Category: Portrate of a Lady
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Titti Garelli, QUEEN ELENA 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #51
Titti Garelli, Italy QUEEN ELENA Acrylic on Wood Size: 27.6 H x 19.7 W x 0.8 in Private collection Princess Elena of Montenegro, or more commonly known as Queen Elena of Italy (8 January 1871 – 28 November 1952) was the daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. As wife of Victor…
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Heywood Hardy, Riding on the Dunes 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Dolly Henry, with Footnotes. #50
Heywood Hardy, (British, 1843-1933) “Riding on the Dunes” Oil on canvas 33″ x 30″Private collection Heywood Hardy (25 November 1842 – 20 January 1933) was a British artist, in particular an animal painter and painter of horse riding scenes. He also painted landscapes and portraits, especially equestrian portraits. Heywood Hardy was born on 25 November 1842…
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John Currie, The Witch 03 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Dolly Henry, with Footnotes. #49
John S. Currie, (British, circa 1884-1914) Dolly Henry on Hampstead Heath, c. 1913 Oil on canvas 61 x 46cm (24 x 18 1/8in) Private collection Currie met Dorothy Henry, a tall, attractive seventeen-year-old who modelled dresses at a Regent Street department store. Currie’s friend and patron, Michael Sadleir, remarked that she “was of flower-like loveliness,…
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Robert Brackman, Seated Nude, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #47
Robert Brackman, Ukrainian/American (1898 – 1980) Seated Nude, circa 1970 Pastel on Paper 20.5 x 18.5 in. (52.07 x 46.99 cm) Private collection Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 – July 16, 1980) was an American artist and teacher of Ukrainian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes. Born in Odes’ka Oblast, Ukraine, he…
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Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Marie Breunig 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #46
Gustav Klimt Portrait of a Lady in Black/Portrait of Marie Breunig, About 1894 Oil on canvas 155 x 75 cm Privately owned, Austria Marie Breunig was born in humble circumstances in one of the crownlands of the monarchy and married a successful Viennese businessman. She was also a client of the Flöge sisters’ fashion salon and…
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Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #45
Paul Delaroche, 1797 – 1856 The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, c. 1833 Oil on canvas 246 × 297 cm National Gallery The Execution of Lady Jane Grey was enormously popular in the decades after it was painted, but in the 20th century realist historical paintings fell from critical favour and it was kept in storage.…
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev, The Young Widow, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #45
Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev, (Russian 1830-1904) The Young Widow, 1867 oil on canvas 60.5 x 45.7 cm (23 3/4 x 18 in.) Private collection Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev (Russian: 1830, Moscow – 3 May 1904, Mogilev Governorate) was a Russian painter who specialized in genre and historical scenes. Nevrev was born to a family of merchants. His first art…
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Irving Ramsey Wiles; Ada May Weeks 02 Works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #44
Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861 – 1948) Ada May Weeks Oil on canvas Height of 35-3/8″ with Width of 27-1/2″ Private collection Versatile dancer of the stage and screen, Ada-May (Ada May Weeks) first headlined on Broadway in the 1924 musical “Lollipop.” A native of Long Island, she danced in public at age five, and by high school…
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CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY, Portrait of a lady 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #43
CIRCLE OF SIR PETER LELY Portrait of a lady Oil on canvas 60.8 x 49.1 cm.; 24 x 19 3/8 in. Private collection Peter Lely, Dutch, British, English (Born Soest, Westphalia, 14 September 1618; died London, 30 November 1680). Painter of Dutch origin who spent almost all his career in England and was naturalized in…
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Isaac Israels, Carmencita 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #42
Isaac Israels, 1865-1934, DUTCH Carmencita Oil on canvas 91.5 by 72cm., 36 by 28¼in. Private collection Carmen Dauset Moreno, better known simply as Carmencita (1868 – 1910), was a Spanish-style dancer in American pre-vaudeville variety and music hall ballet. Born in Almería, Andalusia, Spain, Carmencita took dancing lessons in Malaga and first danced professionally at Malaga’s…
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Mahmoud Said, MME. BATANOUNI BEY, 03 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #34
Mahmoud Said, 1897-1964, EGYPTIAN PORTRAIT DE MME. BATANOUNI BEY, c. 1923 Oil on canvas 79.5 by 65cm.; 31 1/2 by 25 1/2 in. Private collection Ferdous, Mme Batanouni Bey, whose name means ‘Paradise’ in Arabic, was a lady of prominence in Alexandria, even serving as Queen Farida’s lady in waiting. A philanthropist by nature, she was one…
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Ignacio Zuloaga, MADEMOISELLE SOUTY 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #33
Ignacio Zuloaga, 1870 – 1945, SPANISH MADEMOISELLE SOUTY, C. 1915 Oil on canvas 190 by 120cm., 74¾ by 47¼in. Private collection Mlle. Souty was half Spanish, half French. Zuloaga was introduced to Marcelle Souty by his friend the painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue, for whom she also modelled. Attracted to her distinctive, sophisticated elegance she became one…
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Martha Walter, Immigration, Ellis Island 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, from the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #3a
Martha Walter, American, 1875-1976 Immigration, Ellis Island Oil on canvas 36 1/8 x 40 inches Private Collection Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States’ busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years, from 1892 until 1954. Ellis Island was opened January 1, 1892.…
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Wladislaw Czachorski, THE BOUQUET 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #35
Wladislaw Czachorski, 1850-1911, POLISH THE BOUQUET, c. 1903 Oil on canvas 36.5 by 24cm., 14½ by 9½in. Private collection Władysław Czachórski (22 September 1850 in Lublin – 13 January 1911 in Munich) was a Polish painter in the Academic style. In 1866 Czachorski attended the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He then spent one year…
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Ilir Pojani, After “Portrait of Anne of Austria” by Rubens 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #32
Ilir Pojani, United States After “Portrait of Anne of Austria” by Rubens (below), c. 2018 Oil on canvas 24 H x 18 W x 0.8 in Private collection Anna of Austria (2 November 1549 – 26 October 1580) was Queen of Spain by marriage to her uncle, King Philip II of Spain. She was the eldest daughter of…
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Oskar Moll, Reader with a red jacket (portrait Ursula Waetzoldt) 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #32
Oskar Moll Reader with a red jacket (portrait Ursula Waetzoldt), 1925 Oil on canvas 100 x 75 cm Private collection This portrait depicts Ursula Waetzoldt (1910-1983), the daughter of the art historian Wilhelm Waetzoldt (1880-1945), who was a friend of the Mollers. Wilhelm Waetzoldt spent his formative years in Berlin, where he worked since 1920 in…
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Wladislaw Czachorski, LADY WITH A FAN 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., Diane de Poitiers, with Footnotes. #41
Wladislaw Czachorski, 1850-1911, POLISH LADY WITH A FAN Oil on panel 39 by 17.5cm., 15½ by 7in. Private collection Władysław Czachórski (22 September 1850 in Lublin – 13 January 1911 in Munich) was a Polish painter in the Academic style. In 1866 Czachorski attended the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and had Rafał Hadziewicz as a teacher.…
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04 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., Diane de Poitiers, with Footnotes. #40
Salvador Dalí ‘Diane de Poitiers’, 114/250 Hand-colored drypoint etching 40 x 50 cm Private collection Diane de Poitiers (3 September 1499 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and a prominent courtier at the courts of king Francis I and his son, King Henry II of France. She became notorious as King Henry’s chief mistress and in this…
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13 Classic Works of Art, Egyptian Women. With Footnotes
Wilhelm Kotarbiński, (1848–1921) Cleopatra Oil on canvas 135 × 246 cm (53.1 × 96.9 in) Wilhelm Kotarbiński (born 30 November 1848, Nieborów; died 4 September 1921, Kiev) was a Polish Symbolist painter of historical and fantastical subjects who spent most of his working life in Ukraine. He began his studies at the Warsaw School of Art…
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Cesare Dell’Acqua, AN OTTOMAN BEAUTY 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #39
Cesare Dell’Acqua, 1821-1905, ITALIAN AN OTTOMAN BEAUTY Oil on panel 92.5 by 71cm., 36½ by 28in. Private collector While the sitter’s dress and the gueridon table are quintessentially Turkish, in her left hand she appears to be holding a Jiajing or Wanli wucai decorated jarlet and cover, of the style produced in the sixteenth or…
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