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The reference works belong to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection and are not offered for sale here. Records and images use the museum’s CC0 open-access release; there is no museum partnership. Sources and methodology.

1635 or earlier · Netherlands

Portrait of a Woman

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669); Studio · oil on wood

c. 1665 · Netherlands

Portrait of a Woman

Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617–1681) · oil on canvas

c. 1748 · France

Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685–1766) · oil on canvas

c. 1490–95 · Germany

Portrait of a Woman

Master of the Holy Kinship (German) · oil on wood

c. 1891 · France, 19th century

Portrait of a Woman

Edmond François Aman-Jean (French, 1858–1936) · oil on canvas

c. 1550 · Italy, Florence

Portrait of a Woman

Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503–1572) · oil on wood

1646 · Netherlands

Portrait of a Woman

Govaert Flinck (Dutch, 1615–1660) · oil on wood

1620s · Netherlands

Portrait of a Woman

Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn (Dutch, c. 1570–1657) · oil on wood

c. 1560 · Italy

Portrait of a Woman as Saint Catherine

Pier Francesco Foschi (Italian, 1502–1567) · oil on wood

c. 1734 · America

Portrait of a Woman (Judith Colman Bulfinch?)

John Smibert (Scottish, 1688–1751) · oil on canvas

c. 1490 · Italy

Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Novice of San Secondo

Jacometto Veneziano (Italian, 1497) · oil on wood

1619 · England, 17th century

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Elizabeth Boothby

Cornelis Jonson (called Jonson van Ceulen) (British, 1593–1661) · oil on wood

1638 · Netherlands

Portrait of a Woman, probably Aeltje Dircksdr. Pater

Frans Hals (Dutch, c. 1581–1666) · oil on canvas

c. 1530 · Italy

Portrait of a Young Man

Dosso Dossi (Italian, c. 1490–after 1541) · oil and gold on wood

late 1480s · Italy

Portrait of a Youth as Saint Sebastian

Marco d'Oggiono (Italian, 1460-1524) · oil on wood, transferred to pressed wood

after c. 1571 · Italy, Venice

Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo

Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588) · oil on canvas

early 1800s · Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Portrait of an Official

Artist not recorded · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

mid-1500s · Italy

Portrait of an Old Man

Giulio Campi (Italian, c. 1500–1572) · oil on wood

1715 · China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Portrait of An Qi

Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632–1717); Tu Luo (Chinese, active c. 1715); Yang Jin (Chinese, 1644–1728) · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

1734 · France

Portrait of Anne Louis Goislard de Montsabert, Comte de Richbourg-le-Toureil

Nicolas de Largillière (French, 1656–1746) · oil on canvas

c. 1653 · Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (1627–58)

Portrait of Asaf Khan (1569–1641), from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Artist not recorded · Gum tempera and gold on paper

1700s · Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Portrait of Basho

Ichijun (Japanese, active 1700s) · hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

1818 or later · England, 18th century

Portrait of Benjamin West

Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830) · oil on canvas

1723 · France

Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois

Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743) · oil on canvas