Medieval and Renaissance Tapestries

Intricate embroidered and woven scenes depicting historical events and allegories, rich in colors and intricate designs from medieval art.

Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, 15th century. Artist: Unknown

Gilded panel from a Marriage Chest, also known as a 'Casson'. Dated 15th Century

Fragment of a stained glass window in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, 1849.Artist: Hauger

Gothic fresco, praising of the virtue, censure of vice, with writing, 10. cloister, Cathedral, Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Plaque with Naval Games in Honor of Anchises. The Master of the Aeneid (France, Limoges, active circa 1530-1540). France, Limoges, circa 1530. Furnishings; Accessories. Polychrome enamel, gold on copper with silver foil

Guidoriccio da Fogliano (Guido Riccio), by Martini Simone, 1328, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Tuscany: Siena: Palazzo Pubblico: sala del Mappamondo. All conquest/taking/capture castle captain horse insignia/ensigns/banners/standards encampment/camp tents bastion/rampart fortification trebuchet/trebucket engines of seize village walls circle of walls/surrounding walls palisade/stockade blue sky sand ochre

Monogram page from The Book of Kells Christi Auteum Generatio 6th century manuscript of the Four Gospels

Il'ia Prorok, s deianiem.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

FRONTAL DE SAN MIGUEL DE SORIGUEROLA-DET ULTIMA CENA-S XIII-TARDORROMANICO. Author: MAESTRO DE SORIGUEROLA. Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Donors in the dining room of the pilgrims (14th c.). Wall painting previously placed in the dining hall of the canonry of the cathedral. Gothic art. Fresco. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Lerida. Lleida Museum. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. Lerida. Seu Vella or Old Cathedral.

Ceiling mosaic, soldiers with a Lenin flag, Komsomolskaya metro station, Moskau, Moscow Oblast, Russia, Europe

Plafón cerámico 'La Chocolatada', 1710. Museu del Disseny de Barcelona.

Reinmar Von Zweter (1200-1260), Rhenish poet, teaches two young men in the Arts. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 323r. University of Heidelberg. Library. Germany.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd El-Qurna, Tomb of Paser, detail of fresco

Se Cathedral Porto. Baroque azulejos, or ceramic tiles. Porto. Portugal.

Detalle del retablo de la Mare de Déu dels Colls, Sant Llorenç de Morunys, obra barroca de Josep Pujol, 1773.

Kantele. Illustration to the national epic Kalevala, Baranov, Igor (*1983)

Detailed patchwork design with various patterns and colours, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Istoriia prepod. Varlaama i Iasafa Tsarevicha.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Trencher with quotation from The Governance of Virtue (1566) (one of a set) early 17th century British At the end of a banquet it was customary to serve fruit or sweetmeats on the undecorated side of wood trenchers such as these. Afterwards, they were turned over and the moralizing quotations from the Bible read aloud to the assembled company.The gold effects were achieved with a yellow varnish over a layer of silver-leaf.. Trencher with quotation from The Governance of Virtue (1566) (one of a set). British. early 17th century. Sycamore wood, painted and gilded. Natural Substances

Cover illustration for a French almanac celebrating the visit to Paris of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexander of Russia 1897

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Fajans, Maksymilian (1827 1890), Łepkowski, Ludwik (1829 1905), Stwosz, Wit (Ca 1447 1533)

The Trojan War: Achilles' Death. ca. 1470. Eighth cloth of the series, work of the Master of Cotivy, Henry or Conrard of Vulcop (active 1454-1479). Manufacturing of Tournai. Wool and silk. 6/7 threads per cm. 482 x 942 cm. Flemish art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Zamora. Cathedral Museum.

Detail of Japanese textile print

Allegory of Time. unknown c. 1528-1550 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'8" x W 9'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Tournai Ownership History: Formerly in a private collection in Salfelden, Austria. French & Co. purchased from Mr. Bela Szabodos, received 1/18/1950; sold to Kunst Handlung 2/29/1961. Sold at a German auction house in early (February) 1993. Inscriptions: Inscriptions identifying figures, left to right: SAIENCE, LE ETMPS PASSE, LE TEMPS PRESENT, LE TEMPS ADVENIR LHOMME Inscriptions: Inscription in banderole: SI TV PRETENS A HONNEVR PARVENIR ES DEVX RECORDE ET PREVOI LADVENIR Janus figure as personification of present time, with female face on L and male face on R, flanked by female personification of Wisdom & male personification of the Past on L, & winged personification of the Future & male personification of Man on R; on millefleurs ground with inscribed banderole along the top (BRD) garland with fruit & flowers, sections joined by ribbon

Rathwa tribal man's house wall painted in the Pithora style emanating from local cave paintings in Koraj-i-Dungar, Gujarat, India, Asia

Stage design for the ballet The Firebird by I. Stravinsky by Pleshakov, Vladimir (1891-1942) / Private Collection / 1923 / Russia / Gouache and ink on paper / Opera, Ballet, Theatre / 46,5x62,5 / Theatrical scenic painting

DETALLE DEL RETABLO MAYOR DE LA SEO DE ZARAGOZA - SIGLO XV. Author: HANS SUABIA / PERE JOAN. Location: LA SEO. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

Groteskentispijp with the sacrifice for Priapus, Manufacture Royale de Beauvais, c. 1688 - 1732 Wall carpet with the sacrifice to pan from a series of carpets with grotesken. Beauvais Ketting: Wool. Entry: Wool. Entry: Silk tapestry Wall carpet with the sacrifice to pan from a series of carpets with grotesken. Beauvais Ketting: Wool. Entry: Wool. Entry: Silk tapestry

Stage design with castle by Alexander Yakovlevich Golovin, watercolour, gouache on paper, 1903, 1863-1930, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 66, 5x89, 6

The city of Tangier, detail of 15th century tapestry depicting Portuguese army of Alfonso V's conquest of Asilah and Tangier in Morocco. Collegiate Church of Pastrana, Spain.

DESENGANYS DE L`APOCALIPSIS. INFIERNO. Author: JOAN JOLIS. MAGÍ CASES.

MTI1-CANTIGA STA MARIA Nº99-F144R-VIRGEN DERROTA A LOS MOROS QUE QUERIAN DESTROZAR SU IMAGEN. Author: ALFONSO X EL SABIO (1221-1284). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Russian grotesque by Russian Master, copper engraving, Second Half of the 18th century, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Embroidered sampler 1826 Margaret Cassady. Embroidered sampler 19444

Royal palace complex. Murals of scenes from the Khmer (Reamker) version of the classic Indian epic Ramayana. Phnom Penh; Cambodia.

people allegory way of virtue and vice naive painting Black forrest circa 1830 private collection,

mural paintings of Navasa, 12th century, fresco torn and transferred to canvas, come from the church of Asuncion de Maria, Navasa, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Coloured illustration of playing cards known as the game of Piquet of Charles VII. Attributed initially to the 15th Century but published in Lyon at the start of the 17th century.

Meeting in a garden. Iran. 17th century. Colored glazed. Isfahan. Safavid period. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Part I Illuminated Large P with Serpent by Howard Pyle from The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson, (1853-1911), Newberry Library, Chicago

Faith. Artist: Freeman Gage Delamotte (British, Sandhurst 1813/14-1862 London). Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/2 x 17 3/8 in. (29.2 x 44.1 cm). Date: 1830-62. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Shield of TOggenburg, Jegli, Hans (Swiss), Stained Glass

Secreter, J. Cabanyeres, 1866. Museu d'Història de Barcelona.

fine arts, folk art, Germany, Saint Florian, mural painting from Trylbrunn, Upper Bavaria, circa 17th century, Glentleiten Open Air Museum,

Marriage Wall Panel or Table Top. Date/Period: 18th-early 19th century. Ceremonial Art-Architectural Elements. Marble: inlaid with cut stones Marble: inlaid with cut stones. Height: 978 mm (38.50 in); Width: 1,467 mm (57.75 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Georg Lembergers 1524 colored woodcut for the Luther Bible depicts Babylons demise from Revelation 14:1-8, illustrating apocalyptic imagery, architecture, and figures representing the citys fall.

Aeneas Erects a Tomb to his Nurse, Caieta, and Flees the Country of Circe (Aeneid, Book VII) probably ca. 1530-35 Master of the Aeneid European of the Renaissance period viewed ancient Rome not only as the origin of Italian civilzation but also the geographic center of a lost golden age. This plaque belongs to a series of at least eighty Limoges enamels illustrating events from Virgils Aeneid. The Latin epic poem tells the story of the legendary hero Aeneas, who escaped the sack and burning of Troy by the Greeks and, after wandering for some time, settled in Italy, where his descendants founded Rome.The scenes are not, however, the product of the enameler's imagination; rather, they are close copies of the woodcut illustrations for the edition of the Latin poets Opera printed by Johann Grüninger in Strasbourg in 1502. The same woodcuts were used again for the edition published in Lyon in 1517. The anonymous painter of the enamels may have used either the Strasbourg of the Lyon editio

Abraham & The Three Angels Leslie Xuereb (b.1959/French)

'Old England. Pictorial Museum of National Antiquities', 1844. Artist: Unknown.

The History of Mexico, Diego Rivera's mural in the main stairwell of the National Palace, Palacio Nacional, the president's residence in Mexico-City

Mystical fountain from a manuscript, France, end of 8th century. A phiale or nymphaeum with columns, cocks (St. Peter) chasing vultures (Satan), and other allegorical beasts. Fontaine Mystique, France, VIIIe siecle (fin). Taken from a manuscript formerly kept at the Abbey of Saint-Medard de Soissons. MS 686 Sup. Latin, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Mathieu from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Juan González; Miguel González / 'Series of the Conquest of Mexico'. 1698. Shell work, Oil on canvas mounted on panel, panel. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

EVANGELIO DE GODESCALCO - 781-783 - ARTE CAROLINGIO. Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

Coloured illustration of playing cards depicting portraits of Lyon published by Claude Valentin (1650-1675).

Historical print from the 19th century, facsimile of an ancient Greek heroic legend, vase painting, Greece, Europe

CASULLA BORDADA - CAPILLO.

Ballet scene design by Konstantin Alexeyevich Korovin, gouache, gold and silver on cardboard, 1901, 1861-1939, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 26, 5x47, 2

Women of the House of Babemberg from 976 to 1246, detail of the Bamberg family tree triptych, 1489-1492, by Hans Part, 15th Century.

Italian majolica, modern times, Italian ornament

Couli or Dancer Playing Card for the Game of Nas Couli or Dancer Playing Card for the Game of Nas, mid-19th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on wood or papiermché under lacquered varnish, 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. (6.0 x 4.0 cm). Arts of the Islamic World mid-19th century

Bibi or Queen Playing Card for the Game of Nas Bibi or Queen Playing Card for the Game of Nas, mid-19th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on wood or papiermché under lacquered varnish, 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. (6.0 x 4.0 cm). The full set of cards for the game of nas contains twenty cards, with four each of five suits. The suits are the king, the queen, the couli, or dancer, the serbaz, or soldier, and the as, or ace, in the form of a lion and tiger entwined by a snake-dragon. Arts of the Islamic World mid-19th century

Guest of Herod and Salome holds the head of John the Baptist, fresco by Masolino da Panicale, 1435, Gothic, Baptistery Collegiata dei Santi Stefano e Lorenzo, Castiglione Olona, Province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Zillis, village church of St Martin, Romanesque wooden ceiling with biblical depictions, sea monsters and fantasy creatures

Petr II (rab. A.Zubova 1734 goda); Anna Ivanovna (rab. A.Zubova 1734 goda).. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Artist: Apollonio di Giovanni, Italian, ca. 1416-1465, Tournament in the square of Santa Croce,Florence, ca.1440, Tempera on panel, 45.4 × 153.4 × 3.8 cm (17 7/8 × 60 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.), Made in Florence, Italy, Italian,Florence, 15thcentury, Paintings

Elephant first half 12th century (possibly 1129-34) Spanish. Elephant. Spanish. first half 12th century (possibly 1129-34). Fresco transferred to canvas. Made in Castile-León, Spain. Paintings-Fresco

The Sacred Monogram. Dated: c. 1500. Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in orange-red and gray-blue. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 15th Century.

The German tale tells of a mysterious knight (Lohengrin) who arrivesin a boat drawn by a swanto help a noble lady (Els or Elsa) in distress. He marries her but forbids her to ask his origin; she later forgets this promise, and he leaves her, never to return. The German composer Richard Wagner composed the opera Lohengrin in 1848.

Saint Michael Archangel by Blasco de Grañén (1422-1459) Gothic painter active in Aragon. Dated 15th Century

LOS ROMEROS. Author: FRANCISCO MATEOS (1894-1976). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

City of Seville, at the Plaza de Espana, ornaments made of tiles, details of the ornamentation presenting the 48 provinces of Spain, here Burgos, maps of the provinces, mosaics of historical events, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Station of the Cross No. 7: "Jesus Falls the Second Time". Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 37.2 x 50.4 cm (14 5/8 x 19 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Approximately 30 x 50 in.. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Beulah Bradleigh.

Case (Inrō) with Design of Crowded Ferry Boat on Waves early 18th century Japan. Case (Inrō) with Design of Crowded Ferry Boat on Waves 58389

Beethoven Frieze, Gustav Klimt, 1902, Secession Building, Vienna, Austria

late 15 the century, Florentine miniature, depicting the Seven Liberal Arts

Przeszo Przyszoci unknown

Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Monterrey. Museum of Mexican History. Murals in Mayan temple, Bonampak, Lacandon jungle, Chiapas

'Margaret, Princess of Wales, 1410. Joice, Lady Tiptoft, 1460', 1926. Artist: Herbert Norris.

Charm , 20th century. Woodblock print, 22 x 12 1/4 in. (55.9 x 31.1 cm). Asian Art 20th century

Colorful old Medieval Merchants fresco, Gdansk, Poland. Formerly known as Danzig, square established 1331, buildings from 1500 to 1600's.

Arabian penisula. Date/Period: 1575. Oil painting on wood. Height: 117 mm (4.60 in); Width: 81.50 mm (3.20 in). Author: EGNAZIO DANTI.

Bayeux cathedral mural decors, normandy, France BAYEUX, FRANCE, MAY 14, 2024 : mural decors of Bayeux, cathedral, normandy Copyright: xZoonar.com/Bayeuxxcathedralxmuralxdecors,xnormandy,xFrancex 22188698

The Royal Alcazars of Seville. Decoration. Ceramic tiles. Spain.

Detail, mural, painting by Alois Carigiet on the facade of Hotel Restaurant Adler, Stein am Rhein, Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Europe

Diogenes Maillart (1840-1926). "Main facts in the history of France". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 55901-1 Conqueror, French emperor, historical fresco, hero, Greek mythology, 19th century

Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1601). Vesuvius.

FLIESENGEMälde Am Eningang des Market of the Funchal Farmers, Madeira Fliesengegeälde Am Eningang des Market of the Funchal, Madeira

GRABADO-MAPA DE BELGICA EN FORMA DE LEON. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Hooked Rug ca. 1860 Lucy Trask Barnard. Hooked Rug 13958

Azulejos (mosaic panels) . Malaga. Spain.

Mosaic of semi-precious stones with motif outlined in gold by Bernardino Gaffuri.

fine arts, middle ages, Gothic, illumination, Codex Manesse, Zurich, 1305 - 1340, von Gliers, covering colour on vellum, University of Heidelberg Library,

Greek civilization, fresco depicting ship procession, from Akrotiri, Thera Island, Santorini, Greece

Santa and Mrs. Claus Inez Nickmans (b.1960/Belgian) Watercolor on Paper

Victor Casimir Zier (1822-). "Sketch for the Häy-les-Roses church: glorification of Saint Léonard". Oil on canvas. 1873. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Figurative art, religious art, holy history, Christian iconography, religious iconography, saint

Coloured illustration of playing cards used to teach Spanish.

Mosaics at Gaziantep Archaeology Museum, Gaziantep (Antep), Turkey

Rider 2001 Leslie Xuereb (b.1959/French)

Ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, by Augustine Aglio, color print from Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, by Edward King Kingsborough, volume III, 1831-1848, London.

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