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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Large Victorian Signed Oil Painting Lady Artist Seated Sketching in Garden 1862
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Female Artist Sketching in the Garden
by Arthur Rankley (British, 1819-1872)
signed and dated 1862 with monogram
oil painting on canvas, in antique period gilt frame
canvas: 24...
Category
Mid-19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bunmi - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, School Uniform, Nature
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.
About Artist
Mes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Give It To Me - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Floral, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
To whom shall you give your love?
In whom shall you place your trust?
To whom shall you give your heart?
I say, Give it to me.
Shipping Procedure
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Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Soft Love 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Nature
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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About Artist
Josue M Pierre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Aka Ji Oku (Women as the Custodians of Light) - 21st Century, Contemporary Art
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Aka ji oku" (Women as Custodians of Light) - Aka ji oku is an Igbo statement, which denotes "the hand that bears the light". Igbo's origin can be traced down to the Eastern Region o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English 17th century portrait of a lady
Located in Bath, Somerset
A 17th century English portrait of a lady by Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), half-length in a painted feigned oval, wearing a green silk gown with chestnut coloured cloak over one shoulder, her fair hair curled in the fashionable ringlet style of the period. Oil on canvas in an English giltwood 'Lely' frame.
We are grateful to Diana Dethloff and Catharine MacLeod (who are currently working on a Lely catalogue raisonné) for their confirmation of Lely as the artist from photograph analysis of this previously unidentified early work.
Provenance:
Private collection Nottingham until 2021
Mellors and Kirk sale December 2000, lot 1173
The sitter is likely to have been from an upper class or aristocratic family in court circles, who were the main source of Lely`s patronage. The simple composition serves to highlight the beauty of the sitter through portraying her pale decolletage and complexion, set against the gentle gaze of her blue eyes, the soft blush of her cheeks and her full red lips.
Peter Lely (1618-1680) was originally of dutch origin and became Principle Painter to the King in 1661, following in the footsteps of Van Dyck who had died in 1641. He dominated the portrait painting scene in England for over 20 years, creating a distinctive 'court look' in his work which had a strong influence on many other artists. He had an extremely successful and popular portrait practice which meant that he soon had to develop production methods that could accommodate the high demand for portraits, and also for copies and versions of them which were given as gifts to family and courtiers. The use of studio assistants was a common practice for busy artists and as with Van Dyck, Lely is known to have used specialist assistants to execute particular parts of his paintings. Artists who worked in Lely`s studio included John Baptist Gaspars who specialised in drapery painting, William Wissing, John Greenhill...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Child with Doll
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910)
Title: Child with Doll
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year of Work: 1868
Nationality: German
Dimensions: Framed 24.5 x 18.13" U...
Category
1860s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Period Portrait of Young Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Large 18thC Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
18th-Century Portrait of a Young Captain James Cook
An exceedingly rare and highly significant mid-18th century oil on canvas portrait of the legendary Captain James Cook in his you...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The line of beauty and grace WH 1745
Located in St. Albans, GB
A copy of the self portrait of William Hogarth with his dog, called Trump.
A fantastic quality image possibly from Hogarth's original school of art.
This piece is titled, dated and monogrammed.
It is in an antique, period Louis XIV style frame.
The painting measures 36 x 28" (92 x 72cm)
Outside Frame Size: 45 x 37" (104 x 94cm)
Hogarth began this self-portrait in the mid-1730s. Initially Hogarth painted himself wearing a formal coat...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Naked Beauty Lying with her Fan
Located in St. Albans, GB
Léon Laurent Galand
1872 – 1960
Signed and dated 1928 bottom left
Artwork Size: 25.75 x 36" (66 x 92cm)
Artwork Size with Frame: 32.75 x 43" (83 x 109cm)
Oil on Canvas
Discounted ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas painting european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Portrait of a Lady
Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 20 inches (unframed)
Condition: Good condition
Creation Period: 1970s
Signed: Yes,...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Surprise" – Mixed Media on Canvas with Frame, Contemporary Portrait, 2018
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Surprise" (2018) is a charming mixed media work on canvas by Inés Silvalde, measuring 22.4 x 32.3 x 5 cm, and presented in a complementary wooden frame. Part of her Influencers de T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Jesus Son Salvi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ancient painting depicting Jesus with the Commissioner's son
(Alternative reading: St. Joseph with the Child, or the 'Paternity')
Giovan Battista Salvi known as "the Sassoferrato" (1609 - 1685) circle / follower
Oil painting on canvas
76 x 59 cm. -With frame in the shape of a small temple, not coeval 99 x 84 cm.
The interesting canvas that we are pleased to offer you recalls the iconographic model of classic paternity, which traditionally sees Saint Joseph holding the sleeping baby Jesus...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Animated biblical scene
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Work re-lined
Plaster and gilded wood frame
86 x 105 x 7 cm
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A young woman reading a letter. Study figure
Located in Paris, IDF
Louise Marie-Jeanne HERSENT, born MAUDUIT
(Paris, 1784 – Paris, 1862)
A young woman reading a letter. Study figure
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated in the middle on the right
100 x 8...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Family Devotion with Cherubs 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting after Rubens
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Family Devotion with Cherubs
French School, 18th century
after the earlier work by Sir Peter Paul Rubens
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 29 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collectio...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Female Figures
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1989. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 10 x 14 inches; 15 x 18 inches in original matting which has some foxing and discoloration. Signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Woman with Red Hair
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Baron Robert Heinrich Freiherr von Doblhoff (1880 Vienna - 1960 ibid.)
Woman with Red Hair
Ink and watercolor on paper, image measures 6.25 x 7.25 inc...
Category
Early 20th Century Vienna Secession Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Folk 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Styrian Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine folk-style portrait depicting a man wearing traditional wear from Styria, Austria. The artist captures the gentleman in a layered suit with a rich bottle-green overcoat. To hi...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century painting - A boy playing the flute - Female Old Master
Located in Aartselaar, BE
18th century Dutch old master oil, A boy playing the flute by Margaretha Wulfraet
The present painting captures a young boy standing gracefully in a sunlit park, his fingers resting...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of baron de Roisin - Gendarmerie general
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Flemish school of the 19th century
Armorial portrait of Baron Henri de ROISIN (1787-1846)
in the uniform of a general of the gendarmerie (1835)
Oil on canvas
H. 108 cm; W. 90 cm
Bar...
Category
1830s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - 7 Personnages Arone
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude Portrait of a Lady - 1930's French Post-Impressionist Oil Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large 1930's French post-impressionist oil on canvas nude portrait of a lady in the artist's studio, by Bertrand Py.
Excellent quality and very good condition portrait ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Carlo Dolci "Madonna del Dito" Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
After Carlo Dolci (Italian, 1616-1686), "La Madonna del Dito" [Madonna of the Finger], Oil on Canvas, 19th century, unsigned, framed oval in carved gilwood frame. Image: 22" H x 18" ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Regal, " Oil Painting
By Suzy Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Suzy Smith's "Regal" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman in a white Victorian era collar as bright pink and red flowers bloom al...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Woman with Bouquet
By Isolda Hermes da Fonseca
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Isolda Hermes de Fonseca
Brazilian, 1924–2004
Portrait of a Young Woman with Bouquet, ca. 1970.
Oil on masonite panel, 24 x 36 inches. Framed Dimension: 34 x 46 inches.
Signed lo...
Category
1970s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Marilyn Monroe-Kiss Me
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ricardo Goyo was born in Barcelona in 1972. He began his artistic career studying in France at the National School of Fine Arts in Nice. There he had the opportunity to meet, work, a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Fine 1900's French Belle Epoque Period Portrait of a Lady, signed & dated oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Belle Epoque Lady
French School, signed and dated 1907
oil painting on canvas: 24 x 19.5 inches
antique original gilt frame: 29 x 24 inches
condition:...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lucy Boom" – Mixed Media Naïve Child Portrait on Canvas. Influencers Series
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Lucy Boom" (2018) is a mixed media painting on canvas measuring 22.4 x 32.3 x 5 cm, framed for enhanced presentation. The artwork depicts a central figure with vibrant red hair agai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Folk 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Styrian Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine folk portrait depicting an Austrian woman in traditional Styrian region attire. She sports a tall, beaded headdress typically seen in Styrian folk wear with a complementary co...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Rendezvous - Scottish 1908 art portrait oil painting Elsie Viola Robinson
Located in London, GB
This stunning romantic exhibited Scottish Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist James Wallace. Painted in 1908 with excellent provenance, the brus...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peaceful Haven -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Colorful
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
Adebayo Taiwo, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Holy Woman, after Quentin Matsys penitent Saint Magdalene master copy
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning copy of the Northern Renaissance masterpiece "Maddalena Dolente" by Quentin Matsys (1466-1530) which is in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Beautifully execut...
Category
Mid-20th Century Northern Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Woman with Short Hair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Woman with Short Hair', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with a tranquil smile. The colou...
Category
1980s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Night Club New York
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Night Club New York, ca. 1960s. . Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 12 inches; 11 x 17 in matting. Excellent condition.
Born in Newark, New Jer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Last Night" Original Oil Painting
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
"Last Night" is an original oil on linen artwork by contemporary artist Matt Talbert, completed in the year 2023. This piece measures 10 x 8 inches (25.40 x 20.32 cm), and with its f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
ORIGINAL 1860 Famous American Artist Henry Peters Gray (1819-1877) oil on canvas
By Henry Peters Gray
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is an amazing original antique oil painting on canvas by Famous American Artist Henry Peters Gray (1819-1877), depicting a portrait of a W.P. Wright Esq.
Some of his paintings are exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
The painting has a commemorative inscription on the verso: "For W.P. Wright Esq. Portrait from Henry Peter Gray. Painted at Pittsfield MA August 1860.
Please read some interesting information about this Artist from Wikipedia.
Henry Peters Gray was born in New York City he was a pupil of Daniel Huntington...
Category
1860s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Art, Rococo, Portrait Queen Marie Antoinette France, Oval, Circle Vivien
Located in Greven, DE
French School, Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Pastel /oil Pastel on Paper, Rococo, 18th Century. The Pastel is made in the style...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Oil
Important Antique American School Folk Art Young Girl Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very rare and well painted mid 1800s folk art portrait. Incredible frame. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24 by 28 inches.
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Modern Art, Colour, Acrylic
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
Tos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Trust, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Cat in Gown with Birds
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Trust" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts a cat in a dress with a lace collar and several birds. The piece is a collage on wood and is re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Fading Oil on Panel Female Figurative/ Portrait Texas Artist 32" x 32"
By Karen Offutt
Located in Houston, TX
Karen Offutt approaches Fading 30 x 30, oil on panel with an atmospheric sensitivity combining shape, tone line, and color. Karen is best known for her figurative paintings. Karen...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Inner Bloom -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Women Art
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
Elie HATUNGIMAN...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Oil Painting with Figures and Animals "kairos" 2024
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
This painting is a large format oil on canvas, depicting a composition that combines anthropomorphic figures and animal elements, integrated into a dark setting with geometric fragme...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Large oil from 1902 - German school - Portrait of Sisterly love - Sisters Family
Located in Aartselaar, BE
Sweet and large oil painting "Sisterly love" signed and dated 1902 by August Algermissen
The present painting depicts two sisters seated in an interior, the youngest is gleefully lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Man in Tie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
signed oil on unstretched canvas, unframed
painting: 27 x 21 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: the painting is on unstretched...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American School Impressionist WPA Woman Ballerina Portrait Oil Painting
By Richard Hook
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 1900's oil painting. by Richard Hook. Great color and composition. Nicely framed.
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Psychostasy Archangel Michael Giordano 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Luca Giordano (Naples, 1634 - 1705) workshop of
Psychostasy of the Archangel Michael, or the Weighing of Souls
(probable preparatory sketch)
Oil on canvas
58 x 43 cm.
Framed 73 x 6...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Salon BERNE-BELLECOUR Portrait Military oil wood 20th medical officer
Located in PARIS, FR
Etienne-Prosper BERNE-BELLECOUR Boulogne-sur-mer, 1838 - Paris, 1910 Oil on canvas 46 x 33 cm (55 x 43 cm with the frame) Signed lower right "To his friend doctor Daymard / E. Berne-Bellecour / 1903" Painting exhibited at Salon des Artistes Français of 1904 (number 136. “Portrait of Mr. Major Daymard”) Very good condition ( only a few and small repaints)
As an academic painter, Berne-Bellecour worked for illustrated newspapers after failing at the Prix de Rome in 1859. In 1870, he enlisted in the Frankish Corps of Tirailleurs de la Seine and is decorated with the Military Medal. This will decide his career. Companion of Édouard Detaille and Alphonse de Neuville, he painted battle pictures and portraits of soldiers that made him very well known as a specialist military painter. "The Tirailleurs of the Seine in the battle field...
Category
Early 1900s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait - Oil on Masonite by Paulo Ghiglia - 1937
By Paulo Ghiglia
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on top left side P. Ghiglia 937.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
An Ideal Head of a Woman
Located in Greenwich, CT
In the tradition of Modigliani, Maurer's depictions of women are expressive and lively. America had very few modernists who painted in this manner but Maurer is famous for exactly t...
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Board
Young Painter - Oil Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Young painter is an artwork realized by an unknonw artist of the early 20th century.
Oil painting on cardboard.
A young woman with a delicate face is about to paint with a palette...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Rebecca at the Well
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Nicola Maria Rossi masterfully captures the biblical tale of Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, a story from the Book of Genesis. In this scene, Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, arrives at ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woman by Basin" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed and matted portrait of a female nude.
The 22.5" x 17.75" mixed media on artist board i...
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Style of Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Gazing Woman
Located in Corsham, GB
A stylish portrait completed in the style of Tamara de Lempicka. The subject of the portrait is a striking young woman with long black hair and piercing blue eyes. Unsigned. On canva...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fractured Harmony -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, 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
Adebayo Taiwo, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Giant Sadistic Laughing Devil with Hellfire and Tiny Humans
Located in Miami, FL
A sadistic laughing Devil grinning a big smile is pictured hovering over a Hellfire. He is reveling while witnessing tiny ant-like sinners engage in eternal torture, torment, and co...
Category
1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Identity Portrait No 1
By Edi Dominique Dubien
Located in Paris, FR
Impressive, powerful and psychological strong big size painting on wood, silver collage, oil painting base, signed by the artist.
Contemporary French Art. Many prizes and exhibitions.
Exhibitions and acquisitions in important museums as
Mac Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, Centre Georges Pompidou Metz, Cape Town Artfair, Biennale de Lyon, etc
For more details, information, please contact Parisian Parrots...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, 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.
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