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18th Century

This term has 11,505 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Period
Keyword

Narrower Terms used

18th Century, Early

Created

14yrs ago

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Drevet, Pierre-Imbert
Painter: Rigaud, Hyacinthe (After)

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François de Sailgnac, de la Mothe Fénelon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Vivien, Joseph (After)

Louis, duc de Bourgogne, the "Grand Dauphin", son of Louis XIV

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Drevet, Pierre
Painter: Rigaud, Hyacinthe (After)

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Montesquieu

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Dassier, Adrian (After)

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Johannes Coccejus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Broen, Willem de

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Gerard Edelinck

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Nicolas
Painter: Tortebat, François (After)
Publisher: Edelinck, Nicolas

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Descartes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Hals, Frans (After)

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Portrait of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ficquet, Etienne
Mignard, Paul

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Henry de Lorraine, comte de Harcourt

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ficquet, Etienne
Printmaker: Masson, Antoine (After)
Painter: Mignard, Nicholas (After)

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John Dryden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Kneller, Godfrey, baronet (After)

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Adrienne Lecouvreur

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Grateloup, Jean-Baptiste de
Painter: Coypel, Charles Antoine (After)

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John Philips, Govenor of the island of St Maarten

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Endlich, Philip

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Louis XIII

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Guibert, François
Painter: Champaigne, Philippe de (After)

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Sir William Dawes

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gribelin, Simon
Painter: Closterman, John (After)

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John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Guercissimoff, D.

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Pascal Paoli

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Henriquez, Benoît Louis
Painter: Drölling, Martin (After)

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Pierre Syvain Regis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gunst, Pieter Stevens van

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Jacob Hildebrand

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Knapton, George (After)

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Johannes Boskoop, with the book of Psalms

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Quinkhard, Jan Maurits (After)

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Jan Calkoen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Regters, Tibout (After)

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Queen Mary II, when princess of Orange

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Netscher, Constantin (After)
Draughtsman: Pothoven, Hendrik (After)

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Charles Chais

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Painter: Liotard, Jean Étienne (After)

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Mr. Cornelis Hop

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Wandelaar, Jan (After)

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Jacob van Heemskerk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Houbraken, Jacobus
Draughtsman: Schouman, Aert (After)

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