Monarchs and Their Courts

Engravings portray scenes of royal figures and court interactions, emphasizing regality through detailed clothing and expressions.

The painter Van Dyck portraying the sons of Charles I, painting by Bartolomeo Giuliano (1825-1909) was an Italian painter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

Charles IX 1550 to 1574 is told by the Diet that his brother Henri d Anjou 1553 to 1610 has been elected King of Poland from Histoire de France by Colart published circa 1840

Oorme van Solomon, Boetius Adamsz. Bolswert, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1590 - 1633 print Solomon recommends a soldier to kill the living child, the real mother of the child reacts shocked and tries to stop the soldier. paper engraving Solomon gives verdict; he commands a soldier to divide the living child in two

The painter Van Dyck portraying the sons of Charles I, painting by Bartolomeo Giuliano (1825-1909) was an Italian painter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

A brown brush drawing with lavation depicting a scene of a prevented marriage.

Henry the Eighth and Anna Boleyne Engraved by T Cooke after Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

Comme ils en étaient là, arrive l'oncle ca. 1778 Jean Michel Moreau the Younger French. Comme ils en étaient là, arrive l'oncle 343695

Antonio Perez del Hierro (1540-1611). Councilor of State and Secretary of the Chamber of King Philip II of Spain. Antonio Pérez receiving his family after the torment. Antonio Pérez is depicted prostrate in an armchair, covered with a blanket, being visited by his dejected wife, Juana Coello, and his children. The episode took place in Madrid in 1590, after suffering torture in which he confessed his involvement in the death of Juan de Escobedo (1530-1578). Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899) after a painting in 1884 by Vicente Borrás y Mompó (1837-1903). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

Alonso de Molina (-1531). Spanish military and conqueror, active between 1526-1531. Alonso de Molina with the chief of Tumbes (Peru), Orozimbo, who offers him a young Inca girl. Engraving, 1820.

Watercolor by Erzherzogin Marie Christine depicting Don Quichotte with a singing head, created in the second half of the 18th century.

Cristóbal Colón (1451-1506) se presenta ante los Reyes Católicos, Fernando II de Aragón e Isabel I de Castilla. Ilustración por Urrabieta. Grabado por Roca. Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón, por Victor Balaguer. Barcelona,1862.

Netherlands, Kaiser, Johann Wilhelm (I), The widow of Duke Albert of Bavaria kicks his estate with her foot, The widow of Count Albert of Bavaria renounces his estate, 1405, Margareta van Kleef, the widow of Albert of Bavaria touches his coffin with a twig, January 1405. With this, by kicking her foot, she renounces her husband's estate and debt burden., print, picture, historical print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 226 mm, width 172 mm, Dutch, 1813-01-05 - 1900-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1842 - 1844, second quarter 19th century, paper, steel engraving

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Palazzo Centi, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Illustration depicting King Joseph Napoleon swearing on the Constitution of Bayonne. King Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (1768-1844) the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who made him King of Naples and Sicily, and later King of Spain. After the fall of Napoleon, Joseph styled himself Comte de Survilliers, Madrid. Dated 1808

The Rake's Progress: Scene in Bedlam Author(s): Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.

Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor, 02.12.1804, woodcut from 1880

Historia de España. Joan Fiveller (-1434), conseller en cap de Barcelona exige al rey don Fernando I de Aragón (1380-1416) en 1416 el pago del vectigal, impuesto sobre la carne que la Casa Real compraba a la ciudad y del cual el rey pretendía quedar exento. Grabado de 1872.

'The Interview of Charles I With His Children', 1649, (early-mid 19th century). Creator: J Rogers.

Napoleon Founds Orphanages , Monnet

Esther swoons before Ahasuerus. Engraving by A. Coypel.

Last Hours of Queen elizabeth - from painting by Paul Delaroche: Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Sometimes referred to as the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor. Hippolyte Delaroche, commonly known as Paul Delaroche (1797 1856) was a French painter born in Paris.

Frederick William, 16 February 1620, 29 April 1688, was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, and thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death, here receiving the Huguenot envoys, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Catherine of Aragon,also spelled Katherine, 1485-1536, first wife of Henry VIII. The first trial of Queen Katherine in 1529 where she appealed against divorce from Henry VIII. From the picture by H.G.Glindoni

King James II (1633-1701) receiving news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, 1890.Artist: Edward Matthew Ward

The death of Queen Elizabeth I, 24th March 1603. Elizabeth I, 1533 - 1603, aka The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess. Queen of England and Ireland.

Design for a Book Illustration 19th century Anonymous, German, 19th century German. Design for a Book Illustration 381807

CORTÄS, Hernàn (1485-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico.; Marina (1500-1531). Native American woman, daughter of a Tenochtitlan chief.; MONTEZUMA II (1467-1520). Aztec king (1502-1520). Cort_s determines to trap Moctezuma in his palace, take him to the headquarters where they put him fetters. Work from the series of the 'Conquest of Mexico'. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. America's Museum.

Engraving titled 'Marriage A La Mode' by William Hogarth (1697-1764) English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. Dated 18th Century.

Cinderella. Character in the tale written by Charles Perrault. The gentleman putting the slipper in his tiny foot, saw that he was very suitable. Engraving. The Illustrated World, 1882. Colored.

Atahualpa (1497-1533). Inca Emperor. Submission of the last Inca emperor to the spanish embassy of Francisco Pizarro, led by Hernando de Soto. Engraving, 1807.

Black and White Illustration: "Breakfast Scene". Engraving after William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from his series, "Marriage a la Mode"

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, 29 October 1507, 11 December 1582, Grand Duke of Alba, Gran Duque de Alba, Portuguese: Grao Duque de Alba, in Spain and Portugal and as Iron Duke, visiting Rudolstadt Castle, Thuringia, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

Death of Sigismund Augustus in Knyszyn in 1572. Matejko, Jan (1838-1893), painter

The righteous duties rendered to the king and the queen regents his mother Jean or Jean-Baptiste HUMBELOT. "The righteous duties rendered to the king and the queen regents his mother". Anne d'Austria, Louis XIV Gaston of Orleans Philippe de France Beaufort, the Villeroy Motte. Burin.

Spain (1884). Awaiting the procession, engraving by Tomàs Capuz after a tapestry by Josep Lloveras. Etching.

Othello, Act II, Scene I, A Platform -- Desdemona, Othello etc., Print made by Thomas Ryder, 1746-1810, Irish, after Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British, 1803, Engraver's proof, Sheet: 17 3/8 x 23 11/16in. (44.1 x 60.2cm), literary theme, The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, play by William Shakespeare

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vos, Maerten de, Collaert, Hans (I), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, History of Elisha and the Woman from Shunem, Elisha raises the son of the woman from Shunem, When Elisha arrives, Gehazi closes the door of the room on the right. The parents of the dead boy remain outside the room. On the left, Elisha prays to God with raised arms. In the middle, he stretches out over the dead boy with his mouth on his mouth and his palms on the palms of the boy. In this way, Elisha raises the boy to life. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 2 Kings 4:34. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 209 mm, width 285 mm, Zuid-Nederlands (voor 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, prentmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication

Engraving depicting Mary, Queen of Scots receiving her sentence. Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 1542-1567. She was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I in 1586 and was beheaded the following year. Dated 16th century

Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5) 1784 Caroline Watson British Ophelia appears here, her mind unhinged by the murder of her father and rejection by Hamlet. In Act 4 of Shakespeare's play she appears crowned with weeds and flowers, singing pathetically, and distributing herbs to members of the court whom she no longer recognizes. The related painting by Pine was shown in April 1782, with six other subjects from Shakespeare, at the Great Room in Spring-Gardens with plans announced for engravings "in the chalk manner," by Caroline Watson and Victor Marie Picot. After Pine departed for America, Boydell bought the plates and reissued this version of the print.. Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5) 431236

Célestin Nanteuil (1813-1873). "Festin scene in the creation of Angelo at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin". Plume and Lavis of Brunette ink, 1833. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 57810-5 Brown ink, wash, Saint-Martin gate, theater, XIX th century, engraving, feather

Watercolor by Erzherzogin Marie Christine Habsburg-Lothringen showing Sancho Panza taking office as governor, figures, gestures, postures, and clothing, 2nd half of the 18th century.

An engraving titled 'Marriage a-la-mode' depicting a breakfast scene. Dated 18th Century

CALDERON DE LA BARCA, Pedro (Madrid,1600-Madrid, 1681). Dramaturgo español. "EL MEDICO DE SU HONRA". Grabado coloreado de Juan Comba y García, donde se representa la escena XIII en la que Doña Leonor La Bella pide justicia al rey Pedro I de Castilla.

Auguste Lepère (French, 1849 - 1918), Le Couronnement de l'Empereur Alexandre III de Russie (27 Mai), 1883, wood engraving

Hogarth, William, Before and after, Voor en na, Before, Man pulling a struggling woman towards him in a bedroom, verso - stamped, The contents in the drawer of the falling bedside table and the dog at the woman's feet suggest a wavering chastity and morality. In the painting next to the canopy, Cupid fires a rocket to illustrate what is to come. The woman appears to be pushing the man away but has already removed her corset, which lies on the chair at the foot of the bed., print, prints, height 424 mm, width 327 mm, English, 1697-11-10 - 1764-10-25, print maker, printmaker, 1736-12-15 - 1736-12-15, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), after, after painting by, Work conception, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Henry III of France is said to have been considered as a husband for Elizabeth I of England. This image shows the two at a ball in France. The artist is unknown. Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry III was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.

Historical illustration depicting the last day of Emperor Joseph II 1741 to 1790, in front of his death, Austria, Historical, digitally restored repro...

Presentation of a book to the Duke of Burgundy John the Fearless, On after a manuscript of the Royal Library executed in 1409, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Rennening Artery Hillebrands HilleBands, 1580.The Betrayal of Rennenberg to Burgemee Silk, Assures The City Council of Groningen Overor During A Meal at Mayor Hille Breuring A Meal at Mayal To The States with a handshake.

Etching depicting The Reformation - The Controversy

Margaret of Parma abdicates as governor of the Netherlands : at Brussels her place is taken by the duke of Alva, who will fight resistance with relentless ferocity.

Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration, Isaac Taylor, 1730-1807, British, undated, Graphite and gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 3 9/16 × 5 5/8 inches (9 × 14.3 cm), historical subject, literary theme, men, sitting, women

Murder of Alida van Poelgeest, 1392, draughtsman: Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), 1843, paper, pen, brush, h 122 mm × w 171 mm

The TÍte TÍte from Marriage -la-mode, 1743 - 1745; by William Hogarth. depicts the marriage as already beginning to break down. The husband and wife appear uninterested in one another. By William Hogarth (1697 ñ 1764). English painter, printmaker, satirist.

Murder of Alida van Poelgeest, 1392. Draughtsman: Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I). Dating: 1843. Measurements: h 122 mm × w 171 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante33. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

Charles I demanding the surrender of the five Members of Parliament (John Hampden, John Pym, Sir Arthur Hasilrigge, Denzil Holles and William Strode) 4 January 1642. The Speaker, William Lenthall (1591-1662) kneels before the king saying he has not seen the wanted man. Engraving c1885.

Engraving dated 1797 by W.C. Wilson after W. Smirke RA of Angelo and Isabella in Act 2 Scene 4 of Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Trichon, Auguste (1814 1898), Doré, Paul Gustave (1832 1883)

Bach visits Frederick the Great, 1747, (1936). Creator: Unknown.

Historia de España. Asesinato de Vimarano, hijo de Alfonso I de Asturias, por su hermano Fruela en el año 756. Grabado de 1872.

Historic steel engraving by Johann Baptist Wilhelm Adolf Sonderland, 1805 - 1878, a German illustrator, scene from The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, the translation of Italian Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini's autobiography

The 1906 caption reads: Venice was nominally a republic, but all the power gradually fell into the hands of a council of three, who governed the city by secret murder. Any one whom the three marked as dangerous, disappeared without warning and without trace. This is Pilotys famous picture, showing the grim and aged Three examining the proof that one of their victims has been slain, and scornfully paying the blood-money to the assassins. Piloty (died 1886) was a German painter, noted for his historical subjects, and recognized as the foremost representative of the realistic school in Germa

Highmore, Joseph, France, Benoist, Antoine, Story of Pamela, Wedding ceremony, print, book illustration, prints, height 289 mm, width 368 mm, 1721 - 1770, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1770, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1692-06-13 - 1780, after, after painting by, Work conception

Cynegils or Kengils was King of Wessex from c. 611 to c. 643. Detail from an antique map of Britain, by the Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu in Atlas Novus (Amsterdam 1635)

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and Octave-Édouard-Jean Jahyer (born in 1826), engraver. "Beaulx speech by Boys-Bourredon." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101783-23 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

This illustration of the Austrian composer and pianist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart singing his requiem was done by American artist Thomas W. Shields in 1885. It shows an ill Mozart, sitting on a cushion and covered with fur singing with a string trio and piano at left. Behind Mozart are three other men, a woman bending down toward Mozart, and a decanter and glass on the table. The requiem was composed in 1791 and left unfinished at the time of Mozart's death in 1792.

Scholars Lithography: Salb M. (edition) & Jan Matejko

As You Like It. Act I. Scene II. Lawn before the Dukes Palace. Rosalind, Celia and Orlando. From The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery published late 19th century. After a painting by J Downman.

Leopold I (1640-1705). Holy Roman Emperor. Bridal Party of Leopold I and Margaret Theresa of Spain. Engraving by H. Kaefeberg in Germania, 1882. Colored.

The first drawing room of the season at the foot of the grand staircase at Buckingham Palace. Date: 1892

Marie Antoinette (1755-1793). Queen consort of France by her marriage to Louis XVI of France. She was sentenced to death on 16 October 1793. Marie Antoinette and her children at Trianon. Engraving by Tony Johannot. "Galería Universal", 1868.

The 'White Hood' rebellion in Ghent : a deputation from the burghers of Ghent solicit terms from the count of Flanders. Date: 1397

'THE PICTURE GALLERY,' BY B. VAUTIER, 1873

Beat Each and Hulo from them until the very morning "; Piotrowski, Antoni (1853-1924); around 1900 (1890-00-00-1910-00-00); the Muse of the National Museum in Warsaw was downloaded from the Muza system; drawing / pen, drawing / ink; Products from Wąkien / Paper / Carton / BRYSTOL; height 13.6 cm, width 23.2 cm; Fig. 14607 /6 MNW; all rights reservations.Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, fairy tale, illustration, for reproduction, study, music, collection stamp, dance, genre scenes, purchase (provenance), Middle Ages, costume

Prince Józef Poniatowski parting with his family. unknown, draughtsman, cartoonist, Fontana (Paryż ; wydawca ; 1822-1839), publisher

Birth of S.a.r. M (GR). The Duke of Bordeaux (IT)

Queen Anne Stuart (6 February 1665 - 1 August 1714) in her litter during her last visit to Parliament in London in 1713. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

Tsarina Catherine the Second with Diderot, portrait, Russia, palace, hall, festive dress, conversation, 18th century, history, historical illustration 1894, Europe

The Love Letter engraved by Charles Rolls after painting by H. Richter

Inside Schloss Wilhelmsthal Palace, historical woodcut, circa 1870

Charles II receiving the Duchess of Orleans at Dover, 1670, (1804). Artist: William Bromley.

COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON, 1870

Essay of a Opera. Versailles. Painting of Luis Jimenez Aranda (1845-1928). Spanish painter. Engraving by R. Brend'Amour. "The Artistic Illustration", 1887.

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, known by Cardinal Cisneros (1436-1517). Cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo, Regent of Castile, Inquisitor General of Castile. Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros showing his power to the nobility. Illustration after a painting by Manzano. Chromolithography. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume IV. Madrid, 1890.

'The Lady's Tailor (King Henry IV - Second Part)', c1870. Artist: Charles W Sharpe.

Frederick II The Great (1712-1786). King of Prusian. Meeting in Sans-Souci. Engraving by A. Vogel.

La Bonne Aventure (The Fortune Teller). Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Pater (after); French, 1695-1736. Date: 1695-1736. Dimensions: 7 6/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18.7 × 23.9 cm). Oil on panel. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, 1841, illustration, 19th century

'Macbeth', c1870. Artists: Alexander Keith Johnston, Charles W Sharpe.

H ESPAÑA-GRABADO-UNA TIENDA DEL SIGLO XVI. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Peter Vischer the Elder, 1455, 1529, a German sculptor and redsmith, in his foundry in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, historical engraving, 1869, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown, Europe

Ref, The Happiness of the Future, The happiness of the future Joseph II, Quirin Mark -, Copper Engraver, Johann Hieronymus Delete Kohl -, publishing house

Jean Dambrun, Le juge de mesle Le juge de mesle

GARRICK BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND COMEDY, BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, 1872 engraving

Author: CABOT ESTIVILL, IGNACI (DP).

The Card Game (Der kleine l'Hombre Tisch). Dated: 1758. Dimensions: plate: 79 x 10.8 cm (31 1/8 x 4 1/4 in.) sheet: 11.7 x 14.5 cm (4 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.). Medium: etching and aquatint with engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki.

Count Eberhard of Wurttemberg crying over his son Ulrich who died in the Battle of Doffingen, engraving from a painting by Ary Scheffer, from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 471, Volume XIX, March 4-11, 1852.

Catherine II of Russia, called Catherine the Great (1729-1796). Empress of Russia Catalina brought from Europe legal, political and moral philosophy,

Marie de' Medici (1573-1642). Queen of France. Second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. Regent for her son. Maria and Henry IV. Engraving by Dupre. Biblioteca Universal, 1851. Colored.

Frederick I crowned king in Koenigsberg 1701, 18th century, History of the Hohenzollerns, Prussia, historical illustration 1899

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