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Portraits of Historical Clergy

Engravings of notable church figures from history, showcasing ornate clothing and accessories, reflecting their social status.

Chemnitz, Martin .
Chemnitz, Martin .
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Heinrich Aldegrever, Aged 35 Made 1537 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Heinrich AldegreverSven Habet, King of Denmark.Portrait of Albrecht as Cardinal. Portrait of Albrecht, Archduke of Austria, as Cardinal, below his motto in Latin. In the frame of the frame the name and function of the portrayed in Latin.Hans Holbein the Younger, German Swiss painter and printmaker of the Northern Renaissance from Basel, c.1497-1543. Johannes Holbein Junior Basileensis. Copperplate engraving by Richard Collin after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.Ferdinand Magellan, whose expedition were the first to circumnavigator of the world.Zanchi, Girolamo Stecher: Hondius, Hendrik (1)Aristippus. Line engraving by Macret.Cock, Hieronymus .Portrait of Maerten van Heemskerck, Anonymous, 1574 - 1579 drawing Bust to the left. paper. chalk portrait, self-portrait of artistMoscow, Simone.Jan Van Olden Barneveldt (Johan van Oldenbarnevelt), Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897Portret van Sigismund 2 August, Koning Van Polen, Virgil, 1554 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornamentVoice xi., Course.Foliet, Ubertus.East.Chaireddin Barbarossa, Ottoman ruler in Algiers.Stephan I., papa .Roncalli, Cristofano .Urban VIII., papa .Panciroli, Guido.Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony Publisher: Aubry, Peter (2) Dating: 1640/1656Christoforo Roncalli, called Pomerancio, a bust-length portrait in a twelve-sided frame 1623 Ottavio Leoni (Il Padovano) Italian. Christoforo Roncalli, called Pomerancio, a bust-length portrait in a twelve-sided frame 397768Johann, Duke of Lancaster.Robert Dudley b1534. English nobleman, illegitimate son of the 1st Earl of Essex by Lady Sheffield. After studying at Christ Church, Oxford, he made a voyage to the West Indies (1594-95), was knighted by Essex on the Cadiz expedition (1596). He turned Roman Catholic and lived chiefly near Florence, busy with naval inventions. In 1620 the Emperor Ferdinand III created him Duke of Northumberland and Earl of Warwick in the Holy Roman Empire.Portrait of Lodewijk de Dieu, pastor and regent at Leiden Below in the margin two four-line verses in Latin, Portrait of Lodewijk de Dieu, print maker: Anthony van Zijlvelt, (mentioned on object), after: Pieter Dubordieu, (mentioned on object), Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1650 - 1695, paper, etching, engraving, h 299 mm × w 207 mmPetrus Ramus (Pierre de la Ramee) 1515-1572. French philosopher.Portrait of Cardinal Giori Angelo, Albertus Clouwet, 1662 - 1679 print Portrait in oval list of Cardinal Giori Angelo. Bust frontal. At the top left the weapon of Pope Urbanus VIII, at the top right the coat of arms of Cardinal Giori Angelo. The print has a Latin caption with data about the portrayed person. Rome paper engravingCapivaccio, Giramolamor's stale: David, Jume Indomice setting: 1610/1633House, John.Heuterus, Pontus.Michel Lasne, François La Rochefoucauld François La RochefoucauldPortrait of François Richardot; Franciscvs Richardotvs BVRGVNDVS; Portraits of famous Dutch and Flemish scholars; Illustration Galliae Belgicae Scriptorum icones et elogi. Portrait of François Richardot, the French bishop of Artois. Bust to the left. The print has a Latin top and caption and is part of a series of famous Dutch and Flemish scholars.Frundsberg, Georg of.Illustration depicting Thomas Hobson (1544-1631) an English carrier, best known as the origin of the expression Hobson's choice. Dated 19th centuryH. Bartolome 12, Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert (possibly), After Gerard Seghers, 1637 - 1666 print The apostle Bartolomeus stands for a wall with the knife in his right hand that he was skinned. print maker: Southern Netherlandsafter painting by: Antwerppublisher: Neurenberg paper engraving the apostle Bartholomew; possible attributes: book, devil or dragon at feet, knife, scroll, flayed skin, staff - portrait of male saintFernando ¡lvarez (1507 ñ 1582); known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and the Iron Duke in the Netherlands. Governor of the Spanish Netherlands 1567-1573. Three numbered artists' portraits. Portrait of Marten van Valckenborch (no. 1), Crispijn van den Broeck (no. 2) and Pieter van Veen (no. 3). Print below labeled: Bb.France, Boissard, Robert, Series of portraits of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century scholars, Guilhelmus Xylander Philosophus, Portrait of Wilhelm Xylander, print, prent, prints, height 136 mm, width 104 mm, 1570 - 1611, print maker, printmaker, 1597 - 1599, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)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 Espan_ola y Americana". Engraving, 1876.Bineburg, Konrad Freiherr.Ferdinand Magellan, led the first expedition that circumnavigated the Earth. The Portuguese explorer led the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, that sailed west from Spain, through the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, returning to the Atlantic and Spain. Magellan did not complete the voyage. Juan Sebastian Elcano led it through the East Indies after Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521 (BSLOC_2020_1_92)Portrait of Alexander VII. Chisiv Pontifex MaximusPortrait of sculptor Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli; Portraits of artists. Numbered at the bottom right: 132.Johann Hartmann. Line engraving, 1688.Becan, Jan Gorop .Altomare, Antonio Donato.Portrait of the Friic Arts Adolph Occo.Pope Clement VII (1478-1534). Born Giulio di Giuliano de'Medici. Pope from 1523-1534. Portrait. Engraving.Dam holder, Joos de.Portrait of Johannes Goropius Becanus; Iohannes Goropivs Becanvs; Portraits of famous European scholars; Virorum Doctor Disciplinis Benemerentium Effigies. Portrait of Johannes Goropius Becanus, Dutch linguist. Bust to the left. Numbered C1. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of famous European scholars.Portrait of Pietro Antonio Camilli, 56th Minister General of the Franciscaner Order, Antonio Luciani (attributed to), 1710 - 1738 print Italy paper engraving historical personsPeter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457-1526) Peter Martyr of Angleria, was an Italian historian at the service of Spain during the Age of Exploration. He wrote the first accounts of explorations in Central and South America. De Orbe Novo 1530 describes the first contacts of Europeans and Native Americans, Native American civilizations in the Caribbean and North America. Italy, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Souvenirs de la Reformation en Italie 1883 by John Stoughton (1807-1897)Portrait of Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Frans van der Steen, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1662 print Portrait of learned, writer and artist Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert. At the bottom of the margin a three -line text in French. Antwerp paper engraving / letterpress printingBembo, Giovanni.Orseolo, brass.Portrait of Amato Lusitano (1511-1568) a notable Portuguese Jewish physician. Dated 16th CenturyPortrait of Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga (Barcelona, August 25, 1528 - Brussels, March 5, 1576) was a Spanish military, sailor, diplomat and politician, governor of the State of Milan and the Netherlands. Mentor of Don Juan of Austria, his work was fundamental for the great victory of the Holy League in the battle of Lepanto. And he was also Major Commander of Castile in the Order of Santiago. History of Philip II of Spain. Old engraving published in Historia de Felipe II by H. Forneron, in 1884Cassander, Georg 1601 / 1700Daniel Sennert. Line engraving, 1688.Flock, Valentin .Manutius, Paul Stecher, Galle, PhilipsArnulf, Pfalzgraf in Bayern .Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.Capivaccio, Giramolamor's stale: David, Jume Indomice setting: 1610/1633Spinola, 1. Duke of Sixth, 1. Marques of Balbases, Ambrogy.Bohdan (Teodat) Sapieha (d. 1511), Iithuanian Writer, Progoplast of the Czersk Iine. From: Tygodnik Ilustrowany 1872, No. 240, p. 53 Schübeler, Julian (Przed 1865 1890)Paul V., Papa.Three numbered artist portraits Portrait of Frans Pourbus no 1, Pieter Pieterszen no 2 and Arnold Mytens no 3 Print marked lower right: AA, Portraits of Frans Pourbus, Pieter Pieterszen and Arnold Mytens, print maker: Jan l'Admiral, (mentioned on object), 1764, paper, etching, h 155 mm × w 102 mmPortret van Petrus Canisius, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop of), 1739 print Portrait of Peter Canisius, theologian and Jesuit. The print has a Latin top and caption and is part of a series of famous writers from the Netherlands. print maker: AntwerpAntwerppublisher: Brussels paper engravingPortrait of Cornelis van Beveren. Portrait of the Dordrecht mayor Cornelis van Beveren. He is wearing a fur-deposited cloak, a folding collar and a beret. In his left hand does he wear a few gloves (). Left behind him is a column. On the base under the column there is the name of Van Beveren with his birth and death year. Under the show a ruling Latin statement and underneath it is an eighty, Dutch randwy about the portrayed. At the top right: fol. 842.Witte II., King of the Saxons.Nikolaus Gallus Tolosanus.Emilio Campolongo. Line engraving, 1688.Portrait of Garci Lasso de la Vega (Toledo 1498 - Nice 1536), better known as Garcilaso de la Vega, was a Spanish poet and soldier of the Golden Age. Old engraving of the book Spanish Biographical Year by Ildefonso Fernandez 1899Thomas de Leu, Antoine Caron, 1599 Antoine CaronPortrait of William Tyndale (1494-1536) an English scholar, translator and leading figure in Protestant reform. Dated 16th CenturyHieronymus Fracastorius. Line engraving by F. Redenti.Ferdinand Magellan(c1480-1521) Portugese navigator. Led first expedition to cirumnavigate the globe. Rounded Magellan Strait from Atlantic to Pacific, October-November 1519. WoodcutEtching by Augustin Hirschvogel depicting Conrad Schall in a formal portrait.Augustus Hertzog zu Sachsen. Dated: 1564. Dimensions: block: 20.7 x 15.1 cm (8 1/8 x 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 30.6 x 17.1 cm (12 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.). Medium: hand-colored woodcut on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jakob Lucius the Elder.Portrait of Theodorus Gaza, Portrait bust to the right of Theodorus Gaza, Greek scholar, with headgear. With his right elbow, Gaza leans on the plinth of the arched frame, below the name of the person portrayed and a six-line Dutch verse, Theodorus Gaza, Adolf van der Laan, 1694 - 1755, paper, engraving, h 167 mm × w 102 mm