Staircase Paintings: Portraits and Views That Climb with the Steps (page 8)

A climbing series: small portraits and landscapes that follow the line of the steps.

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Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (Mrs. William Thornton), Gilbert Stuart, 1804, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (Mrs. William Thornton), 1804 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the chest up, an older man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a high-collared black coat and a cream-white, ruffled collar, is shown against a deep wine-red background in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart George Washington (Vaughan portrait), 1795 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a man from his chest up. He is positioned slightly angled to the left and looks directly at us.

Gilbert Stuart George Washington, c. 1803 National Gallery of Art

Judith Leyster Young Boy in Profile, c. 1630 National Gallery of Art

Sarah Shippen Lea (Mrs. Thomas Lea), Gilbert Stuart, c. 1798, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Sarah Shippen Lea (Mrs. Thomas Lea), c. 1798 National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a woman's figure from the waist up, seated, and her body is turned slightly to our left. Her head is turned to face the viewer.

Charles Willson Peale Rebecca Bryan White (Mrs. John White), 1788 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a man from the waist up, facing us. He has light skin with a curled white mustache and pointed beard, and gray, wavy hair.

William Merritt Chase Self-Portrait, 1915 National Gallery of Art

Edouard Delessert, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1864, oil on panel

Jean-Léon Gérôme Edouard Delessert, 1864 National Gallery of Art

Charlotte Morton Dexter (Mrs. Andrew Dexter), Gilbert Stuart, 1808/c. 1825, oil on wood

Gilbert Stuart Charlotte Morton Dexter (Mrs. Andrew Dexter), 1808/c. 1825 National Gallery of Art

The image shows a portrait of a man with a soft, round face, a slightly double chin, small eyes, and a neutral expression. He has gray, voluminous hair styled in the fashion of the 18th century.

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1760 National Gallery of Art

Shown from about the waist up, a woman with smooth, pale skin sits in a chair facing our right in front of a canvas on an easel in this vertical portrait. She leans onto her right elbow, which rests on the seat back.

Judith Leyster Self-Portrait, c. 1630 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a portrait of a man. His head is turned to the left. He has light skin, a straight nose, a soft jawline, and pale lips in a neutral expression. He has closely cropped brown hair mostly covered by a black cap.

Andrea Mantegna Portrait of a Man, c. 1470 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the hips up, a light-skinned woman with deeply flushed cheeks sits in an armchair, looking at us from under raised and pointed eyebrows in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams), 1800/1815 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up, a clean-shaven man with pale, peachy skin is dressed in black and burgundy red in this vertical portrait painting.

Lucas Cranach the Elder Portrait of a Man, 1522 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the lap up, a pale-skinned woman looks off to the left in front of a vivid green background in this vertical portrait painting.

Lucas Cranach the Elder Portrait of a Woman, 1522 National Gallery of Art

This painting features a woman from the waist up, her body angled slightly to the right, looking out at us. She has pale skin with rosy cheeks, blue eyes, arched gray eyebrows, and pink lips that are slightly upturned.

Gilbert Stuart Henrietta Marchant Liston (Mrs. Robert Liston), 1800 National Gallery of Art

Henri Fantin-Latour Duchess de Fitz-James, 1867 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man's head and shoulders in a portrait. He is turned slightly to the left, looking out towards us. The left half of his face and torso are in shadow.

Henri Fantin-Latour Self-Portrait, 1858 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the shoulders up, a man with peachy skin looks off to our left as he holds the feathered end of an arrow up in a hand resting along the bottom edge of this vertical portrait painting.

Hans Memling Portrait of a Man with an Arrow, c. 1470/1475 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist-up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a gold-colored gown and a muted dark pink shawl stands before a hazy landscape in this vertical portrait painting.

Benjamin West Mary Bethel Boude (Mrs. Samuel Boude), 1755/1756 National Gallery of Art

A woman with pale white skin and her blond hair covered by a wide veil is shown from the waist up in this vertical portrait painting.

Rogier van der Weyden Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460 National Gallery of Art

The image is a portrait painting of a woman. She is seated with her body turned slightly to the right, while her head is facing forward towards the viewer. She has a gentle expression with slightly raised eyebrows.

Henry Raeburn Mrs. George Hill, c. 1790/1800 National Gallery of Art

Miss Davidson Reid, Henry Raeburn, c. 1800/1806, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn Miss Davidson Reid, c. 1800/1806 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows the upper body of a woman seated in a chair. She is wearing a white bonnet with ruffled edges, covering her wavy, light brown hair. Her facial features include fair skin, thin lips, a long nose, and a pointed chin.

Gilbert Stuart Sarah Homes Tappan (Mrs. Benjamin Tappan), 1814 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a seated woman looking off to the left with a composed expression. She has light skin with rosy cheeks, brown eyes, and slightly upturned pink lips.

Gilbert Stuart Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (Mrs. Lawrence Lewis), 1804 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the lap up, a woman with pale skin wearing a white satin dress and tall white bonnet sits sewing with her body facing our left in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates), 1793/1794 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the chest up, an older man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a high-collared black coat and a cream-white, ruffled collar, is shown against a deep wine-red background in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart George Washington (Vaughan-Sinclair portrait), 1795 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a seated woman shown from the knees upwards. She is seated in a woven yellow armchair, with her right arm resting on one arm of the chair, while her left hand rests on her lap.

George Bellows Florence Sittenham Davey (Mrs. Randall Davey), 1914 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a woman. She has fair skin, a straight nose, and thin red lips, with her dark hair styled up with flowers.

John Singleton Copley Elizabeth Gray Otis (Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis), c. 1764 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned child wearing a short-sleeved red dress and a white bonnet stands before a shadowy green forest under dark clouds in this vertical portrait painting. The child’s over-large head is out of scale with the rest of her body.

Edward Hicks Portrait of a Child, c. 1840 National Gallery of Art

The painting is of an older woman from the waist up, her body slightly turned to the left and her head facing us. She has pale skin with soft lines, rosy cheeks, deep-set eyes, thin eyebrows, and thin red lips in a neutral expression.

Robert Henri Elizabeth Virginia Laning Bradner Smith (Mrs. George Cotton Smith), 1908 National Gallery of Art

Sketch for The Copley Family, John Singleton Copley, 1776, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Sketch for The Copley Family, 1776 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts the upper half of a seated young woman who is facing forward. She has fair skin, pale eyebrows, gray eyes, and thin lips in a neutral expression. The right side of her face is partially in shadow.

Joshua Reynolds Miss Beatrix Lister, 1765 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a close-up portrait of a man's head and shoulders. He has pale skin and light, slightly disheveled brown hair with a strong widow's peak, and a short brown beard.

Henri Fantin-Latour Self-Portrait, 1861 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows the upper half of a woman's body, focusing on her face, head, and large hat. The woman's body is slightly turned toward the right, but she is looking directly at us.

Édouard Vuillard Madame Bonnard, 1895/1900 National Gallery of Art

The head of a pale-skinned man nearly fills this shadowy, vertical portrait painting. His shoulders angle to our right, and his dark eyes cut back to look at us.

Édouard Vuillard Self-Portrait, Aged 21, 1889 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Woman, Corneille de Lyon, c. 1540, oil on wood

Corneille de Lyon Portrait of a Woman, c. 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art

Facing away from us against a cherry-red background, the head and shoulders of a light-skinned woman wearing strawberry red, with her copper-brown hair piled atop her head, fills this vertical painting.

Carolus-Duran Study of Lilia, 1887 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a woman who is depicted from the waist up. She is positioned sitting or leaning with her head turned to the right. She has pale-yellow skin, and her facial features include red lips and dark eyebrows.

Daniel Gardner The Hon. Mrs. Gray, c. 1785/1790 National Gallery of Art

The image is a portrait showing the upper body of a woman seated next to a wooden table. She is positioned facing slightly to the right, with her arm resting on the table and holding a small pink rose in her left hand.

Charles Peale Polk Hannah Lemmon Corcoran (Mrs. Thomas Corcoran), c. 1802/1810 National Gallery of Art

The image shows an upper-body portrait of a man facing forward with his body tilted slightly to the left. He wears a brown coat over a teal waistcoat and a white ruffled shirt is visible at the cuffs and neckline.

Jeremiah Theus Mr. Motte, c. 1760 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a seated woman from the waist up. She has her right elbow resting on one arm of the red chair that she sits in, with her head leaning on her hand. Her left hand is holding white fabric in her lap.

Ezra Ames Maria Gansevoort Melvill (Mrs. Allan Melvill), c. 1815 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the chest up, a clean shaven, young man with pale, rosy skin and curly, mahogany-red hair, looks at or toward us against a black background in this vertical portrait painting.

Antonello da Messina Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1475/1479 National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a man from the waist up, positioned in a three-quarter view as he looks to his left. He has a fair complexion, a reddish-brown close-cropped beard, and medium brown hair cut at ear length.

Barthel Bruyn the Elder Portrait of a Man, c. 1530/1540 National Gallery of Art

The image shows a woman's upper body. She is looking directly at the viewer with a calm expression. The woman has fair skin, dark brown hair styled away from her face, blue eyes, and delicate features.

William Jennys Mrs. Asa Benjamin, 1795 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a young person from the waist up, sitting with their hands folded on a brown surface. The person is angled slightly to the left, looking up into the distance.

Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere Portrait of a Youth, c. 1495/1500 National Gallery of Art

Impressionist painting of woman wearing green dress trying on hats.

Edgar Degas The Millinery Shop, 1879-86 Art Institute of Chicago

Impressionist painting of seated man, girl with brown, black hues.

Edgar Degas Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin), 1875–76 Art Institute of Chicago