Historical Medals and Portraits

A collection of historical medals featuring detailed engravings of notable figures and allegorical representations, highlighting artistry and craftsmanship in design.

Portrait of Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Willem IV in a circle with a peripheral. Amgty sputter are under a banderole. Completely in an oval frame with its weapon with a crown, decorated with the garter and the motto of the order of the garter, and portraits of Willem I, Maurits, Frederik Hendrik, Willem II and Willem III, each in a circle with a peripheral. Mirrored.

Front and back of the medal of the academy of drawing in Amsterdam; Anglekkunst PRSS from the Academy of Marks Art in Amsterdam.Drawing Art, Shown As Woman With Flame on Head, Sits With Pen and Drawing Board in Hands on Stone in front of an image, Which SHE GREW With Passer in Her Eye, Inside. Turning Side: Inscription Within Laurel Wreath and Writing.

Sweeten, Gerard Freiherr VAN.

Ferdinand I., King of both Sicily.

Portrait of the Beck

Ginnanni, Giuseppe Prospero Conte.

Klemens XIV., papa .

Maximilian I., Elector of Bavaria.

Decorative plate. William Chaffers (English, 1811 - 1892)

Portrait of Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Willem IV in a circle with a peripheral. Amgty sputter are under a banderole. Completely in an oval frame with its weapon with a crown, decorated with the garter and the motto of the order of the garter, and portraits of Willem I, Maurits, Frederik Hendrik, Willem II and Willem III, each in a circle with a peripheral. Mirrored.

Portrait of David Pan; Portraits of patriots. Bust from David Pan to the right in a medallion with a peripheral in Dutch. Pan carries a stab hat.

Master C, Saint Jerome Saint Jerome

Decorative Project for Central Tondo with Apollo, Autumn and Winter, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper, Circular medallion representing Apollo playing lyre, flanked by two lozenges; at left, elderly drinker, Silenus, supported by young Diana with bow and quiver. Figures shown obliquely from back. At left, beside medallion, pen sketch for tree stump surrounded by snake., Italy, ca. 1780, architecture, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

French tokens with an allegorical performance, Bernard Picart, After Antoine Coypel, 1683 - 1710 print Uncuted leaf with representations of tokens. Left: a medal from 1666. Justice on a throne, at her feet a woman with a horn of abundance filled with coins. At the top a motto in Latin. Right: a medal from 1646. A figure adorned with feathers and a heart leans on a pillar, with a horn of abundance under the arm. At the top a motto in Latin. Paris paper etching / engraving Medal (Considered as a Piece of Sculpture, Regardless of Its Specific Function). Justice; 'Strength to the justice subject', 'justice', 'Recto justice', 'rigorous justice', 'pity and violence subject to justice' (Ripa). 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. Roman Personifications of Abstract Concepts

Minchiate Florentine. Set of 56 cards. The eight of deniers Anonymous. Florentine Minchiate. 56 cards game. The eight of deniers. Floor, brush colors. 1650-1700.

Friedrich I, King of Prussia Draftsman: Picart, Bernardstecher: Picart, Bernard

Sheet with the front and back of two tokens produced in honor of Laurens Jansz. Coster. Front and back of two tokens. Above: Portrait of Laurens Jansz. Coster, the inventor of the printing. Below: landscape with the coat of arms of the city of Haarlem, worn by two lions. Flying in the air. In the background a cityscape on Haarlem. (N.5). Left: Portrait bust of Coster. Right: The female personification of typography, in her hands the coat of arms of Haarlem officials at the time of the third anniversary of Haarlem (N.6). Below labeled: p. 112.

Decoration for a Monument 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Decoration for a Monument 356269

Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn. Tyszkiewicz, Konstanty (1806-1868), merchant employer, Marcinowski, Antoni (Wilno ; drukarnia ; 1817-1862), printing house, Pczycki, Stanisław (ca 1769-post 1844), graphic artist

Scrollwork Escutcheon with Representation of Autumn, Pieter van der Heyden, Flemish, 1530 - 1572, Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581, Engraving on paper, Autumn. A woman holding an apple twig. Bacchus drinking. T Wo women with raised heads in the frame., Netherlands, ca. 1565, Print, Print

Three big stamps and a small, Pieter de Mare, 1768 - 1796 print Leiden paper etching / engraving seal, stamp

Design for a Bookplate or a Glass Etching. Virgil Solis (German, 1514 - 1562)

Portrait of Nicolaus de Kemp. Portrait of Nicolaus the Kemp in a circle with randboard.

Johann I, Duke of Lorraine.

. Bust of Sigismondo Malatesta (Brescia, 1417 - Rimini, October 7, 1468), seen on the left, dressed in harness and with command posts in the left hand, in round frame with name in peripheral. Malatesta was Mr. Van Rimini (1432-1468), papal vicar and also philosopher and mecenas. This print is part of a series of four portraits to Italian tokens from the Renaissance.

Spits-Boeck Dienstich den Gout and Silversmeden to cut and dry by P.R.K., tied together with six other ornament prints, Master P.R.K., After Etienne Delaune, c. 1560 - c. 1620 print A series of five numbered ornament prints, including title page with representations of gold and silversmiths: 'Spits-Boeck Dienstich den Gout and Silversmeden to cut and dry by P.R.K.', tied together with six other ornament prints of Delaune and an anonymous master. paper engraving ornaments ~ art

Lami, Giovanni.

Maria Theresia, Roman-German Empress Picture Medal Maria Theresias in Avers and Revers. Copper engraving by Karl Schütz after embossing cream by Antonio Selvi

Locke, John Stecher: Berger, Daniel (1744) Dating: 1767/1800

Destouches, Andrée Cardinal.

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790, James Heath, 1757-1834, British, James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, 1770, Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 5 × 8 inches (12.7 × 20.3 cm), historical subject

Penning with Bustes of the Duke and Duchess of Burgundy, Gerard Edelinck, 1702 print Back of a medal with busts and profil van Lodewijk, Duke of Burgundy and Maria Adelheid van Savoye, looking at each other. The medal is dated 1697: the year of their marriage. paper engraving

Heinrich I., German King.

Gekroond stekelvarken / Gevleugeld hert met halsband; Ultus Avos Troiae / Hoc Me Caesar Donavit; Symbola Divina et Humana Pontificum Imperatorum Regum.An emblem with two performances. Above a crowned porcupine on a shot in the water. Under a winged deer with a collar, jumping to a crown. The inventions of Louis XI and Charles VIII of France.

Coat of Arms with a Rampant Lion Made 1544 Germany. Originally from Nuremberg, Beham produced numerous small-scale engravings, including the two heraldic subjects seen here (1919.2290 and .2291). He transcribed these circular images onto dark hexagons, with his signature and the date below. Beham made both in 1544, long after he settled in Frankfurt, having been driven from his hometown for religious reasons.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Hans Sebald Beham

5th Plate, Featuring 10 Coins Issued by European Princes in the 16th and 17th centuries, from Les Monnaies (The Currencies) ca. 1630 Jacques Callot French The series depicts coins issued by European Princes, primarily from Germany and Italy, in the 16th and 17th centuries. This plate shows the front and back of 10 coins. These coins feature portraits European princes or emblems and are linked by a cartouche with the inscription "AR" (argentum).. 5th Plate, Featuring 10 Coins Issued by European Princes in the 16th and 17th centuries, from Les Monnaies (The Currencies). Les Monnaies. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1630. Etching. Prints

Emperor Domitian in an orgy with a group of naked women. Domitien qui nage au milieu dune troupe de femmes. Copperplate engraving from Pierre-Francois d'Hancarvilles Monumens de la Vie Privee des Douze Cesars, Chez Sabellus, Capri (Monuments of the Private Lives of 12 Caesars, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. From imaginary Spintria, medals and cameos.

Lucretia, Princess of Tuscany.

The blind leading the blind, print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, 1586

Drawing (Italy)

Three finger hats; Finger hats, Frisians and medallions on a black fond. Thimble at the top left with Diana's nymphs that discover the pregnancy of Callisto (to Jacob Matham to Cornelis Cornelisz. Hol. 119). Thimble at the top right with the NiMF Syrinx that is spied by pan (to Aegidius Sadeler hollow. 109). Thimble in the middle with an allegory on marriage from Lust (to Jan Saenredam to Goltzius Hol. 107). Furthermore, three medallions with amornets and texts that relate to love. Part of series of 4 sheets.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The currencies. Sixth board" (Lieure 751-760, Meaume 610). Etching. 1st half of the 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99609-3 Etching, engraving

Netherlands, History medal with seated Minerva, 1574, Medal of the States of Holland as a reward for services to the University of Leiden. On the obverse Minerva seated at a tree with coats of arms of Holland, Prince of Orange and Leiden. The reverse is blank and intended for an inscription. History medal of 1574., print, picture, historical object representation, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 56 mm, width 112 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1721 - 1723, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception

Portrait of Prince Frederik Hendrik, on horseback.

Portrait of the io. Car. Conr. Oelrichs

Ten European Coins, Jacques Callot, 1662 print Ten European coins, depicted in two columns of five. This print is part of a series of ten prints with performances of coins that were put into circulation in Europe between 1522 and 1629, mainly in Germany and Italy. Of each coin, the front and back are shown next to each other, connected by a cartouche with the letters AR (Argentum - silver) or AV (Aureum - Gold). The silver coins cover the first nine sheets and part of the tenth leaf, which also shows gold coins. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching coin

Ceiling piece with Apollo, Minerva and Mercury and the personifications of the Free Arts, 1695 Ceiling piece with Apollo, Minerva and Mercury and the personifications of the Free Arts. Print is part of an album. Paris paper etching Ceiling piece with Apollo, Minerva and Mercury and the personifications of the Free Arts. Print is part of an album. Paris paper etching

Medallions with portraits of Pericles, Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1789 - 1809 print Amsterdam paper etching (story of) Pericles. (story of) Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator. (story of) Alcibiades. (story of) Coriolanus

Portrait of Jan van Hemessen, Cornelis van den Berg, c. 1720 - 1774 print Portrait of Jan van Hemessen in a window of Dutch text. Haarlem paper

Gold Bon Sal.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Lochom, Bartholomeus van, Months of the year, Oval medallions with the months May and June, The month May: a sailing boat. The month of June: sheep shearing., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 51 mm, width 78 mm, 1607, print maker, printmaker, 1630 - 1635, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Medal with the portrait of Frederick I, verso lower right - stamped, King of Prussia. On the other side Hercules with the golden apple of the Hesperides., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 108 mm, width 157 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1711 - 1711, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Medallion with the coat of arms of England. In the center the motto of the Order of the Garter in Latin (Shame on him who thinks evil of it). In the border inscription the name and function of the person, portrayed on the obverse, in Latin. On the obverse of the medal the portrait of James I., Coat of arms of England, print maker: Simon van de Passe, London, 1615 - 1622, paper, engraving, h 61 mm × w 50 mm

Sforza, Francesco.

Gustav II. Adolf, King of Sweden.

The blind leading the blind, Hendrick Goltzius, 1586

Penning in honor of the Peace of Breda, Bernard Picart, 1718 print Penning in honor of the Peace of Breda, which was closed on July 31, 1667 between the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, England, France and Denmark. This put an end to the Second English War. On the front Neptunus and in the background the trip to Chatham. On the back the city of Breda. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). Raid on the Medway Breda

De Blinde leads De Blinde, Hendrick Goltzius, 1586 print Round representation of a blind beggar who steps into a ditch, a blind buddy by hand. A church in the background. To the show a border script in Latin. Haarlem paper engraving / etching the blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14)

Roman coins commemorating Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians (after 106 AD) still image. 1700. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Money, commemorations, Coins , Rome , To 499, Antiquities , Roman+

Sack, Siegfried.

Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg (1620-1688).

Gypsum Model for Decoration Above A Door of the Louvre Palace. Share of meeting of the Tuileries at the Louvre 1852-1857, album 4.

Textile (Northern France); cotton

Leaf with the front and back of two tokens made in honor of Laurens Jansz. Coster, Jan Wandelaar, 1740 print Front and back of two tokens. Upstairs and left: Portrait of Laurens Jansz. Coster. Under and right: a printing press (N.1 and N.2). Hand marked at the top left: p. 106. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). printing press

Medal with bust of Philip v from Spain. Back of a medal with bust and profil from Philip v from Spain, Duke of Anjou. The medal is dated 1700: the year in which he became king of Spain.

Tokens on the occasion of the third century festival of the invention of book printing in 1740, 1738 - 1740 print Two tokens, front and back, beaten in 1740 on the occasion of the third century festival of the invention of book printing. Images of Laurens Jansz. Coster and allegories on book printing. Northern Netherlands paper etching medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). printing, printing office Haarlem

Front and back of a medal with portraits of Philip VI and Blanche of Navarra, King and Queen of France, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 drawing Design for a print. paper. chalk historical persons. medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function)

Design for a silver bowl. Design for a silver scale, the edge of which is decorated with a continuous representation of Putti that deals with vineyard.

Medal with portrait of Ada, Countess of Holland. Above: Portrait of Ada in a circular picture frame with peripheral. Below: a tree in a circular picture frame with peripheral. At the top right: P. 30.

Portrait of Charles V of Habsburg, German Emperor and King of Spain, Virgilius Solis, 1549 print Nuremberg paper etching scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. historical persons

May: Musicing company, Anonymous, After Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1574 - 1687 print The month of May: Muzoring company in a rowing boat. A falcon hunt in the background. In the middle of the sign of the zodiac that belongs to May: Gemini. The print has a frame with a border script in Latin. Copy in mirror image to the print of the same name of Crispijn van de Passe (i). unknown paper engraving May and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. more than one musician with instrument. bird hunting (+ hunting with falcon, hawk; falconry)

Front and back of a coin with portrait of Giovanni Domenico Cassini and a gallery.numbered in the middle above: Tom XXVII. Attn. I. PAG. 91.

Franse penningen met een allegorische voorstelling.Needs leaves with performances from tokens. Left: a medal from 1675. Allegory on the preservation of Alsace. France's personification protects the cases of Alsace's cases. At the top of a motto in Latin. Right: a medal from 1646. Landscape with Victoria (), Crowns and a palm branch in the hands. At the top of a motto in Latin.

Portraits of emperors Nero and Galba and Otto and Vitelius; Portraits of Roman emperors. Portraits of Keizers Nero and Galba and Otto and Vitelius with their names mentioned in round frame. The print is printed with four plates.

Vogelnest, Pieter de Goeje, 1789 - 1859 print In an octagonal cartouche a bird's nest with two birds. The nest is built on an arrow and an arrow case. A burning torch in the nest. On the Verso a fragment of a different performance. Amsterdam (possibly) paper etching birds (+ animals nesting; making nests, lodges, webs, etc.). archer's weapons: arrow. torch

Marchand d'Amour, Hippolyte Le Bas, (French, 1782-1867), Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759-1815), Medium: cotton Technique: printed on plain weave, Fragment shows medallion with lovers and the figure of Time breaking scythe., Jouy, France, ca. 1820, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment, Fragment

Design for a Medal: Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales, Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699-1773, French, active in Britain (1733-45), undated, Pen and black ink, pen and red ink, graphite, red chalk and gold leaf on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper; with gold leaf, watercolor, and pen, with black and red ink, border lines, Mount: 11 × 7 5/8 inches (27.9 × 19.4 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (7 x 7 cm), and Sheet: 1 x 1 inches (2.5 x 2.5 cm), design, figures (illustrations), genre subject, medal, military art, prince, princess

Butter Mold. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 21 x 18.7 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charlotte Angus.

Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette faces Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819). Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette faces. Black pencil.

Maria Theresia, Roman-German Empress Picture Medal Maria Theresias and Franz I Stephans. Tower drawing by Matthew Donner. Design for embossing cream by Matthew Donner, which was presumably prepared on the occasion of the wedding of Franz Stephan of Lorraine and Maria Theresa 1736.

Engineering of France engaging the Constitution Augustin Dupre. Engineering of France engaging the Constitution. Black pencil, laid paper.

Penning met portret van Georg Wilhelm, keurvorst van Brandenburg.Portrait of Georg Wilhelm in a circle with zone left. His weapon with a crown in a circle with zone right.

Gypsum models for sculptures at the Palais du Louvre: Links "L'Amérique" by Louis Veray and right "L'Afrique" by Louis Rochet.Part of Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre 1852-1857, album 1.

Recto of the map of the purified popular society of the section Fontaine de Grenelle (TF)

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Portraits of the Ancient Philosophers 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian This print comes from the museums copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title ‘Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae first appears. Lafreri envisioned an ideal arrangement of the prints in 7 different categories, but during his lifetime, never appears to have offered one

Medallion with caritas, 1588 print The edge is decorated with grotesken who have five of the seven works of mercy as the theme. In the middle of a representation of the foot wash. Leaf from series of 4 sheets with a medallion in a wide edge of grotesks with figures, animals and leaf vines on a dark stock. The edge around the medallion and the outer edge contain Dutch and French verses. paper engraving Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carití' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. the (seven) Acts of Mercy

Maryland.. Prints. 1850. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. State seals, seals , Maryland

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Portraits of the Ancient Philosophers. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century. Dimensions: sheet: 18 5/16 x 15 3/8 in. (46.5 x 39 cm). Series/Portfolio: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Date: 16th century.This print comes from the museum's copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title 'Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae' first appears. Lafreri envisioned an id

Medal on the occasion of an exhibition in Paris. .

Section of antique silver representing a spa, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1878.

Scene from the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Crispin van de Passe (Holland, Arnemuiden, 1564-1637). Holland, 1601. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Portrait of a Roman emperor showing facial features, hairstyle, and attire, drawn with brown pen on parchment as part of a series.

Two Shields Supported by a Wild Man, 15th century, Martin Schongauer, German, c. 1440/53-1491, 3 × 3 1/16 in. (7.62 × 7.78 cm) (sheet, diameter)10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (26.99 × 20.96 cm) (mat), Engraving, Germany, 15th century, This furry fellow crowned with a wreath of vines is a wild man, a creature from just beyond the edge of civilization. He holds two shields that are similar to the symbols that families used to mark their property and their station in life in the late 1400s, when this engraving was made. Here the hare and the bust of the African youth are probably generic rather than truly symbols of any particular family. Martin Schongauer, one of the leading German artists of his time, made engravings such as this to offer inspiration to silversmiths, painters, and other craftsmen who needed ideas for their own designs.

Dagobert I., King Unknown Artist Data: 1601/1750

Medal with Frederick IV portrait and the names of Danish kings. Design of a round of medal with, in six concentric circles, the names of Danish kings and their government years, starting at King Grotricus () And ending at King Eric III. In the middle of the medal the portrait of Frederik IV.

Allegorical Medallion with on the background of assignats the portraits of the characters of the Revolution (TF)

Design for a Token: Trésor Royal 1748. Artist: Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698-1762 Paris). Dimensions: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) diameter. Date: 1748. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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