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Portraits

24,050 works

Charcoal sketch of a young woman with curly hair, wearing a feathered hat with flowers and a lace collar.

Study( head of Edwardian woman)

Charles Nuttall

Drawing of a bearded man in a yellow fur-collared garment, rendered in black and colored chalk, turned to the right.

Portrait of an Unknown Man, possibly identifiable as Thomas Seymour

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535

Red chalk portrait drawing of a young man with short hair and a lace collar, gazing forward, by Agostino Carracci.

Portrait of the Artist's Son, Antonio Carracci

Agostino Carracci, 1592/95

Sheet music cover titled Paul and Virginie showing a seated couple in a tropical landscape with palms and a ship, within a se

Paul and Virginie

Red and black crayon portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and mustache, gripping a walking stick, in a red sweater.

Frontal Portrait from the Waist Up of Maxime Gorki

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1905

Head of an Old Man

Antoine Coypel, 1716

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow floral kimono and chrysanthemum robe, holding an open fan.

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III as Shirabyoshi Hisakata, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Print of a bearded man sitting up in bed in a dim room, with a shadowy figure beside the iron bedframe.

Portrait of Charles Meryon Sitting Up in Bed

Léopold Flameng, 1858

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a monk's hood, with Latin inscription and date 1520 below.

Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1520

Etching of a dark-haired man with a mustache and light collar, turned three-quarters toward the viewer against a shadowed bac

Portrait of Velasquez

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, n.d.

Lithograph of a painter from behind, palette in hand, painting an exaggerated self-portrait in a cluttered studio.

Self-Portrait of a Frenchman, plate 2 from Scénes D'ateliers

Honoré Daumier, published March 29, 1849

Portrait of Paul Cézanne

Camille Pissarro, 1874

Édouard Manet, Bust-Length Portrait

Edgar Degas, ca. 1868

Etching of a bearded man seated in a wooden chair, turned to the right, beside a window with hatched shadows.

Édouard Manet, Seated, Turned to the Right

Edgar Degas, ca. 1868

Head of a Woman in Profile

Edgar Degas, 1879-80

Monotone portrait of a mustached man in a dark hat and tie, with a handwritten inscription beneath, on pale paper.

Portrait of Virginie Cardinal's Favorite, the Actor Crochard (illustration for La Famille Cardinal by Ludovic Halévy)

Edgar Degas, ca. 1880

Engraved portrait of Galileo Galilei in an oval frame, with cherubs holding a telescope and instruments above.

Portrait of Galileo Galilei set within an elaborate cartouche

Francesco Villamena, 1623

Soft tonal portrait sketch of a bearded man with flowing beard and tousled hair, signed Renoir, on pale paper.

Auguste Rodin

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1900

Portrait of a Man

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 18th century

Pen and ink portrait of a bearded man with long hair, head turned three-quarters, signed A. Legros, 1877.

Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros, 1877

Portrait of Isabella Benson

John Smart, 1811

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white cravat, with handwritten name below.

Gaetano Rossi Napoletano

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a young man with short curly hair, high collar and cravat, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Liberali de Verona

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a man with long curly hair and a buttoned jacket on toned paper.

Portrait of a Man (recto); A Male Torso in Jacket and the Head of a Child (verso)

Giuseppe Ghislandi, 1740s

Engraved portrait of a man in a velvet cap holding a palette and brushes beside a stone ledge and draped curtain.

Portrait of Hyacinthe Rigaud

Pierre Drevet, 1703

Pen and wash drawing of an armoured commander and a woman in a gown among crowds, with spearmen and ships in a harbour.

Allegorical Portrait of a Commander and His Wife

Pieter Jansz, 17th century

Etched portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair turned three-quarters, set against dense crosshatched shadow.

Portrait of the Artist

Charles Émile Jacque, 1846

Seated man in white turban, dark robe and blue garment holding a book, drawn in pencil and watercolour.

Abram Incab Messir

David Wilkie, 1841

Portrait of Louis-Francois Bertin, l'ainé

Anne-Louis Girodet, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a man in steel armour with a white collar, framed by laurel wreaths and initials.

Oliver Cromwell

Jan van de Velde IV, after 1653

Imaginary portrait head of a man wearing a cap and fur-trimmed coat; from the series of 22 imaginary portrait heads a…

Johann Lorenz Haid, ca. 1730-50

Blue monochrome print of a man in a feathered hat and ruff collar holding a sword hilt, after Piazzetta.

Imaginary portrait head of a man in a feathered hat; from the series of 22 imaginary portrait heads after Giovanni Ba…

Johann Lorenz Haid, ca. 1730-50