Sixteenth Collection (#5)

Edward VI
3789761 Edward VI; (add.info.: Edward VI, portrait. King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. 12 October 1537 - 6 July 1553)

Henry VII
3789755 Henry VII; (add.info.: Henry VII, portrait. The first monarch of the House of Tudor, King of England and Lord of Ireland from August 1485 until his death. 28 January 1457 - 21 April 1509)

Mary I
3790429 Mary I; (add.info.: Mary I or Bloody Mary, portrait. Queen of England from July 1553 until her death. 18 February 1516 - 17 November 1558)

Henry VIII
3790427 Henry VIII; (add.info.: Henry VIII, portrait. King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. 28 June 1491 - 28 January 1547)

Death of Sir Philip Sidney
3789866 Death of Sir Philip Sidney; (add.info.: Death of Sir Philip Sidney. Fatally wounded by a musket shot at the Battle of Zutphen in the Netherlands, Sidney later died of gangrene)

Basin maker
3782525 Basin maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Basin maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Raphael taking his first painting lessons
3787694 Raphael taking his first painting lessons; (add.info.: Raphael taking his first painting lessons in his parents house, 1491)

James I
3789767 James I; (add.info.: James I of England and James VI of Scotland, portrait. King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England)

Elizabeth I
3790432 Elizabeth I; (add.info.: Elizabeth I, portrait. Queen of England from 1558 until her death. 7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603)

Pope Leo X with the body of Raphael
3787695 Pope Leo X with the body of Raphael; (add.info.: Pope Leo X with the body of Raphael. Illustration of an episode from the life of Italian painter Raphael (Sanzio da Urbino) (1483 - 1520)

James I
3789766 James I; (add.info.: James I of England and James VI of Scotland, portrait. King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England)

Weaver
3782244 Weaver by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Weaver from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

The Prisoner of Chillon
3789831 The Prisoner of Chillon; (add.info.: Illustration for Lord Byron's poem The Prisoner of Chillon (1816), based on Francois de Bonivard

The Baker
3782862 The Baker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: The Baker by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Raphael with his friend Fra Bartolomeo
3787697 Raphael with his friend Fra Bartolomeo; (add.info.: Raphael with his friend Fra Bartolomeo in Florence, 1504. Illustration of an episode from the life of Italian painter Raphael)

Apothecary
3782856 Apothecary by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Apothecary by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Clockmaker
3782262 Clockmaker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Clockmaker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

James I
3790398 James I; (add.info.: James I of England and James VI of Scotland, portrait. King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England)

The Brewer
3782502 The Brewer by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: The Brewer from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Clasp maker
3782521 Clasp maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Clasp maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Raphael presenting model of St.Peter's Basilica
3787693 Raphael presenting model of St.Peter's Basilica; (add.info.: Raphael presenting model of St.Peter's Basilica to Pope Leo X in 1514. Late Renaissance Church in the Vatican, Rome)

Coppersmith
3782527 Coppersmith by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Coppersmith from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Shoemaker
3782860 Shoemaker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Shoemaker by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Henry VIII
3790395 Henry VIII; (add.info.: Henry VIII, portrait. King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. 28 June 1491 - 28 January 1547)

Elizabeth I
3790416 Elizabeth I; (add.info.: Elizabeth I, portrait. Queen of England from 1558 until her death. 7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603)

Mary I
3790396 Mary I; (add.info.: Mary I or Bloody Mary, portrait. Queen of England from July 1553 until her death. 18 February 1516 - 17 November 1558)

Village Feast
3782166 Village Feast; (add.info.: Village Feast, as depicted in the 16th century work Sandrin ou Verd Galant'. Events such as these were enjoyed by the French peasantry during festivals of)

Charlemagne after a 16th century image (engraving)
3794126 Charlemagne after a 16th century image (engraving); (add.info.: Charlemagne (Latin: Carolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great) - portrait of the King of the Franks

Bell and Cannon Caster
3782199 Bell and Cannon Caster; (add.info.: Bell and Cannon Caster by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Egg seller
3782168 Egg seller; (add.info.: Egg seller by Cesare Vecellio, from a facsimile of a sixteenth century woodcut. The caption reads A dealer in eggs'. Italian painter and engraver, c. 1530 - c)

Clothworker in his workshop, 16th century (engraving)
3794138 Clothworker in his workshop, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Clothworker in his workshop, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Louis XII - portrait
3794130 Louis XII - portrait; (add.info.: Louis XII - portrait of the French king on horseback leaving the city of Alexandria to conquer Genoa, 24 April 1507. Louis XII the Father of the People)

Thimble maker
3782193 Thimble maker; (add.info.: Thimble maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Hunting with the Leopard
3782178 Hunting with the Leopard; (add.info.: Hunting with the Leopard by Jean Stradan, from a sixteenth century stamp. Manners, Customs)

Gypsy family in the sixteenth century
3782219 Gypsy family in the sixteenth century; (add.info.: Gypsy family reproduced from a woodcut in a 1552 folio of Sebastian Munster's Cosmographie Universelle)

Lubeck and its harbour
3782182 Lubeck and its harbour; (add.info.: Lubeck and its harbour, reproduced from Petrus Bertius sixteenth century work Commentaria Rerum Germanicarum')

Somersaults
3782181 Somersaults; (add.info.: Somersaults, reproduced from a woodcut in Arcangelo Tuccaro's sixteenth century work Exercises in leaping and vaulting')

Interior of a Kitchen in the Sixteenth Century
3782170 Interior of a Kitchen in the Sixteenth Century; (add.info.: Interior of a Kitchen in the Sixteenth Century, reproduced from a 1518 woodcut)

Interior of a Hostelry
3782172 Interior of a Hostelry; (add.info.: Interior of a Hostelry, reproduced from a woodcut in a 1517 folio edition of Virgil)

Suleiman the Magnificent
3784087 Suleiman the Magnificent; (add.info.: Suleiman the Magnificent - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Known as the Lawgiver)

Wire worker
3782192 Wire worker; (add.info.: Wire worker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Goldbeater
3782191 Goldbeater; (add.info.: Goldbeater from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...), Collection of woodcuts by Jost Amman (13 June 1539 -17 March 1591)

Hook and clasp maker
3782189 Hook and clasp maker; (add.info.: Hook and clasp maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Apothecary
3782186 Apothecary; (add.info.: Apothecary by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Portrait of Michelangelo (print)
3794179 Portrait of Michelangelo (print); (add.info.: Michelangelo - Italian artist Italian sculptor, painter, architect. M: 6 March 1475 - 18 February 1564); Lebrecht History

La Gaillarde
3782184 La Gaillarde; (add.info.: La Gaillarde, reproduced from an engraving in Thoinot Arbeau's Orchesographie, a study of late sixteenth century French Renaissance social dance)

Venice - St. Mark's Place with cathedral and gondolas, 16th century (engraving)
3794131 Venice - St. Mark's Place with cathedral and gondolas, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Venice - St. Mark's Place with cathedral and gondolas, 16th century. St Marks Square)

Spur maker
3782195 Spur maker; (add.info.: Spur maker by Jost Amman, reproduced from a sixteenth century engraving. Swiss artist, 13 June, 1539 - 17 March, 1591)

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