Portrait Paintings

Portrait paintings of the famous artist of all time.

Leonardo da Vinci	Rembrandt	Gustave Courbet	Claude Monet
Paul Gauguin	Vincent van Gogh	Paul Cézanne	Pablo Picasso
Gustav Klimt	Pierre Renoir	Johannes Vermeer	Caravaggio
Eugène Delacroix	Peter Paul Rubens	Filippo Lippi	Raphael
Michelangelo	Gian Lorenzo Bernini	Anthony van Dyck	Diego Velázquez
Henri Rousseau	Jean-A-D-Ingres	Jacques-Louis David	Marc Chagall

References:
https://learnodo-newtonic.com/famous-portraits
https://mymodernmet.com/famous-self-portraits/
http://www.artnet.com/artists/pablo-picasso
https://www.klimtgallery.org
https://www.caravaggio-foundation.org
https://theartstack.com/artist/yayoi-kusama-cao-jian-mi-sheng
https://curiator.com/suzan-hamer/self-portraits
https://www.artble.com/artists/eugene_delacroix
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/peter-paul-rubens

Emperor Shenzong of Song

Contemporary painting of Emperor Shenzong of Song.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_painting

Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world".[1] The Mona Lisa is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known insurance valuation in history at $100 million in 1962,[2] which is worth nearly $800 million in 2017

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa

Album Leaf

Album Leaf, Yun Bing, 17th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, showing the "boneless" technique.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art

Emperor Taizu Play

A painting depicting Emperor Taizu of Song playing cuju (i.e. Chinese football) with his prime minister Zhao Pu (趙普) and other ministers, by the Yuan dynasty artist Qian Xuan (1235–1305)

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art

Man Herding Horses

A Man Herding Horses, by Han Gan (706–783 AD), Tang dynasty original.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art

Riders on Horseback

A scene of two horseback riders from a wall painting in the tomb of Lou Rui at Taiyuan, Shanxi, Northern Qi dynasty (550–577)

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art

Paintings on north wall of Xu Xianxiu Tomb

Mural paintings of court life in Xu Xianxiu's Tomb, Northern Qi dynasty, 571 AD, located in Taiyuan, Shanxi province

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art

Shop of Tingqua

Tingqua (Guan Lianchang, born about 1809), Guangzhou (Canton), Guangdong province, China Shop of Tingqua, the painter Qing dynasty, Daoguang period, about 1855 Gouache on paper. Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff, 1998.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_painting

Panorama of Departure Herald

This panorama painting painted by an unknown artist during the reign of the Xuande Emperor (1425–1435 AD), shows the emperor traveling on horseback with a large escort through the countryside from Beijing's Imperial City to the Ming Dynasty tombs. Beginning with Yongle, thirteen Ming emperors were buried in the Ming Tombs of present-day Changping District.

The "Departure Herald", 26 m (85 ft) in length, from the Jiajing reign period (1522-1566 AD); the painting shows the emperor's large procession heading towards the imperial tombs of the Ming emperors located roughly 50 km north of the capital Beijing. This painting is usually paired with another panoramic painting called "Return Clearing", 31 m (98 ft) in length, which shows the emperor returning to the capital from the tombs by river boat.

Panorama of Departure Herald, painted in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). 50% resolution. Note: scroll starts from the right.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_painting

Spring Festival on the River

This painting is an 18th century copy entitled "Spring Festival on the River" (also called Along the River During Qingming Festival), after 12th century original by Zhang Zeduan. Now house in National Palace Museum, Taipei.

References:
https://www.artsy.net/article/the-art-genome-project-five-famous-chinese-artworks-you-should-know

Emperor Kublai Khan

A painting of Shizu, better known as Kublai Khan, as he would have appeared in the 1260s (although this painting is a posthumous one executed shortly after his death in February of 1294, by a Nepalese artist and astronomer Anige). The painting is done in the Chinese portrait style. It is now located in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan; colors and ink on silk, 59.4 by 47 cm. Kublai's white robes reflect his desired and symbolic role as a religious Mongol shaman.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kublai_Khan

Kitagawa Utamaro - Japanese Prints

Shin Hanga

Goyô	Bartlett	Shinsui	Hakuhô	Keith	Hasui
Yoshida	Urushibara	Shûhô	Kotondo	Kanpô	Shunsen
Kôitsu	Kôka	Shoson	Jacoulet

References:
https://www.viewingjapaneseprints.net