
Kilroy Fine Art
The Gossip by Trevor Haddon
£ 275
C.S.Moreton (Antiques)
Victorian Needlework of Boy
£ 124
The Three MusCATeers
Small Hand Tinted Engraving of a Woman Sporting a Very Fine Apollo Knot
£ 145
Small Hand Tinted Engraving of a Woman Sporting a Very Fine Apollo Knot
£ 145
The Three MusCATeers
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Fine Large 18th Century Style Oval Oil Portrait Painting Of A Little Girl With Lambs
£ 725
Fine Large 18th Century Style Oval Oil Portrait Painting Of A Little Girl With Lambs
£ 725
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Cheshire Antiques Consultant
Oil Painting Sporting 1970 Derby Horse Race Jockey Lester Piggott No 3 Nijinsky
£ 2,900
Oil Painting Sporting 1970 Derby Horse Race Jockey Lester Piggott No 3 Nijinsky
£ 2,900
Cheshire Antiques Consultant
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
King Charles I After Van Dyck 18th Oil Portrait Oval Canvas
£ 12,950
King Charles I After Van Dyck 18th Oil Portrait Oval Canvas
£ 12,950
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Prometheus Antiques
Fine Regency Pastel Portrait of Captain John Ladd
£ 340
Prometheus Antiques
Fine Victorian Oval Pastel Portrait of a Lady
£ 340
Prometheus Antiques
Fine Georgian Oil Portrait of a Gentleman
£ 1,450
Renouveau Antiques and Interiors
Victorian Portrait Plate Fisherman / Seafarer Smoking a Clay Pipe
£ 45
Victorian Portrait Plate Fisherman / Seafarer Smoking a Clay Pipe
£ 45
Renouveau Antiques and Interiors
Renouveau Antiques and Interiors
1924 Print of Sir Henry Raeburn's Portrait of Mrs Scott Moncrieff (c.1814)
£ 22
1924 Print of Sir Henry Raeburn's Portrait of Mrs Scott Moncrieff (c.1814)
£ 22
Renouveau Antiques and Interiors
Cheshire Antiques Consultant
British Work of Art Early Victorian Oil Painting Girl Playing House of Cards
£ 9,500
British Work of Art Early Victorian Oil Painting Girl Playing House of Cards
£ 9,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant
Mark Stacey Antiques & Decorative
Phoebe Peto Willets, Oil on Canvas
£ 1,995
JMR Antiques Ltd
18th Century Portrait of a French Nobleman
£ 1,295
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
George Brown - Watercolours - Sisters 1895
£ 595
Artsonline.org.uk
A Fine Pair 18th Century Italian Cherub Engravings After Giovanni Cipriani (1727-1785)
£ 425
A Fine Pair 18th Century Italian Cherub Engravings After Giovanni Cipriani (1727-1785)
£ 425
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£ 450
Jo Brayshaw
Victorian Portrait in Ornate Frame c.1880
£ 275
Mark Stacey Antiques & Decorative
Pheobe Peto Willets Oil Painting
£ 375
Mostly Boxes Antiques ltd
Two Victorian Painted Porcelain Panels
£ 289
Mostly Boxes Antiques ltd
Pair of 1930s Indian Alabaster Painted Indian Emperors
£ 399
Mark Stacey Antiques & Decorative
Small Oil on Board Portrait of a Gentleman
£ 115
London City Antiques
Antique Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman
£ 1,365
Prometheus Antiques
Goddess Flora Oil Painting by Luigi Del Buono
£ 395
Campbell Vintage
Portrait of Lady Oil on Canvas
£ 345
21st Century Gallery
Original Oil Painting on Board 'Girl Holding a Posy of Flowers' by Allan Stenhouse Gourley (1909-1991) c.1970 Signed
£ 450
Original Oil Painting on Board 'Girl Holding a Posy of Flowers' by Allan Stenhouse Gourley (1909-1991) c.1970 Signed
£ 450
21st Century Gallery
Anthea's Attic
Large Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Mother and Child Entitled The Trying Task Signed Pollie Thompson 1908
£ 500
Large Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Mother and Child Entitled The Trying Task Signed Pollie Thompson 1908
£ 500
Anthea's Attic
£ 380
Fabulous Pair Of 19thc Regency Miniature Walnut Framed Oil Portrait Paintings
£ 380
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Cheshire Antiques Consultant
Impressionist Oil Painting Gypsy Girl Wearing Gold Earring Portrait
£ 2,000
Impressionist Oil Painting Gypsy Girl Wearing Gold Earring Portrait
£ 2,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant
Middleton's Antiques
Victorian Oil on Canvas Mother & Daughter Portrait
£ 825
The Three MusCATeers
The Wilson Family - Three Miniature Portraits Framed as One
£ 310
£ 595
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Igor Talwinski - Oil on Canvas - Portrait of a Young Girl (2)
£ 2,450
Igor Talwinski - Oil on Canvas - Portrait of a Young Girl (2)
£ 2,450
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
£ 1,650
Ivor Williams (1908-1982 - Welsh) Fine Large Horse Rider Oil Portrait Painting
£ 1,650
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Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Igor Talwinski - Oil on Canvas - Portrait of a Young Girl
£ 2,950
Igor Talwinski - Oil on Canvas - Portrait of a Young Girl
£ 2,950
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors