Historical Woodcuts

A collection of woodcut prints featuring historical and mythical figures, showcasing intricate details of attire and weaponry in classic styles.

Germany, Altdorfer, Albrecht, The Fall and Redemption of Mankind, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), verso bottom center - handwritten, Mary Magdalene seen from the back, sitting on the ground in a landscape, the jar of ointment in her right hand. Before her stands Christ with a banner and a shovel in his left hand, and with his right hand making a gesture of blessing. Thirty-sixth print from a series of forty., print, prent, prints, prenten, 58, height 72 mm, width 48 mm, 1480 - 1538, print maker, prentmaker, 1506 - 1538, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, papier, houtsnede

Standard-Bearer Albrecht Altdorfer German. Standard-Bearer 429683

Holbeins 'The Earl' (c.1525-1540) is a woodcut portraying an earl in formal attire, highlighting posture, gesture, facial expression, and symbols of noble rank and authority.

Woodcut by an anonymous artist depicting Jason, created around 1600, illustrating the mythological figure from classical mythology.

Artist: Leonhard Beck, German, 1480-1542, SaintGuntramus, Woodcut, image: 21.1 × 23.7 cm (8 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.), Made in Germany, German, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Germany, Altdorfer, Albrecht, The Fall and Redemption of Mankind, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli me tangere), verso bottom center - handwritten, Mary Magdalene seen from the back, sitting on the ground in a landscape, the jar of ointment in her right hand. Before her stands Christ with a banner and a shovel in his left hand, and with his right hand making a gesture of blessing. Thirty-sixth print from a series of forty., print, prent, prints, prenten, 58, height 72 mm, width 48 mm, 1480 - 1538, print maker, prentmaker, 1506 - 1538, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, papier, houtsnede

Horatius Cocles. 1521 - 1526. Altdorfer, Albrecht, approximately 1480-1538. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Graf, Urs, Nuremberg, Solis, Virgilius, Swiss standard bearers, Zug, Standard bearer with standard of Zug, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 145, height 97 mm, width 65 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, 1524 - 1562, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone, Work conception, Swiss, 1485 - 1528

This 1524 copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicts bravery, showing human figures, gestures, and symbolic elements in narrative composition.

Vallet the pique (Bartsch 349) Virgil Solis (1514-1562). Valet de Pique (Bartsch 349). Burin. 1545. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

St George on Foot Made 1502 Germany. Engraving in black on cream laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Abraham de Bruyn, Mars, 1569 Mars

St. Luke, from the cycle: the Four Evangelists. Beham, Sebald (1500-1550), graphic artist

Dancing couple, seen from the back, Cornelis Bos, Anonymous, c. 1537 - c. 1555

Vaandeldrager, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1506 - 1538 print Standard bearer in a landscape Germany paper standard-bearer, flag-bearer

Klerk..

Saint Christopher. Line engraving by M. Schongauer.

Little Vaandeldrager, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1506 - 1538 print Conducting with banner on his left shoulder. Germany paper engraving standard-bearer, flag-bearer

St James Major, plate 9 from The Twelve Apostles Made 1545 Germany. Engraving in black on white wove paper . Hans Sebald Beham

Hans Holbein the Younger, Der Edelmann Der Edelmann

Jozua, anonymous, Cranach (school of), 1541 print paper Joshua (not in biblical context)

with fire and a bucket of water; Aldegrever, Heinrich (Ca 1502-1555 cars 1561); 1529 (1st edition) (1529-00-00-1561-00-00);

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Personifications of planets with signs of the zodiac, Jupiter, Jupiter with a Sagittarius and Pisces (signs of the zodiac), verso - handwritten in brown ink, Numbered top right: 2., print, prints, verso - stamped, 55, height 68 mm, width 47 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone

Silver Statuette of St. Philip, from the Wittenberg Reliquaries Lucas Cranach the Elder German. Silver Statuette of St. Philip, from the Wittenberg Reliquaries 624272

Diana (Luna) with constellation Cancer, Hans Sebald Beham, 1539 print The goddess Diana or Luna as personification of the moon with her planetry child the constellation lobster paper engraving Luna and her children ('Planetenkinder') ~ Cancer

Apollo (Sol) with zodiac sign lion; Sol; Seven planets and constellations.The God Apollo or Sol As A Person's Personification With His Planet Child The Constellation Lion

Commander in the arsenal ..

Graf, Urs, Nuremberg, Solis, Virgilius, Swiss standard bearers, Basel, Standard bearer with standard of Basel, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 145, height 99 mm, width 68 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, 1524 - 1562, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Swiss, 1485 - 1528

Mercury. 1500 - 1550. Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Otto II., Count of Habsburg.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Merian, Matthäus (I), RUSTICUS PARISII, Villageois de Parisis, Farmer from Paris, verso - stamped, A farmer, simply dressed, with a stretcher with wood on his back, facing right. Part of the edge of a map with Paris in bird's-eye view, from two plates. In the edge on the left and right costume pictures with the four ranks and estates. On the left costume pictures with men's costumes; on the right the women's costumes. Costume pictures freely after Mattheus Merian. (German Hollst. 459) In RPK the costume pictures are present separately., costume print, prints, center bottom - engraved, with a stretcher with wood on his back., height 130 mm, width 47 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1618, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Swiss, 1593-09-22 - 1650-06-19, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, The Four Seasons, Herbst, Autumn, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 139, height 59 mm, height, 47 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching

Martin Treu, Bagpipe Players, c 1540 Bagpipe Players

Fribourg, Martini, Martin, Meier, Melchior, Saint William of Aquitaine as a knight in a landscape, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 280 mm, width 198 mm, 1567 - 1610-05-06, print maker, 1576 - 1610, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Spotprent op Daniel Raap, 1752.Cartoon on the goalkeeper Daniël Raap because of his opinion in 1752 to no longer lease the load on the wine, but by having wine buyers pay. The devil squeeze rapes juice in a bottle: Rape SOP.

St. William of Aquitaine in armor bearing a standard in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield, a landscape beyond ca. 1581-1610 Martinus Martini Swiss. St. William of Aquitaine in armor bearing a standard in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield, a landscape beyond 399627

Gottfried II, Count of Lions, Duke of Niederlothringen.

Cartoon on the arts, Reinier van Persijn, after Cornelis Saftleven, 1661 print Cartoon on the arts: a Markplein with a man who holds a large floating mask. He is surrounded by people from various plumage. Bystanders look at the scene full of awe. In the foreground attributes that symbolize the arts, a donkey and a skull, which refer to stupidity and transience. In the context above the show the title in Dutch in book print. Print Maker: Northern Netherlands Publisher: Rotterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ art; 'Arte' (Ripa). Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa). skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'

Sebald Beham, Foot Soldier Standing by a Tree, 1520 Foot Soldier Standing by a Tree

Hope 1636 Abraham Bosse French. Hope 386157

Amsterdam, King, Wilhelmus, Engelbrecht, Martin, Northern Netherlands, Saxony, Joost van, The Callotto resuscitato or Newly Eingerichtes Zwerchen Cabinet, The Monarchy of the Empire of Pipetabacs, and his Diadem, Doctr. Rocus Tabacius Emperor of the Smoke and Vapor Herbal Empire, Monsieur Piperouk Director of the Large Company of Tobacco Negotiators in Virginia and Brazil, The Dwarf Doctor Rocus Tabacius, 1716, A dwarf like the Dutch Doctor Rocus Tabacius, director of a tobacco company in Virginia and Brazil, standing smoking a pipe in his dressing gown. In the caption verses in Dutch and French. Print within a decorative frame printed from a separate plate with leaves, monsters and at the top three fighting birds. Numbered right center: 27. Part of the Dutch bound edition of 1716 of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as Het Dwergentooneel (The Dwarf Theater), copied after an older German example., print, picture, caricature, books, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 160 mm

Dance of Death III. Dated: 1562. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master A. C.

Londerseel, Assuerus van, Nederlanden, Bruyn, Nicolaes de, Negen besten, Judas Machabeus, Judas de Maccabeeër, a famous general from the Old Testament, stands with a lance and a shield in his hands in a landscape. He is part of De Negen Besten. The tetragrammaton appears in the sky as a symbol for God the Father. The image is set in a frame with curlicues and various animals, such as rabbits, dogs, squirrels and birds. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 291 mm, width 212 mm, South Netherlands, 1571 - 1656-10, print maker, printmaker, 1582 - 1635, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, 1572 - 1635-12-02, publisher

Copper engraving by Nicoletto da Modena, early 16th century, depicting John the Baptist, illustrating the biblical figure, Christian prophecy, and devotional imagery.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting Happiness, created in 1541, showing allegorical figure, gesture, and symbolic elements.

Nuremberg, Dürer, Albrecht, Apostle Thomas, verso - stamped, The apostle Thomas with a spear and a book., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 62 mm, width 42 mm, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1503 - 1503, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Cham; CAM; Liber chronicarum. A bearded man with a cloth around his head knotted, his arms spread. It is a fragment of the world map in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies him as a cham, a son of Noah. The print is part of an album.

Haller of Hallerstein, Berthold.

Fight between two knights on horseback. Sheet printed with two blocks above each other. Upper: spectators look from a building, music on figures. Lower: two knights on horseback fighting swords. Woman on horse holds a shield up.

Dancer with a dog, from a large series of wedding dancers; Aldegrever, Heinrich (Ca 1502-1555 cars 1561); 1538 (1st edition) (1538-00-00-1561-00-00);

Gottfried IV, the huckling, Duke of Niederlothringen.

Saint Michael n.d. Albrecht Dürer German. Saint Michael 387769

Copper engraving by Israhel van Meckenem from the late 15th century illustrating the letter 'q' in a decorative alphabet style.

The Seven Planets

The Man of Sorrows. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Woodcut;

Gluttony, from The Vices 1552 Heinrich Aldegrever German. Gluttony, from The Vices 341199

IRA, from the series: allegorical figures; Aldegrever, Heinrich (Ca 1502-1555 cars 1561); 1549 (1st edition) (1549-00-00-1561-00-00);

fine arts, Durer, Albrecht (1471 - 1528), copper engraving, ""Der Fahnentraeger"" (The standard bearer), 1502, 11.7 cm x 7.3 cm, private collection,

Koning Arsames, Anonymous, 1585 print King Arsames of Persia standing with long staff or lance in his hand. A battle in the background. Above the show a three -litigal text in Latin. paper engraving ruler, sovereign. male persons from classical history. battle

Copper engraving 'St. Barbara' by an anonymous artist, after 1500, depicting Saint Barbara with symbolic tower and gesture in detailed composition.

Hans Baldung Grien, The Conversion of Saint Paul, 1508 The Conversion of Saint Paul

Vase decorated with marine animals and wife, 1866 print The woman's legs run out in fish tails. At the top left: 1re partie, at the top right: A. N ° 25., bottom right: 110. Liège paper

Dürer, Albrecht, Saint George and the Dragon, verso - stamped, Saint George, seated on his horse, fights a dragon with his sword. In the background a young woman., print, picture, book illustration, prints, pictures, height 62 mm, width 44 mm, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1503 - 1503, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1537 showing disturbed lovers, illustrating figures, interaction, clothing, and composition.

Saint Michael. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: sheet: 24 x 1 5/8 in. (61 x 4.1 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mulld:Sake (Portrait of John Cottington). Dated: published 1618. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: RENOLD ELSTRACK.

Copper engraving and etching by Dirk Jakobsz. Vellert from 1522 showing a man holding a fish. The print emphasizes realistic depiction of human figure and fish.

Nuremberg, Dürer, Albrecht, Brussels, Simonau & Toovey, Resurrection, Reproduction of The Resurrection by Albrecht Dürer, recto - printed, photomechanical print, reproduction, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, 15, height 114 mm, width 72 mm, Belgian, maker, manufacturer, 1866 - 1871, paper, Woodburytype, Work conception, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05

Copper engraving by Nicoletto da Modena depicting Saint Christophorus carrying the Christ child, showing figures, gestures, and surrounding landscape, created in the first quarter of the 16th century.

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). "The seven planets: Le Soleil, n ° 5. (Hollstein (Volume 3, page 74); Bartsch 117)". Chisel. 1540. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123049-20 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center

St. Bartholomew, 1545-1546. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

Vase decorated with marine animals and wife. Woman's legs walk out in fish tails. Top left: 1RE partie, top right: A. n ° 25., Bottom right: 110.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting three soldiers with a dog, showing figures, animals, posture, and attire.

Madonna and Child with a Pear, 1520, Engravings, 4 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (11.1 x 7.4 cm), Paper / Sheet 4 7/16 x 2 15/16 in. (11.2 x 7.5 cm), Stamped in black ink, verso Emil Schroeter (Lugt 2270), Cream laid

Juni, Denis Boutemie (possibly), 1633 - 1643 print Personification of the month of June. A grotesque figure with a jet wreath around her head. The figure dances and holds a half moon and a drum with hieroglyphs in her hands. Paris paper etching June; 'June' (Ripa)

A woodcut by Urs Graf the Elder around 1519 depicting the Confederation with the Basel coat of arms and the publisher Thomas Wolff's sign, showing figures, symbols, and composition.

Italy, Andreani, Andrea, Parmigianino, Carpi, Ugo da, Surprise, Man with outstretched arms in a landscape, verso - stamped, A man with outstretched arms standing in a landscape, possibly Jason looking at the sea., print, prints, height 277 mm, width 196 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1502 - 1532, third quarter 15th century, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, chiaroscuro woodcut, Work conception, 1503-01-11 - 1540-08-24, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1559 - 1629, publisher

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Landsknechten, Harquebusiers, verso - handwritten in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 146, height 109 mm, width 89 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone

Dietrich II., Count of Holland.

Tyrants of the Old Testament: Ahab. Georg Pencz (German, c. 1500-1550). Woodcut;

people misery/adversity beggars woodcut ""Liber vagatorum Der Bettler-Orden"" title Nuremberg circa 1510 private collection,

Woodcut by Hans Lautensack from 1563 showing Landsknechts as part of the Handsful and Khurtze series, illustrating soldiers and ceremonial events in Vienna.

. A helmet, a ring collar, two breast kuras of which the front has a lanth hook and various equestrian guns. From series, consisting of a title page and 16 sheets.

Martinus cuts piece of mantle for beggar, Hans Baldung Grien, 1505 - 1507 print The knight and holy Martin on horseback cuts a piece of his cloak with his sword and gives it to a beggar sitting on the ground in a landscape. Nuremberg paper St. Martin divides his cloak (i.e. the charity of St. Martin): he is usually shown on horseback, cutting his cloak with his sword, or putting part of the cloak round the shoulders of a beggar who kneels beside him

Couple and Death with a Drum, from The Dance of Death Allaert Claesz. Dutch. Couple and Death with a Drum, from The Dance of Death 399039

Mars. Mars, halves, seen on the left, the view focused on the viewer. A spear in the right hand, the left hand in the side, a helmet on the head.

Printed from two blocks on two sheets, attached to each other. Mucius Scaevola full-length with left hand in fire. Angel holds laurel wreath above his head. In background face of forum, Rome., Marcus Mucius Scaevola Gaius Mucius Scaevola Marcus Mutius Scaevola (title on object), print maker: Cornelis Anthonisz., (mentioned on object), Jan Ewoutsz., (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Ewoutsz., (possibly), Low Countries, 1536, paper, h 550 mm × w 370 mm

Activity; Sedulitas; Virtues; Septem Virutes Vitiis Suis Oppositae. The personification of employment is in a landscape with an open book in the hand that she reads at the light of an oil lamp. In the foreground ants, a spinning wheel, and a chicken with her chicks, which symbolizes strolling. In the background links Christ and Nikodemus in conversation during the night. At the house a woman on a spinning wheel. On the right in the background a stork that feeds her boy. Under the show a four-line verse in Latin. This print is part of an album.

This early 16th-century woodcut and type print by Lucas Cranach the Elder depicts the apostle Judas Thaddäus, emphasizing detailed figure, clothing, and Christian iconography.

Re (King). Dated: c. 1465. Dimensions: sheet: 18.4 x 10.5 cm (7 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.). Medium: engraving with traces of gilding. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi.

Portrait of Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489-1525), Hooghe, Romeyn de (1645-1708)

A copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting Mercury, showing detailed figure work, mythological attributes, and early 16th-century printmaking technique.

The Shop-keeper, from The Dance of Death ca. 1526, published 1538 Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger German. The Shop-keeper, from The Dance of Death. Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Prints

Man caught by woman on adultery; Fin Ich Dich Do; Farm party.

Trophy mid-16th century Master FG Italian. Trophy 412293

Allegory of December. Projects for the "eternal calendar in paintings", part I, 1881-1901 (Immerwährender Bilderkalender); Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1881-1901 (1911-00-00-1911-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenen Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, votan (mitol.), Winter (personification), zodiac, allegories, astrology, illustrations, calendars, Nordic mythology, personification (iconogr.), Winter, winter, winter, winter, winter signs of the zodiac

De Graaf and Death, Wenceslaus Hollar, After Hans Holbein (II), c. 1680 print A count tries to flee for death that threatens a shield in front of him. paper etching dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings

The Element Air, Zacharias Dolendo (attributed to), after Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1706 - 1767 print Presentation of the element of air in the form of a young falconer with a falcon on the arm and a lance with a dead bird on it over the shoulder. In the background a group of hunters with falcons in a hilly landscape. Under the performance the Latin name of the element ('Aer'). This print is part of a series of the four elements, each depicted by a figure engaged in an action and sitting/standing in an environment associated with the element in question. Each performance has the caption of the Latin name of the element in question. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving air (one of the four elements). sports, games ~ animals (+ hunting with falcon, hawk; falconry)

Hunter with two dogs, Esaias van de Velde, 1610 - 1614 print Haarlem paper etching hunter

Southern Netherlands, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Natura, Nature, verso - stamped, A woman with six breasts. Her lower body is a pedestal with animal heads. The bird, torch, fruits and urn with water refer to the four elements: air, fire, earth and water. Below the image two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, height 152 mm, width 90 mm, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Habermann, Franz Xaver, Rocaille frame with old man, verso - stamped, Rocaille frame with garland, with old man with book in landscape. Publisher number 109., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 285 mm, width 178 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1775, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, German, 1721 - 1796, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

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