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Portraits

24,223 works

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man with thinning hair, high collar and buttoned coat, seen in bust-length view.

Portrait of a Man

James Goodwyn Clonney, 1835

Portrait of a young man (unidentified sitter)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with powdered curled hair, lace collar and buttoned jacket, on a plinth base.

Portrait of Madame du Barry

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, c. 1760-1790

Engraved portrait of an older man in round spectacles and headscarf, inside an ornate frame with a name plaque below.

Self-Portrait

Juste Chevillet, after 1771

Head of a Bearded Man

Lorenzo Lotto, 1516-17

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross with a crowd of onlookers and a dog below.

Martydom of Saint Andrew (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a young woman's head turned left, eyes lowered, hair in a high bun, shoulders bare.

Head of a Young Woman

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

Graphite portrait of a seated woman in a lace cap and buttoned dress, hands folded, drawn in 1857.

Portrait of Atala Varcollier

Henri Lehmann, 1857

Engraved interior with a standing woman and man with a scroll, flanked by oval medallion portraits and two classical busts.

Roger Assham and Mary Surrounded by MedallianPortraits

Michael Burghers

General Washington, from a set of 13 American Statesmen portraits

Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, 1783

Head of Christ, in Three-Quarter Profile, to Right

Possibly Giovanni Antonio Guardi, n.d.

Pen and ink figure studies with red chalk head of a child, showing groups of figures, seated men and an old man.

Figure Studies: The Arrest of Christ?, Christ and the Canaanite Woman, Seated Male Figures, and Head of a Child (rect…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Blue-toned pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a cap and ruff collar, looking straight ahead.

Self Portrait

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1570

Brown chalk drawing of the Madonna embracing the Christ child, with white highlights on drapery and figures.

Madonna and Child (recto); Head and Bust of Saint John the Evangelist (verso)

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Head of Bearded Man (recto); Head of a Girl (verso)

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, 1503-40

Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to Left, possibly the Portrait of the Poet Giorgio Anselmi (ca. 1459-1528), with Fai…

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Watercolor drawing of a seated woman in a white hat sewing white cloth on a yellow-striped sofa.

Portrait of a Lady Sewing

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long hair and a white collar, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Portrait of Le Cardinal de Coislin

Robert Nanteuil, 1666

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded monk's bust in a stone niche flanked by serpents and ivy, with Latin inscriptions.

Bust Portrait of Carmelite Monk in Niche

Johannes Lanoy, n.d.

Academic study after a print: head of a man

Lodewijk Joannes jr. Feys, 1763

Pen drawing of a kneeling youth in a hood with folded hands, plus a separate head study of another youth.

Study of a Kneeling Youth and of the Head of Another

Pietro Perugino, 1500

Pen and white-heightened drawing on blue paper of a young woman with lowered eyes, head tilted, wearing a veil and cloak.

Bust of a Young Woman

Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1495

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a beret and fur-trimmed cloak, turned toward the viewer against hatched background lines.

Portrait of Rembrandt (reverse of Rembrandt's self-portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill, 1639 [Hind 168])

Possibly by Dinon, 1783

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a cap and fur-trimmed coat, with a coat of arms and castle landscape behind him.

Portrait of Georg Roggenbach

Hanns Lautensack, 1554

Portrait of Philippe Claude André de Thubières, Comte de Caylus

Jean B. A. Gautier d'Agoty, n.d.

Portrait of a young boy with dark hair in a dark jacket, white shirt and yellow bow tie against a grey background.

Colombia, Barranquilla, portrait of boy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Sepia engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair wearing a fur-collared garment, after Rubens.

Portrait of a Bearded Man

Christoffel Jegher

Red chalk drawing of a seated bishop in a mitre with three attendant figures gazing upward on tinted paper.

Seated Bishop with Arms Extended and Three Attendant Figures (recto); Head of a Lion and Perspective Diagrams (verso)

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Engraved portrait of Galileo Galilei, bearded man in dark dress and white collar, with dedication inscription below.

Portrait of Galileo Galilei (1562-1642)

Galgano Cipriani, 1800

Engraved print of a woman with downcast eyes holding a curved sword, with Latin verse inscribed below.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Claude Mellan, 1620

Oval gold snuff box with blue and green enamel, a female portrait miniature on the lid, and pastoral scenes on the sides.

Snuff Box (Tabatière) with Portrait of Marie Antoinette

Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu, 1768

Engraved lakeside landscape with a hotel, a rowboat with two figures, and mountains, above printed magazine text about Wordsw

"The Prince of Wales Hotel. the Stone: "at Wordsworth´S Suit Was Spared." the View from Rydal Mount. the Head of Wind…

Butterworth & Heath, 1866