Search Images
Browse Content (p. 553)
Image
Castle Johannisburg
Johannisburg Palace, the second residence of the Electoral Archbishops of Mainz until 1803, is located in the centre of Aschaffenburg on the banks of the Main, Bavaria. The mighty four-wing complex, built between 1605 and...
Image
The Pleasure House, Stuttgart
Ruins of the New Pleasure House (Lusthaus), Stuttgart Palace Garden. One of the most important buildings of the German Renaissance, it underwent numerous conversions, which was followed by demolition in 1844/45. The...
Image
William the Silent
Statute of William the Silent (l. 1533-1584, also known as William of Orange), made by Flemish sculptor Louis Royer, unveiled on 5 June 1848.
Het Plein, Den Haag.
Image
The Iconoclasts
The iconoclasts, oil painting by Jan Michiel Ruyten, mid-19th century.
Groeningemuseum, Bruges.
Image
Iconoclasm in a Church
Iconoclasm in a Church, oil on panel painting by Dirck van Delen, the Netherlands, 1630.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Image
Menno Simons
Portrait van Menno Simons on the title page of Opera omnia theologica, by Jan Luyken, 1681.
Amsterdam Museum.
Image
Melchior Hoffman
Melchior Hoffman (l. c. 1495 to c. 1543), portrait by Christoffel van Sichem, Amsterdam, 1600.
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, München.
Image
Death of Pedro de Alvarado
A scene from the 16th-century Codex Telleriano-Remensis showing the death of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Alvarado was killed in Mexico...
Image
Pedro de Alvarado
A colourised version of an early 20th-century portrait of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Original illustration by Tomás Povedano.
Image
The Coastal Landscape of Wadden Sea, Northern Germany
Brown grass on a body of water at Norden, Germany.
