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![Painting, A Violin Concert, Sergio Capitani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476195_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sulking, Sergio Capitani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1475436_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, The Girl, Roxana Miclea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1323246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Two-Sided Mirror, Roxana Miclea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1323201_1_grid.jpg)
The Two-Sided Mirror
Roxana Miclea
Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Personality Metamorphosis, Roxana Miclea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1323198_1_grid.jpg)
Personality Metamorphosis
Roxana Miclea
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,118
![Painting, The Essence Of Life, Roxana Miclea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1323186_1_grid.jpg)
The Essence Of Life
Roxana Miclea
Painting - 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,013
![Painting, On The Wings Of The Spring, Roxana Miclea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1323180_1_grid.jpg)
On The Wings Of The Spring
Roxana Miclea
Painting - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$2,125
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She Loves My Automobile
Tina Loiodice
Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$895
![Painting, La patria (Homeland), Ruben Cukier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1300002_1_grid.jpg)
La patria (Homeland)
Ruben Cukier
Painting - 99.8 x 79.8 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 31.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
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Sleeping Cock
Francisco Montoya Cázarez
Painting - 26.5 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10.4 x 7.7 x 0 inch
$503
![Painting, Sans titre (Trainspoting X Shoot The Bank, 2011), JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1124304_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre (Trainspoting X Shoot The Bank, 2011)
JP Malot
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
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![Painting, Bun and Earrings Girl, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/965142_1_grid.jpg)
Bun and Earrings Girl
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$548
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![Painting, Performers Before Entering Stage, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/835164_1_grid.jpg)
Performers Before Entering Stage
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$548
![Painting, Maternité, Brigitte Millet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745341_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme sortie de l'ombre 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/728676_1_grid.jpg)
Femme sortie de l'ombre 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
![Painting, Cupid and White Dove, Lilit Soghomonyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/725403_1_grid.jpg)
Cupid and White Dove
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,790
![Painting, Marcelo 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711678_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme sortie de l'ombre 3, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/711657_1_grid.jpg)
Femme sortie de l'ombre 3
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
![Painting, Femme sortie de l'ombre 2, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707211_1_grid.jpg)
Femme sortie de l'ombre 2
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
![Painting, L'arrogance, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/704526_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme sortie de l'ombre, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703851_1_grid.jpg)
Femme sortie de l'ombre
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,349
![Painting, Couple, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Femme en orange, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/703257_1_grid.jpg)
Femme en orange
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
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![Painting, Girl of Tim Burton, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/537376_1_grid.jpg)
Girl of Tim Burton
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$447
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![Painting, Les pensées sont des bombes, Willy Charps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/401377_1_grid.jpg)
Les pensées sont des bombes
Willy Charps
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Firebird ou hommage a Stravinsky, Françoise Sémiramoth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179173_1_grid.jpg)
Firebird ou hommage a Stravinsky
Françoise Sémiramoth
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$3,132
![Painting, You're in the army now, Françoise Sémiramoth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179172_1_grid.jpg)
You're in the army now
Françoise Sémiramoth
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$3,132
![Painting, So what, Françoise Sémiramoth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Infanta, Alexander Daniloff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179148_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iding-Towards-Happiness-III, Sophia Oshodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176942_1_grid.jpg)
Iding-Towards-Happiness-III
Sophia Oshodin
Painting - 91 x 91 x 5 cm Painting - 35.8 x 35.8 x 2 inch
$3,915
![Painting, A-Farewell-to-My-Problem-Days, Sophia Oshodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176941_1_grid.jpg)
A-Farewell-to-My-Problem-Days
Sophia Oshodin
Painting - 91 x 91 x 5 cm Painting - 35.8 x 35.8 x 2 inch
$3,915
![Painting, Riding-Towards-Happiness-III, Sophia Oshodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176940_1_grid.jpg)
Riding-Towards-Happiness-III
Sophia Oshodin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$4,698
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Amy WineHouse Pop Style
Maria De Campos
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$4,351
![Painting, Sophia Loren Pop Style, Maria De Campos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175912_1_grid.jpg)
Sophia Loren Pop Style
Maria De Campos
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$3,903
![Painting, Au bord du ciel, Lela Migirov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173557_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, With what strength am I going to continue?, Reinaldo Chavez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172601_1_grid.jpg)
With what strength am I going to continue?
Reinaldo Chavez
Painting - 27.5 x 22 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$324
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![Painting, La garçon au ballon rouge, Amélie Joos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165729_1_grid.jpg)
La garçon au ballon rouge
Amélie Joos
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$559
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External and internal
Eugene Gorbachenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Oliver Hartt, Ramonn Vieitez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154175_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jeremy Abbott, Ramonn Vieitez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152255_1_grid.jpg)
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Desire for what might have been
Ramonn Vieitez
Painting - 42.4 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Painting, Charlot fait son cinéma - Série Charlie Chaplin, Murzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139581_1_grid.jpg)
Charlot fait son cinéma - Série Charlie Chaplin
Murzo
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,538
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Miss. Tic / Tick tique ou pas ?
Murzo
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,538
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Canvas1
Rudy Dougbe (PRO 176)
Painting - 125 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,033 $4,278
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Messing with Paint
Michael Gorban
Painting - 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,669
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Next steps
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,796
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Bright orange painting - "City cyclist" - Urban Art - Pop Art - Bicycle - Street Art - Pink&Green - City - Street scene
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 85 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,678
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Blue Scarf That Binds
Omoayo George Osoba
Painting - 106.7 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000
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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.