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Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil portrait of a seated man in dark clerical dress with a white collar, hands resting on an open book at a lectern.

Portrait of a Minister

Roelof Koets, 1668

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig holding a diagram, with a brass telescope and instrument beside him.

Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog

Adriaan de Lelie, 1790

Family group portrait on a garden terrace with a seated elderly man, standing man in red cloak, woman in blue gown, and child

Portrait of David van Mollen and Son-in-Law Jacob Sydervelt with his Family

Nicolaas Verkolje, 1740

Painting of a man and seated woman in a stone window arch, with fruit on the sill and a silver urn and books beside them.

Portrait of Robert Muys and Maria Nozeman

Nicolaes Muys, 1778

Portrait of a man in a grey wig and dark coat holding dividers over a map, with a quill and instruments on the table.

Portrait of Barend Goudriaan Ariesz

Cornelis van Cuylenburgh, 1776

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue dress and white bonnet holding an open book, with flowers beside her.

Portrait of Eva Goudriaan-de Veer

Cornelis van Cuylenburgh, 1776

Oil portrait of three children, one writing with a quill, a girl in a lace bonnet, and a boy lifting a hoop toward a bird.

Portrait of the Children of Barend Goudriaan

Cornelis van Cuylenburgh, 1776

Half-length portrait of a woman in black with a white ruffled collar, gold chain, and lace cuffs against a dark background.

Portrait of Johanna le Maire (c. 1601-60)

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, 1622

Oil portrait of a bearded man in black dress with a large white ruff, one hand on hip, with a coat of arms above.

Portrait of Pieter van Son (c. 1590-1654)

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, 1622

Oval double portrait of a man in a plum cloak and a boy in lace collar, both holding a gold coin on a dish.

Double Portrait of Isaac Pontanus and Hendrik van Beek

Michiel van Musscher, 1689

Half-length portrait of a woman in black dress, white ruff and lace cap, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Portrait of Adriana Croes

Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, 1644

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a white wig, brown coat and red collar against a dark background.

Portrait of John Greenwood [senior]

Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1785

Oil portrait of a young girl in an embroidered olive gown, white lace collar and gold necklace against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Attributed to Pieter Dubordieu, 1633-35

Seated man in brown coat beside a map, quill pens, bookshelves and red drapery, with a landscape view through a window.

Noah Smith

Ralph Earl, 1798

Portrait of a man in a black feathered hat and dark cloak, with a lake and mountains behind him.

Portrait of Fridrich Rorbach

Conrad Faber von Creuznach, 1532

Half-length portrait of a man with tousled dark hair in a blue coat and white cravat, hands clasped, dark background.

Portrait of the Architect Giuseppe Valadier

Pietro Labruzzi, c. 1795

Oil portrait of a woman in a white headwrap and dark dress against a red drapery background.

Portrait of Mrs. Henry Beaufoy

John Hoppner, 1799

Painting of an older bearded man in a dark robe with white cuffs, holding a paper, against a dark brown background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Palma il Giovane, c. 1590

Oil portrait of a man in a blue naval coat with gold trim, holding a telescope, with a sailing ship behind him.

Portrait of a Naval Officer

John Wollaston, 1749-58

Two 18th-century men beside an easel with a seascape of sailing ships, one holding a palette, in a dark paneled room.

Thomas Walker and Peter Monamy

Gawen Hamilton, c. 1735

Portrait of a cardinal in red and white robes with a red skullcap, holding a red packet against a dark background.

Portrait of Cardinal Zelada

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1773

Painting of a young woman in a blue gown holding a sword, with an older veiled woman looking over her shoulder.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Felice Ficherelli, c. 1665

Seated woman in black dress with red sleeves, white cap and gold chain, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Seated Woman

Antonis Mor, c. 1565

Full-length portrait of a man in dark hunting dress holding a rifle, with a seated hound and a stormy landscape behind him.

Portrait of Philip IV

Workshop of Diego Velázquez, c. 1632

Portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with a ribbon bow and dark silk dress against a dark background.

Mrs. Allan Maconochie

James Northcote, 1789

Portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and wide hat holding a pink rose against a dark, stormy landscape.

Mrs. Francis Russell

George Romney, 1785-87

Oil portrait of a seated older man in a red coat with gold buttons, holding a cane beside a stone column.

Robert Hyde, Squire of Hyde

John Singleton Copley, 1778

Portrait of a man in a red coat and grey wig holding a letter, with a sailing ship on the sea behind him.

Richard Bill

John Smibert, 1733

Seated woman in a white satin gown with gold embroidery and pearls, beside a window view of the sea with sailboats.

Portrait of a Lady

Attributed to Giovanni Antonio Fasolo, c. 1565

Portrait of a woman in black with white lace collar and headdress, holding a prayer book against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman with a Prayer Book

Bartholomäus Bruyn the Younger, c. 1565