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Oil portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet, large white lace collar, and red sash against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Cornelius Johnson, 1640

Half-length portrait of a woman with blonde curls, feathered black velvet hat, pearl necklace and coral-red dress against a d

Portrait of Rubens' Wife

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1600

Full-length portrait of a young blond boy in a dark coat with lace collar, standing on a beach with sailboats in the distance

Portrait of Samuel Edmund Foote Rockwell, age 5

Sarah W. Whitman, 1870

Portrait of a Young Woman

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1910

Loose painted portrait of a woman with short dark hair, red beaded necklace and patterned blouse against a yellow background.

Self-Portrait

Anne Goldthwaite, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with grey powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Alexander Robertson, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly light hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

n.d James M. Pearce, 1800

Oil portrait of a young woman with a grey veil and coin headpiece, gazing downward against an ochre background.

Head of an Arab Girl

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark curls, white ribbon headband, and lace dress against blue.

Portrait of a Young Lady

William Verstille, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a young girl with curly dark hair in a blue dress with gold buttons and white ruffled collar.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Mary Jane Simes, 1820

Oil portrait of a man with brown hair and a pale ruff collar against a dark background, after van Dyck.

Head of a Gentleman after van Dyck

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Portrait of a Lady

James Sanford Ellsworth, 1850

Small oval-lit portrait of a man in a powdered white wig, black coat and white cravat, in a gilded frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Trumbull, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled grey hair, white headband, white gown and blue bodice, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady from S. Carolina Huguenot Family

Lawrence Sully, 1790

Portrait of Jahangir

Miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair in a blue coat and white cravat, in a gold oval frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

P. E. Stroëhling, 1800

Painted self-portrait of a man with a mustache, face half lit against a dark background, wearing a blue collar and jacket.

Self-Portrait

James Henry Moser, 1880

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Walter Robertson, 1790

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark curled hair and a pale collar against a muted olive background.

Head of a Young Woman

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey hair in a blue coat and yellow waistcoat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a blue coat and white cravat, in a dark wooden frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Jean B. Sel, 1820

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark hair in a white ruffled dress, set in a gold mount and green case.

Portrait of a Lady

Pamelia Hill, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair in a black coat and cravat, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Charles Fraser, 1820

Miniature portrait of a young woman with ringlets in a teal dress, lace collar, pearls and a red shawl, holding flowers.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas S. Officer, 1850

Oil portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a red cloak with gold trim, black vest and white shirt, against a grey backgrou

Portrait of Alexandre Dumas

William Henry Powell, 1850

Oval miniature portrait of a gray-haired man in a maroon coat and white cravat against a blue background, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1800

Double portrait of a seated woman in a white bonnet and a man in a grey coat drawing with a pen at a green table.

Portrait of the Artist and His Wife

William Leslie, 1800

Two oval miniature portraits in a gold hinged case: a man in a dark coat on blue, and a woman in black beneath a tree.

Portrait of a Lady

John Alexander McDougall, 1830

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Sanford Ellsworth, 1850

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey powdered hair, black coat, white cravat, and pink sash, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials J. B.

Benjamin Trott, 1790

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, dark coat and white cravat, against a brown background.

Portrait of Nathaniel Searle

Nathaniel Searle, 1810

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair, white cravat and dark coat, in a gilt frame on black.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Nathaniel Rogers, 1820

Painting of a young man with dark tousled hair, warm ochre face and green-edged collar against a dark textured background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Joseph Stella, 1910

Painting of a woman holding up a gold-framed portrait of a man, standing among flowering plants on a green background.

Lady with a Portrait of Jahangir

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a green robe against a dark brown background, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1920

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit with a white cuff, set against a dark background.

Portrait of William E. Norton

William Penhallow Henderson, 1900

Head of a Young Girl

Lucia Fairchild Fuller, 1900

Loosely painted portrait of an elderly man's head turned left, with pale face against a dark brown background.

Head of an Old Man

Frank Duveneck, 1870

Five studies of bear heads in brown paint on a pale background, showing different angles of grizzly bears.

Portraits of Two Grizzly Bears, From Life

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a smiling woman with curly hair against a dark background, painted in loose brushstrokes.

Head of the Artist

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oval oil portrait of a woman in a white lace cap and fichu, holding a gold watch chain, against red drapery.

Portrait of Mrs. Robert Kermit

James Earl, 1790

Oval portrait of a seated man in dark clothing with a book, beside a table with a clock and a bookshelf.

Portrait of a Connecticut Clockmaker

Ralph Earl, 1800

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Inman, 1820

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair, blue eyes, white cravat and dark blue coat, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

George Catlin, 1830

Small portrait of a young woman with curled hair in a white dress, seated in a floral armchair against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1850

Seated man in a dark suit holding a red book, with bookshelves and a curtain behind him.

Portrait of Mr. Wiley

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Portrait miniature of a young man with curly brown hair, black coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

George Freeman, 1820

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curly brown hair in a white dress, set in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady

William M. S. Doyle, 1810

Full-length portrait of a blonde girl in a dark dress with red bodice, white collar and cuffs, against a grey background.

Untitled, Portrait of a Young Girl

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Watercolor of a seated woman in a white blouse, green and pink skirts, and pearl necklace against a pale wall.

Portrait of a Lady

Cesare Biseo, 1900

Oval portrait of a seated woman in black dress and white cap holding a book, with red drapery behind her.

Portrait of a Connecticut Clockmaker's Wife

Ralph Earl, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, in an ornate gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

George Dame, 1820

Oil self-portrait of a woman with tousled brown hair and blue eyes, hand resting on her cheek, white jabot at collar.

Self-Portrait with Jabot

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a pale sculpted female head with tall crown on dark ledge, with handwritten card below against black background.

Head of the Queen of Egypt

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Watercolor of a man sleeping on his side with his head on his arm, wearing a white shirt on rumpled white sheets.

Portrait Study

Thomas La Farge, 1930

Portrait of a woman in a brown embroidered kimono beside a cream vase of white flowers against a dark background.

Brown Kimono (Portrait of Kathryn Beta la Forque)

Irving Ramsey Wiles, 1900

Oil portrait of a smiling blond boy in a brown jacket and white collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Boy

Charles T. Webber, 1860

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled brown hair and a red shawl against a teal background, in a velvet case.

Self-Portrait

Sarah Goodridge, 1820

Untitled (Portrait of a Young Woman)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man's severed head on a platter, held by a hand, with a faint halo behind it.

Head of John the Baptist

Léon-Daniel Saubès, 1910

Charcoal drawing of a screaming man with a hand raised to his head, with a French dedication in the lower right corner.

Head of Man Expressive of Horror

Victor Joseph Ségoffin, 1910

Study for Portrait of Mrs. Atherton Curtis

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a cloche hat and scarf, face turned upward, loosely hatched shading on cream paper.

Head of Woman

Head of a Young Lady

Antonin Mercié, 1910