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Painting of a curly-haired young man with a feathered wing, held by a bearded older man in a dark cloak.

Self-Portrait as Icarus with Daedalus

Anthony van Dyck, 1618

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Head of Washington

Charles Willson Peale, 1795

Half-length portrait of a man in black garb against a blue sky and distant landscape with a tower.

Portrait of a Man

Hans Memling, 1470

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and blue vest, with a small dog at his side, in a gold frame.

Portrait of Bernardino Poccetti

Giuseppe Macpherson, 1733

Oil portrait of a young man in black with a white collar, holding a quill over a paper, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Man Writing

Alessandro Allori, 1560

Black and white view of a painted portrait of a man with powdered hair and a white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man (said to be Humphrey Donaldson)

William Beechey

Oil portrait of a greying man in a dark blue coat and white cravat, set against red drapery and a dark background.

Portrait of a Man in a Blue Coat

Thomas Lawrence, 1790

Painting of the Virgin in pink and blue presenting a Saint Dominic portrait to a kneeling friar among clouds and angels.

The Virgin Presenting the Portrait of Saint Dominic to the Friar of Soriano

Francesco de Mura

Portrait of a girl in a red satin dress with a pearl necklace, touching a guinea pig on a stone table beside a peacock.

Portrait of a Girl with a Guinea-pig

Possibly Constantijn Netscher, 1677

Study for the Head of the Virgin (in the Nativity)

John Singleton Copley, 1777

Oval painting of a young child in a lace bonnet and white dress holding a doll, with a shaded tree landscape behind.

Portrait of a Child Holding a Doll

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Oil portrait of a young man with curly dark hair in a black cape and brown cravat, against a gray stone background.

Self Portrait

Washington Allston, 1805

Half-length portrait of a woman in a red robe and gold headdress, holding a gilded book against a dark background.

Portrait of Louise of Savoy as Sibylla Agrippa

Jacques Daret, 1430

Painted portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, resting one arm on an armchair against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man Seated in an Armchair (said to be William Fairlie)

Henry Raeburn, 1795

Painted half-length self portrait of an older man with gray mustache, wearing a flat cap and dark jacket against a brown back

Self Portrait

Eastman Johnson, 1885

Painting of a seated man in an embroidered green and gold matador costume, black hat and orange sash, in a warm interior.

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1917

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair in a white blouse, turned to the right against a dark brown background.

Portrait of a Woman

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark hair in a green shawl, hand at her chin, beside a red curtain.

Head of a Young Woman

Hermann Winterhalter, 1849

Half-length portrait of a young man in a dark jacket holding a folded letter, with a ring on his raised hand.

Portrait of a Young Man

Giulio Campi, 1522

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a brown coat and white wig beside a table, chair and fireplace.

Portrait of a Man Standing Beside a Table

Arthur Devis, 1745

Family portrait in oval frames: a man in black at center with five children in pastel clothing around him.

Portrait of Jan Beck (1611-1676) and his Five Children

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, 1650

Portrait of a young man in a yellow tunic and blue drape, holding a horn and a spear against a dark background.

Portrait of a young Man

Peter Danckerts de Rij, 1635

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark hat with laurel and gold medallion, holding compasses, with ivy and a lettered inscri

Self-portrait

Gian Paolo Lomazzo, 1568

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and white collar, glancing sideways against a dark background.

Portrait of William I (1533-1584), Prince of Orange, called William the Silent

Dirck Barendsz, 1582

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark coat and white collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1570

Oil self portrait of a man with slicked-back hair in a dark jacket, holding a paintbrush, beside framed paintings.

Self Portrait

Kanji Nakamura, 1926

Black-and-white reproduction of a man in a dark hat and collared gown, turned to the left, with a ring visible.

Portrait of a Man

Vittore Carpaccio, 1500

Oil self portrait of a man in brown coat and white cravat with a painter's palette, brushes and books on a table.

Self Portrait

John Trumbull, 1777

Small portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black cap and fur-trimmed robe, hands resting on a green ledge.

Portrait of Sigismund I the Old

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1553

Oil painting of a nude toddler seated beside a lamb with roses, with a rose bush and landscape behind.

Portrait of a Child

Philippe Mercier, 1747