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.
19th Oil Portrait Of A Lady Wearing Pearls Antique Paintings
£ 4,250
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Large, Superb Bronze & Marble Jazz Saxophonist Sculpture After Ed Dwight
£ 595
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Antique Gilt Framed Oleograph Print of General James Pattison by Thomas Lawrence
£ 750
Marylebone Antiques
Large, Fine 1840 French Oil Portrait Painting By René Cadeau (1782–1858)
£ 1,090
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Early 20th-century Italian Genre Oil Portrait Painting 'helping Grandpa'
£ 299
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Red Coat Officer Portrait Madras Presidency Service Military Oil Paintings
£ 2,250
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Charming 20thc Contemporary Bronzed Mixed-media Child Portrait Bust Sculpture
£ 229
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C1885 Victorian Sporting Oil Painting Melton Derby Winner Fred Archer Signed F S Evans
£ 65,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
17th Gentleman Portrait Circle of John Closterman German 1660-1711 Antique Oil Paintings
£ 3,750
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Isabel De Porcel After Goya Spanish Lady Oil Portrait Painting on Canvas
£ 950
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Oil Portrait Of Royal Navy Midshipman by Samuel Harry Hancock (1871–1932) Marine Seascape
£ 3,500
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Vintage 1960s Miniature Oil on Panel Painting - Cardinal Interior Scene
£ 199
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Richharry Carter Antique Cornish Fishing Boat Oil Painting Victorian Marine Scene
£ 7,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Victorian Miniature Porcelain Painted Plaque KPM Berlin Style of Lady in Giltwood Frame c.1860
£ 195
Lomond Antiques
Victorian Porcelain KPM Berlin Style Portrait Painted Plaque of Lady in Giltwood Frame c.1860
£ 195
Lomond Antiques
Early Victorian Pastel Portrait Painting of Young Lady in Giltwood Frame c.1850
£ 185
Lomond Antiques
Victorian Watercolour Portrait Painting of Lady with Ringlets Holding Black Hat c.1860
£ 195
Lomond Antiques
Beautiful Portrait Oil Painting of a Handsome Gent - 20th Century English School
£ 299
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Fine Set of Five Regency Watercolour Portraits in Rosewood Frames c.1820
£ 575
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Huge Tudor-style Oil Portrait Painting After Cornelis Van Der Voort (2 of 2)
£ 1,450
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Large 17th Century English School Oil Portrait Painting – Aristocratic Gentleman
£ 950
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Artist Proof The Blue Boy Gainsborough - C Fitzgerald
£ 125
The Sitting Room & Heydays Antiques
Large Biblical Oil Painting – David & Goliath – After Siegfried Bendixen
£ 469
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Late Victorian Oil Painting – The Young Naturalist by Jackson (c. 1880–1890)
£ 495
The Grand Tour Antiques
Portrait Engraving of Hans Holbein by Francesco Bartolozzi c.1798
£ 650
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Mona Lisa After Leonardo Da Vinci 18th Century Art Oil Portrait Paintings
£ 2,650
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
17th Dutch Old Master Oil Portrait Frances Seymour (1599-1674) Circle Sir Anthony Van Dyck
£ 12,500
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
