Historical Figures and Events

A collection of chromolithographs and engravings depicting various historical figures from different eras, showcasing elaborate costumes and key moments like royal marriages and conquests.

History of England. 1450-1500. From left to right, 1: Knight of the Order of the Garter, 2-3: warriors, 4-5: servants, 6: citizen, 7: bourgeois dress, 8: minstrel. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885.

From left to right, 1: Venetian, 2 and 3: Florentines, 4, 12 and 14: Pages, 5 and 6: Nobles, 7 and 8: Venetian noblemen, 9: Podesta, 10, 11 and 13: Young Italians. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by César Cantú. Volume VI. Published in Barcelona, 1885.

History of England. 1450-1500. From left to right, 1: Knight of the Order of the Garter, 2-3: warriors, 4-5: servants, 6: citizen, 7: bourgeois dress, 8: minstrel. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885.

Germanicus swears allegiance to Tiberius, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1804, draughtsman: Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1804, paper, pen, brush, h 135 mm × w 85 mm

HENRY IV of France (1553-1610). King of France (1589-1610) and Navarre (1562-1589). Marriage between the king and Marie de M_dicis in Florence on 17th December 1600. Engraving.

Moctezuma II (c. 1466 Ð 29 June 1520). Ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520. Hernan Cortes takes prisoner Moctezuma II. Colored engraving, 1875.

History of Germany. Middle Ages. 1200. From left to right, 1: knight, 2: physician, 3: falconer, 4: knight, 5-6: Jews, 7: Knight of the Teutonic Order, 8: noblewoman. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume X, 1881.

Wedding of Ferdinando de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine, 1589, by Jacques Callot (1592-1635) etching. Italy, 17th century.

Kleidung, von 1485-1510, bäuerliche Uniformen, von lks, Dame Trauer, alter Herr im weiten Mantel, Bote mit versiegeltem Brief und e vornehmes Paar, di...

Woodcut by Cornelis Anthonisz Teunissen depicting the Counts of Flanders, showing noble figures, heraldry, and attire, created in the 16th century.

The abdication of Charles V in Brussels, oil on canvas, Francisco de Paula Van Halen, 1874, 1862, Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste, 15th century, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

History of Germany. 1200. From left to right, 12: Anna of Hohenstaufen (1230-1307), daughter of Frederick II, 13: Archduke Henry of Breslau, ca. 1258-1290, 14-15: Counts. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume X, 1881.

History of England. 1450-1500. From left to right: Knight of the Order of the Garter and warriors. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.

España. Alegoría del restablecimiento de la Casa de Borbón en el trono de España en 1813 tras la marcha de Napoleón, representando la unión (señalada con el número 1), el Rey Fernando VII (1784-1833) (señalado con el número 2), la religión (señalada con el número 3), el valor español (señalado con el número 4), y la discordia con la cabeza cortada (señalada con el número 5). Editado en Italia, años 1810.

Philip V of Spain (1683-1746). King of Spain. House of Bourbon. Oath of allegiance of the military orders; Golden Fleece, Alcantara and Calatrava. Engraving. 18th century. Colored.

Robert the Bruce of Scotland Sends Defiance to Edward III, Jean Froissart (C. 1337-1410 French)

Second letter of Relation by Hernan Cortes (October 30, 1520). To punish the betrayal of Aztec hero Cuauhpopoca, Cortes took prisoner Moctezuma II. Engraving, 1807. Colored.

The Lady of the Tournament presenting the prize to the victor. Date: circa 1450

Woodcut by Hans Schäufelin, circa 1535, depicting a wedding scene with a master of ceremonies and two torchbearers, showing ceremonial attire and accessories.

DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LA BODA DE LUIS XIV Y LA INFANTA MARIA TERESA DE AUSTRIA - SIGLO XVII. Author: Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Location: FRENCH EMBASSY. MADRID. SPAIN. MARIA ANNA VON OESTERREICH. FELIPE III HIJA. FELIPE IV HERMANA. AUSTRIA ANA MARIA. AUSTRIA ANA MARIA INFANTA DE. ANA MARIA DE AUSTRIA (REINA DE FRANCIA). LUIS XIII DE FRANCIA ESPOSA.

Scholars 1333 1434 Lithography: Salb M. (edition) & Jan Matejko

Elizabeth I of England knighted Sir Francis Drake in 1581. He was an English captain. privateer. sailor. slave trader. politician. and second-in-command of the English fleet in the battle against the Spanish Armada in 1588. England. digital reproduction of a historical original.

PRINCE HENRY BEFORE JUDGE GASCOIGNE

Germany, Bayern-Bavaria, Munich. Residenzmuseum, Chinese tapestry room, The Astronomers by Beauvais 1730.

Affectionate Reception of Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella after his Arrival in Spain, Loaded with Chains by Order of the Contemptible Bobadilla, Chromolithograph from a Painting by Francisco Jover, 1892

The miracle of the Prince of the Synagogue (Shaliach Tzibor)'s daughter. Raised from the dead by Jesus Christ, Jair's daughter lies on a bed, cooled by a slave with a fan, under armed guard. Soldiers in Byzantine armour, late 9th century. La fille du Prince de la Synagogue, Empire de Byzance, IXe Siecle. Taken from MS 510 G, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Chromolithograph by Franz Kellerhoven after Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Sir Philip Sidney taking part in a tournament at Whitehall, London.

Sir Lancelot rescues Queen Guinevere from Mador who accused the queen of treason in the death of his brother by poisoned apple.

The figures represented here are Germans between A.D. 1450-1500. They are, from left to right: jester, knight, bailiff, citizen, female peasant, male peasant, carpenter, canon, doctor of university, bishop. The ilustration dates to 1882.

Jean Baptiste Poquelin, called Moliere (1622-1673). French playwright and actor. First performance of "Tartuffe, 1667. Colored engraving.

Three men and a woman, dressed according to the Spanish and Italian fashion of approx. 1580, in or before 1581 Prent shipped Het Boek 'all the near Europe, Asia, Aphric and America nations attitude ...', 1581. The Prent Maakt deel shipped van een album. paper engraving Prent shipped Het Boek 'all the near Europe, Asia, Aphric and America nations attitude ...', 1581. The Prent Maakt deel shipped van een album. paper engraving

REYES CATOLICOS. ISABEL I DE CASTILLA (1451-1504)Y FERNANDO I DE ARAGON(1452-1516). REYES DE ESPAÑA. "TOMA DE ALMERIA POR LOS RR.CC." (DETALLE) 1489. AZULEJOS PLAZA DE ESPAÑA DE SEVILLA. RECONQUISTA.

Costumes civils, militaires et religieux, extraits du roman de Lancelot du lac.. Willemin, N. X. (Nicolas Xavier), 1763-1833. Prints. 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Art , France , History

Alice & the Queen of Hearts: "Off with her head!" Date: First published: 1865

CHARLES II LE CHAUVE(The Bald) The first true King of France and Holy Roman Emperor

Moses before Pharaoh's Daughter From the original by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

Joan of Arc being taken to prison, painting by an unknown 19th century French artist.

William Hogarth (1697-1764). British artist, engraver, illustrator and satirical painter. The Gate of Calais. Etching by Hogarth. Engraving. The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored.

Cristóbal Colón (1451-1506) se presenta ante los Reyes Católicos, Fernando II de Aragón e Isabel I de Castilla. Ilustración por Urrabieta, detalle. Grabado por Roca. Historia de Cataluña y de la Corona de Aragón, por Victor Balaguer. Barcelona,1862.

Historia de España. Bautismo de Teodosio I el Grande (347-395), emperador romano cristiano, por el obispo Acolio de Tesalónica.

Jean Baptiste Poquelin, called Moliere (1622-1673). French playwright and actor. First performance of 'Tartuffe, 1667. Colored engraving.

Masquerade. Dated: c. 1515. Dimensions: image: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.) sheet: 33.6 x 26.9 cm (13 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 16th Century.

History of Germany. Middle Ages. 1450-1500. From left to right, 3: bailiff, 4: citizen, 5: carpenter, 6-7: plowmen. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VIII, 1881.

Henry VIII in the Camp of the Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520) Bas-reliefs of the Hotel of the Bourg Herolde at Rouen. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

King Henry VIII with Charles V (right) and Pope Leo X (centre), c. 1520

Joyous Entry of King John the Good at Douai, 1355. Part of a panoramic painting by Auguste Fran篩s-Marie Gorguet (1862-1927) which he painted between 1914 and 1916. Date: 1355

Publius Cornelius Scipio the African (236-183 a.C.) Roman General and Consul. Generous feature of Scipio. Engraving, 19th century.

This chromolithograph shows the French king Louis XIII at age 16, the age he was when he took control of the country as king.. He is the figure in the yellowish outfit, with a plumed hat, at the top of the stairs. He is preparing to mount his horse, being held by attendants. Louis had ascended the throne as a minor, in 1610, and so his mother, Marie de' Medici, ruled as regent. He turned 13 in 1614, but Marie continued as regent and ruler til 1617, when Louis at age 16, with his supporters, overthrew his mother and her supporters. This lithogrpah is by Crispin de Pas, a well-known Dutch publisher and engraver who died in 1637.

Spain. 16th century. Revolt of the Comuneros (1550-1521). Maria Pacheco (1496-1531). Spanish Noble woman of the House of Mendoza. When her husband, the chief commoner Juan Lopez de Padilla, fell in the battle of Villalar, she took command and leaded the defence of the city of Toledo against the royalist forces of Charles V until the arrangement of a peaceful surrender of the city six months later. Colored engraving. 19th century.

PINTURICCHIO, Bernardino di Betto, called Il (1454-1513). Piccolomini Library. 1502-1508. ITALY. Siena. Cathedral. Pope Pius II chairing a concile. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco.

The figures represented here are French people between 1550 and 1600. They are, from left to right, a nobleman and a citizen. This illustration dates to 1882.

Louis XII Leaving Alexandria for Genoa 1507 Jean Bourdichon (ca. 1457-1521 French) Illuminated manuscript Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Philip II (1527-1598). King of Spain from 1556 to 1598. Last moments of Philip II. Died on 13 September 1598 in the Monastery of El Escorial. Chromolithography. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume IV. Madrid, 1890.

History of France, 1100. From left to right, 1-2: ploughmen, 3: nobleman, 4-5-6-7: noble ladies, 8: warrior, 9: pilgrim. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Canto. Volume V, 1884.

Charles, dauphin of France, Duke of Touraine (later King Charles VII) receiving news of the death of his father, King Charles VI, 1422. Officers in doublet and hose with fleurs-de-lys banners. Le duc de Touraine, dauphin de France, recevant les officiers d'armes. France, fin de XVe siecle. From a miniature in MS 8299 Latin, Bibliotheque Imperiale de Paris. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere after Auguste Racinet from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

The Italian figures represented date to A.D. 1400. They are, from left to right: a young Italian man and a Florentine with a falcon. The illustration dates to 1882.

1500s AUGUST 1500 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PLACED IN IRONS BY BOBADILLA IN SANTO DOMINGO

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act l, Sc. IV. Hamlet seeing his father's ghost on the battlements of Elsinore Castle. Illustration by Robert Dudley (active 1858-1893) published London 1856-1858. Chromolithograph.

Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg Watercolour on paper

History of France (year 900). Noblewoman and king. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal" (Universal History), by César Cantú. Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1881.

Mosaic detail from The Palazzo Barbarigo, a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The palazzo was built in the 16th century but the mosaics were added in 1886. Made from of Murano glass and inspired by the exterior mosaics on the facade of St Mark's Basilica.

Painting in the castle AlbrechtsburgMeissen. Painting in the castle Albrechtsburg

Seigneurs de la cour de Louis XII. MS. no. 4804. MS. no. 6877. Design of four monsters with vegetal shapes.. Willemin, N. X. (Nicolas Xavier), 1763-1833. Prints. 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Art , France , History

Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhonsle I, founder of the Maratha Empire, 1674-1818, India. On horseback leading his warrior clan. Sevadgy fondatore dellImpero Maratto. From a miniature. Hand-tinted copperplate engraving by Corsi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1833.

Henry IV and Catherine de' Medici by Ancelot, Marguerite-Louise Virginie (1792-1875) / Private Collection / 1819 / France / Oil on canvas / History / 74x101 / Neoclassicism

FOGOLINO, Marcello (1483-1553). Courtiers at Malpaga Castle. 1st half 16th c. ITALY. Bergamo. Malpaga Castle. Detail. Renaissance art. Fresco.

Picture series Conquest of Mexico, Cortez has Montezuma captured, November 14, 1519 / Bildserie Eroberung von Mexiko, Cortez lässt Montezuma gefangen nehmen, 14. November 1519, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei,.

Group of musicians, detail from Triumph of Mercury, scene from Month of June, ca 1470, attributed to Master Occhi Spalancati (active 15th century), fresco, north wall, Hall of the Months, Palazzo Schifanoia (Palace of Joy), Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna . Italy, 15th century.

Escena ilustrada de la ópera de Richard Wagner, El anillo de los Nibelungos, editada por Ediciones Diana, de Barcelona. Krimhilda delante de Sigfrido. Grabado de 1926. Author: Joan Llaverias Labro.

King Richard III, Shakespeare

Russia. Western Siberia. The Ostyak people. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Langlois. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839. Later colouration. Author: Augustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870). French engraver and lithographer. Emile Louis Vernier (1829-1887). Langlois.

The Coronation of Napoleon, 1807, by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), oil on canvas, 610x970 cm. Detail.

The figures represented here are all French people between 1550 and 1600. They are from left to right: Elizabeth (also Elizabeth of Valois - daughter of Henry II, third wife of Philip II of Spain), Henry II (died 1559); consort of Charles IX; Charles IX and Charles IX (died 1574). This illustration dates to 1882.

Johan IV van Nassau and His Wife Maria van Loon-Heinsberg. Bernaert van Orley (Netherlandish, about 1488 - 1541)

Gaul warrior in full battledress, with lance, shield, sword and helmet, and a Belgian woman. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1797).

The figures pictured here represent English people between 1500 and 1550. From left to right, they are: three people of high rank, two citizens, and a knight. The illustration dates to 1882.

The Fourteenth Generation, Wilhelm Derrer; Nuremberg, Germany; about 1626-1711; Tempera colors with gold and silver highlights on parchment; Leaf: 37.6 × 26 cm (14 13,16 × 10 1,4 in.)

PILATOS , PONCIO. PROCURADOR ROMANO . S/1 D.JC. JESUCRISTO ANTE PILATOS TABLA CASTELLANA HACIA EL AÑO 1500. MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO . MADRID.

Theodelinda (570-628). Queen of the Lombards. Theodelinda chooses Agilulf as a husband, 591. Engraving, 1882. Colored.

Kleidung, Mode in Frankreich zur Zeit der Renaissance um 1500-1575, Mode der französischen, vornehmen Gesellschaft, von links, zwei Damen am Hof von K...

The Seven Liberal Arts. 15th century French engraving. From Left to Right, Geometry, Music, Astronomy, Arithmetic, Rhetoric, Dialectic, Grammar.

Drawing, Water color; Performers of a Commedia dell'Arte; Designed by Saverio della Gatta (Italian, 1777 - 1829); Italy; pen and black ink and water colors on paper.; 11.8 × 18.1 cm (4 5/8 × 7 1/8 in.)

History of Spain. Liberal Revolution of 1820. "Oath of the liberal conspirators at the Taller Sublime lodge." The various lodges of the regiments were called together for a solemn meeting in Cádiz to conjure up a conspiracy in favour of the insurrection. Alcalá Galiano was the speaker, on a stage with Masonic symbolism. Illustration by Serra Pausas. Chromolithography. "Historia de la Revolución Española" (desde la Guerra de la Independencia a la Restauración en Sagunto), by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902). Spanish artist.

The Conferral and Legitimation of Political Power to Charles X at Rheims on 29 May 1825, France, digital improved reproduction of an original 19th century print, Europe

Allegory of the French Revolution. French citizen blindfolded trying to take the liberty, equality and fraternity, which mocked by exposing him to trip over rocks, fall, or meet with death. Colored engraving.

London, McLean, Thomas, England, Heath, William, A comfortable thing to be King of Greece, Prince Leopold as King of Greece, 1830, Leopold Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later King of Belgium) as King of Greece. In 1830 he was offered the Greek crown, but he refused it. The prince sits very uncomfortably on a throne on a cushion of thorns. Several Greeks kneel at his feet, all of them looking at him suspiciously., cartoon, English cartoons, height 259 mm, width 370 mm, English, 1795 - 1840-04-07, print maker, printmaker, 1830-03-06 - 1830-03-06, paper, etching, etchings, hand colouring, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The figures represented here are Admiral d'Amboise and Anne of Britanny (died 1514). The French nobleman Admiral dAmboise was a French commander in the War of the League of Cambrai. Anne of Brittany was Duchess of Brittany and Queen consort of France. She was married to Maximilian I (Holy Roman Emperor), and then to Charles VIII of France, and then to Louis XII of France. This illustration dates to 1882.

PINTURICCHIO, Bernardino di Betto, called Il (1454-1513). Piccolomini Library. Eneas Piccolomini introducing Leonor of Portugal to Frederick III. 1502-1508. ITALY. Siena. Cathedral. Central detail. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco.

Painting depicting Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) on her way to the Wedding of Anne Russell and Lord Herbert at Blackfriars. Dated 16th Century

Queen Elizabeth I of England receiving Dutch Ambassadors, 1570-1575. Artist Unknown. Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany.

This chromolithograph shows the French king Louis XIII at age 16, the age he was when he took control of the country as king.. He is the figure in the yellowish outfit, with a plumed hat, at the top of the stairs. He is preparing to mount his horse, being held by attendants. Louis had ascended the throne as a minor, in 1610, and so his mother, Marie de' Medici, ruled as regent. He turned 13 in 1614, but Marie continued as regent and ruler til 1617, when Louis at age 16, with his supporters, overthrew his mother and her supporters. This lithogrpah is by Crispin de Pas, a well-known Dutch publisher and engraver who died in 1637.

The Rosa d'amore (Love Rose) ballet at the Scala Theatre in Milan. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 19th March 1899.

William of Hainault, Count d'Ostrevant, setting out on his expedition to recapture Friesland, 1396. William rides out of a castle, accompanied by his herald with banner, with his knights in armour. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.

Emma's Birthday by Carl Larsson, 1855-1919 Swedish, watercolor and pencil, Sweden, Stockholm, National Museum

Historia. Siglo XV. Juana de Arco ante Carlos VII, rey de Francia. Años 1940. Dibujo de Mestre. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

The figures represented here are Admiral d'Amboise and Anne of Britanny (died 1514). The French nobleman Admiral d'Amboise was a French commander in the War of the League of Cambrai. Anne of Brittany was Duchess of Brittany and Queen consort of France. She was married to Maximilian I (Holy Roman Emperor), and then to Charles VIII of France, and then to Louis XII of France. This illustration dates to 1882.

Serie Oper Theater Alt-Berlin, Märkisches Ringelstechen, Kurfürst Johann Georg feiert 1590 die Taufe seines Erstgeborenen in Berlin / Series Opera Theater Old Berlin, Märkisches Ringelstechen, Elector Johann Georg celebrates the christening of his firstborn in Berlin in 1590, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei, genaues Datum unbekannt.

Asia (part of a set) 19th century Castelli. Asia (part of a set). Italian. 19th century. Earthenware. Engraved or published by Frederick de Wit (Dutch, 1629/30-1706). Ceramics-Pottery

The figures pictured here are Franks from the years A.D. 700 to 800. They are, from left to right: a man of rank, a princess, and a woman of rank. Franks were members of the Germanic nation or coalition that conquered Gaul (present-day France) in the 6th century.

Francis I and Charles V made peace at the Truce of Nice in 1538. Francis actually refused to meet Charles in person, and the treaty was signed in separate rooms. Truce of Nice 1538. Taddeo Zuccari

CODICE CHICO - EL REY LATINO DA A LAVINIA A ENEA. Location: BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA-COLECCION. VATICANO.

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