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National Gallery of Art

627 works

Painting of a young girl in a white dress and black cape kneeling beside a rose bush in a garden urn.

Portrait of Lady Caroline Howard

Joshua Reynolds, 1778

Oil study of a man's head tilted upward, eyes gazing up, lit in warm yellow tones against a brown canvas ground.

Head of a Man with Upturned Eyes

Alphonse Legros

Oil painting of a family in a rococo interior: a seated woman, a girl in blue silk, and a standing man in an embroidered coat

Family Portrait

François-Hubert Drouais, 1756

Oil self-portrait of an older man in a dark beret and fur-trimmed coat, looking over his shoulder against a brown background.

Self-portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1659

Painter at an easel beside a feathered Mandan chief, surrounded by a crowd on grassland with a river behind.

Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oil portrait of a young man in a blue coat with gold braid and lace cuffs, resting his hand on a ledge against a dark backgro

Portrait of a Gentleman

Pompeo Batoni, 1762

Man in blue coat and red waistcoat holds a net beside dead partridges and a rifle, with a river landscape behind him.

Portrait of a Gentleman Netting Partridges

Arthur Devis, 1756

Man in a grey hat seated on a stool playing a lute beside a table with a teal cloth, pewter jug and dishes.

Self-Portrait as a Lute Player

Jan Miense Molenaer, c. 1637/1638

Half-length portrait of a man with bowl-cut dark hair in a red gown and black collar against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Man

Andrea del Castagno, 1450

Oil portrait of two men in a rocky landscape, one in a red coat and fur cloak, the other in beaded Indigenous dress.

Portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), 1776

Benjamin West, 1775

Octagonal portrait of a bearded man with a large white ruff collar and brown doublet against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing a Fancy Ruff

Thomas de Keyser, 1627

Oil portrait of a woman in a pink striped gown with lace collar, holding a gold pocket watch, against a green drapery.

Portrait of a Lady

Louis-Michel van Loo, 1750

Portrait of a man in red robe and laurel wreath holding an open book, with a terraced mountain and sea behind him.

Alegorical portrait of Dante Alighieri

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1550

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet, black dress and lace collar against a brown background, dated 1569.

Portrait of a Woman Aged Sixty-Eight

Maerten de Vos, 1569

Oil portrait of a woman in a blue dress with white lace cuffs, one arm resting on a ledge, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady

Maria Verelst, 1715

Bentivoglio-diptych, left panel, scene: Portrait of Giovanni II Bentivoglio

Ercole de' Roberti, 1490

Painted study of a woman's head with lowered eyes and dark hair, against a raw canvas background.

Untitled (Head of Woman)

Henri Le Secq, c. 1852

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly reddish-brown hair in a red garment against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Antonello da Messina, 1475

Portrait of the Artist's Parents

Jan de Bray, 1664

Painting of a young man with wavy hair, red cap and brown garment, one hand resting on his chest, dark background.

Portrait of a Youth

Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482/1485

Portrait of a Man

Andrea Mantegna, 1470

Oval portrait of a young boy with long light brown hair, brown jacket and white lace collar against a green background.

Head of a Young Boy

Jan de Bray, 1650

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly hair in a red cap and gray garment, against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Youth

Filippino Lippi, c. 1485

Oil portrait of a man with auburn hair in a blue robe with fur collar, looking down against a dark background.

Portrait of Diego de Guevara (?)

Michael Sittow, 1515

Painted portrait of a man in a black cap and dark robe, set against a hilly landscape under a pale blue sky.

Portrait of Lorenzo di Credi

Pietro Perugino, 1488

Profile Portrait of a Lady

Franco-Flemish 15th Century, c. 1410

Full-length portrait of a gentleman in a brown coat and embroidered blue waistcoat, holding a hat, before a green drape.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Joseph Blackburn, 1760

Painting of a young man with long hair in a red cap and red tunic, with a landscape and distant town behind him.

Portrait of a Youth

Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere, 1495

Painting of a young man in a red garment and black hood against a blue sky with clouds, turned three-quarters to the left.

Portrait of a Young Man in Red

Giovanni Bellini, c. 1480

Portrait of a woman in a white veil and black gown with a red belt, hands clasped, against a dark blue background.

Portrait of a Lady

Rogier van der Weyden, 1460