Genre
Portrait
The portrait is the oldest reason to keep a painting. From the funerary panels of Roman Egypt to the state likenesses of the courts, it fixes a face against forgetting, and asks the painter to find the person inside the resemblance. A good one tells you rank, mood, and the moment all at once.
Key artists
Works
Venus and Mars
The Repose
Venus and Cupid
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son
Bacchus and Ariadne
The Dancing Class
Young Girl Reading
The Penitent Magdalen
The Organ Rehearsal
The New Bonnet
The Harvesters
The Repentant Magdalen
Bacchante by the Sea
Salome
Madonna and Child
The Storm
Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada
Mrs. Noah Smith and Her Children
The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room
Pygmalion and Galatea
Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Pandora
Young man in Mayo costume
Cider Making
Domestic Scene
The Alba Madonna
The Ark
The Source
Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784 (The Home of Washington after the War)
The Saithwaite Family
The New Bonnet
Washerwomen
Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Woman with a Parrot
Portrait of Marianne Dorothy Harland (1759–1785), Later Mrs. William Dalrymple
The Wife of Hasdrubal and Her Children
Two Women at a Window
The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Madame David
View on the Catskill—Early Autumn
Garden at Sainte-Adresse
View from Vaekero near Christiania
The Dancer
The Lacemaker
Emma Homan
Lady Williams and Child
The Daughters of Catulle Mendès
The Holy Family
Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan
Portrait of a Woman
Venus and Adonis
Flora
Isle of the Dead
Susan Walker Morse (The Muse)
Indian Summer
Oarsmen at Chatou
James Badger
The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Vertumnus and Pomona
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Venus and Minerva
High Point: Shandaken Mountains
Conversation Piece
Femme Lisant
Madame Georges Charpentier and her Children
Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Susanna Truax
Family Group
Morning Toilet
The Adoration of the Magi
Landscape with Bathsheba
Paris, rue du Havre
Saint Lucy
The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
A Dance in the Country
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes
Mrs. John Winthrop
A Cosey Corner
Venus and Adonis
Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife
The Swing
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
Emma Van Name
Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes
Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso
Everhard Jabach (1618–1695) and His Family
The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene
The Last Moments of John Brown
Mrs. Francis Brinley and Her Son Francis
A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers
A Waitress at Duval's Restaurant
Mrs. Mayer and Daughter
September Morn
Young Lady in 1866
The Rope Dance
Paintings of physicians by Jan Steen
The Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762) on Horseback, Attended by a Page
The Lacemaker
The Union of Earth and Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt)
Madame Philippe Panon Desbassayns de Richemont (Jeanne Eglé Mourgue, 1778–1855) and Her Son, Eugène (1800–1859)
The Ages and Death
Venus and Adonis
Susanna and the Elders
La Grenouillère
Untitled
Ia Orana Maria
Portrait of an Olivetan Monk
The Adoration of the Magi
Return from the Hunt by Piero di Cosimo
The Adoration of the Magi
The Meeting
Boating
The Love Letter
Watson Van Benthuysen II and Thomas Van Benthuysen
Young Woman Peeling Apples
Madonna and Child with Saints
L'Arlésienne
The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows
The Terrace at Vernonnet
Woman with a Sunflower
Tea
Madonna and Child with Saints and Donors
Madonna and Child with Six Saints
Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint John the Baptist
Country House in a Park
Venus and Adonis
Bacchus and Ariadne
A Girl Asleep
Martha Washington
Glass Blowers of Murano
Portrait of a Lady
Mrs. Gabriel Manigault
Mother and Son
Mrs. Joseph Reade
The Cathedrals of Art
Saint Teresa of Ávila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory
Abraham's Parting from the Family of Lot
The Cathedrals of Broadway
The Crucifixion
Catherina Elmendorf
Marie Rinteau, called Mademoiselle de Verrières
Molly Wales Fobes
Mrs. Abijah Cheever (Elizabeth Scott)
Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754–1838), Prince de Bénévent
Mrs. Jacob Hurd and Child
Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc
Regatta at Sainte-Adresse
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
Moonlight Landscape with Crab Fishermen
The Green Sofa
The Old Oaken Bucket which Hung in the Well
Tilla Durieux
The Starbird Children
Paul Joseph Revere
Portrait of Johan Hulshout (1623–1687)
A Woman Playing a Harp
Rosa Bonheur
The Great Bath at Bursa
The Nativity
Portrait of a Flemish Lady
Madonna and Child
Reclining Nude
The Three Graces
Lady and Gentleman on Horseback
Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)
A Wooded Landscape
Madonna and Child
Five O'Clock Tea
Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist, Saint Peter, and Two Angels
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Madonna of Humility (Madonna dell'Umiltà)
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine![Madonna and Child [obverse]](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/albrecht-durer--madonna-and-child-obverse--d7b8ebf05d22ebe5-w320.webp)
Madonna and Child [obverse]
Thérèse Louise de Sureda
The Artist's Garden at Eragny
Cows in a Meadow near a Farm
Cutting the Stone
Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie
Princess Elizabeth (1596–1662), Later Queen of Bohemia
Venus and Adonis
Dressing for the Carnival
Untitled
涅槃図|Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
Margherita Gonzaga (1591–1632), Princess of Mantua
The Visit to the Nursery
The Dissolute Household
The Siesta
Untitled
Mrs. Charles Cummings (Rebecca Pittard)
Mrs. Mary Arthur
The Family of Mr. Westfal in the Conservatory
Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby
Edward and Sarah Rutter
Family Group in a Landscape
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Frequently asked questions
What is Portrait?
Portrait is a motif in painting. The portrait is the oldest reason to keep a painting.
How many Portrait works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 6,464 public-domain Portrait works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Portrait artists?
Key Portrait artists in the collection include Titian, Thomas Eakins and Paolo Veronese.