Renaissance Woodcuts

Woodcut illustrations depicting historical events and daily life scenes, rendered in the detailed, expressive style of the Renaissance period.

Woodcut illustration of a Death-bed scene, showing a doctor attending a dying patient. 1529.

One man is cutting cloth with a large pair of scissors as other sew at a bench. Woodcut.

Teacher and pupil, woodcut from Ars memorativa of Anton Sorg, 1475, Germany, Europe

trade merchants and money changers woodcut by Jost Amman (circa 1539 - 1598) Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg,

15th century printer's workshop. Engraving from Lives of the Saints by Sabin Baring-Gould.

HORACIO. QUINTO HARACIO FLACO. POETA LATINO. 68-8 AC. ILUSTRACION DE SU OBRA " POEMATA OMNIA ". BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Caring for the Dead, illustration from Speculum Passionis, 1507. Artist: Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd () 1484/85-1545 Strasbourg (Strassburg)). Date: 1507. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woodcut print depicting Franchino Gaffurio (1451-1522) an Italian composer and music theorist. Dated 16th Century

A werewolf attacks a man at the entrance to a house Date: 1517

THEATRUM SANITATIS - CODEX 4182 - BUTCHER'S SHOP MINIATURE - PORK MEAT - MANUSCRIPT 14th-15th CENTURY. Author: UBUBEHASYM BALDACH O IBN BUTLAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA CASANATENSE. Rome. ITALIA.

"Do Not Turn Back When You Arrive at the End" fol. 26 verso / 27 recto. Dated: 1512/1514. Dimensions: overall: 16.4 x 21.7 cm (6 7/16 x 8 9/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor on two joined sheets of laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French early 16th century.

Old man and Death. Engraving by Jost Amman, 1599. Modern period. Europe.

A medieval hot-house Date: circa 12th century

Hans Weiditz von lovely Kurzweil Poems Lutii Apuleij of a Golden Donkey, Lucius Apuleius (c. 123) (died probably after 170) was an ancient writer, orator and philosopher. He owes his lasting fame to his magnum opus, the Latin novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Donkey, which belongs to world literature, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Swings George, Mayor of Meenan, then a cloth dyer at Dordrecht, is October 2 1558 in the cellar drowned in a wine barrel.

The studio of Etienne Delaune, 1576. Interior of the workshop of Etienne Delaune (1518-1583) French goldsmith, artist, printmaker and medallist. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Auca de Artes y Oficios, detalle, siglo XIX. IMHCB.

Dance of death: death and the merchant. Coloured etching and letterpress after J.-A. Chovin after the Basel dance of death.

Monsters born from the Deluge. After wood engraving in the "Chronique de Nuremberg", printed in 1493. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Koch unnd Kellermeisterey.

architecture civil engineering moving a heavy weight coloured woodcut ""De architectura libri decem"" by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio German translation by Walther Ryff Nurembewrg 1548 private collection,

Man at work in a basement vault where bags of money are stored, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing abacus, counting-frame. money-lender, usurer. banker. merchant, salesman. vault ~ architecture

Raskol'nik i tsiriul'nik. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Copper engraving by the Master of 1462 depicting a burial scene, created around 1450-1460, showing human figures and funerary elements.

Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497-1498 - 1543), Letter X, woodcut

Monsters born from the Deluge. After wood engraving in the "Chronique de Nuremberg", printed in 1493. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Collaert, Hans (I), Francken, Ambrosius (I), Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, Parables from the New Testament, Parable of the Rich Fool, A rich man has even larger barns built for his wealth and his grain. He sits at the table among his money. In the open chest lies a stick purse. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Luke 12:16 and to the continuation of the story: the rich man will die at night. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 217 mm, width 279 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1544 - 1618-10-16, after a design by, South Netherlandish (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, Publication (Event), Publication, North Netherlandish, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

The Mint Master, woodcut from the, Das Staendebuch, a famous series of woodcuts of the craft of Amman, 1568, Germany, craft, labour, craftsman, In medieval and early modern Germany, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe

Caricature of Jakob Paul von Gundling, 1729, Artist Unknown, Copper engraving

History of France. Toll under the bridges of Paris. Engraving after "Ordonnances de la Prevoste des Marchands de Paris", 1500. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). English poet and playwright. The theatre 'The Swan'. Sketch by Jan Wift. 1596.

Headpiece from Thomas Moore's work depicting an ideal state where reason ruled, Utopia 1518 (Ist edition 1516) showing More in discussion with Raphael Hythlodaeus (Hythloday) traveller and philosopher, and Peter Giles Woodcut

Emperor Augustus (63BC-14 AD). Banquet. Miniature. Codice, 15th century. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

Hans Böhm or Hans Behem, Pauker von Niklashausen (born around 1458) (died 19 July 1476), Pfeiferhannes, Pfeiferhänslein, was a cattle herder, musician...

Henry I, Emperor of Germany, and one of his Generals, Gautier Von der Hoye

people, marriage, nuptial celebrations, couple in the bath, woodcut, 15th century,

De Re Metallica Plate 11: Preparing the Forehearth, Mining - De Re Metallic

To Him Pudel, Bite Him Peper, English Civil War Propaganda by English School

Accused of practising magic against her brother-in-law, the imbecile king Charles VI le Fou, the duchesse d'Orleans has to leave Paris for Asnieres Date: circa 1396

MARTêNEZ COMPAîN Y BUJANDA, Baltasar Jaime (1735-1797). Trujillo del Perœ en el siglo XVIII. 1782 - 1785. Vol 2. Plate 148. 'Danza de otra especie' (another kind of dance). Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Palacio Real Library.

Fencing and a house of prostitution, 15th century

GRABADO FANTASTICO - UNICONIOS CARPINTEROS - 1592. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Auca dels Jocs de la Mainada. Juegos y entretenimientos infantiles del siglo XVIII. El molinet. Aspas clavadas en un bastón que giran gracias al viento generado al correr.

Aristides the Just (c530-c468 BC), Ancient Greek (Athenian) soldier and statesman, 1493. Artist: Unknown

woodblocks used to create Upper Rhine, german Playing Cards; 1460

Colored woodcut depicting a scene of a fall, created by an anonymous artist.

Middle Ages. Miting. Hammered coinage. Europe. Engraving. Later colouration.

St. Mark (copy). Artist: After Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd () 1484/85-1545 Strasbourg (Strassburg)). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/16 × 1 15/16 in. (6.2 × 5 cm). Date: after 1512. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

bathing bath house bath house servants massaging the back of bathers woodcut by Schott circa 1533,

Auca dels Jocs de la Mainada. Juegos y entretenimientos infantiles del siglo XVIII. El puput. Un niño con los ojos vendados ha de encontrar a los demás.

Flagellants, 1493. Artist: Unknown

The loan, fief, of the burgrave of Nuremberg with the Brandenburg country by emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg, 1368 1437, Prince-elector of Brandenburg, 14th century, woodcut, Germany, Europe

furnishings, furniture, canopy bed, woodcut by Peter Fl_tner, 1st half of the 16th century,

This illustration, dating to 1897, reproduces a painting uncovered on a wall in Pompeii, a town in Italy destroyed in the eruption of the volcano Mt Vesuvius in 79 A.D. It shows a baker in his shop selling loaves of bread.

alchemy allegories ""Matera sacra"" the ohlosophical egg coloured copper engraving Antwerp circa 1600 private collection,

bathing bath tub couple taking a bath woodcut circa 1500,

Medieval engraving. 16th century. Hay carriers, Paris.

The Large Village Fair. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1535. Dimensions: 367 x 1149 mm (image/sheet); cut within block mark. Woodcut from four blocks on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Hans Sebald Beham.

Thimble makers. 16th cent. German engraving.

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

Death triumphant, 1493. Artist: Unknown

Woodcut by Johann Zainer showing Penelope and Ulysses, colored in 1473. The print depicts figures from the Odyssey in a classical narrative scene.

Chess players in the 17th century, historical illustration, Germany, Europe

Sheltering the Homeless, Anonymous, c. 1510 - c. 1520

Medieval engraving, woodcut. French. Measuring salt. Paris. 1500. Men carrying bags of salt.

French medieval engraving. Al-Farghani or Alfraganus. 850 AD. Ptolemaic astronomer wrote'Elements'. Alfraganus prepares his book on science of mathematics, Rudimenta astronomiae, Ferrara 1493

Dance of Death. Dance Macabre. 1486. Astrologer and bourgeois. Woodcut.

fine arts, Dayg, Sebastian (+ 1554), painting, ""Zwei Geschlachtwander bei der Arbeit"" (""Two clothiers at work""), wing Carmelite altar Lord `s church, N_rdlingen, 1508, casein on panel, 131 cm x 73 cm, Bavarian National museum, Munich, Germany, Europe, 16th century, historic, historical, profession, professions, craft, handcraft, craftsman, textiles, cloth, curry comb, combing, Noerdlingen, Nordlingen,

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gades, 1545. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

Gunsmith- Tradesman series by Jost Amman, 16th cent. Germany.

book of various devices and types of images with the alphabets of letters, skeleton, anatomy, medicine, ca 1600, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original..

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads.

Winter.

Colored woodcut depicting the martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, showing the saint, execution method, and surrounding figures in detailed composition.

Miniature of dyers at work in France. The workers are depicted dye wool in large heated vats. Painted by Bartholomaeus Anglicus. Dated 15th Century

Alice in Wonderland, Alice sticks her arm out of the window and the White Rabbit falls into a glass frame. Date: early 20th century

False love; From that false unfaithful loving. Young woman between an old man she takes money, and a young man to whom she gives the money. On the table for them are playing cards, a lute, flowers, food and drinks and the bag with money. Above them a banderole with text. Above and under print text in Dutch.

Archimedes in his bath, 1547. Artist: Unknown

justice penitentary system ducking ducking stool woodcut England 18th century private collection,

Haspel by unknown artist, watercolor, pen and ink, Germany, Munich, German Museum, circa 1680

Illustration depicting medieval English stonemason, at work

Historia de Catalunya. Pedro IV (1319-1387), el Ceremonioso, también conocido como Pere el punyalet, destruye en 1348 los privilegios concedidos por Alfonso IV por la unión de los reinos de Aragón y Catalunya y el reino de Valencia. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Hercules and Columns of Gaza, from The Labors of Hercules. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1545. Dimensions: 48 x 70 mm (image/plate); 49 x 72 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Hans Sebald Beham.

Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gaza, From the Labors of Hercules, 1545, Sebald Beham, German, 1500-1550, 2 × 3 in. (5.08 × 7.62 cm) (sheet), Engraving, Germany, 16th century, The legendary strongman Hercules was born to the god Zeus and a mortal named Alcmena. This union so incensed Zeuss wife Hera that she made life almost unbearable for the hero. Her ire resulted in him undertaking a series of tasks, known as the Twelve Labors of Hercules. Sebald Beham challenged his audiences knowledge of the classical text, engraving three actual labors and nine scenes of Hercules exploits before and after his labors.

Spanish Furie in Antwerp, 1576, 1618 - 1624 print Spanish Furie in Antwerp, 4-7 November 1576. Grounds committed by mutinous soldiers on the population of the city. Under the show a verse of 16 lines in 2 columns, attached below a description in 5 lines, in Dutch. Numbered: 15. Northern Netherlands paper etching massacre ~ war Antwerp

China: Silk Production - spinning thread. Qing Dynasty watercolour painting by an anonymous artist, mid to late 19th century

Music. 17th century. Organist. Engraving by J.C. Weigel (1661-1726). Later colouration.

A brewery, 15th century (1849).Artist: Franz Kellerhoven

The Entombment. Dimensions: Overall: 11.1 x 7.9 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.) overall (external frame dimensions): 59.7 x 44.5 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.). Medium: hand-colored woodcut (blockbook page). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ludwig of Ulm.

Picture series Genrebilder VII, Paris, 1878, Alchemist with star cap, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from c. 1900

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