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Portraits

24,002 works

Pencil portrait study of a seated woman with dark hair in a draped dress, facing forward against a pale background.

Portrait Study: Mrs. Philip, No. 3 (recto) Portrait Study: Geneviève Mallarmé (verso)

James McNeill Whistler, 1897

Portrait of Franz Hauer

Egon Schiele, 1914

Self-Portrait

Egon Schiele, 1914

Portrait of a Man

Egon Schiele, 1914

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded old man's head with curly hair and a flowing beard, by Sir George Hayter, 1849.

Head of a Bearded Old Man

George Hayter, 1849

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a pointed hood, shaded with fine cross-hatching, dated 1840.

Head of a Male Pilgrim

George Hayter, 1840

Sepia mezzotint of a turbaned man in a jeweled robe with two bearded men beside him against a dark background.

Haman's Condemnation

Richard Houston, August 24, 1775

Etching with a tree and a figure at left and a shaded head in a velvet cap at right, by Léopold Flameng, 1859.

Sheet with two studies: a tree, and the upper part of the head of the artist wearing a velvet cap

Léopold Flameng, 1859

Engraved portrait of a bearded man seated beside an easel in a studio with bookshelves and a city view.

Portrait of Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Pieter Dupont, 1900/01

Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, on Horseback

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delafosse, 1763

Engraved portrait of a man in a tall top hat and high cravat, within an oval vignette, titled Warren Hastings, Esq.

Portrait of Warren Hastings, Esq.

George Townley Stubbs, April 30, 1795

Mezzotint of boxer Richard Humphreys in a fighting stance, bare-chested, fists raised, before a cloudy landscape with trees.

Richard Humphreys, the Celebrated Boxer Who Never Was Conquered

John Young, 1788

Pencil portrait of an older man with long wavy hair and a bow tie, by Alphonse Legros, 1891.

Portrait of Professor Huxley

Alphonse Legros, 1891

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a fleur-de-lis robe holding a scepter beside a crown under a draped canopy.

Portrait of Louis XIV

Pierre Drevet, 1712

Ink sketch of a smiling caricatured man wearing a tall top hat, one hand on his hip, drawn in loose black lines.

Portrait of Paul Maitland, Artist

Philipp William May, n.d.

Engraving of Judith handing Holofernes' head to a maidservant, with his body lying inside the tent at left.

Judith passing the head of Holofernes to her maidservant, the decapitated Holofernes inside the tent at left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Etched oval self-portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, plumed cap and lace collar, shaded with fine crosshatching.

Self-Portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, looking toward the viewer beside a wooden chair.

Clement de Jonghe, Printseller

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat seated in a high-backed chair beside a table with an inkwell.

Jan Lutma

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656

Charcoal study of a classical bearded bust with curly hair and draped shoulders, drawn in 1832 on toned paper.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Solon

Henry Jean Becquet, 1832

Grey chalk drawing of a classical bust with wavy hair, ribbon and grape clusters, after a sculpture of Dionysus.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Dionysus

Henry Jean Becquet, 1833

Charcoal and chalk academic study of a classical marble bust of a woman with wavy hair on a plinth, dated 1833.

Academic study after a sculpture: bust of Niobe

Henry Jean Becquet, 1833

Engraved portrait of Pope Sixtus V seated on a throne in papal robes, with two putti and a Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Pope Sixtus V

Pietro Facchetti, 1585

Pencil drawing of three women with upswept hair and earrings, the central woman wearing a white lace collar.

Portrait of Frau von Oppen and Her Two Daughters

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1835

Black-and-white print of a crucified Christ between candlesticks and flower arrangements, with a caption naming the Lord of t

True Portrait of Our Lord of the Hospital

José Guadalupe Posada, 1903

Engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth I holding an orb and scepter, wearing a crown and large ruff, with Latin text.

Queen Elizabeth I

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1592

Engraving of a young man in a plumed hat holding a skull, pointing with one hand, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Young Man with a Skull

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1519

Engraving of Salome holding the head of John the Baptist on a platter at a banquet table with seated men in turbans.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Lucas van Leyden, 1514

Woodcut of a woman holding a platter with a severed head before a seated couple at a dining table in an interior.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1517

Etched sheet with title page, dedication, and two small portraits of a wigged man and a bearded old man.

Title Page, Dedication, Portrait of Giambattista Tiepolo, Bearded Old Man

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1775

Engraved portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and chain of office, with an arched window and eagle panel behind him.

Emperor Maximillian I

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Black-and-white woodcut of a horned devil head, a seated woman, a bird and tropical leaves in a stylized landscape.

Plate with the Head of a Horned Devil, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

Paul Gauguin, 1898/99