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![Painting, Space waves, Nikita Plushedelica](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Daumesnil, Pierre-François Grimaldi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211299_1_grid.jpg)
Daumesnil
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,250
![Painting, Concorde, Pierre-François Grimaldi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211262_1_grid.jpg)
Concorde
Pierre-François Grimaldi
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,250
![Painting, Everything for you, Reinaldo Chavez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Katsumi, Michelino Iorizzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192362_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ostende et le pantographe, Joël Kermarrec](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188798_1_grid.jpg)
Ostende et le pantographe
Joël Kermarrec
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Wooden Elegance, Desmond Akindoju](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186912_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Afrocentric Radiance, Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181994_1_grid.jpg)
Afrocentric Radiance
Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde
Painting - 139.7 x 124.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55 x 49 x 1 inch
$3,400
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![Painting, Shadow of the Inevitable!, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211280_1_grid.jpg)
Shadow of the Inevitable!
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 115 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$6,375
![Painting, Naturaleza, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210742_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Look at your heart, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210732_1_grid.jpg)
Look at your heart
Silvia Calmejane
Painting - 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,494
![Painting, Keeper of your life, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210153_1_grid.jpg)
Keeper of your life
Silvia Calmejane
Painting - 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,494
![Painting, I love my life, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210146_1_grid.jpg)
I love my life
Silvia Calmejane
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$6,711
![Painting, Head in the Stars, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210136_1_grid.jpg)
Head in the Stars
Silvia Calmejane
Painting - 120 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,494
![Painting, Happy Life, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210133_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hand to hand forever, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210132_1_grid.jpg)
Hand to hand forever
Silvia Calmejane
Painting - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$7,270
![Painting, Desert Goddess, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210129_1_grid.jpg)
Desert Goddess
Silvia Calmejane
Painting - 140 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$8,500
![Painting, Blue Dreams, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210127_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Be free, Silvia Calmejane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210123_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serenity 2, Kayimahe Ishmael Zed](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208628_1_grid.jpg)
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, La jeune fille à la fenêtre, Anne Horlaville](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206896_1_grid.jpg)
La jeune fille à la fenêtre
Anne Horlaville
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$626
![Painting, Woman in yellow blouse, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200789_1_grid.jpg)
Woman in yellow blouse
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,845
![Painting, Woman in blue with a basket, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200787_1_grid.jpg)
Woman in blue with a basket
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,845
![Painting, Spring Love, Virginia Benedicto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182501_1_grid.jpg)
Spring Love
Virginia Benedicto
Painting - 120 x 60 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 1.8 inch
$2,338
![Painting, Invasive #1 and #2. From The Botanical Interruption Series, Almo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212765_1_grid.jpg)
Invasive #1 and #2. From The Botanical Interruption Series
Almo
Painting - 59.9 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,800
![Painting, Invading #1 and #2. From The Botanical Interruption Series, Almo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212763_1_grid.jpg)
Invading #1 and #2. From The Botanical Interruption Series
Almo
Painting - 59.9 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,800
![Painting, Women From The Good Old Days, Mona Nahleh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211796_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Illuminator, Fulvio Codsi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211773_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mesmerizer, Fulvio Codsi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211766_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Radial Progression #2 and #1. From The Geometric Head Series, Almo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211706_1_grid.jpg)
Radial Progression #2 and #1. From The Geometric Head Series
Almo
Painting - 59.9 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
$3,200
![Painting, Eve Keith Jacket 2, Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209424_1_grid.jpg)
Eve Keith Jacket 2
Raphaël Federici (ParisSketchCulture)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,698
![Painting, Amethyste XXII, Yoann Bonneville (YBA)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208495_1_grid.jpg)
Amethyste XXII
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Untitled, Rudy Dougbe (PRO 176)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206523_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Smooth parralel, Rudy Dougbe (PRO 176)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206521_1_grid.jpg)
Smooth parralel
Rudy Dougbe (PRO 176)
Painting - 92 x 92 x 5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 2 inch
$4,474
![Painting, Embracing The Past, Olaniyi Timothy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202914_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Contemporary portrait Entomological Collection, Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197522_1_grid.jpg)
Contemporary portrait Entomological Collection
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, Blue Bird, Patricia Simsa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197103_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jardim das Fragilidades, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195288_1_grid.jpg)
Jardim das Fragilidades
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 190 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$20,524
![Painting, Contemporary portrait Between You and Me, Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193029_1_grid.jpg)
Contemporary portrait Between You and Me
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Them, Olivier Massebeuf](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189724_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poisson à l'honneur, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186870_1_grid.jpg)
Poisson à l'honneur
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 27 x 22 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$324
![Painting, The girl in feather canyons, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186855_1_grid.jpg)
The girl in feather canyons
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 78 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 30.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$9,395
![Painting, Somebody To Love, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216603_1_grid.jpg)
Somebody To Love
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$8,388
![Painting, Blooming Grace, Kayimahe Ishmael Zed](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203885_1_grid.jpg)
Blooming Grace
Kayimahe Ishmael Zed
Painting - 89.9 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$1,750
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![Painting, Dissonance, Orioye Samuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187759_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bateau d'amour, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216251_1_grid.jpg)
Bateau d'amour
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$660 $627
![Painting, On A Sunny Day, Kev Munday](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213270_1_grid.jpg)
![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
![Painting, No Code, Jo Di Bona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207256_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Samo is dead, Daru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207211_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182069_1_grid.jpg)
Cloth Master in blue - Monochrome
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 20.5 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
$550
![Painting, Entrecote II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182034_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Domestic yellows II, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182032_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 14 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, Domestic yellows I, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182031_1_grid.jpg)
Domestic yellows I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
$600
![Painting, The red room, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182029_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Baby Doll n145, H Tribute, Rachel Bergeret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207041_1_grid.jpg)
Baby Doll n145, H Tribute
Rachel Bergeret
Painting - 70 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,859
![Painting, You Will See (Part 1), Halyna Abramova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205991_1_grid.jpg)
You Will See (Part 1)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$671
![Painting, You Will See (Part 2), Halyna Abramova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205990_1_grid.jpg)
You Will See (Part 2)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$671
![Painting, You Will See (Part 3), Halyna Abramova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205961_1_grid.jpg)
You Will See (Part 3)
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$671
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![Painting, Douceur printanière, Ludivine Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203841_1_grid.jpg)
Douceur printanière
Ludivine Corominas
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
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The relief of the sky
Elisa Bonotti
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$749
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Faut toujours garder un oeil sur le gosse
MCF
Painting - 80 x 56 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$1,063
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Summer, sea, beach, girl
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,622
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The Lullaby Of The New Moon
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
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Who Are These Angels CXLIII
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1.5 inch
$850
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Woman with a Dog
Ladislav Majoroši
Painting - 69.5 x 61.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.4 x 24.2 x 0.2 inch
$4,116
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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.