Classical Portrait Engravings

Engravings of historical figures, showcasing detailed facial features and classical attire, reflecting techniques from the 16th to the 18th century.

Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus TIBERIUS, Roman emperor Date: 42 BC - 37 AD

Anthony Mark.

Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius.

Portret Van Xenocrates, 1566 print paper engraving historical persons. (story of) Xenocrates

Bust of a woman with medium length wavy hair, Hubert Quellinus, 1646 - 1670 print The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. female persons from classical history

. Medal with the portrait of the Roman Geldheer Tiberius Gemellus (Tiberius Nero Caesar). Roman coins in the upper corners.

Medal with the portrait of Claudius I Tiberius Claudius Drusus Caesar, Roman emperor In the upper corners Roman coins, Portrait of Emperor Claudius I, print maker: Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Jan Caspar Philips, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1746, paper, engraving, h 183 mm × w 132 mm

Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus TIBERIUS, Roman emperor Date: 42 BC - 37 AD

Bust of Marcus Junius Brutus; M. Brutus. Classic bust of a young man. Bottom right: M. De Prent is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst.

Hadrian, Roman emperor.

Rome, Salamanca, Antonio, Italy, Portrait bust of Cosimo I de' Medici, verso - stamped, According to the caption Cosimo II de' Medici., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 291 mm, width 211 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1510 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Italian, 1478 - 1562, publisher, uitgever

Konrad III., King.

Otho, Roman emperor.

Caligula, Roman Kaiser Stecher: Gheyn, Jacques DE (1565)

Portrait of Emperor Vitellius, Jan Caspar Philips, 1746 print Medal with the portrait of Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius), Roman emperor. In the upper corners of Roman coins. Amsterdam paper engraving coin

JULIO CESAR (100/44 AC) GENERAL Y POLITICO ROMANO - SIG ER 370. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Buste of Empress Julia Mamaea, Hubert Quellinus, 1646 - 1670 print Classic bust of a woman. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst. paper engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. female persons from classical history

Portrait of architect B�langer (1744-1818)

Bust of a man in gown, to the left. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Otho, from The Twelve Caesars ca. 1500-1534 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian This print comes from the museums copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title ‘Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae first appears. Lafreri envisioned an ideal arrangement of the prints in 7 different categories, but during his lifetime, never appears to have offered one standard, bound set

Portrait of Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor; Roman portraits. Portrait of Titus Flavius Domitian, Roman Emperor. Print from a series of fourteen portraits of Roman emperors, germanicus and seneca.

Konrad IV., King.

Youth; Iuventus; Four ages of man. Personification of the youth in the form of the head of a young woman with an ornament in the hair. The head is surrounded by an oval with a peripheral.

'Aratus', (c315-240 BC), 1830. Aratus (c315BC-240BC) Greek didactic poet. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830

Medallion creator Pierre Jean David d'Angers

Sulla, Lucius Cornelius.

Portrait Medail of Otho, Roman Keizer, Jan Caspar Philips, 1736 - 1775 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink. chalk pen / brush historical persons. male persons from classical history (OTHO) - portrait of person from classical history

Portrait medallion from Titus, Roman Emperor. Design for a print.

Nero, Roman emperor.

Charles IV the Fair (1294-1328) king of France from 1322, and Charles I of Navarre, last of the Capetian dynasty. Copperplate engraving 1793.

Ferdinand I., King of Castile and León.

Galba, Roman emperor.

Konrad III., King.

JULIA SABINA SIG ER 370-118. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Caesar, Gaius Julius .

Bust of emperor tiberius; Tiberius. Bust of a young man with breast harness. Bottom right: G. De Prent is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst.

TRAJANO (53-117) PRIMER EMPERADOR ROMANO DE ORIGEN HISPANO- S II - GRABADO S XIX. Author: SARDOINE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Unknown (-); Johann Heinrich F�sli (1741-1825); Johann Heinrich F�sli (1741-1825), Head of Satan, After 1786

Brogny, Jean Allarmet Fraçon de.

Bust of emperor tiberius; Tiberius. Classic bust of a man with breast harness. On his kuras the head of Medusa. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst.

Octavianus Augustus, 63 BC 14 AD the founder of the Roman principality, the history of ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Portrait of Emperor Julius Caesar with laurel wreath in round frame, Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510 - 1527 print Italy paper engraving emperor

Holy Roman Emperor Otto II the Red, Otho II Rufus, 955-983. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.

Francesco Giorgio da Siena.

Heinrich IV., Roman-German Emperor.

Bust of a man in harness, right. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst.

Claudius, Roman emperor.

Memorial portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) crowned with laurel wreath. Drawing by Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin. Ca. 1800.

Ancus Martius, legendary fourth king of Rome, who reigned for 24 years. Son of Marcius and Pompilia, Numa Pompilius's daughter. Head wearing diadem from a silver denarius coin. Anco Martio IV Re di Roma. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell' Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio deLazari, Rome, 1699.

Talma, als Nero in Britain, Willem van Sena, after G. Prior, 1829 - 1851 print Portrait of French playwright François Joseph Talma, in the role of Nero in the play Britannicus by the French playwright Jean Racine. Netherlands paper etching

Evariste Boulay-Paty 1861 Charles Meryon French. Evariste Boulay-Paty 377938

Augustus born Gaius Octavius Thurinus known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus 63BC - 14AD First emperor of the Roman Empire From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary published 1825

Max Rosenthal, George Washington, 1902 George Washington

Two portrait busts of Emperor Tiberius, 1636 - 1647 print Two Roman portrait busts of Emperor Tiberius, in Toga. On the bustes the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome. paper engraving male persons from classical history (+ head, bust, etc.). piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Faustina Minor. Roman Empress Faustina the Younger 125 - 175 AD daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, Ancient roman empire. Italy, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

Early Greek sculpture , Antiquities, Sculpture. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Winckelmann, Johann Joachim

Portrait of King Charles XII of Sweden (1682-1718).

Ptolemaeus Xiv. Junior, King of Egypt.

Bust of emperor caracalla; Caracalla. Classic bust of a bearded man with a partly bare. The print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection of Gerard Reynst.

Portrait of RuPrecht van de Palts, René Gaillard, 1755 - 1765 print Paris paper engraving historical persons

Portrait of Honorius, Roman emperor

Silo of Asturias (died 783). King of Asturias from 774 to 783. Portrait. Engraving.

Medallion creator Pierre Jean David d'Angers

PRTURT VAN THE MUCKE THEM TIPSCHIPICY, NOWN Francois Bertrand, Afterere, Aftererer, in 1755 print print maker: Franceafter design by: Francepublisher: ParisFranceFrance paper Terpsichore (one of the Muses); 'Terpsicore' (Ripa). historical persons

Drawing, Head of a Roman matron (rendering from a plaster cast); Pietro Montana (b. 1890); USA; charcoal on paper.

Medallion creator Pierre Jean David d'Angers

Otho, Roman emperor.

Copper engraving by Nicolas Beatrizet depicting a portrait bust of Titus Livius Patavinus, produced between 1530 and 1562.

Head of a boy with hat, to the right, draughtsman: Johannes Tavenraat, painter: anonymous, 1819 - 1881, paper, h 475 mm × w 332 mm

Henry III (1016-1056), also known as Henry the Black and Henry the Pious, was the eldest son of Emperor Conrad II and a member of the Salian Dynasty. He was elected and crowned as King of Germany in 1028, after his father became Holy Roman Emperor. In 1026, his father made him Duke of Bavaria. Henry would also became Duke of Swabia and King of Burgundy ten years later in 1038, and when his father died in 1039, he became sole ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, though was not crowned as emperor until 1046.

GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS (originally Gaius Octavius, also known as Octavianus) First Roman Emperor Date: 63 BC - 14 AD

Manzoni, Alessandro .

Portrait medallion from Vitellius, Roman Emperor. Design for a print.

Severus Alexander, Roman Emperor.

A female face expressing admiration. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Pliny the Elder, Marcus.

Head of an unadorned Roman noble woman, her hair tied up in a simple braid at the neck. From a carnelian gem. Donna priva d'ornamento. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell' Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio deLazari, Rome, 1699.

Juno, from the series "Twelve Muses and Goddesses" 1540-56 Léon Davent French. Juno, from the series "Twelve Muses and Goddesses" 336970

Roman Emperor Maximus, Petronius Maximus, 396-455. Flavius Anicius Petronius Maximus Augustus, Western Roman Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.

France, French Crown, Paris, Henriet, Israel, Bella, Stefano della, Diversis testes et figures, Various heads and figures, Head of a woman seen from behind, turned to the right, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 84 mm, width 64 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1650 - 1650, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1590 - 1661, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Portrait of Fra Angelico born Guido di Pietro (1395-1455) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec. Reproduction of stipple engraving.

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Medallion with the portrait of Julia, verso lower left - stamped, Medallion with the portrait of Julia. She was the first great love of the writer Janus Secundus, about whom he wrote a love selegy., print, prints, height 54 mm, width 62 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1730 - 1730, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

CEBES THEBANUS Greek philosopher Date: 404 - BC

Claudius, Roman emperor.

Suleiman the Magnificent(1496-1566),Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, pictured here in his youth.

Portrait of Emperor Augustus on medallion, Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594 print Portrait with bust of Keizer Augustus on medallion in rectangular frame with ornaments. On the edge of medallion title and name of Keizer. In the margin under two lines in German about the way in which the emperor died. Netherlands paper engraving (story of) Augustus, the Roman emperor

Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC). Roman politician, general and writer. In 60 BC he established a triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. Conquered Gaul. Head of the empire an dictator in perpetuity (Dictator Perpetuus). Portrait. Engraving. Detail. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume II, 1854.

Two portrait busts from Giulia Domna and Giulia Mamea; Galleria Giustiniana del Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani II. Two Roman portrait busts from Giulia Domna and Giulia Mamea. On the basis of the lower bust the coat of arms of Vincenzo Giustiniani. Print is part of an album with a series of prints to the sculptures in the collection in the Galleria Giustiniani in Rome.

Portrait of Leendert van der Cooghen. Draughtsman: Carel Jacob van Baar van Slangenburg. Intermediary draughtsman: Leendert van der Cooghen. Dating: 1651. Measurements: h 351 mm × w 286 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Jean Paul Marat (Ti)

Lucius Septimus SEVERUS Roman emperor Date: 146 - 211

Roman Emperor Titus, 39AD-81AD, Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.

A bust of the Roman emperor Balbinus in the Capitoline Museum. Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus (Ad 178-238) was Roman emperor with Pupienus for three months in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. He was assassinated.

Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Pierres antiques gravées, sur lesquelles les graveurs ont mis leurs noms, Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733, Stosch, Philipp, Baron von, 1691-1757, de Limiers, M., Engraving, 1724

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