Basque Country Collection

Don Quixote Attacking the Biscayan, 1780s. Creator: Jean-Honore Fragonard
Don Quixote Attacking the Biscayan, 1780s

The Death of Roland at Roncesvalles, (778AD), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Death of Roland at Roncesvalles, (778AD), 1890. The Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 was a Basque ambush of Charlemagnes army which resulted in the death of Roland who became iconic in medieval

Basque sheep herder leading pack train down from summer camp, Bear Valley, Adams County, Idaho
Basque sheep herder leading pack train down from summer camp in Bear Valley. Trip takes thirty-five days going up, twenty days coming down. Adams County, Idaho

Basque sheep herder who speaks broken English... Adams County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Basque sheep herder who speaks broken English coming down from summer camp with pack animals. Adams County, Idaho

San Sebastian, 1823. Creator: James Duffield Harding
San Sebastian, 1823

St. Ignatius in Ecstasy. Creator: Claude Mellan
St. Ignatius in Ecstasy

Biscay, from the City Flags series (N6) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1887

Loyola, (1491-1556), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Loyola, (1491-1556), 1830. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who co-founded the Jesuits and worked as a missionary during the Counter-Reformation

Saint Jean de Luz, 1907. Artist: Albert Marquet
Saint Jean de Luz, 1907. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Battle of Vittoria, June 21 - 1813, (19th century). Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Vittoria, June 21 - 1813, (19th century). At the Battle of Vitoria in Spain, British, Portuguese and Spanish forces under the Duke of Wellington broke the French army under Joseph

Antonio de Trueba (1819-1889), Basque writer in Spanish language, narrator for rural scene in the Basque country

Stone stela with human figures, from Santa Cruz de Campeza

Bronze rivet, human figure shaped, of a furniture from Pamplona

Working tools: hoe, ax and keys. From Pamplona

Stela in limestone, from the Oppidum of Pamplona

Stela carved in an ashlar made in limestone, from the Oppidum of Pamplona

Glass cup engraved, fragment, from Pamplona

Female statue in white marble from Pamplona

Sword blades

Stela of Cabriana

Pot, knife, ax and belt clip. From the Goros Cave in Hueto Arriba (Alava, Spain)

Battle of Vittoria, 1815 (1910). Artist: Edward Orme
Battle of Vittoria, 1815, (1910). The souvenir-medal is part of a collection box issued by Edward Orme to commemorate the military campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, 1815

Azcoitia and its surrounding area: the Basque Provinces, 1852. Artist: Blanche Hennebutte-Feillet
Azcoitia and its surrounding area: the Basque Provinces, 1852. From Guide du voyageur de Bayonne a St-Sebastien, by Charles-Henri Hennebutte. [Imprimerie de Veuve Lamaignere, Bayonne, 1852]

Spanish Girl, 1907, (1932). Artist: Ignacio Zuloaga
Spanish Girl, 1907, (1932). From Modern Art by Charles Marriott & Tis & Tis. [Colour Ltd. London, 1909]

Roland, the Hero of the National Epic of France, 1909. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 5, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1909]

Paulino Uzcudun, Spanish boxer, 1938. Nicknamed the Basque Woodchopper, Uzcudun (1899-1985) is regarded as the best heavyweight boxer to come out of Spain

Woman of Bayonne, France, 16th century (1882-1884). After a print in the Bibliotheque Nationale. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A Challamel

Biarritz, France. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Vol III

Attack of Basque Carlists during the revolt of 1872-1876, (1902). The Basque Carlists were followers of Infante Carlos (later Carlos V)

Self-portrait, 20th century. Artist: Ignacio Zuloaga
Self-portrait, 20th century. Ignacio Zuloaga (1870-1945) was a Basque Spanish painter. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Portrait of the Poet de Alonso Ercilla y Zuniga, c1576-c1578. Artist: El Greco
Portrait of the Poet Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga, c1576-c1578. Detail. A nobleman, soldier and poet from the Basque Country, Alonso de Ercilla (1533-1594) wrote La Araucana

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