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Engraved panorama of the city of Dantzig with harbor ships, church spires and costumed figures on a hill in the foreground.

Danzig

Frans Hogenberg, 1573

Engraved genealogical tree with coats of arms, crowned rulers, heraldic animals and inscribed banners among dense foliage.

[Drzewo genealogiczne panujących w Europie] : [Inc.:] Imperator Alemanie [...]

Jost Amman, 1579

Hand-colored devotional print of Saint Casimir holding a cross and flower sprig, with a dove above and a landscape behind.

S. Casimirus

Michiel Bunel, 1600

Hand-colored 1573 engraved view of Dantzigt with harbor ships, city skyline, and foreground figures in period dress.

Dantzigt

Frans Hogenberg, 1573

Engraving of the Entombment of Christ with mourners, a torch raised in a dark rocky tomb, and a Latin inscription below.

[Złożenie do grobu]

Egidius Sadeler, 1593

Engraved portrait of an older man in a fur-trimmed robe with a book, set in an oval frame between curtains, with Latin text b

[Portret mężczyzny z książką]

C Herhbergk, 1600

Engraved town view of Grodno with a hilltop castle, river, and mounted soldiers in the foreground.

Vera designatio Urbis in Littavia Grodnae

Frans Hogenberg, 1577

Engraved oval portrait of a cardinal in a tall ecclesiastical hat and clerical collar, with a Latin caption below.

Georgius cardinalis Radzivil episcopus cracoviensis : Cardinei pars clara chori Radivila propago [...]

Dominicus Custos, 1585

Engraving of Susanna seated by a pool with two elders, a putti fountain at right and a hillside town behind.

[Zuzanna i starcy

Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri, 1566

Engraving of a bacchanal of putti drinking, dancing and feasting around a cauldron, with a reclining nude in the foreground.

[Bacchanale d`enfants

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1577

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded cardinal in clerical robes and a tall biretta, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Andreas Cardinal ab Aust. Episcop. Cunstant. et Brixin. etc

Dominicus Custos, 1600

Engraving of a biblical banquet scene with seated guests, a winged angel, a dog, and Latin inscription below.

Religiosi Convivii Laetvs Exitvs : Tobias junior cum angelo et Sara sponsa sua domum redeuntes honorifice a parentibu…

Crispijn van de Passe, 1580

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a white ruff, with Latin verse inscription below.

[Portret Henricusa Smetiusa]

Jacques Grandhomme, 1598

Ornamental engraved print with central religious scene, medallion portraits, garlands and a text cartouche.

[Drzewo genealogiczne kamedułów]

A. F, 1579

Engraved landscape print with tall trees on the right, rocks and shrubs in the foreground, and Latin text below.

[Stworzenie świata - rozdzielenie wód i lądów]

Jan Sadeler, 1550

Engraving of a seated nude woman with a bearded man behind her and winged cupids around a draped bed.

[Wenus i Wulkan

Giorgio Ghisi, 1582

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a plumed hat and large lace ruff, with Latin inscriptions around the frame.

[Zygmunt III Waza, król Polski]

Dominicus Custos, 1587

Engraving of a crowd beneath a columned arcade, with a bearded man at center and a town tower behind, dated 1525.

[Poeta Wergiuliusz zawieszony w koszu na wieży]

Lucas van Leyden, 1525

Engraved oval portrait of Henry IV of France in armor and ruff collar, with Latin inscription below, 1596.

[Henryk IV Burbon, król Francji]

Crispijn van de Passe, 1596

Engraving of a muscular armored warrior with raised sword and shield, with a battle on a bridge in the background.

[Horacjusz Cocles] : [Incipit:] Coclitis Ethruscis laudacia restitit armis [...]

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586

Panoramic engraving of a fortified river town with a wooden bridge, armed troops, and carts in the foreground.

Vera designatio Urbis in Littavia Grodnae Ware abconterfectung der Stadt Grodnae in der Littaw [...]

Mathis Zündt, 1568

Engraving of four bulls in a rural landscape with farm buildings, trees, and a distant hilltop house under a cloudy sky.

[Cztery byki]. 5

Adriaen Collaert, 1598

Engraved oval portrait of Sigismund III in a feathered hat and lace ruff, with Latin inscription and verse below.

Sigismundus III D.G. Rex Poloniae. Mag. Lith. Russ. Pruss. Masov. Samait. Dux Kiov. Wol. et Liv. DN Dives su. go. w.…

Crispijn van de Passe, 1598

Engraved kitchen scene with women cooking at a hearth and a haloed figure dining at a table in the background.

[Wieczerza w Emaus]

Raphaël Sadeler, 1593

Faint oval engraving centered on an aged book page with a library stamp, from a 1595 print by Heinrich Ullrich.

Sultah Mahumet [...]

Heinrich Ullrich, 1595

Engraving of Saint Mary of Egypt praying in a rocky cave beside a crucifix, with a Latin verse below.

S. Maria Ægyptia : Suspiro coelum, sed mesuspirat Avernus [...]

Jan Sadeler, 1600

Engraving of a bearded haloed saint holding a church model and staff, with a castle and mountains in the background.

[Św. Sebald niosący model kościoła w Norymberdze]

Sebald Beham, 1521

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armor, framed by angels with trumpets, putti and allegorical figures, 1590.

Doctori Stanislao Sabino haeredi in Stracza advocata vilensi etc. [...]

Nicolaus Andrea, 1590

Engraving of Jupiter seated on clouds with an eagle, gripping a lightning bolt, with a Latin inscription below.

Iuppiter aetherea summa dominator in arce

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1526

Engraving of Saint Paul's conversion: a fallen armored rider and horse below a beam of light from an angel in clouds.

[Nawrócenie św. Pawła]

Lambert Hopfer, 1525

Oval engraved portrait of a woman in ruff collar, pearls and jeweled headdress, with inscribed border, 1591.

Anna D. G. Poloniae Regina, Mag. Lith. Pric. Ducissa Swed. Goth. Wand. Regina, Fioniae Princeps

Dominicus Custos, 1591

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a clerical hat and cape, with a French verse inscription below.

[Portret Jacquesa Davy`ego Duperrona

Nicolas Denisot, 1559

Engraving of an old bearded man by a fire with barrels, a cat and a dog, with a winter landscape beyond a window.

[Zima jako sędziwy starzec grzejący sie przy kominku]

Justus Sadeler, 1582

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy in lace collar and ornate doublet, with Latin inscription, on a book page.

[Portret Filipa III]

Crispijn van de Passe, 1594

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a plumed hat and ruff, with a coat of arms and printed verse below.

La Vera effigie del christian-mo Henrico III re de Franza et de Polonia

Gaspare Oselli, 1574

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a patterned robe with a chain necklace and decorated sleeves.

[Portret Georga Fuggera]

Dominicus Custos, 1593

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor with a Latin inscription and the date 1598, printed on a book page.

[Jakub I, król Anglii]

Crispijn van de Passe, 1598

Engraving of a martyrdom in a wooded landscape, with a cherub holding a palm above attackers and a fallen figure.

[Św. Piotr z Werony]

Martino Rota, 1568

Engraving of a lame man on the floor before robed onlookers in a columned hall, monogram IAB and date 1571 at top.

[Uzdrowienie chromego]

IAB, 1571

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in jeweled headdress, lace ruff and pearl necklace, with Latin inscription around the borde

Anna D. G. Poloniae Regina, Mag. Lith. Pric. Ducissa, Swed. Goth. Wand. Regina, Fioniae Princeps

Crispijn van de Passe, 1598

Engraving of a crowned king playing a harp before an ox-drawn cart carrying a chest, with trumpeters and dancers in a city st

[Król Dawid sprowadza Arkę Przymierza do Jerozolimy]

Jan Sadeler, 1600

Engraving of a bearded man in a turban led by a winged angel past two women beside an arched gateway and tower.

[Lot z córkami]

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1555

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a tall cap and fur-trimmed robe, with Latin inscriptions below, on aged paper.

Illustrissimus Paschalis Ciconia Dux Venetorum [...]

Crispin de . $e Passe, 1598

Engraving of a kitchen interior with a woman cooking at a hearth while haloed angels sweep, carry wood, and chop logs.

[Święta Rodzina] : [Inc.:] O! beatum pavimentum! Te, qui fecit firmamentum, veris suis manibus [...]

Hieronymus Wierix, 1600

Scanned page of old Latin printed text headed Christoph Columbus, with a Polona library stamp below.

[Portret Azzo z Bolonii]

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1600

Engraving of a muscular nude warrior in a plumed helmet and billowing cloak, holding a shield, with Latin text below.

[Calpurnis Flamma] : [Incipit:] A calpurni virtute locis ereptus [...]

Hendrick Goltzius, 1586

Engraving of a crowned draped female statue on a pedestal with a Latin inscription and a fountain relief below.

Et dei et pinguis

F, 1550

Engraving of a lobster, flatfish, crabs and shells on a shore, with boats and a town in the background.

Cammaris, lingulaca. 10

Adriaen Collaert, 1598

Engraving of a Last Supper scene: robed men with staves gather around a round table with a roasted lamb in an interior.

[Ostatnia wieczerza]

Johannes Wierix, 1593

Engraved half-length portrait of a man in a plumed cap, ruff collar and earring, with French verse below.

[Portret Henryka III Walezego Inc.:] Peintre afin que ton art imite la Nature [...]

Hieronymus Wierix, 1571

Engraving of two elephants and a rhinoceros in a landscape, with hunters on horseback chasing an elephant in the distance.

[Słonie i nosorożec]

Adriaen Collaert, 1597

Engraving of the Crucifixion with three crosses on a hill, surrounded by crowds of soldiers, mourners and figures in a landsc

[Ukrzyżowanie]

Lucas van Leyden, 1533

[Portret Zygmunta I Starego]

C S, 1524

Woodcut of a bearded man in a fur hat seated in an interior with windows, columns and a shield with a rider and dragon.

Iwan Kniaź Moskiewski Jestem ia Pan wielki Kniaź [...]

H. B., 1550

Woodcut portrait of a bearded man in a fur hat and robe, with a crowned coat of arms at upper right.

[Portret Zygmunta II Augusta]

Hanuš Severin, 1555

Woodcut of a crowded battle with cavalry, infantry, cannons and many banners across a hilly field.

[Bitwa pod Orszą, ilustracja do "Kroniki polskiej" Joachima Bielskiego]

Jörg Brückner, 1597

Woodcut of God creating Eve beside a sleeping Adam, surrounded by animals, with Adam and Eve by a tree and an angel above.

[Stworzenie Ewy]

H. B., 1550

Woodcut of a sower scattering seed in a field by a tree, with a village, stone tower and birds in the scene.

[Przypowieść o siewcy]

Jost Amman, 1584

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling cleric beside a sarcophagus, with a winged angel descending among clouds above him.

[Duchowny przy otwartym sarkofagu]

Giambattista Pittoni, 1583

Engraving of a battle with a fallen figure and a severed crowned head, while mourning men stand before a fortress.

[Dawid opłakuje śmierć Saula. Incipit]: Corde gemens imo, ieiunia dura, precesq..

Egidius . Ryt Sadeler, 1586

Engraved print of horsemen and hounds hunting a boar and stag in a forest, framed by an ornate border with putti and figures.

April : viridescunt pascua, minue sanguinem, Vescere / carnib. recentibus

Doetecum, Joannes van . Ryt. ; Furnius, Pieter Jalhea . Ryt, 1574

Engraving of Minerva with spear and Medusa shield in an oval landscape, surrounded by an ornate scrolling border.

[Minerwa]

Adriaen . Ryt Collaert, 1575

Engraving of geese and waterfowl with ducklings on a riverbank, with a cottage and fisherman in the distant landscape.

[Gęsi i inne ptaki wodne w rzece i nad brzegiem rzeki]

Nicolaes de . Ryt Bruyn, 1594

Engraving with ornate border showing a pig slaughter and bonfire on the left, and a kitchen with cauldron and cooking women o

Decemb[er] : Hyems, Sol in Capricorno. Caulibus Vescere. Instrue / culinam

Doetecum, Joannes van . Ryt. ; Furnius, Pieter Jalhea . Ryt, 1574