1579 Collection

Witch Feeds Familiars
A witch feeds her familiars

Sir Robert Harley
Sir ROBERT HARLEY of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire Statesman, master of the Mint Date: 1579 - 1656

The petard, a medieval explosive device in the form of a metal cone filled with gunpowder attached to a gate to blow it open. Invented in France in 1579 for Henri IV, King of Navarre

Eglise Saint Jean-Baptiste, Hierges, Ardennes, France
Eglise Saint Jean-Baptiste, built 1579 in Renaissance style by the lords of Hierges, Gilles de Berlaymont and his wife Lamberte de Croy, in Hierges, in the Meuse valley on the Belgian border

TOMB OF NICHOLAS BACON
Similar in concept to a two- berth railway sleeping car, this monument saves space by housing Nicholas Bacon above, Edmund Bacon and his wife beneath. Date: 1579

Nonsuch House was a four-storey house on London Bridge, completed in 1579. It is the earliest documented prefabricated building

Sir Thomas Gargrave
Sir THOMAS GARGRAVE Statesman, President of the Council in the North, Speaker, Treasurer for the Wars, Counsellor of State to Henry VIII, Edward VI, Elizabeth. Date: 1495 - 1579

Johann Hartung
JOHANN HARTUNG German philologist at Freiburg - his spectacles are on his desk along with his writing implements. Date: 1505 - 1579

Union of Utrecht
De Unie van Utrecht forms an armed alliance of the united provinces, but effectively separates Holland from Belgium, which becomes the Spanish Netherlands

Mehmed Pasa Sokollu
MEHMED PASA SOKOLLU Ottoman politician

William I, Prince of Orange (1533-1584), c. 1579, by Adriaen
Adriaen Thomasz Key )c.1544-1589). Dutch painter. William I, Prince of Orange (1533-1584), c. 1579. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Fabio Capece Galeota
FABIO CAPECE GALEOTA, duca di Regina Neapolitan patrician, head of a distinguished family of that city. Date: 1579 - 1645

Christoph Fugger
CHRISTOPH FUGGER Member of prominent German banking family. Date: 1520 - 1579

Henriette D entragues
CATHERINE HENRIETTE de BALZAC d ENTRAGUES, marquise de Verneuil mistress of Henri IV, king of France Date: 1579 - 1633

Samuel Coster
SAMUEL COSTER Dutch physician and writer. Date: 1579 - 1665

Guido Bentivoglio
GUIDO BENTIVOGLIO Italian cardinal, statesman and historian. Date: 1579 - 1644

Francis Rous, Speaker
FRANCIS ROUS Speaker of the House of Commons, Puritan, writer. Date: 1579 - 1659

Nicholas Bacon / Zucchero
SIR NICHOLAS BACON Statesman; Lord keeper of great seal Date: 1509 - 1579

Sir Jacob Baron Astley
SIR JACOB BARON ASTLEY Royalist General; he also served in the 30 Years War. Date: 1579 - 1652

Sir Thos Gresham / Home
SIR THOMAS GRESHAM House in Bishopsgate Street of the English financier who founded Gresham College and built the Royal Exchange Date: 1519 - 1579

John Fletcher / Oval / Anon
JOHN FLETCHER English dramatist Date: 1579 - 1625

John Fletcher / Townsend
JOHN FLETCHER English dramatist Date: 1579 - 1625

French Theatre / Urbain
Urbain ( amoureux ) A character from Les Esprits by Pierre de Larivey. Date: 1579

ALEXANDER VI (1431-1503). Pope from 1492 to 1503, nephew of Pope Callixtus III. Painting on guadamecil. JUANES, Juan de (1523-1579). Oil. SPAIN. Valencia. Cathedral

QUESADA, Gonzalo Jim鮥z de (1509-1579). Spanish
QUESADA, Gonzalo Jim鮥 z de (1509-1579). Spanish explorer and conquistador in Colombia. Oil

LOPEZ DE HERRERA, Alonso (1579-ca. 1654). The Annunciation. 17th c. Colonial baroque. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Americas Museum

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. New Spain (Mexico)
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. 1570. It is considered to be the first modern atlas. Map of New Spain (Mexico), 1579. Printed in Antwerp by Christophe Plantin (1588). Etching

AMBERGER, Christoph. Christoph Fugger
AMBERGER, Christoph (1500-1561). Christoph Fugger. mid. 16th c. Flemish art. Oil on wood. GERMANY. BAVARIA. Munich. Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacotheca)

Ordre Du Saint-Esprit
Henri III founds the ordre du Saint-Esprit : the Holy Spirit (in the form of a dove) is actually present though only one of the courtiers seems to have noticed. Date: 1579

Richard Watts
RICHARD WATTS statesman and benefactor Date: 1529 - 1579

Franz Snyders - 2
FRANZ SNYDERS Flemish artist and art dealer Date: 1579 - 1657

Franz Snyders - 1
FRANZ SNYDERS Flemish artist and art dealer Date: 1579 - 1657

Willem Teelinck
WILLEM TEELINCK Dutch churchman and theologian Date: 1579 - 1629

Ulrich Schmidl
ULRICH SCHMIDL German historian and traveler in America Date: 1511 - 1579

Henri Duc De Rohan
HENRI duce de ROHAN French protestant leader, and as such an opponent of Richelieu. Date: 1579 - 1638

Jacob Reihing
JACOB REIHING German Jesuit churchman and theologian from Tubingen. Date: 1579 - 1628

William Platt
WILLIAM PLATT benefactor to St Johns College, Cambridge Date: 1579 - 1637

Johann Pfenner
JOHANN PFENNER German Almos-schreiber (= alms-writer, whatever that means) from Nurnberg. Date: CIRCA 1579

Jan Van Meurs
JAN VAN MEURS Dutch classical scholar Date: 1579 - 1639

Lucas Kilian
LUCAS KILIAN German engraver, member of a distinguished family of engravers. Date: 1579 - 1637

Sir Edward Hales
SIR EDWARD HALES Parliamentarian, from Woodchurch in the county of Kent Date: 1579 - 1654

JUANES, Juan de (1523-1579). St. Behind the Saints group and the executioners appears Saul. Representation of the chapter 4, Acts of the Apostles

ESOPUS (650-560 BC). Greek fabulist. Fables. Latin edition carried out in Leyden in 1579. Title page. Photography

Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Fight of Cocks. Baroque art.; Flemish art. Oil on canvas

Katherine Bretterg
KATHERINE BRETTERG (nee Bruen) wife of William Bretterg of Bretterghold, puritan. Date: 1579 - 1601

Alessandro Adimari
ALESSANDRO ADIMARI Italian poet and scholar. Date: 1579 - 1649

Da Zhao Temple, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Part of the Da Zhao Temple (meaning Infinite Temple), a Buddhist monastery at Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in the Peoples Republic of China

Sir Thomas Gresham (1509?-1579)
Engraved portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham (1509?-1579) from the painting in the Mercers Hall, London, 1844. Sir Thomas was a London merchant and founder of the Royal Exchange

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