Royal and Noble Portraits

Engravings of noble women and princesses from history, portrayed in elaborate attire against detailed backgrounds, reflecting their status and elegance.

Portrait van Rahel Elisabeth Oertel, 1731 - 1733 print paper engraving historical persons - BB - woman. prospect of village, silhouette of village

Anhalt Dessau, Amalie Princess.

Johanna Elisabeth, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp.

Portrait van Rahel Elisabeth Oertel, 1731 - 1733 print paper engraving historical persons - BB - woman. prospect of village, silhouette of village

Kalliope; The nine muses. A series of nine muses. Print has been dedicated to Johannes Sader. Four rules Latin from Franco Estius in the margin.

Portrait of Isabella Fitzroy, Duchess of Grafton and Countess Van Arlington, Jan Verkolje (I), After Willem Wissing, 1683 print Isabella Fitzroy, Duchess of Grafton and Countess Van Arlington, sits on a terrace for two columns. Next to her a vase with flowers and a fountain in the background. Delft paper cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers

Katharina, Infantin by Portugal.

PortraT van Charlotte Louise Schröder, Christian Fritzsch, 1727 - 1769 print paper engraving historical persons - BB - woman. ornament ~ medallion. acanthus ~ ornament

Portrait of Hanover Anna. Portrait of Anna in an oval. In the underwear two lines of English text.

Anne of Denmark, Queen of K, James I, Anna von Denmark, wife of King James I , After, Johnson, Peintre, Jakob Houbraken -, Copper Engraver

Night, Jeremias Falck, 1655 - 1677 print A woman stands at a table, with a candlestick with a burning candle in her left hand and her right hand by a curtain. Under the show a French verse of two times four lines. print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper engraving night

Pecohol, ....

Portret van Maria Theresia, Jan Caspar Philips, after Monogrammist JON, 1743 print Portrait of Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria, queen of Hungary and Bohemia. A putto lauert her coat of arms. Amsterdam paper engraving coat of arms (symbol of sovereignty) - BB - female ruler. crown (symbol of sovereignty)

Poesia, Jacob Gole, 1670 - 1724, The personification of Poesia sits at a table with a quill in hand. She rests her foot on a stack of books. The print is part of a seven-part series on the seven liberal arts., print maker: Jacob Gole, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jacob Gole, (mentioned on object), Staten van Holland en West-Friesland, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1670 - 1724, paper, engraving, h 252 mm × w 182 mm

Portret van Louise Françoise de la Baume Le Blanc de la Vallière, Pieter Schenk (I), 1670 - 1713 print Louise Françoise de la Baume le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière, mistress of Lodewijk XIV. She wears a pearl necklace and sits in a garden near a bird. Under the portrait her title. paper engraving birds. pearl; pearl necklace (+ women's clothes)

Portrait of Maria Charlotte Circesena van Oost -Friesland, Pieter Schenk (I), 1670 - 1713 print Maria Charlotte Circssena, princess of East Friesland with a basket with flowers in his hand. Amsterdam paper engraving cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers

Maria Theresia, Roman-German Empress xylography by original drawing of Ludwig Burger. Leaf from the "Illustration N newspaper", February 1863

Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, Aartshertogin of Austria; Maria Antonia. ARCHIDUX AUSTRIAE. Portrait in oval from Marie-Antoinette, Aartshertogin of Austria, halves. Low to the left. The hair is made with a pearl necklace and feather. Left before the portrait lies a crown on a pillow.

Järnefelt, Eero, work, Sketch book, 1916, special category: sketch book, 50.5 cm x 34.5 cm, Järnefelt, Eero, 1916, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.

Musicienne 1742-76 Gilles Demarteau. Musicienne. Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722-1776 Paris). 1742-76. Crayon-manner etching. Prints

Clio, Charles David, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1605 - 1638 print Numbered at the bottom: 4. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper engraving Clio (one of the Muses); 'Clio' (Ripa)

Portrait of Wilhelmina Hedwige van Hessen -Philippsthal, Pieter Schenk (I), 1695 - 1713 print Wilhelmina Hedwige from Hessen-Philippsthal. In the crowned frame, the family crest is incorporated and also four allegorical scenes, including a phoenix in the fire. The frame is decorated with palm leaves. paper etching / engraving fabulous animals ~ birds: phoenix. crown (symbol of sovereignty) - BB - female ruler. armorial bearing, heraldry

Barbara Duchess of Cleaveland as a Shepherdess, William Sherwin, 1645-1711, British, after Sir Peter Lely, 1618-1680, Dutch, active in England (from 1643), 1670, Engraving, Sheet: 28 x 22in. (71.1 x 55.9cm), crook, shepherd's, flowers, gown, lamb, Pearls, portrait, shepherdess, stones, trees

The Nine Muses: Calliope, #1 in a series of9. Artist: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617

The sight, Willem Swidde, After David van der Plas, c. 1676 - After 1688 print A richly dressed lady with a hand mirror in the hand looks over her shoulder at a mirror on the wall. Through a window there is a view of a row of trees. In a processed oval with edge decoration. Under the image the title of the print in Latin, French, English and Dutch. Numbered "1". Amsterdam paper etching / engraving sight, looking (one of the five senses). mirror - AA - (for) women

. Laura de 'Dianti, the woman and former minares of Duke Alfonso I d'Este. In addition to her a young black slave.

Anna, Infantin of Spain.

Portrait of Maria II Stuart, Cornelis Visscher (II), 1677 - 1684 print Portrait of Maria II. She is standing next to a table with a book on it. A flower in her left hand. In the lower margin a rule of Dutch text. Print Maker: Haarlem Publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving / etching

John Smith, 1652-1743, British, Anna, Uxor Fracisci Kynnesman. Mezzotint.

Hamilton, Anne Lady .

Karoline, Archduchess of Austria.

De Zomer, Jacob Gole, 1670 - 1724 print The personification of the summer with corners and a sickle in hand. She stands for a field that is mowed. The print is part of a series with prints over the four seasons. Amsterdam paper engraving summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa). agricultural implements: sickle

Portrait of Henriette Amalia van Anhalt -Dessau, Jacob Gole, 1681 - 1724 print Henriette Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau, wife of Hendrik Casimir II, prince of Nassau-Dietz, sitting in front of a rock. There is a bird on the twig next to her. Amsterdam paper engraving birds

A Venetian Courtesan, Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, after Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691-1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716), 1739, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 5/16 x 9 5/16 inches (33.8 x 23.7 cm), Plate: 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (32.7 x 22.6 cm), and Image: 11 5/8 x 8 13/16 inches (29.5 x 22.4 cm), courtesan, drapery, earrings, figure study, gesture, gown, Grand Tour, hairpiece, jewels, window sill, woman, Venice

WINTER Robert Bonnart. Winter. Etching.

Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746-1766, Irish, A Jewess, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper.

JUNE Henri Bonnart (1642-1711). June. Engraving.

Woman in Venetian Dress, print maker: Wallerant Vaillant, (mentioned on object), after: Titiaan, (mentioned on object), publisher: Carel Allard, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1673 - 1709, paper, h 208 mm × w 153 mm

Needham, Jane .

unknown artist, seventeenth century, The Lady Essex Finch, undated. Mezzotint.

Artist: Charles Simmoneau, French, 1645-1728, Portrait of Charlotte Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Duchess of Orleans, after HayacntheRigaud, mid 17th-early 18thcentury, Engraving, 46.7 × 34 cm (18 3/8 × 13 3/8in.), Made in France, French, 17th-18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Portrait of Margaret Smith, Margaret Smith, wife of Thomas Carey, an English Member of Parliament., Pieter van Gunst (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1716, paper, engraving, w 332 mm × h 512 mm

Maria Josefa, Princess of Bavaria Stecher: Zimmermann, Joseph Antonradier: Zimmermann, Joseph Antondattatting: 1765/1797

Janeich, Hannah Sofi

Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729-1765, Irish, Elizabeth, Countess of Berkeley, 1757. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slighty textured, cream, laid paper.

Anhalt-Bernburg, Friederike Henriette Princess.

Marie Luise, Archmanzogin of Austria.

The Flower Girl, Print made by John Young, 1755-1825, British, after Johan Joseph Zoffany RA, 1733-1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760), Published by John Young, 1755-1825, British, 1785, Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (42.9 x 31.8 cm), Plate: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.9 cm), and Image: 13 3/4 x 11 inches (34.9 x 27.9 cm), basket, cape, dress, flowers (plants), genre subject, girl, hat, portrait, street vendor, vendor

Isaac Beckett, 1652/3-1719, British, Madame Ann Kirk. Mezzotint.

Juste Chevillet after Jean Gaspard Heilmann, Mademoiselle Sa Soeur Mademoiselle Sa Soeur

The summer; L'Esté / de Somer; The four Seasons. Summer's personification with corners and a sickle in hand. She stands for a field that is mowed. The print is part of a series with prints over the four seasons.

Portrait of a woman, 1710 - 1772 Drawing in an oval. Leaf 33 Recto from a sketchbook with 105 sheets. paper. chalk anonymous historical person portrayed

Summer (dummy title)

Clairon, Hippolyte Draftsman: Cochin, Charles-Nicolas (1715) Eraser: Schmidt, Georg FriedrichDation: 1743/1765

Portrait of Empress Statilia Messalina; Famous Roman women. Statilia Messalina, third wife of Emperor Nero.

Hendrick Goltzius, Calliope, 1592, engraving on laid paper.

Sidney, Mary .

Vecellio, Cecilia .

Portrait of Carolina, Princess of Oranje-Nassau, Jacob Houbraken, After Hendrik Pothoven, After Misard, 1754 print Portrait of Carolina in an oval. There are a number of allegorical objects around. On the relief an allegorical performance in which Minerva De Jonge Carolina points to father time. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

John Faber II after Edward Haytley, Mrs Margaret Woffington in the Character of Mrs Ford in the Merry Wives of Windsor, 1751 Mrs. Margaret Woffington in the Character of Mrs. Ford in the Merry Wives of Windsor

Portrait of a woman with sloping hat and pearl roorbel, James Mcardell, after George van der Mijn, 1750 - 1765 print London paper anonymous historical person portrayed alone - BB - woman. ear-rings. head-gear: hat. cut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers

Alfons Xi., King of Castile and León.

Stuart, Sophia Lady .

Portrait of Maria II Stuart. Portrait of Maria II. She stands next to a table with a vase on it.

Portrait of a woman. Drawing in an oval. Leaf 29 Recto from a sketchbook with 105 sheets.

Charles B J Févret de Saint Mémin, Debby Davenport, 1798 Debby Davenport

Condé, Luise Princess.

Min with Willem George Friso or Johan Willem Friso van Nassau -Dietz, 1685 - 1701 print Min with a baked Willem George Friso (1685-1686) or Johan Willem Friso van Nassau-Dietz (1687-1711) on her lap. Amsterdam paper. ink etching / engraving / pen wet-nurse. nursing, suckling. historical persons not known by name

Roberti Franco, Francesca Contessa.

Portret van Mary Boynton, James Watson (prentmaker), after Francis Cotes, 1770 print London paper historical persons - BB - woman

Portrait of Madame de Poullain. After Caspar Netscher; Dutch, 1639-1684. Date: 1659-1684. Dimensions: 308 x 244 mm. Drawing on paper. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Mason, mother.

Dyck, Anthony van, Portrait d'après Van Dijk, Portrait after Van Dijck, Reproduction of a portrait of Maria Luissa de Tassis, photomechanical print, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 167 mm, width 120 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1892 - 1897, paper, collotype, light print, Work conception, after a design by, Flemish, Dutch, 1599-03-22 - 1641-12-09

Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898). Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany (1833-1859) by her marriage to Leopold II (1797-1870), Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824-1859). Portrait. Drawing by C. Legrand. Lithography by J. Donon. "Reyes Contemporáneos" (Contemporary Kings). Volume II. Published in Madrid, 1852. Author: Julio Donón. Spanish artist active from 1840 to 1880. Luis Carlos Legrand (fl. 1829-1858). Spanish draughtsman and lithographer.

Portret Van Agrippina Vipsania, Giles Sadeler (2), after Titiaan, 1624 - 1650 print Agrippina Vipsania, first wife of Emperor Tiberius. print maker: Praagpublisher: Venice paper engraving

Portrait of Anna of Denmark, Queen of England, with an urn, a crown and scepter and a putto with a scythe and a winged hourglass as personification of the time., Anna of Denmark, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1741 - 1743, paper, pen, h 361 mm × w 229 mm

A Venetian Courtesan. Mercier, Philip, 1689-1760. 1735. Faber, John, 1695-1756. Prints, Portraits. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Women , Clothing & dress, Courtesans , Italy , Venice

Habiti delle Donne Venetiane (Dress of Venetian Women) ca. 1591-1610 Giacomo Franco Italian This book consists of twenty numbered plates of ornately dressed women engraved by Giacomo Franco, each accompanied by a description in Latin and Italian. The work serves as a compendium of Venetian beauties, in which courtesans and respectable women are represented interchangeably, a juxtaposition that may explain why Franco never received a printing privilege for the book. Two plates describe aspects of Venetian wedding ceremonies. In plate 7, Franco depicts the parentado, or the ritual presentation of a bride to her relations. Here, a bride in a richly embroidered dress wearing pearls and a bejeweled crown is presented by her ballerino, a dance instructor who prevented the woman from toppling over in her chopines, or platform shoes. A following engraving illustrates the custom by which a bride would travel by gondola to visit her relatives in convents, a very public display that made the enti

Agnes, Countess of Looz and Rieneck.

Woman with a dog. There is a woman under a draperie. She is a dog that is next to her on the table. Around her neck a pearl necklace.

Portrait of Christina van Zweden, Cornelis Visscher (II), 1650 print Christina, Queen of Sweden, standing out on a balustrade at a table on which book and crown. Haarlem paper engraving / etching crown (symbol of sovereignty). pearl; pearl necklace (+ women's clothes)

Portrait of Maria Anna, Princ. Reg. Pol. et saxon.

Portrait of Isabelle from Sayn-Hachenburg-Kirchberg. Portrait of Isabelle in an oval. In the undermaster her name and titles.

Antwerp Woman. Wenceslaus Hollar; Czech, 1607-1677. Date: 1648. Dimensions: 92 × 57 mm (sheet, trimmed within plate mark). Etching on gray Asian paper. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Portrait of Anne Eliot.

Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enrìques de Cardona-Anglesola (formerly identified as Joanna of Aragon) 1821 Raphael Morghen. Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enrìques de Cardona-Anglesola (formerly identified as Joanna of Aragon). Raphael Morghen (Italian, Naples 1758-1833 Florence). 1821. Engraving; third state of four. Prints

Luigi Schiavonetti, Frances, Marchioness of Camden, engraving on paper.

Statue of Maria van Pruisen in Luxembourg, 1878 - 1949 print Netherlands paper letterpress printing monument, statue Sit (city)

Richeza of Lotharingia, ca. 995-1063, Queen consort of Poland

Portrait of Margaret Lemon, Adriaen Lommelin, After Anthony Van Dyck, 1630 - 1677 print Portrait of Margaret Lemon, model and mistress by the painter Anthony Van Dyck. Antwerp paper engraving

Portret van Maria II Stuart, Gerard Valck, after Peter Lely (Sir), 1678 print Portrait of Maria II in an oval. In the lower margin her name and titles. Amsterdam paper

Melpomene; The nine muses. A series of nine muses. First state, for captions.

Wenceslaus Hollar, Mulier Generosa Anglica, 1644 Mulier Generosa Anglica

The Blessed Virgin. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Simon Vallée (French, born ca. 1700). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 13 3/8 × 8 9/16 in. (34 × 21.8 cm). Date: 1726. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Danckelmann, Beate Sophie Juliane Free from.

Mrs Bonfoy 1754 Ireland. Mezzotint on paper . James MacArdell

Cecil, Lady Elizabeth .

Mary, Queen of Scots late 18th-early 19th century possibly by Thomas Milton British. Mary, Queen of Scots. possibly by Thomas Milton (British, 1743-1827 Bristol). late 18th-early 19th century. Etching. Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542-1587 Fotheringhay). Prints

Dürer, Agnes.

Lamotte, Jeanne Countess de.

Wenceslaus Hollar, Civis Londinensis Filia, 1643 Civis Londinensis Filia

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