Historical Portrait Engravings

Engravings depicting 16th-17th century scholars and artists holding tools of their trades, characterized by elaborate costumes and framed with ornate designs.

Niccolo Tartaglia (1500 - 1559) Italian mathematician

Caprara, Albrecht Graf .

Leszek IV., Duke of Poland.

Of Bellay, from Langey, Guillaume 1621/1661

Ivan III. Vasilyevitsc, called Ivan the Great, 22 January 1440-27 October 1505, was Grand Duke of Moscow from 1462 to 1505, Historic, digitally restor...

Rudolf I of Habsburg, King.

Giorgi, Marino.

Vasco da Gama, c. 1460s 1524, Portuguese explorer, digitally edited Vasco da Gama, c. 1460s 1524, Portuguese explorer, digitally edited Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660642

Philipp I, King of France.

PortraT van Saladin, Anonymous, after Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1575 print Print is part of an album. paper historical persons. ruler, sovereign

Head of an old man with beard and a high hat.

Rufmus Tyrannius.

Portrait of Georg Pencz; Imago Gregori peins. Portrait of engraver and painter Georg Pencz with beret. This portrait is part of a double portrait on which the artist's wife is depicted. Their images were engraved together in a plate, but were later printed as two loose prints as in this case.

Jackson, Andrea.

JOHN WIGHT printer Date: circa 1550

Cuchein ali bag.

Hanns Lautensack, Ulrich Schwaiger (), 1554 Ulrich Schwaiger ()

Karl I, the big, Roman emperor.

Bridalamundus, King of Sweden.

Fracastori, Girolamo.

Portrait of an unknown old man with a turban, Carl Friedrich Holtzmann, after Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1750 - 1811 print Dresden paper etching anonymous historical person portrayed. male persons from the Old Testament (with NAME) (not in biblical context). head-gear: turban. beard. historical costume

Mocenigo, Alvise.

William Butler: his memorial bust in Great St Mary's church, Cambridge. Pencil drawing.

Netherlands, Claudius Civilis, Bust of Claudius Civilis., print, picture, historical print, prints, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 126 mm, width 80 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1899, 19th century, paper, papier, lithografie (technique)

Said Muhammed Ben Abdul-Angel Pasa.

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced the printing press. His usage of movable type printing started the Printing Revolution and is widely regarded as the most important event of the modern period. It played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation and the Scientific Revolution and laid the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses. Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type printing, in around 1439. Among his many contributions to printing are: the invention of a process for mass-producing movable type; the use of oil-based ink; and the use of a wooden printing press similar to the agricultural screw presses of the period. His acclaim is due to the engineering of these elements into a practical system for the mass production of printed books, that was economically viable for printers and readers alike. Gutenberg's method for maki

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), painter, anatomist, architect, botanist, scientist, writer, sculptor, philosopher, engineer, musician, poet and Italian inventor. Engraving, 1840.

Bliżej Kultury Zabłocki, Feliks (1846 1874)

Abdu, Pasha.

Nostradamus (Michel de Notradame 1503-1556) . French physician and astrologer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Nicolas de Verdun (IFF 204) (dummy title)

Portrait of Marco Girolamo Vida, Bust to the right of Marco Girolamo Vida in the year 1531 in an oval, warr his name in Latin. Below the portrait a twelve-line text in Latin, Marco Girolamo Vida, Michael Heylbroeck (mentioned on object), unknown, 1645 - 1733, paper, letterpress printing, h 215 mm × w 130 mm

Spoonwood of Colberg, Wilhelm.

Cubleli, Mustafa.

Giusepe Garibaldi (1807-1882). Italian military, revolutionary, patriot and politician. He was one of the leaders of the Italian Unification (Risorgimento). Portrait. Engraving by E. Buxó. Histoire de la Révolution de Rome. Tableau religieux, politique et militaire des années 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 et 1850 en Italie (History of the Revolution in Rome. Religious, political and military overview of the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850 in Italy), by Alphonse Balleydier. Volume II. Tomás Gorchs Polytechnic Printing and Bookstore, Barcelona, 1857. Author: Esteban Buxó. 19th-century Spanish engraver.

Chamberlain Joachim Stecher: Bowen, Charles (1)

Manutius, Paul Stecher, Galle, Philips

Portrait of Hans Sachs, 5 November 1494, 19 January 1576, a German meistersinger, poet, playwright and shoemaker, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, portrait of Hans Sachs, 5 November 1494, 19 January 1576, a German meistersinger, poet, playwright and shoemaker, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved

Portret van, StadtB Joos van Cleve; Portretten van schilders; Several pre-eminent painters Celebrium Germany Lower Effigies.A four-line caption in Latin in the margin.

Juan de Yciar (1515/23-1590). Spanish calligrapher.

. Portrait of Pasja Kutschuit MEHEUMET from Varadino. At the top left numbered: 98.

Alfonso D´Albuquerque, 1452 to 1515. Portugeuse admiral, 1st Viceroy of Portuguese India. From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary published 1825

Kleobulos of Lindos.

Historical engraving, portrait of Conrad Gesner, Konrad Gessner, Conrad Gessner, Conrad von Gesner or Conradus Gesnerus, 1516-1565, Swiss physician, naturalist and philologist, 16th century, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur by Gustav Koennecke, illustrated atlas, 1887

Portrait of Hieronymous Schurstab (1512-after1554). Artist: Hanns Lautensack, German, 1524-1561

Tatti, Jacopo.

Mieszko III the Old (1126/27 ñ 1202), of the royal Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death

FRIEDRICH III DER WEISE 'The Wise' Elector of Saxony, patron of Durer and Cranach, reigned 1486-1525 Date: 1463 - 1525

Fuchs, Leonhard.

Portret van Gerardus Mercator, Philips Galle, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587 - 1606 print Portrait of Gerardus Mercator, famous cartographer from Rupelmonde. Bust to the right. In his hands a world globe and a passer. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of famous scholars. Antwerp paper engraving

Bajazet I., Sultan of Turkey.

Portrait of an unknown man. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1550 - 1599. Measurements: h 211 mm × w 175 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Portret van Wolfgang Lazius, Edme de Boulonois, 1682 print Brussels paper engraving historical persons. physician, doctor. professor

Portrait of the Tsar Michail I Fyodorovich of Russia (1596-1645), Anonymous

Dietrich, from the house Wettin.

NUÑO LAINI - GENEALOGIA DE LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA - CODICE COPIADO EN EL S XVI POR DIONISIO -. Author: CARTAGENA ALONSO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. LAINI NUÑO. LAINEZ NUNO.

Portrait of the Ioachimvs Camerarivs

Wenzel II, King of Bohemia.

Costa, King of the Westgoten.

Sultan Soliman II the Great, 1519-1566, Historical, digitally restored 19th century reproduction, exact date unknown

Portret van Franse hervormer Guillaume Farel; William Farellus Church Reformer France .

Portrait of a Jew in a fur cap. unknown, painter

Zingel, Thomas .

España. Edad media. Eurico (440-484), rey de los visigodos del 466 al 484.

Francisco Pizarro Gonzalez, 1476, 1541, a Spanish conquistador who conquered the kingdom of the Incas, portrait on a Spanish post stam

Baccio Bandinelli, Italian Renaissance history painter, draughtsman and sculptor, 1493-1560. Tinted etching within a decorative border by H. Minasi after a portrait by Niccolo della Casa from John Girtins Seventy-Five Portraits of Celebrated Painters from Authentic Originals, J. MCreery, London, 1817.

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