Religious Historical Illustrations

Engravings portraying key events such as Pilate's judgment, Martin Luther's bold acts, and moments of religious ceremony and practice.

Prayer for John Josephus Binnevel, with black and white image of Christ receiving help from Simon of Cyrene, prayer print print picture material, lithograph print Image in black and white with caption. On the back printed text on the death of John. Josephus Binneveld died July 2, 1842; parts of psalms and spells JESUS receives the help of the Cirene mourning remembering praying religion religious ceremony ceremony Jesus Christ cross Simon of Cyrene

Pilate Washes His Hands, Wood engraving on paper, He is on his throne, at right Christ and two soldiers are at left., France, 1840s, Print, Print

Prayer for John Josephus Binnevel, with black and white image of Christ receiving help from Simon of Cyrene, prayer print print picture material, lithograph print Image in black and white with caption. On the back printed text on the death of John. Josephus Binneveld died July 2, 1842; parts of psalms and spells JESUS receives the help of the Cirene mourning remembering praying religion religious ceremony ceremony Jesus Christ cross Simon of Cyrene

Martin Luther verbrandt de pauseijke bul.Luther burns the papal bul outside the walls of Wittenberg, 1520. At the top right: IV.d.pl.i. Bottom right: Bladz.22.

Martin Luther burns de Pauseijke Bul, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 print Luther burns the papal bull outside the walls of Wittenberg, 1520. At the top right: IV.D.PL.I. bottom right: p.22. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving burning of books (+ variant). city-walls Wittenberg

Confirmation, Wood engraving on paper, A bishop, seated between two priests, blesses a kneeling boy. Another boy and two girls are awaiting their turn., France, ca. 1840, Print, Print

Kwakzalver, with elegantly dressed bystanders, Jan van de Velde (II), after Willem Pietersz Buytewech, 1603 - 1641 print A market with a quack on a stage on the left, with many bystanders on the back. On the right another quack with instruments displayed on a barrel, around which elegantly dressed figures. First print of a Frisian consisting of four prints, representing a market. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving person addressing a group, orator. market. quack, charlatan, mountebank, 'saltimbanco'. clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). clothes, costume (+ women's clothes). clothes, costume (+ children's clothes). cape (HUIK) (+ women's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes)

The discovery of the tomb of King Arthur. Stipple engraving by J. Ogborne after J.H. Mortimer.

Jan Sobieski, planting trees in Wilanów, at the moment when the part time poet unknown to him offers him a copy of his Sobiesciad Schübeler, Julian (before 1865 1890), Gerson, Wojciech (1831 1901)

Sardinia. Sardinian traditional costumes. Engraving by Chaillot. Lemaitre direxit. History of Malta and Gozo, by Frederic Lacroix. Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

Armed figures kneeling for a spiritual with a miter, Isaac Weissenbruch, 1836 - 1912 print Netherlands paper kneeling figure. weapons

The Raising of Lazarus. Dated: 1545. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

Woman boarding a devil ship to avoid her husband; Numero 7 Ein Gulde Zahl.

David takes away the spear and cup of Saul. .

Simeön reprimands his old friend Usthazades; But Simeön brought him waste with so hard punishment.

Procession with the Pentecost Blom in Schermerhorn, ca. 1750; Pinster Blom to Schermerhorn. Procession with the Pentecost Blom in Schermerhorn, ca. 1750. Four girls wear it until Pentecostal blom or Pentecostal bride girl on a berrie through the village.

Tibetan Woman, Lama from Lhasa, Tibet, late 19th Century, Illustration, The History of Costume, Braun & Schneider, Munich, Germany, 1861-1880

Medieval Swedish monuments. Christian bishop and others killed with arrows and thrown in a pagan grove, and the martyrdom of two Christians in Sweden. From a painting in the church of Old Uppsala. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.

An itinerant medicine vendor selling a medicine to a man whose son has a poorly arm. Engraving by P. da Colle after N. Cavalli after F. Maggiotto.

Three Norman men of the 12th century; one in a surtout and carrying a talar (a robe in fashion at the end of the 12th century), one wearing a talar over his surtout, and one in a conical bonnet.. . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

NORMAN FOREST LAWS. CUTTING THE HERD-DOG'S CLAWS.

Costumes of common Spanish people in the thirteenth century. From the book Spain A Summary of Spanish History from the Moorish Conquest to the Fall of Granada 711 to 1492 by Henry Edward Watts published 1893.

Two Soldiers Lay the Cross on Christ's Shoulders, Wood engraving on paper, One more soldier is shown. On ascending road., France, 1840s, Print, Print

The Farewell to the Women, Wood engraving on paper, Christ carrying the cross, addresses himself to the kneeling Virgin and another woman., France, 1840s, Print, Print

S. Cléophas, Disciple du Christ (St. Cleophas, Disciple of Christ), September 25th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. S. Cléophas, Disciple du Christ (St. Cleophas, Disciple of Christ), September 25th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Don Diego is struggling with the Spirit of Don Leander, Caspar Luyken, 1699 print Don Diego is struggling with the spirit of Don Leander, dressed in a monks. Candles floating around them in the room. A scene from the work 'De Nachtloper' by Francisco de Quevedo. Leiden paper etching spirit, ghost. fighting. male literary characters (with NAME)

Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. New Testament, Old 19th century engraved illustration from History of the Bible 1883

Via crucis - Station II, He Takes the Cross on His Shoulders, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727 - 1804, Etching on cream laid paper, Italy, ca. 1749, Print, Print

. Moses comes from Aaron from the covenant with the flowering staff. For him, the tribal heads of Israel, who receive their staff. A tent camp in the background can be seen (num. 17: 22-24). This print is an illustration at the fourth chapter of the fourth book of 'All the works of Flavius Josephus'.

Sharmanshchik, s kartiny khudozhnika A. Chernysheva. Timm, Vasili Fëdorovich, 1820-1895. still image. Prints. 1851 - 1862. Rare Book Division. Russia , Social life and customs, Russia , History, Arts, Russian

A group of amateur astronomers look through a telescope at the moon and see a face in it (illustration to the fable, 'An animal in the moon') Date: 1772

Station VII - Jesus Falls Under the Cross for the Second Time. 1749. Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico, 1726-1804. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Irish ollamh (dignified philosopher) and a filidhe (herald bard), pre-Roman era. The ollamh wears a saffron cota (tunic), cochal (cloak) and trousers. The filidhe wears white robes and hood, and carries a harp. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821.

Canons of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Canonici del S. Sepolcro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Carocci after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1833.

Patriarch Germanos and an allegory of raising Greece - Greek -Catholic church; around 1908 (1903-00-00-1912-00-00);Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938), Semerau-Siemianowski, Władysław (1849-1938)-collection, gift (provenance), occasional prints, Osman dynasty (1299-1922), Islam art, Turkish (culture), leaflets

This illustration dates to the early 1920s. The caption reads: Baluchis on the Lookout. The Baluchis are the indigenous peoples of Baluchistan, which is split between the Pakistani province of Baluchistan and Iranian Baluchistan.

Christ crowned with thorns. New Testament, Old 19th century engraved illustration from History of the Bible 1883

Chinese Colonel / Chinese student / Chinese woman in sleeping clothes / Chinese soldier, Caspar Luyken, 1698 print Four performances of a plate. Print at the top right marked: fol. 94. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper etching Chinese (+ costume)

A quack (doctor pantalon) There is in large ornate behind a desk in the form of a cavity on which a patient sits that holds a flask with liquid. Left, behind the quack where there are servants who respectively stop two candles, the cloak of their master and client spraying.

Two men wearing gowns and mortar boards are pulling on the hair of a woman wearing robes and carrying a cross Etching by Athanasius Credo.

Abraham receives the three angels. Design for a painting.

Eastern market, Cornelis de Bruyn, 1600 - 1699 drawing paper. ink. chalk pen / brush market. Asiatic races and peoples

The brief of Pope Brule at the Royal Palace The brief of the pope burned at the Royal Palace, May 4, 1791 ".

North African, Islamic pilgrims with banners, recurring from Mecca, Léon Davent, After Luca Penni, After Nicolas de Nicolay, 1555 - 1568 print Print is part of an album. Lyon paper etching pilgrim(s). banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.). Africans

The offers du vatican (you)

Muslim man on the Hajji to Mecca 1, Muslim woman 2, Muslim man in travel clothes 3, ordinary Muslim 4, Dervish saint 5, astrologer or Tagessa 6, muleteer 7, barber or Kagiem 8, Bedouin girl from near Beja (Beggia) 9. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1834.

Honors rendered to poverty in the Church of St Jacques de la Boucherie. (IT)

Saint Johannes Nepomuk Distributing Alms 1828 Leopold Kupelwieser Austrian. Saint Johannes Nepomuk Distributing Alms 394496

Two young women and a man; The Virgo. In a boomy environment two young women watch how a man wears a bundle branches on his shoulder. The print is an illustration for a book about the four 'eras' of the woman, from the era 'the virgin'.

Don Diego struggles with the Spirit of Don Leander, dressed in a monks. Around them in the room floating candles. A scene from work 'De Nachtloper' by Francisco de Quevedo.

Greek wedding in Athens, Louis Dupré, 1825 print Paris paper (civil) marriage ceremonies. bride (in wedding-dress). folk costume, regional costume Athene

Nicolaas in embarrassment, Johan Braakensiek, 1898 Amsterdam paper festivities on St. Nicholas (Eve) (December 5). politics. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. political caricatures and satires

Male and female classical figures possibly engaged in ritual offering.. Prints. 1777 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Execution of Charles I. 1642. He gives medallion to priest. ENGLAND.

'The Dance of the Alme, Beni Souef', Egypt, 1819. Artist: G Engelmann

Our beloves in the East ./7./- Figure that the Russians are reduced to take away all the crates of Valachy ... (title registered (letter)) | Our beloves in the East. (Title of all)

Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel; Twelve prophets; Historia Duodecim Prophetarum (...); Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. The prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel are located next to each other in a landscape. Isaiah holds a book under arm and holds a saw in his hand, Jeremiah loves a staff and jug in the hands, Ezekiel keeps the temple in his hand, which he saw in a vision. Under the show explanations in Latin. Print is part of an album.

The Ghost of Christmas Present appearing to Scrooge, From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, London 1843-1834, Illustration by John Leech (1817-64/British)

A king with officers of his court from a 14th century MS. The king in suit of armour with sceptre from Grandes chroniques de France, Sloane MS 2433, messenger with letter from Clovis (f.17r) and mace bearer from the court of Charlemagne (f.170r) both from Grandes chroniques de France, Royal MS 16 G VI. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

Colonial Indian images our cloth merchants India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Nederlandse Leeuw rejects the laws of the Jesuit, 1828, Unknown, 1828 print The Dutch Lion rejects the laws that a Jesuit offers him, 1828. The Jesuit entered the Southern Netherlands across the border with France, behind him stands by a border post with three French lilies. Cartoons on the reactionary legislation that the coming of the Jesuits entails. Southern Netherlands paper regular clerics, e.g. Jesuits, Redemptorists

Illustration of French medieval Judge holding court

Calcutta scene showing the nationalities best known in India: Northern Indian, Mongol, Persian, Mughal, Muslim, Arab, Chinese, Malay, Armenia, British, Dutch, etc. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Russia. Western Siberia. The Ostyak people. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Langlois. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839.

Jesus Primavice Cadit Sub Cruce Station III. 1775 - 1800. Remondini family. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Saint Mitophan et le dieu mars ... Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

Saint Genowef; Hildibrand, Henri Théophile (1824-1897), Zier, Victor Casimir (1822-Post 1882); 1888-1889 (1888-00-00-1889-00-00);

The Crown of Thorns, Wood engraving on paper, Two men with sticks press the crown on the head of the lord. Two soldiers watch., France, 1840s, Print, Print

A pagod worshipp in ye Indies; another. sic. Prints, Illustrations. 1688. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Japanning, Bowing, Clothing & dress, Rites & ceremonies

Mr Mayeux at the borders. / Who lives! - Republic. - Thunder of God we do not pass! ! (registered title)

I was a fool / for / Christ (TI)

During an attempted conversion, the abbot of Vitalis gets a slap in his face, Caspar Luyken, 1704 print Nuremberg paper etching / letterpress printing spreading the gospel; missionary work. slap in the face

Aeneas visits his dead father Anchises in the Underworld, and is shown a vision of the glorious heroes of Rome who will be his descendants

"Christian and Hopeful at the stile leading into By-Path Meadow", from "The Pilgrim's Progress", 1860. 'The personages of the book, as they appear in Mr. Watson's pictures, are clothed in the garb of the period at which Bunyan wrote; and the characteristics of each have been portrayed with singular point and effect...Shown here is the point where Christian, having long assumed his suit of armour, in company with Hopeful, pauses at the stile which leads to By-path Meadow, and so takes them out of the way, for a space, of the road which leads to the Celestial Gate....Of cou

Boniface at Dokkum murdered, 754. Boniface at Dokkum murdered on 5 June 754.

The people traveling Hokus u, Pokus , satire on the escape of Metternich and Czapka in March , Jakob Loder, printer

Boniface Milled near Dokkum, 754, 1838 - 1840 print Boniface at Dokkum murdered on 5 June 754. Netherlands paper steel engraving martyrdom, suffering, misfortune, death of St. Boniface Dokkum

Treasure searchers of Muiden, 1800, Anonymous, 1800 print Muiden's treasure seekers kneel at the place of the alleged treasure. The German scammer sprays a cross with a holy water brush while the others pray. Illustration of the story of the deception of superstitious Catholic lieutenant colonel Dirk Cornelis van der Meulen by a German scammer, in Muiden in the night of 12 to 13 August 1800. In the background the Muiderslot. Netherlands paper etching digging for or finding of treasure. aspergillum Others

Crossbreak; Passion of Christ. Christ carries the cross by soldiers and focuses on two sitting women with children in the foreground. In the background a large procession of people leaving the city of Jerusalem. Ninth print in a series of performances of the suffering story. Print is part of an album.

Age X. Knight and Peasant. Drawing Taken from a Goblet with Patina, Donated by Dąbrówka to the Church in Trzemeszno, with: Tygodnik Ilustrowany, 25.01.1862, No. 122 Unknown, Kossak, Juliusz (1824 1899)

Criticism of the inability and incompetence of the Addington Ministry

Druze women, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

The bastinado. Prints. 1852. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Punishment & torture, Men , Clothing & dress , Tunisia, Beating , Tunisia, Punishment & torture , Tunisia, Punishment devices , Tunisia

Thomas a Becket (1118-70) English churchman, saint and martyr. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162. Murder of Becket by knights of Henry II in Canterbury Cathedral. Colour-printed wood engraving 1864

A History of Madeira, 1821, P 69

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Pilgrimage to French Bucholz, 1775 Pilgrimage to French Bucholz

The four world part; New Dutch childrens prints. Leaf with 4 horizontal rows with representations of pairs of different peoples from the four world parts: Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Common peoples are: English, Persians, Egyptians and Brazilians. Four names of peoples under every image.

France figured under a globe is supported by the people / the nobility and the clergy helps the first / the hive represents the three orders combined. (IT)

A Hun soldier in armoured tunic and fur cape, holding a straight sword with another curved scimitar on his belt.. A Hun herald (10) in armoured tunic and plumed helmet, holding a sceptre and carrying a curved sword at his belt.. "The Huns or the Hiong-nu, a very ancient nation from the north-east of Asia, penetrated Europe at the beginning of the 5th century.". "One sees in this engraving a man holding up a naked sword drenched with blood. He is accompanied by a herald who traveled the lands of the Huns to convene an assembly of the people. It is obvious to see that these Huns have already had contact with the Romans." . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

Singalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the king of Kandy. Scene around a showpiece with the VOC emblem. Links are the Singalese or Ceylonese VOC soldiers and babysitters. On the right the envoys of the king of Kandy with a letter from the king. With inscription. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 1 (1808), p. 13.

Saukie and Fox Indians Illustration in Wied-Neuwied Karl Bodmer (1809-1893/Swiss) The Huntington-San Marino, California

Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) English prelate: Archbishop of Canterbury. Under Henry VIII he adopted the Protestant faith. Under Mary I he condemned for heresy and burned at the stake.From 'Christian Martyrdom', London, 1838.

Adoration of the patriots, in the appearance of a big- / sub, drawn in France according to nature the year (without money) 3 of freedom. (IT)

Delft procession of 1862, third group, 1862 print Third group: the blessing cart of the Union, numbered 38-42. Part of the series of eight records of the costumed procession held by the students of the Royal Academy in Delft at the Fourth Lustrum on 8 June 1862, Plus Sign List and Members List. De procession proposes the envoy of the Sultan van Aceh to Prince Maurits and the States on September 4, 1602. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Rotterdamprinter: Delft paper students' pageant. commemoration of the founding of a university. costumes used in pageants Delft

Birth of the King of Rome (IT)

Braves Greeks! ... And you serve blessed by the younger generation. (Registered Title) | News. (Title of the whole)

A blind is cured the host, 9; The miracle of Amsterdam, 1345; Amstelredams Honor Ende Up Cums through the Dockwaerdighe Miraklen Aldaer happened by the H. Sacrament des Altaers Anno 1345. A blind man with a dog on the line is led to the church where the host is kept and will be healed there. PRENT No. 9 From the series of 16 performances of the Miracle of Amsterdam, to the events on March 15, 1345. Under the show two six-line verses in Latin and Dutch.

Chinesische Comedianten. Prints. 1725. General Research Division. Entertainers, Theater , China

Maskerade of the Delft students, 1857 (plate 8), 1857 Costumed parade of the students of the Royal Academy in Delft on May 5, 1857. The parade depicts the Garbeg parade of the Sultan of Djokjakarta Plus different characteristic types from the Indonesian archipelago. Eighth plate with the groups numbered 65-76. Part of the series of eight and a half -stuck sheets. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: Delft paper Delft. Dutch East Indies, The. Jogjakarta Costumed parade of the students of the Royal Academy in Delft on May 5, 1857. The parade depicts the Garbeg parade of the Sultan of Djokjakarta Plus different characteristic types from the Indonesian archipelago. Eighth plate with the groups numbered 65-76. Part of the series of eight and a half -stuck sheets. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: Delft paper Delft. Dutch East Indies, The. Jogjakarta

This 1509 colored woodcut by Urs Graf the Elder shows Christ on the cross being struck, focusing on the physical torment, Roman soldiers, and Christ's expression of pain.

Costumes of the Aleutian natives of the Nushagak area, Bristol Bay, Alaska. Men and women in sealskin and fur clothes with boxes, mirror, beads. Dried fish on a beam. Engraved by Giovanni Antonio Sasso. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.

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