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Portraits

People who sat still long enough to be painted. Rembrandt's Aristotle with his hand on a bust of Homer, Sargent's Madame X, Van Gogh's Arlésienne, Holbein's young man from Lucerne, a Korean scholar in a horsehair hat, a Persian lady on an album page, Goya's boy in red, and the great silk-dressed sitters of Gainsborough and Lawrence. Silk, skin and a great deal of dark ground.

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Aristotle with a Bust of Homer Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), 1653 Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838–1893) Edgar Degas, 1869 The Two Sisters Jean Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769–70 Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen of Spain Workshop of Velázquez Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678) Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635 Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte) Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1787 Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d'Ognes (1786–1868) Marie Denise Villers, 1801 Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Kagekiyo in the Play Enlightenment from a Series of Portraits of Danjūrō Utagawa Toyokuni II, ca. 1834 Hendrickje Stoffels (1626–1663) Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), mid-1650s The Collector of Prints Edgar Degas, 1866 L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) Vincent van Gogh, 1888–89 Portrait of a Young Man Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura), 1470s Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau) John Singer Sargent, 1883–84 Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father Maarten van Heemskerck, 1532 Portrait of Anatole France Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, 1903 Portrait of Bodhidharma Hakuin Ekaku, mid-18th century Equestrian Portrait Unknown artist, late 19th–early 20th century Mahasiddha Jnanatapa Unknown artist, ca. 1350 Portrait of Yun Dongseom (1710–1795) Unidentified artist, ca. 1790–1805 "Portrait of a Persian Lady", Folio from the Davis Album Unknown artist, dated 1149 AH/1736–37 CE Jean Marc Nattier (1685–1766) Louis Tocqué, ca. 1740 Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), 1820 Louis Gueymard (1822–1880) as Robert le Diable Gustave Courbet, 1857 Bertel Thorvaldsen (1768–1844) with the Bust of Horace Vernet Horace Vernet, 1833 or later Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer Peter Paul Rubens, 1597 The Honorable Henry Fane (1739–1802) with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1761–66 Breton Brother and Sister William Bouguereau, 1871 Valdemar Hjartvar Købke (1813–1893), the Artist's Brother Christen Købke, ca. 1838 Study for "Portrait of an Indian" Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson, ca. 1807 Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660) Frans Hals, 1626 James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot (1836–1902) Edgar Degas, ca. 1867–68 La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930) Vincent van Gogh, 1889 Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement Fra Filippo Lippi, ca. 1440 Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret James McNeill Whistler, 1883 Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456) Hans Memling, ca. 1470 Henri-Gabriel Ibels (1867–1936) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892–93 Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Bhim Singh Ghasi, ca. 1825 "Portrait of the Russian Ambassador, Prince Andrey Priklonskiy", Folio from the Davis Album Painting by 'Ali Quli Jabbadar, dated 1048 AH/1673–74 CE Portrait of a Woman, Said to be Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray, 1727–1772) François Hubert Drouais, 1757 Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792) Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), 1787–88 Portrait of a Woman Henri Fantin-Latour, 1885 Comtesse de La Tour-Maubourg (Marie-Louise-Charlotte-Gabrielle Thomas de Pange, 1816–1850) Théodore Chassériau, 1841 Robert Rich (1587–1658), Second Earl of Warwick Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1632–35 William Fraser of Reelig (1784–1835) Sir Henry Raeburn, 1801 Mrs. William Astor (Caroline Webster Schermerhorn, 1831–1908) Carolus-Duran (Charles-Auguste-Emile Durant), 1890 Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg Anders Zorn, 1894 Edmond Cavé (1794–1852) Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1844 Boy with a Lute Frans Hals, ca. 1625 The Old Italian Woman Edgar Degas, 1857 Madame Roulin and Her Baby Vincent van Gogh, 1888 Self-Portrait Anton Raphael Mengs, 1776 Bessie Potter William Merritt Chase, ca. 1895 Benedikt von Hertenstein (born about 1495, died 1522) Hans Holbein the Younger, 1517 Tristan Bernard Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898, published 1920 Portrait of a Man Attributed to Riza-yi 'Abbasi, ca. 1600 Portrait of a Woman Jean Marc Nattier, 1753 José Costa y Bonells (died l870), Called Pepito Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), ca. 1810 Self-Portrait Henri Fantin-Latour, ca. 1858 Horsewoman Théodore Géricault, 1820 or later Philip IV (1605–1665) in Parade Armor Gaspar de Crayer, ca. 1628 Lady Maria Conyngham (died 1843) Sir Thomas Lawrence, ca. 1824–25 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887) Alexandre Cabanel, 1876 Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker, 1862–1919) Anders Zorn, 1897 Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768) Anton Raphael Mengs, ca. 1777 Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1652–53 Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895) Auguste Renoir, 1878 Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) Vincent van Gogh, 1887 Portrait of a Man Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico Bigordi) Egyptian Woman John Singer Sargent, 1890–91 Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Hans Holbein the Younger, 1532 Polaire After Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895 Portrait of a Lady Holding a Flower Painted by Muhammadi of Herat, 1565–75 The Spring (La Source) Jean Marc Nattier, 1738 Condesa de Altamira and Her Daughter, María Agustina Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), 1787–88 Madame Henri François Riesener (Félicité Longrois, 1786–1847) Eugène Delacroix, 1835 Admiral Harry Paulet (1719/20–1794), Sixth Duke of Bolton Francis Cotes Woman at a Balcony Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1887–88 Edward R. Bacon (1846–1915) Anders Zorn, 1897 Portrait of a Young Man Pompeo Batoni, ca. 1760–65 Man in a Turban Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), 1632 Young Lady in 1866 Edouard Manet, 1866 The Streetwalker Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, ca. 1890–91 Giuliano de' Medici (1479–1516), Duke of Nemours Workshop (?) of Raphael Roland William Merritt Chase, ca. 1902 Lady Guildford (Mary Wotton, 1499–1558) Copy after Hans Holbein the Younger Aristide Bruant, at His Cabaret Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893 Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle de Verrières François Hubert Drouais, 1761 Narcisa Barañano Gayoso de Goicoechea Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), ca. 1805 Alfred Dedreux (1810–1860) as a Child Théodore Géricault, ca. 1819–20 Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?–1823) Thomas Gainsborough, 1778 Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918) Anders Zorn, ca. 1900 Madame Edmond Cavé (Marie-Elisabeth Blavot, ca. 1806–1883) Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, ca. 1831–34 Margaretha van Haexbergen (1614–1676) Gerard ter Borch the Younger, ca. 1666–67 A Young Girl with Daisies Auguste Renoir, 1889 Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887 Lady in Gray James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883 Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?) Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535 Sarah Bernhardt Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898 Marie Françoise de La Cropte de St. Abre, Marquise d'Argence (born 1714) Jean Marc Nattier, 1744 Mrs. Charles Frederick (Martha Rigden, died 1794) George Romney Sophie Købke (later Sophie Krohn, 1807–1853), the Artist's Sister, in the Hall at Kastellet Christen Købke, ca. 1830 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754–1838), Prince de Bénévent Baron François Gérard, 1808 Burgomaster Jan van Duren (1613–1687) Gerard ter Borch the Younger, ca. 1666–67 Young Woman (La Servante) Auguste Renoir, ca. 1875 Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress Paul Cézanne, 1888–90 Arrangement in Black, No. 3: Sir Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain James McNeill Whistler, 1876, reworked 1885 Johann (1498–1537), Duke of Saxony Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1534–37 Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802) Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1780–82 The Drummond Children Sir Henry Raeburn, ca. 1808–9 Self-Portrait at Spurveskjul Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1911 Madame Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1761–1835) Baron François Gérard, ca. 1804 Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), 1665–67 The Pink Dress (Albertie-Marguerite Carré, later Madame Ferdinand-Henri Himmes, 1854–1935) Berthe Morisot, ca. 1870 Seated Peasant Paul Cézanne, ca. 1892–96 Martin Luther (1483–1546) Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, probably 1532 Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog Jean Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769 Queen Charlotte Thomas Gainsborough Man with a Beard Style of Rembrandt Nini in the Garden (Nini Lopez) Auguste Renoir, 1876 Erasmus of Rotterdam Hans Holbein the Younger and Workshop(?), ca. 1532 Portrait of a Young Woman Jean Honoré Fragonard, 1770s Charles Rousseau Burney (1747–1819) Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1780 Man with a Steel Gorget Style of Rembrandt Derick Berck of Cologne Hans Holbein the Younger, 1536 Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724–1800) Thomas Gainsborough Young Woman with a Red Necklace Style of Rembrandt, ca. 1645 Portrait of an Old Man Hans Memling, ca. 1475 Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow Thomas Gainsborough, 1770s Study of a Young Woman Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1665–67 The Painter's Daughter Mary (1750–1826) Copy after Thomas Gainsborough, mid-19th century Frans Hals (1582/83–1666) Copy after Frans Hals, probably 1650s Mrs. Lewis Thomas Watson (Mary Elizabeth Milles, 1767–1818) Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1789 Anna van der Aar (born 1576/77, died after 1626) Frans Hals, 1626 Anne Dashwood (1743–1830), Later Countess of Galloway Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1764 Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff Frans Hals, 1625 Thomas (1740–1825) and Martha Neate (1741–after 1795) with His Tutor, Thomas Needham Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1748 Paulus Verschuur (1606–1667) Frans Hals, 1643 George Capel, Viscount Malden (1757–1839), and Lady Elizabeth Capel (1755–1834) Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1768 Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759–1801) Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782 Georgiana Augusta Frederica Elliott (1782–1813), Later Lady Charles Bentinck Sir Joshua Reynolds and Workshop, 1784 George Harley Drummond (1783–1855) Sir Henry Raeburn, ca. 1808–9 Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797) Sir Henry Raeburn, ca. 1794 James Johnston of Straiton (died 1841) Sir Henry Raeburn Janet Law Sir Henry Raeburn John Gray (1731–1811) of Newholm Sir Henry Raeburn