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![Painting, Sans titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112042_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Astronomos, Francisco Montoya Cázarez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2114850_1_grid.jpg)
Astronomos
Francisco Montoya Cázarez
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$514 $463
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Sergey Parajanov - The color of pomegranates
Artush Voskanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$10,000
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![Painting, Parisian Gallery Opening - The Critic, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1055001_1_grid.jpg)
Parisian Gallery Opening - The Critic
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$442
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![Painting, Queen Elisabeth in petrol with golden Basquiat crown, UTN](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1619298_1_grid.jpg)
Queen Elisabeth in petrol with golden Basquiat crown
UTN
Painting - 45 x 32 cm Painting - 17.7 x 12.6 inch
$313
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![Painting, Life is pretty but complicated, Soh Ee Shaun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616088_1_grid.jpg)
Life is pretty but complicated
Soh Ee Shaun
Painting - 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$447
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![Painting, Corps en mouvement, Samiran Boruah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1786398_1_grid.jpg)
Corps en mouvement
Samiran Boruah
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Life in the street 2, Samiran Boruah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1644426_1_grid.jpg)
Life in the street 2
Samiran Boruah
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,454 $727
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![Painting, Diaphane, Steliana Mocanu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1091409_1_grid.jpg)
Diaphane
Steliana Mocanu
Painting - 54.5 x 45.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.5 x 17.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,566 $1,174
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![Painting, Missing you, Joyce Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1175640_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I don´t hear, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140927_1_grid.jpg)
I don´t hear
Galya Popova
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,188 $2,710
![Painting, U Talking to me?, Mercedes Lagunas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973076_1_grid.jpg)
U Talking to me?
Mercedes Lagunas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
Sold
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![Painting, Un sourire, Alexandre Moore Rockefeller](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1949496_1_grid.jpg)
Un sourire
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 36 x 48.5 x 0.6 cm Painting - 14.2 x 19.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Petit cheval, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174560_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, U,S ballet dance-11, Anand Manchiraju](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090415_1_grid.jpg)
U,S ballet dance-11
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 41.9 x 62.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
![Painting, U.S. Ballet dance-4, Anand Manchiraju](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1844994_1_grid.jpg)
U.S. Ballet dance-4
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 62.2 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 24.5 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
![Painting, The cat, Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/778044_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Muse in a Mask, Lilit Soghomonyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200144_1_grid.jpg)
Muse in a Mask
Lilit Soghomonyan
Painting - 150 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,796 $2,517
![Painting, Dancing in the Dark, Milburn-Foster](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1698690_1_grid.jpg)
Dancing in the Dark
Milburn-Foster
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,158
![Painting, Dancing Shadow, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1781895_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Together, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1781256_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Deux Madonnes en Procession, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1177032_1_grid.jpg)
Deux Madonnes en Procession
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$324
![Painting, Law of Attraction Bodily Forms Possess, Joanna Glazer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112720_1_grid.jpg)
Law of Attraction Bodily Forms Possess
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$324
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![Painting, Les cyclistes déjeunent, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674168_1_grid.jpg)
Les cyclistes déjeunent
Christian Jodin
Painting - 81 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
$554
![Painting, Déjeuner cycliste sur l'herbe en Avignon, Christian Jodin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1674117_1_grid.jpg)
Déjeuner cycliste sur l'herbe en Avignon
Christian Jodin
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$554
![Painting, Gucci en el mercado, Astolfo Funes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682283_1_grid.jpg)
Gucci en el mercado
Astolfo Funes
Painting - 141 x 135 x 0.3 cm Painting - 55.5 x 53.1 x 0.1 inch
$4,474
![Painting, I Still Wear Your Shirt, Joyce Fournier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1176180_1_grid.jpg)
I Still Wear Your Shirt
Joyce Fournier
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 1 inch
$620
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![Painting, Ragazza in blu, Ugo Vistosi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218633_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, ST Seb (Saint Sebastien aux 3 flèches), Fabio Purino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218613_1_grid.jpg)
ST Seb (Saint Sebastien aux 3 flèches)
Fabio Purino
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,063
![Painting, Can't Stand Me Now, James Earley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218606_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sois prudent Prométhée, Fabio Purino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218587_1_grid.jpg)
Sois prudent Prométhée
Fabio Purino
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Lady M (Dame Démasquée), Fabio Purino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218586_1_grid.jpg)
Lady M (Dame Démasquée)
Fabio Purino
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,063
![Painting, 8 1/2 ( Otto e Mezzo), Fabio Purino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218583_1_grid.jpg)
8 1/2 ( Otto e Mezzo)
Fabio Purino
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,566
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![Painting, Ca pique un peu, Béatrice Terra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218440_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, J'en ai dans le tiroir, Béatrice Terra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218439_1_grid.jpg)
J'en ai dans le tiroir
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 81 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Evening Together, Ruslana Levandovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216471_1_grid.jpg)
Evening Together
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$12,000
![Painting, Frida for ever, Daniel Burgraeve](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592445_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flower/Boulder, Maxime Cousineau Perusse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170687_1_grid.jpg)
Flower/Boulder
Maxime Cousineau Perusse
Painting - 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$1,768
![Painting, Défiance, Jean-Jacques Joujon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981383_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N° 1514 - Man in black - l'homme dans le noir, Mahroo Asghari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932354_1_grid.jpg)
N° 1514 - Man in black - l'homme dans le noir
Mahroo Asghari
Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,237
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![Painting, Jerusalem (Jacob's Dream), Edward Ben Avram](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1582575_1_grid.jpg)
Jerusalem (Jacob's Dream)
Edward Ben Avram
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$1,800
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![Painting, Polina with White Face, Manu De Mey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1489311_1_grid.jpg)
Polina with White Face
Manu De Mey
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,801
![Painting, Two Orientalist Subjects, Amedeo Momo Simonetti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1453941_1_grid.jpg)
Two Orientalist Subjects
Amedeo Momo Simonetti
Painting - 38 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$1,342
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![Painting, Jack Nicholson, Stale Amsterdam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322853_1_grid.jpg)
Jack Nicholson
Stale Amsterdam
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
$27,850
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Heavens’ And Earth’s
Tsvetan Lazarov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,845
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The Journey of a Lifetime
Malwina Jagora
Painting - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,635
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Study of all the lost faces-2
Koh Gi
Painting - 45.5 x 37.9 x 2 cm Painting - 17.9 x 14.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,177
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Secrète - série portrait de femme
Aldina Mateus
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,060
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La pose - Portrait de femme
Henry Prost
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,097
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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.