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Portraits

23,783 works

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman with a comedy mask, beside a palette, brushes, a statue, and an easel.

Portrait of Madame de Poullain

After Caspar Netscher, n.d.

Four small Tibetan painted panels showing seated lamas in gold robes against red backgrounds with blue arches.

Four Miniature inscribed portraits of four Lamas

Unknown artist, 14th century

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man with wavy hair looking upward, wearing a draped garment knotted at the chest.

Bust of Saint or High Priest

Attributed to Guercino, c. 1645

Ink and wash drawing of a man with curled hair, dark coat and white cravat, seen three-quarter view against a hatched backgro

Self-Portrait

After Sir William Beechey, n.d.

Engraved portrait of Jacques Callot in an oval medallion, framed by cherubs, a skull, and a French inscription panel.

Portrait of Jacques Callot

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman reaching toward a platter beside armored soldiers and a nude figure in a columned room.

Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist

Unknown artist, c. 1580

Pen and wash drawing of Salome holding a platter with the head of Saint John the Baptist, with a bearded man behind her.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1825/1835

Chalk drawing of a helmeted bust of Minerva in a dark niche above a pedestal with a winged relief.

Bust of Minerva

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1798

Ink drawing of a man in a top hat with a moustache and cane, dated 1909, by William Merritt Chase.

Self-Portrait

William Merritt Chase, 1909

Lithograph portrait of a bald man in a suit and tie, gazing sideways with a stern expression, on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Max Liebermann, 1924

Engraving of a smiling pikeman with a plumed hat carrying a long pike, with a town and towers behind him.

A Pikeman

Abraham Bosse, 1632

Engraving of a curly-haired man in elaborate dress playing a lute beside a stone column, with French verse below.

Man Singing and Playing a Lute

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a man in a lace collar and tasselled garters beside embroidered clothes, a trunk, and leaded windows, with Frenc

A Valet Putting Away the Luxious Clothes of His Master

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Woodcut of a crowned seated woman, Philosophy, surrounded by medallion portraits, wind heads, foliage and Latin inscriptions.

Philosophy

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut portrait of a man in a fur-trimmed robe and feathered hat, with heraldic shields and an eagle above.

Copy of Portrait of Charles V

Hans Weiditz the Younger, n.d.

Engraved portrait of a man in a feathered hat raising a wine glass, with an easel behind him and verse text below.

Allegory of Taste (Portrait of the Painter Jan Davidsz. de Heem, after a self-portrait)

Lucas Vorsterman, 1630 -50

Etching of a young man with curly hair and a loose collar, gazing upward, with fine hatched shading.

Self-Portrait as a Young Man

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1733

Woodcut of an artist at an easel drawing a seated man in a curtained room with a bed and candle.

Artist Drawing a Portrait of a Man

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of Mercury helping a man out of a pile of nude bodies, with a tree and woman's torso at left.

Ignorance and Mercury (an allegory of Virtue and Vice), Mercury kneeling at right holding a staff and taking the hand…

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, ca. 1490-1525

Head of a Young Woman Facing Left

Gilles Demarteau, the Elder, after François Boucher, c. 1774

Engraved portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, fur-trimmed embroidered gown and lace cuffs, before a draped curtain.

Portrait of Isabella d'Este

Lucas Vorsterman, 1620-30

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in plate armor holding a sword, with a plumed helmet on a ledge behind him.

Portrait of Emperor Charles V

Lucas Vorsterman, ca. 1620-30

Engraved bust portrait of a woman in period dress with a ruff collar, jeweled necklace and headdress.

Portrait of Goevart Flincks Wife : Portret żony Goevart Flincka

Daniel John Pound, 1894

Watercolour and pencil sketch of a headscarfed woman seated with hands in her lap, on cream paper.

Watercolour sketch of a headscarfed woman

Gertrud Kauders, 1905

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in fur-trimmed cloak and beret, framed by an arch with heraldic shields and putti.

Christian II, King of Denmark

Jan Gossaert, 1529

Etching of a bearded man seated in a chair raising a brush, with a window behind him and a wooden floor.

Edwin Edwards painting

Charles Samuel Keene, 1850

Red chalk portrait of a young girl in a close cap and high-collared dress, gazing to the side, signed A. Legros 1904.

Tête de jeune fille (Head of a young girl)

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Etched bust portrait of a man in a blue cap with curly hair and mustache, looking over his shoulder.

Self-portrait in a cap and scarf with the face dark: bust

Thomas Worlidge, 1710

Woodcut of an armored warrior with a spear beside a feathered grotesque figure, with a radiating spider web above.

Von der Artzney bayder Glück (De Remediis Utriusque Fortuna) (On the Remedies of Good and Evil Fortune)

Francesco Petrarch and Hans Weiditz, II, 1532

Engraved portrait of a man with tousled hair and a mustache, arms crossed, signed Félicien Rops, 1887.

Portrait of Félicien Rops

Félicien Rops, 1887

Lithograph of a pensive man seated at a desk with an inkwell, quill and papers, beside a heavy curtain.

Portraits

Félicien Rops, 1857

Grayscale lithograph of a man with wavy hair in a waistcoat and jacket, resting his arm on a stack of books.

Portrait of I.S.Henslow

Thomas Maguire, 1849