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Engravings of 17th Century Figures

Portraits and scenes featuring historical figures from the 17th century, rendered in detailed engravings with elaborate attire and accessories.

'Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State', mid-late 17th century. Artist: Unknown.
'Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State', mid-late 17th century. Artist: Unknown.
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Christian Fuerchtegott Gellert (4 July 1715) (13 December 1769) was a German poet and moral philosopher of the Enlightenment, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Mirabeau, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
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Philippe de Champaigne 1602 to 1674 Belgian Baroque era painter of the French school from 17th century print engraved by Gerard Edelinck based on self portrait
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Women Of History: Joan Of Arc -- Joan of Arc is a French saint. Yet in the 19 years of her life she was thought mad and tried as a heretic because she claimed she heard heavenly voices.She was born in 1412, the daughter of a farmer of Lorraine. The voices exhorted her to help the Dauphin, Charles, who was kept from the throne by the English.In male attire, she went to Chinon Castle in central France, where the Dauphin listened to her plea of a divine mission to seat him on the throne.He sent her to theologians, who examined her. After suspicion of heresy had been removed she was given troops for her mission.Joan was 17 when she relieved Orleans and defeated the English at Patay. October 31, 1955. (Photo by International News Photos).
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Podiebard, the Hussite King. One of the leaders of the Hussite party, George Podiebard was a highly able statesman whose plans allowed him to ultimately secure the Bohemian throne.
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Portrait of Lorenzo I de' Medici or Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1449 - 1492, Italian politician and ruler of Florence
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'F. Battalia; The Stone Eater', c1869. Artist: Unknown.
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Giorgione, Italian High Renaissance painter, (1825).Artist: John Corner
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Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Thomas Morus or More, 1478 - 1535, an English statesman, humanist writer and a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church
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Maria Sibylla Merian (Frankfurt, April 2, 1647 - January 13, 1717) was a German naturalist, explorer and painter
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Talleyrand, vintage engraved illustration. History of France a 1885.
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Robert Spencer 2ndEarl of Sunderland (1641, 1702) England, second earl, diplomat and politician, advisor to the English king, converted to Catholicism under James II, symbols, Janus head, snake, staff, scales, torch, sword, portrait, historical illustration 1863
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Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig, Historical Illustration from Otto von Leixner: Illustrated History of German Literature, Leipzig and Berlin 1880, First Volume, Germany, Europe
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JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO (1476/1526) - NAVEGANTE Y DESCUBRIDOR. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. JUAN SEBASTIAN ELCANO (1476-1526).
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Thomas Tallis, (c1505-1585), English organist and composer, 1700. Artist: Niccolo Francesco Haym
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John Lightfoot (born 29 March 1602 in Stoke-upon-Trent. died 6 December 1675 in Ely) was a British Hebraist. minister and college rector. from the book Crabbe's Historical Dictionary. 1825. Historical. colored. digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century
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Saint John, by Caravaggio, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.
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Portrait of Lorenzo I de' Medici or Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1449 - 1492, Italian politician and ruler of Florence
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Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837
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Bernard de Jussieu (1699-1777), French botanist. A member of the family of distinguished botanists, he was director of the gardens at the Trianon, Versailles. From 'The Vegetable World', by Louis Figuier. (London, c1880). Engraving.
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John James Audobon (1780-1851) American ornithologist and artist. Wood engraving of Audubon in hunting dress published London 1851.
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Philip Melancthon (Schwarzerd) 1497-1560: German Protestant reformer. Engraving c1850.
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Johann Sigismund, Margrave of Brandenburg, 8 November 1572, 2 January 1620, of the Hohenzollern dynasty was Elector of Brandenburg from 1608 to 1619 and Administrator of the Duchy of Prussia, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Claudio di Lorena, 1600, 23 November 1682, was a French Baroque painter, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Koenig Edward IV of England, 1442 to 1483, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated,
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Portrait of Reynolds after himself, vintage engraving. Portrait of Reynolds after himself, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673580
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Koenig Jakob I from England 1566 to 1625. Koenig of England, Ireland and, as James VI, from Scotland. Portraet and signature, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date not stated,
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Christiaan Huygens, 17th century Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1870.Artist: JH Rennefeld
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Allart van Everdingen 1621-1675 Dutch painter and printer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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NEBRIJA , ANTONIO DE. ANTONIO MARTINEZ DE CALA. GRAMATICO Y HUMANISTA ESPAÑOL . LEBRIJA 1441 - 1522. GRABADO RETRATO DE " VARONES ILUSTRES ". BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.
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Lorenzo de Medici, genannt il Magnifico, der Prächtige, 1. Januar 1449 - 8. April 1492, war ein Bankier und Politiker in Florenz aus dem Geschlecht der Medici / Lorenzo de Medici, called il Magnifico, the Magnificent, January 1, 1449 - April 8, 1492, was a banker and politician in Florence from the Medici family, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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'Poussin', (1594-1665), 1830. Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) classical French Baroque painter of religious and mythological subjects who spent most of his life in Rome. In Paris he worked briefly as First Painter to King under Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830
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Diogo Cao (ca. 1452-ca. 1486). Portuguese navigator and explorer. First European to explore the Congo River and the West coast of Africa, present-day Angola and Namibia. Portrait. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.
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John George Palitzsch, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.
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Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Friedrich August Wolf, 1759 - 1824, a German classical scholar and archaeologist
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Cover picture of the folio edition of Shakespeares plays from 1623, woodcut, England
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Album of Prints by Hollar. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Dimensions: Book: 22 13/16 x 16 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (58 x 42 x 7cm). Date: 1650. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Wenceslaus Hollar.
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Title page of an edition of works of Shakespeare, 1623, portrait of William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616, an English playwright, poet and actor
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Martin Luther (1481-1546), German Protestant reformer. Engraving c1830.
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RENE DESCARTES French mathematician and philosopher
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Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Gypsies, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.
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Adriaen van der Donck 2 A version of the painting Portrait of a Man, which is owned by the National Gallery of Art, and often thought to be of Adriaen van der Donck.
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Historical illustration from the 19th century, portrait of Friedrich Rueckert or Freimund Raimar, Reimar or Reimer, 1788 - 1866, a German poet, translator and founder of German Orientalism