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Portraits

24,374 works

Line engraving of a bearded man at a desk with scroll, dividers, armillary sphere and a hand in a medallion.

Jan (Jean) Taisnier. Line engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1682

Nicolas de Larmessin

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a bearded man with a white collar, looking directly at the viewer, on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Francisco Pacheco, 1564-1644

Line engraving portrait of a bearded man with a ruff collar in an oval frame, labeled Ioannes Sambucus.

Johannes Sambucus. Line engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1682

Nicolas de Larmessin

Line engraving portrait of a bald, bearded man in a ruff collar and cloak, inside an oval frame, labelled Io. Baptista Porta.

Giovanni Battista della Porta. Line engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1682

Nicolas de Larmessin

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with a cherub, globe, and scroll, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius

Robert de Baudous, 1610/16

Jean Stadius. Line engraving by N. de Larmessin

Nicolas de Larmessin

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, turned to the right, with inscription in the border.

Bust of a Man Facing Right

Hendrick Goltzius, 1579

Line engraving portrait of Gerard Mercator in an oval frame, wearing a wide hat and ruff collar, signed by Nicolas de Larmess

Gerard Mercator [Cremer]. Line engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1682

Nicolas de Larmessin

Head of a Satyr Facing Left

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1625-30

Line engraving of a bearded man in a ruff collar with his hand on a globe, a coat of arms above, caption Franciscus Drake.

Sir Francis Drake. Line engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1682

Nicolas de Larmessin

Sepia mezzotint portrait of a young woman in braided military jacket, hand resting on a cannon under a cloudy sky.

Manuela Sancho, a heroine in the defence of Saragossa in 1809, aged 24. Mezzotint by H. Meyer, 1811, after L. Hoppner

Lascelles H. Hoppner

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man facing left, wearing a pleated ruff collar, within a decorative border.

Bust of a Man Facing Left

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580

Engraved portrait of a man in a wide hat and ornate chained robe, before a stone arch with a cherub above.

Maximilian I

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Etched self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and bow tie, with curly hair and mustache, by James McNeill Whistler.

Self-Portrait

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Line engraving of a very stout man in a buttoned coat and frilled cap, standing with one hand raised to his head.

Jacob Powell, who died weighing almost 40 stone. Line engraving by A. Walker

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, framed by allegorical figures and a Latin inscription.

Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert

Willem Swanenburgh, 1611

Brown-toned drawing of a bearded older man with lowered eyes, lit by white chalk highlights on a warm ground.

Head of a Man, Full Face

Alphonse Legros

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a cap and pleated collar, turned left, with horizontal hatched background.

Leonhart von Eck

Barthel Beham, 1527

Drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders in black chalk and colored crayon on orange paper, gazing forward.

Head of a Man (Possible Portrait of Professor E.D. Adams)

Alphonse Legros

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur-trimmed garment, with a chain and pleated collar.

Leonard von Eckh

Barthel Beham, 1527

Stipple engraving of a stout bald man in a long coat holding a bowl and cane, captioned Sam House, The Patriotic Publican.

Samuel House, a patriotic publican. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin inscription below.

Self-Portrait at Age Thirty-Five

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1537

Engraved scene of Copernicus gesturing at a celestial diagram, surrounded by astronomers and telescopes in a Gothic hall.

Nicolas Copernicus among other astronomers of the world. Process print after a wood engraving by J. Styfi and J. Hole…

Michał Elwiro Andriolli

Stipple engraving portrait of a woman with curled hair and a high-waisted dress with fringed puffed sleeves, 1823.

Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823

Engraving of two round medallions: left, violin, flute and music on a table; right, a smiling woman with curled hair.

Bust of a Woman holding a Flute; Musical Instruments

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580/90

Colour caricature of twelve French surgeons shown as specimens standing in glass jars, with surgical instruments below.

Twelve French surgeons portrayed as pathological specimens in glass jars. Colour lithograph by A. Barrère, ca. 1910

Adrien Barrère

Engraved dagger sheath design with an armored standing man above a panel of dense acanthus scrollwork.

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Hand-coloured engraved portrait of a standing man in green coat and orange waistcoat holding a hat, with text listing walking

Josiah Eaton, a long distance walker. Coloured stipple engraving by S. Freeman after T.C. Smith

Thomas Coreggio Smith

Watercolour of two 17th-century men in hats, one gesturing toward a dissected hand, with a Latin inscription below.

Sir Charles Scarborough and Dr Edward Arris conducting an anatomical dissection. Watercolour painting by G. P. Hardin…

Portrait of Madame Dugazon as Nina

Joseph Jean Bernard, 1788

Head of a Young Girl in Profile

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 18th century

Stipple engraving of Bishop Edmund Bonner, bald and bound with cords, raising a whip in one hand.

Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper