Old World Portraits
Portrait of Madame Isabey and her Daughter
Eugène Isabey
A tender 19th-century domestic portrait rendered with luminous color and expressive, romantic brushwork.
Old World Portraits
Scholarly portraits and old-world figures with gravity.
Richly dressed sitters, formal poses, and darker palettes give these portraits their stately, old-world presence.
Old World Portraits
Portrait of Princess Alexandra Golitsyna and Her Son Piotr
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
A tender 18th-century portrait of a mother and child, rendered with luminous color and classical grace.
Old World Portraits
The Flute Player
Abraham Bloemaert
A striking Dutch Golden Age portrait of a young musician captured in a moment of dramatic illumination.