Genre: Portrait
Portrait Paintings
Portraits record a specific person, from royal commissions to quiet studies of friends and family. Clothing, hands and props usually say something about status, so the small details are worth a second look.
306 paintings listed, each with the museum that holds it.
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Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck, 1434
National Gallery, London
Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight
Albrecht Dürer, 1500
National Gallery, London
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci, 1503
Louvre, Paris, Paris
Portrait of Innocent X
Diego Velázquez, 1650
Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez, 1656
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Madrid
Olympia
Édouard Manet, 1863
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1
James McNeill Whistler, 1871
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
Édouard Manet, 1882
National Gallery, London
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Vincent van Gogh, 1890
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Gustav Klimt, 1907
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II
Gustav Klimt, 1912
Neue Galerie, New York
American Gothic
Grant Wood, 1930
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Portrait of an Old Man and His Grandson
Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1490
Louvre, Paris, Paris
Portrait of Cardinal Bernardino Spada
Guido Reni, 1631
Galleria Spada, Rome
Self-Portrait
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1659
National Gallery, London
Portrait of Omai
Joshua Reynolds, 1776
National Gallery, London
George Washington (Lansdowne portrait)
Gilbert Stuart, 1796
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Portrait of Picasso
Juan Gris, 1912
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Fayum Mummy Portrait
Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), 150
Portrait of a Young Girl
Petrus Christus, 1470
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Berlin
Portrait of a Woman
Antonio del Pollaiuolo, 1475
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence
Portrait of a Man with a Roman Coin
Hans Memling, 1480
Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp
Portrait of a Youth (Antonio Broccardo)
Giorgione, 1508
Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Budapest
Portrait of a Cardinal
Raphael, 1510
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Madrid
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Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
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What is the difference between genre and style in art?
Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
Where can I see portrait paintings?
In our listings, Private Collection, National Gallery, State Hermitage Museum hold the most portrait paintings. Each artwork page has the museum, location and visiting details.