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Portraits

24,493 works

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman in blue robes gazing at a ghostly male figure, with calligraphy and an incense b

Memorial Portraits of the Actors Bando Shuka I and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa School, 1855

Woodblock print of a seated man in blue robes reading a scroll beside a sword and writing box, with a memorial tablet.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Hakuen (Danjuro VIII)

Utagawa School, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in blue striped kimono holding a sword and branch, with calligraphy inscriptions.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichimura Takenojo V

Attributed to Utagawa Kunimaro I, 1851

Engraved portrait of Sir Hugh Myddelton in ruff and chain of office, one hand resting on a shell spilling water over a rock.

Sir Hugh Myddelton, his hand resting on a shell, from which flows water, set on a rock. Line engraving by G. Vertue,…

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki actor in blue and purple robes, with sparrows and calligraphy in the upper left.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV

Utagawa School, 1852

Engraved oval portrait of a bewigged man in academic robes, with a pedestal below holding a snake and books.

Archibald Pitcairne. Line engraving by R. Strange after J.B. de Medina

John Baptist Medina

Woodblock print of a seated man with prayer beads beside an incense burner, and a kneeling figure in black looking up at him.

Memorial Portraits of Ichimura Takenojo V and Unidentified Actor

Utagawa Kunimaro I, 1851

[Profile portrait of a woman]

Gilles-Louis Chrétien, 1789

Bust Portrait of a Young Woman

Jeanne Dabos, 1780

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a blue kimono beside an incense burner, with Japanese calligraphy in the margins.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Kikunojo V

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1832

Engraved full-length portrait of Thomas Coram with a basket infant at his feet and the Foundling Hospital behind him.

Thomas Coram, in the foreground an infant in a basket, in the background the Foundling Hospital. Line engraving by J.…

Balthasar Nebot

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a bearded old man with downcast eyes wearing a laurel crown and draped cloth.

Head of a Bearded Old Man Wearing a Laurel Crown

Antoine François Callet, mid-18th-early 19th century

Engraved print of the Sir Isaac Newton monument in Westminster Abbey, with a seated figure, globe, cherubs and obelisk.

Sir Isaac Newton: monument. Line engraving by J. Fittler, 1794, after Riley after W. Kent and M. Rysbrack

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in blue kimono and grey robe holding prayer beads, with calligraphy and seals.

Memorial portrait of the actor Ichimura Takenojo V

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1851

Line engraving of a crowned, bearded man seated on a throne with a scroll and open book, framed by canopy and Greek inscripti

John Argyropoulos. Line engraving by M. Burghers

Michael Burghers

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue kimono and headcloth, hand raised to his face, against a pale blue flora

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of His Death, from the dipty…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1860

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a brown and blue kimono with an upswept hairstyle against a pale floral background.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagam…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1860

Woodblock print of a man in a grey-green robe holding a fan, with fireflies and calligraphy in a dark blue sky.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I in the Role of Shirai Gonpachi

Utagawa School, 1855

Engraved equestrian portrait of a bearded man in armour on a grey horse beside a large tree, with a distant landscape.

King Charles I. Engraving by C. Pye after A. van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a layered turban, looking upward, in black and red chalk on paper.

Head of a Man in Turban

François Boucher, 1750

Line engraving portrait of a man with long wavy hair, white collar and dark cloak in an oval frame.

Peter Chamberlen. Line engraving by T. Trotter, 1794, after R. White

Woodblock print of a woman in purple kimono writing with a red brush, surrounded by Japanese inscriptions in an oval frame.

Memorial portrait of the actor Iwai Hanshiro VIII

Adachi Ginkô, 1882

Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with swords, beside a round portrait and Japanese memorial text

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Suketakaya Kodenji

Utagawa Kunisada III, 1899

Oval line engraving portrait of Alexander Monro in a powdered wig and dark robe, with an open book and serpent staff.

Alexander Monro. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1775, after A. Ramsay, 1749

Line engraving oval portrait of a man in clerical robes and white collar, with a coat of arms below.

John Wallis. Line engraving by D. Loggan, 1678, after himself

Woodblock print of a man in grey kimono holding prayer beads, with vertical Japanese calligraphy inscription beside him.

Memorial portrait of the actor Onoe Kikunosuke II

Toyohara Kunichika, 1897

Line engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and cravat within an oval frame decorated with flowers.

Joseph Jérome de Lalande. Line engraving by N. Dupin after A. Pujos, 1773

Graphite portrait sketch of a bearded, balding man with loose hatched shading against a pale background.

Portrait of the Artist (recto); Fragment of a Landscape Study (verso)

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1880

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki-style man in black kimono and blue hakama beneath a red zigzag border.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1854

Pencil drawing of a seated woman flanked by two standing young women in period dresses, in a sketched interior.

The Baroness Duperré and Her Daughters

Théodore Chassériau, 1841

Woodblock print of a standing man in green robes holding prayer beads, with calligraphy beside him, memorial portrait of acto

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Tamasuke

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1838

The Cardinal Pacca

Jacques-Louis David, n.d.