Historical Figures in Art

Various artistic depictions of historical figures, including falconers, dancers, and characters from classical literature, utilizing diverse styles and techniques.

Figure illustrating the art of fencing, Neu kunstlich Fechtbuch, Fabris, Salvatore, d. 1617, Etching, engraving, black-and-white, 1616

Stefano della Bella depicts a country servant standing with a falcon, wearing a feathered hat. Drawn with pencil and pen around 1633-1634.

Allegory made in a guardhouse by volunteers, in Marseille on May 3, 1790. (IT)

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicting characters Clinia and Syrus from Terence's comedy 'Heautontimorumenos,' showing figures, gestures, and stage setting, created around 1492-1493.

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, From Bizzarie di varie Figure, 1624 From Bizzarie di varie Figure

Nations of Europe ballets 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Three plates on one sheet illustrating ballets introduced by three European nations. The first with the representation of Bacchus at center, the second with Thetis, and the third with Saturn.. Nations of Europe ballets. Anonymous, Italian, 17th century. 17th century. Etching

Designs for Reliquaries, Pen and ink on paper, Sheet with multiple details for a reliquary., Italy, 1698, metalwork, Drawing, Drawing

Twee acteurs met sabel en gepluimde hoed; Ein Newes Reissbüchlein für die Jugent.Two standing men or actors. We see the left on his back. He leans with his elbow on a wall and wears a saber. The right man greets him and takes off his hat. The print is part of an album.

Figure illustrating the art of fencing, Neu kunstlich Fechtbuch, Fabris, Salvatore, d. 1617, Etching, engraving, black-and-white, 1616

Two sword fighters; Sword fighters. Two naked sword fighters. The print is part of a series about two sword fighters in a two camp.

Pen and lightly watercolored drawing by Albrecht Dürer from 1512 'The Ring and Fencing Book', showing fencing positions and leader-side figures.

Hercules, Deianeira and the centaur Nessos, Gerard ter Borch (I), c. 1617 - 1619, draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I), Zwolle, c. 1617 - 1619, paper, brush, h 153 mm × w 198 mm

Cod. 11093, fol. 33r: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene; pen and brush drawing, Southwestern Germany, mid-15th c.

Pyramid of six men. Six naked men together form a human pyramid.

Edouard Eckman after Jacques Callot, Two Pantaloons Dancing, 1621 Two Pantaloons Dancing

Edouard Eckman after Jacques Callot, Two Pantaloons Dancing, 1621 Two Pantaloons Dancing

Boys playing at a porch in front of a house, 1651 drawing Zwolle paper. ink. chalk brush

Two Pantalons Turning. Jacques Callot (France, Nancy, 1592-1635). France, circa 1622. Prints; etchings. Etching

Children's cruisted, monogramist LIW, 1700 - 1800 print Fourth block of six, together form a Frisian with the children's crusade. Devils are killed and tortured by children. Two cartouches with text in Dutch. Low Countries paper militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc.. child. Christian religion (+ devil(s)). law and jurisprudence (+ torture)

Netherlands, Angels and a sword fight, verso - stamped, Four angels holding a leaf, an angel hunting a deer with a spear and two men with dogs in a sword fight. The figures are largely made of curls (calligraphy)., print, folk print, prints, folk prints, height 419 mm, width 329 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1700 - 1899, paper, etching, etchings, colours, print maker, printmaker

Groups playing ball games and spectators of a rooster fight, c. 1660 Studies of a street with figures playing a ball game and of squatted figures in a semicircle that look at a rooster fight. At the bottom of the leaf figures that throw their arms and legs in the air. They may dance or play a ball game. Page 2 Verso of a section of 10 sheets from a sketchbook. Indonesia (possibly) paper. ink pen / brush ball games. cock-fighting. Asiatic races and peoples (INDONESIANS). Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME)

Combat with Sword; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Venice, Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, From Bizzarie di varie Figure, 1624 From Bizzarie di varie Figure

Soldier holding his skewer with both hands upright for himself high above the ground (no. 3), ca. 1600. a soldier, for feet, which holds a skewer (lance) with both hands upright for himself high above the ground ( No 3), ca. 1600. This is the second operation for the upright of the skewer. Plate 3 In the instructions for handling the skewer: Letter Instruction Upon The Contrefaitinges, Concerning The Right Use, or All What a Souldier Needeth to Know in Handling or the Pike. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns Arms Handhe: J. de Gheyn, The Exercise of Armes for Calivres, Muskettes and Pikes After The Ordre of Maurits Prince of Orange, The Hague 1608. Marriens around 1600.

Cod. 11093, fol. 21v: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene; pen and brush drawing, Southwestern Germany, mid-15th c.

Four Allegorical Figures. Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450)

Jacob wrestling with the angel. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Intermediary draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I). Dating: Feb-1649. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 125 mm × w 174 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), four eunuchs greeting. First issue of the suite. First issue of 6 pieces constituting the first entry (A. de Vesme 1118. Dutuit 103) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

"Do Not Break the Crown" fol. 43 recto. Dated: c. 1512/1515. Dimensions: overall: 16.2 x 10.7 cm (6 3/8 x 4 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French early 16th century.

Le Gentilhomme a la Grande Canne (The Gentleman with a Large Cane), from Les Caprices Series B, The Nancy Set 1617-20 Jacques Callot French. Le Gentilhomme a la Grande Canne (The Gentleman with a Large Cane), from Les Caprices Series B, The Nancy Set. Les Caprices Series B. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1617-20. Etching; first state of two (Lieure). Prints

Four standing men in different positions, Jan de Bisschop, After Andrea del Sarto, After Baccio Bandinelli, After Unknown, 1668 - 1671 print Four standing men: seen a servant on the back (a), a man who holds up a curtain (B), a man in a Florentine costume (C) and a standing warrior with a staff in his hand (D). Northern Netherlands paper etching manservant, footman. the soldier; the soldier's life. folk costume, regional costume

Boys playing with twirls. Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 8-Nov-1656. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 85 mm × w 143 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Copper engraving by Israhel van Meckenem from the late 15th century depicting various goldsmith studies, showing detailed decorative objects and tools.

Masked, small male figure with right hand grasping hat and left hand grasping sword hilt, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi' ca. 1621-25 Jacques Callot French. Masked, small male figure with right hand grasping hat and left hand grasping sword hilt, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi' 409937

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, From Bizzarie di varie Figure, 1624 From Bizzarie di varie Figure

The judgment of Paris. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I) (possibly). Intermediary draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I). Dating: 1626 - c. 1687. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: d 103 mm; h 108 mm × w 118 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Junius, Hadrianus, Haarlem, Galle, Philips, Story of the sluggard, The sluggard is struck down by Poverty and Want, The sluggard lies on the ground. The personifications of Lack, a man with an amputated leg, and Poverty, a man with torn trousers, beat him with clubs. Based on the Bible texts in Prov. 6:11 and Prov. 24:34. Below the representation is an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, pictures, height 206 mm, width 246 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1563 - 1567, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Northern Netherlands, 1511-07-01 - 1576-06-16, writer

Four Allegorical Figures. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco.

Cod. 11093, fol. 9r: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: fencing scene

Drawing, Personification of Two of the Elements; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, black chalk, traces of graphite on off white laid paper; 23.3 x 10.3 cm (9 3/16 x 4 1/16 in.)

France, French Crown, Paris, Henriet, Israel, Bella, Stefano della, Receuil de diverses pieces tres nessessaire a la fortification, Zaken die zorgen, Drie soldaaten, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 82 mm, width 67 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1590 - 1661, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Standing man and kneeling man with compass. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1700 - 1799. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 137 mm × w 190 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

This study sheet depicts fourteen male figures, including some soldiers, rendered in gray and brown ink with gray wash, with minor damage to the upper left corner.

Unarmed Combat; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco, Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.)

Study sheet with a suitor taken by his beloved prisoner. Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I). Dating: 1620 - c. 1625. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 159 mm × w 97 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Four Figures with Swords. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco.

Combat with Dagger and Staff. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Illustration by Albrecht Dürer from The Ring and Fencing Book, executed in pen with slight watercolor, showing fencing positions, combat techniques, and figures on paper, dated 1512.

A pen and lightly watercolored drawing by Albrecht Dürer from 1512 illustrating techniques from his Ring and Fencing Book, showing figures in fencing positions and stances.

Four Samnite gladiators fighting with swords (gladius), shields (scutum) greaves (ocrea) and helmets. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1798).

Giovanni Battista Bracelli (Italian, active c. 1624-1649), From "Bizzarie di varie Figure", 1624, etching

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Balli di Sfessania, Cicho Sgarra - Collo Francisco. Fifth number of a suite of 24 pieces" (Lieure 383, Meaume 646). Etching. 1616-1617. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99600-27 Etching, engraving

Two Ancient Warriors Fighting over a Dead Comrade. Dimensions: sheet: 22.4 x 29.5 cm (8 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.). Medium: graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bartolomeo Pinelli.

A curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised. Such was the popularity of the bouncing the beechum cartoon, that many people recreated the game for real! Copyright: By courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library/ILN 1910

Combat with Sword; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340,1350 - before 1450); Venice, Italy; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1,8 in.)

Netherlands, Robyn, J., Amsterdam, Founder, heirs of widow Cornelis, This ox, so big and fat it is, Will not fail the butcher's axe, Fed with grass and hay, Despite its fairground attire, Sheet with a large representation of a guild ox (also called a fairground ox or prize ox), decorated with floral wreaths. Below the representation an eight-line verse in two columns. Numbered at top right: No. 47., print, prent, volksprent, prints, popular prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 305 mm, width 410 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher, 1715 - 1813, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, colours, print maker, printmaker

Navigation by Odysseus, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, After Nicolò Dell'abate, 1633 Odysseus and his men, dressed in armor, on the ships. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Odysseus and his men, dressed in armor, on the ships. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing

Procession, with three groups of three men, each holding a gun. Artist: Anonymous, German, 16th century. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 17 1/16 in. (17 × 43.4 cm)Plate: 5 9/16 × 15 9/16 in. (14.2 × 39.5 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Putti playing with a Januskop. One putto keeps the face up. The children are scared and racing away from the head. Leaf 34 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets.

Combat with Sword. Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco (Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450)

Three male figures, two with stick and stitch.

Combat with Dagger and Sword; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco, Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.)

Giovanni Battista Bracelli, From Bizzarie di varie Figure, 1624 From Bizzarie di varie Figure

Combat with Pollaxe; Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco, Italian, about 1340/1350 - before 1450; about 1410; Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 27.9 x 20.6 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.)

Study sheet by Albert Flamen depicting eleven male figures performing construction work, drawn with gray and brown pen with gray washes on paper slightly damaged and blue-stained at the upper corners.

Two running children with a goat. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 8-Apr-1653. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 128 mm × w 188 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Frieze with Playing Children, Charcoal, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, Horizontal rectangle with ten playing children. At the center, four dance. Framing lines., Italy, 1600-1625, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Dance of death, 1660 - c. 1687 draughtsman: Zwolleafter design by: Europe paper. watercolor (paint). ink brush draughtsman: Zwolleafter design by: Europe paper. watercolor (paint). ink brush

Moving figures. Draughtsman: Luca Cambiaso (manner of). Dating: 1540 - 1620. Measurements: h 265 mm × w 200 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cartouche surrounded by a man and a putto. Draughtsman: Pieter Jansz.. Dating: 1657 - 1662. Measurements: h 81 mm × w 139 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Foot Combat with Poles, c.1512-1515, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Foot (Volume III), pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper, sheet: 33.6 × 26.4 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.), German 16th Century (artist)

Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, inventor: Annibale Carracci, work, Viiniasaavi kantaja (19), (1000 - 2000), line etching, graphics, plate width 19.5 cm, plate height 28.5 cm

Frisian with Putti procession, master of the dice, after Rafaël, c. 1530 - c. 1560 print A Frisian with a parade of naked putti. On the left, two putti wear a bird cage on the shoulders. For them there is a putto on the back of a goat. In the middle two putti with a double trumpet and two putti with a drum. On the right two putti with masks and a putto that fell to the ground. Italy paper engraving cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. mask. bird in a cage. horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba. drum (musical instrument)

The King Of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha. Color drawing of the king of Kandy with crown, red buildings and in a checkered suit holding a paper roll. With inscription. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 2 (1808), p. 37.

Cucorongna - Pernoualla, from the Balli di Sfessania ca. 1622 Jacques Callot French. Cucorongna - Pernoualla, from the Balli di Sfessania 681451

The death of the litigation, 1597 print On a city square, bad conscience and poverty dig a grave for the litigation man who is dead behind them. The soul of the deceased is taken by a devil in the form of process. Extensive caption in Dutch, German and Latin. This print is part of a series of eight prints about greed, deception and litigation. paper engraving Poverty; 'Povertè', 'Poor of Doni', 'Poor in one who had a good ingenuity' (Ripa). serious, tomb. Conscience; 'Conscience' (Ripa)

A 1512 drawing by Albrecht Dürer from the Ring and Fencing Book, executed in pen and lightly watercolored, showing fencing figures, positions, and movements.

Study of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.

fol. 145v. 1402. Rudolf, von Ems, -approximately 1254. Spencer Collection

Icarus and his father Daedalus flying. Engraving by Albrecht Durer, 1493.

Two street artists such as Cucorongna and Pernoualla, Jacques Callot, 1621 - 1622 print Two artists with feathered headwear on dancing side by side. Their names are listed among the figures. This print is part of a series of 23 prints (24 incl. Title print) with two street artists in the foreground dressed as figures from the Italian Commedia dell'arte, and in the background spectators who in the outdoors a (dance) performance of street artists Gadeslaan. Nancy paper etching dancing. types in 'commedia dell'arte'

Two standing men. Draughtsman: Herman Saftleven. Dating: 1619 - 1685. Measurements: h 60 mm × w 89 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Cod. 11093, fol. 40v: Book on Swordsmanship and Wrestling Full page: wrestling scene; pen and brush drawing, Southwestern Germany, mid-15th c.

Two goats. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 6-Jan-1650. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 75 mm × w 111 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Ink, feather, and pencil work by Ignaz Eissler from the 19th century depicting earth and fastening work, showing construction, terrain, tools, and structural supports.

Allegory with the competition between Atalanta and Hippomenene, 1709, 1710 print Allegory of the demolished peace negotiations between the allies and France in The Hague in the form of the competition between Atalanta and Hippomenes. Numbered below: 3. Inscriptions and verses in the record in Dutch and French. Part of the Vorstelyke Staat-Balans, a series of 7 numbered cartoons on the French in 1709 of the Spanish Succession War. Part of the print work published under the collection title 't Lust-Hof of Momus with the bundled series of cartoons during the years 1701-1713 of the Spanish War of Succession. Amsterdam paper etching political caricatures and satires. during the foot-race Hippomenes drops the three golden apples; Atalante stops to pick them up, and is thus beaten

Monument of the Cemetery of Innocents (cover page) Claude-Louis Bernier (1755-1830). Monument of the Cemetery of Innocents (custody page) destroyed in 1786, lifted, measured and drawn by the orders of messire thiroux de Crosne ...... presented to M the Commissioner Gereau on 16 September 1786 by his very affectioned servant Claude Bernier, architect. 1786.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Balli di Sfessania, Captain Cardoni - Maramao. Twenty -second number of a suite of 24 pieces" (Lieure 400, Meaume 662). Etching. 1616-1617. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99601-12 Etching, engraving

Combat with Rondel and Dagger. Date/Period: Ca. 1410. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 279 mm (10.98 in); Width: 206 mm (8.11 in). Author: Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco.

Border tile, painted with blue, male figure, border tile wall tile tile material ceramics earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Rotterdam City center Stadsdriehoek Lombardstraat Binnenrotte Soil discovery Binnenrotte-Lombardstraat in Rotterdam

'Three Studies of a Madonna and Child', c1475 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci.

A man buried up to his waist holds his hands up above his head: a man and a woman stand on either side watching him in distress. Woodcut, 17--.

Foot Combat with Longswords and Buckler Shields, c.1512-1515, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Foot (Volume III), pen and black ink with watercolor on laid paper, sheet: 33.8 × 26.3 cm (13 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.), German 16th Century (artist)

Two Fencers, from Fencers, plate 5. Artist: Dirk Volckertsz Coornhert (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1519/22-1590 Gouda); After Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498-1574 Haarlem). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 9 13/16 in. (19.5 x 24.9 cm). Series/Portfolio: Fencers. Date: 1552. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A drawing by Albrecht Dürer from 1512, using pen and slight watercolor, illustrating techniques and exercises in fencing and combat within his ring and fencing book.

Beheading of St George, by Karcher Giovanni, 1552 - 1552, 16th Century, wool and silk. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Ferrara, Cathedral Museum. Detail. Fisher water bush foliage lake red yellow green light blue: azure brown dark: brown shades.

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Jacques Callot, Razullo and Cucurucu, c 1622 Razullo and Cucurucu

A giant holding a crozier with a cap of liberty points menacingly to Daniel O'Connell who stands on the brink of a precipice. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843.

Allegory of the Lizard by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.

Gian Fritello - Ciurlo, plate 7 from Balli di Sfessania Made 1617-1627 France. Etching and engraving on paper . Jacques Callot

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