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![Painting, Elizabeth, Kum Cletus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204091_1_grid.jpg)
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L'homme pressé
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$391
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The dance of the butterflies
Penyo Ivanov
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,510
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Senza titolo. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 48 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
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When We Were Young
Olaosun Oluwapelumi
Painting - 63.5 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,450
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Circle of Trust 2
Iyiola Odunayo
Painting - 101.6 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,000
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Tripartite Struggle
Valentine Mettle
Painting - 58 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 22.8 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
$559
![Painting, Rêve de paix, Adélaïde Leferme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213042_1_grid.jpg)
Rêve de paix
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 195 x 135 x 4 cm Painting - 76.8 x 53.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,698 $3,758
![Painting, Te esperaré a la orilla del mar, Corral y Líbano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211630_1_grid.jpg)
Te esperaré a la orilla del mar
Corral y Líbano
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
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Contemporary portrait - Once by the Sea
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
$2,796
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Contemporary portrait - Poolside Party
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
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![Painting, Intimidade (Triptych), Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195292_1_grid.jpg)
Intimidade (Triptych)
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 100 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$23,040
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Deus é Um Sentimento
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$16,777
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Love Must Reciprocate
Oyeleye Feranmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,000
![Painting, The space between two seconds, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187191_1_grid.jpg)
The space between two seconds
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 243 x 192 x 3 cm Painting - 95.7 x 75.6 x 1.2 inch
$27,402
![Painting, This may come as surprise but I miss you, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187123_1_grid.jpg)
This may come as surprise but I miss you
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 186 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 73.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$20,513
![Painting, The blue in your love, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187112_1_grid.jpg)
The blue in your love
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 186 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 73.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch
$20,513
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Wounded Birds
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 186 x 141 x 3 cm Painting - 73.2 x 55.5 x 1.2 inch
$20,513
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Serenity 2
Kayimahe Ishmael Zed
Painting - 100.1 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$2,550
![Painting, Bolatito (The Sanctification That Brings Joy), Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205384_1_grid.jpg)
Bolatito (The Sanctification That Brings Joy)
Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Painting - 63.5 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25 x 15 x 1 inch
$1,450
![Painting, Disappointment, Francesco Calistri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203743_1_grid.jpg)
Disappointment
Francesco Calistri
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Duduyemi 2, Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200020_1_grid.jpg)
Duduyemi 2
Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,350
![Painting, Femme au scooter, Bertrand de Visme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195868_1_grid.jpg)
Femme au scooter
Bertrand de Visme
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Duduyemi 1, Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195329_1_grid.jpg)
Duduyemi 1
Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,200
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Résurgences abyssales N°125
Gilbert Sabatier
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,790
![Painting, Lost is a Lovely Place to Find Yourself, Idorenyin Umana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202911_1_grid.jpg)
Lost is a Lovely Place to Find Yourself
Idorenyin Umana
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,650
![Painting, Taylor Swift in Bird of Fire, in Four Versions of Diaghilev, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202148_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift in Bird of Fire, in Four Versions of Diaghilev
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$324
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Taylor Swift Dancing in between Blue Sparks and Sunflowers
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$324
![Painting, Taylor Swift and Siegfried in "Swan Lake" with Typha Latifolia, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202131_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift and Siegfried in "Swan Lake" with Typha Latifolia
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$324
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![Painting, In Her Prime, Ogunleke Festus Abiodun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197865_1_grid.jpg)
In Her Prime
Ogunleke Festus Abiodun
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,550
![Painting, Give Me the Truth, Not Roses, Idorenyin Umana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195716_1_grid.jpg)
Give Me the Truth, Not Roses
Idorenyin Umana
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 inch
$1,650
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![Painting, El Fantasma. From The Light Series, Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210953_1_grid.jpg)
El Fantasma. From The Light Series
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 80 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
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Viaje a la Infancia
Marta Carceller
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
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Portrait de femme de trois quart
Bertrand de Visme
Painting - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$895
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Les demoiselles
Virginia Benedicto
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
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Marlène Deux Triques
Robert Combas
Painting - 17 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 6.7 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$10,625
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Sisters' Embrace, Happiness
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,064
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Cultivating Hope
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,064
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Generations of Love, The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness original artwork
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,588
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Harmony in Blue: Finding Peace Within, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$951
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Flight of Hope, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$951
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Dreams by the window
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,588
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I'm sowing seeds
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,141
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Impermanence 15-2023
Françoise Utrel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
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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.
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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.