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What is it called when you pose for art?
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What it is called when you pose for art varies. If you've paid to have an artist produce a portrait of you, the act of posing for them is sometimes referred to as sitting or sitting for a portrait. When someone poses so that artists can create sketches or practice in a classroom-type setting, the term used to describe it is usually art modeling. Find a large selection of portrait paintings on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024
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Hunt Slonem "Scotch" Black Outline Bunny on White Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Scotch" Black Outline Bunny on White Background
A single rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 6 x 4 inches
Framed: 8.5 x 6.5 inch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Venus and Cupid
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Hendrick Bloemaert
(Utrecht 1601/02 – Utrecht 1672)
Venus and Cupid
Oil on panel
H. 75 cm; W. 61 cm
Signed and dated 1636
Hendrick Bloemaert is a notable figure of the Golden Age of...
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1630s Flemish School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Dog Portrait: Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs Jules Chardigny
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Double Portrait: Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs
Jules Chardigny (France, 1842-1892) circa 1870
Oil on canvas, signed
21 3/4 x 18 1/4 (29 1/8 x 25 frame) inches
Though pairs of G...
Category
1870s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Belle Epoque Beauty - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910). The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings...
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Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Self-Portrait', Paris Salon, Royal Danish Academy, Impressionist oil, Benezit
By Julius Paulsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'J.P' for Julius Paulsen (Danish, 1860-1940) and painted circa 1910.
A dramatic, early twentieth-century work by this notable Post-Impressionist painter and th...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting by George Romney "Portraits of a Lady and Gentleman"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting Pair circle of by George Romney "Portraits of a Lady and Gentleman" 1734 - 1802 Romney was a leadway society portrait painter of the Georgian ear...
Category
1780s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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