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Portraits

24,410 works

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf and gown, leaning at a table beside a globe under a tree.

Portrait of Maria Gaet - Agnesi

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in period dress leaning on a table beside a curtain and tall flowering plants.

Portrait of M.-J.-A.-N. de Coritat, Marquis de Condorcet

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a standing officer in uniform holding a sword, with a stone pedestal and landscape behind him.

Portrait of C.-F. du Perier Dumouriez

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat pointing forward beside a horse, with a flag and rocky ground behind him.

Portrait of Prince Henry of Prussia

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a man in a long coat leaning on an inscribed pedestal beside a quill and book.

Portrait of Giovanni Fantoni (or "Labindo")

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in period dress holding a top hat and cane, with a building and shrubs behind him.

Portrait of Edmond Burke

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man in a coat examining coins in an open cabinet drawer, with shelves and a skull in the roo

Portrait of Joseph-Hilarius Eckehel

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of a standing woman in an empire gown beside a desk with sheet music, and a laurel-crowned harpist behind

Portrait of Angelica Catalani de Valabrègue

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in a fur cap and spectacles beside a stove, with a quill and books on a table.

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Jacques Coittier [Coytier]. Line engraving by J.C. François, 1755, after J. Robert

Jean-Charles François

Engraved oval portrait of a bald, bearded man in a braided coat and white collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Emilio Campolongo. Line engraving by H. David, 1630

Red chalk drawing of draped fabric folds over the knees of a seated figure, shaded in warm reddish-brown tones.

A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure o…

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1520/30

Line engraving portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and frilled cravat, captioned Goethe.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Line engraving by C. Hess after F. G. von Kügelgen, 1810

Gerhard von Kügelgen

Study for the Head of the Infant Christ at the Breast of the Virgin

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1490

Engraved portrait of a man in a periwig inside an oval frame, with cherubs, a skull, a coat of arms and cypresses.

Johann Heinrich Lochner. Line engraving by G. D. Heümann after himself

Georg Daniel Heumann

Line engraving of a man with curled wig in an oval frame, labelled Claude Perrault, on a stone pedestal.

Claude Perrault. Line engraving by G. Edelinck after Vercelin

Line engraving portrait of an elderly woman in a lace bonnet, wearing several medals and a cross, titled Soeur Marthe.

Anne Biget [soeur Marthe]. Line engraving by P. F. Bertonnier after himself

Pierre François Bertonnier

Hand-colored oval portrait of a bearded man with dark hair in a dark jacket and bow tie, on a cream mount.

Portrait of Frederick W. Walken

Mary Wheeler, 1854

Line engraving portrait of Sir Samuel Garth in a curled wig, within an oval frame and ornate rococo cartouche below.

Sir Samuel Garth. Line engraving by J. Houbraken, 1748, after Sir G. Kneller

Godfrey Kneller

Pencil portrait of a young woman with a braided hair and shawl, drawn on brown paper with handwritten inscription below.

Senorita Filetta Molina Bolador del Carmen, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged allegorical figures holding a draped cloth with a medallion portrait, above reclining fi

An Allegory of the Arts Vanquishing Time, Surmounted by a Medallion Portrait of King Stanislaw August of Poland as Pa…

André Lebrun, after 1780

Line engraving portrait of a man with long curly hair, white collar and fur-trimmed garment, with an empty cartouche below.

Charles Patin. Line engraving by J. Boulanger after C. Lefebvre

Claude Lefèbvre

Line engraving portrait of a man with curly hair and white collar in an oval frame, with a coat of arms below.

Philippe Collot. Line engraving by G. Edelinck, 1700

Gerard Edelinck

Brown ink drawing of Judith with a sword pointing skyward, a maidservant, and a severed head in a landscape.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Anton von Maron, 18th century-early 19th century

Line engraving of a man in an oval portrait with powdered hair, framed by laurel and ribbons, with books below.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Line engraving, 1780, after E. Ficquet after M. Q. de La Tour

Maurice Quentin de La Tour

Pen-and-ink frontispiece design with an empty framed panel, botanical fronds, ribbon scroll reading W. W. Corcoran, and handw

Frontispiece, Portrait of W. W. Corcoran

James Henry Moser, 1890

Head of a Bearded Man

Adolph Menzel, 1884

Line engraving of Robert Morison, an older man in a dark gown holding a scroll, framed by an ornate floral garland.

Robert Morison. Line engraving by R. White, 1680, after W. Sonmans

William Sonmans

Woman with a Crushed Velvet Hat

Adolph Menzel, 1894

Line engraving portrait of a seated man in a curly wig holding a quill, with books, a globe and curtains behind him.

Christoph Gottwaldt. Line engraving by G. Edelinck after A. Stech

Petrus de Abano. Line engraving by H. David, 1630

Brown ink wash drawing of Judith holding a raised sword beside the severed head of Holofernes, with an attendant kneeling at

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600