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Prints featuring notable figures set against historical backdrops, with detailed attire and gestures, emphasizing cultural and social significance.

Self-portrait of cornelis van Noorde. Self-portrait of cornelis van Noorde, sitting next to his easel, pointing to the painting that stands on it. The engraver attributes are in the foreground.
Self-portrait of cornelis van Noorde. Self-portrait of cornelis van Noorde, sitting next to his easel, pointing to the painting that stands on it. The engraver attributes are in the foreground.
182 assets in this story
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Portrait of Adriaen van Ostade, Jacob Gole, after Adriaen van Ostade, 1670 - 1724 print The painter Adriaen van Ostade. He has his hat diagonally on the head. Amsterdam paper etching portrait, self-portrait of artist
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Portrait of a Man Reading 18th-early 19th century baron Dominique Vivant Denon French. Portrait of a Man Reading. baron Dominique Vivant Denon (French, Givry 1747-1825 Paris). 18th-early 19th century. Etching. Prints
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Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger depicting Martin Luther holding a book, showing his attire and scholarly posture.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Samuel William Reynolds, 1773-1835, British, after Carl Frederick van Breda, 1759-1818, Swedish, 1796, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 21 1/16 × 14 7/8 inches (53.5 × 37.8 cm), Plate: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm), and Image: 17 1/2 × 13 15/16 inches (44.5 × 35.4 cm)
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Copper engraving and etching by Abraham Wuchters showing Frederik III, King of Denmark and Norway, created between 1620 and 1673.
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Portrait of a spiritual, Pieter Fransz de Grebber, 1610 - 1655 print   paper drypoint organization, functionaries and dignitaries in churches and in related institutions
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Portrait of the painter Jacob van Mosscher, Jonkheer Isaac Lambertus Cremer van den Berch van Heemstede, After Jan Stolker, after Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn, After Keyzer, 1821 - 1879 print The portrayed person is depicted in an oval and wears a hat and a pleated question. print maker: Amsterdamafter print by: Netherlandsafter painting by: Netherlands paper  neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME)
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Portrait of Giovanni Battista Casti (1721-1803), Giuseppe Beretta, Italian, born 1804, Francesco Rosaspina, Italian, 1762 - 1841, Engraving on paper, Half-length portrait of the poet, who is seated in three-quarter view towards right. He is wearing a dressing gown under which his shirt is visible., Italy, ca. 1830, Print, Print
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Man with Sik, Baret and Ketting, Christian Gottfried Schultze, After Rembrandt van Rijn, 1769 print   paper etching adult man
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Portrait of Denys Dulignon, draughtsman: Simon Fokke, 1750 - 1784, paper, h 177 mm × w 145 mm
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Portrait of Writing Master Lieven Willemsz. van Coppenol, Joachim Jan Oortman Jr., After Michał Płoński, After Rembrandt van Rijn, 1809 print Portrait of the Amsterdam Writing Master Lieven Willemsz. Van Coppenol sitting at his writing table. Coppenol cuts his writing spring. Paris paper etching
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De cheerful Drinker, Johannes Arnoldus Boland, After Frans Hals, 1875 - 1876 print   paper. etching / drypoint drinking
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Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833); David II Teniers (1610-1690), pawns with jug and glass, 1789
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Jan Lutma, Goldsmith, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1850 - 1906 print   paper etching / drypoint
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Portrait of Laurens van Schaik, Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1814 print Portrait of Laurens van Schaik. His arm rests on the handrail of a chair and with his hand he supports his head. Van Schaik was the servant of the artist and his parents. Utrecht paper etching historical persons
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Self-portrait () with plumed cap and lowered sabre, anonymous, after Rembrandt van Rijn, after 1634 print   paper etching / brush portrait, self-portrait of graphic artist
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Troy, François de.
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Portrait of Jan Steen, Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet, after Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1854 print Portrait of the painter Jan Steen. Stone wears a hat and has a pipe in hand. Bust to the right.  paper etching
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Portrait of Michiel Elgersma. The print maker and art collector Michiel Elgersma is attributable to a desk. He is wearing a hat.
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William Dickinson, 1746-1823, British, John Mudge M.D, ca. 1780. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.
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Portrait of Jacob de Bucquoy, Cornelis van Noorde, 1758 print Portrait of map maker, surveyor and traveler Jacob de Bucquoy with his hand on the book he wrote about his sea voyages. With the other hand he points to a globe and is a passer on the table. Haarlem paper etching / engraving compasses. globe
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Portrait of William Murray, Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793), c. 1783. John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Charcoal heightened with white;
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The preacher Cornelis Claesz. Anslo. Copy to the Print of the same name by Rembrandt.
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Erasmus, after Holbein, 1863. Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914). Etching; sheet: 35 x 27.6 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.); platemark: 31.5 x 25.6 cm (12 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.).
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Philip Melanchthon, Bust to the Right. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Younger (German, Wittenberg 1515-1586 Wittenberg). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 8 7/16 in. (33.7 × 21.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Portrait of Jean Van Goyen (Dutuit, Volume 5, page 189) From Moor, Carel or Charles. Portrait of Jean van Goyen (Dutuit, Volume 5, page 189). Etching.
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Portrait Antoine Coypel, at a young age, head drawing; Self-portrait. The young Coypel is sitting at a table, his head supporting on his left hand, looking at a plaster head that is on the table and that he natures. In his right hand, a drawing pin, the contours of the cup can be seen on the paper for him. In the background bookshelves against the wall. Portrait in oval, with drapery.
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Self-portrait of Gijsbrecht Andriesz. Verbrugge. .
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Engraved portrait of King Charles VI of France (1368-1422) he was king during the Hundred Years' War. Dated 15th Century
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Cornelis Claesz Anslo, Preacher Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch. Cornelis Claesz Anslo, Preacher 391685
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Peter Huntersville Hoofdius, Cycles of the Royal Order of St, Michael, Arcis , Mundanae Prefect, towns and fields GOEILANDIAE, Age, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Niederländischer Dichter, Historiker und Dramatiker, Reinier van Persijn, Copper Engraver, after, Joachim von Sandrart D, artist
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Portetbust of a (Spanish) Lord with a big hat.
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Rousseau, Jean Jacques.
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Rembrandt Harmens are Ryn.
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Design for a print, Warrior at the table, draughtsman: Johann Nepomuk Strixner, after: Frans van Mieris, 1819, paper, h 198 mm × w 162 mm
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Self-portrait, William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, 1749, Etching and engraving on laid paper, Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11in. (40.3 x 27.9cm)
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Self-portrait of Leonaert Bramer, 1596-1674, Dutch painter known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings. Leonard Bramer. Tinted etching within a decorative border by John Girtin after a self-portrait by Bramer from John Girtins Seventy-Five Portraits of Celebrated Painters from Authentic Originals, J. MCreery, London, 1817.
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. Portrait in half of Jan Six, mayor of Amsterdam.
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Louis XV (King of France), Paris, Tardieu, Loo, Carle van, Bregeon, Angélique, L'éleve Dessinateur, Drawing young man, verso - stamped, print, prints, images, height 265 mm, width 201 mm, 1750, print maker, printmaker, 1764 - 1764, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), stipple engraving, French, 1705-02-15 - 1765-07-15, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1710-02-15 - 1774-05-10, granter of privilege
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Amsterdam, Buffa en Sons, Frans, Rijn, Rembrandt van, Kaiser, Johann Wilhelm (I), Portrait of Jan Six, recto - stamped, Half-length portrait of Jan Six, mayor of Amsterdam., print, prints, verso - stamped, François Buffa & Fils Amsterdam, height 451 mm, width 332 mm, Dutch, 1813-01-05 - 1900-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1823 - 1951, paper, papier, chine collé, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), roulette, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Portrait of an unknown man standing in front of a drapery. Draughtsman: Willem Eversdijck. Dating: c. 1630 - 1671. Measurements: h 193 mm × w 144 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Print made by John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751-1790, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, c.1784, Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper, with cream chine collé, Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 1/2 inches (53 × 39.4 cm), Plate: 11 9/16 × 10 inches (29.4 × 25.4 cm), Chine collé: 11 1/8 × 9 5/8 inches (28.3 × 24.4 cm), and Image: 10 3/16 × 8 1/2 inches (25.9 × 21.6 cm)
4409-17548935
Judge More. Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543). Date: 1792. Dimensions: 346 x 268 mm (image); 412 x 334 mm (plate); 539 x 407 mm (sheet). Stipple engraving on cream wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Portrait of a man. Portrait of a man in a suit with collar. At the bottom of the margin the assignment with a coat of arms, with a lion, on the clouds.
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Paris, Basan et Poignant, Dyck, Anthony van, Langlois, Pierre Gabriel, Le Joueur de Musette, Portrait of François Langlois with bagpipes and dog, verso - stamped, print, title page, prints, engravings, height 360 mm, width 269 mm, 1754 - 1810, print maker, printmaker, 1764 - 1788, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Flemish, Dutch, 1599-03-22 - 1641-12-09, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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" A Woman of Oonalashka  ". From Watercolours illustrating Captain Cook's last voyage ca. 1773-1784 by John Webber.  Webber was appointed topographical artist and sailed with Cook on the third voyage
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Italy, Allori, Cristofano, Pratesi, E., Costa, Antonio, Portrait of painter Cristofano Allori, recto - blind embossing, print, prints, verso - stamped, Oval with fleur de lys and text., height 245 mm, width 190 mm, 1804 - 1875, print maker, printmaker, 1814 - 1875, paper, papier, chine collé, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1577-10-17 - 1621-04-02
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Pencil drawing by Hanuš Johann Peter Paul Schwaiger from 1891, part of forty illustrations on thirty-two boxes depicting the Bremen City Musicians.
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Portrait d'homme. Wittmann Charles, Imprimérie, Paris (fl. ca 1886-1908), printing house, Jasiński, Feliks Stanisław (1862-1901), graphic artist, Sztuka (Paryż ; czasopismo ; 1904-1905), publishing house, Massijs, Quinten (1456-1530), painter
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The First OrientalHead. Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Dutch, 1606-1669
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Young scholar in Studerverkrek, Jacob Gole, after Jean Lepautre, after 1670 - 1787 print A young scholar in dressing gown or japonse skirt in his study, reading a letter. On the head a hat of Montero (worn by leading men in combination with the Japonse skirt). Rear a full bookcase, for which a low table. On the left to see the corner of a table on which an ink jar. print maker: Amsterdamafter print by: Paris paper  study; 'studiolo'; library. head-gear (MONTERO) (+ men's clothes). scholar in his study
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Portret van Hamlet Winstanley, John Faber (II), after Hamlet Winstanley, 1731 print   paper etching historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Middelburg, Perkois, Jacob, Head of a Flemish farmer, recto bottom - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso bottom left - stamped, Flemish farmer, height 164 mm, width 125 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1756 - 1804-11-10, print maker, printmaker, 1789 - 1789, paper, papier, etching, etchings
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Théophile Gautier.. 1873. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872
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Young man with a Roemer, Abraham BLOTELING, After Jacob Toorenvliet, 1652 - 1690 print  Amsterdam paper engraving Glass, holds
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Fitz William, Earl of Southampton. Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543). Date: 1793. Dimensions: 349 x 270 mm (image); 408 x 328 mm (plate); 540 x 407 mm (sheet). Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Portret Van Antonio Van Diems, Jacob Van the Skley, 1763 print Portrait of Antonio van Diemen, governor-general of the former Dutch East Indies from 1635 to 1645. In addition to the frame some books, writing utensils and a leader staff. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper etching / engraving writing tools. book
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Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen, Auguste Danse, After Frans Hals, 1883 print   paper etching / drypoint historical person (...) - historical person (...) portrayed alone
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Rijn, Rembrandt van, The preacher Cornelis Claesz. Anslo, verso lower right - pencil, print, prints, Rembrandt f 1641, middle right, verso lower middle, C. 21145, height 186 mm, width 157 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1641 - 1641, second quarter 17th century, Oriental paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design by
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Portrait of Christiaan Cornelis, Charles Howard Hodges, after Jacob Perkois, 1794 - 1796 print Christiaan Cornelis is on a ship. He has his left arm in a sling, in his other a sword. Cornelis recaptured a kofschip taken by the French on July 31, 1794 on which he had served as a sailor. After Cornelis had returned the ship, he was rewarded by Admiraal van Kinsbergen with a silver tobacco box. Under the image a caption regarding his heroic act. Print Maker: Amsterdampublisher: Middelburg paper engraving parts of ship's exterior - CC - more than one ship. pipe ~ tobacco
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The Pink Boy, 1901. Samuel Arlent-Edwards (American, 1862-1938). Mezzotint;
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Portrait of Enoch Seeman the Younger, portrait painter from Danzig brought to London by his painter father, 1694-1744. Enoch Zeeman. Steel engraving by W. Raddon after a self-portrait by Seeman from Edward Walmsleys Physiognomical Portraits, One Hundred Distinguished Characters, John Major, London, 1827.
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Antonio Frederick Earl Mittrowsky a Nemischl Avita Midrowsky, teaching, the gifts of the earnings famous Murray , Anton Friedrich Graf Mittrowsky von Mitrowitz und Nemischl, Gouverneur von Mähren und Schlesien, Blasius Hofel -, Artist
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Portrait van Andries Both, Tako Hajo Jelgersma, After Anonymous, 1741 drawing   paper. watercolor (paint) brush historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of draughtsman. portrait, self-portrait of painter. portrait, self-portrait of artist
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The Print seller Clement de Jonghe.
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Wiert Adels, mate on the kofschip 'De Bloeyende Blom'. He wears sailor's clothing and holds a gun in his hand. His arm rests on a piece of artillery. The Bloeyende Blom was hijacked by the French in August 1794. Adels recaptured the ship and brought it into Hellevoetsluis on August 5., Portrait of Wiert Adels, print maker: Charles Howard Hodges, (mentioned on object), Jacob Perkois, (mentioned on object), publisher: Willem Alexander Keel, (mentioned on object), Middelburg, 1794 - 1796, paper, engraving, h 311 mm × w 217 mm
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Rabbi with a White Turban, Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738-1821, British, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-1669, Dutch, 1778, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 24 7/8 × 17 15/16 inches (63.2 × 45.6 cm), Plate: 20 1/16 × 14 inches (51 × 35.6 cm), and Image: 18 × 13 15/16 inches (45.7 × 35.4 cm), book, bust, candle, clasp, cloak, elder, jewels, Judaism, rabbi, religious and mythological subject, skull, snake, statue, turban, white (color)
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Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta et magnis electricitatis periculis clarus, Benjamin Franklin, head and shoulders portrait, fcaing left, wearing fur cap and spectacles, medallion on pedestal, by Johann Elias Haid, circa 1870.
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Self -portrait of Anthony Van Dyck, Jan van der Bruggen, After Anthony Van Dyck, 1682 print Self -portrait of the Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyck.  paper  portrait, self-portrait of painter
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A self-portrait by Jean Jacques de Boissieu, executed in pencil, showing his face and upper body.
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Sagittarius. A young African with an arrow and bow in front of a rock. A landscape in the background.
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Old woman plays cello, anonymous, after Philippe Mercier, c. 1760 - 1779 print  London paper etching viola, violoncello; double bass - CC - out of doors. old woman
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Self-portrait with plumed velvet beret; Recueil De Quatre-Vingt-Cinq Estampes Originales.The Print is part of an al album.
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Portret van Nicolas Vleughels, Vittore Pedretti, after Jean -Baptiste Louis Massard, 1831 - 1841 print In the middle above: 2537.  paper etching / engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Portrait of artist Lucas van Leyden, Antonio Pazzi, After Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, After Lucas van Leyden, 1752 - 1762 print  Italy paper engraving / etching historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist
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Martha Gunn is wearing a bare child, William Nutter, After John Russell, 1797 print In the background, a woman is immersed and bathed in the sea by two 'dippers' or 'Bathers', with a 'bathing machine'. This is a kind of hut on wheels, with a ladder to climb in and out of the sea. London paper etching historical persons. public baths. adult woman. infant, baby
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Self-Portrait with Cows 1796 Jean Jacques de Boissieu French. Self-Portrait with Cows. Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, Lyons 1736-1810 Lyons). 1796. Etching with drypoint; eighth state of eight. Prints
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Self -portrait of Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Abraham BLOTELING, After Pieter Gerritsz. Van Roestraeten, 1673 - 1678 print Self -portrait of the painter Pieter Gerritsz van Roeststraten with a Roemer in one hand and a pipe in the other. A palette hangs on the wall.  paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter
6145-59218002
Archer, Jan de Visscher, after Cornelis Visscher (II), 1643 - 1692 print A young African with an arrow and arch for a rock. A landscape in the background. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching archer's weapons: bow and arrow. Africans. landscapes
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Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-1685, Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works including conversations, dancings and drolls. Adrian van Ostade. Tinted etching within a decorative border by John Girtin after a self-portrait by van Ostade from John Girtins Seventy-Five Portraits of Celebrated Painters from Authentic Originals, J. MCreery, London, 1817.
6145-43068147
Rhine, Harmen Kernitszoon van.
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Philipp The sincere, Pfalzgraf near Rhein.
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