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Historical Portrait Engravings

A collection of engraved portraits depicting notable historical figures from the past, showcasing detailed attire, expressions, and a classical artistic style.

Nuremberg, Bussemacher, Johann, Amman, Jost, Portrait of Henry III, King of France, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, book illustration, prints, verso - stamped, 158, height 118 mm, width 82 mm, Swiss, 1539 - 1591-03-15, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plate tone, Publication (Event), Publication, German - 1627, publisher
Nuremberg, Bussemacher, Johann, Amman, Jost, Portrait of Henry III, King of France, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, book illustration, prints, verso - stamped, 158, height 118 mm, width 82 mm, Swiss, 1539 - 1591-03-15, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plate tone, Publication (Event), Publication, German - 1627, publisher
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Portrait of Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert in allegorical frame, Theodor Matham, 1647 - 1650 print Portrait of Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert surrounded by clouds and by ten burning hearts that are held by hands, each accompanied by Bible verses. Under the portrait a heart with the all -seeing eye on which Korenaren stick out, also with Bible verses. Above the portrait two putti that holds a palm branch. At the bottom of the Amsterdam city coat of arms, a banderole and a balance with three weights on each sides. Above it on the left the sun and the moon on the right. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching the Sacred Heart. the all-seeing eye, triangle with eye ~ symbol of God the Father
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Luther, Martin .
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Stephan III., papa .
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Keizer Caligula, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print Flower chalice with a king. In his hands he has a rich apple and a scepter. The performance is part of the Success Roman emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Keizer Caligula. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king. emperor
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Johannes VII. Daddy .
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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "Erasme de Rotterdam, B 107, 1526". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Ecclesiastics, Writing, Writer, Writer, Erudit, Dutch Latin Expression, Humanist, Book, Portrait, Religious
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The Sudarium (Veronicas Veil, or the Vera Icon). Artist: Unknown
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Tatti, Jacopo.
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Franz, Wolfgang.
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Blumenthal, Georg of.
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CARIBERT Neustrian king of Paris, first of the Merovingian rulers Date: - 567
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Portret van Hendrick Waninghen, Pieter Serwouters, in or before 1601 - in or before 1648 print Portrait of the Amsterdam accountant Hendrick Waninghen, sitting at a table with an open book. At the top right of the coat of arms of Waninghen. Under the portrait the motto 'Naer Visitate Want Judice'. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching book - MM - book open
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Portrait of David Hoeschelius
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Amsterdam, Houbraken, Jacob, Portrait of William Cecil, lord Burghley, recto lower center - handwritten, advisor to Elizabeth I queen of England. Below the portrait a pedestal on which a putto with the caduceus; the staff of Mercury entwined and winged by two snakes, a dog with a key between its forelegs and a cornucopia from which coins emerge fall., print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, Cecil Lord Burleigh high Treasures to Queen Elisabeth, height 373 mm, width 236 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1736 - 1738, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), pen
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Silvius Francis said.
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Fugger of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn, Octavianus Secundus Graf.
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Lasten, Hans Friedrich von.
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Portret van Tristan Camitan, Anonymous, after Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1575 print Print is part of an album. paper historical persons
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Mendel, Konrad.
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Bezold, Johann .
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Heraclitus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a bearded man, turned to the right. The text identifies him as the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. The print is part of an album.
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Affiring., Cornelis.
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Ivan IV., Zar from Russia.
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Carneles Unknown artist dating: 1701/1850
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Sebastian Muenster, facsimile from the Cosmographia, historical illustration from Otto von Leixner: Illustrated history of German literature. Leipzig and Berlin 1880, First volume
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Portrait of François de Harlay de Champvallon, Jacob Gole, after Cornelis Dusart, 1691 print François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris. His eyes are half closed and he has extended his tongue. The print is part of a series with cartoons on Louis XIV and its entourage. paper engraving political caricatures and satires. tongue stuck out
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Baglioni, Malatesta.
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Portrait of Alesso Baldovinetti, Italian Renaissance painter from Florence 1425-1499. Alesso Baldovinetti, Pittore Fior. Woodcut from Giorgio Vasaris Le vite de piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, et architettori, The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Florence, 1678.
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Feyerabend, Siegmund .
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The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.
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Aristotle.
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Portrait in half towards the left of Anthonio Moro. Under the portrait his name and four rules in Latin. Print from part 2 of the Pictorum series Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Series of 72 artists' arrangements made by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz. Stock and Robert de baudous.
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Pippin of the younger, King of the Franks.
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Portrait of Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelinck, Simon Frisius, 1610 print Portrait at half to the left from Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelinck. Under the portrait are name and four rules in Latin. Print from part 3 of the Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Series of 72 artist portraits made by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz. Stock and Robert de Baudous. The Hague paper etching / engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter
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King Antiochus I Soter; Anthioch US Soother; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a king, turned to the left. The man has a scepter in his hands. The show is part of the succession Syrian kings in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies him as an Antiochus I Soter. The print is part of an album.
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Gritti, Andrea Form Cutter: Stimmer, Tobias
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Portrait of Jan van Leiden, Christoffel van Sichem (I), after Jan Cornelisz. van 't Woudt, 1605 print Portrait of Jan van Leiden, leader of the backlower in Münster. He keeps a scepter in his arm. In his hands he has a book and a rolled piece of paper. Around his neck he wears a heavy chain with the globe pierced with two swords, the emblem of this self -proclaimed 'king of Münster'. The same emblem is depicted next to his head. Around the print in Dutch -language text in book print. paper engraving / letterpress printing Münster
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Titus Maccius Plautus; Plautus comicer; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a man with hat. He makes a talk. The text identifies him as the poet plaut. The print is part of an album.
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Portrait of Hendrik Cornelisz. Vroom, Simon Frisius, 1610 print Portrait Ten Halven Left to the left of Hendrik Cornelisz. Vroom. Under the portrait are name and four rules in Latin. Print from part 3 of the Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Series of 72 artist portraits made by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz. Stock and Robert de Baudous. The Hague paper etching / engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Triseress Waldburg, Gebhard Freiherr Stecher: Hogenberg, Franz
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Chmielnicki, Bohdan Zenobi.
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Portrait of Cornelis Visscher, Robert de Baudous, 1610 print Portrait in half to the right of Cornelis Visscher. Under the portrait are name and four rules in Latin. Print from part 2 of the Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Series of 72 artist portraits made by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz. Stock and Robert de Baudous. The Hague paper etching / engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Portret Van Giovanni da Udine, Jean Baron, 1641 - 1741 print France paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Portrait of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Edme de Boulonois, 1682 print Brussels paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist
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Lope de Rueda (1510-1565). Spanish writer. Portrait. Engraving. "El Deleitoso". Cover, 1557.
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Stella; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a bearded man. He has put his hands in his sleeves. The text identifies him as the poet Stella. The print is part of an album.
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Heart, Sebald.
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Vesalius, Andreas .
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Portrait of kenelm digby; ICONES Principum Vivorum Doctor Pictation Chalcographorum Statuario NEC Non Amatorum Pictaniae Artis Numero Centum AB Antonio by Dyck Pictory Ad Vivum Expressae Eiusq: Sumptibus Aeri Incisae; Iconographie. Portet of the Sea Officer and Diplomat Kenelm Digby. There is an armillaire on the table, which refers to its interest in astronomy. This print is part of an album.
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Self-portrait of cornelis van Noorde. Self-portrait of cornelis van Noorde. His name in a frame.
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Ludwig VI., The fat king of France.
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Schlaudersbach, Jörg.
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Kodros; Codrus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a king. He has a richestraat and a scepter in his hands. The text identifies him as the kodros, king of Athens. The print is part of an album.
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Friesland, Feddes van Harlingen, Pieter, Frisia, sev, de Viris, Kings and Potestates of Friesland, Asinga Ascon. Princeps Frisiae Quartus, Asinga Ascon, fourth prince of the Frisians, verso - stamped, fourth prince of the Frisians. Standing full-length, sword in hand. In the background the river Flevus Hellius. In an ornamental frame. Illustration, with text on the back, from the book: Frisia seu de viris rebusque Frisiae illustribus libri duo., print, book illustration, prints, height 125 mm, width 100 mm, height 158 mm, width 115 mm, 1586 - 1623-07-10, print maker, 1618 - 1620, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, woodcut, letterpress printing