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![Painting, Rostro 1, Ernest Carneado Ferreri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138778_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rostro 2, Ernest Carneado Ferreri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138639_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ayinke (Maverick Series), Taiwo Samuel Olutimileyin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131030_1_grid.jpg)
Ayinke (Maverick Series)
Taiwo Samuel Olutimileyin
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,500
![Painting, Lewis Hamilton colored rise, Ian Philip](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126331_1_grid.jpg)
Lewis Hamilton colored rise
Ian Philip
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
![Painting, Burn me fire, Dekern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120970_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Nose, Dekern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120967_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Us, Dany Soyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2105274_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, En kærlig følgesvend / A loving companion, Kathrine Iversen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102808_1_grid.jpg)
En kærlig følgesvend / A loving companion
Kathrine Iversen
Painting - 40.5 x 29.5 x 3 cm Painting - 15.9 x 11.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
![Painting, In the mountains, Evgeny Chernyakovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2055015_1_grid.jpg)
In the mountains
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 59.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,900
![Painting, Mr Morale, Nolwenn Samson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2014188_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Battle, Rom av J.C](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2004840_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magic Steve, Fabien Novarino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999602_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled (Young Damsel), Ogbonna Francis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1974414_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled (Young Damsel)
Ogbonna Francis
Painting - 71.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,550
![Painting, Circle John, Jo Di Bona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1930614_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Via Appia Antica, André Laurenti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907325_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nudo Baia, André Laurenti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907322_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nymphose, André Laurenti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907319_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Busto velato nelle terra laguna, André Laurenti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907313_1_grid.jpg)
Busto velato nelle terra laguna
André Laurenti
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,915
![Painting, Flame of you 2, Jumoke Oyetunde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1787520_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flame of passion, Jumoke Oyetunde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1759359_1_grid.jpg)
Flame of passion
Jumoke Oyetunde
Painting - 101.6 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 33 x 1 inch
$1,700
![Painting, Abishola (Born to wealth), Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1736775_1_grid.jpg)
Abishola (Born to wealth)
Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa
Painting - 71.1 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,200
![Painting, I Wish, Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1736760_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Festival d'Avignon, Maurice Douard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1654848_1_grid.jpg)
Festival d'Avignon
Maurice Douard
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
![Painting, I used to think that love was forever, Nolwenn Samson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1629924_1_grid.jpg)
I used to think that love was forever
Nolwenn Samson
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,579
![Painting, I don't know !, Nolwenn Samson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1629918_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait du femme, Zhenhua Guo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1593792_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Ramen Sup, Nolwenn Samson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1414767_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Puit de Lumière, Karo Trass](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052877_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1958 Parisiens Parisians, Kam Zin Choon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031373_1_grid.jpg)
1958 Parisiens Parisians
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 48 x 64 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,286
![Painting, 1956 Dieu dans la rivière River God, Kam Zin Choon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1030728_1_grid.jpg)
1956 Dieu dans la rivière River God
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Painting, 1996 Portrait, Bernard Di Sciullo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1020951_1_grid.jpg)
1996 Portrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,286
![Painting, 1976 Autoportrait Selfportrait, Bernard Di Sciullo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1020888_1_grid.jpg)
1976 Autoportrait Selfportrait
Bernard Di Sciullo
Painting - 41 x 33.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.2 inch
$1,286
![Painting, 1964 Opéra de Paris Pianiste, Jochen Michaelis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004610_1_grid.jpg)
1964 Opéra de Paris Pianiste
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 50 x 70 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$2,181
![Painting, 1964 Opéra de PARIS Chanteuse Singer Opera, Jochen Michaelis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004607_1_grid.jpg)
1964 Opéra de PARIS Chanteuse Singer Opera
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Painting, 1958 Paris L'espion The Spyer, Jochen Michaelis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004604_1_grid.jpg)
1958 Paris L'espion The Spyer
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 53.5 x 36 cm Painting - 21.1 x 14.2 inch
$1,957
![Painting, 1980 Parisienne à la fenêtre Parisian at her window, Jochen Michaelis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004592_1_grid.jpg)
1980 Parisienne à la fenêtre Parisian at her window
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 57.75 x 48 cm Painting - 22.7 x 18.9 inch
$2,181
![Painting, 1981 PARIS Elégante au marché Elegant at the market, Jochen Michaelis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004586_1_grid.jpg)
1981 PARIS Elégante au marché Elegant at the market
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 58.75 x 45 cm Painting - 23.1 x 17.7 inch
$2,181
![Painting, 1974 Parisienne à la toque Parisian with toque, Jochen Michaelis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004580_1_grid.jpg)
1974 Parisienne à la toque Parisian with toque
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 58.75 x 45 cm Painting - 23.1 x 17.7 inch
$2,181
![Painting, 1966 PARIS Homme à la casquette verte Man with green cap, Jochen Michaelis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1004571_1_grid.jpg)
1966 PARIS Homme à la casquette verte Man with green cap
Jochen Michaelis
Painting - 30 x 23.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,181
![Painting, Sainte Debby, Jean-Paul Bocaj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972378_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Traces 1987 Remains, Moon JANG CHULL](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/950991_1_grid.jpg)
Traces 1987 Remains
Moon JANG CHULL
Painting - 119 x 49 x 0.3 cm Painting - 46.9 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Frida, Jean-Paul Bocaj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/816102_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, RESTEZ CHEZ VOUS, Jean-Paul Bocaj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/816081_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Doubt, Andrea Vandoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/531503_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Last Flowers, Andrea Vandoni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/530570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emma + Elizabeth, Lianne Kocks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/491356_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mobile 2, Alexandre Akar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/25759_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jokers Are Not Ugly, Hongda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175225_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Together, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175046_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bond, Natalya Mougenot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175041_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colombia, Maritza Bernal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171548_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beginning of life, Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170883_1_grid.jpg)
Beginning of life
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Portrait of a lady, Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162226_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of a lady
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,447
![Painting, French School PS 236 All Eyez on you, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158263_1_grid.jpg)
French School PS 236 All Eyez on you
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Portrait PS 126 Kiev - De guerre lasse - French school, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153820_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait PS 126 Kiev - De guerre lasse - French school
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.5 inch
$1,790
![Painting, Neon portrait of a partyless night, Anne Dias](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151711_1_grid.jpg)
Neon portrait of a partyless night
Anne Dias
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
![Painting, Amoung Suns, moons and stars, Anne Dias](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151707_1_grid.jpg)
Amoung Suns, moons and stars
Anne Dias
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
![Painting, Cherry Blossom Contours, Anne Dias](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151703_1_grid.jpg)
Cherry Blossom Contours
Anne Dias
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
![Painting, Blushing Reflections, Anne Dias](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151693_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Uncertainty, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145243_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La corde á danser, Joann Côté](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137752_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le cordon rouge, Joann Côté](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137733_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angel, Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129266_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Painting in ancient technique (Magic image), Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129020_1_grid.jpg)
Painting in ancient technique (Magic image)
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 21.5 x 15 x 1.5 cm Painting - 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.6 inch
$1,510
![Painting, Olga, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123454_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blessing, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait PS223 Tsunami (Large) French School oil painting Basel, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116914_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait PS223 Tsunami (Large) French School oil painting Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,901
![Painting, Vanité, Edmond Li Bellefroid](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094888_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ma chatte est possessive !, Béatrice Terra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090034_1_grid.jpg)
Ma chatte est possessive !
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,796
![Painting, One Way, Ia Liparteliani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2069418_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Private Angel, Ia Liparteliani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2069394_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Portrait PS 231 La Dormante - French School oil painting Basel, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048397_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait PS 231 La Dormante - French School oil painting Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Lipochka's awakening, Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047899_1_grid.jpg)
Lipochka's awakening
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,896
![Painting, Smoking Girl, Zapata](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013852_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Elle est tombée du ciel, Béatrice Terra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2004537_1_grid.jpg)
Elle est tombée du ciel
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,796
![Painting, Portrait in Geometric Symphony, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993245_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait in Geometric Symphony
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 114 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,740
![Painting, Party, Wang Dianyu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975260_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Guardian Totem, Themanfromthefuture Urano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945545_1_grid.jpg)
Guardian Totem
Themanfromthefuture Urano
Painting - 168 x 152 x 0.3 cm Painting - 66.1 x 59.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Temptation (Seated woman with one bare breast), Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1937679_1_grid.jpg)
Temptation (Seated woman with one bare breast)
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 115 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
![Painting, Ai, Ia Liparteliani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1913937_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Angel, Ia Liparteliani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1913928_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Mother and child, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1784286_1_grid.jpg)
Mother and child
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 105 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,405
![Painting, Untitled, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1710033_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In Navi, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1710030_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Somnium No. 3, Series VII, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1710021_1_grid.jpg)
Somnium No. 3, Series VII
Mario Henrique
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 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.