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Portraits of Women in Art

A collection of oil paintings featuring women in classic attire, captured in contemplative poses with dark backgrounds, conveying an aura of mystery and depth.

George Sand Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863 French) Oil on canvas Odrupgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
George Sand Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863 French) Oil on canvas Odrupgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
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EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. Virgin Annunciate, from the exterior of the right wing. Flemish art. Oil on wood.Idealized portrait of a young woman as Flora, the goddess of blossom and spring in Roman mythology, 1520, painting by Bartolomeo Veneto, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original..Woman Reading, 1769. Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié (French, 1735-1784). Oil on canvas; framed: 64 x 55 x 5 cm (25 3/16 x 21 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 46.3 x 37.8 cm (18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.).Queen Eleanor - Eleanor of Aquitaine - Frederick Sandys, 1858Elderly woman meditating, Antonio Carneo, oil on canvas, 17th century, Galeria d'Arte Antica, Castello di Udine, seat of the Civic Museums, Udine, most important historical city of Friuli, Italy, Udine, Friuli, Italy, EuropeThe Virgin Reading. Dated: c. 1505. Dimensions: overall: 78 x 51 cm (30 11/16 x 20 1/16 in.) framed: 119.7 x 86.4 x 10 cm (47 1/8 x 34 x 3 15/16 in.). Medium: oil on panel transferred to canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Vittore Carpaccio.Lot and his daughters in a rock grotto. Date/Period: Ca. 1610. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 108 cm (42.5 in); Width: 146 cm (57.4 in). Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS.Pictura (An Allegory of Painting). Frans van Mieris the Elder (Dutch, 1635 - 1681)Agustín Sáez y Glanadell / 'Tulga'. Ca. 1854. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.The Peace. Date/Period: 1551 - 1552. Painting. Canvas. Height: 1,050 mm (41.33 in); Width: 640 mm (25.19 in). Author: Véronèse.Portrait of a Young Artist. South German. Date: 1490-1510. Dimensions: 18 × 12 7/8 in. (45.7 × 32.8 cm). Oil on panel. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA. Author: German school.Fortune Teller, Manfredi, Bartolomeo, 1608The Flotenspieler. (Dirck van Baburen; 1590/95 Utrecht; Utrecht -1624)Concert; Bronchorst, Jan Jans Van (1627-1656); 1635-1650 (1635-00-00-1650-00-00);Caravaggianism (style), flute, women, lun (music), Dutch painting, music, men, Viola da Gamba (music), purchase (provenance)'The Birth of Venus' (detail), c1485. Artist: Sandro BotticelliARTE BARROCO. ESPAÑA. MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban (Sevilla,1617-1682). Pintor barroco español, el más representativo de la segunda generación de la escuela andaluza. "PEQUEÑA VENDEDORA DE FRUTA". Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Alemania.Italian Risorgimento. "Venice that hopes". Allegorical painting by Andrea Appiani the Younger (1817-1865), 1861. It depicts the desire of the Venetians to join the struggle for independence. The annexation of the Veneto to the Kingdom of Italy did not take place until 1866. Oil on canvas. Museum of the Risorgimento. Milan. Italy. Author: Andrea Appiani the Younger (1817-1865). Italian painter.'Convival Fellow'. Holland, 1624. Dimensions: 84x66,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GERRIT VAN HONTHORST.Juan Carreño de Miranda / 'Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, The Monster, dressed.', ca. 1680, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 165 cm x 107 cm, P00646. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Tobias with the angel. 1685 Eglon H. van der Neer Dutch (1635/36 Amsterdam -1703 Dusseldorf)El Salvador Adolescente (The Adolescent Saviour) by Boltraffio, Giovanni Antonio (1467-1516) / Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid / 1490-1495 / Italy, Milanese school / Oil on wood / Bible / 25x18,5Agrippina and Germanicus. Dated: c. 1614. Dimensions: overall: 66.4 x 57 cm (26 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.) framed: 91.8 x 81.6 cm (36 1/8 x 32 1/8 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS.Altarpiece from Santa Clara, 1414 - 1415. Altarpiece dedicated to Saint Francis. Detail of the crucifixion of Jesus. Tempera on wood. 610 x 422 cm. From the old convent of Santa Clara in Vic (Osona). Museu Episcopal de Vic. Author: LLUIS BORRASSA.Altarpiece of Saint Lucia or Saint Lucia in the courts, 1532, by Lorenzo Lotto (1480 ca- 1556), oil on canvas, 243x237 cm. Detail.Art, Russian art, Aleksej Gavrilovič Venecianov 1780 - 1847, title of the work, Peasant woman of Tver Province, 1840, oil on wood, cm 67 x 50,5. The Cats Luncheon, Gerard, Marguerite, 1800. The Lute Player, Orazio Gentileschi, circa 1615, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North AmericaBoy with a Basket of Fruit, 1593-1594, Oil on canvas, 70 cm x 67 cm. Museum: GALLERIA BORGHESE, Roma, ITALIA. Author: CARAVAGGIO.Girl with a Pearl Earring, Vermeer, Johannes, . Juan de Espinal / "The Saints Justa and Rufina", 1760, Painting (Oil on canvas), 1.68 x 2.75 m.Double Portrait. Michael Sweerts (Flemish, 1618 - 1664)Hermia and Helena. Date/Period: Before 1818. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 771.65 mm (30.37 in); Width: 641.35 mm (25.25 in). Author: Washington Allston.Peasent Woman; Femme Fellah. Charles Landelle (1821-1908). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1869. 129.5 x 87cm.'Lady Taking an Arrow Out of Cupid's Quiver'. France, Second half of the 1790s. Dimensions: 32x24 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: François Leroy de Liancourt.Christ with a Staff. Artist: Follower of Rembrandt (Dutch, third quarter 17th century). Dimensions: 37 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (95.3 x 82.6 cm).This impressive picture was clearly inspired by Rembrandt's style of the 1660s and was conceivably painted in his workshop. The broad, uniform application of paint and rather decorative use of strokes and scratches imitate some of Rembrandt's surface effects but fail to achieve his sense of volume, various textures, and atmosphere. A few scholars have suggested the manner of execution is similar to that of Arent de Gelder (1645-1727), Rembrandt's last important pupil. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.LA PARTIDA LEAL - DETALLE - SIGLO XVIII - ROCOCO FRANCES. Author: Jean Antoine Watteau. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.Gypsy Girl with Mandolin Oil on canvas; c. 1870 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot; French; 1796 - 1875Saint Cecilia and the Angel, Stomer, Matthias (ca.1600-after 1650)archangel Barachiel, 17th century, oil on canvas, Bartolome Roman, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.Self-portrait of Giovan Demenico Ferretti, Ferretti, Giovan Domenico da I, 1719.Highland Mary, Thomas Faed (Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland, 1826 - 1900) 1857Amsterdam, the Netherlands. June 10, 2024. Famous paintings of the Dutch masters in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. June 10, 2024. Famous paintings of the Dutch masters in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. High quality photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/BertxDexBoerx 21818837painting by Paul Delaroche: Herodiade, Robert Jefferson Bingham, Goupil & Cie, 1858.El Greco (1541-1614). Cretan painter. Boy lighting a candle or The Snitch, 1571. Farnese Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini. Artist: Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Italian (Emilian), active late 15th century). Dimensions: Overall 19 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (50.2 x 37.1 cm); painted surface 19 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (48.6 x 35.9 cm). Date: 1494.This portrait and its pendant (1975.1.96) represent a husband and wife of the Gozzadini family of Bologna; the family's coat of arms appears prominently in both paintings. The inscribed architectural frieze in the background, which runs across both panels, attests to the commemorative function of the portraits: VT SIT NOSTRA FORMA SVPERSTES (In order that our features may survive). Probably made to celebrate a betrothal or marriage, the portraits contain numerous allusions to love and matrimony, such as the spray of flowers, known as pinks, held by the male sitter, and the fruit (perhaps a quince) held by his wife. The pelican and phoenix at lower left of the male portrait refer respectively to charUnequal lovers couple (between 1520-1550),circle of Lucas Cranach said "the old".Oil on canvas.Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672. In 1672 the Netherlands was invaded by the French. That disaster is allegorically rendered in the drawing at which the seated man looks: the Dutch lion is defeated, its weapons in pieces, the gate to its enclosure broken; above, the French rooster crows triumphantly. Symbolizing the other side is the standing man withan orange feather in his cap: he is a supporter of William III of Orange, who would avert the French threat.Portrait of African Male by Govert Flinck (1615-1660) Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Dated 17th CenturyRembrandt, A Woman bathing in a Stream, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, England, Great Britain.Saint Jerome. Date/Period: 1482. Panel. Height: 112.50 mm (4.42 in); Width: 49.90 mm (1.96 in). Author: Bartolomeo Montagna.Born Heloisa around 1095 in the Loire region, died approx. 1164 in the Le Paraclet monastery near Nogent-Sur-Seine, Franzoesisch Heloíse or Heloise, was the wife of the philosopher and theologian Peter Abaelard and abtissin of the fonts and fonts of fonts, which was grown out by Abaelard's fonts underpinned women's conventes Le Paraclet, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date not stated,Young Man Playing a Theorbo - Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst, circa 1645Diana.Johannes Vermeer (1632-1674) Dutch painter, Zittende Klavecimbelspeelster (1673-1675)Ary Scheffer (1795-1858). "Effie and Jeanie Deans". Watercolor, first half of the 19th century. Paris, Museum of Romantic Life. 77220-26 Accusation, woman, infanticide, the heart of the Midlothian, novel character, sister, 19th century, watercolorGeorge James, active from 1755-died 1795, British, A Whole Length of a Lady of Petrella, in the Kingdom of Naples, Exhibited 1762. Oil on canvas.Fake caryatid, 1511-1514, fresco of the socle of the Room of Heliodorus, Vatican Museums Palace, Vatican City.fine arts - Melozzo da Forli (1438 - 1494), painting, ""Angel musician"", Prado, MadridPortrait of woman playing lute by Michelangelo Caravaggio, Oil on canvas, circa 1595, 1571-1610, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 94x119Casta Painting - 'Black and Indian woman: China Cambuja', 1763, Oil on canvas. Author: MIGUEL CABRERA (1695-1768). Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Portrait of a Young Woman as a Wise Virgin. Dated: c. 1510. Dimensions: overall: 54.7 x 47.5 cm (21 9/16 x 18 11/16 in.) framed: 77.5 x 69.4 x 7.3 cm (30 1/2 x 27 5/16 x 2 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on hardboard transferred from panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO.Germany, Dresden, Italy and Germany, 1828, oil on canvasNicolas Auguste Galimard. Allegory of science or astronomy. Oil on canvas. 1813-1867. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76093-9Melozzo da Forli (1438-1494). Angel Musician. end 15th c. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.