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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Fine 18th Century English Georgian Portrait of a Lady Seated in Parkland Estate
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Mrs Bonne Wilson (nee Boileau 1749 - 1818)
English School, late 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 22.5 x 18.5 inches
canvas : 18 x 14 inches
Provenance: private ...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,074 Sale Price
20% Off
Tapestry of Beauty (Anike) 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Shotgun, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A man and his dog drive through a vast, open landscape. There’s a zero percent chance their trip won’t involve beef jerky. This sun-drenched scene captures ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman with Pitcher oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Woman with Pitcher
Artist: Antoni Valls Bordoy (1912–1980)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 35 x 27 cm (13.8 x 10.6 in)
Date: 1953
Signature: Signed “Valls Bordoy” in red at ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$473 Sale Price
33% Off
Lady with Pearl Necklace
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5111 Lady with pearl necklace by Lynn Lemay
Custom wood frame
Image size 23.5x19.5"
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,250
Russian Princess Olga Meyendorff, born Gorchakov - 19th Century Portrait
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of Princess Olga Gorchakov by female 19th century artist Elise Hügel.
An oval portrait of Princess Olga Gortschakoff (1838–1926), here pictured soon after her marriage to Baron Friedrich Adeldagus Felix von Meyendorff, becoming Baroness von Meyendorff, signed Elise Hügel and dated 1858. Executed in oil on canvas, the work shows a young Olga in her early 20´s...
Category
1850s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,082 Sale Price
20% Off
Echoes of the Atelier III (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier III, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Mid 19th Century French Portrait of Woman in Large White Headpiece Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman in Traditional Headpiece
French/ Swiss, dated 1855
signed oil on canvas, framed
dated 1855
framed: 34 x 27 inches
canvas: 32 x 25 inches
Provenance: private coll...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,973 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait of West Highland Terrier White Dog Vintage English Oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Snowy"
English School, 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
board: 12.5 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good condition
...
Category
20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$798 Sale Price
30% Off
Follow Suit (Card Player) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, People, Red
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This body of work mirrors the complexities of the human heart and emotions. It reminds us that emotions are not always straightforward but are layered with depth and nuance. This pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English Folk Art portrait of a seated King Charles Cavalier dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th Century English Folk Art School
Portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Oil on canvas, 13 x 15 inches
Provenance: Iona Antiques
As normal these folk art paintings are unsign...
Category
1850s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Collie Dog Vintage English Oil Painting in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Collie Dog
English School, 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 19 x 15 inches
board: 16 x 12 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: very...
Category
20th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cornish Fisherman Signed Antique Oil Painting Portrait Old Sea Salt Sailor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cornish Fisherman
Signed by David W. Haddon (British, flourished end of the 19th century)
Oil on board, framed
framed: 13 x 11 inches
board: 10 x 8 inches
Provenance: Private col...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Petite fille - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Henri Lebasque
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated divisionist oil on canvas figure in landscape by French post impressionist painter Henri Lebasque. This stunning piece depicts a young girl in a white dress wearing ...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Post Impressionist Signed Portrait Lady Artists Studio Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
by Fernand LABAT (French, circa 1930's)
signed lower right
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: the ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman portrait post-impressionist French female original oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage woman portrait oil painting female portrait lady portrait original oil painting vintage moody impressionist portrait oil painting on canvas.
Vintage oil impressionist portra...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Passport - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism, Love, Red
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
'Portrait of a Fashion Designer', Berlin National Gallery, Weimar, Jewish, 20's
By Georg Rössner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso.
A sub...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cinderella portrait after 1881 painting collected by Andrew Lloyd Webber, 19thC
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Romantic, Pre-Raphaelite painting titled 'Cinderella', this oil on canvas painting is in the Victorian period after a painting by Sir John Everett Millais noted to be in the collection of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Mid Victorian Oil Painting Portrait of Seated Gentleman with Newspaper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman reading the 'London Journal',
English school (mid 19th century)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
condition: some minor surface abrasion...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Black And Yellow - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Vacation Reading, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young boy lies sprawled on a couch, fully absorbed in a comic book. His relaxed pose conveys a sense of calm and quiet. The scene captures the simple pleasure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Angelic -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Nature, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Josue M Pierre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Portrait of a Young Man with Bagpipes, Follower of J.H. Tischbein the Elder
By Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder
Located in Stockholm, SE
Follower of Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789)
Man with Bagpipes
oil on oak panel
no signature
25 × 19 cm (9.8 × 7.5 in)
31 x 26 cm (12.2 x 10.2 in)
This refined 18th...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
Weight They Cannot See 2(Memorial of George Stinney) -21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This body of work was inspired by the wrongful execution of a fourteen-year-old George Stinney Jr.
Two little white Girls, one age 11, and the other age 7, went missing one afternoo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', German School (circa 1980s)
Located in London, GB
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', oil on board, German School (circa 1980s). Two nude figures portrayed in the abstract posture differently. Both are curvaceous and Rubenesque. Re...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,127 Sale Price
30% Off
Mountain Lake Forest Landscape Scene - Vintage 20th Century Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain Lake Forest Landscape Scene - Vintage 20th Century Oil Painting by J Bishop.
Art measures 17 x 14 inches
Frame measures 21 x 18 inches
Vintage painting, ornate gold frame
...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$800 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique French/ Italian Oil Painting Portrait of a Uniformed Brass Musician
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Brass Band Musician
19th Century, French/ Italian School
signed oil on canvas mounted board, framed
framed: 19 x 15 inches
board: 14 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 19th Century After Greuze Portrait of Milkmaid Oil Painting on Panel Framed
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in Stockholm, SE
A finely executed mid-19th-century oil painting on panel depicting "The Milkmaid" after Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805). This captivating portrait, painted in a charming manner with...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow of Africa 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Cup of Tea - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Woman Hair
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Posing, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The painting depicts a girl taking a selfie, with only part of her face visible. She wears a white, cropped shirt and stands against a yellow background. Artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
American School Self Portrait, Circle of N C Wyeth, Bernard Stafford Good 1937
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a well done self portrait of the listed American artist Bernard Stafford Good. Painted in 1937, it is a fine example of American illustration art produced by the Brandywine School of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware of the period. It also relates to Norman Rockwell and his illustrative style of the early twentieth century. The portrait is oil on c...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Modern, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Born in 1993 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Lady with Lace Cap
Located in Corsham, GB
This formal portrait depicts an elderly woman dressed in traditional 19th-century attire, wearing a white lace bonnet and dark clothing against a somber black background. The composi...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century French School Portrait of an Actress with Flowers
Located in Beachwood, OH
18th Century French School
Portrait of an Actress
Oil on canvas
30 x 23 inches
36 x 30 inches, framed
Category
18th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
In The Making 1 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Abstract, Colour Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
By and by
Too many thoughts rooted in my soul
So many memories, the good and the bad
They all shaped me.
Colourful in a wink, darkness looted.
But when it's all going grey, it shine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Echo of the Black Cat
Located in Zofingen, AG
This striking, contemporary painting invites the viewer into a space of quiet mystery and irony. A young woman with auburn hair, dressed in a dark, structured dress, stands confide...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1930's French Post-Impressionist Oil Portrait of Woman in Pensive Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman/ double sided image
French, circa 1930's, unsigned
oil on board, unframed
Board : 13.5 x 11 inches
Double sided
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gentleman with a Pipe - 1930's French Post Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A striking 1930's French post-impressionist oil on board portrait of a gentleman smoking a pipe by Antonin Guéton.
Excellent quality and condition post-impressionist portrait. Sign...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
18th century French Old Master Portrait of a woman in oriental costume
Located in Aartselaar, BE
French 18th century old master portrait of a majestic lady dressed "à la Turque"
The sitter at the viewer with a kind and enigmatic smile and twinkling eyes. She looks elegant and kind, yet also has an intelligent and determined aura, reflecting the character of someone who is in charge of her own life and destiny.
De Silvestre paid great attention to her spectacular outfit, which is striking in its portrayal of the sumptuous fabrics and their decorative richness. She is wearing a luxurious royal blue robe à la...
Category
1740s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1800's British Oil Painting Family Portrait Dorset Country House Children
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The children of Robert Williams with their go-cart in the grounds of Bridehead, Dorset *see historical notes below.
ATTRIBUTED TO RAMSAY RICHARD REINAGLE (1775-1862, unsigned).
oi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,330 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,450 Sale Price
40% Off
Large Oil Portrait of a Young Boy in Vintage Clothing Signed & Dated 1928
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Boy
signed and dated 1928 (indistinct signature)
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 31.5 x 22 inches
canvas: 26 x 16.5 inches
Provenance: Private collection,...
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,067 Sale Price
30% Off
Painting Portrait Soldier in armor Circel of MESSONIER Wood panel 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 19th century
Ernest MESSONIER (Circle of)
Portrait of a soldier in armor
27.5 x 17.5 cm (31 x 21 cm with the frame)
Beautiful pitch pine wood frame
Good condition
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Girl Watering Flowers – Intimate 19th Century Genre Scene
Located in Stockholm, SE
This tender scene by German artist Georg Buchner captures a quiet, intimate moment: a young girl carefully watering a potted plant on a windowsill. The warm light gently illuminates ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Young Woman Fetching Water oil on canvas painting Spain
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Young Woman Fetching Water
Artist: Jesús Villar (1930–2015)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39.4 x 20.1 in
Estimated date: c. 2000
Signature: Signed lower left: "Villar...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,786 Sale Price
36% Off
Huge Victorian English Old Master Oil Painting Madonna & Christ Child after Dyck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna and Christ Child
English School, 19th century
after the earlier painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck, unsigned
oil on canvas, framed in fine elaborate gilt frame.
Framed: 49...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,474 Sale Price
30% Off
Art Deco Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951).
Portrait of Woman in Winter Coat
Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.5 inches.
Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Would beneifit from a cleaning. Origina...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Heart Space - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Men, Love, Home
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
Sam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"A Tesuque Indian and Baby, New Mexico" Alice Coutts, Native American Southwest
Located in New York, NY
Alice Coutts
A Tesuque Indian and Baby, New Mexico, circa 1910
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches
Provenance
Scott Tevis, Santa Barbara, California
A native of...
Category
1910s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Museum Quality Renaissance Masterpiece Virgin Mary & Infant Christ painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus
Italian 17th century
oil on copper, in tabernacle frame
Overall framed: 19 x 17 inches
Actual copper panel: 14.25 x 11 inches
Provenance: pr...
Category
17th Century Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Portrait of Renaissance Lady Classical Medici Style Garden Italian Ornate Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Renaissance Lady
Roman School, circa 1890-1900 period
unsigned oil on board, framed in original Italian ornate frame
framed: 17.5 x 16.5 inches
bo...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,135 Sale Price
30% Off
State of Mind - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
In a bid to find myself strength amidst an inferiority complex. I realized that, whether as an individual or as a nation, What we call strength and weakness, yellow, black and white...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Realist Painting Portrait French actor Comedie Française LARD 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
François Maurice LARD
Paris, 1864 – Paris, 1908
Portrait of the actor Raphaël Duflos as Ruy Blas
Oil on canvas
55 x 38 cm (67 x 49 cm with the frame)
Signed and dated top right “FM L...
Category
1890s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique Oil Painting The Mona Lisa after da Vinci's Famous Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Mona Lisa
after Leonardo da Vinci
French artist, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: good and sound condi...
Category
20th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,135 Sale Price
30% Off
Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
British School, early 1900's
Circle of Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927) British.
Bust Portrait of a Lady,
Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (61 x 50.8cm)
plus gilt swept f...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,832 Sale Price
30% Off
I Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
Humorous Figurative Queer Gesture Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. "Piriquí"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This small-format painting by Inés Silvalde, created in 2019, transforms a playful and rebellious hand gesture into a queer celebration of irreverence and self-expression. Titled Pir...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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.
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