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Painting of a standing woman with curly blonde hair in a red robe, holding a scroll, beside a stone column.

Portia

John Everett Millais, 1886

Full-length portrait of a man in white embroidered dress with a black cap and lace ruff beside a red curtain.

Portrait of a Man in White

Monogrammist LAM, 1574

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a white wig, red gold-embroidered coat, blue sash and star insignia, in a gilt frame.

Louis XVI (1754-1793), King of France

Jean Laurent Mosnier, 1790

Painting of a man in a red embroidered coat and a woman in blue silk seated in a forest with dogs and game birds.

Count Giacomo Durazzo (1717-1794) and Ernestine Aloisia Ungnad von Weissenwolff (1732-1794)

Martin van Meytens the Younger, probably early 1760s

Painting of a woman dressed as the goddess Diana, holding a gold bow beside a tree, wearing a leopard fur wrap and red drape.

Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1756

Oval miniature portrait of a man in powdered wig and spectacles, wearing a maroon coat and white lace cravat.

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)

Thomas Peat, 1792

Oil portrait of a man with receding hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Alexander Maconochie (1777-1861) of Meadowbank

Portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and fur-trimmed robe, with a green curtain and castle view behind him.

Giuliano de' Medici (1479-1516), Duke of Nemours

Painting of a seated woman in a gold dress holding a brass tray before a golden drapery, by Henri Regnault.

Salome

Henri Regnault, 1870

Oil portrait of a young man in a dark beret and fur-collared coat, lit softly against a shadowy background.

Man in a Beret

Rembrandt van Rijn

Mrs. George Baldwin (Jane Maltass, 1763-1839)

Joshua Reynolds, 1782 or later

Miniature portrait of a man in a blue cloak and white collar with a star insignia, within an ornate fruit-garland frame.

Gaspard de Daillon du Lude (ca. 1602-1676)

Jacques Saillant, 1628

Miniature portrait of a man with curled brown hair and lace collar, set in an ornate painted frame of scrolls and fruit swags

Portrait of a Man

Jacques Saillant, ca. 1628

Two girls in pastel silk dresses embrace on a wooden cart beside a puppet, in front of a dark architectural background.

The Two Sisters

Richard de Saint-Non, 1770

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with a white collar and dark coat, hand resting at his waist, against a dark backgroun

Frans Francken I (1542-1616)

Peter Paul Rubens

Loose painted portrait of a woman in a hat and high-necked dress against an ochre background with green strokes.

Mademoiselle Nys

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Madame Ingouf

Vincent, ca. 1790

The Empress Eugénie (Eugénie de Montijo, 1826-1920, Condesa de Teba)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1854

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue velvet coat, set in a jeweled silver frame.

Richard Abell

Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1724

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with flowers in her auburn hair, wearing a blue dress, set in a jeweled silver frame.

Mrs. Vanderbank

Christian Friedrich Zincke, ca. 1730

Painting of a young woman with bowed head, gold headband and red necklace against a dark background.

Young Woman with a Red Necklace

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1645

Painting of a bearded man in a red robe and white turban leaning on a crate beside a plaster bust in a studio.

An Ottoman Man in the Artist's Studio

Auguste-Xavier Leprince, ca. 1823-26

Oil portrait of an older man in red papal vestments with gold embroidered stole against a dark red background.

Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini, 1675-1758)

Pierre Subleyras, 1746

Oval pastel portrait of a woman with powdered hair, a feathered hat, and a blue dress with gold buttons.

Madame Elisabeth de France (1764-1794)

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, ca. 1787

Pastel double portrait of a man in a brown coat and a seated woman in a cream gown with pink ribbons and lace.

François de Jullienne (1722-1754) and Marie Elisabeth de Jullienne (Marie Elisabeth de Séré de Rieux, 1724-1795)

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1743

Self-portrait of a man in a dark jacket beside a tall window with grey interior walls, in muted tones.

Self-Portrait at Spurveskjul

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1911

Black and white photograph of an oval portrait of an elderly man with white hair, round spectacles, and a fur-collared coat.

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

H. Sanford, 1776-1883

Black-and-white photo of a reverse-painted glass portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, labeled Washington, in a

Plaque of George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, 1776-1830

Painting of a seated woman in a green and black dress adjusting her bodice, looking downward, against a green curtain.

Study in Green and Black

John White Alexander, by 1906

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white hair in a dark coat, seated and resting his hands on a chair.

Walt Whitman

John White Alexander, 1889