Historical City Landscapes

Features engravings of cities and landscapes from different eras, highlighting urban life and natural scenery with a focus on historical events and architecture.

Comparsa del ser.mo principe di Toscana figuran.do Ercole accompa.to dai carri del Sole e della Luna, Il Mondo festeggiante, Carducci, Alessandro, Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664, Tacca, Ferdinando, 1619-1686, Etching, 1661

The harem of the King of Tuban, 1599. The harem of the Javanese king of Tuban, January 1599. In the foreground the covered stay for the ducks, behind it the palace for the four married women of the king, on the right the other members of his harem. Part of the illustrations in the travel report of the second Schipvaart to the East Indies under Jacob Cornelisz. Van Nes and Wijbrant Van Warwyck in 1598-1600. No 7.

Entry of Leicester in The Hague, 1586, 1586 print Festive entry held by Robert Dudley, Count of Leicester, in The Hague on January 6, 1586. Twelve numbered sheets intended to mount a long strip in succession. The procession with triumph gates, arches, scaffolding with musicians and crowds and bonfires is depicted in the first ten records, the last two plates are from the fireworks on the beach (in Scheveningen) And from the Hofvijver and the Binnenhof. Northern Netherlands paper etching Triummphal Entry and Public Reception, pageant, 'solemn entrance', 'Joyeuse entrance' The Hague. Binnenhof

Fair Jerzy (fair on Jerzy's day); Doetecum, Joannes Van I (1528/1532-1605), Doetecum, Lucas Van ( -1584/1589), Bruegel, Pieter, I (Ca 1525-1569); around 1559-1561 (1501-00-00-1600-00-00);

View of Satu Mare; Topographical images of Austria, Hungary and the Balkans; Short radiance, and the Aen-Wysinghe der Plaetsen in Desen Boeck, with the Hunen Heijghen Stand, Portinaal Uyt-Ghebeldt, in Oostryck. View of the city of Satu Mare. In the foreground, outside the city walls, some Ottoman hikers. Above the cityscape a cartouche with the name of the city.

BRAUN, George (1541-1622). Civitatis Orbis Terrarum (Theatrum orbis terrarum). 1572-1617. San Sebastin (1576). Etching. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Salamanca. Salamanca University Library.

Italy, 18th century. The Arsenal in Venice in 1797, before the Napoleonic occupation. Engraving by Gian Maria Maffioletti. Details.

TALAVERA DE LA REINA - 1567 - DIBUJO - 278X1585 MM. Author: ANTON VAN DEN WYNGAERDE 1512 o. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. WIEN. AUSTRIA.

Fourth part of a view of Rotterdam., View of Rotterdam (fourth part) Rotterdam Rotterodamum Hollandiae urbs celeberrima et situ portibusque mercaturae opportunissima. Ao. 1665 (Maas map), print maker: Joost van Geel, Joost van Geel, publisher: Jan Houwens (I), Rotterdam, after 1666 - 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 562 mm × w 431 mm

Augsburg, Probst, Georg Balthasar, Utrecht, Patriots leave Utrecht, 1787, verso - stamped, View of the city of Utrecht, with on the left the exodus of patriots from Utrecht on September 16, 1787 and on the right the arrival of the Prussian troops., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 188 mm, width 297 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1787, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), hand coloring, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1732 - 1801, publisher

Copper engraving in the Florentine fine manner depicting Dante as the poet of the Divine Comedy, showing the figure, gestures, literary context, and composition around 1460-1480.

London in the 15th century, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Januari en februari; De twaalf maanden.Two round tables with winter scenes in the city. January left, the ice cream. Epiphany is celebrated. In the mid-zodiac sign. Waterman. Right February. People on the canals skating outside of a city. In the mid top the constellation fishing. The print is part of a series over the twelve months.

Judith and Holofernes, 1493, Michael Wolgemut, German, 1434/37 - 1519, 7 3/16 x 14 1/8 in. (18.26 x 35.88 cm) (image), Woodcut, Germany, 15th century, Early on, Judith was a hero, the resourceful widow who saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes. In the 12th-century Speculum Virginum she symbolized the triumph of humility over pride; in other handbooks she prefigured the Virgin Mary. Yet in the late 15th century, Judith became a femme fatale.

47 / Vüe of the Champ de Mars on the day of the Prairial the year 2nd of the Republic / Convention and the constituted authorities attended the National Day. (IT)

The Stephans Freitenhof with the Heilthums Chair.

Jacques Cartier, making his third exploratory visit to Canada, lands with a number of would-be colonists Date: 1542

Mexico City in early 16th century. Depiction probably based on sketch in Cortes' (Cortez) book of 1524. British Museum.

February, Anonymous, After Jan van de Velde (II), 1684 - 1729 print A boat on the water in stormy weather at Kampen in the Zuiderzee representing the month of February. At the top of the constellation belonging to this month: fishing. Second print from a series of twelve. Germany paper etching landscape symbolizing February. February and its 'labours'. Pisces (zodiacal sign of February). ships (in general) Match

Draftsman on the Hoogendijk, outside Haarlemmerpoort Amsterdam The Netherlands, Jan Hulswit, 1776 - 1822

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), vignettes for the book Les Triomphes de Louis le Just XIII by the name by Jean Valdor. Three rounds with Latin legend. Twenty-third number of a suite of 34 pieces. (A. de Vesme 952-957. Incomplete; Dutuit manuscript, Italian school, page 83. n ° 166) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Trier in the Middle Ages, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Use of a measuring tape illustrated, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1690 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching planimetry, geometry. church (exterior). landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

The Hague, Beeck, Anna, States of Holland and West-Friesland, Amsterdam, Berge, Pieter van den, Theatrum Hispaniae, Burgos, the head of old Castile, on the Atlantic Sea, which water is received from the river Douro, View of the city of Burgos, View of the Spanish city of Burgos. Under the representation a title in Latin, Spanish, Dutch and French. Print is part of an album., print, picture, book illustration, album page, prints, height 172 mm, width 260 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1659-11-16 - 1737-12-11, print maker, printmaker, 1694 - 1737, paper, etching, etchings, hand coloring, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilege, Dutch, 1657 - 1717, colorist

Reproduction of a tapestry over the Spanish Armada (16-20 July). Spanish fleet in the canal under the Cornwall coast and Devon with the coat of arms of the English Queen Elizabeth I. The show (at the top right I) is caught in an ornament edge with eight portraits of commanders of the English fleet. In the middle above the portrait of Charles Howard, Lord High Admiral and Charging Commander of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada. Up and down between the portraits shipbags with spears and banners and flanked by Putti. They blow on a bazing or shell, drumming, writing etc. Left and right are four putti with a triumph or memorial column. Two putti decorate the column with garlands. A third putti writes the events on one in book; The fourth has a sword and ouroboros in hand. The Ouroboros is a snake that bites in its own tail and is therefore a symbol of eternity. Furthermore, two eagles with lightning bolts, the four winds and two lions with column or trident and a coat of arms. T

Wenceslaus Hollar, Autumn The Wine Market, c 1628 1629 Autumn: The Wine Market

Four fish on the beach, Adriaen Collaert, After 1598 - 1618 print A team, a sturgeon, a smelt and a wooding are washed up on the beach with some shells. In the background the sea with a few ships. The print is part of a series with fish as the subject. Antwerp paper engraving fishes. bony fishes: houting. bony fishes: shad. bony fishes: sturgeon. bony fishes: smelt

Netherlandish 16th Century, Castle by a River, published in or before 1676, etching retouched with engraving

Venetian Woman with Moveable Skirt 1563 Ferrando Bertelli Italian Venice was famed for its many elaborately dressed and coiffed courtesans. Foreign visitors marveled at their opulent jewels and use of abundant cosmetics, while civic authorities, when not enlisting them as a deterrent to the scourge of sodomy, decried the courtesans' deliberately misleading resemblance to 'honest women.'Capitalizing on their popularity, the enterprising Pietro Bertelli published a series of prints of courtesans, each with a flap that lifted to reveal, below a seemingly innocent exterior, a glimpse of the carnal pleasures for which Venice was famed by its admirers and reviled by its detractors. Here, the flap is the skirt, that can be lifted to display the courtesan's undergarments and chopines (the platform shoes that Venetian ladies wore to keep their feet dry in the perpetually damp lagoon city). These clever and amusing works appropriate the conceit of voyeurism prevalent in erotic imagery and prose.

Wesel im Mittelalter, Nordrhein-Westfalen,, Deutschland / Wesel in the Middle Ages, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

The Altenburg in Meissen in the Middle Ages, Saxony, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 18th century, exact original date not known, Europe

View of Oostvoorne. Draughtsman: Cornelis Pronk. Dating: 1701 - 1759. Measurements: h 127 mm × w 200 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Winter landscape with winter activities, Johan Barra, after Pieter Stevens (I), after Pieter Stevens (II), 1600 - 1634 print In a winter landscape in a group of trees, women warm themselves by a fire, a woman gathered wood, men play a ball game and put a man water. In the background people skate and drive in sledges on the ice. At the top the signs of the Zodiac are shown: Capricorn, Waterman and Fish. Under the performance is a Latin inscription about the winter. paper engraving winter ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year). seasons of the year represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape (+ with Capricorn (December)). Capricorn (zodiacal sign of December). seasons of the year represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape (+ with Aquarius (January)). Aquarius (zodiacal sign of January). seasons of the year represented by scenes showing human activities, usually in a landscape (+ with Pisces (February)). Pisces (zodiacal si

Peter Snayers / 'The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia at the Siege of Breda', ca. 1628, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 200 cm x 265 cm, P01747. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: Pieter Snayers.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Ancient Rome, and its Hills, from the West. Artist: Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla (Italian, active Rome, 1575-99). Dimensions: sheet: 17 15/16 x 21 7/16 in. (45.5 x 54.4 cm)plate: 15 1/16 x 19 5/16 in. (38.2 x 49 cm). Publisher: Claudio Duchetti (Italian, active Venice and Rome, ca. 1565-died ca. 1585). Series/Portfolio: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Date: 1582.This print comes from the museum's copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album.

SNAYERS, Peter (1592-1667). The Relief of the Fortress of Lerida. 1646. Flemish art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Landscape with battlefield, Jean Duplessis -Bertaux, 1760 - 1820 print print maker: Franceprint maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching landscapes. battle Austerlitz

Battle before Goleta or Goletta, or La Goulette. Vermeyen, Jan Cornelis (Barbalonga) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - North Netherlands, ca.1500-1559) (cartoon creator) painter Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (the Elder) (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1502-1550) (cartoon creator, attr.) painter Pannemaker, Wilhelm de (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, act. 1535-1578) (workshop) weaver c. 1549-1551 Tapestry Dimensions: H 530 x W 957 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk; metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Inventories of Carlos II (1701-1703), Carlos III (1788) & Fernando VII (1834). Spain, Madrid, Palacio Real de Madrid, accno. A.229-6243. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, left not visible in photo; weaver mark on right guard, bottom, partially visible in photo Inscriptions: Inscription in L border: PLVS OULTRE Inscriptions: Inscription in R border: V / La vista desta.. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper bord

View of Gouda from the banks of the Gouwe or the Dutch IJssel, Anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1700 print At the top right the city coat of arms. paper etching / letterpress printing church (exterior). canals, waters (in city) (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Gouda

Cabo de Bone Esperanse.. Ogilby, John (1600-1676). Illustrations, Prints. 1670. General Research Division. South Africa, Islands of the Indian Ocean, Islands of the Atlantic, Africa , Description and travel, Forts & fortifications, Sailing ships

Loterijprent for a new guest house in Petten, 1643, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), 1643 print The lottery in Petten for a new guesthouse, 1643. In the foreground two fishermen (male and female) at a raised plate with an image of the new guesthouse. On the plate a basket with a fish, a lighthouse on the left with a few fishermen and walkers. In the background the village on the coast. At the top of the name of the village with the weapons of Holland and Van Petten on either side. paper etching / engraving urination. fisherman. raffle, lottery. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Petten

Map of the skirmish at the Rohanatin ski jump in the Bukovina at Chotym on April , Johann Caspar Weinrauch -, Copper Engraver

Gent, Poelman, Bernard, Het Nieuw en Vermaekelyk Ganze-Spel, hoe en op wat maniere men het spelen moet, Ghent, verso - gestempeld, Oval board game with squares numbered 1-63. In the middle field a representation of an inn, brothel scene with two men, a woman and a child around a table, the men playing backgammon. In the four corners of the game men playing music, dancing and playing games. Below the representation the rules of the game., print, folk print, gameboard, playing board, prints, folk prints, height 351 mm, width 428 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Flemish, publisher, 1810 - 1810, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, letterpress, print maker, printmaker

View of Geertruidenberg, Anonymous, 1615 print View of Geertruidenberg, with the coat of arms of the city and the title at the top. On Verso Dutch text. paper etching / letterpress printing prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal) Geertruidenberg

Fireworks display celebrating the end of the Thirty Years War, Nuremberg, 1650. Artist: Anonymous; After Peter Troschel (German, ca. 1620-after 1667); after Michael Herr (German, Metzingen bei Reutlingen 1591-1661 Nuremberg). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 3/4 in. (29 × 40 cm)Plate: 10 3/8 × 14 15/16 in. (26.4 × 37.9 cm). Date: 1650.Copy of a print by Peter Troschel after a drawing by Michael Herz. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Farm at a Channel, Esaias van de Velde, 1615 - 1652 print Title print for a series of seven small landscapes. On a text band the name of the artist and publisher are prominent in the picture. The lever next to the farm has previously been interpreted as a location of a well. However, this lever was used to hoist goods on and from a boat at the wooden construction with the ladder on the banks of the canal. Haarlem paper etching / engraving farm or solitary house in landscape

Anton van den Wyngaerde / Barcelona, 1563, Opaque watercolour. Museum: COLECCION PRIVADA.

Samarra:on the Tigris, above BaghdadDate: 1846

Rome, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, Le Antichità Romane, Archaeological finds in and around Rome, Modo, col quale furono alzati i grossi Travertini, e gli altri Marmi nel fabbricare il gran Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella, oggi detto Capo di Bove, Construction of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella in Rome, verso - stamped, Method of hoisting stones for the construction of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella on the Via Appia Antica just outside Rome. Title and explanatory list with letters in the lower margin. Numbered at the top: LIII., Tom. III., print, prints, height 380 mm, width 522 mm, height 78 mm, width 530 mm, Italian, 1720-10-04 - 1778-11-09, print maker, 1756 - 1757, paper, etching, Work conception, after own design of

Meeting of theologians in Viernenburg, 1577, Anonymous, 1577 - 1650 print Leaf with two performances with Latin inscriptions. Above a face on the John the Evangelist Klooster in Maagdenburg. Under the meeting of six teologists in Maagdenburg in May 1577, numbered 1-6: Nicolao Selneccero, Chistophoro Cornero, Andrea Musculo, Martino Chemnitio, David e Chytraeo and Jacobo Andreae. paper etching theologian Virginburg

Luogi di Nervi, Italien, Illustration aus Nürnbergische Hesperides, Nürnberger Hesperidengärten von Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nürnberg, Bayern, Deuts...

Egiptische Piramiden.. Ogilby, John (1600-1676). Illustrations, Prints. 1670. General Research Division. South Africa, Islands of the Indian Ocean, Islands of the Atlantic, Africa , Description and travel, Pyramids , Egypt

The castle Egmond on De Hoeff. The castle Egmond on De Hoeff. The print has been increased by tearing it horizontally horizontally in the air and placing a strip of paper. The whole is then hand-colored, mounted and equipped with a frame in yellow and red. This made the strip used virtually invisible. See for a similar coloring the ETS from Petrus Schenck RP-P-2011-112

Blumen und Prospecten Büchlein (title page) Little Book of Flowers and Views (title page). Cochin, Nicolas, 1610-1686. 1680. Weigel, Johann Christoph, 1661-1726. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Of drawers som are deepe and som more narrow of ye same cabbinett. sic. Prints, Illustrations. 1688. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Japanning, Churns, Houses, Rites & ceremonies

Breslau, heute Wroclaw, Niederschlesien, heute Polen / Breslau, today Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, today Poland, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Settlers from the first French expedition to America in 1562, leaded by Jean Ribault, exchanging supplies with Native American People, near Charlesfort (nowadays Beaufort, South Carolina). Painted version from 1590. Engraving. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Bibliothque du service historique de la Marine.

BRAUN, George (1541-1622). Civitatis Orbis Terrarum (Theatrum orbis terrarum). 1572-1617. Granada (1572). Volume I. Etching. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Salamanca. Salamanca University Library.

Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Famous military river crossings, Passaggio di Alessandro sul'Idaspe, Battle of the Hydaspes, verso - stamped, The army of Alexander the Great stands on the bank of the Hydaspes River in India. The army of the Indian king Poros stands on the other bank. The battle is taking place on rafts., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 164 mm, width 277 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1630, paper, papier, etching, etsen

View of Calais, Anonymous, Anna Beeck (Possible), 1667 - 1717 drawing This print is part of an album. The Hague paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen city-view in general; 'veduta' Calais

Felix Castello (1595-1651). Spanish painter. The Casa de Campo, ca.1615-1651. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, National Archaeological Museum, Madrid).

Francesco Sforza crosses the river Tiber, Antonio Tempesta (attributed to), 1565 - 1630 print The army of Francesco Sforza builds a bridge over the Tiber River. Italy paper etching crossing a river. the soldier; the soldier's life Tiber

The Tower of Nesle, the Grande Galerie and the Louvre seen from Pont-Neuf, around 1630 ". Anonymous. Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Arrondissement Ier i 1er 1, arrondissement of 5th 5th 5th, boat, Seine river, Grande Galerie, Louvre, Tour de Nesle, Vu Pont-Neuf, oil on canvas

View of Bordeaux, Anonymous, After Cornelis Danckerts (I), After Cornelis Danckerts (II), 1645 - 1701 print This print is part of an album. publisher: AmsterdamThe Hague paper engraving / etching city-view in general; 'veduta' Bordeaux

Istanbul/Constantinople: Caravels and galleys flying Turkish (crescent) and Hapsburg (double-headed eagle) flags. Constantine's palace (top centre) and the new palace of the Grand Turk. From print by Giovanni Andrea Vavassori or Valvassori. Mid-16th century.

Ancient Spilimbergo, mosaic school that produces mosaic masters, Spilimbergo, city of mosaic art, Friuli, Italy, Spilimbergo, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Istanbul/Constantinople: Caravels and galleys flying Turkish (crescent) and Hapsburg (double-headed eagle) flags. Constantine's palace (top centre) and the new palace of the Grand Turk. From print by Giovanni Andrea Vavassori or Valvassori. Mid-16th century.

Detail of a face on Naples in a nutshell perspective, Alessandro Baratta, 1629 print Detail of a face on Naples with the atroni crater on the left and the beginning of the city on the right. Naples paper engraving / etching city-view in general; 'veduta'. volcano Phlegraean Fields

Deruta (Umbria - PG), Municipal Art Gallery. Perugino, Eternal Father with Saints Rocco and Romano (at the feet of the saints the view of the city of Deruta), detached fresco, datable to 1477-78

Native American people (North Central of Florida). The Timucua village. Illustration based on Jacques le Moyne's drawings, french artist and member of Jean Rebault's expedition(16th century). Autor Theodor de Bry (1528-1598), engraver and editor. Frankfurt, 1591.

The comet that showed itself in the Netherlands during the months of April and May of the year 1677. The comet is observed by a group of people in the night sky. With a poem of 14 lines, De komeet van 1677 Den Comeet-Ster Sich vertonende aan Nederlandt, en alomme aan andere Landen: in den jare (...) 1677 (...) in 't noort oosten , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), Jan Luyken, (attributed to), Northern Netherlands, 1677, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 186 mm × w 133 mm

Detail of a face on Naples in a bird's air perspective; Fidelissimæ Urbis Neapolitanæ cum omnibus viis accurata et nova delineatio ædita in Lucem AB Alexandro Baratta MDCXXVIIII. Detail of a face on Naples with the Gulf of Naples, behind the Gulf of Pozzuoli and the Solfatara volcano. In the distance, the islands of Procida and Ischia are possible.

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