Historical Combat Illustrations

Detailed depictions of combat techniques from the 15th century, showcasing figures engaged in sword fighting and weapon demonstrations.

Combat with Dagger; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Padua (or), Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, From Bizzarie di varie Figure, 1624 From Bizzarie di varie Figure

Combat with Sword; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Venice, Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Combat with Implements; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Padua (or), Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Combat with Sword. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco.

Feet and legs; Drawing examples; Livre Pour Apprendre à Dessiner. Sheet with two performances. Left: eight feet, two of which are with bone to knee. Right: Ten feet, two with full legs.

Combat with Dagger; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Padua (or), Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Il Fior di Battaglia.

Combat with Sword. Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450)

Two dancers, one on the left, seen the other on the right side, Jacques Callot, 1621 print Two artists with feathered headwear on (characters from the Commedia dell'arte) dance with the backs to each other. Both pull their right knee. This print is part of a series of 48 prints (50 incl. Title page and dicing sheet) with various topics (including men and women in different postures, landscapes, buildings and festivities in Florence). These prints may have been intended as drawing examples. Nancy paper etching dancing. types in 'commedia dell'arte'

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, From Bizzarie di varie Figure, 1624 From Bizzarie di varie Figure

Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French, 1824-1898, Sheet of FigureStudies, Black crayon, sheet: 31.5 × 24.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/8in.), French, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

The Two Pantaloons Looking at Each Other, from The Caprices 1617-1627 France. In the 17th century, the word capriccio generally indicated a musical composition that thwarted listenersí expectations with sudden changes in tempo, rhythm, or structure that appeared to be made according to the performerís whim, or caprice. Jacques Callot borrowed the term to describe a series of etchings with a wide variety of diverting subjects including peasants, architectural sites, military maneuvers, and musicians. Among other motifs, he depicted two pairs of dancers frolicking and playing musical instruments and a shepherd playing a flute.. Etching in black on ivory laid paper . Jacques Callot

Four naked men carrying objects. The men carry a jug and tablets or shelves, among other things. Leaf 18 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets.

Combat with Dagger. Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450)

Seated Female Nude and Dancing Female Figure 1624-63 Francesco Allegrini Italian. Seated Female Nude and Dancing Female Figure 338014

Jean Viset (French, active 1536). Acrobats, 16th century. Etching.

Combat with Dagger; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Venice, Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

A study sheet by Albert Flamen depicting eleven male figures, each carrying a sack, one holding a ladder, executed in gray and brown ink with wash.

Study sheet with nine figures, Georg Philipp Rugendas (I), 1676 - 1742 drawing paper. pencil hunter

17th Century tarot cards by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1632-1718). Originating from Bologna.

Adoration of the Shepherds', c1478-1480. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

Fishermen. Men pull a rope, push a boat into the water, and pull a boat ashore. 1819, Morland, George, 1763-1804., 1819, London, Publisher, M.A. Nattali. Clothing and dress, British; figure drawing; landscape painting; country life in art; rural population, Great Britain; clothing; etchings., 28 x 18 cm

Three putti. Three standing putti in a row. The middle putto has a swine cap on the head.

Combat with Pollaxe; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Padua (or), Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Combat with Sword; Unknown, Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Venice, Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Nations of Africa ballets 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Three plates on one sheet illustrating ballets introduced by three African nations. The first with the representation of Athena at center, the second with Prometheus, and the third with Apollo.. Nations of Africa ballets 700197

Wonderful Human Figures, Anonymous, 1665 - 1667 print Two pasted prints with wonderful human figures. On the left two heavily hairy women (Fig. I-II) and a wild man and a wild woman (Fig. III-IV). Nummered at the top right: 31. On the right a man with a head growing from his belly (Fig. I) and a Sater with more heads and arms (Fig. II). Numbered at the top right: 32. On a smaller format sheet paper. Part of the seventh album with drawings of reptiles, amphibians and natural history ensembles. The seventh of twelve albums with watercolors of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. paper engraving wild man, wodewose, woodehouse. excessive hairiness - AA - female. satyr(s) (in general). anthropomorphic beings (legendary or not) with heads, limbs or organs of an abnormal number, in abnormal places or of an abnormal shape). wild man, wodewose, woodehouse - AA - female

Designs for Goldsmiths. Artist: Israhel van Meckenem (German, Meckenem ca. 1440/45-1503 Bocholt); After Master ES (German, active ca. 1450-67). Dimensions: plate: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)sheet: 11 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (29.4 x 19.1 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Designs for Goldsmiths n.d. Israhel van Meckenem German. Designs for Goldsmiths 384301

Three Panels with Cupids, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper, Three Rectangles with: Cupid in Chariot Drawn by Horses; Cupid in Chariot Drawn by Swans; Cupid in Chariot drawn by Lions, Italy, ca. 1820, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Combat with Sword; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco, Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.)

Design: Proportions of the Pythian Apollo, from Encyclopédie. A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century); published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775). Date: 1762-1777. Dimensions: 315 × 215 mm (image); 355 × 225 mm (plate); 400 × 260 mm (sheet). Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Studies of an angel, a man, a donkey and a rabbit, Gerard ter Borch (I), c. 1600 - 1625, Study sheet with angel, two studies of the same male figure, a donkey, a rabbit and various scribbles., draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I), Zwolle, c. 1600 - 1625, paper, brush, h 184 mm × w 150 mm

Unarmed Combat; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Padua (or), Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Leaning, Flying and Falling. Dated: published 1829. Medium: lithograph proof before letters. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Scharf after John Flaxman.

From "Bizzarie di varie Figure". Dated: 1624. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Bracelli.

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Print, DANSEURS DE CORDE; Designed by Christophe Huet (French, 1700-1759); Print Maker: Pierre Filloeul (French, b. 1696-after 1754); Published by Vanheck, Pierre Roguié (French, 1713 - 17); France; etching and engraving on laid paper

Third solemn session of October 25, 1913 Bernard Naudin (1876-1946). Third solemn session of October 25, 1913. Feather, Chinese ink, October 25, 1913.

Two Nude Figures: Woman with a Guitar and Boy with a Cup. Pablo Picasso; Spanish, 1881-1973. Date: 1909. Dimensions: 243 x 160 mm (sheet; plate not measurable). Drypoint with plate tone on copper in black on off-white wove paper. Origin: Spain. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Five Putti playing with balls at a tree, 1696 Page 20 Recto from a sketchbook with 30 sheets. paper. chalk cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. children's games and plays

Two women and a man. A woman holds a baton to a man standing with her head for her. A second woman in the background. Copy to a representation from the drawing book of Abraham Bloemaert, in the edition of Nicolaas Visscher.

Nereids and Tritons 18th century Anonymous, French, 18th century French. Nereids and Tritons 356277

Combat with Sword. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco.

Parische Masquerades, 1816 print Leaf with 12 performances of dressed up persons. Numbered at the top right: No. 2. Publisher: Zaltbommelprint Maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing masquerade, masked ball

Lazio Roma Rome SS. Giovanni e Paolo0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of basement level christian tomb (confessio) with frescoes and of oratory with altar. Views of apse frescoes in current, ground level basilica, paintings from cappella di S. Paolo alla Croce, and collection of papal portraits from the octagonal vestibule preceding sacristy. Views of sculpture in cloister garden. Antiquities: Views of basement level remains of roman palazzo with second and third century frescoes decorating former triclinium, tablinium, ninfeo, and oratorium. Sarcophagus and fragments in cloister garden. Object Notes: Church museum has separate file and record. 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 Me

Combat with Dagger; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Venice, Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Greek and Roman gods: Mars 1, Venus 2,3, Eros 4, and Mercury 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Tile probably 18th century Dutch. Tile. Dutch. probably 18th century. Delftware (tin-glazed earthenware). Ceramics-Pottery

Episodes from White Chapel Life 1845-1855 England. Graphite on blue wove paper . John Leech

Brown and gray pen and brush drawing by Albert Flamen depicting seventeen female figures, including some farmers, minor damage in the upper right corner.

Combat with Sword. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco.

Three studies of a sled with a horse in front of it. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (II). Dating: 31-Jan-1631. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 80 mm × w 180 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Combat with Dagger. Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450)

East pediment of Zeus-Temple, Olympia, west pediment of Zeus-Temple, Olympia , Antiquities, Friezes Entablature components, Pediments, Temple of Zeus Olympia, Greece. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Figure Studies. Dated: 1832. Dimensions: overall: 18.6 x 31.2 cm (7 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Mulready.

Boxer Facing Right and Two Men Wrestling 1818-1819 France. Graphite, on cream laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream wove paper . Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Amsterdam, Walraven, Isaac, Silhouette of human figure, verso - stamped, Example for goldsmith's work., print, ornamental print, prints, height 15 mm, width 12 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1686-03-23 - 1765-03-11, print maker, printmaker, 1696 - 1765, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Album magazine with various performances, 1814 - 1869 Album magazine with 14 cut out performances from mainly folk prints, including soldiers on horseback, princes and a man with a high hat. Nijmegen paper snipping Album magazine with 14 cut out performances from mainly folk prints, including soldiers on horseback, princes and a man with a high hat. Nijmegen paper snipping

Sketch sheet with two man figures, one with dog. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 100 mm × w 154 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Giovanni Battista Bracelli (Italian, active c. 1624-1649), From "Bizzarie di varie Figure", 1624, etching

The Borghese Gladiator seen in several views and in details. Engraving by B.L. Prevost.

George Scharf after John Flaxman, Bearing a Weight; Preparing to Jump, and Alighting, published 1829 Bearing a Weight; Preparing to Jump, and Alighting

Winged putti or amorini: a putto dancing while the other is wearing a myrtle crown (top); putti playing and dancing (bottom), Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engravings by Rocco Pozzi from drawings by la Vega, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume I, plate 30, 1757-1787, Naples.

Ink and lightly watercolored folio by Albrecht Dürer from 1512, showing figures and movements in fencing techniques for The Ring and Fencing Book on paper.

From "Bizzarie di varie Figure". Dated: 1624. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Bracelli.

Blackwork Design for Goldsmithwork with Satyrs and Meanads 1616 Andreas Gentzsch German Ornamental panel, divided into three registers. Top register shows two silhouetted winged figures at left and a seated figure between two trees at right. In the bottom register, five satyrs. From a series of six plates.. Blackwork Design for Goldsmithwork with Satyrs and Meanads. Andreas Gentzsch (German, active Augsburg, ca. 1600). 1616. Engraving and blackwork

During a fight, Duellist sees an angel next to his opponent, Caspar Luyken, 1710 print Nuremberg paper etching / letterpress printing duelling. angels

(Whites fighting; musicians) Sketchbook mainly of activities of Aboriginals and Whites. Date/Period: 1890. Drawing. Height: 202 mm (7.95 in); Width: 162 mm (6.37 in). Author: Tommy McRAE-Kwatkwat people.

Combat with Dagger; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Padua (or), Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, From Bizzarie di varie Figure, 1624 From Bizzarie di varie Figure

Dear children! The examples below will teach you: that, to exercise a lot by a hand tree, with little crawl (...), 1794 - 1804 print Leaf with 8 performances of the functioning of dynamics and lever. A caption under each image. Numbered at the top right: B. print maker: Netherlandsprint maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing dynamics, kinetics

Four Registers of Fourteen Dancing Figures, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891-1915, French, between 1910 and 1915, Pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.5 cm), abstract art, dance, figure, figure study, study (visual work), Vorticism

Study sheet with skating riders, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825 drawing paper. ink pen skates (winter sports)

Two photo reproductions of drawings, representing actors in the dressing room and a portrait of three actors in hunter costume; That MEININGER VON C. W. Allers. .

Sheet of playing cards, 'Jeu de drapeaux' (i.e., game of flags) ca. 1800. Playing cards, titled in French, show soldiers of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia, bearing flags which show the card's suit and rank.

Two warring gymnasians with helmets on. Draughtsman: Lourens Alma Tadema. Dating: 1846 - 1912. Measurements: h 153 mm × w 354 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A Breton Boy with a Jug; Five Animal Forms verso. Dated: 1884-1888. Dimensions: overall: 16.9 x 22.6 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: crayon and graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL GAUGUIN.

Cod. 11093, fol. 14v: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene; pen and brush drawing, Southwestern Germany, mid-15th c.

Le Beau Genre / Fraeyiship. Leaf with 16 caricatural performances of the fortunes of Mayeux. Under every performance a caption in Dutch and in French. Numbered at the top right: N. 112.

Tile 1640-60 Dutch. Tile 190910

This wall painting showing wrestlers was found at Beni Hasan, and is based on the drawing done by Champollion. Beni Hasan is an ancient Egyptian cemetery located in Middle Egypt. It was used primarily during the Middle Kingdom (the 21st to 17th centuries B.C.). The people are thought to be perhaps Hyksos, a Semitic people from Asia, who later ruled for a time in the Delta region and had their capital at Memphis. Jean-Francois Champollion, also known as Champollion le Jeune, was a French scholar, philologist and orientalist, known primarily as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and a founding figure in the field of Egyptology.

From "Bizzarie di varie Figure". Dated: 1624. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Battista Bracelli.

Six designs for swallow fillings with floating angels. Draughtsman: Cherubino Alberti. Dating: 1563 - 1615. Measurements: h 276 mm × w 255 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 66014

Velocipede. Every Man on his Perch, or Going to the Hobby Fair. English cartoon, 1819, by George Cruikshanks on the velociped mania. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

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