Historical Figures in Art

Detailed depictions of historical figures and events from the 15th and 16th centuries, featuring vibrant colors and intricate designs in various artistic styles.

Great Britain, United Kingdom, England, Surrey, London, Hampton Court Palace, Detail of Tapestry from Great Watching Chamber

Detail from a tapestry depicting Queen Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589) and her husband Henry II of France (1519-1559). Dated 16th Century

King Louis XII by Jean Bourdichon, Tempera and gold on parchment, 1457-1521, 16th century, France, Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and dry tempera. Italy. Lombardy. Mantua. Ducal Palace. North wall or the chimney wall. The Court. Detail of the Marquis Ludovico III Gonzaga, his secretary and his children Gianfrancesco, Ludovico and Paola. Under the armchair the dog Rubino

St Gereon and his companions, right panel of the Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi, ca 1445, by Stefan Lochner (ca 1400-1451), panel.

Maestro de Gualba / Retablo de San Mauricio, siglo XV, Tabla dorada y policromada al temple, 187 x 122 cm. Museu de Montserrat. Museum: Museu de Montserrat. Author: MAESTRO DE GUALBA (S. XV).

16th century Flemish tapestry, detail.

Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1741Lower part. Tempera on papel. Group of clergymen between of the pope Sixtus IV) (1414-1484). By Italian painter Benozzo Gozzoli (1420-1497). Renaissance. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

'The Adoration of the Kings', c1510, (1912). Artist: Jan Gossaert.

Saint Vincent before Dacian. Date/Period: Ca. 1455-1460. Painting. Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood. Height: 1,760 mm (69.29 in); Width: 978 mm (38.50 in). Author: JAUME HUGUET.

Great Britain, United Kingdom, England, Surrey, London, Hampton Court Palace, Detail of Tapestry from Great Watching Chamber

ANGELICO, Fra (1387-1455). The Annunciation Altarpiece. ca. 1440. Detail of the central predella depicting the 'Adoration of the Magi'. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood. ITALY. TUSCANY. AREZZO. San Giovanni Valdarno. Museum of the Basilica de Santa Maria de la Gracia. Proc: MONACO. Monte-Carlo. Convent of the Franciscans.

MARIE D'ANJOU Wife of Charles VII (the Victorious) with her court. Date: -

Wing from an altarpiece showing Christ before Annas c. 1525-30 Oil on panel by the Master of Cappenberg

The Mystic Burial. Joseph Edward Southall (1861-1944). Watercolour and bodycolour. Signed and dated 1895. 10 x 7.5in

MARCIAL DE PARIS LLAMADO MARCIAL DE AUVERGNE EN LA CORONACION DE CARLOS VII POR EL ARZOBISPO DE REIMS EN 1429. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano03. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Byzantine architectural fragments; parchment fragments with miniatures (12th century) from Montecassino; painted wooden crucifix (13th century); Carolingian crucifixes; Bishop's miter (11th century) of gold and silver damask; fresco (13th century). Post-medieval: Architecture (15th century). Formerly the Palazzo Antignano. Unusual Catalan/Moorish-style portal; Paintings on panel and canvas (15th-18th centuries); marble intarsia (16th century); marble sculpture: busts of Christ and Mary (17th century); sculpture of saints in marble and in wood (15th century); painted and gilded sculpture in wood; marble grave sculpture (16th century); sarcophagus with allegorical carvings; gold reliquary "Rosa d'Oro"; crucifix made of elephant tusk Specific Location: Pianterreno Antiquities: Italic sculpture (seated women holding babies); inscription. Photo campaign #1: 533 photos. Roman relief and sculpture; cinerary urns; Greek an

Gothic art. 15th Century. Jaume Huguet (c. 1415-1492). Catalan painter. Altarpiece of the Saints Abdon and Senen (1460-1461). Church of Saint Mary of Terrassa. Catalonia. Spain.

History of Italy. 1300. From left to right, 14-15-16: dames, 17-18-19: middle and lower class women. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.

Holy Roman Empire, 1100. From left to right: warrior, princess and lady. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume V, 1884.

Ladies in vintage clothes with baby, detail from Stories of the Virgin: Presentation of Mary in the Temple, fresco by Taddeo Gaddi (ca 1300-1366), 1328-1338. Bandini Baroncelli Chapel, Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence. Italy, 14th century.

panel of Saint Sebastian and Saint John the Evangelist, 15th century, oil on panel, Sorripas parish church, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Artist, attributed to: Lippo d Andrea, Italian, Florence, ca. 1370-before 1451, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and Saint Anthony of Padua, ca. 1380, Tempera on panel, 66.7 × 29.5 × 2.5 cm (26 1/4 × 11 5/8 × 1 in.), Made in Florence, Italy, Italian, Florence, 14th century, Paintings

Belgium,Brugge,City Hall,Painting in The Gothic Chamber

Richard II of England with his patron saints (The left inside panel of the Wilton Diptych) by Wilton Master (active 1395 - 1399)/ National Gallery, London/ Between 1395 and 1399/ England/ Tempera on panel/ Medieval art/ 47,5x29,2/ Portrait,Bible

Girolamo Giovenone (1486/1487-1555). Italian painter of the early Renaissance period. Sts. Dorothy and Lucy with one of the faithful, 1508. Oil on wooden panel (125 x 53 cm). Pinacoteca Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy. (On loan, Istituti Ospedalieri di Milano).

retrato del rey Jaume I, pintado en 1623 por Andreu Reus, salon de plenos del ayuntamiento de Palma, siglo XIX, plaza de Cort, Palma, mallorca, islas baleares, Spain, europa.

'Saints Peter and Dorothy', c1505, (1909). Artist: Unknown.

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

Frederick III of Habsburg, Christian I of Denmark and Federico I Gonzaga, detail from the Meeting Wall, 1465-1474, by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1606), fresco. San Giorgio Castle, Wedding Chamber or Camera Picta, Mantua.

Portrait of Dante Alighieri (From: Fresco of Paradise), Giotto di Bondone (1266-1377)

Probably born in Venice around 1254 CE, Marco Polo was raised by his aunt and uncle after his mother died. His father, Niccolo, was a Venetian merchant who left before Marco was born to trade in the Middle East. Niccolo and his brother Maffeo passed through much of Asia and met with Mongol emperor Kublai Khan who reportedly invited them to be ambassadors. In 1269, Niccolo and Maffeo returned to Venice, meeting Marco for the first time. In 1271, Marco Polo, aged 17, with his father and his uncle, set off for Asia, travelling through Constantinople, Baghdad, Persia, Kashgar, China and Burma. They returned to Venice 24 years and 15,000 miles later with many riches. Upon their return, Venice was at war with Genoa, and Marco Polo was imprisoned. He spent the few months of his imprisonment dictating his adventures to a fellow inmate, Rustichello da Pisa, who incorporated the tales into a book he called 'The Travels of Marco Polo'. The book documented the use of paper money and the burning of

Basina of Thuringia (438-477) husband of King Basinus. She herself took the initiative to ask for the hand of Childeric I, king of the Franks, and married him. Miniature 15th century: Marriage between Childeric I and Basina. "Les Chroniques de France" or "Les Chroniques de Saint-Denis". Conde Museum. France.

MARTIRIO DE SAN HERMENEGILDO - PINTURA SIGLO XVI-ANTES DE LA RESTAURACION. Author: RAMIREZ JUAN. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. GRANADA. SPAIN.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616). English playwright and poet. Engraving taken from a painting of Ford Madox Brown Part of Cordella, heroine of the tragedy King Lear. The Iberian Illustration, 1886. Colored.

History of France. 1400. From left to right, 13: Knight of the Golden Fleece, 14: princess, 15: bourgeois woman. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.

Sarah Bernhardt (Henriette-Rosine Bernard) (Paris, 1844-Paris, 1923). French stage actress of Jewish origin. Actress of the Comedie Franaise and the Odeon. Sarah Bernhardt reappears in Paris performing in "Athalie", 1920. Engraving. Later colouration.

SANTA BARBARA - PATRONA DE ARTILLERIA - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN (1598-1664). Location: CONVENTO DE SANTA CLARA. CARMONA. Seville. SPAIN. PATRONA DE LA ARTILLERIA. SANTA BARBARA (273-306) BARBARA DE NICOMEDIA.

Khusrau spies Shirin bathing. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1800.

Umbria Perugia Citta della Pieve S. Maria della Mercede5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 One view of the 17th century facade of the church; interior views show details of a fesco by Perugino. Object Notes: Hutzel shot this campaign in 1982 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.

Young man offering the manuscript to the Countess of Hauteville. 15th century miniature of "Livre des cleres et nobles femmes." Chateau de Chantilly. France.

Virgin of the Consellers, 1443-1445. Detail. Oil on oak wood. 316 x 312,5 x 32,5 cm. From the altar of the chapel of Barcelona City Hall. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Author: DALMAU LLUIS.

SIR WALTER RALEIGH sacrifices his new cloak so that his queen's feet will not get muddied. Date: First published: 1821

Grand dignitaries from the court of King Charles VIII, France, 15th century. Lords in plumed hats, fur-lined coats, with daggers and falcon. Grands dignitaires de la cour de Charles VIII. France, 15e siecle. From the illuminated manuscript King René's Tournament Book, Tournois du Roi Rene, 1460, MS 8351, Bibliotheque Imperiale de Paris. Chromolithograph by Ferdinand Sere and Auguste Racinet from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Canada, New Brunswick, Central New Brunswick, Fredericton, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, detail of Gobelins Tapestry, The Hunts of Maximilian, 1663

The Presentation in the Temple A22018 Painting; oil on panel; painted surface: 57.9 x 47.8 cm (22 13/16 x 18 13/16 in.) overall (panel): 59 x 48.1 cm (23 1/4 x 18 15/16 in.);

'St Michael and Engracia', c1489-c1513. Artist: Juan de la Abadia the Younger

MINIATURA-HERALDO ANTE CARLOMAGNO. Author: ANTOINE VERARD. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

Painting titled 'Peace and dancing girls' by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290-1348) Italian painter of the Sienese school. Dated 14th Century

Panels of Knights and Panel of the Relic, detail from the Altarpiece of St Vincent, 1460-1470, by Nuno Goncalves (active 1450-1471).

Youth in typical Renaissance dress with tights and openwork doublet, detail from Benedict receives the Roman youths Maurus and Placidius, Come Benedetto riceve li due giovanetti romani Mauro e Placido, Fresco by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi called Sodoma, cycle of frescoes on the life of Benedict of Nursia, Benedetto da Norcia, Cloister, Olivetans, Monastery of Monte Olivetro Maggiore, Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Crete Senesi, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Garden of Love at the Court of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the Gardens of the Chateau de Hesdin in 1431. 16th c. Central detail of the courtiers. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

Spain, Castilla y Leon Region, Segovia Province, Segovia, The Alcazar, tapestry detail

Richard II & his patron saints, John the Baptist, Edward the Confessor and Edmund King and Martyr; Colour Illustration copied from the Wilton Diptych

Kleidung, von 1485-1510, Bauernkleider, von lks, ee Dame, e Herr Jagdkleidung, die König und zwei Hofdamen, digital verbesserte Reproduktion eer Illus...

Maestro de Becerril / 'Solomon', ca. 1525, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 90,8 cm x 87,7 cm, P08019. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

St Peter Martyr and St Venancio, detail from the Camerino Polyptych, 1482, by Carlo Crivelli (1430-35 - pre-1495), tempera on wood, 170x 60 cm.

Paolo III and Orazio Farnese, 1560, detail from a fresco by Taddeo Zuccari (1529-1566) and Federico Zuccari (ca. 1540-1609). Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola. Italy, 16th century.

Portrait of Nicholas Gaze and His Son and St Nicholas, 1525. Flemish School

'Queens', nine glass panels acided, stained and painted, Illustrating J.M. Synge's poem, designed and executed by Harry Clarke in 1917. 'Queens whose finger once did stir men'. Harry Clarke (1889-1931). Painted glass. 30.5 x 18.4cm.

Italian Renaissance Torrechiara Castle. Benedetto Bembo 1423 - 1489. Gold Room - Camera Peregrina Aurea; 1462. cycle of frescoes.

HUGUET, Jaume (1415-1492). Altarpiece of St. 1459-1460. Detail of a predella. Gothic art. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Terrassa. Church of St. Mary.

Piobbico (Italia, Marche - provincia di Pesaro-Urbino), Castello Brancaleoni, appartamento nobile, Camera Romana. Ciclo di affreschi attribuito a Damiani da Gubbio e stucchi di Federico Brandani. La famiglia di Antonio II Brancaleoni con sua moglie Laura Cappello, la piccola Isabella e gli otto figli maschi, XVI secolo

'Allegory of the Education of Philip III', ca. 1590, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 158 cm x 105 cm, P01846. Author: JUSTUS TIEL. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. CUPID. PHILIPP III. VON SPANIEN. AMOR MITOLOGIA. CRONOS. JUSTICIA. TIEMPO.

Wallpaintings at the camposanto Monumentale, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Master of the Starck Triptych, Saint Catherine (right wing exterior), c 1480 1490 Saint Catherine right wing exterior

Rural Concert, detail with two musicians of a 16th century Flemish tapestry woven in wool and silk.

Santa Monica. Ciclo di affreschi di Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano, inizio XV secolo. Ciclo del Battista - banchetto di Erode

fine arts, islamic art, Persia, miniature, catafalque of Iskander, Tabriz, circa 1330, Freer Gallery, Washington DC,

The gallant Sir Walter Raleigh lays down his cloak at the feet of Queen Elizabeth I to prevent her from stepping in the mud. Date: 1581

Religious illustration with Saint Odile and Saint Christina by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Oil on wood, 1506, 1472-1553, Great Britain, London, National Gallery, 123x67

Girolamo Giovenone (1486/1487-1555). Italian painter of the early Renaissance period. Sts. Defendente and Apollonia with a devotee, 1508. Oil on wooden panel. Pinacoteca Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy. (On loan, Istituti Ospedalieri di Milano). Author: Girolamo Giovenone (1486/1487-1555). Italian painter.

Monteleone di Fermo (Italia, Marche - provincia di Fermo) chiesa della Misericordia. Controfacciata, Vincenzo Pagani e bottega, Madonna del latte con San'Anna, San Giuseppe e Santa (), affresco, XVI secolo

Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and dry tempera. Italy. Lombardy. Mantua. Ducal Palace. North wall or the chimney wall. The Court. Detail of face of the dignitary leaning against the pillar face gold brown red hat head gear/headdress

Roundel made in Limoges, France ca. 1500-1520 attributed to the Master of the Louis XII Triptych. Made from painted enamel on copper gilding. It shows King Herod Antipas and his wife Herodias with the head of John the Baptist

Jules-Elie Delaunay (1828-1891). Customary law. Oil on canvas, 1881. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. Female allegory, customary law, sketch, woman, portrait, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century

King Arthur 1823 Christian Friedrich Tieck (1776-1851 German) Handcolored engraving

MUJER MONTAÑESA DE NAVARRA - 1529 - CODICE DE LOS TRAJES - TRACHTENBUCH - RENACIMIENTO ALEMAN. Author: CHRISTOPHE WEIDITZ (1500-1559).

Incoronazione Maringhi or Coronation of the Virgin, 1441-1447, by Filippo Lippi (ca 1406-1469), tempera on wood, 200x287 cm. Detail.

Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin by Nikolai Vasilyevich Kharitonov, oil on canvas , 1916, 1880-1944, Russia, Moscow , State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, 135x250

The last moments of Charles V, oil on canvas, Joaquin Maria Herrera, 1864, Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste, 15th century, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

Retablo de los santos Abdón y Senén, 1460. Panel central del retablo. Pintura al temple de huevo sobre tabla. 301x225 cm. Iglesia de Santa María, Terrasa. Author: Jaume Huguet.

fine arts, Estense, Baldassare (1443 - 1504), painting, ""Family Portrait"", circa 1480, tempera on panel, 112.3 cm x 90.8 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany,

Coat of arms with the Lichtenfels coat of arms and a unicorn hunt, around 1515. Germany or Switzerland, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date not Stated 1f-4913421

Giuliano Cesarini the Younger (1466-1510), aged 14 by Anguissola, Sofonisba (ca. 1532-1625) / Private Collection / ca 1586 / Italy, School of Sicily / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 186x115

Saint Christopher, fresco in Saint Valentine Church, between Klausen and Villanders, Eisack Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Saint Apollonia. Gouache painting, 19--.

Dukes of Bavaria, Germany, 16th century (1849).Artist: Franz Kellerhoven

PINTURICCHIO, Bernardino di Betto, called Il (1454-1513). Piccolomini Library. Eneas Piccolomini introducing Leonor of Portugal to Frederick III. 1502-1508. ITALY. Siena. Cathedral. Detail in the lower left part. Knights of. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco.

The Queen of Sheba before Solomon 1437 Konrad Witz (ca.1405-1444 6 Swiss) Tempera on wood

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII, 1854. By Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). Neoclassicism. Louvre Museum. Paris. France. Author: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

SAN BLAS - 1490-1500 - OLEO/TABLA - 123,5 x 65 cm - ESCUELA ARAGONESA. Author: MIGUEL JIMENEZ. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Temperate and the Intemperate; Master of the Dresden Prayer Book (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515); Bruges, Belgium; about 1475 - 1480; Tempera colors and ink on parchment; Leaf: 17.5 x 19.4 cm (6 7,8 x 7 5,8 in.)

Germany: 'King Rudolf I Marries his Son Rudolf II with Agnes of Bohemia, Daughter of King Ottokar II', oil on metal painting, 19th century

TAPIZ DEL ENCUENTRO DE LUIS XIV Y FELIPE IV EL 7 JUN 1660 - EL MATRIMONIO DE LUIS XIV Y LA INFANTA MARIA TERESA POR LA PAZ DE LOS PIRINEOS. Author: Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Location: FRENCH EMBASSY. MADRID. SPAIN. JULES MAZARIN. PIMENTEL JUAN ALONSO. FELIPE DE ORLEANS. NAVAILLES MADAME DE. MALEPIQUE MARQUES DE. GRAMONT DUQUE DE. LIONNE HUGO DE. MARQUES DE AYTONA O MARQUES DE AITONA. FELIPE IV REY DE ESPAÑA. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ. LUIS MENDEZ DE HARO Y GUZMAN (1598-1661). CONDE DE MONTERREY (1586/1656). LUIS XIV DE FRANCIA (1643-1715) EL REY SOL. MARIA TERESA DE AUSTRIA (1638-1683). PASRO DE ARAGON (CAPITAN GUARDIA BORGOÑA). HENRI DE LA TOUR AUVERGNE VIZCONDE TURENNE. FERNANDO VOLVES DE CANTO-CARRERO.

Illustration depicting Cnut Sweynsson (died 1035), known as Cnut the Great or Canute, was King of Denmark, England and Norway; together often referred to as the North Sea Empire. Yet after the deaths of his heirs within a decade of his own, and the Norman conquest of England in 1066, this legacy was lost. He is popularly invoked in the context of the legend of King Canute and the tide, which often misrepresents him as a deluded monarch believing he has supernatural powers, contrary to the original legend which portrays a wise king who rebuked his courtiers for their fawning behaviour.

Umbria Terni Acquasparta Palazzo Cesi8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

Unknown artist, sixteenth century, An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII, ca. 1590. Oil on panel.

'A Man in a German Costume of 16th century, Trimmed with Fur'. Germany, 1530. Dimensions: 23x13 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Musician playing a lyre to his monarch. Engraving. Later colouration. 19th century.

Feeling that Edward IV no longer values his advice and favours instead the Woodvilles, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, submits to the queen of their Lancastrian enemies, Margaret of Anjou. 1469

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