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Oil paintings of notable historical figures, featuring rich costumes and expressive body language, highlighting status and personality in artistic detail.

Portrait of an unknown man, bust, to the right, Bernard Vaillant, 1686, draughtsman: Bernard Vaillant, 1686, paper, h 453 mm × w 348 mm
Portrait of an unknown man, bust, to the right, Bernard Vaillant, 1686, draughtsman: Bernard Vaillant, 1686, paper, h 453 mm × w 348 mm
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Bernard Le Bovier, Sieur de FONTENELLE, 1657-1757 French scientist and man of letters
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James Scouler, 1741-1812, British, Cleric in Powdered Wig and Black Robes, 1777. Watercolor and gouache on ivory.
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Portrait of Adam Mickiewicz; Mordasewicz, Kazimierz (1859-1923); 1897 (1897-00-00-1897-00-00);Méyet, Leopold (1850-1912) - collection, gift (provenance)
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School, gift (provenance)
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Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prins Van Oranje, Henri Toutin, c. 1647 - c. 1650 miniature (painting) Portrait of Frederik Hendrik (1584-1647), Prince of Orange. Bust, to the right. To the original by Gerard van Honthorst. Probably a mourning medallion made shortly after the death of the prince in 1647. Miniature in enamelled cupboard with the Havo monogram, surrounded by a wreath of violets and orange branches. Part of the portrait miniatures collection.  gold (metal).
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William Carey born August 17, 1761 in Paulerspury Northamptonshire, Great Britain, died June 9, 1834 in serampur today Sermpore at Kalkutta India was an English botanist and missionary and founder of the Baptist Missionary Society, historically, digitally restored reproduction from the 19th century, record date. stated
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Hyacinthe Rigaud / 'Louis XIV in old age', Oil on canvas, 42 × 34 cm, P2597. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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EL TORERO PEPE ILLO (1754/1801) - SIGLO XVIII. Location: MUSEO TAURINO. MADRID. SPAIN. DELGADO JOSE. PEPE ILLO / PEPE-HILLO / PEPEILLO. DELGADO GUERRA JOSE.
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According to Nicolas Bernard Lepicie (1735-1784). "Self -portrait". Oil on canvas, 18th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 35144-1 Self -portrait, French painter, portrait
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Portrait of Jan Machan, surgeon from Lviv. Rejchan, Józef (1762-1817), painter
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Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip, 1661, Probably by Rembrandt, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, England, Great Britain.
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'Paortrait of Thomas Killigrew'. Flanders, 17th century. Dimensions: 105,5x85 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anthony Van Dyck. Anonymous Artist. 17th century.
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The 1916 caption reads: "Rembrandt 1606-1669  Dutch school of mnsterdam-Rembrandt in Old Age. National Gallery. Painted about 1659. in oil on canvas. 2 ft 9 in h  x  2 ft 3.5 in w." The Dutch artist Rembrandt (1606-1669) (full name-Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman and of the Dutch School of Amsterdam. Rembrandt painted this one of himself in old age. An innovative and prolific master in three media, Rembrandt is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art.
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Self -portrait; Teacher, Jan Piotr (1816-1855); 1836-41 (1836-00-00-1841-00-00);gift (provenance)
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Portret mężczyzny w czarnym kaftanie. unknown, painter
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Portrait of a Young Man. Dated: after 1720. Dimensions: overall: 73 x 56.5 cm (28 3/4 x 22 1/4 in.) framed: 98 x 82.1 x 7.6 cm (38 9/16 x 32 5/16 x 3 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: called Fra Vittore or Fra Galgario Giuseppe Ghislandi.
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'Self-portrait ()', 1670-1680, Oil on canvas, 42,7 cm x 35 cm, P00957. Author: SEBASTIÁN MUÑOZ. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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'Self-Portrait with Etching by Rembrandt (A Portrait of a Collector )'. Holland, After 1685. Dimensions: 79,5x64,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Arent de Gelder.
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Portrait of Eduard Wallis, Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, 1652
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Portrait of the writer, essayist and philosopher Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778) by Huber, Jean (1721-1786)/ A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg/ Schwitzerland/ Oil on canvas/ Rococo/ 65x49,2/ Portrait
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A Woodman. Date/Period: Ca. 1844. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil. Height: 762 mm (30 in); Width: 638 mm (25.11 in). Author: Stephen Poyntz Denning.
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Painting titled 'Self Portrait at Age of 63' by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) a Dutch painter and etcher. Dated 17th Century
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Self portrait holding a miniature portrait of the Prince of Liechtenstein. Seybold, Christian (1690 aut 1697 - 1768), painter
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Nicolaus Bruyningh, painted by Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century, Album der Casseler Galerie, published by E.A. Seemann 1907, Leipzig
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Man with a Magnifying Glass. Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam). Dimensions: 36 x 29 1/4 in. (91.4 x 74.3 cm). Date: early 1660s.The costume and pose of the man in this magnificent late work by Rembrandt were inspired by Raphael's celebrated portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (Musée du Louvre, Paris), which Rembrandt studied when it appeared at auction in Amsterdam in 1639. The man who ran the auction was Pieter Haringh (1609-1685), who is very likely the sitter here; his features are known from a Rembrandt etching of 1655. The magnifying glass would have been used in evaluating jewelry, silver, paintings, and other luxury goods. The pendant portrait (14.40.622) shows his wife. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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JORGE PROSPERO DE VERBOOM-MARQUES DE VERBOOM. Location: ALCAZAR / MUSEO DEL EJERCITO-COLECCIÓN. Toledo. SPAIN.
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Head of a young man Oil on panel c; 1617-18Anthony van Dyck; Flemish; 1599-1641
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Thomas Pots (1618-1689). Minister at Vlissingen. Dating: 1661. Measurements: h 83.5 cm × w 69.5 cm; d 9 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Hendrick Berckman.
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Self-Portrait Self-portrait, looking over his right shoulder, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792, British
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Self-portrait. Date/Period: Ca. 1750. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 635 mm (25 in); Width: 476 mm (18.74 in). Author: Joshua Reynolds.
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Portrait of a Young Man; 1654; Oil on canvas Bartholomeus van der Helst; Dutch; 1613-70
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Portrait of Tomasz Królikowski. nieznany malarz polski, painter
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Autoportrait Self-Portrait Rubens, Peter Paul(1577-1640 Flemish) Oil On Canvas Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
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Augustus Egg, Richard Dadd, 1817-1886, British, between 1838 and 1840, Oil on panel, Support (PTG): 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches (64.1 x 49.5 cm), costume, hat, man, painter, portrait
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Adriaen van Ostade. Dated: 1646/1648. Dimensions: overall: 94 x 75 cm (37 x 29 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: FRANS HALS.
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Netherlandish 17th Century, Portrait of a Young Man in Oil (reverse), 17th century Portrait of a Young Man in Oil reverse
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'Las Meninas, or The Family of Felipe IV' (detail), c. 1656, Oil on canvas, P01174. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Self-portrait detail. Date/Period: Between ca. 1808 and ca. 1810. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 93.3 cm (36.7 in); Width: 72.2 cm (28.4 in). Author: JOSEF ABEL.
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Portrait of Frederik Hendricksz. Pious for his easel, after: Frederik Hendricksz. Vroom, draughtsman: anonymous, 1610 - 1717, paper, brush, h 319 mm × w 217 mm
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Portrait of Carel Quina (1620-89), Knight of the Holy Sepulchre and Amsterdam-Born Explorer of Asia. Portrait of Carel Quina (1620-89), Knight of the Holy Grave, Amsterdam traveler to Asia. Half, sitting at a table behind an Atlas opened on a map of Europe and the Middle East; A passer in the right hand. On the left a clerk with a bowl of fruit, in it a view of the Sint Pieter in Rome. A dog is sitting on the persian dress lying on the table.
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Portrait of the princely Anna El Bieta Luisa von Hohenzollern née von Brandenburg-Schwedt (1730-1820); Schröder, Johann Heinrich (1757-1812); around 1790 (1790-00-00-1705-00-00);Jelenia Góra, (Silesia) (German Hirschberg), Women, Oval, Portraits, Women's Portraits, Profiles
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AUTORRETRATO - SIGLO XVII - OLEO/LIENZO - 58 x 44 cm - NP 573 - BARROCO ITALIANO. Author: GIORDANO LUCA / JORDAN LUCAS COPIA. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. LUCAS GIORDANO-LUCAS JORDAN (1634-1705).
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Portrait of a Man Holding Gloves, Rembrandt, 1648, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America
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Self-Portrait, Ferdinand Bol, c. 1669
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Self Portrait at Age of 63, by Rembrandt, 1669, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe
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BARUCH SPINOZA-1632-1677-FILOSOFO HOLANDES-RETRATO.
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Portrait of a Young Man, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, (1606-1669/Dutch)
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Young Man in a Black Hat, 1666. Oil on canvas. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher. Portrait Youth
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Print made by Ludwig von Siegen, 1609-c.1680, German, William II, Prince of Orange, 1644. Mezzotint and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.
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Young Man in Fur Cap, David Bailly, c. 1635 - c. 1640
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Frans Hals (1580-1666). Dutch painter. Portrait of Sara Andriesdr. Hessix, ca. 1626. Oil on canvas. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.
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Portrait of Jan de Hooghe, Brother of Anna de Hooghe in Hunting Costume, Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1700
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Portrait of a Prelate, by Ghislandi Vittore known as Fra' Galgario, 18th Century, oil on canvas, cm 105 x 87 105 x 87,1 cm
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Brühl, Falkenlust Palace/ Lacquer Cabinet, portrait of Clemens -August
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Portrait of man (doctor) From family Verhaven , portrait painting footage wood oil, Standing rectangular portrait of man representing an unknown physician heraldry Rotterdam Stadscentrum Stadsdriehoek Hoogstraat Old guesthouse hospital hospital Oude Gasthuis Hoogstraat Rotterdam
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Benjamin Franklin E10305 Painting; oil on canvas; overall: 72.7 x 57.5 cm (28 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.) framed: 93.4 x 80.7 x 7.9 cm (36 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.);
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Mozart. Artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French, 1725-1805
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The Artist with a Portrait of his Father.
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MENGS , ANTON RAPHAEL. PINTOR AUSTRIACO . 1728 - 1779. AUTORRETRATO. MUSEO DEL PRADO . MADRID.
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Elihu Yale; William Cavendish, the second Duke of Devonshire; Lord James Cavendish; Mr. Tunstal; and an Enslaved Servant, Unknown artist, eighteenth century, ca. 1708, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 79 1/4 x 92 3/4 inches (201.3 x 235.6 cm), boy, candle, children, column (architectural element), conversation piece, diamond, discussions, drinking, drinking glasses, duke, feast, food, group portrait, landscape, men, page, pen, pipes (smoking equipment), portrait, ring, slave, smoking, snuff boxes, spectators, sword, wigs, wine, writing (processes)
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Portrait of Cosimo III de' Medici (1642-1723). Douwen, Jan Frans van (1656-1727), painter
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A Young Jew with a Black Cap, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1663.
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Staten-Generaal, Mierevelt, Michiel Jansz. van, Delft, Delff, Willem Jacobsz., Portrait of William II, Prince of Orange, at the age of 9, Michiel Jansz van, Portrait of William II in an oval with border lettering. In the lower margin six lines of Latin text., print, prints, Orange portraits, height 429 mm, width 303 mm, 1580-09-15 - 1638-04-11, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, 1567-05-01 - 1641-06-27, after, after painting by, granter of privilege
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'Self-portrait', 1815, Oil on canvas, 46 x 54 cm. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Portrait of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736). Italian composer, organist and violinist, A non artist, XVIIIth century. Museum: Pinacoteca Civica, Jesi, ITALIA.
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Self Portrait ca.1622-23   Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641 Flemish) Oil on canvas State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
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'Self-Portrait'. Germany, Between 1774 and 1775. Dimensions: 55x42 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS.
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Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) and english politician Lord John Digby (1580-1653), 1st Earl of Bristol. Engraving after a painting by Van Dyck. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1884.
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Kapitan Cornelis Witsena. Rossi, Pietro de (1761-1831), painter
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Governor of Navahrudak Mikolaj Krzysztof Chalecki (1589-1653) and his wife Maria Eleonora (-1660). Portrait by Lithuanian artist, 17th century. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.
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Anonymous. "Portrait of Tiberio Tinelli (1586-1638), painter". Colorful wax, glass. 18th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Colored wax, Italian painter, portrait, glass
1899-74698
Giulio Cesare Pessina, by Lucini Antonio, 18th Century, 1715, oil on canvas, cm 215 x 132
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Self Portriat of Van Dyk, Fine Art
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Isaac Commelin (19 October 1598 - 13 January 1676) was a Dutch publisher and bookseller, Painting by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Portrait of Denis Diderot (1713Ð1784) by Fragonard, Jean Honore (1732-1806) Louvre, Paris ca 1769 Oil on canvas 81,5x65 France Rococo Portrait Painting
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Retrato de Denis Diderot. Museum: Abbey House Museum, Paris, France. Author: JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD.
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GUSTAVO ADOLFO BECQUER (1836-1870). Author: BECQUER VALERIANO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
1746-19664338
Portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, a Venetian violinist and composer of the eighteenth century. by François Morellon La Cave (1723), portrait from the Bibliografico Museo Musicale, Bologna 1723
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