Historical Portrait Engravings

Detailed engravings portraying notable historical figures with precise attire and expressions, rich in 17th and 18th-century artistry.

Self-portrait of printmaker and painter Johannes Swertner at the age of sixteen. He holds a marker in his hand. Below the portrait his name and age., Portrait of Johannes Swertner, print maker: Johannes Swertner, (mentioned on object), 1763, paper, etching, h 168 mm × w 146 mm

Keyssler, Johann Georg.

Portrait of Gerard Baron van Swieten, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1773 print Portrait of Gerard Baron van Swieten, physician and professor in Leiden and Vienna. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Sunfels, Josef Freiherr von (1733-1817).

Paesiello, Giovanni.

Portrait of Jean Baptiste Rousseau, Monogrammist GPD, 1741 print paper etching historical persons

Self-portrait of printmaker and painter Johannes Swertner at the age of sixteen. He holds a marker in his hand. Below the portrait his name and age., Portrait of Johannes Swertner, print maker: Johannes Swertner, (mentioned on object), 1763, paper, etching, h 168 mm × w 146 mm

Portrait of Karel van Egmond, Duke van Gelre, Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), 1840 - 1884 print Portrait bust in an oval to the right of Karel van Egmond Hertog van Gelre. He wears a hat with feathers. There are family crest in the margin. paper etching

Breitinger, Johann Jakob 1751 / 1800

Dryck, Anton van.

Portrait of Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Portrait of Willem IV. In his right hand a command. In the middle of its weapon with a crown and two lions, decorated with the garter and the motto of the garter of the garter. In the undermaster his name, his titles and his date of birth.

Baoueet the Camilly, Franis.

Portrait of the painter Hendrik van Steenwijck (II), Paulus Pontius, after Anthony van Dyck, 1616 - 1657 print Antwerp paper engraving portrait, self-portrait of painter

Stars, Laurence.

Vauban, Sébastien de.

Fleury, André Hercule the loss: rossi, Dommitico the (1691) Mallad, Higaud, Higaud, Higaintiest

Dafresnoy, Charles Alphonse.

Dirck de Bray, Solomon de Bray Solomon de Bray

Portrait of Arnold Holders. Design for a print.

Godfrey Schalcken, Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724-1789, British, after Godfried Schalcken, 1643-1706, Dutch, undated, Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches (29.9 x 23.2 cm), Plate: 6 11/16 x 5 3/16 inches (17 x 13.1 cm), and Image: 5 9/16 x 4 3/4 inches (14.1 x 12 cm), artist, candle, cloak, coat, columns, cravat, curls, etcher, figure, flame, gaze, gesture, long hair, man, portrait, posing, sculptures, statues

Portrait of Pieter de Mare. Draughtsman: Abraham Delfos. Dating: 6-May-1794. Measurements: h 154 mm × w 113 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Benjamin Martin. Coloured stipple engraving by R. Page, 1815.

Foscolo, Ugo.

HiArter, Olaf Peter.

Schrader, Johann Christoph.

Telemen, Saken.

Cagliostro, Alexander Count Unknown artist dating: 1776/1800

Giuseppe Balsamo Cagliostro. Mezzotint.

Portrait of Alexander Pope. Portrait of the English poet Alexander Pope. On the base under the portrait An image of Apollo musagetes; Apollo between the nine muses on the Parnassus mountain, as an imagination of poetic inspiration and art. Above this image a sun shrugged through a cloud cover. Tambourine, flute, crown, mask and caduceus are located on the base. At the top of the portrait two wings, a torch and a winch.

The port Van Hendrik II van Savoy -Nemours, Claude between, 1640 - 1644 print France paper engraving historical persons. nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood

Portrait of a young man, Constantijn à Renesse (Possible), 1636 - 1654 print Bust of a young man in an oval. He is wearing a wambuis with a small flat collar. paper etching / drypoint youth, adolescent (+ three-quarter view)

Portrait van Johann Heinrich Lips, Johann Heinrich Lips, after G.F. Schmoll, 1768 - 1817 print paper etching historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist

Portrait of Jan de Wys. Portrait of Jan de Wys, broker in dyes in Amsterdam.

Bust of an unknown man, three-quarters to the right, print maker: anonymous, Peter Paul Rubens, (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, Antwerp, 1598 - 1690, paper, etching, h 129 mm × w 108 mm

Self -portrait of the painter Abraham van der Eyk, John de Groot (II), After Abraham van der Eyk, 1698 - 1776 print Northern Netherlands paper engraving

Portrait of Augustus III. Rex pol.

Portrait of Joannes Bruno, half way up, slightly to the right, with a book in his right hand. Joannes was a minister in Egmond aan Zee, Portrait of Joannes Bruno., draughtsman: Matthys van den Bergh, 1678, paper, pen, h 233 mm × w 180 mm

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833), Portraet of the painter A. Graff, 1788

PORTRET Van Louis -Isaac LEMAISTRE DE SACY, René LOCHON, 1646 - Before 1675 print Paris paper engraving historical persons. theologian

Félon, François de Salignac de la Mothe.

Pothoven, Hendrik, Amsterdam, Bogerts, Cornelis, Portrait of Pieter van Damme at the age of 60, Portrait of Pieter van Damme with wig in oval frame., print, prints, height 233 mm, width 147 mm, 1745 - 1817-02-03, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1788, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1725-12-25 - 1807-01-25, intermediary draughtsman

Frontispiece Portrait (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras). Dimensions: sheet (trimmed within plate): 4 1/2 x 2 13/16 in. (11.5 x 7.1 cm). Engraver: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Sitter: Said to portray Samuel Butler (British, baptized Strensham, Worcestershire 1613-1680 Covent Garden); Actual sitter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, Lille 1636-1699 London). Date: April 1726.Published as a frontispiece to Samuel Butler's Hudibras, this print is wrongly identified as a portrait of the author. It actually portrays the painter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer and derives from a 1715 mezzotint by George White based on a portrait by Sir George Kneller. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Robert Boyle. Line engraving by B. Cole, 1753.

Morand, Savior François.

Solomon de Bray. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dirck de Bray.

LERAMBERT, LOUIS.

Portrait of Isaac de Moucheron, Nicolaas Verkolje, 1683 - 1746 drawing paper. pencil brush portrait, self-portrait of artist. portrait, self-portrait of painter. historical persons

Porter van Nicolas de Grillié, Claude between, 1633 - 1688 print France paper engraving historical persons. archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic)

Portrait of the Guillaume Charles Henri

Portrait of Adriaen van der van der Werff.

Copper engraving and etching by Robert Nanteuil in 1673 depicting a portrait of Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, showing facial features, attire, and composition.

Portrait of Peter August, Pieter Schenk (I), 1708 print Peter August, servant of the Elector of Saxony. Amsterdam paper engraving

Portrait of French Decker, draughtsman: Tako Hajo Jelgersma, 1736, paper, brush, h 233 mm × w 170 mm

Joannes Burmann. Line engraving by J. Houbraken after J. M. Quinkhard, 1736.

Portrait of Robert Hennebo; Robert Hennebo. Portrait to the right of Robert Hennebo in an oval. Under the portrait a four-line verse in Dutch.

Richard Gibson, a dwarf to Charles I, with a small roundel of Anne Gibson, his wife. Line engraving by A. Walker.

Self-Portrait of Louis de Moni. .

Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724-1789, British, Sir Godfrey Kneller and John Zackary Kneller, undated. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Roth, Franz Ignatz .

Portrait of Allaert van Everdingen, Sybrand Factama (II), After Jacob de Wit, 1704 - 1758 drawing paper. watercolor (paint) brush historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of draughtsman. portrait, self-portrait of painter. portrait, self-portrait of artist

Portrait of Adriaen van der Werff, Antoine Maurin, 1827 - 1854 print Paris paper historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of painter

Sir Godfrey Kneller, Print made by John Corner, 1788-1825, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646-1723, German, active in Britain (from 1676), Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, active 1804-1914, British, and Baynes & Son, active ca. 1821-1826, British, 1821, Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé, Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches (27.6 x 20.9 cm), Plate: 10 1/2 x 7 15/16 inches (26.7 x 20.2 cm), Sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 3/8 inches (25.5 x 18.8 cm), and Image: 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches (14.9 x 9.8 cm), armor, artist, cloak, costume, curls, horse (animal), landscape, men, nobility, portrait

Pieter Schenck, 1660-1719, Dutch, Portrait of G. Kneller.

Portrait of Jan de Visscher, Cornelis van Noorde, after Jan de Visscher, after Cornelis Visscher (II), 1775 print Portrait of painter and print maker Jan De Visscher. paper

Carolus Linnaeus. Etching by J. M. Bernigeroth, 1749.

Leyden, Lucas van.

Pieter Haaringh, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655 print paper etching / drypoint

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Portrait of Bernardus van Schendel, Anonymous, 1698 drawing parchment (animal material). ink. pencil pen portrait, self-portrait of artist. portrait, self-portrait of painter. historical persons

Portrait of the painter Hendrik van Steenwijck (II), Paulus Pontius, Gillis Hendricx

Pieter Haringh; Jacob Thomasz Haringh; Young Haringh.

Portrait of Dr. Hugo van der Helst in a study room, draughtsman: Nicolaas Verkolje, 1683 - 1746, paper, pen, brush, h 245 mm × w 199 mm

Ariosti, Attilio.

Scultetus, Johann Christian Gebhard.

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Crabbetje, The painter Jan Asselijn, verso middle bottom, print, prints, Rembr, f 16, bottom right, height 202 mm, width 169 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1649, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, burin, Work conception, after own design by

Portrait of Jean-Jacques Keller. Portrait of Jean-Jacques Keller (1635-1700), a Swiss cannon tiger in the service of France, depicted by half in his workshop with the right hand on the shooting tube of a gun.

Anonymous red chalk portrait of Alexandre Milton, Bishop of Valence, with raster technique.

Tavella, Carlo Antonio.

Francis Bernard. Line engraving by W. Angus, 1817.

P. Monamy, Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730-1806, British, after Thomas Stubly, active 1733-1738, British, undated, Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 1/4 inches (30.3 x 23.5 cm), Plate: 6 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches (17.2 x 13 cm), and Image: 5 11/16 x 4 13/16 inches (14.5 x 12.2 cm), coat, costume, frill, gesture, hands, holding, man, marine art, painting (visual work), portrait, seascape, ship, storm, waves (natural events), wig

Mengs, Anton Raphael .

Portrait of Jean Cousin, Gerard Edelinck, 1673 - 1707 print Portrait of the painter Jean Cousin (1480-1550), dressed in mantle and fur hat, depicted with the hands over each other and his pencil pointing to his name. paper engraving

Portrait of Johannes Goedaert, Jan Stolker, 1734 - 1785 drawing paper. watercolor (paint) brush historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of draughtsman. portrait, self-portrait of painter. portrait, self-portrait of artist

Portrait of the artist Johannes Janson, characteristic, Louis Bernard Coclers, c. 1769 - c. 1787 print Johannes Janson sitting by the window with a drawing board in hand. Janson is wearing a wig and a jacket with dark collar. Leiden paper etching / drypoint portrait, self-portrait of artist (+ making preliminary designs, sketching)

Linné, Charles of Stecher: Bernigeroth, Johann Martin

Portrait of the painter Gottfried knress. Portrait of the painter Gottfried knress. This print is part of an album.

Half-figure portrait of a 35-year-old man holding flowers in front of a column base, drawn by Cornelis Visscher in black chalk with gray wash on parchment, 1652.

Farren, William .

Portrait of the painter Dirk van den Bergen, Anonymous, 1725 - 1775 drawing Taken on a banderole under the portrait and on the back, both in contemporain handwriting. Netherlands pencil brush / pen

Portrait of sculptor Johann Martin Fischer (1740-1820) by Jacob Matthias Schmutzer, executed in red chalk, 1781, showing facial features and upper body details.

Rousseau, Jean Baptiste.

Portrait of Ferdinand van Austria, Suzanne Silvestre, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1704 - 1738 print In the caption incorrectly identified as Albert VII. paper engraving / etching historical persons

Portreret van Pentmaker John Marco Marcus paintings Venus in incisor aircraft. . I am

White, Gaspar de.

'Caricature Head of a Man in a Wig'. Italy, 1748. Dimensions: 9,3x7,1 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: PIER LEONE GHEZZI.

Plate 1: Pensive man resting his head on his hand; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta 1743 Giovanni Cattini Italian Cattini engraved a set of 15 plates (frontispiece plus 14 numbered plates) after Piazzetta, entitling them: Icones ad vivum expressae. Most copies of the set are dated 1754 on the title page. A fine early set in the Mariette album of Piazzetta engravings in the Biblioteque Nationale is dated 1743. Moschini and Palluchini refer to a title page of 1763. Teodoro Viero reissued a reduced set of 8 plates plus title page in 1767. Several prints in the set were also copied by Johann Lorenz Haid of Augsburg (1702 - 1750), 1743-1750 and by Franz Xavier Jungwirth of Munich (1720-1790) in 1753 (see: George Knox, Piazzetta, exh. cata., National Gallery, 1983, no. 25; Maria Wiel, L'eredità di Piazzetta, 1996, no.70, p.42).. Plate 1: Pensive man resting his head on his hand; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Giovanni Cat

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets and more.

Lawranson, W., Zincke, Christian Friedrich, Green, Valentine, Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester, print, prints, height mm, width mm, English, 1739-10-16 - 1813-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1749 - 1813, paper, papier, mezzotint, German, 1685 - 1767-03-24, after, after a painting by, intermediary draftsman

Portrait of Isaac Vogelsanck. Portrait of the painter and draftsman Isaac Vogelsanck.

Nassini, Antonio.

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