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Message:: [QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 6313343, member: 56"]Looking up Briniensis online suggests Croatian nobility on the first, and the crowned eagle also seems to belong to Eastern Europe.  It's a naive portrait.  As per [USER=13761]@2manycats[/USER] , I read Peter Alexander as well, and 1791.  Salvi could be an Italian name, but I'm not getting an Italian sense.  Peter Alexander would be a fairly common name, especially in areas strongly influenced by Russia. The second may be mid-19thC, perhaps Lear and Cordelia?  To my eye this has the slickest technique. The third makes me think Don Quixote, but that's just a guess. The fourth is Rembrandt-esque, possibly a Rabbi.  There's about a million similar portraits out there. It's almost a genre unto itself. I like the fifth the best.  It's another naive portrait, but I get a sense of character and I like the fashions.  I would guess first half 19thC. The face on the sixth seems well done.  Tiny hands though.  I'm guessing c1860s.  The fashion mavens may know better.  It's possible the face was done by an itinerant painter and the rest filled in by a specialty painting firm.  That happened back then. I would guess the last to be mid-19thC as well, also naive. Could be completely off on all of them.[/QUOTE]