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Engravings and woodcuts depicting mythological and historical themes, showcasing dramatic figures, allegorical representations, and intricate designs.

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus. From Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' Nuremberg Chronicle', Nuremberg 1493. Woodcut.
Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus. From Hartmann Schedel 'Liber chronicarum mundi' Nuremberg Chronicle', Nuremberg 1493. Woodcut.
167 assets in this story
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Warminiaen, anonymous, 1618 print Cartoon on the Arminians. The show shows the five -member and four -legged monster called Warminiaen. This monster has the headlines of Gieriness (Avaritia), stupidity (Stupiditas), deception (Fraus), Oproer (Seditio) and Waan (Opinio). In his hands he carries attributes of envy (invidia) and war (Bellum). Under his feet he tramples the innocence (Innocentia) and Peace (Pax) and justice (Justitia). With inscriptions in Dutch and Latin. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Anthropomorphic beings with Parts in Greater Number Than Normal. Innocence; 'Here'nocenza', 'Name-ocenza or Puritã ' (ripe). Envy; 'Invidia' (ripa) ~ Personification of one of the seven deadly sins. gluttony, intemperance, 'gula'; 'GOLA', 'ingordigia', 'ingordiia over aviditã ', 'Vouracitã ' (ripa) ~ Personification of one of the seven deadly sins. Stupidity, Poverty of Intellect; 'STUPIDITã Overo Stoliditã ' (ripe). Cheat, Deceit; 'Fraude', 'inganno' (ripe). 'Seditio'; 'Rebebellione'
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PAR-6265. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Copper engraving 'Saint George' by Monogrammist AG, late 15th century, depicting Saint George with dragon and lance in traditional iconography.
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Franks archers, from the painted canvases of the city of Reims, 15th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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Cartoon - Skin Driving off Bermuda. John Collins (1917-2007)
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Netherlands, Hondius, Hendrick, Bloemaert, Abraham, Bolswert, Boëtius Adamsz., Pastorales and animals, Peacocks, print, prent, prints, prenten, height 112 mm, width 142 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1611 - 1650, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1580 - 1633-03-25, after a print by, Northern Netherlands, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Albrecht Dürer, The Great Triumphal Chariot: Acrimonia and Virilitas, 1522; this set printed 1559, woodcut on paper.
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Rusia. Moscú. El rey de los cañones en el Kremlin, fundido en 1586; también conocido como el cañón del zar, construído por el maestro de fundición Andrei Chokhov (1545-1629) por orden del zar Fiodor I Ivanovich (1557-1598). Grabado de 1877.
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Sketch of wall paintings of the Sogdian palaces, Afrasiab Museum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Asia
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A woodcut engraving depicting Titus Oates (1650-1705) in the pillory as punishment for perjury (1685). Inventor of the Popish Plot: his false evidence help convict up to thirty-five people who were executed. Dated 19th century
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Bronze lamp in the Cathedral of Pisa, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.
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Het gezandtschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen keizer van China: waar in de gedenkwaerdigste geschiedenissen, die onder het reizen door de Sineesche landtschappen, Quantung, Kiangsi, Nanking, Xantung en Peking, en aan het keizerlyke hof te Peking, zedert den jaare 1655 tot 1657 zyn voorgevallen, op het bondigste verhandelt worden. . ., Nieuhof, Hendrik, Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672, Engraving, 1693, at the top of page 86. This is not an overall view of page 86.
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Black-figure kylix depicting Odysseus and his companions blinding Polyphemus, 6th century BC, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France still image. Reproductive prints. 1869 - 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Pottery , Greece, Pottery, Greek, Fish, Snakes, Mythology, Greek, Drinking cups, Drinking vessels , To 499, Odysseus (Greek mythology), Cyclopes (Greek mythology), kylikes, Polyphemus (Greek mythology), Blinding (Punishment)
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THE FALL OF THE REBEL ANGELS, BY GUSTAVE DOR. Gustave Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for Paradise Lost by Milton. 1870, Art, Artist, romanticism, colour, color engraving
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Václav Hollar, known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and in Germany as Wenzel Hollar (13 July 1607 - 25 March 1677), was a Bohemian etcher, who lived in England for much of his life. He was born in Prague, and died in London, being buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster.
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Family of satyrs' woodcut by Urs Graf, ca.1520
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Dion of Syracuse (408-354 B.C). Tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily (357-354 B.C.). Portrait. Engraving. 16th century. Colored.
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Diagram of a contrivance that may be converted into a drinking cup. Designed by Villard de Honnecourt. Dated 13th Century
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Die Triumphirende Liebe umgeben Mit den Sieghafften Tugenden In einem Ballet Auff dem Hochfürstlichen Beylager .. Christian Ludwig Hertzog zu Brunschwig und Lüneburg ... Dorothea Hertzogin zu Schleswig Hollstein ... Zelle 1653 ca. 1653 Published by Jakob Rebenlein German. Die Triumphirende Liebe umgeben Mit den Sieghafften Tugenden In einem Ballet Auff dem Hochfürstlichen Beylager .. Christian Ludwig Hertzog zu Brunschwig und Lüneburg ... Dorothea Hertzogin zu Schleswig Hollstein ... Zelle 1653 339251
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Joseph Carey Merrick.
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Tympanum of the portal of Saint-Trophime d'Arles, France. 12th century. Bouches du Rhone. Provence. France. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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Turkish Cavalier in Combat. Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault; French, 1791-1824. Date: 1813-1823. Dimensions: 280 × 220 mm. Brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache over black chalk, with blue wash on brown laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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RECONSTRUCCION DE LA FIGURA DE TARASCO HACIENDO GUIRNALDAS DE LA LAMINA XXIX, PAG 172 DE LA RELACION DE MICHOACAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Illustration showing Indian furniture by Liberty & Co. London 1887
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A man and woman, semi-nude but bedecked with jewellery, accompanied by Death, are kneeling on a representation of the poor: in the background are factories with smoking chimneys. Lithograph after H. Schwaiger, ca. 1900.
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Work entitled Puddling In Boat by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). This work was produced in 1903.
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The eight of bells 16th century german playing card. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874
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New York Wall PaintingArtist UnknownMural
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Frederick William IV (1795-1861), king of of Prussia from 1840. Cartoon by Friedrich Engels showing Frederick William addressing the United Diet, 11 April 1847.
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'Adam and Eve figures': female, all layers raised.
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Acorn Strength, Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759-1817, British, undated, Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 2 3/8 × 3 inches (6 × 7.6 cm), acorn, botanical subject, twigs
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Mitología. Cupido, llamado por los griegos Eros, dios del deseo amoroso, hijo de Marte y de Venus; se le representa como un niño alado, con los ojos vendados y armado de arco, flechas y aljaba. Años 1920. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.
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Hans Burgkmair (1473-1531). "The triumph of Maximilien, Char representing the bourgeois taken into captivity". Wood, 1512-1519. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 38103-12 Archduke Austrician, bourgeois, captivity, capture, tank, prisoner, Romain, saint Germanic emperor, triumph, wood
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Window of the facade, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890.
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fine arts, Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (circa 1525 - 1569), copper engraving based on Brueghel, round format, sayings, diameter 18 cm, private collection,
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Bartolomeu Português (16-16) was a Portuguese buccaneer who attacked Spanish shipping in the late 1660s; he also established one of the earliest sets of rules popularly known in pirate lore as the Pirates Code,
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Artwork: "Native With a Pipe", ink on paper, 6-1/4"x 3-7/8". Artist: Unknown. Catalog Number: D.5.339.45. US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown
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Temple of Abu Simbel, in Nubia, Egypt, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1040, Volume XLI, January 31, 1863.
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The Valkyrie by Ferdinand Keller, woodcut, 1842-1922, Private Collection
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Heads of Satyrs and other Grotesque Heads Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian 1774
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Mining in China, painting, Qing dynasty
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Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como
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Siena Contrades Paggi,
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Wheel twenty questions (Rueda de las veinte preguntas). Illustration of a book augural practices. Book of games of luck, published in Valencia by Jordi Costilla, 1515. Spain. Colored.
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Treat of the history of France from 21 to 25 June 1791 / or metamorphosis (IT)
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Playing card with a vulgar image drawn by peter Floetner, 16th Century
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France, Italy, Ripa, Matteo, Five singing men, verso - stamped, Five singing men with caricatural heads., print, prent, prints, height 102 mm, width 144 mm, Italian, 1682 - 1746-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1692 - 1745, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Isaac Judaeus physician to the rulers of Tunisia. 9th-10th century. Judaeus (c855-c955) was one of the first whose works were translated from Arabic to Latin. From 'Liber chronicarum mundi' by Hartmann Schedel (Nuremberg Chronicle), Nuremberg, 1493. Woodcut.
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Barbier, Cutlery, Etal changer, Fileresse, Stall of oublaieur, Goldsmith, Grocer, Apothicaire, Mendiants, Falconer, Fowler, vintage engraving. Barbier. Cutlery. Etal changer. Fileresse, Stall of oublaieur, Goldsmith, Grocer, Apothicaire, Mendiants, Falconer, Fowler, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673233
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Drawing depicting an antique warrior, silverpoint and brown chalk, circa 1475. by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian artist and polymath.
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ESPADON DE PEDERNALES.
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Belt, Necklace, Culture, Papua, Object, Historical illustration 1881, Oceania
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Kalmakov, Nikolai Konstantinovich (1873-1955) Private Collection 1910s 65x48,5 Gouache on paper Symbolism Russia Mythology, Allegory and Literature
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Pointed stone from the Taíno culture. Created by the Arawak people, the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. Dated 16th Century
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A bird's nest on a cemetery statue is attacked by a hornet, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork
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A kraken attacks a sailing vessel Date: 1802
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'The Lion' Creator: C Sheeres.
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France - 17th century - Saint Marguerite island. The Man in the Iron Mask's prison
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Death geniuses (IT)
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c.1784 Illustration, Man of the Sandich Islands wearing gourd mask
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Arkhangel Mikhail (graviura na dereve).. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian
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Brigandage escene. Active in Catalonia (Spain) between 16th-17th century. Coplas of poet Pere Giberga (16th century).
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A khalif on his throne. From the Ancona map, 1497.
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death, mortuary practices, rite where vultures taking away the corpse of a death person, travel report of de Mandeville, coloured woodcut, printed by Bernhard Richel, Basel, circa 1490,
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Risorgimento. Capture of Rome, 1870. Rape of the Sabine women. Lithography by A. Matarelli. 19th century.
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Amazons. Group of female warriors. Engraving. Engraving. The Nuremberg Cronicle", 15th century.
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Quinto Horacio Flaco (65 aC-8 aC), Horacio, poeta lírico y satírico en lengua latina. Caricatura. Grabado de 1878.