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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,247 works

Pen and ink sketch of a man with bowed head and lowered eyes, wrapped in a cloak, shaded with loose hatching.

Study of a man gazing down

George Richmond, 1840-80

Portrait of George Eliot, seen in profile to the left

George Richmond, 1881

Engraved portrait of a man with swept-back hair resting his chin on his hand, signed George Richmond, on tan paper.

George Richmond - Self-portrait

George Richmond, 1863

Pencil and chalk portrait of a young man with wavy hair in a gray coat and white cravat, turned toward the viewer.

Benjamin Rouse Jr.

Thomas Lawrence, 1813 (?)

Graphite sketch of a man in a broad-brimmed hat looking upward, with one hand resting on his chest.

The Rev. William Atkinson, wearing a broad-brimmed hat

George Romney, ca. 1760

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a tall hat, cloak, sash and loose trousers, dated 1843.

A Turkish Warrior

Niels Simonsen, 1843 (?)

Portrait Busts of Two Women

James Archer, 1850-90

Watercolor costume study of a bearded man in a white turban and red embroidered cloak holding a lantern.

Costume Study for Osmin in the "Abduction from the Seraglio" by W.A. Mozart

Johann Georg Christoph Fries, ca. 1830-50

Etching of a grotesque ornamental head with foliage and scrolls, rendered in fine parallel hatching on cream paper.

Head of a Child on the Bow of a Ship, from "Divers Masques"

François Chauveau, ca. 1635-45

Pen and brown ink drawing of a man with long wavy hair and a loose collar, turned three-quarters and looking at the viewer.

Self-Portrait

the younger John Vanderbank, ca. 1720

Portrait of the Artist

Thomas Nast, ca. 1884

Head of a Mourning Woman in Profile to the Left

Girolamo Macchietti, ca. 1575-80

Graphite double portrait of two men in open-collared shirts, with handwritten names and an Italian inscription below.

Double Portrait of the Artists E.F. Kloss and G. Pellicia

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1836-40

Sepia etching of a bearded man writing at a desk beside glass flasks, a funnel and a magnifying glass.

Self-Portrait

Henri Charles Guérard, ca. 1890

Seated woman in a pale dress with clasped hands, drawn in black and white chalk on brown paper.

Portrait of Frederikke Tuxen

P.S. Krøyer, 1882

Oval pen and wash drawing of a woman in a ruffled gown leaning on a pedestal before a hazy landscape.

Portrait of Marguerite Le Comte

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1764

Graphite drawing of a young man with closed eyes wearing a wrapped turban and draped cloth, labeled Assan.

Assan, a Young Man

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1855-56

Pencil portrait sketch of an elderly man with wavy hair, high collar and cravat, head and shoulders turned toward viewer.

Portrait of John Ruskin

Hubert von Herkomer, 1879-81

Oval bust portrait of a woman with powdered hair and lace collar, grey tones on cream paper.

Anne de Chaumont-Guitry, Comtesse d'Amblimont

Pierre-Michel Alix, 1780-1817

Oval colored print portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in a powdered wig and gray coat, inscribed with his name below.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Pierre-Michel Alix, 1791

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired boy in a red liberty cap holding an axe, with a guillotine scene below.

Joseph-Agricol Viala

Pierre-Michel Alix, ca. 1794

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded man in a suit and cravat, turned three-quarters, on tan paper.

Portrait of Christophe Louis Engelhard Dalgas

Christen Købke, 1840

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a embroidered-collar coat painting at an easel, holding brushes and a palette.

Portrait of the Painter Ditlev Martens at Work Behind and Easel; verso: An Artist Sketching

Wilhelm Bendz, ca. 1820-24

Three Portraits in Profile

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Engraving of the Virgin with clasped hands and upturned gaze, halo and clouds behind her, in an oval frame.

The Virgin in prayer, looking up with clouds behind her, in an oval frame, after Reni

François de Poilly, 1648-81

Red chalk drawing of a balding man in an oval medallion framed by cherubs, garlands and a blank scrolled cartouche.

Oval Portrait of a Man in an Elaborate Frame with a Cartouche

Antonino Grano, ca. 1724

Graphite drawing of a seated mother with curled hair holding a toddler in a white ruffled dress, on tan paper.

Portrait of a mother and child

John Linnell, 1823

Portrait of Sir Sidney Smith in the Temple Prison

Philippe Auguste Hennequin, 1796

Pencil portrait sketch of a woman with a bob haircut looking toward the viewer on tan paper.

Portrait of Madame Paul Meurice, née Palmyre Granger

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1845-50

Pen and ink caricature of a balding older man in spectacles and cape, signed Henry Monnier and dated 1858.

Self-Portrait as Monsieur Prudhomme

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1858