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Renaissance Diplomats and Figures

Portraits of notable historical figures, including diplomats and archbishops, showcasing distinctive clothing and elaborate framing typical of the period.

Jean De Selve ( - 1529) - Italian-born diplomat in the French service, active in the Treaty of Madrid
Jean De Selve ( - 1529) - Italian-born diplomat in the French service, active in the Treaty of Madrid
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Portrait of Paul Pelisson; Pelisson, qui a laissé sa religion pour avancer ses affairs; Cartrents at Louis XIV and his consequence; Les Héros de la Ligue Ou La Procession Monacle, Conduite Par Louis XIV Pour La Conversion des Protestant de Son Royaume. The French author and historian Paul Pelisson, in a piping. To his neck a medallion with the French lily. The print is part of a series of cartooning at Louis XIV and its effect.
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Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 3/16 in. (15.8 × 10.7 cm)Plate: 5 5/8 x 3 13/16 in. (14.3 x 9.7 cm). Date: 1520.This small engraving shows Martin Luther as a monk of the Augustinian Order, which he joined in 1506. Lucas Cranach was a close friend and staunch supporter of Luther, who, in addition to producing some of the most lifelike images of the man, conveyed an abiding Lutheran spirit in many of his paintings and prints. This image was produced in 1520, the year Luther published a series of pamphlets in which he questioned the church's sale of indulgences and denied the supremacy of the pope. Cranach supervised the printing of the pamphlets. The Medieval Latin inscription that runs beneath the image implies that, though Luther's reflections may be eternal, this piece of paper, its subject, and its artist will all pass away. Directly below the date in Roman numerals, Cranach include
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Gemma, Regionus Stecher: Boulonois, ESME DE
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Francesco Petrarch, 1304, 1374, was an Italian poet and historian. He is considered a co-founder of Renaissance humanism, Historical, digitally restor...
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Ahmed I, 1590 - 1617. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. After an 18th century engraving by an unknown artist.
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Giovanni II Bentivoglio (1443-1508). Italian noble. Engraving in The Universal History, 1881.
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Portrait van Willibald Pirckheimer, Albrecht Dürer, 1524 print Portrait (bust) of Willibald Pirckheimer, more or less on the left seen, with fur mantle. At the bottom a tablet with Latin text. Nuremberg paper engraving historical persons
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Aristotle (384-322 B.C). Greek philosopher. Engraving. Colored.
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Member of the commitments family, detail from the frescoes behind St Michael's altar, left transept in Cremona cathedral, Cremona, Lombardy. Italy, 14th century.
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Desiderius ERASMUS, 1469-1536, Dutch humanist scholar
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Medallion. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: H. 7 x W. 6 1/4 inches (17.8 x 15.9 cm). Date: early 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Portrait of Charles, Archduke of Austria and Infante of Spain () (Don Carlos), Peter Paul Rubens, 1587 - 1640, Don Carlos was the second son of King Philip III. He was two years younger than his brother, King Philip IV, whom he adored. He died at the age of 25. Rubens painted him in the half-side during his stay in Madrid in 1628, but it is not certain when this drawn portrait was created., draughtsman: Peter Paul Rubens, 1587 - 1640, paper, pen, brush, d 105 mm
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JOHN WIGHT printer Date: circa 1550
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Francesco II GONZAGA, d. 1519 Duke of Mantua, Italy
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TLUPANAMABU - SIGLO XVIII - EXPEDICION MALASPINA. Author: TOMAS SURIA (1761-1844). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Casti, giambattista.
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Portrait of Lucas van Leyden; Luca Leidano Pictori, et sculptori.; Pictorum Aliquot Celebruius Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Halven portrait to the left of Lucas van Leyden. Under the portrait his name and five rules in Latin. Print from part 2 of the Pictorum series Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies. Series of 72 artists' arrangements made by Hendrick Hondius I, Simon Frisius, Andries Jacobsz. Stock and Robert de baudous.
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'Willibald Pirckheimer', 1503, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Dürer
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Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) (23-79). Roman writer on natural history who died in the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 because, being eager to observe the phenomenon, he landed at Stabiae (Castellamare) and was soon stifled by the fumes. Woodcut from 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel (Nuremberg), 1493.
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Sir John Fortescue of Salden c. 1531, 1607, Chancellor of the Exchequer of England. From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary published 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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John Poines, 1792. Conrad Martin Metz (German, 1749-1827), after Hans Holbein (German, c. 1465-1524). Stipple hand-colored with watercolor; sheet: 54.4 x 40.7 cm (21 7/16 x 16 in.); platemark: 33 x 25.3 cm (13 x 9 15/16 in.).
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Edward VI, King of England, (1802).Artist: AW Warren
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Estrées, Carsar D 'Router: ROOSI, Giovanni Giramomo Deals: Voetin, Frotiny: Clauwet, Albertus sats
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CLEMENCE, queen of Louis X le Hutin, King of France Date: circa 1314
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'Portrait of Margaret of Navarre'. France, 16th century. Dimensions: 28,5x19,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist. 16th century.
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Bernardino Luini chalk drawing on brownish paper showing a half-length portrait of a beardless man wearing a beret, in profile to the left.
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Liuva II (583-603). Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 601 to 603. Colored engraving.
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Cangrande II of the Scala, Herr Von Verona und Vicenza.
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Portrait of the painter Jheronimus Bosch, Wierix (Rejected Attribution), After Jheronimus Bosch, 1572 print Portrait of the painter Jheronimus Bosch. In the margin a nine -raw caption, in three columns, in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving / letterpress printing portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Eskimo man, Arctic explorations in the years 1853, 1854, 1855 by Elisha Kent Kane. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860
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LUIS XII REY DE FRANCIA (1462-1515). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Bechstein, Johann Matthew.
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Garbo, Raffaellino del.
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Sir Thomas More, 7 February 1478, 6 July 1535, venerated in the Catholic Church as St. Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy
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Leaves Sonder-Soul and Heertje al-Te-Mooy; Heads of farmers and farmers. Print from a series of 12 prints with heads of farmers and farmers.
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Portrait of a Young Man of the Van Steynoert Family Netherlandish Painter Netherlandish. Portrait of a Young Man of the Van Steynoert Family 437210
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John Speed, 1552 to 1629, English historian and cartographer, colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digital reproduction.
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Odbitka wydawnicza avec la lettre, bez remarki, t. zw. belle epreuvere - luksusowa, wykonana na papierze cesarskim. Odbitka opatrzona została stemplem biura stemplowania rycin Cercle de la Librairie z literami HVH (porównaj: Lugt 438) gwarantującym jakość i wysokość nakładu. Rycina przygotowana została do produkcji już po śmierci Jasińskiego, który zmarł 8 sierpnia 1901 roku, prawdopodobnie przez zaprzyjaźnionego z grafikiem drukarza Charlesa Wittmanna i wówczas wydana (kwiecień 1902). Ukazało się 75 odbitek na papierze japońskim cesarskim oferowanych do sprzedaży w cenie 75 franków za egzemplarz. Więcej informacji: nr inw. Gr.Pol.21537.
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Portrait of botanicus and physician Andrea Cesalpino, Carlo Faucci, After Tommaso Gentili, 1739 - 1784 print Italy paper etching / engraving historical persons. botany
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Dr. John Jeffries 1745-1819 Bostoner Arzt Wissenschaftler und Militärchirurg Bekannt als Begleiter von Blanchard bei der ersten Überquerung des Ärmelkanals in einem Ballon / Dr. John Jeffries 1745-1819 Boston physician scientist and military surgeon Best known for accompanying Blanchard in first crossing of English Channel in a balloon From the book Wondeful Balloon Ascents or The Conquest of the Skies published c 1870, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,
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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, (October 28, 1466,1467,1469 to July 11,12, 1536) was a Dutch polymath and is the best known and most influential Renaissance humanist. Erasmus was a theologian, philosopher, philologist, priest, author and editor of over 150 books, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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Portret van allesandro laure, 1752 - 1766 print Print is part of an album. paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter
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Indian, here a man of the Eskimo, illustration from 1880 / Indianer, hier ein Mann der Eskimo, Inuit, Illustration aus 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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Regiomontanus, Johannes .
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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 21911313