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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 the Pianist Camille Pleyel (1788-1855), Anonymous
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Brother Jean André (1662-1753). "Brother François Romain (1646-1735): Inspector of Bridges and Chaussées and architect of buildings in the Domaine du Roi, in the generality of Paris". Paris, Carnavalet museum. 35143-5 Architect Building Domaine King, Dominican, Ecclesiastics, Frere, Inspector Ponts et Chaussees, Portrait, hold drawing
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Portrait of a Sculptor. Jean Baptiste Santerre; French, 1651-1717. Date: 1700-1710. Dimensions: 81.3 × 65.4 cm (32 × 25 3/4 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
4042-171
Portrait of Frederic Chopin, Royal Carthusian Monastery, Mallorca, Spain
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Captain Thomas Coram 1668 to 1751 English philanthropist and founder of the Foundling Hospital Engraved by B Holl after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Abbe de Saint-Non, Fragonard, Jean Honore
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Pope Pius VII (1742-1823); unknown, Boni, Blanca (Fl. 1800-1845); 1804 (1804-00-00-1804-00-00);Strzałecki, Antoni Jan (1844-1934)-collection, clergy, copies, foreign miniatures, men, popes, portraits of en trois-quarts, men's portraits, costumes
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Frans Hals the Elder (c. 1582-1666). Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. Portrait of Jaspar Schade, 1645. Oil on canvas. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.
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Giuseppe Molteni. 1800-1867. Portrait of the painter Giovanni Migliara. oil painting on canvas cm 89.8 x 74.6.
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Portrait of a Man, thought to be Salomon van Schoonhoven (1617-1653), Lord Lieutenant of Putten. Dating: 1643. Measurements: h 69.5 cm × w 57.5 cm; d 6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jacob Willemsz. Delff (II).
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Italy, Bologna, Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn, detail
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William Vans Murray Painting; oil on canvas; overall: 76.2 x 63.7 cm (30 x 25 1/16 in.);
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Nicolas-Bernard Lepicié (1735-1784). "Portrait of Carle Vernet". Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 26976-6 Cardboard, young man, French painter, portrait, oil on canvas
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Sir Endymion Porter and Sir Anthony van Dyck by Dyck, Sir Anthony van (1599-1641) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / c. 1635 / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 119x144 / Baroque
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Portrait of Francesco Bianchi (1752-1810), Italian composer.
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Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer, Oil on canvas, 72,50 cm x 55 cm. Museum: San Pietro Maiella Conservatoire, NAPOLES, ITALIA. Author: DALBONO EDUARDO.
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Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1749-1817), hero of Polish independence ". Paris, Carnavalet museum. 35401-7 Heros, politician, Polish, patriot, Polish independence, portrait
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Moses Hart. Date/Period: 18th century. Oil painting. Height: 910 mm (35.82 in); Width: 780 mm (30.70 in). Author: UNKNOWN.
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Portrait of Gaspar Fagel, Grand Pensionary of Holland after 1672, Johannes Vollevens (I) (copy after), 1672 - 1700 painting Portrait of Caspar Fagel (1634-88), council pensioner of Holland since 1672. Standing, in half, with the meeting room of the States of Holland on the Binnenhof in The Hague in the background. Copy to the original in the Historical Museum in The Hague. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons Meeting room States of Holland and West Friesland
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Portrait of a 73-year-old man. Portrait of a 73-year-old man. Bust, left, considered the viewer. Part of the portrait miniaturen collection.
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Nicolaes Eichelberg (d. 1699). Haarlem Merchant, Husband or Helena van der Schalcke, Job Adriaensz Berckheyde (attributed to), 1667 painting Portrait of Nicolaes Eichelberg. Koopman in Haarlem, husband of Helena van der Schalcke. Introduced in half with a balustrade of a terrace, gloves in the left hand. panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons. merchant, salesman
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A Man with a Drawing of Flowers, so-called Portrait of Jacob Feitama Jr, Merchant in Amsterdam, anonymous, c. 1730 painting Portrait of a man in a dressing gown, halfway, sitting at a table with a drawing of flowers in the hand. There are books and an ink set on the table. So-called the portrait of Jacob Factama JR (1698-1774), merchant in Amsterdam. Pendant of the portrait of his wife (1727) Susanna van Collen SK-A-3220. Holland canvas. oil paint (paint) historical persons. anonymous historical person portrayed. drawing, sketch
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Portrait of Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849) Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. Painted by Eugene Delacroix. Dated 1838
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Portrait of a Young Gentleman, thought to be the Duke of Richmond, Bust Length, Wearing Armour. Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680). Oil on canvas laid down on board. Painted circa 1650. 53.3 x 44.5cm.
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Shchukin, Stepan Semyonovich (1762-1828) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Painting 25,5x20 Portrait Portrait of the architect Andreyan (Adrian) D. Zakharov (1761-1811)
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Verlin, venceslao.
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Nicholas Boylston, Copley, John Singleton, 1767.
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'Danton 1759-1794', 1934. Artist: Unknown.
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Self Portrait, Ferdinand Bol, c. 1669 painting Self -portrait of Ferdinand Bol. The painter is depicted to the knees, in an embroidered dressing gown, with the left arm based on a sculpture of a sleeping Cupido. Decorated in a gilded richly cut list of sunflowers and other flowers. canvas. oil paint (paint) portrait, self-portrait of painter. sleeping Cupid; possibly signifying a slackening of Love's influence. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. portrait, self-portrait of artist. historical persons
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Self -portrait; Tysiewicz, Jan (Niewiarowicz, W Adys Aw; (1814-1891); 19th century (1820-00-00-1835-00-00); was taken from the Muse of the National Museum in Warsaw; painting / paint / oil; Products from Wąkien / Fabric / Ploty; height 52.5 cm, width 42.5 cm; MP 1916 MNW; all rights reservation.Purchase (provenance)
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Portrait of Jan Albertrandi (1731-1808). Bacciarelli, Marcello (1731-1818), author of a model, unknown, copyist
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Retrato de Louis du Silvestre. Date/Period: Hacia 1745. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 64 cm (25.1 in); Width: 51 cm (20 in). Author: ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS.
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Portrait of Nikolai Gogol by Jean Gerin, watercolour on paper, 1830s, active early 19th century, Russia, St Petersburg, Institute of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House)
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Portrait of the Shell Collector Jan Govertsen van der Aer (1545-1612). Date/Period: 1603. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 107.5 cm (42.3 in); Width: 82.7 cm (32.5 in). Author: Hendrik Goltzius.
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BREE, Mathieu Ignace Van (1773-1839). Portrait of Cuvier. 1798. Neoclassicism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Natural History Museum.
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Portrait off and Member of the Van the Merch Family, Corlyis Trost, 1736 painting Portrait of an art and music lover, probably one of the three brothers of the Baptist family Van der Mersch from Amsterdam. The man is portrayed out of it, sitting at a table with a drawing in his hand. On the table is an art book and a music book with the Van der Mersch family crest, on the right against a chair is a cello leaning, a globe on the left. Northern Netherlands panel. oil paint (paint) globe. viola, violoncello; double bass. drawing, sketch. armorial bearing, heraldry. manuscript of musical score
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Isaak Walton 1593-1663 English writer and biographer, born in Stafford, Staffordshire. His most famous work is The Compleat Angler 1653. He also wrote the life of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and Richard Herbert. Copper engraving., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
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Midshipman Augustus Brine 1782. Oil on canvas John Singleton Copley; American 1738-1815
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Self-portrait with glasses, by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), oil on canvas, 54x39.5 cm.
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Lucretia Pellicorne (1550-1635), Wife of Gualtero del Prado. Portrait of Lucretia Pellicorne, wife of Gualtero del Prado. Bust to the right. On the back an inscription with the name and the number 37.
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James Brindley, 1716-1772 English pioneer of canal building From the book Gallery of Portraits, published 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Benjamin West 1738-1820 was a British painter born in America who settled in London in 1763. As a portrait painter, he changed the tradition of portraying in classic costumes by showing them in contemporary clothing instead. Copper engraving from 1830., historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date not stated
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Portrait of a Man. Dating: 1646. Measurements: h 86 cm × w 65.5 cm; d 7.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck (mentioned on object).
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Portrait of Giuseppe MILICO, Italian singer from Naples
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John Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn, oil on canvas, artist unknown. Museum: Society Friends of Music, VIENA, AUSTRIA.
4435-1940
REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua (1723-1792). Self-Portrait. 1775. Rococo. Oil on canvas. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery).
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Czech, Portrait of Czech composer and kapellmeister Jiri Antonin Benda (1722 - 1795)
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Joseph Nollekens. Date/Period: Between 1770 and 1771. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 635 mm (25 in); Width: 483 mm (19.01 in). Author: Mary Moser.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, from 1808 Knight of Schelling, 27 January 1775, 20 August 1854, was a German philosopher, anthropologist, theorist of the so-called Romantic Medicine and one of the main representatives of German Idealism, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date not known
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Ludwig van Beethoven, baptized on December 17, 1770 in Bonn, main and residence city of Kurköln, died March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Kaisertum Austria, was a German, composer and pianist, idealizing painting by Joseph Karl Stieler, approx. 1820, historical, digitally restored reproduction from the 19th century, Record Date not stated
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Adam Potocki z Krzeszowic w stroju tureckim w czasie podróży po Bliskim Wschodzie. Tepa, Franciszek (1829-1889), painter