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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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Group picture.Metternich, Lothar of.Statue of Emperor Vespasianus, 1636 - 1647 print Statue of Emperor Vespasian. On the pedestal the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome. paper engraving (story of) the emperor Vespasian. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpturePortraT van Hendrik III, Friedrich Fleischmann, after Carl Alexander von Heideloff, 1821 print Nuremberg paper historical persons. ruler, sovereign. crown (symbol of sovereignty). hacking and thrusting weapons: swordPepin le Bref (d768) King of the Franks from 751. Son of Charles Martel, father of Charlemagne. Late 19th century chromolithograph.Ferdinand, archiduc d'Autriche frère de Charles-Quint, tiré de l'ouvrage: Tertii, Austriacae gentis imaginum. XVIe siècle, costumes princiers, hommes, Allemagne.. 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, Princes , Germany , 1500-1599March organizes and encourages / weapon workshops. (IT)Maximilian I., Roman-German Kaiser Stecher: Sicking, Charelatting: 1590/1604Under King Manuel I, the Portuguese set up a government in India in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to Calicut in southwest India by Vasco da Gama. The Portuguese originally based their administration in Kochi, or Cochin, in Kerala, but in 1510 moved to Goa. Until 1752, the State of India’ included all Portuguese possessions in the Indian Ocean, from southern Africa to Southeast Asia, governed by either a Viceroy or a Governor. In 1752 Mozambique got its own government, and in 1844 the Portuguese Government of India stopped administering the territories of Macau, Solor and Timor, restricting themselves to the Malabar coast. At the time of British India's independence in 1947, Portuguese India included a number of enclaves on India's western coast, including Goa proper, as well as the coastal enclaves of Daman and Diu. Portugal lost the last two enclaves in 1954, and the remainder in 1961, when they were occupied by India (although Portugal only recognized the annexaCostumes de Différents Pays, 'Ingrien'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paperSaint George in Armor. Ferdinand Piloty (German, 1785-1844); after Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553). Date: 1804-1844. Dimensions: 495 x 333 mm (image); 517 x 358 mm (sheet). Tint lithograph on cream wove paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.King of Wands or Batons from a 6th century card game. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874Fokke, Simon, Amsterdam, The Perfect Warrior, Warrior flanked by a lion and a panther, verso - stamped, A warrior, armed with shield and sword, is flanked by a lion and a panther. In front of him on the ground are measuring instruments and a map. Below is a banderole with an inscription., print, prints, height 162 mm, width 107 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1750 - 1750, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, after own design byEen tamboer van de Cent Suisses. Costumes van het hof van Willem V (series title). Draughtsman: Isaac Lodewijk la Fargue van Nieuwland. Dating: 1766. Measurements: h 390 mm × w 264 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Portrait of Henry IV Probus, according to a woodcut from: `Chronicle of the Poles` (Chronica Polonorum), by Maciej Miechowita, Kraków 1521, p. CLXXXIIII. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist, unknown, woodcutterInca. (registered title) | Theatrical collection of / figures (title of all)JUAN I. REY DE CASTILLA. EPILA 1358-1390. HIJO DE ENRIQUE II, ACCEDIO AL TRONO EN 1379 AL MORIR SU PADRE. GRABADO DE LA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.Portrait of Prince Maurits van Oranje, Jan Harmensz. Muller, after Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1608 print Portrait of Maurits, Prince of Orange, dressed in armor with a command staff in his hand. On the right on the table are helmet. At the bottom of the margin a five -line text in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving helmetIllustration for Johann Christoph Mayer's 'History of the Crusades'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1781. Prints; etchings. EtchingKing Philip IV of France, 1268-1314. He wears a gem encrusted crown, blue robe with ermine collar, cuffs, and hem, black cracows or poulaines, and holds a sceptre. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.James Artevelde, Statue in Ghent, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897Louis de Mallet (Louis Malet de Graville) (1438-1516). Lord of Graville and Admiral of France. Portrait in costume of war and tournament. Facsimile from a 16th-century engraving. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Portrait. Engraving.Illustration of Sultan Amurathus III by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) an Italian Renaissance painter. Dated 16th Centurypeople ""Der Koenig"" (The King) illustration from ""Muenchner Bilderbogen"" (Munich Sheet of Pictures) wood engraving 19th century,Flute and cornetto players, 16th century (1849).Artist: Jost AmmanImage of W Adys Warne Kwiatkowski, Teofil (1809-1891), Bacciarelli, Marcello (1731-1818), School Litographic Institute (Warsaw; Litographic AD; 1819-1831); 1828-1831 (1828-00-00-1831-00-00);Swede, Ludwik Władysław (1876-1913) - collections, Society for the Care of the Monuments of the Past (Warsaw - 1906-1944) - collection, Władysław Warneńczyk (King of Poland and Hungary - 1424-1444), Władysław Warneńczyk (King of Poland and Hungary - 1424- 1444) - iconography, gift (provenance), busts, portraits, male portraits, portraits of rulers, fighting, armorTnie chwacko tega kosa by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1831 / Poland / Etching, watercolour / History / 8x4,6Knight on a shell pulled by two swans, Philippus Velijn, after A. Elink Sterk jr., 1828 print A man in armor stands on a shell that is pulled on by two swans. He extends his arm for him. On the bank a castle on a hill. Bottom right: bl. 63. Netherlands paper etching / engraving armour. water-birds: swan. landscape with tower or castleJacques Callot, Anger, probably after 1621 AngerThe announcer of Versailles, 1692; Le Crieur Versaille / Versailles announcer. Versailles announcer. Cartoon on the French King Louis XIV that brings the news from the defeat in the naval battle at Cape La Hogue where the French among Admiraal de Tourville were defeated by the combined fleet of England and Holland among the Admirals Russel and Almonde, 29 May up to 3 June 1692. In the right hand a shell, a long list in the left hand with the names of the burnt French ships, at his feet a barking dog, in the background the sea battle. In the show a call from the name of the king in Dutch and French, down two verses of eight rules in Dutch and French.Saint George in Armor Artist's working dates 1805-1844 Germany. The German Romantic artist Ferdinand Piloty looked to Lucas Cranachís 16th-century woodcut of the full-length Saint George as inspiration for this lithograph. He did not copy the saint directly, showing him reversed, at three-quarter length, and in a shallower space. Yet the halo effect of the lighting, Georgeís glorious hair, and the implied glint of the intricate armor leave little doubt as to the holy nature of the knightís errand. Piloty and his colleagues Johann Strixner and Alois Senefelder dramatically fueled the German Romantic enthusiasm for the artistic past, through the creation both of exacting reproductions and nostalgic new works.. Tint lithograph on cream wove paper . Ferdinand PilotySUNIFREDO II (915-968) - HIJO DE MIRON - CONDE CERDAÑA (927-968) Y DE BESALU (957-968) - MANUSCRITO DE POBLET. Location: REAL MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE POBLET-BIBLIOTEC. Vimbodí. TARRAGONA. SPAIN.Unangan or Aleut man of Unalaska, Aleutian Islands. In carved wooden headdress decorated with feathers and fish bones, jacket or parka of sealskin, boots, holding a fishing net. After a portrait by John Webber. Homme de Oonolashka. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.Watercolor and cover color painting by Lucas van Valckenborch the Elder depicting a halberdier soldier, dated 1578-1579.GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poet, writer of The Canterbury Tales, also employed as a diplomat and customs officer Date: 1340 - 1400Montmorency, Albéric de.Johan I, Lord of Culemborg. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to). Dating: c. 1590 - c. 1593 and/or c. 1600 - c. 1625. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 398 mm × w 292 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Costume Plate (Femme Ostiak a la Riviere d'Obie). Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, late 18th to early 19th century. Drawings. Hand-colored engravingCostumes de Différents Pays, 'Homme de Tobolsk'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paperHuayna Capac; Madrid, Spain; completed in 1616; Ms. Ludwig XIII 16, fol. 64Print made by Hendrick Hondius, 1573-after 1649, Dutch, Isaac Oliver, c. 1610 (Hind II, 71), c. 1610.student likes fencing / Fechtlustiger Student aus dem Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.Philip King of Mount Hope 1772 Paul Revere Jr. Early New Englanders knew the Native American chief Metacomet as King Philip. Leading the Wampanoag people around Narragansett Bay, he responded aggressively when the Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies repeatedly broke treaties with the local tribes and expanded westward. "King Philips War" broke out in June 1675, with raids and battles fought from the Connecticut River Valley north into Maine. When a truce was made in April 1678, the Native population had been reduced by more than half and rendered effectively landless. Many colonial settlements suffered great damage, with adult male numbers decimated, the economy ruined, and the western frontier pushed back by miles. A century later, Revere produced this portrait of Metacomet to illustrate a history that glossed over the wars true costs.. Philip King of Mount Hope. 1772. Engraving. Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734-1818 Boston, Massachusetts). Philip, Sachem of thePrint, Habit de Chapellier; N de L'Armessin (1638-1695); 1949-38-6Woodcut of the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama (c1465 - 23rd December 1524).Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer, 1573; Kenau Simon Hasselaers.Portrait of Kenau Simonsdaughter Hassselaer, standing for the Haarlem ramparts, armed with lanning and sword, 1573. With caption of 4 lines in Dutch.Print made by William Bromley, 1769-1842, British, David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759, 1811. Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.Venice, Sadeler, Marcus, Titian, Prague, Aegidius, Roman emperors, Portrait of Emperor Galba, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 345 mm, width 244 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1597 - 1629, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italian, 1488 - 1576-08-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1614-04-11 - 1650, publisherStanding bearer, Wallerant Vaillant, After Pietro della Vecchia, 1658 - 1677 print A young standard bearer with a feathered hat. paper standard-bearer, flag-bearer. head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes)Double portrait of Jacobus I of England and Anna van Denmark, King and Queen of England. Landscape with Jacobus I of England and Anna van Denmark, King and Queen of England. Jacobus has a command stove in hand, at his feet his coat of arms. In the margin a caption in Latin.Jan Sadeler I after Crispen van den Broecke, Levi, c 1585 LeviFriedrich V., Elector of the Palatinate.Ramon Berenguer III the Great (1082-1131). Count of Barcelona. Engraving in Spain Illustrated History, 19th century.Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (1460-1524). Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.Balduin VI., Count of Flanders."Androuet du Cerceau", Statue by Georges Diébolt, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris. Édouard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813 - 1889)Title print for C. van Alkemade, Jonker Fransen War; Jonker Fransen War. Jonker Frans van Brederode standing on a pedestal, frightening scenes in the background.The monument of Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz in Kalkar, Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz, 1721, 1773, was a Prussian office...John Lambe, an infamous medical practitioner and magician. Engraving, 1823.Buschere, Joachim de, Antwerp, Wierix, Johannes, Double portrait of James I of England and Anne of Denmark, King and Queen of England, verso - stamped, Landscape with James I of England and Anne of Denmark, King and Queen of England. James holds a baton in his hand, and at his feet is his coat of arms. In the margin is a caption in Latin., print, prints, height 286 mm, width 225 mm, South Netherlands, 1549 - 1618, print maker, printmaker, 1601 - 1605, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, Zuid-Nederlands, verlener van privilegeSogamy And embarrassing; Styfi, Jan (1839-1921), Matejko, Jan (1838-1893), Lewental, Samuel (Warsaw; Drukarnia; 1866-1890); 1876 (1876-00-00-1876-00-00);Don Antonio, a dwarf to Philip IV. Etching by B. Maura y Montaner, 1877, after D. Velazquez.Manual India, François Desprez, After Enea Vico, 1562 print Indian with a large shield on his right arm. after print by: Venicepublisher: Paris paper folk costume, regional costume. Asiatic races and peoples: Indians. fashion plates. human races; peoples; nationalities (+ costume)The figure in this illustration represent the German Margrave of Brandenburg, Joachim II Hector (the first Protestant Elector of Brandenburg). The Margraviate of Brandenburg was a key area in the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806. The illustration dates to 1882.Photo reproduction of a painting by Titian, presenting a portrait of emperor Charles V with a hunting dog; Titien.- Portrait the Charles Quint. (Au Musée du Prado) .. Part of Travel Album with Pictures of Sights in Spain and Morocco.Maximilian I., Roman-German Emperor.Portret van Willem III, prins van Oranje.Portrait of Willem III. In his right hand a command. At the bottom left of his weapon. Name and titles in the undermarge.Paris, Breton, Richard, Desprez, François, Recueil de la diversité des habits, Series of different costumes, Le pollognois, Polish man with sword behind his back, recto - stamped, print, prints, height 144 mm, width 84 mm, French, print maker, printmaker, 1562 - 1562, paper, papier, woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, 1524 - 1571, publisherSlavnyi vitez' bova korolevich. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, RussianEngland. Anglo-Saxons period. 5th-11th. Society. Gentleman. Engraving, 19th century.Iffland, August Wilhelm .Japoniorum numen triceps; Amida numen Japoniorum, 1667. Published in Amstelodami by Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge & Elizeum Weyerstraet. The work features engravings related to descriptions and travel in ChinaHistorical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Sir Philip Sidney, 1554 - 1586, an English statesman, soldier and writerTabbo, last Prince of the Frisians, Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1618 - 1620 print Tabbo, last Prince of the Frisians. Standing back, sword in hand, the other hand on a book Historia. In an ornamental frame. Illustration, with text on the back, from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustribus Libri Duo. Friesland paper etching / letterpress printing Ruler, Sovereign FrieslandMode in Spanien zur Zeit von Philipp II, 1556, 1598, Spätrenaissance, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,...Haron Ubbo, fifth Duke of Frisians; Haron Ubbo, Dux Frisiae Quintus; Kings and potestocks from Friesland; Frisia, SEV, the viris. Haron Ubbo, fifth Duke of Frisians. Full of feet, a branch in hand. In an ornamental frame. Illustration, with text on the back, coming from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustrus Libri Duo.