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Portraits

23,658 works

Oil portrait of a man with grey hair in a dark uniform with silver lace and gold trim, gazing to the left.

Portrait of James Cockburn of Langton (by Arthur William Devis)

Arthur William Devis

Half-length oil portrait of a man in a dark uniform with silver braid and gold collar, gazing upward against a dark backgroun

Portrait of James Cockburn of Langton (by A. W. Devis)

Arthur William Devis, 1791

Painting of a man in a dark felt hat holding a palette and brushes, wearing a gold medal and a red cloak.

Self-Portrait by Ferdinand Bol Rijksmuseum Amsterdam SK-C-1767

Ferdinand Bol, 1767

Small portrait of a woman in a black tricorn hat and lace veil, holding a fan, against a brown background.

Circle of Jean-Etienne Liotard Portrait of a Seated Lady In a Venetian Carnival Costume Holding a Fan

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1746

Oil portrait of a woman with hand to cheek, wearing a pink bodice, dark cloak and lace collar, against a dark background.

Portrait of Magdalene Blair, Lady Maxwell of Monreith (1725-1765)

Allan Ramsay?, 1725

Self-portrait by Joseph Stella, c. 1940, gouache, graphite, metalpoint, watercolor, and crayon on paper, from the Nat…

Joseph Stella, 1940

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black fur-trimmed cloak and gold chain holding a ceremonial staff against red.

Portrait of Jan Tarnowski

Kazimierz Pochwalski, 1940

Oil portrait of a young girl with blue eyes, wearing a dark green fur hat and a cream neck ribbon.

Edwin Harris Portrait of a girl

Portrait of a dead man. Chromolithograph after D. Ghirlandaio

Domenico Ghirlandaio

Pencil portrait of a woman with long dark hair and lowered eyes, drawn on tan paper.

Head of a Tahitian Woman

Paul Gauguin, 1891

Portrait of the Artist Charles-Michel-Ange Challe

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 1770 - 1780

Pencil portrait drawing of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap and white collar, labelled Heydan.

Heydan: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Pen and ink drawing of a woman in feathered headdress carrying a platter with a severed head, on brown paper.

Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist

Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1517

Watercolor and pencil self-portrait of a thin nude man with one arm outstretched against an ochre background, signed EGS 1911

Self-Portrait

Egon Schiele, 1911

Grey pencil and wash portrait of a smiling man with a long curled wig, set within a thin ruled border.

N. Malzieu: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Etched portrait of a seated man in a tall hat and dark cloak, with papers on a table and an easel behind him.

Jan Asselijn (‘Krabbetje’)

Jan Asselijn, c. 1647

Engraved grid of twenty labelled bust portraits of religious thinkers and theologians in period dress.

Churchmen: twenty portraits of religious thinkers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825

John William Cook

Pencil and wash drawing of a man with long wavy hair and a collared shirt, labelled Descartes beneath.

René Descartes: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Portrait of Jacobus van Ewijk Reading a Book

Jan de Bisschop, 1648 - 1671

Engraved portrait of Schiller seated before a tree-framed landscape, surrounded by an ornate border with small scenes.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, seated in a bosky landscape. Engraving by A. H. Payne after S. Carse

Chromolithograph of a tall palm in a tropical hillside landscape, with a seated artist sketching it and an attendant holding

A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L.…

Ambroise Verschaffelt

Pen and ink wash self-portrait of a man with tousled hair and a dark cloak, looking directly at the viewer.

Self-portrait with Tousled Hair

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1628 - c. 1629

Engraving of a man with sword and plumed hat and a woman in a lace ruff beside a landscape with a castle.

King James I of England and VI of Scotland, and his consort Anne of Denmark, in a landscape. Engraving by J. Wierix,…

Johannes Wierix

Engraving of three girls reading a book together on a grassy hillside with rocky cliffs and clouds behind them.

Edith Mary Liddell; Ina Liddell; and Alice Liddell, sitting in a grassy landscape at Llandudno with a book. Engraving…

William Blake Richmond

Pen and brown ink study of a rearing horse with rider, a horse head, and additional horse legs on paper.

Studies of a Horseman and the Head of a Horse

Anthony van Dyck, c. 1617 - c. 1621

Pencil and red ink drawing of a posed human skeleton with a lettered key of bones on the left and a small landscape sketch.

Skeletal structure of the 'Borghese Gladiator' statue, with pencil sketches of the head of Athene (?) and a landscape…

Jean Galbert Salvage

Black and red chalk drawing of a young boy with wavy shoulder-length hair and a white collar, turned to one side.

Portrait of Cornelis Cossiers

Jan Cossiers, 1658

Philip the Bold: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Engraved title page of Gerard's Herball, 1633, with allegorical figures, ancient authors, a central title cartouche and a por

John Gerard: portrait and botanical motifs. Line engraving by J. Payne, 1633

Line engraving of a seated woman with curled hair holding a small oval portrait miniature.

Jenny Cameron, holding a portrait of the 'young pretender'. Line engraving by R. Graves

Engraved full-length portrait of John Howard in period dress, gesturing toward an iron chain beside a stone prison wall.

John Howard, full-length portrait. Line engraving by J. Romney, 1817, after G. M. Brighty

Etched allegorical title page with an oval portrait of a bearded man held by two putti, coat of arms above.

Two putti supporting a roundel with the portrait of John Bulwer; above, coat of arms. Etching, ca. 1650