Historical Portraits of Leaders

Engravings and portraits of various historical figures including kings and explorers, showcasing regal attire and historical context. Dark tones dominate the color palette.

Charles the Great, King of the Franks by Meissonier, Ernest Jean Louis (1815-1891) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg c. 1840 France Oil on canvas Painting Portrait,History

Wittiza (687-709). Visigothic King of Hispania from 694 until his death, co-ruling with his father, Ergica, until 702 or 703. He called the Eighteenth Council of Toledo and new laws added to the Liber Iudiciorum. Colored engraving.

Karl I, the big, Roman emperor.

Vasco da Gama, c. 1460s 1524, Portuguese explorer, digitally edited Vasco da Gama, c. 1460s 1524, Portuguese explorer, digitally edited Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660481

Roderic (died 711 or 712). Visigothic King of Hispania for a brief period between 710-712. Portrait. Engraving.

Henry II of Castile (1334-1379), called Henry of Trastamara or the Fratricidal. First king of Castile and León from the House of Trastámara. Portrait. Engraving by Antonio Roca. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853.

Reccared I (559Ð601). Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia (586Ð601). Colored engraving.

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547). Spanish conquistador of the Aztec empire. Lithography. Later colouration. Drawing by Jose Cebrian (1839-1904). Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Extremadura, 1870.

Witteric (c. 565-610). Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 603 to 610. Colored engraving.

Hernan Cortes, Marques del Valle de Oaxaca, 1485-1547. Spanish conquistador.

Portrait of Moctezuma II (or Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, 1466-1520), last Aztec king at Tenochtitlan by A. Delvaux, engraving, 1832

Charles the Great, King of the Franks by Meissonier, Ernest Jean Louis (1815-1891) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg c. 1840 France Oil on canvas Painting Portrait,History

Henry IV. King of England (1367-1413). Portrait by an unidentified artist. Oil on panel, 1597-1618. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

Francis I, King of France, c1520-1525 (1956). Creator: Unknown.

Francois 1er roi de France. 1536. D'après Agostino Veneziano.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547

D. Luís de Meneses, 3rd Count of Ericeira (22 July 1632 26 May 1690) was a Portuguese nobleman and military man. Comptroller of the Exchequer of the Kingdom of Portugal

Portrait of Saint George, fresco of Panselinos in the Catholicon of Karyes. Mount Athos. Greece. Drawing by Jules Pelcoq (1823-1887) Journey to Mount Athos, 1858 by Antonin Proust (1832-1905) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Frederick the Free, 1257, 16 November 1323, often also called Frederick the Bitten, was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia and after the death of his cousin Konradin the last male Hohenstaufen scion, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Julián Gayarre (1844-1890). Spanish opera singer. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero (1852-1903). Later colouration. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1884. Author: Arturo Carretero (ca. 1852-1903). Spanish engraver and xylograph.

Wilfred I the Hairy (840- 897). Count of Barcelona, Cerdanya, Urgell, Girona and Besalú. Portrait. Engraving by Antonio Roca. Later colouration. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853. Author: Antonio Roca Sallent (1813-1864). Spanish engraver.

Ramon Llull, relieve policromado, siglo XVII, autor desconocido, Museo diocesano de mallorca, palma, ,Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Charles IV, Liebscher, Adolf (1857-1919)

Roderic. Visigoth king (709-711). He lost the throne when the peninsula was invaded by the Muslims. Colored engraving.

Raymond IV of Toulouse - Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1843

Federico I Barbarroja (1122-1190), emperador del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico.

Philippe van Artevelde (1340-1382) who lived in Ghent (Belgium), and headed the citizens who revolted against the Flemish Count Louis and became master of all Flanders.

Wifred II (or Borrell I). Count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona from 897-911. Engraving, 19th century. Color.

William the Conqueror. Portrait of King William I of England (1028-1087), oil on panel by unknown artist c.1597-1618

PINTURA MURAL DE SANT ESTEVE D´ANDORRA LA VIEJA. Author: MESTRE D'ANDORRA.

'St Alexander Nevsky'. Russia, 19th century. Dimensions: 35,7x28,5x2,3 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

François I, King of France French, Limoges 19th century

LOTHAIR (941-986). King of France (954-986). Polychrome sculpture (12th c.). Romanesque art. Sculpture on rock. FRANCE. CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE. MARNE. Reims. Saint Remi Museum.

Theodoric I. Visigothic king (418-451). Walia successor. Colored engraving.

Mauregatus the Usuper (died 789). King of Asturias from 783 to 788 or 789. Engraving. Colored.

Clovis, Chlodovechus, Chlodwig I, Chlodowech, 466-511, King of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty, digitally edited

KOSOVO, Prishtina. Wall art depicting TANUSH TOPIA, general of Albanian Her Skanderbeg who defended the Albanian city of Kruje from the Turks in 1466

Hadrian V (born around 1205, according to other sources 1215 in Genoa, died 18 August 1276 in Viterbo), originally Ottobono Fieschi dei Conti di Lavagna, Count of Lavagna, was the third pope of the four-popes year 1276 for 38 days, historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, record date not stated, subsequently coloured

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Casimir the Just, Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy, Kazimirus, (born 1138, died May 5 1194 in Krakow) was duke of Małopolska in Wiślica from 1166 to 1173, from 1173 duke of Małopolska in Sandomir, from 1177, as Casimir II, duke of Małopolska in Krakow and thus senior duke of Poland, and from 1186 also Duke in Mazovia and Kujavia, illustration, reproduction from a 19th century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown

Honorius III, originally Cencio Savelli (born around 1148 in Rome, died 18 March 1227 in Rome), was pope from 1216 to 1227, Historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, subsequently coloured

San Jaime de Compostela, temple sobre tabla (s.XIV), Francesc Comes.Museo diocesano (Museu diocesà).Centro historico.Palma.Mallorca.Baleares.España.

Portrait painting by Leonidas, King of Sparta, Eduard Isaac Asser, after Jacques-Louis David, c. 1855 photograph Photo reproduction from a print to a fragment of the painting Léonidas aux thermoples by Jacques-Louis David Amsterdam paper. photographic support. cardboard salted paper print male persons from classical history

Edward II. von Caernarfon 1284 -1327 König von England 1307-1327 / Edward II of Caernarfon 1284 -1327 King of England 1307-1327 Engraved by Bocquet from the book A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors published 1806, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

Tuscany Siena Montalcino Museo Diocesano07. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Painting, sculpture 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.

Bolesław II, known as the Generous, also the Bold, Bolesław II Szczodry or Śmiały, Boleslaus, (born 1042, died March 22, 1081 in Hungary), was the son of the Polish Duke Casimir I Charles and the Ruthenian Princess Maria Dobroniega. He came from the Piast dynasty and was Duke of Poland from 1058 and King of Poland from 1076 to 1079, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547). Spanish conquistador of the Aztec empire. Lithography. Later colouration. Drawing by Jose Cebrian (1839-1904), detail. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Extremadura, 1870.

Ferdinand II of Aragon, detail of wooden altar

Portrait of the Tsar Alexis I Mikhailovich of Russia (1629-1676) by Anonymous / State Hermitage, St. Petersburg/ ca 1675/ Oil on canvas/ Baroque/ 101x84/ Portrait

Portrait of the Poet Theofan Prokopovich (1681-1736), Theologian and archbishop of Novgorod by Russian master Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow Mid of the 18th cen. Oil on canvas Russia Russian Art of 18th cen. Portrait Painti

Otger Catalo. Personage of legend, conqueror of Catalonia. 8th century. Engraving, 1863.

Bust of Charlemagne, Gold & Enamel Antiques-Decorative Art

Vincenzo Cappello by Titian

'Portrait of the Comte de Saint-Aignan (inscription "Le Compte de Sainct Agnam)'. France, circa 1546. Dimensions: 27,8x20 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist, mid-16th century.

King Henry I. Artist: Unknown

This illustration, which dates to 1882, shows two German nobles in period dress from the A.D. mid 1300s. They are, from left to right: Gunther von Schwatrzburg (1349) and Louis the Bavarian (1347).

Vincenzo Cappello, Titian, circa 1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

James Ward, 1769-1859, British, Study of a Cossack: Gregory Yellowstuff, 1814. Watercolor and black chalk and varnish on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Mexico, Quintana Roo, Isla Mujeres. This is a monument dedicated to Francisco Hernandez

Louis the Great, Ludwik Węgierski Andegaweński, Louis the Hungarian or of Anjou, (born March 5, 1326 in Visegrád, died September 10, 1382 in Trnava) from the House of Anjou was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 until his death, also King of Poland from 1370, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown

Jaume Cascall / 'Pere el Ceremonioso' 1350, alabastro policromado. Museo diocesano de la catedral de Girona.

King Carol the First mosaic above front of Romanian Atheneum, Atheneul Roman, Bucharest, Romania

ALPHONSE DE FRANCE, comte de Poitiers et de Toulouse French nobleman and soldier Date: 1220 - 1270

CABEZA DE SAN JOAQUIN. Author: RON PABLO. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-COLECCION. Valladolid. SPAIN. SAN JOAQUIN-PADRE DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

Pharamond or Faramund, c. 370-427, a legendary early king of the Franks

Photograph by Heinrich Jindrich Eckert of a role portrait depicting a king holding a spear in front of a painted backdrop, printed on albumin paper.

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). Danish astronomer. Brahe at the Prague Observatory. Chromolithography, detail. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VIII. Published in Barcelona, 1886.

Pope Clement VII, by Sebastiano del Piombo, circa 1531

Stephen VII (VIII) (born probably in Rome, died February 931, buried in Rome) was pope from January 929 to February 931, although the exact dates of his term of office are uncertain, Historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, subsequently coloured

Portrait of Pope Julius II, 1511 - Raphael

Clovis, Chlodovechus, Chlodwig I, Chlodowech, 466-511, King of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty, digitally edited

Pope Clement VII; Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, about 1485 - 1547); Italy; about 1531; Oil on slate; 105.4 × 87.6 cm (41 1,2 × 34 1,2 in.)

Ferdinand I of Leo_n and Castile (1015-1065). The Great. The Count of Castille, and King of Leon. Engraving. Colored.

GRABADO DEL VERDADERO RETRATO DE BOABDIL, ULTIMO REY DE GRANADA, PRESO EN LA BATALLA DE LUCENA - SIGLO XV - PINTURA SOBRE TABLA. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. BOABDIL O MUHAMMAD V (1459-1528).

Portrait of Vasco da Gama (Sines, 1469-Cochin, 1524), Grand Admiral of the Indies, Portuguese explorer.

Guillaume Dupré, Henri IV, 1553 1610, King of France 1589, 1607 Henri IV, 1553-1610, King of France 1589

Clovis, Chlodovechus, Chlodwig I, Chlodowech, 466-511, King of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty, digitally edited after Jean_de_Tillet

KING RICHARD I, THE LIONHEART (1157 - 1199) Reigned 1189 - 1199

Juan Sebastian Elcano (1476-1526). Spanish explorer enlisted in the famous expedition of Magellan (1519). First navigator who completed the first circumnavigation of the world (1522). Colored engraving.

Gulliver speaking with the King of Brobdingnag from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift published by George Routledge and Sons London circa 1900

Christopher Columbus (1451 -1506). Navigator, colonizer and explorer. Columbus imprisoned during his third voyage by order of commander Bobadilla in 1500. Colored engraving.

GENEALOGIA DE LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA - IÑIGO ARISTA (770-852) REY DE PAMPLONA - MINIATURA DEL SIGLO XVI -. Author: CARTAGENA ALONSO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ARISTA IÑIGO. FORTUN GARCES.

FERDINAND, Duke of Alba, 1508-82, Italian military Governor of Spanish low countries

MURAL DE EL CID CAMPEADOR (RODRIGO DIAZ DE VIVAR) 1043-1099)- OLEO SOBRE LINO ADOSADO AL MURO DE LA BOVEDA - 1965/69 - DETALLE. Author: JOSE VELA ZANETTI (1913-1999). Location: Diputacion. BURGOS. SPAIN. RODRIGO DIAZ DE VIVAR (1043-1099) EL CID CAMPEADOR. RODRIGO DIAZ DE VIVAR (1043/1099) EL CID CAMPEADOR.

Barletius Roma 1508

Portrait of Ivan IV by anonymous artist , oil on canvas , 18th century, Russia, Nizhny Tagil, State Art Museum, 68x53

Jacques Cartier (1491 Ð 1557). French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. Portrait. Color.

The Wilton Diptych, by an unknown artist, c1395-99. Richard II, King of England, kneels in a portable altarpiece made for private devotion

Sisebut (ca. 565Ð620 or 621). Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 612 until his death. Colored engraving.

Lazio Latina Valvisciolo SS. Pietro e Paolo5. 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.

Benedict V (born in Rome, died 4 July 965 or 966 in Hamburg) was Pope of the Catholic Church from 22 May to 23 June 964, Historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, subsequently coloured

Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.

Andrea dei Franceschi. Dated: c. 1530/1540. Dimensions: overall: 64.8 x 50.6 cm (25 1/2 x 19 15/16 in.) overall (framed): 87.2 x 74 x 7.8 cm (34 5/16 x 29 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Attributed to Titian.

Denkmal Friedrich III. Sennhütte Bad Pyrmont Denkmal Friedrich III. Sennhütte Bad Pyrmont Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 6668960

Francis II. Prince of Joinville Duke of Guise Duke of Aumale 1519, 1563 alias Balafre (the Scarred) French soldier and politician from the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), general and politician from South America, here at 36.. Madrid, Institute for Latin American Cooperation. Author: FIGUEROA PEDRO JOSE. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Hernando de Soto, (1496-1542), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

España. Edad media. Ramiro II (898-951), rey de León del 931 al 951.

FERNANDO FRANCISCO DE AVALOS. MARQUES DE PESCARA. GENERAL ITALIANO AL SERVICIO DE ESPAÑA.1489-1525.

Wood frame of Roman style (Cornice lignea di manifattura romana), 1650, 17th Century, carved and gilded wood

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