Artistry and Craftsmanship Illustrations

Woodcuts showcasing individuals engaged in artistic and manual tasks, reflecting themes of solitude, craftsmanship, and contemplation.

An artist makes use of a perspective device to help him paint a portrait Date: 1525

Henry Welby, reclusive inhabitant of Grub Street, aged 84. The Grub Street Hermit. Woodcut from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836.

A man is working with tools on a block of wood. Woodcut.

Northern Netherlands, Amsterdam, Kannewet, Johannes (II), An old man sitting in his room, speaking., contemplating, with his head in his hand and with the other hand on a skull. On the table a smoking candle and an hourglass. In a drawer coins and precious dishes on a cupboard. Allegory of old age and transience, vanitas. Below the representation a verse in six verses., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 415 mm, width 305 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher, uitgever, 1550 - 1600, paper, papier, houtcut, letterpress printing, boekdruk, kleuren, print maker, prentmaker, 1725 - 1780

An artist makes use of a perspective device to help him paint a portrait Date: 1525

Goldsmith. Reproduction of a 16th-century engraving by Jost Amman. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

A clock-maker is talking to a man. Woodcut.

Thimble maker. Reproduction of a 16th-century engraving by Jost Amman. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

The Drunkard. Death pouring wine down the throat of one drunk while another vomits on the floor. Facsimile of an engraving belonging to the series "The Dance of Death" in "Les Simulacres de la Mort et Histoires facees de la Mort", Latin edition, 1547. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", Paris, 1877.

Ruler extends his eyes, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing blind, blindness. torture

Men are hammering and beating metal to make dishes. Woodcut.

Tinman. 19th century reproduction of 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

The Shoemaker. Master craftsman serves female customer at shop window, while his two assistants sew shoes from pieces of leather their master has cut out on his workbench. Woodcut by Jost Amman (1535-1591) Swiss engraver.

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from 1525 depicting an artist with a jug, showing figure, posture, and composition.

Basin maker. Reproduction of a 16th-century engraving by Jost Amman. Later colouration.. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Brandy Seller, Pieter van den Berge, 1694 - 1737

Ghita Locking out her Husband Tofano, from The Decameron. Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480-ca. 1540 Nördlingen). Author: Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, Paris 1313-1375 Certaldo, Tuscany). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 2 13/16 in. (6.7 × 7.1 cm). Publisher: Heinrich Steiner (German, active 1522-47). Date: before 1534. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Amsterdam, Savery, Salomon, Netherlands, Scheyndel, Gillis van (I), Genre scenes, Uncle Baernt, Tailor, verso - stamped, A tailor (Uncle Baernt) sits on a table sewing clothes. Behind him hang pieces of cloth. The print is part of a series of 32 prints with genre scenes., print, prints, height 54 mm, width 44 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1595 - 1660-12-24, print maker, printmaker, 1638 - 1638, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, 1594 - 1683-10-16, publisher

Wood engraving, England, by Thomas Bewick.

Brugge, Gheeraerts, Marcus (I), Clerck, Pieter de, Fable of the two mice, Bruges, verso middle - stamped, In a cellar a house mouse and a field mouse sit together on a table and eat food scraps. A man enters with a candle in his hand. The house mouse may have an abundance of food, but its life is much more dangerous than that of the field mouse, print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 95 mm, width 114 mm, Southern Netherlands, English, 1520 - 1590, print maker, printmaker, 1567 - 1567, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, printer, drukker, client

DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist with his colleague Gilbertus Cognatus Date: 1466 - 1536

Depicts the character Aesophinus from Terence's comedy Adelphoe 4, 4, created as a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer around 1492-1493, showing figures and gestures in theatrical context.

A woodcut engraving depicting an artist using perspective. Dated 17th century

The Thunderer A contemporary satirical cartoon concerning the Prince of Wales Colonel Tarleton and their mutual lover Mrs Mary Perdita Robinson

Woodcut engraving depicting a servant bringing food to his master at the table. The table is set in front of an open fireplace, and the flames can be seen leaping up the chimney. Dated 16th century

SUEÑOS DE DIEGO DE TORRES VILLARROEL (1693/1770) - ESCRITOR Y POETA DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA -. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

literature titles ""Des Knaben Wunderhorn"" (The Youth's Magic Horn) by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano dedication to Goethe drawing: Schmitz wood engraving: Guenther Grote publishing house Berlin 1873,

Coppersmith. Reproduction of a 16th-century engraving by Jost Amman. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; A water powered pump for supplying water to fountains

A barber-surgeon attending to a man's head: a group of locals watch with interest. Etching by J.B. de Wael II.

Print left of the number numbered: 33.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Heemskerck, Maarten van, Galle, Philips, Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, Acts of the Apostles, Acta Apostolorum, Philip is sent by an angel, An angel appears before Philip and sends the apostle to the deserted road between Jerusalem and Gaza. Once there, the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove points him to a eunuch in a traveling chariot. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Acts 8:14. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 213 mm, width 265 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1643 - 1643, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, after print by, North Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Weaver, 16th century (1849).Artist: Jost Amman

Arquebusier or hand-gun maker. Woodcut by Jost Amman (1539-1591) Swiss engraver.

The game of billiards Nicolas Arnoult (around 1650- to 1722). The game of billiards. Engraving.

Spanish literature. Diego de San Pedro (ca. 1437-ca. 1498). Spanish writer. The Prison of Love, 1492. Engraving. Edition in Barcelona in 1493. Catalan translation. Spain.

Quast, Pieter Jansz., Amsterdam, Savery, Salomon, The Life of the Farmers (copy), Wayn Sonder hemt, Seated woman with a cloth over her arm, in front of her is a scale on a small table, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 4, height 122 mm, width 82 mm, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1594 - 1683-10-16, after a print by, 1630 - 1665, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, print maker, printmaker, 1606 - 1647-06

King Modus teaching the art of falconry. 19th century reproduction of miniature in 14th century manuscript Livre du Roy Modus by Henri de Ferrieres

Enigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits, Plate 5 ca. 1615 Jan van Haelbeeck Fifth plate of a group of 9 plates with small domestic scenes, engraved by Jan van Haelbeeck, which were either were made for, or reused by Jean Leclerc around 1615 in the sonnet series Enigmes Joyeuses pour les Bons Esprits’, in which they were each published with a sonnet that hinted at the double meaning of the activities. In this plate, a working-class woman, weaves a textile inside a dark room with a small window. She reclines over the loom, while weaving the cloth, and a basket with rolls of wool is placed underneath the loom. The plate accompanies one of the sonnets of the Enigmes, which tells how someone saw a young girl leave her "pleasant" job (weaving) to secretly play games without leaving a trace. The games played by the woman are described in a double, slightly erotic meaning, which helps explain why most copies of the series, although very popular and influential in their day, have been lost.. En

This woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger depicts the evangelist Markus, showing figure, posture, gesture, facial features, and compositional arrangement.

Cruelties against Catholics committed by the Dutch Geuzen. Jean-Jerome von Edam tortured with a flaming cauldron in Hoorn, and Sister Ursule Talese drowned in a river in Haarlem, and her sister killed with a rock. From a copperplate in Theatrum crudelitatum nostri temporis, Anvers, 1587. Woodcut from Paul Lacroixs La Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a lEpoque de la Renaissance, Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Paris, 1873.

Sitting woman with cloth over her arm, in front of her stands a scale on a table, Anonymous, After Salomon Savery, after Pieter Jansz Quast, 1630 - 1665 print Amsterdam paper engraving / etching farmers. textile fabric, cloth. weighing-instruments

Barber, 16th century (1849).Artist: Jost Amman

Amerigo Vespucci (9 March 1454 - 22 February 1512) was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer, born and brought up by his uncle in the Republic of Florence, in what is now Italy. Vespucci worked for Lorenzo de Medici and his son, Giovanni. In 1492, he was sent to work at the Seville branch of the Medici bank. At the invitation of King Manuel I of Portugal, Vespucci participated as an observer in several voyages that explored the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502. Manuel's commander Pedro Alvares Cabral, on his way to the Cape of Good Hope and India in 1500, had discovered Brazil at latitude 16°52'S. Portugal claimed this land by the Treaty of Tordesillas, and the king wished to know whether it was merely an island or part of the continent that Spanish explorers had encountered further north. Vespucci, having already been to the Brazilian shoulder, seemed the person best qualified to go as an observer with the new expedition. Vespucci did not command at the star

Pin and needle maker. 19th century reproduction of 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

Four women with knives and wooden paddles are cutting and beating the wool and a man is putting it through a combing device. Stipple engraving.

money finance banking lending moneychanger coloured woodcut illustrating the 9th Commandment by Hans Baldung also referred to as Hans Baldung Grien (1484 1485 - 1545) Strasbourg Germany 1516,

The coat of the lover is being stolen, while he is in bed with a woman, erotic farce illustration from the 15th century

Eunuchus, from The Comedie of Terence, 19th century reprint n.d. Albrecht Dürer German. Eunuchus, from The Comedie of Terence, 19th century reprint 387790

The Hague, Hondius, Hendrick (I), Gheyn, Jacob de (II), Netherlands, Stock, Andries Jacobsz., Ongelijke liefde, An old man tries to buy the love of a young woman, verso bottom center - stamped, A young woman, half-length, her head turned towards the young man on her right, her left hand on the chest of the old man on her left. The latter offers her money: he holds a stick purse, coins lie on the table in front of the young woman. Death stands on the far right behind the old man, an hourglass in his hand. Below the image a two-line Dutch caption., print, prints, height 123 mm, width 141 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1582 - 1648, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1612, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1565 - 1629-03-29, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1573-06-09 - 1650-10-25, publisher

Woodcut print depicting histographies writing at a sloped desk. Dated 16th century

One of forty drawings by Hanuš Johann Peter Paul Schwaiger on thirty-two boxes, including illustrations for the Bremen City Musicians, executed with pen and wash in 1891.

Woman reaches the chain of a cooking pot that hangs too high above the fire, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching open fire, fire-place, stove (in kitchen)

German woodcut depicting a card game being played dated to 1450

justice notary publics notary public writing down will woodcut coloured by the ""Petrarca master"" from ""Trostspiegel in Glueck und Unglueck"" (Comfort mirror in happiness and unhappiness) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374) Augsburg Germany 1539,

Middle Ages. Europe. A cordwainer making shoes. Engraving. Later colouration.

A gilder's workshop: people gilding articles with gold leaf. Engraving.

Taller de un fabricante de papel. Grabado del siglo XVII.

The manufacturing of gunpowder and grotesque, paintings in tempera with gold touches, by Ludovico Buti (1560-1610). Vault of Room 23, Armory, Uffizi Palace, Florence. Italy, 16th century.

Lazio Latina Sezze S. Lucia3. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

The locksmith. 16th cent. German engraving.

craft handcraft baker pie baker woodcut ""The Council at Constance"" Augsburg 1536 private collection,

Müller, Anna Maria.

Illustration for Months or The Seasons for the Lauenburg Family Calendar for 1778 Three Men with Glasses in their Hands Sit at the Table (Konigl. Grossbrit. Churf: Braunsch. Luneb. Genealogical Calender, on the 1778 year Lauenburg Bey Joh. Georg Berenberg )) Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)

Digitally restored, Pictures from the life of the barber surgeon in the 16th century, painted glass disc from 1524 from Switzerland, The barber surgeon is one of the most common medical practitioners of medieval Europe, usually charged with the care of soldiers during or after a battle, Publication from 1882, Digitally improved:, Pictures from the life of the barber surgeon in the 16th century, painted glass disc from 1524 from Switzerland, The barber surgeon is one of the most

Hondius, Ludovicus, Rochuszn van Dagen, Henrick, Netherlands, Wielant, Jan Jacobsz., Scholar in his study, verso - stamped, A scholarly young man, with a cap on his head and slippers on his feet, is reading in his study. He is sitting at a table on which he leans with one arm. On the table are a globe, books, inkwell and quill and a roll of paper. Against the back wall a bookshelf and a lectern., print, prints, SE, height 309 mm, width 206 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1655 - 1714, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Dutch, 1633-08-14 - 1664, after print by, 1598 - 1659, writer

Frontispiece for "Varie Figure". Dated: c. 1621. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

Tower of Philosophy (Learning). Woodcut from 'Margarita philosophica', 1508.

Woodblock engraving depicting a member of a tribe taking food through a straw. Dated 15th century

Banking- money lender with abacus. Medieval woodcut.

FABRICANTE DE MARIONETAS - GRABADO FRANCES - SIGLO XV.

Netherlands, Bray, Dirck de, Months of the year, October, verso - stamped, A man is pressing grapes in a large barrel next to a man spitting and a man carrying a basket on his back. In the background are vineyards. A scorpion at the top left., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 28 mm, width 58 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1699, paper, papier, houtcut, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Noord-Nederlands, 1645 - 1694-05-09

See which way the wind blows. A man in oriental or russian robe (the writer) sees a cat jumping out of a tree on a large dice. Illustration in Pieter van Woensels Almanak 'De Lantern for 1798'.

MINIATURA - EL CORDELERO - ARTESANO MEDIEVAL.

Hudibras addresses a lawyer who sits in an elaborately decorated pew next to a shelf full of books; two clerks sit beneath. Engraving by William Hogarth.

Joh. Geiler von Kaisersberg, Strassburg, Strasbourg, 1508

Elinour Rummin, a well known landlady of an ale-house. Line engraving.

Geld en Goed, Antique Skeletons of Amsterdam

A men's hatmaker at work at his bench. Date: 17th century

September; The twelve months of the year.

Etching by Augustin Hirschvogel from 1545-1549 depicting a river landscape with a castle surrounded by rocks, showing architectural and natural elements.

Textiles: a loom with disembodied hands weaving, the design pinned to the top beam. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

An engraving depicting a London street seller, showing Temple Bar in the background. Dated 19th century

Chalon, Christina, Netherlands, Mare, Pieter de, Man churning butter, verso - stamped, Standing man churning butter. Part of a series of illustrations of folk costumes from 1779., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 98 mm, width 68 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1758-01-30 - 1796-06, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1748 - 1808-12-13, intermediary draughtsman

The extraction of metals, 1552. Engraving.

Cooper; Claes de Touenaer; Genre scenes. A kuiper is busy making a tub. The print is part of a series of 32 prints with genre scenes.

Kitchen Scene with Kitchen Maid Preparing Fish, Christ at Emmaus in the Background, from Kitchen and Market Scenes with Biblical Scenes in the Background. Artist: Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1571-1631 Haarlem). Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (24.2 x 32 cm). Date: ca. 1603. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

. Sandcole with building a Dutch ship on a shipyard. With two-legged caption. Part of a series of six small representations about the tensions between England and the Netherlands, ca. 1780-1783.

A shoe maker sitting at his workbench files the wooden sole of shoe. Date: 17th century

España. Catalunya. Grabado popular del oficio de impresor. Encuadernador.

Fish saleswoman; Market vendors. On the market there is a fishing gear behind her stall and praises her merchandise. A heron takes a worm for the stall. With caption in French: Mon Frais CabiliaU! Mon Beau Saumon! ... fourth print from a series of six prints with market traders.

Death Comes to the Printer, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other Painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

'The Calico Printer using carved wooden blocks to apply coloured pattern to cotton cloth. Hand-coloured woodcut from ''The Book of English Trades'', London, 1823.Lancashire was the main area in England for calico manufacture.'

Woman using sewing machine patented by Elias Howe c1878. Artist: Unknown

Teacher and pupil, woodcut from the Margarita philosophica, 1512, Italy, Europe

Engraving. Medieval craftsmen. France.

Avicenna, luxation.

The Fighters' Game in the Twelfth Century from a manuscript in the Hortus Deliciarum. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1884

Italy, Millet bread, miniature by Giovannino de Grassi (1350-1398) from Tacuinum Sanitatis

a men's smoking party in late Elizabethan/early Jacobean times Date: circa 1600

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