Medieval Social Scenes

Showcases woodcuts and engravings of medieval life, depicting interactions between characters, humor, and mortality themes in detailed, narrative-driven compositions.

The barber, vintage engraving. The barber, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660011

The barber, vintage engraving. The barber, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660011

The Lawyer (or Advocate), from The Dance of Death After Hans Holbein the Younger German Printmaker Hans Lützelburger German ca. 1526, published 1538 View more. The Lawyer (or Advocate), from The Dance of Death. After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Prints

The Card Player. The Death and a demon attacking a card player. Facsimile of an engraving belonging to the series "The Dance of Death" in "Les Simulacres de la Mort et Histoires facees de la Mort", Latin edition, 1547. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", Paris, 1877.

Chivalric romance. Scene of jousting.15th century.

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, he flees away again. From the Book of the Knight of Turn, 1493, Switzerland, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown, Europe

Job on the Mestvaalt, Albrecht Dürer (School of), 1509 print Job, covered with ulcers and scantily dressed, is on a manure trap. He is attacked by a devil; His wife stands next to him. Nuremberg paper Job on the dunghill with Satan (or devils) abusing and tormenting him; Job's wife may be present

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

Illustration from Le Proprietaire des Choses, 1500 (1964). Artist: Anon

Two men at a cooking fire, Anonymous, 1490 - 1537 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing open fire, fire-place, stove (in kitchen)

Woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting the king, created around 1525-1540.

Duchess and death; Dance dance. A duchess is sitting on her bed and looks at death pulling to her skirts. Another skeleton plays on a violin. The text IIII is located in the margin above the print. Rois I.

A 1489 woodcut by Michael Greyff depicting a lawyer and client standing before a judge, showing a legal proceeding in historical court attire.

Szene aus dem Leben auf einer Ritterburg, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "The takeoff of Saint John the Baptist. Bartsch 125". Wood engraving, 1510. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. Bible, Catholic, Christian, Decollation, Wood Engraving, New Testament, Plateau, Present, Saint, Tete

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

Personification of music, with the auxiliaries, the poet and musicians, 1508, (1870). Artist: Unknown

alchemy, alchemists, woodcut, ""Liber de arti distillandi de compositis"" by Hieronymus Brunschwig, Strassbourg, 1507,

Scholar in StuderSrek, Anthonie van den Bos, after Jacob van der Ulft, 1778 - 1838 print A scholar is behind a writing table in his study and receives three men. There is a globe on the floor next to the table and there is a violin. A bookcase is standing against the wall. There is a second globe on the cupboard. paper etching scholar in his study

Woodcut by Hans Schäufelin depicting the twelve apostles, created in 1513.

The Schoolmaster. Engraving after a drawing by Soquand. Paris, 1528. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Dean and Death, Hans Holbein (II), 1538 print A blanket walks into a building with a falconer. Next to him dies with an hourglass. In the margin above the print is the text matt. XXVI. paper deacon (Roman Catholic). dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings

GRABADO DE YSOPETE DEL MOZO LADRON Y SU MADRE.

'The Emperor visited by Death', 1538. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger

Urban life in Germany in the first half of the 16th century, representation of various estates and occupations, merchant, writer, organist Artz, astrologer, painter, 1880, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Copper engraving 'The End of the Year' by Sebald Beham, depicting seasonal transitions and activities associated with the final month of the year.

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

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham, 1547, depicting Job with friends in a seated arrangement, detailed interior, figures, and expressions.

Print, The Year's End; Designed by Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550); Germany; engraving on off-white laid paper

Death comes to the stingy or usury woodcut from Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein d. J. from the dead dance, published in Basel 1843 / Death Commes to the Miser or Usurer Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger from the dead dance or the dance of death basel 1843, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, record date not stated,

"Copper engraving by Meister BR, marked with an anchor, depicting the adjoining of the kings, produced in the second half of the 15th century, showing figures and heraldic elements."

Digitally restored, Woman, prostitute with a naked torso pours the contents of the nightmare, urine, to the street, in front of her window play musicians, satirical woodcut on the lovers, publication from the year 1882, Digitally improved:, Woman, prostitute with a naked torso pours the contents of the nightmare, urine, to the street, in front of her window play musicians, satirical woodcut on the lovers, publication from the year 1882

The Master of the Black Arts Brought a Curious Little Black Hen to the King. Artist: Howard Pyle (American, Wilmington, Delaware 1853-1911 Florence). Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/16 x 6 3/4 in. (18.3 x 17.1 cm). Date: 1886-88. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

HISTORIA DE LOS SIETE INFANTES DE LARA - ALMANZOR MUESTRA LAS CABEZAS DE LOS SIETE INFANTES DE LARA A SU PADRE GONZALO GUSTIOZ - 1612. Author: OTTO VAN VEEN u OTTO VENIUS (1556-1629). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Anatomy demonstration, 1493. Artist: Unknown

Henry IV of Navarre, Henri IV, Henri Quatre, Henri le Grand, born 1553, died 1610 in Paris, on horseback and with canopy bearers on his arrival in Rouen, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

justice torture streching coloured woodcut Johannes Millaeus ""Praxis criminalis"" printed by Colinaeus Paris 1541 private collection,

Scholar in StuderSrek, Anthonie van den Bos, after Jacob van der Ulft, 1778 - 1838 print A scholar is behind a writing table in his study and receives three men. There is a globe on the floor next to the table and there is a violin. A bookcase is standing against the wall. There is a second globe on the cupboard. Netherlands paper etching scholar in his study

Woodcut by Johann Schöffer from 1507-1508 depicting Mr. Richter and a poor servant, showing figures, gestures, clothing, and domestic interior.

Woodblock engraving from the Shepherds Kalendar - The moon was considered to be a female planet, moist and cold. Those born under the Moon loved geometry and related arts, and were phlegmatic of temperament. Its metal was silver, Spring its season and water among its elements. The Moon was friendly to Jupiter and hostile to Mars. Friday was it's day and Friday it's night, and it had only one house, Cancer. Dated 18th century

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

Specklin, Veit Rudolf, Holbein, Hans (II), Judith and her maidservant on their way to Holofernes, Judith walks out of the city of Bethulia in her finest clothes and accompanied by her maidservant. The city elders are standing at the city gate and one of them makes a gesture of blessing. On the right in the distance lies the tent camp of Holofernes. In the margin above the image is the text Judith X., print, book illustration, prints, Judith walks out of the city of Bethulia in her finest clothes and accompanied by her maid through the city gate. The city elders are standing at the city gate and one of them makes a gesture of blessing. On the right in the distance is the tent camp of Holofernes. In the margin above the image is the text Judith X., height 60 mm, width 85 mm, height 86 mm, width 98 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1538 - 1538, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, French - 1550, block cutter

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Christ Crowned with Thorns, in or before 1509 Christ Crowned with Thorns

Sebald Beham, Peasants behind the Hedge, 1546 1547 Peasants behind the Hedge

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

De Jewish Man, Erhard Ruwich, 1486 - 1488 print Illustration for the book by Bernhard von Breidenbach, Reise Ins Holy Land. A man in traditional Jewish clothing sitting at a table, a money pouch in his right hand. He points to the young man who stands for him. Above the print a two -line text in Dutch. Germany paper the Jews, Jewish life. banker

Ars Moriendi. Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 7 7/8 x 1/4 in. (28 x 20 x 0.6 cm). Publisher: Published by Nicolaus Gotz (1474-1480). Date: ca. 1475. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Die Krönung Ludwigs des Bayern im Petersdom durch den Bischof von Arezzo, digitale verbesserte Reproduktion eines Originaldrucks 1880, Guido Tarlati d...

Aristotle's compleat master- piece

In einem Kindergarten im Mittelalter in England, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Bronze relief bottom of the tomb of Cardinal Friedrich Jagiello in the cathedral of Krakow, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869.

Das ist der Spiegel der menschen behaltnis mit den evangelien und mit epistelen nach der zyt des iars. Artist: Attributed to Erhard Reuwich (German, Utrecht ca. 1455-ca. 1490 Mainz); Attributed to Housebook Master (German, active Middle Rhineland, ca. 1470-1500). Dimensions: Overall: 13 3/8 x 9 1/4 x 2 9/16 in. (34 x 23.5 x 6.5 cm). Printer: Printed by Peter Drach the Younger (German, 1477-1504). Date: 1479-81. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

trade merchants vendor with tray coloured woodcut by Hans Frank Nuremberg 1516 private collection,

'Hercules Killing the Molionides', c1496-1498, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Dürer

King Arthur fights the 10-ft tall giant Flolo in single combat in front of the armies of England and Gaul, protected by the Virgin Mary. Le roi Artus, combattant un geant, est protege par la Vierge. From a woodcut from Alain Bouchards Chroniques de Bretagne. Woodcut by Etienne Huyot and Jules Huyot from Paul Lacroixs La Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a lEpoque de la Renaissance, Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Paris, 1873.

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

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Piscina probatica, Christ healing the sick man of Bethesda, Four scenes about the healing of the sick man in Bethesda. Bottom left: the sick man in bed. Bottom right: Christ heals the man and orders him to get up. Top right: the healed man gets up from his bed. Middle: Angel stirring the water and man taking his bath. Man carrying his sleeping mat., print, book illustration, prints, height 175 mm, width 145 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

The Three Heathen Heroes (Die Drei Guten Haiden), from Heroes and Heroines. Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473-1531 Augsburg); Block cut by Jost de Negker (1480-1546). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.1 cm). Series/Portfolio: Heroes and Heroines. Date: 1516.Standing, from left to right, are Hector, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar, each fully armored and holding coat of arms. From a series of six woodcuts each with groupings of three heroes or heroines. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: HANS BURGKMAIR. Block cut by Jost de Negker.

A man seated in a chair in a landscape, holding an open book, directing a dissection which is taking place in the foreground. Line block after a woodcut, c. 1493.

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

'Tenant Paying Rent', 1523, (1903). Artist: Unknown.

Europe. Middle Ages. Knight.

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Escultor cincelando una figura de piedra o mármol.

Death and Murder, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print The different reactions to death (of beloved or enemy) are central to this performance. Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing deathbed. murder. Good and Bad Behaviour, Moral Qualities

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of foolish planning, three craftsmen leave the work because the master of the house in his jester's garb has planned wrongly, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Scholarly method or scholarship, woodcut from De generibus ebriosorum, 1516, Italy, Europe

architecture construction work architect and workers woodcut ""Cronica van der hilliger Stat van Coellen"" by Johann Koelhoff the Younger Cologne 1499,

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

heraldry coat of arms Germany Bavarian dukedom knights with escutheon woodcut early 16th century,

Illustration January for Edmund Spenser's poem 'The Shepherd's Calendar', 1597. Woodcut.

Menelaus (at the intersession of Odysseus) refrains from killing his wife, Helen, for having run off with Paris.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Croce in Gerusalemme69. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Cosmati pavement, architecture (facade). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, frescoes: "Leggenda della Santa Croce," Antoniazzo Romano (attr) & "S. Elena sale al cielo," Corrado Giaquinto; mosaic ceiling in Cappella di S. Elena; coats-of-arms German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Copper engraving by Meister IAM von Zwolle, dated 1460-1500, depicting a proclamation scene with human figures, gestures, and architectural elements.

Italian 15th Century, Saint Bernardino of Siena, 1470-1480, woodcut

The Vintage. Woodcut from 'Calendarum Romanum Magnum', 1518.

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Study for Garden by Francesco Colonna, 1499, engraving

Parable of the rich man and the steward, Rich man on the seat, steward points to book and coins (gives an account), the steward who has been dismissed, has the debtors of his lord change their debts (Luke 16: 1-8), Meester van Antwerpen (I) (attributed to), Nederlanden, 1485 - 1491, paper, h 92 mm × w 130 mm

Woodcut by Albrect Durer showing a scene from the Comedies of Terence 1493. Publius Terentius Afer (195/185159 BC), better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170160 BC.

A woodcut engraving depicting a walled garden with gazebo. A detail from the frontispiece of Robert Burton's "The Anatomy of Melancholy", initially published in 1621. Dated 19th century

The ball; The story of sorgheel. Sorghally dancing with wealth. On the right on a raised musicians. Ornamental picture frame around the show with the ball. Two elementary poems in Dutch. Print three of series of six.

Illustration to the Mirror of True Rhetoric, title page with publisher's mark, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an old woodcut

Historic print, copper engraving, 1645, from a book by Johann Michael Moscherosch, 1601 - 1669, a German statesman, satirist and teacher of the baroque period, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Stag and falcon hunt. unknown c. 1510-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'6" x W 9'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: Sold at Parke-Bernet sale (Pratt sale), 10/31/1942, lot 130. French & Co. received from Mr. E. B. Gleason 3/17/1944; returned 5/8/1952. In landscape, 2 gentlemen mounted on horseback with falcons, accompanied by 2 huntsmen with cross-bows; group of foot soldiers walk ahead of group, various hunting dogs follow alongside; castle in background Borders missing. Tapestry exhibited at the Flint Institute of Arts exhibition, "Gothic Tapestries of the 15th & 16th Centuries," Oct. 12-Nov. 4, 1945. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 76918 Joubert, Tapisserie médievale Cluny (1987), 104-121, VIII, no. 97 Flint (Institute of Arts), Gothic Tapestries (1945), no. 4 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry, Paris, Musée de Cluny, Ref. Cl.2183, "Le départ pour la chasse" or "Falconer & soldier"

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

Valerian, emperor of the Roman Empire, he king of Persia, took him as prisoner following the Battle of Edessa in 259.

Cromwell and Hampden, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson

Dietmar von Aist, born around 1115, died after 1171, was a minstrel, minnesinger from Upper Austria, the noble family and representative of Danubian lyric poetry, Austria, a miniature from Manneschens manuscript, historical picture or illustration, published 1890, digitally enhanced, born around 1115, died after 1171, was a minstrel, minnesinger from Upper Austria, the noble family and representative of Danubian lyric poetry, Austria, a miniature miniature of Manneschens manuscri, Europe

From Theuerdank: Theuerdank has too large sails cut off in a storm on the malicious advice of Unfalo, 1517, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original

Thomas-a-Beckett martyrdom, 1170.

'Agrippa Instructing His Pupils Mathematically', 1553, (1936). Artist: Unknown.

Saint Wilhelmina (Guillemette). Woodcut.

'Israel' and his conjoined 'brother'. Date: 17th century

Der Tod kommt zum Bischof Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger from Der Todten Tanz, published Basel 1843, Death comes to the Bishop 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

Woodcut print depicting a scene in Medieval England. Dated 15th Century

JEZABEL DEVORADA POR LOS PERROS. Grabado de 1889. Álbum de Historia Sagrada (La Santa Biblia en imágenes). Dibujo de Julio Schnorr de Carolsfeld.

Hanseatic city of Luebeck, emblem, symbol, knight, Middle Ages, merchants, trade, ships, swords, battle, lookout, crow's nest, cargo crane, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

love sex eroticism adultery ""About a shameless housewife"" woodcut coloured from Francesco Petrarch ""Trostspiegel"" (Comfort mirror) by the ""Petrarch Master"" Augsburg Germany 1532 and later,

Phormio, from The Comedie of Terence, 19th century reprint n.d. Albrecht Dürer German. Phormio, from The Comedie of Terence, 19th century reprint 387789

In a street, four noblemen turn to a peasant woman and a farmer, standing beside an ox and a donkey. On the right, a woman looks out a window., Noblemen and peasants, print maker: anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1580 - c. 1600, paper, h 310 mm × w 386 mm

Caricature of the farthingale and the mask, 1610. From Modes and Manners, published 1925

Melusine suckling her child at night. From Historie der Frau Melusine, 1474, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

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