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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Antique 1868 Swedish Countryside Genre Oil Painting Bride Arrival Signed Framed
Located in Stockholm, SE
This charming Swedish countryside genre painting, signed lower left "T.A. Forssman" and dated 1868, captures a touching bride arrival scene: a young woman in traditional folk costume...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Post-impressionist portrait of a ballerina, mid-century oil on canvas
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Beautiful portrait of a ballerina, mid-century art signed 'Georges Duc' a pseudonym used by Georges-Pierre Guingault (1893-1983). An atmospheric oil on stretched canvas by a capable ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Growth, portrait, contemporary, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
This beautiful folk art style portrait by Kerry Louise Bennett contemplates the idea of personal growth, the journey towards contentment and the notion of being comfortable in your o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Male Portrait, Signed Gennaro Befanio (Naples, 1866 - Paris, 1937), Dated 1936
Located in Firenze, IT
Male Portrait, Signed Gennaro Befanio (Naples, 1866 - Paris, 1937), Dated 1936
Male portrait in oil on canvas, signed in the upper left corner "G. Befanio" and dated 1936.
Likely on...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue in Sunlight - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Hyperrealism, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
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About Artist
Fal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1940's Circle of Fernand Leger Figurative Portraits Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Portraits
French School, illegibly signed and dated 47'
circle of Fernand Leger (French 1881-1955)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 38 x 58.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
British School 1882 Oil - Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of a gentleman in his finery. Signed illegibly and dated '1882' to the lower right. On canvas.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$394 Sale Price
20% Off
La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa
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
Ola...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My light. Original painting by Liudmila Shabazova
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait of a young woman with a baby.
Modern painting in the style of impressionism. Against a dark background, a warm light shines, the light of love and tenderness.As is typical ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Contemporary abstract figurative woman's portrait on canvas "Silent Tempest"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
“Silent Tempest” is an abstract woman’s portrait by French contemporary artist Natalya Mougenot, painted in her distinctive expressionist and metamodernist style. Combining bold colo...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Pathfinder 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Women Face
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Pathfinder is Inspired by portraying the struggles, aspirations, and joys of women in my society, and to encourage viewers to connect with these experiences on a personal and emotion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Roses are Red & Violets are Blue- 21st Century Dutch Portrait Painting of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Dutch Female Artist Liseth Visser is no stranger to the world of portraiture. In the past she was nominated for the 'BP portrait award' from 'Th National...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Be Sharp (framed original painting on canvas)
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated lower front; hand signed, titled and date on verso by Mark Kostabi. Canvas Size: 23.5 x 17.75 x 1.5 inches. Frame Size: 25 x...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Saint Michael Archangel Roman School 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Michael the Archangel Victorious
Roman painter, 17th-18th century
Oil on canvas 112 x 74 cm In frame 128 x 91 cm
This interesting Saint Michael the Archangel subduing ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,226 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Neoclassical Exhibition Oil Painting of Poet Sappho Ancient Greece
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908). The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the ...
Category
1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Renaissance portrait
Located in London, London
more information:
Сергей Куракин Циклопедия
hand signed
original painting
contemporary masterpiece in best renaissance traditions
egg tempera on wood
22x18x3cm original painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Tempera, Egg Tempera, Digital
$44,356 Sale Price
25% Off
Fractured Innocence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa
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
Ola...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937), dated 1886 by Alfred Quinton
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937), dated 1886
by Alfred Quinton Collins (1855-1903)
Large 19th Century English portrait of theatre actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson, ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,198 Sale Price
30% Off
Echoes of the Atelier XV
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier XV, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
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
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
Does It Get Better? - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Africa, Oil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Does it Get Better?” is a hauntingly beautiful question that echoes the collective longing of humanity. It's an emotional inquiry that arises from the depths of our darkest moments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th century English portrait of a young girl, Deborah Blencowe
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States.
The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
Category
1920s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Don't Be Perfect, Be Real -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait 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.
About Artist
Eli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Collegiate Swim Match
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Mark Beard
Collegiate Swim Match
Oil on canvas
Signed in red upper right corner
Category
20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Cloud-Gazing Club
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork captures a surreal and serene moment, blending simplicity with mystery. A barefoot woman in a black dress stands on a vast, white, textured expanse, reminiscent of salt ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
A Distinctive Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Man with Red Necktie, Joe Muldoon
Located in Chicago, IL
A distinctive Mid-Century Modern portrait of a man with red necktie by noted Chicago painter, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Chapin's estate records list the sitter as Joe Muldoon,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Signed Modernist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 28H by 22L.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Splendor 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Floral, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
By drawing insight from these wonderful art pieces, we can gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which splendor shapes our perception, values, Posture, and experiences.
This ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Army Military Oil Painting Portrait done in Germany, 1954 Cold War Era
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is an interesting portrait of a military person related to the Prinz Heinrich Kaserne complex in Germany after World War II. Apparently there were internal conflicts happening a...
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Morenike Afrofuture
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.
In "Morenike Afrofuture," Ekele Francis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
"Study of a Goat's Head" Frans Lebret (Dutch, 1820-1909)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Study of a Goat"
Frans Lebret (Netherlands, 1820-1909)
Oil on paper on wood panel
9 x 10 (13 1/2 x 14 1/4 frame) inches
Initialled lower right
This is a simply stunning and deeply ...
Category
1870s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
Meditacion Kowa, Surrealist Acrylic on Canvas by Ivan Guayasamin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ivan Guayasamin, Colombian - Meditacion Kowa, Year: 1998, Medium: Acrylic on on Unstretched Canvas, signed, Size: 56.5 x 69 in. (143.51 x 175.26 cm)
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Late 19th Century Oil - Girl Beside a Water Fountain
Located in Corsham, GB
Initialled 'R.M.' lower left. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
woman in white oil on canvas painting portrait
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) - woman in white - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 73x60 cm.
Frame size 76x63 cm.
MUNDO Ignasi
Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joa...
Category
1940s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$827 Sale Price
41% Off
"Loosening" (2025) Original Photorealist Oil Portrait, Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
This striking oil portrait is framed at 21 x 25 inches, and is ready to hang.
Artist Autobiography:
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1958, my family moved every two years thereafter from C...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lunch at Chez Louis
By Roland Dubuc
Located in London, GB
'Lunch at Chez Louis', oil on canvas, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s). The outdoor terrace at restaurants and cafés in France goes back centuries as they have always been a gathering place for intellectuals to meet and debate philosophical issues; for the Avant Garde set to display their works; for artists to compare and exchange ideas and for writers to drown their sorrows over their artistic anguish or melancholy. Even the freedom fighters of the French Revolution and later the French Resistance would meet in cafés to plot their course. Regular people of course also enjoy these venues. A very delightful feature of these French institutions is that there is always room for quiet book readers, romantic couples, business meetings and lively groups of friends sharing a bottle of wine. The artist Dubuc captures a slice of this lovely aspect of French culture in this smile-inducing depiction painted in vivid oils. With a background of greenery, the patrons enjoy the outdoors protected from the intense sun by the table's parasols. Ah, the life. The artwork is in good vintage condition, is framed and signed by the artist in the lower left hand corner. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video may be provided.
About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,161 Sale Price
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My Lady of the Rose Portrait of Hilda, the Artist's Wife - British oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. The influence of Lord Frederick Leighton and the It...
Category
1910s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Booth Lake Trail-Vail Colorado" - Soft Pastel on Wood Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Booth Lake Trail-Vail Colorado" by Sharon Pomales Tousey is an original, handmade soft pastel painting on wood panel that measures 44 x 48 inches framed and is ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Wood Panel
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
$8,644 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French Oil Painting on Copper Portrait of Noble Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
French School, early 1700's period
oil painting on copper, unframed
copper: 5 x 3 inches
condition: very good, minor paint fading and deteriation.
provenanc...
Category
Early 18th Century Renaissance Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
$728 Sale Price
30% Off
French Mid Century Painting Signed Oil Painting Portrait of a Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984)
Medium: signed oil on board, unframed
dated 1950
Size : 16 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, France...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine American Impressionist Interior and Portrait Painting, 1922, Boston area
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1891, John Gilmore Wolcott graduated from Harvard in 1914 and continued studies in art with Charles Woodbury. He was active in the Boston art scen...
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1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil - Victorian Lady
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On canvas.
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$364 Sale Price
20% Off
Escuela española (XIX) - Santa Bárbara - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra (la placa que pone "ESCUELA SEVILLANA XVIII" es errónea, esta obra es del siglo XIX
Estado de conservación ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$662 Sale Price
20% 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
Contemporary pop art 3-D interior wall sculpture pink Straws, Acrylic, Plexiglas
By Sangsik Hong
Located in New York, NY
A figure appears when looking straight in the middle of the piece
Acrylic, STRAWS, Plexiglas.
Sang Sik Hongs' work is all made by hand; each straw is hand placed, a contrast to the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Portrait of a 1920's Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
American artist Henry R Rittenberg painted this lovely 1920's Art Deco portrait oil painting. The painting is a standing half length portrait of a lady in a black coat with a white fur collar over a red dress and long beads. She has an elegant 1920's short bob hair style and a confident expression. The strong brushwork and range of tones within one colour are superb. A really striking Art Deco portrait oil painting.
Signed upper left.
Provenance. Dorset estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a fine James Bourlet panel silvered frame, 40 inches by 35 inches and in good condition.
Henry R Rittenberg (1879-1969) was born in Libau, Latvia and later immigrated to the United States. He studied art at the Bavarian Academy in Germany, and by 1906, was in Philadelphia, where he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Rittenberg painted landscapes and still lifes, yet his forte was portraiture. The artist was commissioned to paint a number of portraits of American dignitaries including Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings and a group portrait of President Harry S...
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Italian Religious Painting Credited to Giovanni Battista Salvi
By Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
Located in Roma, IT
17th Century Italian Religious Painting Credited to Giovanni Battista Salvi
Virgin Mary
Period: second half of the 17th century
Technique: oil on copper
A beautiful, important pain...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
"Reclining Nude", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Please note: This is a secondary market artwork with one previous owner.
Kang Cho's artistic legacy endures through "Reclining Nude," a serene and contemplative handmade original o...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$3,825 Sale Price
55% Off
Antique German Genre Oil Painting Portrait Cavalier Drinking Wine
Located in Portland, OR
A fine German classical oil on canvas by the genre and portrait artist Albert Friedrich Schröder (1854-1939), signed & dated 1899.
The painting is by one of Germany's prolific cl...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“The Horse Race" #50 A Pierre Bosco (Italy/France, 1909-1993) circa 1950s
By Pierre Bosco
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“The Horse Race" #50 A
Pierre Bosco, (1909-1993)
Oil n canvas
Signed lower right
12 x 15 inches
“The savage art of Bosco bears its rudeness and its mystery. It is an art of pure ex...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 20th Century Stylish Portrait of a Young Lady French oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Maurice Delavier (French 1902-1986)
stamped verso with the artists studio mark
oil on board, unframed
board: 7.75 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Love Between Friends - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, 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 (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Journal Amusante (Life-Size 19th-Century European Oil, Manheim tag $25000)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large, life-sized, oil-on-canvas portrait of two lovely women perusing a newspaper called the "Journal Amusante." Still attached to the back is the tag from the venerable Manheim g...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stanislav Boleslavovich Katchalsky (1915-1995) - Russian School Oil, Vera
Located in Corsham, GB
Stanislav Boleslavovich Katchalsky (1915-1995), Russian School, oil on canvas. Portrait of Vera in the snow. Signed in Cyrillic to the lower right. Dated 1968. Inscribed in Cyrillic ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
$11,828 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Madonna at Prayer - Italian Old Master art religious oil painting
By Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
Located in Hagley, England
This rather special Italian Old Master religious portrait oil painting is attributed to a follower of Giovanni Battista Salvi, or Sassoferrato as he is better known. Painted circa 17...
Category
1790s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$8,212 Sale Price
20% Off
Saint John Baptist 16/17th Century Paint OIl on canvas Old master Tuscany school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Florentine painter, 16th-17th century
Saint John the Baptist
Oil on canvas 67 x 56 cm - In frame 98 x 83 cm
In bringing out the sculptural figure of this young Saint John the...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,712 Sale Price
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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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