Renaissance Portrait Engravings

Seventeenth-century engravings featuring elegantly dressed women, capturing the essence of beauty and societal roles in historical art.

Richly dressed standing woman, draughtsman: anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1675 - c. 1725, paper, h 293 mm × w 200 mm

Chichele, Sarah .

Bassi, Laura Maria Caterina Stecher: Haid, Johann Jakobmaler: Lutery,

Bruce, Margaret .

Portrait van Rosalba Carriera, Johann Elias Haid, after Johann Georg Bergmüller, 1757 - 1809 print paper historical persons - BB - woman. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ art; 'Arte' (Ripa). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. writing tools. ornament ~ cartouche

Long, Jane .

Helena Forman, wife of Rubens.

Queen Christina of Sweden. Dimensions: sheet: 26.1 x 19.6 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alexandre Tardieu after Sébastien Bourdon after Charles Auguste van den Berghe.

Portrait of Maria Leszczyńska, Queen of France, Jean Daullé, After Louis Tocqué, in or after 1763 print Paris paper etching / engraving historical persons - BB - woman. queen

Head of a Young Woman 1720-83 Francesco Polanzani. Head of a Young Woman. Francesco Polanzani (Italian, Noale near Venice 1700-after 1783 Venice ()). 1720-83. Etching. Prints

Anna, Princess of England Stecher: Sysang, Johann Christoph

Antoine Francois Dennel after Jean Honoré Fragonard, S'il m'etoit aussi fidele S'il m'etoit aussi fidele

Clorinde , from the 10 Figures series Bust of young women Falck, Jeremias (approx. 1610 1677)

Portrait of Carolina, Princess of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of carolina in an oval with peripheral. There is a number of allegorical objects around. On relief an allegorical performance in which Minerva de Jonge Carolina points to father's time.

Autumn; The autumn.; The four Seasons. Allegorical representation of autumn. A woman holds a jar in hand and packs fruit with the other hand from a basket, held by a putto. In addition to her, some baskets are with fruits. The print is part of a series of four prints with the four seasons.

Bronze Age, from the first Four Ages of Man” series Le Blond, Jean (1635 1709), Falck, Jeremias (CA 1610 1677)

Rath, Gisela Agnes Countess of Nienburg.

Self -portrait of Pieter Schenk, Pieter Schenk (I), After Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1680 - 1713 print The print maker and publisher Pieter Schenk stands for a drapery. A landscape in the background. Amsterdam paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter. portrait, self-portrait of artist. wig

A 1750 copper engraving by Jean Daullé depicting Elector Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland, showing her in royal attire with crown and regalia.

Portrait of the Johanna Elisabeth Day born Hausnerin

Portrait of aNoblewoman. Artist, style of: Eugène-Louis-Gabriel Isabey, French, 1803-1886

Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, Miss Harriet Powell, 1769-1770. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.

Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame late 18th century Johann Esaias Nilson German. Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame 399144

Portrait of Laura Justa Petri Victoris Pisani On a plaque below the portrait her name In a frame her motto, Portrait of Laura Justa Petri Victoris Pisani, print maker: Cristoforo dall'Acqua, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Antonius Pirani, (mentioned on object), Vicenza, 1744 - 1787, paper, h 164 mm × w 112 mm

Artist: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617, The Nine Muses: Terpsichore, #5 in a series of9, Engraving, 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (24.7 × 16.5cm), Made in The Netherlands, Dutch, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Portrait of Princess Catherine Dashkova by Gavriil Ivanovich Skorodumov, copper engraving, 1777, 1755-1792, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 26, 7x21

Bust of a lady, three quarters to the left, Portrait of a lady with a high haircut., draughtsman: John Faber (I), 1660 - 1721, parchment (animal material), pen, h 106 mm × w 106 mm, d 63 mm

Portrait of a distinguished lady, hip piece, almost entirely from the front.

Girl with mirror in hand, Martin Dichtl, 1649 - 1710 print paper mirror. girl (child between toddler and youth). making toilet

Woman with a dog, Jan van Somer, 1655 - 1700 print There is a woman under a drapery. She strokes a dog sitting on the table next to her. A pearl necklace around her neck. paper dog. necklace (+ women's clothes)

The clean shepherdess.

Diana in a round frame, Jacob Matham, 1602, draughtsman: Jacob Matham, 1602, paper, brush, d 120 mm × d 137 mm

Vanity, Gillis van Breen, After Anonymous, c. 1585 - c. 1615 print A standing woman in a landscape, a hair needle in the hairstyle, a mirror in hand. Her skeleton can be seen under her open rich dress. A skull on her feet. Front right is a flowerpot with flowering lilies (life), in front of a fire pot with a deaf fire (death). In the background is the same woman with a mirror next to a man who lifts her dress and looks at the frame. Haarlem paper engraving (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilití humana, Fugacití delle grandezze & della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanití (Ripa). mirror. accessories (~ clothing). hairdress - AA - ~ women. neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes). looking in the mirror; (possibly: contemplation of own beauty - AA - (for) women). (human) skeleton - AA - female human figure

Vanity. A standing woman in a landscape, a hairdryer in the hairstyle, a mirror in hand. Her framework can be seen under her rich wapon. A skull at her feet. At the front right is a flowerpot with flowering lilies (life), left a fire pot with upward fire (death). In the background the same woman stands with mirror in addition to a man who lifts her crock and looks at the frame.

Portrait of Anna de Hooghe (1645-1717), fourth wife of the artist, Portrait of Anna de Hooghe, draughtsman: Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1680 - 1690, parchment (animal material), h 145 mm × w 126 mm

Copper engraving and etching by Johann Georg Wille from 1743 depicting a portrait of Elizabeth the Gay, showing facial features, attire, gestures, and compositional elements in mid-18th-century European prints.

Bust of a young woman, monogram miss IF (engraver), 1650 - 1700 print Bust of a woman who looks to the left. A chain around her neck. Netherlands paper etching chest, bust - AA - female human figure. necklace

Woman with a stork, anonymous, 1650 - 1800 print A woman, with a branch in the hand, lets her foot rest on a ball. There is a stork next to her. A landscape with a country house and garden can be seen through the window. On the country house a stork nest with a stork. paper shore-birds and wading-birds: stork. garden

Catherine of Braganza, consort of King Charles II. Mezzotint by H. H. Quiter after P. Lely, 1678.

Portrait of Maria II Stuart, Pieter Schenk (I), 1688 - 1711 print Portrait of Maria II with a crown in a broken oval with edge. A scepter in her right hand. Two columns with four lines each Dutch text each in the lower margin. Amsterdam paper

Richard Houston, ca. 1721-1775, British, Miss Catherine Wodhull, 1772. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Nederland, De vier Seizoenen, Aestas, Zomer, Netherlands, verso - stamped, Aestas: half-length female figure with fan in her right hand and sickle in her left hand. She wears a hat with feathers. Front right some ears of corn. With 4 lines of text in Latin. (No. 2 from series of 4 seasons), print, prent, prints, engravings, AESTAS, center bottom - engraved, Aestiferi cum Sol...proemia Sudor habet., middle bottom - engraved, 2, bottom right - engraved, Young woman with a hat and a fan as a personification of Summer. In her hand she holds a sickle and in the foreground on the right some ears of corn can be seen., height 366 mm, width 276 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1612 - 1652, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Georg I, King of England Publisher: Weidmann, Moritz Georg (1686) Stecher: Mentzel, Johann Georg (1677) Publishing Sort: Leipzig

Portrait of Maria Lesczinska, Nicolas de Larmessin (III), After Jean Baptiste van Loo, 1727 print paper engraving / etching historical persons. queen

Portret van Catherine Mignard Met Haar Vader Pierre Mignard, Jean Daullé, after Pierre Mignard, 1735 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper steel engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter. father and daughter(s) (family group)

Athena, from Cabinet Reynst; Variarum imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus pictarum Caelaturae (Cabinet Reynst Engravings of various images painted by famous artists) Made 1645-1655 Holland. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Cornelis Visscher

Martinet, Angelique, inventor: after Johan Eleazar Schenau (right. Zeissig), work, La Petite Musicienne, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, plate width 35.5 cm, plate height 26.4 cm, leaf width 48.2 cm, leaf height 34 cm, image width 31.7 cm, image height 25.1 cm

Portrait of a woman with a hat, print maker: Rienk Jelgerhuis, (attributed to), Northern Netherlands, 1739 - 1806, paper, h 178 mm × w 124 mm

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Portrait of a woman, 1710 - 1772 Page 40 Recto from a sketchbook with 105 sheets. paper. chalk anonymous historical person portrayed

Nell Gwyn (c1650-1687), English comic actress: mistress of Charles II. Engraving.

Manners, Katherine Sophia .

Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus, Buys, Jacobus, Amsterdam, Houbraken, Jacob, Portrait of Wilhelmina of Prussia, verso - stamped, Portrait of Wilhelmina of Prussia in an oval medallion held by a putto with a torch., print, prints, height 247 mm, width 166 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1698-12-25 - 1780-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1767 - 1769, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1724-11-19 - 1801-04-07, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, German, 1726-10-16 - 1801-02-07

Portrait of Frances Anne Greville and Henry Francis Greville as Hebe and Cupido, James Mcardell, after Joshua Reynolds, 1762 print London paper (story of) Hebe (Juventas). (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). historical person - woman - in a double portrait

Flora (according to Titian Vecellio) Tiziano Vecellio (CA 1488 1576), Payne, Albert Henry (1812 1902)

Album Drawing, Thomas Bardwell, 1704-1767, British, Previously attributed: James Wills, Active 1740-died 1777, British, ca. 1730, Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/2in. (13 x 8.9cm)

Blooteling, Abraham, work, Woman and feather, (1000 - 2003), mezzatinto, graphics, plate width 17.5 cm, plate height 25.4 cm

Mary Bertie, Duchess of Ancaster and Kesteven, - 1793, formerly Mary Panton. Second wife of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. Mistress of the Robes to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-St

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Marie Antoinette. Jean Francois Janinet (French, 1752-1814); After Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier D'Agoty (French, 1740-1786). Date: 1777. Dimensions: 252 × 203 mm (image/sight); 395 × 304 mm (frame). Etching and engraving printed on two sheets as follows: oval portrait in wash manner on full sheet in yellow, blue, red, and black from four plates; decorative frame cut out in center, in blue and orange from two plates. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Jean François Janinet.

Italy, Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista, Polanzani, Francesco, Portrait of Catherine the Great, Tsarina of Russia, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 359 mm, width 250 mm, Italian, 1700 - 1800, print maker, printmaker, 1710 - 1783, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1682-02-13 - 1754-04-29, intermediary draughtsman

Portrait of Ebardina Sophia van Oost -Friesland, Pieter Schenk (I), 1700 - 1713 print Amsterdam paper engraving pearl; pearl necklace (+ women's clothes)

Young woman with impeller. .

Portrait of Adrienne Lecouvreur as Cornelia in Corneille's "La Mort de Pompée" 1730 Pierre Imbert Drevet. Portrait of Adrienne Lecouvreur as Cornelia in Corneille's "La Mort de Pompée". Pierre Imbert Drevet (French, Paris 1697-1739 Paris). 1730. Engraving; third state of three. Prints

Habit of an English lady of quality in 1640, by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), published between 1757 and 1772 in London by T. Jefferys. The image features a hand-colored engraving showcasing the clothing and dress of women in England from 1600 to 1699

fine arts, Troy, Jean Francois de, (1679 - 1752), ""Dame prenant le chocolat"" (Lady taking chocolate), steel engraving, by Albert Henry Payne, 15.4 cm x 11.3 cm, Leipzig, Germany, circa 1850, after painting by Troy from 1723,

Print made by James Watson, 1740-1790, British, Autumn, undated. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Engraver: Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736-1793, After: François Boucher, French, 1703-1770, Tête deFlore, Pastel-manner engraving, Image: 41.5 × 33.5 cm (16 5/16 × 13 3/16in.), It is not known how many impressions of this version of Tête de Flore, in shades of brown and red, were printed, but it is extremely rare. The effect is more subdued than the famous classic image printed from eightplates. , Made in France, French, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Arabella. Artist: Ernest Haskell (American, Woodstock, Connecticut 1876-1925 West Point, Maine). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 1/4 in. (20.5 × 15.8 cm)Plate: 6 3/16 × 4 1/4 in. (15.7 × 10.8 cm). Date: 1925.Technique referred to by the artist and Pousette-Dart as 'flick engraving'. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), The Virgin and Child, 1770. Line engraving, etching and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

The Marquise de Louvois and his son, from Landry Louis

THE SMELL Robert Bonnart (1652-1729). The smell. Etching.

Music, 1647 - 1718 print paper etching / engraving 'Musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ music; 'Musica'(Ripa). notation of music. styles of hairdress (with NAME) - AA - ~ women. violin, fiddle. clarinet, bassoon, oboe, shawm. 'Musica' (~ quadrivium); 'Musica' (Ripa). dress, gown (+ women's clothes)

Dejean de Manville, Countess de Sabran, Françoise Eleonore.

London, Matthews, J., Kauffmann, Angelica, Bartolozzi, Francesco, Dancing Nymph, Dancing nymph, verso - stamped, A dancing nymph in a landscape. Text in English in the bottom margin., print, prints, height 258 mm, width 203 mm, Italian, 1727-09-25 - 1815-03-07, print maker, printmaker, 1784-06-04 - 1784-06-04, paper, stipple engraving, etching, colour printing, 1741-10-30 - 1807-11-05, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Summer (L'Esté) 1742-62 Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder. Summer (L'Esté). Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder (French, 1706-1774). 1742-62. Etching and engraving. Louis Surugue (French, Paris ca. 1686-1762 Grand Vaux). Prints

Two girls with flowers, fruits and a parrot. .

The Astronomy, draughtsman: Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1745, paper, brush, pen, h 164 mm × w 138 mm

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Dated: c. 1787/1796. Dimensions: overall: 59.1 x 39.9 cm (23 1/4 x 15 11/16 in.) framed: 77.2 x 57.2 x 6.4 cm (30 3/8 x 22 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gainsborough Dupont.

Portrait of Madame du Barry in a Hunting Costume, Louis Marin Bonnet, c. 1760 - 1793 print Numbered at the top right: No. 37. Paris paper engraving historical persons

Patina, Gabriele Carola Stecher: Sandrart, Susanne Maria von (1658)

Portrait of Albertine Agnes, Princess of Orange, 1850 - 1949 photomechanical print Netherlands paper collotype

Gonzaga, Anna Isabella .

Madame Marie Rigaud (MariaSerre). Artist: Pierre Drevet, French, 1663-1738 After: Hyacinthe Rigaud, French, 1659-1743

Feeling; Feeling; The five senses. The feeling. A young woman feels with the index finger at the tip of an arrow, which she keeps in the right hand. The print is part of a series of the five senses.

Geometry; La geometry; Persons of the seven liberal arts. Woman with bows in her Fontange, sitting at a table on which a sheet of paper with geometric drawings. In her right hand she holds a passer.

Portrait of William II in an ornamented oval frame with putti. Above center his coat of arms. In a frame his name, Portrait of William II, prince of Orange Comites Nassoviae (series title), print maker: Jonas Suyderhoef, (mentioned on object), print maker: Pieter Claesz. Soutman, (attributed to), Pieter Claesz. Soutman, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1643, paper, engraving, etching, h 441 mm × w 359 mm

Bust of a young girl. Bust of a young girl with curly hair, in a just-skull picture frame.

Engraver: Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736-1793, After: François Boucher, French, 1703-1770, Tête deFlore, Pastel-manner engraving, Image: 41.5 × 33.5 cm (16 5/16 × 13 3/16in.), Made in France, French, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Madame du Barry. Medium: color mezzotint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier Dagoty after François-Hubert Drouais.

Portret van Hélène Fourment, James Mcardell, After Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1745 - 1765 print London paper historical persons - BB - woman. head-gear (with NAME) (+ women's clothes)

Gonzaga, Eleonore Princess of Mantua Stecher: Kilian, Wolfgangvergerer: Kilian, Wolfgang

Portrait of a woman, late 18th century / early nineteenth century. Edma Queenedey (1756-1830). Portrait of a woman, late 18th century - early nineteenth century. Physionotrace. 1786-1799.

Portrait of Marie Antoinette, 1783, Black and White Illustration;

Head of a woman with her head turned to the left, from Livre de Têtes Gravées d'apres F. Boucher et Autres (Book of Heads Engraved after F. Boucher and Others). Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century; François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 x 5 7/16 in. (17.8 x 13.8 cm) trimmed to platemark. Publisher: Buldet (French). Series/Portfolio: Livre de Têtes Gravées d'apres F. Boucher et Autres. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Francois Boucher.

Bust of a Young Woman (Jeune femme en buste). Dated: 1892. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: AUGUSTE RENOIR.

Merleck, Christiane Henriette.

Portrait of Carolina, Princess of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Carolina under a bar. A range in her right hand. Above and top right a weapon. In a frame six lines of Dutch text.

Lady with glass of wine in wine barrels, overlooking wine plantation, Gilles Rousselet, After Grégoire Huret, 1620 - 1657 print France paper engraving / etching Autumn, Fall, 'autumn'; "Autumn" (bank). Wine Production

A silly virgin (half-lime). One of the five foolish virgins from the Biblical resemblance, half as half, an oil lamp inverted in the hands.

Musik Heinrich Sintzenich (German, 1752-1812). , 1783. Stipple engraving on laid paper, Oval composition: 8 3/4 x 7 3/16 in. (22.3 x 18.3 cm). European Art 1783

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