Historical Portraits of Nobility

Portraits of 16th-17th century nobility featuring elaborate attire and elaborate expressions. Rich colors and styles typical of the era, set against neutral backgrounds.

Portrait of Gualtero del Prado, Gortzius Geldorp, 1597

Christian II (b. 1481, d. 1559) was King of Denmark and Norway (1513-1523) and briefly also of Sweden (1520-1521), who ruled as monarch of the Kalmar Union, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, Historical

Portrait of Laurens Reael, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Dating: 1616 - 1675. Place: Batavia. Measurements: h 98 cm × w 77.5 cm; d 8.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Portrait of Gualtero del Prado, Gortzius Geldorp, 1597

Portrait of a knight wearing a feathered hat. Possibly executed by an Emilian painter in the mid-16th century. Oil on canvas. On loan from the Fondazione Walter Stauffer, 1975. Museo Civico Ala Ponzone. Cremona. Lombardy. Italy. Author: Attributed to an Emilian painter in the mid-16th century.

Maximilian II (born 31 July 1527, died 12 October 1576), was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1564 to 1576, Maximilian II (born July 31, 1527, died October 12, 1576), was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1564 to 1576, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, subsequently coloured

Karol II Styrian Habsburg (1540-1590); around 1643 (1638-00-00-1648-00-00);

RETRATO DE DON DIEGO SARMIENTO DE ACUÑA, CONDE DE GONDOMAR - SIGLO XVII - PINTURA BARROCA. Location: CASTILLO PARADOR CONDE DE GONDOMAR. BAIONA / BAYONA. Pontevedra. SPAIN.

Portrait of Walter Devereux (1539-1576), First Earl of Essex dated 1572 British Painter Walter Devereux succeeded his grandfather as Viscount Hereford and Lord Ferrers in 1558. He was joint custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1568. The following year, he helped put down the Northern Rising and was appointed marshal of the army at Leicester. He was lord lieutenant of County Stafford from 1569 until his death. Faithful to Queen Elizabeth I, Devereux was installed as a Knight of the Garter in 1572, and created Earl of Essex the same year. He sailed for Ireland in the summer of 1573 in an attempt to colonize Ulster, a costly venture that ended in failure in the summer of 1575. The earl died in Dublin in 1576 and was succeeded by his son Robert, a royal favorite who was executed in 1601 after attempting to raise a rebellion.This work is among numerous Elizabethan portraits formerly attributed to Federico Zuccaro, who was in London for only six months, from March to August 1575; no paintin

Portrait of Louis de Cleves, by Jean Clouet (ca 1485-1541).

CORTES , HERNAN. CONQUISTADOR ESPAÑOL. MEDELLIN 1485 - 1547. GRABADO RETRATO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Hernando Cortez Spanish Conqueror of Mexico (1485-1547)

Portrait of an unidentified gentleman mid-16th or mid-19th century French, Limoges. Portrait of an unidentified gentleman 199624

England, London, Painting of Sir John Hawkins dated 1581

Portrait of a man, Anonymous, c. 1575, Portrait miniature

Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases. Painted by Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn (1570-1657). Dated 17th Century

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish Baroque painter. Engraving after a painting by Rubens entitled "Self-Portrait with his wife Elizabeth Brant", 1609, during the first year of marriage. Detail. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618) . English adventurer and writer. From the book Lodges British Portraits, published in 1823, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

'Thomas, Lord Vaux', c1533 (1945). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger.

Portrait of a Gentleman, aged twenty-five, three- quarter length, in a black doublet with turquoise and gold sleeves and a white ruff, by a draped table. Godfried Wedig (1583-1641). Oil on panel. 97.8 x 76.8cm.

Gaspard II de Coligny (1519-1572). French nobleman and admiral. Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion. Portrait by Francois Clouet.

Portrait of a man in armour. Malarz francuski XVII/XVIII w., painter

Portrait of James I King of England by Daniel Mytens dated 1621

Francis I ca.1535 Jean Clouet (ca.1485-1541 French) Oil on wood Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Portrait of a magnate in armour and red delia (cloak). nieznany malarz polski, painter

Ludwig of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont.

King GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS of Sweden 1594-1632

FRANCISCO PIZARRO (1476/1541) CONQUISTADOR ESPAÑOL DE PERU. Author: ANONIMO SIGLO XVII. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

A watercolor and lead handle portrait by Valentin Wagner from 1631-1638 depicting Gustav Adolfs of Sweden, showing facial features, clothing, and posture.

Portrait of Edzard I the Great. Portrait of Edzard I the Great, Count of East Frisia. He wears a coat with fur collar, a chain and a bonnet.

Charles de Cossé (1506-1563), Comte de Brissac. Artist: Attributed to Corneille de Lyon (Netherlandish, The Hague, active by 1533-died 1575 Lyons). Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (16.5 x 14 cm); with added strips, 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm).The Comte de Brissac was an excellent soldier and a famous gallant known as "le beau Brissac.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

MAURICIO , DUQUE DE SAJONIA. ELECTOR DE SAJONIA. 1521-1553. GRABADO RETRATO.

Hernan Cortes Artist Unknown Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

VEGA , FELIX LOPE DE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. MADRID 1562 - 1635. DIBUJO DE FRANCISCO PACHECO. MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO. MADRID.

Jakob V. König von Schottland 1512 - 1542 / James V King of Scotland 1512 - 1542 From the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume V published 1806, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

Retrato del rey Felipe III de España. Date/Period: Ca. 1601-1633. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 77 cm (30.3 in); Width: 63 cm (24.8 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Portrait of Gaspard de Coligny. Dating: c. 1609 - c. 1633. Measurements: support: h 29.9 cm × w 24.2 cm; d 6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn (workshop of).

CORTÄS, Hernàn (1485-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, also Raphael da Urbino, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello Sanzio, Raphael, Italian painter...

FRANCIS I, 1494-1547 King of France, painted 1538 after 1537 medal by Benvenuto Cellini

RETRATO DE FELIPE II - SIGLO XVI - OLEO/LIENZO - 103x82 cm - NP 452 - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: TIZIANO TALLER. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA, MADRID, SPAIN.

James VI of Scotland. I of England. 17th cent. engraving.

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 10 March 1538 (1) in Kenninghall, Norfolk, died 2 June 1572 in London) was an English peer and courtier, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

ALMEIDA, Francisco de (1450-1510). Portuguese nobleman, soldier, explorer and first viceroy of India. Portrait from 'Brieve Tratado dos Vizos de India' by Pedro Barreto de Rezense (1635). Miniature. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola Parmigianino / 'Pedro Maria Rossi, or Roscio, Count of San Segundo', 1535-1538, Italian School, Oil on panel, 133 cm x 98 cm, P00279. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

unknown artist, Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige, laid paper.

A portrait from François Clouet's workshop showing Jean VIII de Créqui, Monsieur de Canaples, drawn in reddish chalk on foxed paper, circa 1550.

Cristoph Amberger / 'The Goldsmith of Augsburg, Jörg Zörer, at the age of 41', 1531, German School, Oil on panel, 78 cm x 51 cm, P02183. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: CHRISTOPH AMBERGER.

Portrait of a Man, 1590s. Nicholas Hilliard (British, c. 1547-1619). Watercolor on vellum in a later gilt metal frame; framed: 5.5 x 4.6 cm (2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in.); unframed: 3.5 x 2.3 cm (1 3/8 x 7/8 in.).

King Charles IX of France 1550-74, 1561, oil on panel. Museum: Musée de Versailles, Versalles, France. Author: FRANÇOIS CLOUET.

unknown artist, Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, 1627. Engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mouned on, medium, moderately textured, blue, wove paper.

Christian IV. Christian den Fjerde, 12. April 1577, 28. Februar 1648, manchmal umgangssprachlich als Christian Firtal in Dänemark und Christian Kvart ...

Portrait of a man. unknown, painter

Portrait of Demian (Dmitri) Skumin Tyszkiewicz, Leliwa coat of arms (-1609), castellan of Minsk. unknown, painter

'Sir Walter Raleigh', 1588, (1904). Artist: Unknown.

Members of the famous Fugger family in Augsburg, Ulrich Fugger, 1526 - 1584, Count of Kirchberg since 1530. He was an important German humanist and member of the well-known Augsburg-based merchant family Fugger, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of colored copper engravings created in the late 16th and early 17th century and made by Dominicus Custos, historical

King Henry VIII, unknown artist, circa 1520, National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK, Europe,

Portrait of Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595) an English naval commander and administrator, merchant, navigator, shipbuilder, privateer and slave trader. Dated 16th Century

Portrait of King Henry VIII of England by Holbein, Hans, (Circle of) / Private Collection /Germany / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 58x44,5 / Renaissance

PHILIP the Good (Philippe le Bon), Philip III of France, 1396-1467, Duke of Burgundy, 16th century (MV 3054)

Russia: Portrait of Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584). Oil on wood, unknown artist, early 18th century

BRONZINO, Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano, also called Il (1502-1572). Portrait of Cosimo I Medicis. 1559. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. MOSCOW. Moscow. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

'Portrait of a man (Mr de Thoury, puîné de Tallard, de la maison de Clermont)'. France, circa 1546. Dimensions: 28x18 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist, mid-16th century.

James I of England and VI of Scotland, Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547-1619, British, ca. 1610, Watercolor, gouache and gold, pen and black ink on vellum, Sheet: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches (6.7 x 5.4 cm), portrait

Portrait of Stephen Báthory (1533 1586) unknown

William Allen 1532-1594, English cardinal and scholar. From the book Lodges British Portraits, 1823, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Derick Berck of Cologne 1536 Hans Holbein the Younger German This painting belongs to a group of portraits Hans Holbein made for the German merchants of the Hanseatic League in London (see also his Portrait of a Member of the Wedigh Family nearby). The bearded, thirty-year-old sitter is identified by the letter in his hand, which is addressed "To the honorable and pious Derick Berck, London, at the Steelyard . .." The other inscription on the cartellino refers to a passage from Virgil’s Aeneid that reads, "Perchance even this distress will someday be a joy to recall." Exhorting perseverance, this statement might have been the sitter’s personal motto.. Derick Berck of Cologne. Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). 1536. Oil on canvas, transferred from wood. Paintings

Portrait of a Gentleman. Pietro de Marescalchi; Italian, 1520/22-1589. Date: 1540-1550. Dimensions: 115 × 95 cm (45 1/4 × 37 3/8 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: Feltre. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer.

Portrait of Leonhard Fuchs 1525 Germany. Oil on panel . Fuchs Leonhart

Portrait of sultan Mehmed III (1595-1603). unknown, painter

Thomas Erpenius, van Erpen, (born 11 September 1584 in Gorinchem, died 13 November 1624 in Leiden) was a Dutch theologian and orientalist, colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digital reproduction.

Portrait of an elderly gentleman, perhaps Andrea Doria, attributed to Domenico Alfani (1480-1553), oil on canvas, 105x71 cm. Detail.

Housing portrait of the young nobleman; unknown Polish painter; around 1690 (1685-00-00-1695-00-00);Society for the Care of the Monuments of the Past (Warsaw - 1906-1944) - collection, gift (provenance), men's portraits, coffin portraits, portraits in bust

Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (probably born around 4 October 1472 in Kronach, 16 October 1553 in Weimar, German painter, Portrait of a young man from the Rava family, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Members of the famous Augsburg-based Fugger family, Johannes Jakob Fugger, also known as Hans Jakob, was born on December 23, 1516 in Augsburg as the eldest son of Raymund Fugger and his woman Katharina Thurzo of Bethlemfalva, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of colored copper engravings created in the late 16th and early 17th century and made by Dominicus Custos, historic

Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Unknown artist, sixteenth century, Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588), ca. 1595. Oil on panel.

Portrait of Willem van Lokhorst (1514-64). Dating: 1554. Measurements: support: h 64.3 cm × w 48.9 cm; t 1.2 cm; d 4.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan van Scorel (copy after).

Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488-1540). German Latin poet and later a Lutheran humanist. Engraving by A. Durer, 1526. Author: ALBRECHT DURER.

Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1509-1556), English poet and nobleman. The Lord Vaux. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by James Minasi after a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger from Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, John Chamberlaine, London, 1812.

Ibrahim I (1615-1648). Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1640-1648). Portrait. Engraing by Lemaitre, H. Lalaisse and Chaillot. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

Lorenzo Lotto (Venice, ca. 1480-Loreto, 1556). Self-Portrait. Oil on panel. 43 x 35 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Portrait of the husband in armor; XVII century (1600-00-00-1699-00-00);beards, coats of arms, men's portraits, mustache, armor

FrancescoGuicciardini. Artist: Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian, Florence, 1475-1554

Henry IV of France, painting

Balthasar Hubmaier, 1480 - 1528, German Anabaptist leader

Vasco da Gama, c. 1460s 1524, Portuguese explorer, digitally edited according to a painting by António Manuel da Fonseca Vasco da Gama, c. 1460s 1524, Portuguese explorer, digitally edited according to a painting by António Manuel da Fonseca Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660661

Jan van Leiden, or Jan Beuckelszoon oder Beukelszoon, 1509 - 1536, Anabaptist King of Münster, digitally edited

Self Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger when he was about 40 years of age; Colour Illustration;

Doctors, Ippolito de '.

GAUTIER, TEOFILO. ESCRITOR FRANCES. 1811-1872. OLEO DE DIONISIO FIERROS.

Album Amicorum of a German Soldier. Italy, 1595. Drawings. Gouache on paper

Circle of Diego Velázquez, Pope Innocent X, c 1650 Pope Innocent X

John Dee. Oil painting, ca. 1900.

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Engraving. 19th century. Color.

Henry VII. Date/Period: Before 1626. Painting. Oil on oak panel. Height: 552 mm (21.73 in); Width: 413 mm (16.25 in). Author: British School.

Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Dutch humanist. Portrait. Engraving, 1713. Colored.

John Stow, born around 1525, died 1605, English historian and classical scholar. From the book Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of Jerzy and Radziwi (Ca 1480-1541); unknown Polish painter; 1733-37 (1733-00-00-1737-00-00);Niewięż (Belarus), Radziwiłł, Jerzy (Ca 1480-1541), Trumpets (coat of arms), portraits with inscription, message (provenance), armor

Ramon Llull, Polychrome relief, 17th Century, unknown author, Museo diocesano de mallorca, palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

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