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Portraits, masks, heads, expressive figures, and people who appear to know something. Browse the public-domain works below, then open an artwork to see available products.

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Knight, Death and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer.

Albrecht Dürer

Knight, Death and the Devil

1513

[Newhaven Fishwives] by Hill and Adamson.

Hill and Adamson

[Newhaven Fishwives]

ca. 1845

Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen by Bernard van Orley.

Bernard van Orley

Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen

1530–35

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792) by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes).

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792)

1787–88

Still Life by Georg Flegel.

Georg Flegel

Still Life

probably ca. 1625–30

The Gulf Stream by Winslow Homer.

Winslow Homer

The Gulf Stream

1899; reworked by 1906

The Rajah Starting on a Hunt by Edwin Lord Weeks.

Edwin Lord Weeks

The Rajah Starting on a Hunt

ca. 1895

Portrait of a Young Woman by Cornelis de Vos.

Cornelis de Vos

Portrait of a Young Woman

Date not stated

Portrait of a Man by Arnold Boonen.

Arnold Boonen

Portrait of a Man

ca. 1720

Portrait of Yun Dongseom (1710–1795) by Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist

Portrait of Yun Dongseom (1710–1795)

ca. 1790–1805

Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée).

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna

ca. 1639

Portrait of a Woman Holding a Book by French Painter.

French Painter

Portrait of a Woman Holding a Book

Date not stated

Piece by Unknown maker.

Unknown maker

Piece

1795–99

Portrait of a Woman by Ferdinand Bol.

Ferdinand Bol

Portrait of a Woman

1642

Hunting of Birds with a Hawk and a Bow (from the Hunting Parks Tapestries) by Unknown maker.

Unknown maker

Hunting of Birds with a Hawk and a Bow (from the Hunting Parks Tapestries)

ca. 1515–35

Panel with Biblical vignettes by Unknown maker.

Unknown maker

Panel with Biblical vignettes

1667

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness by Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio).

Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio)

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

ca. 1440

Portrait of a Woman by Jan van Ravesteyn.

Jan van Ravesteyn

Portrait of a Woman

1635

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa ibn Vali.

Mustafa ibn Vali

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

ca. 1595

Hawking Party by Unknown maker.

Unknown maker

Hawking Party

ca. 1500–1530

View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme by Edgar Degas.

Edgar Degas

View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme

1896–98

Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon by Wallerant Vaillant.

Wallerant Vaillant

Portrait of a Boy with a Falcon

Date not stated

Maria Scotorv Regin et Franciae Dotaria, from "Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famous Persons" by George Vertue.

George Vertue

Maria Scotorv Regin et Franciae Dotaria, from "Heads of the Kings of England, and of several Famous Persons"

1735

Portrait of a Man by Dieric Bouts.

Dieric Bouts

Portrait of a Man

ca. 1470

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