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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.

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

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.

Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

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[Portfolio cover, vol. I: La Basse Egypte.]

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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.

Gold earring with disc and pendant

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Portrait of a Youth with a Surgical Cut in one Eye

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Emaillen wapenschild met Minerva door Jean de Court. Photomechanical print.

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, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485]

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

Kabouter knielend knippend op een tafel

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Orgelspelende vrouw - Public domain portrait engraving

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Carte-de-visite met beeld van Hoop

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Detailstudies van vissen, met kleurnotities

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Lopend rundvee - Public domain portrait print

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Zittende lezende heer - Public domain portrait print

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Jongen zittend op een stoel, wijzend naar rechts

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Rijstvogeltjes - Public domain portrait print

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Ambonse kaketoe - Public domain portrait print

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Kate Greenaway - Valentine - Public domain dedication image

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Oostindische vogel - Public domain portrait print

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Miniature, leaf (4) recto - showing God, angels and graveyard above corpse on pall, in Horae (Paris use). Written ca. 1425

Reference copy may be in LOT 4443-H. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death; Incunabula; RBD; Shelf.

Lorenzo Ghiberti Scvltore Fiorentino / G. Vasari, T.I. ; G. Batt.Cocchi Sc.

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 child, and a youth with clasped hands.]

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Fra Angelico, British museum, 162. [The youthful David with a crown on his curly head, sitting on a settle, singing and playing on the psaltery.]

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Reproductie van een schilderij van de kruisafname door Fra Angelico

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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

[Medieval universe, with heaven above, bands containing stars, and earth below]

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.

Italian Renaissance painter from "Nouvelle Géographie universelle. La terre et les hommes. [With illustrations.]"

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

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.

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.

Italian Renaissance painter and architect 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 descriptions in English by T. Roscoe, and in French by A. Sosson"

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

[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 the devil]

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 in the background]

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

[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in decorative border]

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.

[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 surrounding text]

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.

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 of Congress

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, Library of Congress

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.

Animals sawing wooden planks - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

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

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.

[Trees with medicinal virtues, growing naturally and cultivated in pots]

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.

[Half-human monsters called "wonder-people" and soulless animal monsters]

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 surrounded by symbols of fables, 1481 - #60]

Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P and geometric diagrams]

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 for their bites and stings; and surrounding text]

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 ("Sagitarius") tilling soil; "Mars" in armor is radiating beams upon them]

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, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485]

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, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485]

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.

"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

[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

[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.

[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 Congress

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.

Woman with hunting horn and dog on leash; symbolic representation of "the Soul hunting the child Jesus"

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 shield and staff]

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.

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 Peinture

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Correggio, portrait - Public domain portrait painting

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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).

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

Fotoreproductie van een schilderij, voorstellende een portret van paus Leo X

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Leonardo da Vinci pitt. scul. e archi. Fiorentino / L. da Vinci pinsit ; C. Colombini sc.

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

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.

The Scourging of Christ (verso), and The Israelites Enslaved in Egypt (recto), from Schatzbehalter (Treasury), Plate 21 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[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 rectangular tub and man standing in round tub, with mathematical equations and surrounding text]

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.