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Portraits

23,993 works

David with the Head of Goliath

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Portrait of Woman in Profile

After Sir Joshua Reynolds, n.d.

Bust of an Old Man in Profile, Facing Right

Salomon Koninck, 1638

Charcoal drawing of a bearded older man in three-quarter view wearing a cap and a chain with a medallion.

Self-Portrait

After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, n.d.

Mezzotint oval portrait of a bewigged clergyman in a dark robe and white collar, with Latin inscription below.

Cottonus Matheris (Cotton Mather)

Peter Pelham, 1728

Mezzotint self-portrait of a man in a beret and fur-trimmed coat, after Rembrandt, with a crest below.

Rembrandt, Self-Portrait

Richard Earlom after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1767

Seated man in red coat and powdered wig beside a bookstand in an elegant room with a window and fireplace, drawn in watercolo

Jean-Pierre de Bougainville

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1760

Graphite portrait drawing of a standing man in a double-breasted coat with a medal, holding a top hat.

Admiral Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1817

Graphite portrait drawing of a young woman with hair pulled back, wearing a frilled collar and lace shawl, signed Ingres.

Madame Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, née Madeleine Chapelle

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1814

Pencil drawing of an officer in a tricorn hat and his wife leaning on a stone balustrade, study by Arthur Devis.

Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife

Arthur Devis, ca. 1756-58

Oval graphite and chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man with curled powdered hair and a buttoned coat.

Oval, bust-length portrait study of a young man

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Drawing of a wigged man in 18th-century dress, hand on hip, rendered in white chalk on blue-grey paper.

Half-length portrait study of a wigged man

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Ink and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated man in a wig with a dog and a book beside him.

Three-quarter length portrait study of a man seated at a desk with a dog

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Chalk drawing of a woman in a lace cap and satin dress with bows, shown in an oval frame on grey paper.

Half-length portrait study of a woman wearing a cap and pearl earrings

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young woman with curled hair, lace trim, and bow-decorated sleeves in a half-length pose.

Half-length portrait study of a young woman with long hair

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Blue-paper drawing in white chalk of a young woman with curled hair and lace collar, in an oval frame.

Bust-length portrait study of a young woman with a striped shawl

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Engraving of a young man in a plumed hat holding a skull, with his hand pointing toward it.

Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull

Lucas van Leyden, c. 1519

Bust of a Nude Woman and Three-Quarter Figure of a Man with a White Cap in Profile, Third Small Figure at Far Right,…

Paul Gauguin, 1899/1900

Red chalk drawing of a boy in a tricorn hat resting his cheek on his hand, leaning on draped fabric.

Portrait of a Boy

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1720-75

Chalk drawing of an elderly woman with wrinkled face and gray head scarf, with red shawl visible at shoulders.

Bust of an Old Woman Wearing a Head Scarf

Lagneau, c. 1625

Portrait of Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbruck (1762-1834)

Johann Gottfried Schadow, n.d.

Profile Portrait of Degas

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, n.d.

Head of a Young Woman

the Elder after Jean-Martial Fredou Gilles Demarteau

Etched landscape with hills, towns, and a figure carrying a head, with a chariot in the clouds above.

Mercury with the Head of Argus in His Hand

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man with a mustache and lace collar, with the name Franciscus Snyders below.

Frans Snyders, from "The Iconography"

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Pen and ink frieze design with a reclining nude man, a female figure, scrolls and a small unicorn head.

Design for a Frieze: A Nude Man, Sea Creature, a Garland and Volutes, Small Head of Unicorn

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1600-30

Etched portrait of a curly-haired man in a draped cloak holding a lute, with a Latin inscription below and a landscape behind

Jacques Gaultier

Jan Lievens, 17th century

Etched bust portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald crown and high collar, signed Jan Lievens.

Portrait of Robert South

Jan Lievens, mid-17th century

Monochrome print portrait of a smiling man with curly hair and a high collar, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Portrait of General Frézia, Baron of Ogliano

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1817-20

Engraved portrait of an elderly woman in a white lace cap and pleated ruff, with Italian and French inscriptions below.

Portrait of a Sixty-year-old Woman, from Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale d…

Pieter Tanjé, c. 1757

Pencil portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, signed C. L. Elliott and dated Albany, April 13, 1864.

Portrait of the Artist Asa W. Twitchell

Charles Loring Elliott, 1864

Etching of a woman in a headscarf leaning on a stone ledge, holding a pear beside an arched doorway.

Woman with a Pear

Ferdinand Bol, 17th century