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Classic portraits of notable historical figures from the 15th to 16th centuries, featuring rich clothing and subtle expressions.

Portrait of Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy, by Anonymous artist, c. 1500, Netherlandish painting, oil on panel. Philip wears a black jerkin over a pleated white shirt, and a fur lined brocade gown. The pendant of the Order of the Golden Fleece is worn around his neck (BSLOC_2016_2_245)
Portrait of Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy, by Anonymous artist, c. 1500, Netherlandish painting, oil on panel. Philip wears a black jerkin over a pleated white shirt, and a fur lined brocade gown. The pendant of the Order of the Golden Fleece is worn around his neck (BSLOC_2016_2_245)
163 assets in this story
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PHILIP I, Duke of Pomerania, drawing
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Portrait of Henry II 1560, Clouet, Francois, 1560.
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Francis I 12 September 1494, 31 March 1547, was the first king of France from the Angouleme branch of the House of Valois, who reigned from 1515 until his death, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original
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Alfons III the Liberal. Date/Period: 1427. Painting. Tempera on pine wood. Height: 565 mm (22.24 in); Width: 452 mm (17.79 in). Author: Jaume Mateu.
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FERNANDEZ DE CORDOBA, GONZALO. " EL GRAN CAPITAN" MILITAR ESPAÑOL. MONTILLA 1453-1515 OLEO DE EDUARDO CARRIO INSTITUTO DE ESPAÑA. MADRID.
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Man with a Roman Coin, by Hans Memling, circa 1473, Rockoxhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe
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Ambrosius Benson (Lombardy, ca. 1495-Bruges, 1550). Gentleman Praying (ca. 1525). Oil on panel. 35.5 x 26 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
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Bartolomé González / 'El archiduque Leopoldo, cuñado de Felipe III', 1608-1617, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 120 cm x 101 cm, P01271. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. LEOPOLDO DE HABSBURGO V.
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Portrait of Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574) in armour by Bronzino, Agnolo (1503-1572) Art Gallery of New South Wales ca 1545 Oil on wood 117,5x98,5 Italy, Florentine School Renaissance Portrait Painting
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Peter Paul Rubens 1577 n 1640 Flemish painter, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Portrait of the Tsarina Natalia Naryshkina (1651-1694), Anonymous
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Edmund Spenser, 1552-1553, 13 January 1599 was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original
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Henri d'Albret (1503-55), King of Navarre. Artist: Léonard Limosin (ca. 1505-1575/1577). Culture: French, Limoges. Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (19.1 x 14.3 cm). Date: 1556.Léonard Limosin was the greatest enamel painter working in the style of the School of Fontainebleau, Italian Mannerists and French artists active at the French court from about 1530 to 1570. Limosin's enameled portraits are numerous, and he has been ranked, along with Jean Clouet (1486-1540) and Corneille de Lyon (before 1500-1574), as the best portrait painter of Renaissance France. This plaque, one of at least six based on a drawing attributed to Limosin (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris), portrays the brother-in-law of the French king, François I (1497-1547), who ruled the independent kingdom of Navarre from 1518 until 1555. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Portrait of Wyatt Eaton. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1878. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Thomas Howard 1st Earl of Suffolk Lord Howard of Walden 1561-1626 English Admiral and Knight of the Garter, Thomas Howard 1st Earl of Suffolk Lord Howard of Walden 1561-1626 English Admiral and Knight of the Garter Engraved by Bocquet 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
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Tsar ALEXIS of Russia, 1629-76 , 17th century
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Pilgrim; about 1530-40; Oil on Masonite transferred from panel Jan van Scorel; Netherlandish; 1495-1562
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Portrait of Christoph Baumgartner (1514-1586), Amberger, Christoph (ca. 1500-1562)
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Portrait of Fr. Florian Wolski (1695-1748). unknown, painter
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Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). Dimensions: 16 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (42.2 x 32.4 cm), with added strip of 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) at bottom. Date: 1532.During his second sojourn in England (1532-43) Holbein made portraits for a new clientele, the German merchants of the Hanseatic League, whose guildhall was located in the London Steelyard. The sitter, whose ring displays the arms of the Wedighs of Cologne, is probably Hermann von Wedigh III, portrayed at age twenty-nine. The Latin quotation on the sheet of paper in the foreground, reading "Truth breeds hatred," comes from the Roman comedy <i>Andria</i> by Terence, popular among Humanists. The inserted slip of paper could thus refer to the book's content and perhaps have served as the sitter's personal motto. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Cosimo I de Medici in Armor 1545 Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572 Italian) Oil on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
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Genoese Man, Dyck, Anthony van
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Copy from the Titian self -portrait; Thil, Wilhelime Louise Du (1782-1819); 1816 (1816-00-00-1816-00-00);Hesja (Germany), Hessen und Bei Rhein, Ernst Ludwig (Grossherzog - 1868-1937) - collections, artists, copies, painters, foreign miniatures, men, portraits, men's portraits
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Portrait of Giuliano de Medici, ca 1478-1480, by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), tempera on wood, 54x36 cm.
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Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Portrait. Colored engraving.
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Portrait of a Young Man. Dated: c. 1505. Dimensions: overall (maximum height and width): 28.1 x 23.3 cm (11 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.) overall (minimum height and width): 27.9 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Venetian 16th Century.
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Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 or 1498 - 1543 (artist),Portrait of Sir Brian Tuke, oil on pane. Tuke was Treasurer and secretary to Henry VIII the king of England.
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PAINTING LIST, c. 1400 - c. 1950
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Pedro de la Gasca o Pedro de Lagasca (Navarregadilla, 1485-Sigüenza, 1567). Sacerdote, funcionario, diplomático y militar español. Asignado en 1546 presidente de la Real Audiencia de Lima con la misión de acabar con la rebelión de Gonzalo Pizarro en el Virreinato del Perú. De ahí el apelativo de "el Pacificador". Grabado. Detalle. La Ilustración Española y Americana. 22 de Agosto de 1876. Coloreado.
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Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder (1493-1555). German painter. Portrait of a Man and His Three Sons. Late 1530s-early 1540s. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
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Don Juan of Austria (1547 - 1578)known as Don John of Austria, and in Spanish as Don Juan de Austria was an illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He became a military leader in the service of his half-brother, Philip of Spain and is best known for his naval victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
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Portrait of Emmanuel I (1469-1521), King of Portugal. Lisbon, Naval museum. Location: MUSEO NAVAL. LISBOA. PORTUGAL. MANUEL I. VON PORTUGAL. MANUEL I DE PORTUGAL.
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COPERNICUS, Nicolaus (1473-1543). Polish astronomer. Tempera.
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Accademia carrara art gallery: leonello d'este, pisanello, 1441, bergamo, Italy
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Portrait of the Elector Palatine Otto Henry (1502-1559), Gertner, Peter (c. 1495/1500-after 1541)
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Portrait of Jakob Fugger   , Fine Art
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Portrait of a man 30 years, 1525. Attributed to Hans Wertingen, circa 1465 / 1470-1533. Oil on canvas attached on wood
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Aristocrat, detail of Saint Francis canonized by Pope Gregory IX, polychrome terracotta statue by Dionigi Bussola (1615-1687), 20th Chapel, Sacred Mountain of Orta (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2003), Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy, 17th century.
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Hieronymous Holzschuher, Albrecht Durer, 1526, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Allegory of Good Government, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1340, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala della Pace. Detail. Sienese army horse armor.
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Philipp der Gute, Philippe le Bon, 31. Juli 1396, 15. Juni 1467, war von 1419 bis zu seinem Tod Herzog von Burgund als Philipp III, Historisch, digita...
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Saint Sebastian; late 15th century Oil on panel Antonello da Messina Italian; Sicilian; 1430-1479
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Portrait of Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, later 1st Earl of Nottingham, 1576. Nicholas Hilliard (British, c. 1547-1619). Watercolor on vellum in a gilt metal frame; framed: 5.2 x 4.8 cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.); unframed: 4.9 x 4.4 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.).
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Luther auf dem Totenbett / Portrait of Martin Luther on his Death-bed. Date/Period: Ca. 1600. Mixed media on panel. Height: 47 cm (18.5 in); Width: 32.5 cm (12.7 in). Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder.
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Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Correggio, 1489 () -1534). Portrait of a Man (ca. 1520). Oil on canvas. 55 x 40 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
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Saint Jerome, Unknown artist.
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Philip the Good, Philippe le Bon, 31 July 1396, 15 June 1467, was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death as Philip III, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original
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Portrait of Jakob Fugger, 1459 - 1525, German businessman, digitally edited Portrait of Jakob Fugger, 1459 - 1525, German businessman, digitally edited Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21911389
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Henry VI 1421, 1471 King of England from 1422, 1461 and from 1470-1471 from the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated
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Self Portrait 1500 Albrecht Durer (1471-1528  German) Oil on wood panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
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Philipp Cluver, also Kluwer, Cluwer, Cluvier, Philippus Cluverius or Philippi Cluverii, 1580 to 1622. Early modern German geographer and historian. From the book Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Portraits of Claude of Lorraine and Antoinetta of Bourbon, by Leonard Limosin (ca 1505-ca 1575), enamel. France, 16th century.
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Portrait of a young man, by Andrea Solario (ca 1465-1524).
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A Donor Presented by a Saint ca. 1460-65 Circle of Dieric Bouts Netherlandish In later centuries, altarpieces were sometimes dismantled and cut into smaller fragments. In this case, the original religious panel included a full-length portrait of the kneeling donor. At some point he was cut out from the waist up, and the background was repainted in a uniform, dark color to make the painting look like an independent portrait. With the overpaint now removed, the panels fragmentary condition is evident, for we see the cloak and arm of the donors patron saint, possibly Saint John the Baptist, presenting him to the now-lost object of his devotion formerly at the right.. A Donor Presented by a Saint 436284
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Portrait of Thomas Wyatt by Hans Holbein the Younger, Oil on wood, circa 1541, 1497-1543, Private Collection, D 32
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Portrait of a Gentleman, by Sellari Girolamo known as Girolamo da Carpi, 16th Century, oil on canvas, cm 77 x 57
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Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1445-1510). Italian painter. "Portrait of a man with a medal of Cosimo the Elder (1475-1476). Uffizi Gallery. Florence. Italy.
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Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici, oil on panel. Giovanni (1543-1562) was the second son of Cosimo I and Eleonora of Toledo. This was painted about 1550-1551, when Bronzino was working on a group of Medici family portraits.
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Portrait of King Edward the Fourth, Edward IV of England, born 1443, began reign 1461 and died 1483. In cap, doublet with gold chain, within ornate frame. Handcolored engraving by Cosmo Armstrong from Portraits and Characters of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to George the Third, John Harris, London, 1830.
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Edward Cecil 1. Viscount Wimbledon 1572 - 1638 Englischer Militär- und Seekommandant / Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 1572 - 1638 English military and naval commander From the book A catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors Volume II published 1806, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,
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Wac Aw Rzewuski; Polish painter; 1800-20 (1800-00-00-1820-00-00);
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England, London, Bankside. Image of Shakespeare outside Shakespeare's Globe.
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John Skelton, (born around 1460, died 21 June 1529 in London) was an English writer, coloured woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digital reproduction
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