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Classic Portraits with Themes

Oil portraits of significant figures, often shrouded in mystery, featuring deep colors and rich textures that evoke historical narratives.

Portrait of man by Rembrandt van Rhijn, Oil on canvas, 1661, 1606-1669, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 71x61
Portrait of man by Rembrandt van Rhijn, Oil on canvas, 1661, 1606-1669, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 71x61
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Charles V Abdication . Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum. Holland. Author: FRANCKEN FRANS II EL MOZO (1581-1642). Location: Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. HOLANDA. Charles I (V of the Holly Roman Empire). CARLOS V ALEMANIA-CARLOS I DE ESPAÑA (1500-1558).
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Giuseppe Garibaldi.1807-1882. Italian military and politician. Portrait. Watercolor.
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An Oriental, attributed to Pieter Fransz. de Grebber, 1640 - 1671
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Allegory of Age Governed by Prudence by Titian, Oil on canvas, circa 1550-1565, 1488-1576, Great Britain, London, National Gallery, 75,5x68,4
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King of Korea. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1893. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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The Kazasker, Judge. De kazasker, rechter. Dating: c. 1727 - c. 1730. Measurements: h 34 cm × w 27 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jean Baptiste Vanmour.
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The Champagne Aria--The Singer Francisco d'Andrade as Don Giovanni 1902 Max Slevogt (1868-1932 German) Oil on canvas Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
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Giusepe Garibaldi (1807-1882). Italian military, revolutionary, patriot and politician. He was one of the leaders of the Italian Unification (Risorgimento). Portrait by Jean Malinski. Oil on canvas, 1845. Museum of the Risorgimento. Milan. Italy. Author: Jean Malisnki. Artist active in the mid-19th century.
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Sebastiano Caboto (Venice, 1484-London, 1557), detail, The Shield Room in Palazzo Ducale, Venice.
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Bust of Sir Thomas Lucy 1600. English Politician with links to William Shakespeare
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José de Ribera / 'The Blind Sculptor, or Allegory of Touch', 1632, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 125 cm x 98 cm, P01112. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Glazunov, Ilya Sergeyevich (*1930) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1967 Tempera on canvas Modern Russia History
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Heinrich VIII., King of England.
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Korean painting depicting an importatnt dignatory, 17th to 18th century
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Jose Tapiro y Baro (1836-1913). Spanish painter. Parache, the dancer. Watercolour, 1895-1900. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Figurehead: Warrior with Helmet. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 55 x 37.5 cm (21 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: F. W. Powell.
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Circassian. Krzesz Męcina, Józef (1860-1934), painter
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Hindrik Hasenberger, the court jester by Ehrenstrahl, David Klocker (1629-1698) / Skokloster Castle / 1651 / Sweden / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 110x85 / Baroque
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Old Trombola Boris Grigoriev (Russian, 1886-1939). Old Trombola, 1924. Oil on canvas, 29 x 23 1/2 in. (73.7 x 59.7cm). Boris Grigoriev trained in art academies in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Paris before finding inspiration in Russian cabarets on the eve of the October Revolution. He immigrated permanently to France in 1921 and continued producing his psychological portraits of Russian showgirls, artists, monks, and peasants. In Old Trombola Grigoriev heightens his sitters emotional state by emphasizing his intense gaze and exaggerating the sculptural qualities of his weathered hands and face. Grigoriev later wrote, “I have been watching and studying the Russian people for many years ... and these paintings are the fruits of my observations.” European Art 1924
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Francois Rene Vicomte of Chateaubriand (1768-1848). French writer. The Last of the Abencerrages. Illustration depicting Aben-Hamet. 1826. Colored engraving.
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Portrait of Christopher Columbus, Christopher Columbus House Museum, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.
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Anonymous. "Portrait of Domenico Beccafumi (1486-1551), painter". Colorful wax, glass. 18th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Colored wax, Italian painter, portrait, glass
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Claudius Ptolemy (born around 100, possibly in Ptolemais Hermeiou, Egypt, died after 160, probably in Alexandria) was a Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer, music theorist, and philosopher. Colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825. Historical, digital reproduction.
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Old Trombola Boris Grigoriev (Russian, 1886-1939). Old Trombola, 1924. Oil on canvas, 29 x 23 1/2 in. (73.7 x 59.7cm). Boris Grigoriev trained in art academies in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Paris before finding inspiration in Russian cabarets on the eve of the October Revolution. He immigrated permanently to France in 1921 and continued producing his psychological portraits of Russian showgirls, artists, monks, and peasants. In Old Trombola Grigoriev heightens his sitters emotional state by emphasizing his intense gaze and exaggerating the sculptural qualities of his weathered hands and face. Grigoriev later wrote, “I have been watching and studying the Russian people for many years ... and these paintings are the fruits of my observations.” European Art 1924
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Man playing chess by Grigori Grigoryevich Myasoedov, Oil on canvas, 1907, Realism, 1834-1911, Russia, Moscow, Chess club, 90x63
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Sejong the Great (1397 - 1450) fourth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He was the third son of King Taejong and Queen Wongyeong, and was designated as Crown Prince after his older brother, Grand Prince Yangnyeong, was stripped of his title. He ascended to the throne in 1418, but during the first four years of his reign, Taejong governed as regent and executed Sejong's father-in-law, Shim On, and his close associate.