Historical Portraits of Nobility

Engravings of noble figures in elaborate attire, holding weapons and coats of arms, representing counts and countesses from historical contexts.

Portrait of John II, Count of Holland, standing with the coat of arms of Hainaut on his shoulder and holding a sword. Print from a series of 36 prints with full-length portraits of counts and countesses of Holland, Portrait of John II, Count of Holland Counts and countesses of Holland , print maker: Adriaen Matham, Haarlem, 1620, paper, engraving, h 130 mm × w 80 mm

Portrait of John II, Count of Holland, standing with the coat of arms of Hainaut on his shoulder and holding a sword. Print from a series of 36 prints with full-length portraits of counts and countesses of Holland, Portrait of John II, Count of Holland Counts and countesses of Holland , print maker: Adriaen Matham, Haarlem, 1620, paper, engraving, h 130 mm × w 80 mm

Lang, Matthew.

Heinrich IV., King of France.

Portrait of William V of Holland, Count of Holland and Zeeland, standing in armour with a coat of arms on his shoulder and holding a sword. Print from a series of 36 prints with full-length portraits of counts and countesses of Holland, Portrait of William V of Holland, Count of Holland and Zeeland Counts and Countesses of Holland , print maker: Adriaen Matham, Haarlem, 1620, paper, engraving, h 130 mm × w 80 mm

Costume of a Dervish, Ottoman Empire, 16th century. He wears a blue or red cap, coarse tunic, sheepskin cape, wooden bowl hanging from a leather belt. Derviches. Within a decorative frame engraved by H. Catenacci and Fellmann. Woodblock engraving by Gerard Seguin and E.F. Huyot after a woodcut by Christoph Krieger from Cesare Vecellios 16th century Costumes anciens et modernes, Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo, Firman Didot Ferris Fils, Paris, 1859-1860.

Heinrich II, King of France.

Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne.

Rantzau, Daniel von.

Portrait of Willem Vi van Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland. Portrait of Willem VI van Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland, standing to the right in a harness and a cloak. A coat of arms on his shoulder. In his one hand a sword and in his other a spear. Middle up: XXVII.

Téllez-Girón, 3. Duke of Osuna, Pedro.

Mr David Garrick in the character of Demetrius in Edward Youngs The Brothers, Drury Lane Theatre, 1753. Garrick was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer, 1717-1779. Copperplate engraving by J. Thornthwaite after an illustration by James Roberts from Bells British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays, John Bell, London, 1777.

Vandalen, Anonymous, After Cornelis Visscher (II), 1712 - 1714 Warrior of the Germanic people of the vandals, standing out, against a background of a camp. paper etching / engraving extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME)

Portrait of Charles I, king of England. Portrait of Charles I, king of England with command staff in hand.

Hooegets, Marcus Sitticus Graf zu.

Portrait of Charles V of Habsburg, German Emperor, King of Spain, Christoffel van Sichem (I), in Or Before 1601 print Portrait of Charles V of Habsburg, German emperor, king of Spain. He holds a sword in one hand and a rich apple in the other hand. A shield with his weapon on his shoulder. Left below numbered "35". Below and above the print text in book print. paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing

Mendoza, Francisco de.

Wilhelm VI., Count of Holland unknown artist dating: 1801/1850

Florence III., Count of Holland.

Mercier (registered title)

Maximilian II., Roman-German Emperor.

Ladislaus IV, King of Hungary.

Frundsberg, Georg of Stecher: Custos, Dominicusverleger: Custos, Dominicustragner: Fontana, Giovanni BattistaThiter: Ferdinand (1529)

Portrait of Dirk IV, Graaf van Holland, Hendrik Sushman, after tako Hajo Jelgersma, After Anonymous, 1745 print Portrait of Dirk IV, count of Holland, standing to the right in a harness. On his shoulder the weapon of Holland and a sword in his hand. In the middle of the top: V. Haarlem paper etching nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood

Portrait of Ernst Casimir, Count of Nassau Dietz. Portrait of serious casimir with left his arm. Two lines of Latin text in the underwear.

Karl V., Roman-German Kaiser Stecher: Schnitzer, Lukas (1631)

Sueben, Cornelis Wit (2), 1650 Warrior of the Germanic people of the Sueben or Sueven, standing out, armed with sword in the right hand. Haarlem paper engraving / etching extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). armour. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

Ban support.

Esterházy, Nikolaus von.

A soldier sliding his right hand along the training-pike, from the Lansquenets series, plate 22, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms). Artist: after Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565-1629 The Hague); Workshop of Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565-1629 The Hague). Dimensions: plate: 10 7/16 x 7 5/8 in. (26.5 x 19.3 cm)sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (35.2 x 27 cm). Series/Portfolio: Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms).From a series of 117 numbered plates from the military drill manual, "Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Speissen" (The Exercise of Arms). The series is divided into three sets: Marksmen (42 plates), Musketeers (43 plates), and Lansquenets (32 plates). The Exercise of Arms was first published as a complete volume in 1608, and several more editions followed shortly after, with Dutch, French, German, English, and Danish versions produced. Museum: Metropolitan Museu

PEPIN LE BREF Duke of Brabant, King of the Franks from 752 father of Charlemagne, husband of Berthe Date: 715 - 768

Portrait of Philip the clean, Duke of Burgundy; Graves and gravingen from Holland. Portrait of Philip the clean, Duke of Burgundy, standing in a harness with a coat of arms on his shoulder and a sword in his hand. Print from a series of 36 prints with portraits feet from graves and gravingen of Holland.

Ira, from the cycle: Allegorical figures. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist

Barbarigo, Agostino.

Son of Hermes, Greek soothsayer who was inspired by Athena to propose the Wooden Horse as a subterfuge to get through the Trojan defences

Captain (title registered)

Guntram of the rich, Count of Habsburg.

Large Wedding Dancers. Dated: 1538. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Heinrich Aldegrever.

After Jacques Callot, The Hurdy Gurdy Player The Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Eustachius, holy.

Heinrich VI., King of England 1601/1750

Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg.

Juan d'Austria Stecher: Constos, dominoponsov: Fontana, Giovanni Battista

Deraisme, Pierre -Georges (n.1859 - D.1932), Gaulois (main title), 1900. Graphite on Canson Blanc. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Ratpod, Count of Habsburg.

Haymon .

Tycho Brahe. Line engraving by P. Kilian.

Hooegets, Marcus Sitticus Graf zu.

Karl I, King of England.

Maximilian II., Roman-German Emperor.

GAMA , VASCO DE. NAVEGANTE PORTUGUES. 1469 - 1524. GRABADO RETRATO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Portrait of paracelsus; Paracelsus; History of churches and ketting (...) Up to the year Onses Heeren 1688. Portrait of Paracelsus from a series of portraits in history of churches and ketting from the beginning of the new testaments to the year Onses Heeren 1688 by Godfried Arnold (1701) .

Portrait of Willem V, Graaf van Holland, Hendrik Spilman, after tako Hajo Jelgersma, After Anonymous, 1745 print Portrait of Willem V, Graaf van Holland, standing to the right in a harness and a cloak. On his shoulder a coat of arms and a sword in his hand. In the middle of the top: XXV. Haarlem paper etching nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood

Quades; Quadus; Old peoples living here; Peplus Sive Gothorum, Wandalorum, Svevorum, Herulorum, Pidarum, Marcomannorum et Quadorum Veterum Imagins Ex Antique Monumentis et Museo Marci Zuerii Boxhornii. Warrior from the Germanic people of the quades, standing in arms with animal skin, armed with lance and shield.

Sonnenberg, Andreas Graf von.

Bentivoglio, Guido.

Münzer, Thomas Stecher: Hooghe, Romeeyn DE

Ferdinand I. Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla.

Mondragón and the market, Cristóbal de.

Robert III., Count of Flanders.

Robert I The Friese, Count of Flanders.

Antwerpen, Jode, Gerard de, Series Regum Persarum, Persian kings, King Darius II, Antwerp, verso - stamped, King Darius II of Persia standing with a stick in his hand. In the background a landscape in which Darius rides a horse and hunts a deer. On the left birds at a waterfall. Below the image a three-line text in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 285 mm, width 201 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1547 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Zwitserse Garde, ca. 1750, 1740 - 1760 print A member of the Swiss Garde, standing with the gun over the shoulder, ca. 1750. Northern Netherlands paper etching land forces

Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria.

Alfons I, King of Portugal.

Italian courier, 1569 Italian courier, with horn in the right hand, rifle over the left shoulder. Part of the costume book entitled 'Omnium Fere Gentium Nostrae Aetatis Habitus, Nunquam Ante Hac Aediti', Venice 1569. Re -issue from 1569 of the first edition from 1563. paper engraving fashion plates. messenger Italy

Sousa, 2. Count of Miranda, Diogo V. Lopes de.

Lang, Matthew.

Two Torch-Bearers, plate two from The Large Wedding-Dancers Made 1538 Germany. The figures in Aldegreverís lively series of couples and musicians at a wedding show off daggers and swords as gentlemenís fashion accessories rather than as weapons. As the couples pivot, pace, and embrace, blades peek out at different angles, whether impeding intimacy or visually alluding to increasing amorousness. Moving from left to right in triumphal procession, dancers sway to the tune of trombonists in their wake.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Heinrich Aldegrever

Portrait of Charles V of Habsburg, German Emperor, King of Spain, Christoffel van Sichem (I), 1611 - 1663 print Portrait of Emperor Charles V, with crown and richly embroidered, with fur lined cloak. In one hand he holds a large sword, in the other a rich apple. He stands next to a pedestal on which the helmet of his armor is. The pedestal is decorated with its coat of arms. The background offers a sea view, with ships and a dolphin. In the top left corner: fol: 16. paper engraving / etching

Schomberg, Duc d'Hallwin, Charles de .

An emperor leans on a cartouche on which the title in Latin. At his feet a harness. In the foreground a fox that loves a snake in the grass. At the bottom of a cartouche an imprint in Latin.

Florence IV., Count of Holland.

Sousa, Diogo III. Lopes de.

Thomas King as Touchstone in "As you like it.". From Ireland, Thomas King made his debut on the London stage in 1759, and became one of the most eminent actors of the century. Copperplate engraving from "Bell's Shakespeare" published by John Bell, London, from 1775. Drawn by Parkinson.

Portrait of Willem III, Prince of Orange. Portrait of Willem III with a hat. He is in a room next to a table with his crown and scepter on it. In his right hand a command. In the undermaster his name and title in French.

Montmorency, Anna Duke of.

Portrait of François, Duke of Anjou on horse. Horse and rider to the right. The horse is linging. On the horse The Duke of Anjou. In his hand he has a baton. The print has a German and a Latin caption. Print originally from 'Equitum descripcio ...', 1577.

Sir John Dineley-Goodere, an eccentric baronet of Burhope in Herefordshire, resident in Windsor. Etching.

Keulen, Bruyn, Abraham de, Rutz, Caspar, Dutch squire on horseback, verso bottom center - stamped, Horse and rider to the right. The horse is at a walk. The Dutch squire has a riding crop in his hand. The print has a German and a Latin inscription. Print originally from 'Equitum descripcio...', 1577., costume print, prints, height 160 mm, width 120 mm, 1540 - 1587, print maker, printmaker, 1577 - 1577, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Jupiter; Ivpiter; Gods that sit on the seven planets. Jupiter in armor, with a sword over his shoulder.

Portrait of Claes van Ruyven, Cornelis van Noorde, After Unknown, After Tako Hajo Jelgersma, 1764 print Portrait of Claes van Ruyven, kneeling in armor at a table with prayer book. Left and right are four coats of arms, the shield of which is the coat of arms of Van Ruyven. Claes van Ruyven, steward of De Graaf van Holland and Schout van Haarlem, was beaten to death in Haarlem in 1492 during the uprising of the cheese and bread people. Top right: p. 316. PRINT MAKER: loudler PRINT PRINT BY: HAMEES APPROVED BY: loudlel paper etching book. armorial bearing, heraldry

Johann I, King of Portugal.

Keulen, Rutz, Caspar, Bruyn, Abraham de, Muscovite officer on horseback, verso bottom center - stamped, Horse and rider to the right. The horse is at a walk. The rider is dressed in Russian and carries a morning star and a drum. The print has a German caption and Latin inscription. Print originally from 'Equitum descripcio...', 1577., costume print, prints, height 144 mm, width 118 mm, 1540 - 1587, print maker, printmaker, 1577 - 1577, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie

Stephan V., King of Hungary.

Tournament Ridder, Abraham de Bruyn (attributed to), 1577 Horse and rider to the right. De Ridder wears armor and has a lance in his hand. The print has a German caption and a Latin inscription. Print originally from 'Equitum Descripcio ...', 1577. Cologne paper engraving warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen). folk costume, regional costume. knight. joust, tilt

Dietrich, from the house Wettin.

Portrated Van Dirk VI, Graaf Van Holland, Hendrik Spilman, After Tako Hajo Jelgersma, After Anonymous, 1745 print Portrait of Dirk VI, count of Holland, standing to the right in a harness and a cloak. On his shoulder the weapon of Holland and a sword in his hand. In the middle of the top: XII. Haarlem paper etching nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood

Johann II, Count of Holland.

Truvulzio, markemano, gian Giusto Stecher, GIAN YoungSouldMMUSNECT Custos, dominuszeov: Fontana, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Battista

Friedrich I. Gonzaga, Markgrave of Mantua.

Turenne, Henri of the Tower of Auvergne, Viscount.

New statue of Emperor Napoleon

Portrait of Robert Dudley, count of Leicester, Karel van Sichem, after Christoffel van Sichem (I), in or after c. 1601 print Portrait of Robert Dudley, count of Leicester. He holds a command staff in his hand. He lets his other hand rest on the hilt of his sword. On the floor next to him are a crown, his coat of arms and the helmet of his armor. A sea battle in the background. Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving

Matthias I., Roman-German Kaiser Stecher: Sicking, Karelvergerer: Sicking, Charelatting: 1590/1604

Weapon template with beautifully dressed Lord with glass in his hand, 1596 print paper engraving armorial bearing, heraldry

Portrait of Ferdinand van Toledo, Duke of Alva, Christoffel van Sichem (I), in Or Before 1601 print Portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva. He has a command staff in his hand and holds his other hand on his hip. Under the print in Latin Alva's name and function. paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing

Eduard VI., King of England.

Gheyn, Jacob de (II), Netherlands, Baudous, Robert de, Armorial display of Roer muskets and spears, Soldier, seen from the front, holding his spear upright with his right hand, A soldier, full-length, holding a spear (lance) upright with his right hand. This print is part of a series of 32 numbered prints of spearmen from the Wapenhandelinghe., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 268 mm, width 191 mm, 1565 - 1629-03-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1597 - 1607, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1574 - 1659, Work conception

Karl V., Roman-German Emperor.

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