1598 Collection (page 9)

Pierre Brebiette (French, ca. 1598 - 1650). Slaughter of the Innocents, 17th century. Etching

Angel Musicians (recto), Head Studies (verso); Morazzone (Pier Francesco Mazzuchelli), Italian, 1573 - 1626; Italy, Europe; about 1598 - 1599; Black chalk

A Group of Shepherds, and Other Studies; Agostino Carracci, Italian, 1557 - 1602; Italy, Europe; about 1598 - 1600; Pen and brown ink; 40.5 x 30.8 cm (15 15/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

A Marine God with a Dolphin; Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian, 1598 - 1680; Italy, Europe; 1652 - 1653; Black chalk; 34.8 x 23.8 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/8 in.)

Design for a Pendant Jewel; Attributed to Theodor de Bry, Flemish, active in Germany, 1528 - 1598; Netherlands, Europe; about 1580 - 1590; Pen and black ink and brown wash; 7.4 x 4.8 cm

Venus Seated in Her Sea Chariot Suckling Cupid; Alessandro Algardi, Italian, 1598 - 1654; about 1645; Black chalk, partially pricked for transfer; 30.3 x 44.8 cm (11 15/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

The Sermon on the Mount; Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish, 1568 - 1625; 1598; Oil on copper; Unframed: 26.7 x 36.8 cm (10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.), Framed: 50.8 x 60.3 x 4.4 cm (20 x 23 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Boy with a Dragon; Pietro Bernini, Italian, 1562 - 1629, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian, 1598 - 1680; Rome, Italy, Lazio

Neptune with Dolphin; After Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian, 1598 - 1680; probably 17th century (after 1623); Bronze; Object (approx.): H: 55.9 cm (H: 22 in.)

Bust of Maria Cerri Capranica; Attributed to Alessandro Algardi, Italian, 1598 - 1654; Italy, Europe; about 1640; Marble; Object: H: 90 x W: 61.3 x D: 29.2 cm (35 7/16 x 24 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

Francisco de Zurbaran and Workshop, Saint Jerome with Saint Paula and Saint Eustochium, Spanish, 1598-1664, c. 1640-1650, oil on fabric

Francisco de Zurbaran, Saint Lucy, Spanish, 1598-1664, c. 1625-1630, oil on canvas

Attributed to Zacharias Dolendo after Jacques de Gheyn II (Dutch, active 1581-1598), A Veiled Woman with Two Musicians Playing a Gridiron and a Bellows, 1595-1596, engraving on laid paper

Hendrik Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617), The Crucifixion, probably 1598, engraving

Pierre Brebiette, Virgin Bowing to Instruments of the Passion, French, 1598-c. 1650, etching

HOLY TOMBS IN TIBERIAS. The large tomb, upper right, is that of Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph. The tomb upper left, is that of his wife, Rachel. She is buried in the cave below the tomb

SURVEYING, 1598. A surveyor and his assistant take comfortable sightings on the countryside as a dial records distances by counting the revolutions of their carriage wheels. Woodcut, German, 1598

TYCHO BRAHEs QUADRANT. Woodcut from his Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica, Nuremberg, Germany, 1598

PRESTER JOHN. Legendary Christian king of Ethiopia of the 14th or 15th century. Woodcut from Cesare Vecellios Habiti antichi, et morderni di tutto il Mondo, Venice, Italy, 1598

BACON: TITLE-PAGE, 1598. Title-page of the first edition of Sir Francis Bacons Essaies, London, 1598

CARTOGRAPHER, 1598. The earliest printed picture of a cartographer at work. Woodcut from Paul Pfintzings Methodus Geometrica, Nurnberg, Germany, 1598

STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, 1598. Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan as depicted in Olivier du Noorts Description du penible Voyage, published, 1602, in Amsterdam

PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. A collection of accounts of the early English voyages to North America published by

SPENSER: RED CROSS KNIGHT. Woodcut from the third edition of Edmund Spensers The Faerie Queene, 1598

ENGLISH MERCHANT, 1598. Woodcut

(1536-1598). Japanese warrior and dictator. Color on silk, 1598, by an unknown artist
TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI (1536-1598). Japanese warrior and dictator. Color on silk, 1598, by an unknown artist

An early outdoor quadrant invented by Tyco Brahe. Engraving
OUTDOOR QUADRANT. An early outdoor quadrant invented by Tyco Brahe. Engraving

Danish astronomer. Tycho Brahes astronomical observatory at Uraniborg, Denmark. Line engraving, 1598
TYCHO BRAHE (1546-1601). Danish astronomer. Tycho Brahes astronomical observatory at Uraniborg, Denmark. Line engraving, 1598

Measuring the distance from ship to shore, using a quadrant marked with shadow-scales. From Ottavius Fabri L usa della squadra mobile, Venice, 1598. Engraving

St George (dc303), the Red Cross Knight, killing the Dragon. Perhaps Roman centurion beheaded near modern Tel Aviv. Patron saint of England, Catalonia, Genoa, Greece, Portugal, Russia, Venice

Willem Barents (d1597) Dutch navigator who led expeditions in search of Northeast Passage. Barents ship among the Arctic ice

The Edict of Nantes, issued on April 13, 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots)

Philip II (May 21, 1527 - September 13, 1598) King of Spain from 1556 until 1598. Index Librorum Prohibitorum. 1570. List of banned books published by the Spanish Inquisition

dedication to the king of Poland Sigismund II Augustus I in The Counsellor the first English translation of Wawrzyniec Grzymala Gojalickis De optimo senatore.(1598)

Boris Feodorovich Godunov (c. 1551 - 1605) Regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 Tsar from 1598 to 1605

Portia, disguised as an advocate Balthazar, defends Antonio against Shylock s
Portia, disguised as an advocate Balthazar, defends Antonio against Shylocks claim for a pound of flesh in settlement of his debt. The Merchant of Venice Act IV, Scene I

English sailor c1598. Engraving from Cesare Vecellio " Habiti Antichi et Moderni", Venice, 1598

Italy, Rome, The Virgin and Child with Saint Cecilia and Saint Anthony
Guido Reni (1575-1642), The Virgin and Child with Saint Cecilia and Saint Anthony, 1597-98

Apparition of the Apostle St. by ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). Baroque art. Oil on canvas

PHILIP III of Spain (1578-1621). King of Spain (1598-1621). Engraving

MAXIMILIAN II (1527-1576); PHILIP II of Spain (1527-1598). Holy Roman Emperor (1564-1576).; King of Spain (1556-1598) and Portugal (1580-1598)

Portrait of Fray Diego Deza by ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). Another copy identical to this one existed at the Gall. Kndler

ALARCON, Fray Arcangel de ( -1598). Spanish religious man and poet. Front page of Vergel de plantas divinas en varios

Godunov, Boris Fyodorovich (1551-1605); PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1799-1837). Tsar of Russia (1598 to 1605).; Russian writer

Saint Francis of Assisi after the vision of Pope Nicholas V by ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). Baroque art. Oil

Wm Cecil, Lord Burghley
WILLIAM CECIL, first baron BURGHLEY Statesman, Lord Treasurer Date: 1520 - 1598

Mauritius, Southern Mauritius, Vieux Grand Port, ruins of Fort Frederick Hendrik, site of first Dutch settlement in 1598

LONDON: MARKET, 1598. Grace Church Market in London, England. Line engraving, 1598

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