Old World Portraits
Portrait of Charles Benjamin de Langes de Montmirail, Baron de Lubières
Jean-Étienne Liotard
This elegant 18th-century profile portrait captures the refined dignity of a French nobleman through masterful pastel technique.
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 Nikolai Mikhailovich Plyusnin
Leonard Turzhansky
An expressive 1914 oil portrait by Leonard Turzhansky capturing a characterful sitter with a direct, soulful gaze.
Old World Portraits
The Qianlong Emperor Hunting Ducks
Giuseppe Castiglione
An elegant 18th-century silk scroll depicting the Qianlong Emperor in a moment of focused pursuit amidst a misty mountain landscape.
Old World Portraits
Aron Johansson
Axel Jungstedt
An atmospheric 19th-century portrait of a man leisurely playing a mandolin.