Historical Portrait Engravings

Engravings of noble figures and historical personalities, featuring detailed clothing and settings, portraying important historical figures in a formal style.

Portrait van Christoph August Reichel, 1774 print paper engraving / etching historical persons

Stick, Christian von.

Peller of Schoppershof to Kastenreuth, Christoph Gottfried.

Alberoni, Giulio Verleger: Rossi, Domenico de (1691) Verlagsort: Rom

Portrait of Evert Christiaan Staring. Portrait of Evert Christiaan Staring, Captain of the ship Argo in the Battle of Doggersbank. Under the portrait a degen, a laurel wreath, a compass, an anchor and a banner.

Gheyn, Jacques de.

Baumgärtner of Holenstein, Georg.

Friedrich I. The Configable, Elector of Saxony 1601/1750

Karl I. Ludwig, Elector of the Palatinate.

Portret Van Laurengo Isimbardi, Giovanni Battista Bonacina, After Cesare Fiori, 1625 - 1669 print Italy paper etching / engraving historical persons

Johannes van Buyten. Line engraving by A. van Westerhout after C. E. Biset.

Georgivs Bvchananvs.. Hunt, Charles Havens. Prints. 1881. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Buchanan, George, 1506-1582

Portrait of Jan van Zuylen. Portrait of Jan van Zuylen, Lord van Haer and van Zevender, at the age of 52. In the frame of the frame the name and function of the portrayed in Latin, in mirror image.

Portrait of the Caspar Hammerschmied

Zwingli, Ulrich Painter: Asper, Hans (1499) Stecher: Pfenninger, Heinrich

Hahn, Hermann Joachim Eraser: True, Moritzdatierung: 1700 / 1749Factable place of origin: Dresden

Portrait of Martin Krinaberger, Georg Fennitzer, 1656 - 1722 print paper historical persons. enamelling ~ applied arts

Print made by George Vertue, 1684-1756, British, George Morley Bishop of Winchester, 1740. Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Morocz by Bekethfalva, Wolfgang.

PIERRE GASSENDI Robert Nanteuil (1623-1678). "Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655)", 1658.

A man in an old-fashioned costume, he is dressed as Lucas van Leyden, holding a rummer. He speaks of his preference for wine over beer and tobacco. Twelfth print from a series of eighteen, Man with a rummer Mirror of vanity (series title) Spigel, ofte Toneel der ydelheyd en ongebondenheyd onser eeuwe (series title on object), print maker: Jan van de Velde (II), Jan van de Velde (II), Samuel Ampzing, Amsterdam, 1633, paper, etching, engraving, h 170 mm × w 117 mm

Portrait van Johann Sigmund Muffel, Johann Lorenz Hönnig, after David Kestner, 1694 - 1713 print Nuremberg paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. pendant, trinket, 'breloque'. gloves, mittens, etc.

Group picture.

Delft, Kloeting, Simon, Vincentij minister Serooskk., Souter, Adrian, Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (II), Portrait of Robert Junius, verso lower left - stamped, Bust portrait of Robert Junius, at the age of 38. The portrait is set in an oval frame with an inscription in Latin. In the margin an eight-line poem in Dutch., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 220 mm, width 162 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1606-11-22 - 1674, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1670, paper, papier, etching, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Nederlands - 1645, after, naar schildervan, schrijver, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, publisher

David Pieterz. de Vries, artillery-meester van de staten van West-Vrieslant en't Noorder Quartier. 1640 - 1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

William Cartwright, poet, died 1643, aged 33. From a print by Lombart prefixed to his "Plays," 1651. Copperplate engraving from Richardson's "Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England," London, 17921812. Published by William Richardson, printseller, London. James Granger (17231776) was an English clergyman, biographer, and print collector.

Sassoferrato, Bartolo da Draftsman: Kleinhard, Johannstecher: Balzer, Johann Georg

Portrait Van Johann Jacob Irgers, Conrad Meyer, 1660 print paper engraving historical persons. theologian. book

Portrait of Johannes Olearius, Christian Romstet, 1665 - 1721 print paper engraving historical persons. interior of church

Ziegler, Friedrich.

Portrait of Jan shutters; Portrait of Jan Luyken. Portrait of the print maker, painter and poet Jan Luyken. Above the oval with the portrait, a putto holds a laurel wreath. Other putti wear a cross, incense barrel or burning hearts. On the ground is a rich apple where reading children are distracted by a figure with a winged headgear, possibly Mercury. This drops through a magnifying glass sunlight on the scene among him. There are drawing and painting supplies, books and a Bible on the ground. A woman with a book roll in hand points to the portrait. On the Piewasher in a cartouche the birth and death date of Luyken and a predicted diligence in Dutch.

Portrait of painter Antonio Allegri, who is known by the name Correggio. In one hand he holds a pair of gloves, the other hand rests on a book. Below in the margin the crowned coats of arms of the Electors of Saxony, the name of their Royal Collection in Dresden, and the measurements of the original painting found here in Italian and French. Portrait of Correggio, print maker: Pieter Tanjé, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Charles François Hutin, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1754, paper, engraving, etching, h 355 mm × w 253 mm

Franz Farnese, Duke of Parma.

Wittola, Marcus Antonius.

Portrait of Adriaen Peacock. Adriaen Pauw, Lord of Heemstede and Boardenectionaris van Holland, at the age of 66. He stands for a bookcase, to which a coat of arms hangs.

Pfeiffer, Christoph.

Ambrosio de Morales (1523-1591), humanista, historiador y arqueólogo español. Grabado de 1853.

Murcot, John .

PortraT van Johann Schenck, Georg Fennitzer, 1656 - 1722 print paper historical persons. physician, doctor. ornament ~ cartouche

Portrait van Johann Heinrich Hadewig, Johann Benjamin Brühl, 1726 print Leipzig paper engraving historical persons. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. the Bible as a book. (rays of) light ~ symbol of God the Father

Portrait van Ulrich von Hutten, Georg Friedrich Vogel, 1808 - 1834 print Nuremberg paper engraving historical persons

Regiomontanus, Johannes .

Sluse, Jean Gaultier.

Portrait of the English statesman Oliver Cromwell. There are coat of arms and beheading Charles I of England on the Piesta State. In the margin a four-line predicted position in French.

Portrait of Timothy Cruso with a skull, Jan van der Spriet, 1675 - 1690 print Delft paper (human) skull

Héderváry, John.

Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker. Portrait of Joan Maetsuyker with a command stove in his said. There are ships at sea in the background. His name and titles under the portrait. With a poem of 12 rules in Latin by J. Tollius and a Dutch poem of ten rules by wanting.

Dove, Johann Konrad.

Portrait of Georgius de Mey. Portrait of the preacher Georgius de Mey. Under the portrait his name and position in Latin and a verse of eight rules in Dutch by J. Cuperus.

Dornfeld, Johann .

Self -portrait of artist Cornelis van den Berg, Cornelis van den Berg, 1759 print Haarlem paper etching portrait, self-portrait of graphic artist

Harrach to Rohrau, Otto Friedrich Graf von.

Lambeck, Peter.

DUllER, Thomas.

Portrait of the Amsterdam mayor and council of the city of Jacob Cornelisz Banjaert, named Van Neck, in an oval. The portrait rests on a baseboard with its name and data in three rules in Dutch

Portrait of cornelis van aerssen. Portrait of cornelis of aerssen in an octagonal frame. His name and title in a framework. At the top right: Tom. VII. PAG. 443.

The seelter, Jean Laurent.

Portrait of the Gerardv Ioan. Vossivs

PortraT van Johann Conrad Dove, Johann Georg Schmidt, 1743 print Braunschweig paper engraving / etching historical persons. theologian

Portrait of Reinier Adriaensz. Pauw, Portrait of the Amsterdam Mayor and Council of the City of Reinier Adriaensz. Peacock in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth with his name and information in three lines in Dutch, historical persons, Reinier Adriaensz. Pauw, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1749 - 1780 and/or 1796, paper, engraving, h 181 mm × w 119 mm

Pierre and Jacques Dupuy ca. 1648-49 Robert Nanteuil French. Pierre and Jacques Dupuy 428328

Portrait of Pastor Johannes Schellhammer, sitting at a desk, print maker: Hendrik Bary (mentioned on object), Dating 1681

Portrait of Reinier Adriaensz. Pauw, Jacob Houbraken, after Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn, 1796 print Portrait of the Amsterdam mayor and council of the city of Reinier Adriaensz. Pauw in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth with its name and data in three lines in Dutch Amsterdam paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Johannes Schellhammer at the age of 67, Hendrik Bary, after Jan de Bisschop, 1681 print Portrait of the pastor Johannes Schellhammer, sitting on a desk. Under the portrait are name and functions. Netherlands paper engraving

Widemann, Johann Samuel .

Maximilian I., Roman-German Emperor painter: Leyden, Lucas Hugensz. Vanstecher: Adam, Jacob

Portrait of Johann Froben, c. 1460-1527. Famous printer, publisher and learned Renaissance humanist in Basel. Iohannes Frobenus, Typographorum Omnium Aevi Sui Princeps. 1527. Copperplate engraving by Bartholomaus Hubner after a portrait by Hans Holbein in Christian von Mechel's Oeuvre de Jean Holbein, Chez Guillaume Haas, Basel, 1790.

Portrait of King Henry the Fourth, Henry IV of England, born 1367, began reign 1399 and died 1413. In hat, embroidered doublet and cape with gold chain, within ornate frame. Handcolored engraving by Cosmo Armstrong from Portraits and Characters of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to George the Third, John Harris, London, 1830.

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