Renaissance Woodcuts

Woodcut prints illustrating daily life, hunting, and mythology, rich in detail and representing cultural narratives from the Renaissance period.

'Le plus fort de toute l'annee' the lustiest month of the year Date: 16th century

Elizabeth I (1533-1603) on the hunting field alights to perform the ceremony of assaying the stag, and is handed the knife by the huntsman. From George Turbevile or Turbeville 'The Noble Art of Venerie' 1576. Woodcut.

fishery draught woodcut by Hans Weiditz ""Trostspiegel"" by Francesco Petrarca Augsburg 1539,

Two people are making bread in a great brick-built oven. Process print.

'Witch, holding candle made of human fat and an 'artame' or magic knife, summons up a demon in the form of a winged dragon. From ''Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus'', Antwerp, 1562, by Olaus Magnus.'

Cover of the Aeneid, an epic poem by the Latin poet Virgil (70-19 B. C.) based on the Iliad and Odyssey, 1502, Historical, digital reproduction of a 19th century original

fishery drop net woodcut ""book of wisdom"" Ulm 1484,

'Le plus fort de toute l'annee' the lustiest month of the year Date: 16th century

people poverty misery medieval times Middle Ages beggar title of a book which is warning about beggars woodcut circa 1500,

Glass furnace for the production of finished glassware, historical account from Georgius Agricola, De re metallica libri XII, Berg- und Huettenwesen, Metallurgy, published 1556

The barber, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836.

Medieval engraving titled 'Luna'. The Moon was considered to be a female planet, and that those born under the Moon loved geometry and related arts. Dated 16th Century

Medieval engraving titled 'Luna'. The Moon was considered to be a female planet, and that those born under the Moon loved geometry and related arts. Dated 16th Century

Merchant vessel in a storm. Facsimile of woodcut in Grand Kalendrier et Compost des Bergers by Nicolas de Rouge printed circa 1490

Thisbe, a nymph from Greek mythology, finds the dead Piramus and stabs herself, from Book of Famous Women, Boccaccio, 1473, Historical, digitally rest...

Children's games in the 16th century: from left to right are shown rattle, windmill, hobby-horse, and boy blowing soap bubbles using a reed. Woodcut .

Historical drawing from the 14th Century, happiness through music, woodcut of musicians from the German translation of the Fortune Book "De remediis utriusque fortune" by Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch, 1304-1374

'Edmund Bonner', (1909). Artist: Unknown.

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Sodates inform high priests that Christ has risen, print, book illustration, prints, height 98 mm, width 142 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

The Nobleman Asking Christ to Heal His Son, 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/Mount approx. 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.8 x 3.8 cm), Material Cream laid

Doctor Faustus Date: 1636

The Court of a Baron. Engraving after a woodcut in Sebastian Munster's "Cosmographia universalis", published in Basel in 1552. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

XILOGRAFIA DE SAN ISIDRO Y SANTA MARIA CABEZA - SIGLO XVII. Location: BIBLIOTECA MUNICIPAL. MADRID. SPAIN. SANTA MARIA DE LA CABEZA. SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR. SAN ISIDRO ESPOSA.

Juli; Maanden van het jaar.Three resting figures with hay bales on the land in the background. Middle above a lion.

fishery Scandinavia woodcut to ""Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus"" by Olau Magnus Rome 1555,

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire. Of guarding a woman's virtue, to rise to guard a woman's virtue is as nonsensical as pouring water into a well or herding locusts in the sun, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

A craftsman working at his bench. Woodcut.

Lead smelting, 1556. Artist: Unknown

money finance money changer woodcut by Hans Wielitz Germany 16th century,

The seven free guilds, 1479, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Photomechanical print of Blackpool Tower and Pleasure Beach. Dated 1894

In an Apothecary's Shop, facsimile of a 15th century woodcut, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date...

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

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

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Miraculous catch of fish, Three men in a boat with a fishing net. Christ standing on the shore. At his feet a jug and two fish., 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

justice civil law notaries Imperial civil law notary at the market of a town woodcut 16th century,

hunt falconry ""The Falconry"" woodcut by Jost Amman (1539 - 1591),

A Lover takes leave of his lady. An illustration based on a picture of the poet/minstrel Bruno von Hornberg Date: 14th century

Means of transporting ore which has been won from a mine. In the foreground is a horse-drawn sledge, at D dogs are being used as pack animals and at E a man is pulling full pig skins. At B a sledge is being ridden down a slope. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle,

William and Mary are crowned Date: 11 April 1689

Torture of the wheel, executed by demons. Engraving after "Le grant Kalendrier et compost des Bergiers", Troyes, 1529. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Two dancing pairs on a ball, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Netherlands paper .

Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust. From Agricola De re metallica, Basle, 1556. Woodcut.

Alexander in battle with six-handed human-like creatures and pigs with terrible teeth, from the Brussels manuscript of Lamprecht's priests, Belgium, Alexander the Great, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Nativity Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Nativity, 1509-1511; edition of 1511. Woodcut on laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 1/16 in. (13.3 x 10.3 cm). European Art 1509-1511; edition of 1511

Dante Alighieri 1265-1321, Italian poet. Woodcut portrait published in 1521, presumably from a miniature of Guilio Clovis, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Carpenters. From 'Calendarum romanum magnum', Oppenheim, 1518.

A penitent punishing himself, facsimile of a woodcut by Albrecht Duerer from 1510, Germany, self-flagellation, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Robber barons raid a village, from the medieval house book, illuminated manuscript from the end of the 15th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

money taxes tithe peasant giving the tithe to the reeve woodcut Germany 1479,

Lützelburger, Hans, Holbein, Hans (II), Dance of Death, Nobleman and Death, Nobleman in a duel with Death. The man raises his sword and has seized the skeleton by the throat. Behind them is a stretcher with an hourglass on it. In the margin above the print the text Psal. LXXXVIII., print, book illustration, prints, height 65 mm, width 50 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, 1524 - 1526, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, - 1526-06-23, block cutter, 1538 - 1538

Illustration from a Page from Juan de Horozco y Covarruvias. Emblemas Morales. Segovia, Juan de la Cuesta. Dated 1589

Historic print, book illustration from the early days of printing, woodcut from the Ulm Master Terenz, 1486, a late-medieval artist, 15th Century, from the Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

military, Landsknechts, caricature, the iron eater, woodcut, Germany, 16th century,

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

Medieval justice. The court of a baron. Copy of engraving in Cosmographie Universelle, of Munster, 1552.

Rupertus a Santo Remigion, from the History of the Crusade to the Holy Land, 1482, by Johann Baemler, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

A ewer with a basket in a larger scene. Woodcut, 15--.

Woodblock engraving depicting the extraction of a precious stone believed to exist in the head of a toad. Dated 15th century

Dice maker. 19th century reproduction of 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

Engraving depicting Christopher Columbus taking leave of his patrons, Ferdinand and Isabella, to set sail on his historic voyage of discovery. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Dated 17th century

alchemy, laboratories, woodcut, early 16th century,

Bailiff's Court. Engraving after a woodcut in Sebastian Munster's "Cosmographia universalis", published in Basel in 1552. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

In the breast of a hard-hearted woman one finds a toad instead of a heart, From the Knight of the Turn, Switzerland, 1493, Historical, digitally resto...

Der Tod und der Geizhals, aus dem Totentanz von Hans Holbein der Jüngere, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhund...

REGNI GUIANAE AVRI ABUNDANTISSIMI IN AMERICA - RELATO SOBRE GUAYANA PUBLICADO EN NUREMBERG 1599 - GRABADO - INDIOS SIN CABEZA. Author: WALTER RALEIGH (1552-1618). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

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

bathing bathhouse woodcut 16th century,

Evaporating sea water in iron pots to obtain salt. Straw being used as fuel. From Agricola 'De re metallica', Basel, 1556. Woodcut

justice notary publics notary public in an urban market woodcut coloured Germany circa 1550 private collection,

The Falconer. Woodcut from George Turbevile or Turbeville "Book of Faulconrie" 1611. Bird perched on gauntlet on man's wrist is still hooded.

System for transporting stones or columns, engraving from Architecture ou art de bien bastir (Architecture or the art of building well), Volume X, by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, 1547, Paris.

Woodcut by Erhard Schön from 1532 depicting six girls reacting excitedly in front of a crowd, showing figures and expressions in a social scene.

The unlearned pupil, indicated by the gugel with donkeys and bells, and by a fly-whisker in his hand, 1610, woodcut, Germany, Europe

BUTLER, SAMUEL. ESCRITOR INGLATERRA. 1512-1680. ILUSTRACION DE SU OBRA " HUDIBRAS " , EDICION 1709, POEMA BURLESCO INSPIRADO EN EL QUIJOTE. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Planetary figure of the Moon. From 'Sphaera mundi', Strasburg, 1539.

Giovanni Boccaccio de Certaldo (1313-75) Italian writer, author of the 'Decameron' (1358). Woodcut from 'Liber chronicarum mundi' (Nuremberg Chronicle' by Hartmann Schedel (Nuremberg, 1493).

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Italian writer, author of the Decameron. Illustration for 'Il Decamerone' (The Decameron). Edition printed in Venice, 1510.

The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, 1494, late medieval moral satire, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Der Tod kommt zu dem alten Mann oder Der Einsiedler Holzschnitt nach Hans Holbein d. J. Aus Der Todten Tanz oder Der Totentanz erschienen Basel 1843, Death comes to the Old Man or The Hermit Woodcut 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

Augustus; Maanden van het jaar.A woman with crop in her hands and a man with a zeis standing in a landscape with a sunrise. Above left a virgin.

Portrait of Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire. Dated 16th century

Saint Jerome. Dated: c. 1470. Dimensions: image: 15.9 x 11.8 cm (6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 20 x 13.8 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.) overall (external frame dimensions): 39.4 x 31.8 cm (15 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.). Medium: metalcut, hand-colored in orange-brown, light yellow, and olive. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna.

Woodcut depicting a Florentine cloth maker. Dated 15th Century

The Printer's Workshop. Woodcut by Jost Amman from Hartmann Schopper 'Panoplia', Frankfort-am-Main, 1568

Maximilian I (1459-1519). Holy Roman Emperor. Engraving by Durer. The betrothal of Maximilian I with Mary of Burgundy. Detail. Author: ALBRECHT DURER.

Ulysses and Circe, from Hartmann Schedel's Liber Cronicarum, 1493, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Woodcut depicting bankers from a 15th Century tract

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. It is classified as an incunabulum - that is, a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed (not handwritten) before the year 1501 in Europe. It is also one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honour of its author. The illustrations in many copies were hand-coloured aft

Spain. Barcelona. 1865. Third epidemic of the 19th century. Symbolic scene between women and cholera at their farewell. Engraving. "New Chronicle of Barcelona", number 18. 19th century.

Vain and fashionable gentleman staring into a looking-glass, c.1770 Date: C.1770

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

The Arms of Death. From Hans Holbein the Younger Les Simulachres de la Mort (Dance of Death). Woodcut 1538

Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). German humanist. Follower of Martin Luther and Protestant reformer. Portrait by E. Schon, 1520. Author: Erchard Schon.

Woodcut by Johann Zainer showing Minerva and Pallas, colored in 1473. The print depicts classical figures with symbolic attributes in a narrative composition.

CARCEL DE AMOR-GRABADO POR ROSEMBACH EN 1493 ORIGINAL EN MUS BRITANICO. Author: DIEGO DE SAN PEDRO (1437-1498). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Germany Cologne view woodcut circa 1550,

Studentisches Leben in Strasbourg um 1677, Frankreich, Student life in Strasbourg around 1677, from, Wunderliche und warhafftige Geschichte Philanders von Sittewald, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date not known

A woodcut portrait of Charles V by Albrecht Duerer from 1521, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-1375). Italian writer, author of the Decameron. Illustration for 'Il Decamerone' (The Decameron). Edition printed in Venice, 1510.

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.

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