15th Century Religious Woodcuts

Colored woodcuts illustrating key biblical events such as the betrayal and crucifixion of Christ, showcasing vibrant colors and historical artistic techniques.

German 15th Century, Christ on the Cross, 1470 1480 Christ on the Cross

Bibbia istoriata padovana. 14th c. - 15th c. Book of Ruth. The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth. Renaissance art. Trecento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Rovigo. Biblioteca dell' Accademia dei Concordi.

Colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist depicting Jacob wrestling with an angel, 1420-1430.

Dutch or German 17th century woodcut depicting 'Ecce homo' ("behold the man", the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of John 19:5, when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion.

German 15th Century, Christ Child in the Sacred Heart, 1450-1470, woodcut in warm black, hand-colored in red lake, blue, green, yellow, and gold

Saint Francis and Saint Clara. Dated: c. 1480. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in brown, rose, green, black, and yellow. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Saint. Katarzyna (approx. 282 Alexandria approx. 300 Alexandria) Virgin and Martyr unknown

A colored woodcut from 1410-1420 depicting the birth of Christ with figures, stable architecture, animals, and landscape.

Colored woodcut 'Saint Brigitta' by Meister des Pflanzenwuchses, circa 1480-1490, depicting Saint Brigitta with religious symbols, figures, and compositional details.

French 15th Century, The Mass of Saint Gregory (recto), c 1490 The Mass of Saint Gregory recto

Russian Slavonic, Orthodox Christian miniature illustrating the Apocalypse of St John. Circa 1750

Netherlands, Monogrammist MB (Netherlands), Saint Francis with kneeling Franciscan, verso center - stamped, print, prints, height 118 mm, width 75 mm, print maker, 1450 - 1500, third quarter 15th century, fourth quarter 15th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), hand coloring

Christ heals two blind and a madman, master of Antwerp (I) (attributed to), 1485 - 1491 print Christ makes blessing gesture to two blind and madman who is held by two men. Low Countries paper Christ healing blind people. healing of a possessed man who could not speak (Matthew 9:32-34; Luke 11:14-16)

The Descent of the Holy Ghost. Dated: c. 1490. Medium: hand-colored woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

German 15th Century, Gerson as Pilgrim, 1489 Gerson as Pilgrim

Scourging of Christ. Dated: c. 1490. Medium: hand-colored woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Christ baptized in the Jordaan, master of Haarlem (attributed to), 1483 - 1486 print Low Countries paper Christ baptizing (in Judea) (John 3:26)

King Avenir, Josaphat and Nachor Behold the Hell Mouth.

The Mass of Saint Gregory. Dated: 1480/1490. Medium: woodcut in brown, hand-colored in red lake, light blue, green, yellow, gold, and orange. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Matthew Paris c. 1200 - 1259. English Benedictine monk, chronicler and illuminated manuscripts artist. Self portrait of himself at feet of Virgin and Child. After 13th century manuscript.

Colored woodcut from around 1470 depicting the Pietà, showing the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ with detailed figures and devotional composition.

Russian Slavonic, Orthodox Christian miniature illustrating the Apocalypse of St John. Circa 1750

Depicts Saint Benedict in a colored woodcut from 1516, showing the saint with traditional iconography and pose.

German 15th Century, Scourging of Christ, c 1490 Scourging of Christ

Colored woodcut by Peter Berger depicting the secret burial of St. Antonius in the desert, created in 1488. The artwork shows a sacred, isolated setting with human figures.

Apocalypse Nicolas Bataille (ca.1363-1400 French) Tapestry/Textiles

Depicts the funeral of Aaron, created as a colored woodcut by Johannes Otmar in 1507, showing figures, ceremonial ritual, and religious context.

German 15th Century, Purgatory, c. 1480, woodcut, hand-colored in orange, red lake, green, yellow, and gold

Christ in the Wijnpers, Master of the Martyrium of the ten thousand, 1463 - 1467 print Christ standing on the grapes in the wine press, part of the press on his back. The blood flows from the press in a miscarriage. A banderole without a inscription surrounds the figure of the Christ. Germany paper engraving Christ in the Wine-Press, 'Christ in the Kelter' (Is. 63: 3)

Ascension of Christ / Illumin. / c.1360

Maria Magdalena is listening to Christ and repent. Christ sitting on sofa, Mary Magdalene sitting on floor in room.

Netherlandish 15th Century, Christ as the Man of Sorrows, c 1480 Netherlandish 15th Century, Christ as the Man of Sorrows, c. 1480, woodcut, hand-colored in green, yellow, red and brown, Rosenwald Collection

German 15th Century, Saint John on the Island of Patmos, 1480-1490, woodcut in brown, hand-colored in red lake, yellow, blue, green, tan, gold, and red-orange

Colored woodcut depicting Saint Christophorus, anonymous artist.

Two witches brew a potion, adding a cock and a snake to the seething cauldron Date: 1489

Colored woodcut by an anonymous artist depicting Saints Dorothea and Margareta, created around 1420-1430.

Christ before Annas Made 1460-1465 Germany. Communion bread came in different shapes in Renaissance Europe, and this variety is particularly clear from depictions of the Last Supper, when Christ symbolically offers his body to his disciples. In this metalcut series on the life of Christ, the shape of the breadóthe traditional Bretzel, or pretzelóbetrays that the prints were made in Bavaria. While the handwritten text on the verso of the adjoining sheet in the booklet (once comprising nineteen metalcuts) does not mention the pretzel, it is handcolored in a warm, doughy yellow. A similar glow suffuses the head-on Sudarium at center, an unusually abstract inclusion for an image of the Passion.The fifteen metalcuts, or ìdotted prints,î that form this Passion suite constitute one of the most complete block books in existence. It is possible that the series at one time included as many as nineteen images, each exquisitely hand-colored with the biblical text inscribed on the reverse. The star

Tacuinum Sanitatis, Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on medical observations detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Picking mulberries. Miniature. Fol. 10r.

The Embalming of Christ. Dated: c. 1480/1490. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, blue, green, yellow, and gold. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Jesus raises the clay birds of his playmates to life

A partially colored copper engraving by Meister des heiligen Wolfgang around 1450 depicting Saint Wolfgang, showing religious iconography, figures, and Northern European engraving techniques.

Beam of the Passion, ca. 1192-1220. Christ carrying the cross. Romanesque. Anonymous. Catalan origin. Tempera on wood. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

A priest gives a dying man his last rites. Coloured woodcut, 1493.

This 1488 colored woodcut by Anton Koberger depicts Saint Lucia, emphasizing her figure, attributes, and late 15th-century Nuremberg woodcut technique.

Last Supper. Dated: c. 1490. Medium: hand-colored woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Colored woodcut by Anton Koberger depicting Holy Machabe, created in 1488, showing the saint in religious iconography.

A 1488 colored woodcut by Peter Berger showing pagan priests visiting Saint Antonius, illustrating an encounter between religious figures.

Witch, bogeyman with the devil, ca 1580, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

Saint Agnes. Book of the life of several saints. 15th century. Miniature. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.

Colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist depicting a knight striking Jewish figures in front of an altar, created circa 1420-1430.

German 15th Century, Saint Barbara, 1460 1470 Saint Barbara

Christ Nailed to the Cross, from the Small Woodcut Passion 1509-1510 Albrecht Dürer German. Christ Nailed to the Cross, from the Small Woodcut Passion 361975

A colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist depicting the hermit Apprentus, showing posture, clothing, and surrounding figures, dated 1420-1430.

The Assumption of Virgin Holy Sainte / Assompression of the Holy Virgin, no 98 Pellerin, Georgin, François (1801 1863)

Coloured woodblock illustration showing a Catholic religious interpretation of the death of a sinner. French circa 1850

Peter walks on the water to Christ, Two men in rowing boat. Peter walks over sea water to Christ on shore, Peter walks on the water towards Christ on the shore, Meester van Antwerpen (I) (attributed to), Nederlanden, 1485 - 1491, paper, h 94 mm × w 129 mm

Marter des heiligen Erasmus, Elmo bzw. Ermo, geb. um 240 in Antiochia, gest. 303 in Formia war Bischof und Märtyrer, gestorben durch Folter, Folterungen, wie das Ausdärmen. Er wird in der römisch-katholischen Kirche als Heiliger verehrt, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903610

Christ in the Pharisee's House, Two scenes within one performance. Left: Christ at the table with Pharisees. Right: Christ and men with jug and bowl of water, meal at the house or a Pharisee, Christ and his disciples do not submit to the ritual washing (Luke 11: 37-41), Meester van Antwerpen (I) (attributed to), Nederlanden, 1485 - 1491, paper, h 93 mm × w 128 mm

German 15th Century, The Lamentation, c 1480 1490 The Lamentation

fol. 204v, Bavaria, Germany, 1402

The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha

Colored woodcut by an anonymous artist around 1470 depicting Christ on the cross, showing figure, gesture, and late 15th-century religious iconography.

Reproducció digital de la edición de: In Monasterio BMV de Monteserrat, Johannes Luschner, 12 junio 1499. Author: JOAN LUSCHNER (TALLER).

Saint Apollonia. Coloured lithograph.

Jesus Attracting the Faithful to Heart. Dated: 1480/1490. Dimensions: Overall: 12.7 x 18.1 cm (5 x 7 1/8 in.) overall (external frame size): 31.8 x 39.4 cm (12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.). Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in yellow, green, brown, red lake, and olive brown. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha

Full-page miniature of Adam and Eve questioned by God.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Adam (Biblical figure), Eve (Biblical figure), God, Tree of life

French 15th Century, The Man of Sorrows with a Franciscan, 1490 1500 The Man of Sorrows with a Franciscan

Rubric and full-page miniature of Absalom and devils.. 1445. Schlapperitzin, Konrad ca. um 1445. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Joseph / Jonah / Illumination / c.1360

German 15th Century, Madonna and Saint Bridget, c 1480 1500 Madonna and Saint Bridget

Pietà probably 1522-23 Simon Bening Netherlandish Simon Bening was one of the most famous illuminators of the sixteenth century. This leaf, which is in an excellent state of preservation, was part of an opulent, two-volume book of hours made for Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490-1545). Archbishop and elector of Mainz, Albrecht was an ambitious patron of the arts. In addition to two other manuscripts by Bening, Albrecht also commissioned works from Dürer, Grünewald, and Cranach. This Pietà, with its border scenes of Noli me tangere and the Holy Women at the Sepulcher, would have introduced the Hours of the Compassion of the Virgin in the first volume of Albrechts manuscript. Executed in the early 1520s, the Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg date from the most productive decade of Benings long career.. Pietà. Simon Bening (Netherlandish, Ghent (?) 1483/84-1561 Bruges) , with borders by an assistant. probably 1522-23. Tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Manuscripts and Illuminations

Spain/Iran: European depiction of the Persian physician and polymath al-Razi, Receuil des traites de medecine, Gerard of Cremona (1250-1260).

Christ as the Man of Sorrows. Dated: 1480/1500. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, green, and yellow. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Two witches prepare a magic brew, adding a snake to add a little venom, and a cock to give it flavour Date: 1508

Auca dels Jocs de la Mainada. Juegos y entretenimientos infantiles del siglo XVIII. Saltar a corda. Juego de habilidad y ligereza colectivo practicado generalmente por niñas saltando para evitar el movimiento de una cuerda volteada por sus extremos.

Raising the Cross. Dated: c. 1490. Medium: hand-colored woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha

fol. 204v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. Spencer Collection

THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about the carob tree. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Picking wild dates. Miniature. Folio 12v.

The Lamentation. Dated: c. 1480/1490. Medium: woodcut in dark brown, hand-colored in red-lake, blue, green, yellow, tan, gold, and orange. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Ernst Barlach, Christ in Gethsemane, 1919 Christ in Gethsemane

Virgin and Child, engraving, Circa 14th-15th Century, France, Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale

Russian Orthodox miniature depicting St John, the five horsemen and the dragon. From the Apocalypse of Saint John. Circa 1750

The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha

A colored pen drawing by an anonymous artist depicting the circumcision of beard and robes, created between 1420 and 1430, focusing on figures, ritual, and ceremonial elements.

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Carob. Folio 14v.

March: Pruning Trees 13th C. Master Ermengaut(-1322 French) Vellum Biblioteca Monasterio del Escorial, Madrid, Spain

The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al-sihha ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Ibn Butln was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butln, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health. Ibn Butln also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or ha

Colored woodcut depicting Saint Andreas, created between 1460 and 1470, artist unknown.

Saint Clare of Assisi. Dated: 1450/1470. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in wine red, blue, green, carmine, gray, and gold. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Flogging; Passion of Christ. Christ is tied to a column and becomes apparent with a whip and row by two men. This print is part of a handwritten prayer book.

German 15th Century, Christ on the Cross, 1485 Christ on the Cross

Tacuinum Sanitatis, Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on medical observations detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Couple next to date palm with dates maturing. Miniature. Fol. 13r.

*DIVINA COMEDIA-INFIERNO CANTO XVII F 60R. Author: DANTE ALIGHIERI. Location: BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA-COLECCION. VATICANO. GERYON.

Theodas with the Book of Magic and the Devil.

Ludwig of Ulm, The Entombment The Entombment

Main Church of St. Antony At Fervento Village. Sermenza Valley. Italy

LIBRO DE LOS CASTIGOS DEL REY SANCHO IV DE CASTILLA - "SANTA ANTE JESUS" - MS 3995 - FOL 36V - SIGLO XIII. Author: Sancho IV of Castile the Brave (1258-1295). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

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