Renaissance Woodcut Prints

Woodcut illustrations from the Renaissance era, showcasing dramatic scenes, featuring themes of mortality and historical figures.

Der Tod holt den Trunkenbold Holzschnitt von Georg Scharffenberg nach Hans Holbein d. J. Aus Der Todten Tanz, Basel 1843, Death comes for the Drunkard Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. century, Record date not stated

Der Tod holt den Trunkenbold Holzschnitt von Georg Scharffenberg nach Hans Holbein d. J. Aus Der Todten Tanz, Basel 1843, Death comes for the Drunkard Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. century, Record date not stated

Witches' Sabbath. Engraving by Hans Weiditz (1495-1537). Renaissance.

Woodcut depicting FERDINAND I; Holy Roman Emperor 1558-64, king of Bohemia and Hungary 1526. From the title page of the De Sphaericus of Theodosius of Tripoli (2nd century AD). This, the first complete translation of the work, was prepared by Johann Voegelin who is shown presenting the book and an armillary sphere to the Emperor - Vienna 1529

Martyrdom of St. Thomas. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472-1553). Woodcut;

This 1511 woodcut depicts the Pope with a deputation of right-wing scholars, showing figures, gestures, and interior space.

The Fall and Redemption of Man: Christ before Pilate, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480-1538). Woodcut;

Woodcut depicting FERDINAND I; Holy Roman Emperor 1558-64, king of Bohemia and Hungary 1526. From the title page of the De Sphaericus of Theodosius of Tripoli (2nd century AD). This, the first complete translation of the work, was prepared by Johann Voegelin who is shown presenting the book and an armillary sphere to the Emperor - Vienna 1529

Christ Before Caiaphas, 1509, Woodcuts, approx. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.2 x 3.2 cm), Paper / Sheet approx. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (4.2 x 3.2 cm), Mat / approx. 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.8 x 3.8 cm), Cream laid paper

This woodcut from around 1530-1540 depicts a coronation scene, showing figures, gestures, and ceremonial attributes.

S. Mercurio, La commare o riccoglitrice.

Saint Bartholomew, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 4 October 1472, 16 October 1553, one of the most important German painters, graphic artists and letterpress printers of the Renaissance, Saint Bartholomew. Accession number: 1943.3.2868., Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original

Martin Luther: Preface to the Revelation of John ( 1522): Vorrede zur Offenbarung Johannes (1522). Apocalypse in figures; Woodcut by Albrecht Durer; The Martyrdom of Saint John

Master of the Miracles of Mariazell, Hanns Krumbel von Ewsitz d'organdie, c 1503 Hanns Krumbel von Ewsitz... d'organdie

Martin Luther: Preface to the Revelation of John ( 1522): Vorrede zur Offenbarung Johannes (1522). Apocalypse in figures; Woodcut by Albrecht Durer; The Martyrdom of Saint John

Ain Pehamss verheiss sich gen Zell ... Dated: c. 1503. Dimensions: sheet: 26.4 × 17.8 cm (10 3/8 × 7 in.). Medium: woodcut on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the Miracles of Mariazell.

fine arts, Amman, Jost (1539-1591), woodcut, 15.5. cm x 11 cm, illustration from the bible, printed by Sigmund Feyerabend, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany, 1564, scene with King Saul and King David (),

medicine birth gynecology mother in parturition chair woodcut by Jost Amman to ""De conceptu et Generatione Hominis"" by Jakob Rueff 1554,

The Flagellation, from The Fall and Redemption of Man Made 1510-1518 Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Altdorfer

Samson and Delilah, From the Knight of the Turn, Switzerland, 1493, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown, Europe

Village feast. Facsimile after a woodcut of the "Sandrin ou Verd Galant", edition of 1609. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

The Miracle of St. Lucius Putting a Bear to the Plough in Place of the Slain Ox, 1486, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original

Banquet Scene with a Prince of Nuremburg, engraving, 1491, Germany

Saint John, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles 1507-1517 Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Lucas Cranach, the Elder

The Judge is visited by Death. Scene depicting a judge who is bribed. The Death, next to a poor man who is chained, snatches the judge's crook. Facsimile of an engraving belonging to the series "The Dance of Death" by Hans Holbein the Younger, in "Les Simulachres et Histoires facees de la Mort", 1538. "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

Woodcut, The Queen, Hans Holbein the Younger, Dance of Death, 1538

Coining in Germany Date: 16th century

Lützelburger, Hans, Holbein, Hans (II), Dance of Death, Judge and Death, A judge is talking to a man who is putting his hand in a purse he is wearing around his waist. Death stands behind the judge and has grasped the staff with his skeletal hands. In the margin above the print is the text Amos II., print, book illustration, prints, height 65 mm, width 50 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1526, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, - 1526-06-23, block cutter, 1538 - 1538

Job covered with sores and wife, woodcut 1545.

Allegorical illustration of Bonifacio Simonetta aided by an angel surrounded by the dogs and demons of heresy. Orthodoxy surrounded by the pitfalls of Heresy. Woodcut from Livre des persecutions des crestiens. LOrthodoxie entouree des embuches de lHeresie. Woodcut from Paul Lacroixs La Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a lEpoque de la Renaissance, Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Paris, 1873.

INDIOS QUE VIVIAN EN LOS ARBOLES DE LOS PANTANOS. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Antwerp, Plantin, Christoffel, Straet, Jan van der, Mallery, Karel van, Maes, Joseph, Panneau, XVIe Siècle, Reproduction of Herfst, a print of the grape harvest, by Karel van Mallery after a design by Jan van der Straet, recto - stamped, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, PANNEAU decorative composed, recto - printed, LITT. P. - PL. 46., JJvY, height 345 mm, width 234 mm, photographer, 1876 - 1881, paper, papier, photolithography, fotolithografie, Belgisch, 1838 - 1908, clichémaker, Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1571-07-13 - 1635, after print by, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after design by, 1514 - 1589-07-01

Virgil hanging in a Basket, c.1541-42. Georg Pencz (German, c. 1500-1550). Engraving;

fine arts, Middle Ages, woodcut, coloured, from ""Die Broesamlin"" (The crumbs), by Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg (1445 - 1510), printed by Grueninger, Strasbourg, Germany, 1517, private collection,

A royal picnic, 1575, (1910). Artist: Unknown

Christ Crowned with Thorns Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1509-1511; edition of 1511. Woodcut on laid paper, Sheet: 5 3/16 x 4 in. (13.2 x 10.2 cm). European Art 1509-1511; edition of 1511

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Christ driving the money changers from the temple, Printed from three blocks. Christ with whip and four money changers in temple. Architectural ornamentation to the left and right of the representation., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 106 mm, width 143 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

Der Altman, Holzschnitt aus dem Totentanz von Hans Holbein der Juengere, deutscher Renaissancemaler, historisches Bild oder Illustration, published 1890, digitally verbessert, Woodcut from the Dance of Death by Hans Holbein der Juengere, German Renaissance painter, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved

Torture, ordeal, inquisition, a. convicted sentenced to work on the construction of public buildings, b. convicted person sentenced to cutting and transporting marble blocks for construction., illustration, reproduction from a 16th century model, middle age, authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown

Folter, Tortur, Inquisition, a. Verurteilter, die zu Arbeiten am Bau öffentlicher Gebäude verurteilt wurden, b. Verurteilter, die zum Schneiden und Transportieren von Marmorblöcken für den Bau verurteilt wurden., Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, Mittelater, Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt gallonio-tortures-1591-p45-032107

Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Netherlands, Master of Delft, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Christ before Caiaphas, Printed from two blocks. Left: landscape. Right: Christ brought before Caiaphas and Annas () by two soldiers., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, height 106 mm, width 147 mm, Northern Netherlandish, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, woodcut, Southern Netherlandish

Pope Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici 1475-1521, Pope from 1513) supervising the burning of Martin Luther's books after the first Diet of Worms, 1521. Woodcut.

Woodcut by Hans Schäufelin depicting a confession scene, showing two figures, interior setting, and religious ritual, created in 1513.

Albrecht DURER (1471-1528). "The coronation of thorns". (B 34). Engraving, 16th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 55030-3 To knee, kneeling, Catholic, Christian chretian, Epine coronation, sinking, martyr, new will, tool, biblical character, pose head, bible scene, man, engraving

Rich Man. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Holbein the Younger.

The life of the virgin, Repose on the flight into Egypt, woodcut by Albrecht Durer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut..

Medieval scene by Hans Lutzelburger, Woodcut, -1526, Private Collection

A confinement showing complete lack of hygiene with people eating and drinking, a child playing, and a dog gnawing a bone, all in the same room in which a baby has just been delivered. From Pliny 'Naturalem Historiam', Frankfurt-am-Main, 1582. Woodcut.

A Catalan farmer harvests his corn Date: 1511

Holbeins 'The Rich' (c.1525-1540) is a woodcut depicting a wealthy individual, emphasizing clothing, posture, expression, and symbolic markers of wealth and social standing.

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Peter and John the Evangelist before the high priest, print, book illustration, prints, height 101 mm, width 142 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, South Dutch, North Dutch

A man in poor dress is talking to a man wearing fine clothes. Woodcut.

A Ball at Court. 1500. Master M. Z. (German engraver and draftsman, active ca. 1500). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Dance of Death: The Judge, c. 1526. Hans Holbein (German, 1497/98-1543). Woodcut;

Medieval engraving titled 'Jupiter'. Jupiter was considered a male planet, and that those born under it were sanguine, liberal, and eloquent. Dated 16th Century

'The Canterbury Pilgrims sitting down for a shared meal', 1485. Artist: William Caxton.

The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

A woodcut engraving depicting Jupiter and the activities under its government. Jupiter was considered a male planet, warm and moist, with a temperate and gentle disposition. Those born under Jupiter were sanguine, cheerful, liberal and eloquent. They were handsome, ruddy, and loved fine clothes. The planet's metal was tin, its days Sunday and Thursday and its night Wednesday. It was friendly to the Moon and hostile to Mars. It had two houses Sagittarius by day and the Crab by night (the fishes shown here are an artist's error). Dated 16th century

Panel with arms of an abbot of Lichenow 17th century Swiss, possibly Constance. Panel with arms of an abbot of Lichenow 195347

St George and the Dragon - The Wedding of St George, 1861-62. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger depicting a doctor, created around 1525-1540.

The trades. Hatter. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

After winning Babylon, Cyrus averts river Euphrates. unknown c. 1660-1680 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche, in center: AD VINCENDAM / BABILONIAM CYRVS / AVERTIT / EVPHRATEM King Cyrus wears crown & points to field of workers (center, foreground); 2 soldiers stand next to Cyrus (L, foreground); points down to group of figures working soil with shovels in field (R, background); (BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit with martial trophies (shields, suits of armor, helmets, quivers of arrows), putti & ribbons; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with inscription, flanked by cherubim No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0184313-0184315, 0240892

A woodcut engraving depicting the baths of Plombiere. Mixed public baths were a feature of city life, particularly in many of the German city-states, but were banned after syphilis and gonorrhoea reached epidemic proportions. Dated 16th century

Men sell a house where snakes come out, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1531 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing fraudulence, swindling

'The Vision of The Seven Candlesticks from the 'Apocalypse', 1498, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Dürer

The Abduction of Helen. Facsimile of a wood engraving from the Istoire de la Destruction de Troye la Grant, mise par Personnaiges. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Title page of Mondino de 'Luzzi (Mundinus) 'Anathomia', published by Martin Pollick van Mellerstadt, Leipzig, 1493, showing anatomy demonstration. Finished in 1316, 'Anathomia' was first published in Padua in 1478 and for upwards of a hundred years was the only textbook on anatomy. Italian physician and anatomist said to have been first since ancient times to carry out human dissection. Woodcut.

Lützelburger, Hans, Holbein, Hans (II), Dance of Death, Peddler and Death, A peddler walks with a large basket of merchandise on his back and he is stopped by Death who pulls him by the sleeve. Behind the two stands a skeleton playing a stringed instrument. Next to the peddler walks a dog. In the margin above the print is the text Matth. XI., print, picture, book illustration, prints, pictures, height 65 mm, width 50 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1526, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, - 1526-06-23, block cutter, 1538 - 1538

France. Carriers of hay. Facsimile of an engraving from ""Les ordonnances royaux sur le faict et jurisdiction de la prévosté des marchands et eschevinage de la ville de Paris", Paris, 1528. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

MAXIMILIANO I. EMPERADOR GERMANICO.1459 - 1519. " MAXIMILIANO I ENTRE SUS MUSICOS ". GRABADO EN MADERA DE JUAN BUR MAIER. MUSICA.

Les Toiles de Minerva Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenère, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. In Greco-Roman mythology, Arachne is a talented mortal weaver who challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, into a weaving contest; this hubris resulted in her being transformed into a spider.

Ein Man mit seine eelicheu gemachel ... Dated: c. 1503. Dimensions: sheet: 26.3 × 17.9 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.). Medium: woodcut on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the Miracles of Mariazell.

Schoolklas; Titelpagina voor: J. Belot, Arithmetica, 1641.Children and three adults in a school class. At the top of a cartouche with the title with a owl head at the top. At the bottom of a cartouche with a cherub at the top.

Engraving depicting Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382-1439) an English Medieval nobleman and military commander. Dated 18th Century

Tournament of the Earl of Warwick, 16th century (1906). Artist: Unknown.

Interior of Italian Kitchen. Cooks preparing a feast. Facsimile of a woodcut from the cookbook of Cristoforo di Messisbugo, "Banchetti compositioni di Vivende," published in Ferrara, 1549. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

botany herbs two herb woman during work third bringing collected medical herbs for production woodcut by anonymous 1542,

Figures engaged in wine production with four figures near barrels of grapes in the foreground. The scene is framed by an ornamental frame with putti in barrels, satyrs, jugs, baskets and at the top the constellation Scorpio., October Suite des Mois de l'Annee (series title) Twelve months (series title), print maker: Etienne Delaune, Franse kroon, (mentioned on object), France, before 1566, paper, engraving, h 176 mm × w 238 mm

Torture, Victims tied to four stakes and over sharp spikes are beaten by the torturers, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

money finance interest and taxes farmer and lord of the manor woodcut 1475,

Etching by Pietro Santo Bartoli from 1650-1677 depicting Bathseba appearing before David advocating for Solomon, showing figures, gestures, and interior elements.

Part of an orphrey late 15th or early 16th century Italian, Florence. Part of an orphrey. Italian, Florence. late 15th or early 16th century. Silk, linen and metal thread. Textiles-Woven

A woodcut engraving depicting an Irish chieftain and his attendants. Dated 16th century

The trades. Hatter. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Sigismunde with the slain lover in prison, from the Book and Life of the Fabulist Aesopi, 1475, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th ...

Covetous men and women are pushed into cauldrons full of boiling lead and oil - illustration to Julian Notary's edition of the Shepherd's Calendar Date: circa 1520

Oudewijvensmolen (rejuvenation mill), Anonymous, c. 1580 - c. 1600 print In the middle a grinding mill in which on the left old women are carried inside. On the right they are rejuvenated again. On the left in the foreground three old women, sitting on the floor. A man wears an old woman on his back the stairs. In the background an old woman is hit in a wheelbarrow. On the right elegantly dressed young women who fall out of the mill with two discussing men next to them. In the foreground an elegant dressed couple. On the right in the background a company in a boat. Netherlands paper rejuvenation

Lützelburger, Hans, Holbein, Hans (II), Dance of Death, Skeletons make music, Skeletons play musical instruments, they blow trumpets, beat drums and on the left even a hurdy-gurdy is used. In the margin above the print is the text Gen VII., print, prent, book illustration, prints, height 65 mm, width 50 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1526, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, - 1526-06-23, block cutter, 1538 - 1538

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of fruitless study, the students prefer a lively life to study, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Illustration of the main land ...

Roberte de Byrchyngton. Illustration to the poem The Brothers of Birchington by J. Tenniel. From the book The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, published 1865.

Sainte Catherine (Bartsch App. 25) Hans Baldung (Grien, 1484-1545). Saint Catherine (Bartsch app 25). 1505-1510.

The Castle of Loves after a miniature taken from the 15th century manuscript Champion des Dames. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Siege of a town defended by The Burgundians under Charles VI. After a miniature from the Chroniques of Monstrelet. From Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix published London 1878

Tribunal of the King's Bailiff. Facsimile of a woodcut from "Praxis Rerum Civilium" by Josse Damhoudere. Antwerp, 1557. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Witch raising a storm, 1562. Artist: Unknown

Scythe makers are hammering out the metal on a block. Woodcut.

KING HENRY VIII (1491 - 1547) with his councillors, from Grafton's 1548 edition of Halle's Chronicle

Leyden, Lucas van, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, Allegorical representation of a solar eclipse in Stockholm in 1535, verso - handwritten, A man standing in a gate, seen from the back. Through the portal a view of a city. In the sky the sun, moon and stars. Left a putto with a smoking pot, right a putto with palm branch and laurel wreath., print, prints, recto lower right - stamped, verso - stamped, poruf () XVI on H. Hondius, height 224 mm, width 270 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1494-06 - 1533-08, inspirator

Facsimile of the title copper of Andreae Gryphii, Pleasures and tragedy also Oden and Sonnette with Mr. Peter Squentz Schimpf-Spiel, Bresslau, Poland, 1658, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, Facsimile of the title copper by Andreae Gryphii, Pleasures and tragedy also Oden and Sonnette with Mr. Peter Squentz Schimpf-Spiel, Poland, historical image or illustration, published 1890, digitally improved, Europe

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