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![Painting, Portrait of Monroe, Gaël](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1257675_1_grid.jpg)
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Irmine et Ethereum
Luc Josserand
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.114 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,274
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![Painting, Palimpseste, Marc Colonna d'Istria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178774_1_grid.jpg)
Palimpseste
Marc Colonna d'Istria
Painting - 92 x 92 x 10 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 3.9 inch
$3,924
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Les cerfs volants (d’après le chat d’Ono Mai) / Kites (after Ono Mai's cat),
France Courpotin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,372
![Painting, La femme au nid d'oisillons, Dorothy Payne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1906101_1_grid.jpg)
La femme au nid d'oisillons
Dorothy Payne
Painting - 192 x 238 x 1 cm Painting - 75.6 x 93.7 x 0.4 inch
$5,045
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Woman at the pool
Heinz Rabbow
Painting - 110 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$16,368
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Rosemary-Lynn
Ljubomir Milinkov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$16,817
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Series: Portrait rendering #1
Keita Kushima
Painting - 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,821
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Standard bearer 15
Christos Antonaropoulos
Painting - 200 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$24,216
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Green Cigarette
Marie-Blanche Giannorsi
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,606
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Carnegie Hall (serie Smart Barby)
Isa Sator
Painting - 120 x 60 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 inch
$3,588
![Painting, Le chahut - Carnaval de Dunkerque, Nadine Vitel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1886637_1_grid.jpg)
Le chahut - Carnaval de Dunkerque
Nadine Vitel
Painting - 81 x 100 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 inch
$2,522
![Painting, Loci guardian of a place, Michele Mikesell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783353_1_grid.jpg)
Loci guardian of a place
Michele Mikesell
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,166
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Portrait d'Ursula Stauffacher au livre rouge
Alexandre Blanchet
Painting - 91.5 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 36 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,146
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Jeune fille espagnole au foulard
Edouard Morerod
Painting - 47.5 x 34.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.7 x 13.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,439
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Personnage assis " Gong Hill Frontière du Tanganyika - Kenya"
Alois Wittlin
Painting - 65 x 53.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.1 x 0.2 inch
$2,369
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Ladies to the pond - France painting Belle Epoque + frame
Antonio Pecorelli
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$353
![Painting, Nevermore 3, Luis Enrique Toledo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1989672_1_grid.jpg)
Nevermore 3
Luis Enrique Toledo
Painting - 116.8 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 46 x 36 x 1 inch
$17,000
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Fillette aux boucles rousse
Lucien-Philippe Moretti
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,311
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Jeune femme hongroise avec un miroir
Gyula Kovács
Painting - 60 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,040
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Femme d'Afrique du Nord
Francisque Noailly
Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,356
![Painting, THINKING ABOUT : VIRTUAL CONTEMPLATION OR NAVIGATING THE MIND’S CODE, Sumomo Kanashiwa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/45081_1_grid.jpg)
THINKING ABOUT : VIRTUAL CONTEMPLATION OR NAVIGATING THE MIND’S CODE
Sumomo Kanashiwa
Painting - 140 x 123 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 48.4 x 1.2 inch
$6,727
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Homme devant la fenêtre
Victor Ruzo
Painting - 85 x 54.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 21.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,323
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Portrait d'un notable
J.F. Meyer
Painting - 58 x 47.5 x 2 cm Painting - 22.8 x 18.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,299
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Abstract portrait blue
Benjamin Carrivick
Painting - 15 x 9.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$212
![Painting, The True North, Roldán Lauzán Eiras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005860_1_grid.jpg)
The True North
Roldán Lauzán Eiras
Painting - 170 x 145 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch
$10,875
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Le vendeur de rue
Edouard Menta
Painting - 46.5 x 38.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.3 x 15.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,694
![Painting, La marchande de poissons, Genève 1814, Alexandre Cingria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674237_1_grid.jpg)
La marchande de poissons, Genève 1814
Alexandre Cingria
Painting - 110.2 x 78 x 1 cm Painting - 43.4 x 30.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,889
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Jeune fille au bord de la fenêtre
Fritz Glarner
Painting - 92 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,321
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Jeune femme en costume oriental et bouquet de fleurs
Blanche Pierron
Painting - 85 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,206
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Jia Jing - Dame à l'hermine
Jing JIA
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$10,090
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Sunset Whispers
Adán López Alemán
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,736
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What My Blood Remembers
Brent Godfrey
Painting - 170.2 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 67 x 55 x 2 inch
$17,500
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Chromatic contenance
Daniel Gyekyi Gyan
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.8 inch
$4,200
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Carlos Vidal
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,070
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Paris Tokyo
Christophe Streichenberger
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,363
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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.
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.