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![Painting, Sand clock CLVII, Daniel Cuadrado](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1513860_1_grid.jpg)
Sand clock CLVII
Daniel Cuadrado
Painting - 15.6 x 6.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 6.1 x 2.6 x 0 inch
$1,263
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![Painting, Invisible Tears, Tiziano Autera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179189_1_grid.jpg)
Invisible Tears
Tiziano Autera
Painting - 190 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 74.8 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$13,696 $12,326
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Les Ménines - Variations I
Pierre François
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,683
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Racines miraculeuses haïtiennes
Christophe Mert
Painting - 91 x 78 cm Painting - 35.8 x 30.7 inch
$4,472
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Solving Conflicts
Marc Andre
Painting - 182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 72 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$10,000
![Painting, Joie de musique I, Emily Helstroffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1369425_1_grid.jpg)
Joie de musique I
Emily Helstroffer
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.6 inch
$1,677
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Black and Bold 1
Loje Oluwaseun
Painting - 74.9 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 19.5 x 1 inch
$1,450
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Balls deep in the street
Luke Yocum
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$9,559
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Alessandro Magno nº3
Davide Ricchetti
Painting - 42 x 28.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,006
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Hôtel joyeux, Amboise
Eliane Diverly
Painting - 32 x 23 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$922
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Anatomie d'un mur - série Street Art
Yves Guillard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,012
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Sans titre - série Caraïbes
Jean-Michel Loutoby
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,275
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![Painting, The alleged portrait., Igor Shulman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2061792_1_grid.jpg)
The alleged portrait.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 inch
$1,600
![Painting, Blond in Mirror, Anyck Alvarez Kerloch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2033661_1_grid.jpg)
Blond in Mirror
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 69.9 x 54.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 21.6 x 1 inch
$1,625
![Painting, Rendez-vous vénitien, Georges Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769349_1_grid.jpg)
Rendez-vous vénitien
Georges Corominas
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,037
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![Painting, Ancient Egyptian Woman Figure, Mario Molinari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/971376_1_grid.jpg)
Ancient Egyptian Woman Figure
Mario Molinari
Painting - 34.5 x 16.2 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.6 x 6.4 x 0 inch
$559
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Collection Musée Arts Décoratifs Paris, 1964 L'idole The idol
Esther Hess
Painting - 56 x 46 x 0.5 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$1,957 $978
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Mon regard Korea
Mathilde André
Painting - 27.9 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$224 $212
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L'orangé des fruits murs
De Welfes
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,453
![Painting, Envy _ Ultra Violet version, Johan Chaaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1659624_1_grid.jpg)
Envy _ Ultra Violet version
Johan Chaaz
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$280
![Painting, Le jeune homme, Giuseppe Piermatteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609680_1_grid.jpg)
Le jeune homme
Giuseppe Piermatteo
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,057
![Painting, Christian Bérard, Agathe Lemaire Thalazac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177285_1_grid.jpg)
Christian Bérard
Agathe Lemaire Thalazac
Painting - 200 x 400 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 157.5 x 1.2 inch
$36,335
![Painting, MonaLisa, Miguel Ángel Belinchón Bujes Belin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158448_1_grid.jpg)
MonaLisa
Miguel Ángel Belinchón Bujes Belin
Painting - 60.5 x 40.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 15.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, A scent of evening for You, Joanna Sierko-Filipowska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/770544_1_grid.jpg)
A scent of evening for You
Joanna Sierko-Filipowska
Painting - 87 x 127 x 5 cm Painting - 34.3 x 50 x 2 inch
$27,950
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In the moonlight
Kateryna Ocheredko
Painting - 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
![Painting, Between rage and Softness, Sophie D'herbercourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217224_1_grid.jpg)
Between rage and Softness
Sophie D'herbercourt
Painting - 162 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$7,826
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Nu, Fauve sur une chaise
Patricia Kleyman
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$324
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La fille au bord de l'eau
Olena Siniuhina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$324
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1248
Simon Berger
Painting - 100.3 x 100.3 x 10.2 cm Painting - 39.5 x 39.5 x 4 inch
Price upon request
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Aku Sika
Caleb Kwarteng Prah
Painting - 121.9 x 86.4 x 5 cm Painting - 48 x 34 x 2 inch
Price upon request
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L'Homme post-moderne
Antonio Camaró
Painting - 130 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
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Untitled
Aron Kroes
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
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Le cœur de ma sœur
Camille Brès
Painting - 40 x 32 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 12.6 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
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J+ Tons sur tons d'automne
Gaëtan de Séguin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,795
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Personajes en fondo verde
Enrique Pichardo
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,750
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Sur l'ecran noir de mes nuits blanches
Alice de Miramon
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$950
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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.