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Portraits

23,970 works

Mezzotint portrait of a seated woman in a lace bonnet holding a rabbit, with a caption naming Mary Toft.

Mary Toft (Tofts). Mezzotint by J. Faber, 1726/1727, after J. Laguerre

Stipple engraving portrait of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, labeled Le Doct.r F. J. Gall.

Franz Joseph Gall. Stipple engraving by A. A. Bourgeois de la Richardière, 1808, after L. Boilly

Louis-Léopold Boilly

Thales of Miletus. Stipple engraving by J.H. Ramberg

Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Bell in a dark coat and bow tie, against a dark background.

Thomas Bell. Mezzotint by G. Zobel after Taples

Taples, active approximately 1853-approximately

Portrait of Simon von Liebenstein (?)

Hans Schwarz, ca. 1516

Sir John Hill. Stipple engraving after F. Cotes 1757

Head of a Man

Sebald Beham, 1549

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man in a white turban, with curly beard and white highlights on a toned ground.

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban (recto); Latin script (verso)

Master of the Death of Absalom, ca. 1510

Hand-colored etching of two nude figures and a marked child above a bust of an infant with one eye, labeled Monstres.

Anne-Marie Hérig, a girl with a skin abnormality; the conjoined twins Judith and Hélène; below, an infant with one ce…

Nicolas-Edouard Lerouge

Drawing of a standing woman in a ruffled collar and long gown holding a folded fan, rendered in brown wash and red chalk.

Portrait of a Florentine Lady

Justus Sustermans, after 1620

Chalk drawing of a bearded older man with a downcast, sorrowful expression, shown in black and red chalk on toned paper.

Head of a Man

Unknown artist, mid-17th century

Hand-coloured lithograph of Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman in a red jacket and tall feathered headdress, seated beside a table.

Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman, holding a flower. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after C.B. King, 1837

Charles Bird King

Lithograph of a wounded man on a bed as a woman kneels to suck poison from his arm, with knights and attendants watching.

King Edward I of England, wounded in the arm during a Crusade, has the poison sucked from the wound by Queen Eleanor.…

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a wide hat and fur-collared cloak, turned toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-40

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in bust portrait, gazing forward against a hatched background.

A Young Man

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Etching of a standing woman in a wide hat and pleated skirt, holding a basket of wares, with crosshatched background.

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815

John Thomas Smith

Lithograph of a dissection scene with a physician and seven men in ruffs gathered around an open corpse on a table.

Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Lithograph by Desguerrois a…

Rembrandt van Rijn

Pencil portrait of a seated young woman with curled hair and a bow at her collar, resting her hands on an armchair back.

Portrait of Madame Gabrielle Marcotte de Quivières

Théodore Chassériau, 1845

Pencil portrait of a young woman with curled hair and a bow collar, resting her arm on a patterned chair.

Portrait of Madame Ravaisson

Théodore Chassériau, 1846

Pencil portrait of a seated man in a long coat and bow tie, with a faint landscape and handwritten dedication at left.

Portrait of Félix Ravaisson

Théodore Chassériau, 1846

Hand-colored oval portrait of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat, smoking a cigar, leaning on a red draped table.

[Portrait of a man smoking]

Benjamin Reimer, 1863

Hand-coloured lithograph of a Sioux chief with feathered headdress and red face paint, holding a curved sword.

Mon-Ka-Ush-Ka (Monkaushka), a Sioux chief, holding a sword. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after G. Cooke, 1837

Etching of seven men in dark clothing and white collars watching a surgeon demonstrate on an open corpse lying on a table.

Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Etching by W. Unger after R…

Rembrandt van Rijn

Black chalk portrait of a man in a powdered wig and draped robe, resting his hand on a desk beside an inkwell.

Portrait of a Man Holding a Pen

Unknown artist, early second quarter 18th century

Portrait of an Old Man

John Kavanagh, c. 1884

Lithograph of a seated man painting with his feet at an easel, with a palette, bust and curtains in the background.

Louis-César-Joseph Ducornet, an artist born without arms. Lithograph by H. Robillard

Hippolyte Robillard

Pencil portrait of a man in spectacles and a double-breasted coat, hands at his waist, on tan paper, by Ingres, 1849.

Dr. François Mêlier

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1849

Pencil portrait sketch of a woman in a turban and earrings, hand raised to her chest, by Ingres.

Portrait of Madame Rhode (Rhoda?)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1810-20

Red chalk drawing of a young woman in a bonnet and ruffled sleeves, gazing upward, on pale paper.

Lady Amelia D'Arcy

Paul Sandby, early 1760s

Portrait of Charles Frederick de Heincken

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1770

Baroque engraved print with oval portrait of a man in a curled wig, palm trees, lion, eagle, and Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Joseph I

Elias Christoph Heiss, 1701

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman and standing man beside a bench in a wooded park, ca. 1780.

Study for a Portrait: A Lady and a Gentleman in a Park

Unknown artist, ca. 1780