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Portraits

24,050 works

Japanese woodblock portrait of a stylized actor with black hair and red headdress against blue and white diagonal stripes.

Portrait of sumo wrestler Nuregami Chôgorô

Toyohara Kunichika, 1864

Engraved portrait of a woman with curled hair and a large white collar, inside an arched frame with Latin inscription below.

Amelia Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse

Ludwig von Siegen, 17th century

Charcoal study of a bearded man's head turned to the side with eyes lowered, on grey paper.

Head of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, n.d.

Engraved half-length portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls, and a fur-trimmed satin gown beside a draped curtain.

Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Brown ink drawing of Minerva with musicians and muses below and allegorical figures on clouds above, by Hans Speckaert.

Allegory of Minerva as the Head of the Muses

Hans Speckaert, in or before 1575

Head of Saint Francis

Guido Reni, before c. 1632

Bust of a Woman (recto)

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1458

Lithograph of a standing man in period dress before a cobbled courtyard filled with figures and stone buildings.

Portrait of M. de Lanneau

Jean Henri Marlet, n.d.

Engraved frontispiece showing two seated men, a bust on a pedestal, a winged angel with a laurel wreath, and scientific instr

Frontispiece from Thomas Sprat's "The History of the Royal Society of London"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1667

Engraved oval portrait of Henrietta Maria with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, inscribed below.

Henrietta Maria

Wenceslaus Hollar, after 1641

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat inside an ornate cartouche with painter's palettes and brushes.

Peter Paul Rubens (Petrus Paulus Rubenius)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap and white collar, holding a book, with Latin inscription.

Gulielmus Oughtred Anglus (frontispiece from Oughtred's "The Key of the Mathematicks New Forged and Filed," 1647)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Full-length engraved portrait of a standing man in ornate military dress holding a plumed hat, with a cloudy sky behind him.

Portrait of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey

Charles Turner, 1828

Engraved portrait of a young boy with a lace collar, gloved hand on a cane, sword at hip, curtain behind.

Charles II

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Etched roundel portrait of a woman in a large pleated lace ruff and dark gown, by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644.

Woman with circular lace ruff, from "Women's Heads Framed in Roundels"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644

Portrait of Daubigny

Léopold Massard, 1879

Engraved portrait of a man in ornate armor with a long wig, holding a baton beside a plumed helmet, with smoke over a battlef

Portrait of Henri de Lorraine, Comte d'Harcourt, Grand Squire of France

Antoine Masson, 1667

Head of a bald man in profile to left

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Bust of a woman looking downwards towards left with elaborately decorated hair

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648

Sketch of a woman in a large dark hat, face tinted in red and orange colored pencil on pale paper.

Portrait of a Woman with Black Hat

Philipp William May, 1884/1903

Engraved half-length portrait of a veiled woman with a halo, holding a palm frond and a book.

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of a classical-style bust of a woman with curled hair and a gathered draped garment, by Wenceslaus Hollar.

Antique bust of a woman

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Ink drawing of a stylized costumed woman's face with dashed outlines and black geometric accents, by Paul Klee.

Portrait Sketch of a Costumed Lady

Paul Klee, 1924

Bust of a deformed old woman with one tooth, facing left

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Title page to Diversae Probae

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded faun's head in a roundel, framed by ivy and grape vines.

Head of a Faun in a Concave Roundel

Agostino Carracci, probably c. 1595

Head of Young Man

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Bearded old man with a tilted head

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Head of a Bearded Man

Edouard Vuillard, 1889

Bust of a deformed woman with curly hair in profile to the left

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Etching of a bald man with a downward gaze and faint smile, shown from head to shoulders, with dense hatched shading.

Head of a bald, sinewy man looking downwards

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1648

Head of a man with protruding chin and snub nose looking upwards in profile to left

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52