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Portrait Paintings For Sale
SIMON PETER TILEMANN, Family Portrait, 1658, Old Master. Baroque Rococo Painting
By Simon Peter Tilemann
Located in Berlin, DE
Extremely decorative and large oil painting from the 17th century.
Restored in places.
Signed and dated Simon Peter Tileman 1658 fecit 'lower right
Dimensions without frame.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Simon Peter Tilemann (1601, Lemgo – 1668, Vienna), was a German Baroque painter who was active Bremen, Kassel and Italy.
According to Houbraken he first learned to paint flowers and he had a daughter who could paint flowers in watercolors. He was a good landscape painter who spent many years in Italy, but later switched to portrait painting and who painted the portrait of Ferdinand...
Category
1650s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Girl after Sir Thomas Lawrence, Regency portrait painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Charming work in the Regency style, mid 19th Century after Sir Thomas Lawrence. High quality painting. Old Christie's Stencil to verso. Would grace any home, suitable for contempor...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancram, 4th Marquess of Lothian
Located in London, GB
James Fellowes
Flourished 1719 - 1750
Portrait of William Henry Kerr, Earl of Ancram, 4th Marquess of Lothian
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1747
Image size: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (75 x 62 cm)
Original gilt wood frame
William Henry Kerr was born a member of the Scottish peerage to William, third Marquess of Lothian, and his first wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Nicholson of Kemnay, first Baronet. William was styled Master Jedburgh until 1722, when his father was elevated to a Marquessate, after which he was referred to as Lord Jedburgh until 1735. Following his father’s military footsteps, on 20 June 1735 Ancram was commissioned as a cornet to the regiment (11th Dragoons) of his grand-uncle, Lord Mark Kerr. Ancram married Lady Caroline...
Category
1740s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Nuturing
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the Belgian symbolist's.
"The Nurturing", oil on canvas, dated 1947, is Van Caulert's depiction of the nurturing of post war Europe, as the shrouded woman offers an apple to an androgynous figure.
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French Modernist Portrait of Cubist Figure Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"L'usure du Temps"
French School, late 20th century
signed indistinctly lower right, titled verso
oil painting on canvas
55 x 40 inches
Magnificent French oil painting on canvas from the close of the 20th century, depicting this haunting figure dressed in what looks to be some sort of coat of armour...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,716 Sale Price
30% Off
Contemporary portrait "Black ang Gold"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Crafted with acrylics in a symphony of black and gold, this painting captures the essence of strength and elegance. The striking contrast and precise realism convey a sense of intros...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Man in Hat Seated on Ground Stylish 1920's French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Man
by Maurice Georges Poncelet (French, 1897-1978)
oil painting on board, signed initials - datedf 1929
11 x 14 inches
condition: overall good and sound though a little ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hovsep Pushman Painting, Circa 1930's - Portrait Woman with Comb (Mary Bernard)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful and detailed original oil on canvas by Armenian/American artist Hovsep Pushman.
The sitter is Mary Bernard whose father was Jean (Juan) Bernard and whose mother was
Susan M...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint
"The more we share, the more we have"( contemporary figurative piece of women)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary figurative painting with a modern touch and mix of expressionism, brut art and naïf art depicts a scene of three women at the table. This piece embraces my roots ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
'Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet' three-quarter-length portrait, oil on canvas
By John Vanderbank
Located in St. Albans, GB
Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
Canvas Size: 50 x 40" (127 x 102cm)
Outside Frame Size: 58 x 48" (147 x 122cm)
Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet (1628 – 11 January ...
Category
1710s English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - Framed 1992 Oil, To The Park
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking action portrait of a young male motorist looking in his rear view mirror, whilst driving in heavy Bristol traffic. Signed and dated to the lower right-hand corner. Present...
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$305 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Oil Portrait Grey Bearded Fisherman Smoking Pipe English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bearded Fisherman
English artist, second half 19th century
inscribed 'W.M.Wyllie' to the frame
Oil painting on board, framed
Framed: 12 x 12 inches
Board: 10 x 10 inches
Condition: ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960’s French Pair Portraits Fashion Ladies Original Paintings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 1960’s
signed pair oil on board, framed
framed: 5 x 4 inches
board: 4 x 3 inches
private collection, France
overall very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$430 Sale Price
30% Off
"Captured Moment 2" by Ale Casanova, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Ale Casanova's "Captured Moment 2" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a model with their hand under their chin.
Alejandro ...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Interior with Five Children - Oil Painting on Canvas - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Interior with Five Children is an original oil painting on canvas applied on panel.
This painting has been realized between the end of the 19th century ...
Category
19th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Colourful Impressionistic Figurative Painting "Cuba"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, medium to large scale figurative painting with a vivid, exotic background. The painting style shows influences from the post...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Wax, Oil, Acrylic
Portrait of John Manners later 7th Duke of Rutland
By Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1793-1872, was an English portrait painter. She was one of the foremost portrait painters in the 19th Century, she exhibited at the Royal Academy, British In...
Category
1830s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Girl with the Gold Sash, Late 19th Century Large-Scale Female Figurative
By Eduardo Tojetti
Located in Soquel, CA
Girl with the Gold Sash, Late 19th Century Large-Scale Female Figurative
Late 19th century Romanic portrait of a young girl by Eduardo Tojetti (American/Italy, 1851-1930), c.1880. T...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$3,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Day of Confessions. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting “Day of Confessions” conveys the sense of vulnerability and inner strength that arise at the moment of revelation. The woman in the foreground is holding not just champa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beacon of Light -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Landscape
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 Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,111
Portrait of a Gentleman, American Folk Art Portrait, Sideburns
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1850s-1860s
Oil on Canvas
14" x 12"
Housed in a 2" Frame
Overall Size: 17 1/2" x 15 1/2"
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$736 Sale Price
20% Off
18th c. French Portrait of a Lady as Venus, attributed to Pierre Gobert
By Pierre Gobert
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady as Venus
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE GOBERT (1662-1744)
FRENCH SCHOOL AROUND 1720
OIL ON CANVAS: H. 55.51 in, W. 42.91 in.
IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY GILTWOOD FRAME (RE-GILT)...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$31,905 Sale Price
20% Off
MINIATURE - L'Empereur Napoleon Ier
By Jacques Lienard
Located in Paris, FR
Jacques Lienard
(1779-1848) French
Napoleon Ist
Miniature on Porcelain
Signed
Porcelain: 5 1/2 high x 4 1/5 wide
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
'Rebekah at the Well', Follower of Luca Giordano, Early 19th Century Figural Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early 19th century, figural oil of a young woman with chestnut hair, shown wearing a headscarf and glancing towards the viewers left. A detail from a copy of 'Rebeca at the Well',...
Category
19th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Cain & Abel, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Cain & Abel, 19th Century
School of Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863)
19th century French scene of Cain & Abel, oil panel. Excellent quality and condition biblical scene of the death of...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,829 Sale Price
20% Off
Georg Schirmer (1816-1880) - 1875 Oil, Gentleman from Cassel
Located in Corsham, GB
This 1875 oil on plywood portrait by Georg Schirmer exemplifies late 19th-century German realism. The composition centres on a gentleman in formal attire, set against a dark, atmosph...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$490 Sale Price
20% Off
Warm Evening with Tea
Located in Zofingen, AG
Warm Evening with Tea" is a painting permeated with soft light and the aroma of a summer garden. Lush flowers in a vase seem to whisper stories of quiet evenings, and a cup of tea s...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
LADY'S PORTRAIT - Venetian School - Oil on Canvas Italian Figurative Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Lady's portrait - Giovanni Santaniello Italia 2002 - Oil on canvas cm. 100 x 80
The painting by Giovanni Santaniello depicts a portrait of a beautiful pensive woman in elegant clothe...
Category
Early 2000s Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cubist American Modernist Opera Box Seat Theatre Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist opera view interior oil painting by Dorothy Van Loan (1904 - 1999). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size,...
Category
1940s Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Henry IV, King of England (1367-1413), 16th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Henry IV, King of England (1367-1413), 16th Century
English School Portrait - Early Oil On Panel
Large 16th Century court portrait of Henry IV, King Of England (1367-14...
Category
16th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$14,222 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Results Are In" Oil on canvas, seated figure, balloons, unicorns, favors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Results Are In " is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 40" x 54" and is shipped in the pic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Large and Important Mexican Modernist Framed Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and important large landscape painting by Paul Esteban (Pablo) O'Higgins (1904 - 1983). Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Framed. Image size, 23.25L by 33.25H image size al...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Nicolas Lanier after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Figurative Texas artist
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of Nicolas Lanier after Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Lanier was Master of the King’s Music in Charles 1 court in 1628. Artist: Joan Breckwoldt. ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Everyday Shapes" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Everyday Shapes" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures.
Bio/artist statement:
Danny McCaw is the youngest son o...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Oil Painting Portrait of Lady with Playing Cards Beautiful Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Playing Cards
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas unframed
measures: 30.5 inches high by 22.5 inches wide
condition: overall very good and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,297 Sale Price
30% Off
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 20th Century Oil, Disagreement
Located in Corsham, GB
Male Portrait, oil on board. Unsigned. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort).
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Ballerina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This captivating painting portrays a young ballerina, delicately adjusting her pointe shoes. Dressed in a ballet tutu, she exudes grace and discipline. Th...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl in Her Cultural Bead 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Woman
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This artwork is a wonderful portrait of grace and elegance, capturing the essence of boundless beauty and uniqueness of cultural heritage. The subject, a stunning black Yoruba girl i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of decorative antique oil paintings, Portraits. 19th century.
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of decorative antique oil paintings, portraits. 19th century. Signed and dated.
Dimensions with frame in cm EACH PAINTING 53 x 63
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,274 Sale Price
20% Off
Souvenir from Italy: Pifferaro playing the zampogna with the family
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph BEAUME
(Marseille, 1796 – Paris, 1885)
Souvenir from Italy: pifferaro playing the zampogna with the family
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
73.5 x 60 cm
Provenance: probably...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Scent of Healing. oil paining
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Scent of Healing" explores the profound journey towards personal harmony and the anticipation of beautiful experiences.
This artwork captures the essence of finding inner peace and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Jewish Yemenite Family Oil Painting Israeli Judaica Itamar Siani
By Itamar Siani
Located in Surfside, FL
Itamar Siani, Israeli artist, painter, engraver, born 1941, Yemen
His art commemorates the unique cultural heritage and traditions of the Yemenite Jewish community, who returned to the Promised Land on "Eagles' Wings," the code name of the Israeli rescue of Yemenite Jewry in 1949. Among his notable works is a ten-meter long oil painting depicting the immigration of the Yemenite Jews, which he worked on for 30 years.He did a celebrated series titled "The Magic Carpet" etchings depicting stages in the artist’s life including: Liberation, The Magic Carpet, Refugees, New life in Israel, Family, Mount Sinai. published in Jerusalem 1973. The artist was born in Sana’a in Yemen and flown to Israel aged 5 years old as part of operation ‘Magic Carpet’ the mass migration that transported almost the entire Jewish population of this part of the Arabian peninsula to the new State. The etchings continue and develop a long tradition of Yemenite artistry. Yemenite born Israeli painters Avshalom Okashi...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Portrait Female Detectives, Capes & Hats - Caricatures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
inscribed verso
stamped to the reverse
Image : 19.5 x 25.5 inches
Superbly decorative 196...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$406 Sale Price
30% Off
Contemporary portrait "Don't Tell Me what to Do"
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I capture the spirit of independence and defiance. The
central figure stands poised yet resolute, a silent assertion of self in
a structured environment. The cats, wi...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
ANTIQUE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF SEATED MAN IN HAT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1900.
Title: Portrait of a seated man wearing a hat, with a mustache. The work is painted 'en grissaille' deliberately by the artist.
Medium: o...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,579 Sale Price
30% Off
Dimitri Likissas - Transference, Painting 2022
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Abstract
Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Albert William Holden (1848-1932) - Framed Oil, A Toasting Cavalier
By Albert William Holden
Located in Corsham, GB
This captivating oil portrait by Albert William Holden (1848-1932) depicts a jovial cavalier, raising a glass in a dimly lit tavern interior. The composition has been signed 'Albert ...
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
DREAMLAND
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Mid-Century Modern Man - Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtle and moody portrait of a Pensive man by Joan Tidwell (American, 1930-2002). The sitter in the portrait is a middle-aged man looking slightly downwards, wearing a collared shirt. This piece is completed in a tan and green palette, creating a somber feeling. Of particular note are the confident, thick brushstrokes - each one is well-placed in the modernist style. Similar in some ways to Picasso's portraits.
Signed "Joan Tidwell" on verso
Unframed.
Canvas size: 30"H x 22"W
oan Gay Tidwell (American, 1930-2002) was born and raised in Hollywood, CA, where she had some success as a child actor. Later, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington with a Master's Degree in English Literature and Drama. Tidwell moved to the Bay...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
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1960's French Oil Painting Fashionable Lady in Paris on Bridge River Seine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pausing for Thought
Paris School, mid 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 25 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,531 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Royal Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Burgundy
By Pierre Gobert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Follower of Pierre Gobert
18th century French
The Duke and Duchess of Burgundy
Oil on canvas
Refinement and intricacy characterize these royal portra...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem with oklad by Oliver Samsinger
Located in Segovia, ES
Icon of Our Lady of Jerusalem.
Egg tempera on gesso and over a wooden board.
Dimensions in centimeters: 42 x 34 x 2 cm / In inches: 16.54 x 13-39 x 0-79 "
Author: Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Brass
$2,694 Sale Price
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Monkey with a Cigarette I - Contemporary Figurative Animals Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artist Tomasz Bielak loves animals, but especially monkeys. He often portrays her. Old photos serve as templates.
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Acade...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Female Impressionist Painting of Girl with Rabbit
Located in New York, NY
Alpha Appeman Bancroft (1898-1984) was a female American Impressionist painter and wife of Albert Stokes Bancroft. Both were active in Denver, Colorado, and known for their Impressio...
Category
Early 19th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady Direct Gaze
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
signed oil on board, unframed
Board: 21.5 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$765 Sale Price
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A.S - German School Mid 20th Century Oil, Man in Tracht
Located in Corsham, GB
German School, oil on panel. Portrait of a German man in Tracht. Monogrammed 'A.S' to the lower left. Well presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with shell and acanthus ornamentat...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self portrait original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Cruspinera Muñoz was born in 1945 in Tiana, Barcelona. This Catalan artist is a painter, draftsman and painter. His training is extensive and int...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a woman with a green headscarf
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Gray wooden frame
56 x 48 x 5.5 cm
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century La Prima Vera Portrait of Girl with Balloon
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century portrait of young girl with balloon in style of Raoul Duffy by Barbara "Mari" Berkman (American, 1930-2010), 1963. Titled "La Prima Vera...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,280 Sale Price
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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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