Old World Portraits

A serene and luminous portrait of a woman standing at the threshold between a quiet interior and a sunlit spring garden.

This 1788 portrait captures Catarina Terren in refined traditional attire, rendered with the characteristic charm of 18th-century European portraiture.

An intimate profile portrait rendered in soft, luminous brushstrokes by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

A refined 18th-century family portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, blending aristocratic grace with the natural beauty of the English countryside.

A charming mid-19th-century American portrait of a young boy amidst lush climbing vines and a distant landscape.

A delicate 18th-century portrait of a young woman by François Boucher, featuring soft textures and a graceful profile.

An elegant 17th-century double portrait featuring a nobleman in armor and his wife in a rich blue gown.

This charming 19th-century American folk portrait captures a young woman in refined dress holding a small red book.

A tender moment captured in the signature academic realist style of Indian master Raja Ravi Varma.

This celebrated Dutch Golden Age portrait captures a young girl in a luminous blue dress with exquisite lace detailing.

An elegant 18th-century portrait of a woman in a luminous silver gown by John Smibert.