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Albrecht Dürer Woodcuts

A selection of woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer illustrating biblical stories and mythic encounters, showcasing dramatic landscapes and expressive figures.

Epitome in divae parthenices Mariae historiam ab Alberto Durero Norico per figuras digestam cum versibus annexis Chelidonii (Life of the Virgin), Dürer, Albrecht, Impressum Nurnberge, woodcut, letterpress, 1511
Epitome in divae parthenices Mariae historiam ab Alberto Durero Norico per figuras digestam cum versibus annexis Chelidonii (Life of the Virgin), Dürer, Albrecht, Impressum Nurnberge, woodcut, letterpress, 1511
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A late 15th-century copper engraving by Israhel van Meckenem depicting Judith holding the severed head of Holofernes, showing figures, posture, and drapery.
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Saint George Killing the Dragon Albrecht Altdorfer German. Saint George Killing the Dragon 430047
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De Winter, Anonymous, After Monogrammist AP (16th century), 1567 print One of four sheets of a calendar. Winter triumphal procession: Janus on a cart made of tree trunks, pulled by two owls and two birds, accompanied by different people and personfications. In the background a stupid at sea and people on the ice. The months of December, January and February depict by flags with constellations. Under the image calendar of the three winter months. print maker: Italyafter print by: Low Countries paper seasons of the year (esp. personifications); 'Stagione', 'Le quattro stagione dell'anno' (Ripa) (+ with zodiacal signs of the winter season). winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa). (story of) Janus. chariot, triumphal car. storm at sea. winter sports
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Sleeve Band 19th century China. Sleeve Band 68653
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Spanish literature. Diego de San Pedro (ca. 1437-ca. 1498). Spanish writer. The Prison of Love, 1492. Engraving. Edition in Barcelona in 1493. Catalan translation. Spain.
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Lucius listens to the story of Amor and Psyche, master of the Dice, after Michiel Coxie (I), c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Lucius, the protagonist from Apuleius' Roman 'Metamorphosen', has turned into a donkey and hears an old woman telling the story of Amor and Psyche to a young woman. Before the opening of a cave, the old woman with a spinning skirt and dog and the young woman are on the left. Italian text in two cartouches in STUDMARGE. Numbered twice in the bottom left: 1. paper engraving / etching ass, donkey. story of Cupid and Psyche (Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses' (Golden Ass) IV 28 - VI 25). distaff
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Lucius is listening to the story of Amor and Psyche; Story of Amor and Psyche. Lucius, the main character from Apuleius' novel 'Metamorphosen', has turned into a donkey and hears an old woman's story from Amor and Psyche telling a young woman. For the opening of a cave, the old woman with spin skirt and dog and on the right the young woman. Italian text in two cartouches in undermarge. Twice numbered bottom left: 1.
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Melencolia I Made 1514 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer
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St. Richard, April 3rd, 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.. St. Richard, April 3rd, 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
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Nuremberg, Dürer, Albrecht, Crucifixion, verso - stamped, Christ on the cross between John the Evangelist and Mary., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 63 mm, width 43 mm, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05, print maker, engraving maker, 1503 - 1503, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut
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Study sheet with a suitor captured by his lover, Gerard ter Borch (I), 1620 - c. 1625, Study sheet with a suitor captured by his lover and encouraged by Cupid. Illustration for a poem., draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I), Zwolle, 1620 - c. 1625, paper, brush, h 159 mm × w 97 mm
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Holbeins 'The Businessman' (c.1525-1540) is a woodcut depicting a merchant or businessman, emphasizing clothing, posture, expression, and symbols of trade and commerce.
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De Re Metallica Plate 27: The Sluice, Mining - De Re Metallic
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Theuerdarnk Nearly Shoots Himself with a Crossbow, from Theuerdank Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hochberümbten helds vnd Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs. Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473-1531 Augsburg); Type design by Vincenz Rockner (German). Author: Written by Melchior Pfintzing (German). Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (37.5 × 25 cm). Engraver: Jost de Negker (1480-1546). Printer: Printed in Nuremberg by Hans Schönsperger the Elder (German, active Augsburg 1481-1520). Series/Portfolio: Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hochberümbten helds vnd Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs. Date: 1517. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) Museum of the Goznak, Moscow Book Art Mythology, Allegory and Literature Ilya Muromets and Svyatogor's wife
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Lech II (Leszko Secundus) during horse racing, according to a woodcut from: `Chronicle of the Poles` (Chronica Polonorum), by Maciej Miechowita, Kraków 1521, p. X. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist, unknown, woodcutter
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Hans Burgkmair I, The Battle of Padua The Battle of Padua
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Augustin Hirschvogel (German, 1503 - 1553), Joseph Thrown into the Well, 1549, etching
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Riding out couple, riding, facsimile of a drawing by Albrecht Dürer from 1496, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, ex...
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Scenes of War. 15th century. Illustration of "The Prison of Love" by Castilian writer Diego de San Pedro (1437-1498).
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Saint Gregory. Dated: c. 1480. Medium: metalcut, hand-colored in green, yellow, and ochre. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna.
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Albrecht Altdorfer, The Adoration of the Magi, c 1513 The Adoration of the Magi
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A scallop shell chariot 1654 William Carter British. A scallop shell chariot 360650
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Battle of Nude Men. Domenico Campagnola (Italy, Venice, circa 1500-1564). Italy, 1517. Prints; engravings. Engraving
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November, anonymous, after Jost Amman, 1554 - 1641 print The activities in the month of November. In the front of the pig hunt. In the background, carts are pulled by horses. In the air the zodiac sign Sagittarius. paper etching November and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs)
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Colored woodcut depicting Saint Sebastian, anonymous artist.
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Frieze with Putti. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 19th century. Dimensions: 4 x 8-7/16 in. Date: 1800-1900. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Netherlands, unknown, Les Bulles de savon, Autant en emporte le vent, Cartoon on the papal bulls against the appointment of so-called Jansenist bishops, 1825, verso - stamped, Cartoon on the papal bulls against the appointment of the so-called Jansenist bishops Wilhelmus Vet in Deventer and Johannes van Santen in Utrecht in 1825. A man in a dressing gown blows soap bubbles into the air from his balcony in Rome. In the air, an angel with a map of the Netherlands, on which only Utrecht and Deventer are indicated, blows the soap bubbles back., print, engraving, cartoon, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 290 mm, width 222 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1825 - 1825, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek)
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A skeleton, and a skull and crossbones Date: circa 1640
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Trumpeter, Group of Maximilian I's Triumphal Procession, facsimile by Hans Burgkmair woodcut: Maximilian's Triumphal Procession is a monumental work from the 16th century, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known
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The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. Dimensions: sheet (lunette): 38.8 x 24.5 cm (15 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LUCA CAMBIASO.
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Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicting the birth of Christ with the adoration of the shepherds from Marienleben series, showing figures, gestures, and composition, created 1502-1503.
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Mei; Maanden van het jaar.Four figures in a boat sailing on the water. In the water two figures with bare above-lift. Above left a twin.
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An elaborately dressed woman is being followed by a figure of death who holds part of her gown while ascending from his grave. Collotype after a drawing by Hans Baldung Grien.
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Copper engraving by Meister E.S. depicting the Sibyl of Tibur and Emperor Augustus, created in the second third of the 15th century, showing historical and classical figures.
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Woodcut from the last third of the 15th century depicting the scourging, showing detailed figures, gestures, and composition.
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Twee strijdende tritons.Copy in mirror image to a print of Barthel Beham
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Februari, anonymous, after Jost Amman, 1554 - 1641 print Activities in the month of February. At the front of a carnival parade and masked ball. At the back left a play in a building with columns. Fish the zodiac sign in the air. paper etching February and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs)
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The Architect ca. 1529-57 Georges Reverdy Geometry is captured in the process of inscribing a five-pointed star within a circle. Behind her sit classical ruins, while the fruits of her imagination appear on the left. Reverdy conveys the integral role of drawing and graphic measurement in the production of architecture. The reflexivity of depicting the process of creation is a common trope in European prints with mathematical themes from this period.. The Architect. Georges Reverdy (French, active Lyon, 1529-57). ca. 1529-57. Etching. Prints
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The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of blasphemy, the Fool stabs Christ with his trident, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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VESTIGATIO ARCANI SENSUS IN APOCALYPSI - GRABADO DEL CORDERO Y LOS CUATRO ANIMALES. Author: LUIS DEL ALCAZAR (1554-1613). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.
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Historic drawing, facsimile of the illustration on the report from Columbus to the Spanish royal treasurer about the discovery of the islands, today known as America, 15th century
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Love in shepherd's clothes, Prolog from Aminta by Torquato Tasso, engraving, Aldina edition, 1574
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Augustin Hirschvogel (German, 1503 - 1553), The Death of Samson, 1547, etching
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A frieze arrangement depcting the Triumph of Love; Cupid in a Chariot led by goats, many other putti filling the composition 1530-60 Master of the Die Italian Forms a pair with 49.97.335.. A frieze arrangement depcting the Triumph of Love; Cupid in a Chariot led by goats, many other putti filling the composition 361925
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The Old Shepherd 1722 Italy. Chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in pink, dark blue, and light blue, on cream laid paper . Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder
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Warriors and weapons fill the skies, terrifying the German ppulace with their menace of terrible things to come... as indeed they did Date: 1507
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Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicting characters Syrus and Chremes from Terence's comedy 'Heautontimorumenos,' showing figures, gestures, and theatrical scene, created around 1492-1493.
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Illustration from Romische Historien by Titus Livius, plate 30 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1505 Germany. Woodcut on paper . Unknown artist
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Pizarro sets sail from Panama to conquer peru. Date: 1524
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St George and the Dragon, The Skulls brought to the King Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Drawing, Ink, Stained Glass, Pre-Raphaelite, Design, Wash drawing, Religion, Saint, Legend
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A 1496 woodcut by Johann Reger depicting Zyzymus and the King of Cilicia in conversation, showing seated figures, gestures, and dialogue.
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Mark of Guillaume Eustace 1512, bookseller-binder of Paris, France. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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Albrecht Dürer, The Great Triumphal Chariot: Providentia and Moderatio, 1522; this set printed 1559, woodcut on paper.
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Blasco de Granen (documented between 1422-1459). Spanish painter. Saint Michael the Archangel, ca. 1435-1445. Part of an unknown altarpiece. Provenance unknown. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
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Lazio Latina Cori S. Oliva44. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Extensive coverage of exterior and interior including many views of Roman columns; many views of the renaissance frescoes and of the Renaissance cloister. General Notes: There were two sets of prints for this location; they have now been integrated into a single numerical sequence. There 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.
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Hottentots withherd. Artist, copy after: Hans Burgkmair the Elder, German, 1473-1531
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Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), The Northern Celestial Hemisphere, 1515, woodcut
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The Tomb of Tristram and Iseult. Date/Period: 1862. Indian ink and brown wash over pencil on paper laid onto canvas. Width: 642 mm. Height: 641 mm. Author: Edward Burne-Jones.
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BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Italian writer, author of the Decameron. Illustration for 'Il Decamerone' (The Decameron). Edition printed in Venice, 1510.
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The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of finding other people's property, an old fool finds a treasure, wants to keep it, and is thus taken in by the devil, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original