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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
Theocritus (310 - 250 BC) Greek poet, born in Syracuse
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Caracalla, 188, 217, formally Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus, Roman Emperor, The History of Ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe
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Sophocles .
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Apelles .
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Theophrastus. Line engraving by Beyssent after Mlle Cl. Reydellet.
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I-GRABADO-LUDOVICO ARIOSTO(1474/1533).
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Themistocles, around 524 BC - around 459 BC, statesman and general of Athens during the threat to Greece by the Persians, he was victorious in the Battle of Salamis and is considered a pioneer of Attic democracy, marble bust in the Vatican, Italy, digitally improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century.
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Plutarch.
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Bust of the Greek poet Homer, P. Mottet, 1818.
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Bust of Aeschylus, an ancient Greek tragedian.
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Saints, Raffaello Stecher: Bonasone, Giuliodatierung: 1531/1540
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Plato, Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy. 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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Marcus Aurelius 121-180 AD Roman Emperor from the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Red, Giovanni di Bartolo.
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Henry IV alias Henry of Navarre or Bourbon 1553-1610 King of Navarre as Henry III 1572-89 First Bourbon King of France 1589-1610 from the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Epicles.
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Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor.
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Ausias March (1400-1459). Medieval Valencian poet. Golden Century of catalan literature. Engraving. Colored.
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Zuccaro, Taddeo.
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España. Edad media. Ataulfo (372-415), rey de los visigodos del 410 al 415.
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Hadrian, 24. Januar 76, 10. Juli 138, war römischer Kaiser von 117 bis 138, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhu...
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Homer, Greek poet, presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homerus. 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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Christopher Columbus, 1451 - 1506. Italian explorer, navigator, colonist and first governor of the Indies.  After an engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin.
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Pericles, c. 490 BC, September 429 BC was one of the leading statesmen of Athens and of Greek antiquity in the 5th century BC digitally restored repro...
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Leodam.
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Portretbuste van van Zeno of Elea; Zeno; Graphices examples of various artists.
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Rome - Statue of Moses by Michelangelo Summer, Giorgio (Georg) (1834 1914)
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinc, 15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissa...
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Socrates.
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Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect, 1452-1519. Lionardo da Vinci Florent. 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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Leodamas of Athens, Greek orator and rhetorician, 4th century BC. Disciple of Isocrates, ambassador to Thebes, and son of Erasistratus of Acharnae. 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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Euripides, 480 AC-406 AC. Ancient Greek dramatist and tragic poet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Pericles, 495 a. C.- 429 a. C. He was an important and influential lawyer, magistrate, general, political and Athenian speaker at the time of the gold
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1980s BUST OF HIPPOCRATES OF KOS GREEK PHYSICIAN 400 BC FATHER OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICINE CREDIT FOR TRADITIONAL HIPPOCRATIC OATH
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RETRATO DE VIRIATO -/139 AC. Author: LASARTE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Portret van Alcibiades.Portrait of alcibiades, atheism politician and general.
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Chilon of Sparta.
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ISOCRATES (436/338 AC) - ORADOR Y PROFESOR ATENIENSE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, January 3, 106 BC, December 7, 43 BC, was a Roman politician, lawyer, writer and philosopher, antique marble bust in the Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy, woodcut, Italy, Europe
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RETRATO DE CARNEADES (214/129 A.C) - FILOSOFO GRIEGO - FUNDADOR DE LA 3º ACADEMIA - GRABADO S XIX. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti,1475-1564. Italian High Renaissance/Mannerist painter, sculptor, architect and poet. Engraved by J.W.Cook.
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Portrait bust in oval to the left of preacher Lubbert Gerrits, bareheaded Beneath the portrait are the name of the person being portrayed and a four-line verse in Dutch, Portrait of Lubbert Gerrits, print maker: Jacob Folkema, (mentioned on object), after: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, (mentioned on object), Adriaan Spinniker, (mentioned on object), 1702 - 1767, paper, etching, engraving, h 139 mm × w 83 mm
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