Humanist Collection

MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-1592). French writer, humanist and philosopher. French anonymous. Oil on canvas

Hugo De Groot / Larmessin
HUGO DE GROOT alias HUGO GROTIUS Dutch scholar, humanist and politician

Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificient (1449-1492). Italian patrician and humanist, ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1492. Lorenzo de Medici receiving gifts from his ambassadors. VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574)

Lorenzo Valla
LORENZO VALLA Italian humanist

Leonardo Bruni
LEONARDO BRUNI known as ARETINUS Italian humanist philologist and historian. Date: 1369 - 1444

Bessarion - 2
JOHANNES BASILIUS BESSARION Latin patriarch of Constantinople. Byzantine theologian and Humanist

Erasmus / Scriven / Penn
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist

The Escape of Grotius, aka Hugo de Groot, Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, poet and playwright. He was imprisoned in Loevestein Castle for his involvement in Calvinist disputes

Fray Luis de Leon (1527-1591). Spanish poet
Fray Luis de Leon (Belmonte, 1527-Madrigal de las Altas Torres, 1591). Spanish poet. Portrait. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Beatriz Galindo (1465-1535), called La Latina. Latinist, writer, humanist, educator and teacher of Queen Isabella of Castile and her children. Portrait, detail. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography

Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1578). Andromeda
Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1578). Italian astronomer and humanist. Constellation of Andromeda. De le stelle fisse (The sphere of the world and The fixed stars). Edited in Venice in 1540

Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1578). Italian astronomer and humanist. Draco constellation. De le Stelle Fisse (The sphere of the world and The fixed stars). Edited in Venice in 1540. Engraving, 1559

PETRARCH (1304-1374). Italian humanist and poet. Triumphs, Sonnets, and Songs. Miniature with the Triumph of the Death

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). German humanist and writer. The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592). Writer of the French Renaissance. Portrait. Colored engraving

Drawing on anatomy by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) The Musc
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymanth. Genius. Renaissance. Drawing on anatomy by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) The Muscles of the legs

Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). Engraving. Colored
Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). German writer and theologian. Engraving. Colored

The Rearing Horse and Mounted Warrior. Bronze. 16th century
The Rearing Horse and Mounted Warrior. 16th century. Bronze. Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian Renaissance polymath. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Medicine. Study of anatomy by Leonardo Da Vinci. 15th centur
Study of anatomy by Leonardo Da Vinci. 15th century. Skeletal structure. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (1466/1469-1536). Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic Christian theologian. Portrait

Portrait of Andrea Navagero (1483-1529), 17th century
Andrea Navagero (1483-1529). Venetian humanist and politician. Portrait, 17th century, copy after Raphael (1483-1520). Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Map of the French Department of Indre-et-Loire - No. 37
Map of the French Department of Indre-et-Loire - No.37, featuring inset illustrations of Chenonceaux, Langeais, Loches, Amboise and portraits of Rene Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). Italian politician, diploma
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). Italian historian, politician, diplomat, humanist and writer. Renaissance. Colored engraving. Historia Universal, 1883

Antonio Nebrija (1441-1522). Spanish scholar, historian, teacher and poet. Writing a grammar of the Castilian language. Engraving. Colored

Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Engraving by Durer. Colore
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Dutch humanist. Burin engraving by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), 1526. Colored

Library of Michel de Montaigne. Detail. Montaigne Castle. Fr
Library of writer and french humanist Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). Detail of inscriptions in the roof-beam. Montaigne Castle. France

Nebrija, Elio Antonio de (1441-1522). Spanish Humanist. Colored engraving

Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher
Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), Italian philosopher. Date: 1648

Death of Ulrich Hutten
ULRICH VON HUTTEN The last hours of the German protestant leader, humanist and friend of Luther. Date: 1488 - 1523

Ulrich Von Hutten
ULRICH VON HUTTEN German protestant leader, humanist and friend of Luther. Date: 1488 - 1523

Hieronymus Wolf
HIERONYMUS WOLF German humanist Date: 1516 - 1580

Utopia, 1516, by Thomas More (1478-1535). Tittle cover. Fren
Thomas More (1478-1535). English politician and humanist. Utopia, 1516. Tittle cover. French edition. Printed in Amsterdam by Jean Blaeu, 1642. Colored engraving

Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598). Spanish orientalist and editor of the Antwerp Polyglot. Engraving. Portrait. Colored

Willibald Pirckheimer (1470-1530). German lawyer, author and humanist. Portrait. Engraving by R. Brend Amour. Colored

Corona Australis, constellation. Hemisphere. Engraving, 1559
Corona Australis, constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Engraving, 1559. Dele Stelle Fisse by Italian humanist Alessandro Piccolomini (1508-1579). Edited in Venice, 1540

Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Engraving. Colored
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Dutch humanist. Portrait. Engraving, 1713. Colored

Juan Luis Vives (1493-1540). Valencian scholar and humanist. Portrait. He lived nearly his entire life in the Southern Netherlands. Engraving. Colored

Aldus Pius Manutius (1449-1515). Italian humanist. Engraving by Yenetta. Grolier (seated) with Aldus Manutius. El Mundo Ilustrado, 1880. Colored engraving

Ugolino Martelli (1519-1592). 1536-1537. Portrait by Il Bron
Ugolino Martelli (1519-1592). Florentine aristocrat. Portrait, 1536-1537, by Il Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo) (1503-1572). Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Andres Bello (1781A?i?1865) Venezuelan humanist, poet, philosopher. Engraving, 1881. Colored

Benito Arias Montano (15271598). Spanish orientalist. Samu
Benito Arias Montano (or Benedictus Arias Montanus) (15271598) was a Spanish orientalist and editor of the Antwerp Polyglot. Samuel book. Set of two books of the Bible from a historical character

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592). Writer of the French Renaissance. Portrait. Colored engraving

Pedro Chac??n (1526-1581). Spanish mathematician and theologian. Colored engraving

Censorship in the book Ratione Conscribendi Epistle by Erasm
Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). Dutch humanist. Ratione Conscribendi Epistles. Page with censorship and registration by the censor of the Inquisition, 1747. Basel edition, 1522. Episcopal Library

Fray Luis de Leon (1528-1591). Spanish writer
Fray Luis de Leon (1528-1591). Spanish poet and prose writer of the Renaissance. Engraving, 1798. Colored engraving

Thomas More (1478-1535). English lawyer, philosopher, author, statesman and humanist

Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375). Italian writer. Colored engraving

William of Conches (1090-1154). French philosopher. Dragmaticon Philosophiae. Earth and the Zodiacal Signs. Manuscript 144. Folio 62. Chapter Archive of Tortosa. Spain

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