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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