Portraits and Medals of Historical Figures

Engravings of notable historical figures and medals, showcasing detailed representations and cultural significance during the early modern period.

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Medal with Apollo and the Three Graces, verso lower right - stamped, Medal with the Three Graces dancing with putti. In the clouds Apollo playing his lyre. At the top a motto in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 94 mm, width 99 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1717 - 1717, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Bellini, Lorenzo.

Agrippa Von Net Semeshim, Henrite Cornelius 1551/1650

Portrait of Daniel Muller

Cocchi, Antonio.

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Medal with Apollo and the Three Graces, verso lower right - stamped, Medal with the Three Graces dancing with putti. In the clouds Apollo playing his lyre. At the top a motto in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 94 mm, width 99 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1717 - 1717, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

PortraT van Ernst Ludwig von Spiegel zum this mountain, Christian Gottlieb Geyser, 1781 - 1803 print paper engraving historical persons. medals and other marks of military honour. medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function)

Meno Haas (1752-1833), Medaille. Carl Marcus Tuscher, 1752 - 1833

Cicero, Marcus Tullius Unbekan Censter Department: 1630/1650

Franz II., King of France 1601/1750

Portrait of Emperor Herakleios; Les Images Presque de Tous les Emperurs. Portrait of emperor Herakleios, on a coin with randboard. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar up to and including Charles V and his brother Ferdinand.

Sheet with the front and back of two tokens produced in honor of Laurens Jansz. Coster. Front and back of two tokens. Above: The personification of Haarlem is on a throne and offers on an altar. In the foreground putti that play with yarn and tulips. In the background a cityscape on Haarlem. Below: Landscape with Coster kneeling for Minerva, as a Personification of Wisdom, descending on a cloud from heaven. Left putti at a printing press (N.3). Left: Portrait bust of Laurens Jansz. Coster, with a pressure letter in hand. Right: an eighty arrangement in Dutch (N.4). Above the top left: Pag. 109.

Sigismund III., King of Poland.

Portrait of Emperor Herakleios, 1559 Portrait of Emperor Herakleios, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing Portrait of Emperor Herakleios, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing

Ludwig XV., King of France.

Maugé, portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Berry in 1820: round medallion, twin profiles (dummy title). The opinion. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Design for a Tondo with Arms of Cardinal Giulio della Rovere, Niccolò Martinelli, called il Trometta, Italian, 1565 - 1620, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache over traces of black chalk on blue laid paper, The tondo is centered with the armorial device of an oak tree on a heart-shaped shield framed by a strapwork escutcheon, the coat of arms of the Della Rovere family. Two allegorical figures are seated at right and left of the heraldic arms. The figure at right holds two tablets; the left tablet is written in Latin: LIBER / GENE / RATIONE /S / IESU / CHRI / STI; the right is in pseudo-Hebrew. The figure on the left holds a cross. Two putti above holding cords of a cardinal's hat which together with the escutcheon identify the patron Cardinal Giulio della Rovere (1535-1578). A wreath encricles the design., Rome, Italy, 1566-78, interiors, Drawing, Drawing

Two medallions connected by a chain Above: a medallion with a portrait of Joannes Lami Below: a medallion depicting Athena writing with a quill Below the bench on which Athena is sitting is an owl, Medallions with portrait of Joannes Lami and representation of Athena, print maker: Carlo Gregori, (mentioned on object), Carlo Gregori, (mentioned on object), Italy, 1754, paper, engraving, h 255 mm × w 179 mm

Portrait of the Iohann PTRVS Feverlein

Portrait of emperor Augustus; Les Images Presque de Tous les Emperurs. Portrait of emperor Augustus on a coin, with peripheral. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar up to and including Charles V and his brother Ferdinand.

Leaf with the front and back of two tokens made in honor of Laurens Jansz. Coster, Jan Wandelaar, 1740 print Front and back of two tokens. Above: Portrait of Laurens Jansz. Coster, the inventor of book printing. Below: landscape with the coat of arms of the city of Haarlem, worn by two lions. Faam flies in the air. In the background a cityscape on Haarlem. (N.5). Left: Portrait bust from Coster. Right: the female personification of typography, in her hands the coats of arms of Haarlem officials at the time of the third anniversary of Haarlem (N.6). Imagined at the top right: p. 112. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). city represented symbolically. armorial bearing, heraldry. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). printing, printing office (+ variant) Haarlem

Anton II., Duke of Lorraine.

Pansa, Martin.

Penning with bust of Louis XIV, Gerard Edelinck, after Antoine Coypel, 1702 print Penning with bust of Louis XIV paper engraving

Judit and Holofernes. Judit finishes the head of Holofernes. With one hand she raises the sword and with the other hand she holds the head of the sleeping holofernes. Right front of his armor. At the left The maid on duty. Text in mirror image, about the righteousness that the Tyranny beheaded.

Solon .

Menning on the death of the De Witt brothers, 1672, 1672 - 1699 print The front and downside of a medal with the portraits of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt, and an allegorical representation of the death of the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt, murdered on August 20, 1672, in which the brothers are attacked by a beast with Many heads, symbol of the people who mutilated the bodies. Northern Netherlands paper engraving medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function)

Medal with the portrait of Louis XIV, king of France. On the other side an emblematic representation of his government: a snake, with broken body, is illuminated by sun rays.

Great seal of the province of New York 1705 to 1710. 1600 - 1900. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History

Here, Guilielmus Ebner from Eschenbach in Arelshofen, Guttenburg, Erlenstegen, Grunreut et Hirschbach - s, Consiliar , Hieronymus Wilhelm Ebner von Eschenbach, Councilor, Governor, Unknown

Putto points to tablet; Memorato Novissima; Putti that depict God's Word; Verbum dei. Medallion with a putto holding a tablet with the final judgment. The print has a frame with a bible quote from 2 Petr. 3 in Latin.

Greek god Apollo looking at the dead body of his lover Coronis, and the crow supposed to guard her. Copperplate engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi from 108 Plates of Antique Gems, 1860. The gems were from the Duke of Marlborough's collection.

Christian Knight, Anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1750 print paper etching the Christian knight, 'Miles Christianus'. comet

Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, 1559 Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing

The Golden Age, Johann Theodor de Bry, After Nicolaes de Bruyn, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1608 print Arcadian landscape with groups of men and women who are pleasantly relaxed. Walk between them and lie different animals. In the middle of a cloud, Saturn looks down on the golden age. Above him a banderole with French text with an explanation about the golden age. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving the golden age, 'Aetas aurea'; men live happily, gathering fruits under the reign of Saturn

Ferdinand II., King of Naples.

Constantius III., weströmischer Kaiser .

Medal struck in honor of Gerardus Oorthuys, captain of the frigate Den Briel, who defeated his English opponent, the frigate Crescent, at the naval battle of Cadiz on May 30, 1781. Front and reverse of the medal within an ornamental frame. At bottom a four-line verse and a reference to page 173., Medal in honor of Gerardus Oorthuys, captain of the frigate Den Briel, print maker: Noach van der Meer (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (mentioned on object), Johan George Holtzhey, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1781 - 1782, paper, etching, engraving, h 209 mm × w 125 mm

Front and back of a medal with portrait of Henry II, on the occasion of the siege of Metz, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 drawing Front and back of a medal with portrait of Henry II, king of France, on the occasion of the siege of Metz in 1552. Design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). historical persons

Design for a memorial tennis to commemorate the recovery of the king. Memorial penning to commemorate the recovery of the king after its heavy disease.

Portrait of Emperor Tiberius III, 1559 Portraits of Emperor Tiberius III, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing Portraits of Emperor Tiberius III, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing

Study for 'Law,' Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Charcoal and graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down, Seated allegorical female figure representing the Law. She holds a tablet in her right hand, while her left arm gestures towards a dragon, crushed under her left foot., 1910, mural designs, Drawing, Drawing

Karl Ix., King of Sweden.

Penning with bust of Louis XIV, Gerard Edelinck, 1702 print Front of a medal with bust and profil from Louis XIV. paper engraving

Lorichs, Melchior.

Portrait of Mercury, Roman god of commerce and communication with petasos, caduceus, cloak and winged ankles. Engraved in sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Mercurius in Sardo. & Dactyl. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

Black and White Illustration of the Great Seal of King Edward I of England

Protogenes .

Erasmus of Rotterdam.

Neudörfer, Johann .

Portrait of emperor Galerius; Les Images Presque de Tous les Emperurs. Portrait of emperor Galerius, on a coin with peripheral. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar up to and including Charles V and his brother Ferdinand.

Portrait of emperor Maxentius; Les Images Presque de Tous les Emperurs. Portrait of emperor maxentius, on a coin with peripheral. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar up to and including Charles V and his brother Ferdinand.

Avgvstine Herrman.. 1886. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Herrman, Augustine, 1621-1686

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), vignettes for the book Les Triomphes de Louis le Just XIII by the name by Jean Valdor. Three rounds with Latin legend. Fourteenth number of a suite of 34 pieces. (A. de Vesme 952-957. Incomplete; Dutuit manuscript, Italian school, page 83. n ° 166) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Friedrich III., Roman-German Emperor.

Portrait van John Crocker, Andreas Nunzer, 1744 print paper engraving / steel engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry

Coins with regard to Middelburg. Links a coin with the new port of Middelburg. On the right an allegory on the prosperity of Middelburg, with the urban armchier in the foreground, the cornucopia, the Mercury staff and a royal crown. In the background the contours of Middelburg.

Portrait of Emperor Constantius I Chlorus, 1559 Portrait of Emperor Constantius I Chlorus, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing Portrait of Emperor Constantius I Chlorus, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing

El Kazimierzówna, according to the baking coins; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Elżbieta Kazimierzówna (Königsberg Poland - Ca 1326-1361), Elżbieta Kazimierzówna (Königsberg - Ca 1326-1361) - iconography, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, 14th century, gift (provenance), princesses, personalities

Roman youth and older woman copulating on a bed. Greek motto. Unknown stone. Pierre inconnue. Copperplate engraving from Pierre-Francois dHarcanvilles Monumens du Culte Secret des Dames Romaines, Sabellus, Capri (Monuments to the Secret Cult of Roman Women, Leclerc, Nancy) 1780. Based on imaginary Spintria, medals and cameos.

Lea en Rachel, Anonymous, 1600 - 1700 print paper etching Rachel and Leah (not in biblical context)

Medallion with Tiberius top center, lower left Vespasian and lower right Titus, print maker: Theodor de Bry, c. 1588

Theoderich I, King of Franconia.

Emperor Decius from Icones Imperatorum Romanorum, plate 60 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1557 Germany. Chiaroscuro etching and woodcut on paper . Hubrecht Goltzius

Virginia. Prints. 1850 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. State seals, Seals (Insignia) , Virginia

Heinrich VII., Kaiser .

Pisanello, Antonio Di Puccio Pisano.

The etching by Maria Anna Angelika Catharina Kauffmann from the late 18th to mid-19th century depicts Erminia, Rinaldo, and Armida, showing figures, attire, gestures, posture, and surrounding environment in European style.

Lorenzo I de Medici.

Samson and Delilah, Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502 - ca. 1561, Engraving on paper, Circular composition. The figures are shown three-quarter length. Delilah is seated, cutting Samson's hair, his right arm resting across her knees. Samson holds the jawbone of an ass in his left hand. Monogram of Aldegrever and date '1528' on tablet, upper right., Germany, 1528, Print, Print

. The month of May: Musiculating company in a rowing boat. A falcon hunt in the background. In the middle above the sign of the zodiac that may belong to the month: twins. The print has a frame with a peripheral zone. Copy in mirror image to the eponymous print of the Passe Crispijn (I).

Portret van Keizer Æmilianus, 1559 Portrait of Emperor Aemilianus, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing Portrait of Emperor Aemilianus, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing

Adolf von Nassau, Roman-German King medal culture in Kronornat: whole figure sitting, almost en face; with cutting hard bitch; Leaf crown; Shoulder herel; Scepter in the right, orbis in the left; Lat. transcript; In round; Underneath quad cartridge with Latin legend and tab. Copper engraving. Without designation. Excerpt from image series.

Front and back of a medal with portraits of Hendrik III and Catharina de 'Medici.design for a Print.

Heinrich VI., Kaiser.

French Revolution. The 3 liberators of Switzerland, dedicated to French citizens, July 14, 1789. (Title Title)

Karl IV., King of Spain Stecher: Morghen, Raphael

Palm Tree of Judea Capta Coin, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Portrait of G. E. Lessing

Shown here are late 1800s engravings of Spanish doubloons. The portrait here is Philip II of Spain. He ruled Spain from 1556 to 1598 and Portugal from 1581 to 1598. As the husband of Queen Mary of England, he was king of England and Ireland 1544-1588. Philip was the ruler responsible for the Spanish Armada. Doubloons were monetary gold coins minted in Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Nueva Grande.

Allegory on the coronation of Maximilliaan II to King of Bohemia. Love (Caritas), accompanied by two children and two putti, shows the crown on the coat of arms of Maximilian II. Allegory on the coronation of Maximilian II as king of Bohemia in 1562.

Sara is returned to Abraham, Jan Luyken, 1700 print The Pharaoh van Egypt gives Sara back to Abraham (Gen. 12: 19-20). Amsterdam paper etching Abraham is summoned before Pharaoh, and is ordered to leave Egypt with Sarah

Karneades .

Portrait of emperor puppies; Les Images Presque de Tous les Emperurs. Portrait of emperor puppies, on a coin with peripheral. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar up to and including Charles V and his brother Ferdinand.

GIOVANNI GALEAS SFORZA Italian noble of the ruling house of Milano.

Opitz, Heinrich.

Portrait of Emperor Sigismund, 1559 Portrait of Keizer Sigismund, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing Portrait of Keizer Sigismund, on a coin with edge. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V and his brother Ferdinand. Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing

Penning on Middelburg's Nieuwe Haven, 1817, Johannes Hubertus Reygers, after Johan Pieter Bourjé, 1817 print Memorial medal in honor of the opening of the Nieuwe Haven in Middelburg, August 9, 1817. Netherlands paper etching / engraving medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function) Middelburg

Coursewinth, König of Westgoten.

Solon .

Gambello, Vittore.

Tetrachm from the time of Zenobia, Septimia Zenobia.3rd century Queen of the Roman colony of Palmyra (267/268-272)

Zaleukos from Lokroi.

Medallon with portrait of Antonio Canova, Achille Collas (Possible), S. Passamenti, 1804 - 1859 print France paper. historical persons. ornament ~ medallion

Design for a Token: Trésor Royal 1748 1748 Edme Bouchardon French. Design for a Token: Trésor Royal 1748 336345

Allusion to an unidentified episode in a street in Paris, in November 1789. A man brandished his sword on a ladder backed by the portal of a courtyard, in front of the national guard and cannons (dummy title)

Front and reverse of a coin with portrait of philosopher and botanist Attilio Zuccagni, print maker: Raphael Morghen, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Giovanni Antonio Santarelli, Italy, 1802, paper, engraving, etching, h 404 mm × w 275 mm

Northern Netherlands, Three city council medals of the city of Leiden, 1574, 1574. Silver medals. Obverse: lion with sword in raised right claw and coat of arms of Leiden on a ribbon in left claw. Reverse: inscription in Latin within serrated edge. Printed on the back with text in Dutch and Latin., print, picture, historical object representation, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 67 mm, width 135 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1721 - 1723, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception

Portrait of emperor tiberius; Les Images Presque de Tous les Emperurs. Portrait of emperor tiberius on a coin, with peripheral. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar up to and including Charles V and his brother Ferdinand.

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