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Historical Portraits and Self-Portraits

A collection of classic portraits and self-portraits from notable artists, showcasing details in attire, expressions, and rich, dark color palettes.

The Sense of Smell. A man smokes a pipe and blows out a ring of smoke. The print is part of a series featuring the five senses, Man with a Pipe (the Smell) The Five Senses , print maker: Abraham Bloteling, (mentioned on object), after: Petrus Staverenus, publisher: Abraham Bloteling, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1652 - 1690, paper, engraving, h 196 mm × w 136 mm
The Sense of Smell. A man smokes a pipe and blows out a ring of smoke. The print is part of a series featuring the five senses, Man with a Pipe (the Smell) The Five Senses , print maker: Abraham Bloteling, (mentioned on object), after: Petrus Staverenus, publisher: Abraham Bloteling, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1652 - 1690, paper, engraving, h 196 mm × w 136 mm
118 assets in this story
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Robert Bakewell (1725-1795), English agriculturist. Artist: Unknown
1899-61459127
Ludwig van Beethoven, lithograph by Samuel Johnson Woolf, 1880 to 1948, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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HOMBRE DESCONOCIDO - MINIATURA - SIGLO XVI/XVII. Author: NICHOLAS HILLIARD. Location: VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.
1899-18712981
Pomare I, King of Tahiti (1742-1803), in old orthography: Tu-nui-ea-i-te-atua-i-Tarahoi Vairaatoa Taina Pomare I (also known as Tu or Tinah or Outu or simply as Pomare I), was the unifier and first king of Tahiti between c.1788 and 1791.
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Francois Langlois, bookseller of the seventeenth century, vintage engraving. Francois Langlois, bookseller of the seventeenth century, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673549
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Ferdinand I. (geboren 10. März 1503, gestorben 25. Juli 1564) aus dem Geschlecht der Habsburger war von 1558 bis 1564 Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches / Ferdinand I (born March 10, 1503, died July 25, 1564) of the Habsburg dynasty was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558 to 1564, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently coloured
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Valentine Greatrakes. Oil painting after W. Faithorne.
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Albrecht Dürer the Younger, (born 21 May 1471 in Nuremberg, died 6 April 1528 in Nuremberg) was a German painter, graphic artist, mathematician and art theorist, coloured woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digital reproduction
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Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520), Raffaello de Urbino, pintor y arquitecto italiano del Renacimiento. Grabado de 1896.
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) were paper manufacturers from Annonay in Ardeche, France. They were known as the inventors of the Montgolfiere-style hot air balloon, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork
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Mens portrait with hair roller, Egon Schiele -, artist
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Adelbert von Chamisso (born 30 January 1781 as Louis Charles Adelaïde de Chamissot de Boncourt at Boncourt Castle near Ante, Châlons-en-Champagne, France, died 21 August 1838 in Berlin) was a German naturalist and poet of French origin, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe
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Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, popularly known as Prince Rupert of the Rhine, 1619, 1682, soldier, inventor and amateur artist. From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary, published 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Jesse Ramsden. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 1790, after R. Home.
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Portrait of Honore de Balzac after a daguerreotype - 19th century - oil on canvas. Location: CASA BALZAC. France.
1848-63020293
Historical engraving, 1623, portrait of William Shakespeare, digitally edited, 1564 - 1616, an English playwright, poet and actor
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William Hogarth, 1697, 1764, English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist
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Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luther in Warburg castle. Engraving by Germania, 1882.