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Yale University Art Gallery

80 works

Full-length portrait of a man in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, with a red drape and a sea view of a fortress.

Portrait of Elihu Yale (1648/49-1721)

Enoch Seeman the Elder, 1717

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and high collar, leaning on a red wooden chair against a warm brown background.

Portrait of Count Charles de Mornay

Eugène Delacroix, 1837

Oil portrait of a seated white-haired man in a black coat holding a quill pen and letter before red drapery.

The Honorable Roger Minnot Sherman (1773-1844), B. A. 1792, M. A. 1795, LL.D. 1829, (copy after his earlier portrait…

Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1840

Oil portrait of an older man in spectacles and a dark suit, holding a folded letter against a dim brown background.

The Honorable Roger Sherman Baldwin (1793-1863), B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814, LL.D. 1845 (after a posthumous portrait of 1863)

Rufus Wright, 1845

Oil portrait of a bearded man in dark armor holding a staff, with a red curtain at the right edge.

Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

Titian, 1545

Portrait of Joseph Stella

Rafael Sala, 1921

Painted family portrait of a man, a child, and a woman in blue, with books and red drapery behind them.

Portrait of George Eliot and Family

Jonathan Budington, 1798

Painting of a bearded man in a dark robe leaning on a white draped table beside stacked books, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560

Painting of a woman in a black and brown gown holding a rabbit, with a landscape of trees and hills behind her.

Portrait of a Lady with a Rabbit

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, 1508

Seated elderly ecclesiastic in black robes with a feathered hat, holding a book and quill beside a crucifix and scroll.

Portrait of an Ecclesiastic

Juan de Valdés Leal, 1680

Oil portrait of a seated woman in white with two young sons, one in a black feathered hat, against a red drapery and landscap

Portrait of Jane, Countess of Harrington, with her Sons, the Viscount Petersham and the Honorable Lincoln Stanhope

Joshua Reynolds, 1786

Portrait of the Young Queen Victoria

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1843

Seated elderly man in black hat and white ruff collar, holding gloves, against a brown background.

Portrait of an Elderly Man, traditionally called Heer Bodolphe

Frans Hals, 1643

Oil portrait of a woman with powdered hair, lace gown, red velvet cloak and dark trees behind her.

Portrait of a Woman

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1750

Half-length portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat with gold buttons, against a dark background.

Portrait of Mr. William Chase, Sr.

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1760

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark curls, white empire-style dress, and blue cameo necklace against a dark background.

Portrait of Alexandrine Émilie Brongniart

François Gérard, 1795

Muted brown portrait of a man with tousled hair, moustache, and dark jacket, gazing downward.

Portrait of Paul Gauguin

Eugène Carrière, 1891

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark military uniform with silver epaulettes, medals, and crossed arms, against a grey bac

Portrait of Charles-Louis Regnault, an Officer from the Napoleonic War

Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1814

Portrait of a woman in a black dress holding a rabbit, set against a landscape with trees and hills.

Portrait of a Lady with a Rabbit

Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, 1508

Painted portrait of a red-haired woman in a patterned shawl with a black collar and cameo brooch, on pink background.

Portrait of Katherine S. Dreier

Anne Goldthwaite, 1915

Ink sketch of a seated man in period dress beside a writing table with an inkwell and quill, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Major John André, 1780

Two brown ink prints on a mat: a bearded man in a headcloth looking up, and a seated bearded figure in a tall cap pointing.

A Russian Priest (1965.9.36), and Head of a man (1977.147.3)

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1768

Etched portrait of a bearded man with receding hair, head and shoulders, signed Desboutin in script below.

Portrait of J.J. Henner

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1878

Portrait of Le Sueur

André Dutertre, 1818

Pastel study of a young woman with long flowing red hair and a pale white garment against a dark background.

Study for the Head of Ophelia, in The Play Scene, in Hamlet

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897

Engraved print of a laurel-crowned bust in armour inside an arched niche with columns, titled L'Avant-Victorieux.

Bust of Henry IV (L'Avant-Victorieux)

Léonard Gaultier, 1610

Engraved portrait of a man in a long curled wig and draped cloak, seated beside an open book and stacked books.

Portrait of Antoine Coypel

Gerard Edelinck

Portrait of an old bearded man, in profile

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil drawing of a nude woman with head tilted back in front of a shaded bearded male head, with a dedication inscription.

Woman and Head of Christ

Kahlil Gibran, 1921

Portrait of a Cardinal

José Villegas Cordero, 1875

Charcoal sketch of a young girl's head with tousled hair tied with a ribbon, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of a girl (unidentified sitter)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Self-Portrait I

Anders Zorn, 1904

Mezzotint portrait of a seated man in a white wig and ermine-trimmed robe holding a jeweled hat, dark background.

Portrait of the Right Honorable John, Earl of Egmont

James MacArdell, 1764

De Witt Clinton, from a set of 27 portraits

Elijah C. Kellogg, 1845

Engraving of a swimming armed warrior in a river below a brick bridge, with soldiers fighting with spears on the bridge above

Horatius Escapes by Swimming after Having Repulsed the Enemy at the Head of the Bridge Which He Had Ordered Pulled Down

Diana Scultori, 1560

Hand-colored print of two sailing frigates fighting at sea, smoke rising between them, British and American flags flying.

Chesapeake and Shannon. Bound set of four views of the naval battle; a portrait of Sir Philip Vere Broke; and a table…

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a portrait bust wearing a ruff collar, curled hair and a chain necklace.

Portrait of a Lady

Palma il Giovane, 1610

Red and black chalk drawing of an elderly man with long curly hair gazing upward, turned to the left.

Head of an Old Man, Study for A Marriage Contract

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1761

Engraved oval portrait of François Boucher in a powdered wig, with painter's palette and brushes below.

Portrait of François Boucher

Manuel Salvador Carmona, 1761

Portrait of a man, left profile, writing at desk

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1878

Small lithograph of a woman's face turned left, in soft black tones on a cream sheet, signed in the lower right.

Kleines Selbstbildnis nach links (Small Self-Portrait towards left)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1922

Hand-colored engraved portrait of a naval officer in blue uniform, with a frigate battle scene engraved below.

This Portrait of Capt.n Isaac Hull, of the United States Navy; also the representation of the most interesting scene…

T. Freeman, 1813

Pastel portrait study of a man with a mustache and white collar on gray paper, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: George Canning Harris, Baron

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1903

Sketch of a raven perched on a bust above a doorway, with a figure lying draped in fabric at lower right.

The Raven on the Bust of Pallas, from Stéphane Mallarmé's translation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

Édouard Manet, 1875

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, shown in three-quarter view against crosshatched background.

Portrait de l'Artiste (Portrait of the Artist)

Alphonse Legros

Lithograph portrait of a balding man with a monocle, waxed moustache and cravat, in three-quarter view.

Portrait of Henri de Regnier

Théo van Rysselberghe, 1898

Watercolor and pencil study with a red flower, blue sky, white clouds, snowy mountain, and handwritten color notes.

Study for Poster Portrait: Marsden Hartley

Charles Demuth, 1923

Chalk study on blue paper of a young man's face framed by a white hood, with white highlights on the drapery.

Portrait of a hooded young man

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etched bust portrait of a bare-chested Native American man wearing a beaded headband, necklace, and earrings, by Wenceslaus H

Portrait of a Native American, likely the warrior called Jaques of the Musee-Delaware Nation

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Etching of a man at a desk holding a pen, with a woman standing behind him in a dark interior.

Portrait of the Artist and his Wife

Anders Zorn, 1890

Pencil sketch of a seated child in a dress with a loosely drawn adult figure behind, on aged paper.

Portrait of an unidentified mother and child

Edwin Austin Abbey

General Washington, from a set of 13 American Statesmen portraits

Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, 1783

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long hair and a white collar, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Portrait of Le Cardinal de Coislin

Robert Nanteuil, 1666

Portrait of Mrs. Richardson

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a beret and fur-trimmed cloak, turned toward the viewer against hatched background lines.

Portrait of Rembrandt (reverse of Rembrandt's self-portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill, 1639 [Hind 168])

Possibly by Dinon, 1783

Sepia engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair wearing a fur-collared garment, after Rubens.

Portrait of a Bearded Man

Christoffel Jegher

Charcoal and white chalk study of a woman in a headscarf, eyes lowered, hand resting at lower right, on brown paper.

Bust of a woman: study for "The Reconciliation," one of a series of paintings executed for the Royal Exchange, London…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1896

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a dark hat with ribbon, resting her hand near her face, on cream paper.

Portrait of Jane Renouardt

Edouard Vuillard, 1926

Etching of seven portrait heads of men and a young person in turbans, fur caps and wide-brimmed hats, signed and dated 1793.

Seven Portrait heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1793

Portrait of a young man (unidentified sitter)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph portrait of a man with tousled hair, dark coat and cravat, shown in dense hatched shading.

'Portrait D'Auguste Brunet, ami l'artiste (Portrait of Auguste Brunet, the Artist's Friend)

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Pencil and chalk drawing of a bearded man in a tall cap with a brooch, gazing upward against grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Oriental

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1752

Colorful woodcut portrait of a bald man with a split orange and maroon face, blue eyes, and a dark suit.

Head of Dr. Frédéric Bauer (Kopf Dr. Frédéric Bauer)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1933

General Baron de Steuben, #2 from a set of 12 American Statesmen portraits

Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, 1781