New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Portraits

24,245 works

Two Male Heads in Profile to Right

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Red chalk drawing of a man's head with wavy hair and a frilled collar, eyes looking upward, shaded background.

Head of a Man

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Red chalk drawing of an idealized female head with curly hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer, on cream paper.

Idealized Female Head, Copied after the Antique

Johann Evangelist Kastner, late 18th-early 19th century

Red chalk drawing of an idealized male head turned right, with curly hair and drapery at the shoulder.

Idealized Head Looking Right, copied after the Antique

Johann Evangelist Kastner, 1800

Head of a Bearded Old Man in Profile to the Right

Johann Evangelist Kastner, 1800

Printed sheet with five tilted portraits of men, some in military uniform, with captions beneath and a handwritten signature.

Portrait of Chairmen and Commanders

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Head of a Warrior

Giuseppe Cesari, 1597-1601

Red chalk drawing of a warrior in a plumed helmet glancing over his shoulder, with curling hair and a knotted cloak.

Bust of a Warrior Wearing a Plumed Helmet, Looking Toward Spectator Over His Right Shoulder (recto); Sketch of a Leg…

Camillo Procaccini, 1605-9

Engraved sheet with rulers' portrait medallions, a map of Eastern Europe, seated figures, travel vignettes and a ship.

Map of Eastern Europe with portraits of Sigismund von Herberstein, Emperor Charles V, Emperor Maximilian I, Ferdinand…

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1548

Head of Christ

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Red chalk drawing of a youth's head with tousled hair on a grey ground, torn fragment mounted on cream paper.

Alternate Study for the Head of a Youth (Formerly a Pentimento Pasted to 1975.131.21)

Jacopo Confortini, 1600-1699

Brown ink drawing of a colonnaded hall with allegorical figures, a river god, cherubs holding a portrait medallion, and schol

Design for a Thesis Print with an Allegory of Knowledge and Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini the Younger (1607-…

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1635

Black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head turned upward, on grey paper.

Head of Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini) (recto); An Outstretched Arm (verso)

Pietro Locatelli, 1669-70

Black-and-white woodcut self-portrait of a man's head turned left, with bold angular shading and dark hair.

Self-Portrait Facing Left (Selbstbildnis nachlinks)

Otto Mueller, 1920

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of a young girl wearing a coral bead necklace, set within an octagonal frame.

Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Agata Dolci

Carlo Dolci, 1676-80

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man looking upward on blue-gray paper, with white highlights on hair and beard.

Head of a Bearded Man

Domenichino, 1620-30

Engraved print of three oval portraits of men in ornate scrollwork frames, labeled Chas Thomson, P. Randolph, and Rev. J. Duc

Fragments of portraits

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Chalk head study of a bearded man turned to the upper left, with white highlights on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Black chalk sketch of a bearded man's head turned to the upper right, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Right

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Lithograph portrait of a man's head in three-quarter view, rendered in dark expressive crayon strokes on cream paper.

Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

Lovis Corinth, 1920

Black chalk drawing of a woman's head turned left, with a headscarf and loose curls, on pale blue paper.

Head of a Woman (recto); Head of a Child, Study of Children's Forearms (verso)

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Loose ink sketch of a man with tousled dark hair, shaded cravat and folded hands, signed Corinth at lower right.

Bildnis Joseph Schwarz (Portrait of Joseph Schwarz)

Lovis Corinth, 1916

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a balding, bearded older man with curly hair, turned slightly to the right.

Head of a Bearded Man

Domenico Fetti, 1588/89-1623

Bust of a Youth Looking to Upper Left (recto); Study of Drapery (verso)

Orazio Fidani, 1610-56

Pen and wash drawing of a curly-haired man in a cloak riding a rearing horse, with red chalk curls at upper right.

Man on Horseback, Study of a Man's Head (recto); Head of a Young Woman (verso)

Marcello Fogolino, 1483-1548

Etched portrait of a bearded man leaning forward with folded arms, head turned to the left, loose hatched lines.

Portrait of Renoir

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1877

Red chalk sketch of an angel's half-figure looking upward, with draped robes and wing-like forms on grey paper.

Half-Figure of an Angel Looking Upward (recto); Bust of a Man in Left Profile (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1611-89

Portrait of John Poyntz

Hans Holbein the Younger, early 16th century

Etched portrait of a standing woman in a ruffled gown and fur wrap against a hatched dark background.

[Portrait de Mme La Comtesse V...]

Lionel Aristide Lecouteux, 1879

Brown and white drawing of a young woman with lowered eyes wearing a folded headscarf, by Carlo Cignani.

Head of a Young Woman in Three-Quarter View Facing Left

Carlo Cignani, 1670-1700

Etching of a half-length portrait showing a figure with short hair and hands clasped at the bottom of the frame.

Frauenbildnis (Portrait of a Woman)

Lovis Corinth, 1914

Oval engraving of a man in a curled periwig and cravat, printed on a June 1859 newspaper page.

Portrait of Händel from the Original Painted for Him BY Denner, and Presented to the Sacred Harmonic Society

Balthasar Denner, 1859