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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
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Paris, Breton, Richard, Desprez, François, Recueil de la diversité des habits, Series of various costumes, Le nictorien, Man from Rio de Janeiro, recto - stamped, print, prints, height 146 mm, width 86 mm, French, print maker, printmaker, 1562 - 1562, paper, papier, woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, 1524 - 1571, publisherGames at the Germans, 1712 - 1714 print Games of the Germans. Illustration no. 90 in a work about the old residents of the Netherlands and their customs. Netherlands paper etching extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). games of skill NetherlandsPortrait of Willem Lodewijk, Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg, Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1622 print Portrait of Willem Lodewijk with his weapon on the right. Three lines of Latin text in the lower margin. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Franeker paper engraving / etching / letterpress printingSweeper Nicolas Bonnart (1646-1718). Crieur juror. Water and chisel.Thurn, Josef Graf's Josef Graf.King Darius II; Persian kings; Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti (...). King Darius II of Persia standing with a stick in his hand. In the background a landscape in which Darius rides on horseback and hunting a deer. Left birds at a waterfall. Above the show a two-key text in Latin.Castro, Joío de.Juan I of Aragon, called the Hunter or the Lover of all Elegance (1350-1396). King of Aragon, Valencia, Mallorca, Sardinia and Corsica, and Count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Sardinia (1387-1396). House of Aragon. Engraving. Historia General de Espana, by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852. Rudolf VI., Markgraf von Baden.Print, Habit de Bonnetier; N de L'Armessin (1638-1695); 1949-38-4Maximilian II., Roman-German Emperor.Sousa, Diogo Affonso I. DE.Succulence Ascanio.Portrated Van Clovis I, Koning der Franken, Gaspare Oselli, After Francesco Terzio, After Anonymous, 1569 print Italy paper engraving historical persons. ruler, sovereignSoldier Armed with Broadsword and Shield. Dated: 1587. Dimensions: plate: 21.2 x 15.6 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 32.2 x 25 cm (12 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacques de Gheyn II after Hendrik Goltzius.Kolschitzky, Georg Franz .Jabir ibn Hayyan, known in Europe as Geber (721-815). Muslim scientist dedicated to alchemy, pharmacy, medicine, mathematics and astronomy. Portrait after an engraving by Jean de Vries in the 16th century. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877. Author: Jean de Vries. 16th-century artist.Joan of Arc on horseback, from the History of the the Maiden by Jean Hordal, 1622, engraving by Leonard Gaultier.Keulen, Bruyn, Abraham de, Rutz, Caspar, German ruler on horseback, verso center bottom - stamped, Horse and rider to the left. The horse is rearing. The German ruler carries a rice stick in his hand. The print has a German caption and a Latin inscription. Print originally from 'Equitum descripcio...', 1577., costume print, prints, height 157 mm, width 119 mm, 1540 - 1587, print maker, printmaker, 1577 - 1577, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisherSoldier lifting his spear with both hands horizontally above his right shoulder, Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606, Design for a print., draughtsman: Jacob de Gheyn (II), 1596 - 1606, paper, pen, brush, h 269 mm × w 188 mmWallenstein .Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger depicting Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxony, emphasizing portrait features, attire, and posture.Clodwig I, King of Franconia.Franz II. Gonzaga, Markgrave of Mantua.Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, Anonymous, 1584 The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius on Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius on Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engravingBliżej Kultury Artistic and Literary Circle Publishing HouseDudley, 1. Earl of Leicester, Robert .King Xerxes; Persian kings; Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti (...). King Xerxes of Persia standing with a hand on a pickaxe. In the background you can see how the men of Xerxes give the Hellespont Whip. They did this on behalf of Xerxes after the built bridges were destroyed by storm and the water. Above the show a three-legged text in Latin.Ludwig II, King of Hungary. Dated: 1546. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.Sevi, we set them.Portrait of Ferdinand I from Habsburg; Portraits of kings and queens for feet. Portrait of Ferdinand I from Habsburg, german emperor, full to the right dressed in harness, in the left hand a migration, in the right hand a sword. At the top right of coat of arms surrounded by the order of the golden fleece, in the middle of a banner with a two-headed eagle. At the bottom left of the ground a helmet.Man with a crossbow, Pieter Serwouters, After David Vinckboons, 1601 - 1657 print A kneeling man accurately directs his crossbow. There is a basket with shot birds next to him, a dog is on his other side. On a tree branch above him is an owl that the hunter poops on his head. In the background a militia tournament, in which a bird is shot on a pole with crossbows. Two verse rules in Dutch under the print. Amsterdam paper engraving archer's weapons: crossbow. sport-tournament. owls. hunting dogs beside the spoils. defecationRupprecht from the Palatinate, German King.Portrait van Floris V, Graaf van Holland, Hendrik Grijman, After Tako Hajo Jelgersma, After Anonymous, 1745 print Portrait of Floris V, Graaf van Holland, standing to the left in a harness. On his shoulder the weapon of Holland and a sword in his hand. In the middle of the top: XIX. Haarlem paper etching nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthoodCavalier VI The Knight. Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506. 1550. Ladenspelder, Johann, approximately 1511-approximately 1580. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionJoseph Schaitberger points with his left hand to a page on which part of Psalm 25 can be read With his right hand, he points to a group of travelers, which can be seen from the window, Portrait of Joseph Schaitberger, print maker: Martin Engelbrecht, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Paul Decker, (mentioned on object), publisher: Martin Engelbrecht, (mentioned on object), print maker: Augsburg, publisher: Augsburg, Germany, 1732, paper, engraving, h 333 mm × w 205 mmMiriam, Jan Collaert (II), Philips Galle, Cornelis Kiliaan, 1588 - 1595Death in a young man; Deilis Fortis Veniunt Ad Limina Mortis; Emblemata Saecularia, 1596. Death in the form of a skeleton, standing next to a young man. In one hand he holds an hourglass to indicate that the time of the man has passed and it will never be able to see a battle, as it is in the background, will participate. That the 'stolze hero' does not like to give itself from pulling his sword without a struggle.Fernández de Córdoba and Aguilar, Gonzalo Stecher: Custos, DominicusVerleger: Custas, Dominicuszeichner: Fontana, Giovanni BattistaJohn Palmer as Warwick in "Henry VI, Part 3". Copperplate engraving from "Bell's Shakespeare" published by John Bell, London, from 1776. Drawn by Parkinson.Statue of Gustav Adolf in Bremen, Germany, in 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, EuropeDouble portrait of Luitardus and Guntramus from Habsburg, Gaspare Oselli, After Francesco Terzio, After Anonymous, 1569 print Italy paper engraving historical persons. ruler, sovereignPortrait of Kunz von der Rosen ca. 1515/1518 Daniel Hopfer German. Portrait of Kunz von der Rosen 360205Titus, Roman Emperor.unknown, Terzio, Francesco, Italy, Oselli, Gaspare, Austriacae gentis imaginum, Portraits of members of the Austrian House, Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 510 mm, width 346 mm, Italian, 1536, print maker, printmaker, 1569 - 1569, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1523 - 1591, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing of, after an image of, granter of privilegeKarl of Kühne, Duke of Burgundy.Marcos; Marcomanus; 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 Marcos, standing for feet, armed with lance and shield, scratch on the head.Ragusej Merchant, from 'Les quatre premiers livres des navigations et pérégrinations orientales' by Nicolas de Nicolay. Artist: Anonymous; After Léon Davent (French, active 1540-56). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 9 1/16 × 6 1/4 in. (23 × 15.8 cm). Date: 1568. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.A Standing Soldier. Artist: Michel Kirmer (active ca. 1552-ca. 1570). Dimensions: sheet (rounded at the top): 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (21.9 x 14 cm). Date: 1561. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Warrior of the African kingdom of Djebel or Giabea. He carries a targe or round shield and a poisoned lance or assegai. Costume de Djebel, Royaume dAfrique. 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.Double portrait of Hunifridus and Luitfridus from Habsburg; Portraits of members of the Austrian home; Austriacae Gentis Imaginum. .Mehemed rake Pushchem.Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 23 cm (12 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bernard Westmacott.unknown, Terzio, Francesco, Italy, Oselli, Gaspare, Austriacae gentis imaginum, Portraits of members of the Austrian House, Portrait of Leopold III of Austria, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 514 mm, width 345 mm, Italian, 1536, print maker, printmaker, 1569 - 1569, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1523 - 1591, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, after the image of, granter of privilegeSaint Roch standing holding a staff in his left hand, a dog by his side. Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576); After Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 5 13/16 in. (25.7 × 14.8 cm). Date: 1531-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi depicting a mounted figure of Marcus Aurelius, showing equestrian posture and classical Roman style, with base retouching.Requesens y Zúñiga, Luis de Stecher: Sichem, Christoffel from (1)Portrait of Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange, Willem Outgertsz. Akersloot, After Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1628 print Portrait of Frederik Hendrik, back in armor, standing on a landing. In his right hand a sword, in his left a bundle of arrows and a rope. The weapons of the seven provinces are attached to the rope. In the background the populated Binnenhof in The Hague. In a cartouche four lines of Latin text. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter design by: The Hague paper engraving CourtyardSignore Sebastiano Conca, Pittore Napoletano. Dated: 1734/1755. Dimensions: sheet: 31.6 x 21.5 cm (12 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.) support: 48 x 38 cm (18 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper mounted on album page. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pier Leone Ghezzi.Hungarian rider. A cartouche with the image of a horse and rider to the left. The horse stands still. The rider wears Hungarian clothes and has a spear in his hand. He wears a shield on his back. The print has a German caption and a Latin inscription. Print originally from 'Equitum descripcio ...', 1577.Portrait of Mieczysław I (Mieszko I), according to a woodcut from: `Chronicle of the Poles` (Chronica Polonorum), by Maciej Miechowita, Kraków 1521, p. XXI. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist, unknown, woodcutterPortrait of Floris I, Count van Holland, Cornelis Visscher (II), 1650 print Floris I, Count of Holland, in a harness. He is wearing a helmet. The frame is decorated with the Wapen van Holland. Haarlem paper engraving / etching armour. nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood. helmetOliver, Isaac.Emperor August on horseback; AVGVSTVS; Roman emperors on horseback; ImperatorVM XII. A Svetonio Descriptorvm Effigies Resqve Gestae. On a column emperor August on horseback. On the cartouche of the column an image of the battle of Actium. In the background scenes from the life of August. On the left a banquet in honor of August as the son of Apollo. On the right a soldier camp with three fighting birds, symbolic to the trio viraat of Octavian, Marcus Antonius and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. The print has a Latin caption. The print is part of a twelve-part series about Roman emperors.Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius titled 'The Flag Wing', showing detailed line work, composition, and figure elements in print.Soldier wearing his skewer with both hands at his right-hand side, pointing up the tip obliquely; Corte Underswsinghe on the figuerliicke figure, among others T'recht Ghebruyck, from Al T'Ghene a Soldaet Int acting from the Skewer is Noodich. A soldier, for full, who wears a skewer (lance) with both hands at his right-hand side, pointing up the tip obliquely. This is the first operation for placing the skewer on the ground. This print is part of the series of 32 hand-numbered prints of skewers in arms opera.Charles V. Emperor Phil. 3. F.Portrait of Janus II van Cyprus, Anonymous, 1550 - 1600 print Janus II, king of Cyprus. Standing, in full, for a drapped pillar. Behind him a window with a face on a mountainous landscape. Next to Janus a unicorn with the Cyprus coat of arms. Antwerp paper engraving mountainsLouis XIII (King of France), Paris, Langlois, François, Bosse, Abraham, Costumes of the French Royal Guard, Figures Au naturel tant des Vestements que des postures des Gardes Francoises du Roy Tres chrestien, Drummer on a platform, dressed according to the fashion of ca. 1630, verso - stamped, costume print, prints, height 182 mm, width 110 mm, height 245 mm, width 171 mm, French, 1602 - 1676-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1639 - 1639, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, 1589-05-12 - 1647-01-14, publisher, uitgever, 1601-09-27 - 1643-05-14, granter of privilegeMaster of the E Series Tarocchi, Marte (Mars), c 1465 Marte (Mars)Portret van Gaucher V de Châtillon, Louis Marie Yves Queverdo, After Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin, 1838 - 1841 print paper etching historical persons. commander-in-chief, general, marshalThe French citizen Pierre Etienne Lesueur. "The French citizen".FERDINAND of Spain, 1452-1516, King of Castile and Aragon, frontispiece to Christopher Columbus' De insulis nuper inventis epistola, woodcut, Basel, 1494Portrait of Gilles Schey, Pieter Schenk (I), 1675 - 1711 Portrait of Admiraal Gilles Schey. In his hand the leader staff and a sea battle in the background. Amsterdam paper etching / engravingNero, Roman Emperor Publisher: Sadeler, Marcus Christophentwerfer: Tizianstecher: Sadeler, Egidius (2) Dating: 1593/1594Portret Van Hendrik II Van Frankrijk, Nicolò Della Casa (ACTRUTED TO), After Baccio Bandinelli, 1547 print Italy paper engraving historical persons. armour. triton(s)Sessa, Giovanni Bernardo, Vecellio, Cesare, Krieger, Christoph, Habiti antichi, et moderni di tutto il mondo..., Delli Cassi, costume print, books, mm mm, German, print maker, 1598 - 1598, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Italian, 1521 - 1601, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing of, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherGRABADO-INDIO YURACARES-PERU-.Philip, Count of Artois, died of his wounds after the Battle of Furnes, 1265-1298. He wears a hooded chainmail hauberk, sleeveless tunic, and carries the escutcheon with his coat of arms: gold fleurs de lys on a blue field, red label with three gold castles on each point. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.Charles V 1500-1558, Ruling House of Habsburg and Holy Roman Emperor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownThe Vielleur Boniface Henri Bonnart (1642-1711). The Vieller Boniface. Burin.Le Chevalier Bayard, Pierre Terrail, French knight 1473-1524. He wears a suit of armour with red tonlet and sword. Handcoloured lithograph after an ancient portrait held by the Terrail family from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852.Friedrich II Hohenzollern. Jörg Ziegler (German, early 16th century - 1574/1577)H. Gangolphus van Varernes, Cornelis Visscher (II), After Pieter Claesz. Soutman, 1650 print The Holy Gangolphus van Varernes depicted as a knight, in armor with sword and a shield with a cross. Water flows from a source under his sword. This print is part of a series of Dutch saints. Haarlem paper engravingSeyffart, Karl .Hunyady, John.Portrait of Louis XIII on horseback, with a face on Paris in the background, Thomas de Leu, c. 1603 - 1614 print France paper engraving historical persons. king. equestrian state-portrait ParisPortrait of Odaker, Markgraaf van Vlaanderen; Odoacre, 7th Forestier; Graven Van Vlaanderen. Odaker, the seventh forestier of Flanders, in hunting sue. He carries the former coat of arms in Flanders. In addition to him two hunting dogs. The print is an illustration at a book about the history of the graves of Flanders.Sculptor coat Jacques LePautre. "Habit of sculptor". Engraving.Portrait of Louis the simple; LVDOVICVS CAR SIMPL. F .. Louis IV The simple, king of France. In addition to him the coat of arms of France. The print serves as an illustration at a book about the history of the graves of Brabant and has the Folionummer aa.Persian nobleman on horseback, Abraham de Bruyn (attributed to), 1577 Cartouche with image of horse and rider to the right. The horse is in step. The rider is dressed as a Persian nobleman. He has a battle knots in his hand. The print has a German caption and Latin inscription. Print originally from 'Equitum Descripcio ...', 1577. Cologne paper engraving warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen). folk costume, regional costume. Asiatic races and peoples: Persians. nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthoodSoldaat die zijn spies met beide handen horizontaal op schouderhoogte draagt, zijn rechterhand bij de voet van het wapen. Ontwerptekeningen voor de Wapenhandelinghe van Jacob de Gheyn (II) (series title). Draughtsman: Jacob de Gheyn (II). Dating: 1596 - 1606. Measurements: h 266 mm × w 186 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Portret Van Lekain in the Rol Van Dzjengis Khan, Pierre Charles Levesque, after m.f.a. Castelle, 1765 print Paris paper etching / engraving historical persons. portrait of actor, actressjustice caricature ""Herkommannus"" (Usage) satire title page woodcut Germany circa 1720 private collection,Matthias, 1557-1619, Holy Roman Emperor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownKarl II, King of Navarra.France and Spain complain their losses, 1706; The Fransche and Spaansche Huylebalken / Le 2 Pleureurs Pour l'Espagne et la France; Royal Almanach from 1701 / 't Lusthof from MoMus. A French city caller with wooden leg (Louis XIV) and a Spanish drummer complain the recently lost cities, 1706. With verses in Dutch. Part of a series of 19 cartoons on the French and allies from the year 1706.Ludwig I, Palatinate Graph of Zweibrücken.Bliżej Kultury Le Blond, Jean (1635 1709), Falck, Jeremias (CA 1610 1677)Grecian trumpeter , Trumpets, Musicians, Shields. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings