A portrait can be a painting, sculpture, or form of photography in which the face is the main focus. Traditional easel-length portraits usually show head-and-shoulders, half-length, or full-body. There are several varieties of portraits; individual, a group portraits, or a self portrait.
Second Avenue Lunch / Posed Portraits, New York, about 1933, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Taking a cigarette break from the grill, the man leans with his arm around a seated man just outside the diner. Both men look directly at Walker Evans in a rare posed portrait from Evans body of work.
Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, Piero della Francesca, 1467 - 1472, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
This portrait of the Duke of Urbino is one of the most famous works of art of the Italian Renaissance. In this portrait it was Piero della Francesca carried out this masteriece between 1465 and 1472.
Portraits (The Brown Family), Eastman Johnson (1824–1906), 1869, From the collection of: de Young museum
Eastman Johnson was one of the leading artists to come to prominence during the Civil War. In the period following the war, he painted portraits and refined scenes of elegant leisure.
Mrs. Herbert Duckworth, Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815–1879), April 1867, From the collection of: The Art Institute of Chicago
One of Cameron's most famous images, is an enduring portrait of a Victorian women. The deep shadows emphasize the curves of her cheeks and neck. It is simply a striking pose.
The Wedding Party, Henri Rousseau, dit le Douanier, Circa 1905, From the collection of: Musée de l'Orangerie
"The Wedding Party" one of Rousseau's most famous works. It is most likley that the painting was based on a photograph.
Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates), Gilbert Stuart, 1793/1794, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
This portrait of a New York businessman wife is considered one of the finest characterizations produced by an American artist. Mrs. Yates sewed while she posed, leaving little doubt about her industriousness.
Self-Portrait with Eye-shade, Anton Graff, 1813, From the collection of: Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, Piero della Francesca, 1467 - 1472, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Portraits at the Stock Exchange, Edgar Degas, 1878 - 1879, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Also known as "At the Bourse". This painting is interpreted as an anti-Semitic depiction of Jews in Paris. This painting currently resides in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.
Maria II, Queen of Portugal, Sir Thomas Lawrence (Bristol, 1769-London, 1830), and completed by a studio assistant?, 1829/1831, From the collection of: National Palace of Queluz
Lawrence was the most fashionable and also the greatest portraitist of his generation. This portrait was commissioned by George IV at a cost of 200 guineas and was painted between 1825 and 1829.
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