# Portraits in paint

Faces painted from life, from Renaissance panels to Gilded Age canvases. A portrait was a record, a likeness and often a statement of standing, and the best of them still hold the sitter's attention across a room.

- [Portrait of the wife of Yizhai](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-the-wife-of-yizhai-met-36082), Ruan Zude, datable to 1561 or 1620. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of a Girl](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-girl-aic-28876), Francesco Solimena, c. 1700. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Portrait of a Woman as Saint Catherine](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-woman-as-saint-catherine-cma-97191), Pier Francesco Foschi, c. 1560. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-dedicated-to-carriere-nga-66418), Paul Gauguin, 1888 or 1889. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Portrait of Young Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-young-man-si-saam-1979-135-48). Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Portrait of the artist’s great-granduncle Yizhai at the age of eighty-five](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-the-artist-s-great-granduncle-yizhai-at-the-age-met-36081), Ruan Zude, dated 1561 or 1621. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of a Man in Costume](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-man-in-costume-aic-93900), Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1767–68. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Portrait of Dora Wheeler](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-dora-wheeler-cma-102578), William Merritt Chase, 1882–83. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of a Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-man-nga-50293), Corneille de Lyon, c. 1536/1540. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Charles Willson Peale Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/charles-willson-peale-self-portrait-si-npg-npg-89-205), Charles Willson Peale, c. 1791. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Portrait of a Young Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-young-man-met-435581), Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio), ca. 1470. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of an Official](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-an-official-aic-241750), Gu Jianlong, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-tieleman-roosterman-cma-160885), Frans Hals, 1634. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of a Young Woman as a Wise Virgin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-young-woman-as-a-wise-virgin-nga-41591), Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1510. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Portrait of a Young Girl with Rose](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-young-girl-with-rose-si-saam-2019-6-1), Oliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1838. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Portrait of a monk, possibly Chen Nga Tshultrim Bar, extending a blessing](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-monk-possibly-chen-nga-tshultrim-bar-extending-met-37970), late 11th–early 12th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of Jean Gros (recto); Coat of Arms of Jean Gros (verso)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-jean-gros-recto-coat-of-arms-of-jean-gros-verso-aic-16298), Rogier van der Weyden, 1460–64. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-cma-144976), Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of a Lady](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-lady-nga-1131), probably c. 1820. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Portrait of Elliot Coues](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-elliot-coues-si-saam-1907-1), J. Edward Barclay, 1898. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Lineage Portrait of an Abbot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lineage-portrait-of-an-abbot-met-37971), ca. 1350. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of Constance Pipelet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-constance-pipelet-aic-31233), Jean Baptiste François Désoria, 1797. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-colonel-charles-heathcote-cma-302209), Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1771–72. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of a Woman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-woman-nga-46440), Alphonse Legros, 1875. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.