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

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Protector of the University of Cusco. Date/Period: Ca. 1690 - ca. 1695. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,610 mm (63.38 in); Width: 1,170 mm (46.06 in). Author: Anonymous Cusco School.

Pedro Berruguete / 'Saint Gregory the Great and Saint Jerome'. 1495 - 1500. Oil on panel. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Portrait of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, anonymous, c. 1460 - c. 1480 painting Portrait of Karel de Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Standing to the right, back on a tiled floor. The chain of the Golden Fleece around the neck. At the top left the family crest. With integrated list. Pendant of SK-A-3835. Southern Netherlands panel. oil paint (paint) historical persons (+ full length portrait). armorial bearing, heraldry Burgundy

Portrait of Pope Alexander VI (1431-1503) he is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partly because he acknowledged fathering several children by his mistresses. Dated 16th Century

ARTE GOTICO. FLANDES. S. XV. MEMLING, Hans (Selingenstad am Main, h.1435Brujas, 1494). Pintor flamenco. ADORACION DE LOS REYES MAGOS. Los Magos son retratos de los duques de Borgoña Carlos el Temerario (1433-1477) y Felipe III el bueno (1396-1467). Museo del Prado. Madrid. España.

Saint Sebastian. Date/Period: Ca. 1450. Painting. Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood. Height: 1,444 mm (56.85 in); Width: 768 mm (30.23 in). Author: JAUME FERRER.

Totila (516-552). Rey de los Ostrogodos. Conversión del Rey Totila por San Benito en Montecassino (detalle), hacia 1590, por Diogo Teixeira (1540-1612) y Antonio da Costa (siglos XVI-XVII). Museo de la Misericordia de Porto (Museu da Misericordia do Porto). Oporto (Porto). Portugal.

Altarpiece of St Abdon and St Senen, 1459-1460, by Jaume Huguet (1412-1492), oil on canvas, detail. Church of Santa Maria d'Egara, Terrassa, Spain.

Coronation of Napoleon I, 2 December 1804. Napoleon placing the crown on Empress Josephine. Hand-coloured engraving.

Saint Florian painting on the facade of the house in Bad Ischl, Austria Saint Florian painting on the facade of the house in Bad Ischl, Austria Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20056670

Two Gentlemen of Verona, Valentine Rescuing Sylvia From Proteus, 1850-1851. By William Holman Hunt

Fresco painting in the St Nicholas Cathedral in Ljubljana, Slovenia

TRIPTICO DE STA CATALINA- PINTURA S XV-ESCUELA HISPANOFLAMENCA-TABLA CENTRAL. Author: FERNANDO GALLEGO. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. SALAMANCA. SPAIN. SANTA CATALINA DE ALEJANDRIA SIGLO IV.

R-S AGUSTIN ENSENANDO A LOS EREMITAS. Author: FERRARI G. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. DIJON. France. SAN AGUSTIN (354-430).

The figures pictured here represent English people between A.D. 1400 and 1450. They are from left to right: knight (1417), lady of rank, Henry V, earl, three soldiers, knight, Henry VI (1445), Margaret (his consort). The illustration dates to 1882.

Hours of Simon de Varie; Jean Fouquet (French, born about 1415 - 1420, died before 1481), and Dunois Master (French, active Paris, France until 1463), and Master of Jean Rolin II (Hand B) (French, active Paris, France last third of 14th century); Paris (perhaps), France; 1455; Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with red morocco with olive and citron morocco inlays; Leaf: 11.4 × 8.3 cm (4 1,2 × 3 1,4 in.)

Portrait. Date/Period: 1650 - 1700. Portrait. Height: 1,635 mm (64.37 in); Width: 900 mm (35.43 in). Author: Iran Unknown.

'Family of Tatar Nobleman'. Russia, 18th century. Dimensions: 61x48,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: late 18th-early 19th centuries Anonymous Artist.

Louis XI Artist Unknown Manuscript

Jean Penicaud I, Plaque with the Last Supper, c 1530 Jean Penicaud I (French, c. 1480 - after 1541), Plaque with the Last Supper, c. 1530, enamel painted on copper, Widener Collection 1942.9.289

Illuminated page from the Historia Naturalis. Dated 18th Century

A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting.

St. Jerome. Colour lithograph by C. Schultz after H. Memling, 1878.

Campania Napoli Nola Convento of S. Angelo0. 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.

Brazil, state of Bahia, Salvador. Pelourinho (Old City) UNESCO. Historic church of St. Francis (aka San Francisco) c. 1708, built in Baroque style. Famous blue and white Portuguese tile. (Large format sizes available)

Judith with Holofernes head by Sandro Botticelli, Tempera on panel, circa 1497, 1445-1510, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 36, 5x20

Evora Museum. Azulejos. Saint Dominic receiving the Rosary from the Virgin. Portugal.

The Stenbock family in their library at Ranas by Svan, Carl Fredrik (1708-1766) Skokloster Castle c. 1740 Oil on canvas 44x57 Sweden Rococo Portrait,Genre Painting

Allegory of Good Government, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1340, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala della Pace. Detail. Captives: prisoners male figures headdress: headgear beard moustache fist the hand of a knight: horseman holding a spear: lance.

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, 1854, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).

Otón II (955-983), el rojo, rey de Alemania e Italia, recibe el anillo de su padre Otón I (912-973), emperador del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico.

Painting, watercolor. Two men and one woman in 17th century clothes. Nordic

Painting of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English poet, playwright and actor, walking through London. Dated 16th century.

Ferdinand the Catholic (1452-1516). King of Aragon (1479Ð1516, as Ferdinand II), Sicily (1468Ð1516), Naples (1504Ð1516), Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona and King of Castile (1474Ð1504), as Ferdinand V, in right of his wife Isabella I. Death of Ferdinand the Catholic. Colored engraving.

The Ill-Matched Couple / Old man and young woman. Date/Period: 1522. Oil on beech wood. Height: 84.5 cm (33.2 in); Width: 63 cm (24.8 in). Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder.

Campania Napoli Naples S. Lorenzo Maggiore013. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Sculpture, architecture, architectural sculpture (including Roman spolia) 13-14th century Chapter house; sarcophagi, gravestones; wall painting. Fragment of mosaic; sculptural fragments in the Sala Capitolare. Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, ceiling painting fresco cycle; prints depicting Venice c. 1845 (4), sculpture; life-size creche figures dressed in original Neapolitan costume Church restored in 1882, 1926, 1944; excavations under the transept undertaken between 1958-1962, and in the cloister in 1976, have revealed remains of a Roman macellum (market), street, and the paleochristian basilica of the 6th c. AD. Antiquities: Pottery: black-glazed, archaic banded, domestic wares, bucchero; architectural terracottas, statuettes, lamps, sculpture fragments Object Notes: 3 color negatives with no prints at the end. General Notes: Most objects/paintings/frescoes unidentified. Three batches

The Indian Chief of Quito in Full Dress - 1783 - oil on canvas - Quiteña School. Author: VICENTE ALBAN (1725-). Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The End of the World and the Last Judgment. The sorrows of hell for the greedy and predatory. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

St Augustine in his studio (also known as Vision of St Augustine), 1502-1507, by Vittore Carpaccio (ca 1465-1525 or 1526). School of San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, Venice.

Saint Michael Weighing Souls, Meister, Kartner, 1480.

Picture series Travelling young musicans, children as musicians, boy playing a medieval lute, Jester, Germany / Bilderserie Fahrende Spielleutchen, Kinder als Musikanten, Junge spielt eine mittelalterliche Laute, Hofnarr, Deutschland, 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.

REENCUENTRO DE SAN FRANCISCO Y DE SANTO DOMINGO - (REENCUENTRO IMAGINARIO)-1452-FRESCO- DET. Author: BENOZZO GOZZOLI 1420-97 BENOZZO DI LESE DI SANDRO. Location: MUSEO DE MONTEFALCO. Umbria. ITALIA. SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS. SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMÁN (1170-1221).

Archangel Gabriel by Rogier van der Weyden, Oil on wood, circa 1430, circa 1399-1464, France, Paris, Louvre, 86x92

Painting depicting the Banquet of Herod by Pedro Garcia Benavarri, Catalan painter. Dated 15th Century

The Trojan War: The Destruction of Troy. ca. 1470. Detail. Ajax Telamon kidnapping Hecuba and her daughter Cassandra during the assault of the Achaeans. Cloth number 11 in the series, work of the Master of Cotivy, Henry or Conrard of Vulcop (active 1454-1479). Manufacturing of Tournai. Wool and silk. 6/7. Flemish art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Zamora. Cathedral Museum.

Painted glass titled 'The Penitent Magdalene' which was intended for use in private devotion and prayer. Dated 17th Century

Clement VII (1478Ð1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de Medici, Pope from 1523 to 1534, with the king of France Francis I (1494-1547). Colored engraving.

MUÑOZ DEGRAIN , ANTONIO. PINTOR ESPAÑOL . VALENCIA 1840 - 1924. " UN AUDITORIO ESCOGIDO " , OLEO DEL AÑO 1875. COLECCION PARTICULAR . VALENCIA.

Banquet given by Bartolomeo Colleoni, 1400-76 Italian condottiero, for King Christian I of Denmark, Castello di Malpaga, Bergamo, Italy (bought 1456 by Colleoni and restored by him), fresco (detail)

Wax Statue of Henry VIII, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, London, England

Mestre de Canapost / Retablo de la Mare de Déu de Canapost, también conocido como Retablo de la Virgen de la Leche, siglo XV, Óleo sobre tabla. Museum: Museu d'Art, Girona. Author: MAESTRO DE CANAPOST.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; Isabelle of Bourbon ( ) 1500-1550 Flemish. Oil on panel .

BUSTO RELICARIO QUE CONTIENE EL CRANEO DE SANTIAGO ALFEO - SOBRINO DE SAN JOSE - 1332- ARTE GOTICO. Author: RODRIGO EANS (S XIV). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN. SANTIAGO ALFEO (-62) SANTIAGO EL MENOR.

Depiction of Winter, detail from a fresco at Villa Falconieri La Rufina, Frascati. Italy, 16th-17th century.

Galahad prepares to sail away, in what is often called the grail ship, to land near the Castle of Carteloise in Scotland.

San Bruno y el Papa Urbano II/1630-5. Museum: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES SEVILLA ESPAÑA. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN.

Wall relief, Tango, Caminito, La Boca district, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America

SAN JORGE - 1670/1675. Author: PEDRO ROLDAN (1624-1669) EL MOZO. Location: HOPITAL DE LA CHARITE. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. SAN JORGE (305/311).

Effigy on tomb of Elizabeth Williams who died in childbirth in 1622, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

CAPILLA DE LOS ARCE - SEPULCRO DEL DONCEL DON MARTIN VAZQUEZ DE ARCE - SIGLO XV - DETALLE - ESCULTURA GOTICA. Author: SEBASTIAN ALMONACID (1460-1526) ATRIBUIDA. Location: CATEDRAL. Sigüenza. Guadalajara. SPAIN.

fine arts, Romanticism, ""The Children of the Painter with a Rocking Horse"", painting by Ludwig Wuest, circa 1840, oil on canvas, Stadtmuseum, Munich,

CARLOS V Y LA EMPERATRIZ ISABEL DE PORTUGAL - RETABLO RELICARIO DEL ALTAR LATERAL DE LA CAPILLA REAL DE GRANADA - SIGLO XVII. Author: ALONSO DE MENA. Location: CATEDRAL-CAPILLA REAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN. CARLOS V (CARLOS I). Charles I (V of the Holly Roman Empire). ISABELLA VON PORTUGAL (1503-1539). CARLOS V ESPOSA.

A Delft porcelain plate picturing The Girl with the Pearl Earring in Amsterdam in the Netherlands (Holland).

Kaulbach, Hermann, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Bruckmann, Friedrich, Georg begegnet Maria an der Treppe, Reproduction of a painting of a man and a woman on a staircase by Hermann Kaulbach, verso - stamped, This print is part of an album., photomechanical print, cabinet photograph, cabinet photo, album page, reproduction, photographs, EBERS-GALLERIE No. 16., recto - printed, Die Frau Bürgemeisterin. Kap. 22., Hermann Kaulbach fec. - Vervielfältigung vorbehalten., FR. BRÜCKMANN PHOT., Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (vormals Eduard Hallberger) Stuttgart und Leipzig., LJ FRANCHIMONT, Book, music, and art dealer, 70 Bakkerstraat, ARNHEM, height 132 mm, width 94 mm, German, 1814 - 1898, photographer, 1870 - 1900, cardboard, paper, collotype, photoprint, maker, manufacturer, 1846-07-26 - 1909-12-09

'Allegory of Russia'. Germany, 1840s. Dimensions: 121x91 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: PHILIPP VEIT.

Allegory of Good Government, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1340, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Tuscany: Siena: Palazzo Pubblico: Sala della Pace. Detail. Procession yellow red headdress/head gear hat

Schotia (Theodora), c. 500, 548, was the woman of the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian. Here with her retinue in Byzantine court dress, after a mosaic in Ravenna, History of Fashion, Costume History, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century pattern

Painting of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English poet, playwright and actor, visiting a Mercer's and buying himself one of the new falling collars which are taking the place of Ruffs. Dated 16th century.

Stamps from North Korea, British monarchy in the 18th century, 1984

England, Warwickshire, Warwick , Crown And Castle Pub Sign

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo Villegas y Santibáñez Cevallo (1580-1645), conocido como Francisco de Quevedo. Escritor español del siglo de oro, poeta, y canónico.

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