Engravings of Nobility and Governance

Portraits of noble figures in historical clothing, emphasizing status and heritage through engravings and artistry.

Portrait of Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Spirinx, Louis (1596-1669)

Radziwił, Michał Kazimierz.

Portrait of Aartshertog Albrecht, 1599. Portrait of Aartshertog Albrecht of Austria, 1599. Oval portrait with bust of the Archduke, with peripheral in Latin and caption of 4 lines in Dutch. Recorded in the leaflet entitled: Den Spaenschen and the Arragenchen mirror. Inde Welcke Men Mach Claerlick Ende Waerachtich Sien to what Eynde ... The intention is ... Van 't Spaensche Crijchsvolck, which has held Hem Desen winter in the Westphaelschen Creyts.

Portrait van Salomon Hirzel, Conrad Meyer, 1652 - 1669 print paper engraving Historical Persons. Mayor, Burgomaster. Other non-personal regalia, E.G. Mayor Chain

Portrait of Boarder Abraham van der Meer at the age of 42 with portrait miniature from his wife Maria van den Corput at the age of 23. Portrait of Boarder Abraham van der Meer at the age of 42, he is wearing a medallion with portrait miniature from his wife Maria van den Corput at the age of 23 to a chain. Breast piece dressed in folding cars and gown in oval cartouche flanked by a burning and deafy candle. Under the portrait a cartouche with latin fresh in six rules. Above the portrait, the Hebrew name of God is printed in radiant light with a separate narrow album. The rays run through in the top edge of the other plate with the portrait.

Pius of Savoy, Carlo.

Porter Van Charles Faure, Claude Met between, 1644 - 1688 print France paper engraving historical persons

Ochino, Bernardino .

Karl Eanuel I, Duke of Savoy Stecher: Rucholle, Petrus Leger: Meyssens, Joannesdation: 1633 / 1647Sort: Antwerp

Capizucchi, Camillo.

Cobenzl, Hans Graf .

Ayrault, Pierre.

Portrait of Jacob van Heemskerck, Jacob Houbraken, After Aert Schouman, 1753 print Bust to the left from Jacob van Heemskerck in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which his name and title in two lines in Dutch. Amsterdam paper engraving

Goudimel, Claude.

Portret Van Louis Nonni (Alvarez Nuňez), Johannes Wierix, 1586 print In the margin the coat of arms and the name of the portrayed person in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving armorial bearing, heraldry

Illeshazy, Georg grave.

Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony 1543 Georg Pencz German. Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony. Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500-1550 Leipzig). 1543. Engraving. Prints

Moritz, Prince of Orania, Count von Nassau breast image, half from the right; BARHAUPT, with upper lip, spatula chin bearing; Lace neck crime; Prunkharnic patterned with orange branches, peaked ferratic bind around the right shoulder; Spring-shaken helmet beside the left shoulder, close to the face, stored; Below Latin. Dedicating legend (Prince Moritz in the Dativ) of the subsequent stecher (in nominative). Copper engraving by Johannes Eillarts. The lower corners are damaged, the legend is thus incomplete.

Chemnitz, Heinrich.

Ramaeus, Laurentius.

Hoeschel, David Stecher: Hafner, Melchior (1) Factural place of origin: Augsburg

(Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or simply William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of Nassau as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau.

Sir Martin Frobisher (1535 - 1594) was an English mariner. Licensed by England's Queen Elizabeth and backed by merchants, he made three unsuccessful voyages to the arctic region in search of the Northwest Passage (1576, 1577, 1578). Frobisher Bay in the Northwest Territories in Canada is named for him. In 1585, he commanded a ship in Sir Francis Drake's West Indies expedition. .

Luis de Requesens y Zun_iga (1528-1576). Spanish military, poltician and diplomat. Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1572-1573) and the Netherlands (1573-1576). Portrait, detail. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa-a. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867.

Arnschwanger, Georg .

Portret van Frans Floris, anonymous, after Giulio Bonasone, 1550 - 1600 drawing paper. ink brush / pen portrait, self-portrait of painter. historical persons

P.J. of Anchieta

Portret van Pierre Pithou, Nicolas de Larmessin (I), 1682 print Brussels paper engraving / letterpress printing historical persons

Bildnis des Maximilian Henninius Bossuvius

Loon, Theodor of.

Philippine Welser, 1527, 1580, was a patrician daughter of Augsburg and the woman of Archduke Ferdinand II of Habsburg, Historical, digitally restored...

BERNARD de GIRARD, sieur DUHAILLAN French historian at age 32 Date: 1535 - 1610

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, Wallenstein or Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, 1583 - 1634, commander of the imperial forces in the Thirty Years' War

Venice, Bertelli, Ferando, Rota, Martino, Italy, M., Marcho, Moro, Marco dell'Angolo del, Portrait of Jean Parisot de La Valette, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 199 mm, width 139 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1565, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1795 - 1583, after print by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Portrait of a military commander, Hendrick Goltzius, 1581 - 1591, At half-length, turned slightly to the right, with his right arm resting on a table. He wears a long ribbon, from which an amulet hangs between two rings. The hilt of his sword can be seen to the right. Richly padded doublet with a loose collar., draughtsman: Hendrick Goltzius, 1581 - 1591, prepared paper, h 88 mm × w 63 mm

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 17th century, portrait of Captain John Smith, 1580 - 1631, English mercenary, adventurer and founder of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America

Sir Francis Drake, 1540, 1596, English privateer and explorer, later vice-admiral and the first English circumnavigator, Historical, digitally restore...

Portrait of Diederik Sonoy, Jan Punt, 1749 print Portrait of Diederik Sonoy. The name, function and death date in Dutch are on the Pieth stable. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving armour

MENENDEZ DE AVILES , PEDRO. CONQUISTADOR DE LA FLORIA . 1519 - 1557. GRABADO RETATO DE LA COLECCION " VARONES ILUSTRES ". CALCOGRAFIA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Charles V (1500-1558). Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556). King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556). Portrait. Illustration by Salcedo. Lithography. Cronica General de Espaa. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Galicia, 1866.

Portrait dead to the left of Joos de Momper. Under the portrait his name and four rules in Latin. Print from part 2 of the Pictorum series Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Series of 72 artists' arrangements made by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz. Stock and Robert de baudous.

Masson, Jean Papirius .

Michał Kazimierz Pac (d. 1682) Great Lithuanian Hetman and Vilnius Voivode. From: Gualdo Priorato G., History Di Leopoldo Cesare , Vienna, Vol. 3, 1674, tabl. M.S. 144/145 Böner, Johann Alexander (1647 1720), Bloemen, Adriaen van (1639 )

Cleve, Hendrik van.

DEODATO (Theodor) DELMONT Flemish artist and architect of Antwerp, in the service of the archduke Albert and archduchess Isabela. Date: 1581 - 1634

Matham, Jacob.

Higher, Rombouts Stecher: Houbakken, Jacobusdrucker: Tirion, Isaac

Male portrait created in 1599 using black chalk with reddish and raised white accents by Jacob Matham.

Forgách von Ghymes und Gács, Adam Graf Stecher: Widemann, Elias

Sprianbs, Johann.

CRISTOBAL MOSQUERA - POETA E HISTORIADOR - LIBRO DE RETRATOS DE ILUSTRES Y MEMORABLES VARONES - 1599. Author: FRANCISCO PACHECO. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Henry III (1551-1589). King of France (1574-1589). King of Poland (1573-1574) as Henry of Valois (Henryk Walezy). Portrait. Facsimile after an engraving by Leonard Gaultier. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Arias Benedetti.

Portrait of Anthonis van Lalaing, count of Hoogstraten, Jan Punt, 1786 print Portrait of Anthonis van Lalaing, count of Hoogstraten. The name, function and death date in Dutch are on the Pieth stable. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving armour

GUTIERRE DE CETINA (1520-1557) - LIBRO DE RETRATOS DE ILUSTRES Y MEMORABLES VARONES - 1599. Author: Francisco Pacheco (1564-1644). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

JOOD, PIEter the stale: JODE, PIEter the (2) loses: Meysses, JoeNnes

Göldli, Heinrich Knight of.

Luten bag, Hanns Sebald.

William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent Painting by an unknown artist, approx. 1556, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Mytens, Aert .

Heinrich II, King of France.

Muret, Marc Antoine.

Portrait of the painter Theodoor van Loon, Paulus Pontius, after Anthony van Dyck, 1616 - 1657 print Antwerp paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter

Ceba, Ansaldo.

Karl III., Duke of Lorraine 1601/1750

Portret Van Ignatius van Loyola, Giovanni Marco Pitteri, 1712 - 1786 print Venice paper engraving historical persons. the founder of the Jesuit Order, Ignatius of Loyola; possible attributes: book (with 'ad majorem Dei gloriam'), demon, dragon under feet, flames, flaming heart, globe, IHS monogram, skull (with crown), tears in eyes, torch

GUTIERRE DE CETINA (1520-1557) - LIBRO DE RETRATOS DE ILUSTRES Y MEMORABLES VARONES - 1599. Author: FRANCISCO PACHECO. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Juan de Herrera (1530-1597). Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician. Portrait. Engraving.

Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich Graf.

Portrait medal seal of Lamoral, count of Egmont (November 18, 1522 - June 5, 1568). Prince of Gavere, 1522 - 1568, Ritter and governor of Flanders

DON JUAN, known as 'Don John of Austria' son of emperor Carl V : Spanish governor of the Netherlands, naval commander at the battle of Lepanto Date: 1545 - 1578

Scores, pal.

Portrait of Luca Cambiasi, Italian painter and draftsman 1527-1585. Lucas Cangiage. Copperplate engraving after a self portrait by Cambiasi from Antoine-Joseph Dezallier dArgenvilles Abrege de la vie des plus fameux peintres, Lives of the most Famous Artists, de Bure lAine, Paris, 1762.

Cambiaso, Luca.

. Portrait of the Admiral Hendrick Cornelisz. LONCQ. Print at the top right labeled: second part fol 71.

Verdugo, Francisco de.

Earth Key, Miklós.

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