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Portraits

23,878 works

Chalk drawing of a young woman in a wrapped turban, with red chalk accents on her cheeks and lips, on cream paper.

Portrait Bust of Young Woman in Turban

Attributed to David Allan, n.d.

Soft grey lithograph portrait of a bearded, balding man in a dark jacket, head turned slightly, with loose sketched shading.

Portrait of Cezanne

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1902

Upturned Head of Youth

John Downman, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe, seated beside a crucifix and books, drawn in 1654.

Portrait of Andreas van der Kruyssen (c. 1600-1663)

Cornelis Visscher, 1654

Etched self-portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with curly hair, shoulders draped in a cloak, hands visible below.

Self-Portrait

Willem Drost, 1652

Study after a bust of Hercules

John Downman, c. 1774

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and lace collar wearing a draped cloak, with Latin inscription below.

Self-Portrait

Claude Mellan, 1635

Pencil drawing of a sleeping young woman with tilted head, closed eyes and a frilled lace cap against a pale background.

Head of Sleeping Girl

Pieter Gaal, 1800

Bust of a Youth

Attributed to Rev. Matthew William Peters, n.d.

Etching of a man in a wide-brimmed hat leaning on a window ledge with a sketchbook, a landscape visible outside.

Self-Portrait: Drawing at a Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Graphite and chalk drawing of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, turned three-quarters, on gray paper.

Portrait Bust of a Man

Possibly after Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1780

Charcoal and chalk self-portrait of a man with swept-back hair and a high collar, turned toward the viewer on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Johannes Cornelis Haccou, 1835

Black and white woodcut portrait of a bearded man with angular, hatched facial features and a smaller head in the upper left.

Kopf Ludwig Schames (Portrait of Ludwig Schames)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1918

Half-Length Profile Portrait of a Woman Facing Left

George Romney, n.d.

Drawing of a bearded man in a feathered hat with a round medallion, rendered in graphite and red chalk on pale paper.

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Hat with a Medallion

Unknown artist, 1520/1540

Pencil and chalk drawing of a woman in a white veil and headdress, facing forward within an oval border.

Portrait of a Woman [recto]

Hans Holbein the Elder, c. 1508

General Reed, Member of Congress, from a set of 13 American Statesmen portraits

Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, 1783

Loose pencil sketch of a balding, mustached man in a jacket, head turned, one hand raised, on cream paper.

Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait)

Lovis Corinth, 1914

Etching of several overlapping portrait heads, including a bearded man, an older woman, a boy and a girl, with sketched studi

Verschiedene Köpfe und Selbstbildnis (Assorted Heads and Self-Portrait)

Lovis Corinth, 1915

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded sea god's face with flowing beard, wheat stalks and shells in an ornamental panel.

Head of Neptune

James Barry, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a standing man with a globe, a seated woman, a child and a dog before classical columns and trees.

Portrait of a Geographer, Wife, and Child

James Thornhill, n.d.

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace, lace collar and draped cloak.

Portrait of a Woman

Possibly after Gabriel Metsu, n.d.

Profile Portrait of Boy

the elder Daniel Mytens, n.d.

Profile of a Boy and Self-Portrait [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884/1886

Heads of a Boy and a Man (Self-Portrait?) [verso]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Head of a Cow [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Graphite sketch of a bearded man's head above a smaller drawing of a dog's head on pale paper.

Head of a Bearded Man with a Head of a Dog [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Two Head Studies and a Crouching Nude Woman; Two Women's Heads and a Head of Child [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketches on two sheets: a tree and landscape with a man's head, and a face inside a hatched square.

Landscape and Head of Man; Head of Monkey Inside a Square [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888

Pencil sketch on two panels: a man's bust-length self-portrait on the right, and circles with handwritten numbers on the left

Circles and Numbers; Self-Portrait [recto]

Paul Gauguin, c. 1884/1886

Portrait Bust of an Old Man

Possibly David Teniers the Younger, n.d.

Head of a Man with a Study of His Back; Various Sketches with a Peasant Woman and a Goose [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1884-1888