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Portraits

23,908 works

Dorothea Hart

James Sharples, 1809

James Clerk-Maxwell. Stipple engraving by G.J. Stodart, 1881, after J. Fergus

Pastel portrait of a man with white hair in an olive coat and white cravat against a dark blue background.

Mederic-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Mery

James Sharples, 1798

Pastel portrait of a man with gray hair, dark coat and white ruffled cravat against a dark background.

Noah Webster

James Sharples, 1751-1849

Pen and brown ink study of two standing male nudes with hatched shading, drawn on aged paper.

Study of Two Men (recto); Study of the Head of a Bearded Man (verso)

Baccio Bandinelli, about 1525

Pastel portrait of an elderly man in a gray head wrap, with lined face and direct gaze, on a tan ground.

Portrait of Louis de Silvestre

Maurice Quentin de La Tour, about 1753

Pastel portrait of a man with a goatee, dark skullcap and white collar, gazing at the viewer against a tan background.

Portrait of Monseigneur Louis Doni d'Attichy, Bishop of Riez and later of Autun

Robert Nanteuil, 1663

Antoine Baumé. Engraving by A. de Saint-Aubin after C. N. Cochin, 1772

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

Watercolor portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat, leaning on a black spindle chair, dated 1810.

Allan Melville

John Rubens Smith, 1810

Black and red chalk portrait drawing of a young man with curly hair, white collar, and buttoned doublet.

Portrait of a Man (recto); Portrait of a Man (accidental offset) (verso)

Filippo Baldinucci, about 1660

Stipple engraving oval portrait of Sir Isaac Newton with long curled wig and white cravat.

Sir Isaac Newton. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1807, after J. Vanderbank, 1726

John Vanderbank

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Barthel Beham, c. 1525/1527

Stipple engraving of a seated bearded man in a frock coat reading a small book in an ornate armchair.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Stipple engraving by J. Brown after J. Fergus

Stipple engraving of Daniel Rutherford in an oval portrait with botanical sprig above and Edinburgh landscape below.

Daniel Rutherford. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1804, after H. Raeburn

Etching of a reclining skeletal figure with spiky hair and a grinning skull face, on a pale background.

My Portrait in the Year 1960

James Ensor, 1888

Stipple engraving of Edward Coleman as a sculpted bust with curled hair and draped cloth on a pedestal.

Edward Coleman. Stipple engraving by W. Read

Mezzotint oval portrait of a man in dark academic gown and white cravat, titled Gideon Algernon Mantell, LL.D., F.R.S.

Gideon Algernon Mantell. Mezzotint by W. T. Davey after P. A. T. Senties after J. Mayall

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

Mezzotint portrait of Robert Boyle in a curled wig and lace cravat, shown in an oval frame with engraved inscription.

Robert Boyle. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1689 after J. Kerseboom, 1689

Johann Kerseboom

Red and black chalk drawing of a young girl with long hair and a lace collar, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of a Girl

Carlo Dolci, about 1665

Stipple engraving portrait of Reverend A. O. Beattie in black gown and white bands, holding an open book.

Alexander Ogilvie Beattie. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran after G. Sayer

Engraving of a standing woman in drapery holding a sword and a severed bearded head, with a small emblem at lower right.

Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes

Jacopo de' Barbari, c. 1501/1503

Line engraving of a bearded man in period dress beside an armillary sphere and stacked books on a table.

Prospero Alpino. Line engraving by R. Blokhuysen

Reynier Blokhuysen

Stipple engraving portrait of an elderly man in a fur hat and fur-collared coat, labeled Leonhard Euler in script.

Leonhard Euler. Stipple engraving after J. Darbes

Joseph Friedrich August Darbes

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a curled powdered wig and dark cloak, captioned DE FOE.

Daniel Defoe. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson after M. van der Gucht

Michael Vandergucht

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a dark coat, framed with classical ornaments, books, a quill, and the label T.F. Churc

Thomas Furlong Churchill. Stipple engraving by K. Mackenzie, 1808, after W. H. Watts

Walter Henry Watts

Engraved portrait of Richard Tomlinson in a laurel wreath, with apothecary tools on the left and deer and a bear in woods on

Richard Tomlinson. Pen drawing by M. Nickson, 1810, after T. Cross, 1657

Oval engraved portrait of a bald, bearded man in dark clothing and white clerical bands, labelled Joh. Jac. Wepfer.

Johann Jakob Wepfer. Engraving by H. Pfenninger

Heinrich Pfenninger

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a velvet robe and powdered wig, with a quill, inkwell and letter on a writing table.

Portrait of Philibert Orrey

François Bernard Lépicié, 1737

Oval stipple engraving portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair and a ruffled collar, signed Holl sculp.

Michael Servetus. Stipple engraving by Holl, 1820, after C. van Sichem, 1607

Christoffel van Sichem

Pastel portrait of a woman in a pleated white bonnet with lace trim and a pale shawl against a dark background.

Abigail Smith Adams

James Sharples, ca.1796

Stipple engraving portrait of William Hyde Wollaston, a bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, within an ornate border.

William Hyde Wollaston. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1835, after J. Jackson

Stipple engraving portrait of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and patterned cravat, after Winterhalter, 1874.

Christian Friedrich, Baron von Stockmar. Stipple engraving by F. Holl, 1874, after F. Winterhalter

Franz Xaver Winterhalter