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Historical Portraits of Nobility

A collection of engraved portraits depicting noble figures from history, showcasing detailed costumes and regal attire with an emphasis on aristocratic fashion.

unknown, Sadeler, Johann (I), Portrait of Ferdinand of Bavaria, verso lower left - stamped, Ferdinand of Bavaria, in armor above which a wide millstone collar. Widely protruding moustache and pointed beard. Bust to the left, in oval with edge inscription. At the foot of the portrait 2 lines of inscription in Latin: 'Sicut fuerit voluntas, in coelo sic fiat'., print, prints, height 152 mm, width 115 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)
unknown, Sadeler, Johann (I), Portrait of Ferdinand of Bavaria, verso lower left - stamped, Ferdinand of Bavaria, in armor above which a wide millstone collar. Widely protruding moustache and pointed beard. Bust to the left, in oval with edge inscription. At the foot of the portrait 2 lines of inscription in Latin: 'Sicut fuerit voluntas, in coelo sic fiat'., print, prints, height 152 mm, width 115 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Hoefnagel, Georg Stecher: Hondius, Hendrik (1) Publisher: Hondius, Hendrik (1) Dating: 1598/1650Buquoy, Karl Bonaventura by Longueval Graf.Tilly, Johann Graf.Radziwill, Christoph Nikolaus Prinz.Portrait of the Ioans LintholtzPortrait of Johan van der Does, Jacob Houbraken, After Cornelis Visscher (II), 1749 - 1759 print Bust to the right of Johan van der Does, lord of Noordwijk in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which its name and data in three lines in Dutch. Amsterdam paper engravingPortrait van Siffrid von Collonitsch, Hans Sibmacher, 1590 - 1611 print paper etching historical persons. armourPortrait of Mikolaj Krzysztof Radziwill (1549-1616) by Anonymous / Russian State Library, Moscow/ 1745/ Woodcut/ Baroque/ PortraitHeinrich II, King of France.Portrait of Joris Hoefnagel, Johann Sadeler (I), 1592 print Portrait of the painter Joris Hoefnagel at the age of 48, dressed in Wambuis with cracks, above which raised collar fell with lace. Above the portrait are motto (hammer, engraving pent and anvil) and his motto: 'Dum ex Tendar'. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter. neck-gear: collar (+ men's clothes). tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: anvilPortret Van Francesco Ferdinando d'Avalos, Markies are fishing in Vasto, Franz Brun (II), 1589 - 1658 print Cologne paper engraving historical persons. armour. knighthood order of the Golden Fleece - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order)Linthwood, johannes.Draskovich of Trakostjan, Georg Graf.Dietrichstein, Franz Prince.Sully, Maximilian Bethune Baron de Rosny Duc Stepy: Moncornet, BaltazarPortrait of a bearded man; Meminisse Iuvabit. Oval bust portrait of an older man with beard, a millstone collar around the neck. To the show a peripheral in Latin.Hogenberg, Frans, Series 6: Dutch Events, 1571-1576, Portrait of Requesens, Portrait of Don Luis de Requesens y Zunega, governor of the Netherlands. Round portrait, bust to the right, with margin inscription in Latin. Numbered lower left: 94. The print is part of an album., print, prent, album leaf, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 174 mm, width 174 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1605, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Dutch, German, 1540 - 1590Portrait of the painter Joris Hoefnagel at the age of 48, dressed in wamboo with slits, above upside down collar with lace. Above the portrait are motto (hammer, engraving and anvil) and his motto: 'Dum Ex Tendar'.Portrait of the Christian of the firstDatt of Tiefenau, Johann Jakob Stecher: Aubry, Peter (2) Publisher: Merian, Matthew d. Ä. (Heirs) Publisher: Frankfurt (Main)Portrait of Philip Willem, Prince of Orange. He carries a harness and a ribbon with the order of the golden fleece. In addition to him his helmet. The print has a two-legged umbrella in Latin.Calfs, Marquis of Cetona, Chiappino 1701/1730Portret van admiraal Giovanni Andrea Doria; The court of heroic.Siegfried of Feuchtwangen.Portret Van Matthew Wacker von Wackenfels, Giles Sadeler (2), 1597 - 1629 print Matthaeus Wacker von Wackenfels (possibly the brother of Johannes Matthaeus Wacker). Above the portrait three allegorical figures that stop laurel (Justitia, Fama and Minerva). Around the portrait attributes of science (left) and music (right). In the middle of a vignette with two dogs. Prague paper engraving Neck-Gar ~ Clothing (with Name) (+ Men's Clothes). Musical Instruments; Group of Musical Instruments. Symbolic Represementions, Allegories and Emblems ~ Science, 'Scientia'; 'Science', 'Studio' (Ripa). (Story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Justice; 'Strength to the justice subject', 'justice', 'Recto justice', 'rigorous justice', 'pity and violence subject to justice' (Ripa). Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). dogEngraver: Martino Rota, Italian, ca. 1520-1583, Antonio Abbondeo the Younger(1538/41-1591), Engraving, 15.2 × 11.7 cm (6 × 4 5/8in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints. Portrait in oval list of Pope Innocent Xi. Half it to the right. Under the portrait the papal coat of arms.Molen, Lord of Champlateux, Mathieu.Runber in Buxndorff, Johannes.Juvenal, Horace.Capello, Joinnes.Teufenbach-Mayrhofen, Christoph Freiherr.Portret van Tobias Scultetus, Giles Sadeler (2), 1610 print Tobias Scultetus, Neolatine poet and lawyer. To the left of the portrait the personification justice, right caution. The print has a Latin inscription. Prague paper engraving Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal VirtuesMarolles, Claude de.Morosini, Tommaso.Portrait of Iean Pierre SapiehaErnst, Archduke of Austria Publisher: Joden, Pieter de (2) Painter: Veen, Otto Vanstecher: Joden, Pieter DE (2)Provencal, Marcello.Portrait of Philip III, King of Spain, Cornelis Visscher (II), After Peter Paul Rubens, After Anthonis Mor, 1650 print Philip III, king of Spain with a wide collar and a harness. On the head a crown and around his neck a chain with the order of the order of the Golden Fleece. Haarlem paper engraving / etching knighthood order of the Golden Fleece. crown (symbol of sovereignty). armourJessen, Johann von Stecher: Schollenberger, Johann JakobHarant of Polzic and Bezdruzic, Christoph Freiherr.Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, marechal deFrance. Artist: Thomas de Leu, French, born Flanders, ca. 1555- ca. 1612Philippe de Monte, a Flemish composer at the Court of Rudolf II, at the age of 73.South, Philipp Christoph von Publisher: Merian, Matthew (the elderly) publishing house: Frankfurt (Main)Ludwell, Wilhelm.Portrait of Francisco de Valdez; Franciscus Valdesius, Hispani Dux Exercitus; Portraits of important figures during the siege of Leiden. The Spanish Army Leader Francisco de Valdez, hand with the captain's staff. Around his neck a chain, to which a medalia. In the background meadows and the contours of Leiden. Print from a series of 5 prints with portraits of important figures during the siege of Leiden.Portrait of a man. Portrait of an unknown man with a round object (a stone) In hand. Stand in the oval edge frame - mirror-image - the year of manufacture and the age (26) of the portrayed. At the top of the sentence "Love IST all and all", also mirror image.Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de, Rubens, Peter Paul, Pontius, Paulus, Southern Netherlands, Does, Antony van der, Portrait of Don Manuel de Castel Rodrigo, verso - stamped, Portrait of governor Don Manuel de Castel Rodrigo, half-figure standing in round arch frame. In the bottom margin four lines of Latin text., print, prent, prints, height 179 mm, width 127 mm, 1609 - 1680, print maker, printmaker, 1619 - 1680, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1603 - 1658-01-16, after print by, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherBethlen of Iktar, Gabriel.Vesalius, Andreas .Ludwell, Wilhelm Stecher: Kohl, AndreasBádors, Sigmund.Keglevich of Buzin, Sigismund Freiherr.Christian, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Stecher: Isselburg, PeterPappenheim, Landgrave of Stühlingen, Maximilian Marshal of Stecher: Kilian, Lucasfactic genesis: AugsburgBiron de Gontaut, Armand Baron.Modius, Franciscus Stecher: Bry, Theodor Dest Morecher: BOISSARD, Robertherausgeber: BOISSARD, Jean-JacquesDruckort: Frankfurt (Main)Portrait of Jacob Cats, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1618, Portrait of Jacob Cats (1577-1660), seated at a table, pointing to a book lying before him. In the back left, on a windowsill, an hourglass. Through the window on the left, the Munnikenhof near Grijpskerke can be seen, Cats's country residence in the years 1603-1623. Presumably this is the earliest known portrait of the poet-statesman. That the drawing was certainly intended to be printed can be deduced from the fact that Cats's family coat of arms is depicted mirrorwise at the bottom right. Design for a print., draughtsman: Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, 1618, paper, pen, brush, h 151 mm × w 120 mmAachen, Hans von, Sadeler, Johann (I), Portrait of Christopher von Tiefenbach, verso lower left - stamped, Christopher of Tiefenbach, Baron of Tiefenbach-Mayrhofen and commander of the imperial army during the war against the Ottomans. Bust to the right, in armor, with baton in his right hand. Portrait in oval with edge lettering., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 185 mm, width 130 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1593 - 1598, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), German, 1552 - 1616-01-06Stadium, Johann Kaspar von.During, Beaver.Hoorne, Philips of Montmorency Graf.Palma, Georg.Pruckmann, Friedrich.Portrait of King Henry Walese, bust, according to the engraving of Nicolas Larmessin from: "Les Augustes Représentations de Tous Les Rois de France, Depuis Pharamond Jusqu'a Louis XIV, ... Avec Un Abrégé Historique Sous Chacun, Continant Leurs Nissans, Inclinations et Actions Plus Remarquables Pendant Leurs Regnes / 65 Planches Gravées Par Nicolas de Larmessin ", 1690; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Larmessin, Nicolas de I (1632-1694); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Henryk Walezy (King of Poland - 1551-1589), Henryk Walezy (Polish King - 1551-1589) - iconography, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912), Lesser, Emiljan Stanisław (Baron - 1847-1912) - collection, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, XVI in ., dar (proweniencja), grafika (artyst.), grafika francuska, kopie, kopie z rycin, królowie, osobistości, osobistMontpensier, Karl Graf.Skull, Melchior.Wachter, Jacob Pietersz., Amsterdam, Serwouters, Pieter, Title page for H. Waninghen, Thresoor van't Italiaens boeck-houden, 1648., Portrait of Hendrick Waninghen, verso center bottom - stamped, Portrait of the Amsterdam bookkeeper Hendrick Waninghen, sitting at a table with an open book. Above the portrait in letterpress an edition indication, below the portrait the imprint., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, Henry Waningen, verso center bottom - handwritten in red pencil, height mm, width mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1586-10-28 - 1657-09-26, print maker, printmaker, 1648 - 1648, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), etching, letterpress printing, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisherEmanuel Philibert, Herzog of Savoyen Stecher: Custos, Dominicusverleger: Custos, Dominicustragner: Fontana, Giovanni BattistaThiter: Ferdinand (1529)Augsburg, Custos, Dominicus, Aachen, Hans von, Atrium Heroicum, Portrait of Sigismund Báthory, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 188 mm, width 142 mm, German, 1560 - 1615, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1604, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1552 - 1616-01-06, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherPfaff, Nicholas.Portrait of Henry III, King of France, John Wierix, 1647 print In the margin a four -line poem, in two columns, in French. print maker: Antwerppublisher: The Hague paper engravingPortrait of Charles V of Habsburg, Cornelis Visscher (II), After Anthonis Mor, 1638 - 1658 print Charles V of Habsburg, German emperor, king of Spain. On the head a hat and around his neck a chain with the order of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Haarlem paper engraving / etching knighthood order of the Golden Fleece. head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes)Juan d'Austria Stecher: Carpenter, Antondattatting: 1751 / 1775Factable genesis: ViennaPortret van Karel I als prins van Wales.Portrait in oval list of Charles I as Prince of Wales. Bust to the right. The print has a Dutch inscription and as a caption a Dutch poem.Portrait of Jan Baptist Houwaert, 1586 - 1615 print BostePortret in Ovaal of the Brussels writer, scholar and politician Jan Baptist Houwaert (1533-1599): a man with beard and mustache, seen on the left, in Harness. Next to his head a coat of arms. At the bottom of the oval the year of the death of the portrayed person (1586 - not correct, must be 1599) and the motto mate. Around the oval an ornament border with edge of the edge (the name of the person portrayed) and a woman with a winch (Musica), a woman with a book (rhetoric), a woman with a passer (Geometria) and a woman who records numbers (aritmetics ). print maker: Low Countries (possibly)after print by: Antwerp paper engraving Historical Persons. "Rhetoric ',' eloquence '(~ trivium); "Rettorica '(Ripa). "Arithmetic '(~ quadrivious); "Aritmetic '(Ripa). 'Geometry' (~ quadrivious); "Geometry" (bank). 'Music' (~ quadrivious); 'Music' (Ripa)Philip III (1578-1621). King of Spain (1598-1621) and also, as Philip II, King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia. Portrait, 19th century. Illustration by Cebrian. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Valencia, 1867.Klessl, Melchior Publisher: Dancerts, DancerPortrait of Salvatore FabrisHoefnagel, Georg Draftsman: Sandrart, Joachim von (the elderly)Behaim, Friedrich eraser: Beham, Sebalddatung: 1533/1550Portret Van Admiraal Giovanni Andrea Doria, Dominicus Guardian, 1600 - 1604 print Augsburg paper engravingHeyn, Peter Pietersen.Bick, Johann Adam von Stecher: Kilian, WolfgangWilhelm I, Prince of Orania, Count of Nassau Chest, half from left; Barhaupt, with mustache, shortly solid, distinctive beardfly; Cutter; in Harnisch, with decorative strips on shoulder pieces and arms; In oval made of laurel blade thread, surrounded at top with tapecor; in hatched, rectangular framing. Copper engraving. Without designation. In the picture above series notification, next to the right pagination, below the picture beginning of an Italian book text quasilendous, ministered kustode; Continued on the back. From: LETi, Gregorio: Teatro Belgico Overo Ritratti Historici, Chronolocici, Politici E Geografici delle Sette Provincie Unite. Amsterdam, De Jonge, 1690.Biron of Gontaut, Charles Duc Stecher: Leu, Thomas dePortrait of Charles V of Habsburg, Frans Huys, Hieronymus Cock, 1546 - 1562Portrait of Eric XIV of Sweden, Frans Huys, Hieronymus Cock, 1561Teufenbach-Mayrhofen, Christoph Freiherr.Portrait of Jan Mattthijsz; Johan Mathys van Haerlem a prophet of the Geestdryvers. Portrait of Jan Matthijsz, leader of the betters. He carries a lance; There is a book with locks for him. A window can be seen in the background how Jan Matthijsz is killed in Münster by the soldiers of Bishop Frans van Waldeck.unknown, Enden, Martinus van den, Dyck, Anthony van, Antwerp, Lauwers, Nicolaes, Portrait of Lelio Blancaccio, verso - stamped, Half-length portrait to the right of Lelio Blancaccio, commander of Malta. Blancaccio wears a suit of armor with a Maltese cross and holds a command staff fixed. In the margin is a three-line caption in Latin., print, prints, height 226 mm, width 167 mm, South Netherlands, 1600-04-27 - 1652-04-11, print maker, printmaker, 1619 - 1652, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Flemish, Dutch, 1599-03-22 - 1641-12-09, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilegeThe tremoille, Prince of Talmond, Louis II. de.Sigismund III., King of Poland.Damman, Adriaan.Brisson, barnaba.Artist: Jodocus Hondius, Flemish, 1563-1612, Sir FrancisDrake, Engraving, sheet: 39.8 × 31.1 cm (15 11/16 × 12 1/4in.), Made in Flanders, Flemish, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -PrintsPortraT van Otto Heinrich von Schwarzenberg, Johann Sadeler (I), 1580 print Otto Heinrich van Schwartzenberg, imperial commissioner in Cologne and adviser of Hertog Willem van Beieren. Around the portrait a cartouche with Virtue (Virtute), Labor (Labor) and Patient (Patientia) at the top of the Personifications. A Latin text under the cartouche. Cologne paper engraving Patience; 'Patienza' (Ripa). Labor. Virtuousness; 'Love of virtue', 'virtuous action', 'Safe driving of' real honors', 'virtue', 'insurmountable virtue' (Ripa). ornament ~ cartouchePortrait of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria; Atrium Heroicum.Bocskay, Stephan.Coligny, Francois de.