Rhetoric Collection (#3)

Satire Art Criticism 1644 Pen brown ink corrected
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Georg Pencz (German, c. 1500 - 1550), Rhetoric, engraving

Detail of St. Augustine Reading Rhetoric and Philosophy at the School of Rome, from the Life of St
XIR444264 Detail of St. Augustine Reading Rhetoric and Philosophy at the School of Rome, from the Life of St. Augustine, 1464-65 (fresco) by Gozzoli

Coat of arms of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke, 1500-49 (print)
XOS3058091 Coat of arms of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke, 1500-49 (print) by Flemish School, (16th century); 30.9x21.8 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Seven Liberal Arts, c. 1435 (oil on panel)
XIR38857 The Seven Liberal Arts, c.1435 (oil on panel) by Ponte, Giovanni dal (c.1385-1437/42); 56x155 cm; Prado, Madrid, Spain; Italian, out of copyright

BAL2909529 by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; Italian, out of copyright

The arms of the Amsterdam Chamber of Rhetoric The Eglantine, The Netherlands
The arms of the Amsterdam Chamber of Rhetoric " The Eglantine", The Netherlands, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1528

Blasoen of the Chamber of Rhetoric De witte Angieren Haarlem, Jan Pottey
Blasoen of the Chamber of Rhetoric " De witte Angieren" Haarlem, Jan Pottey, 1625-1700, The Netherlands

New Year Postcard from the Haarlem Chamber of Rhetoric The Wijngaertrancken, 1600, The Netherlands, Jacob Matham, 1600

Blazon of the Chamber of Rhetoric Red Daisy in Warmond, 1620, H. van den Berck, 1620

Country Fair, ca. 1610, William Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, Robert de Baudous, Richard Lubbaeus, 1595 - 1612

Decimus Maximus Ausonius (c. 310-395) 1584 (engraving) (b&w photo)
XJF113422 Decimus Maximus Ausonius (c.310-395) 1584 (engraving) (b&w photo) by French School, (16th century); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Blazon of the Chamber of Rhetoric The Pellicaen Haarlem, with the crucifixion in allegorical frame, print maker: Jacob Matham, Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Hugh Blair (1718-1800) Scottish Presbyterian preacher and man-of-letters, Professor of Rhetoric at Edinburgh University. One of the group of lawyers, philosophers

Roman civilization, early Christian civilization, relief from front piece of sarcophagus portraying teacher of rhetoric
Roman civilization, 4th century A.D. Early Christian civilization: Relief from the front piece of a sarcophagus portraying a teacher of rhetoric with a pupil

Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar C016 / 8867
Rodolphus Agricola (1443-1485), Dutch humanist scholar. Born Roelof Huusman near Groningen, he was educated there and at Louvain

Lloyd George giving a speech from a car
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), British Prime Minister, giving a speech from an open-topped car, with an army officer standing behind him. Date: circa 1914-1918

Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist
Rodolphus Agricola (1443-1485), Dutch humanist scholar. Agricola was born Roelof Huusman near Groningen and was eductade there at at Louvain

At the Conservatoire
A student practices her singing and oratory at a Conservatoire in France

Emile Deschanel / Gill
Emile Deschanel (1819-1904) writer, professor of rhetoric and modern French literature and a member of the Seine. Exiled by Naopleon III for eight years because of his opposition to the Emperors

Aspasia (Sculpture)
ASPASIA Greek adventuress and consort of the Athenian statesman Pericles, said to have taught rhetoric and to have conversed with Socrates

French Girls Rhetoric
Young French women studying rhetoric at school

Italian Classroom / C15
Christoforo Landino of Florence instructs his pupils in rhetoric & poetics

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