Historical Portraits of Women

18th century portraits of noblewomen in elaborate clothing, featuring rich colors and textures, showcasing their status and elegance.

Portrait of a woman, possibly a member of the van Citters family, Caspar Netscher, 1674
Portrait of a woman, possibly a member of the van Citters family, Caspar Netscher, 1674
'Portrait of Elizaveta Petrovna'. Russia, 18th century. Dimensions: 86x66,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist. 18th century.Portrait of 'Perfect Wife' by an anonymous Tudor artist. Dated 17th CenturyPortrait of Elisabeth I by Ivan Petrovich Argunov, oil on canvas, 1750s-1760s, 1729-1802, Russia, Moscow, Museum Palace Theatre Ostankino, 86, 5x71, 5Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll. Date/Period: Ca. 1760. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,388 mm (94.01 in); Width: 1,473 mm (57.99 in). Author: Joshua Reynolds.Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere, by Sustermans Justus, 17th Century, 1640-1650, oil on canvas, cm 70 x 58MADRAZO, Federico (1815-1894). Countess of Vilches. 1853. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.Margaretha van Raephorst (d 1690). Wife of Cornelis Tromp. Dating: 1668. Measurements: h 135 cm × w 105 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Mijtens.Portrait of a Lady - Michael Dahl, circa 1700Marquise de Pompadour, 1759 (1956). Artist: UnknownAntropov, Alexei Petrovich (1716-1795) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Painting 48x37,3 Portrait  Portrait of Empress Catherine II (1729-1796)Portrait of the Duchess of ABRANTES, 1816Lucretia, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1664, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. Lucretia, wife Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, was a 6th century BCE virtuous Roman matron who killed herself after being raped by Etruscan king's son, Sextus Tarquinius. The furor caused (BSLOC_2016_5_35)Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, Jan Adam Kruseman, c. 1861Circulo de Diego Velazquez, infanta Maria Teresa de España, segunda mitad del siglo XVII, óleo sobre tela, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) ,Buen...Lucretia, Rembrandt, 1664, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North AmericaPortrait of Susanna Lunden, by Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1622-5, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, EuropePortrait of Diana Mary Barker, 1766, Benjamin West, American, (active Britain), 1738 - 1820, 37 x 33 in. (93.98 x 83.82 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, United States, 18th century, Benjamin West wanted to make a name for himself as a painter of grand historical pictures, but he first rose to international prominence as a portraitist. This painting, done three years after West settled in London, reveals the artist's debt to Sir Joshua Reynolds. The careful modeling, high degree of finish and smooth surface, and the elegant pose and setting reflect the neoclassical manner of Reynolds currently in vogue. The sitter, seventeen-year-old Lady Diana Mary Barker, resided at Speen House in Berkshire, England.'Teodora Lamadrid en Adriana Lecouvreur', 1853, Oil on canvas, 74 x 56,7 cm. Author: ANTONIO CABRAL BEJARANO (1788-1861). Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.MARIA CRISTINA DE BORBON. CUARTA ESPOSA DE FELIPE VII . 1806 - 1878. OLEO DE SALVADOR GUTIERREZ. MUSEO BELLAS ARTES DE SEVILLA. Author: SALVADOR GUTIÉRREZ DE LA VEGA.Callot, Jacques, work, P. Melinton (83) / Saint's calendar (15 images from a series of 124 plates and 490 images), (1000 - 2003), line etching, graphics, image width 4.9 cm, image height 6.6 cmPortrait of Marie Anne de Chateauneuf , called Mademoiselle Duclos, in the role of Ariadne by Largilliere, Nicolas, de (1656-1746) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / ca 1712 / France / Oil on canvas / Opera, Ballet, Theatre,Portrait / 65x53,5Portrait Of A Woman 16th C. Artist Unknown Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist. Guido Reni; Italian, 1575-1642. Date: 1635-1645. Dimensions: 248.5 × 174 cm (97 3/4 × 68 1/2 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.'Amalia de Llano, Countess of Vilches', 1853, Oil on canvas, 126 cm x 89 cm, P02878. Author: FEDERICO DE MADRAZO Y KUNTZ (1815-1894). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. VILCHES CONDESA DE. LLANO DOTRES AMALIA.Portrait of the Baroness Crussol, wife of Henri-Charles-Emmanuel de Crussol-Florensac, née Anne Marie Joséphine Gabrielle Bernar, Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth (1755-1842)Portrait of woman by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Oil on canvas, 1786, 1732-1792, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 239x138Portrait of tzarevna Praskovya Ivanovna by Ivan Nikitich Nikitin, oil on canvas, 1714, 1680s-after 1742, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 88x67, 5Portrait of Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeevna by Alexander Roslin, oil on canvas, 1776, 1718-1793, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 88x66Miss Harriet Clements. Date/Period: Ca. 1805. Oil paintings. Oil on canvas. Author: SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.Giuseppe Molteni. 1800-1867. The daughter of the castle keeper. 1844 oil painting on canvas cm 140 x 114. Girl holding a spaniel 1786. Jean-Baptiste Greuze'Head of a Young Girl'. France, 1740s - 1750s. Dimensions: 36x28 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANCOIS BOUCHER.Wladyslaw Niewiarowicz (1814-1891). Polish painter. The Moor with the Beads, 1853. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.fine arts, Boucher, Francois, (1703 - 1770), painting, ""the teachable doggy"", circa 1740, national art galley, Karlsruhe, Germany, Europe, 18th century, rococo, woman, luring, playing, dog, poodle, standing, on two feet, hind legs, dressage, obedience,Portrait of Antoinette Métayer, Oldest Sister of Louis Métayer, George van der Mijn, c. 1759Luisa Pesjak, c1835, Mihael Stroj, (1803-1871/Slovenian)Mrs. John Winthrop 1773 Oil on canvas John Singleton Copley; American 1738-1815La Finette The Finette Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721 French) Oil On Wood Musee du Louvre, Paris, FranceLucretia, Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646-1723, German, active in Britain (from 1676), between 1672 and 1675, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm), (story of) Lucretia, column (architectural element), dagger, death, knife (weapon), legend, myth, nude, religious and mythological subject, robe, Roman, sadness, suicidePortrait of Elisaveta Stroganova by anonymous artist, painting, Russia, Tambov, Regional Art Gallery, 63x51MAJAS EN UN BALCON-DET MAJAS CON ABANICO-1852-OLEO/LIENZO 166X247 CM. Author: EUGENIO LUCAS VELAZQUEZ. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. CUBA.'Madame de Pompadour', 1763-1764, Oil on canvas, 54 cm diameter, P02467. Author: François-Hubert Drouais. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Madame de Pompadour. POISSON JEAN ANTOINETTE. JUANA ANTONIETA. LUIS XV DE FRANCIA AMANTE.Marchesa Balbi. Date/Period: Ca. 1623. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 196.50 mm (7.73 in); Width: 133.80 mm (5.26 in). Author: Anthony Van Dyck.Manuel Cabral Bejarano / "Portrait of Maria Mercedes de Orleans", 1878, Painting (Oil on canvas), 2.25 x 1.66 m. Author: MANUEL CABRAL AGUADO-BEJARANO.Portrait of Catherine the Great (Catharine II) 1760 Vigilius Eriksen (1722-1783 Danish) Catharine Palace Pushkin, RussiaDuchess de Fitz-James. Dated: 1867. Dimensions: overall: 50.3 x 42.2 cm (19 13/16 x 16 5/8 in.) framed: 71.7 x 60.3 cm (28 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HENRI FANTIN-LATOUR.Albertine Mendelssohn Bartholdy, obra de August Theodor Kaselowsky, Museo Judío de Berlín,Berlin, Alemania, Europe.Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, Guido Reni, 1639-1642, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, North America,Portrait of a Boy in Fancy Dress; Nicolas de Largillierre (French, 1656 - 1746); about 1710 - 1714; Oil on canvas; 114.9 x 146.1 cm (45 1,4 x 57 1,2 in.)Mrs. Elisha Mathew. Date/Period: 1777. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 146.3 cm. Height: 237.5 cm (without frame). Author: Joshua Reynolds.Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) / Art History Museum, Vienne / c. 1580 / Italy, Venetian School / Oil on canvas / Bible / 111,5x99,8Portrait of Cornelia Rijdenius, Wife of Johannes Lublink II, Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, 1790 - 1795 painting Portrait of Cornelia Riding (1746-1826), wife of Johannes Lublink. Knee piece, sitting on a terrace with a letter in hand, in the distance trees and a church tower. Pendant of SK-A-2827.  canvas. oil paint (paint)  historical persons - BB - womanBrechje Hooft (1640-1721). Widow of Harmen van de Poll. Dating: c. 1700 - c. 1729. Measurements: h 50 cm × w 41 cm; d 8.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Arnold Boonen (attributed to).Portret młodej kobiety. unknown, painterPortrait of Marie Taglioni by Anonymous artist, Oil on canvas, Romanticism, Russia, Moscow, State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, 24,5x19Irene di Spilimbergo. Dated: c. 1560. Dimensions: overall: 122 x 106.5 cm (48 1/16 x 41 15/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Follower of Titian.Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel, 1639. Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort (Dutch, 1610/11-1680). Oil on wood; framed: 80.6 x 68.3 x 3.9 cm (31 3/4 x 26 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 62.7 x 49.5 cm (24 11/16 x 19 1/2 in.).Portrait of Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765-1831), 1762 circa, by Giuseppe Dupra (1703-1784), oil on canvas, 109x87,4 cm.Portrait of Countess Kh. Obolenskaya by Roslin, Alexander (1718-1793)/ Regional Art Museum, Simferopol/ ca 1776/ Sweden/ Oil on canvas/ Rococo/ 61x47/ PortraitHenriette Browne, A Greek Captive, 1863 ,oil on canvas, TateAnton Rafael Mengs / 'Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor', 1770, Oil on canvas, 144 x 97 cm, P02191. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS. HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR FRANCIS II. FRANCISCO I DE AUSTRIA (Y II DE PRÚSIA Y HUNGRIA).Mary, Queen of Scots, in captivity, Mary Stuart (8 December 1542 to 18 February 1587), born Mary Stewart, was from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 as Mary I Queen of Scotland, by James Ward, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.Lady Mary Leslie, Print made by John Spilsbury, 1730-1795, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, ca. 1766, Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper, Sheet: 19 1/4 × 14 inches (48.9 × 35.6 cm) and Image: 18 1/8 × 14 inches (46 × 35.6 cm), sheepLA MAJA DE ORO Y PLATA - 1867 - O/L - 187X143 CM. Author: EUGENIO LUCAS VELAZQUEZ. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES. LA HABANA. CUBA.Portrait of woman in bonnet by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, oil on canvas, 1725-1805, Ukraine, Chernigov, Regional Art Museum, 43x36unknown artist, eighteenth century, Fancy subject; Miss G, undated. Mezzotint.DROUAIS, Franois Hubert (1727-1775). The Duke of Berry and the Count of Provence at the Time of Their Childhood. 1756. Portrait of the kings-to-be, Louis XVI and Louis XVIII. Rococo. Oil on canvas. BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo Museum of Art.Artist: Filippo Bellini, Italian, 1550/55-1604, Saint Catherine ofAlexandria, ca.1590-1600, Pen and brown ink and brown wash over graphite, 38.5 × 25.3 cm (15 3/16 × 9 15/16in.), Italian, 16thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolorsSigismonda with the heart of her husband Engraved by T W Shaw after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833Jacob Adriaensz Backer (1608-1651). Dutch Golden Age painter. Courtesan, ca.1640. Oil on canvas (64,5 x 56,5 cm). National Museum of Ancient Art. Lisbon. Portugal.Caravaque, Louis (1684-1754) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Painting 91,2x73,4 Portrait  Portrait of the Tsesarevna Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708-1728), the daughter of Emperor Peter I of RussiaHenriette Lorimier (1775-1854)/ Portrait of Sophie Regnault, née Meyer (1763-1825), wife of French painter Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1809. Oil on canvas. 110.3 cm (43.4 in) 91 cm (35.8 in).Heads of Goddesses (Pallas, Venus, Juno) ca. 1600 Anonymous, French, 17th century French. Heads of Goddesses (Pallas, Venus, Juno) 408995VERONESE, Paolo Caliari, called Paolo (1528-1588). Esther before Ahasuerus. ca. 1556. Left detail depicting Esther. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade. Date/Period: 1766. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 762 mm (30 in); Width: 635 mm (25 in). Author: Henry Robert Morland.Carmen Moreno, marquesa de las Marismas del Guadalquivir. Date/Period: 1833. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 211 cm (83 in); Width: 162 cm (63.7 in). Author: Francisco Lacoma y Fontanet.Lavinia Fontana, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, oil on canvas. 1600, Davia Bargellini, Bologna, ItalyPortrait of Charles XI of Sweden (1655-1697) by Ehrenstrahl, David Klocker (1629-1698)  Private Collection  Sweden  Oil on canvas  Painting  PortraitPortrait of Marquise de Miramon, née, Thérèse Feuillant. Date/Period: 1866. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,283 mm (50.51 in); Width: 772 mm (30.39 in). Author: James Tissot.Portrait of Konstancja Zamoyski nee Czartoryski (1742-1797). Bardou Paul Józef, painter, unknown, painter'Marquise de Merito', c1916. Artist: Ignacio Zuloaga.decorative old painting for a bakeryMadam Phillipe Lenoir, by Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-1863).Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina, was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the ruler of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, EuropeCastle Gödöllå, Residence The Austria Empress and Hungarian Queen Elisabeth, Sisi Model Before Bust Sisis at Castle 1033903062