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Noble Portraits and Figures

Etched portraits of noble figures, dressed in armor and elegant attire, highlighting status and heritage, characterized by detailed engravings.

Line Drawing. Christopher Columbus.
Line Drawing. Christopher Columbus.
129 assets in this story
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Portret Dimitriia Samozvantsa Portrait of False Dmitrii. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1884 - 1890. Rare Book Division
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Portrait of Tsar Alexander I of Russia crowned with his coat of arms. To the left of the portrait a Russian warrior, to the right Minerva. Below on the base the wooden house of Tsar Peter I the Great at Zaandam, Portrait of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, print maker: Pieter van der Meulen, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: C. van Waard, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan F. Numan, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1801 - 1803, paper, h 359 mm × w 259 mm
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Portrait of Henry II of Navarre (1503-1555), Anonymous
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King Richard III, 1786. Artist: Anon.
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King Henry II (1133-1189) from his effigy at Fontevraud Abbey from Stothard's Monumental Effigies. He wears a crown, a velvet mantle over a scarlet tunic, green shoes with gold spurs, white gloves. Handcolored engraving from "Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period" drawn by Charles Martin and etched by Leopold Martin, London, Henry Bohn, 1842. The costumes were drawn from tapestries, monumental effigies, illuminated manuscripts and portraits. Charles and Leopold Martin were the sons of the romantic artist and mezzotint engraver John Martin (1789-1854).
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Edward V (1470-1483), King of England 1483, but never crowned. Son of Edward IV. One of the 'Princes in the Tower' . Under 'protection' of his uncle the Duke of Gloucester (Richard III), taken to the Tower of London with his brother and neither boys ever
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Edward V. Richard III. Henry VII. Henry VIII. Godwin, William, 1756-1836. D. Cock and Co.. Prints, Illustrations, Portraits. 1815. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Great Britain , History, Great Britain , Kings and rulers
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John I, Count of La Marche, Jean de Bourbon, comte de Vendome 1344-1393. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a stained-glass window in the chapel of Vendome, Chartres Cathedral, in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V 33 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852.
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Henry III of France (born September 19, 1551 in Fontainebleau, died August 2, 1589 in Saint-Cloud), baptismal name Alexandre-Édouard, Duke of Anjou, also known as Henri of Valois, was elected King of Poland-Lithuania from 1573 to 1574 as Henryk Walezy and from 1574 until his death King of France, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown
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Roman Emperor Zeno the Isaurian, 425-491. Flavius Zeno Augustus, Tarasis Kodisa Rousombladadiotes, Eastern Roman Emperor, Byzantine Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.
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Eleonora Magdalena Theresia, Princess of the Palatinate.
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Portraits of Amalia van Solms and Maria Henrietta Stuart, both as Herderin, 1640 Two performances on an album magazine. On the left the portrait of Amalia van Solms as Orania P.O. On the right the portrait of Maria Henrietta Stuart as Batavina P.O. Both women have a shepherd's staff in hand. Some buildings in the background of both representations. Both performances numbered: F and 6. The magazine is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving Two performances on an album magazine. On the left the portrait of Amalia van Solms as Orania P.O. On the right the portrait of Maria Henrietta Stuart as Batavina P.O. Both women have a shepherd's staff in hand. Some buildings in the background of both representations. Both performances numbered: F and 6. The magazine is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving
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Henry IV. Henry V. Henry VI. Edward IV. Godwin, William, 1756-1836. D. Cock and Co.. Prints, Illustrations, Portraits. 1815. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Great Britain , History
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Henry II, 1133-1189, King of England, Illustration from Old England's Worthies, published around 1880, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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PortraT van Camillus Vitellus, Anonymous, After Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1575 print Print is part of an album. paper historical persons
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Roman Emperor Anthemius, 420-472. Procopius Anthemius Augustus, Western Roman Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.
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Portrait of the Saint Boniface. Portrait bust of the Saint Boniface in an oval to the left. Boniface carries a miter on the head and has a bishop's staff in the right hand.
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Portrait of Torquato Tasso, Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen, 1775 - 1840 print paper engraving historical persons. writer, poet, author
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Wszyscy Święci w MNK unknown
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'Male Portrait (Le Prince de Clerat)'. France, circa 1530. Dimensions: 27,5x19 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist, second quarter of the 16th century.
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Chartier, Guillaume.
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Merlin, Philippe-Antoine Comte de publisher: Dieterich, Johann Christianverlaysort: Göttingen
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Mask symbolizing sleep. With pileus or hat with drooping opium poppies, and two swans (signifying death) on the shoulders. In carnelian. Maschera simbolica. In corniola. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.
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Faithful and by a vergalated batraming / of brand meadow, benefits and heyly fractions of his doomrlugige Hoogheyd den Vorst / Alexander van Hohenlohe, / Domer of Olmutz, vicaris of the diocese of Bamberg, and knight of the Maltheser Order. Oval portrait of Alexander van Hohenlohe. Around text in letterpress in Dutch. Completely surrounded by a decorative frame. Numbered at the bottom right: No. 51.
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Portrait of King Henry the Fifth, Henry V of England, born 1388, began reign 1413 and died 1422. In crown, fur-trim cape with gold chain, within ornate frame. Handcolored engraving by Cosmo Armstrong from Portraits and Characters of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to George the Third, John Harris, London, 1830.
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Belling, Wilhelm Sebastian of Eraser: Chodowiecki, Daniel NikolausDation: 1778/1801
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Santa Juana de Arco (1412-1431), la doncella de Orleans, heroína francesa. Grabado de 1920.
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Itelmen woman in headscarf, and Itelmen man in furlined coat. Native of the Kamchatka peninsula. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836.
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Italian authors: Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533; wrote Orlando Furioso), and Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375; wrote Il Decameron).