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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Portrait of Mrs William Tisdall Elsie Gardiner - British Edwardian oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb large British Edwardian exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson. It was painted in 1909 and exhibite...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paul Klee Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Nude woman oil on canvas painting portrait
By Joan Palet
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Palet (1911 - 1996) - Nude - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 81x65 cm.
Frameless.
Joan Palet was born in Barcelona on March 28, 1911 in a family of sculptors and wood carvers.
He b...
Category
1970s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Evening Lawn" by Hiroshi Sato, Original Painting, Figurative Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato's "Evening Lawn" (2024) is an original oil on canvas artwork, measuring 28 x 32 inches. This vibrant painting captures a contemplative moment in a lush, evening landscap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Margarett Sargent Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Masami Teraoka Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Marsden Hartley Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Aubrey Beardsley Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Edvard Munch Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Robert Mapplethorpe - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Christo Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
About the medium, Canson's paper
Canson is a 500-year-old brand of fine art paper known for its high-quality, durable, and versatile papers for drawing, watercolor, printmaking, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Italian School 1886 Oil - Lovers at the Gate
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed illegibly and dated to the lower left. Presented in a gilt frame. Part of a pair of oil studies by the same hand. On board.
Category
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pond of the Tuileries Garden in Paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
HERVE Jules René (1887-1981)
Pond of the Tuileries Garden in Paris
Oil on canvas signed low right
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 46 X 55 cm
Dim frame : 67 X 76 cm
HERVE J...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century portrait of sisters Lady Catherine and lady Jane Brydges
By James Maubert
Located in Bath, Somerset
This large double portrait depicts the sisters Lady Catherine and Lady Jane Brydges, the daughters of John Brydges, the Marquess of Carnarvon (1703-1727). They are seated on a stone ledge within in an idealised park landscape with a stone fountain on one side and sumptuous silk drapery to the other. They hold a garland of flowers by a blue silk ribbon around a lamb seated between them, a representation of romantic pastoral simplicity which was popular in English painting at the time.
Oil on canvas in a period 'Lely' panel frame with attached title plates.
Canvas: 116 x 150cm (45 1/2 x 59in)
Frame size: 137 x 172cm (54 x 67 1/2in)
Provenance: By descent through the eldest daughter Catherine to the Hoskyns branch of the family to the present day, who by marriage were also the descendants of Sir Christopher Wren.
A photograph of the painting is held in the National Portrait Gallery archive in London, dated 1955 and noted as being the property of Sir John Hoskyns, who later became a prominent politician in Thatcher's government.
Catherine (1725-1807) and Jane (1727-1776) were the daughters of John Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon, Viscount Wilton and heir apparent to the Duke of Chandos and Catherine Tollemarche, daughter of Lionel, 3rd Earl of Dysart. Their eldest daughter, Catherine, shown wearing the russet gown with a blue mantel, married firstly William Berkeley Lyon and secondly in 1753, Edwyn Francis Stanhope of Stanwell House, Middlesex, with whom she had two children, Edwyn Francis in 1754 and Catherine in 1755. Catherine Stanhope married Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, 6th Baronet of Harewood Park, Herefordshire in 1774.
The younger daughter Jane Brydges, shown wearing a yellow silk gown, married her cousin, James Brydges of Pinner, but had no children.
James Maubert was born in Dublin in 1666, the son of a French Huguenot.
He was the pupil of Gaspar Smitz, the Dutch born artist who specialised in portraits, flowers and fruits, who came to England shortly after the Restoration in 1660 and lived in Dublin from the mid 1660's until his death in 1668.
The diarist George Vertue, who knew Maubert and who relied on him as a source for certain anecdotes concerning artists that appear in his Notebooks, states ‘Mr Maubert had his first instruction in drawing and painting from him in Dublin’.
Maubert worked for the Bathurst family, the Herberts and painted portraits of the Duchess of Bolton...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Macabre Bar Scene - School of Charles Addams - Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Even without the punch line, Gahan Wilson's highly stylized paintings are marvelous to behold. He is one of a few artists with a unique style instantly re...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Woman with Jug-original cubism figurative still life painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the vibrant world of Borja Guijarro's "Woman with Jug," a captivating cubist figurative still life that mesmerizes with its dynamic energy and bold colors. This original ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Portrait On Wooden Coin. Brasilian Migrant. Cyan. "Currency #207"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. This is a circular wooden acrylic painting ...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Portrait of Louis de France, Grand Dauphin, 17th century French School c. 1670
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of Louis de France (1661 -1711), known as the Grand Dauphin, son of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria.
17th century French School, circa 1670
Workshop of Beaubrun Henri (1603-1677) and Charles (1604-1692)
Oil on canvas, h. 79 cm (31.10 in), l. 70 cm (27.56 in)
Louis XIV style giltwood and stucco frame
Framed: h. 107 cm (42.13 in), l. 99 cm (38.98 in).
Rare ceremonial portrait of Louis de France, aged around 10, wearing rich miniature clothes following the men's fashion of his time.
He is standing, turned in three quarters, his gaze with a solemn expression contrasts with his baby face with full cheeks which appears in the middle of thick blond curls falling on his shoulders. He wears a tobacco-colored cloth jacket which hides a shirt of which we only see the silver-embroidered sleeves. He wears the blue cord of the order of the Holy Spirit slung over his shoulder, and over it a ribbon embroidered with gold and silver. The white lace tie at her neck is enhanced by a coral ribbon bow. The same ribbon trimmings decorate his sleeves, his cane, and his sword holder...
Category
1670s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Lillian Gardiner Mrs Jack Allen British Edwardian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson and is dateable to 1913. The sitter is Lillian Gardiner ( Mrs ...
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colorful Hyperfigurative Portrait on Wooden Coin. Latino. German "Currency #217"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece from Natasha Lelenco's Exchange Currencies series, painted in acrylic with yellow and ochre tones against an intense red background, features a hyperrealistic profile port...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Frederick III Cranach Rohrich Paint Oil on table 19th Century Flemish Portrait
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Follower of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach, 1472 - Weimar, 1553)
Attributed to Franz Wolfgang Rohrich (Nuremberg 1787 - 1834)
Frederick III of Saxony, called the Wise (1486-1525)
Oil on ...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tenderness
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
The Lesson - Portrait Interior - British Victorian art oil painting reading
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian oil painting is by noted artist John Eaton Walker. Painted circa 1855 it is portrait in an interior of a beautiful young woman in a yellow satin dress. ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Life in My Head
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
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Omoyeni Arogunmati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polyphemus Galatea Carracci Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Annibale Carracci (Bologna, 1560 - Rome, 1609) Workshop of
Polyphemus and Galatea (or Polyphemus in love)
First half of the 17th century
Oil on canvas
75 x 62 cm. - In antique fram...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blow Them at the Moon
Located in Denver, CO
Nerhbass’ paintings focus on style as a sublime element of tension within beauty. Thematically they evoke modern dilemmas of what it means to see and be seen in a manner that is simu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Taste of Tears XV
Located in Dallas, TX
Artist COA included
Ruben Alpizar is a Cuban artist of academic training with an admirable mastery of painting technique.
Postmodern dimension in whic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique portrait of a woman peeling potatoes, French figurative painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique, late 1800's oil portrait of a woman peeling potatoes by French artist, Marie Petit/Marie Adrien Lavieille (1852-1911). This is a wonderful old painting by an accomplished f...
Category
1880s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peacefulness
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
'Profuno' Contemporary Portrait painting of a woman holding a rose, reds, pink
By G. Golia
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
The beauty and special nature of Golia’s work make it unforgettable.Everything about it is a tribute to nature, reflected with selflessness and poetic beauty by an artist who perfect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman With A Glass-original abstract figurative still life painting-contemporary
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the enchanting world of Borja Guijarro's "Woman with a Glass," a captivating cubist figurative still life that transports viewers to a realm of elegance and intrigue. This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Queen- original-royal cubism figurative-portrait painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into regal elegance with Borja Guijarro's striking portrait, "The Queen." This original cubist masterpiece breathes new life into the iconic image of Queen Elizabeth, portraying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Saint Jerome Angels 17th Century Venetian School Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Jerome supported by two angels
Early 17th century Venetian painter
Oil on canvas
86 x 67 cm. - In frame 103 x 84 cm.
The proposed painting offers us an intense portrayal of S...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peter Skeolan mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette a Victorian gentleman
Peter Skeolan (1815-1871)
Portrait of a gentleman, profile to the right, wearing coat and cravat
Watercolour on gold highlighting ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
African Woman Profile Colorful Portrait on Wooden Coin. Orange "Currency #198"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This piece belongs to the "Exchange Currency Series" created by Natasha Lelenco in 2024, starting from the concept of the "face" on coins. It is a unique work consisting of a meticulously crafted african woman portrait...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
John Miers late 18th Century Georgian English silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very finely detailed silhouette in very good condition by one of the truly great silhouette artists of the Georgian period.
John Miers (1758-1821)
Portra...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Watercolor
Portrait, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Portrait
Size: 23.5" x 18.5" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Volto" by Enzio Wenk, 2020-2021 - Marker on Paper, Portrait, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Face".
Marker on paper.
This is part of an album.
The price refers to the single drawing.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
"Scribbler in Autumn" Modernist, Figures in Landscape, Abstract elements
Located in New York, NY
Helen West Heller
Scribbler in Autumn, 1952
Monogrammed and dated lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Oil on board
47 x 38 inches
After growing up close to nature a...
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem "Owl Seattle" Bird on Yellow
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Owl Seattle" Bird on Yellow
A back gestured owl on a yellow background. Framed in an antique gold wooden frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches
*Pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Inge Gruber - Framed 20th Century Oil, Portrait of a Bavarian Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
Portrait of a Bavarian gentleman smoking a pipe. Signed lower right. Presented in a beautiful veneer frame. On canvas on panel.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Adam", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Man
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Adam" (2024) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 14 x 11 x 2 inches. This striking artwork features the detailed portrayal of a male torso, emphasizin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Dutch School, Elegant Couple, Tavern Interior Scene, Cabinet Piece, A PAIR
Located in Greven, DE
Dutch School, Elegant Couple, Tavern Interior Scene, Cabinet Piece, A PAIR
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel
Baseball Player Portrait titled "Golden Age"
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This contemporary painting by Jose Roldan Rendon is an in color depiction of a "Golden Age" baseball player. This era ranged between 1920 and 1960 where the baseball games were slowl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sweetness
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
"Decisions", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Man
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Decisions" (2023) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 14 x 11 x 2 inches. This striking piece portrays a young man in deep contemplation, with his hea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Portrait in Blue", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Girl
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Portrait in Blue" (2021) is a captivating original oil painting on panel, measuring 10 x 8 x 2 inches. This exquisite piece showcases a delicate profile of a youn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Co-Conspirators", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Women
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Co-Conspirators" (2024) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 16 x 12 x 2 inches. This captivating artwork features a double portrait of two young women...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
The Legion of Honour Moreno Pincas Contemporary art Human comedy painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young woman portrait with her dog
By Francois Kinsoen (Kinson)
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
François-Joseph KINSON
(Bruges 1770 – Bruges 1839)
Portrait of a young woman near a spring, accompanied by her dog
Oil on canvas
H. 73 cm; L. 60 cm
circa 1815-1817
We owe this elega...
Category
1810s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "UNTITLED" Bunnies on Green
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "UNTITLED" Bunnies on Green
Four black gestured bunnies on a dark green background, framed in an antique golden wood frame.
Unframed: 9 x 25.5 inches
Framed: 12.5 x 29 i...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Portrait of a man with legs
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vendimiadora (Grape Harvester)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
Restful Moments
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Giclée, Canvas
Shyness
Located in Atlanta, GA
Small limited edition run of 49 and 6 E.A."s (Edition of the artist). Each canvas reproduction is crafted by a skilled printer under the supervision of the artist. Román Francés has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Giclée
"UNDER GREAT SECRECY" Oil Painting 36" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"UNDER GREAT SECRECY" Oil Painting 36" x 36" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose unique
blend of architectural sen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait in Green", Original Oil painting by Kelly Birkenruth of Young Woman
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Portrait in Green" (2021) is an exquisite original oil painting on panel, measuring 10 x 8 x 2 inches. This stunning piece captures the profile of a young woman w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Self Portrait" Female Self Portrait, Early American, Robert Henri School
Located in New York, NY
Theresa Bernstein
Self Portrait, circa 1915
Signed upper right
Oil on canvas
22 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches
Theresa F. Bernstein was born in Philadelphia in 1895 to cultured, middle-class ...
Category
1910s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings
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.
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