Portrait Engravings

A series of finely detailed engraved portraits of historical figures, emphasizing intricate clothing and facial features, typical of the early modern period.

SIR RANULPH (or RANDOLPH) CREW Judge : Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Date: 1588 - 1646

Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552, 1618, also spelled Ralegh, was an English landlord, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

PAULUS DU PONT Flemish engraver from Antwerp, working with Rubens and Van Dyck among others. Date: 1603 - 1658

SIR ROBERT HEATH chief justice of England (A stunning example of the etcher's art - the workmanship on his ruff is amazing !) Date: 1575 - 1649

Pieter Hoost, 1581-1647, Dutch poet, Netherlands, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Sebastian Heinlin (Heinlein, Heinlinus). Line engraving, 1688.

Portrait of John Paulet, 5th Marquis of Winchester; Royalist supporter during the English Civil war; Black & White Illustration

Peter Paul Rubens 1577 n 1640 Flemish painter From 75 Portraits Of Celebrated Painters From Authentic Originals etched by James Girtin Published London 1817

SIR RANULPH (or RANDOLPH) CREW Judge : Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Date: 1588 - 1646

Henry Howard (1517 - 1547), earl of Surrey, soldier, statesman and poet, whose political games led to his losing his head

William Laud, 7. Oktober 1573, 10. Januar 1645, war Erzbischof von Canterbury und einer der Berater des englischen Königs Karl I. im Vorfeld des engli...

Simon Dach, 29 July 1605, 15 April 1659, was a German poet of the Baroque period, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original work of the period, exact original date not known

Historic drawing, portrait of Charles I, 1600 - 1649, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1625-1649

Martin Opitz, nobilitiert mit Namensmehrung zu Opitz von Boberfeld, 23. Dezember 1597, 20. August 1639, was the founder of the Silesian School of Poets, German poet and an important theorist of the Baroque, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Maximilian I. Maria Michael Johann Baptist Franz de Paula Joseph Kaspar Ignatius Nepomuk, May 27, 1756, October 13, 1825, known as Max Joseph, was fir...

HENRY lord of DRYBURGH Scottish nobleman, over whose origins, deeds private or public, abilities or defects, a veil is discreetly drawn. Not by us, but by everyone. Date: 16TH CENTURY

Historical engraving from 19th Century, portrait of Tomas Morus or Thomas More, 1478-1535, English statesman, humanist writer and a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church

John Bastwick (1593-1654) English Puritan physician and pamphleteer. In 1637, with William Prynne and Henry Burton, he was taken before the Star Chamber. Sentenced to have his ears cut off for publishing pamphlets opposing the views of Archbishop William Laud.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra geb. vermutlich 29. September 1547, gest. 22. oder 23. April 1616 war ein spanischer Schriftsteller. Der Autor des Don Quijote gilt als Spaniens Nationaldichter, digital verbesserte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19.Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt 1f-4999748

Portrait of John Florio (1553-1625) an Italian linguist, lexicographer, royal language tutor and Poet. Dated 17th Century

William Laud, 7 October 1573, 10 January 1645, was Archbishop of Canterbury and one of the advisers to King Charles I of England in the run-up to the ...

Albrecht VII. von Österreich, 13. November 1559, 15. Juli 1621, auch Albrecht der Fromme, französisch Albert, Albert Ernst of Austria, war Regent der ...

'Sir W. Raleigh', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

Rubens, vintage engraving. Rubens, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660055

Sir walter Raleigh ( 1552 - 1618) was an English statesman and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. He organized the colonizing expedition to America that was established at Roanoke Island-failed. Under James I, he was executed for treason. he was also a man of letters and wrote poetry and political and philosophical works.

Nicolaus Tulp Tulpius. Line engraving by L. Visscher, 1672.

Wolter von Plettenberg, 1450, 1535 was the most important Landmeister in Livonia of the Teutonic Order, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Grotius (Hugo de Groot) 1583-1645, Dutch theologian and jurist. Engraving from Alexandre Saverien 'Histoire des Philosophes Modernes', Paris 1762.

James I or Jacob I (1566-1625), son of Mary Stuart, King of Scotland, from 1603 also James VI, King of England and Ireland, personal union, introduction of national flags, English George Cross and Scottish St Andrew's Cross, portrait of famous personalities, oval, royal house, royal insignia, crown, sceptre, orb, globe, ruff, beard, numerous decorations, art, steel engraving, historical illustration 1863

Hans Joachim von Zieten, Ziethen, called Zieten from the bush, 1699 - 1786, one of the most famous cavalry generals of Prussian history, and a close confidant of King Frederick the Great, historical engraving, 1880

Cesare Borgia, 13. September 1475, 12. März 1507, Herzog von Valentinois, war ein italienischer Condottiero, Adliger, Politiker und Kardinal aragonesi...

'Sir Richard Rainsford, Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench, resigned 1678', 1815. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of the reign of James the Second" Samuel Woodburn, London, 1815.

Steel engraving of the painting called the Ashbourne portrait was identified as a portrayal of Shakespeare in 1847, and it currently hangs in the Folger Shakespeare Library. The painting was reproduced as Shakespeare in the mid-19th century as a mezzotint by G.F. Storm.

Kopftrachten in Deutschland in der Reformationszeit, um 1520, Barett und lange Haare, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904028

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish Baroque painter. Engraving after a painting by Rubens entitled ""Self-Portrait with his wife Elizabeth Brant"", 1609, during the first year of marriage. Detail. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

John Foxe (1516-1587) English martyrologist, author of 'History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church', known popularly as 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs', first published 1554. Engraving c1880.

Historical print from the 19th Century, portrait of Pietro Aretino, 1492 - 1556, an Italian writer and poet of the Renaissance

William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 10 July 1584), also widely known as William the Silent Painting attributed to Ann F Pourbus the Elder. The Hague, Orange Nassau Museum.

Matthew Hale (1609 -1676) influential jurist, Chief Justice of the King's Bench under Charles II, chief justice of the English king, England, portrait, cap, ornamentation, stars, harp, reading a book, telescope, leaves, historical illustration 1863

Portrait of Ludwig Senfl (1486-1543) a Swiss composer of the Renaissance. Dated 16th Century

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of Cecil or Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, 1605 - 1675, founder of the British colony of Maryland

John Bradshaw, 15 July 1602, 31 October 1659, was an English politician and judge, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact...

Portrait of the poet John Donne (1572-1631), Merian, Matthäus, the Younger (1621-1687)

William Lilly (1602-1681), English astrologer, 1673. Artist: Unknown

Torquato Tasso (1544-1595). Italian poet of the 16th century. Engraving by A. Neumann. Universal History, 1917.

Historic drawing, portrait of Sir Charles Lucas, 1613 - 1648, an English soldier and commander in the English Civil War

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Hans Leo Hassler von Roseneck or Hasler, 1564-1612, German composer, watchmaker and manufacturer of musical machines

Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1549 ñ 1626). chronicler; historian; and writer of the Spanish Golden Age wrote about the Spanish conquest of the Americas.

Charles I, Charles I (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland and Ireland, civil war, execution on the scaffold in Whitehall, London, abolition of the monarchy, portrait of famous personalities, oval, royal house, royal insignia, crown, sceptre, orb, globe, goatee, moustache, long hair, curls, numerous decorations, art, steel engraving, historical illustration 1863

Male portrait by German master, Woodcut, 15th century, Private Collection

Philip IV (1605-1665). King of Spain (1621-1665) and Portugal (1621-1640). House of Austria. Portrait. Engraving by Masson. Lithography by Magín Pujadas. Historia General de España, by Modesto Lafuente. Volume III. Published in Barcelona, 1879.

El Greco Greek Artist

Henry the Navigator, Infante Dom Henrique de Avis, 1394, 1460, called O Navegador was the initiator, patron and commissioner of the Portuguese voyages of discovery in the first half of the 15th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of Jack O'Newbury (1489-1557) an English clothier. Dated 16th Century

Edmund Spenser, born c. 1552, 13 January 1599, was an important English poet of the Elizabethan age, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

MURILLO , BARTOLOME ESTEBAN. PINTOR ESPAÑOL .SEVILLA 1617 - 1682. GRABADO RETRATO DE LA COLECCION " VARONES ILUSTRES ". CALCOGRAFIA NACIONAL . MADRID.

Prince Wenceslas Eusebius of Lobkowicz, Václav Eusebius z Lobkovic, 30 January 1609, 22 April 1677, was a Bohemian nobleman and diplomat as well as Du...

Historic print, portrait of Simon Dach, 1605 - 1659, a German poet of the baroque period, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Title page from First Folio edition of 1623.

Antonio Pérez del Hierro (1540-1611), secretario del rey Felipe II. Traidor a la corona huído a Francia. Grabado de 1854.

Portrait of Hyde Earl of Clarendon, father of the first wife of Jacques, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837.

Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg, 1583 in Boitzenburg - 28 April 1641, often referred to as Johann Georg von Arnim, was a field marshal general as well as a diplomat during the Thirty Years' War / Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg, 1583 in Boitzenburg - 28. April 1641, oft auch als Johann Georg von Arnim, war ein Generalfeldmarschall sowie Diplomat im Dreißigjährigen Krieg, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

'Sir John Hawkins', c1880. Artist: Unknown.

Adolf van Nieuwenaar (1545-1589). Count of Limburg and Moers. Stadtholder of Guelders, Utrecht and Overijssel for the States General of the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War. Portrait. Engraving, detail. Wars of Flanders. Edition published in Antwerp, 1748.

Francesco Balducci (1600-1642) Italian poet. Date: Circa 1640

PIERRE DUPUIS French artist Date: 1610 - 1682

Historical drawing, portrait of Philippe de Monte, Philippus de Monte, Filippo di Monte or Philippe de Mons, 1521-1603, Franco-Flemish composer of the 16th Century

Historical engraving from the 19th Century, portrait of Matthaeus Merian the Elder, 1593-1650, Swiss-German engraver and publisher

Thomas Hobson, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

Maurice of Nassau (1567-1625). Prince of Orange from 1618 and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (except in the province of Friesland) from earliest 1585 until his death in 1625. Portrait in "La Ilustracion Española y Americana". Engraving, 1876. Colored.

Torquato Tasso, 11 March 1544, 25 April 1595, a 16th century Italian poet known for his poem Gerusalemme liberata, Jerusalem Delivered, 1581, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Jeremy Taylor, 17th century English Anglican clergyman, (c1850). Artist: Unknown

Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector and Duke of Saxony, 1503 - 1554, portrait, historical illustration, 1880

'Edward Sackville, Earl of Dorset; Obit 1657', 1814. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of the reign of James the Second" Samuel Woodburn, London, 1815.

Masaniello, Tommaso Aniello d'Amalfi, 29 June 1620, 16 July 1647, was the main leader of a popular uprising in Naples in 1647, digitally restored repr...

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1517 to 1547, English aristocrat and English Renaissance poet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Giusepe Garibaldi (1807-1882). Italian military, revolutionary, patriot and politician. He was one of the leaders of the Italian Unification (Risorgimento). Portrait. Engraving by E. Buxó. Detail. Histoire de la Révolution de Rome. Tableau religieux, politique et militaire des années 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 et 1850 en Italie (History of the Revolution in Rome. Religious, political and military overview of the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850 in Italy), by Alphonse Balleydier. Volume II. Tomás Gorchs Polytechnic Printing and Bookstore, Barcelona, 1857. Author: Esteban Buxó. 19th-century Spanish engraver.

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, (1832).Artist: WT Mote

Portrait of a Man. Artist: North Italian Painter (dated 1597). Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (18.4 x 15.9 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Miles Coverdale, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Sir William Wallace geb. um 1270 vermutlich in Elderslie bei Johnstone, Schottland, gest. 23. August 1305 in London, England, schottischer Freiheitskämpfer, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903612

Jacob Jordaens, auch Jacob Jordaens der Ältere geb 19. Mai 1593 in Antwerpen, gest. 18. Oktober 1678 ebenda war ein flämischer Maler des Barock, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-4903212

John Napier (1550-1617). Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Georgius Agricola, 16th century German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist. Artist: Unknown

Great Britain - 17th century - Henry John Morgan (1635-1688) - Pirate - Engraving

Historic drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Johannes Jeep, 1581 - 1644, a German musician, composer and copperplate engraver

Steel engraving, ca. 1860, Francis Bacon or Baron Baco of Verulam, 1561, 1626, English philosopher, statesman, scientist

William Cecil 1st Baron of Burghley 1520-1598 English statesman, William Cecil 1st Baron of Burghley 1520-1598 English statesman Engraved by Geremia from the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume II published 1806, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban 1561 to 1626 English philosopher statesman essayist from 19th century print

Title page William Shakespeares First Folio 1623 Cover artist Martin Droeshout

Hans Holbein the Elder (1465-1524) German Painter Stock Montage, Inc.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Francesco Guicciardini, 1483 - 1540, an Italian politician and historian

Aristotle (384-322 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493.

Dyck, Anthony van, Vaillant, Wallerant, Portrait of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio, recto lower right - stamped, print, prints, verso - stamped, height 155 mm, width 134 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1623 - 1677-08-28, print maker, printmaker, 1637 - 1677, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Flemish, Dutch, 1599-03-22 - 1641-12-09

Nicolás Copérnico (1473-1543), monje astrónomo prusiano del Renacimiento, autor de la teoría heliocéntrica del sistema solar.

Gonzalo Fernández de Cordoba (1453-1515), called "El Gran Capitan" ("The Great Captain)". Spanish general. Portrait, detail. Engraving by Antonio Roca Sallent. Later colouration. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853. Author: Antonio Roca Sallent (1813-1864). Spanish engraver.

Steel engraving, ca. 1860, Ludovico Ariosto, 1474, 1533, Italian humanist, author and soldier

Brussels Museum, A portrait of Rembrandt, vintage engraving. Brussels Museum, A portrait of Rembrandt, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678770

A portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Historical drawing from the U.S. history of the 18th century, portrait of Pieter or Peter Stuyvesant, 1612-1672, Governor of Curaçao from 1643 and General of the Dutch West India Company, WIC, from 1647, managed colony of New Netherland

Henry IV, King of England, (1803).Artist: King Henry IV

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