Historical Portrait Engravings

Vintage engravings depicting notable historical figures in elaborate attire, showcasing intricate details in clothing and facial features.

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (circa 1488 - 1576) - Italian artist. Date: circa 1565

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (circa 1488 - 1576) - Italian artist. Date: circa 1565

Adam Craponne, engineer of the sixteenth century, vintage engraving. Adam Craponne, engineer of the sixteenth century, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673517

Illustrated portrait of Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson. King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. Lived between 12th May 1496 - 29th September 1560 A member of the Vasa noble family.

Paul Weller. Line engraving, 1688.

Michel Nostradamus (1503-1556) French physician and astrologer. 17th century copperplate engraving

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Giovanni Battista Guarini, 1538 - 1612, an Italian poet

Count Greve Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre, 16 June 1583, 28 August 1654, was Swedish Chancellor of the Realm in front of, during and after ...

Matteo I Visconti, 15 August 1250, 24 June 1322, of the Visconti family succeeded his uncle, Archbishop Ottone Visconti, as political leader of Milan in 1295, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Prince Moritz of Orange, Maurits van Oranje, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, 1567, 1625, Governor of Holland and Zeeland and since 1589 of Utrecht, Guelders and Overijssel as well as Captain-General of the Land and Naval Forces of the Netherlands, in advanced age, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

St. Turibius of Astorga (402 -476) also called Toribio of Libana. Spanish catholic religious, bishop of Astorga. Illustration by Llanta. Portrait. Lithography. Crnica General de Espaa, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Vieja, 1870.

JACOB VAN CACHOPIN Flemish patron of the arts, of Antwerp. Date: 17TH CENTURY

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, (1804).Artist: Ogbourne

Portrait of Adam de Craponne, French engineer

Gaspard II de Coligny, Comte de Coligny, 1519 - 1572, a French Huguenot leader Gaspard II de Coligny, Comte de Coligny, 1519 - 1572, a French Huguenot leader Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21665241

DINO COMPAGNI Italian chronicler Date: 1250 - 1323

James Boswell (1740-1795) Scottish diarist, man-of-letters and biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Engraving after the portrait by Joshua Reynolds from 'A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen' by Thomas Thomson (1870).

R.P. Joannes Baptista de Bisthoven, Adrian Lommelin, c. 1637-1677, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641, Flemish, active in Britain (1620-21; 1632-34; 1635-41), ca.1635, Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, browned white, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, Mount: 15 × 11 3/16 inches (38.1 × 28.4 cm), Sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 9/16 inches (29.4 × 21.7 cm), and Image: 10 9/16 × 8 7/16 inches (26.8 × 21.4 cm)

August (* 31 July 1526 to 11 February 1586), who called himself Augustus and was popularly known as Father August in reference to his paternal position, was Elector of Saxony from the Albertine line of the House of Wettin from 1553 until his death, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of John Frederick I, the Magnanimous of Saxony, 1503 - 1554, Wettin, Elector and Duke of Saxony

Domenichino, 28 October 1581, 6 April 1641, actually Domenico Zampieri, was an Italian painter, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Sir Thomas More alias Saint Thomas More 1477 to 1535 English humanist statesman and Chancellor of England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Juan de Carvajal (Juan Alfonso de Carvajal) (d. 1312). Castilian knight and commander of the Order of Calatrava. Servant of King Ferdinand IV of Castile. Condemned to death with his brother Pedro Alfonso by the king himself in 1312. Portrait. Drawing by Llanta. Lithography. ""Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Andalucia"", 1869.

"Jocky of Norfolk", killed at Bosworth, from an original painting on panel in the Royal Collection, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Sir William Wallace circa 1272-76 to 1305 From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Sir Francis Drake, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Paul Jove, vintage engraving. Paul Jove, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660600

HANS HOLBEIN (the Elder) German artist known for religious subjects Date: 1465 - 1524

Francis Beaumont 1584 to 1616 English dramatist and poet Collaborator with John Fletcher

Portrait of Fray Luis de León. Luyssi Legionensis (Belmonte 1527 - Madrigal de las Altas Torres 1591). Theologian, poet, astronomer, humanist and religious Augustinian Spanish from the Salamanca school. Spanish Renaissance Scientific reformer of the Julian calendar changing it to the current Gregorian calendar. Old engraving of the book Spanish Biographical Year by Ildefonso Fernandez 1899

Pope Sixtus V or Felice Peretti di Montalto, 1521, 1590, Pope of the Catholic Church from 1585-1590, historical illustration

Michel de lHospital (1505-1573) was a French writer and politician. Counselor of the Paris Parliament, Ambassador to the Council of Trent, Superintendent of Finance and Chancellor of France, he dedicated himself to quelling religious revolts by avoiding bloodshed. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

'Doria', (1466-1560), 1830. Andrea Doria (1466-1560) Italian condottiero and admiral of the Republic of Genoa. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830

Alexander Massaria. Line engraving, 1688.

Marco Polo, c.1254 -1324, an Italian merchant, explorer and writer, digital edited

Casimir the Great, Kazimierz III Wielki, Casimirus III Magnus, 30 April 1310, 5 November 1370, was the youngest son of King Wladyslaw I Ellenlang from...

Lucas Cranach der Ältere, 4. Oktober 1472, 16. Oktober 1553, war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Maler, Grafiker und Buchdrucker der Renaissance, Hi...

Portrait and autograph of King Henry IV of England 1367 to 1413, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, poet executed for treason 1517-1547. Mislabeled as Thomas Howard. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884.

Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639). English poet and diplomat. Engraving, 18th century. Colored.

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 4 October 1472, 16 October 1553, was one of the most important German painters, graphic artists and letterpress printers of the Renaissance, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

Maximilian II, Röm, Kaiser, portrait with golden fleece, Unknown

Georgius Agricola, 1494 - 1555, a German Catholic, scholar and scientist

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of Albrecht Duerer the Younger, 1471 - 1528, a German painter, printmaker, mathematician and theorist at the time of humanism and the Reformation

Historic drawing, portrait of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1563-1612, an English statesman and Minister of Elizabeth I. and Jacob I.

Yemelyan Ivanovitch Pugachev (c. 1742 ñ 1775) pretender to the Russian throne who led a great Cossack insurrection during the reign of Catherine II

FEDERICO I BARBARROJA - 1123/1190 - EMPERADOR DEL SACRO IMPERIO GERMANO Y REY DE ITALIA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Self portrait. Date/Period: 1570. Drawing. Height: 230 mm (9.05 in); Width: 157 mm (6.18 in). Author: Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (c1527-1556), 1824.Artist: W Freeman

Miguel Saavedra de Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer, Illustration from the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Illustration of Henry Hudson, English sea explorer and navigator in the 17th century who explored the Hudson River viewed from front set inside oval shape done in retro woodcut style. . Henry Hudson Explorer Woodcut

Cornelio Bentivoglio, 27 March 1668 - 30 December 1732, an Italian nobleman and cardinal / Marco Cornelio Bentivoglio de Aragona, Pseudonym Selvaggio Porpora, 27. März 1668- 30. Dezember 1732, ein italienischer Kurienkardinal, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Thomas Muentzer (born around 1489) (died 27 May 1525) was a theologian, reformer and revolutionary during the time of the Peasants' War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Thomas Müntzer (born around 1489) (died 27 May 1525) was a theologian, reformer and revolutionary during the time of the Peasants' War, Historical, di...

Jacob Jordaens, also Jacob Jordaens the Elder (born 19 May 1593 in Antwerp, died 18 October 1678 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of the Baroque period. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original.

Albrecht Duerer, painter, 1471 - 1528, historical illustration, portrait, 1880

LUDOVICO ARIOSTO, BORN SEPTEMBER 8, 1474; DIED JUNE 6, 1533, 1874 engraving

Lodovico Carracci, an Italian painter, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from the 19th century, exact date unknown

San Francisco Javier (1506-1552), apóstol de las Indias y el Japón. Jesuíta español. Grabado de 1870.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Viscount St Albans. English philosopher, scientist and statesman. Lord Chancellor 1618. In science advocated observation and experiment rather than Aristotelian deductive logic. Early 20th century chromolithograph

Amerigo Vespucci, March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512, was a merchant, navigator and explorer / Amerigo Vespucci, 9. März 1454 - 22. Februar 1512, war ein Kaufmann, Seefahrer, Navigator und Entdecker, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Jacob Jordaens,1593-1678. Flemish painter.19th century print engraved by Edward F. Finden(1791-1857) after Van Dyke.

Alonso Cano (1601-1667), pintor, escultor y arquitecto español. Grabado de 1877.

Portrait of a Man in Black Costume Corneille de Lyon (Dutch,1500/10-1575, active in France). Portrait of a Man in Black Costume. Tempera on panel, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (21.6 x 14.9 cm). European Art

Illustration of Antoine Joseph Wiertz Belgian Romantic Painter b 1806 d 1865

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Torquato Tasso, 1544 - 1595, an Italian poet of the Counter-Reformation

Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1577, 1640, Flemish Baroque painter

Sir John Glanville the Younger 1586, 1661, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Short Parliament. From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary published 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 ñ 1400); known as the Father of English literature; is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages

Portrait of an unknown man, court of King Henry VIII, c. 1532. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by Charles Knight after a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger from Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, John Chamberlaine, London, 1812.

William Shakespeare Johann Lindner (1839-1906) Colored etching

Paul Soleillet, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Michael Servetus (1511-1553). Spanish physician and theologian. Persecuted by the Inquisition, he fled to Geneva, where on Calvin's initiative was condemned to be burned at the stake for heresy. Portrait. Engraving. Detail. Historia de las persecuciones políticas y religiosas en Europa (History of political and religious persecutions in Europe). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1864.

Sir Walter Raleigh, 1554, 29. Oktober 1618, war ein englischer Landherr, Schriftsteller, Dichter, Soldat, Politiker, Höfling, Spion und Entdecker, His...

Diego de Losada (c.1513-1569). Spanish conquistador, founder of Caracas (1567).

Michelangelo Buonarrotti,1475-1564. Italian High Renaissance painter sculptor architect and poet 19th century print engraved by A. Francois, from the portrait by the artist.

Portrait of Titian (1490-1576) an Italian painter and member of the Venetian School. Dated 16th Century

Portrait believed to be that of the father of Thomas More, vintage engraving. Portrait believed to be that of the father of Thomas More, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659975

BARTOLOME HIDALGO (1531-1597) - LIBRO DE RETRATOS DE ILUSTRES Y MEMORABLES VARONES - 1599. Author: FRANCISCO PACHECO. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Clement VII (1478-1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de Medici. Cardinal (1513-1523) and Pope (1523-1534). Thanks to his patronage Michelangelo finished the paintings of the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. Colored engraving by Serra Pausas.

Giordano Bruno (1548 1600), born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and astrologer. He is remembered for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended the then novel Copernican model. He proposed that the stars were just distant suns surrounded by their own exo-planets and raised the possibility that these planets could even foster life of their own (a philosophical position known as cosmic pluralism)

Sebastiano Caboto, Sebastian Cabot, Sebastian Gaboto, 1484 -1557, ein aus Venedig stammender Entdecker und Kartograph, der im Dienst der englischen un...

Innocent X (1574-1655). Roman Pope (1644-1655), called Giambattista Pamfili. Portrait of the Pope Innocent X painted in Rome in 1650 by Diego Velazquez. Detail. Gallery Doria-Pamphili, Rome, Italy.

Rodrigo de Bastidas (1445-1527). Spanish sailor and conqueror. Watercolor.

Vicente Juan Masip, known as Juan de Juanes (1507-1579). Spanish painter of the Renaissance period. Engraving by Arturo Carretero in "Almanaque de la Ilustración", 1880.

Pfinzing, Conrad .

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