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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Engraved print of four labeled portraits of Hooker, Spenser, Lord Bacon and Ben Jonson with book, lyre and theatre masks.

Hooker, Spenser, Lord Bacon, Ben Johnson

Thomas Abiel Prior

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and ruff, holding a sceptre, with Latin inscriptions.

Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe, published 1620

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a large ruff collar and feathered headdress, with Latin inscription below.

Elizabeth van Pallandt, Countess of Culemborg, Wife of Jacob, Margrave of Baden

Crispijn de Passe I

Pen drawing of a heraldic shield with crossed lances, framed by arches, scrollwork and a border of hunting scenes with animal

Design for a Window (Hunting Scene)

Christoph Murer, 1579

Engraved portrait of a bald, bearded older man in a dark hooded robe before a draped curtain, with an inscription below.

David Baker

Jacob Neefs, 1641

Pen and grey wash drawing of soldiers and bearded men carrying a chest with trumpets before a walled city.

Joshua and the Israelites before the Walls of Jericho

Christoph Murer, 1600

Etched portrait of a seated man in a powdered wig and pale coat, resting an arm on a desk beside an open book.

Walter Baker, Inventor of a Medicine

Thomas Worlidge

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a cap and robe holding a book, with a Latin inscription below.

John Bale, Bishop of Ossory

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe, published 1620

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and ruff, framed by an ornate cartouche with a coat of arms.

William Knollys, Earl of Banbury, When Viscount Wallingford

Engraved oval portrait of bearded Archbishop Richard Bancroft in clerical dress, with coat of arms and ornate border.

Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury

George Vertue, published 1745

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and embroidered doublet, with Latin verse below.

John Barclay

Jacob van der Heyden

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar and striped doublet, with a draped curtain behind him.

John Barclay

Nicolas de Larmessin IV

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and embroidered doublet, with Latin inscription, John Barclay.

John Barclay

Claude Mellan after Daniel Dumonstier, published 1623

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with a moustache and lace collar, with Latin inscription below.

John Barclay

Jacob van der Heyden after Jan van der Heyden

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar and embroidered doublet, labeled Ioannes Barclaius.

John Barclay

after Daniel Dumonstier, published 1630

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with a mustache, surrounded by eight heraldic shields and Latin inscriptions.

William Barclay

Attributed to Karel van Mallery

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, within an oval frame with fruit garlands and Latin text.

Gulielmus Baudartius, Theologian and Historian

Albert Poel, 1624

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, holding a quill pen at a writing desk, dated 1588.

Jean de Beaugrand

Thomas de Leu after Pierre Dumonstier I, 1588

Thomas Becon, Protestant Divine

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe, published 1620

Engraved portrait of a bearded cardinal in a cassock writing with a quill at a table, with an IHS sunburst above.

Roberto, Cardinal Bellarminus

Attributed to Hieronymus Wierix

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bald abbot in dark monastic robes holding a book and rosary, within ornate framing.

Bernhard, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Udalric and Afra in Augsburg

Bartholomaus Kilian after Johann Heinrich Schoenfeld, 1662

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and embroidered cape holding a star insignia, with a name inscription below

Philip, Comte de Bethune

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair and lace collar, framed by laurels and a coat of arms below.

Jerome van Beverningk

Abraham Blooteling after Bernard Vaillant, 1679

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a lace collar, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Dr. Henry Blackwood, Jr.

Claude Mellan, c. 1626

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark robe and white collar holding a book, with a decorative inscription panel below.

Everhard Bornaeus

Abraham Blooteling, 1668

Engraving of a foot-soldier seen from behind in plumed hat and ruffled breeches, standing before a tree trunk, dated 1520.

Foot-Soldier in Front of a Tree

Barthel Beham, 1520

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man flanked by Mercury and Pallas, with cherubs, a coat of arms, and verse below.

Jacob Bornonius

Attributed to Pieter van den Berge, 1573

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar and gloved hand on a sword hilt, beside a draped curtain.

Anthony Bourbon, Count Mouretan

Pieter de Bailliu after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Engraving of a peasant woman in a headscarf standing beside two jugs and a basket, dated 1524.

Peasant Woman with Two Jugs

Barthel Beham, 1524

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in ruff collar and embroidered gown, framed by allegorical scenes and Latin text.

Charlotte of Bourbon

Hendrick Goltzius, 1581