Skip to main content

Portrait Paintings

to
2,827
6,655
6,242
1,595
10,836
7,096
5,311
3,405
1,482
1,427
662
438
359
243
221
13,091
6,976
6,676
Portrait Paintings For Sale
Portrait of a Young Gentleman - Antique Belgian Oil on Panel Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A charming early 20th century Belgian oil on mahogany panel portrait of a young gentleman wearing a flower in the lapel of his jacket. Beautifully painted sensitive portrait of the ...
Category

Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

English 19th century figure scene with fisherman helping ladies on to a boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding quality Victorian Genre scene of some fishermen helping some high-class ladies on to their small boat. The style is a type of the High-end Victorian Genre scene. Painters like Tissot, Millais, the Pre-Raphaelites, and other genre painters all painted in this high-quality style. The painting is signed and dated lower left and is an oil on canvas, but alas the signature is not obvious enough to know the painter. The history of the painting is that it came from an English private collection of paintings...
Category

1860s Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gunnar Weinberg, Portrait Of A Woman
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This evocative early-20th-century oil painting by Swedish artist Gunnar Weinberg (1876-1959) depicts a seated lady wearing a dark purple dress with a fur...
Category

Early 1900s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Stylish 1960's Lady, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Stylish Lady French School, Mid 20th Century Oil painting on canvas, framed Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Frame size: 26.5 x 22 inches Stylish ex...
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

You, me, break, Friday. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
A simple encounter in which a special lightness is read through the everyday details, a moment of relaxation when two people just enjoy Friday. This picture is about the small joys a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a woman with a cameo
Located in Paris, IDF
Jules François Henri de VIGNON (Belfort, 1815 – Paris, 1885) Portrait of a woman with a cameo Oil on canvas mounted on strong cardboard Signed and dated on the right 21 x 16 cm 186...
Category

Late 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 19th Century English Head Portrait of Terrier Dog, framed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Terrier Dog English School, 19th century oil on board, framed Framed: 7.25 x 6.25 inches Board: 5 x 4.25 inches Provenance: private collection, Suffolk, England Condition: very g...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

An Artist and His Tools - Vintage Figurative Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
An Artist and His Tools - Vintage Figurative Portrait Wonderful expressionist figurative of a painter at work - deeply focused on his subject - is captured by California artist Moll...
Category

1970s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Head Portrait King Charles Cavalier Spaniel Dog with Blue Bow 19th Century Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Spaniel English School, mid 19th century circle of Sir Edwin Landseer oil on board, framed Framed: 7.25 x 6.25 inches Board: 5 x 4.25 inches Provenance: private collection, Suffo...
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Boats In A Port 19th Century School of CLAUDE MONET
By Claude Monet
Located in Blackwater, GB
Bateaux Dans Un Port, 19th Century School of CLAUDE MONET Large 19th Century French Impressionist view of boats in a harbour, oil on canvas. Large scale scene of a port at sunset ...
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

“Comme Avant, As Before" Abstract Colorful Portrait Street Art Pop Art on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This particular piece depicts an anonymous portrait of a beautiful woman. Inspired by the every day, JM Robert strives to create paintings that mimic the fla...
Category

2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Woman lying thoughtful on blue sheets" contemporary painting of a nude woman
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary colorful painting featuring a naked woman with a thoughtful look lying on blue sheets near a coffee table with a bouquet of flowers in a vase makes part of my ser...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Early 1800's Italian Oil Painting Portrait of Bearded Man Saint Peter Apostle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Italian School, early 19th century 'Portrait of a Bearded Man' - possibly Saint Peter? oil on board, framed framed: 16 x 13.5 inches board: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private col...
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Michel Leiris
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of a Francis Bacon's painting Portrait of Michel Leiris, originally created in 1976. This work is a notable example of Bacon's ability to capture the psycholog...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Offset

"Facing the world" ( contemporary figurative oil painting of a woman on canvas)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary painting called "Facing the world" depicting a woman standing back wearing a casual blouse and blue jeans makes part of my series dedicated to women. In my series ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Don't Cry Long" Abstracted and Distorted Self-Portrait, One Crying Eye
Located in Detroit, MI
"Don't Cry Long" is a self-portrait of the artist and an unusual one at that in which the artist portrays herself shedding tears. Perhaps it is an expression of some grief experienced by Ms. Woodlock, but it also admonishes her to not "Cry Long" while at the same time poking fun because of her elongated face and the one lone "long" tear tracing a pattern down her face. In addition to self-portraits, Ethelyn painted commissioned portraits. In this painting her head is cocked and her famous bangs hang down her forehead. Compare two self-portraits, “Up From Under”, and “M’Eyes" to "Don't Cry Long." The major differences are the close facial view and the brilliant blood red paint that fills the entire canvas. This painting is included in the book, "Dreams Have Wings: An Artist's Journey into Magic and Mystery" printed in the United States, 1985. She describes "Don't Cry Long" as showing how funny looking we are, if we cry too long. Ethelyn Woodlock...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Johann Paul Eisenmeyer, Portrait Of A Gentleman, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by Austrian artist Johann Paul Eisenmeyer (act.1820-1846) depicts a gentleman wearing a black coat, white shirt and black bowtie. Eisenme...
Category

1840s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miniature Horse Painting of A Hunter in 17th c-style Antique Florentine Frame
Located in Charleston, US
Valarie Wolf's miniature horse painting, "A Portrait of a Hunter", is of a lovely braided Hunter horse beautifully accented in an elegant 17th-century-style antique Florentine frame. The Hunter waits patiently to show off in the ring. The horse oil painting is on Arches 100% cotton 140 lb Cold Pressed Oil Paint Paper which is applied to the frame. The framed size of the painting is 3.25" x 4". Valarie Wolf traditionally loves to paint charming, small horse paintings...
Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Italian 18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Merchant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Venetian Gentleman 18th Century Venetian School oil painting on board, framed framed: 7.25 x 6 inches board: 5.25 x 4 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: sound bu...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Realist Art Deco Framed Signed Young Woman Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school realist portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Clown with Birthday Bouquet - Oil and Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Oil, Pen

Portrait of a Dutch Girl with Goat - Laren School 19thC pastoral oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful 19th century Dutch oil painting is by noted artist Willem or more often Willy Martens. Painted circa 1890 it is very much in the style of the Laren School. The Laren S...
Category

19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Lady Sewing in an Interior - Scottish 40s Pointilliste oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Murray Urquhart. He has been described by one of his sons as obsessed with painting, to the exclusion of most oth...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Edward Garraway, Portrait Of ‘Tottie’
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming late-19th-century oil painting by English artist Edward Garraway (1842-1893) depicts ‘Tottie’, a grey pony in a stable. Garraway was a gentleman painter of animals, als...
Category

1880s English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Pink Bonnet - Scottish art oil pastel portrait painting of artist's wife
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous Scottish 1930's soft focus and sensual pastel oil painting is by noted artist John Bulloch Souter. It was painted in 1931 and the sitter is the artist's beautiful wife...
Category

1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Fine Dutch Old Master Large Oil Painting Portrait Gentleman in Ruff Collar Robes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman in Ruff Collar and Robes Dutch School, 18th century oil on canvas laid over panel, unframed board: 28.5 x 24 inches provenance: private collection condition: ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

English mid century oil painting Portrait of Golden Retriever puppy or dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English mid century oil painting Portrait of Golden Retriever puppy or dog. Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half o...
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1930's French Portrait of Lady Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Impressionist artist, circa 1930 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miss Moggy Hennesey on her Hunter - Scottish 60s art horse portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb horse portrait with rider is by keen Scottish horse artist and rider, Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960 the rider is Miss Margaret 'Moggy' Hennesey. Moggy, well known a...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"My Garden" Eurilda Loomis France, Female Artist Impressionist Landscape
By Eurilda Loomis France
Located in New York, NY
Eurilda Loomis France My Garden, circa 1890 Oil on canvas 12 3/4 x 15 7/8 inches Eurilda Loomis France (1865 - 1931) was active in New York, Connecticut. Eurilda France is known fo...
Category

1890s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lady on a walk by Sean Durkin, woman, contemporary art, walking
Located in Deddington, GB
original paiting of Lady on a walk by Sean Drukin. Sean uses very toned colours but draws attention to her red scarf and red skirt. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas 3...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Court Portrait Of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl Of Leicester (1532-1588) Elizabethan
Located in Blackwater, GB
Court Portrait Of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl Of Leicester (1532-1588) English School Oil On Panel Large antique portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st ea...
Category

18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

The Lesson - Portrait Interior - British Victorian art oil painting reading
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian oil painting is by noted artist John Eaton Walker. Painted circa 1855 it is portrait in an interior of a beautiful young woman in a yellow satin dress. ...
Category

19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of an elegant
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 39 x 33 x 5 cm
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Holiday in Venice American Realist, Landscape, People in Venice Italy
Located in Houston, TX
A Holiday in Venice is painted in the style of American Realism. The painting is a Representational Italian landscape which is the Plaza San Marco in Venice. This realist painti...
Category

2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Beauty From Within
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity About Artist Segu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of a Girl, Oil Portrait Painting by Jan de Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Portrait of a Girl Year: circa 1964 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 14 in. x 10 in. (35.56 cm x 25.4 cm) Frame Size: 21 x 17...
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Haunted" (2024) By Beth Radloff, Original Collage
By Alex Eckman-Lawn
Located in Denver, CO
"Haunted" (2024) by Alex Eckman-Lawn is an original handmade collage using cut paper and a shadowbox. This piece depicts an abstract portrait of a person made out of red buildings. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

"Beer Witch" (2024) By Beth Radloff, Original Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Beer Witch" (2024) by Beth Randloff is an original handmade mixed media painting that depicts a playful scene where a witch is turning the wheat and barley in her hand into beer.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Antique English Portrait Oil Painting of an English Writer
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3423 English writer portrait, oil on board displayed in a gilt -wood frame, signed by Welsh.Image size 10 H x 8 W
Category

1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Dusk" (2024) By Peter Mohrbacher, Original Digital Painting on Metal
Located in Denver, CO
"Dusk" by Peter Mohrbacher is an original digital painting printed onto metal that depicts the grim reaper holding his scythe while standing in a flower field, looking up at the suns...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Metal

"Dusk (Sketch)" (2024) By Peter Mohrbacher, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Dusk (Sketch)" by Peter Mohrbacher is an original drawing made with graphite on paper that depicts the grim reaper holding his scythe and looking up.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Graphite

"Zombie" (2024) By Katie Mansfield, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Zombie" (2024) by Katie Mansfield is an original handmade acrylic painting that depicts a zombie woman holding a brain. This piece is done in a comic book style and has a frame that...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Despair and Joy, Diptych. Acrylic painting on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Despair and Joy, Diptych, 2023 By Juan C. Estrada Acrylic on canvas Overall size: 48 in. H x 72 in. W Individual size: 48 in. H x 36 in. W Mounted on stretcher Unique These twin pie...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

American, 1912 portrait of a man in a red tie by female artist Elizabeth Grandin
By Elizabeth Grandin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Elizabeth Grandin (American, 1889 – 1970) ‘Man with red tie’, 1912 Oil on canvas Signed with studio stamp, with inventory number 333 and inscribed ‘Spain c…. 1912’ (on the reverse) 2...
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gold Glass Portrait of a Lady, 20th Century Enamel, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998) Portrait of a Lady, 1983 Gold glass with applied enamel Signed and dated lower right 8 x 7.5 inches 12.5 x 12 inches, framed Born in Cleveland...
Category

1980s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold, Enamel

19th Century genre portrait of an Italian woman
By Pierre-Louis-Joseph de Coninck
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Pierre Louis Joseph De Coninck French, (1828-1910) Italian Beauty Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 31 inches x 23 inches Size including frame: 38 inches x 30 inches A lovely three...
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

18th Century Italian Renaissance Madonna & Child with St. John the Baptist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist Italian artist, 18th century oil on wood panel, framed in an Empire, gilt moulded frame Framed: 23 x 22 inches Panel: 15 x 14.5 inches Pro...
Category

18th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Swimming Figures with Fish, Acrylic and Oil, Deep Sea 2 by Rebecca Jack
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Rebecca Jack "Deep Sea 2" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 48 in. __________________________ Rebecca Jack, an intuitive painter, creates vibrant, figurative works that highlight the b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Madonna and Child 1800's English Oil on Canvas with Circular Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Madonna and Child English Old Master, c. 1800 oil on canvas, unframed (relined canvas) Canvas: 14.5 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition De...
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

17th Century Large Italian Old Master Oil Christ and the Penitent Canaanite
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
17th Century Italian School Christ and the Canaanite Woman oil on canvas, framed Framed: 30.5 x 35 inches in an antique gilt 'hollow' frame. Canvas: 24 x 29 inches Provenance: priv...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late 19th Century French Portrait of a Lady in Black Evening Dress with Fan
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in Black Evening Dress with Fan signed indistinctly lower corner oil on canvas, unframed dated 1887 Canvas: 27.5 x 20 inches Provenance: private collection, Franc...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Raven - Girl In Red Dress with Exposed Breast, Holding Bird, Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
The raven is often thought of as a connection between the spiritual and physical world. In this painting, a wise young girl holds a raven in her hands up to her eye as if searching for some great meaning. A clock and a burning candle in the foreground suggests a symbolic connection between the two. The peaceful mountain landscape...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century French Portrait of a Lady in Pink Silk Gown Belle Epoque Period
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th Century Portrait of a Lady in Pink Silk Gown French School, indistinctly signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 1893 Canvas: 24 x 19.75 inches Provenance: private collection, Fra...
Category

19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Expressive Male Portrait Mid-20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressive Male Portrait French, mid 20th century from the studio collection of Simone Forge (1930's-1950's female French artist) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 24 x 19.75 inches Pr...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Woman with a hat" by Joris Ghilini, 28 x 25 x 3 in, 2024
Located in Paris, France
Joris Ghilini's current artistic output takes a variety of forms, from painting and sculpture to site-specific installations. It is rooted in his studio, a place of pictorial and sou...
Category

Early 20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Acrylic

"It's time for football" (figurative art naive painting of a boy)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant and dynamic artwork "It's time for football ' captures the viewer's attention through its bold use of color and energetic lines. Dominated by hues of pink, green, blue...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper, Watercolor

Immaculate Virgin Madonna Piola 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antonio Maria Piola (Genoa 1654 - 1715) A late 17th-century Ligurian sketch depicting ‘the Immaculate Virgin' Last quarter of the 17th century 59 x 45 cm. Framed 71 x 58 cm. Conse...
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.

Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.

For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.

Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.

On 1stDibs, visit a vast collection of famous portrait paintings or works by emerging artists. Search by medium to find the right portrait paintings for your home in oil paint, synthetic resin paint and more. Find portrait paintings in a variety of styles, too, including contemporary, Impressionist and Pop art, or search by artist to find unique works created by painters such as Mark Beard, Steve Kaufman and Montse Valdés.

Recently Viewed

View All