Historical Portraits and Engravings

Engravings of notable figures from the 16th to 17th centuries, showcasing notable clothing and accessories in detailed portrait styles.

WOLFGANG LAZIUS German physician and historian Date: 1514 - 1565

Bandini, Ottavio.

Portret van Petrus Plancius.Portrait of the geographer and theologian Petrus Plancius. At the top right: XXIV DL. pl. I.

Steiner, Kaspar.

Copper engraving and etching by Hans Lautensack depicting John of Thaw, created around 1555.

Wenzel II, Duke of Bohemia.

Fox, Leonhard Publisher: Jobin, Bernhardstecher: Stimmer, TobiStecher: Murer, Christopherlagsort: Strasbourg

Print, Portrait of Francesco Berni (c. 1497-1535); Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); Italy; engraving on paper; Plate: 16.3 × 10.3 cm (6 7/16 × 4 1/16 in.) Paper: 17.1 × 10.7 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/16 in.)

Galileo Galilei. Line engraving.

Portrait of tijl owl mirror. Portrait of literary character tijl owl mirror. In the margin a caption in Latin and in Dutch.

Castaldo, Giovanni Battista.

Key, Willem .

Sartorius, John.

Portrait van Caspar Schwenckfeld, Robert Boissard, 1597 - 1599 print Numbered N. France paper engraving historical persons. book. ink-well

Schrader, Ludolf Stecher: Friderich, Frantzverlag: Bookstore Bey The Real = School publisher: Berlin

Portret van Geronimo Mercuriali, Nicolas de Larmessin (I), 1682 print Brussels paper engraving / letterpress printing physician, doctor. medicine, medical science (+ portrait of scholar, scientist). philology (+ portrait of scholar, scientist). historical persons

Kirchberger, Andreas.

Grannirella, Antoine Perrenot 1626/1700

Schopp, Konrad.

Jean Pitard. Line engraving by C. Dupuis after A. Humblot.

Galen (129-199 A.D.) Greek Physician Stock Montage, Inc.

Guglielmus Fabricius of Hilden. Line engraving.

Paul Crellius, Theo. Misn. (Paul Crell)

Rantzau, Heinrich of Eraser: Goltzius, HendrickDation: 1573/1617

Portrait of Johann Dryander, Robert Boissard, 1597 - 1599 print Numbered Q9 at the bottom. France paper engraving historical persons. trees: oak

Settala, Lodovico.

King Ferdinand of Austria. Dated: 1547. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 16th Century.

Aristotle. Woodcut by T. Stimmer ?, 1589.

Ariosto, Lodovico.

Gondi, stone of.

Portrait of the Mavritive Heling

'Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574) the Elder, German classical scholar. Engraving.'

Eobanus Hessus Publisher: Jobin, Bernhardstecher: Stimmer, Tobias Division: Strasbourg

GERVASE BABINGTON bishop, writer Date: 1550 - 1610

Philipp VI., King of France.

Bildnis des Peter Victor

Marbach, Johannes Form Cutter: Stimmer, Tobias

Piano, Sigismund.

LOUIS IV D'OUTREMER (from beyond the seas) king of France, so named because he was brought up in England Date: 921 - 954

Portrait of the Reformer Johannes Calvijn, Cornelis Claesz. Duysend, 1630 - 1641 print Portrait of the Reformer Johannes Calvijn, in oval with edge. Under the portrait a Dutch verse on Calvin. Netherlands paper engraving

Marbach, Johannes Stecher: Bry, Theodor Dest Morecher: BOISSARD, Robertherausgeber: BOISSARD, Jean-Jacquesdruckort: Frankfurt (Main)

Compeller's i., theodor.

KORNELIUS SCHRYVER Dutch philologist Date: 1482 - 1558

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, Amos, published 1613 Amos

Holy Peter de Hermitaar, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, After Unknown, 1596 - 1659 print paper engraving anchorite, hermit

Portret van Michel de l'Hospital, Etienne DESROCHERS (Awarded to), c. 1726 print Paris paper engraving historical persons. lawyer, attorney at law

Aretino, Pietro.

Peter Nigidius. Line engraving, 1688.

Engraving of Thomas Hobson, a wealthy mail carrier from Cambridge, England, known for establishing the phrase 'Hobson's choice.' Created by John Payne a 17th Century engraver. Dated 17th Century

Sven Habet, King of Denmark.

Montagu, James 1601 / 1650

Dolet, Etienne.

Johannes Sebald Beham, German painter and printmaker, 15001550. Etcher, woodcut maker, designer of glass paintings, book illustrations, mainly known for his very small engravings. Self-portrait with his monogram ISB. Iohannes Sebalt Beham Noribergensis. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.

Sixtus V., papa .

Holbein, Hans Stecher: Collin, Richard

Ambroise Paré. Line engraving.

Chapeuot, Claude.

PIETER BENNEWITZ (or Bienewitz : also known as Petrus APIANUS) German astronomer and geographer, professor at Ingolstadt Date: 1501 - 1552

Prior to Konrad.

Parr, Thomas .

Tartaglia, Niccolò.

Portrety tsaria Alekseia Mikhailovicha Portraits of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1884 - 1890. Rare Book Division

Adrianus Junius Adriaen de Jonghe. Line engraving by C. de Visscher.

Thomas Plater Platter II. Line engraving, 1688.

Portrait of Pieter van Foreest. Pieter van Foreest (1521-1597) Medicus in Delft and Alkmaar. Married 1546 with Eva van Teylingen (1525-1595). Portrait in half, seen from the front, at the age of 64. From Foreest is dressed in cloak off with fur, hat on the head, gloves in the left hand. Six lines of caption in Latin.

Portrait of King Henry IV of France, Crispijn van de Passe (I) (Possible), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1595 - Before 1611 print Portrait of King Henry IV of France and Navarra at the age of 43. Cologne paper engraving

Portrait of Dirck Pietersz. Crabbeth. Dirck Pietersz. Crabeth, glass painter in Gouda. In his hand a roll of paper.

Portrait of very old man Thomas Parr at age 152 according to the inscription in the margin, Portrait of Thomas Parr at age 152 The olde, Old, (...) buryed in Westminster: 1635 , print maker: Cornelis van Dalen (I), (mentioned on object), Great Britain, 1635, paper, engraving, h 166 mm × w 104 mm

Childebert I, King of Franconia.

Portrait of the Iohannes Sartorive

Paul IV. eigentlicher Name Gian Pietro Carafa OTheat, 28. Juni 1476, 18. August 1559, war Papst vom 23. Mai 1555 bis zu seinem Tod, Kupferstich, digit...

Cornarius, Janus shape cutter: Stimmer, Tobias

Diogenes of Sinope.

Portrait of the Wolgang Meurer

Plancius Peter.

Chapeuot, Claude.

Christian III., King of Denmark 1534/1700

Grumbach, Wilhelm of Stecher: Jenichen, Balthasar

Eggenberg, Ruprecht of Stecher: Sibmacher, Johannverlagsort: Nuremberg

Miskei, István.

Cansaves Gaurize, Sultan of Egypt.

Erasmus of Rotterdam.

Theoderich I., King of the Westgoten.

Portrait in the half-calf of Alexander Morus. Beneath the portrait two lines in Latin, Portrait of Alexander Morus Talis erat Morus , print maker: Arnold Houbraken, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1670 - 1719, paper, etching, engraving, h 90 mm × w 61 mm

Pistoris von Seußlitz, Simon Stecher: Boissard, RobertStecher: Bry, Theodor Dedation: 1597/1599

LEONARDO BRUNI known as ARETINUS Italian humanist philologist and historian. Date: 1369 - 1444

Olivier, Aubin.

Portrait of humanist Julius Caesar Scaliger at age 74, in oval with edge lettering. In the background left his coat of arms., Portrait of Julius Caesar Scaliger, print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, Leiden, c. 1590 - c. 1601, paper, engraving, h 145 mm × w 115 mm

ARISTOTLE Greek philosopher Date: 384 - 322 BC

Portrait of Christiaan II, King of Denmark, Jacob Binck, after Jan Gossart, 1510 - 1569 print Portrait of King Christiaan II, according to the Latin inscription King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The round arch in the background is decorated with nine shields with weapons held by putti. paper engraving king. armorial bearing, heraldry

Lucas Gaurico (1476-1558) Italian Professor of Mathematics, Ferrara, 1531. Bishop of Civitata 1545. Copperplate by de Bry

Sachs, Hans Lover: GulthMund, Hanniers: Oaster's easts, Michael

Ambroise Paré. Woodcut, 1612.

'J. Hooper', (c1495-1555), 1830. John Hooper (c1495-1555) English churchman, Anglican Bishop of Gloucester, and Worcester, and Protestant reformer and martyr executed for heresy by burning during the English Reformation and reign of Queen Mary I. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830

Portrait of Jan Gossaert Below the portrait his name and six lines in Latin Print from part 1 of the series Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies Series of 72 artist portraits produced by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz Stock and Robert de Baudous, Portrait of Jan Gossaert Ioanni Mabusio, Pictori Portraits of famous painters from the Low Countries Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris effigies , print maker: Hendrick Hondius (I), publisher: Hendrick Hondius (I), (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1610, paper, engraving, h 213 mm × w 125 mm

Pietro Aretino 1647 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Hollar here created his own etching of an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi after a painting by Titian. The sitter is described in the engraved text as a Tuscan poet. He lived in Rome and Venice, became known for his satires criticizing powerful men. A significant influence on sixteenth-century Italian art and politics, he ruthlessly using blackmail to achieve wealth.. Pietro Aretino 360636

Bake, Joos van der Stecher: Hondius, Hendrik (1) Dating: 1588/1649

Woodcut by Monogrammist MR titled 'Portrait of King Ferdinand,' created in 1547, depicting King Ferdinand in formal attire.

A bearded man after Hans Holbein () 1646 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian Portrait of a middle-aged man with moustache and curly beard, nearly half-length, directed and looking to right; wearing a cap with slashed rim, shirt with frilled standing lace collar, loose robe, and ring on the little finger on his right hand, touching his chest; possibly after Holbein. A bearded man after Hans Holbein () 361642

Home, Giovanni della.

Millaeus, Militia Joannes.

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