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Portraits

23,706 works

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly man in a lace cap, framed by an inscription and a Latin verse below.

Portrait of Jacques Pernetti

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a curled wig and white collar bands, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Portrait of René Herault

Pierre Dupin, n.d.

Portrait of Louis XV

Gilles Jacques Petit, 18th century

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a tall fur hat and robe, with printed caption Gio. Stefano Liotard, Pittore.

Self-portrait in a Turkish Outfit

Carlo Gregori, 18th century

Mezzotint portrait of Henry Fox in a powdered wig and embroidered coat, seated within a carved stone niche.

The Right Honorable Henry Fox, Esr

James MacArdell, 1756

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a turban and robe, with a printed caption naming I.E. Liotard below.

Self-portrait in a Turkish Outfit

Johann Caspar Füssli the Elder, 18th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and clerical robe, with printed name Jean Alphonse Turrettini below.

Portrait of Jean Alphonse Turrettini

Jean Michel Liotard, 18th century

Engraved sheet with eight oval portraits of men in period dress, numbered and captioned beneath each image.

Eight Portraits

Hubert, n.d.

Engraved portrait of Johan Willem Friso in an oval frame, with a child figure, a naval battle vignette and a plinth inscripti

Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange-Nassau

Pieter Tanjé, 1751

Engraved portrait of a woman in a pearl headdress and full sleeves beside a Black page in a striped garment, with Latin text

Laura Dianti with a Black Page

Aegidius Sadeler, 1600-1627

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark gown holding a small book, with the name Arentyn inscribed below.

Portrait of Pietro Aretino

the Younger Cornelis Van Dalen, ca. 1655-60

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a long curled wig and velvet coat, resting his hand on a carved lion head.

Martin Vanden Bogaert, called Desjardins

Gerard Edelinck, 1698

Sepia engraving of a bearded painter with palette and brushes, beside a cherub holding a dog's chain and a bow.

Guercino Self-Portrait

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1790-99

Portrait of the Duke of Northumberland, Vase and Ornamental Frame, no. CCCLXXI, plate 56 from "Designs for Various Or…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, July 26, 1792

Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435, plate 66 from "Designs for Various Ornam…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, August 30, 1792

Head of a Bearded Gentleman

Charles-Louis-Lucien Müller, early 1860s

Pen and ink drawing of a laughing satyr bust with curly hair and a knotted drapery at the chest.

Bust of a satyr

Engraved portrait of an armored bearded man in an oval frame flanked by allegorical figures and a battle scene below.

Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France

Jost Amman, 1550-91

Woodcut title page with ornate border, central scene of an enthroned woman receiving a book from a kneeling scholar.

De plurimis claris selectisque Mulieribus

Unknown artist, published April 1497, borders dated 1493

Engraving of a man in a plumed hat beside a tower and cannon, with a burning castle and fireworks in the background.

Fire (Le Feu)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1648

Pencil portrait of a young woman with dark hair, dark lace collar and shawl, signed and dated 1842.

Portrait of Baroness Gudin, née Margareth Louis Hay

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1842

Graphite drawing of a woman in a bonnet with three young boys in tunics arranged in front of her.

Portrait of Woman and Three Children

Gustave Boulanger, 1852

Engraved portrait of a curly-haired man in a lace collar leaning on a drafting ruler, with French inscription below.

Portrait of Pieter de Jode the Younger

Pieter de Jode II, 1606-74

Engraved print of a standing man in a turban and fur-trimmed cloak holding a serpent-entwined staff, with French verse below.

Cléobule

Jean Couvay, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a bearded man in a spiked crown and armor holding a torch, with a lighthouse and harbor behind him.

Ptolémée

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a crowned pharaoh holding a sceptre, with pyramids and an obelisk in the landscape behind him.

Pharaon

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a ruff collar and skullcap, with laurel bust and trumpets in the arched frame.

Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius

Hendrick Goltzius Jan Muller, c.1617

Engraving of Judith holding a sword beside a servant who carries the severed head of Holofernes under a tent curtain.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

after Hendrik Goltzius Christoffel van Sichem I

Charcoal drawing of a man's angular face beside a seated figure in a studio with sketched paintings on the wall.

Self-Portrait in the Studio (Selbstbildnis im Atelier)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1923

Portrait of Peter Cornelius

Theodor Rehbenitz, 1818

Engraving of a robed woman in a turban holding a lily and crown of thorns, with an incense urn and small crucifixion scene.

Sibylle Samienne

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1635

Engraving of the Tiburtine Sibyl holding a star, with a distant nativity-like scene under a radiant light.

Sibylle Tiburtine, from "Douze Sibylles"

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1635