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Portraits

23,970 works

Coloured lithograph of a boy with scaly, dark skin on his limbs, standing by a table with magnified skin samples.

Thomas Jones, a boy with icthyosis, a skin disease that resembles fish scales. Coloured lithograph by J. Perry, 1841

Profile Portrait of Bishop Antonius Campanus of Agram (Zagreb)

Unknown artist, late 15th-early 16th century

Head of a Man

Honoré Daumier

Caricature lithograph of a bearded man in a suit pointing at a dog with its head in a glass bottle on a table.

Louis Pasteur. Colour lithograph by Amand, 188-(?)

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth with curly hair, a blue diadem with a red jewel, and rosy cheeks.

Head of a Youth with a Diadem

Cristoforo Caselli, late 15th-early 16th century

Lithograph portrait of a young boy in a belted coat and lace collar, holding a top hat, with a printed caption below.

Master Noakes, a mental calculator. Lithograph by A. Mosses, 1827

Alexander Mosses

Graphite portrait drawing of a child with shoulder-length hair, head turned slightly, on light paper.

Portrait of a Child

Eugène Delacroix

Head of a Bearded Man

School of Paolo Veronese, ca. 1565

Etching of a physician demonstrating dissection to seven attentive men gathered around a body on a table.

Nicolaus Tulp demonstrating anatomy to seven syndics of the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam. Etching by L. Flameng after…

Rembrandt van Rijn

Black chalk and white heightened study of a figure in a draped ceremonial robe and cap on brown paper.

Study for a Portrait of a Doge

Circle of Tintoretto, fourth quarter 16th century

Engraved ornamental plate with a central Medusa head, winged putti, a flower urn, serpents and dog heads in scrolled framing.

Head of Medusa

Etienne Delaune

Giuseppe Garibaldi, head and shoulders. Chromolithograph, ca. 1880

Black and white lithograph of a deathbed scene with an elderly woman in a canopied bed surrounded by veiled women in mourning

The deathbed of Madame de Maintenon at the Maison Royale de Saint-Louis, at St Cyr. Lithograph after G. Mailand, 1837

Gustave Mailand

Pencil drawing of a young man with curly hair standing with his hand on his hip, with a city skyline and church towers behind

Portrait of a Young Man Standing on the Quirinal with the Turris Comitum in the Background

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1800s

Pen and wash drawing of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a staff, set before a sketched architectural background.

A Man Seated on a Throne

Follower of Piero della Francesca, second half 15th century

Head of a Man in Profile

Luca Signorelli, 1490s

Charcoal study of a youth's head tilted upward with eyes gazing skyward, on aged paper.

Study of the Head of a Youth Gazing Upward

Pietro Perugino, late 15th-early 16th century

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of a man in a tall cap with curly hair, head turned and eyes lowered.

Head of a Man Wearing a Cap

Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca. 1495-1505

Head of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, late 15th-early 16th century

Pencil portrait drawing of a young woman with a veil, beaded necklace and loose gown on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Pier Francesco Foschi, 1520-39

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with three-star shoulder straps, signed U. S. Grant.

Portrait of U. S. Grant

John Chester Buttre, late 19th century

Lithograph of a small figure in Roman-style armor with a plumed helmet and spear standing on a table among seated people.

Bébé, a dwarf dressed as a Roman soldier, standing on a table amidst people. Lithograph after A. Géniole

Alfred André Géniole

Chalk portrait of a young woman with pearls in her hair, wearing a pale loose gown against a warm tan background.

Portrait of a Lady

Jacopo Amigoni, 1729-39

Etching of conjoined twins Helen and Judith, nude, shown in front and back views with raised arms.

Hélène and Judith, siamese twins, known as the Hungarian sisters. Etching by B. Cole

Reproduction of a seated bearded man in a fur-trimmed cloak and lace collar, shown within an arched stone frame.

Portrait of a Man in an Armchair, from Collection d'imitations de Dessins d'après les Principaux Maîtres Hollandais e…

Christiaan Josi, 1826

Etched oval portrait of a curly-haired man with a scene of liquid poured before a crowd, a sun, and a winged trumpeter.

Biagio di Manfrè, who regurgitated water transformed into other liquids, aged 72. Etching by W. Hollar

Wenceslaus Hollar

Etching of five men in period dress: a very tall central figure beside a small figure at right, on a wooden floor.

Charles Byrne, a giant, George Cranstoun, a dwarf, and three other normal sized men. Etching by J. Kay, 1794

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young man in a powdered wig and embroidered waistcoat, shown half-length.

Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man

Pietro Antonio Novelli, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a family group with a seated woman, children, a standing man in a cloak, and classical columns.

A Venetian Family Portrait Group

Pietro Antonio Novelli, after 1750

Head of a Young Man

Filippino Lippi

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and a white collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Portrait of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

Jean-François Millet, 1848

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded bishop in a tall mitre, head turned in three-quarter view.

Head of a Bishop

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1742-57