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Historical Medallions and Portraits

A series of medallions showcasing detailed profiles of historical figures, crafted in relief style, emphasizing artistry in portraiture and the representation of significant individuals.

Portrait medallion of Nero, Roman Keizer, Jan Caspar Philips, 1736 - 1775 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush historical persons. (story of) Nero, the Roman Emperor - portrait of person from classical history
Portrait medallion of Nero, Roman Keizer, Jan Caspar Philips, 1736 - 1775 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush historical persons. (story of) Nero, the Roman Emperor - portrait of person from classical history
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Portrait of Tasquin. André Duterere (1753-1842). Portrait of Tasquin. Etching.
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Florentine 15th Century, after the Antique, Augustus, 15th century Augustus
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Perrier, François, Rome, Persijn, Reinier van, Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani II, Two portrait busts of Giulia Domna and Giulia Mamea, verso below - stamped, Two Roman portrait busts of Giulia Domna and Giulia Mamea. On the base of the lower bust the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print from a publication with reproduction prints after the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 369 mm, width 235 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1614 - 1668-11-23, print maker, printmaker, 1640 - 1640, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), French, 1594 - 1649-11, intermediary draughtsman
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Medallion creator Pierre Jean David d'Angers
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Lebrun, Ponce Denis.
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Auguste Simon Louis Berard (1783-1859), French politician, who drew up the "charter" of 1830 1834 Pierre Jean David d'Angers French Pierre-Jean David dAngers was the most prolific and one of the most important French sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his almost fifty-year career (1819-1856) David remained true to his conviction that sculptural monuments dedicated to the achievements of great men and women most permanently and vividly express the greatness of a people. He continuously sought commissions for monuments portraying historical and contemporary figures whom he admired in order to commit their contributions to posterity. His most famous public commission, the figurative pediment of the Pantheon in Paris (1830-1837), which commemorates great men and was dedicated by a grateful nation, exemplifies these life-long principles. David dAngers extended his definition of public monuments to include portrait medallions. In the 1820s he dedicated himsel
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Thomas Jefferson in 1815-1816 portrait by British American artist William Thornton. Thornton was a British-American physician, inventor, painter, and architect. Detail cropped from the full size portrait (BSLOC_2019_6_149)
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money / finances, coins, ancient world, Carthage, coin, obverse, portrait of the goddess Tanit, wood engraving, 19th century,
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Bust of an athlete first half 18th century probably Italian. Bust of an athlete 198355
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Rome, Persijn, Reinier van, Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani II, Two portrait busts of Emperor Domitian and Emperor Tiberius, verso below - stamped, Two Roman portrait busts of Emperor Domitian and Emperor Tiberius. In the middle the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print from a publication with reproduction prints after the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 368 mm, width 238 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1614 - 1668-11-23, print maker, printmaker, 1640 - 1640, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Martyrs of Freedom (IT)
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Antiochus IV. Epiphanes, King of Syria.
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Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor, in laurel wreath and his wife Livia Drusilla Julia Augusta. Engraved on cornelian in the collection of Mr Stanley. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.
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Etching by Domenico Cunego from 1785 depicting the School of Athens with the head of Terpander, illustrating classical philosophers and musical figures.
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Eutichio Ajello / 'Portrait of Lycurgus and Portrait of a greek'. Mid-XVIIIcentury. Pencil on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Sieyès, Emanuel Joseph .
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Persius, Aulas.
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ANNUAL DINNER IN HONOR OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN held by THE TYPOTHETAE OF NEW YORK at HOTEL BRUNSWICK, NEW YORK, NY, 1895., 1895., FOLDER; ILLUS; 4.5X7
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Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante122. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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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Calabrese, tuna.
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Portrait bust of Carolina Bonaparte; Carolina Annunziata. Portrait bust from Carolina Bonaparte by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova.
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Portrait medallions of King Louis XVI of France (blue), Marie Antoinette (blue), Duke of Bridgewater (black), Edmund Burke (pink) and William Pitt (blue). Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898.
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Bust of a man 16th century German. Bust of a man. German. 16th century. Boxwood. Sculpture-Miniature
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Aeschines .
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Portrait Bust of a Lady. Unknown
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Historic painting, digitally processed, portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887
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Pencil drawing.Pencil drawing on rectangular white paper, landscape format.Whenstudy of man's face in profile.Card cut hair, thin card beard.The image is cut at the chandelier.Unsigned.Note: Belongs to ACC 2/83 in mm archive.Belongs to: Törnström.
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Antisthenes .
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Portrait bust from Joachim Murat; Gioacchino Napoleone. Portrait bust of Joachim Murat by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova.
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Zanoja, Giuseppe.