Classic Portraits of Artists

A collection of historical portraits featuring male figures in various poses, often depicted with artistic tools or in contemplative settings, showcasing classic print styles.

Portret van Johann Martin Fischer, after 1815 - before c. 1850 print paper portrait, self-portrait of artist

Portret van Johann Martin Fischer, after 1815 - before c. 1850 print paper portrait, self-portrait of artist

Mr Masers of Latude./ Victim of an unjust and criminal power / maneers in the dungeons had finished his life / if the art of despotism as angry as cruel, / had in his irons chain his genius.

Portrait One De Medix Johan Rudolph Diman .

Point, Jan.

Appiani, Andrea Draftsman: Bramati, Giusepperader: Rados, Luigi (Count) Dating: 1810/1840

William Cullen. Stipple engraving by McIntyre.

Portrait of Charles James Fox

Allegrain, Christophe Gabriel .

Artist: Edward Savage, American, 1761-1817, BenjaminFranklin, ca.1793, Mezzotint engraving, sheet: 53.5 × 41.1 cm (21 1/16 × 16 3/16in.), Made in United States, American, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Thomas Patch, 1725-1782, British, Head and Shoulders of a Man Seated at a Table, Resting His Head on His Left Hand, 1760s. Black chalk and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in carta fiorentina.

Print made by John Blackmore, active 1740-1780, Samuel Foote Esq, 1771. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Questenberg, Johann Adam Graf von.

Portrait of Aert Schouman, Martinus Schouman, 1788 drawing paper. pencil brush portrait, self-portrait of artist. historical persons

Death, Johann Clemens.

Jacquard, Joseph Marie.

Richard Josey, 1840/41-1906, British, David Garrick. Engraving and mezzotint.

Edward Fisher, 1722-1785, British, Laurence Sterne, A.M, 1760. Mezzotint on moderatley thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper.

Wardrobe, Franz de Paula von Stecher: Rossatler, Friedrich Drawer: Kuhn , Factual genesis: Berlin

Laurence Sterne, A.M., Edward Fisher, 1722-1785, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1760, Mezzotint on moderatley thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (39.7 x 29.9 cm), Plate: 14 15/16 x 10 13/16 inches (38 x 27.5 cm), and Image: 13 5/16 x 10 7/8 inches (33.8 x 27.6 cm), author, cloak, curls, desk, drapery, garter, gaze, gesturing, leg, mantle, papers, poet, portrait, posing, quills, robe, sitting, sleeves, smiling, Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768), writer and Church of England clergyman, vicar, wig

NUMA, Role of Lavater, Thre, From the gymnasium, and yet , Numa = Numa-Polydore Hæring Als Lavater Karikatur aus Le Charivari , Aubert , Cie, Publishing house

Benjamin Franklin, by Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, c. 1775-1785, French drawing. As the American ambassador to France, wore an 'American costume.' His fur hat, homespun suit, and spectacles, stood out in the fashion conscious and luxuriant France Court (BSLOC_2019_4_100)

Portrait of François-Louis Colins, Aert Schouman, After M. van Loo, 1756 print The French art dealer François-Louis Colins. From 1743 he was a curator and restorer of the Louvre. The Hague paper engraving

Man with a candle and shocked expression, possibly Thomas Frye, Thomas Frye, 1760 - 1762 print London paper passions, emotions, affections. lifted eyebrows. candle

Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715-1763, British, Gervase Spencer.

Leonhard Euler. Stipple engraving after J. Darbes.

Portrait of Mr. Pipelet, Father. Edma Queenedey (1756-1830). "Portrait of Mr. Pipelet, Father". Physionotrace. 1786-1830.

Self -portrait of Cornelis van Noorde, Cornelis van Noorde, 1765 print Self -portrait of Cornelis van Noorde, sitting next to his easel, pointing to the painting on it. The attributes of the engraver are in the foreground. Haarlem paper portrait, self-portrait of artist. tools, implements of graphic artist

The actor A. Spatzier in the role of Warenar, The actor Anthony Spatzier in the role of Warenar, who carries his pot of money under his mantle in the eponymous piece by PC Hooft, actor ( on the stage), (scenes from) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title), Anthony Spatzier, Jacobus Buys, Northern Netherlands, 1750 - 1770, paper, h 325 mm × w 238 mm

Self-portrait of cornelis van Noorde. Self-portrait of cornelis van Noorde, sitting next to his easel, pointing to the painting that stands on it. The engraver attributes are in the foreground.

Needlepoint Picture. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 44.8 x 36.5 cm (17 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 30" high; 25" wide. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jules Lefevere.

Silhouette portrait of U Emmius van Berchuis, bust to the right, Silhouette portrait of U Emmius van Berchuis, print maker: Carl Cristiaan Fuchs, intermediary draughtsman: Wessel Lubbers, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Oomkens, (mentioned on object), print maker: unknown, publisher: Groningen, 1808 - 1844, paper, etching, h 110 mm × w 103 mm

Portrait of Cornelis Troost, Jacobus Buys, after Cornelis Troost, 1766, draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, after: Cornelis Troost, 1766, paper, brush, h 295 mm × w 237 mm

Jean Baptiste Delafosse, after Louis de Carrogis, called Carmontelle, M Lambert, c 1761 M. Lambert

Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, seated in a garden JJ Rousseau a l'ge de 22 ans , print maker: Hippolyte Huet, (mentioned on object), after: Joseph Albrier, (mentioned on object), printer: Chardon fils, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1824, paper, engraving, etching, h 438 mm - w 351 mm

Portrait of Johann Heinrich Rode, Christian Bernhard Rode, 1759 print paper etching tools, implements of graphic artist. portrait, self-portrait of artist. oil-lamp

Rhine, Rembrandt van, Jan Six, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 246 mm, width 191 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1647 - 1647, second quarter 17th century, Oriental paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, burin, Work conception, after own design by

Benjamin Franklin, reading a manuscript. The 1793 mezzotint engraving by Edward Savage was made after a painting by British artist David Martin, which was published in 1793. Franklin spent fifteen years in London between 1757 and 1775, during which this portrait was likely created (BSLOC_2019_4_104)

Colored chalk drawing by Jakob van Schuppen depicting Emperor Franz I on blue paper, dated 1740.

Portrait of Robt. Haldane Esqr., painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1777

Northern Netherlands, Scheffer, Johan Bernard, Portrait of Jan Hinlopen(), verso lower left - stamped, Portrait of a man, mr. Jan Hinlopen(), with a coat and a knotted tie in an oval frame., print, prints, height 194 mm, width 148 mm, 1765 - 1809-06-30, print maker, printmaker, 1788 - 1809, paper, aquatint

WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, baron GRENVILLE statesman who headed the 'All the Talents' ministry which abolished the slave trade, 1807

Charles Turner, 1774-1857, British, J.M.W. Turner.

Jenner, Eduard .

The Tower, Maurice Quentin de.

Reading man, sitting at table, draughtsman: Christiaan Julius Lodewijk Portman, 1818, paper, h 269 mm × w 264 mm

Self-Portrait. Dated: c. 1780. Dimensions: overall: 51 x 37.5 cm (20 1/16 x 14 3/4 in.). Medium: red and black chalks, and pastel with stumping on gray-brown laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Claude Hoin.

J M W Turner (1775 - 1851) English painter, working in his studio in 1846

William Kirby. Lithograph by W. B. Spence, 1848, after himself.

Moeser, Justus .

Print, Self-Portrait of Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, 1742; Print Maker: Georg Friedrich Schmidt (French school, 1712 - 1775); After Maurice Quentin de Latour (1704 - 1788); France; engraving on paper; Plate: 48.1 × 34.9 cm (18 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.) Paper: 48.9 × 35.7 cm (19 1/4 × 14 1/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-232

Jocko the patient as a recent, Moritz Gottlieb Sapphire as an animal, creates reviews, Unknown

WORLIDGE, THOMAS.

A Seated Man Playing a Guitar; Pietro Antonio Novelli, Italian, 1729 - 1804; about 1760; Pen and gray ink, brush with gray wash; 37.5 x 29.5 cm (14 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 - 1669), Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol), 1637, etching

Charles Gounod 1841 France. Graphite on ivory wove paper, discolored to cream . Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Blaise Pascal, seated at his desk. Line engraving by J. Bein, 1844, after H. Flandrin.

Monsieur Masson the Tennis Player, Richard Brookshaw, 1736-1804, after John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, 1769, Mezzotint, Sheet: 19 7/8 x 14in. (50.5 x 35.6cm)

Seated hunter with rifle and the animal he has captured. The scene is framed in an ornamental frame with hunting trophies. Hunter with Hare, print maker: Franciscus Bernardus Waanders, (mentioned on object), Christiaan Julius Lodewijk Portman, (mentioned on object), printer: Koninklijke Nederlandse Steendrukkerij van C.W. Mieling, (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1847, paper, h 364 mm - w 274 mm

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, Portrait of a Young Man, 1805. Gouache, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.

Portrait of an old woman, known as Bayken van Bracht, Willem Steelink (II), After Govert Flinck, 1888 - 1891 print Portrait of an old woman with a handkerchief in her hand. Bottom left in the margin the coat of arms of the genus De Stuers on a branch with leaves. Netherlands paper. etching historical persons - BB - woman. old woman

Portrait of Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, Anonymous, 1668 - c. 1779 drawing paper. pencil. ink pen / brush portrait, self-portrait of artist. portrait, self-portrait of painter. portrait, self-portrait of graphic artist. historical persons

Portrait of Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux (1727-1794), Architect Anonymous. Portrait of Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux (1727-1794), architect. Feather, pencil, brown ink and gray wash.

Pierre Antoine Berryer (1790-1868). French lawyer and speaker. Engraving of Universal Gallery, 1868. Colored.

Andreas Flinch (1813-1872); P.c. Skovgaard (1817-1875), Johan Christian Smoking, 1813 - 1872

John Soane's signature, author of 'Designs of Buildings' (1828-1899). Public figures Soane, John, Sir (1753-1837)

Portrait of Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800-1860), German composer (bust). Weger, August (1823-1892), graphic artist

Johan Antoni Kauclitz Colizzi seated at a table with a quill in his hand. On the table several books, an inkwell and a sheet of paper. Colizzi wears a morning coat trimmed with fur., Portrait of the composer and etcher Johan Antoni Kauclitz Colizzi, print maker: Louis Bernard Coclers, Louis Bernard Coclers, unknown, c. 1777 - c. 1808, paper, etching, h 273 mm × w 233 mm

Paracelsus (1493/4-1541). Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer of the German Renaissance.

Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Chenaux, France, Carrée, Antoine, Men's head, Head of a man with half-closed eyes, turned to the left., print, prints, ornamental prints, height 343 mm, width 290 mm, French, print maker, printmaker, 1772 - 1779, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, crayonmanier, intermediary draughtsman, after drawing from, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Weddings French, William (1815 1898), Tiziano Vecellio (CA 1488 1576)

The writing master Lieven Willemsz. Van Coppenol: small plate; The small coppenol.

Seated man with a bowl on his lap. Draughtsman: Cornelis Saftleven. Dating: 1662. Measurements: h 281 mm × w 190 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Medallion creator Pierre Jean David d'Angers

Thomas Tomkins, Charles Turner, 1774-1857, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1805, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper, Sheet: 17 5/8 × 13 inches (44.8 × 33 cm), Plate: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm), and Image: 12 × 9 15/16 inches (30.5 × 25.2 cm)

Aubry, architect in 1755 Aubry, architect in 1755 ". Anonymous Drawing.

Cromwell, Oliver .

Portrait of Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing Master (the larger plate) 1658 Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch. Portrait of Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing Master (the larger plate) 377218

Portrait of Artists, Samuel William Reynolds, 1773-1835, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1794, Mezzotint

Medallion creator Pierre Jean David d'Angers

William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Self-portrait, 1749. Etching and engraving on laid paper.

Wussin, Daniel .

Photograph of oil painting: Marceli Bacciarelli (1731-1818), Self-portrait with wife (). Krieger, Natan (1844-1903), photographer, Krieger, Ignacy (Kraków ; zakład fotograficzny ; 1860-1926), photo studio

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1771-1806). Portuguese poet. Engraving, 1798. Colored.

A man with a nose indicating reflectiveness (according to Lavater). Drawing, c. 1794.

'Lord Minto, 1813', (1925). Creator: Unknown.

Portraits of Izaak Schmidt, Jurriaan Andriessen and Reinier Vinkeles, Reinier Vinkeles (I), after Jurriaan Andriessen, After Izaak Schmidt, 1765 print Two putti at the portraits of the artists Izaak Schmidt, Jurriaan Andriessen and Reinier Vinkeles. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Palette. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Birkenstock, Johann Melchior Noble from.

Portraits of Izaak Schmidt, Jurriaan Andriessen and Reinier Vinkeles. Two putti at the portraits of the artists Izaak Schmidt, Jurriaan Andriessen and Reinier Vinkeles.

Jean Moyreau, Antoine Watteau, J B Rebel, c 1730 J.-B. Rebel

Portrait of the draughtsman and engraver Pieter Christoffel Wonder, Portrait of Pieter Christoffel Wonder, draughtsman: Gijsbertus Craeyvanger, 1820 - 1895, paper, h 91 mm × w 80 mm

Johan Antoni Kauclitz Colizzi sitting at a table with a quill in his hand. On the table several books, an inkwell and a sheet of paper. Colizzi wears a morning coat trimmed with fur., Portrait of the composer and etcher Johan Antoni Kauclitz Colizzi, print maker: Louis Bernard Coclers, Louis Bernard Coclers, unknown, c. 1777 - c. 1808, paper, etching, h 276 mm × w 238 mm

Alexandrides, Demetrios .

Benjamin Read, William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, ca. 1757, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper, Sheet: 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (26.7 x 24.8 cm), bottles, breeches (trousers), caricature, chairs, cuff links, drinking glass, pipes, portrait, pots, shirts, shoes (footwear), stockings, vests (main garments)

Quadal, Martin Ferdinand.

A physician with a garland of bottles, pill boxes and a clyster-pipe. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.

JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID French artist Date: 1748 - 1825

. Portrait in half of Jan Six, mayor of Amsterdam.

Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, The Scytheman's Refreshment, between 1748 and 1756. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Baretti, Giuseppe .

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