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A collection of engraved portraits of notable figures from the 17th century, featuring detailed attire and elaborate framing.

Portrait of Johan de Witt, Caspar Netscher, 1642 - 1684 print Portrait of council pensioner Johan de Witt standing in half, his right hand resting on a table. Netherlands paper etching
Portrait of Johan de Witt, Caspar Netscher, 1642 - 1684 print Portrait of council pensioner Johan de Witt standing in half, his right hand resting on a table. Netherlands paper etching
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Cardinal de Coislin. Dated: 1666. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Nanteuil.Preissler, Daniel.Helvetius, Johann Friedrich Stecher: Fleischmann, D. C. C.Portrait of Henricus KippingPortrait of Simon Bosboom, Pieter de Jode (II), After Nicolaes van Helt Stockade, 1649 print Antwerp paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of architect. compassesBylert, Jan.Portrait of Guiljelmus Saldenus. The poet and pastor is reading behind a desk. A bookcase in the background.Helvetius, Johann Friedrich .Portrait of Thadaeus de Lantman, Hendrik Bary, 1657 - 1707 print Portrait of Thadaeus de Lantman, his name and function under the portrait. paper engravingPortrait of Johan de Witt, Caspar Netscher, 1642 - 1684 print Portrait of council pensioner Johan de Witt standing in half, his right hand resting on a table. Netherlands paper etchingPortrait of Hubert Korneliszoon Poot, Johannes de Groot (II), 1698 - 1776 print De Boer and poet Hubert Korneliszoon Poot. A roll of paper in his hand. Northern Netherlands paperPortrait of Willem van Brakel, Robbert Muys, After H. Car, 1766 print Bust van Willem van Brakel, pastor in Rotterdam, light to the left in Ovaal. Rotterdam paper etching / engravingJan Antonides van der Linden.Spanish Crown, unknown, Antwerp, Enden, Martinus van den, Dyck, Anthony van, Vorsterman, Lucas (I), Iconography, Portrait of Jan Lievens, verso lower left - stamped, Portrait of the history and portrait painter Jan Lievens, his arm resting on a book, pointing to himself with one hand., print, prints, height 244 mm, width 159 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1595 - 1675, print maker, printmaker, 1630 - 1646, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Flemish, Dutch, 1599-03-22 - 1641-12-09, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilegeMeyssens, Joannes, Popels, Johannes, Kessel, Theodorus van, Portrait of Jacob Stoopius, Half-length portrait of the Antwerp merchant and calligrapher Jacob Stoopius, standing on a balustrade. Below the image a two-line Latin text., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 282 mm, width 201 mm, 1620 - 1660, print maker, prentmaker, 1630 - 1660, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Zuid-Nederlands, 1610 - 1684, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1612-05-17 - 1670-09-18, publisherPoems by John Cleavland, frontispiece. Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857. Cleveland, John, 1613-1658. Frontispieces, Portraits. 1662. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American LiteratureSevin, Claude Albert.Portrait of Painter Palamedes Palamedesz. (I).Portrait of Jacob Stoopius, Theodorus van Kessel, after Johannes Popels, 1630 - 1660 print Portrait of the Antwerp merchant and Calligraph Jacob Stoopius, standing on a balustrade. Under the image a two -line Latin text. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painterClaude Mellan, Henri de Savoie, Duc de Nemours Henri de Savoie, Duc de NemoursHarlay of Champvallon, François de.Portrait of Johannes Vrechemius to the right, Jonas Suyderhoef, After Ary Huybertsz. Verveer, 1655 - 1686 print Portrait of John Vrechemius, pastor in Dordrecht, to the left. He lets his hands rest on a sheet of paper and a book. Under the portrait a four -line verse in Dutch. Haarlem paper engravingSaci Lemaistre, Isaac Louis.Wolters, Stefan.Etching and copper engraving by Rembrandt van Rijn from 1665 depicting Jan Antonides Van Der Linden, retouched with brush and gray ink, showing figure and facial details.Portrait of Jacob Stoopius, Half-length portrait of the Antwerp merchant and calligrapher Jacob Stoopius, standing on a balustrade. Below the image a two-line Latin text, portrait, self-portrait or painter, Theodorus van Kessel, 1630 - 1660, paper, engraving, h 280 mm × w 197 mmPortrait of Hero Sibersma, Cornelis A. Hellemans, 1650 - 1700 print The theologian Hero Sibersma is at his desk, on which books, an ink jar, writing springs and some sheets of paper. Northern Netherlands paper engraving writing toolsPortrait of Jan Gerritsz. Van Bronckhorst, 1649 - 1662 print Text in French in the lower margin. Numbered: 50. Print is part of an album. paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painterPortal, Paul.Cavazzoni, Francesco.Self -portrait of David Rijckaert, Frederik Bouttats (I), After David Ryckaert (III), 1622 - 1676 print A rectangular self -portrait of David Rijckaert, an Antwerp painter. Bust to the right. The print has a French caption with the name of the portrayed person and some background information. Antwerp paper engravingVorsterman, Lucas, inventor: Anton van Dyck, Jan Lievens, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, 24.3 cm x 15.8 cmPortrait of Artus Quellinus (II), Conrad Lauwers, After Jan de Duyts, 1662 print Portrait of Halves from Artus Quellinus (II), Bouwmeester and Sculptor. In the margin is the name of the portrayed person, followed by a two -line caption in French. Print at the top right marked: 555. Under the edge: XXX2. paper engravingPaulus Pontius, 1603-1658, Flemish, Palamedes Palamedessen, Præliorum Pictor in Hollandia, ca.1635. Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper.Deckers, Frederik Stecher: Grace, Pieter Stevens vanAbbé, Hendrik, Lauwers, Conrad, Portrait of Peeter van Bredael, verso - stamped, draughtsman and painter. Knee-length portrait, sitting on a chair with his right arm over the back of the chair. In the margin is a two-line caption in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 193 mm, width 133 mm, Dutch, 1632, print maker, printmaker, 1649 - 1685, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1639, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1662 - 1662Portrait of Peeter van Bredael. Portrait of peeter of bredael, draftsman and painter. KNOP, sitting on a chair with its right arm over the seat handle. There is a two-legged caption in French in the margin. Print at the top right labeled: 381.Bronchorst, John Van.Portrait of David van der Plaes, draughtsman: Arnold Houbraken, 1670 - 1719, paper, pen, brush, h 146 mm × w 98 mmPortrait of Gerrit van Heerstal. .Portrait of playwright Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière, Jan Punt, 1740 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving writing toolsPortrait van Nicolaus Copernicus, Anonymous, After Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1584 print Print is part of an album. paper historical persons. astronomy (and cosmography) (+ portrait of scholar, scientist). scholar, philosopher (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)Thomas Otway , Thomas Otway, English playwright, Jakob Houbraken -, Copper Engraver, Knapton, publishing houseSchauplein, Hans Leonhard.Portret van Leonard Bramer, Antony van der Does, after Leonaert Bramer, 1619 - 1680 print Portrait of Leonard Bramer, standing in half with hat. Six lines of French text in the lower margin. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painterA black chalk and gray-lavated drawing by Cornelis Visscher depicting a 30-year-old clergyman seated in front of a pillar with an aristocratic coat of arms on parchment, with horizontal brownish pollution in the middle, dated 1654.The port Van Nicolas de Grillié, Claude Met between, 1697 - in or after 1756 print France paper engraving historical persons. archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic)Self portrait, print maker: Cornelis Kruseman, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1807 - 1857, paper, etching, h 203 mm × w 161 mmBuoninsegni, Francesco.Delfino, Giovanni.Portrait of Philippus ab. Titus, historical persons, Philippus Titus, Vincenzo Mariotti (mentioned on object), Italy, 1678 - 1738, paper, etching, h 115 mm × w 65 mmSpelled, Jan Van der.Leiden, Lauwikius, Jacobus, Hoffer, Adriaan, Dubordieu, Pieter, Haarlem, Suyderhoef, Jonas, Portrait of Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn, verso - stamped, professor of eloquence at the University of Leiden, at the age of 28. Below the portrait an eight-line verse in Latin., print, prints, MARCUS ZUERIUS BOXHORNIUS, BERGOBZOMANUS, ELOQUENTIAE IN ACAD. LEAD. PROFESSOR, AETATIS ANN. XXVIII., oval in edge - engraved, Dubordini Pinxit I. Suyderhoef sculpsit I. Lauwijck Excud., lower left and lower right - engraved, Si Romana suis vellet facundia fari, Et populis possent tempora prisca loqui: Hoc Vultu responsa darent, nec dignius unquam Iurarent Latijs ora soluta modis. Alpice, Belga, virum, famâ qui judice gentes Pervolat, & Spatium nescit in orbe sui, Hoc tamen arctatur magnus Boxhornius are, Lata sed ingenij regna papyrus habet., bottom center - engraved, Adrianus Hofferus, Regal. Zel. ad orient Scald. Quoest. General., lower right - engraved, height 325 mm, width 230 mm, 1613 - 1686-05-09, print Portrait of Andreas Paul Beer, bookseller in Nuremberg. Portrait of Andreas Paul Beer in a niche with a stack of prints.Bust of a Man with a Broad Collar 17th century Anonymous, French, 17th century French. Bust of a Man with a Broad Collar 339925Portrait of Hendrik Soukens. Draughtsman: Roeland van Eynden. After Hendrik Soukens. Dating: 1788. Measurements: h 201 mm × w 162 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Francesco Paglia, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, 1636-1713. Worked mainly in his birthplace of Brescia. With book Il Giardino della Pitt. Riflessi di France Paglia, palette and paint brush before a painting on an easel. Pittore. Copperplate engraving by Carlo Gregori after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia after a self portrait by the artist from Francesco Moucke's Museo Florentino (Museum Florentinum), Serie di Ritratti de Pittori (Series of Portraits of Painters) stamperia Mouckiana, Florence, 1752-62.Massillon, Jean-Baptiste 1686/1750Thomas Britton, coal merchant and antiquarian book dealer, died 1714. Engraving by Maddocks from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.Portrait of the painter de Witte. Bust of the Antwerp painter Gaspar de Witte, with an explanatory text in French.Self -portrait of Wenzel Hollar, Wenceslaus Hollar, After Joannes Meyssens, 1649 - 1670 print Self -portrait of the print maker and draftsman Wenzel Hollar. paper etching / drypoint portrait, self-portrait of graphic artistSteenwyck (Hollstein 93) Antoine Van Dyck (1599-1641). Steenwyck (Hollstein 93). Water-strong on paper, Burin, 1634-1636.Line Drawing. John Bunyan.Portret van Georges de Scudéry, Etienne Desrochers, c. 1726 print Paris paper engraving historical persons. portrait of a writerJean van bronckhorst / native of the city of Utrecht in the year 1603. Aijant apriz at Paintres en Glass, but / Small master, without some bone instruction, per his great diligence and become a very good paint in figures. He is good deseigneur as we can even by these works.Portrait of the pastor Petrus van der Hagen. .Man's portrait: bust, the head three-quarters to the left. .Brown feder and pencil portrait by Julius Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Franz Horny, with lavated shading and pencil edging lines, 1869.Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait () with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre, 1634 Self-Portrait () with Plumed Cap and Lowered SabreEhrenmalm, Arvid.Portrait of Adriaen Hanneman, Robert van Voerst, After Anthony Van Dyck, 1625 - 1636 print Portrait of the painter Adriaen Hanneman. London paper engravingNeumeister, Erdmann Stecher: Krühner, Johann Gottfried (the elderly) Stecher: Krühner, Johann Gottfried (the younger one) Dating: 1715 / 1750Factable place of origin: LeipzigCyrano de Bergerac, Savini.Augustinus of Hippo, holy.Teniers, David .Portrait of Franz Egon Count Fürstenberg, Bernard Vaillant, 1665 - 1682, draughtsman: Bernard Vaillant, draughtsman: Wallerant Vaillant, 1665 - 1682, paper, h 428 mm × w 315 mmMatthew, Cornelis van Caukercken, After Anthony Van Dyck, c. 1640 - 1680 print paper engraving the apostle and evangelist Matthew (Mattheus); possible attributes: angel, axe, book, halberd, pen and inkhorn, purse, scroll, square, swordCarlo Lasinio, after Carlo Maratta, Carlo Maratta, 1789 Carlo MarattaPortret Van De Professor Adolph Vorstius, Paul Pontius, after Gerard, 1616 - 1657 print Antwerp paper engraving professorPortrait of Jean de Labadie, Christiaan Lodewijk van Kesteren, After Anthony van Zijlvelt, 1842 - 1897 print Portrait in an oval to the right of the Frenchman Jean de Labadie. He was a minister of the Walloon congregation in Middelburg and the founder and name giver of the cult of the Labadists. paper steel engraving historical persons. theologianSpinoza, Baruch .Self -portrait of Louis de Moni, Louis de Moni, 1708 - 1771 drawing prepared paper. chalk portrait, self-portrait of artist. historical personsSelf-portrait. The painter, print maker and draftsman Carel de Moor, at the age of 34.Landscape with three trees standing in water. In the foreground a fallen tree, Dutch landscape with trees in water, print maker: Willem Steelink (I), (mentioned on object), after: Johannes Warnardus Bilders, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1868 - 1872, paper, steel engraving, etching, h 193 mm - w 247 mmDryck, Anton Van 1651/1750Verhoek, Pieter.Portrait of Nicolaes Maes. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1840. Measurements: h 114 mm × w 88 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Self -portrait, Carel de Moor (II), 1690 print The painter, print maker and draftsman Carel de Moor, at the age of 34. Leiden paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of graphic artistJacob Haaringh (Young Haaringh) (Pieter Haaringh). Dated: 1655. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 19.8 x 15 cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: etching, drypoint, and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rembrandt.Print made by James Caldwall, 1739-1819, British, Omai, 1777. Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.Copper engraving and etching by Pierre Simon depicting Cardinal Angelo Maria Ranuzzi, completed in 1686.Lippi, Filipino.Recipcoming, kick of.Portrait of Johannes Hoornbeeck at the age of 34.Frigaleus, P., Mijtens, Jan, The Hague, Philippe, Pieter, Portrait of Jacobus Stermont, verso - stamped, preacher in Leiderdorp (1632), Rotterdam (1641) and The Hague (1649)., print, prints, height 372 mm, width 277 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1635 - 1702, print maker, printmaker, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1614 - 1670-12-24, after, after painting by, calligrapherDuquesnoy, François .LORENZO DE MEDICIEvangelist John, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1574 - 1637Jonas Suyderhoff, Johannes Hoornbeeck Johannes HoornbeeckJan Vos (1610-67), Amsterdam poet. Painter: Arnoud van Halen. Print maker: Karel Dujardin (copy after). Dating: 1700 - 1732. Measurements: h 11 cm × w 9.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.