1530 Collection (page 3)

C16 Alphabet
Decorative initials from an early French printed book

Jean Nicot / Tobacco
JEAN NICOT French diplomat who introduced tobacco from Portugal into France, depicted presenting it to Catherine de Medicis; he gave his name to nicotine

David Downs Goliath
He downs Goliath with a pebble from a brook - illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes 1530 edition of The XII Profytes of Tribulacyon

LADY OF 1530
Lady of the court of Francois I, wearing a fine gown with wide fur sleeves

Luther and Tree
German religious reformer Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora sit with their family round the Christmas tree

Cranach Paints Luther
LUCAS CRANACH The German religious reformer Martin Luther sits for one of the many portraits that Cranach made of him

Wolsey / John Gilbert
THOMAS, CARDINAL WOLSEY depicted at the height of his power, on his way to Westminster Hall surrounded by suppliants and petitioners, lobbyists and parasites

Tournament 1530
Two French knights take part in a tournament

Wolsey / Leicester Abbey
CARDINAL THOMAS WOLSEY English prelate and statesman, arriving at Leicester Abbey shortly before his death

Costume / Men / Mercenar1530
A mercenary soldier, possibly German, in stripy costume with sword, relaxing in an inn with a large tankard of beer: the dice on the floor show that he has been gambling

Costume / Courtly 1530
An aristocrat, probably Spanish, in courtly dress

Costume / Women / 1530
A queen, probably French, in a richly decorated costume befitting royalty

Couples Dancing / Germany
Couples dancing intimately accompanied by a man on the fiddle

Humayan / Indian Emperor
HUMAYAN Mughal Emperor from 1530, but spent most of his rule in exile

Johann Schenck / Malades
JOHANN SCHENCK German medical

Properzia De Rossi / Larme
PROPERZIA DE ROSSI Italian sculptor and musician

Native Peruvians 1530
Native Peruvians near a stone bridge over a waterfall, as first encountered by Pizarro and his men

Mercuriale / Larmessin
GIROLAMO MERCURIALE Italian medical

Massys / Quentin / Academie
QUENTIN MASSYS or MATSYS, MESSYS or METSYS Flemish painter

Frenzied Brazilians
The Portuguese watch the antics of the crazed (possibly drug-induced) native Brazilians

Wolsey / Larmessin
CARDINAL THOMAS WOLSEY English prelate and statesman

Englishwoman 1530
Her low-cut gown with long half-sleeves reveals not only quite a lot of chest but also the under-gown below

Events / Peru / Lima
Spanish vessels of the Conquistadors in the harbour at Lima

Nicot and Tobacco
JEAN NICOT French diplomat who introduced tobacco from Portugal into France, depicted presenting it to Catherine de Medicis; he gave his name to nicotine

PEREGRINUS (1530-1616)
MARCUS ANTONIUS PEREGRINUS Italian church advisor and scholar. Member of the Council of Trent

Jacopo Sannazaro
JACOPO SANNAZARO Italian writer, known for his Arcadia derived from Virgil

Francis Walsingham
SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM - statesman and courtier, noted for his anti-terrorist security organisation. with his autograph

Willibald Pirkheimer
WILLIBALD PIRKHEIMER German humnist

Augsburg Confession
Philip Melancthon, on behalf of the protestants, presents the Augsburg Confession to emperor Karl V : it summarises the beliefs of the protestant faith

College De France Fd
Francois founds the College de France, an institution of higher learning and research designed to complement (and compete with) the Sorbonne

Monsters of Brazil
Monsters reported by the Portuguese explorers in Brazil

Going to the Sabbat
Witches travel to the Sabbat accompanied by a diversity of diabolically ugly creatures

Wolsey / Holbein / Graves
CARDINAL THOMAS WOLSEY English prelate and statesman

Ivan / Terrible
IVAN IV IVAN THE TERRIBLE Russian Royalty

Ivan / Terrible / Spanier
IVAN IV IVAN THE TERRIBLE Russian Royalty

Sea Serpent Hydra
The seven-headed HYDRA seen at Venezia (Venice) in 1530 Date: 1530

Religion / America / Non-Ch
Religious dance of the native Nicaraguans, dancing day and night under the influence of cacavate, an intoxicating beverage

Andrea Del Sarto
ANDREA DEL SARTO (Andrea d Agnolo) Italian artist

Spanish Vessels, C16
Spanish vessels

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