Round Two of our double bracket of Favorite Portrait Paintings means we’re at the size of a standard bracket, with 64 paintings remaining. These are paintings of portraits from throughout time and in various styles, randomly spread across the bracket.
There were quite a few close matchups in the first round:
- Alice Eve, by Jamie Coreth (2019) over Young Man in a Yellow Robe, by Jan Lievens (1631) by 1 vote!
- The Arnolfini Portrait, by Jan van Eyck (1434) over Girl Braiding Her Hair, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1887) by 1 vote!
- Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1536) over Young Man with a Skull, by Frans Hals ( 1628) by 1 vote!
- Isabella Stewart Gardner, by John Singer Sargent (1888) over Victorine Meurent, by Édouard Manet (1862) by 1 vote!
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler, by William Merritt Chase (1885) over Self-Portrait, by Jan Lievens (1630) by 1 vote!
- Self-Portrait with Bowler Hat, by Paul Cezanne (1885) over Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin, by Ilya Repin (1884) by 1 vote!
- Lucretia, by Rembrandt Van Rijn (1666) over Din #4, by Mickalene Thomas (2011) by 2 votes
- Self-Portrait, by August Macke (1906) over Boy with a Basket of Fruit, by Caravaggio (1593) by 2 votes
- Señora Sabasa Garcia, by Francisco De Goya (1811) over Girl, by Nathalie Cubéro (2025) by 2 votes
Vote now in Round Two!
The deadline is Tuesday evening, December 2.
