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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Portrait of Noble Lady
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed and dated "N MAE / 1691" (lower right) Oil on canvas A masterful example of 17th-century Dutch portraiture, this magnificent oil on canvas comes alive with luminous color, dramatic contrast and extraordinary detail. The work was composed by Nicolaes Maes, an artist widely regarded as the most prominent portrait painter of his era in Amsterdam. Fashionably styled, Portrait of a Noble Lady exemplifies the mature style of Maes, executed with the same artistry and attention to detail he imparted on his most important private commissions. This work by Maes comes from the second half of his career and follows in the rich tradition of the great Flemish Baroque painters Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. Like these artists, Maes excels at not only capturing his subjects with a technical perfection but also their inherent elegance and grace. The sitter is draped in luxurious white and red silks and pearls, underscoring the importance and prosperity of his wealthy clientele. She is placed against a dark backdrop, enabling a striking chiaroscuro effect characteristic of the artist’s portraits. Maes’s immense talent for detail and composition is clearly evident. In both palette and proportion, it embodies the somewhat austere style preferred by the artist, which emphasized a painstaking study of the costumes, hairstyles and accessories of his subjects. Such elaborate and highly detailed costuming in portraiture was a fashionable way to show one's wealth in the 17th century, particularly among the emerging class of wealthy merchants. Similar works by the painter can be found in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), National Gallery (London), National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others. Nicolaes Maes was born in Dordrecht in 1634 to a prosperous cloth merchant. Around 1848, he moved to Amsterdam to study under Rembrandt for several years before returning to his native Dordrecht, where he established himself as a painter of genre scenes and portraits. In the 1650s, Maes traveled to Antwerp where he studied the work of Flemish artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens...
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17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Halfway, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "Halfway" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman with her hands folded and supporting her chin as she stares forward, her face cast in light and ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Calling
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Calling" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an elderly man with a long white beard as atmospheric clouds swirl in the background.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Charcoal, Panel

"Falling to Pieces" Original Figurative Oil Painting by Novak
Located in Denver, CO
"Falling to Pieces," a poignant work by Victoria Novak from 2012, is an oil on canvas that captures a moment of vulnerability and introspection. This or...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of Elizabeth Campbell & Daughter, Wife Of Colonel Colin Campbell
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Elizabeth Campbell & Daughter, Wife Of Colonel Colin Campbell circle of Margaret Carpenter (1793-1872) Large 19th Century English portrait of Elizabeth Campbell & Daughter, oil on canvas. Seated half length mother and daughter portrait of the wife of Colonel Colin Campbell. Good quality similar to Margaret Carpenters...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man from Below
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.l. 10 x 8 inches, canvas size 12.75 x 10.75 inches in black painted wood frame This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait of a little girl with a ball of thread. Oil on cardboard, 46x40 cm
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1950s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl of Essex, English School 17th Century
Located in London, GB
English School 17th Century Portrait of Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl of Essex Oil on canvas Image size: 24 x 20 inches Giltwood decorated frame PROVENANC...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Gift
Located in Denver, CO
Dan Beck's "The Gift" is a secondary market work.
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1960s Conceptual Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Realization That Time Cannot Be Persuaded" female portrait with fruit, woman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess Realization that Time Cannot be Persuaded, 2016 oil on Dibond 10" x 6" unframed 13.5" x 9.5" framed Rachel Bess is known for her precise and...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Astou - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Transcendent, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "Transcendent" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female figure holding her arms in a dancing pose as glittering gold covers her body. About ...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

18th Century Venetian School Portrait of a Bishop Oil on Panel Green Brown Black
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting oil on panel measuring 40 x 30 cm without frame and 48 x 38 with frame representing a great bishop of the Venetian school from the first half of the 18th century. Very curi...
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Early 18th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Evening Gown, American Impressionistic, Oil Painters of America, FREE SHIPPING
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT PAYOUT. IF NOT AVAILABLE GALLERY WILL PAY. The Evening Gown is an American Impressionistic painting by Stuart Fullerton. T...
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2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Christopher Posing with Leather Jacket
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Christopher Posing with Leather Jacket in White Jockstrap n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas 24 x 12 inches $3,250 + $125 framing This work is o...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The New Wife
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The painting is an oil on canvas, measuring 48" x 36". The painting is multilayered to show skin texture, and source of light. The painting shows a young woman fixing her shawl, an a...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Kozak Hat, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Kozak Hat" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a male model with a fur hat and white coat. About the Artist: Suchit...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Stunning 17th Century Oil Painting - Study of a Head of a Man
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
Studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641, Flemish) Study of a Head of Man Circa 1627-32, Van Dyck’s second Antwerp period Oil on paper, laid down on canvas Dimensions 15 x 14 inches...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Judgement Of Midas, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Judgement Of Midas, 19th Century by George Arnald (1763-1841) to $100,000 Huge 19th Century English Old Master of the Judgement of Midas, oil on canvas by George Arnald. Excel...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of A Gentleman John Dalziel Kenworthy
Located in York, GB
John Dalziel Kenworthy portrait of a gentleman . Fine, large and imposing oil on canvas housed in a gilt frame. The sitter is unidentified, he has an aristocratic and characterful lo...
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Early 1900s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

ADANNE
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy. Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
The painting is signed Sykes and dated 1960 lower right. It has "Maltby Sykes, 1911- for Leon" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art ...
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1960s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Resplendent, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's "Resplendent" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model holding her hand to her cheek as glittering gol...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Young Hunter (Man with Gun)
Located in New York, NY
Listed price includes $225 cost of framing. Signed in red, u.l. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Gentleman
By Ippolito Scarsella (Scarsellino)
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Suida-Manning Collection, New York Private Collection Exhibited: Venetian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century, Finch College Museum of Art, New York, October 30-December 15, 1963, no. 31. Veronese & His Studio in North American Collections, Birmingham Museum of Art, Oct. 1-Nov. 15, 1972, and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Dec. 5-Dec. 31, 1972 Literature: Robert L. Manning, A Loan Exhibition of Venetian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century, exh. cat. New York 1963, cat. no. 31ill., as by Veronese Stephen Clayton and Edward Weeks, eds., introduction by David Rosand, Veronese & His Studio in North American Collections, Birmingham 1972, as by Veronese, p. 38 ill. Terisio Pignatti, Veronese, Venice 1976, I, p. 199, cat. no. A225, II, fig. 908, as attributed to Veronese Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese; catalogo completo dei dipinti, Florence 1991, no. 54°, as attributed to Veronese. Terisio Pignatti and Filippo Pedrocco, Veronese, Milan 1995, II, pp. 517-518ill., cat. no. A 56, under attributed paintings, by Veronese and workshop) John Garton, Grace and Grandeur; The Portraiture of Paolo Veronese, London-Turnhout 2008, p. 237, fig. 77, cat. no. R16, as workshop of Veronese. Scarsellino’s art is widely regarded as critical link between the Renaissance and the Baroque styles in Emilian painting; not only was he an important transmitter of the heritage of the Renaissance, but he was also open to innovative ideas, and was one of the earliest to experiment with the trend to naturalism that would become fundamental to art of the new century. Born around 1550, he received his earliest training from his father Sigismondo, an architect and painter; it was probably while working at his father’s side as a youth that he acquired the nickname Scarsellino, or “little Scarsella”. After absorbing the principles of his art in Ferrara and Parma, he went to Venice in 1570, staying for four years and working in the shop of Veronese. In the following decade, his art —especially in terms of its piety and its development of landscape— demonstrates a strong sympathy with that of the Carracci, with whom he worked in 1592-1593 at the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara. Maria Angela Novelli and later Alessandra Frabetti both propose that Scarsellino traveled to Rome, although such a trip has not been documented; if he did travel to Rome, it probably would have occurred during the years that Scarsellino’s colleagues Agostino and Annibale Carracci were there, that is, beginning in 1595 and until 1609. The last decades of Scarsellino’s career again involve stylistic experimentation, this time in a manner that would bring his work very close to the progressive figurative naturalism of Carlo Bononi and prepare the way for Guercino. The present portrait of a distinguished gentleman had been long thought to be by Paolo Veronese and was in fact attributed to him by such distinguished connoisseurs as Adolfo Venturi and Wilhelm Suida. The portrait’s style is, however, distinct from Veronese’s, although clearly indebted to it, and the attribution to the young Scarsellino is wholly convincing. The painting would then date from the 1570s – a date confirmed by the costume the subject wears. The puffed hat that appears in the painting had a rather short-lived vogue in the early 1570s. One sees it in Giambattista Moroni’s Portrait of Count...
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18th Century and Earlier Baroque Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"It's a Sin to Be Tired" Pop Art Street Art Mixed Media Portrait of Kate Moss
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts famous English model Kate Moss. Done with beautiful expressive colors and a distinctive street art design, this piece pops with energy and romantic beauty. Its com...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

19th century landscape/portrait horse with army officer, William Edward Millner
Located in York, GB
Portrait of a bay horse with army officer seated on a drinking trough, signed with monogram and and dated 81', inscribed verso 'by W E Milner, Gainsborough', oil on canvas. The size overall being 44 x 57 cm (17.5 x 22.5 inches) whilst the image is 35 x 48 cm ( 19 14 inches ) In very good condition housed in a gilt frame. William Edward Millner...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Grisaillestudie Study Oil Painting Rembrandt Black and White on Panel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Grisaillestudie Study Oil Painting Rembrandt Black and White on Panel In Stock Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Oil, Wood Panel

Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil, Portrait of a Figure in Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century Title: Portrait of a figure in blue Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed Size: framed: 30.75 x 25.5 inches canvas: 28.75 x 2...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"A Moment in Time, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "A Moment in Time" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman, in all white, crouching with her knees pulled to her c...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Father and children in front of TV - Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
John Falter arranges figures and faces in a way that rival the old masters in their compositional perfection. And he makes it look easy. The expressions are captured so the emotion...
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1950s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled
Located in Spetses, GR
Portrait with dark colors by Vasilis Soulis. Artwork on stretched canvas, ready to hang. Certificate of authenticity will be provided by the gallery.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Refection - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Woman Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jeune femme à l’éventail (Young Girl with a Fan)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Conjuring the brilliance of late 18th-century costume with infusions of 19th-century modernity, James Jacques Joseph Tissot’s Jeune femme à l’éventail illustrates the remarkable technique for which he was renowned. His delicate portraiture, combined with his fascination with conveying texture, demonstrates why he was one of the most revered artists of the Belle Époque. Grouped with Tissot’s “keepsake pictures” of beautiful women in fashionable dress, this work is noteworthy not only for the fresh face of its sitter but also for the appearance of some of Tissot’s most beloved props. The delicate fan and paisley cashmere shawl, a favorite prop of Tissot’s artistic idol Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, made frequent appearances in his paintings, as did the exquisite dress the sitter wears. Its identifiable styling can be seen in several of Tissot’s most notable works of the period, including La chéminée and Un déjeuner à la riviere. The playful feel of this painting is grounded by Tissot’s exceptional attention to detail. A master of conjuring an array of textures, Tissot showcased this ability in this composition by juxtaposing many types of fabrics and patterns within one costume. This intricacy, which he carried even to his depiction of the woman’s manicure and jewelry, set him on par with the best artists of his day and contributed to his commercial success. Born in 1836 in the port town of Nantes, Tissot traveled to Paris at the age of 20 in order to join the studios of Hippolyte Flandrin...
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Panel, 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...
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17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled
Located in Spetses, GR
Female portrait on dark background. Original artwork from George Alekou, ready to hang. Certificate of authenticity will be provided by the gallery.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Orit Fuchs: Vivid 100-Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 39.3/39.3"
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv‭, ‬a storyteller with a deep‭, ‬pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression‭. ‬Her medium spans the gamut‭ - ‬sculptures‭, ‬pa...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Giclée

Bargain Aunty
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The painting is an oil on canvas, measuring 45" x 33". There is a lot of texture on this painting created by cigarette butts and ash mixed with oil paint, smeared on the canvas to highlight the hair. The painting shows a character inspired by Bollywood, in the market, reflecting on all the patterns and designs she sees in a South Asian jewelry...
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2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

18th Century by Pietro Bardellino Mary Magdalene Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Pietro Bardellino (Naples, 1731 – Naples, 1806) Mary Magdalene Oil on canvas, cm. 75 x 60 – with frame cm. 97 x 82 Antique shaped and carved wooden frame Publications: unpublished T...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nebula One
Located in Denver, CO
Trevor Taylor's "Nebula One" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female model angling her shoulders forward as her hair transforms and blends into the outer spa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Panel, Linen, Oil

The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, circa 1600
By Hans Rottenhammer
Located in Blackwater, GB
La destruction des enfants de Niobé, vers 1600 Ecole de Hans Ier ROTTENHAMMER (1564-1625) Immense représentation de maître ancien allemand du XVIe siècle de la destruction des enfants de Niobe, huile sur toile. Première scène importante de la mythologie grecque tirée d'Homère L'Iliade alors que Leto envoie ses enfants Artémis et Apollon pour tuer les enfants de Niobe. A besoin d'un léger nettoyage. Cadre doré...
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16th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Two Handed - Michelangeli
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Two Handed - Michelengeli", oil on linen is a profound mediation on the hands of the late pianist, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. The artist's statement reg...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Dear Black Girl
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil, acrylic, pastel, and mesh. Unframed and un-stretched canvas.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Mesh

purple hat, social observation, portrait of woman with red hat,
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting on Paper "Bust of Man with Black Elements"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Unique oil painting on hand made paper, framed and ready to hang. Size of 71 x 50 cm is that of the artwork itself, excluding the frame.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

The infinite laughter of the Gorgon Timothy Archer 21st Century painting myth
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Signed lower right
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Madonna Child Tiarini Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy Baroque
By Alessandro Tiarini (Bologna, 1577 - 1668)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Emilian Caravaggesque painter of the early seventeenth century Alessandro Tiarini (Bologna, 1577 - 1668), attributable Madonna and Child Early seve...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Marat - Large Format Painting - Contemporary Expressionism Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vision Of Hope 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I was inspired to paint the portrait of an African girl, so people could see life through her lens. For you to see what it is for a disadvantaged, underprivileged child growing up in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Original Oil Painting Portrait 1953 large work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Paul Briscoe, (British), signed & dated 1953 oil painting on board, unframed size: 40 x 30 inches condition: overall very good and presentable. pro...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Maternity girl with baby oil on board painting
By Amadeo Freixas Vivo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Certainly a family of artists, such as, of course, Amadeu (1912-2004), known for a long artistic career, as a teacher of several generations of painters and as an artistic popularize...
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1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

Portrait, 1990 - oil paint, 25x20 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas. Dimensions framed: 40x35 cm. Hans Bouman (born in 1951) is a Dutch visual artist working in painting, sculpture, etching and video. He settled in Paris in 1981.
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Other Side 5
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I don't know why I keep believing That one day they'll bring us together When they've shown, in more ways than one That all they care about is the money You belong to the one politic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"EYE CHECK", surrealist oil painting, nude woman, optical lens, machine, mask
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"EYE CHECK, 2008, is a surrealist oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 66x47". At once vulnerable and defiant – a nude woman sits u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Feeling Good -21st Century Portrait Painting of a young guy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen Feeling Good Oil on wood panel 122 x 70 cm (Framed 130 x 78 cm, frame is included) Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in many places w...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Diaphanous, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandra Manukyan's " Silent Melody" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model with white feathers on her dark hair, as she...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Fine 19th Century Italian Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady, Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 19th century. indistinctly signed Title: Portrait of a Young Country Lady Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed. framed: 31.25 x 23 inches ...
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19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings

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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