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Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and white collar, gesturing, with a dramatic cloudy landscape behind him.

Portrait of Daniël de Hertoghe (1641-1685)

Hendrick ten Oever, 1680

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a dark dress and pearl necklace, with a curtain and sunset landscape behind her.

Portrait of a woman, probably Cecilia Elisabeth Tamminga (1652-1718)

Hendrick ten Oever, 1680

Oil portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair in a blue silk gown with lace ruffles against a dark background.

Portrait of Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France

Jean Martial Frédou, 1760

Oil painting of an elderly woman with gray hair, dark cloak and raised hand, glancing sideways against a brown background.

Head of an Old Woman

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1778

Oil portrait of a woman in white satin reclining on a red damask sofa, holding a letter, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady

John Singleton Copley, 1771

Seated woman in blue silk dress, white lace bonnet and green gloves, holding a book, against a dark background.

Portrait of Madame de Genlis

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1790

Full-length portrait of a young man in an orange coat beside a leaping greyhound, with classical columns and a landscape behi

Portrait of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham

Pompeo Batoni, 1758

Half-length portrait of a man in black with a gold chain, holding gloves beside a red table and green curtain.

Portrait of Johann Jakob Fugger

Christoph Amberger, 1541

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black cap with a white plume and gold-trimmed black cloak against a brown background.

Portrait of a Man

Girolamo Romanino, 1515

Painting of a nude youth David holding a sling beside Goliath's severed head in a dark, rocky landscape.

David with the Head of Goliath

Andrea Vaccaro, 1635

Oil portrait of a young man with long brown hair in a red coat, holding a hat, before a cloudy landscape.

Portrait of Arthur Atherley as an Etonian

Thomas Lawrence, 1791

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black fur-trimmed robe beside a red curtain, with a river landscape behind him.

Portrait of Marino Grimani

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1578

Oil portrait of a woman in a blue satin dress with lace cuffs, pearls and a red shawl before a dark landscape.

Portrait of Elizabeth Chew Smith

John Hesselius, 1762

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark costume with a white lace collar, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Willem Key, 1540

Oil portrait of a man in grey wig and armour, gesturing toward a river valley with hills under a cloudy sky.

Portrait of Major General Paul Mascarene

John Smibert, 1729

Half-length portrait of a young woman with auburn hair, green dress, pearl necklace, and patterned sleeves against black.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Francesco Pietro Bissolo, 1500

Oval portrait of a bearded man with curly brown hair in a dark cloak, against a dim warm background.

Portrait of a Bearded Man, formerly called John the Baptist

Govert Flinck, 1635

Portrait of a seated man in a red coat with a white cravat, resting his hand on a book at a marble table.

Portrait of Joseph Scott

John Singleton Copley, 1765

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black wide-brimmed hat and white lace collar, holding a handwritten letter.

Portrait of Marten Looten

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Oil portrait of a woman in a jeweled crown and golden dress holding a palm frond beside a wheel, dark background.

Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Virginia Vezzi, 1624

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

Portrait of Richard Barrington, Later Fourth Viscount Barrington

Gilbert Stuart, 1793

Oil portrait of a man in a plumed black hat, red velvet cloak and gold chain, resting on a parapet with a handkerchief.

Self-Portrait, Behind a Parapet

Ferdinand Bol, 1648

Small painted portrait of a bearded man in armor and ruff collar, inside a gilded oval frame with a starry sky and Latin text

Portrait of Alessandro Farnese (1545-1592)

Otto van Veen, 1585

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in black robe and beret holding a red book and a folded letter.

Portrait of Wilhelm Kannengiesser

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, 1550

Oil portrait of a man with long curled hair in a gold jacket and red cloak, leaning against a column before a cloudy landscap

Portrait of a Man

Ferdinand Bol, 1670

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black gown with white lace collar and cuffs, holding a dark fan against a brown background

Portrait of a Young Woman

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, 1638

Portrait of a young woman in black dress with white lace collar, holding a red fan with a gold ribbon against a dark backgrou

Portrait of a young woman holding a fan

Oil portrait of a woman in a white shawl and pink skirt beside a broken ivy-covered tree and a pastoral landscape.

Portrait of Eleonora Chigi, Princess of Teano

Jacques Sablet, 1793

Portrait of an elderly man in a black robe with fur collar, hands resting on an open book against a dark background.

Portrait of Dr. Francisco de Pisa

Oil portrait of a woman in a black hat with white plumes, pearl necklace and red sash, against a tree and sunset landscape.

Portrait of Mrs. Smith Barwell, née Unwin

James Northcote, 1785