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The Small Investment Portrait Painting by Alan Fears Pop Art
By Alan Fears
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Acrylic on canvas by Alan Fears, 2021. Alan Fears (b. 1974) is an emerging British artist, who was shortlisted in both 2018 and 2020 for The John Moores Painting Prize—a biennial ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Antique Portrait of Frederick the Great Stick Pin with Small Amethyst
Located in Houston, TX
Antique portrait Frederick the great stick pin with small amethyst. European gold
Category

Antique 16th Century British Brooches

Materials

14k Gold

Virgin Mary with the Child and Saints
By Flemish School, 17th Century
Located in Zürich, CH
favorite subjects were often religious in nature, but small portraits were also popular. The majority of
Category

17th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Crucifixion
By Flemish School, 17th Century
Located in Zürich, CH
favorite subjects were often religious in nature, but small portraits were also popular. The majority of
Category

17th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Small Rewards Portrait Painting by Alan Fears Football Sportsman Pop Art
By Alan Fears
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Acrylic on canvas by Alan Fears, 2018. Alan Fears (b. 1974) is an emerging British artist, who was shortlisted in both 2018 and 2020 for The John Moores Painting Prize—a biennial ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic

Miniature Antique Mahogany Louis XV Armed Portrait Chair Doll or Small Child
Located in Appeltern, Gelderland
Miniature blue Mohair and Mahogany wood armed Louis XV Portrait Chair perfect for a large doll
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Louis XV Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Portrait of a woman at the bistro with an Absinthe glass and cigarette
By André Devambez
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
characters (subway platforms, air shows, public gardens, omnibus queues, fairgrounds...), small portraits of
Category

Early 1900s French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Sunset portraits
By FPA Francis Pavy Artist
Located in Lafayette, LA
This small painting is entitled Sunset Portraits. It's an oil painting on canvas mounted on wood
Category

2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Lady - Oil on Canvas by Charles Jervas
By Charles Jervas
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
many days. A small portrait of the painter himself, engraved by Vander Gucht, formed the frontispiece
Category

Antique 1730s Irish George II Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Self-Portrait with Beard
By Roberto Chavez
Located in Culver City, CA
This smaller Self-Portrait exemplifies Roberto Chavez's ability to depict an honest and sincere
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

English Naive School Portrait
Located in London, GB
½” wide x 20½” high (framed) 12½” wide x 15” high (unframed) This charming small child portrait
Category

Antique 19th Century English Paintings

French 19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in London, GB
A wonderful small French 19th century portrait of a gentleman, most likely an aristocrat
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Paintings

Materials

Paint

Set of Mao Cultural Revolution Portraits on Tin
Located in New York, NY
A set of three small striking Mao cultural revolution portraits on tin. Great historical pieces
Category

Vintage 1960s Chinese Decorative Art

Materials

Tin

Georgian Original Military Portrait Miniature of a Young Officer, circa 1790
Located in Houston, TX
of jewelry. A small size portrait miniature and such gives testament to the skill of an artist
Category

Antique 16th Century British Pendant Necklaces

Materials

14k Gold

Fine Georgian Original Military Portrait Miniature of a Young Officer circa 1790
Located in Houston, TX
with suspension loop. Probably originally worn as a pc of jewelry. A small size portrait miniature
Category

Antique Late 17th Century British Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Pinchbeck

Pair of sculptors by John Henning Senior, HRSA and Caroline Princess of Wales
Located in Glencarse, GB
reduced size. He also continued to produce wax portraits, and some small portraits for reproduction in
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Great Britain (UK) Sculptures and Carvings

I m Going to be a Pilot, Contemporary Abstract Portrait Girl Oil Painting Blue
By Melinda Matyas
Located in London, England
British artist - Melinda Matyas. Its is a portrait of a small girl. Vibrant blue color have a powerful
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Nice Work Happiness Henri Matisse
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
plate and red table in front of a window with a palm tree visible outside and a small round portrait on
Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Doe An original Bronze sculpture
Located in Tetbury, GB
Portsmouth's estate Adam has developed his work with large and small commissions , figure studies, portraits
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Painted Porcelain Plaque of Dutch Woman
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Small painted portrait of a Dutch woman on porcelain plaque with velvet and gilt wood frame. 5 x
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Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Art

Materials

Porcelain, Velvet, Giltwood

Fake Abstract Black
By Lino Lago
Located in Greenwich, CT
of a portrait on the small surface. In any case, the eye-catching series lets us indulge in the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Bohemian Glass Set
Located in London, GB
19th century bohemian glass set. Measures: One small jar with portrait: 15cm x 11cm One middle jar
Category

Antique 19th Century Czech Other Glass

Materials

Glass

Ivan Aguéli, Landscape, 2004 Museum Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. His landscapes and portraits are often small scale, yet the interplay of colors, light and nuances
Category

Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

"The Pink"
By Hilde Stynen
Located in Antwerpen, BE
of the rider on his horse. Started with small assignments; portrait -graphic design - decor for
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tabriz Rug Wool Hand Knotted Flowers Pattern
Located in Tilburg, Brabant
quirky Tabriz rug, which makes it unique in its kind. The rim features a small medallion with a female
Category

Late 20th Century Indian Other Central Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

"Lord". Contemporary, 21st Cent., Figurative painting, oil and charcoal on canvas
By Hilde Stynen
Located in Antwerpen, BE
who loses his 'golden' armor or aura. it symbolizes the fall of a higher class. Started with small
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

Oil and Water
By Deborah Oropallo
Located in San Francisco, CA
. This artwork features a historical portrait, A Small Dutch Vessel close-hauled in a Strong Breeze (c
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Georgian Stunning Young Boy Enamel Miniature Large Stick Pin in Gold
Located in Napoli, IT
Georgian Young Boy Miniature portraits were small piece of art. Initially, they involved
Category

Antique 1770s Georgian Models and Miniatures

Materials

15k Gold, 18k Gold

17th Century Ancient Painting oil on wood Flemish Genre Scenes, 1600s
Located in Torino, Torino
contained attitudes, often set in houses and gardens of aristocratic society and generally small. He also
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Wood

Head of a Man
By Nina Saemundsson
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
socialites, was as comfortable creating large-scale public figural works as she was sculpting smaller, more
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Group of 12 Late 18th Century Satirical Prints of Women and Their Wigs
Located in London, GB
There was a small engraved portrait of Mary Darly in the Print Room of the British Museum; it is called
Category

Antique 18th Century British George III Prints

Materials

Abalone

Head of Man
By David Middlebrook
Located in San Francisco, CA
generation going backwards. HEAD OF MAN - “A portrait bust, of all of us.” The shoulders are of basalt which
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Tramp Art Small Portrait Frame
Located in Charleston, SC
Tramp Art small portrait frame.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century North American More Folk Art

Small Portrait of Young Boy
Located in Dallas, TX
A small portrait of a young boy. Framed in gilt frame with round center showing boy. Identified on
Category

Antique 19th Century German Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Tennessee (Small Portrait Painting of Collage of Young Man on Green)
Located in Hudson, NY
so framing is not necessary This collage, "Tennessee," is one of Ransome's small portraits made
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite

Pair Of Small Portraits In Micro Marble Marquetry
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair Of Small Portraits In Micro Marble Marquetry Pair of small portraits in micro marble
Category

Antique 1890s Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Pair of Small Portraits of Chinese Figures on Rice Paper
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of small portraits of Chinese figures on rice paper.
Category

Antique 1880s Asian Drawings

Imaginary Portrait of Matt Stams- Maricopa
Located in Houston, TX
small portrait, a large abstract eagle, and other various imagery in natural red, green, orange, and
Category

1970s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Alexandra
Located in London, GB
periphery of society, Small's portraits reminds viewers of the importance of humanity. It comes as no
Category

2010s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Lithograph

Portrait of Mr. Jacques P***, a vivid portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly
Located in PARIS, FR
This vivid portrait is a perfect example of the small portraits that made Boilly's reputation
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Girl
Located in London, GB
Verelst. Comparatively little of her work is recorded, but she painted small portraits on copper as well
Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique British Oil Portrait The Fishermans Cottage, Original Oil, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
for his masterly small portraits, particularly of Cornish fishermen and their wives but also of
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pierrot au bonnet rouge - Impressionist Oil, Portrait by Armand Francois Henrion
By Armand (François Joseph) Henrion
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on panel portrait circa 1910 by French painter Armand Francois Henrion
Category

1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Clown with Blue Cap Smoking Cigar"
By Armand (François Joseph) Henrion
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Henrion was born in Liege, he is considered a figure and portrait painter from the French School (he
Category

20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Clown with Red Cap Smiling"
By Armand (François Joseph) Henrion
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Henrion was born in Liege, he is considered a figure and portrait painter from the French School (he
Category

20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Robert-Léopold Leprince. Portrait of a Young Woman with white dress. Circa 1830
Located in Firenze, IT
(c. 1825–1830), this small portrait reflects the fashions of the time: curled hair arranged with a
Category

1820s Romantic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Period Italian Venetian Portrait Painting
By Francesco Fedeli
Located in Roma, IT
painted a series of 168 small “ Portraits of dogi", dogaresse, Venetian patriarchs, cardinals and pontiffs
Category

Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of Horatio Nelson Attributed To Lemuel Abbott
Located in New Orleans, LA
. Only one other much smaller portrait of Nelson in civilian attire exists, a much smaller rendering from
Category

18th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marella Agnelli - 1967, Untitled #1, Small Color Portrait framed
By Horst P. Horst
Located in Miami Beach, FL
to serve fashion.” Though associated most closely with fashion photography, Horst captured portraits
Category

1960s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Portrait of Elizabeth Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire (1619-1689) on Panel
Located in London, GB
This charming portrait is an example of the type of small-scale panel portraits, often of splendid
Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of Jean Claude Pellegrini (1787-1854)
Located in Paris, IDF
astonishing production of small portraits “à la Boilly” follows, very natural, sometimes incisive, such as his
Category

Early 19th Century French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

French religious small paintings Jesus and Virgin Mary Portrait Academic 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules Achille LECARON Paris, 1813 – ? Portrait of Jesus and his mother the Virgin Mary Oils on wood
Category

Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Trap, Small Figurative Western Strong Female Fur Portrait, Red and Brown
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This small, figurative painting portrays a strong female character in animal hides and furs. She
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil

French Romantic Drawing Héloïse LELOIR gouache mother and daughter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Salon from 1835, and she het well knonwn for her small portraits.
Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Portrait of Marianne Langham
Located in London, GB
; and by descent in the Langham family at Cottesbrooke until 1909, when the family portraits were
Category

19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Small Shadow, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Serge Marshennilov's "Small Shadow," is an original, handmade hyper realistic oil painting that
Category

2010s Photorealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Tiziano Gilded Frame 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on cardboard. The small elliptical portrait is presented in wooden gilded frame of the
Category

18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

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.