Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Ritratto di fanciullo (Portrait of a Boy) c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 33 x 28 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This painting came from the collection of Prince Chigi. It was purchased by the Italian state in 1919 to be…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1475–1478 Terracotta, 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Verrocchio, a favorite artist of the Medici, may have created this lively and commanding portrait on the occasion of a joust…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giovane uomo con la barba (Portrait of a Young Man with a Beard) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 45.7 × 36.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de un hombre (Portrait of a Man) 1623–1630 Oil on canvas, 51.4 × 40 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a young lady) c.1530 Oil on poplar, 48.5 × 46.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Autoritratto entro uno specchio convesso (Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror) c.1523–1524 Oil on panel, diameter 24.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna After his arrival in Rome, the young artist gave his self-portrait painted on a curved piece of wood to…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 40.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Velázquez‘s abilities as both painter and observer make him one of the great portraitists of Western painting; this early work is…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Autoritratto con altre figure (Self-Portrait with Other Figures) c.1593 Oil on canvas, 60 × 48 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Self-Portrait 1623 Oil on panel, 85.7 x 62.2 x 0.5 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting seems to have been something of a face-saver. In 1621 Rubens supplied Lord Danvers with a Lion Hunt (now lost),…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Testa d’uomo di profilo (Head of a Man in Profile) c.1588–1595 Oil on canvas, 44.8 x 32.1 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle This vivid head is precisely the type of study from everyday life practised so passionately by…