Portrait references
32 portraits from museum collections, free to paint from. Each has its notan, value studies and palette worked out, and opens in the free tools.
Every image is public domain, published by Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. See sources and licenses.
Juan de ParejaVelázquez, 1650
Portrait of an African ManJan Jansz Mostaert, c. 1525 - c. 1530
Hayne Hudjihini, Eagle of DelightHenry Inman, 1832–33
Portrait of a young woman in redRoman Period, 90–120 CE
Portrait of an elderly lady with a gold wreathRoman Period, 100–125 CE
Portrait of the Boy EutychesRoman Period, 100–150 CE
Portrait of a PrincessMughal, 17th/18th century
Self-PortraitRembrandt, 1660
Self-portraitRembrandt van Rijn, c. 1628
Study of a Young WomanJohannes Vermeer, ca. 1665–67
Portrait of a WomanPiero del Pollaiuolo, ca. 1480
Edward VI, When Duke of CornwallHans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1545; reworked 1547 or later
Madame Edmond CavéJean Auguste Dominique Ingres, ca. 1831–34
The Writing MasterThomas Eakins, 1882
Carmelita RequenaThomas Eakins, 1869
Self-PortraitSamuel Joseph Brown, Jr., ca. 1941
Head of an Old WomanOrazio Borgianni, after 1610
Portrait of a Sri Lankan TamilSamuel Daniell, 1806–1807
Jewel Portrait of a Young GirlIndia, c. 1660
Portrait Study of SeigenJapan, 1300s
Child's HeadJean-Baptiste Greuze,
Head of a Young Man in Three-Quarter ViewGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th century
Portrait of Alain de CoëtivyJean Fouquet, ca. 1451–55
Head of a BoyMaster of the Legend of Saint Ursula, 15th century
Self-portraitMarie Bracquemond, ca. 1870
Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour PeopleCharles Henri Joseph Cordier, 1848
Bust of a WomanCharles Henri Joseph Cordier, 1851
Louise BrongniartJean Antoine Houdon, 1779, after a portrait of 1777
VoltaireJean Antoine Houdon, 1778
Lot, Chief of the SpokanesOlin Levi Warner, 1891; cast 1906
Head of a LuohanChina, Northern Song, Liao, or Jin dynasty, c. 11th century
Portrait Head VesselPeru, c. 200–550 CE
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