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![Painting, Festival of death, Aziz Anzabi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1582107_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Menina, Miguel Amate](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1486209_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Through pink glasses, Nikolai Angelov-Gary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1273005_1_grid.jpg)
Through pink glasses
Nikolai Angelov-Gary
Painting - 31 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
$503
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![Painting, Jia Jing - Dame à l'hermine, Jing JIA](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/3431_1_grid.jpg)
Jia Jing - Dame à l'hermine
Jing JIA
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$10,066
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![Painting, Chromatic contenance, Daniel Gyekyi Gyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097117_1_grid.jpg)
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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Lost while hatching #1
Fransie Malherbe Frandsen
Painting - 49 x 69 x 4 cm Painting - 19.3 x 27.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,800
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Portrait of man
Pierre Emile Lelong
Painting - 29 x 27 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$537
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![Painting, Le Fauteuil Bleu, Jean-Baptiste Valadié](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1313418_1_grid.jpg)
Le Fauteuil Bleu
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
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Sèrie Albades. Albada 02
Oriol Texidor
Painting - 37.5 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 14.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$520
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The Kissing Couple
Swen Van Schijndel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,474
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Poussière de lune
Florence Comas
Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 22 x 1.5 inch
$3,800
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![Painting, Woman Story N° 1551, Sahar Salehi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962513_1_grid.jpg)
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3 figures, 2 umbrellas
Steven Boksenbaum
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 0.6 inch
$420
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![Painting, Composition Of Different Styles, Saad Hilow](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1606836_1_grid.jpg)
Composition Of Different Styles
Saad Hilow
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,592
![Painting, Arresting your eyes, Viveek Sharma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170036_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Slow life and the sun 779, Robert Sokolowski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029284_1_grid.jpg)
Slow life and the sun 779
Robert Sokolowski
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
![Painting, Sirvienta, Helí García](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005872_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, David Javorsky or Topolowa Street 23 apt.5, Damian Bak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005620_1_grid.jpg)
David Javorsky or Topolowa Street 23 apt.5
Damian Bak
Painting - 200 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$4,474
![Painting, N° 850 - Destiny, Asal Fallah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932360_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Birch forest retro, Michael Cheung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1776648_1_grid.jpg)
Birch forest retro
Michael Cheung
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,379
![Painting, Mujer con guitarra, Francisca Morales Alliende](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660482_1_grid.jpg)
Mujer con guitarra
Francisca Morales Alliende
Painting - 34 x 49 x 1 cm Painting - 13.4 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,815
![Painting, Fluttering butterflies, Beatriz Sánchez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1589562_1_grid.jpg)
Fluttering butterflies
Beatriz Sánchez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,355
![Painting, Zeus OR II, Ludovic Ponze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168843_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Przywilej (privilege), Bartlomiej Zalucki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145700_1_grid.jpg)
Przywilej (privilege)
Bartlomiej Zalucki
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,188
![Painting, Z cyklu Siostry, Spogladajace 2 (sisters looking), Agnieszka Brzezinska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144193_1_grid.jpg)
Z cyklu Siostry, Spogladajace 2 (sisters looking)
Agnieszka Brzezinska
Painting - 60 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,188
![Painting, HM 12, Hanan Milner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120922_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Between spring and autumn, Oleksandr Serdiuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038779_1_grid.jpg)
Between spring and autumn
Oleksandr Serdiuk
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Untitled, Ihor Panchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038749_1_grid.jpg)
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Change of Plan
Joanna Sulek Malinowska
Painting - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,791
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![Painting, Keep the children away n°16, Dada Wa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/647544_1_grid.jpg)
Keep the children away n°16
Dada Wa
Painting - 130 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$17,895
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![Painting, Paradis perdus n°9, Alain Fabreal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001018_1_grid.jpg)
Paradis perdus n°9
Alain Fabreal
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,816
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![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
$5,033
![Painting, Les deux sœurs, Remy Disch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483968_1_grid.jpg)
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Portrait de Anya Taylor-Joy
Jean Marc Comby
Painting - 160 x 240 cm Painting - 63 x 94.5 inch
$6,152
![Painting, My granny Polli, Zurab Kurchishvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/694167_1_grid.jpg)
My granny Polli
Zurab Kurchishvili
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,451
![Painting, Beauté des îles, Toby Mulligan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/32039_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Platillos volador, Federico Calandria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175768_1_grid.jpg)
Platillos volador
Federico Calandria
Painting - 31 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$224
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![Painting, Blue Portrait 1979 Collection MMCA National Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul, Boong Hyun Choi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/952743_1_grid.jpg)
Blue Portrait 1979 Collection MMCA National Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Boong Hyun Choi
Painting - 115 x 88 x 0.3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 34.6 x 0.1 inch
$14,484 $7,242
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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
$24,159
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Stripes double
Jean Marie Drouet
Painting - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,928
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Serge Gainsbourg
Gwendal Lemercier
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$313
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Market Man & Market Woman
Laurent Messager
Painting - 106 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 41.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$3,322
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You can't always get what you want
Michael Viviani
Painting - 92 x 151 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 59.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,816
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Loci guardian of a place
Michele Mikesell
Painting - 70 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,152
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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.