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Portrait of a Lady, French Impressionist 1930’s Oil Painting
Portrait of a Lady, French Impressionist 1930’s Oil Painting

Portrait of a Lady, French Impressionist 1930’s Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

as a leading figure in modern art. There is a small collection of similar portraits by this French

Category

Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cy Twombly in Rome 1966 - Untitled #24, Small Archival Pigment Print
Cy Twombly in Rome 1966 - Untitled #24, Small Archival Pigment Print

Cy Twombly in Rome 1966 - Untitled #24, Small Archival Pigment Print

By Horst P. Horst

Located in Miami Beach, FL

. _________________________ "Amongst the vast array of interiors and portraits done by Horst P. Horst during the Around That Time years

Category

1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Early 19th Century French Portrait Drawing of a Young Man
Early 19th Century French Portrait Drawing of a Young Man

Early 19th Century French Portrait Drawing of a Young Man

Located in Buisson, FR

Nice small portrait drawing representing a young man. Beautiful weathered condition. France, circa

Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Drawings

Materials

Paper

Blues Brothers Small Version
Blues Brothers Small Version

Blues Brothers Small Version

By Rich Conley

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Rich Conley is one of America's foremost caricaturists. Rich is the authorized, licensed artist of The Three Stooges (C3 Entertainment) and I Love Lucy (Unforgettable Licensing, Desi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas

Albert Einstein Small Version

Albert Einstein Small Version

By Rich Conley

Located in Boca Raton, FL

Rich Conley is one of America's foremost caricaturists. Rich is the authorized, licensed artist of The Three Stooges (C3 Entertainment) and I Love Lucy (Unforgettable Licensing, Desi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Canvas

Surrealism Portrait Painting of a Schnauzer Dog with Banjo, 21st Century
Surrealism Portrait Painting of a Schnauzer Dog with Banjo, 21st Century

Surrealism Portrait Painting of a Schnauzer Dog with Banjo, 21st Century

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

A small portrait painting of a Schnauzer dog playing the banjo on an orange background. This piece

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Bohemian Paintings

Materials

Paint

side portrait, Painting, Oil on Paper
side portrait, Painting, Oil on Paper

side portrait, Painting, Oil on Paper

By Benjamin Carrivick

Located in Yardley, PA

Small portrait painted in 2021 :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Pencil Portrait
French Pencil Portrait

French Pencil Portrait

Located in Houston, TX

Small pencil portrait of a male figure donning a hat, circa 1920. Original artwork on paper

Category

1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

19th Century Small Carved Wall Mirror
19th Century Small Carved Wall Mirror

19th Century Small Carved Wall Mirror

Located in High Point, NC

would assume it was used as a lovely frame for a small portrait. Plate stand not included.

Category

Antique 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Wall Mirrors

Materials

Fruitwood

Small Folk Art Portrait Painting of Frida Kahlo 20th Century
Small Folk Art Portrait Painting of Frida Kahlo 20th Century

Small Folk Art Portrait Painting of Frida Kahlo 20th Century

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

: This small portrait painting would be so beautiful on a brass photo easel as it is, unframed

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught...

Materials

Paint, Paper

Young man looking down to right, fr Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress

Young man looking down to right, fr Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headdress

By Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching on tissue thin laid paper. 4 3/8 x 3 1/16 inches (110 x 78 mm), trimmed at plate mark. A very good, well inked impression. Only known state. Adhered at all four corners to ar...

Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Tissue Paper, Etching

Young Woman, Impressionist Painting
Young Woman, Impressionist Painting

Young Woman, Impressionist Painting

Located in Surfside, FL

Beautiful Mid-Century small impressionist portrait, framed.

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait

19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait

Located in Harkstead, GB

lace brim and plume. Circle of Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839) Portrait of a lady, bust length, turned to the

Category

19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Glass, Watercolor

Donut Kiss, 41x55, One of a Kind Photographic Arrangement,
Donut Kiss, 41x55, One of a Kind Photographic Arrangement,

Donut Kiss, 41x55, One of a Kind Photographic Arrangement,

By Candice CMC

Located in Southampton, NY

creating the portrait with oil paints. She chooses the correct placement of just the right donut for each

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper

Lady in Coral Pink, French Impressionist 1930’s Oil Painting
Lady in Coral Pink, French Impressionist 1930’s Oil Painting

Lady in Coral Pink, French Impressionist 1930’s Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

frame. There is a small collection of similar portraits by this French artist, which are also listed

Category

Early 20th Century Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Candice
Candice

Candice

By Edward Minoff

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

Candice is a small, unframed, oil portrait painting; a young woman, painted from life, looks ahead

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miss Emma Lane, Attributed to J. Reynolds
Miss Emma Lane, Attributed to J. Reynolds

Miss Emma Lane, Attributed to J. Reynolds

By Joshua Reynolds

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

artistic, literary, and social history of his time for a summary to be adequate. A small group of portraits

Category

1770s Rococo Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Matilda at Night
Matilda at Night

Matilda at Night

By Stephen Bauman

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

A small scale portrait of a woman, hair tied back into a neat bun, bangs cascade softly onto

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait

Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait

Located in Harkstead, GB

common. A very small number of portrait miniatures on ivory are also recorded. With finely applied

Category

Early 19th Century English School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Glass

French School 18th Century, Portrait of a gentleman, oval drawing
French School 18th Century, Portrait of a gentleman, oval drawing

French School 18th Century, Portrait of a gentleman, oval drawing

Located in Paris, FR

French School end of the 18th Century Portrait of a gentleman pencil on paper and heightenings of

Category

1780s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Pair of Mini Bamboo Aisles
Pair of Mini Bamboo Aisles

Pair of Mini Bamboo Aisles

Located in Delray Beach, FL

small portraits and paintings.

Category

20th Century French Antiquities

Materials

Bamboo

Rembrandt Etching Framed
Rembrandt Etching Framed

Rembrandt Etching Framed

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in New York, NY

rare, small self portrait, RRR+" (Usticke illustrates an impression in reverse, which is evidently

Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

[Femme, Woman Facing a Fireplace]

[Femme, Woman Facing a Fireplace]

By Henri Boutet

Located in New York, NY

made a number of small drypoint portraits of women in tiny editions, or women in various Japonisme

Category

1890s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint

19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Sheep by Cornelis van Leemputten
19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Sheep by Cornelis van Leemputten

19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Sheep by Cornelis van Leemputten

By Cornelis van Leemputten

Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant

exceptional in that sense, because he painted more sheep in landscapes than such small portraits. His

Category

Antique 1880s Belgian Romantic Paintings

Materials

Fruitwood, Paint

Antique Map of the United States by Tallis 'c.1850'
Antique Map of the United States by Tallis 'c.1850'

Antique Map of the United States by Tallis 'c.1850'

Located in Langweer, NL

Capitol, Washington's Monument, Penn's Treaty with the Indians and a Buffalo Hunt. Also shows small

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

Set of Six Framed Engravings Cries of London, 1688
Set of Six Framed Engravings Cries of London, 1688

Set of Six Framed Engravings Cries of London, 1688

By Marcellus Laroon

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Dutch). Engraved by John Savage and published by Pierce Tempest. Laroon became famous for small

Category

Antique 19th Century English William and Mary Decorative Art

Materials

Glass, Paper, Wood

Vanity Mirror Sculptural Construction with Sculpture Found Objects and Portrait
Vanity Mirror Sculptural Construction with Sculpture Found Objects and Portrait

Vanity Mirror Sculptural Construction with Sculpture Found Objects and Portrait

By John Seubert

Located in Chicago, IL

hardware which form the backdrop to a small portrait painting on wood. The painting itself is cut in the

Category

2010s American Modern Table Mirrors

Materials

Reclaimed Wood, Paint

3 Small Watercolor Portraits of Little Girls, England, circa 1840
3 Small Watercolor Portraits of Little Girls, England, circa 1840

3 Small Watercolor Portraits of Little Girls, England, circa 1840

Located in Katonah, NY

viewer's attention solely on the children. Each portrait captures small nuances of the subject's clothing

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century European Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paper

French Small Painted Wood and Gesso Portrait Mirror with Original Glass
French Small Painted Wood and Gesso Portrait Mirror with Original Glass

French Small Painted Wood and Gesso Portrait Mirror with Original Glass

Located in Santa Monica, CA

French 19th century small painted wood and gesso framed portrait mirror with original glass.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Wood

"Hotel Bondi #2" Limited Edition Small Nude Portrait B&W Photograph
"Hotel Bondi #2" Limited Edition Small Nude Portrait B&W Photograph

"Hotel Bondi #2" Limited Edition Small Nude Portrait B&W Photograph

By David Jay

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Hotel Bondi #2 24" x 36" Limited edition of 10 + 2AP Archival Pigment Print 2014 ________________ Hotel Bondi is a series by photographer David Jay exclusive to Art Design Project. J...

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Archival Pigment

Miniature Queen Anne Armed Portrait Chair for Doll, Small Child or Puppy
Miniature Queen Anne Armed Portrait Chair for Doll, Small Child or Puppy

Miniature Queen Anne Armed Portrait Chair for Doll, Small Child or Puppy

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Miniature burgundy velvet and wood armed Queen Anne portrait chair perfect for a large doll, small

Category

Late 20th Century Queen Anne Children's Furniture

Materials

Velvet, Wood

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There is a broad range of small portraits for sale on 1stDibs. There are many Contemporary, Impressionist and Art Deco versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a small portraits that pops against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of black, gray, orange, beige and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Stefanie Schneider, Geri Eubanks, Jennifer Hornyak, Horst P. Horst and Thomas John Carlson produced especially popular works that are worth a look. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, archival pigment print and oil paint — can elevate any room of your home.

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The average selling price for small portraits we offer is $1,300, while they’re typically $50 on the low end and $9,626 for the highest priced.
Questions About Small Portraits
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Small portraits are called limnings. Popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, limnings would be created with watercolors on prepared card, vellum, ivory or copper. The portraits were a great way to keep your loved one close, even when separated by distance. You’ll find a variety of limnings from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.