Renaissance and Historical Figures

Engravings of prominent historical leaders and artists, emphasizing individuality and status through fashion and ornamentation.

Heinrich I, King of France.

Fermin, John.

Self-Portrait (The Trade Card of Anthoine Jacquard). Dimensions: sheet (cut within platemark): 16.6 x 11.9 cm (6 9/16 x 4 11/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Antoine Jacquard.

Pomponazzi, Pietro Publisher: Big, Johann II (heirs) Publisher: Leipzig

Ghirlandaio, Domenico .

Caricatural portrait of Cornelis van Oeveren. Caricatural portrait of Cornelis van Oeveren, wagon maker and leader of the Prinsbids in Rotterdam. A monkey sticks to the table and crown the portrait with a wreath of orange branches. On the basement an owl and a monkey at a bowl of porridge. In the middle of a jester with zotskap.

Chilperich I., King of the Franconia Stecher: Solis, Virgilius (the elderly)

Portrait of Joost van Trappen Banckers with praise, Portrait of Joost van Trappen Banckers, Vice Admiral of Zeeland. Received a necklace with a medallion from the States General after the Battle of Duins (1639). With calligraphed Dutch poem in two columns, Joost van Trappen Banckers, Johannes Looff (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1686, paper, engraving, h 487 mm × w 365 mm

Portrait of Emperor Frederik III; Portraits of members of the Austrian home; Austriacae Gentis Imaginum. .

Pen drawing by Martino Rota depicting a right-facing breast portrait in armor within an ornamental frame, executed with feather pen and laviert techniques.

Bust of young woman with helmet. Bust from a young woman to the left with richly decorated helmet on the head, in a cartouche, in which a deer head and at the top of a face.

Portrait of Maurits, Prince of Orange. Portrait of Maurits in an oval shaped by weapons of captured places. Eendracht and caution hold a laurel wreath above his head. In five small scenes the conquests in Geertruidenberg (1593), Groningen (1594), Turnhout (1597), Sint-Andries (1600) and Nieuwpoort (1600). Further rollerwork, weapon trophies and the pastors. At the bottom left and right the Dutch lion with a arrows bundle on the left and on the right a sword and lance with freedom hat. Furthermore, also the weapons of the Prince and of the States General. In the four corners four lines of Latin text.

Trotti, Bernhard .

Soderini Pietro Holzschnitt von Tobias Stimmer, aus: Buonanni Paul Paedotrophia of military power was once famous seven books from the author has dealt with, and now the same living museum to display the images explicitly Basel 1575.

Ornaments with the head of a warrior (Bartsch 160) Lucas de Leyde. Ornaments with the head of a warrior (Bartsch 160). Burin. 1527.

Mead, Richard .

Portrait of Charlemagne in medallion inside rectangular picture frame with ornaments; Carolus Magnus; The nine best. Portrait of Charlemagne as king with crown and sword in medallion inside rectangular picture frame with different animals and fantasy stations as ornaments.

Suleiman II, Sultan of Turkey Stecher: Bry, Theodor de

Portret van Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy, Nicolas Henri Tardieu, 1718 print Various coats of arms and emblems around his image. paper engraving / etching historical persons

Gregor I. The big, dad.

Seal of George I. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. kings , Great Britain , 18th century, George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727

Etching by Antonio Tempesta depicting Saint Thomas, the apostle, created between 1575 and 1600.

Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Anonymous, c. 1537 - 1613 print Statue of Marcus Aurelius on horseback, on the Capitol in Rome. Print is part of an album. paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. equestrian statue

Heinrich I., German King.

Sarkander, Johannes .

Portrait of the Sultane Solomache, 1596 print Around portrait of the sultane following an example of a coin. In a decorative frame with flowers, butterflies and insects, with Latin top and caption. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving Islam, Mohammedanism. ruler, sovereign - BB - female ruler

Portrait of the Sultane Salomache; Salomache Gobaei Uxor; Vitae et icones Sultanorum Turcicorum. Round portrait of the Sultane to example a coin. In a decorative frame with flowers, butterflies and insects, with Latin top and caption.

Portrait of the painter Jan van der Straet (Stradanus). His portrait is caught in an oval frame, surrounded by the female personifications of painting (left), drawing (top) and architecture (right). In the corners of emblems above which a motto in Latin, surrounded by decorations. Five words in Latin on either side of the portrait.

unknown, Amsterdam, King, Wilhelmus, Engelbrecht, Martin, Northern Netherlands, Sassen, Joost van, The Callotto resuscitato or Newly established Roman Cabinet, The Master of the Owl seeking to vacate his exterior Temple, The Wandering Jewish Master in search of the true temple, Nathan Hirschl of the Prague Jewish community Primates, and his own höbraischen Gesatzes approbierter Puppet-master, in his Schulkleydt, The Dwarf Wandering Jewish Master, 1716, The Dwarf Wandering Jewish Master. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print within a decorative frame printed from a separate plate with leaves and flowers. Numbered right center: 48. Part of the Dutch bound edition of 1716 of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as Het Dwergentooneel (The Dwarf Theater), copied after an older German example., print, caricature, books, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 160 mm, width 105 mm, height 275 mm, width 172 mm, 1755, print maker, printmaker, 1716 - 1716, paper, papier,

Portrait of Gaspar de Coligny, Jost Amman, 1573 print In a frame with left piety and right caritas with the slaughter at the bottom during the Bartholomes night. Nuremberg paper etching historical persons. armour. devotion, piety; 'Divotione' (Ripa). 'Pietas'; 'Pietí' (Ripa). massacre ~ war

Medal with portrait of briro. Cup of Brinno in medal. In the background a forest with figures of which one is dead on the ground.

Konrad III., King.

Sarpi, Paolo.

Ludwig IV., The Bayer Kaiser.

Title page for, W. Perkins, all works, Part 2, 1662

Barthélémi Trembled Roy Sculptor. AE 61. (IFF 519) (registered title)

Faith; Fides; The seven virtues. Landscape with the female personification of faith (Fides), one of three theological virtues, with a mislift and a opened book in her hands. In the background the sacrifice of Abraham. The performance is caught in an ornamental frame. Print from a series with the seven virtues.

Portrait of the jurist Alexander de Imola, in oval with marginal lettering Beneath the portrait a poem of praise, Portrait of Alexander de Imola Alexander Tartagnus Imolens , print maker: Theodor de Bry, print maker: Johann Theodor de Bry, Jean Jacques Boissard, (possibly), Frankfurt am Main, c. 1597 - c. 1599, paper, engraving, h 140 mm × w 100 mm

Cosimo I. de 'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Portret van Kardinaal Pietro Bembo; Penningen van Anton Francesco Doni; DONI MEDALS.PORTRAIT OF PIETRO BEMBO, CAUGHT IN AN ORNAMENTOD TABLE.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Croce in Gerusalemme05. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Cosmati pavement, architecture (facade). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, frescoes: "Leggenda della Santa Croce," Antoniazzo Romano (attr) & "S. Elena sale al cielo," Corrado Giaquinto; mosaic ceiling in Cappella di S. Elena; coats-of-arms German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Portrait of Roman King Albrecht II, 1559 Portrait of Roman-Koning Albrecht II, on a coin with edge script. 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 Roman-Koning Albrecht II, on a coin with edge script. 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

Margarito d'Arezzo .

Goodbyes, Filippo.

Portrait of Hieronymus Stalburger, Franz Brun (II), 1655 print Cologne paper engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry

unknown, Amsterdam, King, Wilhelmus, Engelbrecht, Martin, Northern Netherlands, Folkema, Anna, Buysen jr., Pieter van, The Callotto resuscitato or Newly created Two-Way Cabinet, The Famous Margot de l'Abime, Ciant de Diable en Duel, The Image of the Angry Griet, who spares neither death nor hell, Walper Höllriglin, Würthin und Zuchtm Hünerloch auff der Pastey, in a Triumphal House Process, The Dwarf Angry Griet as an Innkeeper, 1716, The Dwarf Angry Griet as an Innkeeper with a Burning Piece of Wood. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print within a decorative frame printed from a separate plate with animals and dwarfs. Numbered right center: 32. Part of the Dutch bound edition of 1716 of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as Het Dwergentooneel (The Dwarf Theater), copied after an older German example., print, picture, caricature, books, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 160 mm, width 105 mm, height 275 mm, width 172 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1716 - 1716

. Title print with a bust of an apostle with his chest forward but his head to the right. He lets his right hand rest on the list in which the product details are of the print.

Galba, Roman emperor.

Heinrich IV., King of France.

"Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting a medal featuring King Ferdinand of Hungary and Bohemia, showing detailed portraiture, heraldry, and decorative elements."

Ferrucci, Andrea Di Piero.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Bellini, Giovanni.

Portrait of Bartolomeo della Gatta, Italian (Florentine) painter, illuminator, and architect, 14481502. Don Bartolomeo, Abbate di San Clemente, Miniatore e Pittore. Woodcut from Giorgio Vasaris Le vite de piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, et architettori, The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Florence, 1678.

Johann Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan.

Nanni d'Antonio di Banco.

Albertus Durerus Noricus Inter Pictores Portrait of Albrecht Dürer. Hans Schwarz (German, 1492-after 1535). 1501 - 1600. Anonymous. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Venier, Sebastiano.

Allegorian portrait of Gaspard de Gusmán, Count of Olivares and Duke of San Lucar. Portrait of Gaspard de Gusmán, Count of Olivares and Duke of San Lucar, caught in a picture frame that has been awarded with the eternity symbol Ouroboros (the snake that bites in his own tail). There are coat of arms and a twelve-line poem on the Piewasher, in two columns in Latin. Angels are angels on each side with the attributes of Minerva (left) and Hercules (right). The print has an overscription in Latin.

Probus, Roman Emperor.

Pl. 79 LESCUS der II 6 FURST W: Teka Kolekcjonerska Wizerunki Królów Polskich or Lecha I Do Jana III, z: Kurtze description of the Gantzen Kingdom Pohlen in his landscapes Woywodschaffen Starosteyen Senators and Beamps. A register of all prince and kings from Prince Lechus, so Anno 550 come to the regiment biss on Fridericum Augustum, Chur Prince of Saxony So the 17/27 Juny ao. 1697. Has been bought. In Gülden A, B, C. Unknown, Wiering, Thomas Von (1640 1703)

Ivan IV., Zar from Russia.

GRABADO-RETRATO DE GUILLERMO PRINCIPE DE ORANGE EN ORLA. Author: BOUTAT GASPAR. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Carefa, Peter Aloysius.

Liberal from Verona.

Medallion in which Paris, seated against a tree, Adriaen Collaert, 1570 - 1618 print Paris holds the shepherd's staff in one hand and the apple in his other. In the frame is both at the top left and top right a unicorn. Shaded background. Part of series of 6 magazines with medallions in a frame of grotesken with flowers, garlands, animals and mascarons. Netherlands (possibly) paper engraving (story of) Paris (Alexander). unicorn

Portrait of Gilles Schey, Arnoud van Halen, 1683 - 1732 print Allegorical portrait of Admiraal Gilles Schey. In his hand the leader staff and a sea battle in the background. He wears a harness and has a chain with a medallion around his neck. The frame is decorated with flags, weapons and nautical elements. Amsterdam paper engraving battle (+ naval force). sailing-ship, sailing-boat. globe

Ethelred II., King of England.

Romano, Paolo.

Fabricius, Georg.

Möller, Arnold Stecher: Diricks, Dirkdatierung: 1640/1653

. Pieter van der Hulst at Halvenevave to the left, sitting for a painting. In his hand he holds a palette, brushes and paint stick. On the right through the window view of the city of Rome. Portrait in an oval with peripheral in Dutch. At the bottom of a four-line text on a cartouche in Dutch.

Gottfried II of Verdun, Duke of Niederlothringen.

Ludwig VI., The fat king of France.

Portrait of Ludovico Donati, 24th Minister General of the Franciscaner Order, Antonio Luciani (Attributed to), 1710 - 1738 print Italy paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Ludwig X, Duke of Bavaria, died 1545. He wears a fur-lined cape over a quilted doublet, stockings and leather shoes. From his sepulchral monument. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by I.M. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Buchner, Friedrich.

London, Islip, Adam, Cockson, Thomas, Title page for: Francis White, A Replie to Iesuit Fishers, 1624, Allegorical representation with Truth and Lies, verso - stamped, To the left of the title is a half-naked woman with a book, crown and palm branch in her hand, she personifies the Univocal Truth (Veritas univoca). On the other side is a woman with a mask and chameleon, as a personification of the Ambiguous Lie (Mendacium aequivocum). At the top is a crowned coat of arms between a lion and a unicorn. At the bottom is a cartouche with a hand holding a fishing net from the water grabs, with the motto Piscatoris rete habet ranas., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, sold by order of the Minister of Education, height 253 mm, width 163 mm, British, 1569 - 1640, print maker, printmaker, 1624 - 1624, paper, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Neptune Poseidon. Etching.

Coast, Lorenzo.

Portrait of Andreas Imhoff. .

PortraT van Galeazzo Visconti, Anonymous, After Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1575 print Print is part of an album. paper historical persons

Tank, Tobias.

Ferdinand I., Roman-German Kaiser.

Amsterdam, Bouwer and David le Jolle, Johannes (II), An Indian man and woman, verso above - handwritten in pencil, A standing Indian man with a spear and an Indian woman with a jug and cup. Surrounded by a frame of floral tendrils. Below the representation a two-line verse. Numbered top right: 75., print, folk print, folk prints, prints, verso - stamped, Jan gaarons, zyneeller, height 396 mm, width 320 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1809 - 1814, paper, woodcut, colours, letterpress printing, print maker, printmaker

Giuseppe da Carabantes.

Heinrich, Count of Tirol.

Elizabeth of Poland, according to seal or coin. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Bliżej Kultury Masieski, Jan (fl. Ca 1750 1800)

After-trailer points to Palace and Hoftuin; Den Nederlandsen gardener; Title page for: Jan van der Groen, Den Nederlandsen gardener, being the I. part of the Vermeeingijck Landt-Leven, 1670. A shower service stands for an open gate and points to the background. Through the gate one looks at a large, architectural booard and a palace. Two riders drive towards the gate.

Fisher, John .

Historical engraving, facsimile for the death of Hans Sachs, 1494 - 1576, Nuremberg poet, meistersinger and dramatist, Germany, Europe

Galbajo, Maurizio.

Portrait of Elizabeth I of England, Charles David, 1605 - 1638 print France paper engraving historical persons - BB - woman. ruler, sovereign - BB - female ruler. ornament ~ medallion. 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty

Fox, Wilhelm.

Carpi, Girolamo da.

Margarete, Queen of France.

Erato in Rolwerk Omlijsting, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching Erato (one of the Muses); 'Erato' (Ripa)

Bildnis Des Innocent 3.

Crescens by Mainz, Saint.

Portrait of Hendrik van Deventer and anatomical drawings of uterus with fetus, Hendrik van Deventer, 1701 print Portrait of Hendrik van Deventer in Ovaal on a pedestal between anatomical drawings of womb with fetus. Four Bible texts refer to the duty of the housewife to give birth to children. Netherlands paper etching / engraving uterus with foetus. womb, uterus

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