Francesco Zugno (attr) Allegorie der Astronomie
Allegorie der Astronomie Public domain photograph of 18th-century Italian painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Studio of Jan Breughel the Younger - An Allegory of Air
Public domain image of print or drawing, symbolism or allegory, depicting saint, winged creature, Icarus, flying angel, religious figure, flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
1748 Bowen Mariner’s Compass and Armillary Sphere - Geographicus - Cir...
A beautiful and rare chart consisting of two engraved drawings within a single border. Left hand drawing, entitled “A Circle of Winds consisting of 32 points commonly called the Mariners Compass,” shows exactl... More
Curieux trottoirs de Lisbonne (Marconi, Jerónimos)
Public domain photograph of 20th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brooklyn Museum - Allegory of Air and Fire - Jan Brueghel the Younger
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Giorgione 034 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting
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Sandro Botticelli 052 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting
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Vittore Carpaccio 027 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting
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Bodleian Libraries, Peter Apian, an armillary sphere and a zonal Mappa...
Woodcuts from Peter Apian, Cosmographia
Jacopo da Sellaio - Triumph of Eternity - 1485-90
Triumph of Eternity Public domain photograph of 15th-century art, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jan van Kessel (Umkreis) Landschaft mit Paradiesvögeln Tieren und Alle...
Deutsch: Landschaft mit Paradiesvögeln, Tieren und Allegorie Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jan Brueghel (I) - The Sense of Sight (detail) - WGA3577
Public domain photo of Flemish art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
A new universal etymological English dictionary- containing not only e...
Fleuron from book: A new universal etymological English dictionary: containing not only explanations of the words in the English language; ... but also their etymologies from the ancient and modern languages: ... More
Jan Brueghel (I) - Air (Optics) - WGA3548
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Francken, Frans 2 — Ulysse reconnaissant Achille parmi les filles de L...
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Watchers of the Stars - A painting of a group of people in a field
Unknown people watching the sky. Because of the fine artwork, it probably shows a famous astronomer. It illustrated the Patrick Moore's book Watchers of the stars.
Fam His 057
A full-page illustration of Miles, Roger Bacon's servant, with his Brazen Head. "Miles, to keepe him[self] from sleeping, got a tabor and pipe, and being merry disposed, sung this song..." (p. 56)
Fam His 062 coat of arms - Drawing. Public domain image.
A historiated initial I featuring a medieval French city in flames, surrounded by vines including a dragon, a shield with the French coat of arms, and a sword and an illustration of Roger Bacon talking to Henr... More
Fam His 062 Pic - Drawing. Public domain image.
An illustration of Roger Bacon talking to Henry III with a guard."...it did chance that the King of England (for some cause best knowne to himselfe) went into France with a great armie, where after many victor... More
Cornelis de Baellieur or Workshop of Frans Francken the Younger- Achil...
Public domain photo of French art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Bernardino Licinio 018 - Public domain portrait painting
Allegory Public domain photograph of 16th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Biblioteca Marciana-Sala sansoviniana-15
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Dispute of Queen Cristina Vasa and Rene Descartes
Dispute of Queen Cristina Vasa and René Descartes Public domain photograph of 19th-century French painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Domenico Marolì - Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara Dressing as a Woman to Hear Socrates Teach in Athens. English: The anecdote about Euclid of Megara dressing as woman to sneak into Athens can be found in the writings of Aulus Gellius. Note t... More
Jan Brueghel the Younger and Hendrick van Balen, An Allegory of the Fo...
An Allegory of the Four Elements Public domain photograph of a 17th-century mythological painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mutilasi Uranus. Painting, 16th century.
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Reyher - Public domain portrait painting
kultur-kulturgeschichte-gemaelde; historisches Museum, Master, Gemaelde Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Terwesten Augustin Europa 1694. 17th century painting
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Wright, Joseph - A Philosopher Lecturing with a Mechanical Planetary -...
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Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts - Trompe l'Oeil with Trumpet, Celestia...
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Lairesse, Gérard de — Der Tempel der Tugend
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Aachen, Hans von - Alegoria de la Paz (1602)
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FHLFB09 - Public domain book scan / engraving
A woodcut engraving of an Arabian astronomer and scholar, ostensibly representing Roger Bacon."The King and Queen highly pleased at the entertainment, greatly commended his art; and then promised him their pro... More
SA 3030-Allegorie op de Verzorging in het Oude Mannen- en Vrouwengasth...
schilderij; ouderenzorg; Oude Mannen- en Vrouwengasthuis; allegorie; ouderen; Economia; Saturnus Public domain photograph of 17th-century Dutch painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Studying astronomy and geometry
Landscape with clerks studying astronomy and geometry, showing an armillary sphere, square, compasses, etc. Title of Book: La Vraye Histoire du Bon Roy Alixandre (The Alexander Romance in Old French prose). [ ... More
Gdańsk Invention of compass - Public domain drawing
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Francken II, Frans - An Allegory of the Liberal Arts - 17th c
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Pianti Still life with armor and books
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Jan Brueghel the Younger and Hendrick van Balen the Younger - Allegori...
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Schauplatz der fünf Theile der Welt title page - Reilly 0000
Deutsch: Schauplatz der fünf Theile der Welt nach und zu Anton Friedrich Büschings grosser Erdbeschreibung in drey Theilen herausgegeben von Franz Johan Joseph von Reilly. Gestochen von Ignaz Albrecht. Titelbl... More
Uranie et Melpomène - 1680-1681 Louis de Boullogne
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Herreras Astrolabium - Drawing. Public domain image.
Español: Dice (1936): Ilustración de un tratado de astronomía hecha por J. de Herrera. Según original existente en la biblioteca de El Escorial.
Observatory in Alexandria at the Time of Hipparchus
Woodcut Illustration of Hipparchus observing the sky from Alexandria, which he is not known to have visited, using a telescope, which had not yet been invented.
An analytical look at an armillary sphere (by C. A. de Launay, Augsbur...
All the maps and views shown here come from different editions (1683-1719) of Mallet; some of them are from translations into German and Italian, and some from later reissues by others, with or without small mo... More
View of the equator by means of an armillary sphere, 1719
All the maps and views shown here come from different editions (1683-1719) of Mallet; some of them are from translations into German and Italian, and some from later reissues by others, with or without small mo... More