16th Century Historical Scenes

A collection of historical engravings showcasing 16th-century events including a brothel scene, construction projects, and festive gatherings with detailed costumes and expressions.

Scene at a Greek Bakers near Troy Date: 1878

Blessing of the War Volunteers 1813, Napoleonic Wars, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork

religion biblical scenes Job the leprous Job is ridiculed by his wife woodcut studio of Lukas Cranach printed by Melchior Lotter Wittenberg 1524 Old Testament Book of Job sickness leprosy medicine Germany 16th century,

Funeral of Louis-Philippe: Entrance to the Vault in the Chapel, at Weybridge - Count de Paris, Duc de Nemours, Duc d'Aumale, and Prince de Joinville, 1850. The coffin of former French king Louis Philippe I is interred at Weybridge in Surrey. 'After the mass, the body was removed to the vault where it is destined to repose until France shall have opened its gate to the family of Orleans...After the last prayers had been pronounced, the Princes once more sprinkled holy water on the coffin, and kneeling amidst the tears of all the attendants, fervently kissed the repository of the remains of thei

events Protestant Reformation meeting of religious reformers and artists at Willibald Pirckheimer's house in Nuremberg wood engraving after painting by Karl Gottlob Schoenherr,

A sketch of a blessing taking place in a British Red Cross hospital . The floating hospital, positioned on the Danube at Giurgevo was essential in treating the casualties in the Russo-Turkish war. Date: 1878

Martin Luther's birth at night at 11 o'clock November 1483, bed, woman, father, water, tub, room, bible, light, Germany, 15th century, historical illustration c. 1860, Europe

Dancing dervishes in Cairo, Egypt, 1874 / Tanzende Derwische in Kairo, Ägypten, 1874, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Chinese court, Beijing, Beijing, hall, justice, justice, injustice, steps, judge, soldiers, spectators, chain, tied, defendant, China, woodcut, historical illustration c. 1898, Asia

Arab University of Cairo, Egypt, historic woodcut, c. 1880, Africa

ancient world Roman Empire festivities banquet wood engraving 19th century,

. Christ at a table surrounded by many figures during the wedding in Kana. Left Discuss a clerk with the groom that there is no more wine.

Last Supper, Aegidius Sadeler (II), After Jacopo Tintoretto, 1580 - 1629 print Christ is sitting with his students at a rectangular table. They eat and drink. The print has a Latin caption on this Bible story. print maker: unknownpublisher: Italy paper engraving Last Supper (in general) (Matthew 26:21-35; Mark 14:18-31; Luke 22:3, 22:15-23; John 13:21-38)

Interior of a simple Bulgarian peasant dwelling, Bulgaria, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known, Eur...

LIFE IN CHINA

Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record date not stated, wedding, wedding consumption with burning candles and musicians, move, in Algeria in 1850

The War in Denmark from a sketch by our special artist with the allied German armies: interior of West Düppel Church, used by Prussian soldiers as a dormitory, 1864. View of the interior of a '...Lutheran parish church in Schleswig...The foreign soldiers, who have turned this building into a barrack-room, lie dozing, for the most part, upon heaps of straw, the floor having been cleared, we suppose, by the removal of the partitions and pews, to afford greater space for their accommodation. Three of them are lounging in the central aisle; one is eating, while the other two are smoking their

Puritans walk past a group of drinking Cavaliers. 1630. In the run-up to the English Civil War. sympathizers of the monarchy were called Royalists or Cavaliers. and those who opposed the Royalists were Puritans or Roundheads. England. digital reproduction of a historical original

Martin Luther directs the posting of his 95 theses, protesting the practice of the sale of indulgences on the Wittenberg Door

A Mennonite Interior, circa 1880

Interior of a 16th century kitchen. Copy of woodcut in Calendarium Romanum by Jean Staeffler printed in Tubingen Germany 1518

LEO XIII (1810-1903). Pope (1878-1903). His Holiness the Pope sending a Jubilee phonographic message to the American people. Engraving.

Building the Tabernacle, Pslam 84, Old Testament, Bible, panorama, tent city, build, ladder, carrying, many people, workers, builders, jug, bowls, candelabra, valuable, historical illustration 1890

An engraving depicting the City of God as imagined by St Augustine. At the top are the saints who have already been received into heaven. In the seven compartments below are those who are preparing themselves for heaven by exercising the Christian virtues, or who will be excluded from committing the Seven Deadly Sins. Engraving after a miniature in the fifteenth-century manuscript translation by Raoul de Presles. Dated 19th century

Ket the Tanner haranguing his followers under the Oak of Reformation, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Japanese doctor, Tokyo. Japan, Asia. Journey to Japan by Aime Humbert 1863-1864 from Le Tour du Monde 1867

Worship in Russia, 1903. Artist: Unknown

Afghanistan. A merchant of Kabul, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

William shakespeare reproduction

The boiling and testing of opium by Chinese men watched by a European man. Wood-engraving by F. Dadd, c. 1880.

THE WAR IN THE EAST

Christus und der reiche Jüngling, biblische Szene, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

The mocking song on the interim, Latin meanwhile, is the term for a provisional settlement of ecclesiastical or political conditions, 1880, woodcut, Germany, Europe

man dressed in a loincloth is tortured on the rack while a priest bends over him to extract a confession, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Interior of a cave church in Abyssinia, northern Ethiopia, in 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Inhabitants of Mola and Castellone, vintage engraving. Inhabitants of Mola and Castellone, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660357

Penitents going up the Scala Santa, St Peter's Basilica, Vatican. Rome. Italy, drawing Crepon. Holy Week in Rome, 1863 by Ludovic Celler (1828-1909) Le Tour du Monde 1867

Prison in Yeniseisk (Siberia). 1891. Engraving based on a drawing by Julius M. Price. Daily scene in a prison. Engraving.

Bread baking in ancient Rome, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

1600s 1690s ILLUSTRATION WITCHCRAFT TRIALS SALEM MASSACHUSETTS 1692

Refugees from Naples, taken by Garibaldi's forces, seek refuge in Rome, where they are housed in the Sistine convent.

Illustration depicting a soup kitchen in Paris for men. Dated 19th Century

Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, GCMG, GCTE (1837 - March 26, 1888) (Arabic: برغش بن سعيد البوسعيد‎), son of Said bin Sultan, was the second Sultan of Zanzibar. Barghash ruled Zanzibar from October 7, 1870 to March 26, 1888. Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCSI, (29 March 1815 - 29 May 1884) was a British colonial administrator. In 1872 the foreign office sent him to Zanzibar to negotiate a treaty with the sultan, Barghash bin Said, for the suppression of the slave traffic.

E. M. C. 106 Boyer's Carmelite Melissa Cordial , Monks, Patent medicines, Alcoholic beverages, 19th Century American Trade Cards

An engraving depicting a baker in an Arab town. Dated 19th century

Woman of the Kalmyk people, a western Mongolian people living primarily in the Russian Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia, Woman in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Menschen vom Stamm der Softas und der Ulemas, Türkei, um 1800 / People from the tribe of the Softas and the Ulemas, Turkey, around 1800, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

'A Church at Ladysmith Used as a Hospital', 1902.

Wedding, Bride and groom, The blessing of a newlywed by her parents in Little Russia, Ukraine, historical engraving from 1883, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Engraving showing the Churchyard at St.Botolph's, Bishopsgate, 1876. Date: 1876

Reprimand of the parish priest, painting by Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910) was a German genre painter of the younger Düsseldorf school of painting. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Ilustración Artística 1882

Wedding, bride and groom, the blessing of a newlywed by her parents in Little Russia, Ukraine, historical engraving from 1883, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Jesus' Supper, also Last Supper, the meal Jesus Christ celebrated with the twelve apostles at the time of the Passover before his death on the cross in Jerusalem / Abendmahl Jesu, auch letztes Abendmahl, das Mahl, das Jesus Christus mit den zwölf Aposteln zur Zeit des Pessachfestes vor seinem Kreuzestod in Jerusalem feierte, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Dispute over a holy statue, historical wood engraving, circa 1888

SUNDAY IN NORWAY

Italy politics Italian unification caricature Giuseppe Garibaldi offers Pope Pius IX a freedom cap drawing from ""Punch"" London 1860,

In the Harem of a Rich Turk, Turkey, 1870, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Asia

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia, 7 July 1207, 17 November 1231, also known as Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia, Historical, digit...

Family scene in ancient China, historical illustration, wood engraving, circa 1888

'An Evangelista; A zigzag journey through Mexico', 1875. Indigenous people with a man at a writing desk, possibly a scribe. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London

Clement V (1264-1314). Pope of the Catholic Church. Clement V after his coronation feast, watching the corpses of the prelates dead with knives during the banquet. Engraving by Ch. Baude. The Artistic Illustration, 1884.

Reign Henry VII: Testing weights and measures. At bottom right measures which do not come up to standard are being burned. Setting standards for length, volume and weight was an important in order to maintain commercial confidence in trade. Penalties for selling short measure were severe. Engraving after manuscript of 1497 'Vetusta Monumenta'

Witch hunting in America - 18th century. Old woman being arrested. 19th century wood engraving.

Illustration showing Greek Orthodox monks working the capstan to haul a visitor up the rock face: Metamorphosis Monastery, Meteora at the Metamorphosis Monastery, Meteora. Greece. 1891

Engraving depicting prisoners confined in stocks in the Lollards Tower, Lambeth. The Lollards were a reformist Christian sect led by John Wycliffe. Dated 14th Century

Illustration depicting Christopher Columbus among Indians by Turgis Vve. Dated 1851

Shah Abbas the Great receives the Indian Sultan Tamareb Omayum, painting in the Palace of Isfahan, Abbas I 27 January 1571, 19 January 1629, was a Persian ruler from the Safavid dynasty. He reigned as Shah of Persia from 1587 to 1629, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Astrologers preparing a horoscope. From title page of section on casting horoscopes from Robert Fludd 'Utriusque cosmi ... historia', Oppenheim, 1617-19. Engraving.

House, inside, Willem Barents (1550-1597), 16th century, Netherlands, explorer, navigator, northern Arctic Ocean, night, stars, moon, snowy landscape, cold, people, fire, food, lamp, beds, furniture, historical illustration 1885, Russia, Europe

Marian grotto and pilgrimage site Lourdes, France, in 1880 / Mariengrotte und Pilgerort Lourdes, Frankreich, im Jahre 1880, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Population, family from Kyrgyzstan, 1880 / Bevölkerung, Familie aus Kirgisien, 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN INDIA, 1886: AN ENGLISH MAGISTRATE

justice penitentiary system hanging execution of Johannes Vetter called ""kleiner schwarzer Hansel"" with hanging machine Buchloe 25.2.1777 copper engraving Southern Germany 1777,

An engraving depicting Highland women gathering peat.

Funeral of Voltaire, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Ancient Rome. Triclinium. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: Johan George Heck.

die Befreiung der Vögel bei der Verkündigungsfeier, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

King David I among his subjects

Boiling and testing opium in China 1881

''Pilgrims Praying in a Temple, Japan', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

This contemporary image ridiculing Martin Luther and his wife, Katharina von Bora, shows him with the heads of other reformists (Calvin, Swingli, Melanchthon) in a wheelbarrow. Martin Luther was a German priest, the leading figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507 and died in 1546.

Celebration of Maundy Thursday in Russia, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Old sorceress in her room with cat and many magic props, 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

The Singing Beggars. Watercolour, 1770 by Ivan Yermenyov.

Penitents of Limoges, costume exposed in 1874 in the Historical Museum of the costume, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Christmas Fair in Saxony by artist unknown, engraving, 19th century

A woodcut engraving depicting the vegetable market in Covent Garden Market. Dated 19th century

A bookseller burnet at Avignon for selling Bibles in the French language with some of them tied around his neck. Engraving from c 1780 edition of The

Ancient Persian priests in white robes performing ritual sacrifices at a pyre. Pireo e Sacerdoti Persi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1847.

Penitents of Limoges, costume exposed in 1874 in the Historical Museum of the costume, vintage engraving. Penitents of Limoges, costume exposed in 1874 in the Historical Museum of the costume, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679647

Depiction of the biblical parable of the banquet, above the occupied table of the rich, then the poor of the Middle Ages, beggars, cripples, sick peop...

Two children make an arch by holding hands, while the others pass beneath singing a song about the churches of London, at the last line the unlucky one has her head chopped off. 'Here comes a candle to light you to bed, and here comes a chopper to chop off your head'. Date: circa 1874

The Minne Dance, at the silver wedding of the Imperial prince and princess of Germany, historic image, 1883

Musicians stroll passed a medieval wall garden, in this Victorian reconstruction. Date: 1685

Historic drawing, 19th century, a Japanese sedan chair with sedan bearers, 14th century

Women, temperance movement, also temperance movement, a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages, here in front of a bar in America, Women in the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

The Jews in New York THE HABDALAH - the prayer of separation, which divides the Sabbath from the workdays of the week Date: 1892

Old Missel Roman. Historical illustration. Luke reports that Jesus appeared, after his death and resurrection. Supper at Emmaus. Eucharist.

Johann Sebastian Bach playing an organ during a choir rehearsal, historical engraving, 1888

JOHN MANDEVILLE - writer of travels to India and the Holy Land - seen here taken the leave of Edward III Date: Fl. 14th Century

A Beefeater points out the glories of the Crown Jewels to a party of sightseers. Date: 1842

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