9 / Portraits

• • Portrait of Fath ‘Ali ShahMirza Baba (Persian, active 1789–1810)	James, Seventh Earl of Derby, His Lady and ChildSir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)	The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. KentonThomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)	Standing Statue of HatshepsutUnknown artist, Thebes, Egypt	Kuya-Shonin (Saint Kuya)Kosho (Japan, active late 12th–early 13th century)	Henry VIII, King of EnglandHans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543) or Workshop
    Andy WarholAlice Neel (American, 1900–1984)	Gertrude SteinPablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)	Portrait HeadMoche artist, Peru	Kennedy Family on beach, Hyannis Port, 1959 (Caroline overhead)Mark Shaw (American, 1922–1969)	Don Gaspar de Guzmán (1587–1645), Count-Duke of OlivaresDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)	Diane von FurstenbergAndy Warhol (American, 1928–1987)
    Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke OlivaresKehinde Wiley (American, b. 1977).	Royal Portrait Head (“Head of Sargon the Great”)Unknown artist, Nineveh	Lady with Mink and VeilOtto Dix (German, 1891–1969)	Napoleon I on His Imperial ThroneJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867)	Memorial HeadAkan artist, Twifo region, Hemang city, Ghana

expert perspective

Susan Sidlauskas Associate Professor of Art History, Rutgers University

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The notion of portraiture is such a slippery one because in many ways both the subject and the portrayer want to control the event. Who has the power? Well you might have a powerful figure—you might have King Henry VIII commissioning a portrait by Hans Holbein. Well, who has the power there? Henry VIII was famous for lopping off the heads of many of the wives that he didn’t like, so you can imagine that Hans Holbein would be very anxious that he would please Henry VIII. So there you have a kind of asymmetry, perhaps, in power, except we know Henry VIII now, mostly, through that portrait by Hans Holbein. So who has the power? Well, Holbein has stood the test of time in many ways. We grant him the power because his portrait has such power. Henry VIII in his life had enormous political power. So I imagine that that was a very delicate relationship, but I would imagine that Hans Holbein never for one minute thought he had the ultimate power over how Henry VIII would look.”