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Portrait Of Gustavus II Adolphus, King Of Sweden German School Oil On Canvas Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria
Portrait Of Gustavus II Adolphus, King Of Sweden German School Oil On Canvas Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria
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Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio c. 148890-1576, Italian painter. From the book Gallery of Portraits, published in 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedPortrait of a Venetian Senator. Dated: c. 1570. Dimensions: overall: 110.5 x 88 cm (43 1/2 x 34 5/8 in.) framed: 141.6 x 118.1 cm (55 3/4 x 46 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacopo Tintoretto.Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder titled 'Portrait of a Man with a Gold-Embroidered Cap', 1532. Part of the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Portrait of Johan van Barneveld, Advocate of the United-Provinces The Netherlands, atelier of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1616Portrait of the King Eric XIV of Sweden (1533-1577) by Anonymous / Private Collection / um 1700 / Sweden / Oil on canvas / Portrait /Dionisio Fierros (1827-1894). Spanish painter. Portrait of Mr. Juan Nepomuceno Jaspe Montoto, 1857. Museum of Fine Arts. A Coru-a, Galicia, Spain.Head of a Magistrate of Brussels, by Anthony van Dyck, circa 1634, Rubenshuis, Antwerp, Belgium, EuropeJohn Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, 1485-1555, founder of the wealth and greatness of the House of Russell, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedPortrait of Lieutenant-Admiral Maerten Harpertsz Tromp. Dating: after 1640. Measurements: support: h 71.5 cm × w 59 cm; d 5.8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt (workshop of).Portrait of Prince Elector August of Saxony (1526-1586). Date/Period: 1586. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 122 cm (48 in); Width: 94 cm (37 in). Author: ZACHARIAS WEHME.Derick Berck of Cologne. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). Dimensions: 21 x 16 3/4 in. (53.3 x 42.5 cm). Date: 1536.This painting belongs to a group of portraits Hans Holbein made for the German merchants of the Hanseatic League in London (see also his <i>Portrait of a Member of the Wedigh Family</i> 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 <i>Aeneid</i> 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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.This image shows the king of Sweden Gustav Adolf. The portrait is a black and white image of the color painting in the Royal Art Gallery in Munich by Anthony van Dyck (died 1641), a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. Gustavus Adolphus, also calledGustav II Adolf, is credited with laying the foundations of the modern Swedish state and making it a major European power.Ludovic Stuart (1574-1623 / 1624), First Duke of Richmond and Second Duke of Lennox of Thomas Howard (1561-1628), Count of Suffolk. Portrait of Ludovic Stuart (1574-1623 / 1624), First Duke of Richmond and Second Duke of Lennox or Thomas Howard (1561-1628), Count of Suffolk. Bust, to the left.Portrait of Leo (lion) Tyszkiewicz, h. Leliwa ( -Przed 1515), Kasztelan Lubecki (); after 1793 (1793-00-00-1815-00-00);Leliwa (coat of arms), Palace in Łohojsko (Belarus), Society for the Care of the Monuments of the Past (Warsaw - 1906-1944) - collection, Tyszkiewicz, Lew ( - Ante 1515), Delie, Herby, Osłedka, Contact belts, Imagination portraits, portraits Sarmatian, jumperPortrait of a Rabbi. Dating: after 1716. Measurements: h 24 cm × w 20 cm; d 4.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Ary de Vois (after). Rembrandt van Rijn (rejected attribution).Juan de Grijalva (1489-1527). Spanish conquistador. Engraving, portrait.Portrait of Pope Clement IX , bust length. Roman School, circa 1667-9. Oil on panel, 75 x 61cm.Bernard of Gordon. Oil painting.Portrait of Rogier Le Witer. As Grand Almoner of Antwerp, the merchant Le Witer was responsible for collecting charitable gifts. On thecorner of the table is an object referring to this function, an offering plate with the inscription [Alemos[e1623’, the year in which Le Witer took up this office. The small, fettered figurine indicates that the alms were intended for prisoners.ZURITA, Jerónimo (Zaragoza 1512-Zaragoza 1580). Historiador español. En 1548 fue nombrado cronista de Aragón. Grabado.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 21660694Portrait of Jerzy Tyszkiewicz (1596-1656) h. Leliwa Bishop Wilego; 1760-1764 (1760-00-00-1764-00-00);Leliwa (coat of arms), Society for the Care of the Monuments of the Past (Warsaw - 1906-1944) - collection, Tyszkiewicz, Jerzy (1596-1656), bishops, gift (provenance), armchairs, coats of arms, circuits, books, books, mozetty, pastorals, representative portraits , portraits in the interior, portraits with inscription, rockets, cassocks, clocksWilliam Camden, 1551-1623, an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and officer of armsPortrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, about 1487 - 1576)Members of the famous Augsburg Fugger family, In the history of the Fugger family, Johannes Fugger usually refers to Hans Fugger (1531 - 1598), who was an important son of Anton Fugger, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of coloured engravings produced in the late 16th and early 17th century by Dominicus Custos, historicalDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez / 'Felipe IV', 1626-1628, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 57 cm x 44 cm, P01183. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. PHILIP IV OF SPAIN.Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba (1453-1515). Spanish military known as El Gran Capitan. Engraving. Colored.Portrait of Otto Brahe (1578-1652), anonymous, c. 1605 - c. 1610 painting Portrait of Otto Brahe. Captain of a Compagnie Danes for the repartition of Zeeland; entered 1610 in Brandenburg service. Standing, halfway, the right hand in the side, the left hand around the hilt of the Degen. canvas. oil paint (paint) historical personsDON MATIAS DE ESPINOSA - HACIA 1839 - O/L - 248X170 CM. Author: ANTONIO CABRAL BEJARANO (1788-1861). Location: IGLESIA DE SAN ILDEFONSO. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.Portrait of a Man ca. 1545 Attributed to Corneille de Lyon Netherlandish. Portrait of a Man 435950Portrait of Johannes Wtenbogaert (1557-1644) painted by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher. Dated 17th CenturyFERNANDO DE MAGALLANES (1480-1521) - NAVEGANTE PORTUGUES. Location: MUSEUM OF NAVIGATION. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. FERNANDO DE MAGALLANES. MAGALLANES HERNANDO.Portrait of theodorus velius, writer of the chronicle of horn, Jan maurits quinkhard, c. 1732 - c. 1771 painting Portrait of Theodorus Velius (1572-1630). Writer of the 'chronic of Hoorn'. Bust in oval to the left. Part of a collection of portraits of Dutch poets. copper (metal). oil paint (paint) portrait of a writer. writer, poet, authorPortrait of Laurens Reael. Painted by Cornelis van der Voort (1576-1624) Dutch Golden Age portrait painter. Dated 17th CenturyWilliam Shakespeare 1849 Samuel Cousins Cousins based this mezzotint on the Chandos portrait of Shakespeare, a work with a good claim to be a lifetime representation. Once owned by the 3rd Duke of Chandos, the painting given to London's National Portrait Gallery in 1856 by Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere as the gallerys founding portrait. The Bard wears a mustache, light beard, a dark doublet, white collar with open ties, and an earring. Most scholars today attribute the painting to John Taylor, an actor and painter-stainer who was its first recorded owner; others suggest Shakespeare's friend the actor Richard Burbage.. William Shakespeare 708365Portrait of Barthélemy Aneau, Head of the College de la Trinité in Lyon, Corneille de la Haye Named de Lyon, c. 1535 - C. 1545 painting Portrait of Barthélemy Aneau, poet and head of the Collège de la Trinité by Lyon. panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons. writer, poet, author LyonSir Walter Raleigh, 1554-1618, English adventurer and writer, Illustration from Old England's Worthies, published around 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedPortrait of Peeter Stevens c. 1590-1668, Anthony van Dyck, 1627Nicolas Antonio (1617-1684). Spanish bibliographer. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.Henry VIII (1491-1547) king of England and Ireland from 1509, Anonymous portrait c 1520, National Portrait Gallery, LondonSt. Thomas, La Tour, Georges de, 1630Portrait of a Gentleman with a Striped Jacket (Ritratto d'uomo col giubbetto a strisce), by Girolamo Romani known as Romanino, 1520, 16th Century, oil on panel, 48 x 42 cmThe mad murderer or Portrait of alienated kleptomaniac, by Jean-Louis Theodore Gericault (1791-1824).Charles de Solier , Ptg.by Holbein, 1534'Un conquistador de Indias', 1501-1535, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 33 cm x 24 cm, P01299. Author: ANONIMO ESPAÑOL. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.RETRATO DE MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA/ 1600/ O/L- CON MARCO. Author: JUAN DE JAUREGUI. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA LENGUA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (1547-1616).CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. ALCALA DE HENARES 1547-1616 OLEO ANONIMO BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.FELIPE II ANCIANO - 1590/1598 (PASABA LOS 65 AÑOS DE EDAD) - O/L 108x82. Author: JUAN PANTOJA DE LA CRUZ. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. PHILIP II OF SPAIN.Portrait of Archduke Albert of Austria (1559Ð1621), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands by Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640) Museo del Prado, Madrid c. 1615 Flanders Oil on canvas Painting PortraitPortrait of a Genoese Nobleman, 1615 By Bernardo Strozzi, Oil Painting, Baroque, Portrait, Male, BeardedMierevelt, Michiel Jansz. van, Amsterdam, Muller, Jan Harmensz., Portrait of Jan Neyen, Michiel Jansz van, verso - stamped, Franciscan and negotiator with the States General on the Twelve Years' Truce. His hand rests on a skull., print, engraving, prints, height 299 mm, width 230 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, engraving (printing process), 1567-05-01 - 1641-06-27Portrait of a Nobleman in Armor, Anonymous, 1540 - 1560Charles de Solier, Sieur de Morette by Holbein, Hans, the Younger (1497-1543) / Dresden State Art Collections / 1534-1535 / Germany / Oil on wood / Portrait / 92,5x75,5Francisco Sanches (1550-1623). Spanish-Portuguese skeptic philosopher and physician of Sephardi Jewish origin. Lithography. Later colouration. Drawing by Llanta (1839-1904). Detail. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Extremadura, 1870.'Giuliano de' Medici', early 16th century, (1929).Artist: RaphaelRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Portrait of a Scholar, 1631. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.Portrait of Antoninus Tassias (1584-1651); Dyck, Anthony Van (1599-1641); 19th century (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);Antionio de Tassis (1594-1651), Fiorentini, Piotr (1791-1858), Fiorentini, Piotr (1791-1858)-collections, copies, Flemish painting, portraits, Men's portraitsMelanchthon Haus Wittenberg Melanchthon Haus Wittenberg Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21854475Portrait of Bartolomeo Prati, Mazzola Bedoli, Girolamo (c. 1500-1569)The French art dealer Franois-Louis Colins He was curator and restorer of the Louvre from 1743, Portrait of Franois-Louis Colins, print maker: Aert Schouman, (mentioned on object), after: M. van Loo, (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1756, paper, h 149 mm × w 98 mmAndrea Sacchi / 'Portrait of Francesco Albani', 1635, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 73 cm x 54 cm, P00326. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.Portrait of A Man, Perhaps Rembrandt's Father, Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn, Rembrandt van Rijn (Copy After), After c. 1634 painting Portrait of a man, perhaps Rembrandt's father, Harmen Gerritsz van Rijn. Bust of an old man with a beret with plume on the head and a Halsberg. Copy to the original in the Getty Museum in Malibu. canvas. panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons not known by name. historical personsSULTAN MAHOMET KHAN V VIGESIMO CUARTO EMPERADOR OTOMANO. Location: PALACIO TOPKAPI-MUSEO. ISTANBUL. TURQUIA.Moor, Anthonis.Portrait of Stanisław Czachórski (1853-1904), artists brother. Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911), painterPortrait of man by Russian Master, Tempera on panel, 1630s, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum,VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodrguez de Silva (1599-1660). Court Jester, El Primo. 1644. Supposedly he was the painter's cousin. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, 1585. Walter Raleigh or Ralegh1 (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, soldier, courtier and explorerSelf-Portrait, 1881, by Giovanni Cavalleri (1858-1934), oil on canvas, 46x37 cm.Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis (1585-1642) known as Cardinal de Richelieu. French clergyman and statesman. He was chief minister of King Louis XIII. Portrait of Cadinal de Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), the leader French portrait painter of the reign of Louis XIII. Oil on canvas painted between 1633 and 1640 (259,5 x 178,5 cm). National Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.England, Kent, Hever, Hever Castle, Portrait of Henry VIIIPortrait of a Man, attributed to Lucas Cranach (II), 1548Portrait of a Gentleman, Small Bust Length, in a Black Doublet and Plumed Flat Cap. Manner of Francois Clouet (C.1516-1572). Oil on panel, 35.6 x 25.5cm.Fabrizio d'ACQUAPENDENTE, 1533-1619 Italian anatomist, and Giulio CasserioVasco 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 21660678William Herbert 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1580-1630 Lord Chamberlain and founder of Pembroke College, William Herbert 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1580-1630 Lord Chamberlain and founder of Pembroke College From the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume II published 1806, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedPortrait of a Man with Brown Beard Corneille de Lyon (Dutch,1500/10-1575, active in France). Portrait of a Man with Brown Beard, ca. 1545-1555. Tempera on panel, 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. (19.7 x 16.2 cm). European Art ca. 1545-1555JUANELO TURRIANO (1501-1575). ITALIAN HIDRAULIC AND MECHANICAL ARCHITECT. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: FUNDACION JUANELO TURRIAN. MADRID. SPAIN.'Saint James the Apostle', ca. 1655, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 134 cm x 107 cm, P00989. Author: BARTOLOME MURILLO (1618-1682). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. APOSTOL SANTIAGO PEREGRINO. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.The Jewish Doctor Ephraim Bueno, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1647.Thomas More, Sir Thomas More (born probably 7 February 1478 in London, died 6 July 1535 in London) was an English statesman, Lord Chancellor under King Henry VIII 1529-1532) and humanist author of the Renaissance, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedPortrait of Piotr Miączyński, Suchekomnaty coat of arms (1606-1661). nieznany malarz polski, painterVasco da Gama, c. 1460s 1524, Portuguese explorer, digitally edited Vasco da Gama, c. 1460s 1524, Portuguese explorer, digitally edited Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660498Pedro Menendes, (1519-1574), 1920s. Artist: UnknownPortrait Bust of Johann Neudorfer the Younger by Johan Gregor van der Schardt (c. 1530-after 1581) terracotta, c 1570-1590. After he settled in Nuremberg, Van der Schardt , originally from the Low Countries, concentrated on making lifelike painted portrait busts and reliefs of wealthy citizens. Portrayed here is Johann Neudorfer the Younger, the municipal calligrapher and mathematician. He belonged to the citys cultural elite.Poseidonius of Apameia, also known as Poseidonius of Rhodes, born c. 135 BC, died 51 BC Greek Stoic philosopher, politician, astronomer, geographer, historian and teacher. From the book Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated