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National Gallery of Art

689 works

Etched portrait of a seated bearded man in a dark jacket, turned to the right, with a hand raised near his face.

Paul Signac (Portrait de Paul Signac)

Camille Pissarro, c. 1890

Head of a Man Facing Left

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a young woman's bust, head turned to the side, with shadowy cross-hatched background and draped shawl.

Bust of a Young Woman

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Sketched portrait of a young woman with hair in a high knot, looking forward, rendered in fine hatched lines on tan paper.

Portrait of Miss Edith Austen

Theodore Roussel, c. 1895 - 1900

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head turned left, with dark hatched hair and a bare paper area below, signed A. Legros.

Head of a Man Facing Left [recto]

Alphonse Legros

Bust of an Old Woman

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Etching of a standing figure in a pierrot costume with a ruffled collar, pointed hat, and loose trousers.

Pierrot en Pied, Portrait of the Lady A.C.

Theodore Roussel, 1888

Head of an Old Man with a Wide-Brimmed Hat

Alphonse Legros

Head of a Young Man

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, 1818

Engraving of an elderly bearded man in a cap with lowered eyes, wrinkled brow, and hatched background.

Head of an Apostle with Beard and Cap

Aegidius Sadeler, 1597

Etching of a man at a cluttered desk with drawing apparatus and papers, holding a sheet and a pen.

Self-Portrait

William Strang, 1897

Tonal print of a seated man in a dark coat and white collar, with a draped curtain and hat behind him.

Portrait of a Seated Man

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1771

Ink sketch of a woman with long dark hair and a light headscarf, drawn in loose brown hatching.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with curly hair and a moustache, turned three-quarters to the left.

Self-Portrait

Anthony van Dyck, probably 1626/1641

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man with thinning hair, high collar and buttoned coat, seen in bust-length view.

Portrait of a Man

James Goodwyn Clonney, 1835

Head of an Old Woman (Visscher's Mother)

Cornelis Visscher, c. 1650

Sepia portrait print of a man with curly hair, mustache, and a feather in his hair, wearing a dark jacket and bow tie.

Portrait of Whistler

Thomas Robert Way

Pencil drawing of a young woman's head turned left, eyes lowered, hair in a high bun, shoulders bare.

Head of a Young Woman

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

Engraved print of an ornate chalice with a warrior head medallion and two small busts beside the stem.

Chalice with Head of a Warrior

Georg Wechter I, published 1579

Pencil sketch of an interior with a standing figure in a wall picture, drapery above, and a reclining form below.

Sketch of Mrs. Godwin's Portrait when hung at the Society of British Artists

James McNeill Whistler, 1886/1887

Watercolor drawing of a seated woman in a white hat sewing white cloth on a yellow-striped sofa.

Portrait of a Lady Sewing

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Woodcut bust portrait of a balding, wrinkled older man with a stubbled chin, shown in dense brown hatching on cream paper.

Bust of a Balding Man

Painted portrait bust of a man in a green military coat with gold collar, red sash, and star medal on a green pedestal.

Portrait Bust

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Head of an Old Woman

Théodule Augustin Ribot, 1870

Painted drawing of a carved wooden head with a bearded face and tall segmented headdress, showing cracked paint.

Head of San Jose

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Watercolor of a black carved wooden head with red painted lips on a rough wooden base, c. 1940.

Head of a Negro

Mina Lowry, c. 1940

Charcoal portrait of a woman with hair pulled back and dark high collar, gazing sideways on gray paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1898

Two Ornamental Bands with Head of a Lion and Woman

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Sepia pen drawing of a man's head turned upward to the right, with fine hatched shading on the face and neck.

Head of a Man Looking Up to the Right

Alphonse Legros, 1890s?

Red chalk drawing of Judith holding the severed head of Holofernes, with soldiers and onlookers around her.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes