Historical Portrait Engravings

A collection of engraved portraits of historical figures, featuring elaborate frames, decorative elements, and classical styling.

Jan Stolker, Kees van Oeveren, 1760s Kees van Oeveren

Ludwig Xiv., King of France painting by Hyacinth Rigaud, played in a stitch of Pierre Savart

Ghiberti, Lorenzo.

Donate, Nicolo.

ANTONIO POLLAIUOLO Florentine artist Date: 1429 - 1498

Josef I., Roman-German Kaiser.

PortraT van Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen -Darmstad, Johann Esaias Nilson, 1731 - 1788 print Augsburg paper engraving / etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. family, relationship, descent. devotion, piety; 'Divotione' (Ripa). the liberal arts, 'Artes Liberales'

Bildnis der Susanna Jacobea Hellbachia

Johann Jacob Bischoff von Gurck, Johann VII, Jakob Freiherr von Lamberg, Bishop of Gurk, Unknown

Ferdinand II., Roman-German Kaiser.

Portrait van Philipp Knipschild, Johann Pfann, 1648 - 1663 print paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. scales. pendant, trinket, 'breloque'

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria.

Kinsky , Philipp Joseph Graf .

Streams, Girolamo.

Contreras, Fernando de.

Ferdinando Primo Augustissimo Imperatore de Romani , Emperor Ferdinand I, Roman-German emperor, Johann Alexander Böner -, artist

PortraT van Hermann Joachim Hahn, Christian Albrecht Wortmann, 1726 - 1760 print Dresden paper engraving / etching historical persons. grave-building, monumental tomb. (human) skull. crucifix ~ personal devotion

Agnes von Poitou.

Ampringen, Johann Kaspar of Stecher: Schurtz, Cornelius Nicolausfactic genesis: Nuremberg

Saladini, Tommaso.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Headquarters of La Rochelle, second border from top to the middle, portrait of Louis XIII" (Lieure 660, Meaume 513). Etching. 1629-1630. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99596-24 Etching, engraving

PortraT van Georg Mund von Rodach, Lukas Schnitzer, 1638 - 1671 print Nuremberg paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Stephan II, Duke of Bavaria.

Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona (Engraver and drawer); Viuda de Corradi / 'Carlos IV, Prince of Asturias'. 1778. Taille douce: etching and engraving on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Portrait of Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoye, Johann Sadeler (I), 1595 - 1596 print Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy. Portrait in oval cartouche on the right the personification force (Fortitudo) and on the left the personification caution (prudentia). Above the portrait the weapon of Savoye with the motto: 'Te Cum Discordia Concors'. Prisoners under the portrait. Italy paper engraving Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. armorial bearing, heraldry

Szeptycki, Leon Ludwik.

unknown, Amsterdam, King, Wilhelmus, Engelbrecht, Martin, Northern Netherlands, Buysen jr., Pieter van, Sassen, Joost van, Bombario Actionist and the Spirit of Aesop, Pierre Gros-Pecheur Monarque de Groenlande et Grand Bailli de la Côte des Baleines, Petrus Dorlandus Somer-Prince of Greenland, Great Admiral of the Whale Fleet, The Noble and Named Lord Piters Kahlmuss Exchanger and Great Chanzeler of the Greenlandic Whale correspond, The dwarf Petrus Dorlandus as a whaler, 1720, The dwarf Petrus Dorlandus as a (Dutch) whaler in Greenland. In the caption verses in Dutch and French. Numbered right center: 13. Print within a decorative frame printed from a separate plate with leaves and monsters. Part of the second Dutch bound edition of 1720 (and related to the Windhandel of that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as Het Dwergentooneel, partly copied after an older German example., print, picture, caricature, books, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 169 mm, width 105

Egica, King of the Westgoten.

COCCIO, Marco Antonio.

Baileul, Nicolas de.

Sir James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Simon Gribelin, 1662-1733, French, active in Britain, after Michael Dahl, 1656-1743, Swedish, active in Britain (from 1682), 1713, Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (37.1 × 24.1 cm) and Image: 13 7/8 × 8 3/4 inches (35.2 × 22.2 cm)

Portrait of Maria de Medici, caught in a medallion that hangs in her family tree, with her offspring in the branches. A cartouche with the text hangs on the medallion: your Couvre de MON Ombre Toute La Terre. At the foot of the tree two allegorical figures, fame with bazuines and Fortuna with wheel and rich apple, which watering the tree. With four lines of caption in French.

Friday, Johann.

River, Lazarus.

Portrait of Maria Louisa van Hessen-Kassel. Portrait of Maria Louisa in an ornamented oval. On the left an allegorical figure. A rose in the foreground. On relief an allegorical performance.

Cardinal Jules Mazarin 1659 Robert Nanteuil French. Cardinal Jules Mazarin 428818

Portret van Johanna van Habsburg, Niccolò Nelli, 1569 print A portrait of Johanna van Habsburg with a high collar, caught in an oval surrounded by mannerist decorative motifs. Venice paper engraving / etching historical persons. ornament derived from architectural details

Stralendorf, Peter Heinrich Freiherr von.

Portrait van Johann Friedrich Löffelholz von Colberg, Jakob von Sandrart, after Daniel Preissler, 1670 print paper engraving / etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. oil-lamp. symbols, allegories of war; 'Guerra' (Ripa) Bad Colberg-Heldburg

Ferdinand III., Roman-German Kaiser.

Portret van Matouš Kollin of Chotěřina, Jan Balzer, 1746 - 1799 print Numbered in the top left: 39. paper etching / engraving historical persons. writer, poet, author

Portrait of Angelus d'Gnyes at the age of 69, Elias Christopf Heiss, after Jo. Sitterich, 1719 print Augsburg paper etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic)

Pius V., Papa.

Folkema, Jacob, Portrait of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, verso - stamped, Portrait bust of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, governor of the Dutch East Indies, surrounded by palm branches and decorated at the bottom with his family crest. The portrait stands on a globe and is surrounded by coats of arms, banners, books and attributes of various gods, muses and virtues., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 101 mm, width 152 mm, Dutch, 1692 - 1767, print maker, printmaker, 1748 - 1748, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, after own design by

Filarete, Antonio Di Pietro.

Portrait of Jakob Friedrich Goll at the age of 58, Jacob Andreas Fridrich (II), 1758 print Augsburg paper engraving / etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. ornament ~ medallion. rocaille ornament. fantastic plants, fabulous vegetation

Portrait of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland. Portrait of Albrecht of Bavaria in an oval picture frame with peripheral. There are government period in a framework. Completely in an ornamented, rectangular frame with a number of allegorical objects and animals.

Portrait of Karel Willem Ferdinand van Brunswijk -Wolfenbüttel, 1745 - 1788 print Portrait of Karel Willem Ferdinand van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel in rocaille frame with winged putto with laurel wreath. The cartouche is worn by a pedestal with crowned coat of arms. On the left a writing woman. Tingle paper etching / engraving historical persons. prince. armorial bearing, heraldry. handwriting, writing as activity

Portrait of Christine

Schenkin of Limpurg, Anna Christina.

Rostail, Charles Marquis and Comte de.

Elizabeth Queen of England, France, and Ireland etc.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

Singer, Johann.

Bruch, Pieter Wallers: Spreads, Barthohamehamuses: Sadleler, Egidius ())

Claudini, Giulio Caesar.

Hinkeldey, Carl (Ludwig Friedrich) of.

Portret Van Giovanni Lanfranco, Claude Randon, 1648 - 1670 print France paper engraving / etching historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter

Portrait of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Jacob Houbraken, 1736 - 1738 print Portrait of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, adviser of Elisabeth I Queen of England. Under the portrait a pedestal on which a putto with the Caduceus; The Mercury, a dog with a key between his front legs and a horn of abundance that coins fall out of two snakes, and winged by two snakes. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / pen caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury). key. 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty

Huth, Philipp Ludwig.

Erkein, Alexander Stecher: Galle, Cornelis (1615)

Spring from Saint Martin on the Île de Ré, July-November 1627 (edge, part in the middle). Substantive part (edge, part in the middle) of a print of the siege of the Citadel Saint Martin on the Île de Ré in 1627, that became that Executed by English troops led by the Duke of Buckingham and ended by French troops led by Cardinal Richelieu. On this magazine a portrait of the brother of Louis XIII, Gaston, in oval with peripheral, surrounded by a crown and military attributes.

Melpomenene, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1589 - 1611 print Landscape with Melpomene, the muse of the mourning game, with an empty dagger sheath and a paper in her hands. A play is performed on a stage in the background. Third print from a series with muses. Cologne paper engraving Melpomene (one of the Muses); 'Melpomene' (Ripa). theatre, theatrical performance

Portrait of Jan I van Holland. Portrait of Jan I van Holland for feet, with coat of arms on the left shoulder. Around an ornamental picture frame with weapent trophies and two medallions with Minerva and Hercules.

Title page for: C.H. Gietermaker, Konst Der Steering-Lieden, 1697. Bust to the right of Klaas Hendriksz Gietermaker in an oval with a peripheral in Dutch. Left and right of the portrait a woman's figure with measuring and navigation instruments. At the bottom of a cartouche with five figures around a table on which a globe and books. At the top of the title.

Portrait of Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp at the age of 55; M.H. Tromp l'Admirael van Hollandt and West-Vrieslandt. Portrait of Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp at the age of 55. The admiral wears a laurel wreath on its head. Breast piece in oval frame flanked by two angels blowing on trumpets and banners and smoking guns. Under the portrait a scene from the three-day sea battle at Portland from 1652 with cannon fire over and over again. In the margin under a Dutch verse in eight rules with which Tromp's heroic deeds are praised. An explanatory list indicates the warring parties, which is printed with a second plate.

Fleming, Hans Friedrich von.

Portrait of Martin Luther. Portrait of Martin Luther and Profil in an ornamental picture frame. He has been presented as a doctor, with a beret on the head. Above the portrait in a cartouche letters dml.

Grundmann, Friedrich.

Lorenzetti, Pietro.

Funeral effigy of Henry IV, King of France 1610 Anonymous, French, 17th century Effigy of Henry IV displayed after his assassination. The King is in full regalia, on a canopy bed, surrounded by candlesticks. Inscription below image has been trimmed from print.. Funeral effigy of Henry IV, King of France 700399

Amsterdam, Fokke, Simon, H. Laurentius, verso - stamped, Saint Laurentius rests on a grid with a palm branch in his hand. The image is surrounded by a laurel wreath. Below the wreath hangs a coat of arms with two crossed keys on ribbons., print, prent, prints, height 121 mm, width 91 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1738 - 1738, paper, papier, etching, etsen

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

Portrait of Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Jeremias Gottlob Rugendas, after Franz Joseph Winter, 1720 - 1772 print Vienna paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. ruler, sovereign. knighthood order of the Golden Fleece

Contucci, Andrea .

Kinsky, Franz Ulrich Graf .

The port Van David Murray, David Martin, 1775 print paper etching / engraving historical persons. politician, e.g. party leader

PortraT van Johann Joseph Gassner, Johann Gottlieb Fridrich, after Johann Andreas Bechdolff, 1767 - 1781 print Portrait of Gassner during a devil exit. There are three crippled figures around the medallion. Regensburg paper engraving historical persons. ornament ~ medallion. exorcizing the devil. person with a physical disability

Bildnis Des Augustus leader Brunovicensium and Lunaeburgensium

Schultz, Gottfried.

Imhof, Hieronymus.

Brémond d'Ars, Josias de.

Portret van Placidus Muth, Georg Heinrich Werner, 1785 - 1789 print Erfurt paper engraving / etching historical persons. skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'

Ludwig XIII., King of France.

Melpomene; The nine muses. Landscape with melpomene, the muse of the mourning game, with a blank dagger sheath and a paper in her hands. In the background a stage is staged on a stage. Third print from a series with muses.

Nuremberg, Bussemacher, Johann, Solis, Virgilius, Portrait of Chilperic II, King of the Franks, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, book illustration, prints, verso - stamped, 158, height 118 mm, width 80 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), plate tone, Publication (Event), Publication, German - 1627, publisher

Moritz, Prince of Orania, Count von Nassau breast image, half from the right; BARHAUPT, with upper lip, spatula chin bearing; Lace neck crime; in Harnic, with peak fitted fiber bandage around the right shoulder; in oval framing made of laurel blade thread, top with crowned, compromised by two palm branches; His picture holds a female allegory with fighter rod and snake-relented piston piece in arms at feet of a column; Below the picture villa's view of horse head; On the hatched front of basic socket Franz. Legend and two-line verses in two columns; Below the representation on both sides the designations. Copper engraving by Gerard Valck after paintings by Adraen van der Werff.

Karl Ix., King of France Stecher: Nelli, Niccolò

Des Ursins, Charlotte .

Richard Mead. Line engraving, 1755, after L. F. Roubiliac.

Odo, King of France.

Wenzel II, Duke of Bohemia.

Stanisław Patron Cron Piechaczek, Ludwik (CA 1824 1878), Tegazzo, Franciszek (1829 1879), Litographic insole: Dzwonkowski Adam

Mair, Alexander, Portrait of Johann Welser with ornamental border, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 396 mm, width 270 mm, 1559 - 1620, print maker, printmaker, 1584 - 1584, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), writer

Portrait of Admiraal Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp at the age of 55, Cornelis van Dalen (I), 1653 print Portrait of Admiraal Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp at the age of 55. The Admiral wears a laurel wreath on his head. Breastpiece in oval frame flanked by two angels who blow on trumpets and banners and smoking guns. Under the portrait a scene from the three -day sea battle near Portland from 1652 with cannon fire back and forth. In the margin under a Dutch verse in eight lines that praise Tromp's heroic deeds. An explanatory list indicates the warring parties, which is printed with a second album. paper etching / engraving commander-in-chief, admiral. Battle of Portland

Portrait van Emanuel Lired of Anhalt-Köthen, Gottlieb Leber Right Crusius, 1757 print Leipzig paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Charles VIII, King of France, Jost Amman, 1598 print Nuremberg paper etching historical persons. ruler, sovereign. scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament

Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Jacob Houbraken, After Isaac Oliver, 1736 - 1738 print Portrait of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, with the head of Medusa under the portrait, a performance with a knight's tournament and a harness with a trumpet, the handle of a sword and a glove. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / pen

Weislinger, Johann Nikolaus.

Sophie Eleonore, Princess of Braunschweig-Bevern.

Bessarion, Johannes .

Barth, Josef.

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