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Portraits

23,978 works

Engraved portrait of a young man with curly hair, white collar and dark cape, hand resting on a book before a draped curtain.

Amador Jean-Baptiste de Vignerod, abbe de Richelieu

Engraved cartouche with a nude winged Mercury holding a snake-entwined caduceus, flanked by birds, flower urns and lion masks

Mercury with the Head of Argus

Etienne Delaune

Jansenius, eveque d'Ypres

Engraved portrait of a man with curled hair and mustache in lace collar and sash, inside an octagonal inscribed frame.

Henri de Lorraine, comte d'Harcourt

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe, inside an octagonal inscribed frame.

Michel de Marillac, conseiller d'etat et garde des sceaux

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearls, inside an octagonal frame.

Anne-Sophie Herbert, comtesse de Carnarvon

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in armor and a draped sash, set within an octagonal frame.

Henri IV, roi de France

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and moustache in a white collar and fur-trimmed cloak, within an octagonal frame.

Rene de Longueil, futur marquis de Maisons

Ink and wash drawing of an artist sketching a bishop at dinner from behind a screen, with a cherub in the clouds above.

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Executing the Portrait of the Bishop of Chartres

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1768

Louis XI, roi de France

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a jeweled cap and embroidered doublet, inscribed Henry Second Roy de France.

Henri II, roi de France

Engraved octagonal portrait of a man with mustache and white collar, inscribed as Jacques Le Mercier, architect to the king.

Jacques Le Mercier, architecte du roi

Engraved bust portrait of a man with curled hair and lace collar inside an octagonal inscribed frame.

Pierre Maugis, seigneur des Granges

Engraved portrait of a man with long curly hair and mustache, wearing armor and lace collar, inside an octagonal frame.

Louis XIII, Roi de France

Engraved portrait of a man with long wavy hair in armour and lace collar, inside an octagonal inscribed frame.

Henri II de Lorraine, duc de Guise

Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura

Richard Houston, 1755

Sepia group portrait of seated and standing men in turbans and military dress before a stone wall, printed on a book page.

Group portrait of Sultan Jan, Captain Dallas and officers in the Kurram Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Frederick Saint John Gore, 1890

Printed group portrait of armed Turi militia men with rifles posed on a rocky hillside with palm fronds.

Group portrait of a Turi militia at Sadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Frederick Saint John Gore, 1890

Rotated black-and-white photo of a group of turbaned men in long coats posed outdoors among bare trees, on a book page.

Group portrait of officials from Punjab, Pakistan

Frederick Saint John Gore, 1890

Engraving of the Virgin of Sorrows with a halo, hooded veil and clasped hands, tears on her cheek, dark hatched background.

La Vierge de douleurs

Red chalk print of a seated man in a frock coat and powdered wig, arm draped over a chair back, books on a shelf behind.

Portrait de Bergeret

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1770-71

Engraved portrait of an elderly bald man in a dark cloak and cravat, with Italian inscription below.

Portrait of Don Emanuel Desvalls

Jacob Matthias Schmutzer, n.d.

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a dark robe and white ruff collar, with a coat of arms at upper right.

Portrait of Jean Besly, Historian

Charles Meryon, 1861

Oval color print of a woman with powdered hair and a lace cap, in a light draped gown against a dark green background.

Mademoiselle Rose Bertin, Dressmaker to Marie-Antoinette

Jean François Janinet, n.d.

Etched half-length portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and embroidered doublet, gazing toward the viewer.

Portrait of Th. Agrippa d'Aubigné

Charles Meryon, 1861-62

Etched bust portrait of a man with tousled hair, mustache and cravat, printed small on a wide cream sheet.

Portrait of Benjamin Fillon, Writer and Historian

Charles Meryon, 1862

Head of a New Holland Dog

Charles Meryon, 1860

Etched frame design with a blank center, surrounded by books, scrolls, pens, and a cat resting before an open law book.

Design for a Frame for the Portrait of Armand Guéraud

Charles Meryon, 1862

Etching of commedia dell'arte figures in a studio viewing an oval portrait of Harlequin held by a standing man.

Pierrot and Scaramouche show the portrait of Harlequin

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Bust of a Bearded Man Looking Up

Classical Portrait Bust of a Bearded Man

Pencil sketch of a young child in a cap, head turned, resting one hand under the chin.

Head of a Child in a Cap

after John Flaxman Anonymous