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![Painting, Tourments, Claude Gean](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1934910_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vissionary, Oluwafemi Akanmu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1934187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Self Love (Town Girl), Oluwafemi Akanmu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897674_1_grid.jpg)
Self Love (Town Girl)
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 81.3 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 26 x 1 inch
€1,746
![Painting, Sisters in Nature, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1834383_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Essen 14, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1830651_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Untitled, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1710000_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Somnium No. 4, Series VII, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709994_1_grid.jpg)
Somnium No. 4, Series VII
Mario Henrique
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,900
![Painting, Somnium No. 4, Series IX, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709991_1_grid.jpg)
Somnium No. 4, Series IX
Mario Henrique
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,900
![Painting, Performance (American Vaudeville), Vladimir Kolosov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709493_1_grid.jpg)
Performance (American Vaudeville)
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,236
![Painting, Les amants, Sara Chelou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709178_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The First Lady, Oladire Araireoluwa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1690116_1_grid.jpg)
The First Lady
Oladire Araireoluwa
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€1,649
![Painting, Miss Independent, Akinboye Akinola Peter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1673757_1_grid.jpg)
Miss Independent
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 91.4 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 34 x 1 inch
€1,707
![Painting, Sisi Londoner, Akinboye Akinola Peter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1673754_1_grid.jpg)
Sisi Londoner
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,475
![Painting, Playboy, Akinboye Akinola Peter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1673751_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fear Not, Oluwafemi Akanmu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1673730_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Le nonchalant, Giuseppe Piermatteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609737_1_grid.jpg)
Le nonchalant
Giuseppe Piermatteo
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
![Painting, City, Sara Chelou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1509090_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, SNOW, Christian Della Giustina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1505397_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Streetstars, Claude Gean](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A Girl with Chanel Earring, Sahara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384986_1_grid.jpg)
A Girl with Chanel Earring
Sahara
Painting - 125 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,290
![Painting, Bubble blowers, Vladimir Kolosov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1284738_1_grid.jpg)
Bubble blowers
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 3.2 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1.25 inch
€2,096
![Painting, L'inconnu, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/111793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fin de soirée, Nef](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1106673_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vague à l'homme, Claude Gean](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089420_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rualités, Claude Gean](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089411_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Woman From Sciacca, Roberto De Francisci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1072128_1_grid.jpg)
Woman From Sciacca
Roberto De Francisci
Painting - 40 x 45 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 17.7 x 0 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Ataviándose, Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1055742_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Figura descendiendo, Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1055736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Kiss, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979074_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Code 2017, Thierry Carrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974478_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Edie Sedgwick, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/909780_1_grid.jpg)
Edie Sedgwick
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€1,940
![Painting, Ivana and Nan in the front row, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884580_1_grid.jpg)
Ivana and Nan in the front row
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.1 inch
€970
![Painting, Anna Piaggi, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884517_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marc Jacobs fall 2020, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884493_1_grid.jpg)
Marc Jacobs fall 2020
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€679
![Painting, Alessandro Michelle yellow, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884490_1_grid.jpg)
Alessandro Michelle yellow
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€679
![Painting, Avedon, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884400_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alexander McQueen / We love Kate, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884382_1_grid.jpg)
Alexander McQueen / We love Kate
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€776
![Painting, Orange Shirt, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/884340_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Joan Crawford as Bjork and Katharine Hepburn as Cher, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/830376_1_grid.jpg)
Joan Crawford as Bjork and Katharine Hepburn as Cher
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€582
![Painting, Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany's, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/830106_1_grid.jpg)
Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany's
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€1,455
![Painting, Amal, George Clooney and Julia Roberts, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/830064_1_grid.jpg)
Amal, George Clooney and Julia Roberts
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€582
![Painting, Orince Eagle (After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton), Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/827451_1_grid.jpg)
Orince Eagle (After a Photograph by Elizabeth Peyton)
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.1 inch
€582
![Painting, Dancer in green, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/827412_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marc Jacobs blue, Portrait, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/827406_1_grid.jpg)
Marc Jacobs blue, Portrait
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1 inch
€776
![Painting, Joy, Anika Manuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/602868_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ma Fleur, Anika Manuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/602865_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Staring out at the Open Sea, Anika Manuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/602856_1_grid.jpg)
Staring out at the Open Sea
Anika Manuel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
€857
![Painting, A Daydream 2, Anika Manuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/602853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Under the Moon and Stars, Anika Manuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/602847_1_grid.jpg)
Under the Moon and Stars
Anika Manuel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€721
![Painting, The Impossible Dream, Anika Manuel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/602772_1_grid.jpg)
The Impossible Dream
Anika Manuel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,011
![Painting, Code 1810, Thierry Carrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566175_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A tribal Mind, Thomas Mainardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/523925_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pierpaolo Piccioli for Moncler, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511004_1_grid.jpg)
Pierpaolo Piccioli for Moncler
Manuel Santelices
Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 cm Painting - 15 x 11 inch
€582
![Painting, Matador, Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/510995_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Party (Brown), Manuel Santelices](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/510974_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, MIZUIRO7 : BLU KAWAII REVERIE WITH LOVE, PEACE AND WHIMSICAL SKULLS, Aya Toshikawa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/473749_1_grid.jpg)
MIZUIRO7 : BLU KAWAII REVERIE WITH LOVE, PEACE AND WHIMSICAL SKULLS
Aya Toshikawa
Painting - 112 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 44.1 x 47.2 x 2 inch
€5,300
![Painting, A passage in Time, Vincent Pompetti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/436950_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Take a chance, Vincent Pompetti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/436881_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Extraordinary Woman 2, Michael Adetula](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172168_1_grid.jpg)
Extraordinary Woman 2
Michael Adetula
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,310
![Painting, Wonderland This Way, Caro Graffiti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162134_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bob Marley - série Hermès, Nathalie Zelman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161093_1_grid.jpg)
Bob Marley - série Hermès
Nathalie Zelman
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€500
![Painting, John Lennon - série Cadres Louis Vuitton, Nathalie Zelman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161080_1_grid.jpg)
John Lennon - série Cadres Louis Vuitton
Nathalie Zelman
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€500
![Painting, Black is Black, Céline Achour](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159301_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Tenderness Of Shulamite, Kirill Postovit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145813_1_grid.jpg)
The Tenderness Of Shulamite
Kirill Postovit
Painting - 180 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,200
![Painting, Intelligence artificielle (1), Céline Achour](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136664_1_grid.jpg)
Intelligence artificielle (1)
Céline Achour
Painting - 72 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.3 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
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Albert Einstein
Virut Panchabuse
Painting - 160 x 140 x 0.3 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 0.1 inch
€12,000
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Gaze is a Powerful Language
Michael Adetula
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€970
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Woman with orange flowers
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€800
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Spring girl in the window
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 80 x 59.9 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€969
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Pablo Picasso, the women of his life
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€5,000
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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.