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Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil portrait of a young woman with curly hair, red feather plume and blue satin dress against a dark background.

Portrait présumé d'Armande Béjart (vers 1640-1700), comédienne

Nicolas Mignard, 1660

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig, red robe and cross medal, gazing upward, in a gilded frame.

Portrait de Louis Mercier, échevin de Paris en 1761

Noël Hallé, 1763

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark cloak, with a sculpted relief of armored warriors behind him.

Portrait de Pierre Le Pautre (1660-1744), sculpteur

Jean Legros, 1729

Full-length portrait of a woman in gold brocade gown and feathered headdress holding a black mask, in a columned interior.

Portrait présumé de Mademoiselle de Nantes (Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, 1673-1743), en costume de bal

Pierre Gobert, 1690

Oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls and lace, holding a small miniature portrait in a gilded frame.

Portrait de femme, autrefois identifiée comme Mme de Sévigné

Ecole française, 1680

Oil portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, dark coat and white collar against a dark background, French school, 1660.

Portrait d'Antoine Furetière (1619-1688), écrivain et lexicographe

Ecole française, 1660

Oval portrait of a woman with curly hair, white headband with large bow, yellow dress and sheer white shawl.

Portrait présumé de Théroigne de Méricourt

Antoine Vestier, 1789

Oval portrait of a man with long curled wig, wearing armour, lace collar and blue sash, in a carved gilt frame.

Portrait de Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier (1610-1690)

Louis I Elle, 1650

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered hair, blue flowers, and white lace jabot against a dark background.

Portrait de femme

Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, 1760

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair in a white ruffled dress with a blue bow, dark background.

Portrait de femme autrefois identifiée comme Mme Geoffrin

Jean-François-Gille Colson, 1787

Oil portrait of a man with a curled light wig, white cravat and dark coat, gazing directly at the viewer.

Portrait d'homme

Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1700

Oval portrait of a man in a striped coat and white wig, wearing a gold medallion with a miniature woman's portrait.

Portrait d'homme portant en sautoir un médaillon à l'effigie de sa femme

Antoine Vestier, 1792

Oval oil portrait of a man with curled brown hair and a lace collar, in a gilded frame inscribed Mr de Louvois.

Portrait de François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois (1641-1691), ministre de la guerre

Jacob Ferdinand Voet, 1680

Oval portrait of a woman with grey powdered hair, white fichu, and pink rose against a dark background.

Portrait de femme

Antoine Vestier, 1792

Oil portrait of an older man with grey hair and a white collar against a dark background.

Portrait d'homme

Philippe de Champaigne, 1640

Half-length portrait of a woman with grey curled hair in an orange brocade gown and blue velvet cloak.

Portrait d'Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert (1647-1733)

Nicolas de Largillière, 1710

Oval portrait of a woman with curled hair in a blue fleur-de-lis cloak fastened with a gold and gem clasp, dark background.

Portrait de Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche (1638-1683), reine de France

Ecole française, 1670

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black hat and dark dress with a white ruff, against an olive background.

Portrait de Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589), reine de France

François Clouet, 1565

Half-length portrait of a woman in black velvet with gold and pearl jewelry and white lace headdress, c. 1570.

Portrait de Diane de France, duchesse d'Angoulême (1538-1619), fille légitimée d'Henri II

François Clouet, 1570

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, wearing a lace collar, embroidered doublet and green sash against a dark

Portrait d'Henri II de Montmorency (1595-1632)

Daniel Dumonstier, 1630

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white bonnet with a pink rose, pearl earrings, and blue dress against a dark background.

Portrait de femme

Jean-François-Gille Colson, 1787

Half-length portrait of a bearded clergyman in white surplice before a red drape, with a gilded cross at right.

Portrait de Michel de Le Masle (1587-1662), chanoine de Notre-Dame de Paris, secrétaire de Richelieu

Simon Vouet, 1646

Oil portrait of a young woman with curly dark hair in white dress and cream shawl, arms crossed, before a sea view.

Portrait de Madame Hamelin, née Fortunée Lormier-Lagrave (1776-1851)

Andrea Appiani, 1798

Small oil portrait of a smiling young woman in a white bonnet with a red bow against a dark background.

Portrait de femme d'époque révolutionnaire

Ecole française, 1790

Oval portrait of a smiling man in a dark hat with a cockade, wearing a yellow waistcoat and white cravat.

Portrait d'un homme de l'époque révolutionnaire

F. A. Bourgeois, 1789

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black gown with a large white ruff, pearl necklace and curled hair against a dark backgr

Portrait de Marie de Médicis (1573-1642), reine de France

Frans II Pourbus, 1613

Portrait of a woman in lace bonnet and blue dress working at a spinning wheel, dark interior background.

Portrait présumé de Françoise-Marie Pouget, seconde femme de Chardin

Jacques André Joseph Aved, 1760

Portrait of a man in a red coat and white wig writing at a desk beside a globe and gilt inkstand.

Portrait de Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), mathématicien et philosophe

Catherine Lusurier, 1777

Oval oil portrait of a long-haired man in fleur-de-lis armour with white lace collar and sash, before red drapery.

Portrait de Louis XIII (1601-1643), roi de France

Philippe de Champaigne, 1640

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a feathered hat, with gloves on a red-draped table and a jeweled embroidered doublet

Portrait de François Ier, roi de France

Joos van Cleve, 1535