Religious Historical Scenes

Engravings capturing significant historical religious moments, featuring figures in debates and iconic gatherings, rich in cultural context.

Jewish people by Rembrandt van Rhijn, Etching, circa 1640, Baroque, 1606-1669, Collection J. de Bruijn, 17,6x21,6

Ptolemy I Soter inaugurates the great library at Alexandria Date: circa 370 BC

Christ and the scribes (). Draughtsman: Moses ter Borch. Dating: c. 1662 - before 1667. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 180 mm × w 270 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Ibn Danan Synagogue at Fez, Fes el Bali, Morocco. North of Africa. Morocco by Edmondo de Amicis 1875. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Christ and the scribes (), C. 1662 - Before 1667 drawing Zwolle paper. ink brush

Christ in debate with the Pharisees on the tax on the emperor, James Mcardell, After Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1745 - 1765 print One of the Pharisees shows Christ a currency and asks him if it is allowed to pay taxes to the emperor. paper etching Christ (in the temple) in debate with Pharisees about the tribute to Caesar (Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26)

Mahdist War (1881-1899). It faced the followers of Sudanese religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, against Egyptian Khedivate troops, who were later joined by British forces. The Sudanese insurrection. Muslim dervish preaching holy war. Engraving by Bernardo Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), January 8, 1884.

ENTRANCE TO A MOSQUE, ISLAMABAD, CASHMERE, FROM A DRAWING BY MR. W. CARPENTER, JUN.

Ptolemy I, Soter (d283 BC) who obtained Egypt on death of Alexander the Great, planning the construction of the Library at Alexandria.

Nehemiah preaching Monro Smith, A.. still image. Periodical illustrations. 1893. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Biblical events, Crowds, Preaching, Jews , History , 586 B.C.-70 A.D, Nehemiah (Governor of Judah), City walls, Jerusalem, Gates

Jewish people by Rembrandt van Rhijn, Etching, circa 1640, Baroque, 1606-1669, Collection J. de Bruijn, 17,6x21,6

The Tribute Money, Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729-1765, Irish, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-1669, Dutch, undated, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 16 1/4 × 20 1/4 inches (41.3 × 51.4 cm), Plate: 15 3/4 × 19 7/8 inches (40 × 50.5 cm), and Image: 15 × 19 7/8 inches (38.1 × 50.5 cm), archway, Christianity, crowd, disciples, halo, mantle, New Testament, pay, pew, religious and mythological subject, tax collector, teaching, temple, turbans

Church service in a village church. A church service takes place in a village church. In the foreground the spectators and on the right a preacher chair with a pastor and aforestor.

Collecting offerings, Turkish Ramadan celebration in the barracks in Rue de Lille, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1352, Volume LIII, January 23, 1869.

THE BAZAAR AT ST. JAMES'S HALL ON BEHALF OF THE ORPHAN AND FRIENDLESS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN OF LONDON, UK

Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt (1606-1669). "Jesus Christ preaching or the little tomb (B 67 - Single State), around 1652". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 26995-5 Bible, Catholic, Chretian Christian, Christ, Disciple, New Testament, Petite Tomb, Precher, Biblical Scene

David prays for the life of the child of Bathseba.

A coffee-shop, Cairo, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Engraving depicting the Oracle of Delphi, at the sanctuary that was dedicated to Apollo during the classical period.

Historia de España. Proclamación unánime del emir Yusuf-ben-Abderrahman como gobernador de la rama andalusí de la dinastía Fihrí magrebí. Siglo VIII. Grabado de 1872.

Women of the harem of the Grand Vizier of Morocco in 1879, North Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

History of Spain. Andalusia. Seville Cathedral. A sermon in the Orange Tree Courtyard. Engraving by Brend'amour after a painting by Jose Jimenez Aranda (1837-1903), ca. 1876. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). Supplement to issue XLIV. November, 1884.

Miracle healing in the Monastery of the Howling Dervishes in Scutari, today Shkodra, Albania, historical engraving, 1883, Europe

Procession dans une église Espagnole , Musicians, Religious processions, Churches, Clergy, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Tomb of the medieval Persian poet Saadi, Shiraz. Fars Province, Persia, Iran. Persia, Chaldea and Susiana by Jane Dieulafoy 1881-1882. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Prayers said in an Egyptian mosque for the flooding of the Nile. 1848. Watercolour by the French painter Jean-Adolphe Beaucé (1818 - 1875).

Florence, Callot, Jacques, The Death of Margaret of Austria, verso lower left - stamped, Margaret of Austria lies in a large four-poster bed, surrounded by children and clergy. On the left, much vaguer than the rest of the scene, three men at a table, a woman with a child (Mary) and a clergyman (God Peter) among angels., print, prent, prints, enten, height 129 mm, width 172 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, prentmaker, 1612 - 1612, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Man dispensing alms - James Whistler 1854

Loading the camels for a caravan through the desert. Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael detail x-default

Funeral ceremony of persever. Design for a print.

Entrance of the Temple of Amun, Thebes, created by David Roberts between 1846 and 1849. The artwork depicts a group at the entrance of the Temple of Amun at Goorna, Thebes. It was published by F.G. Moon in London and is rendered in chromolithograph, measuring 33 x 48 cm. The themes include Egypt, antiquities, temples, and clothing and dress associated with the region

Worshippers at their devotions in a Cairo mosque. Date: 1895

Farizeeërs in of Tempel; Collection of eighty-five original prints.The print is part of an album.

Christ Preaching (La Petite tombe) Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Christ Preaching (La Petite tombe), ca. 1652. Etching and drypoint on laid paper, Plate: 6 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (15.6 x 20.6 cm). This image of Christ preaching in a passageway demonstrates Rembrandts expressive manner of contrasting lightly etched areas and toned paper with velvety black drypoint burr, as well as his ability to humanize the spiritual. The haloed Christ is spotlighted, with his palms illuminated against a dark background. A bright, unetched ledge beneath his feet suggests an open space over which he is levitating. The people surrounding Christ are variously shown in inky shadow or bathed in his radiance, and all are individually characterized. By including just the feet of another individual at the lower right, Rembrandt encourages viewers to imagine themselves as part of this audience. The only figures who take no notice of the divine moment unfolding around them are the sleeping baby in

The reception of a Venetian ambassadors in Damascus in 1511. Engraving from a painting by the workshop of Bellini, by Lemaitre and Lalaisse. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

Pilgrims leaving Damascus for Mecca : the procession of the 'Mahwal' with the Holy Carpet. Date: 1875

Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818-1883). Ottoman statesman. Demonstration and protests in the streets of Istanbul against Minister. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1876.

Women of Carthage. Engraving by R. Brendamour after a painting by Richard Linderum (1851-1926). It depicts a patriotic episode of the Third Punic War (149-146 BC), the last confrontation between the Carthage and Rome. The Carthaginian women deposit their jewellery, their treasures and even their hair (the object of the highest esteem of the Carthaginians) on the altar of the homeland in order to buy swords and spears and fight the invaders. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), May 22, 1884.

The Holy Family Leaving by a City Gate, plate seven from The Flight into Egypt Made 1753 Italy. Etching on paper . Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

'Scene In Delhi: The Cross-Roads, Chandni Chowk, the Principal Business Thoroughfare', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

Tomb of a Mussulman - drawn by W. Carpenter, Jun., 1858. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

The Triumph of Mordecai. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Interior of the St Catherine's church at the foot of Mount Sinai, engraving from a painting by Adrien Dauzats, Salon de 1850, Paris, France, from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 417, Volume XVII, February 21-28, 1851.

Two men and a child in a courtyard in Tehran, Iran. Drawing by Jules Laurens (1825-1901) Journey to Persia, 1855-1858 by Arthur de Gobineau (1816-1882) Le Tour du Monde 1860

Procession dans une église Espagnole , Musicians, Religious processions, Churches, Clergy, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)

Sepulchres of the kings of Judah, 1800s. Sepolcri dei Re di Giuda. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1833. Copied from Luigi Mayers Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1804.

Residence of a noble Saxon, palace, nobility, soldiers, life, poverty, feeding the poor, food, aid, social conditions, inequality, Anglo-Saxon period, England, Great Britain, steel engraving, historical illustration 1842

A synagogue in Jerusalem, vintage engraving. A synagogue in Jerusalem, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660274

The Holy Family Leaving by a City Gate, plate seven from The Flight into Egypt 1753 Italy. Etching on paper . Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

The reception of a Venetian ambassadors in Damascus in 1511. Engraving from a painting by the workshop of Bellini, by Lemaitre and Lalaisse. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840.

Mohammedan festivals. Pilgrims leaving Damascus for Mecca. The Procession of the "Mahwal" with the Holy Carpet. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, May 30, 1876.

EAST AFRICA Slave market at Khartoum (Sudan) Date: circa 1860

Pietro Faccinis drawing depicts the Mocking of Christ, created with gray brush and white highlights on blue-green paper, showing figures, gestures, and expressions.

Episode 13: In Prato Saint Bernardino heals a boy attacked by a bull; Episode 14: In Bologna Saint Bernardino orders the burning of luxury books and paints the sign of Christ for a gambler; Episode 15: Saint Bernardino travels to Mantua by foot, from "The Life of Saint Bernardino of Siena" 1610-39 Bernardino Capitelli Each scene of Saint Bernardino's life is numbered with a corresponding description in the lower margin.. Episode 13: In Prato Saint Bernardino heals a boy attacked by a bull; Episode 14: In Bologna Saint Bernardino orders the burning of luxury books and paints the sign of Christ for a gambler; Episode 15: Saint Bernardino travels to Mantua by foot, from "The Life of Saint Bernardino of Siena". "The Life of Saint Bernardino of Siena". Bernardino Capitelli (Italian, Siena, 1590-1639). 1610-39. Etching. Prints

Ancient Roman slave market, ca. 1890, after Boulanger

THE SON AH WALLAH, OR ITINERANT GOLDSMITH OF INDIA

Meeting of Jacob and Esau. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dream. Old Testament. Drawings by Gustave Dore. 19th century.

Miniature Painting ; Street in Lucknow the capital of Oudh North India 19th century

A feast at Tycjan according to the image of Josef Ris. A clip from a German magazine Käseberg, Hugo (1847 1893), Oertel, Kaspar Erhardt (1840 18 ..), Lutz, A., Ris, Josef (N.N.)

Monks of St. Francis singing a Te Deum, painting by Bosboom. engraving 1855

Historia Antigua. Egipto. Adoración del buey Apis. Grabado alemán de 1863.

Serbo-Turkish War: series of sketches including the convalescent hospital, the Chapel at Lazare and prisoners of war. Wood engraving.

European men inspecting slaves in the slave market of Rio de Janeiro, 1812, Slavery, Brazil, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, South America

The Conquistadors visit an Aztec temple and are horrified to witness an Aztec ritual sacrifice. Date: circa 1519

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, musicians with stringed instruments in a cafe in Cairo, Egypt, Africa

. Raphaels Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus was also the source of inspiration for this etching. Instead of Homer (in the adjacent drawing), Jesus standing on a platform is the main figure in the etching. Rembrandt further reinforced Christ by placing him before a pillar and leaving the space beneath him blank.

THE TOMBS, THE PRINCIPAL TEMPORARY POLICE PRISON IN NEW YORK. HERE ARE INCARCERATED THE PRISONERS TAKEN DURING THE DAY, THE THIEVES AND THE DEFAULTERS, ASSAULTERS AND COMMITTERS OF ARSON, RIOTERS AND GARROTTERS. AT EACH OF THE CELL DOORS ARE DEVOTED, LOVING SOULS, DOING THEIR BEST TO CHEER THE UNHAPPY INMATES OF THE CELLS;1870

Kabyle lathe turner, Kabylia. Northern Algeria, Africa. Excursion in Great Kabylia by Commander Emile Duhousset 1864 from Le Tour du Monde 1867

The audience of the ambassador of Morocco, Said Muhammed Ben Abdulmalek, with Emperor Joseph II on February , Johann Hieronymus Deleteenkohl -, publishing house

The slave market in Morocco, engraving

Marys Well in Nazareth in Israel, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, 1881

Armenia. Armenian women. Engraving drawn by Vernier. Engraved by Langlois. Lemaitre direxit. 'Panorama Universal. Historia de Armenia', 1838.

The Grotto of the Nativity, Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 1800s. Grotta della Nativita. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1833. Copied from Luigi Mayers Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1804.

Christ Presented to the People. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669). Drypoint. Executed in 1655. 38.3 x 44.7cm.

Interior of Rosslyn Chapel at Roslin Scotland. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

PYTHAGORAS Greek philosopher and mathematician, sharing knowledge and ideas with the priests of Egypt Date: 580 - 500 BC

The Feast of Belshazzar. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

SHAH JAHAN I depicted offering a seat to Dara Shikoh Date: 1592 - 1666

Temple Gongen Kami Buddha, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

Chirvan. Bayaderes de Chemakha.. Gagarin, Grigorii Grigorevich, kniaz (1810-1893). Prints, Illustrations. 1847. General Research Division. Caucasus

Dinet, Etienne, Charmeur de vipères (laglionat), Reproduction of a painting of a snake charmer by Etienne Dinet, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, height 238 mm, width 234 mm, maker, producer, 1885 - 1901, paper, papier, autotype, French, 1861-03-28 - 1929-12-24

THE EASTERN QUESTION: A MORNING CALL IN A TURKISH HOUSE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, 1876

Moroccan Moorish Market (rather a folly/fraud of an image, as it depicts an Ottoman Fountain in Morocco, even though the Ottoman Empire never stretched as far as Morocco....!). Date: circa 1910s

Borneo scenery:a Chinese store in North Borneo Date: 1913

Palestine Jerusalem Church of Golgatha interior view lithograph 1860,

View of the courtyard of a mosque in Cairo; Looks for a Moskée at Cairo; Egyptian losses third six; Egyptian losses. A group of men are praying in the courtyard.

Laments and cries of a Memphis widow next to her husband's coffin. Ancient Egypt History. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Conference Of Arabs (From "The Holy Land: Syria, Idumea, Arabia.....) 1839 David Roberts (1796-1864 Scottish) Illustration Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dancing almoh; Dance of Almehs; Egyptian losses; Egyptian losses second six. The girl is dancing in the middle of a group of men.

The reconciliation of religions, Marius Bauer, 1896 Cartoon on the tense relationship between Turkey and Russia in 1896. For the Turkish sultan Abdülhamid II, a Russian boy are accompanied by the Serbian patriarch and the Serbian king. In the caption, the sultan says: Allah bless you, young Christian dog. Published in the addition of 'De Kroniek' of February 23, 1896. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: The Haguepublisher: Amsterdam paper diplomacy, diplomat Turkey. Serbia

Grain and flour merchant in Patna, known as Pataliputra, the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India, Historical, digitally restored r...

Man and woman dancing the bolero, Granada, 18th century. Man in majo suit, woman in long dress, both with castanets, accompanied by two guitarists. Monk in habit, man in cape with tobacco pipe, naked boy, man with water urn, woman in mantilla, etc. Danza del Bolero e Costumi del popolo di Granada. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Versico after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1829.

St. Francis of Assisi meeting to Sultan, Melik-Al-Kamil. Engraving by G. Dore "The Crusades"., 19th century. Fifth Crusade. Author: GUSTAVE DORÉ.

Familie mit dem Neugeborenen auf dem Weg zur Kirche und Taufe, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhun...

Arab fountain in Jerusalem. Travels in Palestine, 1856-1859. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

. In the Geertekerk in Utrecht there are victims of the flood disaster of 1855. On the long banks are mainly women and children and two washing lines hangs textiles to dry. On the right is a man with a broom. This print is part of a series.

The Slaughter of Caefarea, Israel, First Crusade, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century original, Asia

Crypt of the cathedral of Krakow, Tomb of Sobieski, vintage engraving. Crypt of the cathedral of Krakow, Tomb of Sobieski, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674150

Victims of the flood in the Geertekerk Utrecht, 1855, The Netherlands

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