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Historical Religious Figures

Portraits of significant religious figures, including cardinals and popes, depicted in formal attire with inscriptions in varying styles.

Portrait of Cardinal Jos, print maker: Simon Thaddäus Sondermayr, (mentioned on object), Augsburg, 1691, paper, engraving, h 260 mm - w 144 mm

'John Knox', Scottish religious reformer, 1812.Artist: J Chapman

Martin Luther, (Eisleben, 1483, Eisleben, 1546). German reformer. Doctor of Theology and Augustinian priest. In 1517, outlined the main thesis of Lutheranism in Wittenberg. He was excommunicated in 1520. Engraving by J. Bastinos in "The Religious Revolution" (1880).

Portrait of Christoph Nieschl, Lucas Kilian, 1619 print Text in Latin in book pressure within a framework of Fleurons. paper engraving historical persons. theologian. crucifix ~ personal devotion

John Calvin, 1509-64. Protestant Theologian.

Ferdinand, Infant of Spain Stecher: Sadeler, Johann (2)

Linus, Pope.

Portrait of Cardinal Bernardino Rocci, Albertus Clouwet, After Jacob Ferdinand Voet, After 1680 print Portrait in oval list of Cardinal Bernardino Rocci. Bust frontal. At the top left the weapon of Pope Clemens X, at the top right the weapon of Cardinal Bernardino Rocci. The print has a Latin caption with data about the portrayed person. Rome paper engraving

Seghers, Daniel .

Cambolas, Angelus of.

Portrait of Mikolaj Slupski (1616-1693). Bishop, the Suffragan of Byelorussia. By painter Johann Schretter (min. 1641-1685).Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.

Charles Dematius S.S. Theo. Doctor and Professor in Academia Ultraiectina and the Pastor.

Portrait in oval frame of Cardinal Pascual de Aragn. Bust to the right. Top left the coat of arms of Pope Alexander VII, top right the coat of arms of Cardinal Pascual de Aragn. The print has a Latin caption with details of the person portrayed, Portrait of Cardinal Pascual de Aragn Portraits of Cardinals Effigies cardinalium nunc viventium , print maker: Albertus Clouwet, (mentioned on object), Albertus Clouwet, publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi, (mentioned on object), Rome, 1660 - 1679, paper, engraving, h 195 mm × w 147 mm

Anselm Of Canterbury, Saint (1033-1109). British theologian, archbishop of Canterbury. Saint Anselm of Canterbury, engraved in 1612. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Public Episcopal Library of the Barcelona Seminary.

Head of Christ in beams. Christ's head, with long hair and beard in a ray wreath. With caption in French.

Guido of Arezzo 991/992-after 1033, benedictine monk, engraving,

John Bale, English prelate and author.

Monnik with stamps, Jacob Gole, after Cornelis Dusart, 1693 - 1700 print A monk as an attorney of the Inquisition. Letters with stamps hang over his shoulders. There is a sign with the text "Les Sainctes Confiscations" on his pure. The print is part of a series with caricatures of the French clergy under Louis XIV. paper engraving political caricatures and satires. letter, envelope. monk(s), friar(s)

Heyden, Christian.

JEAN GARNIER French Jesuit churchman and writer. Date: 1612 - 1681

Cornelius pope.

Italy/China: Odoric de Pordenone (1286 - 1331), Franciscan friar, missionary, explorer and early visitor to China and the east (1318 - 1330), Il Cittadino Italiano, 23 September 1881

Johann Georg Faust, also Georg Faust, around 1480 to around 1541, a travelling miracle healer, alchemist, magician, astrologer and fortune teller, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Salvation, Konrad.

SAINT BEDE THE VENERABLE Anglo-saxon scholar, historian and theologian

Bishop Latimer. Hugh Latimer (c. 1487 - 16 October 1555) was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester during the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI. In 1555 under the Catholic Queen Mary I he was burned at the stake, becoming one of the three Oxford Martyrs of Anglicanism.

Anonymous depicts Bishop Antoon Trieste using black and reddish chalk with white highlights on brownish tinted paper, showing facial features, clothing, and posture.

Abraham a Sancta Clara, also Abraham a Santa Clara, Johann Ulrich Megerle, July 2, 1644 - December 1, 1709, a Catholic clergyman, preacher, and Upper German writer / Abraham a Sancta Clara, auch Abraham a Santa Clara, Johann Ulrich Megerle, 2. Juli 1644 - 1. Dezember 1709, ein katholischer Geistlicher, Prediger und oberdeutscher Schriftsteller, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Franciscus Gomarus (1563 - 1641), professor of theology at Leiden, the doctrine of predestination, His work led to great divisions in the Netherlands and led to lengthy ecclesiastical disputes.

Portrait of Giuseppe Francisco Maria Sanfelice. Portrait of Giuseppe Francisco Maria Sanfelice, Archbishop of Cosenza. At the bottom of the margin are title and position in Italian.

Christ blesses the bread. Christ has aimed up his gaze. He has a piece of bread in his right hand. He makes a blessing gesture with his left hand.

Franz von Sales, Saint.

The Qianlong Emperor (1711 ñ 1799)emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty; he reigned officially from 11 October 1735 to 8 February 1796. he abdicated in favour of his son; the Jiaqing Emperor however; he retained ultimate power as a Retired Emperor until his death in 1799

Illustration showing John Wycliffe (c. 1320s - 1384); English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford. He became an influential dissident within the Roman Catholic priesthood during the 14th century and is considered an important predecessor to Protestantism.

PAPA GREGORIO XIV. Location: BASILICA DE SAN PABLO. Rome. ITALIA.

Saint Camillus de Lellis. Engraving by G.B. after F.T.

John of San Facundo, saint.

George Abbott 1562-1633. Archbishop of Canterbury. From the book 'Lodge's British Portraits' published London 1823.

Bildnis des Johannes Harpprechtius

Pope Marcellus I. Engraving.

MATTHIAS ZELL German churchman and theologian Date: 1477 - 1548

Father Giovan Battista MARTINI, 1706-84 Italian musician

Sixtus I., papa .

The blessed Lorenzo of Brindisi. Etching by G. Baratti.

Rabbi Raphael Haijm Isaac Karigal(1733-1777). Artist: Samuel King, American, 1749-1819

Portrait of Antonie Vigier. Portrait in half of the Jesuit Antoine Vigier, with folded hands kneeling for a cricifix for him on the table. There is a four-line text in French in the margin.

Portrait of Cardinal Carlo Pio, Albertus Clouwet, 1654 - 1679 print Portrait in oval list of Cardinal Carlo Pio. Bust to the left. At the top left the weapon of Pope Innocent XI, at the top right the coat of arms of Cardinal Carlo Pio. The print has a Latin caption with data about the portrayed person. Rome paper engraving

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). Italian priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian.

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Philipp Sadeler, After Antonie Wierix (III), 1625 print Stanislaus Kostka, a Polish Jesuit, canceled in 1726. The Holy Stanislaus is kneeling for an altar on which a radiant chalice. München paper engraving saints

Dr. Don Diego Alonso de Covarrubias y Leiva (1512-1577), from Toledo, one of the most distinguished Spanish theologians who participated in the Tridentine Council.

Cardinal Reginald Pole (1500-1558) English prelate. Archbishop of Canterbury. Persecuted Protestants during reign of Mary I. Engraving after the portrait by Titian.

Lupus, Christian .

Kircher, Athanasius Stecher: Schmidt, Johann Friedrich

William Allen (1532-1594) English prelate; created Cardinal 1587. On accession of Elizabeth I went into exile. Founded English colleges to train missionaries to reconvert England to Roman Catholicism. Died in Rome. Engraving

Portrait of John Wycliffe (1320-1384) an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, Biblical translator, reformer, and seminary professor at Oxford University. Dated 14th Century

Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, 1491-56. SPAIN.

Scholars around a table. Nine scholars and theologians around a table, including Daniël Heinsius, Josephus Scaliger, Franciscus Gomarus, Frederick Spanheim (I), Theodorus Beza, Clausius Salmasius and Hugo de Groot.

Saint Dionysius the Areopagite in Prayer, Anonymous, 1505 - 1510

Laughing monk with playing cards, Jacob Gole, after Cornelis Dusart, 1693 - 1700 print A smiling monk with a ribbon of playing cards around his neck. On his chest a sign on which the text "Cantamus". The print is part of a series with caricatures of the French clergy under Louis XIV. paper engraving political caricatures and satires. playing-cards. laughing. monk(s), friar(s)

. Bust to the right of Benedictus Aretius. Under the portrait his name and four rules in Latin. Print out (part 1 of) the series of portraits of famous reformers.

Gaza, Theodoros .

Anag. auth. / By prayer God help me.

Soter, Pope.

Schi-Tsu, Kaiser of China.

Rátkai, John.

Thodore BEZA (de Bze), 1519-1605 French Calvinist religious reformer

Pope Theodore I, was Pope from 24 November 642 to his death in 649

Bermudo I or Vermudo. Called The Deacon or The Monk. King of Asturias from 788 or 789 until his abdication in 791. Engraving.

Ivan II Ivanovich the Fair (1326 ñ1359) Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1353. Until that date, he had ruled the towns of Ruza and Zvenigorod

Archbishop Cramner from a painting in Lambeth Palace. Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 - 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which was one of the causes of the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See

Portrait bust to the left of the priest Thomas a Kempis, wearing headgear and holding a stored book. Surrounding an ornamental frame, below the portrait the name of the person portrayed and a four-line Dutch verse. Portrait of Thomas a Kempis, print maker: Adolf van der Laan, (mentioned on object), Adolf van der Laan, (mentioned on object), Gerardus Outhof, (mentioned on object), 1694 - 1755, paper, etching, engraving, h 164 mm × w 104 mm

England: Thomas Cranmer (1489 - 1556), Archbishop of Canterbury (1533 - 1555), oil on panel, Gerlach Flicke (1495 - 1558), 1545

Portrait of John Wycliffe (1320-1384) an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, Biblical translator, reformer, and seminary professor at Oxford University. Dated 14th Century

Juan Ruiz (ca.1283-ca. 1350), known as the Archpriest of Hita (Arcipreste de Hita). Medieval Spanish poet.

Portret van Thomas in the Kempis, John Michael Scrape, 1782 - 1835 print München paper engraving historical persons. theologian

St. ludovico church at the bretto village, camerata cornello, Italy

MARTIN LUTHER Date: 1483 - 1546

Saint Philip Neri. Line engraving by P. Bettelini after L. Agricola.

Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici, Baciccia, Giovanni Battista Ga, 1674.

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