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Results for "[Elderly Man with Dark Hair]"12 records

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Head of a Man in Three-Quarter Profile by Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of a Man in Three-Quarter Profile

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem (d. 1553)

1522 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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An Elderly Man in Prayer by Rembrandt van Rijn, The Cleveland Museum of Art

An Elderly Man in Prayer

Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1669)

1660s or later · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Bearded Man by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bearded Man

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1647 · Etching; first state of three

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bearded man with chain necklace by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bearded man with chain necklace

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1647 · Etching; margin cut thwarting state assignment

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bearded man with chain necklace, possibly from "A Collection of Original Etchings" by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bearded man with chain necklace, possibly from "A Collection of Original Etchings"

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1647 · Etching; third state of three (NH); late impression

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sir William Butts by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sir William Butts

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1649 · Etching, first state of three NH)

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Man Tormented by Jealousy Takes Revenge on Cupid by Bénigne Gagneraux, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Man Tormented by Jealousy Takes Revenge on Cupid

Bénigne Gagneraux (d. 1795)

ca.1790–95 · Etching and aquatint

Cleared · Public Domain

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Macassar Oil, An Oily Puff for Soft Heads by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Macassar Oil, An Oily Puff for Soft Heads

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

March 15, 1814 · Hand-colored etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of a Young Man by Pierre Narcisse Guérin, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Young Man

Pierre Narcisse Guérin (d. 1833)

ca. 1810–20 · Black chalk, stumping, heightened with white chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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[Elderly Man with Dark Hair] by Unknown, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Elderly Man with Dark Hair]

Unknown

1850s · Daguerreotype with applied color

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Bearded Man

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1647 · Etching; second state of three

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Portrait of a man (formerly identified as Dr. Butts)

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

1649 · Etching; first state of three (NH)

In copyright

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