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Historical Figures in Art

Engravings and portraits of significant historical figures from various periods, showcasing artistic interpretations of their lives and contributions.

Verso a sketch of a skinny cow, Sitting man with a hat against his chest, draughtsman: anonymous, Netherlands, 1700 - 1799, paper, pen, brush, h 190 mm × w 140 mm
Verso a sketch of a skinny cow, Sitting man with a hat against his chest, draughtsman: anonymous, Netherlands, 1700 - 1799, paper, pen, brush, h 190 mm × w 140 mm
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Reuter, Fritz.
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Portrait of a Young Man, Looking to the Left (Self-Portrait), from Life-Sized Heads 1760 Ireland. Mezzotint in black on off-white laid paper . Thomas Frye
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Agricultural, Rudolf.
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Portrait of Mr. Gierloff by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The work was produced in 1912.
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Bust of Tadeusz Kościuszko. Regulski, Aleksander (1839-1884), graphic artist, Reinagle, Ramsay Richard (1775-1862), painter
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Portrait of a man, possibly Jean Leclerc, Wallerant Vaillant, After Anthony Van Dyck, After Jan de Bisschop, 1658 - 1677 print   paper
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Scott, Sir Walter .
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Portrait of Antonie van den Bosch. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1800 - c. 1850. Measurements: h 99 mm × w 71 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Portrait of P. Boursoufle second half of 18th century After Guillaume Thiemet This print is bound in an album made up of sixteen early impressions and one later impression of La Live de Jully's "Recueil de caricatures", etched ca. 1754 after drawings by Jacques François Joseph Saly, eight caricatures etched after Thiemet, and two anonymous prints of a standing man and standing woman.. Portrait of P. Boursoufle. After Guillaume Thiemet (French, active ca. 1781/88). second half of 18th century. Etching
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Bitter soldier in mind at a table with cards, James Wilson (Possible), After Robert Pile, 1745 - 1794 print Text in English in the lower margin. London paper  Squandering, Extravagance, Prodigality, Waste; 'Prodigalità' (Ripa). recreation ~ the soldier off duty. Bitterness; 'Amaritudine' (Ripa). games of calculation and chance, e.g.: card games, gambling, puzzles, etc.
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Drawing by Hans Hoffmann after Michael Wolgemut, executed with black chalk and white brush highlights on green-gray natural paper.
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The Lace-Maker 1876 Félicien Rops. The Lace-Maker. Félicien Rops (Belgian, Namur 1833-1898 Essonnes). 1876. Graphite, gum arabic, locally scratched. Drawings
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VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodrguez de Silva (1599-1660). Madre Maria Jeronima de la Fuente. 1620. Work painted in Seville between the 1st and the 20th June, when the sitter boarded towards Philippines in order to found the Covent of Saint Claire of Manila. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
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Koch, Siegfried Gottilf.
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Toothstets, Georg.
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'Henry Constantine Jennings. The Remarkable Virtuoso', 1821. Creator: Robert Cooper.
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Leonarducci, Gaspare.
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Lazio Roma Frascati Episcopal Palace4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of the castle, formerly called Rocca, that is now the Episcopal Palace. Interior views of dining room and living room, along with paintings and frescoes. Antiquities: Assorted Roman and Etruscan antiquities in the courtyard, including two sarcophagi, statues, stele, an urn, busts. General Notes: There were two sets of prints made from the same set of negatives. One set is labelled Episcopio and the other Vescovado; they have now been integrated into a single numerical sequence. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geog
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Zelfportret met pet: B-1-1, 16 februari. Zelfportretten van Cor van Teeseling (series title). Draughtsman: Cor van Teeseling. Dating: 16-Feb-1942. Place: Weteringschans (Amsterdam). Measurements: h 35.5 cm × w 27.0 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Vogt, Johann Heinrich.
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Portrait of the husband in the Eastern costume, sketch; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); around 1840 (1840-00-00-1884-00-00);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, XIX century, Dar (provenance), Muslims, man, man , men's clothing, foreign clothing, soldier
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Rembrandt's father. Greenwood, John (1727-1792). 1747 - 1792. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, d1606-1669 , Family
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Trenck, Friedrich Freiherr.
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Half a portrait of Jan Six, burgomaster of Amsterdam., print maker: Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), after: Rembrandt van Rijn, 1823 - 1900, paper, etching, engraving, h 451 mm × w 332 mm
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Young Man Holding Statuette 1760 England. Charcoal and black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on cream laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper . John Russell
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Thomas Chalmers, D. D.. Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848)
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Zelfportret. Zelfportretten van Cor van Teeseling (series title). Draughtsman: Cor van Teeseling. Dating: Aug-1941 - 19-Nov-1942. Place: Amsterdam. Measurements: h 32.0 cm × w 24.0 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Portrait of Józef Gintowt; unknown Polish painter; 1847 (1847-00-00-1847-00-00);
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Rev. Zachariah Mudge, D.D., Print made by James Watson, 1740-1790, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1766, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 3/16 inches (33.7 × 23.3 cm), Plate: 13 × 8 15/16 inches (33 × 22.7 cm), and Image: 11 × 8 15/16 inches (27.9 × 22.7 cm)
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Weinstein, Nikolaus .
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Bust of an unknown man, anonymous, 1875 - 1912 photomechanical print  maker: Florenceprinter: Paris paper collotype sculpture. anonymous historical person portrayed Florence
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Lazio Roma Rome S. Croce in Gerusalemme23. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Cosmati pavement, architecture (facade). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, frescoes: "Leggenda della Santa Croce," Antoniazzo Romano (attr) & "S. Elena sale al cielo," Corrado Giaquinto; mosaic ceiling in Cappella di S. Elena; coats-of-arms German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Nicholas Copernicus unknown
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COLON EN LA RABIDA -DET. Author: DANIEL VAZQUEZ DIAZ (1882-1969). Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN. CRISTOBAL COLON (1451/1506).
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Bouhours, Dominique.
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Diego Rodriguez Campos. Photograph after a painting.
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Man in 18th Century Costume Unknown.. Watercolor   European Art
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Angel, Johann Jakob Publisher: Nicolai, Friedrichstecher: Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolausverlagsort: Szczecin
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Zelfportret met alpinopet en sjaal: B-1-1, 24 februari. Zelfportretten van Cor van Teeseling (series title). Draughtsman: Cor van Teeseling. Dating: 24-Feb-1942. Place: Weteringschans (Amsterdam). Measurements: h 37.0 cm × w 27.0 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Manuel Irurita Almandoz (1876-1936), eclesiástico, obispo de Barcelona. Grabado de 1943.
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"Portrait of Hou Qua II Wu Ping-Chien by 1834 Oil on canvas Attributed to Esther Speakman, American, c. 1823 - 1875. After George Chinnery, English, 1748 - 1847"
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Francesco Polanzani (Italy, Venice, 1700-after 1783). Italy, 1750. Prints; etchings. Engraving
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Hippokrates .
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The Captive Slave. Edward Finden (English, 1791-1857); after John Simpson (English, 1782-1847); published by Smith Elder and Company (English, 19th century). Date: 1827. Dimensions: 85 x 66 mm (image/plate); 137 x 78 mm (sheet). Engraving on cream wove paper, tipped onto brown wove paper. Origin: United Kingdom. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Zelfportret en face met pet en stropdas: B-1-1, 18 maart. Zelfportretten van Cor van Teeseling (series title). Draughtsman: Cor van Teeseling. Dating: 18-Mar-1942. Place: Weteringschans (Amsterdam). Measurements: h 36.5 cm × w 27.0 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Stanislav Dospevski (1823-1878). Bulgarian painter. Portrait of Ekaterina Zografska (wife of the artist Zahariy Zograf), 1876. Oil on canvas (66 x 50 cm). National Gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Juan Luis Vives (1493-1540). Spanish humanist, philosopher and educator. Engraving after a statue by José Aixa (1844-1920), erected in the courtyard of the University of Valencia. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.
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'Retrato de Raimundo de Antoni Maria Simarro i Puig', siglo XX. Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Barcelona.
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'Portrait of José María Calatrava', 1839, Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm. Author: ANTONIO GISBERT (1834-1902). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Rabelais, François.
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Scipio, Lalita.
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Portrait of Miko Aja Kopernik; Care, Ignacy (1865-1941); 1923 (1923-00-00-1923-00-00);Copernicus, Mikołaj (1473-1543), Copernicus, Mikołaj (1473-1543)-iconography, astronomers, Polish graphics, Poland (culture), busts, portraits, male portraits, men's portraits, scholars, purchase (provenance)
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Portrait of a stranger in the K, Gallery in Vienna, Cardinal Niccolò Albergati, Hermann Paar -, Xylographer, after, Jan van Eyck -, artist
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