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National Gallery of Art

689 works

Lithograph sheet of four seated portraits, two men and two women in early 19th-century dress, drawn in fine line.

Sylvester (Douglas) Lord Glenbervie; Katherine Anne (North) Glenbervie; Frederic (North) Earl of Guilford; Frederic S…

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1815

Oval etched portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, looking back over his shoulder, wearing a lace collar.

Self-Portrait

Ottavio Mario Leoni

Pen and ink drawing of a man's head with smaller studies of profiles, an eye, a standing figure and an animal on tan paper.

Head of a Man, with Various Studies

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1850

Bust of an Elderly Man in a Flat Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635/1637

Brown wash drawing of Perseus holding up Medusa's head to armored soldiers, with a winged figure above and fallen bodies belo

Perseus Turning Phinneas to Stone with the Head of Medusa

Charles Monnet, 1767

Wash drawing of a seated woman in a pale blue gown against a faint architectural background with columns.

Portrait of a Lady

Jacopo Amigoni, 1750

Dark leather book cover with gold tooled border, central crown and fleur-de-lis emblem, and classical column motifs.

Album of Portraits of Queen Marie-Antoinette

Various Artists, volume assembled between 1815 and 1942

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-trimmed coat, holding a brush beside a drawing board, with French verse b

Figures de différents caractères, de Paysages, et d'Etudes dessinées d'après nature par Antoine Watteau (volume I)

Various Artists after Antoine Watteau, c. 1726

Chalk drawing of a smiling man in a powdered wig and dark ribbon, head and shoulders, on tan paper.

Head of a Gentleman [recto]

Joseph Ducreux, 1770

Engraving of fashionable Parisian figures in gowns and coats with carriages, a stone archway and a greyhound, with French ver

Tableau des portraits a la mode

Pierre-Francois Courtois after Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Circular color print of a young woman with powdered hair holding an oval miniature beside a floral garland and stone urn.

Portrait d'une jeune princesse

Jean François Janinet

Graphite sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, holding a small flower sprig, on tan paper dated 1898.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Elliott Daingerfield, 1898

Engraved double portrait of a man and a woman in tall headdresses against a patterned background, c. 1490.

Double Portrait of Israhel van Meckenem and His Wife Ida

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1490

Engraved self-portrait of a bearded man in a beret and fur-trimmed cloak, with an inscription panel below.

Self-Portrait

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1537

Head of a Boy

Gari Melchers, 1890

Engraving of Saint Luke kneeling to draw the Virgin and Child in a Gothic interior, with an angel above.

Saint Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Virgin

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1475

Engraving of a woman in a turban holding a severed head by the hair and a sword, standing beside a stone ledge.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1520/1530

Chalk drawing of an elderly woman with wrinkled face wearing a light head scarf and red-orange shawl.

Bust of an Old Woman Wearing a Head Scarf

Nicolas Lagneau, 1625

Head of an Aged Man

Israhel van Meckenem, c. 1480/1490

Woodcut print of the frontal head of Christ with long wavy hair, full beard, and radiating halo, with Latin text below.

The Head of Christ

Unknown artist, probably 1500/1510

Watercolor portrait of a man with brown hair and dark collar against a green wash, with loose foliage at right.

Self-Portrait

Seth Wells Cheney, 1830

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Barthel Beham, c. 1525/1527

Engraving of a standing woman in drapery holding a sword and a severed bearded head, with a small emblem at lower right.

Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1501/1503

Small graphite drawing of a young man with wavy shoulder-length hair and a loosely tied cravat, on pale paper.

Self-Portrait [recto]

Seth Wells Cheney, 1830

Three Medals with Portraits

Portrait of Petrarch

Unknown artist, first half 16th century

Head of a Woman (Marguérite Adolphine Helfrich)

Jan Toorop, 1897

Woodcut bust of an old bearded man with curly hair and a German inscription above, dated 1546.

Bust of an Old Bearded Man

Sebald Beham, 1546

Woodcut of Saint Luke at an easel painting the seated Virgin and Christ Child beneath classical columns.

Saint Luke Painting the Portrait of the Virgin

Hans Burgkmair, 1507

Pencil portrait of a bald, mustached man in a jacket and cravat, with a handwritten inscription and date at top.

Portrait of a Man (Souvenir d'un Passage à Paris)

Albert Besnard, 1898