Historical Religious Figures

A collection of engravings and sculptures depicting saints and historical figures, featuring varied styles, poses, and attire, conveying a sense of reverence and history.

Saint Hermanus Josephus in Premonstratensian clothing, with the Christ Child on his arm. In his other hand he carries a lily. At the bottom of the pedestal a five-line text in Latin. Print from a series of saints, Saint Hermanus Josephus B. Hermanus Joseph (title on object) Saints (series title), print maker: Michel Natalis, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Abraham van Diepenbeeck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Cnobbaert, (mentioned on object), Luik, 1620 - 1668, paper, engraving, h 254 mm × w 133 mm

Saint Honoré (AKA Honoratus), Bishop of Amiens, France. He is shown holding a baker's shovel with three hosts. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Life-size statue of Empress Kunigunde from the 13th century, at the prince's portal in the Georgenchor of the cathedral in Bamberg, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, Europe

Saint James the Less. Lithograph.

Henry Beaufort (c. 1374 11 April 1447) medieval English clergyman, Bishop of Winchester, an anomaly in being both a bishop and a member of the royal house of Plantagenet and Cardinal.

Habit of the Teutonic Knights, depicted on the tombstone of Landgrave Konrad of Thuringia, in the Elisabeth Church in Marburg, Germany. The Order of t...

Saint Hermanus Josephus in Premonstratensian clothing, with the Christ Child on his arm. In his other hand he carries a lily. At the bottom of the pedestal a five-line text in Latin. Print from a series of saints, Saint Hermanus Josephus B. Hermanus Joseph (title on object) Saints (series title), print maker: Michel Natalis, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Abraham van Diepenbeeck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Cnobbaert, (mentioned on object), Luik, 1620 - 1668, paper, engraving, h 254 mm × w 133 mm

Saint Arnulf, Albrecht Dürer (School of), After Albrecht Dürer, 1515 - 1550 print A bishop with bishop's staff, making a blessing gesture with the right hand. Nuremberg paper male saints (with NAME)

Illustration depicting the effigy of Eleanor of Castile. Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290) an English queen, the first wife of King Edward I, whom she married as part of a political deal to affirm English sovereignty over Gascony. Dated 15th century

STATUE OT THE EARL OF CHATHAM, IN ST. STEPHEN'S HALL. UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Venetian nobleman in the 12th century, Venice, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Cardinal Henry Beaufort, lived between 1377-1447. Son of John of Gaunt and Katharine Swynford. Considered "moneylender-in-chief to the crown of England.". Born out of wedlock, but his cousin, King Richard II, declared him a legitimate relative, (although he was barred from Royal succession.)

Franz von Paula, Saint.

THE 'DAUGHTER OF FAITH, UNFADING HOPE' A MONUMENTAL RELIEVO. BY J. EDWARDS

Avitus de Vienne. Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus (450-519) was a Latin poet and bishop of Vienne in Gaul. Secretary for the Burgundian kings. Church of Notre-Dame de Corbeil, demolished in 1820. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Lucia of Syracuse (283304), also known as Saint Lucy, or Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta Lucia), was a young Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Orthodox Churches

Treurenden Maria, Anonymous, c. 1480 - c. 1500 print Maria in long robe, the hands folded, the face distorted with sorrow. print maker: Germany (possibly)print maker: Bocholt (Duitsland) paper engraving Mary weeping

Effigy of King John, placed on his tomb in the Cathedral of Worcester, vintage engraving. Effigy of King John, placed on his tomb in the Cathedral of Worcester, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648882

Copper engraving print 'Judas Thaddäus' by Meister FVB, circa 1480-1500, depicting Saint Jude with figure, drapery, posture, and iconographic details.

Woodcut 'Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor of Wittenberg' by Lucas Cranach the Younger, depicting the pastor with detailed figure, clothing, and religious iconography.

The ancient Greeks represented here are a female basket-bearer at a sacrificial festival.

Holy Judas Tadde with Hell Lazy; S. Thadaevs; Ss. Apostolorum icones ..

Portrait of Saint Alphonso Liguori, sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, known as the Redemptorists, in November 1732.. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Poor man ashamed. Hospitals of Venice. Alms begging in the churches and streets of Venice, 16th century. They wore long black robes with hoods. 19th-century facsimile from an engraving after Cesare Vecellio (1521-1601), 1590. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

Illustration of a leper with a begging bowl and rattle. Dated 14th Century

Angelo Michele Colonna depicts a monk from the Olivetan order in front view on a curly gable using red chalk and white heightening on brownish paper, showing clothing, posture, and architectural details.

Heilige Bruno; Heiligen.Saint Bruno, founder of the cartridge order. He is wearing the abruptcy of the cartrivers. In his hands a book and a crucifix. There is aureole around his head. At his feet, the bishop's mushroom and the bishop's staff are a symbol of the refusal of H. Bruno to perform the office of bishop. The print has a cartouche.

Copper engraving of Saint Martin by Israhel van Meckenem from the late 15th century, showing the saint in traditional attire with religious symbolism.

Statue of William Rufus in the Choir of York Cathedral, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857

Lambert Suavius, Saint James Major, 1545 Saint James Major

Two standing monks, half seen from the back, draughtsman: Federico Zuccaro, 1550 - 1609, paper, pen, brush, h 254 mm × w 130 mm

The Nativity - Two Angels, 1886. Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) .

St Benet of the Bridge. It is related of this saint that he received instructions from an angel to construct a stone bridge over the River Rhone against Avignon, France, in order to put an end to the numerous accidents which had occurred at this dangerous point. He is represented in art carrying an enormous stone upon his shoulder. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Staande Christus met aureool; Christus, de twaalf apostelen en Paulus.Christ standing with his hands in his side in a wreath of clouds. Two putti bear the basis on which it stands. Then a text in Hebrew. In the top right corner the Bible text from Joh. 14: 6 in Latin.

The Nativity - An Angel with Two Shepherds, 1886. Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898) .

Saint Blaise of Sebaste, Bishop of Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Bronze tomb slab of Rudolf of Swabia, in Merseburg Cathedral, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact ori...

Casimir IV (Kazimierz IV), (1427 ñ 1492) of the Jagiellonian dynasty. King of Poland from 1447, until his death

Saint Anthony of Padua late 17th-early 18th century Possibly follower of Pedro de Mena Spanish. Saint Anthony of Padua. Possibly follower of Pedro de Mena (Spanish, Granada 1628-1688 Málaga) or. Spanish. late 17th-early 18th century. Wood (including black wood and ebony) and gesso, polychromed and gilded; Cross: inlaid with mother-of-pearl; Eyes: probably shell. Sculpture

Koning David; David secundus rex Israel; Liber Chronicarum.King David playing on his harp. He is depicted at the roots of his family tree in the Liber Chronicarum. The print is part of an album.

Saint Thomas. Engraving after J. Callot.

Saint Francis of Assisi, vintage engraving. Saint Francis of Assisi, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678901

Saint James the Great. Engraving by P. Bettelini after L. Camia after B. Thorwaldsen.

Black and White Illustration of Saint Meinulpf, or Meinulf, founder of the Abbey at Bödeken, Westphalia in Germany

Drie figuren.Three figures representing religion, philosophy and art. Two birds at the top.

This early 16th-century woodcut by a Nuremberg master depicts Saint Christophorus with two staffs, showing figure detail, gestures, and religious iconography.

Cosmè Tura, The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse middle right panel, Italian, c. 1433-1495, c. 1470-1480, tempera and distemper on panel

Holy Bartholomeus, Monogram Filer IA, 1480 - 1500 print Saint Bartholomeus with a knife in his right hand and a book under his arm. Germany paper engraving the apostle Bartholomew; possible attributes: book, devil or dragon at feet, knife, scroll, flayed skin, staff

Tombstone of Queen Eleonore, wife of Emperor Frederick III in the Cistercian Church of Vienna Neustadt, Austria, digitally restored reproduction from ...

Rudolf I of Habsburg, King.

Justinian I (482-565). Eastern Roman Emperor from 527-565.

San Antonio Abad (251-356), monje cristiano, fundador del movimiento eremítico. Grabado popular de 1870.

St. Barbara. Date/Period: 1410/1429. Width: 90 mm. Height: 184 mm (Complete). Author: Augsburger Meister.

St Augustine, Archbishop of Canterbury. From a drawing by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Engraving from Lives of the Saints (May) by Sabin Baring-Gould, 1897.

The figures pictured here represent a Roman Catholic Cardinal legate and a Roman Catholic bishop in traveling costume - both around A.D. 1200. The illustration dates to 1882.

Saint Luke the Evangelist. Author of one of the four canonical Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Engraving. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume I. 1854.

The illustration shown here depicts the ecclesiastical cap worn by bishops and cardinals for funeral solemnities. The illustration dates to 1882.

Flavia Julia Helene, also Helen of Constantinople, was the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, by whom she was appointed Augusta. In the Catholic and Orthodox Church, she is venerated as a saint, persons of biblical history, historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century model, record date not stated

Thugs were criminal assassins in India from 1300s to 1830s They would join up with travelers and merchants and befriend them.

Abruzzo, Alanno, Madonna delle Grazie, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Portrait of St Malo (AKA Machutus, or Maclovius) 6th century Welsh saint at founder of St Malo in Brittany, France: Engraving from Lives of the Saints (November Part 1) by the Reverend Sabin Baring-Gould, published 1898

Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty (November 1165) (28 September 1197) was Roman-German King from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an 18th century original

Statue in the Hall, at Abergavenny, 1845. Sculpture on display at the Cymreigyddion Festival in Wales. '...a splendid Statue of the ancient bard Taliesin pen Beirrdd, the work of Mr. W. Jones, of Merthyr Tydvil, who had brought it 150 miles to grace the Eisteddfod of 1845...(the Prince of the Bards) wrapped in a simple frock, like a monk's, bound round the waist with a rope, one arm raised high above his head, as if in denunciation, with the air and aspect of a prophet. The bard is in the act of exhorting the Clergy to retain the doctrines of tie Gospel, as they had received them from the Apos

Saint. Lucius of Chur (+II century or v/6th century) King of Britain, Pustelnik unknown

Portrait of John of Wallingford, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St Albans. Dated 13th Century

Joseph I of Bulgaria (Lazar Yovchev) (1840-1915). Archimandrite or Exarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (1877-1915). Portrait. Engraving. ""La Guerra de Oriente"" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

Angel of the Scutari Monument, by Marochetti, at the Crystal Palace, 1856. Detail from a model of the Scutari Monument, designed by Baron Marochetti, which was unveiled by Queen Victoria at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham. It was '...made in imitation of granite, with a weeping figure of an angel at each corner'. The full-size monument, which became known as the Crimean War Memorial, was commissioned to commemorate the Crimean War. It comprises a granite obelisk on a square base with four identical angels on its upper part, each bearing a palm frond and a wreath, and serving as caryatids to sup

Saint Catherine 15th-16th century French. Saint Catherine 464129

St Margaret, 15th century. From the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest.

. She is bent slightly forward with the left leg on a polygonal soil with the left leg. On the right, she holds a Tiara, opened book on the left-handed one; Her head tends something aside. Issues a child cloth and a cap cover under the headscarf at the slept, which is a veil. A robe falling into vertical powers, which lies to the ground, releases the left shoe point. A sheath hangs from the shoulders, which is included under the right arm; Around the means of a belt.

The Seal of Stephen Langtons, Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, also Stephen Langton, an English theologian, Doctor nominatissimus, Cardinal and from 1207 to 1228 Archbishop of Canterbury, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Cartoons for 'Christ In Majesty' in All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London (incomplete). Hands and Torso of a Figure, William Dyce (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1806 - 1864)

Granite: relief on the wall of the entrance to the Seok-gu-ram Grotto (Cave Temple), Kyeongju. The Four Heavenly Kings are four Buddhist gods, each of whom is believed to watch over one cardinal direction of the world. The Hall of Four Heavenly Kings is a standard component of Chinese Buddhist temples. The Seokguram grotto is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage and as the Korean National Treasure number 24. The Seokguram Grotto was initiated in 751 by King Kyeongdeok of Silla and completed by his son in 774 by King Hyegong of Silla. The Grotto was built to illustrate the moment when Sakyamuni achieved the Enlightenment. From the time of Unified Silla (668 - 935)

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The image shows an English Knight of the Garter between 1450 and 1500. The Order of the Garter is the oldest and most important order of knighthood in England. Instituted around 1346 by Edward III, it originally was limited to 25 members. The illustration dates to 1882.

Design for a Monument to a Cardinal, Unknown, Roman, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on cream laid paper, Standing figure of an ecclesiastic, possibly a cardinal or other official of the Church, holding a cross and palm frond. Figure is placed on an ovoid pedestal decorated with swags., Inscriprion with date below., after 1720, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Philip with cross strand; Christ and the apostles.

An evangelist writes a sacred text and receives a revelation, 9th century miniature. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Christ as Salvator Mundi. Dated: c. 1475. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.

The Italian figure represented here is Pope Boniface IX and dates to late 1300s. Boniface was pope from 1389 to 1404. He was the second pope during Great Western Schism. The illustration dates to 1882.

Three Figures, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1874 - 1932 print Three figures representing religion, philosophy and art. At the top two birds. transparent paper Religion and Magic. art. philosophy. standing figure

Black and White Illustration of Saint Francis of Assisi

Pope Pius IX. Jesus Christ protects him and the angels represent justice and mercy. Born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti (1792-1878) elected Pope in 1846. Pius proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, and in 1869 convened the First Vatican Council. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Jesus Christ by Veuillot 1890

DOÑA BERENGUELA LA GRANDE. Author: VALENTIN CARDERERA (1796-1880). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN.

Roman Nobleman

The Pallium, vintage engraved illustration.

Seal of the abbot of the monastery of St. Augustine, vintage engraving. Seal of the abbot of the monastery of St. Augustine, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648721

Statue of an angel on a german graveyard in Berlin Hermsdorf

The Imperial Consecration of Roman emperor Flavius Arcadius (377-408) and Aelia Eudoxia. Byzantine sculpture with the imperial consecration, with Christ on the crowned heads of the emperor and empress. Jesus Christ blessing the emperor and empress. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Jesus Christ by Veuillot 1881

French Clergy A.D. 1000

Granite: relief on the wall of the entrance to the Seok-gu-ram Grotto (Cave Temple), Kyeongju. The Four Heavenly Kings are four Buddhist gods, each of whom is believed to watch over one cardinal direction of the world. The Hall of Four Heavenly Kings is a standard component of Chinese Buddhist temples. The Seokguram grotto is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage and as the Korean National Treasure number 24. The Seokguram Grotto was initiated in 751 by King Kyeongdeok of Silla and completed by his son in 774 by King Hyegong of Silla. The Grotto was built to illustrate the moment when Sakyamuni achieved the Enlightenment. From the time of Unified Silla (668 - 935).

Heilige Filippus, Antonio Da Trento (attribute to), After Parmigianino, c. 1520 - c. 1550 print The standing apostle Filip with cross. Italy paper the apostle Philip; possible attributes: book, cross, dish with snake, lance, scroll, stone, sword

The figure represented here is an English Knight templar around A.D. 1200. The illustration dates to 1882.

Boniface II (born in Rome) (died 17 October 532) was Pope from 22 September 530 until his death, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Boniface II (born in Rome) (died October 17) (532) was Pope from September 22, 530 until his death, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Saint Margaret of Cortona, an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

Christ appears to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and shows his Sacred Heart. Process print.

SANTA ANA CON LA VIRGEN MARIA - RETABLO DEL NOMBRE DE JESUS - SIGLO XVII - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: ALONSO CANO. Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA MAGDALENA. GETAFE. MADRID. SPAIN. SANTA ANA MADRE DE LA VIRGEN MARIA. VIRGEN MARIA NIÑA.

Paris, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Delafosse, Jean Charles, Berthault, IIe Volume De l'Oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse, 29e Cahier EE Lutrins, et Soleis, Monstrance with Christ on the Cross, verso - stamped, An ornamented radiate monstrance with garlands, putti heads, ears of corn and in the middle Christ on the cross., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 369 mm, width 228 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1771 - 1771, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, French, 1734 - 1791-10-11, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisher

VENANCE FORTUNAT French churchman, bishop of Poitiers. Date: 530 - 609

Pope Pius IX. Jesus Christ protects him and the angels represent justice and mercy. Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti (1792-1878) elected Pope in 1846. Pius proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, and in 1869 convened the First Vatican Council. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Jesus Christ by Veuillot 1881

Engraving depicting Byzantine costumes of the 8th Century

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