Early Print Illustrations

Dramatic woodcut prints showing historical and religious scenes, depicting torturous deaths and cultural ceremonies, rich in detail and dark tones.

The Personification of Music from Gregor Reisch Margarita Philosophica, Strassbourg, 1508. In left foreground man plays a portable organ, above him is a man playing a clarsach or Celtic harp, above him a lute like instrument is being played. Top left a boy plays the pipe.

Albrecht Dürer, The Little Passion: Ecce Homo, 1509-1511, woodcut on paper.

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

Marteld death of Simon, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print The apostle Simon Zelotus dies a torture death. A man hits him with his fist and has a club in his hands. Another man raises his sword. A pillar with a devil breaks in the background. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing martyrdom and death of Simon Zelotes: he is sawn in two, or beaten to death

Laurentius is grilled in a torture death. The Naked Laurentius is grilled alive under the watchful eye of a Roman prefect and its effect. Men raise the fire under the grid and fuel it with a bellows. A man pushes Laurentius with a fork in a lying pose on the grid.

The Personification of Music from Gregor Reisch Margarita Philosophica, Strassbourg, 1508. In left foreground man plays a portable organ, above him is a man playing a clarsach or Celtic harp, above him a lute like instrument is being played. Top left a boy plays the pipe.

Nuremberg, Baldung Grien, Hans, Raising of the Cross of Christ, verso bottom center - stamped, Christ hangs on the cross that is being raised by four men. On the left is the grieving Mary who dries her tears and on the right is Pilate on horseback., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 235 mm, width 159 mm, German, 1484 - 1545-09, print maker, printmaker, 1507 - 1507, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, houtsnede

The Flagellation, from the story of the Passion, 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, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original

man is tortured on a complicated device combining a rack, pulley and weights and lifted up in front of the inquisitor and his scribe, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

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 1...

Der Rychman (The Rich Man), c. 1526, Dance of Death, woodcut on laid paper, sheet: 8.6 × 6.3 cm (3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in.), Passavant, no. 27, Hans Lützelburger (artist) German, active 1517-1526, Hans Holbein the Younger (artist after) German, 1497/1498 - 1543

Zaccheus in the Fig-Tree, 1511 - 1515, Woodcuts, approx. 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.5 cm), Paper/Sheet approx. 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.5 cm), Mat/Mount approx. 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm)

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of Delft, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, The Crowning with Thorns, Christ crowned with a wreath of thorns by three men and being presented with a staff., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 90 mm, width 68 mm, Southern Netherlands, unknown, 1490 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Northern Netherlands

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

After Albrecht Dürer, The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist, woodcut.

Feldtbuch der Wundartzney, newlich getruckt und gebessert.

Christ Bearing the Cross. Dated: in or before 1509. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder.

The child murder in Bethlehem. Printed of three blocks. Two mothers with children, and two soldiers who each kill a child. King Herod's horse looks. Left and right of the show Architectural Ornamentation.

After Henri III has Henri, duc de Guise, leader of Catholic League, and his brother Louis, cardinal de Guise, murdered at Blois, he has their bodies dismembered and burned. Date: December 1588

Presentation in the Temple. Medium: woodcut restrike 1968. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Probably French 16th Century.

Der Tod kommt fuer die Koenigin Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger from Der Todten Tanz, published Basel 1843, Death comes for the Queen Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Christ Speaking of the Shepherd and the Fold, 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), Paper Cream laid

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

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

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "Saint John the Baptist and Saint Onuphre in the desert". BARTSCH 112. Wood engraving. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Catholic, Christian Chretian, Desert, wood engraving, saint, scenic

A man is selling purses and gloves through the open window of his workshop as his assistant works at a bench. Woodcut.

The Nun, from The Dance of Death ca. 1526, published 1538 Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger German. The Nun, from The Dance of Death. Designed by Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98-1543 London). ca. 1526, published 1538. Woodcut. Prints

An angel appearing to a sleeping man. Woodcut.

Different branches of philosophy. Woodcut, 1508.

Woodcut by Urs Graf the Elder showing Christ's entry into Jerusalem, depicting figures, palm branches, animals, and city architecture, created around or after 1506.

Job on the MESTHOOP.JOB is on a manure heap, its skin is covered with ulcers. His wife stands next to him and seems to speak to him, friends walk over and make mocking gestures. In the background, the possessions of job are affected by disasters: animals are going to death and buildings are on fire. In the margin above the image, the text is IOB I Job 1.

The Martyrdom of Saint John, from The Apocalypse. Albrecht Dürer; German, 1471-1528. Date: 1495-1499. Dimensions: 386 × 281 mm (image/sheet, block mark not visible). Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: ALBRECHT DÜRER.

Creatures encountered by Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, during his invasion of Asia. Date: circa 330 BC

Die Frau, von der Liebe gejagt, symbolischer Holzschnitt aus dem Buch Poliphilo, 1490. woodcut from the Poliphilo, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880, The woman, hunted by love, symbolic woodcut from the book Poliphilo, digital improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880

Elephants. unknown c. 1550-1575 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'1" x W 7'8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Bruges Armed soldier stands before soldiers with spears, bows-&-arrows, swords, staffs & standards riding elephant, architectural backdrop (BRD) martial trophies, vessels, banners & shields; (L & R BRD) central cartouches with angels' faces; (UPR BRD) central cartouche with figural scene flanked by seated male figures; (LWR BRD) plumed helmet in center flanked by seated winged figures with trumpets Delmarcel, Bruges et la tapisserie (1987), 228-233, nos. 13-17 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry, GCPA-0240548, 0184611, 0244396

Holbeins 'The Judge' (c.1525-1540) is a woodcut showing a judge in formal robes, focusing on posture, expression, and symbolic indicators of judicial authority and social status.

Peasants Behind the Hedge. Hans Sebald Beham (Germany, Nuremberg, 1500-1550). Germany, 1547. Prints; engravings. Engraving

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

Torture, immersion in boiling oil, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Christ Driving the Money Lenders From the Temple Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Christ Driving the Money Lenders From the Temple, 1509-1511; edition of 1511. Woodcut on laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 in. (13 x 10.2 cm). European Art 1509-1511; edition of 1511

Amputation of a leg in the 16th century, historical illustration

Peasants behind the Hedge. Dated: 1546/1547. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Sebald Beham.

Der Tod kommt fuer den Kaiser Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger from Der Todten Tanz, published Basel 1843, Death comes for the Emperor Woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg after Hans Holbein the Younger From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Sword maker, c1559-1591. Artist: Jost Amman

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). "The village wedding. A peasant who caresses a woman and another who makes what he has taken too much or peasants under the hedge. (Hollstein (volume 3, page 98); Bartsch 163)". Chisel. 1550. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123050-16 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center

Germany, Reuwich, Erhard, Turks on horseback, verso top left - stamped, Illustration for the book by Bernhard von Breidenbach, Reise ins Heilige Land. A group of horsemen on horseback, some wearing turbans. The text 'genetzer' and 'turci' are written next to the horsemen. Above the print on a loose strip a five-line text in Dutch., print, book illustration, prints, height 99 mm, width 121 mm, height 127 mm, width 127 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1445 - 1505, print maker, printmaker, 1486 - 1488, fourth quarter 15th century, paper, papier, houtsnede

The Peasant Wedding or the Twelve Months: No. 10, 1546. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;

The throne of the Duke of Alva, 1569. Allegory on the tyranny of the Duke of Alva in the Netherlands, 1569. Links Alva on his throne with Granvelle (with bellows) and the devil, to the right of his throne are members of the blood council. For Alva kneeled chained the 17 personifications of the provinces of the Netherlands, to the right the flowed members of the States General. Above vist a cardinal to riches in a blood pond, behind it the decapitation of Egmond and Horne and others in Brussels in 1568. In the background scenes of torture and executions. With caption of 3 rules in French. In the show inscriptions in German, also with an overscription of 2 rules in German.

Underground workers (German myth).

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand. Dated: c. 1496/1497. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albrecht Dürer.

Child dressed as a pilgrim in Doolhof, 1628 print A child dressed as a pilgrim is in Doolhof. The thread in her right hand is held on the other by an angel in a lighthouse. A man with a dog is also looking for his way through the maze. Two other people have already been stranded. Two ships in the distance. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing pilgrim(s). labyrinth, maze ~ garden. lighthouse, lightship

St. Jerome in his study, woodcut by Albrecht Duerer, historical, digital improved reproduction of an old woodcut

Phaedra to Hippolyto, Habes, candide lector, Pvb. Ovidii Nasonis Heroides: collatis quampluribus tam ueteribus q, uam, recentioribus codicibus quamemendatissimas, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D., Volscus, Antonius, Woodcut, 1538, Woodcutter unknown.

Northern Netherlands, Monogrammist SM (18th century), Months of the year, Figures working in an enclosed garden, verso bottom center - stamped, print, prints, height 56 mm, width 77 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1799, paper, papier, woodcut, letterpress printing, letterpress

Hans Holbein the Younger, The Arms of Death The Arms of Death

Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein from lovely Kurzweil poems Lutii Apuleij of a golden ass, Lucius Apuleius also Apuleius Madaurensis, Apuleius of Madaura or...

Raising of the Cross, 1515, Woodcuts, approx. 2 13/16 x 1 15/16 in. (7.2 x 4.9 cm), Paper/Sheet approx. 3 x 2 1/16 in. (7.6 x 5.2 cm), Stamped in black ink, verso Y.W. enclosed in circle (Lugt 2669), Cream laid

The School Teacher Made 1510 Germany. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Woodcut by Leonhard Beck, Figure 74 from Theuerdank (1517), showing Theuerdank in full golden armor seizing Nonfalo by the neck.

Women of Samaria at the Well, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 4 October 1472, 16 October 1553, one of the most important German painters, graphic artists and book printers of the Renaissance, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original

Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, The Raising of the Cross, Printed from three blocks. Christ on the cross. Cross being raised by four men. Architectural ornamentation to the left and right of the representation., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 107 mm, width 145 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands

Rosslin. Unidentified black and white illustration

Jozef goes throughout Egypt, Robert de Baudous, 1591 - 1659 print Joseph goes throughout Egypt in a car to check the storage of the grain in the seven good years. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Joseph prepares for the famine and stores up corn. triumph of Joseph: dressed in a royal attire he rides in one of Pharaoh's chariots, preceded by a herald

Woman and Attendant Surprised by Death. Artist: Daniel Hopfer (German, Kaufbeuren 1471-1536 Augsburg). Dimensions: plate: 6 3/16 x 8 7/8 in. (15.7 x 22.6 cm)sheet: 6 5/16 x 8 15/16 in. (16 x 22.7 cm). Date: 1500-1510 (). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The dance of death: the duchess. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

Medieval urban scene by Master of the Housebook, Woodcut, circa 1480, between 1470 and 1505, Private Collection

Woodcut by Hans Burgkmair the Elder from 1519 showing Aristotle and Phyllis, depicting the classical story with figures, posture, and expression.

The Comenius

superstition devil woman obsessed by the devil woodcut 15th century,

Nuremberg, Dürer, Albrecht, Gregoriusmis, verso - stamped, Saint Gregory before an altar on which Christ appears., print, picture, book illustration, prints, pictures, height 63 mm, width 43 mm, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1503 - 1503, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

The Spur Maker, Woodcut by Jost Amman (1535-1591) Swiss engraver

Regulus closed in a barrel by Cartagi Pencz, Georg (CA 1500-1550); 1535 (1st edition) (1535-00-00-1550-00-00);

The Sword Maker, Woodcut by Jost Amman (1539-1591) Swiss engraver.

Sauri, Lud., Strasbourg, Heyden, Jacob van der, Pugillus facetiarum iconographicarum in studiosorum, Young men change from fools into good students, Six gentlemen sit at a table in a room and watch as young men are 'ontnarded', or stripped of their fool's caps. Numbered lower right: 18. With caption in Latin and German., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 98 mm, width 140 mm, South Netherlands (before 1775), 1573 - 1645, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), writer

Sebald Beham's 'Farewell to the Lost Son' (1540) is a copper engraving depicting the moment of parting in the Prodigal Son narrative, emphasizing figures, gesture, and interaction.

Isaac fooled into blessing Jacob with Rebekah present, while Esau hunts venison. Woodcut attributed to C. van Sichem the elder.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, a mercenary captain in the 16th Century

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

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.

The Rich Fool and Death, from The Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant, Basel, 1494, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown

Natural sciences and Philosophy. Woodcut attributed to Holbein illustrating a German edition of 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' by Boethius (Augsburg, 1537), written in prison during the last year of the author's life. Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus) (c480-524) Roman philosopher and statesman. His commentaries on Aristotle and the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry became the standard medieval European texts on Logic.

A woodcut engraving depicting an Italian kitchen. Dated 16th century

Plünderungsszenen während der Hussitenkriege, einer Reihe von Auseinandersetzungen und Schlachten in den Jahren 1419-1436, digitale verbesserte Datei ...

Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland from 1558. Elizabeth and her attendants out hawking. Queen rides side-saddle, on left man has just released his hawk, while top centre a hawk is bringing down a bird. Woodcut.

Ecce Homo, from the series The Large Passion. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: sheet: 16 1/4 x 12 1/16 in. (41.3 x 30.6 cm). Date: ca. 1498-99. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Great Britain events Gunpowder Plot 1605 plotters Guy Fawkes Thomas Wintour Rober Catesby and Christopher Wright planning the assassination British playing card,

Haarlem, Numan, Hendrik, Street vendor of axes with two customers, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 96 mm, width 74 mm, 1736-03-21 - 1788, print maker, printmaker, 1746 - 1788, paper, papier, woodcut

Producing salt by evaporating natural brine by pouring it into a pit of burning charcoal. A rather impure product resulted. From Agricola 'De re metallica', Basel, 1556. Woodcut

German hunter. 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.

Blindfolded men with donkey ears in two chained boxes, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1531 print The fools are looking for 'honesty', 'justice' and 'usability'. These words are on the boxes in German. Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing Court Jester, Court Fool. Wisdom of the Fool. Virtuousness; 'Love of virtues',' virtuous action ',' Safe driving of 'real honors',' virtue ',' insurmountable virtue '(Ripa)

Dice Maker's Workshop. From 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman.

EL CABALLERO TIRANT LO BLANCH (EL BLANCO) (NOVELA DE CABALLERIAS DEL SIGLO XV) - PORTADA DE LA EDICION DE 1511. Author: JOANOT MARTORELL (1415-1468) JUAN MARTORELL. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Noli Me Tangere. Dated: probably c. 1509/1510. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ALBRECHT DURER.

Woodcut by Meister IS mit der Schaufel depicting the parabola from the invitation to the royal wedding, showing figures, text, and decorative elements on the verso of the print, dated 1516.

Woodblock engraving from the Shepherds Kalendar - The moon was considered to be a female planet, moist and cold. Those born under the Moon loved geometry and related arts, and were phlegmatic of temperament. Its metal was silver, Spring its season and water among its elements. The Moon was friendly to Jupiter and hostile to Mars. Friday was it's day and Friday it's night, and it had only one house, Cancer. Dated 18th century

An artist is painting a picture at an easel in his studio. Woodcut.

Historic drawing from the 19th century, dance hall around 1500, by Martin Zasinger

Illustration des Ehebruchs aus einem französischen Gesetzbuch des 16. Jahrhunderts, Frau im Bett und wartet auf den Liebhaber, Frankreich, Historisch,...

Four performances leaf, Anonymous, 1700 - 1800 print Printed from four blocks, four performances on one leaf. At the top left a lender and a citizen, top right a nobleman and a statesman, two men in the bottom left dig a grave and a man and death at the bottom right. Low Countries paper grave digger. Death as skeleton. money-lender, usurer. bourgeoisie, middle class, citizens, burghers. nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood. official; civil servant; functionary (in general)

Wandering minstrels, 1574 (1849).Artist: A Bisson

Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.

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