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Selected Works The Art of Portraiture

How has the art of portraiture evolved over the years? Explore portraiture through the ages with sculptures and paintings of emblematic figures such as Caesar and Napoleon, or simply private individuals.

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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Portrait of Alexander the Great...

Roman, Imperial (1st-2nd century AD)

Provenance: Tivoli (east of Rome), Italy
Paintings

Hyacinthe RIGAUD

Louis XIV (1638-1715)

1701
Decorative Arts

Jean FOUQUET

Self-Portrait

C. 1450
Decorative Arts

Equestrian statuette of...

Horse: Late Byzantine Empire (or possibly 9th century),...

Provenance: Metz Cathedral
Egyptian Antiquities

Portrait of a woman, known as...

AD 120-130

Antinoöpolis (Antinoë), Egypt
Prints and Drawings

Maurice-Quentin Delatour(Saint-Quentin,...

Full-length portrait of the...

1748-55
Paintings

Sir Henry RAEBURN (Stockbridge [now in Edinburgh],...

Portrait of Major James Lee Harvey
Paintings

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, known as LEONARDO DA...

Mona Lisa – Portrait of Lisa...

c. 1503–06
Paintings

Domenico GHIRLANDAIO

Old Man with a Young Boy

c. 1490
Paintings

Raffaello SANTI, known as RAPHAEL (Urbino, 1483 – Rome,...

Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione...

1514-15