OLD PORTRAITs

NATALIA ALEXANDROVA PUSHKINA (1836-1913), Countess of Merenberg, daughter of Alexander Pushkin
Portrait: Ivan Kuzmic Makarov

MARIE-ANTOINETTE (1755-1793), Queen of France
Portrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun

IVAN GONCHAROV (1812-1891), Russian writer
Portrait: Ivan N. Kramskoy

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882), American poet
Portrait: Thomas Buchanan Read

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865), President of the United States
Portrait: William Willard

HORTENSE de BEAUHARNAIS (1783-1837), French noblewoman, daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais and wife of Louis Bonaparte
Portrait: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Triosson

JOHN SUTTER (1803-1880), Swiss-born American pioneer
Portrait: Samuel Stillman Osgood

JAMES MONROE (1758-1831), President of the United States
Portrait: Samuel Morse

ISABELLA TEOTOCHI ALBRIZZI (1760-1836), Italian writer
Portrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun

FRANCIS SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-1940), American writer
Portrait: David Silvette

RUDOLF II (1552-1612), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait: Hans von Aachen

Madame DU BARRY (1743-1793), French courtesan and mistress to Louis XV
Portrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun

LUCRETIA BORGIA (1480-1519), Italian noblewoman
Portrait: Bartolomeo Veneto

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841), President of the United States
Portrait: Albert Gallotin Hoit

JOHN UPDIKE (1932-2009), American writer
Portrait: Alex Katz

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809-1847), German composer
Portrait: James Warren Childe

LOUISE AUGUSTA (1776-1810), Queen of Prussia
Portrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun

BILL CLINTON (1946), President of the United States
Portrait: Simmie Knox

NEIL YOUNG (1945), Canadian songwriter
Portrait: Roland Diehl

ROBERT DEVEREUX, EARL OF ESSEX (1565-1601), favourite of Elizabeth I
Portrait: William Larkin

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OLD PORTRAITs (PART 1)

CHESTER NIMITZ (1885-1966), American Admiral
Portrait: Adrian Lamb

FRANCOIS-RENE’ de CHATEAUBRIAND (1768-1848), French writer
Portrait: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Triosson

NIKOLAI GOGOL (1809-1852), Russian writer
Portrait: Alexander Ivanov

GOLDA MEIR (1898-1978), Prime Minister of Israel
Portrait: Boris Chaliapin

NANETTE HEINE (1812-1876), niece of Heinrich Heine
Portrait: Joseph Stieler

ALFRED TENNYSON (1809-1892), English poet
Portrait: Helen Allingham

MARLENE DIETRICH (1901-1992), German-born American actress
Portrait: Marland Stone

PHILIP II (1527-1598), King of Spain
Portrait: Sofonisba Anguissola

DeWITT CLINTON (1769-1828), Governor of New York
Portrait: Samuel Morse

JOHN C. FREMONT (1813-1890), American explorer
Portrait: William Smith Jewett

Princess MARGARET (1930-2002), sister of Queen Elizabeth II of England
Portrait: Boris Chaliapin

ZACHARY TAYLOR (1784-1850), President of the United States
Portrait: James Reid Lambdin

DEBORAH KERR (1921-2007), Scottish actress
Portrait: Jon Whitcomb

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896), American writer
Portrait: Alanson Fisher

OTTO von BISMARCK (1815-1898), Prussian statesman
Portrait: Franz von Lenbach

BERNARD MONTGOMERY (1887-1976), English Army Officer
Portrait: Boris Chaliapin

GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL (1685-1759), German composer
Portrait: Balthasar Denner

CECILIA GALLERANI (1473-1536), Italian noblewoman
Portrait: Leonardo da Vinci

HENRIETTA MARIA of France (1609-1669), Queen of England
Portrait: Sir Peter Lely

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883), German composer
Portrait: Franz von Lenbach

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OLD PORTRAITs (PART 2)

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-1861), English poet
Portrait: unknown artist

REMBRANDT (1606-1669), Dutch painter
Portrait: Jan Lievens

CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894), English poet
Portrait: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794-1878), American poet
Portrait: Daniel Huntington

FRANCISCO de GOYA (1746-1828), Spanish painter
Portrait: Vincente Lopez y Portana

SHARON STONE (1958), American actress
Portrait: Stephen Bennett

JOANNA of CASTILE (1479-1555), Queen of Castile
Portrait: unknown artist

JACQUELINE KENNEDY (1929-1994), First Lady of the United States
Portrait: Boris Chaliapin

POCAHONTAS (1595-1617), Native American woman
Portrait: Simon van de Pass

SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784), English essayist
Portrait: Joshua Reynolds

JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808-1889), President of the Confederate States of America
Portrait: Daniel Huntington

WALTHER RATHENAU (1867-1922), German Foreign Minister
Portrait: Edvard Munch

THOMAS ALVA EDISON (1847-1931), American inventor
Portrait: Abraham Archibald Anderson

ISAAC ASIMOV (1920-1992), Russian-born American writer
Portrait: Rowena Morrill

CECILE MENDELSSOHN (1817-1853), French painter, wife of Felix Mendelssohn
Portrait: Eduard Magnus

ARTURO TOSCANINI (1867-1957), Italian conductor
Portrait: Boris Chaliapin

MILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874), President of the United States
Portrait: unknown artist

GIOVANNI PAISIELLO (1740-1816), Italian composer
Portrait: Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun

CARLOS III (1716-1788), King of Spain
Portrait: Francisco Goya

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OLD PORTRAITs (PART 3)

EVA GONZALES (1849-1883), French painter
Portrait: Edouard Manet

FERENC RAKOCZI II (1676-1735), Prince of Transilvania
Portrait: Adam Manyoki

GEORGE ROOKE (1650-1709), English Admiral
Portrait: Michael Dahl

JOHANN JOACHIM WINCKELMANN (1717-1768), German archaeologist
Portrait: Anton Raphael Mengs

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848), President of the United States
Portrait: John Caleb Bingham

JANET LEIGH (1927-2004), American actress
Portrait: Jon Whitcomb

ALEXANDRE DUMAS, fils (1824-1895), French writer
Portrait: Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier

JOHANN I JOSEPH (1760-1836), prince of Liechtenstein
Portrait: Johann Baptist Lampi the Younger

ALFRED de MUSSET (1810-1857), French writer
Portrait: Charles Zacharie Landelle

BILLIE HOLIDAY (1915-1959), American singer
Portrait: Nannette Harris

LEONARDO da VINCI (1452-1519), Italian painter and inventor
Portrait: Francesco Melzi

GERALD FORD (1913-2006), President of the United States
Portrait: Everett Raymond Kinstler

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE (1837-1909), English poet
Portrait: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

ALBERT GALLATIN (1761-1849), American Secretary of the Treasury
Portrait: Daniel Huntington

CAROLE LOMBARD (1908-1942), American actress
Portrait: Charles Gates Sheldon

WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965), British Prime Minister
Portrait: Frank Mason

CLEMENTE IX (1600-1669), Pope
Portrait: Carlo Maratti

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865), President of the United States
Portrait: Mort Kunstler

EMILE ZOLA (1840-1902), French writer
Portrait: Edouard Manet

ELIZABETH II (1926), Queen of the United Kingdom
Portrait: Ricardo Macarron

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OLD PORTRAITs (PART 4)

JOHN WAYNE (1907-1979), American actor
Portrait: Everett Raymond Kinstler

ELISABETH of Bavaria (1837-1898), Empress of Austria
Portrait: Franz Xaver Winterhalter

NAPOLEON (1769-1821), French Emperor
Portrait: George Baxter

INNOCENZO X (1574-1655), Pope
Portrait: Diego Velazquez

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750), German composer
Portrait: Elias Gottlob Haussmann

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894), Scottish writer
Portrait: William Blake Richmond

CARLOS V (1500-1558), King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait: Bernaert van Orley

HORATIO NELSON (1758-1805), British Admiral
Portrait: George Baxter

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865), President of the United States
Portrait: Charles Wesley Jarvis

MARLENE DIETRICH (1901-1992), German-born American actress
Portrait: Christiane Vleugels

SAMUEL MORSE (1791-1872), American inventor and painter
Portrait: Daniel Huntington

JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963), President of the United States
Portrait: Norman Rockwell

RICHARD NIXON  (1913-1994), President of the United States
Portrait: Norman Rockwell

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS (1473-1543), Polish astronomer
Portrait: Jan Matejiko

FRANCOIS RABELAIS (1494-1553), French writer
Portrait: unknown painter

BOB DYLAN (1941), American songwriter
Portrait: Merryl Jaye

FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886), Hungarian composer
Portrait: Wilhelm von Kaulbach

ERASMUS of Rotterdam (1466-1536), Dutch philosopher
Portrait: Quentin Massys

JOHN BROWN (1800-1859), American abolitionist
Portrait: Ole Peter Hansen Balling

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