Woodcuts of Biblical Narratives

Historical woodcuts illustrating key biblical events, showcasing detailed compositions with figures in spiritual contexts.

Man riding on horse by Albrecht Durer, woodcut, circa1497, 1471-1528, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 39x28, 2

Old Man and Death, Hans Holbein (II), 1538 print A crooked old man with a walking stick is taken by the hand by death and stands on the edge of an open grave. Death bears a musical instrument. In the margin above the print is the text IOB XXII. paper old man. dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings

St. Jerome in Penitence, c. 1480-1500. Italy, Florence or Northern Italy, 15th century. Engraving; image: 15.1 x 21.6 cm (5 15/16 x 8 1/2 in.); sheet: 15.1 x 21.6 cm (5 15/16 x 8 1/2 in.).

The Annunciation, 1513. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480-1538). Woodcut;

Judgment of Paris. Mercury wakes up the sleeping paris so that he can decide which of the three goddesses Juno, Minerva or Venus is the most beautiful. The women cannot be distinguished by attributes from each other.

Woodcut by Cornelis Anthonisz Teunissen titled 'Sorgeloos lebt in Armut', depicting a poor individual in humble surroundings, created in 1541.

Nicolò Boldrini, Hercules Wrestling with the Nemean Lion, 1520-1570, woodcut on paper.

Wonderful Fishing, Master of Delft (Attributed to), 1503 print Three men in a boat with Visnet. Christ standing on shore. At his feet a jug and two fish. Low Countries paper appearance of Christ at the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee, Sea of Tiberias): miraculous draught of fishes (after the Resurrection)

A 1544 woodcut by Cornelis Anthonisz Teunissen showing a father, his son, and a donkey, depicting family figures in a rural scene.

Knight, Death, and the Devil Made 1513 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I, 1514 Melencolia I

Minerva at the Niezijd cave; The Goddess Minerva stands for the cave with a naked old woman with snakes like hair (envy). Title in Latin in undermarge.; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovid. The Goddess Minerva stands for the cave with a naked old woman with snakes like hair (envy). Title in Latin in undermarge.

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

In the Middle Ages the Mediterranean was teeming with marine monsters : doubtless pollution is responsible for the fact that fewer are seen today Date: 1550

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

Torture: Buried alive in the ground, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print Numbered in the middle: 147. print maker: Italyafter own design by: Italypublisher: RomeVaticaanstad paper etching torture. violent death ~ maltreatment, torture

The four Roman riders, Horace Cocles. Third issue of a 4-room sequence (Bartsch 190) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). The four Roman riders, Horace Cocles. Third issue of a 4-room sequence (Bartsch 190). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Nuremberg, Solis, Virgil, Personifications of planets with signs of the zodiac, Saturn, Saturn with a Capricorn and Aquarius (signs of the zodiac), verso - handwritten in brown ink, Numbered top left: 1., print, prints, verso - stamped, 55, height 68 mm, width 47 mm, German, 1514 - 1562-08-01, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, plate tone

William Strang, 1859-1921, British, Illustration to 'Nathan, The Wise'. Etching on laid paper.

Venice, Titian, Boldrini, Nicolò, The Flood (left half), verso - stamped, Men and women trying to save themselves and others during the Flood. On the left a temple and on the water Noah's ark., print, prent, prints, height 468 mm, width 326 mm, Italian, 1500, print maker, prentmaker, 1540 - 1540, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Work conception, 1488 - 1576-08-27

King Midas. Etching.

Valkenjacht, Hendrick Hondius (I), 1644 print Landscape with a falcon hunt. In the foreground two falconers on horseback and a hunting dog. Under the show a rule in Dutch. Allegory on the socio-economic situation in the Netherlands in 1644. Print from a series of five allegorical landscapes with spells. The Hague paper etching / engraving fowling, fowler. hunting dogs. Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa). political caricatures and satires

St. Martin on Horseback Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German. St. Martin on Horseback 416621

Hercules and the Nemean Lion, Niccolò Vicentino, After Rafaël, c. 1540 - 1550 print In a landscape, Hercules is fighting the Nemean lion. In the foreground the club of Hercules. Italy paper (1) Hercules chokes the Nemean lion with his arms

Minerva at the cave of Nijd, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print The goddess Minerva stands for the cave with a naked old woman with snakes such as hair (envy). Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching Minerva visits the cave of Envy (Invidia) in order to punish Aglauros

Hercules and the Nemean Lion 1540-50 Niccolò Vicentino Italian. Hercules and the Nemean Lion. Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active ca. 1510-ca. 1550). 1540-50. Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks in black and lime (state ia/ii). Prints

Melencolia I Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Melencolia I, 1514. Engraving on laid paper, image: 9 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (23.8 × 18.4 cm). Scholars have long grappled with the meaning of this complex engraving filled with mysterious objects and figures. A brooding, winged figure dominates the composition. There is a closed book in her lap and she holds a caliper, or compass. She is surrounded by other objects that reflect Albrecht Dürers profound interest in geometry, proportion, calculation, and measurement, such as a scale, an hourglass, a bell, a numeric chart, and a table with numbers. A putto, or winged infant, writes on a tablet beside her, perched on a millstone. The main figure is thought to personify melancholy, one of the four humors that governed the spirit or personality according to medieval theory. An excess of melancholy was believed to be responsible for depression, apathy, and even insanity. By the fifteenth century, however, it also began to be associated with creativ

The Labors of Hercules: Hercules Capture of the Cretan Bull. Gabriel Salmon; French, active 1504-1542. Date: 1523-1533. Dimensions: 199 × 147 mm (image/plate); 254 × 176 mm (sheet). Woodcut on paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

This 1481 copper engraving depicts Dante and Virgil witnessing the vision of Beatrice, from Dantes Divine Comedy. The print reflects Florentine fine style with detailed figures and landscapes.

Farewell to David and Jonathan, Jan Luyken, Anonymous, 1712

Midas gets donkey ears, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 - 1638 print King Midas, who acted as a jury member at the music competition between Apollo and the Sater Marsyas (or Pan), gets a few donkey ears from Apollo. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. paper etching Midas given ass's ears: Apollo gives Midas ass's ears as punishment for preferring Pan in the musical contest between Apollo and Pan (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 174)

Adam and Eva placed in paradise, Antonio Tempesta, After Rafaël, After Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Maerten de Vos, 1565 - 1630 print God the Father places Adam and Eva in paradise between the animals. Print Maker: RomeAir Design by: Vatican City paper etching Adam and Eve in paradise (before the Fall)

Kidnapping of Europe by Jupiter in shape of Bull, Benedetto Montagna, After Anonymous, 1515 - 1520 print Europe climbs on the back of Jupiter in the form of bull and places flower wreath at the forefront of the animal. There is a maid next to her. The island of Crete is in the background in the sea. Italy paper engraving Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Hans Burgkmair I, Joshua, David and Judas Maccabaeus, 1516 Joshua, David and Judas Maccabaeus

Noah in his drunkenness being exposed by Ham. Woodcut by H. Brosamer, 1550.

Polyphemus the giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in the Odyssey. a 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 Greek mythology, A Cyclops was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the centre of his forehead.

'Samson and Delilah', 1937. Artist: Nicolo Boldrini

Print, The Prodigal Son; Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; engraving on laid paper; 24.5 x 19 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

Title Page from Esplandian. Las Sergas de Esplandian. Alcala. Dated 1588

Search through the Luggage of Joseph's Brother. Artist: Anonymous, French, School of Fontainebleau, 16th century; After Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bologna 1504/5-1570 Paris). Dimensions: plate: 12 11/16 x 17 5/16 in. (32.2 x 44 cm)sheet: 16 1/8 x 21 7/16 in. (41 x 54.4 cm). Date: ca. 1545. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Heinrich Aldegrever, The Good Samaritan Placing the Traveler on a Mule, 1554 The Good Samaritan Placing the Traveler on a Mule

A man is carrying an old woman on his back. The woman is skinny and shabbily dressed. On the ground, a well-dressed, fat lady lies sleeping with a fan in her hand. In the background a city gate. Beneath the picture an explanatory verse in Latin by Franco Estius and a Dutch verse, Armoede je draag je makkelijker dan rijkdom Spreekwoorden naar Karel van Mander (series title)., print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (attributed to workshop of), Karel van Mander (I), Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1590 - 1594, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, h 243 mm × w 174 mm, h 276 mm × w 194 mm

Hercules takes Diomedes to his horses, Cornelis Cort, after Frans Floris (I), 1563 print The horses of Diomedes were fed with human flesh. In a fight, Hercules Diomedes kills and then feeds his body to his horses. Hercules can be seen in the background that kills the giant cacus. Cacus has stolen a beef from Hercules herd and drags it from his state to his cave. Hercules surprises him with his club. Antwerp paper engraving (8) the four mares of King Diomedes are captured; when Diomedes is slain in the ensuing battle his body is thrown to the mares to eat. Cacus steals some of the cattle of Geryon which Hercules was driving home

Woodcut by Urs Graf the Elder depicting John the Baptist, created between 1505 and 1528.

Master I. B., Combat of Gladiators on Horse and Foot, 16th century, engraving () on wove paper.

Page from the Strasbourg Virgil,1502. Artist: Unknown

A woman plays a lute and sings, with a rabbit at her feet. Sheet from series consisting of a title sheet and 5 sheets with personifications of the senses, third edition, Hearing Avditvs Quinque Sensuum (series title), Franz Cleyn, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Robert Walton, England, (possibly), print maker: England, (possibly), publisher: London, c. 1655, paper, etching, h 90 mm × w 195 mm

Print marked top right: Reyse Fol: 109., Fierce fire on stage, print maker: Caspar Luyken, (mentioned on object), publisher: Willem Broedelet, print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Utrecht, 1696, paper, etching, h 186 mm × w 128 mm

Fabere van de satyr en boer, wenceslaus hollar, after aegidius sateler (II), after marcus Ggoerts, 1644 - 1652 print print maker: Antwerpafter print by: Praagafter design by: Bruges paper etching fables of Aesop : Use 85(...)

Benedetto Montagna (Italian, c. 1480 - 1555 or 1558), The Rape of Europa, c. 1515-1520, engraving

Cartoon on flights from the patriots to Sint-Omraaars in France, 1787; Wy Ryden to St. Omer. Three men in firepacks on donkeys. Cartoon flights from the Patriots to Sint-Omraars in France, after the recovery of the Prince of Orange in 1787.

The Donkey Laden with Food, from Emblematic Figures of Animals 1628-1638 Flanders. Prints of animals could be accurate and fanciful simultaneously. This finely engraved yet slightly caricatured scene from Aesopís Fables depicts a donkey laden with fine food and wine who nonetheless happily gnaws at a prickly thistle instead. Moral interpretations of the text have ranged from ìOne manís meat is another manís poisonî to a critique of stinginess. Though unsigned, this humorous image of feast and famine set off a chain of copies, ironically ending with a dozen Aesop roundels that decorated the back of trenchers, wooden plates used for the final fruit and nut course in England.. Engraving on ivory laid paper . Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne

Albrecht Dürer, The Little Passion: Noli Me Tangere, 1509-1511, woodcut on paper.

Tartarus.Front left, the danaids with a bucket full of holes of water from a well. Cerberus stands for that. At the top right of tantalus among branches with fruit. In the middle Ixion is bound by a winged being on a rad. Behind it a person at a gallows, geradiated figures and a man on an X-shaped cross, which is beaten by a winged being. On the right, the Sisyphus's boulder is pushed down from a rock wall. Two naked women are taken away below. Above the opened mush of Leviatan. Verso a text sheet with the assignment.

Etching and type print by Augustin Hirschvogel depicting Isai and David, showing both figures, posture, and biblical context, dated 1548.

Germany, Silber, Jonas, Bottoms of bowls: landscapes with biblical and mythological scenes, Bacchus, verso lower left - stamped, seated on a wine barrel. In one hand he holds a bunch of grapes, in the other hand a bowl of fruit. From a series of 8 sheets, print, emboss, ornamental print, prints, embossments, ornamental prints, height 119 mm, width 120 mm, German, print maker, printmaker, 1572 - 1582, third quarter 16th century, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, stipple engraving, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Antwerp, Woons, Cornelis, Sallaert, Antoine, Jegher, Jan Christoffel, Christ succumbs for the second time during the carrying of the cross, verso - stamped, Surrounded by soldiers, Christ succumbs for the second time under the weight of the cross., print, book illustration, prints, height 88 mm, width 62 mm, 1618-11-03 - 1667-09-18, print maker, printmaker, 1649 - 1649, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1585 - 1650, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Albrecht Dürer, The Great Passion: Christ in Limbo, 1510, woodcut on paper.

The Inferno, after the Fresco in the Camposanto of Pisa, c. 1480/1500, engraving, plate: 22.5 × 28.8 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/16 in.), sheet: 25.3 × 32.2 cm (9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.), Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 1, p.49, no. 59, Italian 15th Century (artist)

Hans Holbein the Younger, Letter V Letter V

Riding Standard Bearer and Foot-Soldier. Dated: 1521. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Barthel Beham.

Albrecht Dürer's workshop woodcut (1515) shows the fear train in Geldern 1505, depicting military troops, cavalry, and battle scenes on the honorary gate of Emperor Maximilian I.

Susanna and the Elders, Heinrich Aldegrever, German, 1502 - ca. 1561, Engraving on off-white laid paper, Germany, 1555, figures, Print, Print

LIBRO DE HORAS - ANUNCIACION A LOS PASTORES - SIGLO XV. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Monogrammist AI (16th century), Adoration of the Shepherds, verso lower left - stamped, Mary, Joseph, ox and donkey around crib with Christ Child. Three shepherds kneel, two approach., print, prent, prints, enten, height 81 mm, width 245 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1540 - 1560, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, papier, woodcut, hand-coloured

Toes and thumbs from Adonibekenk are cut off, Hans Holbein (II), 1538 print Adonigekenk has been captured and is punished by the Israelites, his toes and thumbs are cut off by men from the army. In the margin above the image is the text IVDICVM I judges. paper Adoni-bezek is caught; his thumbs and his great toes are cut off

Brussels, Sallaert, Antoine, The four evangelists, Luke the evangelist, verso bottom center - stamped, Luke the evangelist is painting Mary with the Christ child. The easel rests on the back of the ox lying at his feet., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 145 mm, width 122 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1585 - 1650, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1650, paper, papier, houtsnede

The Murder of the Children of Bethel. Dated: 1547. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

The Parable of the Sower and the Weeds, from Das Plenarium. Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480-ca. 1540 Nördlingen). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (9.4 × 6.8 cm). Publisher: Adam Petri (German, active Basel, 1507-27). Date: 1517. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Hans Schäufelein.

Thenot Remonstrates with Colinet, from The Pastorals of Virgil. William Blake; English, 1757-1827. Date: 1821. Dimensions: 37 × 74 mm (image/block); 40 × 77 mm (sheet). Wood engraving on off-white wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Jacques Callot, Peasant Couple with Cow, c 1621 Peasant Couple with Cow

Ruler holds a tree stump and people are killed, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing trees. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: axe. fighting

Huntsmen and a Dice Thrower; 1549-60; Uncolored glass with silver stain and paint Dirck Pietersz Crabeth; North Netherlandish Gouda 1520-74

Cain as a farmer and Abel as a shepherd; History of the first people / about good and bad work; Boni et Mali Scientia.cain plows a field with a trekos. Abel provides a herd of cows and sheep. In the background right the hut of Adam and Eva. Under the show an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.

The Temptation of Christ, from Das Plenarium. Artist: Hans Schäufelein (German, Nuremberg ca. 1480-ca. 1540 Nördlingen). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (9.4 × 6.8 cm). Publisher: Adam Petri (German, active Basel, 1507-27). Date: 1517. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jonah is Delivered from the Whale. Dated: 1548. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

The Prodigal Son, c. 1496, Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, 9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (24.45 x 18.73 cm) (image), Engraving, Germany, 15th-16th century

'The Prodigal Son', 1495 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer.

Sadeler, Raphael (I), Raphael (II), Munich, Scenes from the Life of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux prays to God for a good harvest, verso lower left - stamped, Monks are harvesting grain in a cornfield. In the background on the right, the kneeling Bernard of Clairvaux prays to God for a good harvest. The print is part of a fourteen-part series that forms a frame around an image of St. Bernard of Clairvaux., print, prent, prints, width 51 mm, height, 51 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1560, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1628, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1584-12-20 - 1632, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Amsterdam, Lamsveld, Willem van, Coup, Willem de, Damme, Andries van, Visscher, Barent, Luyken, Caspar, The sacrifice of Elijah consumed by fire, The servant of Elijah sees a small rain cloud, verso - stamped, Two representations of a plate. Numbered at the top right: 457 and 458., print, book illustration, prints, height 157 mm, width 88 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1672-12-18 - 1708-10-04, print maker, printmaker, 1698 - 1698, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, Nederlands

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