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Historical Figures in Costume

Illustrations depicting nobles and soldiers in detailed historical attire, showcasing weapons and traditional garb.

A Man in Armor; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)
A Man in Armor; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)
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Louis X the Quarreller, King of France, 1289-1316. He wears ceremonial robes: a gold crown, full robe embroidered with gold fleurs de lys, lined with ermine, over a robe of red damask embroidered in gold, cracows or poulaines. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.
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Hondius, Hendrick (I), Cock, Hieronymus, Southern Netherlands, Doetechum, Lucas van, Joannes van (I), Funeral procession of Emperor Charles V, 1558, Part of the procession, no. 9, Four participants in the procession, horses and the banner with the coat of arms of Brabant. Part of the print series of the Funeral procession of Emperor Charles V on 29 December 1558 in Brussels., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 242 mm, width 336 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1530 - 1605, print maker, prentmaker, 1559 - 1559, third quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, first quarter 17e century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), hand colouring, - 1589, printmaker, 1518 - 1570-03-10, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1573-06-09 - 1650-10-25, publisher
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Countess of Beusichem. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to). Dating: c. 1590 - c. 1593 and/or c. 1600 - c. 1625. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 398 mm × w 292 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Countess of Teisterbant and Beusichem. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: Nicolaes de Kemp (attributed to). Dating: c. 1590 - c. 1593 and/or c. 1600 - c. 1625. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 398 mm × w 292 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.
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Two Hofdienaren in black clothing, Anonymous, c. 1530 - c. 1560 drawing Southern Germany paper. ink. watercolor (paint) brush / pen royal household; courtiers, retinue, train
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Views in the Levant: The Colossus of Barletta, Willey Reveley, (), 1760-1799, British, ca. 1785, Watercolor, with pen in brown ink, black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, smooth, brown, wove paper, Sheet: 8 7/16 × 5 7/8 inches (21.4 × 14.9 cm), architectural subject, colossus, cross (object), emperor, orb, statue, Bari, Bari, Barletta, Europe, Italia, Italy, Levant, Puglia
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Netherlands, Sheet from a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East, depicting the flag of, drawing, teken, paper, papier, drawings, tekeningen, height 265 mm, width 190 mm, draughtsman, tekenaar, 1669 - 1670, ink, inkt, watercolor (paint), waterverf
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French costumes, 15th century. Gaoler, minstrel, fool, bourgeois, beggar, pilgrim and shepherd. Geolier, menestrel, fou, bourgeois, mendiant, pelerin, berger. XVe siecle. Taken from La Danse Macabre, composed and printed by Guyot, Paris, 1490. Chromolithograph by H. Moulin after an illustration by Ferdinand Sere from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.
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Wish letter with Arreslede, c. 1700 - c. 1899 print Wish letter with unwritten cartouche within a decorative framework with performances of with Arrenslede, Putti and of skating people. The figures largely consist of curls (calligraphy). Netherlands paper etching horse-sleigh. skates (winter sports). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
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Fresco on the wall inside one of the Terrace Houses, Ephesus, Izmir Province, Turkey
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Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, 1489-1512. French military commander, killed at the Batle of Ravenna. Taken from a tapestry telling his story. Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours, tue a la Bataille de Ravenne en 1512. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomtes Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820.
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Features 1333 1434 Lithography: Salb M. (edition) & Jan Matejko
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LIBRO DE LOS CABALLEROS DE LA ORDEN DE SANTIAGO - 1361 - FOLIO 53 - MAZUELO - CUEVAS - CURIEL. Location: ARCHIVO MUNICIPAL. BURGOS. SPAIN. MAZUELO HERNANDO. CUEVAS ALONSO. CURIEL DIEGO.
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Costumes of high ranking Indians including a rajah on horseback and a seated nabob with two servants. Physiognomy of an Indian man in turban. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others.
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Suit of armour belonging to Hern·n CortÈs (1485 ñ 1547); Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century
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España. Heráldica. Escudo de armas de la provincia de Guadalajara. Grabado de 1878.
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Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376), known as "the Black Prince". Duke of Cornwall (1337-1376) and Prince of Wales (1343-1376). Edward with a lady. Chromolithography. "Historia Universal", by César Cantú. Volume VI, 1885.
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Coloured illustration of playing cards from Rouen made in the 16th century.
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Carl O'Bergh, Bulto, 1938 Bulto
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Militaria, England, 16th century. Archers. Watercolored print, Newport, 1712.
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Habit of masson
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A Herald. Unknown
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Lluís Borrassà / Detalle del retablo de Sant Miquel de Cruïlles, c. 1416, Témpera sobre madera. Museum: Museu d'Art, Girona.
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Caricature with Napoleon Bonaparte by anonymous artist, print, Private Collection
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Inca portrait: Manco Capac, Portraits of Inca kings and an Inca queen, oil on vellum, not before 1825, Incomplete series of full-length portraits of Inca rulers by an unidentified maker, probably an indiginous Peruvian or Bolivian artist, includes portraits of eleven kings and one queen. Each Inca king is shown standing on a grassy mound, wearing a long mantle, a short tunic, sandals, and a coiled turban headdress.
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fine arts, D™rer, Albrecht, (1471 - 1528), painting, ""Geharnischter Ritter"", (""Kinght in Armour""), watercolour, pencil and brush on paper, Albertina Graphics Collection, Vienna,
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Flemish proverb, c1558-1560. Detail from 'Twelve Flemish Proverbs'. From the Museum Mayer van der Berg, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Etching with watercolor on paper from around 1615-1619 showing the processing train of Emperor Karl V's funeral on December 29, 1558 in Brussels, including ceremonial figures and attendants.
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Sword of a German mercenary, early 16th century. Sword hilt, guard and blade of a Landsknechtes, and two images of mercenaries with double-handed sword and colourful slashed and quilted costumes. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by I.K. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
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Manuscript, Germany, 16th century. Herzog Wilhelm des Vierten von Bayern (William IV, Duke of Bavaria, 1493-1550). Turnier Buch. Scene depicting Wilhelm von Bayern clashing in the tournament with Wolf Graf Zu Montfort, Hilleprant Ritscher, Lienhart von Stauff e Hans von Rammer, 1511. Detail: the challengers. Facsimile, printed in Munich by Friedrich Schlichtegroll, 1817.
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Lisbon, Portugal. Traditional Portuguese Azulejo ceramic tiles.
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INFANTERIA DE LA EDAD MEDIA S XII L12. Author: JOSE RUBIO DE VILLEGAS. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Watercolor of musician playing gaohu() late 18th century Chinese. Watercolor of musician playing gaohu(). Chinese. late 18th century. Watercolor on paper. China. Works on Paper
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Pierre, Vicomte de Rohan (1451-1513), Seigneur de Gie, Marechal de France. From a tapestry. In full suit of armor, long blue plume, mounted on a plumed horse with heraldic colors.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F. Laguillermie, from Georges Duplessis's "Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles" (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867. The book was a continuation of the series on the costumes of the 12th to 15th centuries published by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri from 1830. Georges Duplessis (1834-1899) was curator of the Prints department at the Bibliotheque nationale. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902) was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer for many public buildings and churches. He was named professor at the National School of Decorative Arts in 1874.
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Queen Caroline. Britain's best hope!! England's sheet-anchor!!!. British Cartoon Prints Collection. Caroline,Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,1768-1821.
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Simon de Varie Kneeling in Prayer. Date/Period: 1455. Folio. Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Height: 114 mm (4.48 in); Width: 83 mm (3.26 in). Author: JEAN FOUQUET.
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Courtly wear of Count Kenneberg, first half of the 16th century. Knight A wears helm, slashed doublet, stocking and boots with spurs, all in black with heraldic colours. Knight B and noblemen in town clothes C, and princely personalities D,E. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
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Martin of Aragon (1356-1410). King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.
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'Sic itur ad astra' - The first manned flight in a gas balloon, over Paris Date: 1787
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Plate 33: Men with heraldic flags and horses from Mechelen and Salins marching in the funeral procession of Archduke Albert of Austria; from 'Pompa Funebris ... Alberti Pii'. Artist: Cornelis Galle I (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1576-1650 Antwerp); After Jacques Francquart (French, Brussels 1577-1651 Brussels). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 15 3/8 in. (28.4 × 39 cm)Plate: 9 3/4 × 14 13/16 in. (24.8 × 37.7 cm). Published in: Brussels. Date: 1623.Plate from 'Pompa Funebris ... Alberti Pii', after Jacques Francquart, illustrating the funeral procession of Albert the Pious (1559-1621), Archduke of Austria, son of Emperor Maximilian II. 2 sheets pasted together at center.The first edition of this series contains 54 numbered plates and an engraved title page, published in 1623.The second and third editions contain 66 plates and were published in 1728 and 1729 respectively. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Gigerl-Tarock, Pik Reiter
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Jean IV de Melun, governor of Ghent, 1396-1484. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larchey's Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d'Or et de l'Europe au 15e siecle (Ancient Equestrian Armorials of the Order of the Golden Fleece and Europe in the 15th century), Paris, 1890. From illustrated manuscript 4790 in the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal. Helm with crest of a bull's head.
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Scene from the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, (19th century). Artist: Unknown
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Koboto Santaro. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)
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Adrià Gual / Figurín para teatro. Institut del Teatre de Barcelona.
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Roman military and gladiatorial costume, c1800-1836. Artist: Firmin Didot
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English helmet from the 14th/ 15th centuries. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Bulto. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 55.9 x 40.2 cm (22 x 15 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 11" high; 10 3/4 wide. Medium: watercolor and pen and ink, over graphite with scraping on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eldora P. Lorenzini.
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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, a woman of rank, a warrior, a princess, two women of rank, a Benedictine monk. Franks were members of the Germanic nation or coalition that conquered Gaul (present-day France) in the 6th century.
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Portrait of mughal emperor Aurangajeb, india Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox
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Fragment majolica dish with polychrome portrait of woman, dish crockery holder soil find ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze lead glaze, ring 11.5 hand turned baked 2x majolica Fragment majolica dish with polychrome presentation on stand ring Presentation consists of portrait of woman in dress with straitjacket cap on her head with yellow plumes in shades of yellow blue and purple prints in the scene Back of lead glaze Glaze is sintered in the left arm archeology Rotterdam Heliport terrain indigenous pottery food table room serving Soil discovery: Heliport site Rotterdam June 1978.
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William Blake, 1757-1827, British, The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 69, "The Fatal Sisters.", between 1797 and 1798. Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page.
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Agnes Sims, Bulto of Santiago, 1955 Bulto of Santiago
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Chinese Youth Weaving, Thomas Stothard, 1755-1834, British, undated, Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 9 x 8 1/2in. (22.9 x 21.6cm) and Sheet: 9 1/8 × 8 5/8 inches (23.2 × 21.9 cm)
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Schembart Buch, Schembard Büch, Anonymous, 16th century, Leaves 2r-4r: historical account of the civic festival of the Nuremberg Schembartlauf. Watercolors of 64 Schembartlaüfe or runners for the years 1449-1539, each with a heraldic device and described on the facing leaf; watercolors of 20 floats named Hölle, or Hell.
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The funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik, plate no. 19; Begreffseis from Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick. Luxury colored edition of the prints of the funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik in 1647.the funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik, plate no. 19. Colored printed print in a picture frame decorated with gold and stuck in the luxury edition from approx. 1755 of the book 'Begraijdisse van Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick 'by Pieter Post, published in Amsterdam in 1651.
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Bulto of Santiago. Dated: 1955. Dimensions: overall: 29.4 x 21.7 cm (11 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 14" high. Medium: watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Agnes Sims.
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Duke of Berg and Julich, Duc de Berg et de Juliers. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larchey's Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d'Or et de l'Europe au 15e siecle (Ancient Equestrian Armorials of the Order of the Golden Fleece and Europe in the 15th century), Paris, 1890. From illustrated manuscript 4790 in the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal.
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Azulejo de oficios, violinista, siglo XVIII. M.H.C.B.
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Medieval balancing acts. Man balancing a lance on his nose, one with a sword on his finger, one with a wheel on his shoulder, and another balancing swords on their hilts, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
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Toy Bank: Bear and Indian. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 40.7 cm (12 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" high; 10 1/2" long; 3" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ethel Clarke.
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Suiza. Abanderado del cantón de Argovie, hacia el año 1805. Grabado en color de 1943, publicado por Editions Fraumunster, de Zurich.
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Personified Map, c. 1880, Wales, depicted with a King, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Thomas, Bedel of Redbourn, in striped hood with long tail, 14th century. Gave land in Rebourn to the Abbey of St Albans. From the Golden Book of St Albans, Cotton Nero MS D vii. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.