# Portraits in Paint

The grand stair · hang 748 · 24 works

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.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First flight

1. [Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-cma-144976), Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/self-portrait-cma-144976?hang=748)
2. [Portrait of Constance Pipelet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-constance-pipelet-aic-31233), Jean Baptiste François Désoria, 1797. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-constance-pipelet-aic-31233?hang=748)
3. [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 the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-a-man-in-costume-aic-93900?hang=748)
4. [Portrait of a Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-man-nga-50293), Corneille de Lyon, c. 1536/1540. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-a-man-nga-50293?hang=748)

## First landing

5. [Lineage Portrait of an Abbot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lineage-portrait-of-an-abbot-met-37971), Unrecorded Himalayan maker, ca. 1350. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/lineage-portrait-of-an-abbot-met-37971?hang=748)
6. [Portrait of a Girl](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-girl-aic-28876), Francesco Solimena, c. 1700. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-a-girl-aic-28876?hang=748)
7. [Portrait of a Woman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-woman-nga-46440), Alphonse Legros, 1875. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-a-woman-nga-46440?hang=748)
8. [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 National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-a-young-woman-as-a-wise-virgin-nga-41591?hang=748)

## Second flight

9. [Portrait of Young Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-young-man-si-saam-1979-135-48), Unrecorded maker. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-young-man-si-saam-1979-135-48?hang=748)
10. [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 the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-an-official-aic-241750?hang=748)
11. [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. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-the-wife-of-yizhai-met-36082?hang=748)
12. [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 the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-a-woman-as-saint-catherine-cma-97191?hang=748)

## Second landing

13. [Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-dedicated-to-carriere-nga-66418), Paul Gauguin, 1888 or 1889. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/self-portrait-dedicated-to-carriere-nga-66418?hang=748)
14. [Portrait of a Lady](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-lady-nga-1131), Unrecorded maker, probably c. 1820. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-a-lady-nga-1131?hang=748)
15. [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 the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-colonel-charles-heathcote-cma-302209?hang=748)
16. [Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-tieleman-roosterman-cma-160885), Frans Hals, 1634. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint/portrait-of-tieleman-roosterman-cma-160885?hang=748)

## Doors

- [The Floating World](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-floating-world?hang=748&via=continue) (172 works)
- [Portraits in Paint, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/portraits-in-paint?hang=748&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ4LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiSWpIS19TdmMifQ)