Historical Figures in Woodcuts

A series of woodcut prints portraying various historical figures, including rulers and saints, depicted in traditional attire and settings, reflecting their significance.

GENGHIS KHAN (variously spelt) (orig. Temujin) Mongol Conqueror seated on his throne Date: circa 1162 - 1227

Long, John.

The chronicle of the bishops pad Verdensi

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna, Saint Christopher, 1470 1480 Saint Christopher

Copper photography: Sygmunt III Waza sitting, a fragment of the engraving in the collection of Dominik Witke-Jeżewski in 1914; Trzciński, Stanisław (1867-1939); 1914 (before 7.12 1914) (1914-00-00-1914-00-00);

Saint Dorothy. Woodcut.

Homer; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a bearded man with cloak and hat. The text identifies him as the writer Homer. The print is part of an album.

Woodcut, Prodigum viri Germanum aemulantis, miracle sign of the men, who strive to be like the brothers, Aldrovandi, Historia Monstrorum, 1642, Renaissance

ANDROMEDA. Boreal constellation. She is identified as a young chained woman whose brightest stars represent the head, hips and feet. Engraving of the work "ASTRONOMICON" by the Spanish-Latin writer Cayo Julio HIGINIO (1st century AD). Edited in Venice in the year 1485. Incunabula. Library of the University of Barcelona. Catalonia.

Livellandia damsel; Ancient habits, modern et worldwide .....

Gosso Ludigman, six Potestaat of Friesland, Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1618 - 1620 print Gosso Ludigman, sixth potestate of Friesland. Standing in front of his wife Tetta Brederode. Illustration, with text on the back, from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustribus Libri Duo. Friesland paper etching / letterpress printing Ruler, Sovereign Friesland

Netherlands, Pope John XXII, recto bottom left - stamped, print, book illustration, prints, height 66 mm, width 55 mm, print maker, 1517 - 1517, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Christ before Pilate; Pilate washing his hands, Printed from three blocks. Christ bound and held by soldiers. Pilate on a seat washes his hands in a bowl in which water is poured. Architectural ornamentation to the left and right of the representation., print, book illustration, prints, height 108 mm, width 146 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

Daret, Pierre (1604-1678), David, Charles (1595-1632), Lalllemand Georges (CA 1575-1635), Caravaggionism (style), French painting, genre painting, TRET L'O OEIL

BearGarius II; Bere N Gari US q UA RTus; Liber chronicarum. Presentation in two parts. A flower celk with a king, turned to the left. In his hands he has a migration and a scepter. The show is part of the sequence emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Berengarius II (hereby called Berengarius IV). The print is part of an album.

Tell, Wilhelm .

Illustration depicting SAINT JEROME (347-420). Father of the Latin church. Woodcut from 'Legende aurea' by Jacobus de Voragine translated and printed, 1483, at Westminster by William Caxton

Count Floris I van Holland, 1586 - 1587 Count Floris I, turned back and to the right, with raised sword and a coat of arms with a climbing lion. The print is part of a book with descriptions and representations of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland. print maker: Haarlemafter drawing by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Count Floris I, turned back and to the right, with raised sword and a coat of arms with a climbing lion. The print is part of a book with descriptions and representations of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland. print maker: Haarlemafter drawing by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving

Ptolemaeus XII Neos Dionysos, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower challenge in which a king with a government apple and scepter, aimed forward. The show is part of the sequence of Egyptian pharaohs in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies him as Pharaoh Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king

Nuremberg, Dürer, Albrecht, Apostle Matthias, verso - stamped, The apostle Matthias with an axe and a book., print, picture, book illustration, prints, pictures, height 62 mm, width 41 mm, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1503 - 1503, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Jacobus van Arena, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a man. He wears a hood on his head. The text identifies the man as the lawyer Jacobus van Arena. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing

Woodcut depicting an Astrologer by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) a German and Swiss artist and Printmaker of the Northern Renaissance style. Dated 16th Century

Citella Frenese; Ancient habits, modern et worldwide .... mirror image and other rug; The Same Posture

Spreng, John.

The Market-Woman Artist's working dates 1537-1547 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Hans Sebald Beham

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer workshop from 1515 depicting German emperors and kings on the left portrait wall of the honorary gate of Emperor Maximilian I, showing individual figures and regal attire.

57. Miko Aj Black (from the note of Jan Samuel Bandkie); 58. Order; Kosicki, Ludwik (1793-1846); 1840 (1840-00-00-1840-00-00);

Hendrik Raspe; Heinricus Septimus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a king, facing forward. In his hands he has a migration and a scepter. The show is part of the sequence emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Hendrik Raspe. The print is part of an album.

Frygische Sibille, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a woman. She wears her hair loose. The text identifies her as the Frygian Sibille. The lower half of the performance concerns the image of the European Sibille in the Liber Chronicarum. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing sibyls

Elisa; Elissan; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a man with a wreath on the head, turned to the right and identified as Elisa, a son of Jawan. The show is a fragment of the family tree of Christ in the Liber Chronicarum. The print is part of an album.

Marco Polo World History

Under dignity and freedom flourish

Cividal gentlewoman; Ancient habits, modern et all over the world .....

Samson. Last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges. Engraving. The Nuremberg Chronicle. 15th century.

Flabanico, Domenico.

Emperor Titus Flavius Domitianus; Domician; Liber chronicarum. Half a king turned to the left. In his hands he has a sword and a migration. The show is part of the sequence emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as a Domitian. The print is part of an album.

Pope Stefanus IV, Michel Wolgemut (Workshop of), 1493 print A flower challenge with a pope. He is wearing a tiara and has a staff with a double cross in his hands. The performance is part of the succession popes in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Stefanus IV. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing pope

Hessel Martena, ninth potestate from Friesland; I.H. Martena. Potestatum Frisiae Nonus; Kings and potestocks from Friesland; Frisia, SEV, the viris. Hessel Martena, ninth potestate from Friesland. Standing for feet, sword over the shoulder, a bran wreath on the head. Illustration, with text on the back, coming from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustrus Libri Duo.

Antisthenes, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a young man. He has a hat on his head and has turned to the right. In his hands he has a book and glasses. The text identifies him as the Greek philosopher Antisthenes. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing male persons from classical history

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Cover of the book Vom hosenteufel by Andreas Musculus, Kritik der Fahion des XVI Jahrhunderts, Germany, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe

Peasant of Cividal di Belluno; Ancient habits, modern et all over the world .....

Pope Johanna; Joannes Septimus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a feminine pope. She is wearing a tiara and has a child in her hands. The show is part of the sequence pops in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the woman like Pausin Johanna, a legendary figure that would have held the Pausambt as Johannes VIII. The print is part of an album.

Portrait of Casimir I the Restorer, according to a woodcut from: `Chronicle of the Poles` (Chronica Polonorum), by Maciej Miechowita, Kraków 1521, p. XL. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist, unknown, woodcutter

The Market Peasant. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1537-1547. Dimensions: 41 x 26 mm (image/plate); 40 x 27 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Hans Sebald Beham.

Portrait of Emperor Yohannes IV 1858. Ethiopian emperor who thwated attempts to overrun Ethiopias. Unknown

A hunch-backed old man supported by a crutch with a whinnying horse behind. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.

Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 535 c. 475 BC) a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. from Hartmann Schaedel Liber chronicarum mundi(Nuremberg Chronicle), 1493.

Tegenpaus Alexander V, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower challenge with a pope. He is wearing a tiara and has a staff with a double cross in his hands. The performance is part of the succession popes in the Liber Chronicarum. The man identifies the text as Alexander V. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing pope

Gemicius and Sempronius; Gemicius / Sempronius; Liber chronicarum. Two flower classes with two men. They point to each other. The text identifies them as Gemicius (Genucius) And Sempronius. The show is a fragment of the sequence of Roman consuls in the Liber Chronicarum. The print is part of an album.

The chronicle of the bishops pad Verdensi

A 1494 colored woodcut by Thomas Ochsenbrunner showing Flavius, also known as Flavius the Great, in Roman imperial attire, illustrating historical Roman leadership.

The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.

Portrait of Baron Sigmund von Herberstein, Ambassador in Poland and Russia, Hübschmann, Donat (vor 1540-1583)

Crowned Man on a Throne with the Virgin Standing at the left. Dated: c. 1479. Medium: hand-colored woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

literature, book titles and title pages, ""Eyn libliche histori von vier Kaufleuten"" (A History of Four Merchants), woodcut, Leipzig, 1495,

Turisanus, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a man who wears a hood on his head. The text identifies the man as Turisanus. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing

Carattiero; Ancient habits, modern et worldwide .....

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Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). German writer and theologian. Facsimile of the cover of the Booklet of Conversations. Engraving in The History of Germany, 1882.

Grotesque Masks: Mask 13, Book I, c. 1610. Aloisio Giovannoli (Italian, 1550-1618). Etching; sheet: 16.4 x 11.6 cm (6 7/16 x 4 9/16 in.); image: 16.4 x 11.6 cm (6 7/16 x 4 9/16 in.).

Colored woodcut by Thomas Ochsenbrunner depicting Pompey, created in 1494.

Keizer Claudius I, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print Flower chalice with a king, turned to the left. In his hands he has a rich apple and a scepter. The performance is part of the Success Roman emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Emperor Claudius I. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king. emperor

King Baudouin I of Jerusalem, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a king. He has a government apple and a scepter in his hands. The text identifies the man as Boudewijn I of Jerusalem, successor to Godfried van Bouillon. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king

Three men in the fire oven and Daniël, Michel Wolgemut (workshop or), 1493 print Three young people in an oven (Misaël, Ananias and Azarias). They were thrown into the oven by Nebuchadnessar because they refused to worship a golden statue. In addition, a flower challenge with a man, looking to the right. The text identifies him as the prophet Daniël. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing the story of the three Hebrews in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3)

Jason. Ancient Greek mythological hero, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. Portrait. Engraving, 16th century.

Roman king Adolf from Nassau; Wilhelmus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a king, turned his head to the left. In his hands he has a migration and a scepter. The show is part of the sequence emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Adolf from Nassau, Roman king. The print is part of an album.

The tailor, miniature from Book of the customs of men and the duties of nobles or the Book of Chess by Jacopo da Cessole, manuscript 3066 folio 1 recto, France 15th Century.

Nicolai, Heinrich.

Albrecht III, Simon Frisius, print print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Franeker paper etching / letterpress printing

German 15th Century, Saint Barbara, c 1500 Saint Barbara

Canon; Collection of the diversity of clothes .... Richard Breton, 1562 of 1564.Standing Canon, Seen on the Back. To a Woodcut by Hans Holbein in 'simulachres ... ", 1538

Sibille from Erythrae; Sibilla Erithrea; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a woman with sword and thorns crown, turned to the right. The text identifies her as the Sibrille of Erythrae. The print is part of an album.

King Pepijn from Italy; Pipinus Rex; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a king. He has a scepter and a migration in his hands. The text identifies him as Pepijn from Italy. The print is part of an album.

Valentine; Valentinus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a martyr. He has a nimbus to his head and a palm branch in his hands. The text identifies him as Valentine. The print is part of an album.

Bartholomeus van Brescia, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a man. He wears a top hat. The text identifies the man as Bartholomeus of Brescia. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing

Keizer Constantius II, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a king, turned to the left. He has a scepter and government apple in his hands. The performance is part of the Success Roman emperors in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Emperor Constantius II. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king. emperor

GIBERGA, Pere (16th century). Catalan poet. 'Cobles novament fetes contra tots los delats de Cathalunya' (1544). Xylography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Dietherr from and to Any, Georg Martin.

Woodcut of Simon Marius

Herodotus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a man. He is wearing a hat. The text identifies him as the Greek historian Herodotus. The print is part of an album.

Maculani, Vincenzo .

Woodblock engraving depicting a four-eyed man, a member of a tribe at one time thought to inhabit certain regions of the earth. Dated 15th century

Colored woodcut from around 1500 depicting Saint Agathe, created by an anonymous artist.

Rhea Silvia; Rhea Virgo Vestalis; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a queen, facing forward. She has a scepter in her hands. The show is part of the sequence Roman kings in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the woman like Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus. The print is part of an album.

Stilpo; Silphon pH ILOSOPH US; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a bearded man, turned to the right. The text identifies him as the philosopher stilpo. The print is part of an album.

Colored woodcut 'The Pain Man Sitting' by an anonymous artist, 16th century, depicting a seated man in a scene of physical suffering, manually colored.

King Fulco V of Anjou, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a king. He has a scepter in his hand. The text identifies the man as Fulco V of Anjou. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king

Sefanja; Sophonias; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a reading man with hat, turned to the right. The text identifies him as the prophet Sefanja. The print is part of an album.

Hermensul or Irmensul. Ancient Saxon idol, 19th century reproduction of woodcut from Annales Circuli Westphaliae by Herman Stangefol dated 1656

Marius, Simon .

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

Bust van Ruggiero, Anonymous, 1550 - 1599 print Bust van Ruggiero, a character from Ludovico Ariosto's epic 'Orlando Furioso'. On his head he carries a helmet decorated with a braided motif, leaves, plumes of feathers and spines. At the top right the title and eight Italian verses from the epic. paper engraving / etching Ruggiero. helmet

Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus; Symachus; Liber chronicarum. A flower celk with a reading man. On his head he wears a glamor. The text identifies him as Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus. The print is part of an album.

St. George on Foot. Albrecht Dürer (Germany, Nuremberg, 1471-1528). circa 1502. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Lucius a svenue, Michel Wolgemut (Workshop of), 1493 print Two flower skins with two men. The left is wearing a hood. The judge a hat. The text identifies them as Lucius Gemicius and Quintus Servilius. The performance is a fragment of the succession of Roman consuls in the Liber Chronicarum. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing male persons from classical history

Minchiate (Tarot) Playing Card, Stencil-colored woodblock print, Part of a set of Italian Minchiate playing cards., Florence, Italy, 17th century, Playing card, Playing card

Woodblock engraving depicting Galen examining a specimen of urine. Galen (130-210 AD) a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire. Dated 15th century

Watt, Joachim of.

A chess player : from William Caxton's 'The Game and Playe of the Chesse' Date: 1472 or 1473

Romulus, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a king, turned to the left. He has a scepter and government apple in his hands. The performance is part of the succession of Roman kings in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as Romulus. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing Romulus as king of Rome. (story of) Romulus and Remus. king

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