Dramatic Medieval Illustrations

Woodcut prints showcasing intense scenes from the 15th and 16th centuries, illustrating themes of sin and morality with vivid characters and dramatic settings.

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of Delft, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Doubting Thomas, St. Thomas kneeling, feeling the wound of Christ., print, book illustration, prints, height 90 mm, width 68 mm, Southern Netherlands, unknown, 1490 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Northern Netherlands

Chemistry: a large vessel for distillation, on a furnace. Woodcut after M. Augusti.

CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - CUZCO - DETALLE - SILLA DE MANO - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 3073. Author: GEORG BRAUN 1541-1622 / FRANS HOGENBERG. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Skeleton and Prisoner, Antique Skeletons of Amsterdam

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Dated: 1460/1480. Medium: metalcut, hand-colored in green, red lake, and yellow. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna.

The Village Wedding: Fabianus Jenner / Mathias Hornung, 1546. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

Southern Netherlands, Brabant Revolution, 1787-1790, le Grand General BertAl, Generaal Bertay aan het spit, verso - stamped, Cartoon of General Bertay being roasted on a spit by the Brabant lion. The devil drenches the general with cockades. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 89 mm, width 158 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1787 - 1790, paper, papier, etching, etsen

medicine pandemic disease plague the plague devil woodcut title page from the ""Cologne Plague Book"" 1508,

Representation of prodigal son by Antonia Pulci, engraving, 1573

Henry I (born c. 876) (died 2 July 936), also known as Henry the Vogler or Henry the Finkler, from the noble family of the Liudolfing was Duke of Saxony from 912 and King of the East Frankish Empire from 919 to 936, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Six astronomers. A homage to astronomers throughout the ages. From left to right: Galileo Galilei, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, Claudius Ptolemy. Seated is Hipparchus of Nic

justice penitentiary system dismemberment woodcut 16th century,

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of bad outward behaviour, well-dressed young man pulling a jester's cap behind him, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Moses and the Serpent. Dated: 1548. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

Muzh zhenu b'et.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

HARVESTING crops in August Date: 9th Century

people professions pharmacist Dutch pharmacy woodcut after Guiricus de Augustus 1515,

Bedroom furniture, time of Henry VI, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

'Headpiece from Thomas Moore's work depicting an ideal state where reason ruled, ''Utopia'' 1518 (Ist edition 1516) showing More in discussion with Raphael Hythlodaeus (Hythloday) traveller and philosopher, and Peter Giles Woodcut'

Duiventil full of flying fools, Johann Theodor de Bry, after monogrammist BKGF, 1596 print A pigeon stil is in the water, but not full of pigeons here, but full of men who are all relegated to nar and fall into the water from the pigeon ride. On both sides, on the Wallekant, there are two beautifully dressed ladies: one sieve men, the other fishes in the men's pond. Both, the texts in the corresponding epigram say, have been too picky when it comes to the choice of men. The poor consequence is that they ultimately remain alone. paper engraving Existence and Modes of Existence (+ emblematical representation of concept). dove-cote. sifting out the candidates - CC - women making choice. the (difficult) choice ~ courting - CC - women making choice

A scene from the account of the Greek historian Herodotus, who records that Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae defeated Cyrus the Great in battle and ordered his corpse to be beheaded.

Domenico di Giusto. Dated: 1619. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacques Callot after Matteo Rosselli.

July; Months of the year.A Hay and Two Mowers Working on the Country. Above left a Lion.

Southern Netherlands, Brabant Revolution, 1787-1790, Mundus delirans, non sapit, quae dei sunt, Folly of worldly goods, verso - stamped, Allegory with masked Woman World in a fool's costume. On her head sits a jester with scales in which worldly goods weigh more than a crucifix and a book of law. On the left a soul is sent to heaven lined, on the right devils are plunging into hell. Numbered top right: 29. With eight-line verse in French below the image. Part of a large group of prints relating to the events of the Brabant Revolution and the period 1787-1790., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 160 mm, width 86 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1575 - 1599, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

events Protestant Reformation 1517 - 1555 flyer satire against Johann Cochlaeus (1479 - 1552) woodcut 16th century,

geography/travel Germany Augsburg construction by the Romans 15 BC coloured woodcut chronicles of Sigismund Meisterlin 1457 published by Ramninger Augsburg 1522 private collection,

Fragment of orphrey 15th century Italian. Fragment of orphrey 216214

Execution by unknown artist, Copper engraving, 1575, Private Collection

The deposition, depositio cornuum, taking off the horns, a semi-official initiation ritual which was common at universities throughout Europe from the Middle Ages until the 18th century / Depositionsszene im 16. Jahrhundert, Holzschnitt aus Carmen heroicum de typo depositionis, 1578, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

science allegories grammar as sower rhetrorics as miller logic as baker woodcut Strassburg circa 1500 private collection,

In the center a grinding mill in which old women are carried in on the left. On the right they come out rejuvenated. In the foreground left three old women sitting on the ground. A man is carrying an old woman on his back up the stairs. In the background, an old woman in a wheelbarrow is being hit. On the right elegantly dressed young women falling out of the mill with next to them two discussing men. In the foreground an elegantly dressed couple. In the background on the right a company in a boat., Oudewijvenmolen (rejuvenating mill), print maker: anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1580 - c. 1600, paper, h 275 mm × w 421 mm

literature 16th century book illustration of ""War with the Sabines"" chronicle Southern Germany circa 1510,

Woodcut print depicting punishment by the stocks. Dated 16th Century

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.

Female figure with the skin of her trunk open

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A man with a beard dressed in red

justice laws ""Reformation des bayerischen Landrechts"" title printed by Casper Clofigl Munich 1516 private collection,

Descartes' illustration of how distance of object is perceived with binocular vision. From Rene Descartes 'Opera Philosophica', 1692 (Tractatus de homine) Woodcut

Fernando de Rojas (1465-1541). Spanish writer. Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea or La Celestina. Engraving. Burgos, 1531.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, The Gate of Hell, purgatory and hell as an illustration after The Divine Comedy by Italian poet Dante Alighieri, 1265 - 1321

Sir Ivaine, a brave, kind-hearted, and merry Knight of the Round Table, pours water into a fountain, which brings Black Knight.

Ploughing, 14th century, (1910). Artist: Unknown

The great deviller: it is here the portrait of the devil of Nogaret The great diablerie: it is here the portrait of the devil of Nogaret .

Prince Charles (Charles I) welcomed home from Spain by his father James I (1623) Woodcut from a contemporary broadside

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. From the kitchen and cellar, the striving of the servants and maids to make a comfortable life for themselves at the expense of the lordship, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Erasmus von Rotterdam (1465 oder 1469 -1536) after an engraving by Albrecht Duerer

The Tailor, woodcut from the, Das Staendebuch, a famous series of woodcuts of the craft of Amman, 1568, Germany, craft, labour, craftsman, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe

The cold-water ordeal for witches, Neuwalt, Hermann (1550-1611)

East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany, emblem, symbol, Germania, inscription, Prussian, SPQR, Roman, eagle, North Sea, ship, historical illustration 1880, Europe

money finance interest usury ""Der Doit - Der Wucherer"" (The death - the usurer) allegory woodcut coloured from ""Der Doten Dantz"" (The death dance) Heidelberg Germany circa 1490,

Colored woodcut by Johann Zainer from 1473 depicting Pyramus and Thisbe in Babylon, showing figures in gesture and expression within a historical narrative scene.

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. It is classified as an incunabulum - that is, a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed (not handwritten) before the year 1501 in Europe. It is also one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honour of its author. The illustrations in many copies were hand-coloured aft

Apuleius, Venezia, Joannis Tacuini de Tridino, 1516

Artes y oficios de Barcelona. Vendedores ambulantes voceros. Baladrers. Basurero.

Copy of July and August from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months. Artist: after Sebald Beham (German, Nuremberg 1500-1550 Frankfurt). Dimensions: sheet: 1 15/16 x 2 13/16 in. (5 x 7.1 cm). Series/Portfolio: The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months. Date: after 1547.Two couples dancing left. Female of couple at left faces right. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of exploration of the world, a fool has thrown a universe on the ground and now measures against it with compass and triangle, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Deutsche Bürgertracht, 1540, Deutschland, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Death triumphant., From Liber Chronicarum Mundi, (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel, 1493, Woodcut

Mural at the Esglesia de Sant Jordi, Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Copper engraving 'Winter Month and Christian Month' by Sebald Beham, depicting seasonal winter activities and Christian festival observances.

music vocal music Meistersinger ""Ein sch_ner Maystergesang wie die sch_ne Stadt Troja zerst_rt wurde"" coloured woodcut early 16th century private collection,

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of contempt for misfortune, whoever does not meet it with wisdom and ventures out to sea uninformed is in the greatest danger, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Ramon Llull (1232-1315). Majorcan writer and philosopher, logician and a Franciscan tertiary. He wrote the first major work of Catalan literature. De Nova Logica. Print: Valencia, by Georgius Costilla, 1512. Colored. Episcopal Library. Barcelona. Spain.

Historic print, woodcut, 1548, front page of the Esopus book of fables by Burkard Waldis, also known as Burcard Waldis, 1490 - 1556, German fabulist, dramatist and carnival author, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, ca. 1343 - 1400, by Thomas Hoccleve or Occleve, ca. 1368-1426, The Regiment of Princes, 1412

The coat of arms of Johann Stabius, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an old woodcut

The Resurrection of the Dead. Dated: c. 1460/1470. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in red lake, blue, green, gray, and gold. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Encajera tejiendo con los bolillos,.

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Sastre cortando la tela y cosiendo un vestido.

Citizen and countryman, 1641, (1910). Artist: Unknown

Artes y oficios de Barcelona. Vendedores ambulantes voceros. Baladrers. Vendedor de mantas de Palencia.

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Cardador de lana obteniendo el hilo.

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