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Gold Ring Featuring A Roman Silver Denarius Of Emperor Vespasian 69 CE - 79 CE
Gold Ring Featuring A Roman Silver Denarius Of Emperor Vespasian 69 CE - 79 CE

Gold Ring Featuring A Roman Silver Denarius Of Emperor Vespasian 69 CE - 79 CE

Located in Firenze, IT

great ruler seem evident even in this small imperial portrait. The individual who wears this splendid

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Signet Rings

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Gold

Hearts on Her Sleeve, Original Painting
Hearts on Her Sleeve, Original Painting

Hearts on Her Sleeve, Original Painting

By Colette Wirz Nauke

Located in San Francisco, CA

, mixed media, woman, sienna, collage, acrylicpaint, figure, portrait, metallic, small, expressionism

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

That Guy Mike, Original Painting
That Guy Mike, Original Painting

That Guy Mike, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

, portrait, small, acrylicpaint, people, pop, pop art, man, people, pop, acrylic painting, purple

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Decorative African Bronze Fish from the Tribal People of Benin
Decorative African Bronze Fish from the Tribal People of Benin

Decorative African Bronze Fish from the Tribal People of Benin

By People from Benin

Located in Miami, FL

also included other sculptures in brass, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces of art

Category

20th Century Beninese Tribal Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Seated nude
Seated nude

Seated nude

By Frank Dobson

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

carving and moving onto modelling which lead to bronze production but in small numbers. This portrait is

Category

Early 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Les Pelerins d'Emmaus (The Pilgrims of Emmaus)
Les Pelerins d'Emmaus (The Pilgrims of Emmaus)

Les Pelerins d'Emmaus (The Pilgrims of Emmaus)

By Maurice Denis

Located in Fairlawn, OH

and other church property in 1907. He produced a small number of portraits, including an unusual

Category

1890s French School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

How You Are, Original Painting
How You Are, Original Painting

How You Are, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

, signage, portrait, acrylicpaint, small, pop, pop art, animals, pop, acrylic painting, redHow

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Pair of monkey candelabras
Pair of monkey candelabras

Pair of monkey candelabras

By Christophe Fratin

Located in PARIS, FR

in his career is reflected in the portrait small charge, Fratin itself , where humor sculptor appears

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Set clock with Marie de Bourgogne going falcon hunting
Set clock with Marie de Bourgogne going falcon hunting

Set clock with Marie de Bourgogne going falcon hunting

By Jean-Auguste Barre

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

female portrait statuettes in the 1830s, giving birth to sculpted groups of small dimensions

Category

Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Vintage Modernist Silver Pendant by Jorma Laine, Finland, 1971
Vintage Modernist Silver Pendant by Jorma Laine, Finland, 1971

Vintage Modernist Silver Pendant by Jorma Laine, Finland, 1971

Located in Stockholm, SE

inspired by snowflakes to whimsical but oddly beautifull small sourly portraits of spirits.

Category

Vintage 1970s Swedish Modernist Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Silver

Victorian Lava Cameo Framed Collection
Victorian Lava Cameo Framed Collection

Victorian Lava Cameo Framed Collection

Located in Miami Beach, FL

by (4) smaller lavas cameos are facial portrait only in this framed collection. Cameos are surrounded

Category

Antique 19th Century Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Lava

Expressionist Tactile Botanical Oil on Canvas Painting Framed
Expressionist Tactile Botanical Oil on Canvas Painting Framed

Expressionist Tactile Botanical Oil on Canvas Painting Framed

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

artist paints a portrait of a small circular Ombre deep blue vase, filled with creamy white ranunculus or

Category

20th Century Unknown Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Gold

Warm Shadow, Original Painting
Warm Shadow, Original Painting

Warm Shadow, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

painting: horse, profile, rodeo, small, acrylicpaint, animal, portrait, impressionism, impressionism

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Fish Thoughts, Original Painting
Fish Thoughts, Original Painting

Fish Thoughts, Original Painting

By Darlene McElroy

Located in San Francisco, CA

, mixed media, small, collage, portrait, people, animal, animals, people, vintage, mixed media artwork

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Pisanello, Painter to the Renaissance Court, First Edition
Pisanello, Painter to the Renaissance Court, First Edition

Pisanello, Painter to the Renaissance Court, First Edition

By Luke Syson, Dillian Gordon

Located in valatie, NY

portraits, small easel pictures, and drawings. He was also the first specialist in the portrait medal. The

Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Books

Materials

Paper

Bronze Artist Figure "Naked Woman" by Max D. Hermann Fritz
Bronze Artist Figure "Naked Woman" by Max D. Hermann Fritz

Bronze Artist Figure "Naked Woman" by Max D. Hermann Fritz

Located in Berlin, DE

, small plastic artist, medalist, portrait and animal painter. Born in Neuhaus am Rennweg on July 13

Category

Antique 19th Century German Statues

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Falling Leaf, Original Painting
Falling Leaf, Original Painting

Falling Leaf, Original Painting

By Darlene McElroy

Located in San Francisco, CA

, storytelling, mysterious, drama, collage, leaves, face, portrait, mixed media, small, vintage, people, vintage

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Benin 'Nigeria' Bronze Sculptures of Leopards, Modern Replicas
Benin 'Nigeria' Bronze Sculptures of Leopards, Modern Replicas

Benin 'Nigeria' Bronze Sculptures of Leopards, Modern Replicas

By People from Benin

Located in Miami, FL

people, which also included other sculptures in brass or bronze, including some famous portrait heads and

Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Unescorted 1, Original Painting
Unescorted 1, Original Painting

Unescorted 1, Original Painting

By Ruth-Anne Siegel

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist CommentsSmall-scale floral portrait with nice presence. The flower's white petals

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Golden - 29-01-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper

Golden - 29-01-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper

By Corne Akkers

Located in Yardley, PA

only in small quantities. In portraits it can make people look rather sick and that can be drag, unless

Category

2010s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Its All About the Hair, Original Painting
Its All About the Hair, Original Painting

Its All About the Hair, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

, small, acrylicpaint, animal, portrait, impressionism, impressionism, animals, acrylic painting, blue

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Op Art 1971 Kinetic Oil Painting Pop Art Artist
Op Art 1971 Kinetic Oil Painting Pop Art Artist

Op Art 1971 Kinetic Oil Painting Pop Art Artist

By Josef Levi

Located in Surfside, FL

he reproduces may be derived from either portraits or from small portions of much larger works; they

Category

1970s Op Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Satan's Ball

Satan's Ball

By Natalie Frank

Located in New York, NY

mixed-media paintings – ranging from small-scale portraits to large narrative scenes – are centered on

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Castles in the Air - Calendar Illustration
Castles in the Air - Calendar Illustration

Castles in the Air - Calendar Illustration

By Adelaide Hiebel

Located in Fort Washington, PA

dogs, mother's with infants, infant portraits and small children in cute situations. Some of her

Category

20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Pastel

The Little Pig Went to the Market
The Little Pig Went to the Market

The Little Pig Went to the Market

By Adelaide Hiebel

Located in Fort Washington, PA

, mother's with infants, infant portraits and small children in cute situations. Some of her paintings shows

Category

20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Board

Children of the Forest - Calendar Illustration
Children of the Forest - Calendar Illustration

Children of the Forest - Calendar Illustration

By Adelaide Hiebel

Located in Fort Washington, PA

, infant portraits and small children in cute situations. Some of her paintings shows extremely

Category

1920s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Board, Pastel

Safely Gaurded - Calendar Illustration
Safely Gaurded - Calendar Illustration

Safely Gaurded - Calendar Illustration

By Adelaide Hiebel

Located in Fort Washington, PA

dogs, mother's with infants, infant portraits and small children in cute situations. Some of her

Category

20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Pastel

18th Century George III Set of Six Mezzotints Depicting Lucretia
18th Century George III Set of Six Mezzotints Depicting Lucretia

18th Century George III Set of Six Mezzotints Depicting Lucretia

By John Raphael Smith

Located in Dublin 8, IE

expressive of colour. Among his small full-length portraits in pastels and crayons the best is of Fox, the

Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Prints

Materials

Paper

Pair of Vintage Ginori Porcelain - Italy 1950s
Pair of Vintage Ginori Porcelain - Italy 1950s

Pair of Vintage Ginori Porcelain - Italy 1950s

By Richard Ginori

Located in Roma, IT

good conditions. Beautiful quality couple of small sculptures depicting two portraits of seated old

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

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By Carlos Manuel Salazar Ramirez

Located in Los Angeles, CA

painting portraits and small works by order, learning languages ??and customs, observing and learning about

Category

1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Extremely Japanese Rare Lacquer Plaque Depicting Russian St. Petersburg
Extremely Japanese Rare Lacquer Plaque Depicting Russian St. Petersburg

Extremely Japanese Rare Lacquer Plaque Depicting Russian St. Petersburg

Located in Amsterdam, NL

. This was certainly the case with the smaller lacquer oval portrait medallions (see for instance Uit

Category

Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Decorative Art

Materials

Copper

Benin ‘Nigeria’ Bronze Figural Offering Depicting Leopards and Tribesmen
Benin ‘Nigeria’ Bronze Figural Offering Depicting Leopards and Tribesmen

Benin ‘Nigeria’ Bronze Figural Offering Depicting Leopards and Tribesmen

By People from Benin

Located in Miami, FL

included other sculptures in brass or bronze, including some famous portrait heads and smaller pieces. In

Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Napoleon
Napoleon

Napoleon

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Missouri, MO

with small cameo portraits of figures from the region, as well as symbols of the major arts, industries

Category

Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Porcelain, Oil

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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.
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  • 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.