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Portraits

More portraits of famous people can be found here.
"Papst Alexander VII" (1599-1667) Pope Alexander VII was Pope from 1655-1667. He was a friend of the arts and sciences and supported Athanasius Kircher and Lukas Holste. He was the pope at the time of the Pest (Bulbonic Plague) and made special controls in Rome to stop the plague. Published ca 1875. Original antique print , interior design, wall decoration, ideas, idea, gift ideas, present, vintage, charming, special, decoration, home interior, living room design

Religious, Portraits, Pope Alexander VII

$35.00 $21.00

Title of image: "Mohammed's Flucht" (Mohammed's Escape) Two pages of text with an article about Mohammed and Islamic Culture. Published ca 1885. Original antique print

Religious, Portraits, Mohammed, Mohammed's Escape

$45.00 $27.00

Portraits, Emperor Maximilian I.

Portraits, Emperor Maximilian I.

$220.00 $132.00

Budapest. - "Obstmarkt zu Pest" Fruit Market Wood engraving after the drawing by Karl Zadnik (1847-1923) Fruit market on the shore of the Danube in Budapest Wood engraving Published in a German periodical, 1880 23,6 x 35,1 cm (ca. 9.3 x 13.8") Reverse side: Budapest. - "Das Erzherzog-Joseph-Denkmal in Pest" Wood engraving

City Views, Portraits, Hungary, Budapest, Pest, Fruit market, Joseph

$140.00 $84.00

"Ammon in Nitra squallentis cultor eremi" Copper etching by Giovanni Lorenzo Guidotti after Francesco Valesio (active 1611-1640) Ammon was an Egyptian Christian monk (ca. 288-ca. 356) in Nitria near Alexandria, where he lived as an eremite Original antique print

Religious, Portraits, Ammon, Egyptian Christian monk

$70.00 $42.00

"Kaiser Leopold I auf dem Marktplatz zu Nuernberg im Jahre 1658" Wood engraving made after a painting by Paul Ritter ca 1890. Nürnberg. Original antique print , interior design, wall decoration, ideas, idea, gift ideas, present, vintage, charming, special, decoration, home interior, living room design

City Views, Portraits, Germany, Nuernberg, Leopold I

$75.00 $45.00

Queen Victoria, "Die Fahrt der Koenigen Victoria ueber die Tay Bruecke, bridge 1880. interior design, wall decoration, ideas, idea, gift ideas, present, vintage, charming, special, decoration, home interior, living room design

Portraits, Great Britain, Scotland, Queen Victoria, Tay Bridge

$35.00 $21.00

Upper image: Raphael Santi, geboren 1483 in Urbino (Italien) + 1520" (Raffael, Raffael da Urbino, Raffaello Santi) Lower image: "Die Taufe Constantins" (the Baptism of Constantine) interior design, wall decoration, ideas, idea, gift ideas, present, vintage, charming, special, decoration, home interior, living room design

Portraits, Religious, Raphael Santi, Constantine, Baptism

$40.00 $24.00

"Koenig Wilhelm besucht mit seiner Familie die Grabmaeler des Koenigs Friedrich Wilhelm III und der Koenigen Luise von Preussen" Wood engraving published 1880. Text on reverse side about Frech influence of the German language. kkk

Portraits, King, Prussia, Wilhelm

$35.00 $21.00

"Aristide et L'Ostracisme" "Aristide et le Paysan" Aristides (530-468 BC) was an Athenuan statesman. Herodotus named Aristides the most honorable man in Athens. On the reverse side is French text about Aristides, Plutarch and the political situation of Athens at the time. Wood engraving made after the painting by M. Hillemacher. Dated 1870. Original antique print

Ancient World, Portraits, Greece, Aristides

$35.00 $21.00

"Diogene et Alexandre" "Diogenes und Alexander" Steel engraving published 1869. Original antique print

Portraits, Ancient World, Diogenes, Alexander

$40.00 $24.00

"Quo fas et fata nos vocant" English: Where divine Law and Fate challenge us! Copper etching by Pierre Philippe (born? - 1664) After Adriaen Pietrsz van de Venne (1589-1662) The scene shows the embarkment of King Charles II of Great Britain as he arrives with great pomp at the port for sailing from Schevneningen in the Netherlands back to England. A large crowd greeting him. The sky full of putti and, upper left side, coat of arms "Order of the Garter": Honi soit qui mal y pense. Shame on him who think

Portraits, Netherlands, Scheveningen, King Charles II

$400.00 $280.00

"Muteczuma" "Rex ultimus Mexicanorum" Wood engraving made after an older copper engraving. Published 1881. Overall light natural age toning. Image: 17.5 x 10.5 cm (6.8 x 4.1") Original antique print

Portraits, Indegenous Peoples,Mexico, Muteczuma, Montezuma, Rex ultimus Mexicanorum

$35.00 $21.00

"Amerigo Vespucco, piloto mayor (Reichspilot)" Wood engraving made after an earlier copper engraving of the famous sailor who gave the American hemisphere its name. Published 1881. On the reverse side is German text about Vespucci's exploration.

Portraits, Amerigo Vespuccio, piloto mayor

$40.00 $24.00

"Johann Hevel und seine Gattin beobachten gemeinsam die Gestirne" Wood engraving ca 1900. Reverse side is printed.

Portraits, Astronomy, Observation, Johann Hevel, Hevelius

$25.00 $15.00

"Melanchton" (or Melanchthon) Close companion of Martin Luther and an important German reformer. Steel engraving after Vernier for Lemaitre published ca 1840.

Religious, Portraits, Protestantism, Melanchton, Luther companion, reformer

$35.00 $21.00