16th Century Style Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

Vintage engraving of Design elements, decorations, borders, frames, floral pattern 16th Century style

Vintage engraving of a Birds-eye view of Westminster, London in the 16th Century. 1584

Vintage engraving of Ornate Illuminated manuscript letters and design elements, 16th Century. Letters, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T

Vintage engraving of Decoration, floral design elements and borders, 16th Century

Illustration of a Beautiful women from 16th century

This work is a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the 18th century. They come from a wide variety of backgrounds, such as carpentry, architecture, textiles, painting, ceramics and from cultures around the world. Based on design masterpieces from the past, this compilation celebrates the masters of the past and inspires an enhancement of the decorative arts for the 19th century and for generations to come.

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Vintage illustration of Great Harry, or Henry Grace a Dieu, English carrack warship, 16th Century and in her day the largest warship in the world.

“A Jovial Bout” or Repas Champêtre (Country Meal), painting by Jules Arsene Garnier (circa 19th century). Vintage etching circa 19th century.

Vintage engraving of a Design element, Jewel amoung swirls

historic Maltese officer in Guardia.

A miniature model of the HMS Mary Rose.

Historische ornaments: 1) Gothic manuscript and Romanesque border; 2) Borders: Persian (top and below) and Italian renaissance (center); 3-4) Italian renaissance (Mural paintings, Jules Romans, Mantua). Chromolithograph, published in 1881.

Vintage engraving of Design elements and decorations, floral patterns and shapes, 16th Century style

Antique Map of the World from 1529

Engraving From 1869 Featuring Hernando De Soto's Discovery Of The Mississippi River In 1541.

Vintage engraving of Illuminated manuscript letters and design elements, 16th Century

Vintage engraved illustration - English traditional women's and men's clothing (16th century)

Vintage engraving showing a scene from Hans Holbein the Younger's Dance of Death. Published in 1538 in this scene Death approches an astrologer.

Illustration of a LA NOCHE TRISTE Cortes loses many men and horses in the canals of Tenochtitlan in the retreat from the Aztecs

Vintage colour lithograph showing a scene from the works of Rabelais. The Discourse of the Drinkers. Then did they fall upon the chat of victuals and some belly furniture to be snatched at in the very same place. Which purpose was no sooner mentioned, but forthwith began flagons to go, gammons to trot, goblets to fly, great bowls to ting, glasses to ring. Gargantua and Pantagruel.

16th century lettering copied from an Italian manuscript: from 'The Book of Ornamental Alphabets: Ancient & Medieval' by F.G. Delamotte, published by E. & F.N. Spon, London, in 1879.

Holbein d. J.; Danse Macabre. XXV. The Old Woman ca. 1525 Original edition from my own archives Source : Brockhaus 1898

Build your own 16. century style isometric "We have moved" or "We are here" map with map elements.

William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert 1506 – 1563. English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions for Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I.

An example of 15th-16th century German lower case lettering from 'The Book of Ornamental Alphabets: Ancient & Medieval' by F.G. Delamotte, published by E. & F.N. Spon, London, in 1879. (Now in the public domain.)

Vintage illustration of Map showing course of the Spanish Armada round England and Ireland

Two knights are fighting a battle with swords. One stands on the muddy ground and the other one attacks while riding on a war horse.

People in England celebrating the holiday of Twelfth Night on January 5th from the Works of William Shakespeare. Vintage etching circa mid 19th century.

Vintage illustration of French and Spanish troops. 2nd half of the 16th century. 1547. 1562. 1568. 1580.. Troupes Francaises, et Espagnoles. 2me moitré du XVIe siècle. 1547. 1562. 1568. 1580.

Old Maid Witch, wood engraving attributed to Holbain, from Consolations of Philosophy, by Boethius, 1537

Vintage engraving of Design elements, decorations, flowers, Green man, angel 16th Century style

Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian. Photographed and edited by J. C. Rosemann.

16th century Old English alphabet with mythical beast, flowers and birds from 'The Book of Ornamental Alphabets: Ancient & Medieval' by F.G. Delamotte, published by E. & F.N. Spon, London, in 1879. (Now in the public domain.)

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Doctor Death, from a Book of Hours, 16th Century

Vintage engraving of Anne of Brittany second wife of Louis XII, 1500. Modes et costumes historiques 1864

Vintage illustration of two men dueling with swords, late 16th Century. Wearing Bombasted Breeches. Bombast was a form of stuffing made from cotton, wool, horsehair, or even sawdust. It was used to pad and add shape to a variety of garments.

Vintage engraved illustration - Edmund Spenser - 16th century English poet and state servant

Page of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible printed in 1455

This work is a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the 18th century. They come from a wide variety of backgrounds, such as carpentry, architecture, textiles, painting, ceramics and from cultures around the world. Based on design masterpieces from the past, this compilation celebrates the masters of the past and inspires an enhancement of the decorative arts for the 19th century and for generations to come.

Vintage illustration Allegory of good and evil by Hans Burgkmair, German 16th Century art

Ornaments from "L'Ornement Polychrome" First and Second Series published in 1873 by Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (1825-1893) a french designer, lithographer and art historian. Photographed and edited by J. C. Rosemann.

Vintage illustration, Hammer of god, Breathing fire after a 16th Century woodcut, German

Apple tree and fruit woodcut illustration in antique botanical book Kreutterbuch published in 1586 by Mattioli

Vintage illustration Baker, Le boulanger, Baker baking loaf of bread in a clay oven, 16th Century

Title page: "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" (an open book) on a brown wood/desk background.

European nobleman holding a sword.

An engraved vintage illustration image portrait of the Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare, from a Victorian book dated 1847 that is no longer in copyright

"Vintage engraving from 1878 of Bartolomeu Dias on his voyage to the Cape. Bartolomeu Dias or Bartholomew Diaz 1451 to 1500, was a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, and a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so."

Blacksmith working with metal woodcut 16th century illustration Jost Amman ( June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591 ) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. Das Ständebuch ( 1568 ) Book by German woodcut artist Jost Amman depicting various trades Original edition from my own archives Source : 1874 Moyan Age

Vintage engraving of Ornate Illuminated manuscript letters and design elements, 16th Century. Letters, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Antique Map of the Portuguese Dominions in the East Indies, 1502 to 1558.

Interior corridor at Agra Fort in Agra, India.

Vintage engraing of the Spanish Armada, engraving from 1883, photo by d walker.

The Coronation of Mary. Wood engraving based on a high relief, carved by Veit Stoss (German sculptor, ca. 1447 - 1533) in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany, published in 1878.