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Historical Portraits of Nobility

A collection of engraved portraits featuring elegant figures with elaborate hairstyles and attire, highlighting 17th and 18th-century fashion and styles.

Line Drawing. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, German philosopher, Mathematician 1646-1716. Tried as early as 1671 to invent a computer but failed.
Line Drawing. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, German philosopher, Mathematician 1646-1716. Tried as early as 1671 to invent a computer but failed.
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Harrach, Franz Anton Graf.Portrait of Jan Pietersz. Zomer, Arnold Boonen, 1679 - 1729 drawing Portrait of Jan Pietersz. Summer, broker and art lover. Design for a print. paper. chalkJohn Huxham 1672 to 1768 English doctor and surgeon Engraved by J Jenkins after T Rennel From the book The National Portrait Gallery Volume III published c1820Weber, Classical ComposersThomas WriothesleyPortrait of Jan van der Heyden, sitting with passer, Anonymous, After 1712 - c. 1725 drawing paper. pencil brush portrait, self-portrait of artist. portrait, self-portrait of painter. historical personsPortrait of the artist Jan Pietersz. Zoomer, sitting at a table with hat on and roll of paper in hand, Portrait of the artist Jan Pietersz. Zoomer, with hat on and roll of paper in hand, draughtsman: Norbert van Bloemen, 1680 - 1746, paper, h 195 mm × w 173 mmPortrait Of Sir Edward Waldo (1632-1716), 1680 By John Riley, Oil Painting, Baroque, Portrait, MaleLauterer, Johann Franz Nepomuk.The Great JewishBride. Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Dutch, 1606-1669Self-portrait of the artist and engraver Philip Endlich, Self-portrait of Philip Endlich, draughtsman: Philippus Endlich, 1739, paper, counterproof, h 372 mm × w 300 mmThomas, Lord Culpepper, Colonial Governor of Virginia (1680-1683), 1880, New York, Thomas Culpeper, Baron (1635-1689), Etching, 24 x 16 cmCopper engraving and etching by Pierre Simon depicting François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, created between 1660 and 1710.Le Couteulx du Molay, Pauline-Laurette, Marquise de Noailles (n.1776-10-11-D.1802-01-05), portrait of a concierge goalkeeper. (Faithful title), 1776. Carnavalet museum, Histoire de Paris.Johan Boudaen Courten (1635-1716), Lord of St Laurens, Schellach and Popkensburg. Councilor of Middelburg and Director of the East India Company, Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (II), 1668 painting Portrait of Johan Boudaen Courten, lord of St. Laurens, Schellach and Popkensburg. Council of Middelburg and administrator of the VOC. Knee piece, standing, with a sea map of the Caribbean in the right hand, leaning the left arm on a globe. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical personsPortrait of a Man British Painter British. Portrait of a Man. British Painter (ca. 1690). Oil on copper. MiniaturesGeneral Joseph Sabine, Attributed to Edward Byng, c. 1676-1753, British, Formerly Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646-1723, German, active in Britain (from 1676), undated, Pen and brown ink, black ink, and gray wash on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (29.8 × 26 cm) and Mount: 14 × 13 inches (35.6 × 33 cm), portraitCapel of Hadham, Arthur Lord .Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752). "The alderman Jean Hébert". Paris, Carnavalet museum. 35735-6 Ladvunder Francais, Magistrate, Public Officer, Portraitunknown artist, (D. M., fl. 1658-1676) seventeenth century, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1666. Gouache and gold on vellum.Pascal, Blaise Stecher: Delpech, François SéraphinKarel II (1630-85), The later King of England, as a young man, Anonymous, 1645 - 1655 miniature (painting) Portrait of Charles II (1630-85), the later king of England, as a young man. Bust, to the right, in armor. Made during the exile of Karel in France around 1650. Part of the portrait miniatures collection. France cardboard. metal. glass historical personsThe port Van Benjamin West, William Pether, After W. Lawrenson, 1741 - 1800 print paper historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painterFoscolo, Ugo.Portret van Charles Patin, Claude Lefèbvre, 1663 - 1675 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving historical persons. physician, doctorEngland, Kent, Penshurst, Penshurst Place and Gardens, Portrait of Algernon Sidney by Justus van Egmont dated 1663From the Crest of Saint-Aubin, Stephanie Félicité.Micha Gedeon Radziwi (1778-1850); before 1850 (1830-00-00-1840-00-00);Nehemiah Grew (born 26 September 1641 in Coventry, died 25 March 1712 in London) was an English physician and plant anatomist and physiologist. Colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825. Historical, digital reproduction.Print made by John Chapman, active ca. 1792-1823, British, John Locke, 1811. Colored stipple engraving on thick, slightly textured beige card.Portrait of Hendrik Nassau, Lord of Ouwerkerk, Portrait of Hendrik Nassau, draughtsman: Gerrit Postma, 1829 - 1894, paper, h 292 mm × w 202 mmPortrait of Hendrik Nassau, Gerrit Postma, 1829 - 1894 drawing Portrait of Hendrik Nassau, lord of Ouwerkerk. paper. pencil historical personsBernard Lens III (1682-1740), Peter Paul Lens, 1714-1750, Flemish, 1739, Gouache on vellum laid onto card, Sheet: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2in. (7.9 x 6.4cm) and Frame: 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 inches (10.5 x 8.9 x 0.6 cm), portraitFrench 17th Century, Portrait of a Boy, late 17th century Portrait of a BoyPortrait of a Gentleman, Samuel Cooper, 1609-1672, British, undated, Gouache on vellum, Sheet: 2 7/16 x 2 1/8 inches (6.2 x 5.4 cm) and Frame: 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 inches (7.9 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm), portraitSir Henry Vane the Younger, English politician, statesman, and colonial governor, died 1662. Copperplate mezzotint by Richard Earlom after an original painting from Samuel Woodburn's Portraits of Characters Illustrious in British History, London, 1810.Jacobus Secundus Dei gracia Angliae Scotiae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex &c. 1600 - 1900. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , HistoryPortrait of Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk. Portrait of Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk. He carries a harness and is plumed helmet next to him.Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., F.R.S., LL.D., Print made by James Watson, 1740-1790, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, c.1770, Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, Sheet: 19 3/16 × 14 3/16 inches (48.7 × 36 cm), Plate: 18 × 13 1/8 inches (45.7 × 33.3 cm), and Image: 16 1/8 × 13 inches (41 × 33 cm)Frances Teresa Stewart, Herzogin von Richmond und Lennox 1648 bis 1702 Mätresse von Charles II. Auch bekannt als La Belle Stuart Modell für das Bild von Britannia Gezeichnet von Johnson nach einem Gemälde von James Huysman, gestochen von Rivers aus der Iconographia Scotica or Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Scotland von John Pinkerton, veröffentlicht in London 1797 / Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox 1648 to 1702 mistress of Charles II Also known as La Belle Stuart Model for image of Britannia Drawn by Johnson from painting by James Huysman engraved by Rivers from Iconographia Scotica or Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Scotland by John Pinkerton published London 1797, Historisch, digital restaurierte ReproJames Lockhart. Dated: c. 1760. Dimensions: plate: 39.2 x 27.9 cm (15 7/16 x 11 in.) sheet: 41.1 x 29.8 cm (16 3/16 x 11 3/4 in.). Medium: mezzotint on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James McArdell after Sir Joshua Reynolds.Sir Joshua Reynolds 1770 England. Mezzotint in black on ivory wove paper . James WatsonPortrait of the painter David Beck, c. 1647 - c. 1670 print Portrait of the Dutch painter David Beck in his studio. Beck is at work. On his donkey is a portrait of Christina van Sweden. With a rolled paper he points to the portrait, with his other hand he shows a medal he may have received from Christina. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painterSir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, (born 16 April 1660 in Killyleagh, died 11 January 1753 in Chelsea) was a British physician, naturalist and collector, colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digital reproduction.