They depict a man of southern European or Mediterranean appearance walking with a child in his arms.
It is understood the images were drawn by an FBI-trained forensic artist from the eyewitness account of Jane Tanner.
She was in the group of friends who dined with the McCanns on the evening Madeleine disappeared.
She said she spotted the man striding from the area of the McCanns' apartment but had not realised the relevance of what she saw at the time.
The man is drawn by the artist with greasy, straggly hair, wearing a purple or maroon top and beige chinos.
He is aged about 35 to 40, 5ft 6in (1.7m) tall, and of slim build.
The child, with her legs dangling, is wearing the same pyjamas as Madeleine on the evening of May 3.
To ensure accuracy, where Ms Tanner could not be certain, the artist left some details blank.
The release of the images, commissioned by private detectives working for the McCanns, was given the "tacit approval" of the Portuguese police, said family spokesman Clarence Mitchell.
He said: "This is another important phase of our investigation into Madeleine's abduction, and we hope that this picture will be a very important reminder to anyone who was in the area on that night who may have seen this man.
"We believe that this was Madeleine being carried away by a man from the apartment, so we place great importance on having these pictures produced."
It is now almost six months since Madeleine went missing from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.
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