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Leonida Caldesi

1822-1891
Photographer
Artist associated with 54 portraits

Baron Heinrich von Calice

1831-1912
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maria, Lady Callcott

1785-1842
Writer; former wife of Thomas Graham, and later wife of Sir Augustus Wall Callcott
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame Carmen Callil

1938-2022
Writer and publisher; co-founder of Virago Press
Sitter in 3 portraits

Andrea Camassei

1601 or 1602-1648 or 1649
Painter, draughtsman and engraver
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Camillo Massimo, Prince of Arsoli

1803-1873
Nobleman
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Giuseppe Maria Campanella

born circa 1813
Singer and professor of singing
Sitter in 1 portrait

Italio Campanini

1845-1896
Italian opera singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Campbell

1790-1858
Sculptor
Artist associated with 4 portraits

Massimo Campigli (né Max Ihlenfeld)

1895-1971
Painter and journalist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Giovanni Domenico Campiglia

1692-1775
Painter, draughtsman and engraver
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Alfredo Campoli

1906-1991
Violinist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Princess of Camporeale (née Laura Acton)

1829-1915
Former wife of Prince of Camporeale, and later wife of Marco Minghetti; daughter of Charles Acton
Sitter in 2 portraits

Antonio Canova

1757-1822
Italian sculptor and painter
Sitter associated with 8 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

Simone Cantarini

1612-1648
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Gino Marquis Capponi

1792-1876
Italian writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frank Russell Capra (Francesco Rosario Capra)

1897-1991
Film director and producer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maria Caterina Rosalbina Caradori-Allan

1800-1865
Vocalist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

1571-1610
Artist
Artist associated with 2 portraits

Jerome Cardan

1501-1576
Italian physician, mathematician and astrologer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Carlotta Cardana

1981-
Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait

Giovanni Carestini

1705-1759
Opera singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron Carlingford and 2nd Baron Clermont

1823-1898
Politician; MP for County Louth; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 18 portraits

Agostino Carlini

circa 1718-1790
Sculptor
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist associated with 4 portraits

Carlota of Mexico

1840-1927
Empress consort of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico; daughter of King Leopold I of Belgium
Sitter in 4 portraits

Antonio Carluccio

1937-2017
Chef and restaurateur
Sitter in 2 portraits

Maria Carmi (Princess Norina Matchabelli)

1880-1957
Actress; former wife of Karl Vollmöller and later wife of Prince Georges Matchabelli
Sitter in 9 portraits

Tullio Carminati

1894-1971
Film actor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Primo Carnera

1906-1967
Heavyweight boxer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Annibale Carracci

1560-1609
Artist
Sitter associated with 3 portraits | Artist associated with 10 portraits

Lodovico Carracci

1555-1619
Painter
Artist associated with 2 portraits

Rosalba Carriera

1675-1757
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 3 portraits

John Cartwright

active 1778-1808
Painter
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Richard Fairfax William Cartwright

1903-1954
Justice of the Peace; son of Sir Fairfax Leighton Cartwright
Sitter in 10 portraits

Enrico Caruso

1873-1921
Italian opera singer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Andrea Casali

1705-1784
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Giovanni Agostino Cassana

1665-1720
Artist
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Paolo Ruffo di Bagnaria, Prince of Castelcicala

1791-1866
Neapolitan ambassador
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Aldo Castellani

1877-1971
Bacteriologist
Sitter in 6 portraits

Valerio Castello

1624-1659
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Angelica Catalani

1780-1849
Soprano
Sitter in 16 portraits

Catherine de' Medici

1519-1589
Queen consort of France 1547-1559
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari

1841-1879
Soldier and diplomat
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lina Cavalieri

1874-1944
Soprano, actress and monologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Pietro Cavallini

circa 1250-circa 1330
Artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tiberius Cavallo

1749-1809
Scientist and inventor
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

(Frederic) Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan

1865-1946
Army commander
Sitter in 22 portraits

Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour

1810-1861
First Prime Minister of Italy
Sitter in 4 portraits

Adriano Cecioni

1838-1886
Artist
Artist associated with 34 portraits

Giuditta Celega

active 1877
Italian opera singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Giuseppe Ceracchi

1751-1801
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Carmelo Cernigliari-Melilli

1870-1944
Writer, playwright, poet and sculptor
Artist of 1 portrait

Fanny Cerrito

1817-1909
Ballet dancer
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Livio Ceschin

1962-
Printmaker
Artist of 1 portrait

Ivy Muriel (née Dundas), Lady Chamberlain

1878-1941
Wife of Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain; daughter of Henry Lawrence Dundas
Sitter in 12 portraits

Sir William Chambers

1722-1796
Architect
Sitter in 16 portraits

Pierre Jean Baptiste Chardin

1731-1768
Artist; son of Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin
Sitter in 2 portraits

Prince Charles Edward Stuart

1720-1788
Grandson of James II; 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'
Sitter associated with 41 portraits

Charles IV, King of Spain

1748-1819
Reigned 1788-1808
Sitter in 2 portraits

Charles, Archduke of Austria

1771-1847
Field marshal and military theoretician; son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Sitter in 1 portrait