Classical Bust Engravings

A series of engravings depicting classical busts of notable figures from antiquity, highlighting their attire and features in a monochromatic style.

THUCYDIDES Greek historian
THUCYDIDES Greek historian
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Aristomachus. Greek mythological figure. One of the Heraclides, great-grandson of Heracles. From the book Crabbes Historical Dictionary, published in 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Maximian (250-310) was born in the province of Pannonia to a family of shopkeepers, and joined the army as soon as he could, serving alongside future co-emperor Diocletian under emperors Aurelian, Probus and Carus. After Diocletian became emperor in 284, Maximian was soon appointed co-emperor in 286, matching Maximian's military brawn with Diocletian's political brain. Maximian spent most of his time on campaign, fighting against the Germanic tribes along the Rhine frontier and in Gaul. When the man Maximian had appointed to govern the Channel shores, Carausius, rebelled in 286 and seceded Britain and northwestern Gaul from the Roman Empire, Maximian tried but failed to oust Carausius. The rebellion was eventually crushed in 296, and Maximian moved south to fight pirates near Hispania. He eventually returned to Italy in 298, living in comfort until he abdicated in 305 alongside Diocletian, handing power to the other two co-emperors of the Tetrachy, Constantius and Galerius, and retirin
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus, an ancient Greek historian, geographer and ethnographer, historical illustration
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus I, known as CARACALLA Roman emperor, murdered Date: 188 - 217
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Philippus Arabs, Roman Emperor.
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Hadrian: Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76-138) Roman emperor from 117. Founder of Adrianopolis. Portrait bust
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Portret van Romulus, Raphael Sadeler (2), 1623 print Kop van Romulus, founder and first king of Rome. To an antique currency from the Roman Empire period. Publisher: Munich Printer: Ingolstadt paper engraving / letterpress printing Romulus as king of Rome. coin
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Bust of Roman Emperor Trajan (53-117)
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Sardinia Nuoro Bosa Cathedral6. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, originally 12th and 13th centuries, largely rebuilt in the 18th century in Piedmontese Baroque style. Post-medieval: Architecture, 18th century; 16th century wooden sculpture. 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.
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MOLINA, Tirso de (Gabriel Téllez, llamado Tirso de) (¿ -Almazán,1648). Dramaturgo español. Autor de un gran número de obras como "La mujer que manda en casa","Amazonas en las Indias" y "Marta la piadosa". Se le atribuye también "El burlador de Sevilla". MEDALLON existente en la fachada del Teatro Guerra. LORCA. Comunidad de Murcia. España.
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Lazio Roma Frascati Villa Borghese1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 17th c. villa, ninfeo and fountain. Interior views of salons, dining room, bedroom, and frescoes, paintings and busts decorating them. Antiquities: Villa houses an Antiquities gallery, which contains sarcophagi, busts, masks, friezes, and a series of statues of Roman kings. 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.
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Trajan (53-117). Roman emperor (98-117). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.
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Terence, William.
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MARCUS PORCIUS CATON "EL VIEJO"- AÑO 234-149 A.C.- POLITICO Y ESCRITOR LATINO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The sixth Empiricus.
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Drawing, St. Peter, Study for Ceiling, Saint John the Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY; Leon Dabo (1868-1960); USA; charcoal on brown wove paper; 77 x 55.5 cm (30 5/16 x 21 7/8 in.); 1960-239-4
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Philip of Swabia (born February or March 1177) (died 21 June 1208) from the noble family of the Hohenstaufen was Roman-German king from 1198 until his...
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'Jansen', (1585-c1632), 1830. Zacharias Janssen (1585-c1632) Dutch spectacle-maker associated with invention of the first optical telescope. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830
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Bust of Commodus as Hercules, 31 August 161, 31 December 192, was Roman Emperor from 180 to 192, original in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy, digital enhanced file of an original 19th century print, Europe
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Publia Fulvia Plautilla was the lady-in-waiting of the later Roman Emperor Caracalla from 202 to 205, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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Chilon. Jan Harmensz. Muller (Holland, Amsterdam, 1571-1628). Holland, 1596. Prints; engravings. Engraving
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Bust of Viscount Gough, by G. G. Adams, 1850. 'On Saturday evening last, the Hon. the East India Company entertained General Lord Gough and a distinguished party at the London Tavern, in honour of the return of the noble and gallant veteran from his victorious career in India...the Chairman...rose, amidst breathless silence to propose the toast of the evening, which he gave in nearly the following words: "My Lords and gentlemen, we are assembled here this evening to do honour to one of the bravest and most distinguished soldiers of the British army..."...This toast was received with
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Vespasian, 17 November 9, 23 June 79, was Roman Emperor from 1 July 69 until his death. His birth name was Titus Flavius Vespasianus, as emperor he used the name Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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French 16th or 17th Century, Henri IV, 1553 1610, King of France 1589, c 1590 1610 Henri IV, 1553-1610, King of France 1589
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Philip of Swabia (born February or March 1177 in or near Pavia) (died 21 June 1208 in Bamberg) from the noble family of the Hohenstaufen was Roman-German king from 1198 until his assassination in 1208, drawing after the monument in Regensburg, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known
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Quintus Junius Rusticus was a Roman politician and senator of the 2nd century. from the book Crabbe's Historical Dictionary. 1825. Historical. colorized. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original
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Quintus Hortensius was a Roman politician from the plebeian family of the Hortensians, who lived at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, Historical, d...
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Ariarathes III, King of Cappadocia, 3nd century BC. Profile of a young man in diadem. Son of Ariaramnes, ruler of Cappadocia, married Stratonice, daughter of Antiochus II, king of the Seleucid Empire. Ariarathes Rex. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.
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Fabius Max, from a coin. Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator (the delayer), c. 280 203 BC. Roman statesman and general, consul and dictator. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoors Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716.
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Portrait Bust of Johannes Lutma the Elder, Johannes Lutma II, 1634-1689
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Marcellus Marcus.
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Themistocles, c. 524-459 BC Athenian soldier and statesman. 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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Asclepiades from Bithynia.
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Ludovico Ariosto (Italian Poet 1474-1533) Artist Unknown Lithograph
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Anaxarchus.
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Demon of Athens, imaginary figure created by Parrhasius of Ephesus, one of the greatest painters of ancient Greece, pre 399 BC. Demon Atheniensis. Copperplate engraving by Philipp Kilian after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.
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Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Torquato Tasso, 1544 - 1595, an Italian poet of the Counterreformation
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Ariarathes I., King of Cappadocia.
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Karl III., The thick emperor unknown artist dating: 1601/1750
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Israelites praise God. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (author of design) painter c. 1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 420 x W 563 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, accno. I/4. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: TVNC CECINIT MOYSES.. In landscape, after crossing Red Sea, Israelites rejoice & praise God (Exodus 15:1-21); group of women seen playing various instruments, as Moses & others look on (L & R BRD) segmented border with figures in architectural niches, coats of arms at top; (UPR BRD) headed by cartouche with inscription, flanked by garlands of flowers & fruit, & 2 miniature masks; (LWR BRD) seated female figures interspersed with swags & vases terminating in winged figures Photographs in Photo Study Collection are details only; see Mahl's article for full view of composition. Mahl JbKhistWien 63 (1967), 7-38, fig.4 Brown (et al.), Tapestries of Ercole & Gonzaga (1996)
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RETRATO DE EUCLIDES-FILOSOFIA- 300 A.C/ -GRABADO NEOCLASICO S XVIII-ALBUM ANTICUARIO. Author: ETIENNE PICART (1632-1721). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. EUCLIDES MEGARA.
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Profile portrait of Alexander the Great, Alexander III of Macedon, 356 323 BC, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. In helmet decorated with engraving of a winged horse Bucephalus. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoors Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716.
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CARLOS V-MARMOL. Author: BACCIO BANDINELLI (1493-1560). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-ESCULTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Charles I (V of the Holly Roman Empire). CARLOS V ALEMANIA-CARLOS I DE ESPAÑA (1500-1558).
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Xenocrates of Chalkedon.
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Italy, Bardi, Luigi, Ermini, Pietro, Morghen, Raphael, Portrait of poet Torquato Tasso, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 330 mm, width 231 mm, Italian, 1758-06-19 - 1833-04-08, print maker, printmaker, 1768 - 1833, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, printer, printer's
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Umbria Terni Terni Palazzo Montani5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Renaissance architecture; frescos (17th century); tapestries after designs of Raphael school; intarsia (furniture); wooden cassone carved with the arms of the Montani Antiquities: Portrait heads in marble of Roman youths and a consul 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.
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Philipp Melanchton (1497 - 1560) German professor and theologian after an engraving by Albrecht Duerer
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dionysos dionysos the god of the grape harvest wine and ecstasy in Greek mythology Copyright: xZoonar.com/tudorxantonelxadrianx 3892782
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Commodus, Roman emperor.
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Crates from athens.
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ZENO of Citium Greek philosopher; founder of the Stoic school
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Ptolemy, King of Mauritania, 13 BC - 40 AD. Ptolemy of Mauretania, last Roman client king and ruler of Mauretania for Rome. Berber (Massyles tribe) and son of Juba II, King of Numidia. Ptolemaeus Rex. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.
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Portrait busts of Roman emperors Severus Alexander and Elagabalus, Anonymous, Antonio Salamanca (attributed to), 1510 - 1562 print paper engraving historical persons. ruler, sovereign
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Leo IV (750-780), also known as Leo the Khazar, was the son of Emperor Constantine V by his first wife, Irene of Khazaria. He became co-emperor in 751, and married a noble Athenian woman also named Irene in 769. Leo became sole emperor in 775 with the death of his father. Constantine VI (771-804) was the only child of Emperor Leo IV and Empress Irene. He was crowned co-emperor in 776, and became sole emperor in 780, aged only nine. Due to his young age, his mother Irene and her chief minister Staurakios ruled in his stead. However, even when Constantine was of age at sixteen, his mother still refused to hand over executive authority to him.
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Apollonius of Tyana, Greek Neopythagorean philosopher, c.3-97 AD. From the town of Tyana in the Roman province of Cappadocia in Anatolia. Profile of bearded man in laurel crown. Apollonius Teaneus. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.
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Noord-Nederland, Wandelaar, Jan, Portret van Andreas Vesalius (Andries van Wesel), aged 28, verso lower right - stamped, The anatomist Andreas Vesalius dissecting an arm. On the table in front of him a Latin text and an inkwell., print, prints, height 288 mm, width 173 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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SENECA, Lucius Annaeus (4 BC-65). Latin philosopher, statesman, politician and dramatist. Etching.
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Turkey / Byzantium: Marcian (392-457), Byzantine emperor, from the book Icones imperatorvm romanorvm (Icons of Roman Emperors), Antwerp, 1645. Marcian was the son of a soldier from either Illyricum or Thracia, and spent much of his early life as an unremarkable soldier. He served under the powerful Alan generals Ardabur and Aspar in Africa, where he was taken prisoner by the Vandals. Returning to Constantinople, he became a senator and was later chosen as consort to Pulcheria, sister of the recently deceased Emperor Theodosius II. Marcian became emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire in 450.
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Adalbert Stifter, 1805 to 1868, Austrian writer, poet, painter and educator, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, e...
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Hellen, progenitor of the Hellenes in Greek myth. Son of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha, and father of three sons, Dorus, Xuthus and Aeolus. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.