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Portrait of a young woman in a large lace ruff and dark velvet dress, holding a rosary against red drapery.

Portrait of a young Woman with a Rosary

Peter Paul Rubens, 1609

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black wide-brimmed hat and dark cloak, glancing back over his shoulder.

Self-portrait

Peter Paul Rubens, 1623

Painting of a queen in a silver gown watching a kneeling man lift a severed head over a basin, with soldiers and attendants n

Legend of Tomyris (the head of Cyrus brought to Queen Tomyris)

Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Half-length portrait of a man in black costume with white collar, holding a glove and sword hilt against a brown background.

Self-portrait atribuido a Velázquez, rechazado por la mayor parte de la crítica

Diego Velázquez, 1645

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black damask gown with lace collar and piled red curls, leaning on a red chair.

Portrait of a Lady (probably Condesa de Monterey)

Diego Velázquez, 1635

Oil portrait of a young girl in a silver gown with gold trim and an elaborate curled hairstyle, against a dark background.

Portrait of the Infanta Maria Teresa (1638-1683)

Diego Velázquez, 1654

Half-length portrait of a young woman with curled hair, white feathers and a pale gown against a dark background.

Portrait of Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain

Diego Velázquez, 1655

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black biretta and dark robe against a red curtain.

Portrait of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés

Diego Velázquez, 1640

Oil portrait of a man in black costume with white collar and gloves against a red background.

Portrait of Phillip IV of Spain, at three-quarter length

Diego Velázquez, 1631

Half-length portrait of an elderly cardinal in red robes and biretta against a dark background, gazing at the viewer.

Portrait of Cardinal Gaspar de Borja y Velasco

Diego Velázquez, 1643

Half-length portrait of a woman in black dress, dark hat and white collar, gloved hands resting, against dark background.

Portrait of Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj (1591-1657), half length, wearing black

Diego Velázquez, 1650

Half-length portrait of a bearded man with a moustache in a dark cloak and white collar against a brown background.

Portrait of a Man (possibly José Nieto)

Diego Velázquez, 1635

Full-length portrait of a bearded man in black costume with white ruff, gold chain, and red velvet drape.

Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares

Diego Velázquez, 1624

Oil painting of a woman in a brown embroidered gown riding a white horse through a cloudy landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Elisabeth of France

Diego Velázquez, 1635

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark costume and white collar against a muted background.

Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid

Diego Velázquez, 1635

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a black gown with silver lace, feathered headdress, seated beside a red curtain.

Portrait of Mariana of Austria

Diego Velázquez, 1652

Full-length portrait of a young man in black court dress with a gold sash, holding a hat and gloves against a dark background

Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos

Diego Velázquez, 1626

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and powdered wig seated at a drawing board, with a green curtain behind him.

Portrait of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1766

Painted portrait of a young woman in a pink dress and fur-trimmed red mantle with a basket of fruit and a landscape window.

Portrait of a Young Roman Woman

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1492

Standing young man in jeweled red armor and laurel wreath beside an armored attendant, with a battle and river city behind.

Portrait of Emperor Matthias (1557-1619) when Archduke, in the guise of P. Cornelius Scipio Major

Lucas van Valckenborch, 1580

Full-length portrait of a young man in a feathered hat, lace ruff, and blue striped doublet standing on a tiled floor.

Portrait of Matthias II of Habsburg (1557-1619), the future Holy Roman Emperor

Lucas van Valckenborch, 1579

Oil portrait of a bearded man with red-gold hair in a red silk classical drapery against a black octagonal background.

Portrait of a Man in Classical Dress, possibly Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1610

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black and white patterned gown with a lace ruff, holding a fan beside a red table.

Portrait of Mary Rogers, Lady Harington

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1592

Young man crowned with ivy holds grapes over his shoulder, with dark grapes and peaches on a stone ledge.

Self-Portrait as Bacchus

Caravaggio, 1595

Painting of Salome holding a platter with the severed head of John the Baptist, with an old woman and executioner behind her.

Salome with the head of St. John the Baptist

Caravaggio, 1607

Painting of a young woman holding a platter with a severed head, an older woman, and a muscular man with a sword in darkness.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Caravaggio, 1610

Half-length portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, wearing a black doublet with gold clasps and a white ruff.

Portrait of Vojtěch (Adlabert) of Pernstein, no John of Pernstein

Martino Rota, 1560

Portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe and red sash, with an open book and a vase of flowers beside him.

Portrait of Maffeo Barberini (Pope Urban VIII)

Caravaggio, 1593

Seated man in red cardinal's robes with a parrot in a window and an open book on a red-covered table.

Portrait of Charles de Guise, cardinal of Lorraine, archbishop of Reims

Painting of a woman with dark eyes wearing a sheer grey veil and dark gown against a brown background.

Portrait of a Lady