Historical Portrait Engravings

A collection of engraved portraits of notable historical figures, featuring intricate details, classic attire, and rich textures, evoking a sense of tradition and heritage.

Sadoleto, Jacopo.

Wynn, Sir John Wynn, 1. Baronet .

Screensfuchs, Erasmus Oswald Stecher: Bry, Johann Theodor Dedation: 1597/1509

Sadoleto, Jacopo.

Terorinus, Johannes Stecher: BOISSARD, RobertStecher: Bry, Theodor Deverleger: BOISSARD, Jean-JacquesDiNung: 1598/ 1669

Portrait of Simon Sulzer, Robert Boissard, 1597 - 1599 print France paper engraving / letterpress printing historical persons. book. swimming mammals: dolphin - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)

Afonso Albuquerque afono albuquerque portrait. His name in a frame.

Eobanum Hess Formschneider, Brosamer, HansDatierung: 1533/1554

Cornarius, Janus Stecher: BOISSARD, RobertStec: Bry, Theodor DedatiumN: 1597/1599

Simler, Josias Stecher: Boyceard, RobertStecher: Bry, Theodor DedatiumN: 1597/1599

Bildnis Pavlvs 3., Pant. Max.

Johann Forster 1556 Lucas Cranach the Younger German. Johann Forster 625637

Casini, Francesco Maria.

Julius III., papa .

Everard, Nicholas.

Jackson, Andrea Stecher, Bry, Theodor de

Stephanus, Robert.

Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo; Petrus Bembus Venetus. Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo, in oval with peripheral. Under the portrait a cartouche with a latin fresh.

Portret van Rudolph Gwalther, Anonymous, After Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1584 print Print is part of an album. paper historical persons. theologian

Portrait of writer Anton Francesco Doni, Enea Vico, 1550 print Portrait of Anton Francesco Doni, caught in an ornamented list. paper engraving historical persons. portrait of a writer

Cranmer, Thomas unknown artist dating: 1601/1750

Grumbach, Wilhelm of.

Dominis, Marcantonio de Maler: Miereveld, Michiel van

Chemnitz, Martin .

Portret van Stanislaus HOSIUS Philips Galle, 1572 - 1612 print Portrait of Stanislaus Hosius, a Polish cardinal. Bust to the left. Antwerp paper engraving

Sadoleto, Jacopo.

In the margin a four-line caption in Latin, Portrait of Joos van Cleve Portraits of famous painters from the Low Countries Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris effigies , print maker: Wierix, (rejected attribution), print maker: Hendrick Hondius (I), Dominicus Lampsonius, 1610, paper, engraving, h 195 mm × w 122 mm

Portrait of Gerardus Mercator. Gerardus Mercator, half shown in oval; A globe and a passer in his hands. Around the oval and in a cartouche under the print inscriptions in Latin. According to the inscription, Mercator is 72 years old, but that may be incorrect (see comments).

Portret Van David (2) Parus, Jacques Granthomme, 1588 - c. 1622 print paper engraving historical persons. theologian

Vienna, Sambucus, Johannes, Antwerp, Plantin, Christoffel, Borcht, Pieter van der (I), Portraits of classical and recent philosophers and physicians, Portrait of Antonius Brassavola, verso center - stamped, A portrait with a round frame of Antonius Musa Brassavolus, the personal physician of Charles V, Francis I, Henry VIII and popes Paul III, Leo X, Clement VII and Julius III. Bust to the left. The cartouche of the portrait is decorated with vegetables and fruit. Four putti in the corners of the cartouche. Below the cartouche is a four-line caption in Latin. Above the cartouche the name of the person portrayed., print, book illustration, prints, height 199 mm, width 185 mm, height 238 mm, width 207 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1545 - 1608, print maker, printmaker, 1574 - 1574, paper, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, Publication (Event), Publication, 1514 - 1589-07-01, publisher, Hungarian, 1531-07-30 - 1584-06-13, writer

Portret paus Clemens VII, anonymous, after Jacob Matham, 1605 print paper engraving / letterpress printing pope

Fracastori, Girolamo.

Geiler of Kaisersberg, John.

Swivel Field, Kaspar Stecher: Bry, Theodor Destecher: Boissard, Roberther Editor: Boissard, Jean-Jacquesigner: Boissard, Jean-Jacquesprinter: Becker, Matthew (the elderly) Dating: 1597 / 1599Print: Frankfurt (Main)

Gerard Mercator Cremer. Line engraving by H. Goltzius, 1574.

George Major, 1502-1574, Lutheran theologian of the Protestant Reformation. Born in Nuremberg and died in Wittenberg. Georgius Maior Theologus Wetebeg. Copperplate engraving by Johann Theodore de Bry from Jean-Jacques Boissards Bibliotheca Chalcographica, Johann Ammonius, Frankfurt, 1650.

Swivel field, Kaspar.

Pieter van Foreest

Portret Van Gebard Mercator, Johann theodor the Bry, After JeanCo Jacques Boadard, 1669 print Portrait of the geographer Gerard Mercator, in Ovaal with edge. Mercator measures the distance between two places on a globe with a passer. A praise under the portrait. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving science and technology (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)

Portrait of Brederode Reinoud III. Portrait of Reinoud III from Brederode, knight of the golden fleece.

Portrait of Johannes Radermaker. Portrait of Johannes Radermaker, sitting at table with bible and clock opened. Under portrait cartouche with five lines of latin text.

Portrait van Dr. Georg Roggenbach, Hans Lautensack, 1554 print Portrait of Dr. Georg Roggenbach (1524-1564/66) sitting at half behind a balustrade with a doctor's hat on his head. He holds a rolled up document in his left hand. In the background there are books and an hourglass, a family crest is shown on the wall at the top left. A detailed detailed landscape is visible on the right through the window. According to the Latin inscription under the portrait, the man is portrayed at the age of 38. At the bottom is a Greek text in two lines. paper etching head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). moustache. codpiece (cover for the genitals). head-gear: cap (+ men's clothes). beard. moustache. coat (+ men's clothes)

Kleinau, Johann.

Plutarch.

Portrait of Feofan Procopovi, print maker: Wolfgang Christoph Mayr, (mentioned on object), Germany, 1736 - 1776, paper, engraving, h 202 mm - w 133 mm

Portraurt van Giover Battista gelli, Edge de Boulonian, 1682 print Brussels paper engraving historical persons. portrait, self-portrait of artist

House, John.

Christian II, King of Denmark 1529 After Jan Gossart (called Mabuse) Netherlandish. Christian II, King of Denmark 387963

Cranmer, Thomas Stecher: Desrochers, Etienneverleger: Desrochers, Etiennedatierung: 1701/1733Verlagsort: Paris

Dangers, Niccolo.

Porphyrius .

Red, Giovanni di Bartolo.

Bullinger, Heinrich.

Aristotle.

Rabus, Ludwig.

Sforza, Francesco.

Bust of Flavius Josephus, in an oval. The portrait rests on a plinth on which is a four-line verse in Dutch. Portrait of Flavius Josephus Joseph , print maker: Jacob Houbraken, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Hendrik Pothoven, (mentioned on object), Joannes Nomsz, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1780, paper, engraving, h 221 mm × w 159 mm

Portrait of Titian, 1661. Jan Thomas (Flemish, 1617-1678). Mezzotint;

Dietrich II., Count of Holland.

Mozes, Cornelis Galle (I), After Jan van der Straet, 1613 print Moses as an old man with the stone dining and a rod, in oval with Latin edge. Light rays are visible on either side of his head. Antwerp paper engraving

Gutenberg, Johann Gensmeat.

King Joshua as one of the nine heroes; The nine heroes. The Jewish hero king Joshua. Bust in an oval frame with a peripheral in Latin. Name and a three-legged margin in English.

Hetzer, Ludwig.

Fiace de Saint Marguerite.

Arnestus of Pardubitz.

Ursinus, Zacharias Publisher: Hondius, Hendrik (1)

Half-Length Sketch of a Gentleman Wearing Hat and Cape. Bartolomeo Passarotti; Italian, 1529-1592. Date: 1549-1592. Dimensions: 173 x 142 mm. Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Stralius, Johann .

Apior, Peter Form Cutter: Stimmer, Tobias

Schötterle, Wolfgang.

Johann Naeve Nefe. Line engraving, 1688.

Portret van Hartmann Beyer, Robert Boissard, 1597 - 1599 print Numbered R2 at the bottom right. France paper engraving historical persons. insects: bee. book

Rittershausen, Balthasar.

Bèze, Stecher Theodore: Aubry, Peter (2)

Beautiful, Johann Stecher: Boissard, RobertStecher: Bry, Theodor Dedation: 1597/1599

Attems, Jakob Adam of.

Sadoleto, Jacopo Stecher: Galle, Philips

Boleslaw III., Duke of Bohemia.

Peter Apian, German humanist, mathematician, astronomer and cartographer, 1495-1552. Petrus Apianus Binuitzius Astrologus. Copperplate engraving by Johann Theodore de Bry from Jean-Jacques Boissards Bibliotheca Chalcographica, Johann Ammonius, Frankfurt, 1650.

Ptolemaeus, Claudius Publisher: Jobin, Bernhardstecher: Stimmer, Tobias Division: Strasbourg

Portrait of Matthiolus. Unknown Artist (Flemish); written by Johannes Sambucus (Flemish, 1531-1584). Date: 1574. Dimensions: 192 × 187 mm (image/plate); 311 × 216 mm (sheet). Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper. Origin: Flanders. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

after Lucas Cranach the Younger, John Frederic the Magnanimous, in Electoral Robes, woodcut

Portrait of Johannes Mathesius, Robert Boissard, 1597 - 1599 print France paper engraving / letterpress printing historical persons. book. harpy (fabulous bird); 'Arpie' (Ripa)

Swivel field, Kaspar.

Dolet, Etienne.

CHRISTIAN II King of Denmark (1513-23)

Kromayer, Johann.

Amsterdam, Serwouters, Pieter, Portrait of Jan Pietersz. Serwouters, verso - handwritten in pencil, the father of the printmaker, at the age of 71., print, prints, Jan Serwouters Antwerp 10-01-1546 - 11 June 1622 Amsterdam, height 69 mm, width 49 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1586-10-28 - 1657-09-26, print maker, printmaker, 1617 - 1617, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Kieser, Stanislaus .

Berni, Francesco.

Major, Georg Publisher: Jobin, Bernhardstecher: Stimmer, Tobias Verlagsort: Strasbourg

Copper engraving by Melchior Lorch depicting Anton Wranczy, showing the figure, attire, and portrait details, created in 1556.

Bullinger, Heinrich.

Man with beard and jeweled and banded beret. He is wearing a fur coat. In the margin below '2nd Versuch.', Man with beard, print maker: Diederik Jan Singendonck, (mentioned on object), Rembrandt van Rijn, (mentioned on object), Utrecht, 1801 - 1833, paper, etching, h 111 mm × w 87 mm

Goorris, Jean The form slider: Czech, Intersections Regist: Frankfurt (Main)

Carlo da Motone.

A copper engraving from the second half of the 16th century by Jacobus Bos depicting a portrait of Michelangelo, highlighting facial features and artistic style.

Portrait of Turkish General Ali -Bassa, Dominicus Custos, 1579 - 1615 print Augsburg paper engraving

Portrait of Jean Celosse. .

Dangers, Niccolo.

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