See over 65 portraits by French artists spanning four centuries, from the early drawings of Jean Clouet (1480–1541) and his son François (c. 1510–1572) to the exquisite drawings of the Realist Gustave Courbet (1819–1877). Read more.
French portrait drawings from Clouet to Courbet
Self-portrait (detail; 1852), Gustave Courbet.
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