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Intricate engravings of historical figures, showcasing detailed facial expressions and attire from various eras, capturing the essence of influential personalities.

Nuremberg, Bussemacher, Johann, Solis, Virgilius, Portrait of Philip I, King of France, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, book illustration, prints, verso - stamped, 158, height 118 mm, width 78 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), plate tone, Publication (Event), Publication, German - 1627, publisher
Nuremberg, Bussemacher, Johann, Solis, Virgilius, Portrait of Philip I, King of France, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, book illustration, prints, verso - stamped, 158, height 118 mm, width 78 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), plate tone, Publication (Event), Publication, German - 1627, publisher
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Slidan, Johann Form Cutter: Stimmer, Tobias
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Swivel field, Kaspar.
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Portraits of Wencelaus Koeberger and Lucas van Uden. Draughtsman: Jacob Houbraken. Dating: 1708 - 1780. Measurements: h 154 mm × w 100 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Władysław Opolczyk (1326/1332 1401) Prince of Opole in the years 1356-1401 1367-1372 Hungarian Palatine, 1372-1378 A large government of the Halicka Ruthenia, in 1378 Polish Grand seal. Matejko, Jan (1838 1893), Styfi, Jan (1841 1921), Lewental, Salomon (Franciszek Salezy) (1841 1902)
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Fulko V., Count of Anjou King of Jerusalem.
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Anaxagoras (c500-428 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher. Among his pupils in Athens were Pericles and Euripides. Woodcut from Hartmannn Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493
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Mauregatus, King of Asturias.
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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. It is classified as an incunabulum - that is, a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed (not handwritten) before the year 1501 in Europe. It is also one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honour of its author. The illustrations in many copies were hand-coloured aft
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Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) 1530-1584.Tsar of Russia from 1533. Assumed power in 1547. Woodcut.
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England: Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400), author, poet and philosopher, portrait from Portrait and Life of Chaucer, British Library Additional Manuscript 5141, 16th century
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Augustinus of Hippo, holy.
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Julius Caesar; Gaius Julius Cesar; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a bearded king, facing left. He has a scepter and rich cone in his hands. The show is part of the sequence Roman kings and emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Julius Caesar. The print is part of an album.
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Smiling woman (face); The five senses. The sense face. A smiling woman. The print is part of a series of the five senses.
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PortraT van Andrea Doria, Anonymous, After Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1575 print Print is part of an album. paper historical persons
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Portrait of Jean François Fernel 1497? - 1558, a French physician
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Aesopus; Esopus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a reading man, turned to the right. The text identifies him as aesopus, the Greek poet of fables. The print is part of an album.
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Elsheimer, Adam Publisher: Hondius, Hendrik (1)
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Massys, Quentin .
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Koning Ascanius, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a king, turned forward. He has a government apple and a scepter in his hands. The performance is part of the Surprise Italian Kings in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Ascanius, son of Aeneas. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king. (story of) Ascanius (Julus)
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Dedi, Count from the house Wettin.
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Karl Rahl the Younger created a coal drawing of a medallion featuring a male mask, emphasizing sculptural detail and facial representation.
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Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476/77), was a member of the House of Drăculești, a branch of the House of Basarab, also known, using his patronymic, as (Vlad) Drăculea or (Vlad) Dracula. He was posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș), and was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. His father, Vlad II Dracul, was a member of the Order of the Dragon, which was founded to protect Christianity in Eastern Europe. Vlad III is revered as a folk hero in Romania as well as other parts of Europe for his protection of the Romanian population both south and north of the Danube. A significant number of Romanian and Bulgarian common folk and remaining boyars (nobles) moved north of the Danube to Wallachia, recognized his leadership and settled there following his raids on the Ottomans. As the cognomen 'The Impaler' suggests, his practice of impaling his enemies is part of his historica
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Friesland, Feddes van Harlingen, Pieter, Frisia, sev, de Viris, Kings and Potestaten of Friesland, Adgillus II. Rex Frisiae Septimus, Adgillis II, seventh king of the Frisians, verso - stamped, seventh king of the Frisians. Standing full-length, branch and book in hand. 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, printmaker, 1618 - 1620, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, woodcut, letterpress printing
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HISTORIA UNIVERSAL DE LAS EXPLORACIONES - VASCO DE GAMA (1469/1524) - TRATADO DE VIRREYES DE LA INDIA. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.
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Portrait of Wladislaus de Korte, Anonymous, After Johann Hogenberg, 1574 - 1594 print Numbered: 31. Print is part of an album. Cologne paper historical persons. ruler, sovereign
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Matthias from Christ, the Apostles, and Saint Paul, 1563/64. Lucas Cranach the Elder, After (German, 1472-1553). Woodcut with letterpress text, hand colored; image and sheet: 20.7 x 11.7 cm (8 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.).
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Euclid (300 BC), Greek Mathematician, Woodcut from "Les Vrais Pourtraits et vies des Hommes Illustres", Andre Thevet, 1584
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Solon van Athens; Solon; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a reading man, looking to the right. The text identifies him as a Solon of Athens, one of the seven ways of Greece. The print is part of an album.
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Portrait of Geuze Manager Diederik from Sonoy; Dirck Van Sonoy ..
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Eyck, Jan Van Stecher: Galle, TheodoArtung: 1621/1681
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Ossat, Arnaud of.
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Peck, Kunz .
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Portrait of Albert van Ouwater, Cornelis van den Berg, c. 1720 - 1774 print Portrait of Albert van Ouwater. His name and profession in the undermarg. Haarlem paper
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Aristotle (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, 1531. Artist: Unknown
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LEOVIGILD & ERMENGILD Visigothic rulers Date: 568 - 586
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Clotharcus
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Portrait of Dante Alighieri (From: Lo amoroso convivio. Venice, Zuane Antonio and Fratelli da Sabbio, Anonymous
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Portrait of the Raphael Englin
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Dietrich, from the house Wettin.
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Buste of a bald man, François Dieussart (Possible), After Jan Lievens, 1625 - 1674 print The technique of the woodcut was rarely applied in the 17th century. Lievens made a number of designs for woodcuts. This portrait is his only color wood cut, printed from two key blocks. paper adult man
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Portrait of Bernard van Orley, Wierix (Rejected Attribution), After Cornelis Cort, After Albrecht Dürer, 1610 print In the margin an eight -line caption in Latin. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Menelaüs and Helena; Menela US / Helena; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a king and queen. The text identifies them like Menelaüs and Helena of Sparta. The print is part of an album.
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Pluto Hades. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1789.
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Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called 'The Obscure' and the 'Weeping Philosopher'.
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Childerich III., King of the Franks unknown artist dating: 1601/1750
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Italy, Soltan Charadi ditto Barbarossa re dalgeri, Portrait of Hayreddin Barbarossa, verso - stamped, print, engraving, prints, etchings, height 353 mm, width 257 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1535 - 1535, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut
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Karl II, the Kahle, Roman Emperor.
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Woodcut engraving depicting Pythagoras shown here using string and wind musical instruments. Pythagoras was an Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of the Pythagoreanism movement. Dated 15th century
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Wallia, King of the Westgoten.