Portraits from the Past

A series of historical portraits with a focus on solemn figures, elaborate costumes, and the nuanced use of light, embodying the essence of their time.

Self portrait by Rembrandt van Rhijn, Oil on canvas, circa 1661, 1606-1669, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 91x77

UN DUX DE GENOVA - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ITALIANO - LIENZO - 2,23x1,48 - Nº INVENTARIO 100. Author: ANONIMO (S. XVII). Location: SENADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. DUX DE GENOVA. GENOVA DUX DE. GRITTI ANDREA / GRITI ANDREA.

'Saint Bede', 17th century, Oil on canvas, 205 x 110 cm, P03077. Author: BARTOLOMÉ ROMÁN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN BEDA.

Man Smoking a Pipe. A young man leans on a window ledge, smoking a pipe and looking out at us. Dou was a master of illusionism. The open book on the sill seems to protrude from the window into our space, and the green curtain hanging from the copper rod is so realistically painted that we are tempted to draw it farther back. However, the paintings small size gives away the deception.

Portrait of Ruben Parduyn, knight of the Holy Sepulchre, copy after Jan Gossaert, after c. 1644

Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus. Dating: after c. 1535. Measurements: support: h 39 cm × w 27.1 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Quinten Massijs (I) (copy after).

Portrait of man in black hat by Rembrandt van Rhijn, oil on wood, circa 1629-1630, 1606-1669, Russia, St Petersburg, State Hermitage, 36x26

Jacob's Farewell to Benjamin. Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn; Dutch, 1606-1669. Date: 1650-1660. Dimensions: 113 x 110.5 cm (52 9/16 x 43 1/2 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN.

England, London, Hertford House, The Wallace Collection, Painting by Rembrandt of His Son Titus

Gerhard van Suchtelen. Dated: c. 1666. Dimensions: overall: 80.7 × 63.8 cm (31 3/4 × 25 1/8 in.) framed: 100.97 × 84.46 × 10.16 cm (39 3/4 × 33 1/4 × 4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gerard ter Borch the Younger.

Self portrait by Rembrandt van Rhijn, Oil on canvas, circa 1661, 1606-1669, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 91x77

Self-Portrait. Artist: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599-1641 London). Dimensions: 47 1/8 x 34 5/8 in. (119.7 x 87.9 cm). Date: ca. 1620-21.The young Van Dyck presents himself as a courtly gentleman, with no reference to his profession other than the painting itself. The portrait probably dates from the artist's stay in London during the winter of 1620-21, and certainly before he left his native Antwerp for Italy in autumn 1621. That Van Dyck's father dealt in fine fabrics partly explains his predilection for rich attire (which was remarked by Bellori, an early biographer) and perhaps his elegant descriptions of drapery. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

'Trompe-L'oeil: Old Peasant Woman'. Russia, 18th century. Dimensions: 105x68 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist. 18th century.

A Young Woman Reading Imitator of Johannes Vermeer Dutch. A Young Woman Reading. Imitator of Johannes Vermeer (ca. 1925-27). Oil on canvas. Paintings

Albrecht Durer's father, goldsmith Anthoni Durer, c. 1460, painted by Albrecht Durer himself, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original..

Artist Drawing. Date/Period: 17th century. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil. Height: 911 mm (35.86 in); Width: 707 mm (27.83 in). Author: Italian School (Bolognese).

A bust of an old man in a fur hat (rabbi); Kessler, Johann Martin Benjamin (1760-1823); End of the 18th century (1785-00-00-1799-00-00);beards, cycle, headgear, men's portraits, message (provenance) of KP, old man

Pierrot catches a fly sitting on his hand, Painting by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760), Historic, Digitally restored reproduction of a historic original.

EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. Portrait of Isabelle Borhunt, Jodocus Vyd's wife. Lower section of the closed altarpiece. Flemish art. Oil on wood.

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The return of the prodigal son, Ca. 1668. Oil on canvas. Detail. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

SANTO TOMAS. Author: EL GRECO. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN. SANTO TOMAS APOSTOL.

ESOPO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN.

Portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572 Italian) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Portrait of a Man in Spanish Costume. Jean-Honoré Fragonard; French, 1732-1806. Date: 1768-1770. Dimensions: 80.3 × 64.7 cm (31 5/8 × 25 1/2"). Oil on canvas. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Tyrolean 15th Century, Portrait of a Man, c 1490 1500 Portrait of a Man

Portrait Of The Cardinal Bernardo De Rossi Lorenzo Lotto (ca.1480-1556 Italian) Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

Widow Judith of Bethulia by Giorgione, Oil on canvas, 1504, 1476-1510, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 144x68

J.A.D.Ingres, Jean Baptiste Desdeban - -

Portret malarza Leona Kossaka (1827-1877). Tepa, Franciszek (1829-1889), painter

Portrait of the Tsarina Natalia Naryshkina (1651-1694), wife of tsar Alexis I of Russia by Schurmann, Karl (-after 1710) Regional Art Gallery, Tver Oil on canvas 82x62,5 Germany German Painting of 17th cen. Portrait Painting

Painting titled 'The Fortune Teller' by Ramon Martí Alsina (1826-1894) Catalan painter. Dated 1873

'Las Meninas, or The Family of Felipe IV' (detail), ca. 1656, Oil on canvas, P01174, Before restoration. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Maribarbola. BARBOLA MARIA.

Portrait of tsar Boris Godunov by anonymous painter, painting, Russia, Khabarovsk, Far Eastern Art Museum, 38x27

Europe, Netherlands, Holland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Rembrandt Self Portrait as the Apostle Paul 1661

Pierre Subleyras (1699-1749), "Girolamo Vaini, prince of Cantalupo (1679-1744)". Study for the painting representing the Duke of Saint-Aignan in Rome, giving Prince Vaini, from the king, the cord of the Order of the Holy Spirit (September 15, 1737). Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 25605-2 Blue, Cord, Malta Cross, Decoration, French Duke, Canvas, Monarchy, Order, Italian Prince, Holy Spirit

Jan Gerrit van Bronchorst (Ultrecht, ca. 1603 - Amsterdam, 1661). Young Man Playing a Theorbo (ca. 1642 - 1645). Oil on canvas. 97.8 x 82.6 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

The Holy Countenance by Bouts, Aelbrecht, (Circle) Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona c. 1500 Oil on wood 37,4x28,2 The Netherlands Early Netherlandish Art Bible Painting

Portrait of an Augustinian Monk, identified as Fra Mariano daGenezzano, ca.1480, Tempera on panel, 23.5 × 18.7 × 1 cm (9 1/4 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 in.), Not onview, Italian,Naples(?), 15thcentury, Paintings

MALEVICH , KASIMIR. PINTOR RUSO. 1878 - 1935. " AUTORRETRATO " , OLEO SOBRE LIENZO , AÑO 1933. MUSEO ESTATAL RUSO. SAN PETERSBURGO.

A Musician by Anonymous, 18th century / State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow/ 18th century/ Oil on canvas/ Baroque/ Genre

Pedro Pablo Rubens / 'Saint Bartholomew', 1610-1612, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 107 cm x 82,5 cm, P01652. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

DIEGO RAMIREZ DE FUENLEAL TAMBIEN LLAMADO DE VILLAESCUSA (1459-1537) OBISPO DE ASTORGA DE MALAGA Y DE CUENCA. Location: ESCUELAS MENORES-MUSEO UNIVERSITARIO. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

'Saint Jerome', 1656-1657, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 252 cm x 133 cm, P02593. Author: JUAN DE VALDES LEAL. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN JERONIMO CARDENAL. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).

'Portrait of an Old Man'. Flanders, Circa 1637. Dimensions: 154x118,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JACOB JORDAENS.

St Peter. Saint Peter. Bust shading to the left, the key in the right hand.

Memory Copy of Holbein's Erasmus. Dimensions: overall: 28.3 x 22.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.) framed: 44.5 x 39.4 x 4.4 cm (17 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on wood. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alphonse Legros.

'Self-Portrait'. Russia, St Petersburg, 1760s. Dimensions: 96x80 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jean Louis de Velly.

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Italian (1467-1516), Portrait of a Youth, c. 1495-1498, oil on panel

Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. Date/Period: 1519-1530. Painting. Oil on wood panel Oil on wood panel. Height: 745 mm (29.33 in); Width: 572 mm (22.51 in). Author: Attributed to Dosso DOSSI. Attributed to Battista DOSSI.

Portrait of Garcilaso de la Vega by Alonso Cano, oil on canvas, 1630s, 1601-1667, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 35x28

The Blacksmith, 19th century, Franz von Defregger, German, 1835 - 1921, 36 1/2 x 30 7/8 in. (92.71 x 78.42 cm) (canvas)45 1/2 x 40 x 3 1/2 in. (115.57 x 101.6 x 8.89 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, Germany, 19th century

Isabella of Austria (1566-1633), 1800. After Sir Anthony van Dyck. A copy of an original van Dyck painting.

Portrait of Jean de Carondelet Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen (Dutch, 1500-1559). Portrait of Jean de Carondelet, ca. 1530. Oil on panel, 30 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (78.1 x 62.2 cm). Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen demonstrates his keen sense of observation by faithfully capturing his sitter, an influential Catholic cleric and statesman, at age sixty, paying equal attention to the topography of his face and the textures of the luxurious dark fur and fabric of his clothing. The artist animates Jean de Carondelets stern and blocky figure by enlivening the hands, one of which firmly grasps a pair of gray leather gloves, while the other contorts in an enigmatic gesture. European Art ca. 1530

LOTTO, Lorenzo (1480-1556). Portrait of a Youth Against a White Curtain. 1508. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Oil on wood. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).

Anonymous. "Portrait of Ludovic Carrache (1555-1619), painter". Colorful wax, glass. 18th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Colored wax, Italian painter, portrait, glass

Portrait of a young man, by Hans Schaeufelein the Elder (ca 1482-1539 or 1540)

Portrait of Lorenzo, c15th century Artist: Unknown.

Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds, British, 1723-1792, Omai, ca.1774, Oil on canvas, 63.8 × 55.9 × 1.9 cm (25 1/8 × 22 × 3/4 in.), Not onview, British, 18thcentury, Paintings

Attributed to Francis Xavier Vispré, active 1730-1790, Louis François Roubiliac, ca. 1760. Pastel on moderately textured, wove paper, mounted to canvas.

RETRATO DE CARMEN DE BURGOS (COLOMBINE) H.1925 - O/L - 60x56. Author: JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Self-Portrait. Self-portrait of Willem Hendrik Schmidt (1809-49), standing with brush in hand for a cloth, over the left shoulder a painting stick.

Self Portrait. Dating: 1800 - 1818. Measurements: h 51 cm × w 41.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Christoffel Frederik Franck.

Man with a skull. Sztencel, Maurycy (1856-1930), painter

Self-portrait of Ludovico Cigoli, Cigoli Cardi, Ludovico, 1606.

Charles II of Bourbon , Ptg.by Jean Hey

Portrait of the Lady in a Veil Praise, Władysław Jan (1860 1924)

Portrait of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher. Dated 17th Century

'Self-Portrait'. Germany, First half of 18th century. Dimensions: 56x43 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Christian Seybold (Seibold).

Portrait of a Young Man School of Giorgione Oil on Canvas The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Portrait of Prince Józef Poniatowski. Bacciarelli, Marcello (1731-1818), painter

San Felipe Apóstol / Apostle Saint Philip. Date/Period: Between 1610 and 1614. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 80 cm (31.4 in); Width: 100 cm (39.3 in). Author: EL GRECO.

Portrait of a Haarlem Citizen, The Netherlands, Jan van Scorel, 1529

2020.13.28.. A Flemish Burgher, 1882. Artist: William John Wainwright (d.1931)

Saint John the Evangelist. The Donne Triptych, Memling, Hans (1433/40-1494)

Mars Asleep - Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1629

Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal. Artist: Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617-1682 Seville). Dimensions: 79 x 47 in. (200.7 x 119.4 cm). Date: ca. 1665-72.Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal was <i>pertiguero</i>, or marshal of processions in the cathedral of Seville. He appears dressed in black and rests his right hand on his mastiff. This is a formula used by both Titian and Velázquez in their portraits of Spanish royalty. The setting is a classical portico--the sitter's family coat of arms is on the pier at left. The painting testifies to Murillo's ability to give his portraits a quality of psychological presence. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Alfonso XIII sentado. Museum: MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: RAMON CASAS.

Ludovico Gonzaga and the counselor Marsilio Andreasi, detail from the Court Wall, 1465-1474, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1606), fresco. San Giorgio Castle, Wedding Chamber or Camera Picta, Mantua.

Licinio, Bernardino (ca. 1489-ca. 1565) National Gallery, London Painting 91,4x77 Portrait Portrait of Stefano Nani

François Duquesnoy or Frans Duquesnoy, 1597 - 1643. Flemish Baroque sculptor. From a print by William Pether after a painting by Charles Le Brun.

Rome, Italy - David with the head of Goliath, by Caravaggio, Galleria Borghese Rome, Italy - David with the head of Goliath, by Caravaggio, Galleria Borghese Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 22959478

Francisco de Zurbaran y Salazar (1598-1664). Spanish painter. Saint Francis of Assisi, 1660. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.

A fat man, Adriaen Brouwer, c. 1634 - 1637

The Egg Seller, Hendrick Bloemaert, 1632

Don Andres de Andrade y la Cal by Bartolome Esteban Murillo (Seville 1617-1682 Seville) Oil on canvas.

Watercolor painting by Peter Johann Krafft showing Faust in a study room, emphasizing figure, desk, books, and interior details.

Portrait of an Unknown Man, painting by Michel Sittow (1469-1525), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original.

The Face, Pieter Schenk (I), 1670 - 1713 print The sense face. A man with glasses and a hat reads a letter. The print is part of a series with the five senses. paper sight, looking (one of the five senses). reading. eyeglasses, spectacles

David with His Sword. Salomon de Bray (Dutch, 1597 - 1664)

A Deacon, 1863 Artist: Simeon Solomon, Oil Painting, Religion, Christian, PortraitPre-Raphaelite

A seated man sharpening a quill pen. Engraving by C. Guttenberg after F. van Mieris.

Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi); Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci), Italian (Florentine), 1494 - 1557; Italy, Europe; 1528 - 1530; Oil (or oil and tempera) on panel transferred to canvas; Unframed: 92.1 x 72.1 cm (36 1/4 x 28 3/8 in.), Framed: 121 x 97.8 x 7.6 cm (47 5/8 x 38 1/2 x 3 in.)

Paulus Bor 1601-1669. Allegory of logic. about 1630-1635. oil painting on canvas cm 81,7 x 68,5.

Portrait of a Man, by Ceresa Carlo, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. Whole artwork. Male portrait collar jacket dark: brown shades: tones: hues white black light shadow.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait as a Young Man (c. 1628-29), oil on panel, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Man from the Lespinette Family, by Hans Memling, circa 1485-90, Royal Art Gallery, Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands, Europe

'Saint Jerome in Penitence', 1618-1620, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 71 cm, P01473. Author: ANTON VAN DYCK. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).

Alexis Grimou (1678-1733). French painter. Portrait of man in Polish costume, a pipe in hand, 1726. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

A Shepherd Playing the Pipes. Johan Baeck (c.1600-1654). Oil on canvas. 76.5 x 63.8cm.

Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Male Donor, Netherlandish, active 1444-1475-1476, c. 1455, oil on panel

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