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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Portrait of an Old Bearded Man With a Black Cap
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer a captivating portrait, most likely painted in the late 18th century, attributed to an artist within the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. This oil ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Dorothy XIII (Judy Garland) /// Jack Graves Contemporary Street Pop Art Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Dorothy XIII (Judy Garland)" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2025 Med...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Portrait Of A Man, 17th/18th Century after Franciabigio (1482-1525)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Man, 17th/18th Century after Franciabigio (1482-1525) Large 17th/18th Century Italian renaissance portrait of a Florentine Man, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and c...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Borne - European School 18th Century Oil, Anna and Adelaide
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightfully tender 18th-century family portrait depicting mother and daughter - Anna and Adelaide - with their cherished spaniel. The artist beautifully conveys the intimate bond ...
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Early 18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

L. Roth - 1899 Oil, Portrait of A Widow
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait depicting the bust of an elderly widow. The woman wears all black as a symbol of mourning with an ornate brooch at her neck. The artist captures the woman in a rich p...
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Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1960 s French Portrait Hunched Old Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper Image : 11 x 10 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. Ideal for man...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Framed 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Scholar
Located in Corsham, GB
A formal portrait of a smartly dressed gentleman, leaning casually against a desk. He holds a book in his hand as a symbol of his intelligence, and returns the viewer's gaze with cal...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Escuela española (XIX) - Santa Bárbara - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo Se presenta enmarcada la obra (la placa que pone "ESCUELA SEVILLANA XVIII" es errónea, esta obra es del siglo XIX Estado de conservación ...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Al Capone II /// Jack Graves Crime Mafia Mobster Chicago Gangster Prohibition
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Al Capone II" Series: Icon *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2025 Medium: Original A...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Conspirators discuss a course of action
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Uncanny brilliance is deployed as we run through art history’s highlight reel via the work of Ta Byrne. With the recurrent motif of an egg and Edward Burra-like layered body composi...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Realist Interior Portrait Signed Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting by Charles Courtney Curran (1861 - 1942) . Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Measuring: 23 by 27 inches overall, and 18...
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1920s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Young 18th Century Woman with Peal Necklace
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6129 Portrait of a young woman with pearl ncklace Set in a gilt wood frame Image size 13.5x17.5"
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
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1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Expressive Young Woman Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted late 19th or early 20th century portrait painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...
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1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Angel Annunciation Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Tuscany school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Seventeenth-century Tuscan painter Angel of the Annunciation Oil on canvas 52 x 74.5 cm Framed 94 x 71 cm The work on offer, characterised by a refined sacredness, depicts...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Fine 18th Century Oil - Portrait of a Georgian Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine 18th-century portrait depicts a distinguished gentleman. The subject wears a powdered wig and a silk cravat, both emblematic of his high social standing. His composed gaze ...
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Early 18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Today is a Gift 2 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Learn from the past, Live in the present, Hope for the future, Do your best today, Never give up, Improve your tomorrows. Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nige...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

M. Vidiella (Europe 20C) Oil painting on canvas, Genre Scene, Amazing Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This painting portrays a refined 19th-century interior scene, where a group of elegantly dressed individuals gathers in an opulent drawing room. The richly decorated space, adorned w...
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20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"6 and Two" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Zack Zdrale's (US based) "6 and Two" is an oil painting that depicts two male figures with an obscured faces arching their backs and extending their arms a...
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2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Meditacion Kowa, Indigenous Art Acrylic on Canvas by Ivan Guayasamin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ivan Guayasamin, Colombian - Meditacion Kowa, Year: 1998, Medium: Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas, signed, Size: 56.5 x 69 in. (143.51 x 175.26 cm)
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1990s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

This is One not Two - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Josue M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Yellow Emoji Acrylic and Spray Portrait with Ornate Yellow Metal Frame
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This acrylic portrait reinterprets digital emotion through a yellow-toned face with emoji-like eyes. Part of Natasha Lelenco’s You Are The One series, “Yellow Emoji” translates the ...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board

American School Mid 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Quaker
Located in Corsham, GB
This striking mid-19th century portrait depicts an elderly Quaker gentleman with a solemn expression and piercing eyes arresting the viewer’s gaze. Clad in a simple black suit and mo...
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Anne Evelyn - British 18thC Old master oil painting excellent prov.
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting, with exceptional provenance, is by noted artist George Romney. It was painted in 1788, commissioned by James Evelyn of Felbridge as it is of his younger daughter Anne, aged 20 years old. James was a Doctor of Law and Anne's mother was his second wife, Jane. Felbridge house, Anne's home, was in the village of Godstone in Surrey. This superb oil painting is a seated portrait of Anne, wearing a white dress with a green sash, her forearms exposed and her hands in her lap. Anne is blessed with the most wonderful long auburn curly hair and is visually stunning. Her body is partly turned away from the artist/viewer and she is slightly gazing down at us with confident, clear eyes. Anne is pictured in a landscape with a dramatic sky behind her. Romney's brushwork on her dress, hair and the background is superb. The delicate detailing of her facial features is also stunning. Sometimes Old Master portraits can be a little staid, but this one of Anne with her wild auburn hair and bold look is just magnificent. This is a fantastic example of George Romney's work and of an 18th century British Old Master with exceptional detailed provenance. Name plate states: Anne, younger daughter of James Evelyn of Fellbridge Esq. 1788, aged 20. Romney. Provenance. With Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851) With The Hon. Henry Berkeley Portman (1860-1923), Later 3rd Viscount Portman; with Emma, Viscountess Portman (1862-1929) By 1926; with her daughter Lady Moyra Dawson-Damer (1897-1962) Thence by family descent. Painted in 1788. There are various labels verso. Mentioned in Lord Hawkesbury's Catalogues of Portraits at Compton Place and at Buxted Park, in Sussex, 1903, p.18, no. 3, at Buxted Park, as in the 'Dining Room, South Wall'. Further Bibliography: Gower (R. S.) Romney, London, 1904, p. 175 Kidson (Alex) George Romney, A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015, I, p. 205, no. 422 (illus).Ward (Humphrey) and Roberts (William) Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay, London: T Agnew & Sons, 1904, p. 51 Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 30 inches by 24 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt frame with name plate, 37 inches by 31 inches and in good condition. George Romney (1734-1802) was born in Dalton-on-Furness, Lancashire, on 15 December 1734, the third of the eleven children of John Romney and Anne Simpson. Leaving school at the age of eleven, he worked for eight years in his father's cabinetmaking workshop before being apprenticed to a local painter, Christopher Steele, with whom he served for two years, from 1755 to 1757, in Kendal, York, and Lancaster. He married a Kendal girl, Mary Abbot...
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1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

20th Century Portrait of a Red Setter/ Spaniel Dog Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Red Setter/Spaniel English school, mid 20th century oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 14 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: stretcher bar marks showing...
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Mid-20th Century English School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Madonna with Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna & Christ Child Italian, 17th century oil on wood panel, unframed board: 9.5 x 7.5 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and sound condition fo...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist Nudes, Three Figures, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nudes, Three Figures, Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the top right hand corner of the painting Oil painting on canv...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Huge 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady with her dog attributed to Abraham Lambertsz. van den Tempel, Dutch 1622 - 1672 *see notes below oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 40 x 33.5 inches provenance...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Dancer in Yellow
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Created during the chilly winter, this piece is a celebration of warmth and light. Bathed in the hot spotlight, this dancer shimmies around the stage and help...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique Spanish Old Master Oil on Wood Panel, Head Portrait of Christ
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18/19th Century Spanish School Title :Head study of Christ Medium: oil painting on wood panel, period gilt framed panel : 6 x 5 inches Provenance: private collect...
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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Elegant Art Deco French School Monogrammed EB and dated 1931
Located in Pistoia, IT
French school of the 20th century, portrait of elegant, oil on canvas monogrammed and dated E.B. 1931 lower left. The monogram E.B. is also repeated on the back of the canvas. The...
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1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary pop art 3-D interior wall sculpture pink Straws, Acrylic, Plexiglas
Located in New York, NY
A figure appears when looking straight in the middle of the piece Acrylic, STRAWS, Plexiglas. Sang Sik Hongs' work is all made by hand; each straw is hand placed, a contrast to the...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Plastic, Plexiglass, Acrylic

The Three Graces (Submerged), Original painting, Landscape, Swimming, Woman
Located in Deddington, GB
My process starts with taking the photographs I work from, I like to experiment with angles and light in the photographing. Every inch of the canvas has multiple layers on to build u...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surreal Botanical Portrait with Yellow Daisies and Toy Soldier – Fetishes Series
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This striking acrylic painting by Moldovan-Spanish artist Natasha Lelenco features a surreal anthropomorphic portrait constructed from lush green leaves and blooming yellow daisies, blending botanical precision with symbolic intensity. The central figure’s face, composed entirely of flowers, is both haunting and tender, while a pink tongue and tiny plastic toy soldier create a poignant contrast that challenges the viewer’s perception of innocence, violence, and the natural world. Set against a softly gradated sky-blue background, the painting invites reflection on ecological fragility and the absurdity of human conflict. Part of the acclaimed “Fetishes” series, this work is inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s botanical portraits, reinterpreted with contemporary urgency. Lelenco’s painting critiques war and environmental destruction through a visual language that is as poetic as it is unsettling. The toy soldier, perched delicately on a green leaf-arm, acts as a miniature symbol of violence embedded in play, questioning the narratives we inherit and enact. The piece was originally commissioned for Imaxinaria, Mostra Internacional de Ilustración Contemporánea in Galicia (Spain) and remains one of the most iconic works of the series. Medium: Acrylic on board Dimensions: [Insert exact dimensions] Year: 2022 Framing: Painted edges, ready to hang, no frame needed Signed by the artist Keywords: Acrylic botanical portrait, Anti-war painting, Contemporary Arcimboldo style...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Board, Oil

Posing, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The painting depicts a girl taking a selfie, with only part of her face visible. She wears a white, cropped shirt and stands against a yellow background. Artist...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Portrait of a Spanish Noble Lady - 17th Century Old Master art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning, large portrait oil painting is attributed to Spanish Old Master Claudio Coello who is considered the last great Spanish painter of the 17th century. It has formerly been the property of Lady Beatrice...
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1680s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil Crayon

Untitled - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Modern Art, Colour, Acrylic
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. About Artist Tos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Collegiate Swim Match
Located in New York, NY
Mark Beard Collegiate Swim Match Oil on canvas Signed in red upper right corner
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Fashion Designer , Berlin National Gallery, Weimar, Jewish, 20 s
By Georg Rössner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso. A sub...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Saint Michael Archangel Roman School 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Michael the Archangel Victorious Roman painter, 17th-18th century Oil on canvas 112 x 74 cm In frame 128 x 91 cm This interesting Saint Michael the Archangel subduing ...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Young Boy - Scottish art 19th Century oil painting male portrait ginger hair
Located in Hagley, England
A fine Scottish portrait oil painting of a sweet young boy with bright blue eyes. This quality portrait dates to circa 1900 and is housed in a fine Watts frame. A beautiful painting....
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Early 20th century English portrait of a young girl, Deborah Blencowe
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
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1920s Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of Boy in a Chair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Boy in a Chair', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). Here the artist paints a young boy, very probably his son, Vincent, sitting in a chair posing fo...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Antique American School Signed Modernist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 28H by 22L.
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fractured Innocence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa
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. About Artist Ola...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique 18th Century Neoclassical Oil Portrait Young Lady Turban Unknown Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating oil portrait from the late 18th to early 19th century depicts a mysterious charming young woman, painted by an unknown but clearly professional master, presumably Fr...
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Late 18th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Golden Daydream - British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite Royal Academy exhibited oil painting is by note female Suffragette artist Emily Mary Osborn. Painted in 1877 it was exhibited at the RA...
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1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Couple #4- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a nude dancing male and female
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone Couple #4 50 x 40 cm Oil on wood Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence. For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltime works as a painter. Her works are all around the world in great collections. For our exhibition 'A Female Gaze' Daniela Astone made a series of paintings where the female aspect of her life is the main subject. This series contains a series of seven paintings where you see a dancing couple. Female- male couples and male-male/ female-female couples. The Currator of Galerie Bonnard says about the paintings by Daniela Astone: The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special. Her style is virtuoso and her subjects narrative. The keys are loose and subtle. For this artist, standing in front of a painting means...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cloud-Gazing Club
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork captures a surreal and serene moment, blending simplicity with mystery. A barefoot woman in a black dress stands on a vast, white, textured expanse, reminiscent of salt ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Togetherness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Abstraction, Africa, Love
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. About Artist Ola...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Embrace Nature 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Floral, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This piece is a catalyst. As we navigate the complexities of our modern world, embracing Nature has become more crucial than ever. "Nature" I observed that her beauty comes from emb...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

19th Century Neoclassical Exhibition Oil Painting of Poet Sappho Ancient Greece
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908). The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the ...
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1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series IX", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Fine 1820 s English Georgian Large Portrait of a Country Lady seated with Quill
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Lady, depicted Seated wearing a silk glove and with a Quill Pen English artist, circa 1820's, unsigned oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 35 x 29 inches provenance...
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Early 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Young Woman with Pink Ribbon and Hat - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Young Woman with Pink Ribbon and Hat, c. 1950 Oil on hardboard Signed lower left On hardboard, 45 x 38 cm (c. 28 x 15 in) Presented in a giltwood f...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary abstract expressionist woman s portrait "Her rose, her silence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman’s portrait by Natalya Mougenot invites the viewer into a world where emotion speaks louder than form. In "Her Rose, Her Silence", the f...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Portrait of a 1920 s Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
American artist Henry R Rittenberg painted this lovely 1920's Art Deco portrait oil painting. The painting is a standing half length portrait of a lady in a black coat with a white fur collar over a red dress and long beads. She has an elegant 1920's short bob hair style and a confident expression. The strong brushwork and range of tones within one colour are superb. A really striking Art Deco portrait oil painting. Signed upper left. Provenance. Dorset estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a fine James Bourlet panel silvered frame, 40 inches by 35 inches and in good condition. Henry R Rittenberg (1879-1969) was born in Libau, Latvia and later immigrated to the United States. He studied art at the Bavarian Academy in Germany, and by 1906, was in Philadelphia, where he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Rittenberg painted landscapes and still lifes, yet his forte was portraiture. The artist was commissioned to paint a number of portraits of American dignitaries including Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings and a group portrait of President Harry S...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"The Champ, 1942" Joe Louis "Brown Bomber" Boxer Portrait Ex-Museum Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“The Champ, 1942” by Theodore Fried (1902-1980) This important portrait by Hungarian-American artist Theodore Fried depicts the legendary boxer Joe Louis aka “The Brown Bomber” and ...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte superior El estado de la obra es bueno Se presenta enmarcada la obra Medidas de la obra: 65 x 54 cm. Medidas de la obra enmarcada: 78 x 67 cm. ...
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1950s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

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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