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Portrait Paintings For Sale
"In and Of a Clown World" by Dana Hawk, Portrait, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dana Hawk (NY, US based) "In and of a Clown World" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model in profile with red hair. The piece is framed and ready to hang. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Art Nouveau Ballerina Painting by Mystery European Artist
Located in New York, NY
Mystery European Artist
Untitled, c. 20th Century
Oil on canvas board
31 x 22 3/4 in.
Framed: 36 1/4 x 28 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed lower right
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Miss Moggy Hennesey on her Hunter - Scottish 60s art horse portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb horse portrait with rider is by keen Scottish horse artist and rider, Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1960 the rider is Miss Margaret 'Moggy' Hennesey. Moggy, well known a...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lida
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE
"Lida"
Oil on panel
Signed lower left and titled 'Lida' on the reverse
Dimensions:
24 x 19 cm / 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (painting)
45 x 40 cm / 17 3/4 x 16 3/4 in; (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Abstract Visage I" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage I" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
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A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Confident Figure - Original Figurative Abstract Man in Purple Suit on Blue Wall
By Iqi Qoror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
19th century Irish or English Antique portrait of two dogs, waterdogs
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding portrait of two dogs.
Sam Spode was an Irish painter of horse and dog portraits from the late 18th century through the early 19th century. His dog portraits are very rar...
Category
1830s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting Israeli Bronze Menorah Tallit Judaica Still Life Bar Mitzvah Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame is 23 X 27, Canvas is 16 X 20
Born in Milan, Italy Lupetti studied at the Royal Academy in Rome where he received classical training and was apprenticed to the school of restoration at the Vatican. At the age of fourteen he was accepted to attend Brera Liceo Artistico, one of the most prestigious art academies in Italy, graduating at age eighteen and then went on to win honors from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome eventually receiving the degree of Professor of Fine Arts. In Milan, he helped restore the famed La Scala Opera House, and in Rome he earned the right to help in the restoration of the Masters' Works in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. Following service in WWII, Roberto came to America sponsored by the famous conductor Arturo Toscanini. A painting he did of the maestro was purchased by the San Francisco Art Commission. He moved to San Francisco where he taught at the Art Institute.
Roberto Lupetti (1918 - 1997) was active/lived in California / Italy. Roberto Lupetti is known for Figure, ship, still life painting. Particularly judaic rabbi paintings and Jewish genre scenes. Lupetti earned five degrees from the Italian Royal Academy of Fine Arts, was a team member for the refurbishment of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, and immigrated to the U.S after World War II. Known for his Renaissance art and large murals, he created a few western genre pieces, including a Day in the Life of A Cowboy (5) 5'x10' murals were painted oil on masonite in 1959.
He was born in 1917. He painted very few seascapes, preferring to paint scenes of fishermen on ships, usually in a storm setting. He lived all his life in America on the west coast, mostly in Carmel and Carmel Valley, California.
As well as decorating churches throughout the U.S., he also painted portraits of such celebrities as Ingrid Bergman, Barbara Stanwyck, and General George Marshall. Roberto Lupetti earned five degrees at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Roberto was married to fellow artist Lynn Lupetti...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Enigmate Radiance (A portrait of Grace and Virtue) - 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1960's French Portrait Brunette Man Side Profile Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Damenportrait
Located in Wien, 9
Die Arbeit von Albert Bertalan war ein Spontankauf aufgrund der offensichtlichen Qualität der Arbeit, noch bevor ich etwas über den Künstler recherchieren konnte. Das Label „Ecole de...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Invocation
Located in Denver, CO
"Invocation," is an original oil painting by Christopher Remmers. It is framed and ready-to-hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Contemporary portrait "Flow of Time in the Window"
Located in Zofingen, AG
I sought to juxtapose the stillness of introspection with the relentless flow of time. The central figure is set against a rustic backdrop. Her flowing garment, stark and almost othe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Rebuttal
By Ryan Morse
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait in profile with blue
Category
2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
CLAUDINE RIBOULET (French 1924-2013) LARGE SIGNED OIL - PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Claudine Riboulet (French 1924-2013), signed
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed.
Size: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Winnie the Pooh - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Girl Portrait
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Salzburg, AT
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Quellinus Allegory Vanity Paint Oil on canvas old master 17th Century Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Erasmus Quellinus II (Antwerp 1607 - 1672)
Vanitas (as an Allegory of the Vanity of Life or of Youth)
Oil painting on canvas - cm. 121 x 84, in the frame cm. 135 x 98
The work is accompanied by an in-depth study written by prof Emilio Negro, from which we present some extracts.
The theme of the painting that we propose is a singular and rare "Vanitas", a subject of strong moral value which, in the pictorial field, refers to a composition with symbolic elements alluding to the theme of the transience of life, and therefore intent on soliciting the viewer to meditation on the transience of human destiny and on the fragility of worldly pleasures.
These subjects, which had particular success in the Flemish context, are works of great charm, interesting to study and often difficult to decipher; protagonist of our canvas we see a capricious little love, sitting on a sarcophagus, a sort of pictorial anthropomorphic Carpe Diem (seize the fleeting moment), who invites you to meditate on the transience of life and to enjoy the moments of happiness it grants; this regardless of the alternating fortunes of fate, symbolized by the putto's foot trampling the gold coins, the precious fabric, the scepter, the ermine stole, the skull, the hunting horn and the books.
Next to him is a still life of multicolored flowers, collected in a crystal vase, whose presence takes on a clear allegorical meaning, since they constitute the metaphor of the transience of youthful beauty which, like fresh flowers, is destined to wither. .
Particularly noteworthy is the stone sepulcher on which the sweetheart sits, on which stands the acronym "DMS", to be dissolved in the Latin phrase "Diis Manibus Sacrum", that is to the sacred gods of hands, corresponding to the invocation carved on the tombstones. of the last paganism, addressed to the spirits of the deified ancestors.
Another very interesting detail is the white sheet that emerges from the pages of the voluminous closed psalter, in which the Latin phrase is traced in beautiful seventeenth-century calligraphy: "Defecerunt sicut fumus dies / mei Psal J.97" to translate: "my days almost smoke they have vanished "(Psalter, Psalm 1. 97), equivalent to another exhortation to reflect on the short duration of existence.
With regard to the pictorial origin of the composition in question, it should be noted first of all that it is an interesting replica, with some modifications, of a four-handed work by Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (the figure of the putto) and Daniel Seghers (the still life).
Of the same composition is also known a version entitled 'Allegory of the passage of Youth', passed by Sotheby's in Amsterdam as Cornelis Schut...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
When We Were Young
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Silent Mood
By János Huszti
Located in Tulsa, OK
János Huszti
Silent Mood
Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum and precision. He depicts historical times, special characters and places from the past, using...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
All We Need is Love (Popeye Mickey Mini), original on die cut aluminum
By Jozza
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on die cut aluminum. Hand signed on front by Jozza. Artwork size 46 x 40 x 2 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity i...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Ray Simonini, "Sue Ellen" 8x10 Impressionist Cow Farm Animal Oil Painting
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Sue Ellen" is a 8x10 farm animal oil painting on canvas featuring a portrait of a dark brown cow ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hopeful of the Dream City
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Hopeful of the Dream City" invites viewers to delve into the depths of the young lady's aspirations. Her gaze is fixed on a distant horizon, eyes filled with a mixture of excitement...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Ink
Figure in the shadow - Oil Painting on Canvas by N. Gattamelata -1968
Located in Roma, IT
Figure in the shadow is an original modern artwork realized by N. Gattamelata in 1968.
Mixed colored oil on canvas
Includes frame
Hand signed and dated on the back.
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
After Gainsborough - 18th Century Oil, Young Hobbinol and Ganderetta
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine study after Thomas Gainsborough's original painting of two peasant children Hobbinol and Ganderetta. The original was one of Gainsborough's last exhibited pieces in his lifeti...
Category
Early 18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French school late 18th Century, Portrait of a young man, oil on metal
Located in Paris, FR
French school late 18th Century
Portrait of a young man
oil on metal
10.2 x 7.7 cm
Framed under glass : 24.4 x 21.8 cm
This small portrait painting, quite original in its technique...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Under the Lemon Tree. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting depicts a figure prostrate beneath the bright, fruit-laden branches of a lemon tree, symbolizing freshness and nature's abundance. The composition uses bold colors and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scottish School 19th Century Oil - Master of The House
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine half-length 19th-century portrait depicting a man in a three-piece suit. In his hands, he holds a map pointing to Ross in Scotland, suggesting that he owns land in the area.
...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Roses - Large Textural Layered Painted Canvas Colorful Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dynamic and abstract figurative artworks come to life through the hands of Amadou Opa Bathily, an artist deeply connected to movement. Born in Bamako in 1987, his journey into the wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Madam Varney - 19th Century Oil, Mother and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil portrait depicting a mother with an infant in a christening gown on her knee. Both smile towards the artist, who captures them against a dark background. Signed to the...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 20th Century Oil, Disagreement
Located in Corsham, GB
Male Portrait, oil on board. Unsigned. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort).
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - Framed 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Wise Man
Located in Corsham, GB
Male Portrait, oil on board. Unsigned. Presented in a decorative gilt effect frame with painted cove. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort).
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
G. R. Healey - c.1855 Oil, Portrait of William King
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated. Inscriber to paper verso (William King, Grandfather (Maternal) of Leonard George Wallace Blise). Presented in a gilt frame. On board.
Category
Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Handstands in a Row
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
68 x 38 inches
74 x 44 inches, framed
$8500.00 + $400.00 framing
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Masonite
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Sculptor in the Studio - Pygmalion - Contemporary, Couple, Summer, Relax
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Sculptor in the Studio - Pygmalion, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
90 35/64 H x 82 43/64 W in.
230 H x 210 W cm
The artist's reference to fundamental myths of humanity and their analysis fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Gentleman with Cigar Large 19th Century British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman with a Cigar
English artist, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall good a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
African Boy II
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
African Boy is a series of paintings by talented artist Faith Gbadero. This series of Artworks captures the response and attitudes of African young adults to the struggles and roller...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mysterious stranger
Located in Oslo, NO
In this intimate acrylic embodiment, I capture a solitary figure amid a blossoming embrace. The poised stillness of the subject contrasts with the whimsical dance of flora, evoking a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage Original Oil Portrait of Woman "I see you"
Located in Soquel, CA
Robert Azensky is pleased to offer a signed vintage original oil portrait of a woman "I see you"
Compelling mid century modern portrait of a woman with expression that gets a wide v...
Category
1970s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Remember Me
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Remember Me" is a poignant piece of art that evokes a powerful sense of nostalgia and remembrance. The piece centers around the face of a character, depic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Cardboard
Lunch On The Grass - Post-Impressionist painting
By Anne de Saeger
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ANNE DE SAEGER (20th Century)
Lunch on the Grass
Oil on wood panel signed low left
Old Golden Frame
Dim wood panel : 50 X 65 cm
Dim frame : 68 X 83 cm
Certificate of Authenticity
ANNE DE SAEGER (20th Century)
Belgium painter born in Buenos Aires in Décember 1947
● Beaux Arts School prilidiano Pueyrredon à Buenos Aires
● Beaux Arts School Torres Garcia...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Five Spot" Abraham Lincoln & 5 Dollar Bill Pop Art Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By John Stango
Located in New York, NY
A pop piece depicting Abraham Lincoln juxtaposed with the American 5 Dollar Bill. With impasto painting, and quick brushwork we are drawn to the movement, as the artist is able to en...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Annie", Contemporary California Figurative Impressionist Portrait of a Woman
By Wyn Di Stefano
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous contemporary impressionist figurative portrait of Annie, a reclining woman in a one-piece bathing suit reading on a couch, with a California license plate tucked behind her,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening tea
Located in Zofingen, AG
Evening Tea" is a painting permeated with soft light and the aroma of a summer garden. Lush flowers in a vase seem to whisper stories of quiet evenings, and a cup of tea standing ne...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Mood in Orange, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Mood in Orange" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dark haired woman, in vivid orange clothing, tilting her head a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fine Russian Symbolist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Lady with Headpiece
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Natalya Sultanov (Russian, contemporary)
signed oil on linen canvas, framed
framed: 27.5 x 23 inches
canvas: 22.5 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, UK...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Amaryllis
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Amaryllis', by artist Frédéric Choisel, who lives and works in Paris, France, painted this dramatic, creamy white, amaryllis flower bursting full bloom on green stalks against a dar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas
State of Mind 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe
Located in London, GB
'The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe', oil on canvas, by Robert Humblot (1959). In 1959, when the artist visited French Guadeloupe, he painted several colo...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Growing and Growing, " Collage on wood by Zoa Ace, Alice in Wonderland
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Growing and Growing" is an original, handmade mixed media collage that depicts "Alice in Wonderland" with a "Drink Me" note. The piece is a collage on wood and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Skyf Lays - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion, Art Deco
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sexy, Jed Jackson, 2011, Portrait Oil Painting on Copper Plate, Framed
By Jed Jackson
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jed Jackson was born in Fayette, Arkansas. Throughout his education, he studied under artists such as Janet Fish, Fairfield Porter, and Leland Bell, and reaps influence from the “gri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal, Copper
Mother and Child - Classic Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
This warm portrait looks like it could have been painted by Corot. Francis Luis Mora paints in that tradition. It's a small painting that invites the viewer to look closer. The art...
Category
1920s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Girl with Puppy - British Victorian portrait oil painting dog art
Located in London, GB
This Beautiful Victorian oil painting is attributed to Scottish master Sir George Reid. Painted circa 1870, the detail in the young girl's facial features and hair are just stunning,...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady - British 17th century art Old Master portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is by noted British Old Master artist James Cranke. Cranke taught George Romney to paint as a small boy, living near by. Painted ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th century English, fun oil on canvas portrait of a running or jumping Hare
Located in Woodbury, CT
A well-painted and fun picture of a feeding pig.
Oils on canvas
The artist painted animal subjects like this with a great deal of skill, giving his animals life and character. He ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Triumphant Spirit - Original Figurative Woman Charcoal Monochromatic Floral
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
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An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.
Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.
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