Heraldry and Illuminated Manuscripts

Elegant representations of royal figures, illuminated initials, and ornate coat of arms from various historical periods.

Members of the famous Fugger family in Augsburg, coat of arms of the Fugger family. The Fuggers were an important Swabian merchant and noble family that achieved enormous wealth and influence in the 15th and 16th century through international trade and banking transactions, Germany, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of colored copper engravings created in the late 16th and early 17th century and made by Dominicus Custos, historical

Karl I, the big, Roman Emperor Stecher: Kilian, Philippdatierung: 1643/1693

Illuminated initial from the Historia Naturalis. Dated 18th Century

Members of the famous Fugger family in Augsburg, coat of arms of the Fugger family. The Fuggers were an important Swabian merchant and noble family that achieved enormous wealth and influence in the 15th and 16th century through international trade and banking transactions, Germany, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of colored copper engravings created in the late 16th and early 17th century and made by Dominicus Custos, historical

heraldry coat of arms Germany margraviate Baden painting backside of painting of margrave Bernhard II circa 1480 new palace Baden-Baden,

Sidewall, Block printed on handmade paper, Two vertical rectangles of joined sheets of paper, with one similar and one identical unit of decoration. In the bottom half of each, a pink and green rose wreath, enclosing a diagonally set square in which is a lyre; a palmette at each corner, outside the wreath. In the upper half, a Pompeian framework composed of urns, hanging musical instruments and drapery swags, enclosing grisaille figure groups: a) woman with lyre, attended by putto; b) woman putting a wreath upon a bust of Voltaire, attended by a putto., Rouen, France, ca. 1800, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling; Designed by Frederick Crace (English, 1779-1859); England; graphite, pen and black ink, and watercolor on laid paper; 29.9 x 23.6 cm (11 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)

Albrecht III. With the Zopfe, Duke of Austria.

Illuminated letter C with Queen Elizabeth I sitting in state attended probably by three members of her privy council. The letter, a 19th century reproduction, is taken from a wood cut used by John Daye the printer, first in the original edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, which he printed in 1563, and afterwards in an edition of John Dee's 'General and Rare Memorials, pertayning to the perfect Arte of Navigation' in 1577.

PORTUGAL, ALGARVE, LAGOS, STREET SCENE, TILES

Apparition of the Cross. Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669) (author of design) painter Riviera, Giacomo della (Italian, act. ca.1625-d.1639) (workshop) weaver 1633 Tapestry Dimensions: H 16'2" x W 11'3.5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: linen (warp: 18/in.); wool, silk & metallic thread (silver & gold) Culture: Italian Weaving Center: , LazioRome Ownership History: Barberini coll. (Rome). Charles Mather Ffoulke (Washington, D.C.) 1889. French & Co. purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries (Ffoulke sale 979), received 6/8/1948; sold to Kress Foundation 6/10/1956. United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, accno. 59.78.10. Inscriptions: Woven monogram on lower guard, right: IAC.D.L.RIV. Constantine, standing on low stone platform (R), looking at cross in sky; bearded soldier behind Constantine; soldiers on L in background are carrying spears & military standards; round building in L background, gabled building in R background (BRD) inner shaped molding & round

Illuminated letter - I or J - from a French gospel Date: late 9th century

Master of the Cypresses, Initial I with David, 1430s Initial I with David

Two standing birds with crossed beaks and an hourglass, Theo Neuhuys, 1888 - 1921 print Haarlem cardboard birds. hourglass

Ceiling mosaic of the Lenin Mausoleum, Komsomolskaya metro station, Moskau, Moscow Oblast, Russia, Europe

Anonymous / 'Petición de mano de Santa Úrsula', 1425-1450, Spanish School, Tempera on panel, 99,5 cm x 43,5 cm, P07630. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

EJECUTORIA DE HIDALGUIA DE LORENZO DE FIGUEROA VECINO DE LA VILLA DE LERENA - PUBLICADA EN 1602 - PERGAMINO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID.

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece 67741

David with His Foot in a Noose in an Initial O ca. 1500 Domenico Morone Italian Initial O introducing the Introit (opening chant) to the Mass for the third Sunday of Lent, Psalm 24:15: Oculi mei semper ad Dominumquia ipse ellevet de laqueopedesmeos, My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.”This vibrantly colored initial portrays David holding the end of a noose around his foot while looking toward heaven to the hand of God. It is among a small group of miniatures by the Veronese painter Domenico Morone and belonged to an unidentified choir book known as a gradual that was likely made for a Franciscan monastery, perhaps San Bernardino di Verona. Domenico is known primarily for his panel paintings and large-scale frescoes for churches in the Veneto. His hard, linear style, sculpturesque figures, plastic manner of rendering drapery, and rocky landscape reveal the influence of the Paduan master Andrea Mantegna.. David with His Foot in a Noose in an In

Textile (France); silk; Warp x Weft: 120 x 54.4 cm (47 1/4 x 21 7/16 in.)

King Arthur (from the Nine Heroes Tapestries) ca. 1400 South Netherlandish Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #61. King Arthur Attendants Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. King Arthur (from the Nine Heroes Tapestries). South Netherlandish. ca. 1400. Wool warp, wool wefts. Textiles-Tapestries

Lluis Domènech i Montaner / Proyecto para un plafón cerámico del seminario de Comillas (Santander). Hacia 1890. Gouache sobre papel estucado. 126 x 99 cm.

Valentine mid 19th century Anonymous. Valentine. Anonymous. mid 19th century. Gilded lace paper, motto scrap

Album n � 1. Vitaux Reasons: Solitude A Issy According to the Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album n � 1. Vitaux patterns: loneliness in Issy. Chromolithography.

Canon Table Page; Malnazar (Armenian, active about 1630s), and Aghap'ir (Armenian, active about 1630s); Isfahan, Persia; 1637 - 1638; Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 25.2 x 18.3 cm (9 15,16 x 7 3,16 in.)

Armorial panel possibly British 19th century

Norman king in ceremonial robes.. "The mantles of the kings and the nobility were not always of the same length. Sometimes they were so long that they trailed on the ground (fig. 118).". "The mantles of the Normans and the Saxons were often fastened at the breast, and fell on both sides equally on the shoulders (fig. 118). ". "The Norman kings and nobility often wore two tunics of equal length, one over the other (fig. 118). The one beneath was probably of cotton.". "The custom of wearing the long tunic with a mantle that reached to the heels had begun in Germany, so it is not surprising that it was adopted by the Saxons. At the end of the 11th and beginning of the 12th century, the men and even the women wore tunics with extremely long sleeves, often with embroidered borders (fig. 118)." . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

Necklace design by Salvador Riera, 17th century. 'Llibres of Passsanties', Silversmith's Guild. Museum: Museo de Historia, Barcelona.

Detail from a 16th century fresco by the Lombard school, the choir loft of the Church of San Girolamo, Biella, Italy.

William I, Emperor of Germany, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-2) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms" series (N126-2), issued in 1888 by W. Duke, Sons & Co. There are two types of cards from the series. The first type is made of thick stock and does not fold. This variation promotes Honest Long Cut tobacco. The second type, pictured here, is printed on thinner stock and is meant to be folded in three parts. This variation promotes Duke's Cigarettes, Cameo, and Turkish Cross-Cut brands.. William I, Emperor of Germany, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-2) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) by Anonymous / Jewish Museum, New York / 1776 /Watercolour and ink on paper / Objects,Poster and Graphic design / 61,2x50,9

LOORAL, Auguste Jean-Baptiste (n.1809-07-27-D.1892-03-18), sketch for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Belleville: Isaiah. The lamb adored by two angels (main title). Watercolor and feather on white paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Canon Table Page; T'oros Roslin, Armenian, active 1256 - 1268; Hromklay, Armenia, Asia; 1256; Tempera and gold paint on parchment; Leaf: 26.5 x 19 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Graf from Willem van Oranje, Anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1790 Round glass plate in a wooden rough. Image in shades of gray of the grave of Willem van Oranje in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. Netherlands glass. wood (plant material). oak (wood). oil paint (paint) new church Round glass plate in a wooden rough. Image in shades of gray of the grave of Willem van Oranje in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. Netherlands glass. wood (plant material). oak (wood). oil paint (paint) new church

Chancellerie 1718-1721 France. Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave . Manufacture Royale des Gobelins (Manufacturer)

Illuminated initial capital letter Q, miniature from The Ebbo Gospels, manuscripts which originated in the Benedictine abbey of Hautvillers, 820-830, France 9th Century.

Paris, Lemercier, Joseph-Rosé, Noël, Joseph Gustave, Régamey, Berthier, Chasse de Limoges à figures en relief, Reproduction of a design for a reliquary shrine with Christ, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, G. Noël del., G. Régamey lith., height 180 mm, width 207 mm, photographer, 1859 - 1864, paper, papier, photolithography, fotolithografie, clichémaker, Work conception, French, 1823 - 1881, after a design by, 1803-06-29 - 1887-01-01, printer

Labours of the months, plate 1, 13th century. January: man drinking and warming himself, February: woman holding a candle, March: lumberjack cutting timber, April, man holding vine branches, May, falconer with bird of prey and decoy, June: man carrying planks for building. From a manuscript Psalter, MS 147, Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal. Chromolithograph by Emile Beau after Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Wallot Paul (1841-1912): Reichstag, Berlin

Miniature paintings, Middle Ages, Romanesque ornament in Germany

Series of insignia and standards, banners from the 14th -16th century, panier, battle scene around 1500, digitally restored reproduction of a collecto...

Historical illustration from the 19th century, picture of Wenceslaus II, Wenceslas I, or Vaclav, 1271 - 1305, King of Bohemia and Poland, depicting Wenceslas II of Bohemia as a minstrel in the Codex Manesse, 14th century

'Wedding stained glass Maag - Rutzistofferin'. Switzerland, 1609. Dimensions: 31x22,7 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous master.

'Stained Glass Heini Zehnder'. Switzerland, 1551. Dimensions: 34,2x23,7 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous master.

MS B.R.20 - CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA - Nº294 - F20R -JUGADORA QUE ARROJA UNA PIEDRA A LA VIRGEN Y UN ANGEL LA PARA - SIGLO XIII. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL COLECCIÓN. Florenz. ITALIA.

Mayor John Holzhausen and wife Guda, Johann von Holtzhausen 1393 and Gudela von Holtzhausen 1371. From a grave effigy in Frankfurt Cathedral. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C.R. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Charles , or Charles the Bald (823-877), 9th-century king of West Francia and Italy, emperor of the Carolingian Empire. On a throne under the Hand of God, with crown, sceptre and orb. Charles le Chauve. From an illuminated manuscript Psautier de Charles le Chauve, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Departement des Manuscrits. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.

Design for Stained Glass Window. Artist: Horatio Walter Lonsdale (British, 1844-1919). Dimensions: sheet: 11 11/16 x 7 1/4 in. (29.7 x 18.4 cm). Date: 1885. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment. Date/Period: 15th century. Fragment. Medium: silk, metallic threads. Technique: two integrated fabric structures, 4&1 satin patterned by plain weave. Height: 247 mm (9.72 in); Width: 229 mm (9.01 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Decorated Incipit Page. Date/Period: 1615. Folio. Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on glazed paper. Height: 230 mm (9.05 in); Width: 171 mm (6.73 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Mosaic of Medusa on the floor of one of the Terrace Houses, Ephesus, Izmir Province, Turkey

Siège de la ville de Tyr Siege of Tyre Imp. Hangard-Maugé. still image. Illuminations, Reproductive prints. 1858. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Forts & fortifications, Sieges, Biblical events, Tyre (Lebanon), Borders (Ornament areas), Arms & armament , To 499

Built in 1893, ceiling paintings by Adolf Quensen, St., Sankt, Saint

Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Monterrey. Museum of Mexican History. First plate of Mendocino Codice created in 16th c.

Izobrazhenie Uspenskoi Studenicheskoi Lavry v Serbii.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Medieval ornament

Santa Maria Montis de Vicenza 17th - 18th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th or 18th century. Santa Maria Montis de Vicenza 415356

Czech Rep Plzen/Pilsen City Hall. Town hall facade sgraffito picture allegory Spravedlnost

The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy by Bernat Martorell (1400-1452) Catalonian painter. Dated 15th Century

Coloured illustration of a collection of tarot cards made in the 17th Century by an unknown card maker.

Title vignette with crowned skull and monkeys, Bernard Willem Wierink, c. 1910 print paper monkeys, apes. (human) skull. fable of Reynard the Fox

Attacked with a wheeled tower. Seige warfare. Siege Engine. The Crusades. 1099. Medieval woodcut.

Tuscany Siena Montalcino Museo Civico87. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Entire manuscript. Manuscripts. Post-medieval: Sculpture and ceramics from local workshops (2nd half 12th century; Sienese maiolica; 14th century weapons 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.

Study forMars. Artist: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836-1923

fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, Rudolf the clerk, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,

woodcut from 'Liber de arte distillandi de compositis' by Hieronymus Brunschwig, 1450- 1512. Strassburg, 1515

Inhabited Initial C. Date/Period: 1153. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 192 mm (7.55 in); Width: 132 mm (5.19 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Painting depicting the Martyrdom of St. Lucia. By Bernat Martorell Catalonian painter. Dated 15th Century

France, The Triumph of Ridicule from an Almanacby Basset, engraving, 1773

Duchy of Burgundy (15th c.). The duke of Burgundy and his court. Illuminated manuscript (16th c.). Flemish art. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum.

Two coats of arms with three-towered castles. Date/Period: Ca. 1295. Painting. Tempera on parchment mounted on wood. Height: 534 mm (21.02 in); Width: 853 mm (33.58 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

A Bruges tapestry, woven in wools and silks, depicting a Triumphal procession. Mid 16th century, 345 x 316cm.

Sliding lid for Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher the lid could laterally into the frame of the portrait are; and served as a defense turned-deferred. He carries the coat of arms of Familen Holzschuher and Muntzer and the annual noneber MDXXVI. (1526). Holzschuher was since 1498 with Dorothea Muntzer married .. (Albrecht Durer 1471 Nurnberg Nurnberg 1528)

Arthur, Prince of Wales, Medieval Art & Life

Poelzig Hans (1869-1936): Sketchbook F1

A silk and metal thread embroidered panel from the ka'ba. Egypt, early 20th century, 84 x 72.5cm.

Armorial Plaque. France, Limoges, 17th century. Furnishings; Accessories. Polychrome enamel and gold on copper

Florence, Italy, Accademia Gallery, sacred paintings in tempera on wood from the fourteenth century

Canon emblemático a cuatro voces Mundus et musica et totus concentusde Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja, incluido en un cancionero florentino del último cuarto del siglo XV.

PRIVILEGIO RODADO - SANCHO IV EL BRAVO REY DE CASTILLA, ELIGE SEPULTURA EN TOLEDO - 1285 (CONJ 26386) - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. SANCHO IV EL BRAVO REY DE CASTILLA Y LEON. ALFONSO X EL SABIO HIJO.

Album n � 1. Detail of window, gray background, Entourage with blue background According to the Gsell-Laurent workshop. Album n � 1. Window detail, gray background, Entourage with blue background. Chromolithography.

Paris, Lemercier, Joseph-Rosé, Noël, Joseph Gustave, Kellerhoven, Franz, Berthier, Miniatures tirées du Psautier de St. Louis, Reproduction of two prints from the psalter of Saint Louis, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Phot. Col. G. Noël, Kellerhoven lith., height 147 mm, width 274 mm, photographer, 1859 - 1864, paper, papier, photolithography, fotolithografie, 1814 - 1872-09-23, clichémaker, Work conception, Frans, 1823 - 1881, after a design by, after a painting by, 1803-06-29 - 1887-01-01, printer, drukker

Coloured illustration of playing cards; Satirical German pack engraved in 1545 with one heart.

CASULLA BORDADA.

Daniel Lysons, 1762-1834, British, Brass Plate for Dr. James Goode and his Wife Joan, Daughter of Edward Clinton, West Drayton Church, between 1796 and 1811. Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

MORALIA IN JOB - LETRA ALFA DEL CODICE - S X. Author: SAN GREGORIO I O SAN GREGORIO MAGNO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.

Memorial to Charles Hitch from East Ham Church, Daniel Lysons, 1762-1834, British, between 1796 and 1811, Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (37.8 × 27.6 cm), architectural subject, church, memorial, East Ham, England, Greater London, London, St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, United Kingdom

Decorative initial letters and borders from a 13th century illuminated Latin Bible in the Bibliotheque National, manuscript 14770. Tire du Bible Latin No. 14770, Bib. Nat. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from his Ornementation des Manuscrits au Moyen-Age (Ornamentation from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages), Paris, 1897.

Ikona: Św. Maria Egipcjanka ze scenami z życia. nieznany warsztat rosyjski (1700-1970), factory

Lluís Masriera / Boceto para colgante, 1911. Colección privada. Author: LLUÍS MASRIERA I ROSÉS.

Angel with Harp, by Ferrari Gaudenzio, 1539 - 1539, 16th Century, fresco transferred to canvas, wooden frame. Italy: Lombardy: Milan: Brera Art Gallery: gia nella Cappella della Nativita della Vergine in Santa Maria della Pace a Milano. Whole artwork. Half-lunette on left angel scroll harp

Pa. German Show Towel. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 71 x 51.9 cm (27 15/16 x 20 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 16 1/2" wide; 54" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frances Lichten.

Wars of the Roses, Edward IV, Henry VI, St George with Allegory, 1862-64 Watercolour, Stained Glass Design Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Stained glass design of three historical figures flanked by art on the left and science on the right, scenes of the life of St George below., Applied Arts, Watercolour, Stained Glass, Design, Religion, Saint

A color poster from 1894 by Alfons Maria Mucha for the play 'Gismonda' starring Sarah Bernhardt, showing decorative illustration, typography, and Art Nouveau style.

Illuminated letter Q in a medieval style

Taras pleshivyi.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Mayta Capac, Fourth Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings Unknown. Mayta Capac, Fourth Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings, mid-18th century (probably). Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 21 1/2in. (59.7 x 54.6cm). The blue background of these twelve portraits of Inca kings could have been produced with a variety of pigments that were available in the Viceroyalty of Peru in the eighteenth century: Prussian blue, from Germany; indigo, from the Americas; and smalt, imported from Europe. In the Viceroyalty of Peru, the choice of a blue back-ground for these portraits was strategic, elevating the subjects as blue did in European paintings of rulers and nobles. Following the European tradition, Cuzcos surviving Inca aristocracy likely commissioned these portraits to document their royal heritage and thus legitimize their political and social authority. American Art mid-18th century (probably)

Beethoven Frieze, Gustav Klimt, 1902, Secession Building, Vienna, Austria

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