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National Gallery of Art

689 works

Head of a Man

Honoré Daumier

Graphite portrait drawing of a child with shoulder-length hair, head turned slightly, on light paper.

Portrait of a Child

Eugène Delacroix

Black chalk drawing of a mustached man with curly hair and a white lace collar, looking over his shoulder.

Portrait of a Man

Thomas de Keyser, 1657

Engraved ornamental plate with a central Medusa head, winged putti, a flower urn, serpents and dog heads in scrolled framing.

Head of Medusa

Etienne Delaune

Drawing of a man with long wavy hair, mustache and short beard, turned three-quarters, on tinted paper.

Portrait of a Man

Albrecht Dürer, probably 1510

Ink and wash drawing of a sacrifice scene with a bull, altar, robed onlookers, and a bearded satyr head at right.

Ancient Sacrifice and Head of a Satyr

Self-Portrait

Jean-Louis Forain

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bowed figure in a hood, head tilted downward, with loose hatched shading on beige paper.

Head of a Woman

Red chalk drawing of a youth's head in a cap with studies of two hands and a forearm.

Head of a Youth Wearing a Cap; a Right Forearm with the Hand Clutching a Stone; and a Left Hand Holding a Drapery

Sandro Botticelli, 1480

Engraving of Christ gesturing to a kneeling Saint Peter as apostles gather around, with a city on a hill behind.

Christ Making Saint Peter Head of the Church

Diana Scultori after Raphael, c.1567

Etching of a young woman with center-parted hair and a beaded necklace, turned to the left, shown in half-length portrait.

Head of Woman Looking Right

Wenceslaus Hollar after Lorenzo di Credi

Pen-and-ink frontispiece design with an empty framed panel, botanical fronds, ribbon scroll reading W. W. Corcoran, and handw

Frontispiece, Portrait of W. W. Corcoran

James Henry Moser, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly shoulder-length hair and white collar in an ornate scrolled frame, by Wenceslaus H

Self-Portrait

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Head of a Beggar (Tete de mendiant)

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of a bearded man in a draped robe holding a painted self-portrait beside a skull and book.

Portrait du Caravage (Portrait of Caravaggio)

Henri Simon Thomassin

Engraved portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and ruffled collar, with a Latin inscription below, dated 1525.

Self-Portrait

Style of Lucas van Leyden after Albrecht Dürer, 1525

Head of a Satyr (Tete de satyre)

Alphonse Legros

Chalk drawing of a bearded head of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, with white highlights on tan paper.

Head of Christ

Johann Ulrich Mayr, 1670

Engraving of a nude crowned woman with a severed bearded head in a sack, assisted by an armored man beside a tree.

Tomyris with the Head of Cyrus

Etched portrait of an elderly bald man with a full beard, face lit against a dark hatched background.

Head of a Man (Tete d'homme)

Alphonse Legros

Watercolor of a sunlit room with a seated figure in a blue armchair, a flower bouquet on a table, and blue vases by the windo

Self-Portrait: Interior of My New York Apartment

George Luks, 1927

Sepia tone print of a seated man in a dark robe and white collar, with a draped curtain and pedestal behind him.

Portrait of a Seated Man

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel and Johannes Kornlein, after Cornelis Visscher, 1771

Etched self-portrait of a bearded man in a buttoned shirt, gazing directly at the viewer against a hatched background.

Self-Portrait, 3rd plate

Alphonse Legros, 1880

Graphite study of a young child with bangs and shoulder-length hair, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer.

Study for "Portrait of Esther Haydin"

Robert Vonnoh, 1886

Red chalk drawing of a man in a plumed beret and ruffled collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1637

Head of Souliote (Tete de Souliote)

Alphonse Legros

Black and red chalk drawing of a standing man in a ruff collar and cloak, holding a hat at his side.

Portrait of a Man Standing

Anthony van Dyck

Etching of a laughing man in a cap and cloak, eyes narrowed and mouth open in a broad grin.

Self-Portrait in a Cap: Laughing

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Head of a Model (Tete de modele)

Alphonse Legros

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head bowed, with finely hatched shading.

Head of an Apostle with Beard and Cap

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597