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Exquisite 19th Century Austrian Handpainted Royal Vienna Portrait Vase Urn
Located in New York, NY
Urn Vase with Handels. Vase has 6 small raised gilted flowers with Portraits of a Beautiful Female
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Antique Late 19th Century Vases

Antique French Limoges Enamel on Copper Portrait Vase, 19th Century
By Limoges
Located in San Francisco, CA
A small antique baluster shape portrait vase. Enamel on copper with a hand painted young woman and
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Antique 19th Century French Vases

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Mid 20th Century Vintage Boho Portrait on Dog on Canvas, Framed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gorgeous portrait of a small greyhound. The detail in the fur almost appears textural and the
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Mid-20th Century North American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Portraits of Emperor Meiji, Empress Shōken, and Japanese Leaders – Meiji Era
Located in Langweer, NL
nobility. 2. Surrounding Figures: - The smaller oval portraits feature notable political and military
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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

19th century English Folk Art portrait of a seated King Charles Cavalier dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English Folk Art portrait depicts a small Cavalier King Charles Spaniel reclining on a
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1850s Folk Art Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Eminent Americans by Benson J. Lossing, Illustrated, 1890
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. Numerous entries are accompanied by small portrait engravings, illustrated by Lossing and Barritt. The aim
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Antique 1890s American American Classical Books

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Paper

1864 Engraving of Lincoln s "Proclamation of Emancipation" by Charles Shober
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
five patriotic vignettes and a small portrait of Lincoln. This is the second issue of this design, with
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Antique 1860s American American Classical Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Portrait of John Campbell, Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, 1735
Located in Langweer, NL
collector. Condition: Fair, age-related toning. Few small defects and stain in portrait. Blank verso
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Antique 18th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Portrait of Charles XI of Sweden, Engraved in 1698
Located in Langweer, NL
leaves, a classical symbol of victory and honor. At the base, a small, more rugged portrait in a
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Antique 1690s Prints

Materials

Paper

Napoleone Luigi Grady (Italian, 1860-1949) Oil on Canvas "Boy with Bicorne Hat"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
small portraits or studies of female faces (Ines, Bice, Zelmira, Lea,) alternating with landscapes. At
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Collection of Surrealist Dog Portrait Paintings in Period Attire, Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four small hand-painted dog portrait paintings. Each dog Is dressed in period attire and
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21st Century and Contemporary Russian Elizabethan Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Portrait of a Man", Oil on Linen, Framed, signed by Roth, Mid-20th Century, USA
Located in San Francisco, CA
This small, expressive portrait uses bold, shadowy brushstrokes to depict a man's face in profile
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Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Linen, Wood

Vintage Original Alakh Niranjan Bollywood Movie Poster
Located in Pasadena, CA
, wildness, or indomitability. To the right of the starring actress, two smaller portraits of the film’s
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Vintage 1970s Indian Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

Untitled #5 - Two Entwined Figures, Original Graphite Drawing on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
small portrait. The graphite is reminiscent of the old grainy Polaroid photos which were inspirational
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Panel, Graphite

George Washington Engraving by H. B. Hall, after William Birch
By William Birch
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. In the small portrait, Washington is depicted in a head and shoulders pose, facing right. He wears a
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Antique 19th Century American Federal Prints

Materials

Paper

Portrait of a Lady Pastel 19th C. British School Antiques Los Angeles Gilt Wood
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Portrait of a Lady Pastel 19th C. British School Antiques Los Angeles Gilt Wood. Small Charming
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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Paper

19th Century French Delicate Small Double Framed Painting of a Young Blond Child
Located in Sofia, BG
Delicate and very beautiful small painting of a portrait of a young child in bright colours. It is
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings

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Paper

19C Oil on Canvas ‘Portrait of a Distinguished Lady’ In the Style of J Eichholtz
By EICHHOLTZ
Located in Dallas, TX
, painted tinware, and then, small profile portraits on wood panels, in order to diversify his business and
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Antique Early 19th Century American American Empire Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19C Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Distinguished Gent In the Style of J Eichholtz
By EICHHOLTZ
Located in Dallas, TX
, painted tinware, and then, small profile portraits on wood panels, in order to diversify his business and
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Antique Early 19th Century American American Empire Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Bear carrying a basket, with a dog
By Christophe Fratin
Located in PARIS, FR
career was reflected in the small portrait charge,"Fratin by himself", where humor sculptor appeared. The
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Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Monkey Match Holder
By Christophe Fratin
Located in PARIS, FR
small portrait charge,"Fratin by himself", where humor sculptor appeared. The artist, hands in pockets
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Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Inkwell
By Christophe Fratin
Located in PARIS, FR
. This inflection in his career was reflected in the small portrait charge,"Fratin by himself", where
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Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bear Dentist
By Christophe Fratin
Located in PARIS, FR
career was reflected in the small portrait charge,"Fratin by himself", where humor sculptor appeared. The
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Mid-19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
the high-spirited papier-mache sculptures for which she is best known but a group of small portraits
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Three African carved stone figures circa 1930
Located in Central England, GB
relatively soft stone which can be cut and carved. These small well detailed portrait busts were locally
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Neoclassical, Mahogany, Napoleonic Plaque Mounted Center Table, France, 1930s
Located in Manhasset, NY
table top with a large central portrait of Napoleon signed "Rochette", the outer edge with smaller
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Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Center Tables

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Metal

Gilded Mirror
Located in London, England
Small rectangular portrait / landscape mirror with aged mirror plate. Circa 1870. H 42cm x W 31cm
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Antique 1870s Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Materials

Glass

Ancient Egyptian Limestone Sculptor s Model
Located in Los Angeles, CA
modeled sculpture exudes a distinctive nobility in spite of its rather small stature. The idealized royal
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities

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Limestone

French romantic painting CHOLET Aquitaine Young girl Countryside Milkmaid 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
1830 and studied with the painter Thomas. He exhibited portraits and small genre scenes of the
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1840s Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Chalcedony Silver-Gilt Bust of the Emperor Vespasian. Italy, 17th–18th century
Located in London, GB
antiquarian character of the bust. Context This small-scale portrait evokes the Roman tradition of imperial
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Antique Late 17th Century Figurines and Sculptures

Oversized 1910 American Naval Silk Embroidered Souvenir Tapestry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
rarely preserved. Additional small inset portraits of his shipmates appear near the lower register. The
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Tapestries

Materials

Silk

17th Century Italian Religious Painting Credited to Luciano Borzone
Located in Roma, IT
. Returning to Genoa, he opened his own workshop, specialising in large and small-format portraits. He was
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Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Patriotic "E Pluribus Unum" Eagle Silk and Metallic Embroidered Needlework
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
name of their boat, cities they had visited, and even the option to insert small photographs or
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Tapestries

Materials

Silk, Glass

Family gathering Winter Fuel in a Landscape - British Old Master oil painting
By Francis Wheatley
Located in Hagley, England
an English portrait and landscape painter. Wheatley was born at Wild Court, Covent Garden, London
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1790s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Interior with a Lady in Grey Washing her Hand
By Gerard ter Borch the Younger
Located in London, GB
his establishment of a new type of small full-length portrait. Ter Borch, began his training with his
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17th Century Dutch School Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Young Woman The Vegetable Seller Roma Francesco Ferraresi Original watercolor
By Francesco Ferraresi
Located in Soquel, CA
Indépendants, with Parco dei Daini in Villa Borghese and a Portrait, 1926, a small Self-Portrait, now at the
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1890s Italian School Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Laid Paper

A horse-drawn buggy on a track, a hunt beyond
By George Paice
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
–1925) was a British painter renowned for his finely detailed portraits of horses, dogs, carriages, and
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

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Oil

Ernst Hase "Flower Still Life with Vase" 1950s Watercolor and gouache on paper
By Ernst Hase
Located in Münster, DE
extensively with them at large and small parties. Hase painted a portrait of one of these Schanze painters
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Pablo Picasso Ecole D Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Chaim Soutine Ecole D Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Henri Matisse Ecole D Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Maurice Utrillo Ecole D Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Maurice de Vlaminck Ecole Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Edouard Vuillard Ecole D Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Raoul Dufy School of Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Albert Marquet Ecole D Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Aristide Maillol Ecole D Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Jacques Lipchitz Ecole D Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Fernand Leger School of Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Pierre Bonnard School of Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Marc Chagall School of Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithuanian French Artist Arbit Blatas Lithograph Georges Braque School of Paris
By Arbit Blatas
Located in Surfside, FL
portraits to small-scale studies, to sculptures, to sets of lithographs that capture the mime in mid-air
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Katia - Platinum Palladium print, Limited Edition, Contemporary Nude Woman
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
12 plus 2 AP ( small Size ) Portrait of a naked woman in a fur coat lying upside down on an
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Platinum

Roebourne Daybreak - 21st Century Contemporary landscape painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
dimensions. Other themes are small landscape studies and portraits. These works of art also transform realism
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Onslow Hills - 21st Century Contemporary landscape painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
. Other themes are small landscape studies and portraits. These works of art also transform realism into
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mount Magnet Dusk - 21st Century Contemporary landscape painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
. Other themes are small landscape studies and portraits. These works of art also transform realism into
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pilbara Horizon - 21st Century Contemporary landscape painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
. Other themes are small landscape studies and portraits. These works of art also transform realism into
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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Small Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

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.

How Much are Small Portraits?

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.