Historical Woodcuts

A collection of woodcut prints depicting scenes of death, authority, and resurrection. Dark tones and intricate details reflect themes of mortality and power.

Netherlands, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, The Flagellation of Christ, Printed from three blocks. Christ dressed in a loincloth is being scourged by two men. Two others are looking on. Architectural ornamentation to the left and right of the scene., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 110 mm, width 147 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

Count. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Holbein the Younger.

Albrecht Dürer, Saint Odilia, c 1500 Saint Odilia

Woodcut, The Emperor, Hans Holbein the Younger, Dance of Death, 1538

Ein man wardt auff ain Rad ... Dated: c. 1503. Dimensions: sheet: 26.4 × 17.8 cm (10 3/8 × 7 in.). Medium: woodcut on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the Miracles of Mariazell.

Raising of the Cross, 1515, Woodcuts, approx. 2 13/16 x 1 15/16 in. (7.2 x 4.9 cm), Paper / Sheet approx. 3 x 2 1/16 in. (7.6 x 5.2 cm), Stamped in black ink, verso Y.W. enclosed in circle (Lugt 2669), Cream laid

CARCEL DE AMOR - GRABADO POR ROSEMBACH EN 1493 - ORIGINAL EN EL MUSEO BRITANICO. Author: SAN PEDRO DIEGO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Netherlands, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, The Flagellation of Christ, Printed from three blocks. Christ dressed in a loincloth is being scourged by two men. Two others are looking on. Architectural ornamentation to the left and right of the scene., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 110 mm, width 147 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

The manufacture of oil. 19th century copy of work drawn and engraved by Jost Amman in 16th century

Edelman and Death, Hans Holbein (II), 1538 print Edelman in a double fight with death. The man raises his sword and has the skeleton at the throat. Behind them is a portable with an hourglass on it. In the margin above the print the text psal. Lxxxviii. paper nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood. dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings

The dance of death: the abbot. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Meal at the Pharisees, Two scenes in a room. Christ at table with two Pharisees and Christ and two men with a basin of water., print, book illustration, prints, height 98 mm, width 142 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Nativity of Christ, Printed from two blocks. Right: stable with Christ child on the ground, Mary, Joseph, the ox and the donkey. Two shepherds in the background. Left: landscape with town., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, height 107 mm, width 144 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

Saint Roch. Etching by D. Hopfer.

Scholars with mesolabe and hourly cylinder, engraving from Architecture ou art de bien bastir (Architecture or the art of building well), Volume IX, by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, 1547, Paris.

Witches, transformed into animal shape, fly to the sabbat on a tree-branch.

A gun maker is working at his bench. Woodcut.

Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 13 (recto) 1603 Federico de Vinciolo Italian Designed by Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, dedicated to Catherine de Bourbon, French, 1558-1604.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design is printed upon a grid and illustrates the Nativity. The Christ child is depicted lying on a bed of hay inside of a manger. Surrounding the newborn are Joseph and the Virgin. A cow and a donkey stand in the background watching the event.. Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 13 (recto) 358421

School scene. Pupil being punished. Teacher beating a pupil. 1526. FRANCE.

Apocalypsis cu Figuris 1511 Albrecht Dürer German. Apocalypsis cu Figuris 345008

Christ before Pilate Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Christ before Pilate, 1509-1511; edition of 1511. Woodcut on laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 in. (13.3 x 10.2 cm). European Art 1509-1511; edition of 1511

Albrecht Altdorfer, Presentation of the Virgin, c 1513 Presentation of the Virgin

Schweecker, Thomas.

The rich man and death, Wenceslaus Hollar, After Abraham van Diepenbeeck, After Hans Holbein (II), 1651 print A rich man is sitting at the table surrounded by boxes and bags with money. Death takes coins off the table and puts them in a bowl. 25th print from a series of 30 death prints; With a frame with Democritus and Heraclitus. paper etching dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings. (story of) Democritus, the philosopher. (story of) Heraclitus, the philosopher

Pair of Lovers in the Forest. Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480-1538 Regensburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 4 in. (13.8 × 10.2 cm). Date: 1511. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The prophet Isaiah with the instrument of his martyrdom, 15th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, Expulsion from Paradise, God sends naked Adam and Eve out of Paradise., print, book illustration, prints, height 99 mm, width 142 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

Wapentuig.Shield, helmet, sword and other weapon.

November; Maanden van het jaar.Three figures a cow slaughtered. In the background figures working on the land. At the top right a Sagittarius.

German musician playing a military trumpet, 16th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Meal in Bethania, Master of Delft (attributed to), 1503 print Printed from three blocks. Christ at the table with men. Maria Magdalena Ointment his feet. Left and right of the performance Architectural ornamentation. Low Countries paper Christ's feet are anointed by Mary (Magdalene)

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Temptation of Christ, Printed from two blocks. Right: Christ talking to the devil. In the background again Christ and the devil. Left: landscape with city., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, height 107 mm, width 145 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

A woodcut engraving depicting a witch raising a storm. Dated 16th century

GRABADO DE SANTIAGO PEREGRINO. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Pontevedra. SPAIN. APOSTOL SANTIAGO PEREGRINO. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.

Initial letter D with putto. Artist: Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder (German, born 1490, active 1538-1540). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (4.7 × 4.7 cm). Date: ca. 1538. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Men are working on animal hides stretched over stones. Woodcut.

VALERIO FLACO , CAYO. POETA LATINO. SIGLO I. ILUSTRACION EN EL FRONTIS DE SU OBRA " ARGONAUTICA " , EDICION 1562. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Sebald Beham, Saint Jerome at the Arch, 1520 Saint Jerome at the Arch

The Shepherd's Calendar; August; Illustration to the Poem of the same name by Edmund Spenser, 1579; B & W Illustration

Two mercenary soldiers approach a seated prostitute while Death sits in a tree, pointing to an hourglass. Etching after Urs Graf, 1524.

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of gluttony and gluttony, the excess of eating and drinking as folly, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Cover of the Valencian edition of Blanquerna, 1521. Portrait of author. Spain.

Illustration. Poet and lady. Woodcut, 15th century. By Jordi de Sant Jordi (1390-1424).

Specklin, Veit Rudolf, Holbein, Hans (II), Mozes teaches Israelites the laws, Moses teaches the Israelites the laws and rules. In the margin above the image is the text Devter IV Deuteronomy., print, book illustration, prints, height 60 mm, width 85 mm, height 87 mm, width 99 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1538 - 1538, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, French - 1550, block cutter

S der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts, Darstellung verschiedener Stände und Berufe, Kaufmann, Schriftsteller, Organist Artz, Astrologe, Maler, digi...

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of the misjudgement of fellow men, a fool who thinks himself blameless, at the camp of a dying man, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

'The Moon', tarot card, 14th century, (1870). Artist: Unknown

What Happened to the Mast of the Black Arts after all his Tricks. Artist: Howard Pyle (American, Wilmington, Delaware 1853-1911 Florence). Dimensions: sheet: 7 9/16 x 6 5/8 in. (19.2 x 16.8 cm). Date: 1886-88. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woodblock print depicting farmers with animals. Dated 13th Century

November, killing the pig, showing Scorpio and Sagittarius, shepherds' calendar, engraving, late 15th or early 16th century, France

people women 15th century women fighting for the trousers engraving private collection,

Thales van Milete; Tales; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a bearded man who hits his hand against his head. The text identifies him as a thales of Milete, one of the seven ways of Greece. The print is part of an album.

Saint George and the Dragon. Life of St. George. Engraving from Flos Sanctorum, 15th century, 1480.

Lawyer and Death, Hans Holbein (II), 1538 print A lawyer receives money from a customer. Next to the lawyer is death with an hourglass. In the background are houses in the street of a city. In the margin above the print is the text Prover. XXII. paper lawyer, attorney at law. dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings

Dance of Death: The Duchess, c. 1526. Hans Holbein (German, 1497/98-1543). Woodcut;

The Lamentation. Dated: c. 1500. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albrecht Dürer.

Planetary figure of the Sun. From 'Sphaera mundi', Strasburg, 1539.

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Give a gift and regret it afterwards, the fool who gives a gift to another and does not like to do it, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Christoforo Landino of Florence instructs his pupils in rhetoric & poetics. Date: 15th century

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Attending to the affairs of others, A fool must be called he who extinguishes his neighbour's burning house while his own property is in flames, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Teacher and pupil, woodcut from Robertus de Euromodio, Cato moralissimus, 1497, Italy, Europe

A man and his assistant holding a rope to survey a field. Woodcut, ca. 1600.

Monsters born from the Deluge. After wood engraving in the "Chronique de Nuremberg", printed in 1493. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Albrecht Altdorfer, The Circumcision, c 1513 The Circumcision

Amsterdam, Netherlands, Histoire metallique de la république de Hollande, Trophy in a cartouche of leaves, The trophy contains, among other things, a sword and an anchor. From a series of vignettes with sea gods and allegories, used as an illustration in the book Histoire metallique de la république de Hollande by P. Bizot., print, ornament print, prints, ornamental prints, height 78 mm, width 125 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1688 - 1688, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Initial letter A with putto. Artist: Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder (German, born 1490, active 1538-1540). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (4.7 × 4.7 cm). Date: ca. 1538. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

The German Alchemist. Facsimile of an engraving attributed to Hans Holbein, from the German translation of Boethius "Consolatio Philosophiae", published in Augsburg in 1537. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

RESURECCION DE LOS MUERTOS O JUICIO FINAL. Author: IÑIGO LOPEZ DE MENDOZA-MARQUES DE SANTILLANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Young man in love with two girls, left side scholars talking, ca 1500, woodcut, France, Europe

Aines armen man khind fiel ... Dated: c. 1503. Dimensions: sheet: 26.4 × 17.9 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.). Medium: woodcut on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the Miracles of Mariazell.

Hans Holbein the Younger, Letter Y Letter Y

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Not wishing to mend one's ways, he who is given to folly instead of following wisdom, acts like a bagpipe fool, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

'S - An Alphabet by Hans Weiditz', c1520-1521, (1908). Creator: Hans Weiditz.

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

Man met een slang en een kreeft.Man with laurel wreath on head, a snake in the left hand and in the judge a lobster. In addition to the hose, the inscription is: Si Stringas CRVMPIT. To the lobster is a tableau with the inscription: Si Lax Es, Honor Pit. Possibly the drug vintage network.

Middle ages initial capital letter C depicting a sick king in his bed. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Illustration depicting a firework set piece of St George fighting the Dragon. Wickerwork or straw figurers were made, and various types of fireworks placed in them. Using a system of ropes and pulleys the figures could be made to move towards or away from each other. Dated 17th century

craft handcraft goldsmith ""Saint Eligius in his Workshop"" by the ""Master of Balaam"" France or Germany circa 1445 11 cm x 17.3 cm private collection,

Sigismunde with the slain lover in prison, from the Book and Life of the Fabulist Aesopi, 1475, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

medicine physicians lecturing physician coloured woodcut Bologna circa 1470 private collection,

A woodcut by Hans Burgkmair the Elder from 1508 depicting an allegorical frontispiece illustrating the dialogue of diverse peoples and world religions, showing figures, composition, and early 16th-century German printmaking techniques.

King Robert, son of Hugh Capet, composing sequences and responses in Latin. After a miniature from the 14th century manuscript Chroniques de France. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Saint Jerome Extracting the Thorn from the Lions Paw. Artist: Unknown After: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

The Babylonian Whore, The Babylonian Whore personifies in particular the lust of the world, the seduction of the world, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Procession of Monstrous Figures 1615 Wendel Dietterlin, the Younger German. Procession of Monstrous Figures 358467

Martin Luther: Preface to the Revelation of John ( 1522): Vorrede zur Offenbarung Johannes (1522). Apocalypse in figures; Woodcut by Albrecht Durer; The Revelation of St John: 2. St John's Vision of Christ and the Seven Candlesticks

The Eunuch by Terence, Eunuchus, The Cut, is a comedy by Terence, Publius Terentius Afer, based on a play by Menander, 161 B. C. Historic, digitally r...

TERENCE, Publius Terentius Afer (190-154 BC). Cover of an edition of his comedies printed in Paris.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Adrien Lavieille (1818-1862), engraver. "Extraordinary feast." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101785-10 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Miracle in Walldürn. unknown, graphic artist, Łazarski, Zygmunt (1885-1943), publisher, Kostrycki, Maciej (Płazów ; drzeworytnia ludowa ; fl. ca 1830-ca 1838), woodcut atelier

Auca de Artes y Oficios, detalle cardador, siglo XIX. IMHCB.

Averroes (Ibn Rushd) 1126-1198 full name Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Rushd, eminent medieval Islamic philosopher, native of Cordova. Wrote Commentaries on Aristotle's works and Plato's 'Republic'. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel 'Liber

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of foolish hunting, the hunting passion of many people branded as foolishness because it is a waste of time, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Parable of rich grain farmers, Lucae XII

Andrew Boorde. Reproduction of woodcut.

What Happened to the Master of Black Arts after All His Tricks, for "The Wonder Clock" 1887 Howard Pyle American Pyle is considered the father of American illustration. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, he became interested in art and writing as a boy, studied in Philadelphia and then New York, at the Art Students League. In 1878, a drawing accepted by Harper's Weekly helped to launch his career and the artist returned to Delaware in 1880. Over the next three decades Pyle wrote and illustrated a series of now iconic works and became an influential teacher. Aware of contemporary European innovations, he skillfully adapted his style to suit a range of subjects. This design first appeared in Harper's "Young People," February 23, 1886 titled "What Happened to the Master," and was used to illustrate the story "The Clever Student and Master of the Black-Arts" Here, the artist redrew it for "The Wonder Clock," a book published by Harper Brothers in 1888. The related image appears in story V on pa

Woodblock engraving depicting Miss Delicacy, the daughter of the Riches quarrelling with her husband who had been her father's servant. Dated 19th Century

Anaximines (fl c500 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher, 1493. Artist: Unknown

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler

A drawing Raffaellino del Garbo, the gallery of Florence, vintage engraving. A drawing Raffaellino del Garbo, the gallery of Florence, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679851

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