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Ignatius of Loyola kneeling before Christ, the Virgin and St Peter

Download a free public-domain image of Ignatius of Loyola kneeling before Christ, the Virgin and St Peter by Hieronymous Wierix, provided through the Art…

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Bust of Bishop Saint, with Slight Figure Sketches

Download a free public-domain image of Bust of Bishop Saint, with Slight Figure Sketches by Carlo Dellarocca, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's…

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Portrait of Cardinal Zelada

Download a free public-domain image of Portrait of Cardinal Zelada by Anton Raphael Mengs, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Head of a Bishop Saint

Download a free public-domain image of Head of a Bishop Saint by German, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Portrait of Martin Luther

Download a free public-domain image of Portrait of Martin Luther by Master I.B., provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Monsignor Pie, Bishop of Poitiers

Download a free public-domain image of Monsignor Pie, Bishop of Poitiers by Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger, Abbot of Solesmes

Download a free public-domain image of Dom Prosper Guéranger, Abbot of Solesmes by Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access…

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Martin Luther

Download a free public-domain image of Martin Luther by Johann Michael Püchler, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Martin Luther

Download a free public-domain image of Martin Luther by Albrecht Altdorfer, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Emperor Charlemagne or Henry II

Download a free public-domain image of Emperor Charlemagne or Henry II by German, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Portrait of Jeanbon Saint-André

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Portrait of Jeanbon Saint-André

Download a free public-domain image of Portrait of Jeanbon Saint-André by Jacques Louis David, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Daniel Mytens

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Daniel Mytens

Download a free public-domain image of Daniel Mytens by Paul Pontius, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Noah Smith

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Noah Smith

Download a free public-domain image of Noah Smith by Ralph Earl, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Joseph Gerrish

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Joseph Gerrish

Download a free public-domain image of Joseph Gerrish by John Singleton Copley, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny

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Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny

Download a free public-domain image of Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Executing the Portrait of the Bishop of Chartres

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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Executing the Portrait of the Bishop of Chartres

Download a free public-domain image of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Executing the Portrait of the Bishop of Chartres by Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, provided through…

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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

Download a free public-domain image of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln

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Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln

Download a free public-domain image of Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln by Leonard Wells Volk, provided through the Art…

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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

Download a free public-domain image of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French, provided through the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection.

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