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![Painting, Portrait songeur, Pierre Sojo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1776060_1_grid.jpg)
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Portrait d'un jeune agriculteur gersinois
Pierre Prèneron
Painting - 93.5 x 64 x 1 cm Painting - 36.8 x 25.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,013
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La cicogna e babbo natale
Asnidy Kiarholi
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
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Jack Climbs Out of the Box
Evelyn Morgan
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,310
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Lion in the bushes
James Mutisya
Painting - 119 x 117 x 2 cm Painting - 46.9 x 46.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
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Uscita dalla porta principale
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 40 x 23 x 0.6 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.1 x 0.2 inch
$213
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Little Buddha in Brown
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$554
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Ma come siamo fru fru
Giusy Lauriola
Painting - 14 x 14 x 1.5 cm Painting - 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inch
$313
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Deux Roses de Printemps
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$548
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Bla-bla-bla
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 72 x 56 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 22 x 1 inch
$2,237 $1,790
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Laugh at the same jokes
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 72 x 56 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.3 x 22 x 1 inch
$2,237
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This too shall pass
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$2,237
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Signs from above
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,342
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Shaken, not stirred
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
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In the things order
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 100 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Double portrait, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173425_1_grid.jpg)
Double portrait
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,118
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Contemporary portrait "Don't Tell Me what to Do"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Home sweet home, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166323_1_grid.jpg)
Home sweet home
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,901
![Painting, The final say, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160467_1_grid.jpg)
The final say
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,901
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![Painting, Please do not disturb, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160436_1_grid.jpg)
Please do not disturb
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,013
![Painting, When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You), Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160426_1_grid.jpg)
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$2,237
![Painting, The hardest thing of all…, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160424_1_grid.jpg)
The hardest thing of all…
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Tamed imagination, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160406_1_grid.jpg)
Tamed imagination
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,342
![Painting, This is Israel, baby!, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159886_1_grid.jpg)
This is Israel, baby!
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Altum silentium, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159880_1_grid.jpg)
Altum silentium
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 70 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,678
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Taylor Swift's Mystery Incarnated
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$324
![Painting, Caress of Love, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152241_1_grid.jpg)
Caress of Love
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
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Au milieu de nous, la folie
Julien Raynaud
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$4,362
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Portrait of a Man
Ihar Barkhatkou
Painting - 105 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 41.3 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,684
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The Vernissage
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 95 x 75 x 2.2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 29.5 x 0.9 inch
$2,796
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Flower of Tibet
Virut Panchabuse
Painting - 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$15,099
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Grand Chinese Opera
Virut Panchabuse
Painting - 180 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$17,672
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Anxious portrait
Rebecca Yunjeong Lee
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,210
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Brûler dans tes yeux
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$951
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Here, Right Now, Just Before Entering the Stage
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$548
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When Ziggy plays guitar
Sara Chelou
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
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Parable of a Texan nest
Susan Rocklin
Painting - 140 x 170 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 66.9 x 1.6 inch
$8,279
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I don't know what it is but i don't trust him
Iñigo Navarro
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
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Femme au bouquet de fleurs
Marine Walon
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
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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.