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![Painting, Triangles, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Psychopompe, Michaël Brack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212317_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Retrato en fondo amarillo, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210910_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato en fondo amarillo
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 152 x 122 x 2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 48 x 0.8 inch
€3,027
![Painting, Retrato en fondo azul, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210908_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato en fondo azul
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 152 x 122 x 2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 48 x 0.8 inch
€3,027
![Painting, Ideal plans, Roxana Khonkulova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189023_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The beauty of dance XIII, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196619_1_grid.jpg)
The beauty of dance XIII
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
![Painting, Explanada, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210922_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La lettre, Richard Saint-Amans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217565_1_grid.jpg)
La lettre
Richard Saint-Amans
Painting - 45 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500 €1,125
![Painting, Retrato en black, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186468_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Serie Terra Retrato en fondo oro, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183120_1_grid.jpg)
Serie Terra Retrato en fondo oro
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,905
![Painting, Personajes en fondo anaranjado, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208487_1_grid.jpg)
Personajes en fondo anaranjado
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€361
![Painting, Retrato en amarillos, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208474_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato en amarillos
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 190 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
€6,510
![Painting, Personaje en fondo azul, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208485_1_grid.jpg)
Personaje en fondo azul
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€361
![Painting, Retrato en fondo verde, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208481_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato en fondo verde
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€361
![Painting, Cariatides, Enrique Pichardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206930_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Burning skin, Jade Mouge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180760_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Persona YB2402, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215478_1_grid.jpg)
Persona YB2402
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
€1,850
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![Painting, You are my everything, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216825_1_grid.jpg)
You are my everything
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€850
![Painting, The simple things in life, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215351_1_grid.jpg)
The simple things in life
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
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![Painting, Sous un parapluie blanc, Christian Raffin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211620_1_grid.jpg)
Sous un parapluie blanc
Christian Raffin
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Croquer la pomme, Adélaïde Leferme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210242_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rêve d'enfant, Jean-Philippe Berger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206121_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'arraché, Frédéric Bourret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216078_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, J+le H de Chromosome, Gaëtan de Séguin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215392_1_grid.jpg)
J+le H de Chromosome
Gaëtan de Séguin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Identical Twin, Oluwatobiloba Amusan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217024_1_grid.jpg)
Identical Twin
Oluwatobiloba Amusan
Painting - 39.1 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11 x 1 inch
€1,698
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![Painting, Harmonie, Shake](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212503_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, The coral crown forbidden production (6), Julien Delagrange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187258_1_grid.jpg)
The coral crown forbidden production (6)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€1,800
![Painting, Circus Serenade, Marieta Martirosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216414_1_grid.jpg)
Circus Serenade
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,164
![Painting, Sisters, Rusudan Zviadadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215502_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bla bla bla, Jazzu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210427_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Art, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205171_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Feel good, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198272_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Future is Equal HPM 2/6, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207364_1_grid.jpg)
Future is Equal HPM 2/6
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Painting - 61 x 46 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 inch
€7,900
![Painting, True love, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205187_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fidéle ami, David Jamin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205184_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vertiges, Jade Mouge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210041_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Working King (Le Roi Bosseur), Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216405_1_grid.jpg)
Working King (Le Roi Bosseur)
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€390 €273
![Painting, Swift Taylor's Hat (Le Chapeau de Taylor Swift), Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216362_1_grid.jpg)
Swift Taylor's Hat (Le Chapeau de Taylor Swift)
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€390 €273
![Painting, Taylor Swift's Tea Ceremony (La Cérémonie du Thé de Taylor Swift), Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216355_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift's Tea Ceremony (La Cérémonie du Thé de Taylor Swift)
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€390 €273
![Painting, Taylor Swift in Saint Tropez (Taylor Swift à Saint Tropez), Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216351_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift in Saint Tropez (Taylor Swift à Saint Tropez)
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€390 €273
![Painting, Taylor Swift's Dreams (Lex Rêves de Taylor Swift), Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216348_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift's Dreams (Lex Rêves de Taylor Swift)
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€390 €273
![Painting, Taylor Swift's Catwalk in Paris (Le Défilé de Taylor Swift à Paris), Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216344_1_grid.jpg)
Taylor Swift's Catwalk in Paris (Le Défilé de Taylor Swift à Paris)
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€390 €273
![Painting, Junior's world, Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215224_1_grid.jpg)
Junior's world
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.1 x 91.1 x 3 cm Painting - 35.9 x 35.9 x 1.2 inch
€5,300
![Painting, Contemporary portrait - Keep Going on Foot, Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214822_1_grid.jpg)
Contemporary portrait - Keep Going on Foot
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 75 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
€2,500
![Painting, Wise Man, tizlu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214407_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Romantic woman. Portrait of the female artist, Schagen Vita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215474_1_grid.jpg)
Romantic woman. Portrait of the female artist
Schagen Vita
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Painting, A woman in the city at sunset, Schagen Vita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215171_1_grid.jpg)
A woman in the city at sunset
Schagen Vita
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Painting, You are my force, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195065_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cocoon of Comfort, The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness original artwork, Tetiana Pchelnykova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182055_1_grid.jpg)
Cocoon of Comfort, The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness original artwork
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,220
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![Painting, Walking on the beach, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210996_1_grid.jpg)
Walking on the beach
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,200 €1,080
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Testa antica
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
€850 €723
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Carnevale Veneziano - III
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 cm Painting - 48 x 48 inch
€3,822 €2,906
![Painting, Colorful Reflections, Seyran Gasparyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210203_1_grid.jpg)
Colorful Reflections
Seyran Gasparyan
Painting - 75 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
€728
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Portrait of Veni
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 210.8 x 157.5 x 3 cm Painting - 83 x 62 x 1.2 inch
€13,000
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Estreito é contar os números
Ian Nes
Painting - 30 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 2 inch
€1,500
![Painting, A ballerina at the window, Serghei Ghetiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213963_1_grid.jpg)
A ballerina at the window
Serghei Ghetiu
Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€720
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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.