1668 Collection

Simeon in the Temple, c. 1668-1669, by Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Simeon in the Temple, c.1668-1669. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Sailing Ship / Nonsuch
The replica of the sailing ship the Nonsuch, built in 1970. The original ship sailed to Canada in 1668 and played a part in the establishment of the Hudson Bay Company

Newtons telescope, historical artwork
Newtons telescope. Historical reproduction of a sketch by Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) of a reflecting telescope and its components

Auto Trailer, Brake Third, carriage No. 1668
Diagram A34, Built 1939

Auto Trailer, Brake Third, carriage No. 1668 - Guard Compartment
Diagram A34, Built 1939

Pascals calculator, 17th Century artwork
Pascals calculator. Historical artwork showing the mechanism inside a 17th Century mechanical device used to perform mathematical calculations

FRANCE: VERSAILLES, 1668. Coach at the Palace of Versailles. Detail from a painting by Pierre Patel, 1668

JOHN OWEN (1616-1683). English Puritan pastor and theologian. Oil on canvas, c1668, attributed to John Greenhill

William Waller (Anon)
WILLIAM WALLER Parliamentary general during the Civil War

Coram / Hogarth / Holl
THOMAS CORAM philanthropist and founder of the Foundling Hospital

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne, Vicomte de Turenne
536327 Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne, Vicomte de Turenne; (add.info.: Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675) French soldier: marshal of France 1644

Illustration by Rene Descartes, showing how a spectrum is formed. From Epistolae; Amsterdam 1668
5311505 Illustration by Rene Descartes, showing how a spectrum is formed. From Epistolae; Amsterdam 1668; Universal History Archive/UIG

Dual Hemisphere Map of the World 1668

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne(1611-1675) French soldier: Marshal-General of France 1668
543313 Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne(1611-1675) French soldier: Marshal-General of France 1668, killed by a cannon ball while reconnoitring at Sasbach, Germany

Siege of Porto Bello
The Spanish governor of Porto Bello, Panama, dies heroically, trying to defend the town against Morgan's buccaneers Date: 1668

St Syrus enthroned among St Stephen, St Iuvence, St Theodore and St Lawrence, 1491
3484300 St Syrus enthroned among St Stephen, St Iuvence, St Theodore and St Lawrence, 1491, altarpiece by Ambrogio da Fossano known as Bergognone (1460-1522), and altar antependium, 1668

Celestial map of the constellations: Orion, Taurus, Aries, Pisces etc
985718 Celestial map of the constellations: Orion, Taurus, Aries, Pisces etc, 1666-1668 (hand-coloured engraving) by Dutch School

Portrait of a Physician, probably Giovanni Guglielmo Riva (1627-1677), seated half-length
990380 Portrait of a Physician, probably Giovanni Guglielmo Riva (1627-1677), seated half-length, holding a surgical instrument, c.1668-c.1672 (oil on canvas) by Maratti

A Lawyer Seated at a Desk Reading a Letter, a Library Beyond, 1668 (oil on canvas)
659301 A Lawyer Seated at a Desk Reading a Letter, a Library Beyond, 1668 (oil on canvas) by Ostade, Adriaen Jansz. van (1610-85); 28.3x22.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Hungerford Almshouses, Corsham, 1668 (b / w photo)
6027201 Hungerford Almshouses, Corsham, 1668 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hungerford Almshouses, Corsham, 1668)

Barbara Urslerin, bearded girl from Germany Barbara Urslerin
Barbara Urslerin (1629 - 1668+), a bearded woman from Germany. 1668

Old fireplace in the Farmhouse (part of Barrs Court), 1668
2832519 Old fireplace in the Farmhouse (part of Barrs Court), 1668, 1827 (pencil & w/c on paper) by Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson the Elder (1783-1853); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

A View of Paris and the Seine looking East from the Pont Barbier, c. 1668 (oil on canvas)
827833 A View of Paris and the Seine looking East from the Pont Barbier, c.1668 (oil on canvas) by French School, (17th century); 69x124.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Mrs Mary Davis of great Saughall near Chester, 1668 (engraving)
609421 Mrs Mary Davis of great Saughall near Chester, 1668 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mrs Mary Davis of great Saughall near Chester)

The Royal Exchange, London (engraving)
586675 The Royal Exchange, London (engraving) by Hollar, Wenceslaus (1607-77); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Exchange)

An Encounter with Rapiers in 1668, the Duel between the Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Shrewsbury (litho)
1042747 An Encounter with Rapiers in 1668, the Duel between the Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Shrewsbury (litho) by Macquoid

Bas-Reliefs lent by the Queen to the Paris Exhibition (b / w photo)
1599694 Bas-Reliefs lent by the Queen to the Paris Exhibition (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Brewers Arms and other details, on chimneypiece at 13 Temple Street
2831655 Brewers Arms and other details, on chimneypiece at 13 Temple Street (pencil & w/c on paper) by Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson the Elder (1783-1853); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Barbara Van Beck, the woman with a hairy face, shown in London, 1668 (engraving)
609419 Barbara Van Beck, the woman with a hairy face, shown in London, 1668 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barbara Van Beck)

Celestial map of the constellations: Orion, Taurus, Aries and Pisces
985717 Celestial map of the constellations: Orion, Taurus, Aries and Pisces, 1666-1668 (hand-coloured engraving) by Dutch School

RACINE / PLAIDEURS
LES PLAIDEURS Dandin and Lintime Date: 1668

St Dunstans-in-the-East
Severely damaged in the Fire of London in 1666, it was patched up between 1668 and 1671. A steeple was added around 1700 to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren

Watering Horses Boundary Marker Horse Race border post
Watering Horses near a Boundary Marker, Horse Race at a border post. Outside a city, a rider lets his horse drink by a river while holding another horse under control

Johannes Hevelius (1611-87) 1668 (engraving)
CZA228715 Johannes Hevelius (1611-87) 1668 (engraving) by Visscher, Lambert de (c.1633-90); 27.1x18.1 cm; Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, Poland; Dutch, out of copyright

Tabula secundum accurata Ventorum veterem et nova [m] dispositione [m] ac nomenclature [m] (Table of the winds according to the old and new layout and nomenclature)

Sign of the Boars Head Tavern, Great Eastcheap, London, founded 1668

David KlAocker Ehrenstrahl King Karl XIs guardian angel
David Klocker Ehrenstrahl, King Karl XIs guardian angel, Allegory, 1668, Oil on canvas, Height, 209 cm (82.2 inches), Width, 135 cm (53.1 inches), Signed, Dav, Kloker 1668, acc, 1867 inventory

Pieter de Hooch Interior Young Lady Reading Letter
Pieter de Hooch, Interior with a Young Lady Reading a Letter, Interior with reading young lady, painting, genre art, 1668, Oil on canvas transferred from wood, Height, 57 cm (22.4 inches), Width

David KlAocker Ehrenstrahl King Karl XIs upbringing
David Klocker Ehrenstrahl, King Karl XIs upbringing, Allegory, 1668, Oil on canvas, Height, 268 cm (105.5 inches), Width, 135 cm (53.1 inches), Dav, Klok fecit Ano 1668, acc, 1867 inventory

Saying grace prayer meal peasant family praying seated
Saying grace, The prayer before the meal. A peasant family praying seated around a table. Zaandam, Siberia, Alexander II (Tsar of Russia), Jan Miense Molenaer, 1640 - 1668, panel, oil paint (paint)

A Camp army camp Soldiers horses front tent decorated
A Camp, An army camp. Soldiers with horses in front of a tent decorated with banners and wreath in an army camp. Philips Wouwerman, 1650 - 1668, panel, oil paint (paint), h 42 cm × w 49 cm d 8 cm

Battle Medway Attack Chatham Tour 1667 Dutch fleet
Battle of Medway, Attack on Chatham, Tour to Chatham, 1667: the Dutch fleet in the mouth of the Medway, Raid on the Medway, Chatham, Sheerness, Medway, Michiel Adriaansz de Ruyter, Cornelis de Witt

Battle Medway Attack Chatham Tour 1667 hill Rochester
The Battle of Medway, Attack on Chatham, Tour to Chatham, 1667: seen from a hill near Rochester, Raid on the Medway, Chatham, Rochester, Medway, Michiel Adriaansz

A Hermit gelding hermit ruin old man sitting
A Hermit in a gelding, A hermit in a ruin. An old man is sitting with a book on his lap under a dry tree. A gourd or pumpkin grows at the base of the tree. Jan Adriaensz

A Mother Feeding Porridge Child mother feeds
A Mother Feeding Porridge to her Child, A mother who feeds her child porridge. A seated woman carries a spoonful of porridge from an earthenware bowl to a standing child. Quiringh Gerritsz

Granida Daiphilo Granida drinks water fountain
Granida and Daiphilo, Granida and Daiphilo. Granida drinks water from a fountain with a shell. At the fountain the shepherd Daifilo sits, his armor lying on the ground in front of the well

Camp army camp Soldiers horses enjoy themselves
Camp, an army camp. Soldiers with horses enjoy themselves with drinking and women at tents decorated with banners and wreaths

Kicking White Horse beating gray landscape under
The Kicking White Horse, The beating gray. In a landscape under a tree, a fungus ridden by a gentleman falls backwards and a woman with a basket of apples is thrown to the ground

Seven Chicks Six chicks grouped head fellow species
Seven Chicks, Six chicks are grouped around the head of a fellow species, fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.), Melchior d Hondecoeter, Northern Netherlands, c. 1665 - c

Interior Lace-Worker Visitor man reads bent small book
Interior with Lace-Worker and a Visitor, Interior in which a man reads bent over from a small book. He is leaning on a table at which a young woman was busy bobbin lace

Landscape Sign Post signpost farmhouse bank river
Landscape with a Sign Post, Landscape with a signpost at a farmhouse on the bank of a river. In the foreground and on the left some figures are about a country road

Heron Hunt hunting party ladies gentlemen horseback rides
The Heron Hunt, Heron Hunt. A hunting party of ladies and gentlemen on horseback rides through a hilly landscape. In the distance a city situated on a lake at the foot of a mountain

Stag Hunt Deer Hunt deer caught hunters dogs
Stag Hunt, Deer Hunt. A deer is caught by hunters and dogs in a hilly landscape. In the middle the ruins of the Rijnsburg abbey, on the left a wooden bridge over a waterfall

Cheating cards false card game Interior inn company seated
Cheating at cards, The false card game. Interior of an inn with a company seated around a table. A young woman laughingly shows her cards, her opponent, an old man

Cornelis Tromp 1629-91 Lieutenant Admiral General
Cornelis Tromp (1629-91). Lieutenant Admiral General, Portrait of Cornelis Tromp, Lieutenant Admiral General. Knee, standing in front of rocks

Tenant Farmers Rent lease payment Two farmers
The Tenant Farmers Rent, The lease payment. Two farmers in an office to pay tax or lease in kind. The clerk sits at his desk and turns around. Against the wall cupboards with acts and books

A Horse Stable horse stable right gentleman lady
A Horse Stable, A horse stable. On the right a gentleman and lady on horses enter the stable. On the left, a young woman waits for a rider to put on his boots

Supper Emmaus two Emmausgoers fell asleep sitting
Supper at Emmaus, The two Emmausgoers fell asleep while sitting at a table in an arbor at an inn. To the left a young servant pours wine into a glass

Animals Plants leaves mushrooms foot tree several small birds
Animals and Plants, Between leaves and mushrooms at the foot of a tree several small birds, butterflies and a lizard. Melchior d Hondecoeter, c

Portrait Captain superior Half-length standing
Portrait of a Captain, Portrait of a superior. Half-length, standing in front of a rock face, in the right hand a battle hammer

View Salee Morocco Off Moroccan coast squadron
View of Salee, Morocco, View of Salee in Morocco. Off the Moroccan coast is a squadron of Dutch warships, navy (sailing-ships), Salee, Reinier Nooms (signed by artist), Amsterdam, 1662 - 1668

View Tunis three Dutch warships off Tunisian coast
View of Tunis, View of Tunis. There are three Dutch warships off the Tunisian coast. In the center the fortresses of Tunis, navy (sailing-ships), Tunis, Reinier Nooms (signed by artist), Amsterdam

View Tripoli Tripolis Libyan coast Four Dutch warships
View of Tripoli, View of Tripolis or Tripoli on the Libyan coast. Four Dutch warships are lying off the coast, the ships on the right are firing their cannons

Portrait Philippus Baldaeus Gerrit Mossopotam Philippus Baldaeus
Portrait of Philippus Baldaeus and Gerrit Mossopotam Philippus Baldaeus and his assistant Gerrit Mosopatam, Double portrait of the pastor Philippus Baldaeus (1632-1671)

Coat arms Louis XIV King France 1668 paper deck paint
Coat of arms of Louis XIV, King of France, 1668, paper, deck paint, watercolor (paint), gouache (paint), brush, h 189 mm × w 127 mm

Two sibils book tablet hands scroll two-line text
Two sibils, one with a book or tablet in the hands, the other with a scroll in the hands. Below the show a two-line text in Latin

Opera performance Emperor Leopold I 1668 Sacra cesarea Maesta
Opera performance for Emperor Leopold I, 1668 Sacra cesarea Maesta (title on object), In the concert hall of Vienna, the opera Il Pomo d Oro is performed in front of the court of Leopold I in Vienna

Visitation Biblical representation Luc 1 39-45
Visitation, Biblical representation from Luc. 1: 39-45. Marys visit to her niece Elisabet, just after the annunciation. Maria and Elisabet shake hands

Kasteel Weerestein Castles inns Vecht Amstel
Kasteel Weerestein Castles and inns along the Vecht and Amstel (series title), View of castle Weerestein on the Vecht in Nieuwersluis

Woman man conversation speaking Adriaen van Ostade
Woman and man in conversation, speaking, Adriaen van Ostade (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1668 - 1678 and/or 1797 - 1820, paper, drypoint, h 96 mm × w 79 mm

Title page Exercitationes 1668 Father Tijd Mercury
Title page for: Exercitationes, 1668, 1668. With Father Tijd and Mercury in the foreground looking at texts and sculptures together

Holy Family ten figures Reproductive prints paintings
Holy Family with ten figures, Reproductive prints after paintings by Nicolas Poussin, Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665, Stella, Claudine, 1636-1697, 1668

Scena IV Reggia di Giove co l convito de gli
Scena IV. Reggia di Giove co l convito de gli Dei, Il pomo d oro: festa teatrale rappresentata in Vienna, per l avgvstissime nozze delle Sacre Cesaree Reali Maesta di Leopoldo, e Margherita

Festin donne dans le petit parc de Versailles, Relation de la feste de Versailles du 18. juillet mil six cens soixante-huit, Felibien, Andre, 1619-1695, Gissey, Henry, 1621-1673, Le Pautre, Jean

Solennis coronatio serenissimae principis ac dominae d.nae Hedwigis Eleonorae, Le Pautre, Jean, ca. 1668

La tour de porcelaine Legatio batavica ad magnum
La tour de porcelaine, Legatio batavica ad magnum Tartariae chamum Sungteium, modernum Sinae imperatorem, Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672, Engraving, 1668, Also known as: The Porcelain Pagoda

Toonneel van China door veel zo geestelijke als
Toonneel van China, door veel, zo geestelijke als weereltlijke geheugteekenen, verscheide vertoningen van de natuur en kunst, en blijken van veel andere gedenkwaerdige dingen

Typus Pussae seu Cybelis aut Isidis Sinensium, Toonneel van China, door veel, zo geestelijke als weereltlijke geheugteekenen, verscheide vertoningen van de natuur en kunst

Page 172 Toonneel China geestelijke weereltlijke
Page 172, Toonneel van China, door veel, zo geestelijke als weereltlijke geheugteekenen, verscheide vertoningen van de natuur en kunst, en blijken van veel andere gedenkwaerdige dingen

Escutcheon Castle Jacques Bailly French 1634
Escutcheon with a Castle; Jacques Bailly (French, 1634 - 1679); Paris, France; about 1663 - 1668; Gouache and gold on parchment; Leaf: 36.7 x 25.4 cm (14 7, 16 x 10 in.)

Escutcheon Sea Monster Jacques Bailly French
Escutcheon with a Sea Monster; Jacques Bailly (French, 1634 - 1679); Paris, France; about 1663 - 1668; Gouache, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 38.9 × 25.7 cm (15 5, 16 × 10 1, 8 in.)

Escutcheon Lion Attacking Cheetah Jacques Bailly
Escutcheon with a Lion Attacking a Cheetah; Jacques Bailly (French, 1634 - 1679); Paris, France; about 1663 - 1668; Gouache, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 39.4 x 27.1 cm (15 1, 2 x 10 11, 16 in.)

Escutcheon Eagle Jacques Bailly French 1634 1679
Escutcheon with an Eagle; Jacques Bailly (French, 1634 - 1679); Paris, France; about 1663 - 1668; Gouache, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 38.6 x 25.7 cm (15 3, 16 x 10 1, 8 in.)

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"1668: A Glimpse into the Rich Tapestry of History" Step back in time to the year 1668, where remarkable events and creations unfolded. Delve into the world of art, science, theology, and transportation as we explore captivating glimpses from this intriguing period. In Simeon's Temple by Rembrandt, painted around 1668-1669, witness a profound depiction of biblical narrative. The artist's masterful brushstrokes bring to life the moment when Simeon encounters baby Jesus with awe-inspiring reverence. Science enthusiasts will marvel at Newton's telescope, an extraordinary invention that revolutionized our understanding of the universe. This historical artwork transports us to a time when groundbreaking discoveries were made through meticulous observation and exploration. Imagine embarking on a journey aboard carriage No. 1668 - Auto Trailer Brake Third. Experience both luxury and practicality as you traverse landscapes while enjoying views from its driver's compartment or guard compartment. John Owen emerges as a prominent figure in religious history during this era. As an English Puritan pastor and theologian captured in oil on canvas circa 1668, his portrait reflects wisdom and devotion that continues to inspire generations even today. The majestic sailing ship Nonsuch takes center stage amidst turbulent waters—a testament to maritime adventures embarked upon during this period. Its grandeur symbolizes exploration and trade routes that connected nations across vast oceans. Witness Pascals calculator—an intricately designed artifact from the 17th century—showcasing human ingenuity in mathematical advancements. This remarkable device demonstrates how innovation has always been integral to progress throughout history. Transport yourself further into opulence with a glimpse inside Versailles Palace in France during 1668. Marvel at luxurious coaches awaiting their noble passengers—a visual representation of power, wealth, and extravagance within royal courts. As we delve deeper into carriage No. 1668.