Portraits of Historical Figures

Engravings of notable individuals, often in formal attire, with missing details that suggest a focus on the subject's role or identity.

Portret van Jean Chaillou de Thoisy, Jean Louis Roullet, 1655 - 1699 print France paper engraving / etching historical persons. theologian

Brockes, Barthold Heinrich .

Bidermann, Johann Gottlieb .

Zanichelli, Giovanni Girolamo.

Portrait of Pieter Rendorp, Jacob Houbraken, 1708 - 1780 print Bust to the left of Pieter Rendorp in an oval. The portrait rests on a ledge on which an empty field for his name. Amsterdam paper engraving

Portret Van Jacobus Afterseman, Christian Friedrich Fritish, 1745 print The composer Jacobus Nozeman, with wig, pointing to a music magazine that is on the table in front of him. He holds a roll of paper in his right hand. Under the portrait there are his name, birth and death date and a six-line text in Latin on a pedestal. paper etching / engraving

Portrait van Friedrich Ludwig Müller, Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1722 - 1775 print paper engraving historical persons. theologian

Weber, Johann Georg.

Portret van Gottfried Thomasius, Johann Christian Marchand, 1690 - 1711 print The portrait of Gottfried Thomasius in standing oval on a pedestal against a cupboard wall with books. Two and three books on and next to the pedestal. With Greek text on the pedestal. Nuremberg paper etching / engraving historical persons. book

Medley, Henry .

Portret van Jean Chaillou de Thoisy, Jean Louis Roullet, 1655 - 1699 print France paper engraving / etching historical persons. theologian

Gesner, Johann Matthias Publisher: Gleditsch, Johann Friedrich (The Younger) Stecher: Bernigeroth, Johann Martinverlagsort: Leipzig

Crousaz, Jean Pierre Publisher: Gleditsch, Johann Friedrich (The Younger) Stecher: Bernigeroth, Johann Martinverlagsort: Leipzig

Portrait of Matthias Benoni Hering, Christian Fritzsch, 1757 print paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry

Palm, Johann Gottfried .

Bust portrait of the Scotsman John Philips, Dutch governor of St. Martin in the eighteenth century. Depicted in oval frame. Below the frame a console with three lines of text in French and a circular emblem containing a coat of arms., Portrait of John Philips Jean Philips , print maker: Philippus Endlich, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Philippus Endlich, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1731 - 1748, paper, engraving, h 320 mm × w 230 mm

Place, Abraham Christoph.

Portrait of Johann Gottlieb Heinecius; Joan Gotl. Heinecccs. Portrait of Johann Gottlieb Heinecius in an oval with peripheral in Latin. The portrait rests on a baseboard on which four lines in Latin.

Portrait of Johann Gotlieb Pambo at the age of 55, Jacob Folkema, After C.A.V. Francken, 1751 - 1767 print Portrait in half to the right of the pastor Johann Gotlieb Pambo, dressed in a gown. With his right hand, he points to an open Bible. Under the portrait there is a crowned medallion with Christian symbols in the middle of the pedestal. paper etching / engraving historical persons. adult man. study; 'studiolo'; library. book - MM - book open. functionaries and dignitaries ~ Protestant churches

Portrait van Johann Christian Schöttgen, 1750 print paper historical persons. rocaille ornament

PortraT van Georg Matthias von Selpert, Bernhard Gottlieb Fridrich, 1742 - 1743 print Regensburg paper historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. mayor, burgomaster

Cyprian, Ernst Salomon.

Portrait of Jean de Boullongne, Johann Georg Wille, German, active France 1715-1808, Hyacinthe Rigaud, French, 1659 - 1743, Engraving on paper, Set in an arched simulated stone frame is the half-length figure of the sitter, done from Rigaud's portrait of 1735. He is seen facing toward the right, head frontally, his right hand resting on a book., France, 1758, Print, Print

Mairan, Jean Jaques.

Portrait of Hendrik Arnaud. Portrait in oval frame of teacher and field member of Waldzen Hendrik Arnaud, halves to the right. Arnaud is bareheads, wears a BEF and gown and wrapped in a harness. The portrait has a peripheral and stands on a base on which a four-line text is in Latin and Dutch.

Portrait van Philipp Friedrich Jäger, Jacob Andreas Fridrich (II), 1745 - 1779 print With praise in German. Augsburg paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry

Portrait of Johann Jacob Strantze at the age of 68, Christian Philipp Lindemann, after Christian Benjamin Müller, 1750 - 1754 print Text in Latin in the frame and on the base. Dresden paper engraving historical persons. theologian

Portrait of lawyer and biologist Giuseppe averani. .

Amsterdam, Tirion, Isaak, Schouman, Aert, Dijk, Philip van, Houbraken, Jacob, Portrait of Anthony van der Heim, verso - stamped, Bust of Anthony van der Heim at the age of 32 in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which his name and title are inscribed in two lines in Dutch., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 180 mm, width 115 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1749 - 1759, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1683-01-10 - 1753-02-03, after, after a painting by, 1710-03-04 - 1792-07-05, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1705 - 1765, publisher

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Lehmann, Georg Painter: Auerbach, Johann Gottfriedstecher: Dutcher, Andressseller: Dutcher, Joseph (1683)

James McArdell, ca. 1729-1765, Irish, Thomas Secker, Lord Bishop of Oxford, 1747. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mouned on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Portrait of Daniel Serrurier Daniel Serrurier (title on object), Half-length portrait of Daniel Serrurier in an architectural window-shaped frame, with an open Bible in front of him. At the top of the list a line in Greek and at the bottom in a cartouche the name and details of the person portrayed in three lines in Dutch and a six-line verse in Dutch, Daniel Serrurier, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1759, paper, etching, h 350 mm × w 253 mm

Portrait of François Fagel, Pieter Tanjé, after Gerardus Josephus Xavery, 1747 print Portrait of François Fagel, clerk of the States General, with an open book in his hands. A bookcase in the background. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching book - MM - book open

Widtmaisser of Wondeau, Sebastian.

Portret van raffale sua, Johan Rudolph Schugsbergg, 1750 - 1806 print paper etching portrait, self-portrait of artist

Portrait of Robert Walpole, Jacob Houbraken, after Arthur Pond, 1746 print Portrait of the first English Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st count of Oxford. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / pen

Portrait of Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Willem IV in an oval. On a pedestal his name, his titles and his date of birth.

Estress deskine-Raymond-Jean-Gualers-Gabriel the Sartine

Zeller, John.

Hoffmann, Johann Wilhelm.

Portrait van Leonard Beels, Philippus Finally, 1743 print Portrait of the pastor Leonard Beels, depicted with one hand visible, in oval frame. Under the list a console with a Dutch text of six lines. Amsterdam paper engraving

Portrait van Daniel Goldammer, Johann Georg Wolffgang, after Friedrich Jachmann, 1738 print Berlin paper engraving / etching historical persons. letter, envelope

Portrait of Willem van Citters, Jacob Houbraken, After Jan Palthe, 1757 - 1759 print Buste van Willem van Citters, in an ornamental oval frame with his weapon and a piercing stable with an empty field for his name at the bottom. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Ferdinand Leopold Anton Graf.

Schönborn, Friedrich Karl Graf.

Harenberg, Johann Christoph.

Knight, Albrecht.

Feuerlein, Georg Christoph.

Portrait of the Guilh. Frid. Pistorius

Monogrammist JG (writer), Valkenburg, Dirk, Amsterdam, Houbraken, Jacob, Jan Goeree, Portrait of Jan Goeree, verso lower left - stamped, Half-length portrait of Jan Goeree in an oval with margin inscription in Latin. In his right hand he holds a rolled up sheet of paper. The portrait rests on a ledge on which a four-line verse in Dutch., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 169 mm, width 129 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1780, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1675-02-17 - 1721-02-01, after, after a painting by, writer

Portrait of Hieronymus Simons van Alphen, Jacob Houbraken, after Jan Maurits Quinkhard, in or after 1735 - 1742 print Portrait of Hieronymus Simons van Alphen in an illusionist three -dimensional oval, where his left hand crosses the edge. With caption in Dutch and Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving

Handel, Georg Friedrich.

Portrait of Christiaan Salomo Duijtsch. Bust to the right of Christiaan Salomo Duijtsch in an oval. The portrait rests on a baseboard on which paper and writing utensils. On the plinth a blank field for his name.

Artist: Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623-1678, Henri de Savoie, Duc deNemours, Engraving, platemark: 12 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (32.1 × 24.8cm), Made in France, French, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Ludewig, Johann Peter von Stecher: Sysang, Johann Christophverlag: Grunert, Johann Heinrich (Widow)

Portrait in half-figure of Johannes Visscher in a window frame. In front of him on the windowsill a Bible and in his left hand a paper. At the top his family crest, Portrait of Johannes Visscher, print maker: Jacob Houbraken, (mentioned on object), after: Jan Maurits Quinkhard, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1748 - 1750, paper, engraving, h 365 mm × w 268 mm

Portrait of Hermann Graf von L'Estoq

Portrait of the Ioanne Böhm

Lair, Jakob Gabriel.

Thoelden, Christoph.

Seydel, Friedrich .

Lamberg, Johann Philipp Graf von Publisher: Renger, Johann Gottfriedstecher: Bernigeroth, Martinverlagsort: Halle (Saale)

Portrait of Hendrik Ravesteijn, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik van den Bosch, 1742 print Portrait Ten Halven van Hendrik Ravesteijn at the age of 50 in an oval with edge script in Dutch. The portrait rests on a ledge on which a six -line verse in Dutch. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

Portrait of Heinrich Magnus Heigel at the age of 65, Georg Christoph Eimmart (II), after Johann Paul Auer, 1678 print Nuremberg paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers

Bonhoeffer, Johann Friedrich.

Portrait of Nicolaas Simon van Winter, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, 1771 - 1773 print Portrait of the poet Nicolaas Simon van Winter. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

Marchdrenker of Hugs, Karl Wilhelm.

Souls, Johann Heinrich von Publiker: Haid, Johann Jakobaler: Hude, Jürgen Matthias von derStecher: Haid, Johann Jakob

Portrait of the Philipp Iacob Spener

Portret van Johann Bernoulli, Johann Jacob Haid, after Johann Rudolf Huber (1668-1748), 1714 - 1767 print With caption in German. Augsburg paper etching historical persons. mathematics. drawing (mathematics). armorial bearing, heraldry. armillary sphere, skeleton celestial globe

Heucher, Johann Heinrich von.

Portrait of Cornelis Houthoff, Jacob Houbraken, after Jan Maurits Quinkhard, 1744 - 1745 print Cornelis Houthoff, half in a window, Bible in the right hand. Above him a curtain and for him some books and a sheet of paper. Under the portrait there are name and data in three lines in Latin and below two columns, each with an eight -line verse; left in Latin and right in Dutch Amsterdam paper engraving / etching the Bible as a book

Portrait van Christian Friedel, Johann Gottfried Seutter, after Johann Christian Fiedler, 1759 - 1800 print paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. writing accessories

Portrait of Herman van Loo, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, 1774 print Portrait of Hermannus van Loo in an oval. Under the portrait there are name and data in six lines in Dutch. Amsterdam paper engraving

Rivinus, Johannes Florens Stecher: Bernigeroth, Johann Martinmaler: Müller, Christian (1676)

Beverningk, Hieronymus van Schabkünstler: Bloteling, Abrahamverleger: Bloteling, Abraham

Portrait of Stephanus Johannes van Geuns, version A, Reinier Vinkeles (I) (attributed to), after Christiaan van Geelen, 1796 print Portrait of Stephanus Johannes van Geuns, professor of medicine, psychology and botany in Utrecht. Utrecht paper etching / engraving

Portrait van Christoph August Heumann, Michael Rössler, 1715 - 1777 print Nuremberg paper engraving historical persons. Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept). book

See, John Alborsen.

Amsterdam, Rijckhoff jr., Jacobus, Fournier, Jean, Houbraken, Jacob, Portret van Jean Rousset de Missy, verso lower left - stamped, Half-length portrait to the right of Jean Rousset de Missy behind a ledge with a four-line text in French., print, prent, prints, height 220 mm, width 163 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1747 - 1749, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, 1703 - 1754, after, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

. Portrait of Charles Rollin, French historian and professor, seated in a chair with a book in hand. At the bottom of the margin a four-line verse in French.

Wernau, Konrad Wilhelm of.

Portrait of Johann Daniel Moldenhawer

Portrait of Hendrik Bergh, Abraham Jacobsz. Hulk, after Johannes Cornelis Mertens, in or before 1785 print BostePortret in Ovaal to the left of Hendrik Bergh. To the right next to the portrait two books and a lance of freedom. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

Esgers, John.

Portrait of William IV, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, 1751 print Portrait of William IV, Prince of Oranje-Nassau surrounded with attributes belonging to peace, such as olive branch and hate of freedom. There are also attributes of the truth (the mirror) and the judiciary (the balance) around the portrait. Under the portrait an allegorical representation on a cloth over the peace. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Nicolai, Ernst Anton.

Wiser, Siegfried .

Balze, Etienne.

Heister, Elias Friedrich.

Portret van Christoph Timotheus Seidel, Jacob Andreas Fridrich (II), 1724 - 1758 print Augsburg paper engraving historical persons. ornament ~ medallion. book. armorial bearing, heraldry

Brastberger, Immanuel Gottlieb.

Portrait of Arnold Hoogvliet; Hoogvliet. Bust to the right of Arnold Hoogvliet in an oval medallion. The portrait is being held by two putti. The portrait rests on a pia stable on which a six-perished verse in Dutch. Behind the portrait books, rolls of paper and a winch and a trumpet. Above the portrait a laurel wreath.

Portrait of Gustaaf Willem Baron van Imhoff, Gustaaf Willem baron van Imhoff (1705-1750), Jacob Houbraken, 1708 - 1780, paper, etching

Portrait of the Ioanne Zacharias Platner

Worter, Jointene the schemes: Doucchi, Francesco (1692) Date: 1707/1737

Claproth, Johann Christian .

Portrait of Petrus Haack, poet and preacher in Amsterdam, print maker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), after: Adriaan de Lelie, Amsterdam, 1791, paper, etching, engraving, h 392 mm × w 265 mm

Pachelbel from Haufag, Wolfgang Gabriel.

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