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    594 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Results for "Preparatory Study for a Portrait of Man"12 records

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Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?) by Hans Holbein the Younger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?)

Hans Holbein the Younger (d. 1543)

1535 · Oil and gold on oak

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of a Man by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1775 · Portrait Miniature, gray, red, and purple wash and graphite on laid paper

Cleared · CC0

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Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait by Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (d. 1660)

ca. 1635 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of Mr. Gambier by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Mr. Gambier

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1776 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

Cleared · CC0

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Study for a Portrait of a Man by Guillaume Courtois, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Portrait of a Man

Guillaume Courtois (d. 1679)

17th century · Red chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Drawing of a Man’s Head with an Unusual Turban by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Drawing of a Man’s Head with an Unusual Turban

Unrecorded maker

c. 1780 · Painting, gum tempera and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Half-length portrait study of a wigged man by Joseph van Aken, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Half-length portrait study of a wigged man

Joseph van Aken (d. 1749)

ca. 1740–60 · Black and white chalk and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite

Cleared · Public Domain

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Oval, bust-length portrait study of a young man by Joseph van Aken, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Oval, bust-length portrait study of a young man

Joseph van Aken (d. 1749)

ca. 1740–60 · Black and white chalk and graphite on blue laid paper, squared in graphite

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of a Man by Louis Lafitte, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man

Louis Lafitte (d. 1828)

1793 · Conté crayon heightened with white chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Preparatory Study for a Portrait of Man Singh and His Harem by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Preparatory Study for a Portrait of Man Singh and His Harem

Unrecorded maker

1810–15 · Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, pricked for transfer

Cleared · Public Domain

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Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man by Pietro Antonio Novelli, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man

Pietro Antonio Novelli (d. 1804)

mid-18th–early 19th century · Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with touches of pink and blue in the face

Cleared · Public Domain

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[Portrait of a Man] by Mathew B. Brady, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Portrait of a Man]

Mathew B. Brady (d. 1896)

ca. 1857 · Salted paper print from glass negative

Cleared · Public Domain

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