Historical Engravings of Nobility

Engravings depicting notable historical figures in elaborate clothing, framed with decorative borders, highlighting their importance through artistic detail.

PortraT van Johann Konrad Varnbüler, Matthäus Merian (I), 1652 paper engraving / etching historical persons

Portrait of Friderich Kühne

Head of young man with helmet, c. 480 BC. It was located in the south of the Sacra Gate, Athens. Kerameikos Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.

Vorsterman, Lucas, inventor: Anton van Dyck, work, L. Vorsterman senior, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, 24 .8 cm x 17.7 cm

Sparr, Otto Christoph Freiherr von Verlag: Merian, Matthew d. Ä. (Heirs) Publisher: Frankfurt (Main)

Portret van Lodewijk Gunther, graaf van Nassau.Portrait of Louis Gunther in an oval. On a pedestal are name and titles.

Portrait van Johann Ernst von Pistorius, Anonymous, After Anselm van Hulle, 1648 - 1668 print In an oval with a coat of arms at the top left and a laurel wreath at the top right. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. ambassador

MESIONS, CET, gate of Ravate, Claude the United Kand chilem

Portrait of Klaas Hendriksz Gietermaker. Halven portrait to the left of Klaas Hendriksz Gietermaker in an oval with a peripheral in Dutch.

Portrait of François Duquesnoy, Pieter Van Bleeck, After Anthony Van Dyck, 1751 print Portrait of the sculptor François Duquesnoy. In his hand, a sculpted head of a saat. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of sculptor. historical persons

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Portrait of Johan de Witt. Portrait of the lawyer and counselor of Holland Johan de Witt.

Edward Scriven, 1775-1841, British, Shakspeare. Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on wove paper.

Zriny, Nicholas Count Easter: Schnitzer, Luke (1631) Eraser: Schnitzer, Lukas (1666) Dating: 1651/1674

Leopold Wilhelm I, Markgraf von Baden-Baden.

Mallery (Hollstein 73) Antoine Van Dyck (1599-1641). Mallery (Hollstein 73). Water-strong on paper, Burin, 1634-1636.

Longueville, Henri Duc de.

IJsbrand van Diemerbroeck / (born 1609, gest. 1674).

Portrait of Robert van Voerst, Robert van Voerst, After Anthony Van Dyck, 1627 - 1636 print Portet of the engraver Robert van Voerst. A roll of paper in his hand. London paper engraving paper (writing material)

Portret van Nicolas Foucquet, René Gaillard, After Robert Nanteuil, 1755 - 1765 print Paris paper engraving historical persons

Henel of Hennenfeld, Nicholas.

Hendrik van Steenwijck II, Flemish Baroque painter from Antwerp, c.15801640. Painted mostly architectural interiors, but also of biblical scenes and still lifes. Henricus Steenwyck. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

Portrait of the Gasparo di Teves

Portrait of the painter Peter Paul Rubens.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Silemann, Thomas.

Bracamonte and Guzman, Count of Penaranda, Gaspar.

Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645). Spanish writer of the Spanish Golden Age. Drawing by Jose Cebrian (1839-1904). Portrait. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Nueva, 1869.

Pfautz, Christoph.

Werdmüller, Johann Rudolf Freiherr von Stecher: Merian, Matthew (The Younger) Publisher: Merian, Matthew d. J. u. Caspar, & Thomas Matthias Götz 'Heirs Verlagsort: Frankfurt (Main)

Franceschini, Baldassarre.

Acquaviva d'Aragona, Ottavio.

Harder, Andreas Painter: Fish, Isaac (1677) Stecher: Geyer, Andreas (1712)

Mazarin, Jules.

Neuenhan, Heinrich.

Portrait of Christopher Schmid, sculptor in Nuremberg, Germany, print maker: Johann Friedrich Leonard, 1643 - 1680, paper, engraving, h 117 mm × w 83 mm

Buds, Albert.

CORNEILLE

Erhard, Laurenz.

The Atlas Maior is the final version of Joan Blaeu's atlas, published in Amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in Latin (11 volumes), French (12 volumes), Dutch (9 volumes), German (10 volumes) and Spanish (10 volumes), containing 594 maps and around 3000 pages of text. It was the largest and most expensive book published in the seventeenth century. Earlier, much smaller versions, titled Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus, were published from 1634 onwards.

Bracamonte and Guzman, Count of Penaranda, Gaspar.

Rich, 1. Earl Holland, 1. Baron Kensington, Henry .

Pauw, Adriaen Stecher: Bignon, Françoiszeicner: Hence, Zachariah

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) Italian composer and organist

. Portrait of french banning cocq in an oval. The portrait rests on a baseboard with its name and data in three rules in Dutch.

Willaerts, Adam .

Karl X. Gustav, King of Sweden Stecher: Küsel, Melchior (1) Dating: 1650/1683

Portrait of Georg Wagner. Portrait of Georg Wagner, chest piece in oval with two coats of arms, in cartouche with four lines of latin text under the portrait.

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac. Dated: probably 1637. Dimensions: plate: 18.4 x 11.7 cm (7 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 23.5 x 15.6 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: CLAUDE MELLAN.

Portrait of Joan Huydecoper, Pieter Holsteyn (II), 1651 print Portrait at the right to the right of knight Joan Huydecoper II, lord of Maarseveen and Neerdijk at the age of 50. Under the portrait are weapon and four rules in Dutch on a cartouche. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching

Portrait of Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange. Portrait of Frederik Hendrik in an oval. Six lines of Latin text in the underwear.

Meffert, Peter.

Both, Jan .

William Shakespeare (Title Page of First Folio Edition of His Plays) 1623 Martin Droeshout II (1601-1650 British) Copper engraving

Portrait of Henricus Heringh, Pieter de Bailliu (i), After Anselm of them, 1650 print Portrait of Henricus Herdingh in ovale frame with inscription Brevl Momento Summa Verti Possvnt. paper engraving

William Shakespeare. Artist: After Jacob Houbraken (Dutch, Dordrecht 1698-1780 Amsterdam). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (18.7 × 12 cm). Engraver: John Chester Buttre (American, Auburn, New York 1821-1893 Ridgewood, New York). Sitter: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: 1856.Buttre engraved this image of Shakespeare wearing a simple jacket and soft white collar for a 19th century American publication, basing the image on an 18th century engraving by Houbraken (see 17.3.756-2423). The latter had itself had been derived from the Chandos portrait of ca. 1610 (National Portrait Gallery, London), and the present work demonstrates how printmakers relied on established sources as they supplied the continued demand for likenesses of the Bard. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Portrait of Procopius de Grote, Jean Baptiste Scotin (I), 1688 - 1733 print paper etching historical persons. ranks in the army

Portrait of Andrea Sacchi in an oval list worn by sphinxes; Andreas. Saccus. ROM ...

The port Van Leonardos Philaras, Claude between, 1651 print France paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Bernardus Coop à Groen, Pieter van den Berge, 1694 - 1737 print Portrait of Bernardus Coop à Groen at the age of 42. Amsterdam paper engraving

Portret van Michael Lemke, Peter Troschel, c. 1630 - in or after 1670 print Germany paper engraving historical persons

Diego Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (1599-1660). Spanish Baroque painter. Portrait. Drawing by Letre. Lithography. Later colouration. Cronica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia, 1867. Author: Eusebio de Letre. Illustrator and lithographer of the mid-19 century in Spain.

Portrait of Lucas Vorsterman (I). .

Rubens, Peter Paul Stecher: Waldrike, Johann Georg

Haes, Gillis de.

Puchheim, Johann Christoph Graf.

Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanson.

Contarini, Alvise.

Voit of Salzburg, Melchior Otto.

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