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![Painting, Lola, Lu Mourelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187878_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La préparation des udons, Dominique Andrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209327_1_grid.jpg)
La préparation des udons
Dominique Andrier
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,578
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The Queen's Head, Underbank
Michael Gutteridge
Painting - 48.3 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$1,335
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Contrebasdiste Tentaculaire
Delphine Portier
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,012
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Drain color
Cynthia Coulombe-Bégin
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$1,895
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Pêcheur
Frederick Reginald Donat
Painting - 47.5 x 26 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.7 x 10.2 x 0.2 inch
$1,668
![Painting, No title - Three of six, Susanne Butcher](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199543_1_grid.jpg)
No title - Three of six
Susanne Butcher
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
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Sans titre - profil d'homme
Hashtag Jeff (D-Philippot)
Painting - 120 x 65 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 25.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,236
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Marianne
Christophe Létua aka Tophe
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,565
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Femme au turban jaune
E. Rosselli
Painting - 55.4 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.8 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,598
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Trinité Green kub - Portrait Pop art cubisme
Nathalie Paccalet dite Nathy
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$358
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La Cage De Lamentables Harmonies
Sandra Chevrier
Painting - 96.52 x 50.8 x 2.54 cm Painting - 38 x 20 x 1 inch
$25,000
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Picasso 3
Giorgio A.F. Valentini
Painting - 100 x 100 x 7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.8 inch
$1,677
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![Painting, Il lago di Castreccioni (1), Vassilij Levi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198395_1_grid.jpg)
Il lago di Castreccioni (1)
Vassilij Levi
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,677
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Marilyn Monroe Pizza
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,739
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Reflections Of A Teenage Girl
Joyce Fournier
Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 1 inch
$1,080 $756
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![Painting, François d'Angoulême, Joris Ghilini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209447_1_grid.jpg)
François d'Angoulême
Joris Ghilini
Painting - 106 x 73 x 15 cm Painting - 41.7 x 28.7 x 5.9 inch
$10,509
![Painting, Thriving in Adversity, Agwunwa Theophilus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204103_1_grid.jpg)
Thriving in Adversity
Agwunwa Theophilus
Painting - 127 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 50 x 37 x 1 inch
$3,099
![Painting, Jeune femme au châle et panier de fleures, L. Rubia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202539_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune femme au châle et panier de fleures
L. Rubia
Painting - 44 x 33.5 x 1 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13.2 x 0.4 inch
$1,470
![Painting, Female figure, Pere Pruna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190137_1_grid.jpg)
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Elegante assisse pres d'une chaise lyre
Paul César Helleu
Painting - 61 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$7,267
![Painting, Je t'aime moi non plus!, Babeth Puech](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203654_1_grid.jpg)
Je t'aime moi non plus!
Babeth Puech
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,207
![Painting, Histoire de Guadeloupe 6, Françoise Sémiramoth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194658_1_grid.jpg)
Histoire de Guadeloupe 6
Françoise Sémiramoth
Painting - 130 x 97 x 1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.4 inch
$13,416
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Dans le silence des pages
Anne Horlaville
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,073
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The girl with the lost pearl earring
Nef
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,565
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Profil d'un Toréro
Catherine Clare
Painting - 92 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,677
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Liquid Metal and Crushed Roses
Mary Brown
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$10,000
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![Painting, Alexandria’s Genesis, Paris Sergiou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193319_1_grid.jpg)
Alexandria’s Genesis
Paris Sergiou
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,398
![Painting, Tout va bien au 63° orbite, Martial Raysse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191150_1_grid.jpg)
Tout va bien au 63° orbite
Martial Raysse
Painting - 24 x 33 x 10 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 3.9 inch
$117,390
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Pot Carrier with Pink Shawl
Nicolle Menegaldo
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,577
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Reticulum with mask
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,012
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Black Man Stereotype 2 (Mandingo)
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 119.9 x 99.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.3 x 1 inch
$2,800
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Overthink: Juste ici
Marie-Chloé Duval
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,900
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A Girl In A Window
Yosl Bergner
Painting - 40 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
$5,100
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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.
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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.