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Jean De Sacro Busto. [Johannes de Sacro Bosco]
Portrait of Johannes de Sacro Bosco c. 1195 – c. 1256), a scholar, monk and astronomer who was a teacher at the University of Paris. He wrote a short astronomy textbook...
- $150 / ≈ €129
Date: France, ca. 1700
Wolgangus Lazius Historic Caesare.
Very decorative portrait of Wolfgang Lazius, engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, "Icones Virorum Illustrium". Wolfgan...
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
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[Portrait of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius.]
Arguably the finest engraved portrait of early mapmakers. In the well-executed design, Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius are seated within an architectural cartouche of...
Date: Amsterdam, 1630
Christophorus Columus Ligur Indiarum Prim invet A°1492
Very decorative portrait of Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506), engraved by Theodor de Bry (1528-1593) and published in Jean Jacques Boissard, &quo...
Date: Frankfurt a.M. 1597 - 1599
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[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .
Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...
Date: Nuremberg, c.1740
ABRAHAMUS ORTELIUS ANTVERPIANUS Orteli dum proponis spectantibus Orbem, Quam tua delectant structa Theatra homines! . . .
Portrait of Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortel), famous cartographer born in Antwerp and after studying Greek, Latin and mathematics set up business there with his sister, a...
Date: Antwerp, c.1595
![[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .](/uploads/cache/44363-250x250.jpg)
[Portrait] Johannes Baptista Homann . . .
Stunning full portrait of the Imperial Geographer of the Holy Roman Empire, Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) who was born in the Bavarian town of Kammlach. Educated at a...
Date: Nuremberg, c.1740
Mr. Romein De Hooghe.
Portrait of Romein De Hooghe, engraved by Jacobus Houbraken. De Hooghe is known as an engraver, draftsman, painter, sculptor and medalist. He is best known for his politi...
Date: Amsterdam, 1733
Beautemps-Beaupré (Charles-François).
Portrait of Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré, engraved by Boilly.Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (6 August 1766 in La Neuville-au-Pont – 16 March 1854 in Paris...
Date: Paris, 1822
Theodorus Galle, Calcographus Anterpiæ.
Portrait of Theodorus Galle engraved by Lucas Vorsterman. Lucas Vorsterman was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as w...
Date: Antwerp, ca. 1645
Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib..
This famous portrait, engraved by Galle, was included in Ortelius' atlases from 1579 onwards.The title translation is By looking, Ortelius gave to mortal beings the world...
- $550 / ≈ €472
Date: Antwerp, 1580
Danton Fridrich Büsching.
Copper engraved portrait of the geographer Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724–1793), engraved by Johann David Schleuen ( (active 1740-1774). Büsching was a celebrated Ger...
- $200 / ≈ €172
Date: Hamburg, ca. 1770
Nicolas Bion Ingenieur du Roy . . .
Copper engraved portrait of Nicolas Bion, engraved by Nicolas II de Larmessin (1632-1694). Bion was a French mathematician and maker of globes and scientific instruments....
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Paris, ca. 1690
Jean Denys Barbieé du Bocage Geograph des Franz. Ministeriums der auswärtigen Angelegenheiten.
Stipple engraved portrait of Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760 - 1825), probably engraved by Conrad Westermayr.Jean Denys Barbieé was a French cartographer active in Par...
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Hanau, ca. 1803
Giorgio Anson Ammiraglio Inglese.
Copper engraved portrait of George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (23 April 1697 – 6 June 1762), engraved by L. Rados after G.B.Bosio.Anson was a British admiral an...
- $300 / ≈ €258
Date: Ca. 1800
Sr Walter Ralegh.
Copper engraved portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (ca. 1554 – 1618) by Jacob Houbraken (1698 – 1780), from Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Ilustrious Persons of Great ...
- $350 / ≈ €301
Date: London, John and Paul Knapton, 1743
