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Full-length portrait of a woman in an embroidered ivory gown with a ruff collar, standing beside a red draped chair.

Portrait of Anne Vavasour

John de Critz, 1605

Oil study of an elderly monk with white hair and brown habit against a dark background, turned three-quarters.

Étude pour le portrait d'un moine

Gaspare Traversi, 1750

Portrait of Carlo Borromeo

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, 1575

Oval portrait of a woman in a white bonnet and green dress against a golden-brown background.

Portrait of a Woman

Ozias Humphry, 1757

Oval portrait of a man with white powdered hair, brown coat, blue waistcoat and white cravat on a golden background.

Portrait of a Man

Ozias Humphry, 1757

Oval miniature portrait of a mustached man in a pink patterned turban and white robes, holding a red gem ornament, in gilt fr

Portrait of Hyder Beg Khan

Ozias Humphry, 1786

Self-portrait of a man with long auburn hair holding a painter's palette and brushes, wearing a dark velvet cloak.

Self-portrait

Jan van Mieris, 1685

Portrait of a bearded man in black court dress with lace ruff, beside a gold crown, plumed helmet and red drapery.

Portrait of King Christian IV of Denmark (1577-1648)

Pieter Isaacsz, 1615

Oil painting of a bearded older man in a white headwrap and blue drapery, with a gilded belt bearing a cameo, on a dark backg

Portrait of a Man

Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo, 1770

Three-quarter length portrait of a woman in a white ruff, lace cap and cuffs, dark dress, one hand resting on a ledge.

Portrait of a lady, three quarter length, in a ruff with matching lace cap and cuffs

Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort, 1580

Dark interior painting of a seated woman, a standing man in red robe, a child pointing, and a parrot on a perch.

family - portrait in interior

Cornelis de Man, 1664

Seated man in grey robe writing at a table with violin, skull, globe and books in a 17th-century interior.

Portrait of the Pharmacist Dr. Ysbrand Ysbrandsz. (1634/35-1705) in an Interior

Cornelis de Man, 1667

Oil portrait of a young girl with curled dark hair, red ribbons, lace sleeves and pink roses in her hands.

Portrait of a Young Girl

José Antolínez, 1660

Bust-length portrait of a man in a black beret and dark robe, holding a small book and pointing, in a carved gilded frame.

Portrait of a Man

Cornelis Anthonisz, 1530

Oil portrait of a man in armour and red cloak pointing toward a fortified town, with a book and map on a table.

Portrait of Gerrit Sichterman ( -1730)

Cornelis Troost, 1722

Two men in 18th-century dress in a room, one seated with a letter, one standing by a window overlooking a garden.

Portrait of two men in an interior

Cornelis Troost, 1727

Young David holds the severed head of Goliath by the hair, with a sword over his shoulder, against a dark background.

David with the Head of Goliath

Nicolas Tournier, 1619

Family portrait of a bearded man, a woman in black, an elderly woman, three children and a dog before a column and landscape.

Family portrait

Jacopo da Empoli, 1550

Oil portrait of a seated man in a white wig, black robe with gold embroidery, and lace cuffs, before red drapery.

Portrait of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714-1794)

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1767

Oval portrait of a woman in blue lace dress holding a squirrel on a chain, with pearls and a flowered headpiece.

Portrait of Olive Craster

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1762

Full-length painting of a bearded man in a jeweled crown and yellow floral robe, holding a bird-topped staff.

Portrait of Fath Ali Shah

Mihr 'Ali, 1228

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat before a swirling red drapery, by Mather Brown, 1787.

Portrait of William Vans Murray (1760-1803)

Mather Brown, 1787

Oval portrait of a young girl in embroidered gold-lace dress holding a grey kitten against a dark background.

Portrait of a girl, half-length, in an embroidered dress with yellow lace, holding a cat, within a painted oval

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1616

Full-length portrait of a woman in a jewelled white gown standing on a map, with a stormy sky behind her.

Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait')

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1592

Full-length group portrait of a woman in a white gown and lace ruff with three children in red and white dresses.

Portrait of Anne, Lady Pope (1561-1625) with her children

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1596

Round miniature portrait of a man with grey powdered hair, black coat and white cravat in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Man

Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux, 1790

Oil portrait of a young woman with curly brown hair, white lace collar and red floral shawl against a dark background.

Portrait de jeune fille

Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux, 1790

Half-length portrait of a woman with white curled hair, blue cornflowers, pearl necklace and red drapery against a dark backg

Portrait de femme anonyme

Donat Nonnotte, 1750

Painting of a seated woman in gold silk and blue ribbons beside a lace-covered table with pearls and a gilt box.

Presumed portrait of Catherine Dugas de Bois Saint-Just, dame d'Épeisses

Donat Nonnotte, 1743

Painting of a seated couple in black dress at a green-draped table in an interior with a framed map on the wall.

Portrait of Adriaen Corver and his wife Rijckje Theulingh

Michiel van Musscher, 1666