Fine Art

Noblemen from Different Countries — History & Facts

Both noblemen are fashionably attired in wide, puffy breeches with ribbon garters. The young man holding a plumed hat bears the inscription Frans Edel Man (French nobleman). This, however, was a later addition by the print’s publisher.

A French nobleman evidently sold better than an anonymous youth.

More Artworks by Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Etching by Willem Pietersz Buytewech depicting a serene garden scene

Allegorie op de onbetrouwbaarheid van Spanje en de vrijheid en welstand van de Zeven Provinciën: de Hollandse Tuin

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Kanonnier en marketentster, etching by Willem Pietersz Buytewech, depicting a soldier in warm light.

Kanonnier en marketentster

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Allegorie op de onbetrouwbaarheid van Spanje etching by Willem Pietersz Buytewech depicting a vibrant garden.

Allegorie op de onbetrouwbaarheid van Spanje en de vrijheid en welstand van de Zeven Provinciën: de Hollandse Tuin

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Portrait of an elegant gentleman in etching by Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Italiaanse edelman

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Engraving by Willem Pietersz Buytewech depicting Cain and Abel in anguish.

Kain doodt Abel

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Engraving by Willem Pietersz Buytewech showing a man with a swan and a flute player.

Man met een zwaan en kruik en een fluitspeler

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Bathseba en de oude vrouw, die de brief van David brengt, etching by Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Bathseba en de oude vrouw, die de brief van David brengt

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Ruïnes van het Huys te Kleef bij Haarlem, etching by Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Ruïnes van het Huys te Kleef bij Haarlem

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Etching of two noblemen by Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Noblemen from Different Countries

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

Engraving by Willem Pietersz Buytewech showing Cain and Abel in conflict.

Kain doodt Abel

Willem Pietersz Buytewech

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More Portrait Art

A young girl in a pale dress stands center surrounded by figures including two women, a dwarf, a dog, and a man with a brush beside a large canvas.

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

A European girl wearing a blue headscarf with a yellow drape and a large pearl earring against a dark background.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

A man wearing a heavy brown coat and dark fur hat with a white bandage on his right ear clenches a wooden pipe between his lips as smoke rises.

Self-portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe

Unidentified artist

Marie de' Medici stands in a lavish black and gold gown with a golden mantle and helmet, crowned by two winged putti above her, with armor and weapons at her feet against a dramatic sky.

Portrait de Marie de Médicis

Peter Paul Rubens

A seated woman in a deep blue and gold gown with a starched white ruff, holding flowers, against a red curtain and grand architectural background.

Anne of Austria, Queen of France

Peter Paul Rubens

Equestrian portrait of Charles Colonna, Duke of Marsi by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting the Duke on a rearing warhorse.

Equestrian portrait of Charles Colonna, Duke of Marsi

Peter Paul Rubens

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