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.
Trade Antiques
Large Portrait Pastel Monogrammed CG 1880
£ 485
21st Century Gallery
Original Lithograph 'Welcome' by Margaret Caird (1896-1961) Framed 1933
£ 60
Original Lithograph 'Welcome' by Margaret Caird (1896-1961) Framed 1933
£ 60
21st Century Gallery
Kernow Furniture
Pair of Antique Early 20th Century Portraits
£ 195
Graham Reed Fine Art
E.Vitale Pair of Watercolours - Boy Playing Flute & Man Smoking
£ 395
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
19th Century Oil Painting Portrait Royal King George IV Wearing Royal Garter
£ 4,500
19th Century Oil Painting Portrait Royal King George IV Wearing Royal Garter
£ 4,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
18th Century Oil Painting Lieutenant General Sir James Campbell
£ 24,000
18th Century Oil Painting Lieutenant General Sir James Campbell
£ 24,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
19th Century Antiques
Paul Cézanne Portrait of a Young Girl 1914 Limited Edition
£ 1,795
Walton House Antiques Ltd
'The Orange Girl' by Richard David
£ 825
£ 550
Campbell Vintage
Oil on Canvas Study of Boy by Christian Aigens
£ 845
Walton House Antiques Ltd
Oil Painting by Herbert Bland Sparks - Happy Families
£ 3,650
£ 2,250
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Oil Painting 19th Century Huntsman Pipe Smoker Woodcutter Dog After Edwin Landseer
£ 5,000
Oil Painting 19th Century Huntsman Pipe Smoker Woodcutter Dog After Edwin Landseer
£ 5,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Anthea's Attic
Antique Continental European Landscape Oil Painting Study of Travellers on Horses with Dog
£ 750
Antique Continental European Landscape Oil Painting Study of Travellers on Horses with Dog
£ 750
Anthea's Attic
Georgian Antiques
Robert Hope Oil Painting
£ 2,250
Prometheus Antiques
Dog Portrait Oil Painting of a Great Dane
£ 450
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Wartime Portrait Sketch of Major Wentworth Smith Royal Engineers Regiment
£ 220
Wartime Portrait Sketch of Major Wentworth Smith Royal Engineers Regiment
£ 220
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Millers Antiques
Large 19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman
£ 580
£ 500
Antique Italian Oil Painting Portrait Study Entitled The Dice Players after Murillo
£ 500
Anthea's Attic
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Oil Painting Portrait Racing Pigeon Champion Edwins Pride by Andrew Beer
£ 2,900
Oil Painting Portrait Racing Pigeon Champion Edwins Pride by Andrew Beer
£ 2,900
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Victorian Oil Painting Purebred Red Chestnut Arabian Horse Bombay Stables
£ 2,950
Victorian Oil Painting Purebred Red Chestnut Arabian Horse Bombay Stables
£ 2,950
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Wick Antiques Ltd
Andrew Morton R.A. Captain George Treweeke Scobell 1840
£ 12,800
€ 100
€ 100
€ 100
€ 100
Wick Antiques Ltd
Royal Naval Surgeon Robert Prideaux and His Wife Mary Ann
£ 5,800
Antiques & Chic
Portrait Painting on Canvas by Richard Sherrin
£ 375
Antiques & Chic
Tavern or Inn Scene Oil on Canvas in Gold Gilt Frame
£ 375
Antiques & Chic
Antique Oil on Canvas in Gilt Frame
£ 375
€ 2,200
Frame with the Image of the Madonna and Child. Austria-Hungary, Vienna. Around 1900.
€ 2,200
Antiqon
Whites Antiques
Pastel Portrait of Young Boy Wood Frame Behind Glass 1970s
£ 75
Whites Antiques
19th Century Portrait Oil on Canvas c.1860
£ 715
£ 165
Watercolour Children Picking Bluebells - Listed Artist Dorothy Fitchew 1920s
£ 165
Trade Antiques
€ 2,300
Porcelain Plaque. Portrait of the Equestrian Monarch Peter the Great. 19th Century.
€ 2,300
Antiqon
Antiqon
Porcelain Plaque. Russia.
€ 1,800
€ 850
€ 1,800
Genre scene - Woman cooking vegetables. Follower of GABRIEL METSU (1629-1667).
€ 1,800
Antiqon
€ 6,500
€ 5,500
Roman Maksimovich Volkov - Portrait of the Russian Tsar Alexander I - 19th Century
€ 5,500
Antiqon