Historical Portraits Collection

A selection of oil portraits featuring notable figures from history, showcasing rich textures, muted colors, and varied styles, reflecting 17th and 18th-century artistry.

Portrait of the Pianist Camille Pleyel (1788-1855), Anonymous

Portrait of Isaac Verburg, Rector of the Latin School in Amsterdam, Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1725 painting Portrait of Isaac Verburg (1680-1745), rector of the Latin schools in Amsterdam. Bust to the right. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons. further education Latin school

Matthew Pratt Self-Portrait. oil on canvas. Date: 1764. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Isaac Newton (1642-1727). English physicist and mathematician. Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). Oil on canvas (75,6 x 62,2 cm), 1702. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom. Author: Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). British painter.

Portrait of Cornelis van der Pot (1736-1805), Merchant and Poet in Rotterdam, Dionys van Nijmegen, 1732 - 1771 painting Portrait of Cornelis van der Pot (1736-1805). Koopman and Poet in Rotterdam. Bust in Ovaal, the head turned to the right, a paper in the right hand. Part of a collection of portraits of Dutch poets. copper (metal). oil paint (paint) portrait of a writer. writer, poet, author

Self rtrait of Franciszek Smuglewicz Peszka, Józef (1767 1831), Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745 1807)

Alexandre Charles Emmanuel de Crussol-Florensac (1747-1815) by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (Paris 1755-1842 Paris) ; Oil on wood.

Portrait of the Pianist Camille Pleyel (1788-1855), Anonymous

Portrait of a Gentleman by James Sharples, 18th century, USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, David David Gallery

Salomon Rendorp (1767-1824), Brewer, painting by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Portrait of a Gentleman, Attributed to Felicita Hoffmann, active from 1728, died 1760, Italian, Style of Rosalba Carriera, 1675-1757, Italian, ca. 1730, Watercolor and gouache on ivory in black oval wood frame, Image: 2 5/8 × 1 7/8 inches (6.7 × 4.8 cm), man, portrait, wig

Portrait of Jacques Lafleur (1757-1832), Violin and Bow Maker, Anonymous

Portrait of Anthony van Dyck, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1615-1616, Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe

Portrait of François Leydecker, Burgomaster of Tholen, Bernardus Swaerdecroon, 1646 - 1654

Thomas Haines. Date/Period: Ca.1775-80. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil. Height: 610 mm (24.01 in); Width: 501 mm (19.72 in). Author: Charles the younger Grignion.

Portrait of Edouard Gautier-Dagoty. Artist: Carlo Lasinio (Italian, Treviso 1759-1838 Pisa); Designed by E. Heinsius. Dimensions: 19 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (49.8 x 42.2 cm). Date: 1783. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Carlo Lasinio. Designed by E. Heinsius.

Portrait of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English Admiral and Statesman, workshop of Peter Lely (Sir), 1650 - 1700

Portrait of Count Vasily Anikitiich Repnin (1696-1748), Anonymous

Portrait of Jan van der Veen, Pharmacist and Poet in Deventer. Portrait of Jan van der Veen (ca.1600-59). Pharmacist and closer in Deventer. Bust in oval, right. Manufactured to an unknown example. Part of a collection portraits of Dutch poets.

Portrait of a man in a grey wig. unknown, painter

Portrait of Karel Verloove, Poet in Amsterdam. Portrait of Karel Verloove (1633-after 1695), closer in Amsterdam. Bust in oval, the head slightly left. In the background a church interact with pulpit. Manufactured to an unknown example. Part of a collection portraits of Dutch poets.

Portrait of Jan Hendrik van Heemskerck, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Lord of Achttienhoven, Den Bosch and Eyndschoten, Captain of the Citizenry of Amsterdam (Johan Hendrik Graaf Van Heemskerk). Dating: 1710 - 1730. Measurements: h 85 cm × w 67 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Maurits Quinkhard.

Portrait of a boy. Rijn, Rembrandt van (1606-1669), painter, unknown, painter

Portrait of painter Andrey Matveev by Anonymous artist, Oil on canvas, 1706, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 77x67

Head of a Man, John Russell, 1745-1806, British, between 1775 and 1806, Pastel on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (35.2 x 27.3 cm), collar, figure study, head, man, portrait, wig

Portrait of a Gentleman, Abraham Daniel, died 1806, British, undated, Gouache and watercolor on ivory, Frame: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 inches (6.7 x 5.4 x 0.6 cm) and Image: 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches (6.4 x 5.4 cm), coat, collar, cravat, gentleman, man, nobility, portrait, ruffle

Unknown young Gentleman circa 1795 by John-Laurent Mosnier 1743-1808 Oil on canvas

Portrait of Denis Diderot, bust-length, wearing an open, lace-collared, shirt and jacket. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805). Oil on oval canvas, 60.3 x 49cm.

Portrait of Anna Elisabeth Louise von Hohenzollern née von Brandenburg-Schwedt (1730-1820). Schröder, Johann Heinrich (1757-1812), painter

Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker (1606-78). Governor General (1653-78). Half, in oval, to the right. At the top left the family crest. Part of a set of portraits of the governors-General of the former Dutch East Indies.

Henrietta Frances, Viscountess Duncannon (1761-1811) Sister to her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755-1798, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1786, Mezzotint, Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 3/4in. (35.2 x 27.3cm)

Portrait of a Man , 1794-1795. François Dumont (French, 1751-1831). Watercolor on ivory in a 19th-century gilt metal and enamel frame; diameter: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); diameter of frame: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.).

Self-Portrait of Gabriël van Rooyen, painter: Gabriël van Rooyen, 1762 - 1817, linen (material), brush, h 181 mm × w 145 mm

Portrait of a Man. Artist: Attributed to Pieter van Slingelandt (Dutch, Leiden 1640-1691 Leiden). Dimensions: Oval, 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (8.6 x 6.4 cm). Date: ca. 1680. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Attributed to Pieter van Slingelandt.

Self portrait by Carle Van Loo, Oil on canvas, 1762, 1705-1765, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 87, 5x71, 5

Portrait of John Rice, in a Blue Coat and Yellow Waistcoat. G.P. Barbier (fl.1792-95). Oil on oval canvas, 76 x 63.5cm.

Embroidered picture, Medium: silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation, applied to silk Technique: embroidered in split and stem stitches on plain weave foundation and appliqued to plain weave backing, Portrait of King George III embroidered on linen, which was later appliqued to a silk ground fabric., England, 1721, embroidery & stitching, Embroidered picture

Portrait of a landscape painter, possibly George Lambert. Date/Period: Between 1740 and 1750. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 88.9 cm (35 in); Width: 68.9 cm (27.1 in). Author: Giles Hussey.

Self-Portrait. Dating: 1652. Measurements: h 75 cm × w 60.5 cm; d 9.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: G. D. Beet.

Portrait of a Man. Dating: 1690 - 1729. Measurements: h 50 cm × w 42.5 cm; d 8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Arnold Boonen (attributed to).

Tilly Kettle, 1735-1786, British, active in India (1769-76), William, later Dr. Vyse, 1762. Oil on canvas.

'Self-portrait', 1795-1797, Oil on canvas, 20 x 14 cm. Author: FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818), Painter. Dating: 1785 - 1793. Measurements: h 32 cm × w 26.5 cm; d 7.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Ekels (II).

REMBRANDT. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN. PINTOR HOLANDES . 1606 - 1669. AUTORRETRATO, AÑO 1633.

YoungGentleman. Artist: Unknown

William Pitt. Date/Period: 1787 to 1789. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 762 mm (30 in); Width: 635 mm (25 in). Author: Thomas Gainsborough.

Epes Sargent. Dated: c. 1760. Dimensions: overall: 126.6 x 101.7 cm (49 13/16 x 40 1/16 in.) framed: 144.8 x 118.1 cm (57 x 46 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Singleton Copley.

Portrait of Count Nikolay Mikhailovich Kamensky (1776-1811) by Weitsch, Friedrich Georg (1758-1828)/ State Hermitage, St. Petersburg/ 1810/ Germany/ Oil on canvas/ Romanticism/ 114x85/ Portrait

The Piano Virtuoso Gottlieb Christian Fuger, painting of his brother by Friedrich Heinrich Fuger (8 December 1751, in Heilbronn - 5 November 1818, in Vienna) a German classicist portrait and historical painter

Head of a Gentleman recto, 1770/1780, red, black, and white chalks with stumping on brown paper, overall: 38.5 x 28.8 cm (15 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.), Joseph Ducreux (artist) French, 1735 - 1802

Jean-Honoré Fragonard / 'The Music', 1769, Oil on canvas, 80× 65 cm. Museum: MUSEE DU LOUVRE, BUDAPEST, France.

Portrait of a Young Man. Dated: possibly c. 1770. Dimensions: overall: 65.3 x 54.4 cm (25 11/16 x 21 7/16 in.) framed: 97.2 x 86.4 x 10.2 cm (38 1/4 x 34 x 4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 18th Century.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Study of a Young Man, c. 1760, oil on canvas.

Portrait of the Artist, seated half-length, holding a Palette and Brushes. Jacques Francois Delyen (1684-1761). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1710-15. 91.4 x 72.4cm.

Self-Portrait Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675). Self-Portrait, ca. 1631. Oil on panel, 6 3/16 × 4 15/16 × 1/8 in. (15.7 × 12.5 × 0.3 cm). European Art ca. 1631

Portrait of Emperor Alexander I by Jean Laurent Monnier, oil on paper, 1743/46-1808, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 48x32, 5

Portrait of Gaspard de Coligny III (1584-1646), Count of Châtillon sur Loing, Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn (workshop of), c. 1609 - c. 1633 painting Portrait of Gaspard de Coligny (1584-1646), count of Châtillon Sur Loing. Bust to the right. Part of the series of portraits from the Stadhouderlijk Hof in Leeuwarden. panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons

Head of a Gentleman recto. Dated: 1770/1780. Dimensions: overall: 38.5 x 28.8 cm (15 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.). Medium: red, black, and white chalks with stumping on brown paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Ducreux.

Self Portrait, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1669

Andrea Soldi, 1703-1771, Italian, active in Britain (from ca. 1736), John Michael Rysbrack Modelling His Terra-Cotta Statue of Hercules, 1753. Oil on canvas.

Portrait of Dirck Hendrick Meulenaer (1620-in or after 1649 ), Paulus Hennekyn, c. 1645 painting Portrait of Dirck Hendrick Meulenaer. Standing, halfway, a high black hat on the head. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons

Portrait of Roelof Meulenaer, Ferdinand Bol, 1650 painting Portrait of Roelof Meulenaer (1618/19-91), Koopmansbode or Postmeester on Antwerp in Amsterdam. Hippiece, leaning against a balustrade. Pendant of SK-A-684. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons (+ half-length portrait) Antwerp. Amsterdam

Portrait of the Abbe Joseph Marie Terray, Roslin, Alexander, 1773.

Portrait of Jacob Heiblocq, Rector of the Latin School in Amsterdam The Netherlands, Arnoud van Halen, 1700 - 1732

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Self-Portrait', 1796-1797, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 18,2 cm x 12,2 cm, P07775. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Józef Ciemniewski, poseł na Sejm Wielki. Kosiński, Józef (1753-1821), painter

Young Man Reading a Letter; about 1680; Oil on oak panel Gerard Ter Borch; Dutch; 1617-81

KVADAL' Martin Ferdinand(in doubt) (1736-1808) Portrait of the artist Oil on wood 28x23 State Pushkin Museum of Fane Arts Moscow

Self-Portrait, Caspar Netscher, 1660 - 1684 painting Self -portrait of the painter Caspar Netscher. Knee piece, sitting, a roll of paper in the right hand, palette and brushes in the left. On the left a pedestal with a two putti relief with a shield with a barge, on the Piedestal there is a statue. panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist. portrait, self-portrait of painter

Johann Sebastian Bach ca. 1820 Artist Unknown Oil on canvas Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig, Germany

William III, Prince of Orange (1650-1702), as a child by Janssens van Ceulen, Cornelis (1593-1661) Yale University 1657 Holland Oil on wood Painting Portrait

Portrait of a Young Man Self-Portrait; circa 1631 Oil on panel Gerrit Dou Dutch; 1613-1675

Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker (1606-78). Governor General (1653-78). His half, right. Part of a series of copies to portraits of the governor general of the former Dutch East Indies, probably from the Dutch East India Company. Copy to SK-A-3765.

Anonymous. Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lepère (1761-1844), French architect. Oil on canvas. 1761-1844. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76083-7 French architect, portrait, oil on canvas

Reverend Dr. Charles Symmons, Sir William Beechey, 1753-1839, British, 1794, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 30 3/8 x 25 1/4 inches (77.2 x 64.1 cm), clergyman, costume, curtain, man, poet, portrait

Portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746-1817) in armor copy unknown

Portrait of Bernard de Fontenelle by Hyacinthe Francois Honore Rigaud, oil on canvas, 18th century, 1659-1743, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 54x44

James Thomson (1700-1748), Stephen Slaughter, 1697-1765, British, 1736, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches (77.5 x 64.1 cm), drawing, engageantes, man, playwright, poet, portrait, ruffles, Scottish

A man. Oil painting.

Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux, 1767-1794. French revolutionary, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Portrait of David or Daniel Lingelbach I, Founder of the Nieuwe Doolhof (New Labyringh), Amsterdam, Arnoud van Halen, 1700 - 1732 painting Portrait of David or Daniël Lingelbach I (1592/93-1653). Founder of the Nieuwe Doolhof, Amsterdam. Bust in Ovaal, to the right. Part of a collection of portraits of Dutch poets. oil paint (paint) portrait of a writer. writer, poet, author

Portrait of Pieter Groenendijk. Pieter Groenendijk was an official in the Leiden city government. When he married Petronella Dunois of Amsterdam, she moved into his home and brought her dolls house with her. After the couples death, the dolls house went to their heirs and subsequently passed down the female line until it was acquired by the Rijksmuseum.

Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), Poet, Philips Koninck, 1665 painting Portrait of Joost van den Vondel, poet. Bust, to the right, in an oval. canvas. panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons. writer, poet, author

Portrait of a Boy. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1800. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

William Shuttlewood. Date/Period: 1788. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 248 mm (9.76 in); Width: 184 mm (7.24 in). Author: SAMUEL DE WILDE.

'Portrait of a Boy'. France, 18th century. Dimensions: 39x30,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: French painter. 18th century.

Title Unknown Jacques Henri Sablet (1749-1803 Swiss) Oil On Canvas Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Gainsborough Prince Adolphus, 1782

Clayton Jones Seth Jones, Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, British

Portrait of John Talbot, later 1st Earl Talbot. Pompeo Batoni (Italian (Lucchese), 1708 - 1787)

John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776), Richard Heber, 1782. Oil on canvas.

Portrait of Sir Charles Watson, Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo (1708-1787)

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, Portrait of a Man, French, 1715-1783, c. 1757, pastel on blue laid paper, mounted on board

Przeszoc Przyszoci Klimke, Jerzy (Ca 1771 1851)

Sir John Steell, RSA, Sir George Reid (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1841 - 1913) 1883

Self-portrait. Date/Period: Ca. 1780. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 610 mm (24.01 in); Width: 730 mm (28.74 in). Author: Joseph Wright of Derby.

Self-Portrait, Pieter van Egmondt (attributed to), c. 1655 painting Portrait of a painter. Standing in a bow with a painting with a representation of Neptune in your hands. Northern Netherlands panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist. portrait, self-portrait of painter

Joseph Nollekens with His Bust of Laurence Sterne, John Francis Rigaud, 1742-1810, French

Jeremiah Belknap, c. 1758. Joseph Badger (American, 1708-1765). Oil on canvas; framed: 121.9 x 97.2 x 7.6 cm (48 x 38 1/4 x 3 in.); unframed: 107 x 84 cm (42 1/8 x 33 1/16 in.).

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