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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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Portrait of Melchior NicolaiJacques Cartier (Saint-Malo, 1491-1557), French navigator who reached Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, setting the foundations for French dominion in Canada, engraving by Pierre Gandon.Mountain, Matthias.JOHANN FAUST German printer and scholar Date: 1400 - 1466Konrad Freiherr von Boineburg, German general, 1494 - 1567, historical illustration, portrait, 1880Album Amicorum of a German Soldier. Italy, 1595. Drawings. Gouache on paperArchimede of Syracuse, mathematician and inventorPortrait of scientist Fortunio Liceti; Fortunius Licetus Genuensis. Left under a coat of arms. Title in the middle of a cartouche.Portrait of the Hormisda I.Khäk, Lászlo Graf von.Black, Leno.Halven portrait to the left of Willem Key. Under the portrait his name and four rules in Latin. Print from part 1 of the Pictorum series Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Series of 72 artists' arrangements made by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz. Stock and Robert de baudous.Heraclitus .Prünsterer, Stefan.Bed, Guillaume.Tiraquau, André.Ordoño II, King of Asturias and León.Sisenand, King of the Westgoten.Portret Van Rodolphis MoItius, Johannes Meyer (2), 1665 - 1712 print Numbered at the bottom of the oval frame: 14. paper engraving / etching historical persons. mayor, burgomaster. armorial bearing, heraldryPortrait of Swiss reformer Pierre Viret, François Van Bleyswijck, After Unknown, 1681 - 1741 print Portrait of Swiss reformer Pierre Viret with Doctorsmuts. Leiden paper etching / engravingFrederick III. the way, Elector of Saxony Stecher: Dürer, AlbrechtMienczylaw, Duke of Poland.Kreiselmann, Johann.Portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker, died 1569. Pierre Breughel. Copperplate engraving from Antoine-Joseph Dezallier dArgenvilles Abrege de la vie des plus fameux peintres, Lives of the most Famous Artists, de Bure lAine, Paris, 1762.Portret Van Tobias Tuch by Simmeldorf. Portret van Tobias Tiefer by Simmelsdorf, Senator Te Neurberg, Met Wapenschild.Suleiman II., Sultan of Turkey Unknown artist dating: 1601/1750Ferdinand Magellan, Fernando de Magallanes, 1480, 1521. was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, which led to the first circumnavigation of the world, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century originalPortrait of learned David Jorissen, François Van Bleyswijck, After Unknown, 1681 - 1746 print Leiden paper etching / engravingPortrait of French reformer Guillaume Farel, François Van Bleyswijck, 1681 - 1746 print Leiden paper etching / engravingFriedrich I, Duke of Lorrainen 1601/1750MATHIAS FLACIUS ILLYRICUS German scholar Date: 1520 - 1575Althofer, Christoph Stecher: Kilian, Wolfgang Philippverlag: Tauber, Johann Daniel (heirs) Publisher: AltdorfMoon, Johann.DIRCK & WOUTER CRABETH Dutch painters on glass (Wouter died 1601) Date: 16TH CENTURY