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Portraits

23,433 works

Etched portrait of a woman in a dark hat holding an open parasol, with a floral corsage and lace trim.

Summer

James Tissot, 1878

Etching of an elderly seated man with white curly hair, buttoned coat, and clasped hands against a dark background.

Seated Beggar: Portrait of Old Girard, a Peasant from Chasselay

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Chalk drawing on gray paper of an elderly woman in a headscarf and shawl, looking upward with white highlights.

Old Woman

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, ca. 1770-80

Etching of a woman in a fur hat and fur stole with a fur muff, set before snowy evergreen trees.

A Winter's Walk

James Tissot, 1880

Engraved portrait of an older man resting his cheek on his hand, gazing upward with a pensive, melancholic expression.

The Melancholic Man

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, ca. 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned woman holding a sword beside a severed head, after Ubaldo Gandolfi.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 18th century

Mezzotint portrait of a man with curled wig and fur-trimmed collar, labelled Joh. Baptista Piazzetta Pictor.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Johann Gottfried Haid, 18th century

Portrait of an Artist Sketching a Portrait Miniature

Franz Jakob Josef Ignatz von Predl, 1799

Etching of a smiling older peasant man in a knit cap, leaning on a chair and holding a pipe beside a table.

Peasant with a Pipe

Adriaen van Ostade, 1640-80

Engraving of the allegorical figure Dialectica seated with a bird on her head and a snake on her arm, beside a philosopher in

Dialectica, from "Seven Liberal Arts"

Jan Sadeler, 16th century

Etching of an elderly woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and headscarf, seated in a chair, looking left.

The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Left: Three Quarter Length

Rembrandt van Rijn, after 1631

Etching of a man in a plumed hat and a woman in a bonnet, with the man holding a quill over paper.

Rembrandt and his Wife (copy)

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1786-1844

Drawing of a man in a cap with downcast eyes, shown head and shoulders in chalk on a warm toned paper.

Head of a Man with a Cap

after Domenico Ghirlandaio Anonymous, 1500 - 1599

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

Bust of a Man Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a pointed cap and white collar, turned three-quarters, with dense cross-hatched shading.

Old Man with White Collar and Pointed Hat

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a laughing elderly man in a cap, turned to the side, with wrinkled face and dense hatched shading.

Laughing Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a man in a cap blowing a long horn beside a shelf of bread under a wooden beam.

Baker Blowing Horn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a smiling man in a tall feathered hat and cloak, holding a hurdy gurdy against his body.

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraved military map of a fortified camp by a river with labeled positions, tents, horsemen, and portrait medallions.

Parke of the Artillary (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London,…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Engraved map of Stockholm with harbor ships, compass rose, and a decorative border of runic inscriptions and portrait medalli

Map of Stockholm (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724,…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Etching of an elderly peasant in a cap and loose clothes, standing with hands behind his back and head bowed.

Peasant with Hands Behind his Back

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Brown leather book cover with gilt border lines and ornamented corners, showing a tooled spine with raised bands.

Le vite de pittori, scoltori, et architetti Genovesi

Domenico Piola, Georges Tasnière, Raffaele Soprani, 1674

Bust of a Man in Fantastic Headgear

Sepia engraved portrait of a smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat and bonnet, with the caption "Shrimps!" below.

Shrimps!

Francesco Bartolozzi, March 25, 1782

Etching of a smiling woman in a headscarf leaning on a window ledge, with another woman in shadow behind her and ivy outside.

Village Girl

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etched portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a brush, with dense hatched lines and a dark table at right.

James McNeill Whistler

Percy Thomas, 1874

Monochrome print of a man with curly hair, mustache and cravat, head tilted, shoulders sketched in soft strokes.

James McNeill Whistler

Paul Adolphe Rajon, ca. 1880

Soft grey lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair, a full mustache, and a dark jacket, with a feather in his hair.

Whistler with the White Lock

Thomas Robert Way, 1890-1900 (?)

Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Thomas Robert Way, 1892

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair in a wide-lapelled overcoat and cravat, labeled George W. Whistler.

George W. Whistler, 1800-1849

William G. Jackman, 1841-60

Engraved frontispiece with a haloed saint praying in an ornate cartouche, flanked by religious and heraldic emblems.

Frontispiece with Portrait of Saint Francis

Jacopo Ligozzi, Domenico Falcini, Lino Moroni, 1612