MFA Images: PortraitureExplore this subject through images from across the MFA's collection./internal/media/dispatcher/1050073/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAbraham Lincoln1865William Morris Hunt19.931741/internal/media/dispatcher/738093/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAlexander Hamilton1806John Trumbull94.16731047/internal/media/dispatcher/1150664/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailArtist in His Studioabout 1628Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn38.183832665/internal/media/dispatcher/766032/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Artist's Mother, Head and Bust: Three Quarters Right1628Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn25.1144106270/internal/media/dispatcher/757229/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBearded male headabout 2nd century B.C.–1st century A.D.2001.261315579/internal/media/dispatcher/1090745/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed)1859Dante Gabriel Rossetti1980.26134360/internal/media/dispatcher/686886/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Bone Player1856William Sidney Mount48.46133207/internal/media/dispatcher/840278/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailA Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham)1765John Singleton Copley1978.29734280/internal/media/dispatcher/732231/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBust of an older man1st century B.C.01.8008155696/internal/media/dispatcher/765616/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBust of an Old Man with a Fur Cap and Flowing Beardabout 1631Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn25.1145106496/internal/media/dispatcher/1541018/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBust of a young boyabout A.D. 5001.8202151336/internal/media/dispatcher/983563/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBust of Cleopatraabout 1519–22Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi64.217458913/internal/media/dispatcher/1121731/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBust of ElagabalusA.D. 218–2221977.337155947/internal/media/dispatcher/797938/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBust of Prince Ankhhaf2520–2494 B.C.27.44245982/internal/media/dispatcher/1000973/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCameo with Livia holding a bust of Augustus (?)A.D. 14–3799.109155690/internal/media/dispatcher/1192938/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCharles Dickens1842Francis Alexander24.1832105/internal/media/dispatcher/812492/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCleopatra17th centuryFrancesco Baratta1982.543128534/internal/media/dispatcher/743677/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailColossal statue of King Menkaura (Mycerinus)2490–2472 B.C.09.204138532/internal/media/dispatcher/913781/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Daughters of Edward Darley Boit1882John Singer Sargent19.12431782/internal/media/dispatcher/798244/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailEdith, Lady Playfair (Edith Russell)1884John Singer Sargent33.53032468/internal/media/dispatcher/1132772/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailEvangelist WritingRembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn39.58132684/internal/media/dispatcher/1745857/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFunerary maskA.D. 1–501993.555.1155963/internal/media/dispatcher/797836/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFunerary monument of Aththaia, daughter of MalchosA.D. 150–20022.659151395/internal/media/dispatcher/1012918/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGeorge Washington1810Gilbert Stuart29.78832340/internal/media/dispatcher/857380/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGeorge Washingtonafter 1824Rembrandt Peale30.47432377/internal/media/dispatcher/1539004/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGeorge Washingtonafter 1805Gilbert Stuart42.54332853/internal/media/dispatcher/987005/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Great Good Man1942Marsden Hartley1990.37635046/internal/media/dispatcher/1816497/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of Amenhotep III1390–1352 B.C.09.28846184/internal/media/dispatcher/1030855/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of a priest (The Boston Green Head)380–332 B.C.04.1749131018/internal/media/dispatcher/961553/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of a queen, from a sphinx1897–1878 B.C.2002.609354969/internal/media/dispatcher/1028249/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of Augustusabout 37-54 or 117-130 A.D.99.344151325/internal/media/dispatcher/1030892/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of Gudea2144–2124 B.C.26.289155973/internal/media/dispatcher/1663232/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of Hadrianabout A.D. 1301975.292151352/internal/media/dispatcher/795999/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of King Tutankhamen1336–1327 B.C.11.153346183/internal/media/dispatcher/732255/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of Nectanebo II362–343 B.C.2000.637272158/internal/media/dispatcher/754941/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of Queen Tiye1390–1352 B.C.21.280246188/internal/media/dispatcher/672408/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of Washingtonabout 1795–98Charles Willson Peale74.2930874/internal/media/dispatcher/1255212/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHenry W. LongfellowJulia Margaret Cameron42.332105091/internal/media/dispatcher/1016168/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHerm-bust of MenanderLate 1st century B.C. or early 1st century A.D.97.288151124/internal/media/dispatcher/1000609/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHomerlate 1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.04.13151122/internal/media/dispatcher/1030883/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailInfanta Maria Theresa1653Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez21.259331928/internal/media/dispatcher/928893/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJames Warren1761–63John Singleton Copley31.21132408/internal/media/dispatcher/678975/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJohn Adamsafter 1783John Singleton Copley23.18032006/internal/media/dispatcher/863532/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJohn Adamsabout 1830Horatio Greenough92.2856a-b37560/internal/media/dispatcher/1208396/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJohn Adams1823Gilbert Stuart1999.590129249/internal/media/dispatcher/675169/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJohn La Farge1891Robert Wilton Lockwood09.20831345/internal/media/dispatcher/738092/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJohn Quincy Adams1796John Singleton Copley17.107731586/internal/media/dispatcher/614135/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJohn Quincy Adams1828Horatio Greenough92.2857a-b37561/internal/media/dispatcher/898156/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKing Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen2490–2472 B.C.11.1738230/internal/media/dispatcher/988355/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMartha Dana (later Mrs. William Mercer)1899Anders Leonard Zorn28.51332314/internal/media/dispatcher/609893/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMartha Pickman Rogers in Her Wedding Gown1850Southworth and Hawes64.1910168509/internal/media/dispatcher/1317492/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMask of Queen Malakaye664–653 B.C.20.1059a142605/internal/media/dispatcher/1112473/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Master Smith of Lyme Regis1895James Abbott McNeill Whistler96.95131086/internal/media/dispatcher/1541210/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMercy Otis Warren (Mrs. James Warren)about 1763John Singleton Copley31.21232409/internal/media/dispatcher/1007626/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMrs. Paul Revere (Rachel Walker)1813Gilbert Stuart30.78332403/internal/media/dispatcher/807675/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNew Year's Card: Cleopatra, from the series Rekishi shashin1917Artist unknown, Japanese2002.1649398295/internal/media/dispatcher/1175332/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOld Man in PrayerRembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn03.108031232/internal/media/dispatcher/1626094/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPaul Revere1768John Singleton Copley30.78132401/internal/media/dispatcher/885995/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPaul Revere1813Gilbert Stuart30.78232402/internal/media/dispatcher/1016165/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortrait head of a late Ptolemaic ruler (Ptolemy IX?)Late 2nd–early 1st century B.C.59.51151135/internal/media/dispatcher/1016166/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortrait head of Socratesabout A.D. 170–19560.45151123/internal/media/dispatcher/1583387/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortrait of a Man Wearing a Black Hat1634Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn93.147531041/internal/media/dispatcher/835254/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortrait of a philosopher, probably Democritus or perhaps Hermarchusabout A.D. 50; Roman copy of a Greek original1972.971151128/internal/media/dispatcher/1583386/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain1634Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn93.147431040/internal/media/dispatcher/801319/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortrait of a Young Womanabout 1797Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun17.325631704/internal/media/dispatcher/1447565/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPostman Joseph Roulin1888Vincent van Gogh35.198232542/internal/media/dispatcher/1030856/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPotrait head ("Reserve head")2551–2528 B.C.14.719141966/internal/media/dispatcher/829639/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPotrait head ("Reserve head") of Nofer2551–2494 B.C.06.1886134891/internal/media/dispatcher/839875/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRelief of Hemiunu2551–2528 B.C.27.296146164/internal/media/dispatcher/1030854/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRelief of Nofer2551–2494 B.C.07.1002136183/internal/media/dispatcher/1337231/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSarcophagus and lid with husband and wife350–300 B.C.86.145a-b151377/internal/media/dispatcher/1298121/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSarcophagus and lid with portraits of husband and wifeLate 4th–early 3rd century B.C.1975.799151378/internal/media/dispatcher/987002/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSelf Portrait1830Sarah Goodridge95.142431073/internal/media/dispatcher/933448/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSelf Portrait1866William Morris Hunt97.6331088/internal/media/dispatcher/759378/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSelf Portrait Wearing a Soft Cap: Full Face, Head Onlyabout 1634Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn23.1008241113/internal/media/dispatcher/1516211/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailStatue of King Aspelta593–568 B.C.23.730145118/internal/media/dispatcher/898048/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailStatue of King Senkamanisken643–623 B.C.23.731145119/internal/media/dispatcher/927799/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailStatue of Lady Sennuwy1971–1926 B.C.14.720141967/internal/media/dispatcher/1494299/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailStreet Singerabout 1862Edouard Manet66.30433971/internal/media/dispatcher/722301/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThomas Jefferson1789Jean-Antoine Houdon34.12958937/internal/media/dispatcher/1627364/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailVictorine Meurentabout 1862Edouard Manet46.84632976