Profilové portréty ze sbírek Národního muzea

A historic collection of the Department of Older Czech History of the National Museum, which includes, among others, a very extensive collection of portraits encompassing various techniques, from painted, graphic and photographic portraits, through ceroplastic portraits, portrait silhouettes and portrait medallions, to portrait busts. While painted portraits in the form of miniatures, small and large hanging paintings have been the subject of detailed scientific attention, other types of portraits have been somewhat neglected. The aim of this paper is to draw attention to the presence of ceroplastic works, portrait silhouettes and small portrait medallions in the collections of the National Museum and to describe the phenomenon of profile portraits by means of these examples.