Genre
Faces & Features
The close study of a face is portraiture stripped to its core: the set of an eye, the line of a mouth, the character written in features. Painters and printmakers made head studies to learn expression, and these tight focuses on the human countenance read as both exercise and intimacy.
Key artists
Works
The Chess Players
Venus and Mars
The Organ Rehearsal
Hugo Reisinger
Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan
Flora
The Dead Christ with Angels
The Temptation of Christ
Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers
The Union of Earth and Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt)
Susanna and the Elders
Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
The Origin of the Milky Way
Young Lady with a Rose
Landscape with Jupiter and Io
Mary Magdalene
Susanna and the Elders
Portrait of a Man
Tarquin and Lucretia
Portrait Miniature of the Marquis de Lafayette
Portrait Miniature of the Marquis de Lafayette
Portrait Miniature of the Marquis de Lafayette
Untitled
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement
Untitled
Portrait of Empress Eugénie de Montijo
Portrait of a Man, Possibly Jean de Langeac (died 1541), Bishop of Limoges
Noli me tangere
The Fall of Man
Head of Saint Matthew
Bearded Man with a Beret
The Philosopher
Profile Portrait of a Lady
Place de la Concorde
Portrait of a Carthusian
Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini
Charles Sumner
Mary House
Benjamin Franklin
Untitled
Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog
Self-Portrait
Walt Whitman
Madame Jerome Bonaparte (Elizabeth Patterson)
Dance at Bougival
An Elderly Man in Prayer
Adoration of the Shepherds
Joseph-Henri Altès (1826–1895)
Study Head of an Old Man
Death of Adonis
Madame Ingouf
Mrs. David Howe (Sarah Whitney)
Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte (1778–1851), Daughter of Louis XVI
Still Life with Pig's Head, Trotters and Sausage
Albert Pinkham Ryder
Portrait of Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Laure de Sade, Comtesse Adhéaume de Chevigné
Study of an Old Man
The Deliverance of Arsinoe
Portrait of a Lady
Mrs. Thomas Hicks
Portrait of a Young Woman
Abbé Charles Bossut (1730–1814)
Portrait of a Man
Untitled
Italian Girl
Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff
Robert Dugan
Daughter of William Page (Probably Mary Page)
Portrait of a Man in Profile
Reynold Keen
Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Emma (1765–1815), Lady Hamilton
An Interesting Story (Miss Ray)
Richard Montgomery
Lucia
Mademoiselle Marie Dihau (1843–1935)
Madame Edmond Cavé (Marie-Élisabeth Blavot, born 1810)
Margarette A. Jones
Medallion of Benjamin Franklin
The Young Saint John the Baptist
Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini
Untitled
Katherine Forest
Mary of Burgundy
Ali Pasha (born about 1741, died 1822)
Christiana Stille Keen
Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck
Profile of a Bearded Man
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Gentleman
The Cigarette (Jeanne Daurmont)
能面図・朝倉尉|Noh Mask of an Old Man (Asakurajō)
Graziella
能面図・般若|Noh Mask of a Demoness (Hannya)
Young Woman Praying
Young Woman Reading
A Circus Boy
Portrait of Jacob Hendricksz van Swieten (1558-1626)
Workers on their Way Home
Arab Saddling his Horse
Nude Old Man in the Sun
David Howe
Conversation
Plaque of George Washington
Madame Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1830–1906) at Bellevue
Study Head of a Woman
A Young Woman Reading
Young Girl in a Pink-and-Black Hat
Door Knob
白描印相図巻|Scroll of Mudras
Untitled
David and Goliath
Nymphs filling the horn of plenty
David with the Head of Goliath
Self-Portrait with Palette
Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Salomé with the Head of John the Baptist
The Snake Charmer
Portrait of Hendrick Jansz. Spijcker, called De Veer, as Flag Bearer![A Study from Life [and] Study for Angel Releasing Saint Peter from Prison](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/washington-allston--a-study-from-life-and-study-for-angel-releasing-saint-peter--13db111bb86c178e-w320.webp)
A Study from Life [and] Study for Angel Releasing Saint Peter from Prison
Dorothea Hart
Portrait of a man
Satyr and Nymph
Bolshevik
Christ in the Wilderness
David with the Head of Goliath
Osage Warrior
Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu in an Automobile
Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem
Portrait of an Old Jew
Count Lepic and His Daughters
Head of an African
Portrait of an Oriental Man
Judith with the head of Holofernes
Francesca da Rimini
The Strange Thing Little Kiosai Saw in the River
Executioner with the Head of John the Baptist
Peasants in a Tavern
Portrait of a Bearded Old Man with a Hand in his Cloak
Half-length figure of a man with beard and beret
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Portrait of a White-Bearded Man
Study of a Head
Peasant returning from the market
Head of Peasant
Dyer Sharp Wynkoop
John Adams
白描印相図巻|Scroll of Mudras
Jean-Victor Moreau
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Bust of man wearing a large-brimmed hat
Retrato de un caballero desconocido
Hannibal recognises the head of his brother Hasdrubal
Portrait of a Bearded Man
Portrait of a Bearded Man
The Sermon of St. John the Baptist
Head of an Old Man
Portrait of Fath Ali Shah Seated
Head of a Bearded Old Man in High Beret
Portrait of Hendrik Swalmius
Portrait of a Man
Alexander Hamilton
Governor George Clinton
Albert Gallatin
Portrait of a Man
The Chaste Susannah
Philosopher
Old Man
Perseo affronta Fineo con la testa di Medusa
Portrait of William I (1533-1584), Prince of Orange
Portrait of a Bearded Man
August Schaeffer
Man with a Beard
Bust of an old bearded man with red cap
Reverend Richard Davies (1818–1896), Aelod seneddol Rhyddfrydol Môn (1868–1886)
Mrs. George Clinton (Cornelia Tappen)
Alexander Rider (?)
Saint Philip
Portrait of Pope Paul III
Man in a High Hat
Seated old man with a cane in fanciful costume
Reverend Dr John Cynddylan Jones (1841–1930)
Reverend John Evans (I. D. Ffraid)
Portrait of the Artist
John Roberts (1804–1884), Brother of Samuel Roberts of Llanbrynmair
Professor David Jenkins (1848–1915)
David William Jones
Monet that reads
The Happy Lovers
'Tronie' of an Old Man
Head of a Bearded Man
Portrait of Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Portrait of a Man
Rev. David Rowlands
Portrait of a bearded man
Dewi Haran (David Evans) (1812–1885)
Saint Jerome (c.347–420)
Reverend Dr William Edwards (1848–1929)
Frequently asked questions
What is Faces & Features?
Faces & Features is a motif in painting. The close study of a face is portraiture stripped to its core: the set of an eye, the line of a mouth, the character written in features.
How many Faces & Features works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 292 public-domain Faces & Features works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Faces & Features artists?
Key Faces & Features artists in the collection include Titian, Thomas Eakins and Paolo Veronese.