Engraved Portraits of Scholars

Portrait engravings of notable figures, portraying them with elaborate hairstyles and attire. The craftsmanship emphasizes the subject's dignity and intellect.

Portrait of Adriaan. Adriaan Red, professor of Oriental languages, cartographer and neolatine closer, at the age of 36. The print has a Latin caption.
Portrait of Adriaan. Adriaan Red, professor of Oriental languages, cartographer and neolatine closer, at the age of 36. The print has a Latin caption.
Portrait of Jacobus Gronovius, professor in Greek and the eloquence to lead, dressed in gown with white bef. Under the portrait his name, function and four text rules in Latin and below it a pine stable with laurel wreath and palm branches.. Portrait of Henri de Lorraine, Count of Harcourt. On his chest he wears the ordinary sign of the Order of the Holy Spirit. At the bottom of the margin's title in Italian. At the top left numbered: 148.Bust of Cornelis Evertsen (II) in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which its name and data in three rules in Dutch.John Mayow. Stipple engraving, 1798, after D. Loggan.Rabenhaupt by Search, Karl Freiherr Publisher: Merian, Matthew d. J. u. Caspar, & Thomas Matthias Götz 'Heirs Verlagsort: Frankfurt (Main)