Classical Portraiture

Exquisite portraits and medal prints of historical figures, highlighting elegant attire and detailed facial representations in classic artistic styles.

Portrait of Wilhelmina van Pruisen, Anonymous, 1767 - 1849 print Portrait of Wilhelmina in an oval. On a pedestal her name and title. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Germany (possibly) paper engraving / etching

Adelheid of Brabant.

Medaillons met Portretten van Solon, Valerius Publicola en themistocles, Reinier Vinkeles (1), after James Buys, 1793 print Medallions with portraits of the philosopher Solon, the Roman Consul Publius Valerius Publicola, and from the Athenian statesman Themistocles, against stone pedestals near a tree. Around another medallion, a winch and a phases. Amsterdam paper etching symbols and allegories of jurisprudence (+ 'fasces cum securibus'). lyre, cithara, psaltery. Solon, the philosopher and lawgiver. (story of) Themistocles

Portrait of Wilhelmina van Pruisen, Anonymous, 1767 - 1849 print Portrait of Wilhelmina in an oval. On a pedestal her name and title. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Germany (possibly) paper engraving / etching

Portrait of Lodewijk XV, Benoit Louis Prevost, after Charles Nicolas Cochin (II), 1765 Print is part of an album. paper engraving / etching Print is part of an album. paper engraving / etching

Statue of Cardinal Richelieu, François Pigeot, Hilaire Pigeot, After Claude Ramey, 1785 - 1874 print Paris paper etching historical persons. cardinal

Vignette with the personification of passionence, Jacob Folkema, After Johannes de Bosch, 1723 - 1767 print Vignette with the image of the Personified passibility in a cartouche. Her arms are fascinated and her hands joined. The print is part of a series of book illustrations about virtues and vices. paper etching Patience; 'Patienza' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)

Goethe monument for Frankfurt am Main; Payne, Albert Henry (1812-1902), Schwanthaler, Ludwig von (1802-1848), Brain & Payne (London; Publisher; Fl. CA 1820-1860); 1840-1850 (1840-00-00-1850-00-00);

Muse with the Dramatic Masks, Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 1727-1815, Engraving on paper, An oval (vertical) on a horizontal rectangular stone, painted to show: a muse sitting on rock, at her feet shepherds' pipes and the mask of tragedy under the right foot. She holds the comic mask aloft as cupid, right, tries to reach it, over a lyre. The Dionysiac staff lies across her lap (perhaps Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy)., Italy, 1779, Print, Print

Relief with portrait of King Louis XIV and Profil, by P. Puget, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph cardboard. photographic support albumen print sculpture. historical persons (+ (full) bust portrait). sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)

Shield with a bust of Napoléon I Bonaparte, Raphael Urbain Massard, 1785 - 1843 print paper etching historical persons. protective weapons: shield

Thales of Milet.

Bust of young woman with helmet, Everard Crynsz. van der Maes, 1587 - 1647 print Bust of a young woman to the left with richly decorated helmet on the head, in a cartouche, in which a deer head and a face at the top of below. The Hague paper etching / engraving helmet

Vignette with the portrait of Louis XIII, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, After Jean Varin, 1718 print Penning with the portrait of Louis XIII (on the medal wrongly Louis XIV), king of France. The medallion is caught in a vignette of weapons, flags and olive branches. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). weapons

Karl VI., Roman-German Kaiser.

Bernhard Rode etching of portrait medals with allegorical accessories and personifications, created between 1748 and 1797, showing symbolic and detailed figures.

Ludwig, Dauphin of France.

Amalie Auguste, Princess of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld painter: Brandt, Carl Heinrichstecher: Farried, Egid (The Younger)

Petrarca, Francesco.

Design for wall decoration head and profil to the left, Jurriaan Andriessen, c. 1752 - c. 1819 drawing Design for a room wall. paper. deck paint. graphite (mineral). ink pen / brush

Joachim Gras, Treasurer de France of the generality of Paris, 1753 (dummy title)

Head of Sappho, Greek poet of the island of Lesbos, with lyre and insect. Copperplate engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi from 108 Plates of Antique Gems, 1860. The gems were from the Duke of Marlborough's collection.

Freedom, Jacques Louis Copia, After Pierre Prud'Hon, c. 1793 print Freedom has defeated the hydra of tyranny and broken the yoke of despotism. paper etching / engraving Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa). Libertas as Roman personification. yoke. attributes of Hercules (with NAME). 'hydra'; 'Hidra' (Ripa). dictatorial government, tyranny; 'Tirannide' (Ripa)

Berlin. Altes Museum - Luca della Robbia (1399-1481), a bust of a young man in an oval; around 1910 (1880-00-00-1920-00-00);

Copper engraving print by Robert Boissard depicting the ancient Greek poets Pindar and Sappho, created in 1613.

Portrait van Christian Feldegott Gellert, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1775 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Piola, peltugo.

Polyhymnia, Etienne Acille Réveil, 1829 print Numbered in the bottom right: 18. paper etching Polyhymnia (one of the Muses); 'Polinnia' (Ripa)

Eutichio Ajello / 'The Muse Erato'. Mid-XVIIIcentury. Pencil on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Herfst, Simon François Ravenet (Le Vieux), After Charles -Antoine Coypel, 1716 - 1774 print Personification of autumn as a woman with a bunch of grapes, used to the left. Paris paper engraving / etching seasons of the year represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape. autumn, fall, 'Autumnus'; 'Autunno' (Ripa)

Eutichio Ajello / 'Portrait of roman Woman'. Mid-XVIIIcentury. Pencil on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Short, Josef Felix of.

Portrait of the wedge

Copper engraving and etching by an unknown engraver depicting Michelangelo's statue of Moses in San Pietro, created after 1513, illustrating Renaissance sculpture and religious art.

Freedom, Jacques Louis Copia, Pierre Prud'Hon (Rejected Attribution), c. 1793 print Freedom has defeated the hydra of tyranny and broken the yoke of despotism. paper etching / engraving Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa). Libertas as Roman personification. yoke. attributes of Hercules (with NAME). 'hydra'; 'Hidra' (Ripa). dictatorial government, tyranny; 'Tirannide' (Ripa)

Diogene under a shield he found in the foot of a triumphal column, turned off his lanterned sic / Seeing the portrait of Napoleon 1st

Medaillons met Portretten van Solon, Valerius Publicola en themistocles, Reinier Vinkeles (1), after James Buys, 1793 print Medallions with portraits of the philosopher Solon, the Roman Consul Publius Valerius Publicola, and from the Athenian statesman Themistocles, against stone pedestals near a tree. Around another medallion, a winch and a phases. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving symbols and allegories of jurisprudence (+ 'fasces cum securibus'). lyre, cithara, psaltery. Solon, the philosopher and lawgiver. (story of) Themistocles

Portret van Charles Coqueley de Chaussepierre, Jean François Rousseau, After Charles Nicolas Cochin (II), 1780 Print is part of an album. paper engraving / etching Print is part of an album. paper engraving / etching

Sophie Karoline, Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

Saint Philibert and Saint Austreberte. Etching.

Portrait of Jan Bart, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1786 print Portrait of the Flemish hijacker Jan Bart. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Double portrait Stephan and Joseph Montgolfier

Kaunitz-Rietberg, Wenzel Anton Prince of Painter: Vinazer, Christianstecher: Mansfeld, Johann Ernstverlag: Artaria & Co.verlaysort: Vienna

Bildnis des Fridericvs Avgvstvs Elector Saxony

Portrait of Carolus van Utenhoven, Simon van de Passe, After Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1800 - 1899 print Medallon with the portrait of Carolus van Utenhoven, at the age of 59. On the back of the medal the coat of arms of the portrayed person. unknown paper engraving

Personification of knowledge; Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica Gente. A console with the female personification of knowledge with a rod in her right hand and a book in her left hand. The print is part of an album.

Camee with Perseus and Pegasus. Camee with persevered the winged horse Pegasus. Reproduction of a cameo from the DIRK Versteegh's collection in Amsterdam according to the caption.

Medal with bust of Lodewijk XIV. Front of a medal with bust and profil from Louis XIV, first issued on the occasion of the regency of his mother in 1643.

Photograph of print: Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1470 or 1482 - 1527 or 1534) according to Raphael (1483-1520), La Force ; sheet from: Notice sur la vie de Marc Antoine Raimondi Graveur Bolonais accompagnée de reproductions photographiques de quelques unes d. Blanquart-Évrard, Louis-Désiré (1802-1872), printing house, Delessert, Benjamin (1817-1868), photographer, Goupil & Cie (Paryż ; firma wydawniczo-fotograficzna ; 1850-1884), publisher, Colnaghi, D. & Co. (Londyn ; galeria sztuki ; 1760- ), publisher

H. Cecilia, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print paper etching the virgin martyr Cecilia of Rome; possible attributes: falcon, musical instruments, organ, wreath of roses and lilies

Bust van Wilhelmina van Pruisen, Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, after Louis Royer, 1833 - 1845 print Bust van Wilhelmina by Louis Royer in an ornamented rectangle. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper. steel engraving piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture

Plato 1701 / 1800

Portret Van Raphaël, Jakob Frey (I), After Carlo Maratta, 1691 - 1752 print With caption in Latin. paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter. ornament derived from architectural details. ornament ~ cartouche. ornament ~ medallion

Female Figure with Anchor. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: 6 15/16 x 3 7/8 in. (17.6 x 9.9 cm) irregular. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Industry, Johann Friedrich Greuter, After Camillo Massimo, 1640 print Woman, sitting with a column, busy with a craftsmanship. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving Industriousness, Assiduitity; 'Assiduity', 'Industry', 'Zelo' (Ripa) (+ Personification)

Portrait of Antinous in multicolour sapphire. Bithynian Greek youth and favourite of Roman emperor Hadrian. Antinous in Sapphero versicoloro & dactylotheca. From the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

Portrait of the architect Simon Schijnvoet on a medallion, Pieter Schenk (I), 1670 - 1713 print paper engraving armorial bearing, heraldry

Dürer, Albrecht.

Diomedes and Odysseus having stolen the Palladium from Troy. Copperplate engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after a design by Giovanni Battista Cipriani from 108 Plates of Antique Gems, 1860. The gems were from the Duke of Marlborough's collection.

Portrait of the Socrates

Uncut leaf with two prints. Left: Portrait of the poet Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy. Right: Portrait of the painter Angelica Kauffmann. Beneath the portraits empty margins, Portraits of Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy and Angelica Kauffmann, print maker: Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, unknown, 1787 - 1828, paper, etching, h 131 mm × w 210 mm

Laura .

Freedom (IT)

Apollo. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and Niquet the younger and engraving by C. Niquet after Bourdon.

Vittorio alfieri grave monument. Tomb monument from poet Vittorio Alfieri with a grieving muse by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova.

Etching representing the allegorical figure of Justice, created by Maria Anna Angelika Catharina Kauffmann in 1777 in the punctuation manner.

Bust of a woman, in despair, Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1760 print Amsterdam paper chest, bust. despair (of person under sentence of death)

Seymour, Johanna .

Numa Pompilius, King of Rome.

Frame for Peter Neefs, Etienne Fessard, After Durand, 1724 - 1777 print An oval frame with a face with veil and a plume of smoke for Peter Neefs (Pieter Neefs). France paper etching ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations). artist (in general)

Ludwig I, the religious, Roman emperor.

Deception and forgery, Arnold Houbraken, 1670 - 1719 drawing Design for the emblem 'deception, and Valsheit, be wary', design for a book illustration or print. paper. ink pen / brush attributes of Janus. Cheat, Deceit; 'Fraude', 'Inganno' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)

The statue of Eros (Cupid) with an arrow in his hand. unknown

A Faun wearing a animal skin nursing a child. Copperplate engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after a design by Giovanni Battista Cipriani from 108 Plates of Antique Gems, 1860. The gems were from the Duke of Marlborough's collection.

Ludwig V, the lazy king of France.

Design for a statue: bravery, 1799; Bravery; Designs for the monument to the national party for celebration of the peace of 17 December 1799..

Personification of cosmography; Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica Gente. A console with a woman in starfront, sitting on a cloud. She has a scepter and armillarium in her hands. Right to her feet the earth. It may be a personification of the cosmography or world description. The print is part of an album.

Pompey the Great tirelessly.

Portrait of Philip II of Macedon, wearing helmet and cape, on beryl from Lord Bessborough's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.

Portrait of Duke Maximilian Iulius Leopold

Portretten van Félicité en Théophile de Ferig, Theodorus de Roode, After Le Gros, 1793 print Portraits of the sisters Félicité and Théophile de Fernig, who fought for a few days in 1792 with the 'Guarde Nationale'. They were driven by their father, General Louis Joseph de Fernig. print maker: Rotterdampublisher: Haarlem paper engraving

Italy, Canova, Antonio, Tognolli, Giovanni, Bertini, Angelo, Sculptures by Antonio Canova, Giorgio Washington, Statue of George Washington, verso - stamped, Statue of President George Washington of the United States, seated on a chair with a tablet and a pen in his hands, by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova., print, prints, height 450 mm, width 325 mm, 1783 - 1838, print maker, printmaker, 1796 - 1796, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1786-06-16 - 1862-05-31, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, 1757-11-01 - 1822-10-13, after a sculpture by

Portrait of Karel III, king of Spain. Latin text in undermarge.

Three Oriental Heads. Dated: 1770/1775. Dimensions: overall (roundel): 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink on laid paper; laid down. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Hamilton Mortimer.

Genie de la Poësie 18th century Madame la Marquise de Pompadour French. Genie de la Poësie 386040

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833), Birkop Balles Medal, (1797)

. Head of a young man to the right. To a classic sculpture.

Hadik runs, Andreas Graf.

Six coins with portraits of men and women from classical antiquity and mythology: Letter Q, Richard Collin, After Joachim von Sandrart (I), 1675 - 1680 print Six coins with portrait busts of men and women from classical antiquity and mythology. Among others Castor and Pollux. paper engraving coin

Portrait of a Man Wearing a Wig. Artist: Bartolommeo Nazari (Nazzari) (Italian, Clusone near Bergamo 1699-1758 Milan). Dimensions: 11-3/4 x 8-13/16 in. (29.8 x 22.4 cm). Date: 1699-1758. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Minerva with pedel staff and coat of arms of Utrecht University, Noah van der Meer (I), 1724 - 1769 print Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, is in her hands for a base, with the pedel staff and the coat of arms of Utrecht University. Leiden paper etching / engraving specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness. beadle's mace. armorial bearing, heraldry

Flavia Julia Titi or Domitia, daughter and only child to Emperor Titus. Copperplate engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi from 108 Plates of Antique Gems, 1860. The gems were from the Duke of Marlborough's collection.

Portrait of Georg II.

Monument Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Monument on the Mozartplatz. 1842, from Ludwig von Schwanthaler; Cast of Stieglmayr. Drawing and engraving of Albert Henry Payne.

Mlle Etienne Joconde...bécassine de Constitutionnel , Journalists, Authors, Étienne, Charles-Guillaume, 1777-1845. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Baldesio, Giovanni.

Woven Portrait Of Napoleon III (France); Designed by Auguste Malpertuy (French); Manufactured by Furnion Père & Fils Ainé; silk

Standbeeld van Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Louis Marie Yves Queverdo, 1838 - 1841 print Paris paper etching historical persons. commander-in-chief, general, marshal

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