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Historical Portraits of Artists

A collection of etchings and engravings featuring historical figures, including painters and preachers, with varied moods and dark tones.

PortraT van Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch, Karl Schröder, after Friedrich Georg Weitsch, 1799 print With caption in German. paper portrait, self-portrait of painter. candlestick
PortraT van Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch, Karl Schröder, after Friedrich Georg Weitsch, 1799 print With caption in German. paper portrait, self-portrait of painter. candlestick
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PortraT van George Raphael Johann Donner, Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, After Paul Troger, 1743 - 1811 print Switzerland paper engraving historical persons. sculptor at work
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Portret van Humbert of Superville, James Lewis Cornet, 1851 print Portrait of David Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville, an artist and art collector. Humbert de Superville is sitting at his desk. The room is only illuminated by a candle. The print has a Dutch caption in four verses. paper etching
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H ESPAÑA-GRABADO-EL CARDENAL GRANVELA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. GRANDELA CARDENAL.
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Cornelis Claesz Anslo, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641 print paper etching / drypoint
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A stone drawing by Anton Kern from around 1740 representing the fourth season, winter, showing figures, seasonal attributes, and landscape elements.
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Reading mayor in his study, Jacques Beauvarlet, After Adriaen van Ostade, 1741 - 1797 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving mayor, burgomaster. reading. letter, envelope. study; 'studiolo'; library
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Baillie, William, Rijn, Rembrandt van, The preacher Cornelis Claesz. Anslo, verso lower left, print, prints, Rembrandt f 1641, center right, height 187 mm, width 157 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1641 - 1641, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 18th century, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design by, Irish, 1723-06-05 - 1810-12-22
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James Watt. Stipple engraving by H. Adlard after H. Corbould after Sir F. Chantrey.
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Portrait of humbert de superville. Portrait of David Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville, an artist and art collector. Humbert de Superville is sitting at his desk. The room is only lit by a candle. The print has a Dutch caption in four verses.
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Portrait of Miko Aja Wolski; TEPPLAR, Antoni (1804-Post 1839), Prek, Ksawery (1801-1863), Czech, Józef (Kraków; Drukarnia; 1826-1850); 1830 (1830-00-00-1830-00-00);
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Tessarini, Carlo.
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Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1771-1806). Portuguese poet. Engraving, 1798.
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Portrait of Hendrik Tilly, Cornelis of North, 1764 print Portrait of Hendrik Tilly at the age of 102. He lived in the Aalmoezenierhuis of Haarlem. Haarlem paper etching / engraving
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Portrait of Gerard van Nijmegen. Draughtsman: Johannes Zacharias Simon Prey. Dating: 1786. Measurements: h 450 mm × w 308 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Grover Cleveland I Made 1899 Sweden. Etching on ivory laid paper . Anders Zorn
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Self-portrait of Johannes Janson, draughtsman: Johannes Janson, 1739 - 1784, paper, pen, brush, h 245 mm × w 200 mm
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Sanctus Marcus. Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista, 1682-1754. 1742 - 1750. Pitteri, Giovanni Marco, 1702-1786. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Purgstall, Josef Graf from.
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David Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville (1770-1849), painter and writer, Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet, c. 1840 - c. 1849
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Man with turban and glasses in hand at the table on which coins and pouches, Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel, 1772 print paper etching counting, calculating. money. eyeglasses, spectacles. head-gear: turban. sitting figure
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William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Gulielmus Hogarth, 1749. Engraving.
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Election Sketches: the chairman of committee, 1880. 'The "chairman of committee" is a very nice old gentleman, who has learned to keep his own counsel, and that of his local associates in political effort, in their "consolidation of co-operation," at such times as these. Nobody can be expected to step forth out of their secret conclave at the White Horse or at the Blue Lion, in order to give us the items of cost, and to say, "That's the way the money goes".' From "Illustrated London News", 1880.
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GIGLIGFAARD, Andreas van der Myn, after Herman van der Mijn, 1724 - 1800 print A bearded grayer is behind a table and has coins. On his nose he has squeeze glasses and a hat on the head. England paper engraving miser. coin. eyeglasses, spectacles
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Aristotle writing behind a desk; Philosophers to Spanish examples. .
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Dyck, Anton van Schabkünstler: Vaillant, Walleranddatierung: 1650/1677
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Portrait of Michiel Elgersma, John Greenwood, 1759 - c. 1760 print Northern Netherlands paper eyeglasses, spectacles. handwriting, writing as activity
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Bliżej Kultury Hanfstaengl, Franz (1804 1877)
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Anton Alexander von Werne, 9 May 1843, 4 January 191, was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, 9 May 1843, 4 January 191, was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved
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Barthélemy, Jean Jacques.
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Monument to Nicholas Copernicus Olszewski, Kazimierz (Fl. 1874 Ca 1900), Rygier, Teodor (1841 1913)
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Alderman, 1814., 1814., London. Publisher, Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer and Co. Costume, Great Britain. Social life and customs. Politics & government, Great Britain. Aquatints, Hand-colored aquatints., 24 x 15 cm
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Zelfportrett, Francesco Hayez, c. 1831 print Francesco Hayez characterizing in a chair and adorned with Schildersbaret. paper. portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Lazio Latina Gaeta Museo Diocesano7. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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PASSAROTTI, BARTOLOMEO.
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Bildnis give George Daniel
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Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a British man of letters. After working as a teacher and tutor, he became the interpreter of German Romanticism in his Life of Schiller and translation of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister. He was a sharp critic of British society, and he believed that people could be saved from their woes by great men. He was very influential in his time, as was his wife Jane Baille Welsh Carlyle, who gained fame as a letter writer. This image was done by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the acclaimed American, but British-based, painter born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He saw a
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Sanctus Matteaus. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marco Alvise Pitteri after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.
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Small, Johann.
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Portret van Maurice-Quentin de la Tour, Georg Friedrich Schmidt, after Maurice-Quentin de la Tour, 1742 print Paris paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of artist
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Pessina of Czechorod, Wenzel Michael.
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Mehmet, the vizir khyasi, Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1727 - c. 1730
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Sanctus Phillipus. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Marco Alvise Pitteri after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.
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Cromwell, 1. Earl of Essex, Thomas .
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Portrait of the metropolitan Meletius Tapeinos of Ephesus at the age of 68. He has his patriarchal staff in his hand and is seated in front of a window next to a table, which holds books with fittings and locks, writing utensils, and an hourglass. On the wall hangs a bishop's hat with his name and function on it. In the margin a caption in Greek,, Portrait of Meletius Tapeinos, print maker: Stephan de Praet, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Willem Hondius, (mentioned on object), Danzig, 1645, paper, engraving, h 233 mm × w 173 mm
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Heine, Johann Georg.
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Portrait of Alessandro Vittoria. Portrait of the Italian draftsman Alessandro Vittoria, with a torso in his hands.
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Saint Anthony of Padua S Antonius Patavinus , print maker: Giovanni Marco Pitteri, (mentioned on object), after: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, (mentioned on object), Venice, 1712 - 1786, paper, engraving, h 346 mm × w 262 mm
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Portrait of Giacinto Gigante, 1859, by Domenico Morelli (1826-1901).
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Umbria Perugia Perugia Convent S. Pietro0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Interior views with emphasis on paintings and sculpture; extensive views of illuminated manuscripts (negatives not printed). General Notes: There are no prints assigned H-#s 43-57. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Lady in Black Emil Fuchs (American, born Austria, 1866-1929). Lady in Black, 1901. Oil on canvas, 46 15/16 x 36 15/16 in. (119.2 x 93.8 cm). American Art 1901
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RETRATO DE DON RODRIGO FERNANDEZ DE SANTAELLA - MAESE RODRIGO - HACIA 1640 - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: ERZBISCHOEFLISCHES PALAIS. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
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The old age and misery of Denis Papin ''I am now obliged, wrote Papin, to put my machines in the corner of my poor chimney.''
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Hubert van den Eynden; Vorsterman, Lucas (1595-1675), Dyck, Anthony Van (1599-1641), Hendricx, Gillis (fl. 1645-); 1645-1646 (1645-00-00-1645-00-00);
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Thomas Percy, William Dickinson, 1746-1823, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, undated, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (36.5 × 26.4 cm) and Image: 13 3/16 × 10 3/8 inches (33.5 × 26.4 cm)
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Pipe-smoking man at a table with a plate, a knife and a glass, draughtsman: Aert Schouman, after: Gabriël Metsu, 1778, paper, brush, h 197 mm × w 158 mm
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Jacques de Lajoue. Presumed portrait of Father Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770), professor of physics of Louis XV. Oil on wood. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 25257-2 Abbe, library, ecclesiastical, teacher, French, physicist, physicist, priest, teacher, portrait, scientist, cassock
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Portret Van Geesilejke Andrea Alcenago, Giovanni Marco Pitteri, After Giovanni Battista Mariotti, 1712 - 1786 print print maker: Veniceafter drawing by: Italy paper engraving historical persons
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Henry Davis Pochin. Etching by P.A. Rajon after W. W. Ouless, 1875.
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Portrait of Józef Pius Dzieko Skoczylas, W Adys Aw (1883-1934); 1919 (1919-00-00-1919-00-00);