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Seated man in black coat with white cravat and gold medal, hand resting on paper beside books and a quill pen.

Portrait of General Giles

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1785

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a red embroidered tunic and black cloak against a dark background.

Self-Portrait in Costume of Hamlet

Albert Herter, 1900

Oil portrait of a woman in a white satin gown with lace, seated before a dark tree and cloudy sky.

Portrait of Lucy Parry, Wife of Admiral Parry

John Wollaston the Younger, 1745

Loosely painted portrait of an older bearded man with glasses against a red-brown background, wearing a light jacket.

Self-Portrait

William de Leftwich Dodge, 1925

Oil self-portrait of an older man in a black top hat and red cloak, holding a quill over paper at a desk.

Self-Portrait

Benjamin West, 1810

Painting of a woman with dark hair and a white collar, turned to the side against a dark green background.

Head of a Woman in Jerusalem

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of a seated woman in a white dress holding a small brown dog in a dimly lit interior room.

Portrait of a Lady

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a black coat and white high-collared shirt against a brown background.

Portrait of John Woodruff Sims

John Woodruff Sims, 1810

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in black formal dress with a quill, books, and a window view of a building.

Portrait of Freeman Cary

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1856

Dark portrait of a bearded man's head turned to the side, lit warmly against a near-black background.

Head of a Man

William Merritt Chase, 1872

Oil portrait of a man in feathered headdress, red beaded sash and dark coat, with a river landscape behind him.

Portrait of Ossahinta, Chief of the Onondaga Nation

Sanford Thayer, 1840

Painted portrait of a seated woman in a green dress with lace collar, holding a red book, against a dark red background.

Portrait of Helen (Lena) Ten Broeck

Ammi Phillips, 1834

Oil portrait of a young boy with short dark hair, white collar and dark jacket, against a golden brushy background.

Head of a Negro Boy

Alice Pike Barney

Painting of a woman's head with elongated face and large eyes against a green flowering hillside and blue sky.

Head of a Woman

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Painting of a woman with chin on hand and an older bearded man beside a fruit bowl before blue drapery.

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis with Still Life

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Studio interior with two children before a blank landscape canvas and a painter working at an easel on the right.

Interior with Portraits

Thomas Le Clear, 1865

Painting of a woman in a straw hat and white dress seated among pink peonies and white flowers in a garden.

Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Helene

Carl Newman, 1890

Oval half-length portrait of a young man in a dark coat with brass buttons and white cravat, against a red background.

Portrait of Sea Captain John Murphy

Joshua Johnson, 1810

Hand-colored portrait of Yoholo-Micco, a Creek chief, wearing a patterned white coat, striped sash, and striped headwrap.

Portrait of Yoholo-Micco (c.1790-c.1844)

Charles Bird King, 1836

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair in a dark coat and white shirt against a warm brown background.

Self-Portrait

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1840

Oil portrait of a young man with dark swept-back hair, dark coat and white collar, against a dim brown background.

Portrait of the Artist, Age 23

William Edgar Marshall, 1860

Painting of a woman's head with an elongated face and large eyes, set against a green hillside with yellow flowers and blue s

Head of a Woman

Alfred H. Maurer, 1929

Damaged painting of a young woman in a red floral gown and green headdress before a hilly landscape.

Head of a Young Woman

Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1400

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled hair, white ruffled collar, black dress and red shawl, against a dark background.

Portrait of Rosalba Peale

Rembrandt Peale, 1820

Painting of a seated woman in black dress, white lace cap and collar, holding a book, with red drapery behind her.

Portrait of Mrs. Robinson

Ammi Phillips, 1819

Painted portrait of a woman with long neck and pulled-back hair against a deep blue background, wearing a green garment.

Portrait of a Woman

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, against a red drapery background.

Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia

Rembrandt Peale, 1806

Painting of an elderly man in a black top hat and red cloak, holding a quill pen over paper at a desk.

Self-Portrait

Benjamin West, 1819

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a peach floral dress holding a rose, standing before red drapery on a patterned carpe

Portrait of a Young Girl with Rose

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1830

Portrait of Elizabeth Sweitzer Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1826

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1897

Half-length portrait of a man in a curled periwig, brown coat with gold trim, and red drape against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Joseph Vivien, 1650

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and dark coat against a warm brown background.

Portrait of Wyatt Eaton

J. Alden Weir, 1878

Painting of a studio interior with two children before a large canvas, a painter at an easel, portraits on walls, and a dog.

Interior with Portraits

Thomas Le Clear, 1860

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, resting his hand on a red chair.

Portrait of Mendes Cohen

Joseph Wood, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, white dress, and red shawl, arms crossed on a dark ledge.

Portrait of Fidelia Marshall

Charles C. Ingham, 1840

Oil portrait of a young man with dark hair in a dark coat and gold waistcoat against a brown background.

Portrait of a Young Man

William Page, 1830

Half-length portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark jacket and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Portrait male, 1810

Painting of an elderly bearded man with white beard and green robe against a dark brown background.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899

Oil portrait of a woman with brown hair pulled up, head turned slightly, against a pale grey background.

Portrait of a Lady

Gilbert Stuart, 1820

Oil portrait of a woman in a white ruff collar and lace cap, wearing a dark dress against a black background.

Portrait of a Lady

Paulus Moreelse, 1630

Painting of a young woman with downcast eyes and braided hair wearing a red dress and blue mantle against a grey background.

Head of the Madonna (from la Belle Jardiniere)

Painting of a woman's head turned sideways, with dark hair, a white collar and grey-blue jacket against green.

Head of a Woman in Jerusalem

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Oil portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a red drapery backdrop.

Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia

Rembrandt Peale, 1800

Painting of a seated young woman in a black hat with pink flowers, maroon coat, and blue blouse against a red background.

Portrait of a Girl

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat, arm draped over a pale wooden chair, against a brown backgroun

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated woman with gray hair in a black dress and white jabot, in a wicker chair against brown.

Portrait of a Woman

Carl Newman, 1910

Woman with chin in hands beside an older bearded man, with fruit bowl and blue drapery behind them.

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis with Still Life

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painting of a seated woman with a bob haircut beside a round table holding a flowering cactus, with a green background.

Portrait of a Woman (with Cactus)

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1930

Half-length oil portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark coat and high white collar against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

John Goffe Rand, 1800

Painted portrait of a young man with dark hair in a dark suit and tie, head bowed, against a brown background.

Portrait de Jeune Homme

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Untitled (Head of a Child Looking Down)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black doublet with a white lace collar, hand on his chest, against a dark backgrou

Portrait of a Man

Godfrey Kneller, 1600

Oil portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet and black dress, resting her hand on a Holy Bible, seated in a red chair.

Portrait of Polly Sutton Catlin

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a young woman with auburn hair, eyes lowered, turned left, in loose red, green and pink brushstrokes.

(Head of a Young Girl Facing Her Left)

Carl Newman, 1910

Half-length portrait of a woman in a pink dress with powdered hair, resting her arm on a red velvet cushion.

Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Boucher

Mrs. Elizabeth Boucher, 1700

Elderly couple in a dim room gazing at an oval portrait on the wall, with a cane, top hat and straw chair nearby.

The Old Couple Looking at a Portrait of Lincoln

Harry Roseland, 1900

Portrait of a woman in a white dress with pearls, resting her hand on her cheek, with a red rose at her bodice.

Portrait of a Lady in White

Joshua Reynolds, 1760

Dark, atmospheric portrait of a bearded man in three-quarter view, face lit softly against a shadowed green-brown background.

Portrait of Albert Pinkham Ryder

Robert Loftin Newman, 1820

Painted self-portrait of a man in a dark suit holding a yellow brush, set against bold green and yellow brushstrokes.

Self-Portrait

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Full-length portrait of a young girl in a yellow dress holding a pink rose, with a butterfly and a red drape behind her.

Portrait of a Young Girl with Rose and Butterfly

Oliver Tarbell Eddy, 1830

Portrait of a woman in a dark green dress with a lace collar, holding a small red book, against a dark red background.

Portrait of Helen (Lena) Ten Broeck

Ammi Phillips, 1830

Oil self-portrait of a seated man in a striped sweater, with a carved mask and orange chair behind him.

Self-Portrait

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1930

Seated man in red fez and white fustanella costume beside a hookah, with a sword and a distant hilltop view.

Portrait of John B. Carmac, in Greek Evzone Costume

Walter Gould, 1850

Seated woman in black dress and white lace cap holding a book, with red drapery behind her, painted portrait.

Portrait of Mrs. Robinson

Ammi Phillips, 1810

Oval portrait of a woman in a gray dress, white lace cap and black bead necklace with a gold pendant, against dark background

Portrait of Mrs. Barbara Baker Murphy (Wife of Sea Captain)

Joshua Johnson, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated woman with curled dark hair, white puffed-sleeve dress, and yellow fringed shawl against brown.

Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black hat and coat, smiling, with a mug and bottle on a table.

A Good Story (Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman)

Clara Taggart MacChesney, 1900

Painted portrait of a woman with upswept hair, pale dress and hand on her chest against a dark green background.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Oil portrait of a white-bearded man seated at a desk with a quill, a skull, an inkwell and a bound book.

Portrait of Elliot Coues

J. Edward Barclay, 1890

Head of a Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Portrait of Fidelia Bridges

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1890

Dim interior with a woman carrying a tray past seated diners and a kneeling servant, painted in loose brown tones.

Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a woman with curly hair holding a palette and brush, wearing a draped lilac robe against a soft background.

Self Portrait in Painting Robe

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Portrait of Agnes Elizabeth Claflin

William Morris Hunt, 1870

Painted self-portrait of an older man with white hair, glasses and mustache against a red brushstroked background.

Self-Portrait

William de Leftwich Dodge, 1920

Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black judicial robe holding a red book, with bookshelves behind him.

Portrait of Harlan Stone

Henry Salem Hubbell, 1940

Painting of a woman with curly dark hair in a white blouse and black bow tie, holding a painter's palette and brushes.

Self-Portrait with Palette

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of a woman in a white bonnet, lace ruffled collar and dark dress with a white shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Zedekiah Belknap, 1800

Painting of a nude woman with raised arms seated on rocks beside a waterfall, with a bare tree and cloudy sky.

Portrait of Rose Marie

Louis Eilshemius, 1910

Portrait of Mrs. Eastman Johnson

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair, dark suit, white collar and striped tie against a pale background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Anne Goldthwaite, 1910

Oil portrait of a woman in a plumed brown hat and fur collar, painted in loose brushstrokes against a dark background.

Portrait of Mrs. John Gellatly

Eleanor Greatorex, 1890

Painting of a large dark grizzly bear's head and claws looming over a tiny mouse on the ground under a pale sky.

Portraits of a Grizzly Bear and Mouse, Life Size

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a tall saguaro cactus and a desert path with a figure carrying a bowl, plus a circular portrait of an older man i

Cactus Landscape with Portrait of Geronimo

Henry H. Cross, 1900

Oil self-portrait of a man with curly dark hair, mustache, and dark jacket against a deep brown background.

Self-Portrait

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Oil self-portrait of a young man in a straw hat turning toward the viewer, set against a sunlit green garden trellis.

Self-Portrait at Montigny

Will H. Low, 1870

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white headwrap and cravat, wearing a dark jacket against a dark background.

Portrait of a Girl

Oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and a large white ruff collar against a brown background.

Portrait of Frances C. Houston

Thomas Dewing, 1880

Portrait of a Woman

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Oil portrait of a young boy with dark bobbed hair, head bowed, wearing a brown top over a white collar.

Study Head of a Boy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Young man in dark coat writing at a cluttered table of books, with plaster statues and an easel in a dim studio interior.

Portrait of Godfrey Frankenstein

John Frankenstein, 1840

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair, mustache and eyeglasses in a dark suit against a teal and cream background.

Portrait of H. Siddons Mowbray

Henry Salem Hubbell, 1910

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark suit holding a rolled document, with a quill, books, and a domed building in the windo

Portrait of Freeman Cary

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850