Portraits of Historical Figures

Paintings and oil portraits of notable historical figures, showcasing the artistry and styles of various periods, defined by detailed characterizations.

Portrait of a young man, manner of Filippino Lippi, 1750 - 1850

Master of the Lüneburg Last Judgement (Active ca. 1485). Portrait of a Young Man (ca. 1485). Oil on panel. 62 x 38.5 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

DanteAlighieri. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of a man, Anonymous, Jan Jansz Mostaert, 1535

DanteAlighieri, ca.1550, Oil on panel, 70.8 × 56.4 × 5.1 cm (27 7/8 × 22 3/16 × 2 in.), Made in Florence, Italy, Italian,Florence, 16thcentury, Paintings

Chancellor Leonhard von Eck (1480-1550) 1527 Barthel Beham German Barthel Beham and his older brother Sebald were renowned as printmakers as well as painters. They were active in Lutheran Nuremberg until 1525, when they were banished for opposing the Reformation. Barthel subsequently moved to Catholic Munich to serve as court painter to the Bavarian dukes William IV and Ludwig X. The sitter of this arresting portrait, Leonhard von Eck, was Chancellor to William IV and a powerful opponent of the Reformation. An engraving after this portrait is inscribed with Leonhard von Eck's name, his age (forty-seven), and the artists initials, with the date 1527.. Chancellor Leonhard von Eck (1480-1550) 435635

Giuliano de' Medici, Sandro Botticelli, circa 1478-1480, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

Martin Luther (1483-1546). German monk, icon of the Protestant Reformation. Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), 1532. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Portrait of a young man, manner of Filippino Lippi, 1750 - 1850

HENRY 'the Navigator' (1394-1460). Portuguese prince, son of John I. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Portrait of Cornelis Aerentsz van der Dussen (1481-1556). Portrait of Cornelis Aerentsz van der Dussen (1481-1556), Secretary of Delft from 1536. Halven thief, standing in front of a landscape, a paper in the left hand. Copy to a lost original.

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ca. 1515 Artist Unknown Oil on wood Museo de Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain

Portrait of a Man. Dating: c. 1530 - c. 1540. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: support: h 27.2 cm × w 20.7 cm × h 25.2 cm × w 19.2 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Portrait of a Young Man by Mostaert, Jan (1472/73-1555/56) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / c. 1520 / The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Portrait / 53x37 / Early Netherlandish Art

ENRIQUE EL NAVEGANTE (1394-1460). Príncipe portugués, hijo del rey Juan I de Avis. Retrato de la época. Museo de Arte Antiguo. Lisboa. Portugal.

Saint Damian (or Cosmas). Dating: 1465 - 1480. Measurements: h 45.5 cm × w 32 cm; d 10 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Bartolommeo Vivarini (attributed to).

Portrait of Louis XII, King of France (1498-1515), Perréal, Jean (c. 1460-1530)

Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani); Italian; Venice 1485-1547 Rome; Portrait of a Man; Said to be Christopher Colonebus (born about 1446; died 1506); Oil on canvas.

Portrait of Lodovico Martinengo by Bartolomeo Veneto (active 1502-1546) Italian painter. Dated 15th Century

Portrait of Jacob Hendricksz. van Swieten, formerly entitled Dirck Hendricksz van Swieten. Dating: 1626. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 73.5 cm × w 58 cm; d 5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

'Ezekiel', c. 1500, Oil on wood, 110 x 80 cm. Author: PEDRO BERRUGUETE. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA EULALIA. PAREDES DE NAVA. PALENCIA. SPAIN. EZEQUIAS REY.

A Knight of the Golden Fleece. Dated: c. 1495. Dimensions: overall: 68 x 53.7 cm (26 3/4 x 21 1/8 in.) framed: 74.9 x 61.6 x 6 cm (29 1/2 x 24 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.). Medium: oil on European walnut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 15th Century.

Portrait of a Lady Said to be Princess Sybille of Cleve, Half Length, Wearing a Black Costume, Gold Chain, and an Elaborate Headdress, Holding a Book and a Rose Bud. Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder (1493-1555). Oil on panel. 48.2 x 35.5cm.

Przeszo Przyszoci unknown

Portrait of Hans Holbein's wife Elsbeth at Kensington Palace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884.

Portrait of Francis I (1494-1547), King of France. Date/Period: Between ca. 1532 and ca. 1533. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 72.1 cm (28.3 in); Width: 59.2 cm (23.3 in). Author: JOOS VAN CLEVE.

Saint Matthias ( ) and a Donor; Saint Andrew (reverse) 1520-1525 Northern Netherlands. Oil on panel . Workshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen

'Portrait of an Old Man'. Italy, Circa 1520. Dimensions: 61x50,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: RIDOLFO GHIRLANDAIO.

Portrait of Jacoba of Bavaria, Countess of Holland and Zeeland, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, Anonymous, after c. 1480

Portraits of Leo X (1475-1521) Cardinal Luigi de' Rossi and Giulio de Medici (1478-1534) - 1518 - 155,5x119,5 cm - oil on panel - Italian Renaissance. Author: RAFAEL SANZIO O RAFAEL DE URBINO (1483-1520). Location: PALACIO PITTI-GALERIA PALATINA. Florenz. ITALIA. GIULIO DE MEDICI 1478/1534 PAPA CLEMENTE VII. JUAN DE MEDICIS LEON X (1475/1521). JUAN DE MEDICIS-PAPA LEON X. LORENZO DE MEDICIS (HIJO). GIOVANI DE LORENZO DE MEDICIOS LEON X (1475/1521). LUIS DE ROSSI (1474-1519) CARDENAL ROSSI.

MACHIAVELLI, Niccol÷ (1469-1527). Italian writer, thinker and politician. Anonymous portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli. Oil on canvas. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery).

DURER, Albrecht (1471-1528). Emperor Maximilian I. 1519. Renaissance art. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).

F PEDRO DE VALDERRAMA-RELIGIOSO AGUSTINO-1550/1611. Location: BIBLIOTECA COLOMBINA. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. VALDERRAMA FRAY PEDRO.

Italy, Tofanelli, Stefano, Florence, Morghen, Raphael, Portrait of poet Dante Alighieri, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 326 mm, width 234 mm, Italian, 1758-06-19 - 1833-04-08, print maker, printmaker, 1768 - 1833, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, 1752-09-25 - 1812-11-29, intermediary draughtsman

Saint Catherine of Siena. Lo Spagna (Giovanni di Pietro); Italian, active 1504-28. Date: 1510-1515. Dimensions: 107.8 × 50.3 cm (42 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)Painted surface: 103.8 × 49 cm (40 7/8 × 19 1/4 in.). Tempera and oil on panel. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Giuliano de' Medici, Sandro Botticelli, 1478, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

BOTTICELLI, Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, also called Sandro (1445-1510). Giuliano de' Medici. ca. 1480. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Florentine school. Tempera on wood. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Bergamo. Galleria dell'Accademia Carrara (Carrara Academy Gallery).

Raphael / Portrait o.a Cardinal / c.1510

Chabannes, Jacques de.

Niccol di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 - 21 June 1527) was a Florentine historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer during the Renaissance. He was for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. Macchiavelli was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is renowned in the Italian language. He was Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. He wrote his masterpiece, The Prince, after the Medici had recovered power and he no longer held a position of responsibility in Florence. His views on the importance of a strong ruler who was not afraid to be harsh with his subjects and enemies were most likely influenced by the Italian city-states, which due to a lack of unification were very vulnerable to other

Philipp I. The beautiful, king of Spain.

Portraits of Cornelius Duplicius de Scheppere and his wife Elizabeth Donche. Date/Period: Ca. 1540. Diptych. Oil on panel. 30.1 × 54 cm (11.8 × 21.2 in). Author: AMBROSIUS BENSON.

Mermann von Schoenberg and I suspend, Thomas.

'John of Austria the Younger' (), 17th century, Oil on canvas, 83 x 60 cm. Author: ANONIMO MADRILEÑO SIGLO XVII. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. JUAN JOSE DE AUSTRIA. FELIPE IV HIJO. CARLOS II HERMANO. CALDERONA LA HIJO.

Artist, copy after: Antonis Mor, Netherlandish, ca. 1517-1575, CharlesV, Oil on wood, 45 × 31.6 cm (17 11/16 × 12 7/16in.), Made in The Netherlands, Netherlandish, 16thcentury, Paintings

Saint Matthias () and a Donor; Saint Andrew (reverse). Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen or workshop; Netherlandish, 1470/75-by 1533. Date: 1520-1525. Dimensions: 54.4 x 22.9 cm (21 7/16 x 9 in.)Image (front): 49.2 x 18.3 cm (19 3/8 x 3/16 in.). Oil on panel. Origin: Northern Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Workshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen.

Portrait of a young Man. Date/Period: 1583 - 1585. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 345 mm (13.58 in); Width: 285 mm (11.22 in). Author: Ludovico Carracci.

'Portrait of a Woman (Portrait of Rebecca De Wolf)'. Holland, 1658. Dimensions: 63x55 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jan de Braij.

Richard III. Date/Period: Before 1626. Painting. Oil Chamfered oak panel. Height: 578 mm (22.75 in); Width: 448 mm (17.63 in). Author: British School.

Portrait of Francis I (1494-1547), King of France, Duke of Brittany, Count of Provence by Clouet, Jean (c. 1485-1541) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / 1515 / France / Oil on wood / Portrait / 35x25

Sassoferrato (Italia, Marche, provincia di Ancona), Pinacoteca Civica. Scuola Toscana del XVI secolo, Ritratto degli Uomini Illustri di Sassoferrato, il giurista Bartolo da Sassoferrato.

DIEGO DE MENDOZA. Location: BIBLIOTECA COLOMBINA. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. DIEGO DE MENDOZA-CORREGIDOR DE INDIOS.

Antoine Baumé (1728-1804), chemist. Oil painting.

GIULIANO DE MEDICIS - DETALLE DEL ROSTRO (CONJ Nº 75033) - SIGLO XV - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: SANDRO BOTTICELLI. Location: NATIONAL GALLERY. WASHINGTON D. C.

Pope Leo X, 1475 - 1521, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici. After a painting by Raphael.

Maximilian I (1459 1519);King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486. Portrait by Albrecht Durer. Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was always too risky. He was the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eleanor of Portugal. He ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his father's reign, from c. 1483 to 1493.

Augsburg, Haid, Johann Jacob, Portrait of Georges des Marées, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 407 mm, width 275 mm, German, 1704-02-10 - 1767-12-09, print maker, printmaker, 1714 - 1767, paper, papier, mezzotint, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

ADRIAN VI (Utrecht 1459-Rome, 1523). Dutchman Pope (1522-1523), named Adrian Florisz. Successor to Pope Leo X. Copy of the original portrait by Jan Van Scorel. Episcopal Palace. Tortosa. Catalonia.

Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Pisanello, Antonio (1395-1455)

Portrait of the Jester Calabazas, c. 1631-32. Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660). Oil on canvas; framed: 199.3 x 133.1 x 12.7 cm (78 7/16 x 52 3/8 x 5 in.); unframed: 175 x 106 cm (68 7/8 x 41 3/4 in.). Calabazas, a jester in the court of King Philip IV of Spain, had physical and mental disabilities, a state that the artist emphasizes, rather than tries to hide. While the Spanish court prized and doted upon people with disabilities such as Calabazas, Velázquez transformed their depiction in portraiture. This startling work uses the format of the formal, full-length court portrait to present a type of person who was generally perceived as marginal at this point in history and profoundly humanizes him.

Portrait of a Man, Anonymous, 1655

Young Man Laughing, by Carracci Annibale, 1583 - 1584, 16th Century, oil on paper lined with canvas. Italy, Lazio, Rome, Borghese Gallery. Whole artwork. Male figure half-bust. The head is just tilted forward. Mischievously smiling face with red cheeks and nose. He wears a dark suit with wide white collar similar to a gorget. On his head, he wears a strange white.

Desiderius Erasmus 1466 1536, , known as Erasmus of Rotterdam was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest. Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/14981543). dated to the first quarter of 16th century; oil on panel

EL OBISPO TAVIRA - SIGLO XIX. Author: LUIS DE LA CRUZ Y RIOS. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

NICOLAS KRATZER - 1528 - OIL ON WOOD - 83 × 67 cm - GERMAN RENAISSANCE. Author: HANS HOLBEIN EL JOVEN (1497-1543). Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.

Painting titled 'A Man aged 38' by Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) a Dutch painter and engraver. Dated 16th Century

A Gentleman possibly John Wensley; 1670s Oil on canvas Unidentified artist American; active in the 17th century

Philip de Commynes, Seigneur d'Argentan, chronicler and councillor to Louis XI of France. From a drawing in the Recueil d'Arras.

Nicolas Antonio (1617-1684). Spanish bibliographer. Portrait. Engraving. Colored.

Portrait of a Man in a Tall Hat. Dated: c. 1663. Dimensions: overall: 121.3 x 94 cm (47 3/4 x 37 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rembrandt.

Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere or Donnino di Domenico del Mazziere, Italian (1466-1513), Portrait of a Youth, c. 1495-1500, oil on panel transferred to canvas and solid support

Self-portrait / Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull. Date/Period: Ca. 1519-1524. Oil on oak. Height: 42.6 cm (16.7 in); Width: 33 cm (12.9 in). Author: AELBRECHT BOUTS.

Portrait of Cardinal Carlo de' Medici, 1450-1466, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Tempera on wood, 40.5x29.5

Portrait of Artur Grottger; Maleszewski, Titus (1827-1898); 1866-1875 (1866-00-00-1875-00-00);Grottger, Artur (1837-1867), Grottger, Artur (1837-1867)- iconography, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw- 1860-1940)- collection, hats, Polish history, portraits of artists, men's portraits, January uprising (1863- 1864), Surduty

Theodoric II. (died 466). Was the eight of Visigoths from 543 to 466. Engraving. Colored.

RETRATO. Author: ANTONELLO DE MESSINA (1430-1479). Location: GALERIA BORGHESE. Rome. ITALIA.

Venetian 16th c (Washington) Venetian 16th Century, Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1505, oil on panel, Widener Collection 1942.9.96

Portrait of a Man, Francesco Bonsignori, Italian, ca. 1460-1519, Black chalk on brown paper mounted on paper, Portrait bust of a man wearing a cap and fur-trimmed coat. Framing lines., Lombardy, Italy, ca. 1510, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Nicholas Kratzer, Holbein, Hans, the Younger, .

Double portrait of Andrzej Potocki (d. 1691), Crown Field Hetman and Anna née Rysia; around 1700-1800 (1780-00-00-1800-00-00);Leszczyc (coat of arms), Pilawa (coat of arms), Potocki, Andrzej Stefan (1920-1995) - collections, aristocracy, women, Polish miniatures, men, portraits, family, costumes

Cosimo Rosselli; Italian; Florence 1440-1507 Florence; Portrait of a Man; ca 1481-82; Tempera on wood.

Portrait of a Man 1521 Tommaso Fiorentino (Tommaso di Stefano Lunetti) Italian This portrait, with the sitter intriguingly pointing out of the picture, is the only signed work by Tommaso di Stefano Lunetti, who was the son of a miniaturist and a pupil of Lorenzo di Credi. The figure is set before an architectural background, which accords with the sixteenth-century biographer Giorgio Vasaris statement that the artist was also an architect.. Portrait of a Man. Tommaso Fiorentino (Tommaso di Stefano Lunetti) (Italian, Florentine, ca. 1495-1564). 1521. Oil on wood. Paintings

Fray Miguel de Contreras (siglos XV-XVI). Fraile Trinitario español. Retrato. Museo de la Misericordia de Porto (Museu da Misericordia do Porto). Oporto (Porto). Portugal.

German 16th century (Augsburg), Portrait of a Man Wearing a Hat with a Medallion, 1520-1540, black, red, and yellow chalks on laid paper

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, known as Cardinal Cisneros (1436-1517). Cardinal, archbishop of Toledo, Primate of Spain and 3rd General Inquisitor of Castile. Portrait, detail. Engraving by Antonio Roca Sallent. Later colouration. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853. Author: Antonio Roca Sallent (1813-1864). Spanish engraver.

Portrait of a Man with Carnation, by Jan van Eyck (1390-1441).

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519, Italian painting, oil on canvas. The inscription stating the sitter as Columbus was probably added after the painting was made and identification of the sitter is debated. The link to Columbus was strengthened when Theodor de Bry published an engraved portrait of Columbus based on this painting (BSLOC_2017_10_110)

Schweinfurt, St Salvator. portrait of the reformer Georg Splatin (1484 - 1545) Copy after the original painting by Lucas Cranach, St., Sankt, Saint

Philipp Melanchthon , Cranach the Elder

Portrait of King Louis XI of France (1423-1483) a monarch of the House of Valois. Dated 15th Century

Samuel Parr 1747 to 1825 English schoolmaster and man of letters, scholar, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Portrait of a Young Man ca. 1472-75 Hans Memling Netherlandish One of the most sought-after Netherlandish portrait painters of his time, Memlings meticulous attention to detail is notable in the remarkable naturalism of the sitters physiognomy and the texture of his velvet, fur-trimmed tunic. The young man was likely one of the many Florentine visitors to, or residents of, Bruges, several of whom commissioned portraits from the artist. It appears that shortly after it was painted, the panel was sent to Florence, where it provided inspiration to Italian artists, who deeply admired Netherlandish painting. A Madonna and Child (Louvre, Paris) painted about 1476-77 and variously attributed to Verrocchio and Ghirlandaio, includes the same landscape vista and classicizing columns. The Italianate columns, which indicate Memlings familiarity with Italian art and would have pleased his Florentine patron, illustrate that the relationship between Northern and Southern European artists was one o

Gregor Angrer , Gemaelde 1519

Portrait of a Young Man 1530s Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) Italian The identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged to Bronzinos close circle of literary friends in Florence and probably holds a book of poetry. The artist was himself a poet, delighting as much in the beauty of language as he did in the witty and fanciful details of his paintings. Here, viewers would have appreciated the carved grotesque heads on the table and chair, and the almost hidden, masklike face suggested in the folds of the youths breeches as comments on masks and disguises. They contrast with the youths own handsome looks. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #5102. Portrait of a Young Man, Part 1 Play or pause #2217. The Art of Dress: Portrait of a Young Man, Part 1 Play or pause #2231. The Art of Dress: Portrait of a Young Man, Part 2 Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not availa

Photo production of a self -portrait of Rafaël, c. 1860 - c. 1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of sights in Italian cities and artworks. Florenceafter painting by: Italy photographic support albumen print portrait, self-portrait of artist

Portrait of Fridrich Rorbach, painting by Conrad Faber von Kreuznach, a German painter and draughtsman for the woodcut and a master of Renaissance portraiture, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Hans Leonard Schäufelein, Portrait of a Man, c 1507 Portrait of a Man

A copper engraving print by Ambrogio Giovanni Figino created between 1650 and 1701 depicting Karl Borromäus, showing facial features, clerical attire, and portrait composition.

Painting by Gerard Terborch, Late Dutch School; "Portrait of a Gentleman", Oil on Wood

LOUIS II, 1377-1417, Duke of Anjou, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem

Portrait of a young man, ca. 1508, painting by Hans Süss von Kulmbach, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original .

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