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$676 USD SaleSALE Large Antique HP Miniature Painting, Marvelous Figural Grouping with King: Signed "Giordano"
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Fabulous large antique miniature painting, a colorful hand painted scene depicting a king and variety of court women, beautifully displayed in the original gilt bronze frame! Not, strictly speaking, a portrait miniature but falls into the same category. The scene seems like it should ring a bell with us but, so far, I've not been able to find anything similar. Possibly after a work by Luca Giordano, a 17th century Italian painter but, again, I haven't seen one of his works that looked like this. ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Rare Antique French Miniature Painting: Weaver at work
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Wonderful antique French Napoleon III era (c. 1810-1830) hand painted portrait miniature, a miniature painting of a partial nude with what I believe to be an early tool to twist wool into yarn/skeins, though I might be mistaken. One might also conclude it's a fishing apparatus and he/she is fishing at the water's edge. The hand painted miniature is displayed in a turned wood & gild ormolu picture frame! Everything about this one appears original, the frame style appropriate for the age of the ...
$761 USD SaleSALE Rare Antique Georgian Portrait Miniature, Shagreen Case
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Fabulous & rare antique early Georgian era hand painted portrait miniature on thin natural wafer, housed in the original shagreen etui case and in wonderful condition! Rare to find, this one is about the size of an old Georgian mourning brooch or gem sized daguerreotype, hand painted on a wafer though and held in its own little folding case. I believe his costume is 1700s military, but I am not an expert there and so only suggest it. The case itself also rare, original to the portrait and ...
$591 USD SaleSALE Superb Antique French Portrait Miniature, Gilt Gesso Frame
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
A superb Napoleon III era painting, after Gainsborough if I'm not mistaken, though I can't think of the sitter's name. I would guess Miss Elizabeth, sister of King Louis XVI, but I might not be correct. Anyone out there remember your Art History better than I do? If so, please email. Definitely 'after' the work of a 1700s to early 1800s portraitist whose work would have drawn Grand Tour travelers to the Museums of Paris. There sprang up such a market for these beautifully rendered miniatures ...
$761 USD SaleSALE Superb Antique Georgian Portrait Miniature, Jewelry Interest
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
In her original frame, which helps us date this stunning Georgian era painting (style popular from 1780-1830) this one becomes a bit of a museum treasure for the collector of costumery and of jewelry, both. The portrait is, itself, magnificent and is a charming likeness with great personality, certainly a commissioned portrait that would have pleased this woman. The detail in the medium-sized painting is truly amazing. Her grey eyebrows, greying roots and very slight signs of age are juxtaposed ...
$2,121 USD SaleSALE RARE Antique French 1700s Portrait Miniature Snuff Box, 22k - Fine shell and hand painted portrait
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
The gold on this tests as 22k, apart from the inserting frame (view photos) for the miniature, which tests at 12k (probably lesser for the strength of lower karat gold, necessary for that part). My assumption is that it's a French case, but the French standard by late 1700s was 18k, so I can't be absolutely certain - either before 1750, or might be from some other part of Europe. The painting within is truly amazing. Consider the size of it when you view the image scanned for detail. That ...
$2,121 USD SaleSALE Rare Antique French Faux Tortoise Shell Portrait Miniature Snuff Box, Woman with Mandolin, Musical Instrument, c. 1750-1815
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Exceptionally fine museum quality 1700s snuff box mounted with a fine portrait miniature showing a woman with mandolin and charming period costume, furnishings visible behind her. The painting is on ivory, and is mounted in 12k gold mounting ring which serves as a frame. The original slightly convex cover glass is intact, in fine condition as you can see. We've taken the painting out of its mount in order to scan it so you can see the very fine detail of the artist's work, though it is unsigned. ...
$1,611 USD SaleSALE Rare LG Antique French Portrait Miniature: Defeat of Napoleon After 1814 H. Delaroche Painting "Napoleon I at Fontainebleau"
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Magnificent & rare antique French hand painted portrait miniature on early celluloid: a full rendering of the 1814 "Napoleon I at Fontainebleau" by Hippolyte Delaroche in the original ebonized wood & rosewood shadow box style frame! This is definitely one of the finest and most unique miniatures of Napoleon I that we've had the pleasure to offer. Not only is it a rare full body pose but Napoleon is depicted in his 'defeat', shown slumping in a seat after his abdication at Fontainebleau (the ...
$1,951 USD SaleSALE Superb Antique Georgian Era Snuff Box, Portrait Miniature with 14k Gold & Faux Tortoise Shell, Tortoiseshell
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Absolutely gorgeous & rare antique 1700-1800 late Georgian era 3.5" snuff box, a striking piece with hand painted portrait miniature, 14k to 15k gold framework and natural faux faux faux shell or horn body! Extra large and superbly preserved - A museum quality piece, something you wouldn't be surprised to see on display in the Napoleon III apartments in the Louvre, or among the portrait miniatures in the Victoria & Albert, London. Yes, it is true; we do offer museum quality antiques. I've been ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian Portrait Miniature, French, a Groom
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
The groom to our bride, sold here. Let me talk about her for a moment first: her Empire gown hints at the era, which is Napoleonic, and the origin is French for this lovely veiled bride and her rather less lovely groom (sold herein), and the miniature does, indeed, date to late 1700s to earliest 1800s. And him? Wll, she looks the picture of happiness, so perhaps this gentleman was either very clever and charming, or perhaps just wealthy and titled, eh? In any case, the miniature painting is just ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique 1840 Portrait Miniature, ID'd Historical Figure
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
We believe this charming lady, whose Georgian portrait is offered here, might well be the sister of and important historical figure, John Rickman (22 Aug. 1771 - 11 Aug. 1840) who was a noted statistician of the Georgian era (early 1800s). In fact, Rickman is credited with drafting the first bill which created the 1800 census act, instrumental in achieving the first censuses of Great Britain, including Parish registers. An important figure in the proliferation of geneological data, his work ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique French Miniature Painting: Gerard's Mme Recamier
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Fine antique French hand painted portrait miniature style painting, a Napoleon III era rendition of Madame Recamier by Baron Gerard (Francois Pascal Simon, 1802) in ebonized wood & gilt ormolu frame! One of two featuring Mme Recamier that we're adding this week, the other a bit larger and in a great old Empire style bronze frame! An interesting personality, here's a bit of information found online: Born in Lyon, France, and known as Juliette, she was married at fifteen to Jacques Récamier (d. ...
$506 USD SaleSALE Antique French HP Miniature Painting, Enamel & Bronze Box
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
A superb and larger sized gilt bronze French casket in excellent original condition, dating last half of 19th century (c. 1860-1900), and showing a fine representative painting of the Impressionist movement of that same period. We know from reading Ross King's "The Judgement of Paris" and other historically significant art/culture books from the mid-1800s that many of the impressionist artists did do miniature portraits and paintings after those in the Louvre, just to support themselves while ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian Shagreen Locket, Portrait Miniature Etui
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Dating to 1700s, this traveler's 'necessaire' or etui, a compact little traveler's dream of a case that would have originally housed 2 miniature paintings, perhaps a wife and the children left behind. It survives over 200 years in remarkably good condition for age and type. The shagreen is, as you know, leather from the fine scale underbelly of a stingray, and it was popularly used on many traveler's items for the wealthy and also military officers, etc., in the 1600s through 1800s. The style of ...
$761 USD SaleSALE Antique French Portrait Miniature, Mme Recamier, Empire Frame
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Fabulous large antique French hand painted portrait miniature style painting, a Napoleon III era rendition of Madame Recamier by Jacques-Louis David (1800) in fantastic Empire style gilt bronze ormolu frame! Hand painted on a large horizontal format natural wafer, the painting alone is an impressive 5" wide! The frame, as fine as can be in the most desirable French Empire style, is over 6" wide and tall! A bit of information found online: Born in Lyon, France, and known as Juliette, she was ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique HP Georgian Portrait Miniature in 12k Gold Frame, Case
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
A superb miniature portrait, not only for the glimpse of fashion in vogue in the early 1800s, but also for the confident pose of the wealthy young man whose future laid out infinitely in front of him at that moment in time, around 200 years ago. And now we don't have any idea who he is or what was behind that confidence. Was it his family's heritage and social standing? Was it his image of himself as a professional, or as a suitor? Was it his portrait gift to his bride, or just one of many this ...
$506 USD SaleSALE Antique French Hand Painted Portrait Miniature Mounted on a Snuff Box
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
The portrait may or may not be of Marie-Antoinette, though it is certainly of someone of her era and style. The hand painted miniature is signed by the artist, and is well protected all this time under the original cover glass. The portrait and thin natural wafer snuff box are both in very good condition and are fabulous to display with either your snuff box collection or your portrait miniature gallery. This is a charming old one, c. 1830-70, and could well be found in and among the collections ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique HP Miniature Portrait, French Gentleman, TOURON case, c. 1810-30
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
A superb piece! Painting on natural wafer, beautifully executed by an unsigned but very talented artist. The portrait is early 1800s, perhaps latest 1700s, and the gentleman is in elegant dress of the period, most closely English in dress, so he may well have been a visiting dignitary or perhaps has a new frame in the leather case from TOURON, 24 rue de la Paix, Paris (a VERY fine address, indeed). The leather case is in exceptionally fine condition. Very light loss to the right cheek, eye. ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian Portrait Miniature, Military, 12k Gold Locket-Style Frame
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
I believe he's a Georgian era Navy Officer, and his id is on backside, telling us he is Admiral Wall, but I can find nothing about him with an internet search, so I guess we need his full name. Any of you history or military buffs out there who can help me out a bit, please email. The miniature painting is done on a very thin thin natural wafer wafer, typical of the art, and is housed in the very fine old original 12k gold frame. The backside houses a parquet plaiting of human hair, one blond ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian HP Portrait Miniature, Mourning Braided Hair Back, 12k Gold Frame
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Wonderful antique Georgian era hand painted portrait miniature, a handsome gent with mourning style woven or braided hair in the back and in the original locket style 12k gold frame! Dating to the Georgian era, mid 1700s to 1820s and in fabulous condition! A locket style frame, tests as 12k gold with a hang ring or bale at the top. Original convex glass front & back, the portrait is hand painted on a thin natural wafer and the back of the piece holds woven locks of hair, likely from the sitter, ...
$421 USD SaleSALE Antique French Portrait Miniature Pair in Double Frame - Marie-Antoinette and Mme. Lamballe - 2!
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
A charming pair of miniatures painted 'apres' or after the portraits by Vigee LeBrun (in the case of Marie-Antoinette, at left and in blue) and by Callet (in the case of the Princess Lamballe, shown with that BIG hair and garland of flowers). The pair are nicely rendered here in a particularly charming style by the artist who has signed his or her work. The paintings are on celluloid, probably very early after it was invented and when it was being heralded as a mimic of thin natural wafer which ...
$251 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian Painted Portrait Silhouette, Acorn Frame - circa 1780-1810 Gent, superb costume!
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Isn't he elegant! A wonderful fashionable gentleman of the upper classes, English and late 1700s to early 1800s, shown here in a most appealing hand painted silhouette likeness with gold enhancements that thrill the viewer, truly. A fine depiction of costumery and hair styles of the era, these predate the earliest photography by 40 - 60 years, remember, and are likely the only remaining images of these people. These are hand painted on card, or thick paper, and framed customarily as you see this ...
$846 USD SaleSALE Antique French Portrait Miniature set into Fabulous Large Powder Jar - Perhaps a Table Snuff Box?
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
When I bought this, it was thought to be an oversized snuff box, but I do believe it is actually a lady's powder jar, instead. All it needs is a nice big puffy down powder puff with a little lathe-turned finial - you know the type. Whether you think of it as a large table snuff box, or a powder jar, or a jewelry casket - it's definitely an elegant and unique one. The painting is 3.75" in diameter and resides perfectly well beneath the original cover glass. Nested into the recess provided in the ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique Georgian Painted Portrait Silhouette, Acorn Frame - circa 1780-1810 Matron, superb costume!
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Isn't she elegant! A wonderful fashionable lady of the upper classes, English and late 1700s to early 1800s, shown here in a most appealing hand painted silhouette likeness with gold enhancements that thrill the viewer, truly. The treatment of the costumery and lace, the bonnet and the style of the gown - all combine to make this one of my favorite silhouettes ever. And aren't those tortoise sehll pique earrings she has on? They certainly look like it with their gold highlights and form. These ...
$336 USD SaleSALE Antique French Military Portrait Miniature Snuff Box, Gold - Eglomise painting of officer in uniform.
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
A wonderful portrait set into a beautifully preserved Napoleonic era snuff box of turned wood (treen), that has survived the ages remarkably well. Not a chip or crack or any loss to the snuff box or the miniature painting mounted on top. The painting is of interest both for the military subject and also in that it is painted directly on the backside of the glass (eglomise) in a manner that is unusual and not often found fully intact as this one is. A great collector's piece! The gold band is ...
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
The remarkably fine detail to this tiny painting defies imagination, truly. One of the finest we've seen, the painting is not quite 3" x 2.25" oval, and yet it's got magnificent detail and personality. The life in this lady's eyes, her chestnut hair that's ringlett-arranged beneath her lace and sheer bonnet, etc., is mirrored in how delicately the artist her detailed the ribbon at her chin, the black lace ruffle that is wrapped around her heck, and the fur of her cape in a matching shade of ...
$1,356 USD SaleSALE Fine HP French Antique Portait Miniature, Large Lathe Turned Table Snuff
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
This one is in heartbreakingly fine condition, and the painting is one of the most charming ever. A young woman just in the bud of blossoming womanhood, dressed in her 'as yet unfilled' shirred bosom gown of 'Blue Boy' blue, reminds me so much of a Gainsborough or similar portrait - is it only all that blue? I'm not sure, but the painting is just ever so fine and appealing! She could well be the daughter of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI, don't you agree? And perhaps the painting is after a ...
$931 USD SaleSALE Fine Antique French Snuff Box, Portrait Miniature on Wafer- Faux Tortoiseshell Tortoise Shell
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Here's a wonderful old faux shell snuff box, French in origin, and sporting a fine hand painted portrait miniature of a fine Louis XVI period beauty up top. The box itself is beautiful old shell, not just shell-lined, and is in quite fine shape; no breaks, no warping or cracks. The old cover glass is undamaged and the portrait is also perfectly preserved. Signed 'Verens', I'm unsure if that signature indicates the painter of this miniature, or refers to the artist who may have originally painted ...
SOLDSOLD Large Antique French Napoleonic HP Portrait Miniature, 18k Gold Plated Frame
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Beautiful, large antique French Empire hand painted portrait miniature, a rare 1780-1815 Napoleonic beauty with jewelry interest and in the original 18k gold plate or vermeil frame! One of a few fabulous old portrait miniatures that we're adding today. This actually the largest, measuring an impressive 4 5/8" x 3 7/8"! Exceptional artistry here, superb detail & realism and isn't the cloak or cape draped over her arms and the jewelry clasp alluring! Hand painted on a thin, natural wafer and the ...
SOLDSOLD Rare Antique Georgian Portrait Miniature, Red Coat Military Officer, 14k Gold Frame
Antiques:Portrait Miniature
Fabulous antique 1770s Georgian era hand painted portrait miniature, a rare depiction of a red coat English military officer in full uniform and set in the original 14k gold locket style frame! Wonderful colors and definitely an attractive portrait here! Hand painted on a thin natural wafer, the painting is protected under the original beveled glass facade and the frame is tested 14k gold with a machined decoration around the rim. A portrait for the collectors, whether its truly fine old ...| Items 1 - 30 of 30 | Page 1 of 1 |
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