All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1077616
19c French Miniature Portrait Painting. 19c Miniature Portrait Paintings of French Queen Marie Antoinette in Blue Dress & White Lace Collar, Artist Signed: Prevost. size: Portrait 1 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches, frame 2.5 x 2 inches in good condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1441664 (stock #a1132)
Signed "Inman 1842" along the right edge, this fine miniature portrait is purportedly of Theodore Roosevelt's grandmother. Painted with watercolors on organic material, it shows the sitter simply attired in a black dress with a lace collar, with the only other adornment being a brooch on that collar.

A later note on the back of the bronze frame states that the sitter is Mrs. Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt (nee Margaret Barnhill)...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1490427 (stock #FA136)
An antique 19th-century French Napoleonic miniature portrait of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte finely hand-painted in gouache on a natural wafer.

The painting depicts Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in his iconic stance, with his hand in his vest, dressed in his renowned uniform as the Colonel of Chasseurs Cheval de la Garde Imperia, and a sword at his side...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1479218 (stock #3414)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,200.00
PORTRAIT OF LUCIA, OIL ON PANEL 9.5” x 6”, framed in a delicate Rocco gold leaf frame measuring 14” x 11”……….Ernesto Serra (24 March 1860 – 17 May 1915) was an Italian genre, landscape and portrait painter from Varallo Sesia, Province of Vercelli in the Piemonte Region. Ernesto Serra was born on 24 March 1860 in Varallo Sesia.[2][3] He studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin under Professor Andrea Gastaldi (1826-1889) and won a gold medal for portrait painting.He speciali...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1034513
this absolutely striking and well executed Continental miniature painting exhibit a charming and extremely pretty lady sitting in typical pose for the time period. She is in a fabulous red dress with the hairdo fashionable for 19th century. The artist has successfully rendered his talent portraying this lovely woman, with great taste in choosing contrasting colors...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1441264 (stock #211)
L'Enfant Gallery
$5,200.00
James Brade Sword 1839-1915 Pennsylvania Hill c1870, 20x14 inches James Brade Sword was born in Philadelphia in 1839 but spent much of his youth in Macao, China. He returned to complete secondary school in Philadelphia and became employed as a civil engineer. Sword studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy under Christian Schussele and then with marine artist George Washington Nicholson...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1455249 (stock #FA87)
Antique, 19th century, of superb quality, finely hand-painted on an organic wafer, miniature portrait of a lady wearing an elegant dress.

The painting is signed and illegibly dated (possibly 1889) at her right shoulder. Set under glass in the original oval brass frame adorned with a bow at the top.

The back of the frame is fitted with a hinged easel and is lined with green velvet.

Dimensions of the oval frame with a bow: High: 9.7 cm (3.8 inches)...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1296392
A Chinese export carved dragon frame with miniature portrait, late 19th century period. Of scalloped oval form carved in deep relief with four dragons. Containing a hand-painted portrait of a young beauty. Overall height of item is 6 inches with length of 5 inches, measurements of portrait is 3.5 x 2.75 inches. Condition Report; Miniature portrait in good condition, frame sustain a couple of age cracks.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1315559 (stock #a1470)
A nicely done miniature, on natural wafer, of a gentleman in a black. The reverse of the case is a beautiful example of repousse work, and has an aperture with hairwork within.

The painting is in good condition, with no chips, cracks, or inpainting. The case is in excellent condition and measures 2 1/2" by 2".

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1900 item #1491542 (stock #1048)
A very fine original antique Dutch Master School oil painting a portrait of a boy late 19th century. Oil on panel presented in the original antique period frame. Panel measures 5.75" x 8.5" overall framed size 99" x 12"
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1395738 (stock #ES893)
Superb quality antique late 19th century finely hand painted Indian miniature painting depicting the Taj Mahal, Mausoleum of Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan and his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Set under the glass in an oval silver frame mounted in a beautifully carved solid ebony wood frame carved with floral decoration standing on two ornate feet with an easel at the back to stand. The painting itself features the classic symmetrical view of the marble structure set behind its reflecting pool...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1444716 (stock #1798)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,200.00
Hungarian early 20th century Modernist oil on canvas measuring 29x34 inch depicting a meadow with horses in the countryside
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1441811 (stock #497)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,000.00
Dutch seascape, cards at Waters edge, signed FRILING Oil on canvas measuring 24 x 34“ and it’s original 19 century frame measuring 34 x 46“ Most likely a scene of the beach at Scheveningen, signed but signature largely illegible, appears to be dated "09," which along with the style of execution would suggest an affinity if not affiliation with the Amsterdam Impressionists who were active during the late 19th century into the early 20th...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #984877 (stock #a1149)
A very fine American portrait miniature painting, on natural organic material, of a young man attired in the latest fashion of his period, wearing a brown vest and velvet collar coat.

The miniature is 2 inches by 1 1/2 inches sight size and the deep purple velvet-lined thermoplastic case it is in is 3 inches by 2 1/2 inches. The piece is in superb condition, with no cracks, chips, bowing, or inpainting...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1442434 (stock #014)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,200.00
Unsigned Portrait after Velasquez Oil on canvas 18 x 14“ Frame size 21 x 17“
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1469373 (stock #R185)
Museum-quality antique, early 19th century, superb quality, finely hand-painted Russian miniature portrait of Count Nikolay Mikhailovich Kamensky (1776-1811), attributed to the Russian painter Ivan Gavrilovitch Grigoriev (born 1780—died in the first half of the 19th century)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1441794 (stock #421)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,800.00
German Artist Gustav Müller, Forest and Brookside oil c.1900 Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 24“, frame and its original circa 1900 frame 23 x 30“
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1409411 (stock #BNJlebrunPtg)
June Hastings
$985.00
19th century, miniature French self-portrait painting of Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun with her daughter. Lebrun caused a public scandal when her “Self-Portrait with Her Daughter Julie” was exhibited at the Salon of 1787 showing her smiling and open-mouthed (“bearing her teeth”), which was in direct contravention of traditional painting conventions going back to antiquity. Painted in wonderful realist style the colors are still vibrant having been protected from the elements all these years...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1079570
19th cen. Italian hand painted miniature by Darulia depicting a European lady adorned with jewelry, the image measuring 3.75" x 2.5", the mosaic bone ornately engraved frame measuring 7" x 5.5" (a few age cracks to the frame panels) c.1840-1880
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1452627 (stock #1406)
L'Enfant Gallery
$9,500.00
Nineteenth Century Oil Painting of a Manhattan New York View From Staten Island Naïve Artist 23x35” unsigned
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1047803
Description: French portrait miniature after Drouais,"L'Enfants Royale", Jean-Germain Drouais (French Neoclassical Painter, 1763-1788). With the prince standing by the princes who is holding a fruit basket with the left hand and holding the pet goat with the right. This intricately and delicately painted portrait is signed by the artist on the lower left and belongs to 19th century era. Size: This item is 6 1/4 inches high and 5 inches wide, housed in a11.5"H x 10"W...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1459863 (stock #2253)
L'Enfant Gallery
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Comic scenes of Wartime camp life were part of every major Civil War artist portfolio. Measuring 30 x 25“ circa 1864 For a time, Price studied portrait painting with William Reading, an artist in Louisville, Kentucky, and later with Oliver Frazer in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1849, Price left Kentucky for New York City where he enrolled in the School of Design and studied for five months...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1489508 (stock #FA133)
Antique hand-painted miniature depicting "Napoleon at the Fontainebleau, 31 March 1814" after renowned artist Paul Delaroche. The intricate details and superb craftsmanship of this 19th-century artwork are truly remarkable. It is signed on the wafer panel's front and back.

This beautiful miniature painting has been meticulously hand-painted using gouache on a natural wafer panel...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1228502 (stock #na118)
A nice miniature painting done by Christopher Greiner. The sitter is a gentleman in a black coat and tie, but Greiner emphasized the somber feel of the painting by using a background of black and dark green.

The painting has no condition flaws, and is housed in a cast foliate pendant case with hair in the glazed aperture on the back. The size is 2 1/2" by 1 3/4".

Note: Not much seems to be known about Christopher (or Christian) Greiner (died 1864), other than that he was a painter and min...

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1448161
L'Enfant Gallery
$10,000.00
A early nineteenth century renaissance revival painting depicting the allegory of justice. Oil on canvas measuring 24x30 inches framed in a rococo gilded frame
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1473158 (stock #dr13018)
2ezr
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19th Century Frame Miniature Painting Plaque of Couple and Angle Signed

The frame is 7.9 inches (20 cm) long by 8.9 inches (22.7 cm) wide. The plaque is about 4.1 inches (10.5 cm) long by 5.5 inches (14 cm) wide. It is 1.5 Lb.

The plaque is warped and has stains, cracks, surface wears and scratches, and uneven surface (as seen in the photos).


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All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1474460 (stock #3085)
Eliphalet M. Brown, Jr., 1816 - 1886 was the Artist and official photographer of Commander Perry’s expedition to Asian and was commissioned to do this work circa 1860. This work is an original oil on canvas, measuring 36” by 48”, in its original gold leaf frame. It is an historic work of American History
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1169108
Fine miniature portrait painting, an 18th century woman, signed, 19th century, most likely French. In a gilded metal frame set into a larger wood frame. Painting height 1 3/4 inches. Condition Report: Very good condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1440711 (stock #146)
L'Enfant Gallery
$18,000.00
Simon Lake’s argonaut on the seafloor oil on canvas 1898 F. Wightman artist 25x37 inches If that white man who is in Richmond Virginia shows the first documented use of a submarine in the construction of a seawall or lighthouse I believe it was in Portsmouth Virginia or Virginia Beach very very rare
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1462267 (stock #2731)
L'Enfant Gallery
$9,000.00
William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1847, but as an adult, he moved to Paris to perfect his painting technique. In Paris, Baird studied under Adolphe Yvan, and exhibited extensively at the Paris Salon from 1872 until 1899. Baird was a painter of farm animals, rural subjects, and small animals. In 1872, he exhibited in a formal gallery in Paris, and was represented there through 1899, during which time the gallery became the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881. Baird wor...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1080661
Fabulous European miniature portrait painting, depicting a 19th century beauty in red dress with the hairdo fashionable for the time, the portrait is oval and 3 1/4"H x 2.5"W housed in a bronze frame. Condition report: Good condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1443535 (stock #1091)
L'Enfant Gallery
$7,500.00
A. WOLFFEROT Flemish Village Boat Scene o/copper 12x16” Set in a beautiful village, people are boating and merrymaking on a Saturday summer day.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1396114 (stock #RMT-106)
La Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France

Miniature oval watercolor, framed.

Oval 1.25" x 1.75"

La Maison Carrée is one of the best preserved temples of the Roman Empire and was a major influence during the Classical Revival, inspiring Thomas Jefferson's design for the Virginia State Capitol.

All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1439021 (stock #926)
L'Enfant Gallery
$12,500.00
“The Cobbler”, unsigned School of Naples, circa mid 19th Century, oil on canvas, ornate gilt plaster and gold leafed original frame, canvas size 30” x 24”, frame size 41” x 35”. “The Cobbler” depicts a 19th Century shoe mender working with a patron in his workshop . The work is typical of the School of Naples artist.A classic example of veiled Victorian eroticism in Italian mid 19th Century painting. Provenance: The Wheeler Collection 2019, Washington,D.C.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Miniatures : Pre 1900 item #1077604
19th c Portrait Painting of French Military Man in Uniform with Medals & Sash. Artist Signed: M. Marret. In a Wooden Frame of the Period. Size: The portrait diameter is 2.5 inches and length of frame is 4.75 inches.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1900 item #1421860 (stock #JB05597)
A classic late 19th century American pastel of daisies on a red cloth, 10 3/4" by 15 3/4" (14 1/2" by 19 3/4" in likely original framing), apparently unsigned, the style somewhat resembling that of renowned American artist of the period Martin Johnson Heade. Condition is excellent. A very small fragment of a label remains on the frame, with "Broadway" as part of street address. That would likely but not necessarily be Broadway in New York. Interesting gold frame is in good condition consider...