Terracotta fragment of an oinochoe (jug)
Public domain photo of a 3d object, ancient Greek or Roman free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Portfolio cover, vol. I: La Basse Egypte.]
Public domain photo of Egyptian sculpture, ancient civilizations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Inlay, fragment, maenad hair, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
A blue and green enamel pin with a fish on it, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Embroidered Mantle Fragment, arts of africa oceania and the americas
A tapestry depicting a man with a large body, Peru, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gold earring with winged Eros - Public domain portrait print
Hellenistic Public domain photograph of ancient Greek artifact, archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of ancient Greek artifact, arc... More
Roman Statuette of Venus - Public domain portrait print
A black and white image of a sculpture of a woman's legs, Rome, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Public domain photo of a 3d object, ancient Greek or Roman free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Gold earring with disc and pendant
Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Portrait of a Youth with a Surgical Cut in one Eye
Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Emaillen wapenschild met Minerva door Jean de Court. Photomechanical p...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
skulptur (Friskulptur), Sweden - Public domain portrait print
A photo of a head on a wall, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, D...
Illus. in: Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORK... More
Jongen zittend op een stoel, wijzend naar rechts
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ambonse kaketoe - Public domain portrait print
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kate Greenaway - Valentine - Public domain dedication image
Picryl description: Public domain image of a manuscript from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Oostindische vogel - Public domain portrait print
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lopend rundvee - Public domain portrait print
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Zittende lezende heer - Public domain portrait print
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kabouter knielend knippend op een tafel
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Orgelspelende vrouw - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carte-de-visite met beeld van Hoop
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Detailstudies van vissen, met kleurnotities
Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Rijstvogeltjes - Public domain portrait print
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miniature, leaf (4) recto - showing God, angels and graveyard above co...
Reference copy may be in LOT 4443-H. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death; Incunabula; RBD; Shelf.
Reproductie van een schilderij van de kruisafname door Fra Angelico
Public domain photograph of 19th-century photomechanical print, book illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Taglio del tamburo, e cupola con sua lanterna
Illus. in: Descrizione e studj dell'insigne fabbrica di S. Maria del Fiore / Bernardo Sansone Sgrilli. Firenze : B. Paperini, 1733, Fig. IX. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western tec... More
Fra Angelico, British museum, 162. [The youthful David with a crown on...
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Lorenzo Ghiberti Scvltore Fiorentino / G. Vasari, T.I. ; G. Batt.Cocch...
Lorenzo Ghiberti, half-length portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fra Angelico, Windsor, 163 verso. [St. Lawrence, a woman holding a chi...
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
[Medieval universe, with heaven above, bands containing stars, and ear...
Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Megenberg. Augsburg : Johann Bamier, 1481. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 8.
Designs for Book Illustrations - Public domain scenic drawing
Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Roman soldiers bearing the trophies in triumph]
Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 13. Ex. coll.: Marochetti (Lugt, 392). Hubbard Collection.
Fra Angelico, Windsor, 163. [Bust of St. Lawrence.]
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Solon van Athene, Michel Wolgemut, Germany
Een bloemkelk met een lezende man, naar rechts kijkend. De tekst identificeert hem als Solon van Athene, één van de Zeven wijzen van Griekenland. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Italian Renaissance painter and architect from "The Continental Touris...
This image has been taken from scan 000538 from "The Continental Tourist. Views of Cities and Scenery in Italy, France, and Switzerland. From original drawings by S. Prout, ... and J. D. Harding, with descripti... More
Italian Renaissance painter from "Nouvelle Géographie universelle. La...
This image has been taken from scan 000911 from volume 13 of "Nouvelle Géographie universelle. La terre et les hommes. [With illustrations.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from... More
Francis Grose - [Types of early renaissance cannon]
Illus. in: Military antiquities respecting a history of the English army, from the conquest to the present time / Francis Grose. [London] : Stockdale, 1812. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmark... More
Ahlspiess, 14th century - Public domain portrait print
A white metal pipe with a silver colored finish, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Slavin Roosje van Brandes - Public domain portrait print
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Printed vellum page from the first book printed in small type. 1459]
Illus. in: Durantis, Rationale divinorum officiorum [Mainz], 1459. Reference copy may be in LOT 4496. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[A dying man attended by Mary Magdalene and Saint Peter, angels, and t...
Illus. in: Ars moriendi. Germany, 1466. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 69.
[Printed vellum page from Corpus Juris Civilis, 1468]
Reference copy may be in LOT 4496. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Civliano consuli ac patricio Priscianus salutem
Print shows page of text on weights and measures, with illuminated borders.
Civliano consuli ac patricio Priscianus salutem
Print shows page of text on weights and measures, with illuminated borders. Illus. in: Carmen de ponderibus mensuris. [Venice : Vindelinus de Spira, 1470]. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks... More
[Blacksmith shoeing a horse while a man with large sword slays a snake...
Illus. in: Ruralia commoda. [Augsburg] : Johann Schüssler, ca. 16 Feb. (XIIII Kal. Mart.) 1471. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D... More
[Mechanical device for scaling towers]
Illus. in: De re militari / Roberto Valturio. [Verona] : Joannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : ... More
[Medieval depiction of earth as wheel encircled by ocean; and surround...
Illus. in: Etymologiae / Saint Isidorus, Bishop of Seville. G. Zainer, 1472. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 7.
[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in deco...
Title page in: Astronomicum caesareum / Petrus Apianus. [Ingolstadii, 1540] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p.43.
Incipit liber tercius de vocabulo arithmetice disciplinae
Beginning text of the third book of Etymologiae, about arithmetic. Title page in: De vocabulo arithmetic disciplinae / Saint Isidorus, Bishop of Seville. In his Etymologiae. [Augustae Vindelicorum] : G. Zainer,... More
[Mobile tank-like fortress in the shape of a dragon]
Print shows a dragon-shaped, mobile fortress equipped cannons and capable of carrying troops, with a ladder device mounted on the front used for scaling walls or as a bridge during siege warfare.
Ercole de Roberti - [The Capture of Christ]
This drawing represents the central portion and main action of the painting--Christ's betrayal by Judas--of the Garden of Gethsemane. Dating is difficult, but it is likely that the sheet belongs to the artist... More
[Fisherman using hand net] - Public domain book illustration, Library ...
Illus. in: [Jacobus de Cessolis], De ludo scachorum, [Utrecht, ca. 1475]. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORKS; RBD; Fishing (livelihood); Incunabula; Shelf.
[Portable siege ladder]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows a portable ladder with sections that are screwed together, used during siege warfare. Illus. in: Des durchleichtigen wolgebornen Grauen Flauii Vegecii Renati kurcze Red von der Ritterschafft (De re... More
Aristotellis stragiritae de historia animalium liber primus
Decorative border and text in: De natura animalium [...] / Aristotle. Venice : Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1492. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C... More
[World map by Ptolemy] - Public domain vintage map
Illus. in: Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia. Rome : Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. (VI Idus Octobris) 1478. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Le... More
[Fable of crane and peacock] - Public domain book illustration, Librar...
Illus. in: Aesopus, Vita et fabulae (German), Augsburg, ca. 1497. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Birds; Incunabula; RBD; Fables; Shelf.
Coat-of-arms. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Dialogus creaturarum. Gouda : Gerardus Leeu, 1480. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Animals in human situations; Incunabula; RBD; Coats-of-arms; Shelf.
Animals sawing wooden planks - Public domain book illustration, Librar...
Illus. in: Dialogus creaturarum. Gouda : Gerardus Leeu, 1480. Reference copy may be in LOT 4707. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Animals in human situations; ... More
[Half-human monsters called "wonder-people" and soulless animal monste...
Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Magenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 79.
[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: Aesop surround...
Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[Trees with medicinal virtues, growing naturally and cultivated in pot...
Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Megenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 55.
[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P...
Title page in: Elementa geometria / Euclides. Venice : E. Ratdolt, 1482. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 225.
[Aeneas' ship landing on an island]
Illus. in: French ed. of Virgil's Aeneid, publ. in Lyon in 1483 by Guillaume Le Roy. Reference copy may be in LOT 4714. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[Plantain shown with snake and scorpion to indicate plant is antidote ...
Illus. and text in: Herbarium / Apuleius Barbarus. Rome : J.P. Lignamine, ca. 1483-ca. 1484. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 56.
[Illus: Prognostication: Clergyman ("Jupiter") blessing farmer ("Sagit...
Illus. in: Paulus Middelburgensis, Bp., Prognostica ad viginti annos duratura, Antwerp, Gerard Leeu, 28 Sept. 1484. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More
[Sigismund, emperor of Germany, on his death bed, 1437]
Illus. in: Reformation kaiser Sigmunds, 1484. Public domain scan of 15th-century woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of woodcut print, free to u... More
[Knight in armor slaying dragon; woman kneeling]
Illus. in: Raoul Lefevre, Le receuil des histoires de Troyes, Dutch; Haarlem, Jacob Bellaert, 5 May 1485. Reference copy may be in LOT 4246. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ... More
[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, D...
Illus. in: Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORK... More
[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, D...
Illus. in: Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORK... More
Des Humeurs et qualites - Public domain dedication image
Qualities of primary matter: elements of earth and water surrounded by concentric circles of air, then fire.
[Farmers harvesting crops]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Opus ruralium commodorum Petri de Crescentijs. Strassburg (Argentine) : [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg], 9 Mar. (quinta feria ante festum S. Gregorii) 1486. Published in: The tradition... More
"View of Venice". Book illustration from Library of Congress
Panorama in 4 segments. Illus. in: Sanctarum peregrinationum opusculum. Mains, 1486. Reference copy may be in LOT 4614. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
"View of Venice". Book illustration from Library of Congress
Panorama in 4 segments. Illus. in: Sanctarum peregrinationum opusculum. Mains, 1486. Reference copy may be in LOT 4614. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Du Temps. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Medieval time wheel with twelve signs of zodiac; activities, usually related to plants or planting, for each month of the year; and center scene of woman in summer above man in winter. Illus. and text in: De pr... More
"View of Venice". Book illustration from Library of Congress
Panorama in 4 segments. Illus. in: Sanctarum peregrinationum opusculum. Mains, 1486. Reference copy may be in LOT 4614. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[Life stages from infancy to old age with various accoutrements]
Illus. in: De proprietatibus rerum. Lyons : Johannes Siber, [after 26 Jan. 1486] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More
[Christ]
Illus. in: Ludolphus de Saxonia, Vita Christi (Dutch), Antwerp, 1487. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Incunabula; BI WORKS; BI; RBD; Shelf.
Woman with hunting horn and dog on leash; symbolic representation of "...
Illus. in: Van de geestelijke kindscheid Jesu gemoraliseert, Antwerp, 1488. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hunting; Bible-N.T.; Incunabula; RBD; Shelf.
[The Trojan Horse]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Historia Destructionis Troiae by Guido de Columna. Augsburg, 1488. Reference copymay be in LOT 4714. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Lion with two shields - Public domain book illustration, Library of Co...
Illus. in: Van de geestelijke kindscheid Jesu gemoraliseert, Antwerp, 1488. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hunting; Bible-N.T.; Incunabula; RBD; Shelf.
[Knights, some on horseback, in hand-to-hand combat]
Illus. in: [L]art de cheualerie selon Vegece. Paris, Antoine Vérard, 26 June 1488. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library... More
[Jean de Gerson, 1362?01428, full, standing, facing left, carrying shi...
May have been executed by durer during apprenticeship. Illus. in: Opera, 1489. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Correggio, portrait - Public domain portrait painting
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Andrea del Sarto, Pit De Larmessin Sculp
Andrea del Sarto, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. LeBlanc 2(8). Illus from: Academie des Sciences et des arts / Issac Bullart. Bruxelles, 1695, 1 (363).
Fotoreproductie van een schilderij, voorstellende een portret van paus...
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Leonard De Vinci Lionardo Da Vinci, pittore NDL (monogram)
Leonardo da Vinci, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing coat trimmed with fur and hat. Illus. from: Academie des sciences et des arts / Issac Bullart. Bruxelles, 1695, V (365).
Rene Lochon - Leonardo da Vinci - Nicolas Poussin - Traitté de la Pein...
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reproductie van het fresco Het feest van Herodes door Andrea del Sarto
Public domain photograph of 19th-century photomechanical print, book illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Correggio, portrait - Public domain portrait engraving
Stecher: Rossmäßler, Johann Adolf Verlag: Schumann, Gebr. Verlagsort: Zwickau Public domain scan of German 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Leonardo da Vinci pitt. scul. e archi. Fiorentino / L. da Vinci pinsit...
Leonardo da Vinci, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Scourging of Christ (verso), and The Israelites Enslaved in Egypt ...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Dante & Virgil confronted by wolf, leopard, and lion
Woodcut with elaborate border. Illus. in: Divine Comedy, 1491 Venetian ed. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[Page of De mineralibus, with initial O]
Page in: De mineralibus / Saint Albertus Magnus. Pavia : C. de Canibus, 1491. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 199.
[Illustrated title page]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Plautius, Nova Typis Transacta Navigatio, 1492, t.p. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Head of a Man Wearing a Cap - Public domain portrait print
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Illustrated arithmetic problem showing man stamping on fruit in recta...
Woodcut illus. and text in: Aritmetica / Filippo Calandri. Florence : L. Morgiani and J. Petri, 1492. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 234.
[Viticultural scenes - man crushing grapes in vat with his feet]
Illus. in: Latin ed. of Liber ruralium commodorum by Petrus de Crescentiis, printed at Spier by Peter Drach, 1493. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4434 I. See LCQJ Oct. 1966. This record contains unverified, old data f... More
Cessolis. Libro de giuocho di Scacchi. Firenze...1493
Man holding open book with one hand and flask with other; also 2 cuts of man on horseback and man holding scales. One of 15th century Italian prints dealing with books and reading reproduced in Max Sander, Le L... More
[Cosmos]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Liber chronicarum. German. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 23 Dec. 1493. Reference copy may be available in LOT 4444 A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More
[Cultivation and care of grapevines]
Illus. in: Liber ruralium commodorum [Ruralia commoda]. [Speier: Peter Drach] 1 Oct. (Dienstag nach S. Michael) 1493. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C... More