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National Gallery of Art

689 works

Graphite portrait sketch of a bearded man with curly hair, inscribed Portrait of Myself, by Henry Mosler, 1874.

Portrait of Myself

Henry Mosler, 1874

Pencil and chalk drawing of a man's head and shoulders in a high collar, turned toward the viewer on tan paper.

Head of a Man

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Etched portrait of an elderly bald man with a full white beard, gazing sideways, rendered in dense crosshatched lines.

Head of an Old Man (Tête de vieillard)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Charcoal self-portrait of a man with dark hair and mustache, gazing directly at the viewer against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Jerome Myers, 1896

Head of a Woman

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Head of a Woman

Frank Duveneck, 1884

Engraved bust portrait of a man above an inscribed pedestal reading Jo Bap Piranesi Venet Architectus, with smoke and an open

Jo Bap Piranesi Venet Architectus (Portrait of Piranesi)

Felice Polanzani, 1750

Pencil portrait of a young woman with hair in a low bun, head turned right, on tan paper.

Head of a Young Woman

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Chalk drawing of a standing young boy in buttoned jacket, draped cloak and breeches, leaning on a ledge.

Portrait of a Young Nobleman

Unknown artist, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a balding man's head and shoulders in a suit, looking directly at the viewer, on pale paper.

Bust of a Man

John Singer Sargent, 1880-1905

Lithograph of a photographer showing a daguerreotype plate to a woman and a boy in a studio with a camera on a tripod.

Le portrait au daguéréotype

Honoré Daumier, 1844

Drawing of a man in a cap with downcast eyes, shown head and shoulders in chalk on a warm toned paper.

Head of a Man with a Cap

after Domenico Ghirlandaio Anonymous, 1500 - 1599

Brown leather book cover with gilt border lines and ornamented corners, showing a tooled spine with raised bands.

Le vite de pittori, scoltori, et architetti Genovesi

Domenico Piola, Georges Tasnière, Raffaele Soprani, 1674

Daumier lithograph of a seated man in a head clamp posing for a photographer hidden under a camera cloth, with a potted plant

Position réputée la plus commode pour un portrait au daguerréotype

Honoré Daumier, July 24, 1847

Engraved frontispiece with a haloed saint praying in an ornate cartouche, flanked by religious and heraldic emblems.

Frontispiece with Portrait of Saint Francis

Jacopo Ligozzi, Domenico Falcini, Lino Moroni, 1612

Charcoal and wash study of a nude male figure with raised arms and bowed head, with ink wash sketches at right.

Study of the Figure and Head of Christ in "Christ on the Cross and Mary Magdalene"

Mosè Bianchi, c. 1879

Lithograph of a scowling bourgeois man in top hat gesturing at a painter sketching a gnarled tree on a ledge.

Ces artistes sont presque tous fous . . . Ma parole d'honneur! . . . En voilà un qui a l'idée de faire le portrait d'…

Honoré Daumier, August 27, 1847

Engraving of a classical bust of a bearded man with curly hair and draped garment, with Latin inscription, on a book page.

Bust of Livy

after Nicolas Beatrizet Anonymous, 1572

Self-Portrait

Antonio Mancini, c. 1920

Portrait of a Man

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1849

Lithograph portrait of a young man with curly hair in period dress, leaning on a ledge and holding a rolled paper.

Self-Portrait

Giuseppe Elena, 1820s

Portrait of a Man

Washington Allston, c. 1810

Pencil sketch of a young boy posing beside a pedestal while a man in a jacket paints at an easel nearby.

James Jebusa Shannon Painting a Portrait of the Young John Manners

Marchioness of Granby Violet Manners, 1897

Pencil drawing of a young boy with dark tousled hair and downcast eyes, shaded softly against a pale background.

Head of a Youth and a Man with a Moustache

Tito Lessi, c. 1895/1896

Monochrome print of a bearded old man in a turban with a bird on his shoulder, signed Le Prince, 1768.

Head of a Drooping Old Woman

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1768

Colored chalk and graphite head study of a man with pale hair and rosy cheeks, turned over his shoulder.

Head of a Man

George Chinnery, c. 1810/1825

Two Studies of the Head of a Young Man Crowned with a Laurel Wreath

Jacques-Louis David, 1775/1780

Bust of a Young Woman in Profile

Giovanni Boldini, late 19th century

Sepia print of a man reclining with a bandaged leg, reading a sheet of paper in a dimly lit room with a lamp.

Self-Portrait with an Injured Foot

Joseph Fischer, 1798

Etched portrait of a head with tousled hair, heavy contour lines and hatched shading, signed and dated 1927 at lower right.

Head of Frau Bauer

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1927