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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Large 18th Century European Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady Lace Collars
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
European School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 37.5 inches
canvas: 30 x 24.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Al Capone II /// Jack Graves Crime Mafia Mobster Chicago Gangster Prohibition
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Al Capone II"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2025
Medium: Original A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
surreal woman face oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938) - Surrealist figure - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frameless.
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938)
Catalan painter attracted by the Middle Ages and I...
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$563 Sale Price
60% Off
Social Status in Corona times I, Marilyn Monroe, Street Art, Pop Art,
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
print with Diamond Dust - Price on request
Marilyn Monroe with face mask.
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar fi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Portrait King Henry 8th VIII Antique English Painting Famous Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Henry VIII
English artist, circa 1840's
oil on paper laid on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 10inches
board: 8 x 7.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, UK
cond...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Steadfast Gaze 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl
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 (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th C. Oval Oil Portrait of a Lady in Lace Collar Original Painting
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is a beautiful original antique oil painting on canvas, dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, featuring a refined female portrait.
This classic Victorian-style portrai...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Prosperous Family: Academic Figurative Painting by Mark Beard aka Bruce Sargeant
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting on canvas of a family and red tractor against a classic American farm field
"Prosperous Family", painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious persona, Bruce Sargeant
84 x 58 inches unframed, 91 x 65 x 3 inches with a gold painted wood frame
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas was painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant, a pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargeant. Here, the artist captures a blue collar American farming family in their field with an old red tractor. The man and woman stand stoically with their young child, dressed in simple white garments, perhaps to symbolize their purity. Rolling mountains...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-portrait oil on canvas painting
By Lluis Ribas
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
LLuis Ribas (1949) - Self-portrait - Oil canvas
Oil measurements 55x46 cm.
Frameless.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,127 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary abstract expressionist woman's portrait "Her rose, her silence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman’s portrait by Natalya Mougenot invites the viewer into a world where emotion speaks louder than form. In "Her Rose, Her Silence", the f...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Vision of Twilight 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Realism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Vision of Twilight” is a captivating and contemplative artwork that suspends us in the ethereal realm of the in-between. This enchanting title captures the essence of a fleeting mom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Expressive Young Woman Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted late 19th or early 20th century portrait painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...
Category
1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Reclining Woman oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Reclining Woman
Artist: Ramon Pichot Soler (Barcelona, 1924 – 1996)
Medium: Oil on panel (double-sided work: main painting + study on the reverse)
Dimensions: 41 × 33 cm — (16...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cruising Altitude" (2025) Original Portrait of Young Girl, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Cruising Altitude" (2025) by Denise Dambrackas is an original oil painting that depicts a young girl sending a plane into flight, amongst a vibrant and colorful sky, presented in a ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Stunning Mid Century French Portrait of Young Lady, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower right corner.
Title: Portrait of a Young Girl
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 23.5 x 17 inches
Pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,870 Sale Price
30% Off
Finn, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young woman reclines on a bright red inner tube, floating in a shimmering aquamarine pool. Her sunglasses, floral bikini, and the lyrical ripples on the water...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Unique Circular Portrait of a Migrant Girl on Yellow Wood Panel – "Currency #247
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Special offer only in this artwork of this series: 50% off from May 21 to May 28 only. This limited-time campaign highlights selected works from Currencies, the long-running series b...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Mid-19thC Austrian School Portrait Of A Lady In Spanish Attire, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item.
This exquisite mid-19th-century bust-length Austrian portrait depicts a young lady wearing a red gown together with a black lace veil, ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ashabi Oge - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Women, Fashion
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.
Azeez Muritadoh ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,280 Sale Price
20% Off
"Basquiat/Samo" Jean-Michel Basquiat Pop Art Painting on Canvas Red Background
By John Stango
Located in New York, NY
A pop piece depicting Basquiat/Samo. With impasto painting and silkscreening we are drawn to the movement, as the artist is able to engage his viewer with contrasting highlights and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Face No. 103, 2018
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
A face in multi colors, including mainly bone with red, grey and white. Acrylic painting on paper is 14 x 11 inches. Part of the artist's new series begun in 2017 of anonymous face...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
18th century french painting GREUZE Portrait of a young girl Oil on canvas
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century After Jean-Baptiste GREUZE Tournus, 1725 – Paris, 1805 Oil on mounted canvas 46 x 38 cm (63.5 x 55 cm with the ...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,349 Sale Price
55% Off
Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of a Man seated in Library
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, indistinctly signed, dated 1910
Title: Portrait of a man seated in a library room of books.
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Someone / Never Met
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
A portrait of a man. Acrylic on paper 14 x 11 inches unframed and 15 x 12 inches framed, Part of the artist's new Face to Face series started in 2017 and featuring real and imagined ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Madonna with Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna & Christ Child
Italian, 17th century
oil on wood panel, unframed
board: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition fo...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait realized by Franco Settimj in 1932.
Oil on cardboard.
Hand signed and dated lower right.
Good condition except for some minor issing parts on edges.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thetis Hephaestus Blanchard Mythological Paint Oil on table 17th Century French
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacques Blanchard (Paris, 1600 – Paris, 1638) and workshop
Thetis in Hephaestus' forge (Hephaestus gives Thetis the weapons he forged for Achilles)
Oil on canvas applied to pan...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,166 Sale Price
20% Off
The Emotional Pause
Located in Zofingen, AG
This meticulously crafted acrylic painting combines refined aesthetics with quiet emotional depth. The composition draws the viewer into a delicate narrative filled with subtle symbo...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Woman in Sunlight, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Woman in Sunlight,
Size: 22" x 25" x ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cat Therapy
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, we see a minimalist room with a huge window, beyond which stretches a sky filled with fluffy white clouds. Muted colors dominate—the blue of the sky contrasts beaut...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Echoes of the Mind 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral
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
Bey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Lady in red Dress - British Old Master art female oil painting
By Michael Dahl
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of noted artist Michael Dahl. Although born in Sweden, Dahl lived and worked most of his life in England ...
Category
1690s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,552 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady with her dog
attributed to Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel, Dutch 1622 - 1672 *see notes below
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 40 x 33.5 inches
provenance...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$12,955 Sale Price
30% Off
Young Woman with Pink Ribbon and Hat - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962)
Young Woman with Pink Ribbon and Hat, c. 1950
Oil on hardboard
Signed lower left
On hardboard, 45 x 38 cm (c. 28 x 15 in)
Presented in a giltwood f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Learn from the past,
Live in the present,
Hope for the future,
Do your best today,
Never give up,
Improve your tomorrows.
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nige...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Lady - Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century French modernist oil on board portraity of a smartly dressed young lady.
Typicallly French look to the lady in this lovely little portrait. She is smart...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Dog Portrait of a Grand Vendéen Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) ca 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Dog Portrait of a Grand Vendéen Hunting Dog
Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Signed lower right
Circa 1870
Oil on wood panel
Housed within its beautiful and original ornate original gil...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine Quality 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil on Wood Panel Trial of Christ
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Trial of Christ
Dutch Old Master, 17th century
oil on panel, unframed
panel: 11 x 7.5 inches
provenance: private collection, England,
Christies auction stencil marks verso
condi...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique English Classical Portrait with Parrot Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 31 by 36 inches overall, and 25.5 by 30.5 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomel...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid 20th century 1950's Portrait of Stylish Lady Seated by Fireside Large Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Francis Wynne Thomas (1907-1988), signed
Painter and art teacher born in Bromley, Kent. He was an architectural graduate from Cambridge University but went on to study art at Heatherleys (193-34) under Frederick Whiting.
Title: Portrait of a Stylish Lady...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century English Victorian Portrait of Two Dogs in a Field Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Two Dogs
English artist, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 18 x 14 inches
Provenance: Private collection, England
Condition: The painting is in good condit...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Laura" (2021) - Original Portrait Painting by Elena Burykina
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "Laura" (2021) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a close up portrait of a woman. This piece measure 12 x 12 in and is ready to hang.
About the Arti...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian Old Master, 18th century
Title: Angel and Saints appearing to figures, one dressed in a white ruff collar.
Medium: oil on canvas...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Panagia Paramythia Byzantine Style Icon, Egg Tempera on Wood, 24K Gold Leaf
Located in Segovia, ES
Panagia Paramythia (Mother of Consolation)
Artist: Oliver Samsinger.
Technique: Egg tempera on gesso and wood, with 24‑karat gold leaf.
Dimensions: 37 × 31 × 2.5 cm.
Description of...
Category
2010s Byzantine Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Wild Child" (2022) by Louis Recchia, Acrylic & Collage, Pop Art
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's "Wild Child" is an original, hand made mixed media painting that depicts a girl with a young boy with a fox tail and paws.
Louis Recchia has been producing contempo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Woman with Violets" Margaret Longstreith Baugh, Early Female American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Margaret Longstreith Baugh
Woman with Violets, circa 1901
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
26 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Provenance
Walker-Cunningham Fine Art, St. Louis, Missouri, 2007
Pr...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morenike Afrofuture
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
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.
In "Morenike Afrofuture," Ekele Francis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Dancer in Yellow
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Created during the chilly winter, this piece is a celebration of warmth and light. Bathed in the hot spotlight, this dancer shimmies around the stage and help...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
An Angel Playing The Mandolin, 17th Century after the fresco by MELOZZO DA FORLI
Located in Blackwater, GB
An Angel Playing The Mandolin, 17th Century
after the fresco by MELOZZO DA FORLI (1438-1494)
Large 17th/18th Century Italian Old Master of depicting an Angel playing the mandolin, ...
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Remember When" (2024) By Matt Talbert, Original Oil Painting, Portrait
By Matt Talbert
Located in Denver, CO
Matt Talbert's "Remember When" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a portrait of a seated brunette in deep contemplation.
Artist bio/statement:
Matt ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of woman
By René Guinand
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Golden wooden frame
54 x 47 x 4 cm
Category
1920s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Old Master The Garden of Gethsemane Unusual Shape Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century
Title: The Garden of Gethsemane
Medium: oil painting on wooden panel, unframed.
painting: measurem...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,216 Sale Price
87% Off
Venus Cupid 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Venetian school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Venetian painter of the 17th/18th century
Venus and Cupid
Oil on canvas 57 x 49 cm. In frame 71 x 61 cm.
The painting captures the attention with its intimate and sensual re...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,498 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Noblewoman with Harp - Painting by A. Varucca - 1891
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding, big painting, realized by A. Varucca in 1891. Oil on canvas.
it depicts a noblewoman in evening dress with a beautiful harp and a fan.
Hand signed and dated lower left....
Category
1890s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$11,751 Sale Price
20% Off
Joyous - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Children
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Faith is said to be the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Even though we cannot see into the future, we rejoice in faith that everything will fall in pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1960's French Portrait Hunched Old Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
Image : 11 x 10 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. Ideal for man...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$205 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis XIV on horseback before Mons, signed Charles Chastelain, French 18th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV before Mons
By Charles Chastelain (Paris, 1672-1755)
Signed « chastellain » at the bottom
Oil on canvas: h. 99 cm, w. 78 cm
Important Louis XIV giltw...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Annunciation Ferri Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Religious Rome
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ciro Ferri (Rome, 1634 – Rome, 1689) Attributed to
Annunciation (probably a preparatory sketch)
Oil on canvas 61 x 41 cm - In frame 79 x 49 cm
The work, certainly commission...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,987 Sale Price
20% Off
Cavalier King Charles at Rest- Otto Eerelman (Dutch, 1839-1926)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Cavalier King Charles at Rest
Otto Eerelman (Dutch, 1839-1926)
Watercolor on paper
10 1/2 x 8 (18 x 15 1/2 frame) inches
Signed lower right. Gallery label on the reverse "Frans Heerk...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
German oil painting, Figures in an interior/barn playing, 19th century, Antique
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of t...
Category
1890s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
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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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