17th Century Aristocratic Portraits

Engravings of noblemen and their fashions, reflecting the styles and opulence of 17th-century European aristocracy.

Goris, Charles .

Portrait of Mattheus van den Broucke, Godfried Schalcken, After Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1660 - 1680 print Portrait of the Dordrecht mayor and Admiral Mattheus van den Broucke with a breast jewel and a baton. Behind him a rock wall and a turbulent sea with a fleet. Under the show a ten -line, Dutch poem about the portrayed person. Dordrecht (possibly) paper etching historical persons. ships (in general) - CC - more than one ship. baton of general

Percy, 10. Earl of Northumberland, Algernon .

Karl I, King of England.

Leyen, Karl Kaspar from the.

Paritius, Georg Heinrich .

Portrait of August II van Saksen, Johann Dürr, After Christoph Steger, 1654 print Portrait surrounded by eight small medallions, of which six with motto (pietas, justitia, prudentia, humilitas, pax, concordia) and two with coats of arms. Lof -tight in cartouche under the portrait. print maker: Germanyafter painting by: GermanyGermanySaksen paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. ornament ~ medallion. ornament ~ cartouche. 'Pietas'; 'Pietí' (Ripa). Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Humility; 'Humiltí' (Ripa). symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). Agreement, Unity; 'Concordia', 'Concordia insuperabile', 'Concordia militare', 'Concordia di Pace', 'Unione civile' (Ripa)

William Leybourn. Etching, 1653.

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, Jacob Houbraken, After H. Cooper, 1741 - 1743 print Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, with an image under the portrait in which Cromwell refuses the crown of England (1657). Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Ferdinand IV., Roman king.

Louis XIIII dit Dieu donne Roy de France et de Navarre (Portrait of Louis XIV). Artist: Unknown

Krosigk, Adolf Wilhelm of.

Bildnis des ododardus Farnesius leader of Parma

Portrait of GualTherus Bodan. Portrait in half towards the right of Gualtherus Bodan in a broken oval with a book and his left hand on his chest in his right hand. Under his portrait his name and function and a four-line verse in Dutch.

Maille, Marquis de Brézé, urban.

Tougher, Jacob.

Freinsheim, Johann publisher: Berger, Hieronymusmaler: Vos, Alard Hendrik Destecher: Swiss, Johannverlagsort: Frankfurt (Main)

Boxhorn, Markus Suerius .

. Portrait of Jan Hartwig from Nostitz. At the bottom of the margin are title and position in Italian.

Portrait of Hendrik Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz. Portrait of Hendrik Casimir I in an oval. A rule handwritten text in the undermarge.

Portrait van Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Paul Seel, 1664 - 1699 print paper engraving historical persons

Tetzel of Kirchensittenbach, Philipp Jakob.

Nogaret de Foix, Marquis de la Valette, Duc de Candale, Louis Charles Gaston de.

Portret Van Gaston Van Orléans, Raphael Custos, 1600 - 1664 print Augsburg (possibly) paper engraving historical persons. armour

Johann Georg Volckamer. Mezzotint by G. Fennitzer, 16--.

Portrait of Bernhardus von Sanden

Portrait of Charles de la Fosse, French painter 1636-1716. Copperplate engraving after a portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud from Antoine-Joseph Dezallier dArgenvilles Abrege de la vie des plus fameux peintres, Lives of the most Famous Artists, de Bure lAine, Paris, 1762.

Königsegg and Rothenfels, Leopold Wilhelm Graf von.

Cocker, Edward .

Gonzaga, Mary.

Strasoldo, Bartholomew of.

Gravel, Robert de 1651 / 1700

Portrait of Willem Frederik, Count of Nassau -Dietz, Anonymous, 1630 - 1699 print Portrait of Willem Frederik in a circle. In a frame are name and title. At the top left '8'. Low Countries paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing

Freinsheim, Johann publisher: Berger, Hieronymusmaler: Vos, Alard Hendrik Destecher: Swiss, Johannverlagsort: Frankfurt (Main)

Brown, Johann.

Lentz, Johann Caspar .

Ernst, Landgraf of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg Publisher: Merian, Matthew d. Ä. (Heirs) Publisher: Frankfurt (Main)

Portrait of an unknown man. Draughtsman: Pieter Cornelisz. van Slingelandt (possibly). Dating: 1650 - 1691. Measurements: h 206 mm × w 153 mm; h 80 mm × w 85 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Copper engraving by Cornelis Visscher depicting Charles II of England, produced in 1650, showing detailed portraiture and Flemish engraving technique.

Bildnis des Charles Stuart of the Iide.

Brandt, Gerard.

Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet, (1815).Artist: R Page

Jakob, Duke of Kurland and Semgallen.

Hayden, Hieronymus .

Bildnis des Francesco Carlo Conte Libsteinski of Kolowrat

Rey of Naglovice, Vladislaw.

Portrait van Caspar Lilien, Jakob von Sandrart, after Michael Conrad Hirt, 1664 print paper engraving historical persons. theologian

Ended, Balthasar Joachim.

PortraT van Gustav Adolph, Herzog zu Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Johann Alexander Böner, 1674 print Nuremberg paper engraving historical persons. armour

Witt, Johan de Stecher: Nessenthaler, Eliasmanlag: Merian, Matthew d. J. u. Caspar, & Thomas Matthias Götz 'Heirs Verlagsort: Frankfurt (Main)

Jakob, Duke of Kurland and Semgallen.

August, Duke of Saxony-Weissenfels Stecher: Boener, Johann AlexanderDation: 1665 / 1720Factable genesis: Nuremberg

Hoogstraten, Johan van.

Portrait of amalia from solms. Portrait of Amalia in an oval with a peripheral. In the undermaster her name.

Juan d'Austria .

Simiana, Marquis of Pianezza, Carlo Emanuele Filiberto di.

Martin Opitz von Boberfeld (1597-1639), poet

. Portrait of Don Juan from Austria. At the bottom of the margin are title and position in Italian.

Percy, 10. Earl of Northumberland, Algernon .

Borke, Kaspar of Stecher: Somer, Mathias van

Gerardus Honthorst; Pontius, Paulus (1603-1658), Dyck, Anthony Van (1599-1641), Hendricx, Gillis (fl. 1645-); 1645-1646 (1645-00-00-1645-00-00);

Fizing, Johann Heinrich.

Averani, Giuseppe Stecher: Bernigeroth, Johann Martin

Karl Xi., King of Sweden Unknown artist

Elsholtz, Johann Sigismund .

Portrait of Niccolò Castelli, Martin Bernigeroth, 1680 - 1732 print print maker: Leipzigprint maker: Germany paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Francesco Morosini. Portrait of the Venetian Francesco Morosini, statesman and the Doge of Venice.

Sackville, 4. Earl of Dorset, Edward .

Haffner, Hermann .

Portrait of Pieter de Groot, Jacob Houbraken, After Aert Schouman, 1782 - 1791 print Portrait of Pieter de Groot in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth with its name and data in three lines in Dutch. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching historical persons

Turenne, Henri of the Tower of Auvergne, Viscount.

. Bust portrait of Henri de Lorraine, in armor. He carries a chain with the order of the Holy Spirit. The portrait is caught in an oval frame. In a framework the name and function of portrayed the in French.

Portrait of the Ioanne Cvyermans

Portrait of the composer and lutenist Jacques Gaultier by Lievens, Jan (1607-1674)/ Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam/ 1631-1635/ Holland/ Copper engraving/ Baroque/ Portrait

Portrait of cornelis tromp. Portrait of Fleet Guardian Cornelis Tromp. A sea battle in the background. In the middle above the spell: Fortes Createur Fortibus, which means: stringing to strengthen. Cornelis Tromp was the son of Dutch Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp. At the bottom of the margin two four-line verses in Dutch.

Raimondi, Marc Anton Draftsman: Sandrart, Joachim of (the Elder) Stecher: Sandrart, Jacob of (1630)

Dobson, William .

Bartholinus, Thomas Maler: Ditmers, Henrichstecher: Appelman, Gonsales (1666)

Portrait of Gaston Jean -Baptiste Hertog van Orléans, Meno Haas, 1762 - 1833 print paper engraving historical persons. armour

Noailles, Louis Antoine de.

Friedrich III., King of Denmark Draftsman: Torenenvliet, Jacobstecher: Meyssens, Cornelisdation: 1665 / 1673Factive genesis: Vienna

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, English lawyer and statesman to King Henry VIII. With coat of arms and vignette of execution by beheading. Cromwell Vice Regent. Copperplate engraving by Nicholas Pitaut after Adriaen van der Werff from Isaac de Larreys Histoire dAngleterre, dEcosse et dIrlande, Reinier Leers, Rotterdam, 1713.

Mieris, Frans Van.

Portrait of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Abraham de Blois, after Jan Verkolje (I), c. 1679 - c. 1717 print Portrait of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, bust in oval frame with lobe ornament. Amsterdam paper engraving

Portrait of Emperor Leopold I, Frans van der Steen, After Jacob Toorenvliet, 1670 print Portrait of Leopold I, Roman-German Keizer, dressed in harness, in a frame of bay leaves. The list is crowned by two eagles with the Keizerskroon. Around the list of weapon. At the bottom of the margin his name and function in Italian. Vienna paper engraving weapons

Haes, Gillis de.

Fork, Christoffer of.

Fork, Christoffer of.

Portrait of Jan Asselijn, Dutch Golden Age painter, died 1652. Jean Asselyn. Copperplate engraving by M. Aubert after a portrait by Rembrandt from Antoine-Joseph Dezallier dArgenvilles Abrege de la vie des plus fameux peintres, Lives of the most Famous Artists, de Bure lAine, Paris, 1762.

Zingel, Adam .

Piccolomini-Pieri, Octavio Fürst Duke of Amalfi.

Charles Patin. Line engraving.

Gruphello, Gabriel.

Bartholinus, Erasmus.

Stefano della Bella, Italian draughtsman and printmaker from Florence, 1610-1664. Known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and genre scenes. Steffano de la Bella Flor. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

Portrait of the Christian. Gselhofer

Lafosse, Charles de.

Pauer, Johann Wilhelm.

Portrait of Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish-Italian Tenebrist painter 1591-1652. Joseph Ribera. Copperplate engraving from Antoine-Joseph Dezallier dArgenvilles Abrege de la vie des plus fameux peintres, Lives of the most Famous Artists, de Bure lAine, Paris, 1762.

Boxhorn, Markus Suerius Publisher: Butcher, Johann Theodor, Christoph u. David

Portrait of Caspar van Kinschot. Portrait of the lawyer and poet Caspar van Kinschot.

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