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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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Portrait of Maurits, Prince of Orange, Crispijn van den Queborn, 1612 - 1642.Abraham Bloemaert. Dated: c. 1740. Dimensions: plate: 20.4 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 25.1 x 19.4 cm (9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.). Medium: engraving with woodcut tone block in ochre on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dutch 18th Century after Paulus Moreelse.Sickingen, Franz von.Mr. de Queslus, mignon du roi Henry troisième.. 1852. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Henry III, King of France, 1551-1589 , Friends and associatesWallenstein .Ratkay, Georg.Stadium, Johann Kaspar von.Bloemaert, Abraham .Leutkirchner, Hans.Portrait of Gerrit Reynst, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, half-length. He wears a millstone collar, an armor and a necklace with a portrait medallion. He holds his right hand in his side and with his left hand he holds the hilt of his sword. On the plinth are his coat of arms and name and position in Dutch., Gerrit Reynst, Wouter Jongman (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1712 - 1744, paper, engraving, h 299 mm × w 179 mmJohann Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg.Guglielmus Gratarolus. Line engraving (or woodcut).Heinrich III., King of France.Kazimierz Leon (IIon) Sapieha, coat of arms IIs (1609 1656), Vice Chancellor of IIthuania, IIthuanian Court Marshal, the great IIthuanian writer and secretary to the King. Landry, Pierre (1630 1701)Illustris & Excellent D. Dominus Thomas Howard, Comes Arundelliæ & Surriæ..., Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677, Bohemian, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641, Flemish, active in Britain (1620-21; 1632-34; 1635-41), 1646, Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, browned white, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, Mount: 14 3/4 × 11 inches (37.5 × 27.9 cm), Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 11/16 inches (26.7 × 19.5 cm), and Image: 9 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (24.6 × 19.4 cm)John Smith (1580-1631) English colonist and adventurer who sailed for Virginia in 1606. Based at Jamestown, he mapped Virginia. Taken prisoner by the Native American chief Powhatan, according to legend his life was saved by Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas (c1595-1617). Portrait engraving from his map of Virginia (1612).Portrait of Gerrit Reynst, governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, Wouter Jongman, after Matthijs Balen (1684-1766), 1712-1744 print Portrait of Gerrit Reynst, Halven Lijve. He is wearing a pleated, a harness and a chain with a portrait medallion. He holds his right hand in his side and with his left hand he holds the hurt of his sword. On the plinth his coat of arms and name and function in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving historical persons. neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME). colonial governorSelf-portrait from Johann Saderer at the age of 31.Self-Portrait from Johann Sadeler, at the Age of 31. Bust in Oval, Slightly Left, Pleated Collar; Wamboo and cloak over Right Shoulder.Flabanico, Domenico.Portrait of Philip Willem, Prince of Orange. He carries a harness and a ribbon with the order of the golden fleece.Moritz, Prince of Orania, Count von Nassau breast image, half from the right; Barhaupt, with thin beard on the upper lip, spatula chin beard; Lace neck crime; in striped WAM with poet button row; from the medal of the trouser band order to breast tape only the top third visible; Below the representation Latin. Dedicators (on both sides slightly trimmed) of the Stecher for the relevant states of the United Netherlands and their councils. Copper engraving by Cornelis Dirckszoon Boissen.Portret Van Kardinaal Guido Bentivoglio, Gaspar Bouttats, 1650 - 1695 print Portrait in oval list of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio, Cardinal and Apostolic Nuntius in the Southern Netherlands. Bust to the left. Under the portrait the tools of the Seven Free Arts together with an owl. All kinds of weapons and a shield with an image of a battlefield. Antwerp paper etching / engraving the liberal arts represented otherwise, e.g. by emblems, symbols. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)Portrait of the artist Michiel Coxcie with underneath a four-line Latin text about the person portrayed, Portrait of Michiel Coxcie Michael Coexius, Mechliniens, pictor Painter's portraits , print maker: Simon Frisius, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hendrick Hondius (I), (mentioned on object), unknown, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, publisher: The Hague, 1610, paper, etching, engraving, h 205 mm × w 126 mmAnefo photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Philips II king Spain. undatedBust of Philip II of Spain 1527-1598, King of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Portugal and Lord of the Netherlands Depicted with top hat, fur coat and chain with insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece Beneath the image two lines of Latin, Portrait of Philip II of Spain Philip II of Spain, print maker: Johannes Eillarts, (mentioned on object), infante van Spanje Isabella Clara Eugenia, (mentioned on object), Leeuwarden, 1600 - 1650, paper, engraving, h 419 mm × w 298 mmCharles , Maximilian I, NEP, Philip King Hup, FIL, Born at the beginning of Cicicxv, Spain Kingdoms , Karl V, Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reichs und Konig von Spain, Pieter van Sompel, Copper Engraver, after, Pieter Clais Soutman ArtistTuransky of Turik, Peter.Pasquier, Étienne.Portrait of Bohdan ChimielnickiShirley, Anthony .BostePortret of a man, Johannes Wierix (attributed to), 1559 - Before 1620 print With an empty margin. Antwerp paper engravingBlois van Treslong, Willem van.Albrecht Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg.Northern Netherlands, Holsteyn, Pieter (II), Portrait of Joannes Wier, Half-length portrait of Johannes Wier at the age of 60 at a table, his right hand resting on a skull. Top left on a tablet: Vince te Ipsvm. Below the portrait two lines in Latin. Below the print on the sheet a text in Greek in letterpress., print, prent, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 150 mm, width 110 mm, 1614 - 1673-11, print maker, printmaker, 1660 - 1660, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, letterpressPortrait of Ferdinand I of Habsburg, in half-self He wears armor and holds a sword in his left hand In the margin a two-line caption in Latin, Portrait of Ferdinand I of Habsburg, Emperor Theater of bishops, emperors, kings, dukes, princes, etc Theatrum pontificum, imperatorum, regum, ducum, principum, etc , publisher: Pieter de Jode (II), (mentioned on object), print maker: anonymous, after: Titiaan, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1628 - 1670, paper, engraving, etching, h 166 mm × w 122 mmArtist: Hieronymus Wierix, Flemish, 1553-1619, Portrait of Henry III, ca.1600, Engraving, 34 × 23.7 cm (13 3/8 × 9 5/16in.), Made in Flanders, Flemish, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -PrintsPortrait of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ca. 1707 Gérard Edelinck. Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Gérard Edelinck (Dutch, Antwerp 1640-1707 Paris). ca. 1707. Etching and engraving. Jean Marc Nattier (French, Paris 1685-1766 Paris). Francesco de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Italian, Florence 1541-1587 Poggio a Caiano). PrintsWallenstein .Round list with Hendrik IV portrait, king of France and Navarre. Bust light to the left. He carries the cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Under the portrait a putto with a laurel wreath and a laurel branch, leaning against a globe with the French lily. The print has a French caption. To Frans Pourbus de Jeroere.Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Portrait. Colored engraving.PetHő de Gerse, László.Portrait of Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán (Granada, Spain; December 12, 1526 - Lisbon, Portugal; February 9, 1588), I Marquis de Santa Cruz, Great of SpainMontaigne, Michel de.HERNANDO CORTES Spanish conquistador Date: 1485-1547PEDRO DE ALVARADO (1486-1541) ADELANTADO DE MAR Y CONQUISTADOR ESPAÑOL. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Portrait of Jacob Roelants (1568-1651); Portraits of members of the Roelants family. Jacob Roelants, lawyer and councilor in Mechelen.Nicolaes Biese. Line engraving, 1688.Vesalius, Andreas .This images dates to 1912. It shows Sir Francis Drake and the caption reads: Sir Francis Drake. The First Englishman to Sail Round the World. It is based on an engraving attributed to Hondius. Jodocus Hondius (in Dutch: Joost de Hondt) was a Flemish engraver and cartographer. He was born in 1563 and died in 1612. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire circumnavigation.Baldesque column, Federico.Portrait of Willem II van der Marck, Count of Lumey.Portrait of Willem II van der Marck, Count of Lumey. His Name, Function and Death Date in Dutch on the Piothing.Maximilian of Bethune, Duke de Sully. (dummy title)Scores, pal.Portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, The Duke from Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo. The portrait is attached to a wolf's skin and there are skulls beneath the portrait. The print has a French poem about his life as a caption, death's head, skull (symbol of Death), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Pieter van Gunst (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, c. 1669 - 1731, paper, etching, h 306 mm × w 184 mmOthmayr, Kaspar.Groulart, Claude.Drake, Francis .Guzman, count of sources, Pedro Henriquez de.Barnabe Brisson (1531-91) French philologist and jurist. President of Parliament (Parlement) of Paris 1588. Executed by extreme members of the League while Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, absent. Engraving.Portrait of Schwartzenberg Otto Heinrich. Otto Heinrich van Schwartzenberg, Imperial commissioner in Cologne and advisor to Hertog Willem of Bavaria. Around the portrait a cartouche with virtue (virtute), work (labor) and patience (patientia) at the top of the Personifications. A Latin text under the cartouche.Portrait of Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp at the age of 42; M.H. Tromp l'Admirael van Hollandt and West-Vrieslandt. Portrait of Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp at the age of 42. Breast piece in oval frame flanked by two angels blowing on trumpets and banners and smoking guns. Under the portrait a view in the seaflet virgin view of the sea battle at Dunkirk in which Admiraal Tromp played a creditable role. In the margin under a Dutch verse in eight rules with which Abraham Van Waesberge tromp's good deeds honors. With a small second plate, there is still a list of explanatory terms with regard to the naval battle.The Gauffre, Thomas.A. More, Print made by Robert Cooper, ca. 1800-1836, British, after Antonis Mor, 1517-1577, Flemish, 1826, Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 11/16 x 4 5/16 inches (14.4 x 11 cm) and Image: 4 15/16 x 3 7/8 inches (12.6 x 9.8 cm), artist, beard, chair, coat, costume, cushion, doublet, easel, inkwell, interior, letter (correspondence), man, moustache, paint, paintbrushes, painter, palette, paper, portrait, ruff, self-portraitOrehoczy, Kaspar.Portrait of Peter Stromer, councillor and merchant in Nuremberg., print maker: Johann Friedrich Leonard, (mentioned on object), 1643 - 1680, paper, engraving, h 164 mm × w 121 mmPortrait of Tobias PauermeisterGAILL, ANDREAS OF.Portret is Janusz Radziwill, Joannes Meysensens, 1640 - 1670 print Portrait of Janusz Radziwill, nobleman in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. At the bottom of the margin a four -line text in Latin. Antwerp paper engravingSir Antonio More, Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724-1789, British, after unknown artist, undated, Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 3/16 inches (29.8 x 23.3 cm), Plate: 6 15/16 x 5 1/8 inches (17.7 x 13 cm), and Image: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (15 x 12 cm), buttons, illustration, man, moustache, portrait, ruff, solemn, vestFarnese, Alessandro.Portrait of merchant Jacques de la Faille who fled in 1584 from Antwerp to Haarlem, The Netherlands, print maker: Anonymous, Dating 1580 - 1667This painting is housed in a museum in Anmsterdam. It shows Ferdinand Alvarez of Toledo, the Duke of Alba. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo,Duke of Alba(1507-1582), or Alva, was a Spanish general and statesman. Known as the IronDukebecause of his ruthlessness, he almost succeeded in putting down the rising in the Low Countries against Spain. TheCouncil of Troubleswas the special tribunal instituted on September 9, 1567 byFernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, governor-general of theHabsburg Netherlandson the orders ofPhilip II of Spainto punish the ringleaders of the recent politicPieter Pietersen Heyn (1577-1629) was a Dutch Naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty Years War between the United Provinces and Spain. He became a sailor while still a teenager and served as a galley-slave for four years when he was traded for Spanish prisoners. In 1607 he joined the Dutch East India Company and left for Asia, returning with the rank of captain. He married and settled in Rotterdam. In 1623 he became a vice-admiral and sailed to the West Indies the following year. In Brazil, he briefly captured the Portuguese settlement of Salvador, personally leading the assault on the sea fortress and town. Heyn is today often called a pirate, though he was a privateer as the Republic was at war with the Habsburgs and this was what would make Heyn most famous.Philip II (1527-1598). King of Spain (1556-1598). Son of Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal. Portrait. Engraving by Masson. Lithographed by Magín Pujadas. Historia General de España, by Modesto Lafuente. Volume III. Published in Barcelona, 1879. Author: Magín Pujadas. 19th-century Spanish engraver and lithographer. Alphonse Masson (1810/14-1898). French etcher.FOntaine, Paul Bernade Comm The Loves: Moncornett, Baltcazard's, Baltzard denation: 1668Egmond, Lamoral Count of Unbekanner KünstlerPieter de Jode, ca. 1606-1674, Flemish, Albert, Dux Fritland. Com. Wallest, Etc, ca.1635. Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper.Sir Walter Raleigh. Line engraving by P. Audinet, 1803, after G. Vertue.La None, Francois de.Portrait of Willem Lodewijk, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Andries Jacobsz. Stock, after Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1614 print Portrait of Willem Lodewijk. A commandosta in his right hand. Four lines of Latin text in the lower margin. The Hague paper engraving / etchingCERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. ALCALA DE HENARES 1547-1616. " RETRATO DE CERVANTES " POR G. KENT. GRABADO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.MATEO ALEMAN. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. SEVILLA 1547 - 1615. PORTADA DEL GUZMAN DE ALFARACHE, 1ª PARTE.MADRID 1599. GRABADO BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.Calits, Marquis of Cetona, Chiappino.The bushel Francis said.Portrait of Dominique Lampsonius; Dominicvs lampsonivs philologvs et picctor; Portraits of famous Dutch and Flemish scholars; Illustration Galliae Belgicae Scriptorum icones et elogi. Portrait of Dominique Lampsonius, famous painter and writer. Bust to the right. The print has a Latin top and caption and is part of a series of famous Dutch and Flemish scholars.Montluc, Blaise de Montesquiou-Lasserran-Massencome of.Wallenstein .Portrait of Allaert Fransz. Estimator; Portrait of Gerrit Willemsz. De Vries; Portrait of Dirck Jacobsz. De Vries. Portrait bust of a man, eyes focused on the viewer. Reznicek convincing convincing that here Allaert Fransz. The estimator is depicted, the innkeeper of the 'orange apple' in Haarlem. On the background of the portrait, the Haarlem market is depicted with the relevant inn. The inscription and signature around the oval are in mirror image.Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897Roger II, King of Sicily.Strozzi, Pietro.Screen slabs from the Church of St. Nediljica in Zadar, 11th century (copy). Croatia. Detail depicting the Flight into Egypt. Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments. Split. Croatia. Wacker Wackenfels, Johann Matthew of.Portrait of Miko Aja Hieronim Sieniawski (1645 -1683) of the Crown Field Hetman or his son Adam Miko Aja Sieniawski (CA 1665-1726) Hetman W.K.; unknown Polish painter; 1 18th century (1683-00-00-1726-00-00);Purchase (provenance)Porta, Giovanni Battista della.Portrait of Jacob van Heemskerck; Jacob van Heemskerk. Bust to the left of Jacob van Heemskerck in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which his name and title in two lines in Dutch.Krzysztof II Radziwiłł (1585 Birże 1640 Occasional) of the Trąby coat of arms prince, Grand Lithuanian hetman from 1635, Lithuanian field hetman from 1615, castellan and Vilnius voivode unknownFrancisco de Valdez, c. 1522 - c. 1580. Spanish general during the Eighty Years War. After a 17th century work by Cornelis Visscher.Pálffy-Erdöd, Nikolaus II. Baron.Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.