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National Gallery of Art

689 works

Etching of a stag's head turned right, with large branching antlers and a smaller animal head in the lower left corner.

Head of a Stag Turned Right

Stefano Della Bella

Etched self-portrait of a man with curled wig and cravat, framed in a stone niche with ivy and an urn below.

Self-Portrait

Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a woman's head with windswept wavy hair, turned to the side, dated 1609.

Head of a Siren

Hendrick Goltzius, 1609

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white collar against a cross-hatched background.

Portrait of a Man

Stefano Della Bella

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a bearded man's head turned sideways, resting on a faint platter outline.

Head of Saint John the Baptist

Francesco Marmitta, 15th century

Head of an Old Man (recto)

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1631

Head of a Man Turned Left

Stefano Della Bella

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing woman in a ruffled gown beside a balustrade and garden, 1734.

Portrait of a Standing Lady

John Vanderbank, 1734

Red chalk drawing of a man in a tricorn hat and curled wig, shaded against a hatched background.

Portrait of a Man in a Tricorn Hat

Georg Friedrich Schmidt

Head of a Horse Seen in Profile and in Three-Quarters

Stefano Della Bella

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, seen three-quarters, with dense hatched shading.

Self-Portrait

Wilhelm Unger, c. 1880

Portrait of an Abbot

Claude Henri Watelet after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1767

Grey-wash drawing of commedia dell'arte masks in a theatre interior, with a figure cutting a canvas to reveal a harlequin.

Mezzetin "Paints" a Portrait of Cupid by Cutting the Canvas to Reveal Harlequin

Johann Jakob Schübler, c. 1729

Pencil and red chalk sketch of a scowling bald man with caricatured faces and creatures, handwritten notes and red arrows.

Self-Portrait: Caricatures

Elihu Vedder, c. 1918

Engraved portrait of a man with curly wig and draped cloth, with a Latin inscription plaque below.

Portrait of the Artist's Father

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon after Jean-Baptiste Van Loo, 1776

Engraved self-portrait of a man in a draped cap drawing with a pen at a table, looking toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait, Drawing

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1752

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headwrap and necklace, gazing forward, drawn in loose searching lines on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Gwen John, probably 1907/1909

Black chalk drawing of a young man's head tilted downward, with shoulder-length hair and lowered eyes on toned paper.

Head of a Young Man [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1650

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and lace collar wearing a draped cloak, with Latin inscription below.

Self-Portrait

Claude Mellan, 1635

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman in a white veil and headdress, facing forward within an oval border.

Portrait of a Woman [recto]

Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1508

Drawing of a bearded man in a feathered hat with a round medallion, rendered in graphite and red chalk on pale paper.

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Hat with a Medallion

Unknown artist, 1520/1540

Loose pencil sketch of a balding, mustached man in a jacket, head turned, one hand raised, on cream paper.

Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

Lovis Corinth, 1914

Profile of a Boy and Self-Portrait [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884/1886

Pastel portrait of a young man in a blue military-style coat with red facings and silver trim, wearing a powdered wig.

Portrait of a Young Man in Uniform

Unknown artist, 1790s

Etching of several overlapping portrait heads, including a bearded man, an older woman, a boy and a girl, with sketched studi

Verschiedene Köpfe und Selbstbildnis (Assorted Heads and Self-Portrait)

Lovis Corinth, 1915

Heads of a Boy and a Man (Self-Portrait?) [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Portrait of a Young Man in Profile

Unknown artist, c. 1800

Drawing of a youth in a cap with long hair, gazing upward, rendered in brown ink with white highlights.

Head of a Youth Looking Up

Pinturicchio, c. 1485

Head of a Cow [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Grotesque Head of an Old Woman

Leonardo da Vinci, 1489/1490