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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,269 works

Engraved oval portrait of Louis XIV in curled wig and lace collar, with fleur-de-lis armor and cherub heads in corners.

Louis XIV

Robert Nanteuil, 1686

Engraved self-portrait of John Kay seated beside a bust, with a cat on the chair and drawing tools on the table.

Portraits of Eminent Scotch Characters

John Kay, 1784-1819

Red chalk drawing of a young man's bust with tousled wavy hair and a loose garment on a cream sheet.

Bust of a Young Man

Jean de Saint-Igny, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, lace cravat and armor, framed by titled inscriptions.

Charles d'Albert d'Ailly, duc de Chaulnes

Robert Nanteuil, 1676

Etched portrait of an older bald, bearded man in a loose collared shirt, set on a cream paper mount with faint text below.

Portrait of the photographer Lochard

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1877

Etching of a bearded man in a wide hat and fur-trimmed cloak writing at a desk beside stacked books.

Cornelis Claesz Anslo, Mennonite Preacher

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar and dark robe, framed by a laurel wreath with Latin inscription

Jacques-Nicolas Colbert

Robert Nanteuil, 1673

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman in a lace bonnet seated with a young fair-haired boy leaning against her.

Mrs. Papendiek and Her Son

Thomas Lawrence, 1789

Etching of an elderly woman with a headscarf and lace collar, head bent, seen three-quarters right, dated 1628.

The Artist's Mother: Head and Bust, Three-Quarters Right

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1628

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar, and star insignia on a cloak, within an inscribed border.

Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon

Robert Nanteuil, ca. 1678

Sketch of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and a lace collar, drawn in grey chalk on grey paper.

Portrait Study

Anthony van Dyck, 1635-41

Red chalk drawing of a man's head on grey paper, face turned slightly toward the viewer, with soft shading.

Man's Head

Jonathan Richardson Sr., 1728-40

Engraved oval portrait of a man with a white collar, dark cape and star-shaped order insignia, within a decorative border.

Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe

Robert Nanteuil, 1663

Daumier lithograph of top-hatted gallery visitors crowding before paintings at the 1859 Exposition, with a French caption bel

Cristi,... v'là-t-y un boeuf qui est bien fait!..., from Exposition de 1859, published in Le Charivari, May 4, 1859

Honoré Daumier, May 4, 1859

Engraving of a woman in a wreath above a celestial sphere, with a skeleton, an aged figure, winged angels and an hourglass be

Portrait of Maria Luisa d'Orleans (1662-1689), wife of Charles II of Spain

Giovanni Battista Bonacina, ca. 1689

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, with fleur-de-lis corners.

Anne of Austria

Robert Nanteuil, 1666

Engraved double portrait of Charles I and Henrietta Maria in oval frames, with royal titles inscribed below.

Charles I and Henrietta Maria

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641

Lithograph bust portrait of a man with tousled hair and cravat, with inscription naming Le Baron de Humboldt, 1821.

Portrait of Le Baron de Humboldt

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1821

Engraved oval portrait of a crowned woman in pearls and fur-trimmed robe, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Anne of Austria

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Lithograph portrait of a man above a cloud, with broken Egyptian statues, palms, a serpent and pyramids below.

Portrait of Giovanni Baptista Belzoni, half-length, an Egyptian landscape below with pyramids and temples and statues…

M. Fabroni, 1824

Lithograph bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed inscription naming Gay-Lussac below.

Portrait of Joseph-Louise Gay Lussac

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-trimmed robe, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Louis-Dominique de Bailleul

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and skullcap, seated in an armchair with his hand on his ch

Portrait of Eleazor Swalmius

Jonas Suyderhoef, n.d.

Etching of an elderly man in a tall feathered hat and cloak, arms folded, grimacing toward one side.

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and moustache wearing a fur-trimmed robe, within an ornamental border.

Pompone II de Bellièvre

Robert Nanteuil, 1653

Lithograph of two boys' heads and shoulders, the left with curly hair and a sailor collar, the right with bangs and lace coll

Portrait of the Rabe Children: Hermann, age 14 and Edmond, age 7 (recto); Proof before corrections of small faults in…

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1822

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a monk's hood, with Latin inscription and date 1520 below.

Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1520

Engraved oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white collar, with a coat of arms below, 1651.

Charles Benoise

Robert Nanteuil, 1651

Portrait of Paul Cézanne

Camille Pissarro, 1874

Édouard Manet, Bust-Length Portrait

Edgar Degas, ca. 1868