Medallions and Historical Portraits

Historical medal designs and portraits featuring notable figures and emperors, showcasing intricate details in a classical engraving style.

Medallion with bust of the captain of wisdom, Theodor de Bry, c. 1577 - c. 1578 print Medallion with the bust of the "Hoopman of Weisheyt" (portrait of Willem van Oranje). In the edge with grotes', the judgments of Solomon and Cambyses are depicted and a representation of the godly prince, uninformed by death and destruction. Leaf from series of 4 sheets with a medallion in a wide edge of grotesks with figures, animals and leaf vines on a dark stock. The edge around the medallion and the outer edge contain Dutch and French verses. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving historical persons. judgement of Cambyses: he appoints Sisamnes' son to succeed his father, whose skin is nailed onto the judgement-seat (possibly flaying of Sisamnes visible). the judgement of Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28)
Medallion with bust of the captain of wisdom, Theodor de Bry, c. 1577 - c. 1578 print Medallion with the bust of the "Hoopman of Weisheyt" (portrait of Willem van Oranje). In the edge with grotes', the judgments of Solomon and Cambyses are depicted and a representation of the godly prince, uninformed by death and destruction. Leaf from series of 4 sheets with a medallion in a wide edge of grotesks with figures, animals and leaf vines on a dark stock. The edge around the medallion and the outer edge contain Dutch and French verses. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving historical persons. judgement of Cambyses: he appoints Sisamnes' son to succeed his father, whose skin is nailed onto the judgement-seat (possibly flaying of Sisamnes visible). the judgement of Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28)