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Historical Portraits of Scholars

A collection of engraved portraits of notable scholars and figures, showcasing elaborate attire and intricate details, invoking a sense of history and intellectual legacy.

Schonenburch, H., Groningen, Muntinck, Gerrit, Portrait of Nicolaas Mulerius, verso - stamped, doctor and mathematician in Groningen, at the age of 50. In one hand he holds a flower and the other hand rests on an armillary sphere. At the bottom in the margin a six-line text in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 191 mm, width 130 mm, Noord-Nederlands, print maker, prentmaker, 1614 - 1614, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), writer
Schonenburch, H., Groningen, Muntinck, Gerrit, Portrait of Nicolaas Mulerius, verso - stamped, doctor and mathematician in Groningen, at the age of 50. In one hand he holds a flower and the other hand rests on an armillary sphere. At the bottom in the margin a six-line text in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 191 mm, width 130 mm, Noord-Nederlands, print maker, prentmaker, 1614 - 1614, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), writer
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Lazius, Wolfgang Painter: Lautensack, Hans Sebaldstecher: Winkler, Johann Christoph (1701)Joubert, Laurent.Alciii, andrea unbannnousic suitlerSchelhammer, Johann.Vectors, blessed.Bust to the left of Josias Simlerus Below the portrait his name and four lines in Latin Print from part 1 of the series of portraits of famous reformers, Portrait of Josias Simlerus Famous reformers Icones virorum nostra patrumq memoria illustrium , print maker: Hendrick Hondius (I), (mentioned on object), Staten-Generaal, (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1599, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, h 170 mm × w 123 mmPortrait of Erasmus UnpaurMonte, Giovanni Battista by Stecher: 1586 / 1612DRürict: AugustTwo-headed eagle on a globe below the portrait. With caption in Latin, Portrait of Ferdinand I Ferdinandi I. II. III. IV. (series title), print maker: Johann Caspar Dooms, Franciscus de Bruyn, Praag, 1650, paper, engraving, h 164 mm - w 119 mmWolfgang Lazius. 1554. Lautensack, Hanns (German printmaker, draftsman, and medalist, ca. 1520-1564/1566). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionBernard, Étienne.Fracastori, Girolamo.Heinrich I, King of France 1551/1750Johann, Elector of Saxony.August of the Younger, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Publisher: Serlin, WilhelmWirtz, John.Forster, Johann.Queen, Frame Cassidoro de.Wilhelm Misocacus. Line engraving.Hieronymus Vischer. Line engraving, 1688.Portrait of the theologian and historian Willem Baudartius at the age of 59, Portrait of Willem Baudartius, print maker: Albert Poel, (mentioned on object), Johan Anton Biber, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Jansz., print maker: Northern Netherlands, Zutphen, publisher: Arnhem, publisher: Zutphen, 1624, paper, engraving, h 272 mm × w 170 mmBildnis des Vincent de TroyesLudolphus Schraderus I.V. Doctor; 16th century (1500-00-00-1600-00-00);Portrayed van jacques davy du perron, jean frozen (attributed to), 1633 - 1676 print print maker: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: Paris paper engraving / etching historical persons. writer, poet, author. diplomacy, diplomat. ornament ~ medallion. armorial bearing, heraldryFulke, William .Portrait of Louis Le Caron, Jaspar de Isaac, 1613 print France paper engraving historical persons. scholar, philosopher. lawyer, attorney at law. ornament ~ medallionOrsini, Camillo Conte.Nieschel, Christoph.Portrait of French court poet Clement Marot, bust en profil with laurel wreath and gown. Oval frame crowned with putto playing on lyre and putto holding Mercury staff, two others holding garland. Below cartouche with possibly scene from life of poet, Portrait of poet Clement Marot, print maker: Gabriël François Louis Debrie, (mentioned on object), Gabriël François Louis Debrie, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1729, paper, etching, engraving, h 244 mm × w 170 mmTiziano Vecelli or Vecellio, known in English as Titian, Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, c.1488-1576. In cap, fur-trimmed coat over doublet, holding a palette. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Antonio Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia after a self portrait by the artist from Francesco Moucke's Museo Florentino (Museum Florentinum), Serie di Ritratti de Pittori (Series of Portraits of Painters) stamperia Mouckiana, Florence, 1752-62.Viret, Pierre 1601/1650Sabine Georg.Dr. Portrait Georg Roggenbach. Dr. Portrait Georg Roggenbach (1524-1564 / 66) Seated half behind a balustrade with a doctor's hat on his head. In his left hand, he holds a rolled paper. There are books and a hourglass in the background, a family crest on the wall is shown at the top left. On the right through the window, a detailed landscaped landscape is visible. According to Latin inscription under the portrait, the man is portrayed at the age of 38. At the bottom is a Greek text in two rules.Portrait of Antonio de 'Sapienti, 53rd Minister General of the Franciscan Order, Antonio Luciani (Attributed to), 1710 - 1738 print Italy paper engraving historical personsCamus, Jean Pierre Verleger: Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Josephstecher: Lubin, Jacquesverlagsort: ParisVolret Vettors Vettors, Cornelis shore (I), after Jean Jacques Boisard, 1669 print Portrait of the humanist Pietro Vettori, in oval with edge. A praise under the portrait. paper engravingClodwig I, King of Franconia.Widmar, Abdias.Already, Wolfgang.Piano, Sigismund.Portrait of Maurits, Prince of Orange, at the age of 50, Anonymous, 1617 print Portrait of Maurits in an oval with edge. Oranjet branches and a number of allegorical objects around it. Five lines of Dutch text in the lower margin. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving / etching knighthood order (GARTER) - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chainPortraT van Philipp Jacob Tucher von Simmelsdorf, Matthias van Sommer, 1659 print Germany paper engraving / etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. gloves, mittens, etc.Portret van Joost Sijbrandtsz. Buyck.Portrait of the Amsterdam mayor and board of the city of Joost Sijbrandtsz. Buyck in an oval. The portrait rests on a baseboard with its name and data in three rules in Dutch.Portrait van Johann Sebastian Pfauser, Robert Boissard, 1597 - 1599 print France paper engraving / letterpress printing historical persons. book. gloves, mittens, etc.. insects: beetleArndt, Johann Stecher: Rollos, Peter (1) Publisher: Star, Johann u. HeinrichGiovanni da Udine.Portrait of Pietro Vettori; Petrus Victorius. Portrait of the humanist Pietro Vettori, in oval with peripheral. Under the portrait a predicted position.Clüver, Johann.Portrait of Gregor Horst at the age of 42, Jacob van der Heyden, 1620 print With praise in Latin. paper engraving Historical Persons. During, Trinket, 'charm'Portrait of Sir Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, Portrait of Sir Anthony Denny, print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar, (mentioned on object), after: Hans Holbein (II), (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1647, paper, etching, h 145 mm × w 110 mmPortrait of Johannes Polyander van Kerkhoven, theologian in Leiden,, Portrait of Johannes Polyander van Kerkhoven, print maker: Adriaen Matham, (mentioned on object), Petrus Scriverius, (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1646 - 1660, paper, engraving, h 248 mm × w 188 mmRumelel, Johann.Trevisan, Marco Antonio (Marcantonio).Mohammed III., Sultan of Turkey Publisher: Custos, DominicusDation: 1595/1612Take, Antonio de.Rieter of Kornburg and Kalbensteinberg, Hanns Stecher: Trochel, Hans (1585)Vergerio, Pietro Paolo.Clauder, Joseph.Kaplin of Sulewitz, Caspar.Piloni, odoric.Portrait of Arthur Jackson. Portrait of the English spiritual Arthur Jackson.Bildnis des Philip NeriusHELIUS EOBANUS HESSUS German humanist poet and professor of history at Marburg, Date: 1488 - 1540Grieu, Gaston de.George, David.Portrait of Albrecht Dürer; Albrecht Dürer Conterfeyt in Seinem Alter des Lvi. Jares .. Portrait of Albrecht Dürer, to the left. Small coat of arms at the top left. German education and captions in Gothic script.Witterich, King of the Westgoten.Johann Guenther Guinter. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1590.David, King Stecher: David, Jérômeverger: Daret, Pierre (1605) Publishing Sort:Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677, Bohemian, Portrait of Inigo Jones, 1655. Etching.Bildnis des Wolfgang LaziusSchreckenfuchs, Erasmus Oswald Publisher: Ammon, Johannstecher: Boissard, RobertStecher: Bry, Theodor Deverlaysort: Frankfurt (Main)Silvaticus, Benedetto .Magini, Giovanni Antonio.Johann Schoener Schonerus von Karlstadt. Line engraving by T. de Bry.TheUderich III., King of the Franconia.Portrait of Johannes Polyander van Kerkhoven at the age of 77; Iehan Polyander de Kerckhoven (...) The Son Age 77. Portrait of Johannes Polyander from Kerkhoven at the age of 77, chest to the pastor dressed in gown with folding car. At the top of the oval frame is a motto: Religiousiement & Proudement. In the margin under a verse from E. Dupré.Donate, Francesco.Dino da Mugello.Plante, Frans, Vaillant, Wallerant, Northern Netherlands, Warnier, I., Portrait of Gosuinus à Buytendyck, recto lower right - stamped, clergyman in Dordrecht. Below the portrait his function is explained in a three-line Latin text. Below that is an eight-line Latin text by Frans Plante., print, prints, verso lower right - stamped, 's Gravenmoer 1610. Dirksland 1616. Goederee 1618. Dordrecht 1620...1661., recto middle lower - handwritten, 1585-1661, height 299 mm, width 187 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1650, paper, papier, ink, inkt, engraving, engraving (printing process), pen, Noord-Nederlands, 1623 - 1677-08-28, after, after painting by, 1613-04-21 - 1690, writerGualterus, Rudolf .Portrait of an unknown man, Anonymous, After Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1584 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing historical personsEng, Boetius.Huberinus, Kaspar.Harp Law, Johannes 1639/1665Giovanni Cimabue, or Cimabue, also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence, c.1240-1302. Copperplate engraving by Georg Christoph Eimmart after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.Metrophanes, critopulus.Portrait of the Sultan Tomombais Ulu Duveldar; Tomombais vlv dvveidar; Vitae et icones Sultanorum Turcicorum. Round portrait of the Sultan to example of a coin. In a decorative frame with flowers, snails and bears, with Latin top and caption.Portrait of historian Scipione Ammirato Below the portrait a text in Italian and a coat of arms in a circular frame, Portrait of Scipione Ammirato Portraits of famous Italians with coat of arms in lower margin , print maker: Francesco Allegrini, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Giuseppe Zocchi, (mentioned on object), Luigi Tempi, (mentioned on object), Italy, 1763, paper, engraving, h 296 mm × w 200 mmPortrait of Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza. Portrait of General Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza. In an oval frame there are his name and function in Latin. Under the portrait four Latin fresh rules from Petrus Scriverius. Byond French are motto.Occo, adolf.Baif, Jean Antoine de.Portrait of Fuxius Published 1574 Flanders. Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper . Johannes SambucusLudwig VIII., The Lion King of France.Portrait of Inigo Jones, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677, Bohemian, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641, Flemish, active in Britain (1620-21; 1632-34; 1635-41), 1655, Etching, Sheet: 8 1/16 x 5 3/8in. (20.5 x 13.7cm)ALFONSO VIII (1155-1214) REY DE CASTILLA DESDE EL AO 1158 HASTA EL 1214 - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: Arnoldo van Westerhout (1651-1725). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.Dee, John .Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Sachsen-Weimar Eraser: Jenichen, Balthazardatting: 1560/1621Portrait of the Italian Cardinal Gaspar Contarini, Frans van den Wijngaerde, 1644 print Antwerp paper engraving cardinalCujacius, Jakob Unbannaged Kestener Detention: 1626/1675