Portraits
Experience the art of portraiture through the ages, from Renaissance masters to American presidential portraits capturing history's most influential figures.
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49th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings Sculpture
Mildred Waltrip (American, 1911-2004)
A Calm Watering Place--Extensive and Boundless Scene with Cattle
Alvan Fisher (American, 1792–1863)
A Home in the Wilderness
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)
A Mexican Vaquero
Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)
A View from Bald Mountain, Orange County, N.Y.
Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
A Winter Sky
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Gardner (photograph)
Abraham Lincoln (Wartime Portrait)
Alexander Gardner (photograph)
Albano, Italy
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
Amaryllis
Charles Demuth (American, 1883–1935)
American Gothic
Grant Wood (American, 1891–1942)
An October Day in the White Mountains
John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872)
Andrew Jackson
Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl
Andrew Jackson (Presidential Portrait)
Asher B. Durand
Andrew Johnson
Eliphalet Frazer Andrews
Apple Blossoms
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)
Arkville Landscape
Alexander H. Wyant (American, 1836–1892)
Autumn Landscape and Pool
Alexander H. Wyant (American, 1836–1892)
Barack Obama
White House Historical Association
Benjamin Harrison
Eastman Johnson
Bill Clinton
Nelson Shanks
Chestnut and Pine
David Johnson (American, 1827–1908)
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi
Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807)
Cow's Skull with Calico Roses
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986)
Distant View of Niagara Falls
Thomas Cole (American, born England, 1801–1848)
Donald Trump
White House Historical Association
Dwight D. Eisenhower
J. Anthony Wills
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Presidential Portrait)
Thomas Edgar Stephens
Esther before Ahasuerus
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656)
European Landscape Study
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Evening in the Woods
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
For Sunday's Dinner
William Michael Harnett (American, born Ireland, 1848–1892)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank O. Salisbury
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Wartime Portrait)
Elizabeth Shoumatoff (unfinished)
Fruits and Flowers
Henry Lee McFee (American, 1886–1953)
George W. Bush
John Howard Sanden
George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
George Washington (Full Length)
Gilbert Stuart
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Graves of Travellers, Fort Kearny, Nebraska
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Grover Cleveland
Eastman Johnson
Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance
Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865)
Harry S. Truman
Greta Kempton
Harry S. Truman (Official Portrait)
Martha Greta Kempton
Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs
Frederic William Burton
Herbert Hoover
Elmer Wesley Greene
Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)
Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal
James A. Garfield
Calvin Curtis
James Buchanan
George Peter Alexander Healy
James Madison
John Vanderlyn
James Madison (Official Portrait)
Gilbert Stuart
James Monroe
Samuel F. B. Morse
Joe Biden
White House Historical Association
John Adams
Gilbert Stuart
John F. Kennedy
White House Historical Association
John F. Kennedy (Official Portrait)
White House Historical Association
Judith Beheading Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi
Judith Slaying Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656)
Landscape
Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
Landscape
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
Landscape with Haywain
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Landscape with Haywain
Worthington Whittredge (American, 1820–1910)
Landscape with Winding Road
Thomas Doughty (American, 1793–1856)
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez
Late Summer Landscape
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Leaping Trout
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
Madame Grand
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)
Maine Coast
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)
Mount Starr King, Yosemite
Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902)
Mountain Brook
Albert Bierstadt
Niagara Falls by Moonlight
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
On Bos'n's Hill
Edmund C. Tarbell (American, 1862–1938)
On a Balcony
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
On the Harlem River
William Rickarby Miller (American, 1818–1893)
Orchid Blossoms
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)
Pastoral Landscape with Stream
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Point Judith, Rhode Island
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)
River Valley Landscape
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Rock at Sea
Raymond Jonson (American, 1891–1982)
Ronald Reagan
White House Historical Association
Ronald Reagan (Official Portrait)
Michael Evans (photograph)
Rutherford B. Hayes
Daniel Huntington
Samuel Williams
Washington Allston (American, 1779–1843)
Saturn Devouring His Son
Francisco Goya
Self-Portrait
Judith Leyster (1609-1660)
Self-Portrait
Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)
Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw
Self-Portrait Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting
Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807)
Self-Portrait at the Easel
Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625)
Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)
Self-Portrait with Two Circles
Rembrandt van Rijn
Spring Rains
Victor Higgins (American, 1884–1949)
Still Life
Adam Lehr (American, 1853–1924)
Still Life
Preston Dickinson (American, 1891–1930)
Still Life with Cantaloupe
William Mason Brown (American, 1828–1898)
Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels
Clara Peeters (1594-1657)
Still Life with Flowers
Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750)
Still Life with Flowers and Dried Fruit
Clara Peeters (1594-1657)
Storm in the Mountains
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
Study, North Conway, New Hampshire
David Johnson (American, 1827–1908)
Sunny Autumn Day
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush)
Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)
The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck
The Art of Painting
Johannes Vermeer
The Brook in the Woods
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
El Greco
The Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
The Camp Meeting
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
The Child's Bath
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
The Descent from the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens
The Elevation of the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens
The End of the Trail
James Earle Fraser (American, 1876–1953)
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch
The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)
The Hunters in the Snow
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Jewish Bride
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Marquise de Pezay and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)
The Mexican Major
Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)
The Milkmaid
Johannes Vermeer
The Night Watch
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Old Road to the Sea
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)
The Peasant Wedding
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Proposition
Judith Leyster (1609-1660)
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Francisco Goya
The Spanish Steps
Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924)
The Supper at Emmaus
Caravaggio
The Third of May 1808
Francisco Goya
The Tower of Babel
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Trout Pool
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Theodore Roosevelt
John Singer Sargent
Thomas Jefferson
Mather Brown
Thomas Jefferson (Full Length)
Rembrandt Peale
Thomas Jefferson (State Portrait)
Thomas Sully
Three Trees: Italy
Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923)
Traunstein River on the Road to Empfig, Bavaria
William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835–1900)
Trees on a Rocky Hillside
Asher B. Durand (American, 1796–1886)
Twilight in the Wilderness
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
Ulysses S. Grant
Henry Ulke
Ulysses S. Grant (Presidential Portrait)
Henry Ulke
Vale of Kashmir
Robert S. Duncanson (American, 1821–1872)
Vase of Flowers
Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750)
Vase of Flowers
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
View of Florence
Thomas Cole (American, born England,1801–1848)
View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm
Thomas Cole (American, born England,1801–1848)
View of Toledo
El Greco
View of a Lake
Thomas Doughty (American, 1793–1856)
White Mare
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
William Henry Harrison
Albert Gallatin Hoit
William McKinley
Harriet Anderson Stubbs Murphy
Woman Bathing
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
Woman at Her Toilette
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
Woodland Interior
Thomas Worthington Whittredge
Woodrow Wilson
Graham Cootes