Historical Portraits of Prominent Figures

Engravings depicting historical figures with elaborate attire and hairstyles, reflecting 17th and 18th-century styles.

Portrait of René Antoine Houasse in oval on a pedestal, Antoine Trouvain, After Jean Tortebat, 1707 print  print maker: Parisafter painting by: France paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter. wig
Portrait of René Antoine Houasse in oval on a pedestal, Antoine Trouvain, After Jean Tortebat, 1707 print print maker: Parisafter painting by: France paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter. wig
PortraT van Christian Gottlieb Jöcher, Johann Martin Bernigeroth, after Elias Gottlob Haußmann, 1733 print  Leipzig paper engraving historical personsStanhope, 1. Earl Stanhope, James Stecher: Bernigeroth, MartinRemen, Johann.Wilhelm III., Prince of Orania, King of England as King: Fast Chest, En Face from Left; with allon wig and top jabot; In oval framing, surrounded with a wreath formed in two laurels, whose individual leaves (over a hundred) containing one hundred Italian short entries in his life story (reaching from 1650 to 1696); The upper end forms a wing cartridge with Italy. Serial and collector note; On pedestal podium, on the front of the front side. Ital Legend, in the middle divided by his coat of arms covered with the federation band of the trouser band order, held on both sides of standing lions and unicorn; Under the coat of arms the foreign exchange band of Oran; Rectangular shrock, outer edge line. Copper engraving, without designation.Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas.Jean Racine according to Santerre (Dutuit 30) Pierre Savart (1737-1780). Jean Racine according to Santerre (Dutuit 30). Forte and Burin, 1772. Museum of Fine Arts from the city of Paris, small palace.Portrayed van David Theodosius Lehmann, Moritz Bodenehr, 1713 - 1748 print  Dresden paper engraving historical personsBrun, Charles.Rotrou, Jean de.