![Painting, Carnaval, KY23](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208724_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait Painting for Sale
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
![Painting, Carnaval, KY23](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208724_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La boule de cristal, Claude Sauzet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126151_1_grid.jpg)
La boule de cristal
Claude Sauzet
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,306
![Painting, The Dreamplanter, Judith Christine Riemer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1921080_1_grid.jpg)
The Dreamplanter
Judith Christine Riemer
Painting - 95 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,747
![Painting, Peace, Marie-Ange Daudé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443132_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hommage to Lichtenstein, Craig Alan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/572463_1_grid.jpg)
Hommage to Lichtenstein
Craig Alan
Painting - 91.5 x 91.5 x 4 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.6 inch
$18,455
![Painting, Samourai colorfull, Julien Soone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148929_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Damsel, Busari Adewale](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2010042_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, T'as eu ce que t'as eu, Petrus Von Tricht](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1913271_1_grid.jpg)
T'as eu ce que t'as eu
Petrus Von Tricht
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
![Painting, You lose control, Lucile Callegari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1455879_1_grid.jpg)
You lose control
Lucile Callegari
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,244
![Painting, Cause Toujours, Agathe Lemaire Thalazac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206784_1_grid.jpg)
Cause Toujours
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 146 x 149 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 58.7 x 0.8 inch
$20,132
![Painting, Together for a better world, Papytsho Mafolo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1742568_1_grid.jpg)
Together for a better world
Papytsho Mafolo
Painting - 70 x 50 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,835
![Painting, Une vie d'homme..., Javier Navarro Avilés](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/164026_1_grid.jpg)
Une vie d'homme...
Javier Navarro Avilés
Painting - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$839
![Painting, Untitled, Shokoofeh Mahve](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/930588_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love Cats, Studio Art Inspirada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176010_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ninos azules I, Diego Roa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140090_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La plus belle pour aller danser, Stojan Milanov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579743_1_grid.jpg)
La plus belle pour aller danser
Stojan Milanov
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,443 $1,083
![Painting, Untitled, Bara Sketchbook](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527456_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serene, Anna Peter Breton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171908_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eléonore, Virginie Matz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076036_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marìas, Alexandra de Assuncao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1560504_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hershey Pa, Dan Witz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381077_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Little Wine, Benjamin Olatunji](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1722462_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ConSorT, DelBorn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412265_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La nef des fous, Cédric Marachian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/459358_1_grid.jpg)
La nef des fous
Cédric Marachian
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
![Painting, The Space Between - Viridian V1, Sophie Derrick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/283966_1_grid.jpg)
The Space Between - Viridian V1
Sophie Derrick
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$8,606
![Painting, Big eyes, Artur Hakobjanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2081892_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Negra Tomasa, Tsanko Tsankoff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1508751_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dr DRE, Monsieur Mollotov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/978714_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Transision, Ole Hedeager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173938_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait I, Jinxian Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097591_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pauline, Yann Kempen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1347318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Woman in profile, Kouta Sasai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1786554_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reine on Clay, Casper Faassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979206_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fire in my soul, Nolwenn Samson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160145_1_grid.jpg)
Fire in my soul
Nolwenn Samson
Painting - 180 x 180 x 6 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 2.4 inch
$13,981
![Painting, Flying Maria, Christian Silvain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Guide, Geoffrey Callènes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1488153_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1995 Portrait, Bernard Di Sciullo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1020948_1_grid.jpg)
1995 Portrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,286
![Painting, Fille a la robe rouge, Jeff Bayley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/958359_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Veilleur, Didier Delamonica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/763548_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Letter dancers 101, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/551440_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The thing about this place, Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456476_1_grid.jpg)
The thing about this place
Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth
Painting - 64 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,326
![Painting, The Centre Cannot Hold, Syndi Kahn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1413069_1_grid.jpg)
The Centre Cannot Hold
Syndi Kahn
Painting - 90 x 81 x 3.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.9 x 1.4 inch
$4,431
![Painting, Nilam I, Bera Saskia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1382754_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mental portrait, Rosen Markovski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/813879_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ma muse 1 & 2 (diptyque), ElleK](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/323869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Daily Diary, Ogunniyi Oluwatosin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172345_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'amour, Valentine Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007198_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait of a personality, Alexander Lazarkov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953957_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of a personality
Alexander Lazarkov
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2.3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch
$1,376
![Painting, Medusa, Juliette de la Happy Funky Family](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448517_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Young woman with earrings, Claudia Talavera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377366_1_grid.jpg)
Young woman with earrings
Claudia Talavera
Painting - 145 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57.1 x 43.3 x 1 inch
$4,843
![Painting, Electro Magic-ism, Danny O'Connor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1230255_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cioran, Ciprian Mihailescu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194202_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Désintégration (La princesse aux petits pois), Céline Achour](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159321_1_grid.jpg)
Désintégration (La princesse aux petits pois)
Céline Achour
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,790
![Painting, This is Tinuola, Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699113_1_grid.jpg)
This is Tinuola
Adeniyi Joshua Adetayo
Painting - 101.6 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,560
![Painting, Bardo 7, Yves Noly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327980_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Sanal Boldyrev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stark wie Mohn, Sasa Makarova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178450_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Förhållandet i en dröm, Mathias Szabo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171279_1_grid.jpg)
Förhållandet i en dröm
Mathias Szabo
Painting - 63 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 24.8 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
$627
![Painting, Homeboy 2, Emmanuel Aderiye](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1645173_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oris 4 (série de 40 têtes), Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1505262_1_grid.jpg)
Oris 4 (série de 40 têtes)
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 49 x 33 cm Painting - 19.3 x 13 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Silent Scream, Mihai Alexandru Haita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1484250_1_grid.jpg)
Silent Scream
Mihai Alexandru Haita
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,159
![Painting, Our Solstice, Daniel Freaker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1130382_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Boucle et lys, Meriame Louattani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907659_1_grid.jpg)
Boucle et lys
Meriame Louattani
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,398
![Painting, Marte, Emanuele Tozzoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137460_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Waiting, Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1654896_1_grid.jpg)
Waiting
Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,160
![Painting, L'oiseau Quoubira, André Cervera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384449_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yayoi, Yu Deng](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356813_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prélude 3 - série corps de femme, Luco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/898182_1_grid.jpg)
Prélude 3 - série corps de femme
Luco
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,476
![Painting, Rich imagination, Sergey Bondarev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/497108_1_grid.jpg)
Rich imagination
Sergey Bondarev
Painting - 145 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 57.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$27,962
![Painting, Beyond self, Devajyoti Ray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/407242_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Station, Alexandre Akar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/25758_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, S’allécher, Marie Rauzy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165515_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jazz à Sète, Jean-Paul Bocaj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Just the Two of Us, Wisdom Uche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1736220_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, God is a Negro 1, Ashola'sa Daniel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1690392_1_grid.jpg)
God is a Negro 1
Ashola'sa Daniel
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,800
![Painting, Réfugié Climatique, Sailev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1454499_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°1314 - in the town, Mehdi Dashti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1246590_1_grid.jpg)
N°1314 - in the town
Mehdi Dashti
Painting - 186 x 145 x 5 cm Painting - 73.2 x 57.1 x 2 inch
$6,711
![Painting, Ventre de Paris, Mikhail Chemiakine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1149975_1_grid.jpg)
Ventre de Paris
Mikhail Chemiakine
Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Femme de caractère, Patrick Mendo'o](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176240_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I.A 1 - Intelligence Artificielle, Carole Aurore](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148086_1_grid.jpg)
I.A 1 - Intelligence Artificielle
Carole Aurore
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,258
![Painting, Autoportrait - Introduce myself, Gris1](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132650_1_grid.jpg)
Autoportrait - Introduce myself
Gris1
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$7,270
![Painting, Portrait I (1), Rong Su](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122620_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Diane endormie, Barbara Petit Lisy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026953_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nuestro camino, Susana Casillas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1629999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, THETIS, Christian Della Giustina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1505229_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sun-Rays Dreams, Paul Insect](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1437396_1_grid.jpg)
Sun-Rays Dreams
Paul Insect
Painting - 170.9 x 131.1 x 3.6 cm Painting - 67.3 x 51.6 x 1.4 inch
$26,500
![Painting, Resurrection 22-11, Buyong Hwang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1337406_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Majestic beach Lov in Blue P2017 1033, Aldema Design & Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1287864_1_grid.jpg)
Majestic beach Lov in Blue P2017 1033
Aldema Design & Art
Painting - 200 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,369
![Painting, R E C Y C L É - ZB-021019, Arseneca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/605976_1_grid.jpg)
R E C Y C L É - ZB-021019
Arseneca
Painting - 146 x 110 x 0.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch
$995
![Painting, Blueberry, Samuel Martial](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1983456_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Girls need, William Vecchietti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749942_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Africa. Pintado, Ljubow Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738773_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rebel, Nino Eliashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1463253_1_grid.jpg)
Discover the styles & movements
Discover the selection of our experts
Portrait Painting for Sale
Portraiture is one of the most important subjects in painting. The discipline has changed significantly over time and has a fascinating history.
In antiquity, portraits were exclusively reserved for gods and the most influential people in society. Paintings and statues representing the bodies of the deceased were erected to decorate tombs in Egypt. They weren't realistic but rather had a very standardized way of representing each part of the body.
In contrast to the Egyptians, painters and sculptors in Greece, who had a more in depth knowledge of the human anatomy, were more concerned about realism. Many portrait paintings from this period were done on vases and depicted gods and mythological scenes.
In the Middle Ages, most portraits paintings were commissioned and featuring the most important people of the time; they were painted into religious scenes to emphasize their piety and faith, along with their social status. Once these works of art had been painted, they were often donated to churches and monasteries.
The Renaissance marked a renewal for the arts and portrait painting was no exception. At the beginning of this period, artists were unconcerned about lifelike, realistic work. Sitters or the subjects represented were identifiable through the use of symbolic objects and the inclusion of their name.
Giotto revolutionized portraiture by imitating sculpture. He began to paint shadows, the subjects' expressions, effects of depth and began to use foreshortening. His knowledge soon began to spread.
Brunelleschi then introduced the idea of perspective in architecture, a concept which Masaccio adapted to painting. Italy became the center of portrait painting and the most important Italian families (including the Médici family) commissioned artwork by the best painters. Competition between these painters led them to innovate and led them to produce some of the greatest artworks in history. The most famous is undoubtedly the Mona Lisa by Leonardo de Vinci.
In Northern Europe during the 16th century, Flemish art was restricted by iconoclasm during the Reformation, a period during the depiction of religious figures was banned. Artists turned to courtly art which was particularly popular during the following centuries. A century earlier, Flemish art had marked a turning point with Jan Van Eyck, the inventor of oil painting (the preferred painting technique of Renaissance painters) and master of detailed realism, who influenced an entire generation of Flemish painters.
Over the following centuries, portrait painting continued to be an art form for the elite of society, but painters grew increasingly concerned about depicting realistic figures and communicating the sitter's inner world and emotions. The 20th century saw a growing trend: subjects were not painted to look beautiful (sometimes to their great dismay).
At the end of the 19th century, Impressionist painters became less reliant on sculpted models and sculpture's influence. They left their studios and painted portraits outside, “en plein air." They captured the light as they saw it and painted groups of people together rather than in in several stages.
Modern and contemporary art of the 20th century saw anything go when it came to portraits. Artists like Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin and Lucien Freud turned traditional techniques and codified rules on their heads and developed their own unique styles.
Discover portraits by Philippe Pasqua, Robert Combas, Guangyu Dai and Erró on Artsper.
A portrait painting is a painted artwork that depicts a person. A portrait painting usually depicts the upper body of a sitter, for example from the shoulders up.
A portrait can be created in various different art styles and forms, including sculpture, painting and drawing.
A portrait can be considered a good work of art for a variety of reasons, including its handling of light, tone and color, its likeness to the person it represents, or its expression of emotion.