Old World Portraits
Empress Maria Theresa
Jean-Étienne Liotard
This elegant 18th-century pastel portrait captures Empress Maria Theresa in a moment of quiet dignity and refined grace.
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 Mademoiselle Athénaïs d'Albenas
Louis-Léopold Boilly
An elegant 19th-century portrait of a young girl standing in a serene, classical landscape.
Old World Portraits
Sir James Thornhill
Marcellus Laroon the Younger
This 1713 portrait by Marcellus Laroon the Younger depicts the celebrated English painter Sir James Thornhill in a dignified, classical pose.
Old World Portraits
Rubens Peale
Rembrandt Peale
A refined 19th-century portrait of a young man, notable for its sensitive rendering and classic scholarly feel.