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

A witch, riding a goat through the sky, making rain fall from the clouds. From Francesco Maria Guazzo Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1608.

Woodcut depicting the process of coining. Dated 16th century

Witches destroying a house by fire. Swabia, 1533.

Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Cover of the Valencian edition of Blanquerna, 1521. Portrait of author. Spain.

In his efforts to introduce Western customs into Russia, Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards. This satire shows him trimming the beard of a Boyar. Date: 1698

The press of Jodocus Badius, ('Ascensius'), producing the title page, Flemish Date: 1511

Europe. Middle Age. Musics playing differents musicals instruments. Engraving.

'The Great Art' as supposedly depicted by Basil Valentine, though little is known about this legendary German practitioner of alchemy Date: 14th century

Line drawing depicting the arming of a knight taken from 'The Story of Troy'. The Knight is receiving his sword, spurs, armour, helmet and shield all the while musicians play in the background. Dated 14th Century

The torments of hell, the icy hell, copper engraving from the 16th century

Clockmaker, 16th century (1849).Artist: Jost Amman

Peasant with axe, bow and arrows, 16th century, Woodcut of unknown artist. Sweden, 16th century.

A joust and a messenger at a prince, Albrecht Dürer (workshop of), 1515 print Two performances above each other, separated by a band with German text in Gothic script. A tournament is depicted at the top: two riders tackle each other with their lances, two soldiers fight each other with stabbing weapons. Below that, a messenger, kneeling for a prince, reads a writing. Detail of the triumphal arch of Keizer Maximilian I. Nuremberg paper armorial bearing, heraldry. king. tournament. messenger

Vignette with scientific instomins and three putti ..

A dissection: from a translation of 'De proprietatibus rerum' by Bartholomaeus Anglicus, 1495.

Engraving depicting Marco Polo (1254-1324) a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer. Dated 14th century

Historic drawing, portrait of Charles I as a martyr, 1600 - 1649, King of England, Scotland and Ireland between 1625 and 1649

ROBERT-FRANCOIS DAMIENS French servant and criminal who attempted to assassinate King Louis XV at Versailles on 5 January 1757. He was tortured and executed. Date: 5 January 1757

Noah getting animals and men into the ark. Etching by Ciro Tipaldi.

Der Tod kommt für den Maler aus Der Todten Tanz oder Der Totentanz, Basel 1843 / Death comes for the Painter From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated,

GRABADO DE LA CELESTINA IMPRESO EN BURGOS EN 1499. Author: FERNANDO DE ROJAS (1470-1541). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. CELESTINA LA. MELIBEA.

Farmer or countryman observing the Moon and stars. Mid-sixteenth century woodcut.

Torture, beatings, gouging out eyes and chopping off limbs of victims, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Mockery of coin adulteration at the time of the Thirty Years' War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date ...

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 16th century glass painter at his workbench Date: 1568

The Chevalier D' n producing his evidence against certain persons. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : For sale by the Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975, no. 649. Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d',1728-1810. , Bute, John Stuart,Earl of,1713-1792. , Tooke, John Horne,1736-1812. , Beckford, William,1709-1770. , Holland, Henry Fox,Baron,1705-1774. , Politics & government,England,1760-1770. , Government officials,England,1760-1770. , Corruption,England,1760-1770. , United States,History,Revolution, 1775-1783.

Henry II (1519-1559) King of France from 1547. Died from a wound received whilst jousting. Henry on his deathbed. Engraving.

Engraved scene from the opera L'Amfiparnaso by Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605) an Italian composer of the Late Renaissance. Dated 16th Century

Europe. Feudal society. Country life. Engraving.

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,

Capital punishment. Death by burning at the stake. Copy of engraving in Cosmographie Universelle, of Muster, 1552.

July; Months of the year.hays and a Mower Working On The Country. At the Top Right a Lion.

Man and wife playing instruments, After an engraving by Israel van Mecken, German, late 15th century

Woodcut, The Old Woman, Hans Holbein the Younger, Dance of Death, 1538

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DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIAE (CON OTRAS OBRAS)- LYON 15 JULIO 1500-IMPRESO POR JOHANNES VINGLE. Author: ANICIO MANLIO TORCUATO SEVERINO BOECIO (480-525). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Medieval era. Life in the city. Trade, coining workshop and meeting city representatives. Engraving. Later colouration.

Cauterising a wound. Woodcut from a book on field surgery, 1593.

Saint Louis and his brothers taken prisoner during the Seventh Crusade, 1250 (1522). Artist: Unknown

Christ in Emmaus Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Christ in Emmaus, 1509-1511. Woodcut on laid paper, Sheet: 5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in. (13.2 x 12.8 cm). European Art 1509-1511

The wine grower. 19th century reproduction of 16th century engraving by Jost Amman

Woodcut engraving depicting a comet seen as horsemen with lances in Basel, Switzerland. Dated 16th century

Scenes of medieval life, 13th century, (1870). Artist: Unknown

The Celestina or Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea (1499). By Fernando de Rojas (ca.1465-1541). Engraving depicting a start of act 21. Edition printed in Burgos, Spain, 1531. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Back view of The Franks Casket or the Auzon Casket, a small Anglo-Saxon whale's bone chest from the early 8th century, now in the British Museum. From Everday Life in Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman T

Illustration showing a 17th century, English bellman or town crier; an officer of the court who makes public pronouncements as required by the court, and can also be used to make public announcements in the streets

Witch shooting a man in the foot with an enchanted arrow made from a hazel wand. From Ulrich Molitor 'De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus', Constance, 1489. Woodcut.

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Salome brings the head of John the Baptist to Herodias, Salome offers the head of John the Baptist on a platter to Herodias and a man seated at a table. Outside lies the body of John. Executioner with sword stands next to him., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 98 mm, width 142 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands, print maker, printmaker

A woodcut engraving depicting the winged God Mercury. Mercury, patron God of financial gain, commerce, eloquence (and thus poetry), messages/communication (including divination), travellers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he is also the guide of souls to the underworld. Dated 17th century

Capital of Musicians from the cloister of the Abbey of St Georges de Boscherville, 12th Century, Saint Martin de Boscherville. Seine Maritime, France, Europe. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of superfluous gossip, whoever does not hold his tongue can take damage from it, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Scene from The Eunuch by Terence, Eunuchus, The Cut, is a comedy by Terence, Publius Terentius Afer, based on a play by Menander, 161 B. C. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

The water torture. Copy of woodcut in J. Damhoudere´s Praxis Rerum Criminalium published Antwerp 1556

Engraving depicting the use of hand powered pumps being used to raise water into a river. Dated 17th Century

Illustration from an incunabulum, France 16th Century.

'Of a Carpenter' illustration to Caxton's 1484 edition of Aesop's Fables Date: 1484

David Beheads Goliath. Dated: 1547. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

Surveying and timekeeping, 1551. Artist: Unknown

Historic drawing, the English Parliament under Elizabeth I, 1533 - 1603, Queen of England 1558-1603, from the Tudor dynasty, 16th century

Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) 1530-1584.Tsar of Russia from 1533. Assumed power in 1547. Woodcut.

The triumphal arch for the emperor Maximilian, inscription tablet with the deer's skin, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an old woodcut, The triumphal arch for the emperor Maximilian, inscription tablet with the deer's skin, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an old woodcut

'The Martyrdom of St John', 1498 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer.

'The Famous History of Tom Thumb'' Tom dances on the Queen's hand and King Arthur gives him a signet ring which he wears as a girdle. Late eighteenth century woodcut.

Maximilian I (1459-1519). Holy Roman Emperor (1443-1519). Copy of a woodcut by John Burgkmair, representing Maximilian child in class. Illustration Weisskuning history. Engraving.

agriculture wine viticulture in Landshut harvest filling barrels with grapes reproduction of the engraving by Amling 17th century,

Scenes from the priest of the genus; Unknown, Kostrycki, Maciej (p Azów; People's Woodmark; Fl. Ca 1830-Ca 1838), Azarski, Zygmunt (1885-1943); 1921 (print); 1830-1838 (matrix) (1830-00-00-1921-00-00);Purchase (provenance), Łazarski, Football Footballers of the Old District 1921, Illustration, Łazarski, Zygmunt (Ca 1885-1943) - collection

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Blaming others and doing wrong oneself, Folly of the fool who wades in the mire, although he knows the good way, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Boys at the Throwing Game, facsimile of a woodcut from the Heldenbuch zu Strasbourg-Hagenau of 1509, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

VIRGILIO. PUBLIO VIRGILIO MARON. POETA LATINO. 70 - 19 A. de C. ILUSTRACION DE " LAS GEORGICAS " , EDICION DEL AÑO 1529. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Tail star and the wonderful healing of a deafblind boy, 1627, 1627 print The wonderful healing of a deaf and blind boy who could not speak, in Rhijnbeeck in Flanders, who regained his speech ability three days before the terrible thunderstorm of January 1, 1627 in Artois and Hainaut. The young man kneeling for an angel with a hand out, his parents on the right. In the background a walled city with a sun in heaven with a bleeding sword in the mouth, the tail star or comet and two inverted moons (or sunbathing). Northern Netherlands paper letterpress printing comet. unusual solar phenomena: parhelion or mock sun, spots on solar halo, etc.. magic healings. deaf and non-verbal, formerly known as 'deaf-mute'. being silent. deaf, deafness. blind, blindness Artois. Hainaut

Anatomy Theatre, 16th Century, Jacques de Gheyn the Elder, (1565-1629/Duch), Engraving

Augustin Hirschvogel (German, 1503 - 1553), Landscape with Castle at Right, Surrounded by Rocks, 1546, etching

Two witches and a familiar - the traditional 'Black Dog' Date: circa 1600

"Der Welt Lavf" (Sleeping Justice). Dated: 1525. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Barthel Beham.

Engraving depicting Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer. Dated 16th century

Historical print, satirical portrait of a monastery's librarian in the 18th Century, title by Baron Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwig Knigge, 1752 - 1796, a German writer and educator, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

End of the game Om Schenckenschans, 1635-1636, Anonymous, 1636 print Cartoon on the battle for Schenckenshans in the years 1635-1636. The end of the game around the Schans. Frederik Hendrik and the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand Dice at a table around the fort. The stadholder throws the winning throw. The Cardinal Infant scratches the head, Count Johan van Nassau looks at the stones through binoculars. On the left the pope, the bishop Cologne, the king of Spain and the emperor leave. On the right Cardinal Richelieu is watching. Left in the background, the Kleefse farmers dance from joy. A priest and a nun appear from under the table. On the right in the background the conquest of the fort by the State Army on April 29, 1636. Under the print, a sheet with 4 columns of text is stuck in Dutch. At the top 10 verses of the protagonists in German. At the bottom a Dutch song in 4 verses. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires. dice-g

Alfred Rethel, Auch ein Todtentanz V, 1849 Auch ein Todtentanz V

Medieval builders, historic illustration.

FELIPE HUAMAN POMA DE AYALA. CRONISTA INDIGENA DEL VIRREINATO DEL PERU.1534-1615. ILUSTRACION DE SU OBRA , " NUEVA CRONICA Y BUEN GOBIERNO ". BIBLIOTECA DEL INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. MUERTE DE BLASCO IBAÑEZ NUÑEZ DE VELA, VIRREY DEL PERU A MANOS DE GONZALO PIZARRO . AÑO 1546.

Three Landsknechte, foot soldiers, facsimile of an engraving by Daniel Hopfer, c. 1500, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Mother and Children in a Stable (from Hosack Album). Artist: David Hosack (American, New York 1769-1835 New York). Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (20.6 x 23.5 cm). Date: ca. 1846. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Window with a visit to Johannes the Baptist in prison, Anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1550 Double with figures, a behind bars. Three people are speaking with a prisoner. Three people in the offing. Northern Netherlands glass. lead (metal). silver stain. Double with figures, a behind bars. Three people are speaking with a prisoner. Three people in the offing. Northern Netherlands glass. lead (metal). silver stain.

Ritter im Kostüm eines Jägers, Dame als Schnitterin verkleidet, 1300, Modegeschichte, Kostümgeschichte, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Origin...

music books ""Clarissima plane atque choralis musicae interpretatio"" by Balthasar Prasberg Basel 1504 title woodcut private collection,

Jointing a Whale From 'Cosmographie Universelle' 1575 Andre Thevet (1504-1592 French) Engraving Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

OVIDIO. PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO. POETA LATINO. 43 AC - 18 DC. " EL RAPTO DE ELENA ". ILUSTRACION DE METAMORFOSIS. IMPRESA POR ANTOINE VERAD DE PARIS , FINALES DEL SIGLO XV.

The Fool Who Takes an Ugly Old Woman for the Sake of Money, from The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Vom Tanzen, um das goldene calf tanzen Narren und Naerrinnen, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Vor prishel na dvor.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Copy after Plate 6 from The Peasants' Festival and Twelve Months., 1546-1547, Germany, by Hans Sebald Beham.

De Re Metallica by Goerge Agricola, 1556. Illustration of Book X. Gold parting. The separating of gold from silver. Color. Author: George Agricola.

Woodcut of a blacksmith from Caxton's 'Game and Play of the Chess', 1483.

Woodcut from 1470 by Friderich Walthern illustrating scenes from the Defensorium on the virginity of Mary.

The Conspirators Date: 1605

A Man looking for a deer tears for being aphrodisiac. Xilografia. Hortus Sanitatis by Johannes de Cuba (1430-1503). 15th C. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)

Woodcut printer by Lope de Roca Alemany. "Lo Procés de les Olives". The writers portrayed: Mossen Fenollar, Johan Moreno, Narcis Vinyoles, Gaume Gassull, Jerome Bosch y Baltasar Portell.

Many a siege has been won when the defenders run short of water : ths castle is taking every chance to gather rain water to augment its supply Date: 1555

bathing ancient world Tepidarium Roman bath engraving 19th century after painting by Raphael for the bathroom of Cardinal Bibbiena,

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