Early Print Illustrations

Dramatic woodcut prints showing historical and religious scenes, depicting torturous deaths and cultural ceremonies, rich in detail and dark tones.

The Personification of Music from Gregor Reisch Margarita Philosophica, Strassbourg, 1508. In left foreground man plays a portable organ, above him is a man playing a clarsach or Celtic harp, above him a lute like instrument is being played. Top left a boy plays the pipe.

architecture civil engineering hoisting gear coloured woodcut ""De architectura libri decem"" by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio German translation by Walther Ryff Nurembewrg 1548 private collection,

Hans Burgkmair (1473-1531). "The triumph of Maximilien, Char representing a religious procession". Wood, 1512-1519. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 38103-13 Austrician archduke, tank, monk, mountain, religious, religious procession, Roman, holy Germanic emperor, triumph, wood

Woodcut Amman, showing a stained glass artist in his studio; Frankfurt, Germany 1586

Thomas Murner, Gäuchmatt. Basel, 1519

Woodcut engraving depicting Brazilian natives attacking an enemy. In the right foreground are heads of enemies stuck on poles as trophies, and in the background a captive's body is being cut up and cooked. Dated 17th Century

Saint Anthony Reading Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Saint Anthony Reading, 1519. Engraving on laid paper, Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (9.8 x 14.3 cm). European Art 1519

Book illustration to Ship of Fools by Albrecht Durer, woodcut, 1494, 1471-1528, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of foreign fools, the six figures on the left represent those who persist in unbelief. The man who hangs himself represents the suicides, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Students at a love adventure, Titel of a book of Hans Folz, 1480, woodcut, Germany, Europe

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

Line drawing titled 'La Grant Danse Macabre' from one of the earliest printed books. Death is depicted caring off the printers and the booksellers themselves. Dated 14th Century

Copper engraving by Wenzel von Olmütz titled 'The Lautenschlägerin,' created at the end of the 15th century, depicting a woman playing a lute.

Demons engulfed in flames 19th century Anonymous. Demons engulfed in flames. Anonymous. 19th century. Woodcut. Prints

money finance banking lending moneylender ""Credenza e morta"" (Credit is dead) upper Italian sheet of pictures woodcut coloured Italy circa 1560,

Mercury. Extracting mercury from ore by placing ore covered by sand and ashes in an earthenware pot on stand with a fire underneath. The mercury was retrieved from the bottom of the pot after cooling. From 'De la pirotechnia' by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540).

After baking, the oven is opened, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857.

Woodcut by Johann Zainer depicting Hecuba, Queen of the Trojans, with Paris, Polites, Priam, and Deiphobus, colored in 1473. The print shows figures in a classical Trojan narrative.

End of the game Om Schenckenschans, 1635-1636, 1636 print Cartoon on the battle for Schenckenshans in the years 1635-1636. The end of the game around the Schans. Frederik Hendrik and the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand Dice at a table around the fort. The stadholder throws the winning throw. The Cardinal Infant scratches the head, Count Johan van Nassau looks at the stones through binoculars. On the left the pope, the bishop Cologne, the king of Spain and the emperor leave. On the right Cardinal Richelieu is watching. Left in the background, the Kleefse farmers dance from joy. A priest and a nun appear from under the table. On the right in the background the conquest of the fort by the State Army on April 29, 1636. Under the print, a larger sheet with 4 columns of text is stuck in Dutch. At the top 10 verses of the protagonists in German. At the bottom a Dutch song in 4 verses. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires. dice-games

Portrait of John Wycliffe (1320-1384) an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, Biblical translator, reformer, and seminary professor at Oxford University. Dated 14th Century

A woman bemoans the death of a man in the presence of the figure of Death. Etching.

Allegory of ignorance, the punishments which it entails are symbolized by rod and sword / Allegorie der Unwissenheit, die Strafen die sie nach sich zieht sind durch Rute und Schwert versinnbildlicht, 1480, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

The Celestina or Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea (1499). By Fernando de Rojas (ca.1465-1541). Engraving depicting a scene of the work. Edition printed in Burgos, Spain, 1531. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

A Spanish sailing vessel of Columbus's time, depicted on the cover of Juan Luschner's 'Consolat dela fets maritima' Date: 1502

'Cinderella', c1895. Artist: Arthur Joseph Gaskin.

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Do not hallow the holiday, the Fool tries to persuade a staid citizen not to observe the holiday, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Catching and slaughtering fishing; Yacht and fishing; VENATIONES, PISCATIONES ET AUCUPII TYPI. In the background, fish are caught by means of a large net. In the foreground fish and pickled on the beach are fishing. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of 54 prints.

Come gl'Indiani del Peru adorano il Sole, and lo tengono per il suo principal' Iddio, La historia del Mondo Nuouo, Benzoni, Girolamo, b. 1519, Woodcut, 1565, Woodcut, located in the center of the page. Pyramid with figures engaged in offering.

Atonius de Monte Ulmi (active 1384-90) Italian physician, necromancer, magician and astrologer, shown examining a sample of urine. Physician to Francesco the Younger (1393-1406) despot of Carrara. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493

Defence of a Germanic fortification against an attack by the Romans, relief on the Victory Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy. digitally improved reproduction of a woodcut from 1885

Diego de San Pedro (1437-1498). Castilian writer. Prison of Love, 1492. Leriano writing a letter. Engraving.

Unequal love, anonymous, 1540 - 1567 print The unequal couple: a young woman with an old man, both with banderol with text. Left and right of the image text in Dutch and ornamental edges. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Kampen paper young versus old age; young and old. old man. adolescent, young woman, maiden

Ulysses and Circe, from Hartmann Schedel's Liber Cronicarum, 1493, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original da...

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of the Players, a Round of Fools Playing Dice, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. A tale of self-inflicted misfortune, whoever wilfully jumps into a well need not be surprised if fellow human beings do not respond to his cries for help, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480 or before-1538), The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1513, woodcut

The Fables of Bidpai. Fol. 4: The punished thief. German edition of 1480. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. Mus_e Cond_ (Cond_ Museum).

A sick old woman, sitting supported by pillows as a skeleton pounces aiming his spear at her eyes. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham, 1545, illustrating Hercules lifting the columns of Gades with attention to anatomy and composition.

Woodblock engraving depicting a member of the big-lipped tribe which was once believed to inhabit certain areas of the earth. Dated 15th century

PERSONAJES DE LA LOZANA ANDALUZA. Author: DELICADO FRANCISCO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Great Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian I Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). The Great Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian I, 1522, begun 1518. Woodcut from eight blocks on eight sheets of laid paper, 16 x 95 in. (40.5 x 241.3 cm). Albrecht Dürer revolutionized the techniques of woodcut and engraving, and was the first artist to achieve fame through his work as a printmaker. In 1512 the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, who recognized how useful the new medium of printmaking would be for spreading his fame and burnishing his image, commissioned Dürer to create in his honor a gigantic, multipart woodcut inspired by imperial processions of antiquity. The emperor died before the ambitious work was completed, but the entrepreneurial Dürer published the last eight-block section of the procession as a tribute to him. Maximilian is depicted as a latter-day Roman emperor, riding in an elaborate chariot whose four wheels express in Latin his renown (gloria), dignity (dign

Drinking and Smoking Bout in Holland by unknown artist, 17th Century

A Pyrotechnist, Artificer or Firework-maker preparing a rocket. Woodcut from Recreations mathematiques by Jean Leurechon (Rouen, 1628).

Medieval engraving titled 'Venus'. Venus was considered a female planet and those born under Venus loved clothes and ornaments. Dated 16th Century

Goldbeaters preparing a thin duplex sheet of silver and gold to be cut into strips and used to cover thread to produce 'spun' gold. From De la pirotechnia by Vannoccio Biringuccio (Venice, 1540).

Woodblock engraving depicting a six-armed man, a member of a tribe at one time believed to inhabit certain regions of the earth. Dated 15th century

Historic print of 1664, front page of Satirischen Gedichte, a book by Joachim Rachel also known as Der deutsche Juvenal, 1618 - 1669, a German satirist of the baroque period, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Archimede. Archimede 287-212 BC determining the volume of the Hieron crown, by water immersion. Experiment of the buyoancy. Engraving 1630.

France. Paris. Measuring of salt. Engraving after "Ordonnances de la Prevoste des Marchands de Paris", 1500. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

A woodcut engraving depicting townspeople fleeing to the country to escape the plague. Dated 17th century

Plaque with Scene of the Flagellation. Pierre Reymond (France, Limoges, circa 1513-after 1584). France, Limoges, circa 1535-1540. Furnishings; Accessories. Polychrome enamel and gold on copper

Bathing scene, calendar vignette, 16th Century

The three of bells 16th century german playing card. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

A member of a tribe with the body and head of a man, and the legs of a horse. From the Nuremberg Chronicle, dated 1493.

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules and the Columns of Gades, 1545. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

Illustration depicting boys playing a game of Barres. 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. 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

Woodcut showing a farmer ploughing a field, 1287 by Pietro de'Crescenzi. A Bolognese jurist there are many different spellings of his name and he is best remembered for his writings on horticulture and agriculture.

England. The Devil of Usuary. From english cleric John Blaxton's pamphlet, 1634. 17th century.

Woodcut engraving depicting a man sharpening knives.

Woodblock engraving depicting an Aristotelian concept of the path of a projectile. Since he believed no body could undertake more than one motion at a time, the path had to consist of two separate motions in a straight line. Dated 16th century

Historic print, 1642, front page of a book by Paul Fleming also known as Paulus Flemming, 1609 - 1640, a German doctor, writer and poet of the German baroque period, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

Chariot with organ, group of Maximilian I. 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

Floridians Carefully Transport Produce to the Public Storehouses. Engraved by Theodor de Bry after Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues.

Auca dels Jocs de la Mainada. Juegos y entretenimientos infantiles del siglo XVIII. Les bales. Juego similar a las canicas.

Auca dels Jocs de la Mainada. Juegos y entretenimientos infantiles del siglo XVIII. L'arriar. Consiste en estirar un objeto a rastras.

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Cordelero trenando hilos para obtener una cuerda.

Modern era. Renaissance. 16th century. Europe. Merchant. Engraving by Jost Amman, 1599. Later colouration.

This colored woodcut by Johann Zainer depicts Pompeia Paulina, showing her figure, attire, and gestures in 1473.

Artes y Oficios de Barcelona desde la Edad Media. Grabado al Boj del siglo XVIII. Tonelero construyendo un tonel o barrica.

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