C16 Collection (page 2)

Social / Germany / C16 Hunt
A scene showing Emperor Maximilian hunting and fishing. Date: 16th Century

Vision in Sky / Army, C16
A vision of an army in the sky (facsimile of original in Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon 1557) Date: 16th Century

Paris Louvre C16
The chateau du Louvre seen from across the Seine during the 16th century. Date: 16th century

Hunting Deer C16
Hunting deer Date: 1539

C16 Sailing Galley
A Galley Le Sphinx involved in the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571. Date: 16th century

Racial / German Magistrate
A magistrate (left) and a knight (right) 16th century

Paris Hostelry C16
Drinking and gambling inside a Paris hostelry. Date: 16th century

Hay Making C16 Germany
Two 16th century German hay makers at work. Date: 1553

Viola Da Gamba C16
Viola da Gamba made by Gaspar Duiffoprugear (1514-1570), a renowned Tyrolese instrument maker. Date: circa 1550

C16 German Cannon
GERMAN CANNON - lighting and loading Date: 1550

Westminster C16
Map of Westminster at the close of Elizabeths reign

Paris Chatelet C16
La place du Grand Chatelet and its surroundings

Hormuz, Iran in C16
The seaport of Hormuz (formerly Ormuz) is an important trade centre, taken in 1514 by the Portuguese who will keep it till 1622

Banquet for Two C16
A couple enjoy a sumptuous banquet for two, eating many different dishes on an outdoor terrace

C16 Instrumentalists
A lady personifying music presents the scales which are the foundation of western music, while around her all kinds of instruments are being played or constructed

C16 Alphabet
Decorative initials from an early French printed book

Limoges Enamel C16
Enamelled dish from Limoges, France - not the sort of thing to entrust to your dishwasher

C16 Schoolroom
A schoolmaster, birch in hand, instructs three pupils : title page to an unidentified book of grammar

Hekla Volcano C16
Mount Hekla, in SW Iceland, where eruptions are known since the 12th century, and two other volcanoes of the region

Classroom / C16 / Woodcut
A classroom scene

Coining in Germany C16
Coining in Germany

Netherlands Woman C16
A young lady of the Netherlands, from a picture by Lucas van Leiden

German Country Fair / C16
Drinking & dancing at a country fair

French Courtier C16
French gentleman at the court of Charles IX

C16 Frenchman
A French gentleman of the court of Henri III playing with a yo-yo

French Court Ladies C16
Ladies of the French court during the reign of Henri III

French Bourgeois C16
A French merchant in the reign of Louis XII

French Court Lady C16
A lady of the French court during the reign of Henri III

Party in Haddon Hall / C16
A wild party in the banquetting hall, Haddon, Derbyshire. A band plays in the balcony, while mummers dance and others display their fancy dress

Santorios Balance C16
Santorio (b.1561) weighed himself for 24 hour periods and proved that weight gain or loss varied according to the type of food consumed

C16 German Village Life
A wide variety of activity in a German village

Ottoman C16 Koran Page
A fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Blue and gold roundels mark the name of ALLAH

C16 Dutch Vessels
Dutch vessels

Tudor Costume Early C16
Two French noblemen. Note the low cut doublets which reveal the shirts which are drawn tight at the neck - a fore-runner of the ruff, also the duck-bill shoes

Noblemans Costume C16
Typical costume for a well off nobleman during the reign of the Tudor monarchs (actually Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague)

C16 Football / De Passe
Spectators watch a game of football

Market on Ice / Sweden / C16
A market held on the ice in Upsala. A transaction is going on between a customer and a tool seller

Duke Pf Alba (C16)
FERNANDO ALVEREZ DE TOLEDO 3rd duke of ALBA Spanish soldier and governor in the Netherlands

Cologne / Koln General C16
Cologne: general view with boats

C16 Screw Press
Two printers working at a very primitive screw press : other tools of their trade are also depicted

Hampton Court C16 Eng
Hampton Court, as finished by Henry VIII

Catherine of Aragon C16
CATHERINE OF ARAGON Ist Queen of Henry VIII, walks tearfully along while Henry VIII chats to Anne Boleyn in the background

Goldsmith at Work / C16
A goldsmith beats out gold leaf, which is then stored between paper by his colleague on the right

German Goldsmiths / C16
The workshop of German Goldsmith Hans Brosamer von Fulda (1506 - 1554)

Goldsmiths Workshop C16
Interior of the Atelier workshop of Etienne Delaulne, a celebrated goldsmith of Paris

French Gaming House C16
Gambling with cards and dice in a French gaming house

C16 German Athletics
Activities in progress at a German medieval athletics contest include wrestling and stone throwing

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