Classical Figures in Portraits

A collection of etched portraits of notable ancient philosophers and poets, featuring distinctive profile views with classical attire and styles.

Theocritus (310 - 250 BC) Greek poet, born in Syracuse

Epicur.

Portretbuste Van Sophocles; Sophocles; Graphices examples of various artists.

Theocritus (310 - 250 BC) Greek poet, born in Syracuse

Bust of a bearded man, right. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst.

Homer.

Bust of demosthenes; Antique busts. .

Vorsterman, Lucas, inventor: P.P.Rubens, work name: Plato, sculpture head, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, 29.6 cm x 18.9 cm

Portretbuste van Seneca.Portrait bust from the philosopher seneca, placed in a niche. Under the niche on a console.

The bust of Seneca, in a stonework niche. Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp); Cornelis Galle I (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1576-1650 Antwerp). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 12 5/16 × 7 11/16 in. (31.2 × 19.5 cm). Subject: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Roman, 54 B.C.-A.D. 30). Date: ca. 1615. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Portrait of Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff, Pieter Philippe, 1645 - 1702 print Portrait of Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff, mayor of Leiden. Around his neck he wears a ribbon with a Leiden emergency coin, from the time of the Spanish siege. Under the portrait two columns with twelve lines each text. The Hague paper engraving / etching Leiden

Buste van Jupiter, Hubert Quellinus, 1646 - 1670 print Classic bust of a bearded man. He has a wreath of oak leaves around his head. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. (story of) Jupiter (Zeus)

Archimedes .

Lebrun, Guérin.

Bust of demosthenes; Antique busts. .

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Stecher: Vorterman, Lucas (1) Draftsman: Rubens, Peter Paul

Empedocles .

Portrait bust of Sophocles Sophocles Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum , print maker: Jan de Bisschop, (mentioned on object), anonymous, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1666 - 1671, paper, etching, h 173 mm × w 106 mm

Portret van Hubert Goltzius, 1574, Melchior Lorck, 1574 print Portrait of the engraver, painter, archaeological and writer Hubert Goltzius (a distant uncle of Hendrick Goltzius). Bust to the right, in oval. paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of graphic artist

Plato .

An apostle raising his eyes in prayer, in an oval frame, from Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles. Artist: After Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna); Anonymous, 17th century. Dimensions: Sheet: 4 in. × 2 7/8 in. (10.2 × 7.3 cm). Series/Portfolio: Christ, the Virgin and Thirteen Apostles. Date: 1600-1640.From Christ, the Virgin and Thirteen Apostles, a series of fifteen busts in oval frames printed from one plate, after Reni. Brown ink drawn around the outer border of the sheet. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, 121AD-180AD. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.

Pierre de Ronsard. Dimensions: plate: 15.4 x 11.6 cm (6 1/16 x 4 9/16 in.) sheet: 22 x 16.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michel Lasne.

Nicias, ancient Greek painter from Athens, noted for his skill in chiaroscuro, 4th century BC. Painted portraits of Alexander, Io, Perseus and Andromeda, Odysseus questioning the Dead in the Underworld. Nicias Atheniensis. 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.

Didius Julianus (133/137-193) was raised by Domitia Lucilla, the mother of emperor Marcus Aurelius, and was groomed for public office and distinction. He served in the Roman army, and was raised to consulship alongside Pertinax in 175 CE for his successes against the Germanic tribes. After the Praetorian Guard murdered Pertinax in March 193, they put the imperial throne up for bidding, willing to sell it to whomever could pay the most. Julianus won the bidding war, and was declared as Caesar and emperor, with the Senate formalising the declaration under military threat. His controversial ascension immediately invoked widespread public anger and caused a civil war in protest, with multiple rival claimants to the throne rising up, causing the year to be known as the Year of the Five Emperors. The Praetorian Guard had become an undisciplined and debauched lot by then, strangers to active military operations, and could not halt rival Septimius Severus' progress towards Rome, who was declar

Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC). Greek philosopher. Portrait. Engraving. Detail. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume I, 1854.

The Greek physician Hippocrates of Kos in his study room, writing with a feather in a book On the table are some medical instruments, Portrait of Hippocrates of Kos, print maker: Pieter Philippe, (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1635 - 1702, paper, engraving, h 165 mm × w 102 mm

Coupling.

Apostel, anonymous, after Guido Reni print paper etching

Stefano Fiorentino.

Cleph, King of Lombards.

Daniël, Cornelis Galle (I), After Jan van der Straet, 1613 print The prophet Daniël as a young man, in oval with Latin edge. Antwerp paper engraving Daniel (not in biblical context); possible attributes: Phrygian bonnet, lion(s), ram

Gypsum image of a crying man, bust, monogrammist AC (19th century), 1829 drawing paper. chalk piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ ceramics ~ arts)

Bust of Plato; Antique busts. Bust of Plato. Print from a series of twelve prints with antique busts, four by Lucas Vorsterman I and eight by Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswort.

A coal drawing by Karl Rahl the Younger depicting a medallion with a man's mask.

. Portrait of the architect and sculptor Jacob de Breuck. He holds a passer in his left hand.

Daniel. Dated: published 1613. Dimensions: plate: 17.9 x 13.6 cm (7 1/16 x 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 24.3 x 19 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet.

The Head of Christ. Dated: 1520. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sebald Beham.

Hippocrates. Line engraving.

Diogenes of Sinope Stecher: Kilian, Bartholomew (2) Dating: 1650/1696

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, Daniel, published 1613 Daniel

GRABADO DE LUDOVICO ARIOSTO (1474/1533) - POETA RENACENTISTA. Author: JUAN AMILLS (1800-53) GRABADOR. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Plato. Etching by D. Cunego, 1783, after R. Mengs after Raphael.

EPICURUS Greek philosopher Date: 341 - 270 BC

Demokritos .

Macrinus, Roman emperor.

Portrait of pastor lubbert gerritsz .. Portrait of pastor lubbert gerritsz., Breast piece with two-second beard in oval.

Paulus Pontius, 1603-1658, Flemish, Gerardus Segers, ca.1635. Line engraving and stipple engraving (2nd state) on medium, slightly textued, blued white, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.

Frederick I Barbarossa 1122 - 1190 Holy Roman Emperor King of Germany Italy and Burgundy From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary published 1825

Portrait of Julius Caesar; Classic portraits. Portrait of Julius Caesar, with a laurel wreath on the head. Print from a series of fourteen portraits of Roman emperors, germanicus and seneca.

Caesar, Gaius Julius .

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Spanish explorer Date: 1446-1506

ISOCRATES (436-338 BC). Ancient Greek rhetorician and one of the ten Attic orators. From the book 'Pinacotheca imaginum illustrium' by Gian Vittorio de Rossi (1577-1647). Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Medallion: Head of a Helmeted Warrior with a Shield decorated with a Horse, undated. Engraving.

PYTHAGORAS Greek philosopher

Plinius der Ältere. Landon, C.P. (Charles-Paul), 1760-1826. 1820. still image. Portraits. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Beards, Authors, Romans , To 499, Pliny, the Elder

Pedanius Dioscorides (circa 4090 CE) was a Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist, the author of a 5-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for more than a thousand years. A native of Anazarbus, Cilicia, Asia Minor, Dioscorides practiced in Rome at the time of Nero. He was a surgeon with the army of the emperor, so he had the opportunity to travel extensively, seeking medicinal substances (plants and minerals) from all over the Roman and Greek world.

Spanish Crown, Vorsterman, Lucas (I), Rubens, Peter Paul, Antwerp, Antique busts, Bust of Democritus, verso lower left - stamped, the laughing philosopher. Print from a series of twelve prints with antique busts, four of which by Lucas Vorsterman I and eight by Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert., print, prent, prints, height 260 mm, width 210 mm, South Netherlands, 1595 - 1675, print maker, printmaker, 1630 - 1638, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, after an image by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilege

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer. Bust to the left of Albrecht Dürer with four lines in Latin under the portrait.

Vorsterman, Lucas, inventor: P.P.Rubens, work name: Seneca, sculpture head, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, 29.2 cm x 20.2 cm

Heraclitus .

Pontius, Paul, inventor: Anton van Dyck, Jacob de Brenck, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, 23, 3 cm x 17.5 cm

Tuscany Siena Montalcino Farmacia dell'Ospedale0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Frescoes 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.

Herodot.

Rekkared I, King of the Westgoten.

Varchi, Benedict.

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Sallust, 86 BC 35 BC Roman historian, politician, History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, digitally restored reproduct...

Tasso, Torquato Stecher: Morghen, RaffaelloDrucker: Bardi, Luigizeichner: Ermini, Pietrodatierung: 1801/1833

Portrait of the artist Michelangelo, at the age of 71. .

money / finances, coins, ancient world, Greece, coin, obverse, portrait of the Olympic Zeus, silver, Elis, circa 320 BC, wood engraving, 1869,

Epicurus (Epikouros), Ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the school of philosophy known as Epicureanism.

Portrait of Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, 6 March 1475-18 February 1564, was an Italian painter, sculptor, builder, architect and poet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Aristophanes, c. 446 - c. 386 BC. Ancient Greek comic playwright. After and 18th century work, possibly by German artist Tobias Laub.

Roman Emperor Macrinus, 165-218. Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.

The sanctuary of Zeus in Dodona, the Bens of Dodona with the oak wreath and veil, bronze bust, Greece, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th centu...

Philip I (1052-1108), King of France, 1793, Copperplate engraving

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

EPICURUS GREEK PHILOSOPHER Date: 341 - 270 BC

Aristippus of Cyrene (born circa 435 BC in Cyrene. died circa 355 BC) was a Greek ancient philosopher. from the book Crabbe's Historical Dictionary. 1825. Historical. colored. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

. Portrait bust of the artist Johannes Lutma de Oude, at the age of 85.

Jan Lutma II, Janus Lutma, the Elder (Posteritati) Janus Lutma, the Elder (Posteritati)

Thucydides .

Herodotus of Halicarnassus, 484 bc- Greek researcher storyteller historian

Thucydides .

Meckenem, Israhel van.

Socrates Stecher: Kilian, Bartholomew (2) Draftsman: Sandrart, Joachim von (the elderly)

Head of a Bearded Man. Artist: Anonymous, Bohemian, 14th century. Dimensions: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in. (11.3 x 8.5 cm). Date: 1360-80.Few Medieval drawings survive. This very refined and unusually well-preserved study was probably created by an artist in the immediate circle of the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1355-78) at Prague. The sheet was probably made as an exemplar in a modelbook rather than as a preliminary study for a specific work. The bearded man with an intent gaze and portraitlike presence evokes a biblical patriarch, prophet, or apostle. The meticulous artist delicately outlined the figure with a fine pen and added modelling with the tip of the brush. Although working on a relatively small scale, the artist achieved a stunningly sculptural conception of form. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Aripert I or Aribert, King of Longobards

'Heraclitus', (c535 -c475 BC), 1830. Heraclitus of Ephesus (c535 -c475 BC) pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, native of the city of Ephesus, then part of the Persian Empire. Self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom, believed change is the fundamental essence of the universe. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830

Solon (ca. 640 BC - ca. 558 BC). Athenian lawmaker, statesman and poet, one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Portrait. Engraving by Geoffroy. Detail. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume I. 1854. Author: Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882). French engraver.

Historical print from the 19th Century, portrait of Torquato Tasso, 1544 - 1595, an Italian poet of the Counter-Reformation

Hyder-Ali or Haidar Ali 1722-1782, Indian General and Sultan of Mysore, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Hesiod, (born in front of 700 BC, probably in Askra in Boeotia) was a Greek poet who lived as a farmer and livestock owner. Hesiod's works are, along with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the main sources for our modern knowledge of Greek mythology, coloured woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digital reproduction

Athanagild (died 567). Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania. Engraving.

Greek hero, son of Zeus and Alkmene, the world's strongest man, which he needed to be to perform the Twelve Labours for King Eurystheus, as a penance for crimes he did while mad

Julian, aka Julian the Apostate, 331 - 363. Roman emperor, notable philosopher and author in Greek. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, published 1883.

Bustes from Jupiter Capitolinus; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani II. Two Roman sculptures from Jupiter. Above the portrait of Jupiter with beard. Under the bust of a bearded Jupiter, the head to the left, a rug over one shoulder. On both busts the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

Zenon of Kun.

MORALES , CRISTOBAL DE. COMPOSITOR ESPAÑOL . 1500-1553. GRABADO RETRATO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Themistocles, statesman and military leader in ancient Athens, historical illustration

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