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![Painting, Femme au turban, Martina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1726278_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Looking Right, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682310_1_grid.jpg)
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Procession of Fauns and Nymphs through Flowers and Streams of Leaves
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€290
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Spontaneous Work
Luka Tsetskhladze
Painting - 160 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 47.2 x 1 inch
€1,400
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The Magic Hidden In The Portraits
Ya-Wei Li
Painting - 45 x 35 x 4 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch
€2,000
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Beneficial Shakespearian Tempest - Landing Ashore
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€290
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The Atacama Desert
Adam Norgaard
Painting - 53 x 65.2 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 25.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,504
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Volcanic Prophecies
Adam Norgaard
Painting - 72.7 x 60.6 x 2 cm Painting - 28.6 x 23.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,271
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Iphis & Ianthe
Niki Singleton
Painting - 40.64 x 30.48 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.8 inch
€2,533 €2,154
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Beneficial Rain, Abundance, Fullness, Plenitude
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€290
![Painting, Bells Are Saying 'I Love You, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822800_1_grid.jpg)
Bells Are Saying 'I Love You
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€290
![Painting, Moon Shadows II, Painting, Oil on Canvas, Jo Moore](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1814577_1_grid.jpg)
Moon Shadows II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Jo Moore
Painting - 76.2 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 15 x 1.5 inch
€1,164
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View from the outside. Eyes
Ljubow Jung
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,092
![Painting, Blond with red necklace, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1697349_1_grid.jpg)
Blond with red necklace
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€290
![Painting, Bells Are Saying 'I Love You', Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1620597_1_grid.jpg)
Bells Are Saying 'I Love You'
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€290
![Painting, Portrait with Bird, Guy Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1605498_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait with Bird
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
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![Painting, L'eau chatouilleuse, Virginie Matz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1444140_1_grid.jpg)
L'eau chatouilleuse
Virginie Matz
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Figura 61 (serie I 21 61), Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1426947_1_grid.jpg)
Figura 61 (serie I 21 61)
Esteve Prat Paz
Painting - 32.5 x 100 cm Painting - 12.8 x 39.4 inch
€1,500
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![Painting, Figura (Serie II 20 88), Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1426848_1_grid.jpg)
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Shouting in Silence Hearing as a Deaf
Claudie Baran
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
![Painting, Witness Series, Guy Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1281003_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Witness Series, Guy Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1280850_1_grid.jpg)
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Kaleidoscope Of Graceful Carnage
Danny O'Connor
Painting - 152 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 59.8 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
€7,260
![Painting, Rien à voir, Jéko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201377_1_grid.jpg)
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Enchanted Beans Are Planting Seeds in Land of the Rising Sun
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€290
![Painting, Enchanted Beans Are Planting Seeds, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1180596_1_grid.jpg)
Enchanted Beans Are Planting Seeds
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€290
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#9 from Witness of 2020 Series
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, #5 from Witness of 2020 Series, Guy Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1094166_1_grid.jpg)
#5 from Witness of 2020 Series
Guy Ghazanchyan
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
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Femme à la cigarette
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
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Persona YB2306
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
€1,480
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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.