Medieval Artwork Depictions

Woodcuts and early prints illustrating medieval themes, such as musicians, biblical scenes, and dissection, reflecting the art and science of the Middle Ages.

German musicians playing on stringed instruments of the violin family. Pocket violin and bass viol. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

German musicians playing on stringed instruments of the violin family. Pocket violin and bass viol. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Herod Ordering the Slaughtering of the Infants. 1509. Graf, Urs, approximately 1485-approximately 1527. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

A dissection. From an early 16th century woodcut.

The Marque of Jehan St Denis Parisien Bookseller From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Pope Leo X supervising the burning of Martin Luther's books after the first Diet of Worms - 1521. Woodcut.

The martyrdom of S. Catherine, woodcut by Albrecht Durer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut..

Adam and Eve, tempted by the Serpent, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are expelled from the Garden of Eden by the Angel of the Lord. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg, 1493.

Bleiherd, historical account from Georgius Agricola, De re metallica libri XII, Berg- und Huettenwesen, Metallkunde, published 1556

Venus with the blind Cupid striding across a meadow, Vulcan finds Venus sleeping with Mars and shows her to the gods. From Boccaccio's book, Of the Famous Women, 1473, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

German musicians playing on stringed instruments by Jost Amman 1535-1591, woodcut

Simon of Trent (1472-1475). Italian infant protagonist of a blood libel according to which he was said to have been killed in a Jewish ritual. The Martyrdom of Simon of Trent. Engraving after "Liber Chronicarum Mundi", with drawings by Pierre Wolgmuth. Nuremberg, 1493. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Der Tod kommt zum Geizigen oder Wucherer Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger from Der Todten Tanz, published in Basel 1843, Death comes to the Miser or Usurer Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Reception of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick as Captain of Calais for Henry V; Black and White Illustration;

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of the postponement until tomorrow, a fool who postpones his action until tomorrow, and does not consider that tomorrow he may no longer have life, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Witches' brew. Engraving from A Shot,True Warning by Abraham Saur. 1582. Germany. Author: Hans Weiditz.

Old woman (witch or fairy) spinning. Woodcut attributed to Holbein from Boethius De consolatione philosophiae 1547.

An emperor's daughter has allowed a young knight to come to her secretly at night. Frightened by the spirits of the departed standing around the bed, ...

The Murder of Cenulph (d821), King of Mercia, 19th century.Artist: W Small

CARCEL DE AMOR.NARRA AMORES LERIANO Y LAUREOLA-GRAB. POR ROSEMBACH1493-ORIG. MUS. BRIT. Author: SAN PEDRO DIEGO DE. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

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

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

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

Torture by Hans Weiditz the Younger, Woodcut, 1532, circa 1500-1536, Private Collection

PERSONAJES DE LA LOZANA ANDALUZA.PUBLICADO EN ROMA EN 1528. Author: DELICADO FRANCISCO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

A woodcut engraving depicting Mercury and the activities under its government. Mercury was considered a male planet, and as dry and passive. Those born under Mercury were eloquent and inventive and loved science especially mathematics, and were tall, slender and delicate. The planet's metal was quicksilver, its day Wednesday and its night Saturday. It was friendly to the Sun and hostile to Venus and had two houses, Gemini by day and Virgo by night. Dated 16th century

Siege of a city by the Assyrians, relief from the time of Sencherib, Sin-ahhe-eriba, ca 730 BC, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Cyrus captures Medes . Raes, Jan I (Flemish, act.1610-1631) (workshop, attr.) weaver c. 1630 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'6" x W 12'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Lionel Harris 5/14/1918, invoiced 8/1/1919. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left; weaver mark on right guard, bottom Inscriptions: Inscription in lower border cartouche: ROBVR ET VIS / PRVDENTIE IVNCTA / OMNIA SVPERANT Group of soldiers stand behind Cyrus who holds scepter (L, foreground); Medes () holds shovel & kneels before Cyrus, 2 men stand next to Medes (L, foreground); battle scene, burning city (L of center, background) (L & R BRD) carved molding with male figure holding bunch of fruit, eagle, mask; (UPR BRD) abstract garland of flowers & fruit with reclining female, birds & snakes, empty cartouche in center; (LWR BRD) abstract garland of flowers & fruit with sea-monsters, cherubim & ribbons, central cartouche with

A toll is exacted from a group of medieval travellers by armed guards to allow them to be taken by boat across the river to the city Date: Medieval

Columbus lands at San Domingo, where he is greeted by the natives. Date: 1492

Speculum Regiminis, alias Catho moralisa by Philippi di Pergamo, woodcut 1480

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

Allegory of ignorance, the punishments which it entails are symbolized by rod and sword, woodcut, 1480, England

Plate of 1531 illustrating the planet Mars and those under its influence.

The imaginary island of UTOPIA, as described by Sir Thomas More Date: 1518

woodcut depicting the God Mercury ruling over potters, painters, goldsmiths, carpenters, masons, musicians and clock-makers. Dated 15th Century

Burning of witches in the 18th century, shaven witches tied to the stake, the torturer setting fire, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time, Europe

Vlad III Tepes (Vlad the Impaler) (1431-1476) Romanian prince of Wallachia Basis of Stoker's 'Dracula' Seen here impaling his victims

witches the Witch of Berkeley Said by William of Malmesbury to Have Been Exhumed by Her Friend the Devil woodcut of Michael Wolgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff chronicle of Hartmann Schedel Nuremberg 1493,

Farmers offering their products, agriculture, copperplate engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 1512, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th centur...

The Wheel of Fortune. After miniature in 15th century MS Consolation of Boethius From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Planetary figure of Mercury. From 'Sphaera mundi', Strasburg, 1539.

architecture civil engineering allegory the creative genius woodcut ""De architectura libri decem"" by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio German translation by Walther Ryff Nurembewrg 1548 private collection,

Oktober; Maanden van het jaar.A woman with a basket and a man grapes picking in an orchard. A scorpion at the top left.

Valere le Grant by Philippe Noir, Paris 1520

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of the inadequate upbringing of children, two ill-bred children quarrelling at the gaming table, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), Strambotti a la Villanesca

Silver Statuette of St. Bartholomew from the Wittenberg Reliquaries. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (13 × 6 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Wittenberg Reliquaries; Hortulus Animae. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Death and the Lansquenet. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: sheet: 4 13/16 x 3 5/16 in. (12.2 x 8.4 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Albrecht III. With the Zopfe, Duke of Austria.

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. From the mockers, a man threatened by fools with stone-throwing takes refuge with two wise men, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Saint Augustine. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Springinklee.

ILUSTRACION DEL PROCES DE LES OLIVES -PUBLICADO EN 1497-.

'Melancolia', 1514, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Dürer

'St Francis Receiving the Stigmata', 1504 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer.

CARCEL DE AMOR-GRABADO POR ROSEMBACK EN 1493-ORIGINAL EN EL MUSEO BRITANICO. Author: DIEGO DE SAN PEDRO (1437-1498). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Lazio Viterbo Viterbo Museo Civico8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of paintings (Middle Ages through 18th c.), frescoes, a tabernacle, coffin, sculpture reliefs, portal fragments, busts, sculpture, tapestry found in the Pinacoteca, Second floor gallery and Second floor cloister sequences. Antiquities: Many views of Etruscan and Roman fragments, sculpture, sarcophagi, pottery, masks, jewelry and other objects found in the Storeroom sequence (inventory numbers on back of prints), and the Cloister, Second floor Cloister, Valle Giulia, Sala Romana and Sala Etrusca sequences. General Notes: There are eight separate numerical sequences for this location. The cloister as an architectural structure, rather than museum site, is documented in the record and file for S. Maria della Verita, Cloister, all views of which are stored in Medieval core collection. Five views from the Museo Civico Second floor cloister sequence are stored in Medieval. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1

Pen drawing of Harmony personified in the figure of Air (AER). He is controlling the four winds, and in the three segments of the cosmic circle are medallions of the nine muses beneath Arion, Orpheus and Pythagoras. Dated 13th Century

Woodcut depicting the loading of stave timber. Dated 15th Century

The Doctor and the Lover with their dead Selves, 1485 (1964). Artist: Anon

Teacher with the rod as a stand symbol and two students, 1700, woodcut, England

he Augsburg Quadrant by Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, Denmark, 1546-1601 / Der Augsburger Quadrant von Tycho Brahe, Astronom aus Dänemark, 1546-1601, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Middle ages initial capital letter L depicting a fight on horseback between knights. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Albrecht Altdorfer, Christ Taken Down from the Cross, c 1513 Christ Taken Down from the Cross

Hans Burgkmair, known as the old (1473-1531). Der Weisse Koenig: Tournament with several juers (Dornik-Ege 29). Xylography, 1512-1519. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Drawing, emperor, history, illustration, serious board, triumph, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16th century, xylography, engraving

The prophet Isaiah, holding a saw in his hand, the instrument with which he was tortured. Facsimile of a 15th-century Italian engraving. "Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.

DELICADO, Francisco (Provincia de Córdoba, h.1480-Venecia, después de 1534). Escritor español. "RETRATO DE LA LOZANA ANDALUZA". Ilustración de un ejemplar impreso en Roma en 1528. Biblioteca Nacional. Madrid. España.

An Irish banquet, 1581, (1893). Artist: Unknown

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Chronicon Abbatis Urspergen. Dated: 1515. Dimensions: book: 32.3 x 22.2 x 3.6 cm (12 11/16 x 8 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.). Medium: bound volume with 1 white-line woodcut illustration on title page, white-line woodcut initials throughout, and a printer's device. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Provost of Ursperg Daniel Hopfer and Burchardus Biberacensis (author).

Albrecht Dürer, The Lamentation, c 1500 The Lamentation

Historic print, title page of the oldest remaining version of the Middle Low German folks book Eulenspiegel from 1511, main character is Till Eulenspiegel or Dyl Ulenspegel, trickster and jester, 16th Century, from the Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Tinsmith, sometimes also called tinsmith, tinsmith, tinsmith, tin worker, Der Kandelgiesser, Kannengiesser, woodcut from the, Das Staendebuch, a famous series of woodcuts of the craft of Amman, 1568, Germany, craft, work, craftsman, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe

Noble Lady on Horseback, Accompanied by an Armed Servant, facsimile of the copperplate engraving by Albrecht Duerer, 15th century, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date not known, Europe

Hunting meal. 19th century reproduction of miniature in manuscript of Livre du Roy Modus

Antwerp, Woons, Cornelis, Sallaert, Antoine, Jegher, Jan Christoffel, Christ before Pilate, verso - stamped, Christ is brought before Pilate by armed soldiers. Pilate sits on his throne and asks him if he is the king of the Jews., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 90 mm, width 63 mm, 1618-11-03 - 1667-09-18, print maker, printmaker, 1649 - 1649, paper, papier, houtcut, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1585 - 1650, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

middle ages knights tournament Jousting Welsh fight woodcut by Albrecht Duerer ""Freydal"" 1516,

The twelve months represented by Lilliputian figures. British cartoon Prints Collection . Human curiosities,1720-1750. , Dwarfs,1720-1750. , Costumes,1720-1750.

The Prodigal Son with the Pigs, after Albrecht Duerer, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

scene. unknown c. 1580 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. Group of 3 musicians entertain reclining couple having picnic; tournament scene with spectators in background Borders missing. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 4684 or, 4887

Ernst Barlach, The Dog Catcher, German, 1870-1938, 1919, lithograph

H. Stefanus. H. Stefanus, standing between two trees in which putti with musical instruments and monstrous figures. In his cloak he wears the stones as attributes of his torture. Under the show: Sanctus Stephanus Proto Martyr. (Koepplin-Falk I, no. 50). Frontispice Missal Pataviense, 1503.

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of blind trust in luck, the fool looks complacently out of the window while his house is on fire on the ground floor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

A fife and drum player. Date: 1555

Depicts the death of Judas, executed as an etching and type print by Augustin Hirschvogel in 1548, showing figure, posture, and surrounding elements.

Mark. Hans Sebald Beham (Germany, Nuremberg, 1500-1550). Germany, 1541. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Song of Solomon by Francysk Skaryna, woodcut, 1518, 1486-1541, Russia, St. Petersburg, Russian National Library,

Woodblock print of expulsion of Jews or Arabs from Spain 1492

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.

Kitchen of the 15th Century, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Woodblock print depicting a comet as horsemen with lances. Dated 16th Century

Sebald Beham, The Rape of Helena The Rape of Helena

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) "The syphilitic (H 264)". Engraving. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 76380-9 H264, man, Venerian disease, syphilis, syphilitic, text, verole, engraving

Marco Polo lands at Ormuz. From a miniature in the Livre des Merveilles. The Kingdom of Ormus (Hormuz) was a 10th to 17th century kingdom located within the Persian Gulf

Engraving of a bas-relief depicting Assyrians cutting down the date palms in a conquered city. Dated 19th Century

Kostüme um 1300, unten Spieler mit gestreiften Farben auf dem Rock, oben Herr und Dame, Geschichte der Mode, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digitale Re...

The kettle

Fountain in Paris France. Illustration from the 17th century architecture book 'Architectura Curiosa Nova' 1664, by Georgium Bocklern

Sixteenth century Flemish tapestry depicting a scene of wild boar hunting, detail. Palazzo dei Principi, Correggio, Italy.

SAN PEDRO, Diego de (15th century). Spanish writer. Prison of Love. Illustration depicting a battle.

A country wife spins at her cottage door, watching hunters and travellers as they pass by Date: circa 1650

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