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Portraits

23,783 works

Engraving of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe seated among classical statues, with coins and a box on a table.

Andrea Odoni

Cornelis Visscher, 1649-58

Drypoint portrait of a smiling woman with upswept hair in a buttoned blouse, hands clasped, signed Aileen, 1909.

Drypoint Number One: Portrait

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909

Drypoint Number Four: Portrait

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909

Red chalk sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat, face turned three-quarters, on a cream paper ground.

Self-Portrait with Hat I

Edvard Munch, 1927

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man in three-quarter view with swept-back hair, set against a sketched interior background.

Portrait of Paul Alexandre

Amedeo Modigliani, c. 1909

Dark lithograph of high-heeled shoes with scattered flowers and pearls at their base against a black background.

Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears, plate 5 of 24

Odilon Redon, 1896

Graphite drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders, gazing directly forward, on grey-toned paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, ca. 1820-25

Etching of a seated man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a staff, with a classical building behind him.

Chef des Eunuques (head of the Eunuchs), from the series "Caravane du Sultan à la Mecque..." (Caravan of a Sultan Goi…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Pen and brown ink sketch of a girl's head framed by dark hatched strokes on a pale sheet.

Head of a Girl

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1882

Brown ink drawing of a young woman in a white headdress and veil, hands folded at the bottom edge.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Petrus Christus, 1450

Hand-colored 1888 fashion plate showing five women wearing elaborate hats with ribbons, bows, and lace.

Ladies' Hats, No. 4671, from "Journal des Demoiselles"

Paul Deferneville, April 1, 1888

Colorful Japanese print of many Western men and women in period dress, with an elephant and camel, under a text panel.

Portraits d'homme et de femmes de tous pays

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1861

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Le Blanc

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1750

Portrait of Madame de Pompadour (Madame Le Normant d'Estiolles)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1764

Engraving of a seated woman with a book, attended by a winged trumpeter with a wreath and playful putti before a classical te

Portrait of Madame de Pompadour

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, ca. 1745

Portrait of David Garrick

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1764

Le Marquis de Marigny

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1752

Le Marque Scipion Maffei

Le Seur, Professeur de Mathématiques á la Sapience, a Rome

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1750

Portrait of Sophia of the Palatinate (1630-1714)

Wallerant Vaillant, 1656

Pencil drawing of a medallion portrait surrounded by putti holding a trumpet, laurel, and book, dated 1774.

A Portrait Medallion of King Louis XV Surrounded by Putti Carrying the Attributes of Fame and History

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1774

Bust of Mlle. Marcelle Lender (Mlle. Marcelle Lender, en buste)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Graphite drawing of a man in a curled wig and period collar, face turned toward the viewer, on pale paper.

Self-Portrait

Jonathan Richardson, c. 1735

Engraved portrait of a man in a tall hat beside a cannon, with a burning tower and fireworks in the background.

Fire, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Brown ink wash sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with a thick mustache and stern expression.

Portrait of Whistler

Carlo Pellegrini, 1877

Engraving of a woman in lace-trimmed dress holding out her hand to a bird, with birds flying and hunters in a landscape behin

Air, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Pen and brown ink drawing of two overlapping studies of a youth's head with curly hair and ruffled collars.

Two Studies of the Head of a Youth

Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1550

Bust of an old woman in a furred cloak and heavy headdress

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Head of Roman Emperor

William Mulready, n.d.

Black and red chalk drawing of a man with a mustache and tousled dark hair, looking directly at the viewer.

Self-portrait of Gianlorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Etched bust portrait of a middle-aged man with a mustache and ornate lace collar, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Middle-Aged Man

Ottavio Mario Leoni

Red and black chalk drawing of a young man with shoulder-length hair and a collar, on a toned buff sheet.

Portrait of a Young Man

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1615