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Portrait Paintings For Sale
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Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century by Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886) Large 19th Century view of children playing in a hillside near Capel Curig...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The violinist by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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1990s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Owen Ormsby, bust-length, in a brown coat
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Gainsborough Dupont (1754 - 1797, British) Portrait of Owen Ormsby, bust-length, in a brown coat, with slightly later inscription identifying the sitter oil on canvas 2...
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Late 18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Self Portrait, Mid-20th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Sheila Holland 1932-2002 Self Portrait Oil on canvas, signed lower right Image size: 30 x 22 inches This is a wonderfully dynamic self portrait by the female artist Shelia Holland. ...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Painting 19th Century - Portrait of Young Lady
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ERNEST BLANC-GARIN (1843-1916) Portrait of a Young Lady around 1880 Oil on wood panel signed low Old Original frame gilded with leaves Dimensions wood : 40 X 30 cm Dimensions frame : 62 X 53 cm ERNEST BLANC-GARIN (1843-1916) Belgian Painter 19th Century Born 8 October 1843 in Givet (France) Died 1916 in Brussels (Belgium) Painter of Portraits and Urbanscapes. In Brusssels he was taught by Jan Portaëls (1818-1895); then in Paris by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) He took part in the Salon de Paris from 1868. After a trip to Italy in 1870, he came back to Brussels for creating a private Art Academy providing a very liberal teaching. His portraits are made with a lot of freedom and gracefulness. Bibliography : Dictionary of Artists E. Benezit Book II / 373 Gérald SHURR : Les petits Maîtres de la Peinture 1820- 1920 Book V
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1880s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady, Early 20th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
Follower of Ambrose McEvoy Circa 1910 Portrait of a Lady Oil on canvas Image size: 20 x 16 inches (51 x 40.5 cm) Original ebonised Frame
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Sketch Of Nude Bathers, 1938 William Russell FLINT (1880-1969)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Sketch Of Nude Bathers, 1938 William Russell FLINT (1880-1969) Large circa 1930 study of nude bathers, oil on panel attributed to William Russell F...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jules TOULOT (1863-nc) Painting 19th century soldier uniform interior
By Toulot Jules
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Toulot Jules (1863-nc) Pianist officer in the Second Empire period Oil on canvas signed low right Old frame regilded with gold leaves Dim canvas : 65 X 43 cm Dim frame : 90 X 67 cm TOULOT Jules (1863-nc) French painter 19th century Born 11th November 1863 in Champeinx (Puy de Dôme...
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1880s Academic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Eagle & Rabbit In The Alps, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Eagle & Rabbit In The Alps, 19th Century attributed to John James AUDUBON (1785-1851) Fine large 19th Century French School study of an Eagle with its prey in the mountains of the...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Break from Play
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 24 x 18 inches Framed size: 31 x 25.5 inches Signed lower left
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled 513 - 21st Cent, 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

Dogon by Christophe Dupety - Female Nude Painting, Contemporary
Located in Paris, FR
Dogon (2018) by French contemporary artist Christophe Dupety. Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm. In his Human Figures series, Christophe Dupety shows us some bodies which aspect reminds more...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Gentleman, Pieter Van Der Dvssen; by Jan van Haensbergen
By Jan Van Haensbergen
Located in London, GB
Portrait of a Young Gentleman, Pieter Van Der Dvssen c.1664 Jan van Haensbergen (1642–1705) This charming portrait is an excellent example of late 17th century child portraiture and is from one of the most prolific periods in art history – the Dutch Golden Age. A vast number of artists produced work to fulfil the demands and tastes of a broad Dutch society, and many cities in the Netherlands developed into distinct artistic centres, characterised by style and specialities of subject. The quality of our portrait is similar to the works of the highly specialised ‘fijnschilders’, who were working in Leiden at the time; these artists executed meticulous small-scale paintings. As with the artist’s other works of children, Haensbergen painstakingly recorded many details including a fine depiction of the face, and the surface effects of the materials and the pearl clasps. The young sitter is Walther Bernt Pieter Van der Dussen. He was born into a wealthy noble Catholic family in Delft in 1654. In this portrait he would be around ten years of age, dating the work to circa 1664, which is also the year before the artist’s marriage to Johanna van Heusden. The Van der Dussen family were great patrons of the arts and commissioned a number of major works from eminent artists in Delft & Amsterdam. Van der Dussen died in 1716. The wooded setting, the lamb, and the “picturesque” or “Roman” dress...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Who am I to be your secret lover? Figurative large format Landscape with figures
Located in Segovia, ES
Who am I to be your secret lover? Figurative large format Landscape with figures in fairy-tale setting. Acrylic on canvas. Author: Igor Fomin. Measurements in centimeters: 195 x 195 cm. / In inches: 76.77 x 76.77" In this painting, Igor Fomin not only tells us the story of a couple who keep their love secret, he also tells us about that beautiful old place, a witness to their love affairs, and those neighbors, who should not find out and who make their lives. An entire city, with a splendid aqueduct in the background, through whose arches the view is lost. The set is endowed with a magnificent color and a complex structure, full of planes to stop at all those characters that fill the author's pictorial and literary imaginary. From the tow...
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1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Signed Portrait of a Young Lady in a White Dress 1840’s, Oil Painting on canvas
Located in London, GB
Titan Fine Art are pleased to present this exquisite portrait. As much attention is paid to the woman's luxurious apparel as her facial features. The ...
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19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait. 1975, oil on plywood, 32x27, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. 1975, oil on plywood, 32x27,5 cm Abstract portrait Robert Elibekyan (1941) (Armenian: Ռոբերտ Էլիբեկյան; born 21 April 1941) is an Armenian pa...
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1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Plywood

Christ Crucified Rubens Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Religious
By Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - Antwerp 1640) Workshop / circle Crucifixion of Christ with Saint Mary Magdalene Oil painting on canvas 112 x 62 cm. - In antique frame 126 x 73 cm. ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

G Negri called Il Boccia Baroque Figurative Painting 17th century oil canvas
By Girolamo Negri called Il Boccia
Located in Florence, IT
Oil on canvas, 62 x 51 cm (without the frame) Even if on the background there is an attribution to “Francesco Gessi pupil of Guido Reni” by the bolognese art historian Guido Zucchini (dated 1945), recent studies are tending to add it to the corpus of Girolamo Negri called Il Boccia (Bologna 1648-1718) due to lots of similarities with his style (the pale and warm palette chosen, the profile) The painting represents a lady on profile wearing a brown turban, a yellow clock...
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Late 17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Holy Family Ramenghi Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Religious Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Bolognese school of the seventeenth century Circle Giovanni Battista Ramenghi, known as Bagnacavallo (Bologna, 1521 - 1601) Oil painting on canvas (86 x 72 cm. - With antique frame ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Elegante au Parc - French Impressionist School, Figure in Landscape
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A simply beautiful French Impressionist School oil on canvas of an elegant woman wearing a white blouse and black skirt and hat seated in a chair reading. Her parasol rests against t...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

GEORGE ROMNEY(after)19th century portrait The Hon.Reverend Anchitel Grey as a Bo
Located in York, GB
A fine painting after George Romney of The Hon.Reverend Anchitel Grey (1774 – 1833) as a Boy The painting depicts a boy aged about ten, standing, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a blue coat, and white linen collar, a spaniel with its paws on his chest. Shoulder length brown hair. Trees in the background on the right, distant horizon with cloudy sky on the left. The sitter was the third son of George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1765-1845) and Lady Henrietta Cavendish-Bentinck (died 4th June 1827), daughter of the 2nd Duke of Portland...
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19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique Italian painter - 18th-19th century figure painting - Oil on canvas
Located in Varmo, IT
Bolognese painter (18th-19th century) - Maddalena. 70 x 50 cm without frame, 89 x 69 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame. Condition ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Michael Dahl (circle) 17th century portrait of Sir William Cowper
By (Circle of) Michael Dahl
Located in York, GB
Portrait of Sir William Cowper [1639-1706] Circle of Michael Dahl 17th century oval, bust-length, with a long dark wig, and wearing a lace cravat and bro...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Dipinto Ritratto di Bambino XIX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola nord-europea di fine '800. Firma non identificata in basso a destra. Il ritratto presenta un bambino in ambito marinaresco: è seduto sul masso di una spiaggia, ...
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19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Light Refreshment - Nabis Oil, Seated Figures in Interior - Edouard Vuillard
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative oil on board circa 1890 by French Nabis school painter Edouard Vuillard. The work depicts two seated ladies dressed in black with grey pinafores enjoying coffee together. Illustrated in the Catalogue Raisonne of Edouard Vuillard by Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval - Volume I, Page 229 - Reference IV-7 This striking work dates to between 1890 and 1891 which was without doubt Vuillard’s greatest decade as an artist. At this time the painter was working with the group of artist known as "Les Nabis" which included Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Félix Vallotton, Paul Sérusier and Auguste Cazalis. The group played a large part in the transition from impressionism and academic art to abstract art, symbolism and the other early movements of modernism. They believed that a work of art was not a depiction of nature, but a synthesis of metaphors and symbols created by the artist. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 19.25"x20.25" Unframed: 9.25"x10.25" Provenance: Renou et Poyet - Paris Roland, Browse & Delbanco - London (labels verso) c. 1955 The collection of Sir Alec Guinness Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva - 1972 Nichido Gallery - Tokyo 1972 Private collection - Japan Christie's London - Impressionist & Modern Art - June 2016 Édouard Vuillard attended the Lycée Condorcet in Paris, where he made friends with Maurice Denis, Lugné-Poe, and Ker-Xavier Roussel, later his brother-in-law. He studied in Maillart’s studio; for six weeks came under the tutelage of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris; and later under William Bouguereau and Robert at the Académie Julian, where he became closely linked with the Nabis group (from the Hebrew word for ‘prophet’). He met Marcel Proust in 1902. From 1908, he taught at the Académie Ranson. In 1937, he was elected member of the Institute. At first, Vuillard painted small subjects, disciplined and proficient, qualities for which the prestigious École Française was famous. His earliest still-lifes (1888) are astonishing in their decisiveness and subtlety. His empathy for the object had already compelled him to soften its appearance; the object, which, by virtue of its bright or glossy presence, remained the nonego and the ‘thing represented’ for so many others. ‘Intimacy’ developed immediately between the painter and this modest environment; inhabiting it every day enabled him to celebrate its splendour, and it was to remain his favourite environment. But he was already alternating between small portraits and still-lifes, which gained recognition because of their natural qualities and dignity of tone: a rare combination in a beginner. About 1890, influenced indirectly by Paul Gauguin, all the certainties which the self-styled Nabis painters had contented themselves with suddenly collapsed. Everything was called into question again: both the linear layout of the picture and its colour scheme; the choice of subject and its material aspect; its manufacture and its purpose. Vuillard’s paintings at that time show surprising, bold innovations and an arbitrary power, which one would expect 15 or 20 years later at the height of the Fauvist period. The preoccupation with an internal geometry set them apart from earlier studies. From then on, the paintings were based on forms, lines, and colours. Vuillard made concessions. He produced a portrait or interior with its furniture and its wallpapers, in which the family inhabiting it, evolves. Treated with flat areas of colour and solid shades of ochres, reds, blues, and saffron yellow, without modulation, they seem to prefigure certain paintings by Henri Matisse and Roger de La Fresnaye. In 1891, Vuillard painted an Elegant Lady, a silhouette seen from the back; a long vertical shape starting from the hair decorated with brown feathers; there is a kind of pink cloak, the tight and never-ending black skirt, erect in front of a half-open, bright orange door in a green wall, from where the light of another vertical shape emerges, which is bright yellow, and is reflected in red on the parquet at the feet of the elegant lady. This painting meets his concerns about the actual moment of creating ‘harmonies corresponding to our feeling’, and by virtue of its almost geometric structure, its drawing entirely free of detail, its light effects and colour harmonies, very much prefigures aspects of the future Abstraction movement and is oddly reminiscent of the final period of Nicolas de Staël. All too often, Vuillard is only admired in his role as the harmonist, the serene contemplator who combines an exquisite sense of nuance, rhythms, and values with the most acute observation. These singular investigations, these three-dimensional meditations including a table, a folding metal cot...
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1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique Oil Painting. Portrait of an Italian Boy with a Pipe, by Anton Kaulbach.
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique oil painting. Portrait of an Italian boy with a pipe. Painting restored. Frame with minor damage in places. Dimensions without frame: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm.
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"September sentiment", Wood, Original Figurative Portrait Painting, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Jorunn Mulen was inspired by love. A chance encounter in an Italian cafe or an antique photograph at a London flea market can each become a part of her visual capture. Her poetic por...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Portrait of a Young Girl with a Dove
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lacazette Amelie (19th) Young Girl with a dove Oil on canvas signed upper left Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 56 X 37 cm Dim Frame : 74 X 57 cm Lacazette Amelie (19th) - ...
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1870s Academic Portrait Paintings

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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...
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1990s Byzantine Portrait Paintings

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Brass

Italian 18th Century Oval Religious Oil on Canvas Painting with Saint Dominic
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful Italian 18th Century old masters oil painting on oval canvas with giltwood frame is attributed to Solimena and features a religious scene. In this splendid oval-shaped painting are depicted Saint Dominic...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Woman with Hat - Oil Paint by Edmondo Maneglia - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Woman with hat is an oil painting realized by Edmondo Maneglia (1925 - 2003). Woman sitting at the table with glass. Oil painting on canvas. Handsigned in the lower left and on th...
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1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

woman with guitar mixed media painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman smoking Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanis...
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1980s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Portrait of a woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"The rock" by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 46x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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1990s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Ecole Française Du XVIIIème Siècle - Portrait De Gentilhomme, Huile Sur Toile
Located in ROUEN, FR
Ecole Française du XVIIIème siècle - Très beau Portrait de gentilhomme, huile sur toile, H.81 L.65
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Mid-18th Century French School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

HELENA
Located in PARIS, FR
This work is typical of the artist’s pictorial production. The painter, graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Rome, has a traditional approach to painting both in the choice of s...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Pencil

Sounds in colors. 2023., canvas, oil, 90x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sounds in colors. 2023., canvas, oil, 90x70 cm
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2010s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by Henri Benard "Portrait of Aliette de Pigeard"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Henri Benard "Portrait of Aliette de Pigeard" 1860- 1927 Aliette de Pigeard (1897 - 1969) married Pedro de Prat, Marquis de Nantouillet, a Spanish ambassador. Their d...
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Early 1900s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

HYPNOS
Located in PARIS, FR
This work is typical of the artist’s pictorial production. The painter, graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Rome, has a traditional approach to painting both in the choice of s...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Pencil

19th century British portrait of Sir Charles Dickens seated in an interior
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted 19th-century portrait of Sir Charles Dickens. The original painting is in the National Gallery in London and I'm sure this piece would have been painted by a fan of the author who was also a very good artist as this piece is a very good copy of the original painting. There was a great fashion to paint copies of famous paintings during the 19th century and most of the world's most famous paintings have been copied many times. Often the artist who does the copy is very talented but usually anonymous With this piece, it's the only way to own an antique copy...
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1870s Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Virgin of Kataphyge and St. John, after a Byzantine Bulgarian Icon 14th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Virgin of Kataphyge with Saint John the Evangelist, after a Bulgarian Byzantine icon of the 14th Century. Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and wood. Author: Oliver Samsinger...
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Early 1900s Byzantine Portrait Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"The Virgin & the Kid IV" by Joris Ghilini, 24 x 12 x 2 in, 2023
Located in Paris, France
"The Virgin & the Kid IV", 2023 Joris Ghilini's current artistic output takes a variety of forms, from painting and sculpture to site-specific installat...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Drummer - Acrylic Figurative Painting, Animal, Colorful, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
RAFAŁ BOJDYS (born in 1967) Bojdys studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow at the Graphics Department in Katowice. He graduated from project atelier of Tomasz Jury and painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Stunning Resemblance of the Truth Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Stunning Resemblance of the Truth Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait In Stock Caroline Westerhout (Weert, 1970) studied Reproduction Drawing at the Graphic Lyceum in Eindhoven. Afte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Central park Moreno Pincas Contemporary art oil painting nature portrait NY
Located in Paris, FR
Moreno PINCAS depicts life. Noisy, agitated. With a critical and tender eye, he sketches existence as if it were a play and each time tells us a new story made up of meetings and liv...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Demeter Portrait Oil Painting Surreel on Canvas In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Demeter Portrait Oil Painting Surreel on Canvas In Stock Caroline Westerhout (Weert, 1970) studied Reproduction Drawing at the Graphic Lyceum in Eindhoven. After her studies she st...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Men and women Moreno Pincas Contemporary art oil painting human comedy portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Moreno PINCAS depicts life. Noisy, agitated. With a critical and tender eye, he sketches existence as if it were a play and each time tells us a new story made up of meetings and liv...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Birds Moreno Pincas Contemporary art oil painting portrait animal human comedy
Located in Paris, FR
Moreno PINCAS depicts life. Noisy, agitated. With a critical and tender eye, he sketches existence as if it were a play and each time tells us a new story made up of meetings and liv...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Art Deco Society Portrait, Beauty in a Hat
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French art deco pastel portrait by Louis-Jean Beaupuy. The work is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in carved and gilded wood frame. Beaupuy has captured all the charm and...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Pastel

"Portrait of a monk" by Joris Ghilini, 14.5 x 10 x 4 in, 2023
Located in Paris, France
"Portrait of a monk", 2023 Joris Ghilini's current artistic output takes a variety of forms, from painting and sculpture to site-specific installations....
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Saint Jerome Oil on copper 16th Century Paint Old master Italy Emilian school
By Giuseppe Mazzuoli known as Bastarolo (Ferrara 1536 - 1589)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ferrara school of the late sixteenth century - circle of Giuseppe Mazzuoli known as Bastarolo (Ferrara 1536 - 1589) St. Jerome penitent in the cave ...
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Face of Mother Earth Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas Surreel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Face of Mother Earth Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas Surreel In Stock Caroline Westerhout (Weert, 1970) studied Reproduction Drawing at the Graphic Lyceum in Eindhoven. After her...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Teenager Student 18th Century Oil Painting by British Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Portrait of boy aged 12-14 painted in late 18th century presumably by RA John Opie, 1761 – 1807 (or his studio, circle), English historical and portrait painter. He painted many grea...
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Late 18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Portrait of Languid Girl in Blue Camisole 18th century Italian Rococo Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Attributed to Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707 - 1762), Italian painter of the Rococo era. His portraits, mostly of women, are renowned for being beautiful and realistic. The details and ...
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Mid-18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

'Portrait of the Nephew of the Artist' by René Seyssaud, French Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of the Nephew of the Artist', oil on canvas, by René Seyssaud (circa 1930s). Known for his use of vivid colours in his landscapes and depictions of workers in their fields,...
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1930s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mermaid Moreno Pincas Contemporary art oil painting colour fish portrait sea
Located in Paris, FR
Moreno PINCAS depicts life. Noisy, agitated. With a critical and tender eye, he sketches existence as if it were a play and each time tells us a new story made up of meetings and liv...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yes I understand Oil Painting on Canvas Surreel Portrait In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Yes I understand Oil Painting on Canvas Surreel Portrait In Stock Caroline Westerhout (Weert, 1970) studied Reproduction Drawing at the Graphic Lyceum in Eindhoven. After her studies...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Green Mao" by Joris Ghilini, 24 x 20 in, 2023
Located in Paris, France
"Green Mao", 2023 Joris Ghilini's current artistic output takes a variety of forms, from painting and sculpture to site-specific installations. It is ro...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Wood, Plexiglass, Acrylic

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.

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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