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Portraits

24,427 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an olive-green robe and black outer garment, with a red patterned hem and hairpin.

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with long trailing hem and decorative hair pins, by Utagawa Toyokuni

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Oval line engraving of a seated man with white hair in a dark coat and cravat, titled John Haygarth M.D.

John Haygarth. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1801, after J. H. Bell

Japanese kabuki actor in a woman's role, wearing a black hood and patterned pink and yellow robes, standing against a dark gr

Yamatoya Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play "Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki," from the series "Portraits of Actors…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Oval line engraving of a man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, bust length, turned to the right, in a braided frame.

John Coakley Lettsom. Line engraving by T. Holloway, 1792, after himself

Thomas Holloway

Pen and brown ink drawing of a screaming head with snakes writhing in place of hair, the Medusa subject, signed Maes.

Head of Medusa

Godfried Maes, 1680

Robert James. Line engraving by W. Walker, 1778, after P. Scheemakers

Peeter Scheemaeckers

Line engraving of a bearded man with long curled hair and lace collar, framed by decorative scrolls with Latin text.

Thomas Bartholin. Line engraving by J. Georgi, 1644

Giovanni Georgi

Line engraving portrait of a man in a curled periwig and cravat, in an oval frame, labelled Lorenzo Magalotti.

Lorenzo Magalotti. Line engraving by P. Caronni

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Woodblock print of a seated man in pale robes and striped hakama holding prayer beads, with calligraphy above.

Memorial portrait of the actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo I

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1805

Lithographic portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, white cravat and dark coat, against hatched shading.

Portrait of a Young Man

Francisco Goya, ca. 1820

Line engraving of a bald man in classical drapery in an oval frame, with books, an oil lamp and a coat of arms below.

Antonio Nunès Ribeiro Sanchès. Line engraving by G. Levillain, 1785, after Moitte

Gérard René Levillain

Engraving of a seated man in court dress with a star insignia and a standing younger man beside him, in a paneled interior.

Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orleans and His Son Louis-Phillipe Joseph, Duc de Chartres

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1759

Oval line engraving portrait of a man in a powdered wig and dark coat, captioned William Falconer M.D. F.R.S.

William Falconer. Line engraving by J. Fittler after Joseph (?) Daniel

Dark drawing of a seated woman with bowed head, lit softly against a black background, hands resting low.

Embroidery; The Artist's Mother

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Line engraving of a seated man in a powdered wig and lace cuffs beside an open book, with curtains and bookshelves behind.

René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur. Line engraving by P. Simonneau after A. S. Belle

Alexis-Simon Belle

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grotesque bearded head with curled hair on a foliate-decorated column.

Head of a walking stick

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a woman's head and bust, with curled hair, a feathered hat and a tied ribbon at the neck.

Head and Bust of a Woman

Joshua Reynolds

Bust of a Warrior

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586/88

Etching of a young girl with long hair and a ruffled collar, seated before a plain background with a chair at right.

The Infanta Margarita, after Velázquez

Edgar Degas, ca. 1861-62

Pencil sketch of a reclining doll with handwritten colour and portrait notes on tan paper.

Sketches for Portrait of Marguerite Burrows

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man holding a flower sprig, with bookshelves, bottles and instruments behind him.

Johannes Maius (Mai, May). Line engraving by J. Sandrart after D. Hornung

Portrait and Interior Study

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long frock coat with a bow tie, one hand resting on a surface.

President Chester Alan Arthur Standing

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed robe with a quill, inkwell and books, with Latin inscriptions.

Giovanni Battista Morgagni. Line engraving by G. Volpato, 1761

Giovanni Volpato

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long gown holding flowers, with a faint second arm study at left.

Sketch for Portrait of a Standing Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded man with head bowed over a table, with handwritten inscriptions on the page.

Sculptor Hugo Salemann, Portrait Study

Line engraving of a bald bearded man in a ruff collar and fur-trimmed robe, within an oval frame with Latin text.

Otto Heurnius. Line engraving by P. Aubry after N. van Negre

Nicolaes van Negre

Pastel study of a right hand resting on a surface, with red chalk shading and white highlights on brown paper.

Study of a Right Hand for the Portrait of countess Anna Joachima Danneskiold-Laurvigen

Jens Juel, 1790-1791

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair, white collar and dark buttoned doublet, with Latin inscription below.

Adolphus Vorstius. Line engraving by P. Aubry after G. Petri

Drawing of a bearded man with tousled hair resting his hand on his chin, gazing sideways, in charcoal on toned paper.

Portrait of a Young Man Leaning on his Hand

Hans Troschel, ca. 1620