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National Gallery of Art

689 works

Etched oval portrait of a man with long curly hair and a mustache, inscribed William Dobson, Portrait Painter.

William Dobson, Portrait Painter

Engraved interior with a standing woman and man with a scroll, flanked by oval medallion portraits and two classical busts.

Roger Assham and Mary Surrounded by MedallianPortraits

Michael Burghers

Portrait of a Boy in Profile

Giovanni Badile, 1440

Pen and ink drawing of a monk in a hood beside a chalice-like vessel, shaded with fine hatching on a tan sheet.

Bust of a Monk Assisting at Communion

Martin Schongauer

Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender (Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, en buste)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Red chalk drawing of a curly-haired man in a lace collar beside a sketch of a seated figure on tinted paper.

A Portrait of a Queen and a Study of a Woman Seated on a Cloud; verso, Sleeping Figure

Simone Cantarini

Etching of an elderly bearded man with long flowing hair and a lined face, shown in head and shoulders view.

Head of a Philosopher (Tete de philosophe)

Alphonse Legros

Red chalk sketch of a woman's head turned three quarters, wearing a feathered hat and beaded necklace, on blue-grey paper.

Bust of Mlle. Marcelle Lender, Turned Three Quarters (Mlle. Marcelle Lender en buste, de trois quartes)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

The Head of Christ

Guido Reni, 1623

Lithograph of a man in a cap showing a framed portrait to a woman in a dark dress and bonnet in a shadowy room.

Tiens, ma femme, v'la mon portrait...

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Engraving of a studio scene: a seated woman paints at an easel while a man guides her hand, beside a classical statue.

Imitation d'anacreon: Le portrait d'iris

Unknown artist

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a standing female figure surrounded by armor, scrolls, and grotesque heads.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Etienne Delaune

Etching of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, turned to the side, drawn in fine hatched lines on cream paper.

Head of an Old Man (Etude de tete)

Alphonse Legros

Etched self-portrait of a man with curly hair, frowning, wearing a fur-collared coat, rendered in fine crosshatched lines.

Self-Portrait, Frowning

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved cartouche with a nude winged Mercury holding a snake-entwined caduceus, flanked by birds, flower urns and lion masks

Mercury with the Head of Argus

Etienne Delaune

Self-Portrait, 12th plate

Alphonse Legros

Engraving of a seated classical woman with a sickle and a sheaf of wheat, beside a small child holding grain, within an oval

A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late Celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esqr R.A.

Giovanni Battista Cipriani ; John & Josiah Boydell ; Richard Earlom, Katharina Prestel, Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Kirk, and Francis Legat, 1789

Head of a Man

Jr Enoch Wood Perry, 1870

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a young child in a frilled bonnet looking upward, with white highlights on the face and collar.

Head of a Child

Unknown artist, 1720/1740

Oval pencil portrait of a smiling woman in a tall bonnet, curled hair, ruffled collar and pearl necklace.

Portrait of a Woman

Richard Cosway, 1790s

Chalice with Head of a Warrior

Georg Wechter I, 1579

Chalk drawing of a young boy with curly hair in a gray jacket and white collar, hand resting on his chest.

Portrait of a Young Boy

Catherine Lusurier

Graphite drawing of an elderly bearded man in a buttoned jacket, looking upward, signed A. Legros.

Portrait of an Old Man

Alphonse Legros

Engraved self-portrait of a man in a slouched hat holding a pen over paper at a table, 1752.

Self-Portrait

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1752

Lithograph of a child's face at lower left with swirling dark forms and floating spheres above, on cream paper.

Tete d'Enfant (Head of a Child)

Odilon Redon, 1899

Pencil study of a child's head with curly hair and a calm gaze, signed A. Legros 1904.

Study of Cupid (Head of a Girl)

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Head of a Man

Domenico Campagnola

Portrait of a Man

Honore-Jean Dubois Duperray, 1816

Self-Portrait and the Artist's Brother

duc de Montpensier Antoine Marie Philippe Louis d' Orléans, 1805

Woodcut of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child beneath classical columns, with an easel and angels in the scene.

Saint Luke Painting the Portrait of the Virgin

Hans Burgkmair, 1507