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Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Painted portrait of an older woman in black gown and white headdress holding a red prayer book, with inscriptions above.

Portrait of a Lady

Unknown artist, 1532

Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1618

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark fur-collared cloak beside a stone ledge, with a hilltop town and river behind him.

Portrait of a Man with a Landscape View

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1552/1556

Painting of a family in an elegant interior: a seated woman with roses, a man in brocade reading a letter, and a girl in blue

Family Portrait

François-Hubert Drouais, 1756

Circular portrait miniature of a man in a green cloak and white ruff, turned to the right, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Man with a White Ruff

Heinrich Füger, c. 1790

Half-length oil portrait of a woman with powdered hair, black dress, white lace collar and red draped mantle.

Portrait of a Woman

Unknown artist, c. 1711

Half-length portrait of a young man with long auburn hair, black cap, red tunic, and dark teal background.

Portrait of a Youth

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, c. 1495/1498

Painted portrait of a man in a black hat and fur-trimmed robe before a green curtain, with a landscape view at right.

Portrait of a Nobleman

Nicolaus Kremer, 1529

Oil portrait of a seated man in a gold coat, white cravat and powdered wig, beside a blue chair and stone column.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, c. 1726/1740

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist, c. 1770

Half-length portrait of a woman in a gold satin dress, pink bodice and white lace cap against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady

Unknown artist, c. 1730/1750

Oil portrait of a woman in a blue gown and gold shawl, her finger resting on an open book beside a red chair.

Portrait of a Lady

Unknown artist, c. 1770/1775

Oval portrait miniature of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, in a gilt frame.

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, early 1790s

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, gray coat with gold buttons and white cravat, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, c. 1710/1730

Oval portrait of a man in a white periwig, brown coat and cream cravat against a brown background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, c. 1720/1740

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue silk dress with white lace cuffs, one arm resting on a wooden ledge.

Portrait of a Lady

Adriana Verelst, c. 1715/1730, perhaps close to 1725

Half-length portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, mustache, dark doublet and white collar against a brown background.

Portrait of a Man

Unknown artist, c. 1655

Half-length portrait of a gentleman in a powdered wig, dark coat with gold buttons, and lace cuffs, against brown.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1760

Woman painter with brush at easel, looking out, while a laughing violinist appears on her canvas beside a palette.

Self-Portrait

Judith Leyster, c. 1630

Portrait of a bearded man in dark clothing with a white dog, with a landscape of mountains visible through a window.

Portrait of a Man with a Dog

Giovanni Cariani, c. 1520

Full-length portrait of a man in black hat and coat skating on ice, with bare trees and other skaters in the background.

The Skater (Portrait of William Grant)

Gilbert Stuart, 1782

Portrait of a Man

Andrea Mantegna, c. 1470

Half-length portrait of a man with reddish hair in a black cap and dark robe against a green background.

Portrait of a Clergyman (Johann Dorsch?)

Albrecht Dürer, 1516

Portrait of a Man

Tyrolean 15th Century, c. 1490/1500

Portrait of a young man in red velvet and steel breastplate holding a baton, with a distant landscape and teal sky behind.

Portrait of a Knight

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, c. 1525

Half-length portrait of a woman with a gold netted headdress, fur collar, red sleeves and a gold chain, against a dark backgr

Portrait of a Lady

Francesco Salviati, c. 1555

Painted head study of a young man with curly reddish hair, dark background and dark high-collared jacket.

Head of a Young Man

Anthony van Dyck, c. 1617/1618

Half-length portrait of a man in a black beret and dark coat with red sleeves against a green background.

Portrait of a Man

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, c. 1530/1540

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man with dark hair and white ruff collar against a blue background, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Man

Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1600

Half-length portrait of an older man in a white wig, dark coat with gold buttons, and yellow waistcoat against a dark backgro

Portrait of a Quaker

Adolph-Ulrich Wertmüller, 1795