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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Oil portrait of a man with tousled hair, mustache, dark coat and bow tie against a warm golden background.

Edwin Forrest

David Johnson, 1871

Oil portrait of an elderly man with a full white beard in a dark coat against a dark brown background.

Joseph Wesley Harper, Jr.

Eastman Johnson, c. 1885

Half-length oil portrait of a man with powdered wig, white cravat and dark coat against a dark background.

John Peck

John Johnston, c. 1795

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit, white shirt and black bow tie against a dark background.

Abraham Lincoln

Unknown artist, c. 1864 or after

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man with a long white beard, wearing a dark jacket and grey waistcoat, holding a hat.

William Morris Hunt

Thomas Bayley Lawson, c. 1879

Half-length portrait of a smiling young woman with curled hair, wearing a gold dress and holding a letter against a dark back

Portrait of a Lady

Unknown artist, c. 1810

Half-length portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white cravat, arms folded, before a red drapery.

Eliab Metcalf (?)

Unknown artist, c. 1815

Portrait of a young woman with curled hair in red velvet holding a guitar, seated before brown drapery.

Cora Livingston

Charles C. Ingham, c. 1833

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair in a black coat and white cravat, holding paper beside an inkwell and quill.

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist, c. 1830

Portrait of a man in a brown coat and white cravat, pointing toward wheat, with evergreen trees behind him.

Mr. Van Vechten

The Schuyler Limner, 1719

Oil portrait of a woman in a dark dress and white lace cap, seated before a wood-paneled background.

Amy Taylor Dickson (Mrs. John Dickson)

John Neagle, c. 1835

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair and round spectacles in a dark coat against a shadowy background.

Thomas W. Dyott

John Neagle, c. 1836

Oil portrait of a young man with reddish hair in a dark coat and blue cravat, hand resting on a book.

William Crook Rudman, Jr.

Unknown artist, c. 1845

Half-length oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

The Reverend John Albert Ryan

John Neagle, 1825/1829

Oil portrait of an older woman in a black dress, white lace bonnet and collar, against a warm brown background.

Portrait of a Lady

John Neagle, c. 1825/1830

Oil portrait of a middle-aged man with gray hair in a dark coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat against brown.

Richardson Stuart

Rembrandt Peale, c. 1815

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, gray coat with gold buttons and white cravat, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, c. 1710/1730

Oval portrait of a man in a white periwig, brown coat and cream cravat against a brown background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, c. 1720/1740

Bust-length portrait of a man with powdered white hair in a dark blue uniform with gold epaulette and yellow waistcoat.

General William Smallwood

Robert Edge Pine, 1785/1788

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue silk dress with white lace cuffs, one arm resting on a wooden ledge.

Portrait of a Lady

Adriana Verelst, c. 1715/1730, perhaps close to 1725

Seated portrait of an older woman in a white lace bonnet and black dress, with hands folded, in a red armchair.

Frances Ludlum Morris (Mrs. Robert Morris) (?)

Frederick R. Spencer, 1838

Half-length portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, mustache, dark doublet and white collar against a brown background.

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist, c. 1655

Oil portrait of a woman in a red mantle and white gown, resting her arm on a jeweled crown against a cloudy sky.

Elizabeth, Countess of Effingham

Benjamin West, c. 1797

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and embroidered cream waistcoat against a dark background.

John Stevens (?)

John Wollaston, c. 1749-1752

Oval half-length portrait of a man in a powdered wig, dark coat, red collar and white cravat against a brown background.

The Hon. Sir Francis Burton Conyngham

Unknown artist, c. 1790/1795

Portrait of a woman with curled golden hair in a white gown and blue shawl against a dark background.

Charlotte Morton Dexter (Mrs. Andrew Dexter)

Gilbert Stuart, 1808/c. 1825

Portrait of a man in a blue coat with gold braid, holding a telescope, with ships in a harbor behind him.

Unidentified British Navy Officer

John Wollaston, c. 1745

Oil portrait of a young man in dark jacket and white waistcoat resting his head on his hand beside books, red background.

Thomas Alston

Thomas Sully, 1826

Oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, white dress and red embroidered shawl, leaning on a stone column.

Julianna Hazlehurst

Jacob Eichholtz, c. 1820

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a white collar and red cloak, turned toward the viewer against a brown background.

John Philip Kemble

Thomas Sully, 1867