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Engravings of Historical Figures

A series of engraved medallions and portraits depicting notable historical figures, illustrating their profiles and artistic styles from the 18th century.

LYSIMACHUS Macedonian general in the service of Alexander the Great Date: 361 - 281 BC
LYSIMACHUS Macedonian general in the service of Alexander the Great Date: 361 - 281 BC
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Austuso To Flooral.
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Numa Pompilius and Ancus Martius. Numa Pompilius, legendary second King of Rome, of Sabine origin from Cures, c. 753-672 BC. Ancus Martius, legendary fourth king of Rome, who reigned for 24 years. From a bronze coin. Numa Pomilio, e anco Martio. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell' Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio deLazari, Rome, 1699.
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Cat, Claude Nicolas Zeichner: Restout, Jean Bernardstecher: Henriquez, Benoît Louis
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Cassius Gains.
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Portrait of architect Luigi Cagnola, print maker: Giuseppe Bignami, (mentioned on object), printer: Gallina, (mentioned on object), print maker: Italy, printer: Milaan, 1814 - 1914, paper, h 382 mm × w 294 mm
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Theophrastus .
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Antisthenes .
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Caesar, Gaius Julius .
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Odo, King of France.
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Two men's heads and Profil, one of which is in schematic view, Roubillac, After Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1749 - 1849 print paper etching drawing, sketch. head (human)
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Pyry Beavchamps portrait
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Cassini, Giovanni Domenico.
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Saints, Raphael.
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Aristotle Eraser: Riedel, Gottlieb FriedrichDatierung: 1739/1784
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Winckelmann, Johann Joachim Stecher: Rossatler, Johann AdolfVerlag: Schumann, Gebr.verlagsort: Zwickau
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Dual portrait in bust profile facing each other in red jasper. Portrait of two young men, one bearded, possibly friends or relatives, with Greek single names Ermosio and Crairo. Ritratti in diaspro rossa. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.
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The caption accompanying this 1903 illustration in Gaston Masperos book on Egypt reads: Profile of head of a mummy - female - Thebes tomb..
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Porter van Jacob Jonas Björnståhl, Gottlob August Liebe, After Johan Tobias Sergel, 1781 print print maker: Leipzigafter design by: Rome paper engraving historical persons. ethnology, cultural anthropology (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)
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Horace.
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Aeschines .
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Castor and Pollux, twin half-brothers in Roman mythology, Polydeukes in Greek myth, known together as the Dioscuri. 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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Plinius, gajus.
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Twelve stages in the sequence from the head of a primitive man to the head of the Apollo Belvedere. Coloured etchings by Christian von Mechel after Lavater, 1797.
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Beccaria, Caesar.
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Head of Roman Emperor Domitian. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabili's Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820.
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Black and white illustration of a bust of Le Pere Enfantin, illustrated by Cala.