Portraits Collection

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Wreath of Queen Bona, Old Houses in Biecz, Contemporary Portrait, Tomb monument in the cloisters of the Franciscan monastery in Krakow, Jan Łaski

Satire on Art Criticism 1644 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch An atypical subject and approach to composition, Rembrandt's "Satire on Art Criticism" buffoons the rhetoric of his

George Washington 1838-44, carved after 1844 Hiram Powers American Powers based this bust of George Washington (1732-1799)

A Hypocrite and a Slanderer ca. 1770-83 Franz Xaver Messerschmidt German Messerschmidt, the leading sculptor at the court in Vienna in the 1760s, was forced, for personal and professional reasons

Ferdinando de Medici (1663-1713), Grand Prince of Tuscany ca. 1680-82 Giovanni Battista Foggini Italian These meltingly carved busts of father (1993.332.1)

Stone head of a Julio-Claudian youth, possibly of Gaius Caesar ca. 5 B. C. or later Roman The head
Stone head of a Julio-Claudian youth, possibly of Gaius Caesar ca. 5 B.C. or later Roman The head, traditionally identified as a young Augustus

Self-Portrait; Plate 1 from "Los Caprichos" 1799 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish In the first plate from the Caprichos

Man with a Celestial Globe 1624 Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy Dutch Although recently published as a work by Werner van den Valckert (born about 1585, died 1627/28)

Sheet of Figure Studies and Ornamental Motifs (recto and verso). 1520-1530 Vincenzo Tamagni Italian Acquired by the Museum as Anonymous Florentine

Samuel P. Avery (1822-1904) 1876 Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Spanish Samuel P. Avery was one of the most successful of the many art dealers active in New York in the late nineteenth century

Portrait of a Man ca. 1618 Anthony van Dyck Flemish This impressive portrait, painted about 1618 when the artist was eighteen or nineteen years old

John Haviland 1828 John Neagle The ingenious British architect John Haviland (1792 - 1852) sat for his contemporary John Neagle, while at work on the building that would make him famous

Weeping Woman Kneeling, Seen from Behind ca. 1634-38 Jacob Backer Dutch This chalk sketch shows a kneeling woman in historic dress, bringing a cloth to her face

Lionel Tennyson, Freshwater 1869 Julia Margaret Cameron British, born India Cameron's adventurous, sophisticated
Lionel Tennyson, Freshwater 1869 Julia Margaret Cameron British, born India Cameron's adventurous, sophisticated, and headstrong personality led her to take up photography in her fifties

Whistler with the White Lock 1890-1900 (?) Thomas Robert Way British Way worked with Whistler as a lithographic printer (and also published an important catalogue raisonne of Whistler's lithographs)

Chan master riding a mule before 1249 Unidentified artist Painted in a few swift brushstrokes and deftly applied ink washes

Portrait of a Man 1645 Johannes Verspronck Dutch Like his contemporary Paulus Verschuur in the adjacent portrait by Hals, this man sports a wide-brimmed black hat, lace collar and cuffs

Matching Shells (Kai-awase), "Kisen Hōshi, " from the series Modern Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Yatsushi rokkasen: Kisen Hōshi) ca

Interior scene ca. 1520-25 Netherlandish, probably Brussels In an intriguing conceit, a portrait, as if painted on a framed panel, is displayed within this woven scene

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille ca. 1485-95 Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano) Italian This exquisite and enigmatic portrait and its pendant (1975.1.86)

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette 1781 Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier This magnificent commemorative medal departs from convention

The Rabbi Made 1778 England. Like his contemporaries, William Pether used mezzotint to disseminate important master paintings

Portrait of a Venetian Senator ca. 1525 Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio) Italian The sitter of this portrait is identified as a Venetian senator by his rich red vesta, or outer garment

Pope Pius IX (1792-1878, reigned from 1848) early 1870s A. Latry et Cie. Made of bois durci (hardened wood) this portrait medallion of Pope Pius IX (1792-1878; reigned 1846-1878)

Transitional Rapier Made 1650-1670 Europe, northern. Transitioning from the long-bladed rapier, the reduced blade length and smaller guard size of this sword anticipate later smallswords

General Andrew Jackson 1819 Philadelphia. Andrew Jackson was described by a contemporary as having ian erect military bearing, and a head set with considerable fiertE [pride] upon his shoulders

Twilight Modeled 1878 New York City. Olin Levi Warner was one of the first Americans to study sculpture in Paris, enrolling at the...cole des Beaux-Arts in 1869

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap 1765-1768 England. Joseph Wright, a leading artist of the eighteenth century, spent most of his life in the central Midlands town of Derby

The Misses Grierson Made 1840-1850 Scotland. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson were among the earliest practitioners of photography to be considered true artists

Cottage at the Top of a Hill Made 1655-1665 Holland. The renowned landscape artist Jacob van Ruisdael could have been called a portrait painter of trees, as evidenced by the gnarled

Mustapha Kahn, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey 1815 England. The fifteenth Ottoman sultan, Mustapha I, ruled briefly from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623

Portrait de Mme E D. 1829 France. Delaroche sought to infuse his works with great emotional and moral expressiveness. Rendered with the soft-focus

Title Page from the Iconography Made 1645 Flanders. The painter Anthony van Dyck etched only the head of most of his portraits, leaving the background to other artists

Two Bulls Fighting 1645-1654 Holland. Paulus Potter enjoyed great popularity as an animal painter and etcher. Other contemporary artists, like Aelbert Cuyp, also specialized in animals

Portrait of Bartolomaeus Spranger with an Allegory of the Death of His Wife, Christina Muller 1600 Holland. Aegidius Sadeler belonged to one of the great Netherlandish dynasties of reproductive

Julius Caesar, Perpetual Dictator, from Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men Printed 1629-1635 Flanders. Peter Paul Rubensis series of important Greek

Map of France; Nowadays Frankryk, Iie Part; Title page for: Thomas Salmon, contemporary history, or present state of Frankryk, 1757.Map of France in Frame on the Pedestal

Contemporary portraits. The SuperChic

Portrait of Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808-1890), Literator, in the contemporary gallery series. Portrait of Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808-1890), Literator, in the contemporary gallery series

Contemporary Gallery - Portrait of Emile Augier, Dramatic Author (1820-1889) Contemporary gallery. Portrait of Emile Augier (1820-1889), dramatic author. Photograph of Adam Tony Samuel Solomon

Contemporary Gallery - Portrait of Jacques Leonard Maillet, Sculptor (1823-1894) Contemporary gallery. Portrait of Jacques Leonard Maillet (1823-1894), sculptor. Anonymous photography. Photoglyptie

F. Copped. Portrait of Francois Coppee (1842-1908), poet, playwright and novelist. In the series contemporary gallery Portrait of Francois Coppee (1842-1908), poet, playwright and novelist

Contemporary Gallery - Portrait of Ferdinand-Marie de Lesseps (Vicomte, 1805-1894), Diplomat and Administrator Contemporary gallery

Contemporary Gallery - Portrait of Auguste-Frederick-Albert Schenck, Painter (1828-1901) Contemporary gallery. Portrait of Auguste-Frederick-Albert Schenck (1828-1901), Painter

Portrait of Julius Gabriel Janin, (Literator) in the contemporary gallery series. Portrait of Jules Gabriel Janin, (1804-1874), Literator, in the contemporary gallery series

Portrait of Paul de Kock (1794-1871), novelist and dramatic author, the contemporary gallery series. Portrait of Paul de Kock (1794-1871), novelist and dramatic author

Portrait of Gustave Adolphe Jundt (1830-1884), painter, in the contemporary gallery series. Portrait of Gustave Adolphe Jundt (1830-1884), painter, in the contemporary gallery series

Portrait of Pille (Charles Henri) (1844-1897), from the series contemporary gallery, literary and artistic, painter Anonymous

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