Historical Portrait Engravings

Engravings of notable historical figures characterized by detailed craftsmanship, showcasing attire and expressions relevant to the time periods.

Spangenberg, Cyriacus .

Nostradamus, Michael Stecher: Knorr, Georg Wolfgang

The port Van Adam Kraft, Matthias van Sommer, 1643 - 1672 print Germany paper engraving / etching historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of sculptor. portrait, self-portrait of architect

Eulenspiegel, to.

Grimani, Marino.

Bayer, Nicolaus.

Simler, JOSIASS UNBANDER CUSTERS

John Alder, Turkish slave, merchant and finally prisoner in Fleet Prison, the debtor's gaol, 1727. Engraving from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.

Hieronymus of Prague Stecher: Meyer, Conrad

Key, Willem .

A 1563 woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger depicting Johann Friedrich II, Duke of Saxony, showing facial features, posture, and attire in a formal portrait.

Johannes Klainau, 1527-1602, German theologian, preacher in Neumarkt an der Sulz, superindent in Neuburg an der Donau. Ioannes Klainavius Eccl. Neuburg Superniteno. Copperplate engraving by Johann Theodore de Bry from Jean-Jacques Boissards Bibliotheca Chalcographica, Johann Ammonius, Frankfurt, 1650.

Mathesius, Johann .

Arndt, Johann unknown artist dating: 1621/1640

Portrait of the Italian artist Schiavone, Portrait of Schiavone Portraits of Italian artists , print maker: Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland, (mentioned on object), 1752, paper, etching, h 90 mm - w 59 mm

Perron, Jacob Davy.

The Greek doctor Hippocrates from Kos in his study room, with a feather writing in a book. There are some medical instruments on the table.

PORTRET VAN PETRUS MARTYR ARGRIUS, Etienne Desrochers, c. 1726 print Paris paper engraving historical persons. diplomacy, diplomat

Calvin, Johann unknown artist dating: 1576/1625

Pfinzing of Henfenfeld, Martin.

Holbein, Hans Stecher: Stick, Andries Jacobsz

Sozzini, Mariano.

Sachs, Michael.

Bildnis Des James Cohibus

Etching by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn depicting a bearded man wearing a beret with agraffe, created in 1637, showing figure, facial detail, posture, and compositional elements.

French 16th Century, King Ferdinand of Austria, 1547 King Ferdinand of Austria

Portrait of Titian, Agostino Carracci, Italian, 1557 - 1602, Titian, Italian, ca. 1488 - 1576, Engraving on off-white laid paper, Titian, seen in three-quarter view, turned a little to the left. Below, the inscription: ILL. superscript MO ET R. superscript MO D. DNaccentO HENRICO CAETANO S.R.E. CARD.APLE. superscript BON. superscript A? LEGATO / EXIGVVM HOC MVNVS IMAGINIS TITIANI PICT. CVIVS NOVEM ORBIS CONTINERE NON VALET SVBMISSE DICAT SACRATOaccentVE / HVMILL.superscriptS Oaccent.SERVVS AVGVST.CARRATIVS. Date 1587 inscribed at lower right., Italy, 1587, portraits, Print, Print

Portrait of the painter Joos van Cleve; Portraits of painters; Pictorum Aliquot Celebruius Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. A four-line caption in Latin in the margin.

Alkmaar, Brekegeest, Simon Cornelisz, Neuhusius, Reinier, Vogelsanck, NA, Haarlem, Suyderhoef, Jonas, Portrait of Johannes Knijff, verso - stamped, minister in Alkmaar, at the age of 50. ... Latin., print, prints, height 318 mm, width 236 mm, 1613 - 1686-05-09, print maker, printmaker, 1654 - 1654, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), writer, 1608 - 1662, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

PORTRET VAN HERRI MET OF BES; Henrico Blesio Bovinati Pictori.

Visscher, C., work, Theodorik II, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, 40.3 cm x 29.4 cm

Domains, Marcantonio from 1701/1750

Portrait of the Remonstrant preacher Eduard Poppius Beneath the portrait an ode in Dutch, Portrait of Eduard Poppius, print maker: Pieter Sluyter, (mentioned on object), Joannes Brandt, (mentioned on object), publisher: Barent Bos, (mentioned on object), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Rotterdam, 1704, paper, etching, engraving, h 168 mm × w 120 mm

Johannes Schoner, German polymath, 1477-1547. Joan Schonerus Mathematicus. Copperplate engraving by Johann Theodore de Bry from Jean-Jacques Boissards Bibliotheca Chalcographica, Johann Ammonius, Frankfurt, 1650.

Wolfgang Meurer. Line engraving, 1688.

PaUmgärtner, Lucas.

Portrait of Hieronymus van Praag, Hendrick Hondius (I) (Possible), 1599 - 1650 print Portrait of Hieronymus van Prague, a Bohemian scholar and co -founder of the Hussites. Bust to the left. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of famous reformers. The Hague paper engraving

Godefroy, Denis Stecher: Granthomme, Jacques

Portrait of Homer; Illustration Philosophorum et Petarum Effigies; Portraits of Greek and Roman philosophers and writers.

Cologne, Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Portrait of Andrea Doria, verso lower left - stamped, Portrait of the Venetian doge Andrea Doria, below that his motto in Latin. In the inscription of the frame the name and function of the person portrayed in Latin. In the corners two dolphins and blowing cherubs. In the margin a six-line ode in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 137 mm, width 94 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, prentmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, papier, engraving, graferen (drukprocedé)

Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger depicting Johann Forster in portrait format, showing facial features, attire, and posture.

Portrait of painter Titian. .

Portrait of Cornelis Schonaeus. Portrait of poet Cornelis schonaeus at the age of 55.

Marshen, gaston.

Portrait of Ferdinand I of Habsburg, German emperor, monogrammist MR, 1547 print paper historical persons. knighthood order of the Golden Fleece - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order)

Trebiano, Tommaso from.

William Walker, died in 1736 at the age of 123. Copperplate engraving from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.

Power, Adam.

Vague, perino del.

Bearded Man in a Velvet Cap with a Jewelled Clasp, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1637 print paper etching

Coelln, Berthold of.

Stork, Paschal (Pasquale).

JOHANN GUTENBERG German printer who invented the movable types system Date: 1400 - 1468

Terry, Page.

Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521). Portuguese explorer. First Circumnavigation of the Earth. Portrait. Engraving by Ferdinand Selma (1752-1810). Color. Author: Ferdinad Selma.

Weigel, Valentin 1626 / 1725

Buyck, Joost .

Portrait of David Jorisz .. Portrait of David Jorisz., Pastor and merchant in Basel.

Solis, Virgil .

Morosini, Domenico.

Bust of man with beard and necklace, Wallerant Vaillant (Possible), 1637 - 1677 print paper etching beard

Murad II., Sultan of Ottomans Unknown artist dating: 1601/1750

Portret van Walter graaf van Leslie.Portrait of Walter Count of Leslie with the order of the order of the golden fleece to his neck and command stove in his hand. He was a field marshal and negotiated with the Ottomans. At the bottom of the margin a two-legged text in Latin.

Aristotle.

Johann Vischer. Mezzotint by G. Fennitzer, 16--.

Georg Roggenbach. Dated: 1554. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hanns Lautensack.

Degier, Dietrich.

Dino da Mugello.

Steinbrecher, Joachim.

Buchholzer, Georg.

Lord Russell 1796 Italy. Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper . Francesco Bartolozzi

JOHN RUSSEL THE FIRST EARL OF BEDFORD , John Russell, st Earl of Bedford, englischer Minister, Jakob Houbraken , copper engraver, Knapton, publishing house

Gesture, Konrad painter: Asper, Hans (1499) Stecher: Pfenninger, Heinrich

Pirckheimer, Johann.

Lorme, Philibert of.

Pietro Aretino., 1647, Flanders, by Wenceslaus Hollar, Marcantonio Raimondi, Titian Vecelli. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1959.

Heinrich of the illustration, Markgrem of Meissen.

This illustration of Pope Sixtus V is from an engraving in the Prints and Drawings section in Berlin. Pope Sixtus V or Xystus V was born Felice Piergentile. He was Pope of the Catholic Church from 24 April 1585 to his death in 1590. He is best known for his contribution toembryology. He published the papal bull titled Effraenatam in 1588.The bull was later revoked by Pope Gregory XIV in 1591.

Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossing. 1556. Lautensack, Hanns (German printmaker, draftsman, and medalist, ca. 1520-1564/1566). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Portrait of Hernando de Alarcón, Pieter Perret, After Titian, 1581 - 1625 print Portrait of the Spanish explorer Hernando de Alarcón. unknown paper engraving armour Trujillo High California

Horst, Gregor Stecher: Kilian, Lucas

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532-1588), English Nobleman, Governor-General of the United Provinces in 1585-87. Hendrick Goltzius; Dutch, 1558-1617. Date: 1586. Dimensions: 61 x 52 mm (image/sheet, trimmed within plate mark). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: HENDRICK GOLTZIUS.

Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521). Explorer of Portuguese origin. Portrait. Facsimile after a copper engraving by Ferdinand Selma (1752-1810) in 1788. Colorised.

Hans Holbein the Elder, German painter, c.1460-1524. Son of Michael Holbein, and father to artist and printmaker Hans Holbein the Younger. Johannes Holbein Senior Augustanus. Copperplate engraving by Richard Collin after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

Jacobus de Breuck

Portrait of a bearded rabbi with flat hat and chain around neck., Portrait of a Rabbi, print maker: Antoine Marie Labouchere, (mentioned on object), 1812, paper, etching, h 200 mm × w 174 mm

Portret van Bernard du Bosquet, Etienne Picart, 1660 print paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing historical persons. cardinal

Jan Hus (1369-1415). Czech theologian and philosopher. Reformer excommunicated in 1410 for propagating the doctrines of Wycliffe. In 1414 he attended the Council of Constance, where he was tried and condemned to the stake as a heretic. This unleashed the Hussite uprising (1419-1434), antecedent of the Wars of Religion. Portrait. Engraving by A. Roca. Detail. Historia de las persecuciones políticas y religiosas en Europa (History of political and religious persecutions in Europe). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1863. Author: Antonio Roca Sallent (1813-1864). Spanish engraver.

Baronius, caesar unbe-winning artsterler

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Bearded man with a velvet beret with a jeweled buckle, verso lower right, print, prints, Rembrandt f 1637, upper left, height 95 mm, width 83 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1637 - 1637, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704-1767, Man Wearing a Hat, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Goethals, Gilles.

Knobloch, Johann.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), Old Man with a Divided Fur Cap, 1640, etching, with some drypoint

Forster, Johann Stecher: Stimmer, TobiStecher: Murer, Christophdation: After 1590 / presumably 1719

Jackson, Andrea.

SAN JUAN DE RIBERA ( 1532 - 1611 ). ARZOBISPO Y VIRREY DE VALENCIA. GRABADO RETRATO DE LA COLECCION " VARONES ILUSTRES ). CALCOGRAFIA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Bullinger, Heinrich.

Portrait of Iohannes Maivs

JEROME OF PRAGUE Czech theologian and reformer Date: circa 1365 - 1416

Portrait of Heinrich Walder, Johannes Meyer (II), 1665 - 1712 print Numbered at the bottom of the oval frame: 29. paper engraving historical persons. mayor, burgomaster. armorial bearing, heraldry

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