18th Century Portrait Engravings

A collection of detailed portraits from the 18th century featuring notable figures, using techniques like engraving and etching with formal compositions.

De Kleine Mens Monarchina Rondkop, 1716, 1716 The small man Monarchina Rondkop, wife of Brutal-Tronius of Aldwing-Burg. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print printed within a decorative frame of a separate plate with heads of small people and masks. Numbered right in the middle: 49. Part of the Dutch -bound edition from 1716 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf toneel, copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching The small man Monarchina Rondkop, wife of Brutal-Tronius of Aldwing-Burg. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print printed within a decorative frame of a separate plate with heads of small people and masks. Numbered right in the middle: 49. Part of the Dutch -bound edition from 1716 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf toneel, copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint ma
De Kleine Mens Monarchina Rondkop, 1716, 1716 The small man Monarchina Rondkop, wife of Brutal-Tronius of Aldwing-Burg. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print printed within a decorative frame of a separate plate with heads of small people and masks. Numbered right in the middle: 49. Part of the Dutch -bound edition from 1716 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf toneel, copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching The small man Monarchina Rondkop, wife of Brutal-Tronius of Aldwing-Burg. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print printed within a decorative frame of a separate plate with heads of small people and masks. Numbered right in the middle: 49. Part of the Dutch -bound edition from 1716 of a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf toneel, copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint ma