Historical Figure Illustrations

A collection of vintage illustrations featuring diverse subjects like a good shepherd, playing cards, mythological figures, and saints, rendered in woodcut and lithograph styles.

Bauern Hochzeit, Baurn Hochzeit, Göbl, Andreas Benedictus, 1765-1792, ink, gold board, with gilt edges, ca. 1765, 1 boxed deck of playing cards, etching, stencil, hand col., 11.5 x 7 x 3 cm.

Good Shepherd. Dated: c. 1480. Medium: woodcut in warm black, hand-colored in yellow, green-gray, and rose. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

King of Clubs, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Playing cards issued as trade cards from the "Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series" (N220), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. King of Clubs, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Playing Card

Mars.Mars, standing, for feet, as a naked man. A spear in the right hand, a shield in the left hand, a helmet on the head. Above left a RAM, referred to as reference to the constellation. This print has a representation of Bacchus as a pendant.

Colored cutting depicting Saint Christopher by an anonymous artist, created around 1480.

Girl coast for her kneeling English soldier. Design for a book cover.

Bauern Hochzeit, Baurn Hochzeit, Göbl, Andreas Benedictus, 1765-1792, ink, gold board, with gilt edges, ca. 1765, 1 boxed deck of playing cards, etching, stencil, hand col., 11.5 x 7 x 3 cm.

The new arlequin game / Le Nouveau Jeu d'Arlequin. Board game with a harlequin in the middle of the playing field that holds a bag in its opened hands with the figure 7. Around him a garland to which medallions hang with the numbers 2 to 12. At the top in the middle a shield. Under the show the rules in Dutch and in French in two columns. Numbered in the middle above: (N. 52).

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, Stencil-colored woodblock print, Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards., Florence, Italy, 17th century, Playing card, Playing card

Vintage playing card showing a king holding a large club

Design for costume for Menalcas, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1910 drawing Costume design for the Herder Menalcas, a character from the play 'Marsyas' by Balthasar Verhagen. parchment (animal material). ink pen / brush stage costume. male literary characters (with NAME)

The Sick Lion Summons the Animals to His Bedside from the Sick Lion blockbook, 2nd edition. Artist: Anonymous, German, Ulm or Basel, 15th century. Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 5 11/16 in. (20.7 × 14.5 cm). Date: ca. 1465.The Sick Lion block book, consisting of nine woodcuts with text banderoles and almost three hundred lines of manuscript text, was created in the region of Basel in the 1450s. The fable of the sick lion formed the core of numerous literary works of the medieval period. The specific text of the block book, however, seems to have originated in that region, and its woodcut images have no known visual precedent. Two examples of the first edition exist; the Metropolitan's sheet is the only known surviving sheet from a later edition, copied probably less than a decade after the original. In the story, all the animals except the fox come to visit the sick lion. The wolf tells the lion that the fox does not care about his well-being. The fox gets his revenge by telling the lion

Evdon i berea vmeste prebyvaiut drug druga obnimaiut.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Tile panel, six tiles, purple and blue on white, with jester and This is not matter of sin: lunatics who do not and who can leave, Dit hijus is noijt zond: gekken die het niet en dient die kan vertrekken, tile picture material ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Three high two wide Yellow shard This is not the case: lunatics who do not and who can leave (painted and baked on both sides head) Rotterdam City Triangle Haringvliet Koestraat Pand on the corner of 't Haringvliet and the Koestraat Rotterdam.

F. de la Circasie from playing cards "Jeu d'Or" 1700-1799 Anonymous, French, 18th century. F. de la Circasie from playing cards "Jeu d'Or". Anonymous, French, 18th century. 1700-1799. Etching and hand coloring (watercolor)

Playing Card, Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card; stencil-colored woodblock print; 1909-22-1-1

Netherlands, 's-Hertogenbosch, Lutkie & Cranenburg, The song of Arlekyn, s Hertogenbosch, verso - stamped, Sheet with a large representation of a dancing Harlequin. Below the image a verse in four columns. Numbered top right: no. 70., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 387 mm, width 328 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher, uitgever, 1848 - 1881, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmaker

Design for costume for Apollo, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1910 drawing Costume design for the Greek God Apollo, a character from the play 'Marsyas' by Balthasar Verhagen. parchment (animal material). brush stage costume. male literary characters (with NAME). (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria Baldung, Hans (1484 Aut 1485-1545), Dürer, Albrecht (1471 1528)

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna, Saint Christopher, 1470-1480, metalcut, hand-colored in green and ochre

Saint Barbara. Dated: 1460/1470. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in red, blue, yellow, green,gold. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Man with a splitled hat for a curtain ..

Duke of Normandy, Duc de Normandie. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larchey's Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d'Or et de l'Europe au 15e siecle (Ancient Equestrian Armorials of the Order of the Golden Fleece and Europe in the 15th century), Paris, 1890. From illustrated manuscript 4790 in the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal.

Playing cards, Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards, Europe, 17th century, toys & games, Playing cards

Brass Plated for Elizabeth Harvey from East Ham Church, Daniel Lysons, 1762-1834, British, between 1796 and 1811, Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (37.8 × 27 cm), architectural subject, brass, church, memorial, plate, East Ham, England, Greater London, London, St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, United Kingdom

Design for costume for Apollo. .

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads.

Amsterdam, Binger, Aron Hijman, Het nieuwe Arlequin-spel, Board game with a harlequin in the middle of the playing field holding a bag with the number 7 on it in his open hands. Around him is a garland from which hang medallions with the numbers 2 to 12. At the top in the middle is a shield. Below the representation the rules of the game in Dutch in two columns., print, prent, volksprent, gameboard, speelbord, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 491 mm, width 388 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1796-09-07 - 1897, publisher, uitgever, 1816 - 1897, paper, papier, houtsnede, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, prentmaker

Saint Agnes. Dated: c. 1450. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in orange-tan, green, light blue, gray, carmine, and gold. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Amerique from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 1700-1799 Anonymous, French, 18th century. Amerique from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 415943

The Flower Book - Black Archangel. From The Flower Book, 1905. Sir Edward Burne-Jones .

Geometry, plate 24 from Arts and Sciences. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi; Italian, active c. 1465. Date: 1460-1470. Dimensions: 178 x 100 mm (plate); 180 x 103 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on cream laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Playing Card, Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, 17th century; stencil-colored woodblock print; 1909-22-1-6

Coloured illustration of playing card. Edited by Hector of Trois, mid 17th Century.

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A man

German 15th Century, Saint George, c 1475 Saint George

Paul Gauguin, Eve, in or after 1895 Eve

Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.

Alexander the Great (356BC-323 BC) characterized as knight. Illustration late 15th century.

Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) Museum of the Goznak, Moscow 1931 Colour lithograph

Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.

Male Monkey with tambourine, Gouache over graphite, France, France, 1860-90, Drawing, Drawing

The Vagabond, c1879-1914, (1914). Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

This 1504 woodcut by Thomas Anshelm, titled 'The Second Light of the Image,' depicts a religious or allegorical scene with detailed figures and symbolic elements, characteristic of early 16th-century German printmaking.

A color woodcut by Lucien Pissarro depicting a girl at a lake, printed on Chinese paper with gold highlights using color cutting.

fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, wild Alexander, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,

Vignette with keeshond and pink bow, 1795. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1795. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 185 mm × w 112 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Nobleman reclining on a Byzantine bed of the 9th century (from an illuminated manuscript in the Bibliotheque Royale). The bed frame is decorated with a mosaic of precious stones. Lit Grec du IXe Siecle (Bibli. Roy). Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

Eralash.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Heralds in France at the time of the death of Charles VI (they give the bad news to the King's son). Date: circa 1500

Izobrazhenie dvenadtsati Sivill.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Playing Card, Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card; stencil-colored woodblock print; 1909-22-4-20

money finance counterfeiting ""Kipperer und Wipperer"" (Tipper and See-Saw Time) copper engraving coloured Germany circa 1620,

Playing Card

Playing cards, Partial set of Italian Minchiate playing cards, Europe, 17th century, toys & games, Playing cards

New Arlequin Game, 1848 - 1881 print. gameboard Board game with a harlequin in the middle of the playing field that holds a bag in his open hands with the figure 7. Around him a garland on which medallions hang with the numbers 2 to 12. In the lower margin the rules of the game in book pressure. Numbered at the top right: No. 21. Publisher: Den Boscheprint Maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing board-games of chance. board-games. types in 'commedia dell'arte': Harlequin

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, Stencil-colored woodblock print, Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards., Florence, Italy, 17th century, Playing card, Playing card

you have a miking; E. W. (folk woodcut; Fl. CA 1700-Ca 1750), Azarski, Zygmunt (1885-1943); 1921 (print); 1746-1755 (matrix) (1746-00-00-1921-00-00);Mikołaj from Mira (Saint - CA 270 -INTER 345 ET 352), devotional pictures, ethnography, purchase (provenance), Lazarski, portfolio of the People's District of the former 1921, illustration, Łazarski, Zygmunt (Ca 1885-1943) - collection

Roxane, Queen of Hearts, specimen of the time of Henry IV. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Courtesan Reading a Letter. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1740-1750. Dimensions: 50.6 x 23.0 cm (19 3/4 x 9 in.). Hand-colored woodblock print; toku-oban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Friedrich König drew an ornamental circle featuring a stride female figure using ink and feather.

The Actor Takii Hannosuke as an effeminate youth 1702-1712 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, vertical o-oban . Torii Kiyonobu I

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO II E 134 - JUGANDO A LAS TRES EN RAYA - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The woman represented here is a German who dates to 1500-1550. The illustration dates to 1882.

Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte No, Biedermeiermode, Urban Janke -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

Heliodorus, a courtier of the Syrian king Philipator, whipped to death by three angels for looting the Temple of Jerusalem, 175 BC. The whip or knout has three leather straps and metal hooks. Depicted in tunic and particolor hose, Italian fashions of the 14th century. Heliodore Flagelee. From Italian MS T.L. 42 B, Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal. Italie XIVe Siecle. Chromolithograph by Moulin after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Chuko Ryogoku Ori, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1790. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: 31.7 × 14.2 cm (12 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woman Playing Music (recto), c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Watercolor, graphite, and ink on paper; secondary support: 47.7 x 29.1 cm (18 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.); painting only: 30.7 x 25.7 cm (12 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.).

Minerva with figure of Nike. .

German 15th Century, Adam and Eve, c 1460 Adam and Eve

Karlik i karlitsa.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Madonna and Child in a Glory Standing on a Crescent Moon. Dated: 1470/1480. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in peach, blue, gray, green, and gold on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

German 15th Century, Saint Alto, c 1500 Saint Alto

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Buddhist Deity Fudo in the Final Scene from Part One of the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1771. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1766-1776. Dimensions: 31.2 x 14.8 cm (12 1/4 x 5 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

La reine de Saba still image. Reproductive prints, Illuminations. 1858. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Queens, Biblical events, Solomon, King of Israel, Sheba, Queen of

Kartiny iz Biblii i Apokalipsisa, raboty mastera Korenia.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Tile of purple pilaster with twisted column around which branch of leaves, bunches of grapes and angels, tile pilaster footage fragment ceramics pottery glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Five tiles of tile pellet of one width.

Yellow Dwarf - Battle, Walter Crane - Aladdin

Tile 1620-40 Dutch. Tile 196188

GRABADO-MUJER DE AHAXE.

The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth, etc., London, UK, 19th century engraving

A coloured poster advertising coats entitled "The night out at the casino" by Weil, Paris.

France, Paris, Costume sketch for Wotan in The Ring of the Nibelung - The Rhinegold by Richard Wagner for the performance at Paris Opera

Figure tile, standing monk with lance, corner motif oxen head, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Blue on white religion

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads.

Vignette adorning attendance fees, cards, header papers; Revolutionary period (TF)

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, Stencil-colored woodblock print, Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards., Florence, Italy, 17th century, Playing card, Playing card

Sebald Beham (German, 1500 - 1550), Thomas, engraving

alchemy allegory Hermaphrodite with egg and the four elements miniature ""Splendor Solis"" Augsburg circa 1600 Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg,

Costume Plate (Femme Kamls chadalle). Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, late 18th to early 19th century. Prints; engravings. Hand-colored engraving

Coloured illustration of playing card, published by J. Leblond in Paris in 1664.

Coloured illustration of playing card, published by J. Leblond in Paris in 1664.

Satans, Return from Earth, Discovered in Council - With Belzebub and Belial -- A Sketch after Fuseli, John Cawse, 1779-1862, British, after Henry Fuseli, 1741-1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766-70; 1779 on), 1799, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2in. (29.5 x 24.1cm)

A man in China carrying three exotic birds on a a pole and in a cage. Watercolour.

Samokhvalov, Alexander Nikolayevich (1894-1971) Regional Art Museum, Volgograd 1931 202x130 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia

Jack of Diamonds from a deck of Goodall & Son Ltd. playing cards, c1940. Artist: Unknown.

Prepod. Zosim i Savvatii, solovetskie chudotvortsy.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

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