Medieval and Renaissance Figures

Illustrations of historical costumes, including kings, warriors, and heralds, showcasing elaborate outfits and period-specific designs.

The figure here represents a French herald around A.D. 1400. The illustration dates to 1882.

Portrait of King Wacwy, the Czech II, according to the woodcut from: "Chronicle of Poland" (Chronica Polonorum), Maciej Miechowita, Kraków 1521, p. Cxciii; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, Miechowita, Maciej (1457-1523). Chronicle of Poland, Wacław II (King of the Czech Republic and Poland - 1271-1305), Wacław II (King of the Czech Republic and Poland - 1271-1305) - iconography, gift (provenance), copies, copies from engravings, kings, personalities, Polish personalities, portraits , men's portraits, rulers

Wotana costume design as the god of war; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1895-1897 (1895-00-00-1897-00-00);

The figure here represents a French herald around A.D. 1400. The illustration dates to 1882.

The figures represent Spanish men from A.D. 1500-1600. They are from , left to right: a Biscayan peasant and a commoner. The illustration dates to 1882.

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.

Maximilian I (22 March 1459) (12 January 1519) from the Habsburg dynasty was Duke of Burgundy by marriage from 1477, Roman-German King from 1486, Lord of the Habsburg Hereditary Lands from 1493, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Crisan, Georg.

The figure represented here is a French servant around 1600. The illustration dates to 1882.

Valentinien III Empereur d'Occident 450-55. Ivoire de La Cathedrale de Monza.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Emperors , Rome , To 499, Romans , Clothing & dress , 400-499, Valentinian

Reinier van Oldenbarnevelt, lord of Groeneveld, 1623, 1850 - 1870 drawing Reinier van Oldenbarnevelt, the conspirator against Maurits in 1623, standing with a stick in hand. Depicted as he was brought to The Hague as a prisoner, February 19, 1623. Netherlands paper arrest (of criminal)

The figure represented here is Francis I, who died in 1547. Francis I was the first king of France from the Angouleme branch of the House of Valois. He was key to initiating the French Renaissance. Also under his rule, the expansion of first French colonial Empire. He ruled 1515 to his death in 1547. His wife was Queen Claudia. This illustration dates to 1882.

French hunter with spear, 16th century. In slashed buff doublet or pourpoint, slashed green jacket and breeches, black felt slippers. A horn hangs from a cord. After a handcoloured woodcut. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer.

A Man in Armor; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)

A Man in Armor. Dimensions: overall: 28.3 x 15.7 cm (11 1/8 x 6 3/16 in.). Medium: black chalk, pen and black ink, and gray wash heightened with white on red-orange prepared laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Swiss 16th Century.

Wenzel I, Duke of Bohemia, Saint.

Soldaat die zijn laadstok uit de houder onder de loop van zijn roer haalt. Wapenhandelinghe van Roers (series title). Draughtsman: Jacob de Gheyn (II). Dating: 1596 - 1606. Measurements: h 264 mm × w 283 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Seydlitz Monument in Berlin, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Germany, in 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

The Figure represented here is Louis XIV in 1660. The illustration dates to 1882.

Column, Stefano.

people ""Der Hofkavalier"" (The Courtier) illustration from ""Muenchner Bilderbogen"" (Munich Sheet of Pictures) wood engraving 19th century,

John Hunyadi (1406-1456). Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1446-1452). Hunyadi defended Hungary from attempted invasions by the Ottoman Empire. Portrait. Engraving by Janet Lange and Trichon. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

The figure represented here is an English knight around A.D. 1200. The illustration dates to 1882.

Erminia. Dimensions: overall: 30 x 17.6 cm (11 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PETER VON CORNELIUS.

Vasco da Gama, (1460s- d.1524) was a Portuguese explorer, the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route, as well as the Atlantic. 1500

Portrait of William III, Prince of Orange, Bernard Lens (II), 1688 - c. 1725 print Portrait of Willem III with a crown. He is in a departure with a scepter in his right hand and the Rijksappel in his left hand. There are name and titles in the lower margin. print maker: Englandpublisher: London paper knighthood order (GARTER) - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain

Turenne, Henri of the Tower of Auvergne, Viscount.

Itinerant seller of brushes and racquets, un brossetier, 18th century. He carries a brush with bone handle 1, Dutch clothes brush 2, ordinary clothes brush 3, hat brush 4, paintbrush 5, cleaning brush 6, duster 7, racquet 8, hat with pig bristles 9, velvet brush 10, washing brush 11, floor broom 12, curling brush 13, cobweb brush 14, hairbrush 15 and dust remover 16. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903.

Kings Swiss Guard, France, 16th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Kings Swiss Guard, France, 16th Century, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Effigy of Sir Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. From his monument in the Lady Chapel, St Mary's Church, Warwick. Black and White Illustration from the "Old England" published by James Sangster in 1860.

STATUE OF JACQUES D'ARTEVELDE.

Seated Warrior. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles R. Shane.

Hussar armour, karacena (light) armour), chest plate, helmet from the armoury of count Działyński in Oleszczyce, formerly with Tadeusz Czacki. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Portrait of Eli (I) van Maine, Léopold Massard, 1822 - 1889 print Numbered at the top right: No. 47. paper etching historical persons. knight

RETRATO DE DON DIEGO BUSTOS DE LARA - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL - 111x210 - SERIE DE LA LEYENDA DE LOS INFANTES DE LARA. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Maximilian I (1459-1519). King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death. Colored engraving.

Pettau, Frederick von.

The figure shown here is Bernabo Visconti (died 1385). Bernabo Visconti was an Italian soldier and statesman, who was the Lord of Milan. The illustration dates to 1882.

France, Paris, Gallic chief, engraving

German lancer and peasant woman, 16th century, from a print by Hans Guldenmundt. The soldier in an extraordinary luxurious and flamboyant costume of breastplate, puff sleeves and multicolored striped stockings.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flamenq, F. Laguillermie, from Georges Duplessis's "Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles" (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867. The book was a continuation of the series on the costumes of the 12th to 15th centuries published by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri from 1830. Georges Duplessis (1834-1899) was curator of the Prints department at the Bibliotheque nationale. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902) was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer for many public buildings and churches. He was named professor at the National School of Decorative Arts in 1874.

Arnolf of Carinthia, also Arnulf, Arnold, 850-899, from the noble family of the Carolingians was King of the East Frankish Empire from 887 and Roman Emperor from 896 to 899, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

The Italian figure represented date to A.D. 1400. He is a man of rank in Milan. The illustration dates to 1882.

Tarot of Charles V of France (14th c.). The Knight. Decorative Arts. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Costume design for Belmonte, c1913. Belmonte, a Spanish nobleman betrothed to Constanze, a Spanish lady, who is held captive by Pasha Selim. 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail' ('The Abduction from the Seraglio'), comic opera in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), first performed at the Burghtheater, Vienna, July 16 1782. Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie the younger (1741-1800) after the play by Bretzner. Design for a c1913 production at the Paris Opera.

A Man in Armor; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)

Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty (born November 1165) (died 28 September 1197) was Roman-German King from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Tea Store Figure. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 46.7 x 22.9 cm (18 3/8 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Chris Makrenos.

Mode, Kleidung, Ritterrüstungen, Deutsche Turnierkostüme um 1500-1515, Ritter reiten in prächtigen Turnierkostümen zum Reiterkampf, digital verbessert...

The figure in the illustration represents a French citizen around A.D. 1200. The illustration dates to 1882.

Europe. Rumanian man. Engraving, 1860.

Serenos or Nightwatchmen in La Junquera. Girona, Catalonia. Journey to Spain, 1862 by Jean Charles Davillier (1823-1883) Drawing by Gustave Dore (1832-1883) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Munich picture sheet, costumes, early 16th century, mountain hunters, Germany, two men, traditional costume, spear, dog, two persons, portrait, coloured historical illustration 1890, Europe

Konrad III. 1093-1152, noble family of the Staufer, 1127-1135 counter-king of Lothar III. and 1138-1152 king in the Roman-German Empire, Historical, d...

'George I', c1787. Artist: Unknown.

This 1884 image shows: "Commodus in a hunting costume - a statue of Pentelic Marble in the Vatican Braccio Nuovo New Wing of Vatican Museum No 8." Commodus was the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius' only surviving son and was hand-picked to succeed his father as emperor. When Commodus was 15, his father named him as co-emperor, and at 17 Commodus joined his father at the frontier encampments where Marcus Aurelius was leading Roman troops to battle. Commodus was crowned emperor at 19, when Marcus Aurelius died. Commodus ruled til he was assassinated in 192.

The figure shown here represents a Polish man. The illustration dates to 1882.

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.

Mars of Todi is a late 5th century BC or early 4th century Etruscan bronze statue depicting a warrior in armour about to offer a libation, Italy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known, Europe

Transegaldino de Transelgardi, miniature from the Capodilista Codex manuscript, Italy 16th Century.

Equestrian statue of Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Portrait of Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in the Cathedral at Reims. Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431) nicknamed The Maid of Orleans. La Pucelle d'Orléans. Heroine of France for her role during the Lancaster phase of the Hundred Years War, and was canonized as a Catholic saint. Burned at the stake on May 30, 143. Symbol of the Catholic League. National symbol of France by decision of Napoleon Bonaparte.Beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. France. Les Français Illustres by Gustave Demoulin 1897

Female Deity. Dated: c. 1850s. Dimensions: sheet: 17.62 × 14.45 cm (6 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor over graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.

LOUIS XIV, 1638-1715 King of France, in ballet costume for dancing at Aix, France, 1660 engraving

Coloured illustration of a playing card. 1792.

Italian Peasant Woman with a Broom. Dimensions: overall: 51.9 x 35.8 cm (20 7/16 x 14 1/8 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Johann Caspar Weidenmann.

A 1912 woodcut on bike paper by Alfred Roller depicting Kurwenal from the Tristan and Isolde series, showing character and costume.

Belin, Auguste (n.1821-08-26-D.1890-07-16), Triboulet. Gouache and graphite mine on thick paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

The figures represent ancient Roman military and political figures, from left to right: lictor, general, general celebrating a triumph, magistrate, officer.

Edward VI., London, England, engraving 19th century, Britain, UK

Foot Combat with Longswords, c.1512-1515, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Foot (Volume III), pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper, sheet: 34.1 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 5/16 in.), German 16th Century (artist)

Otto II (955) (7 December 983) from the noble family of the Liudolfing was Roman-German Emperor from 973 to 983, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Sculptuur , Pyrrhus van Epirus als van Mars; He completed the marble statue of Rome in the house of Pyrrhus, the king of Fabius Maximus, Antieke Sculpturen in Rome ; Are to be seen in the public places, and images were of the Ancient Rome, known as the city of statues . Onderschrift in het Engels . Prent maakt deel uit van list .

The figure represents a French knight around A.D. 1300. The illustration dates to 1882.

'The Odious Odo', c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech.

GRABADO-INDIO TUPI DEL BRASIL CON MANTO DE PLUMAS-AMERINDIA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Knight in complete Armour, A.D. 1461-80, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Eitelfriedrich IV Hohenzollern. Jörg Ziegler (German, early 16th century - 1574/1577)

James II of England, (18th century).Artist: Reynolds Grignion

Henri II, King of France, at the age of 28, 1547. Nicolo della Casa (French, active 1543-48). Engraving; sheet: 41.3 x 29.3 cm (16 1/4 x 11 9/16 in.).

Ferdinand III of Castile, (1199-1252). King of Castile from 1217 and King of Leo_n from 1230. Colored engraving.

'Grandgousier' standing, shouting.from a series of illustrations at F. Rabelais, Gargantua and PantaTruel.

Wenceslas of Luxembourg, dynasty of the Luxembourgers, nickname the Lazy, 1361-1419, from his coronation in infancy in 1363 until his death in 1419 as...

State Carriage of a Rajah, India, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Arms of the State of Massachusetts, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Arms of the State of Massachusetts, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Conrad I, 881 - 918, historical illustration from Bildnisse der Deutschen Koenige und Kaiser, Portraits of German Kings and Emperors, by Professor Heinrich Schneider, Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha, 1889

The figures represented here is a French queen around A.D. 1100. The ilustration dates to 1882.

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

Saint George wearing armour and holding a sword is standing on the dragon. Engraving, 18--.

Brebant of Landreville and Maconcourt, Pierre de.

The King's Champion. March 7, 1938.

Paul III., papa .

Arlekyn's song. Leaf with a large representation of a dancing harlequin. Under the image a verse in four columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 70.

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 51 x 38.3 cm (20 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert W. R. Taylor.

Lukas Baumgartner, patrician of Nurnburg, in helmet, cuirass (breastplate), and armour gloves, with red tabard and stockings, leather boots with spurs, holding a lance and sword. From an altar painting by Albrect Durer in the Alte Pinakothek museum, Munich. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Wifredo el velloso (840-897), primer conde de Barcelona, hijo del conde de Urgel. Grabado de 1853.

Engraving showing the statue of Magog in the Guildhall, London, in 1884. Magog, and his brother Gog, were two mythical giants associated with the founding of the City of London. Date: 3 May 1884

J Herman McCollum, Cigar Store Indian, c 1940 Cigar Store Indian

Maximilien D' Autriche, 19th century illustration, 1459 - 1519

The equestrian statue of Philip IV of France, ruler of the Middle Ages, was formerly located in the church of Notre Dame in Paris, was destroyed in 1772, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century.

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 71.4 x 49.2 cm (28 1/8 x 19 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Irving L. Biehn.

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.7 cm (11 7/16 x 8 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.

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