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Equestrian Portraits of Historical Figures

A collection of historical prints featuring men on horseback, wielding swords or staffs. The style is classical, showcasing regal attire and elaborate details in crisp black and white.

Picart, Bernard, Rider, seen from the back, verso lower right - stamped, print, prints, height 120 mm, width 72 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
Picart, Bernard, Rider, seen from the back, verso lower right - stamped, print, prints, height 120 mm, width 72 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Spanish conqueror Hernan Cortes (1485-1547). Engraving.Frederick I (1826-1907). Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907). Equestrian portrait. Drawing by M. Iglesias. Lithography by J.J. Martinez. "Reyes Contemporáneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume II. Published in Madrid, 1852. Author: Manuel Iglesias y Domínguez. 19th-century Spanish painter. J. J. Martínez. 19th-century Spanish lithographer.Portrait Study of Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellingtons Horse. Wellington had Copenhagen, the horse he rode at Waterloo, brought to London from his country estate, so that Pieneman could paint the animal from life. The artist was not entirely at ease with his model. He later recorded that he felt the horse was watching him closely, much to Wellingtons amusement.Franckaert, Jacques (II), Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), Pompa funebris optimi potentissimiq. principis Alberti pii, Funeral of Archduke Albert, 1622, True depiction of the princely carriage made by order of the most illustrious Infanta of Spain to display the bounty of the most illustrious and high-powerful Prince Albert VII. First Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant &c. Fired in Brussels in the pomp of his funeral procession on the 12th of March 1622, Imago Currus exequiis serenissimi et potentissimi Alberti VII, Parade carriage in the funeral procession of Archduke Albert (left plate) (plate XLVIIa), The front part of the parade carriage in the funeral procession, left plate. The first six horses pulling the parade carriage. At the top is a cartouche with the provincial coats of arms shown on the float. Plate XLVIIa in the series of the funeral of Archduke Albert of Austria in Brussels on 12 March 1622., print, news print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, hColored woodcut on parchment by Hans Schäufelin from 1537 depicting the triumphal procession of Emperor Charles V, including a musician and a standard bearer.Bauern Hochzeit, Baurn Hochzeit, Göbl, Andreas Benedictus, 1765-1792, ink, gold board, with gilt edges, ca. 1765, 1 boxed deck of playing cards, etching, stencil, hand col., 11.5 x 7 x 3 cm.Germany, Schongauer, Martin, Saint George and the Dragon, verso middle - stamped, Saint George, seated on his horse, attacks a dragon with his sword. His lance lies broken on the ground. In the background a maiden and a castle., print, prints, diameter 87 mm, German, 1430 - 1491-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1470 - 1490, third quarter 15th century, fourth quarter 15th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)Sketch the ceiling of the Throne Room, the old city hall of Paris, by Leo Cogniet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque (1882).A Tournament Contest; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)Horseman's portrait of William II. In the background a battle. In the lower margin his name, title and five lines of Dutch text on the Battle of Hasselt and the Battle of Louvain, 8-12 August 1831., print maker: Théodore Fourmois, (mentioned on object), printer: Antoine Dewasme-Plétinckx, (mentioned on object), publisher: Frans Buffa en Zonen, (mentioned on object), print maker: Brussels, printer: Brussels, publisher: Amsterdam, 1831 - 1833, paper, h 569 mm × w 417 mmBAS-RELIEF IN THE PRINCE'S CHAMBER, WESTMINSTER PALACE, MEETING OF HENRY VIII. OF ENGLAND AND FRANCIS I. OF FRANCE ON THE FIELD OF CLOTH OF GOLD.Cosaques de la garde (1808, et 1814-1815) d'après des gravures du temps. XIXe siècle, costumes militaires, cavallerie, Russie.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Cossacks , Russia , 1800-1899'Henri De La Tour D'Auvergne Vicomte De Turenne', (1933). Creator: Unknown.Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, His ducibus princeps celebraberis ore viroru illa homines beat haec sideribusq locat, Horses from different countries, Standing horse seen from the front, verso attachment sheet - stamped, Text in Latin in bottom margin., print, prints, height 141 mm, width 165 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1590, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design byHAROLDAn Uralsky Cossack, Sir Robert Kerr Porter, 1777-1842, British, 1810, Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 17 1/4 × 14 5/8 inches (43.8 × 37.1 cm), horses (animals), military art, soldiers, uniformsSaint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Minotaurum Theseus vincit, Theseus and the Minotaur, verso - stamped, Theseus fighting the Minotaur. Title in Latin in bottom margin., print, prints, height 104 mm, width 117 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1606 - 1606, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1634-08-09, publisherunknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Woman from Peru, Playing card with a representation of a woman in exotic dress from Peru, on horseback. Text in bottom margin., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, uitgever van privilegeAleksander Sobieski Styfi, Jan (1841 1921)Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, 1599 - 1658, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, commander of the parliamentary army, 17th centuryHopman Ulrich or the ventiosity: the bribery; Hopman Ulrich. A guard asks a young man (Godefroy), which is secretly visiting his beloved (Sybille) in the night, to money. The young man puts his hand in his pocket. The bribery scene from the second company of the Blijspel 'Hopman Ulrich or the deceased violence' by Johan van Paffenrode (1661). In the Blijspel, the stingy character Ulrich is cheated by his wife Sybille, despite being guarding her. Her lover Godefroy prompts the guard.Cannon, armour, sword, helmets, weapons at the time of Louis XII, France, engraving by Lemaitre from France, troiseme partie, L'Univers pittoresque, published by Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1845.Bethlen of Iktar, Gabriel Stecher: Merian, Matthew (the elderly) Dating: 1630/1650Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle, Equestrian Portrait of King George I of Great Britain (1660-1727)Prancing Horse, rubbing from Han Dynasty tomb, ChinaGeorge I of Great Britain 1715 Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723 British) Painting Handelhaus, Halle, GermanyEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, 1541-1614), Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1597-1599, oil on canvas with wooden strip added at bottomPortrait of Prince Frederick Henry on horseback, Pauwels van Hillegaert, c. 1629 - c. 1635Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf and arch enemy of William Tell, 14th century. Il Governatore Gesslero. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837.The leader of W Gierski and the Voivode of Transylvania Jan Hunyady (János Hunyadi) in armor from the 2nd 15th century, according to the illustration with: "Chronica Hungarorum" by Johannes Thurocz (János Thur \ 'Och) published in Augsburg 1488; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Hunyady, Jan (Wójdz Węgierski - 1387-1456), Hunyady, Jan (Wójdz Węgierski - 1387-1456) - iconography, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912), Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912) - collection, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt - collections of Aleksander Lesser - Dar, Thurocz, Johannes de (Ca 1435 -INTER 1488 ET 1489), Chronika Hungarorum ..., Hungarians, white weapons, gift (provenance), clothing, men's clothing, foreign clothing, foreign clothes, Hungarian army, armorEquestrian statue of Caligula that decorated the arch at the beginning of Via di Mercurio, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, chromolithograph by D Capri from a drawing by Discanno, from Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (The houses and the monuments of Pompeii), by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, volume IV - Supplement, plate 39, 1854, Naples.Napoleon door een kozak doorstoken, 1813; Om het gedaane aan het menschdom te wreeken wil ik hem zoo door steeken.Cartoon on Napoleon in which the fleeing emperor is pierced by a couch on horseback with a lance through the mind and mouth. Napoleon falls here and loses stab and boot. Possibly as a result of Napoleons defeat in Russia.Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611-1644). Queen of Poland as consort to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's King W˜Çadys˜Çaw IV Vasa. Equestrian portrait. Engraving by Lafon, 1850. Colored.Ancient Greece. Olympian games. Biga race. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.The Scalp 1898, cast before 1939 Frederic Remington American Remingtons fourth bronze, and his first of a Native American subject, was copyrighted in December 1898 as “The Triumph.” The more common title, “The Scalp,” refers specifically to the lock of hair that the figure, mounted bareback on a horse, holds aloft in his right fist. The Metropolitans bronze is almost certainly a posthumous, unauthorized cast done by Roman Bronze Works.. The Scalp 11871Alexander the Great riding Bucephalus. Bronze statue.Imam Shamil (1797-1871) by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1854 /Watercolour on paper / Portrait,History / 32x23Knights Henry, Duke of Bavaria and B. Rasso, verso - stamped, Two armored men on horseback, both with flag and shield., print, book illustration, prints, height 110 mm, width 144 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1700, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printingLouis XIV devant Cambrai 1677. Gravure de de St. Jean.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715First magazine of the Maskerade of the students of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences on 25 June 1867, representing the visit of Emperor Maximilian of Austria and Maria of Burgundy to Bruges in the year 1477.Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, in suit of armour and plumed helmet, mounted on an armoured horse with caparison with the coat of arms of Austria (five golden quail) and the Archdukedom of Austria (silver fess on a red field). After a coloured woodcut by Hans Burgkmair, 1508. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from "Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries," Levy Fils, Paris, 1861.ZURBANO - LITOGRAFIA - 1845. Author: FRANCISCO DE PAULA VAN HALEN (1810-1887). Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. MARTIN ZURBANO O MARTIN VAREA.France, Paris, Frankish warrior by V. Stablo, engravingEGYPTTrooper of the Plains 1908, cast before 1939 Frederic Remington American "Trooper of the Plains" depicts a cavalry soldier on horseback, brandishing a revolver. The galloping horse is supported by only a clump of sage brush. Remington enjoyed experimenting with daring, gravity-defying poses that indicated his technical mastery of the sculptural process. The artist copyrighted "Trooper of the Plains" in 1909, the year of his death. The Metropolitans bronze is almost certainly a posthumous, unauthorized cast done by Roman Bronze Works.. Trooper of the Plains 11873