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16th Century Collection (page 3)

Step back in time to the 16th century, a period of exploration and cultural richness

Background image16th Century Collection: Martin Luther, German theologian

Martin Luther, German theologian
Martin Luther (1483-1546), German theologian and founder of the Protestant Reformation. Luther was born at Eisleben. Initially trained in law

Background image16th Century Collection: Orteliuss map of Italy, 1570

Orteliuss map of Italy, 1570
Orteliuss map of Italy. This map is from the 1570 first edition of Theatrum orbis terrarum ( Theatre of the World ). Drawn by the Flemish mapmaker Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)

Background image16th Century Collection: Orteliuss map of Poland, 1570

Orteliuss map of Poland, 1570
Orteliuss map of Poland. This map is from the 1570 first edition of Theatrum orbis terrarum ( Theatre of the World ). Drawn by the Flemish mapmaker Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)

Background image16th Century Collection: Orteliuss map of Greece, 1570

Orteliuss map of Greece, 1570
Orteliuss map of Greece. This map is from the 1570 first edition of Theatrum orbis terrarum ( Theatre of the World ). Drawn by the Flemish mapmaker Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)

Background image16th Century Collection: Chancel vault, by William Orchard, circa 1500, Christ Church Cathedral

Chancel vault, by William Orchard, circa 1500, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Background image16th Century Collection: HUGH LATIMER (1485-1555). English Reformation leader and Protestant martyr

HUGH LATIMER (1485-1555). English Reformation leader and Protestant martyr. Line and stipple engraving by H. Meyer, 1826

Background image16th Century Collection: Rialto Bridge, Grand Canal, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Rialto Bridge, Grand Canal, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Background image16th Century Collection: Worcester Cathedral on the River Severn floodlit at dusk, Worcester, Worcestershire, England

Worcester Cathedral on the River Severn floodlit at dusk, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Background image16th Century Collection: Historic

Historic
Martin Luther, (Eisleben, 1483, Eisleben, 1546). German reformer. Doctor of Theology and Augustinian priest. In 1517, outlined the main thesis of Lutheranism in Wittenberg

Background image16th Century Collection: FLAUTIST, 16th CENTURY. German woodcut by Tobias Stimmer (1539-1584)

FLAUTIST, 16th CENTURY. German woodcut by Tobias Stimmer (1539-1584)

Background image16th Century Collection: Front entrance to ChAteau de Chenonceau castle, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre

Front entrance to ChAteau de Chenonceau castle, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre
Front entrance to Chateau de Chenonceau castle, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Background image16th Century Collection: The Creation of Adam painting by Michelangelo on ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

The Creation of Adam painting by Michelangelo on ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Vintage masterpiece painting of The Creation of Adam. Painted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, circa 1511a'1512

Background image16th Century Collection: ASTROLOGY, 16th CENTURY. Medieval astrologer attempting to discover the secrets behind the Milky

ASTROLOGY, 16th CENTURY. Medieval astrologer attempting to discover the secrets behind the Milky Way: colored woodcut, Swiss or German, early 16th century

Background image16th Century Collection: Carrack, a merchant ship of the late 1400s

Carrack, a merchant ship of the late 1400s
Armed Genoese carrack, a merchant ship of the 1400s and 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Atrium of Sponza Palace or Divona, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Atrium of Sponza Palace or Divona, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Background image16th Century Collection: The four humours, 16th century artwork

The four humours, 16th century artwork
The four humours, coloured historical artwork. Here, the head of Christ is surrounded by four male figures, who are personifications of the four humours

Background image16th Century Collection: Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher

Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), Italian philosopher. Bruno was a supporter of the Copernican view that the Earth revolved around the Sun

Background image16th Century Collection: Inca king Huayna Capac

Inca king Huayna Capac
Huayna Capac, Inca ruler in the early 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Virgin Mary, Jesus and God, Vatican Museum, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Virgin Mary, Jesus and God, Vatican Museum, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Background image16th Century Collection: Hardwick Hall (1597), Derbyshire, England, UK

Hardwick Hall (1597), Derbyshire, England, UK

Background image16th Century Collection: Paracelsus (Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim) (1493-1541)

Paracelsus (Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim) (1493-1541). Swiss physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist. Engraving

Background image16th Century Collection: Illustration of Aztec King Moctezuma exchanging gifts with Cortes

Illustration of Aztec King Moctezuma exchanging gifts with Cortes

Background image16th Century Collection: Illustration of Elizabethan theatre

Illustration of Elizabethan theatre

Background image16th Century Collection: MEXICO: NUN, 16th CENTURY. Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz, niece of Hernan Cortes, dressed

MEXICO: NUN, 16th CENTURY. Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz, niece of Hernan Cortes, dressed elaborately for her entry into the convent which she founded in Mexico City. Oil on canvas, Mexican, 18th century

Background image16th Century Collection: Michaela Gall - tudor portrait paintings Queen Anne Boleyn

Michaela Gall - tudor portrait paintings Queen Anne Boleyn
Michaela Gall - tudor portrait paintings, original art work by artist Michaela Gall inspired by the Tudors and history. Queen Anne Boleyn

Background image16th Century Collection: The new world revealed to Islam in 1513. The map of the Atlantic, work of Admiral

The new world revealed to Islam in 1513. The map of the Atlantic, work of Admiral Piri Reis, the celebrated Turkish cartographer

Background image16th Century Collection: Map of Italy, From Geographiae Opus Novissima by Martin Waldseemueller, Woodcut, 1513

Map of Italy, From Geographiae Opus Novissima by Martin Waldseemueller, Woodcut, 1513
Cartography, 16th century. Map of Italy. From Geographiae Opus Novissima by Martin Waldseemueller, 1513. Woodcut

Background image16th Century Collection: Map of America by Gerardo Mercatore, 1512-1594

Map of America by Gerardo Mercatore, 1512-1594
Cartography, 16th century. Map of America by Gerardo Mercatore (1512-1594)

Background image16th Century Collection: Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer C017 / 7118

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer C017 / 7118
Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer

Background image16th Century Collection: Johannes Kepler, German astronomer C017 / 7113

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer C017 / 7113
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer, holding a divider used to plot distances. Kepler devised three fundamental laws of planetary motion

Background image16th Century Collection: South American cannibals, 16th century

South American cannibals, 16th century
South American cannibals. 16th-century artwork of indigenous people of South American dismembering and roasting their slain enemies

Background image16th Century Collection: ARRIVAL OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI in the New World. (Vespucci meeting the allegorical representation of)

ARRIVAL OF AMERIGO VESPUCCI in the New World. (Vespucci meeting the allegorical representation of America). Engraving by Theodor Galle after the drawing, c1580, by Stradanus

Background image16th Century Collection: MICHELANGELO: ADAM & EVE. The Temptation and Expulsion. Fresco by Michelangelo from the Sistine

MICHELANGELO: ADAM & EVE. The Temptation and Expulsion. Fresco by Michelangelo from the Sistine Chapel

Background image16th Century Collection: 16th-century medical astrology

16th-century medical astrology
Medical astrology. 16th-century artwork of Zodiac Man, a male body labelled with the twelve signs of the zodiac. This artwork was published in Freiburg in 1503 in the encyclopedia Margarita

Background image16th Century Collection: Colossus of Rhodes statue

Colossus of Rhodes statue
Colossus of Rhodes. Historical artwork showing the vast bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios (later identified with Apollo, the god of light), at the entrance of the harbour at Rhodes

Background image16th Century Collection: Galileo and his daughter Maria Celeste

Galileo and his daughter Maria Celeste
Galilei Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer, being guided by his daughter Maria Celeste (1600-1634), a nun

Background image16th Century Collection: Atlas compass, 16th century

Atlas compass, 16th century
Atlas compass in a 1544 copy of the Agnese Atlas. Several copies of this atlas were produced between 1536 and 1564, in Venice, by the Italian mapmaker Battista Agnese

Background image16th Century Collection: Southern hemisphere star chart, 1537

Southern hemisphere star chart, 1537
Southern hemisphere star chart, 16th century. Star chart (planisphere) of the southern hemisphere, based on Albrecht Durers star charts of 1515. The illustrations show the constellations

Background image16th Century Collection: BANNER OF HERNAN CORTAS. The original banner of Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortas, c16th century

BANNER OF HERNAN CORTAS. The original banner of Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortas, c16th century
BANNER OF HERNÁN CORTAS. The original banner of Spanish conquistador, Hernán Cortas, c16th century

Background image16th Century Collection: RIVERA: CUERNAVACA. Diego Rivera: The Taking of Cuernavaca. Detail of fresco in Cortez-Palace

RIVERA: CUERNAVACA. Diego Rivera: The Taking of Cuernavaca. Detail of fresco in Cortez-Palace, Cuernevaca, Mexico

Background image16th Century Collection: EVNT2A-00047

EVNT2A-00047
Retreat of the Spanish Armada from England in stormy seas, 1588. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola casting out evil spirits. Printed color halftone reproduction of a painting by Rubens

Background image16th Century Collection: Martin Luther

Martin Luther portrait. Hand-colored engraving reproduction of a portrait by Holbein

Background image16th Century Collection: Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I of England
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. Hand-colored photogravure of the engraving by Hendrik de Hondt the Younger

Background image16th Century Collection: Emperor Charles V

Emperor Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V - also Charles I of Spain. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background image16th Century Collection: PROY2A-00161

PROY2A-00161
King of England Henry VIII with his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. Antique hand-colored print

Background image16th Century Collection: Natives gathering food in Florida, 1500s

Natives gathering food in Florida, 1500s
Florida Native Americans gathering crocodiles, fish, and other wild animals and plants, 1591. Hand-colored Debry engraving of a LeMoyne painting

Background image16th Century Collection: NATL2A-00002

NATL2A-00002
Street in Aztec Tenochtitian (reconstruction). Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration




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Step back in time to the 16th century, a period of exploration and cultural richness. Jacopo de Barbari's intricate Map of Venice in 1500 transports us to the enchanting canals and vibrant streets of this Italian city-state. As we journey further east, we find ourselves in Amritsar, Punjab, India, where the majestic Golden Temple stands tall amidst the serene Amrit Sagar lake. Leonardo da Vinci's detailed Skull Anatomy reminds us of the scientific advancements made during this era. Across Europe, Trinity College's Long Room beckons with its shelves lined with centuries-old books, offering a glimpse into intellectual pursuits of scholars from Dublin. Meanwhile, on another continent, Mexico proudly displays its flag against the backdrop of Plaza de la Constitución (Zócalo), with the magnificent Metropolitan Cathedral towering above. The Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) reappears on our journey as we explore Asia's rich heritage. Its golden splendor shines brightly in Amritsar once again. Pieter Bruegel the Elder takes us to a snowy landscape through his masterpiece "Hunters in the Snow, " capturing both nature's beauty and human activity during winter. German engraving from 1594 showcases surveyors diligently working on land and sea – a testament to expanding knowledge and cartography during this time. Abraham Ortelius' map reveals an Ottoman Empire at its height in 1570 while Dürer’s world map from 1515 provides insight into how people perceived geography centuries ago. Finally, Da Vinci surprises us yet again with his crossbow design – an example of his multifaceted genius that spanned artistry and engineering alike.