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Ancient Rulers and Emperors

Engravings of significant historical figures, including Roman Emperors, depicted in regal attire and often adorned with crowns, showcasing their importance.

Portrait of Lodewijk V, Frederik Bouttats (I), 1600 - 1676 print Portrait in arched niche. Louis V, King of France. Bust to the right. Louis V is wearing a cloak with the French lily. The print has a French caption with the name of the person portrayed and some information about his life.  paper engraving
Portrait of Lodewijk V, Frederik Bouttats (I), 1600 - 1676 print Portrait in arched niche. Louis V, King of France. Bust to the right. Louis V is wearing a cloak with the French lily. The print has a French caption with the name of the person portrayed and some information about his life. paper engraving
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TITUS LIVIUS -  Roman historian and writer (also known as Livy)
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Study of a man's head in the style of Dürer. Bust, the man wears a cloak with a fur collar over a wamboo with incised edge around the neck. His eyes are closed. In the right background behind a wall, a church with a tower. Verso, from later hand: a portrait of a man and profil.
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Nero, Roman emperor.
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Aspasia, born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and became famous for her relationship with the statesman Pericles, 5th century BC. In helmet adorned with four horses, Pegasus supporting a triple crest. 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.
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Konrad I, King of Ostfranken.
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Christopher Columbus (1446-1506) - Italian explorer, navigator and colonizer.     Date: 1446-1506
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Cybele, Anatolian and Phrygian mother goddess, fertility goddess, vegetation goddess, wearing a mural crown. Cybele. Copperplate engraving by Johannes Franck 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.
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Portret van Francesco Petrarca, anonymous, after Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1577 print Print is part of an album.  paper letterpress printing historical persons. scholar, philosopher (+ portrait of scholar, scientist). writer, poet, author
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Portret van Masaccio, Nicolas de Larmessin (I), 1682 print  Brussels paper engraving / letterpress printing historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist
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Sacchi, Bartolomeo.
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J. Vondelius. Janus Lutma, II; Dutch, 1624-1689. Date: 1669-1681. Dimensions: 260 x 206 mm (image); 270 x 214 mm (sheet). Punched engraving with etching in black on cream laid paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Leonardo Bruni (1369-1444) - Italian humanist, historian and statesman.     Date: circa 1430
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LOPEZ ENGUIDANOS, Jos_ (1760-1812). Portrait of Juan Sebastiàn Elcano. end 18th c. Illustration from the book 'Illustrious Men'. Engraving.
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AMALARICO (500-531) REY VISIGODO ENTRE LOS AÑOS 510 AL 531 - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: ARNOLDO VAN WESTERHOUT (1651-1725). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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This 1880s illustration shows the Roman emperor Vitellius his bust in the Museum of the Capitol in Rome in the Hall of the Emperors. Aulus Vitellius was Roman emperor for eight months, from 16 April to 22 December 69 AD. Vitellius was proclaimed emperor following the quick succession of the previous emperors Galba and Otho, in a year of civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
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Fruela I, King of Asturias.
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Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor.
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Fedius, Quintius.
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Charles II (1630-1685) King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1660 after restoration of the monarchy. Engraving showing Charles in profile, wearing armour and laurel wreath.
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Alexander I, King of Scotland.
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Wamba, King of the Westgoten.
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Alexander III of Macedon, 356 BC - 323 BC, aka Alexander the Great. King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and member of the Argead dynasty.  An imaginary portrait.
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Nero, Roman emperor.
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Historical illustration from the 19th Century, manuscript and portrait of Angelo Poliziano, Angiolo Ambrogini, Angelus Politianus, Angelus Ambrosini or Politian, 1454 - 1494, an Italian humanist and poet of the Renaissance
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Holy Roman Emperor Lambert, 880-898. Lambertus Vidonis, King of Italy. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.
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Karl I.Von Anjou, King of Naples Sicily.
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Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Portrait. Engraving.
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Ecce Homo 1765-1805 Gaetano Vascellini. Ecce Homo. Gaetano Vascellini (Italian, Castel San Giovanni 1745-1805 Florence). 1765-1805. Etching and engraving. Prints
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Jan Steven van Calcar, German-born painter and woodcutter from the Duchy of Cleves, worked in Venice and Naples, Italy, c.1499-1546. Accredited with the anatomical art woodcuts in Vesalius's Fabrica. Also known as Giovanni da Calcar or Ioannes Stephanus Calcarensis. Johannes A Calchar Cleven. Copperplate engraving by Philipp Kilian 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.
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Raphael. Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome). Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (24.7 × 17.2 cm)cut within platemark. Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Date: 1651.Self-portrait by Raphael, half-length, standing behind a parapet, on which his right hand is resting; wearing a loose robe over slashed jacket and ruffled shirt; curtain behind at right, trees at left. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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NICOLAS COPERNICO (1473-1543).
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Urbania (Marche - PU), Palazzo Ducale, Hall of honor, portrait of Federico da Montefeltro (copy), 17th century oil on canvas
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Portrait of Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Dated 14th Century
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Philip the Arab or Marcus Julius Philippus Arabs, c. 204-249, Praetorian prefect and later Roman emperor from 244 to 249. Philippus. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoors Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716.
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Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia.
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ATAHUALPA. ULTIMO EMPERADOR DEL PERU 1500-1537. DETALLE GRABADO DEL LIBRO "OBSERVACIONES ASTRONAUTICAS Y FISICAS DE L REINO DEL PERU" DE ANTONIO ULLOA Y JORGE JUAN AÑO 1773.
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Leo I., oströmischer Kaiser .
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Boni, Pietro.
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King Oeneus of Calydon in helmet. In Greek myth, he introduced wine-making to Aetolia and hosted the Calydonian boar hunt. Oeneus Heros. 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.
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Karl III., The simple, King of West Franconia Stecher: Clouwet, Peeter
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Augustus, Julius Caesar.
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Jakob Fugger, 1459-1525, German businessman, mining entrepreneur and banker, historical illustration
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Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor.
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Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba (1453-1515), called "El Gran Capitan" ("The Great Captain)". Spanish general. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.
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Galeotti, Sebastiano.
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Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo (1612-1667). Spanish Baroque painter. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. Almanaque de La Ilustracion, 1880.
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Solon, Athenian statesman, constitutional lawmaker and poet, c.630-560 BC. 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.
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Saloninus (242-260) was the son of Emperor Gallienus. He was appointed as Caesar in 258, and was sent to Gaul to enforce his father's authority, where he was put under the protection of the praetorian prefect Silvanus. His main seat in Gaul was Cologne.
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Santi, Raffaello Maler: Raffalosters: Hope Mermest, Christian
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KING EADWIG (or EDWY) the Fair (941-959)  King of England (reigned 955-959)
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Roman Emperor Constantius I, 250-306. Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius Herculius Augustus, commonly known as Constantius Chlorus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.
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Nerva, Roman Emperor.
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Ervig, King of the Westgoten.
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King Cydon of Crete, son of Hermes or Apollo and of Akakallis, the daughter of King Minos. According to Pausanias, son of king Tegeates. Founder of Kydonia or Cydonia, Crete. With vine leaves of Bacchus in his hair. Cydon. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoors Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716.
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Robert, Duke of Normandy.
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Remo Indian, 1869, Peru
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EMPEROR CONSTANTINUS I known as 'The Great'
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An Emperor or a King. Unknown maker, Netherlandish
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Rupprecht from the Palatinate, German King.
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Diadumenianus, Römischer Mitkaiser.
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Faithful, Cassandra.
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Lorenzo di Bicci.
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Henri Maubant, Society of Comedie-Francaise in the Role of Cinna Daniel B�rard. "Henri Maubant, a member of the French comedy in the role of" Cinna "of the tragedy" Cinna or the clemency of Auguste "by Pierre Corneille. Oil on wood.
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Serodine, Giovanni.
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Column, Carlo.
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KING EGBERT (775 - 839)  King of the West Saxons (Wessex)  (reigned 802-839)
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