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Photographic documentation of decorative artistic elements and engravings from the Renaissance, showcasing intricate details and craftsmanship.

The little man Dr. Dwingdwangius Naturalis as Alchemist, 1716, 1716 The little man Dr. Dwingdwangius Naturalis as an alchemist. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print printed within a decorative frame of a separate plate with heads of small people and masks. Numbered right in the middle: 36. Part of the Dutch -bound edition from a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone, copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching The little man Dr. Dwingdwangius Naturalis as an alchemist. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print printed within a decorative frame of a separate plate with heads of small people and masks. Numbered right in the middle: 36. Part of the Dutch -bound edition from a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone, copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching
The little man Dr. Dwingdwangius Naturalis as Alchemist, 1716, 1716 The little man Dr. Dwingdwangius Naturalis as an alchemist. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print printed within a decorative frame of a separate plate with heads of small people and masks. Numbered right in the middle: 36. Part of the Dutch -bound edition from a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone, copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching The little man Dr. Dwingdwangius Naturalis as an alchemist. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Print printed within a decorative frame of a separate plate with heads of small people and masks. Numbered right in the middle: 36. Part of the Dutch -bound edition from a series of caricatures of small people, known as the dwarf tone, copied to an older German example. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching
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Uccello, Uffizi, 2678. Soldier on rearing horse.. Illustrations, Prints. 1903. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Art , Tuscany (Italy), Painters , Florence (Italy), Drawing, Horses, Armor
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Tulips, Snail, and Dog with Hybrid Creature Border, folio 8 (recto), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies), 1608. France. Watercolor, ink, silver and gold over occasional traces of pencil, on vellum; sheet: 31.1 x 20.2 cm (12 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.).
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Kay Khusrau, on the top of a fortress, shoots a dîv who defends the castle of Bahman.. 1616. Firdawsî. text. illuminated manuscripts, Illuminations, Manuscripts. Spencer Collection. Manuscripts, Persian
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Water, 1580 - 1584 print The element of water, personalized by Venus as a water goddess. She is surrounded by water with all kinds of fish and sea creatures. In one hand a compass, a ship in her other hand. Water flows from her breasts and from her hair. Water also flows from shells and urns around her. Under the show a verse in Latin. This print is part of an album. parchment (animal material). paper engraving water (one of the four elements). Venus, standing on a shell, sails with her veil over the water (alternatively she is riding on a dolphin): Venus Marina. fishes. fabulous animals ~ fishes. rainbow
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Deadly Contrafacture Weyland , Ferdinand II , Johann Gottfried Schönwetter, Printer, publisher
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Libro de las Medicinas Sencillas (Tratado de plantas medicinales) V143. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE RUSIA / SAN PETERS / RUSIA. Author: MATTHAEUS PLATEARIUS.
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J. Pass, active 1796-1800, Fragments of Architecture, ancient and modern, 1814.
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Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 63 (recto) 1588 Federico de Vinciolo Italian Designed by Federic de Vinciolo, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, bound by Chambolle-Duru, French, 19th century.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design is printed upon a grid and is composed of 2 registers that form a corner. Lower register is decorated with a curving vine of 4-petaled flowers. Upper register consists of an unornamented square.. Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts... page 63 (recto) 665796
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Caricature sur le Vaisseau Volant de Blanchard (1782). Divers utiltés du vaisseau volant. Utilité particuliér du vaisseau volant.. La Vaulx, Henry de, 1870-1930. Manuscripts, Portraits, Drawings, Prints. 1922 - 1782-05-23. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809, Helicopters
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Tulp (Tulipa), Louis de Graeve, 1790 - 1814 drawing Yellow-red tulip. Numbered at the top right: 29. At the top left marked with a red star. Part of the first album with drawings of flowers and plants. Eighth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on behalf of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. Used paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint. pencil brush flowers: tulip
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Marie Antoinettes four-wheel barouche carriage for a promenade. Caleche pour la promenade. Hand-coloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court.
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Saint Prokopius of Ustyug (Study for frescos in the St Vladimir's Cathedral of Kiev) by Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich (1848-1926)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1884-1889/ Russia/ Watercolour, gouache, gold und white colours on paper/ Art Nouveau/ 48
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Photo production of a portrait of Thomas Wentworth, 1st baron van Wentworth, by Hans Holbein, Anonymous, After Hans Holbein (II), c. 1872 - In or Before 1877 photograph paper carbon print historical persons. drawing, sketch
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Flag of Zeeland, Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Flag of the province of Zeeland. Three horizontal tracks in red, white and blue. Centrally a lion with sword and arrows in the legs, struggling half of the water. Flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 84r. Part of a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East. France paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) Zeeland
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Lower Belvedere, interior of the central pavilion in the chamber garden presentation for the copperplate stabbed by Johann Jakob Grasmann, Salomon Kleiner -, drawer
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Flag of Zaandam, Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Flag of the city of Zaandam. Three horizontal tracks in red, white and blue. In the middle a small cross formed by a vertical white beam over a horizontal red beam, flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 83r. Part of a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East. France paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) Zaandam
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Farîburz, the son of Kay Kâ'ûs, hits Kâlbad.. 1616. Firdawsî. text. illuminated manuscripts, Illuminations, Manuscripts. Spencer Collection. Manuscripts, Persian
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Failure it with! Anonymous. Press cartoon. "Checkmate !." Board published in "caricature" of November 28, 1833. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.
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A pen and lightly watercolored drawing by Albrecht Dürer from 1512 depicting fencing techniques and exercises, highlighting figure posture, sword handling, and movement.
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Flag of West -Friesland, Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Flag of West Friesland. Going lion on four horizontal jobs alternately red and blue. Flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 82r. Part of a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East. France paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) West-Friesland
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Flag of a North African state, Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Flag of a North African Islamic State. White flag with a two -pointed crooked sword between the left three half -moons and a rose on the right, with a rounded flight side. Flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 133r. Part of a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East. France paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) North Africa
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Anglo Saxon lyres 122, 123, harps 124, 125, violin 126, bell 127 and horse with bridle and saddle 128. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810.
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Profils des chambranles et la maniere de déterminer les appuis des portes. Profiles of doorframes and the manner of determining the supports.. Roubo, M. (André Jacob), 1739-1791. Roubo, M. (André Jacob), 1739-1791. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1769 - 1774. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Carpentry , France, Joinery , France
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A dissection, with five attending figures. Line block after a woodcut, 1482.
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William Blake, 1757-1827, British, The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 13, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.", between 1797 and 1798. Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page.
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Portrait of King Richard II of England, Richard of Bordeaux. Seated on a throne with crown, sceptre, orb and mantle. Emblems indicate insurrection of Wat Tyler, invasion by Duke of Lancaster, deposition and death. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, J.H. Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.
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Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow 1909 20x30 Watercolour and ink on paper
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Klasztor klarysek w Starym Sączu oraz posąg bł. Kingi. Stasiak, Ludwik (1858-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Costumes et portraits. 1. Enfant d'Alexandrie; 2. Évêque d'Abyssinie; 3. Femme Franque; 4. Aghâ du Kaire; 5. Cheykh du Kaire; 6. Drogman de Mourâd Bey.. Prints, Illustrations. 1817. Rare Book Division. Egypt, Clothing & dress , Egypt, Boys , Egypt, Translators
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Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21172614
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Portrait of Khawwas-Khan, the Abyssijn, the supreme commander (Peshwa) of Sultan Mahmud, the ruler of Bijapur, c. 1686 drawing. Indian miniature Khawwas-Khan, a man with a dark skin color, is depicted up to his hips, used to the right, with his sword in his right hand and a flower in his left hand. Leaf 42 in the `Witsen album ', with 49 Indian miniatures of princes. Above the portrait a piece of paper with the name in Persian. Under the portrait a piece of paper with the name in the Portuguese. Golkonda paper. deck paint. gold leaf. gouache (paint) brush ruler, sovereign. historical person (...) - historical person (...) portrayed alone
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Reproduction of a painting by Omphale by Raffaelo Sorbi, Anonymous, After Raffaelo Sorbi, c. 1874 - in or before 1879 photomechanical print paper love-affairs of Hercules. adolescent, young woman, maiden
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Portrait of King George I of England, George of Hanover. In mantle, robes and hose, with orb and sceptre. Emblems indicate the Pretenders standard erected in Scotland, defeat of the Pretender at Preston, cruel treatment of the rebels, and Quadruple Alliance. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, J.H. Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.
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Band design for: P.J. Andriessen, the Hollandsche Robinson Crusoë, c. 1883-1895, Unknown, in Or Before 1883 - c. 1895 drawing A man with binoculars and a man with a flag stand on a cliff by the sea. On the horizon the silhouette of a ship. paper. India ink (ink). pencil pen / brush coastal cliff or crag. manual signalling with flags. sea
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Portrait of King Edward III of England, Edward of Windsor. In crown, sceptre and mantle. Emblems indicate England invaded by the Scots, Battle of Crecy, taken prisoner by Queen Philippa, and Battle of Poitiers. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, J.H. Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.
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Imaginary coats of arms of the Fourth Chapter of King Arthurs Knights of the Round Table: the Varlet de Gluine, indented with silver and gold on a black field, and Herrois the Joyous, with three black crosses on silver field. Chevaliers de la table ronde: le Varlet de Gluine, Herroys. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.