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17th Century Portraits and Allegories

A collection of engravings depicting historical figures and allegorical representations in elaborate attire, showcasing rich details and intricate designs.

Clio, anonymous, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1592 - 1667 print The sitting Clio, the muse of history, holds a writing table and an ink jar in her right hand in her right hand. Books on her feet on the left. paper engraving / drypoint Clio (one of the Muses); 'Clio' (Ripa)
Clio, anonymous, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1592 - 1667 print The sitting Clio, the muse of history, holds a writing table and an ink jar in her right hand in her right hand. Books on her feet on the left. paper engraving / drypoint Clio (one of the Muses); 'Clio' (Ripa)
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Print, Justice (Iustitia), plate 5 from the "Virtutum theologicarum et cardinalium", ca. 1575; Designed by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605); Engraved by Hieronymus Wierix; Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Netherlands; engraving on laid paper; 18.4 × 13.2 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-99Mulier Pragensis. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.August; Aoust; Persons of the twelve months.Saint. Kinga reproduction of the image of Florian Cynka (1838-1912); Salon of Polish Painters (Kraków; Publisher; 1885-1949), Acropolis (Kraków; Graphic Plant; Ca 1920-); around 1920-1939 (1920-00-00-1945-00-00);Wenceslaus Hollar, Virgo Nuptialis Tiguriensis, 1649 Virgo Nuptialis TiguriensisVase with sphinxen, 1729 - 1737 print A vase with a beef head and two sphinxes. Paris paper etching vase ~ ornament. bucranium ~ ornament. sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa)Terpsichore; The nine muses. Landscape with Terpsichore, the muse of the vocals and dance, playing the lute. In the background orpheus who plays the winch and enchant the animals with his music. Fifth print from a series with muses.Jacob IV. King of Scotland.Melpomene, Greek muse of tragedy, with wreath, club and tragic mask. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figures of Fabled Gods), Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c.1820.Tuscany Grosseto Seggiano S. Rocco0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.Thalia, the Muse of Comedy Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish. Thalia, the Muse of Comedy 398638Minerva surrounded by figures representing various arts & sciences, holding the three vols. of the Royal Magazine Hulett, James, d. 1771. still image. Allegorical prints, Frontispieces. 1700 - 1799. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Athena (Greek deity), Minerva (Roman deity), Goddesses , Greek, Armillary spheresThe vendor (registered title)Statilia Messalina, wife of Nero, Emperor of Rome. Line engraving, 16--, after A. Sadeler.Summer in the guise of a woman in seventeenth-century clothing. In one hand a fan, in the other a sickle. Beside her a cornfield and a bundle of wheat. The print has a French caption and is part of a series with the four seasons as its subject., Summer in the guise of a woman L'Est, print maker: Guilliam de Gheyn, (mentioned on object), publisher: Le Blond, (mentioned on object), anonymous, Paris, 1620 - 1650, paper, engraving, w 210 mm × h 320 mmYoung woman between a young and an old man; Prostitvit Vetuvl NVM Mosior Aere Ivvencam; Emblemata Saecularia, 1596. An elegantly dressed lady is sitting in front of an open fire, between a young man to whom she gives her heart and an old man who holds a glasses. The young man receives the heart. The old man (Den Ouden Cuden Hutselaer) is "spotted," that is, deceived and may heat his cold hands to the fireplace. He himself issued the print of Gilles van Breen to Pieter de Jode, who served the Bry, together with his brother Johan Israel.Portrait of a standing unknown man.Mademoiselle Marie Charlotte Antonie Josephe Comtesse de Questenberg, engraver, after, Johann Gottfried Auerbach -, artistMinerva, a Roman Goddess, after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original. Thomas, Anna Susanna.Ancilla Coloniensis. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.Design for Robe of Councellor of State / M. le Pelletier desForts. Engraver: UnknownClio; The nine muses. Landscape with clio, the muse of history, leaning on a book by Livius. A battle in the background. First print from a series with muses.Philipp Ludovic Huth ICT et Reipubl Norimberg Consiliar Senior , Philipp Ludwig Huth, Nuremberg Patrician, After, Johann Justin Preissler -, Drawer, Martin Tyroff -, Copper EngraverRIBELLES Y FELIP, Jos_ (1775-1835). Othello. beg. 19th c. Depiction of the main character of Shakespeare's work 'Othello', work written in 1602. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo Nacional del Romanticismo.Portrait of Hugo van der Helst and face in a garden, Jan Verkolje (I) (Possible), 1660 - 1693 drawing Portrait of Hugo van der Helst, standing, left face in the garden. paper. pencil. ink pen / brush historical personsRustica Bohemica. Dated: 1643. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.Print, Habit de la Lingere; N de L'Armessin (1638-1695); 1949-38-9Portrait of the StruviusSibille Van Egypt, Simon Frisius, 1595 - 1628 print Sibille van Egypt, Halven Lijve, reading in her book. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching sibylsChristine, Queen of Sweden.. A women's figure with a crucifix and a Bible in a landscape as a personification of faith (FIDES).Jérôme David. The hunter after Metzu. Etching and chisel. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Portrait, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th century, engravingCollin, Photo reproduction engraving 'Andre del Sarto', photograph, photo, photos, height mm, width mm, photographer, 1855 - 1867, third quarter 19th century, albumen printBloemart, Esther Barbara .Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante149. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.Hanns Lautensack, Felicitas von Eckh ( Freyberg), 1553 Felicitas von Eckh (-Freyberg)Portrait of Willem III, Prince of Orange, 1660 - 1702 print Portrait of Willem III. He stands behind a balustrade and leans on a helmet. A commandostaf in his hands. A garden in the background. In the middle of his weapon with a crown, decorated with the garter and the motto of the order of the garter. In a frame are name and titles in French. A rule of Latin text in the lower margin. The Hague paper engraving / etching knighthood order (GARTER) - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chainVenice, Sadeler, Marcus, Titian, Prague, Aegidius, Famous Roman women, Portrait of Agrippina Vipsania, verso lower left - stamped, Agrippina Vipsania, first wife of Emperor Tiberius., print, prints, height 348 mm, width 235 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1597 - 1629, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italian, 1488 - 1576-08-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1614-04-11 - 1650, publisherPortret Van Petrus de Árano, Theodor of Bry, after Jean Jacques Boissard, 1669 print Portrait of church teacher Petrus de Ancharano in Ovaal with edge script. In a decorative frame with leaf vines and a cartouche with a Latin fresh under the portrait. Frankfurt am Main paper engravingUnknown (1900-1900); , Queen Margrethe, 1849 - 1879Drevet, Pierre, inventor: Hyacinthe Rigaud, work, Marie d'Orleans of Savoy, Duchess of Nemours (plate 1705), 1707, copper engraving, graphics, dimensions : plate width 31.6 cm, plate height 40.9 cmMaria.buste van Maria, her hands crossed on her chest.De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diversi parti del mondo, libri due ... Artist: After Cesare Vecellio (Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice); Christoph Krieger (German, born Nuremberg, died Venice, ca. 1590). Author: Cesare Vecellio (Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice). Dimensions: Overall: 6 9/16 x 4 15/16 x 2 1/16 in. (16.7 x 12.5 x 5.2 cm). Publisher: Damiano Zenaro (active Venice, 1563-ca. 1604) , Venice. Date: 1590.Cesare Vecellio, who joined the workshop of his famous cousin Titian before 1548, was active as a publisher by 1570. This book contains 420 illustrations of costumes (exotic and domestic) by the woodcutter Christoph Krieger and marks the culmination of a trend that began in the mid-sixteenth century with a series of costume engravings by Enea Vico. The first section of his book covers European dress, including Ottoman Turkey, while the short section on Africa and Asia includes the costume of Persians, Moors, and Arabs. Here the book is open to Vecellio'sPortrait of Paulus Emilius; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. Portrait of Thomas Fairfax, in this album Portrait used for the Macedonian army leader Paulus Emilius. With Dutch-language caption. The print is part of an album.Court scene with lovers and wedding. unknown c. 1500-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'8" x W 13'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from The Cleveland Museum of Art, received 1/24/1961; sold to V. Vigo Sternberg 6/17/1963. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border: NE / FACERET / VINDICTAM / DEPRECAVERUNT m() / FRATRES QUOD / JOSEPH / UMVEN DIDERUNTGRABADO-MUJER DE VILLENEUVE DE LES CARETTES (ZONA CONTINENTA.Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Favorite du Roi de Perse'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paperWoman with the pear ..Girls Singing, Print made by Pieter van den Berge, active 1689-1737, Dutch, after Gerard de Lairesse, 1640-1711, Flemish, undated, Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 14 × 10 1/4 inches (35.5 × 26 cm) and Image: 9 7/16 × 9 5/8 inches (24 × 24.4 cm), bracelet, costume, curls, dresses, earrings, genre subject, girls, instrument, jewelry, lace, music, pearls, performance, scarves, sheet music, singing, violin, womenPortrait of Ludolphus Smids in a study room. The Ludolphus Smids Medicus, dressed in a dressing gown (Japonse skirt), standing in his study room with bookshiling at the rear left. He holds a letter in hand. On the table an inkwell and writing spring.Wenceslaus Hollar, Mercantoris Hanauiensis Vxor Mercantoris Hanauiensis VxorHuth, Philipp Ludwig.Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607 - 1677), Matrona Argentinensis Caenam Dni Accedens e des Nymphs, etchingLady Margaret Beaufort, c.1441-1509, mother of King Henry VII of England and a major figure in the Wars of the Roses. Wearing a hood with wimple, black gown, kneeling beneath a canopy, her hands clasped in prayer before an open book of hours on a table. Margaret, Countess of Richmond. Copperplate engraving by Edward Harding from John Adolphus The British Cabinet, containing Portraits of Illustrious Personages, printed by T. Bensley for E. Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1799.Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France - Popular Image at Mondhare Anonymous. Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France - Popular Image at Mondhare. Water-loud colored.April: a few from France; The twelve months with couples in costumes from different countries. Man and woman from France, dressed according to fashion of approx. 1620. Above them the sign of bull. In the background face on a city on a river. In the margin a two-legged caption in Latin. Print from a series of twelve months represented by signs of the zodiac and pairs that wear clothing from different countries.Album Amicorum of a German Soldier. Italy, 1595. Drawings. Gouache on paperLet, marta dorothaa.French early 16th Century, Personification of Friendship (Amicitia) (fol 2 recto), c 1512 1515 Personification of Friendship (Amicitia) fol. 2 rectoPortrait of Charles V of Habsburg, German Emperor and King of Spain, Anonymous, Erhard Schön, 1519 - 1541 print paper historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. knighthood order of the Golden Fleece - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order)Jedediah Buxton, a mental calculator. Mezzotint by J. Spilsbury, 1781, after B. Killingbeck.Man with Roemer and Tobacco, Johann Heinrich Maria Hubert Rennefeld, after Frans van Mieris, after Johannes Arnoldus Boland, 1842 - 1877 print A man with a Roemer in his hand leans with his arm on a table on which a pipe and tobacco lie. Amsterdam paper etching Glass, holds. Pipe ~ TobaccoA seated old woman holds in her hands a book, in which she is reading. Personification of the face. Print is possibly part of a series of the five senses., Face, print maker: David Teniers (II), (attributed to), David Teniers (II), Antwerp, 1626 - 1690, paper, etching, h 106 mm × w 76 mmChrodechilde, Queen of Swiss francs.Mary Squires, a gypsy renowned for her ugliness. Engraving.The Egyptian god Canopus, marble statue from ancient Rome, Italy, digital reproduction of an 18th century original, original date not known, EuropeAnxiety; InqueteTudo; Prosopographia, Sive Virtutum, Animi, Corporis, Bonorum Externorum, Vitiorum, ET Affectuum Variorum Deineatio. A standing woman with a heart with the "unrest" of a clock in her right hand. In her left hand a ratchet, the instrument of the Ratelman or Klepperman who had to make a round at regular times through the city. On the left a squirrel. Under the show two lines text in Latin. The print is part of an album.Dorothea von Grumbach, died 1560, daughter of the unfortunate Wilhelm von Grumbach, with her coats of arms from her life-size tomb monument in Rimpar church. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.Members of the famous Fugger family in Augsburg, Sibylla Artzt, also Sibille Fugger, the woman of Jakob Fugger the Rich. She was born around 1480 in Augsburg and died there in 1546, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of colored copper engravings created in the late 16th and early 17th century and made by Dominicus Custos, historicalThe female personification of Justice Justitia, one of the four cardinal virtues In her hands the sword and scales, symbols of power and impartiality respectively Print from a series featuring theological virtues, Justice Theological virtues Virtutu Theologicaru , print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (I), Cologne, 1600, paper, engraving, d 98 mmVestaal Virgin Sextilia; Sextilia; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a woman. She is wearing her hair and has beaten her arms. The text identifies her as sextilia, one of the vestual virgins. The print is part of an album.Pisani, Alvise.An old woman wearing spectacles; representing the sense of sight. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.Bliżej Kultury Eljasz Radzikowski, Walery (1841 1905), UnknownWoman with empty Beurs, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), After Gerard van Honthorst, 1625 - 1633 print An old woman keeps an empty money grant in the glow of a candle. With caption in Latin and Dutch. paper engraving purse, money-bagPortrait of Matthäus Kummer at the age of 47, Leonhard Heckenauer, after Bartholomäus Sixtus Kummer, 1660 - 1704 print With praise in Latin. paper engraving historical persons. bookshelves. book. ornament ~ cartoucheFive Headgears for Women, Two Fragments of Illustrations for 'Königl: Grosbrit anische Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1781 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg', Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801, Stipple and line engraving on paper, Figurse 1 to 3 of Engelmann 362. Bottom: figures 4 and 5 of Engelmann 362a., Germany, 1780, Print, PrintPortraits of Leiden baker Arent Oostwaard (Arend Oostwaert) and his wife Catharina Keizerswaard (Catharina Keyzerswaert) with all kinds of different freshly baked bread (buns, pretzels, cadets, duivekater) in front of the bakery. In the door of the bakery a little boy, probably their son Thaddeus, blows a horn. Above the door are growing vines. Baker Arent Oostwaard and his wife Catharina Keizerswaard, print maker: Joannes Bemme, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Joannes Bemme, (mentioned on object), after: Jan Havicksz. Steen, (mentioned on object), c. 1800 - in or before 1841, paper, etching, h 465 mm × w 370 mmThe Hague, Steuerwald, Jan Dam, Israëls, Jozef, Amsterdam, Allebé, August, Adagio con espressione, Cellist at a window, recto lower left - handwritten, A man plays a cello at the window and looks outside. Behind him sheet music, books, a roll of paper and a string instrument. Premium plate at De Kunstkronijk., print, prints, Koningsveld, height 365 mm, width 365 mm, Dutch, 1838-04-19 - 1927-01-10, print maker, printmaker, 1851 - 1859, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Work conception, after own design by, 1824-01-27 - 1911-08-12, after, after painting by, 1805-04-13 - 1869-05-10, printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisherPeeing woman fills pitcher at source; Two fountains; Les Deux Fontaines. A squatted woman lifts her skirts slightly and pees up while she fills her jug with water at a source.A woman leans against a low wall. Her right arm rests on a bucket. In a drawing of Christ and the Samaritan woman by Abraham Bloemaert, the same figure appears. Copy after a depiction from the drawing book of Abraham Bloemaert, Woman with bucket (the Samaritan woman) Title print of Fondamenten der Teken-konst. Second part, intermediary draughtsman: Frederick Bloemaert, intermediary draughtsman: Abraham Bloemaert, print maker: anonymous, Amsterdam, c. 1679 - c. 1709, paper, engraving, h 191 mm × w 140 mmCarpenter, Hubert.Elizabeth Judkins, active 1772-1775, British, Caroline Curzon (née Colyear), Lady Scarsdale and Her Son, Honourable John Curzon, 1760. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper.Constantinople: a girl playing the tehegour (guitar). Engraving by G. Scotin the elder, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.Talientschger, Ferdinand.Marie de Medicis, after the table of Francois Porbus, vintage engraved illustration.Print, Five Headgears for Women, Two Fragments of Illustrations for "Königl: Grosbrit anische Genealogischer Kalender auf das 1781 Jahr Lauenberg bey J.G. Berenberg"; Germany; stipple and line engraving on paper; 8.9 × 4.7 cm (3 1/2 × 1 7/8 in.)Combé, Marie Madeleine de.Hamlet Winstanley, Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730-1780, after Hamlet Winstanley, 1698-1756, British, undated, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 12 x 9 1/4 inches (30.5 x 23.5 cm), Plate: 7 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (18.4 x 13.7 cm), and Image: 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches (15.6 x 12.1 cm), man, painter, portraitPortrait of Karel VI, Rooms-German Emperor, Johann Martin Berbigeroth, 1740 print Leipzig paper engraving historical persons. armour. insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral). baton of general. knighthood order of the Golden Fleece - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order)Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Gérard (19th century), engraver. "CLOSE UNG SMALL PRESSTRE." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101784-22 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engravingThe Coquettish Widow Bernard Lepicié French After Charles Antoine Coypel French 1724 View more. The Coquettish Widow. Bernard Lepicié (French, Paris 1698-1755 Paris). 1724. Etching and engraving. PrintsParis, Breton, Richard, Desprez, François, Recueil de la diversité des habits, Series of various costumes, L'angloise, Woman from England, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 145 mm, width 86 mm, French, print maker, printmaker, 1562 - 1562, paper, papier, woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, 1524 - 1571, publisherThe Virgin Annunciate. Dated: 1495/1499. Dimensions: overall: 16.4 x 14.3 cm (6 7/16 x 5 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albrecht Dürer.This 1500s engraving illustrates the "Portrait of the Infernal League." The League referred to is the Catholic League, also known as the Holy League. The League was formed by he French Henry I, Duke of Guise, in 1576. It was the time of the Protestant Reformation, the Wars of Religions, and Henry I's intent was to eliminate Protestantism in France. This political caricature was drawn up by those opposed to the League.BorrowerHenriette Maria, Princess of France.Bust of half a skeleton and half a young woman, anonymous, 1615 - 1664 print France paper engraving / etching (human) skeleton - AA - female human figure. skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante04. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.