Hartmann Collection

View of fortified city, 1493. A cog, a type of sailing vessel, can be seen in the foreground. A watergate gives access to the city at bottom right

The Heroes' Gate (The Great Gate of Kiev), 1869. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
The Heroes' Gate (The Great Gate of Kiev), 1869. Private Collection

Motifs of Russian architecture: doors, 1874. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
Motifs of Russian architecture: doors, 1874. Private Collection

Candelabra, 1874. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
Candelabra, 1874. Private Collection

Design details of the "People's Theater" in Moscow, 1874. Creator: Hartmann
Design details of the "People's Theater" in Moscow, 1874. Private Collection

Corner part of the Mamontov Printing House building, decorated with colored tiles, 1874. Private Collection

Entrance area of ??the building for public lectures, 1874. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
Entrance area of ??the building for public lectures, 1874. Private Collection

Gate of Mamontov's house in Moscow, 1874. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
Gate of Mamontov's house in Moscow, 1874. Private Collection

Box of the "People's Theater" in Moscow, 1874. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
Box of the "People's Theater" in Moscow, 1874. Private Collection

The mug presented to Admiral Greig, 1874. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
The mug presented to Admiral Greig, 1874. Private Collection

Sketch of the "People's Theater" in Moscow, 1874. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
Sketch of the "People's Theater" in Moscow, 1874. Private Collection

Baba Yaga's hut on chicken feet. Russian style clock, 1874. Creator: Hartmann, Wiktor Alexandrowitsch (1834-1873)
Baba Yaga's hut on chicken feet. Russian style clock, 1874. Private Collection

Lot and his Daughters, with the burning town of Sodom in the background, End of 17th-Early 18th cen
Lot and his Daughters, with the burning town of Sodom in the background, End of 17th-Early 18th. Private Collection

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, 1493. Saul of Tarsus (1st century) who took the name Paul after seeing a vision of Christ on the road to Damascus

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843-1878), Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, 1879. Found in the Collection of Royal Collection, London

Chernomor and Lyudmila. Costume design for the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka. Found in the collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

Stage design for the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka. Artist: Hartmann, Viktor Alexandrovich (1834-1873)
Stage design for the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka. Found in the collection of State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

St Francis of Assisi, Italian priest and founder of the Franciscan order, 1493. St Francis (1182-1226) holding up his hands to show stigmata

Martyrdom of St Peter, Rome, c64 (1493). St Peter is said to have been crucified at Rome with his head, not his feet, nearest the ground

Thomas a Becket (1118-1170), English churchman, saint and martyr, 1493. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162, Becket clashed almost incessantly with King Henry II over the question of the independence

The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, (1493), 1903
The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, 1493. After an original illustration from Hartmann Schedels (1440 -1514), Nuremberg Chronicle. Also known as the Liber Chronicarum

The Imperial Institute, London, c1905. Designed by Sir Thomas Colcutt and opened in 1887, the Imperial Institute was intended to be a monument to the emerging imperial sentiment

The City of Treviso with a Carrack, 1493. The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated biblical paraphrase and world history that follows the story of human history related in the Bible; it includes

Lot and his Daughters, 1720s. Artist: Hartmann, Franz Anton (1697-1728)
Lot and his Daughters, 1720s. Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Hans Christian Andersen, 1845. Artist: Hartmann, Carl (1818-1857)
Hans Christian Andersen, 1845. Found in the collection of the Hans Christian Andersen Museum, Odense

Wassily Kandinsky with group of artists from the Blue Rider, 1911-1912
Wassily Kandinsky with group of artists from the Blue Rider

Page from the book The Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Artist: Michael Wolgemut
Page from the book The Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Also known as Schedels World History, the book is an illustrated history of the world, first published in 1493

Isaac Judaeus, physician to the rulers of Tunisia, 9th-10th century (1493). Isaac Judaeus (c855-c955) was one of the first whose works were translated from Arabic to Latin

God creating Eve from Adams rib, 1493. Having created the universe, the Earth and all living creatures, including man, God put Adam into a deep sleep and created Eve from Adams rib

Gentile da Foligno, 14th century Italian physician, examining a sample of urine, 1493
Gentile da Foligno, 14th century Italian physician, examining a sample of urine, [1493]. Gentile (d1348) wrote a great many commentaries on earlier medical authorities, as well as original works

The Printers Workshop, 1568. Artist: Jost Amman
The Printers Workshop, 1568. In the background compositors are sitting at the type cases setting up the text. In the foreground a printed sheet is being picked up to be placed on the pile

Death triumphant, 1493. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle), by Hartmann Schedel. The depiction of the skeletons is anatomically inaccurate, especially the bones of the pelvis

St Stephen, first Christian martyr c36 (1493). Stephen was found guilty of blasphemy by the Sanhedrin, supreme council of the Jews, and stoned to death. From the Bible (Acts 7:57)

Aristides the Just (c530-c468 BC), Ancient Greek (Athenian) soldier and statesman, 1493. Aristides was a strategos (general) in the wars between the Greeks and Persians

Aristarchos of Samos (fl260 BC), Alexandrian astronomer, 1493. Aristarchos was the first recorded astronomer to maintain that the Earth orbits the Sun (heliocentric universe)

Antonius de Monte Ulmi (fl1384-1390), Italian physician, necromancer, magician and astrologer, 1493. Antonius was physician to Francesco the Younger (1393-1406), despot of Carrara

Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer and theologian, 1493. Hus (1369-1415) was burnt as a heretic at Constance for preaching the teachings of the English reformist clergyman John Wycliffe

Joseph interpreting Pharaohs dream, 1493. One of 12 Hebrew Patriarchs, Joseph interpreted the dream as meaning there would be seven fat years and seven lean years

The Reign of Antichrist, 1493. Artist: Michel Volgemuth
The Reign of Antichrist, 1493. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg, 1493)

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037), Arab physician and philosopher, 1493. An interpreter of Aristotle to Islam, Avicenna compiled an encyclopaedia of medical knowledge

Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126-1198), eminent medieval Islamic philosopher, 1493. Averroes (full name Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Rushd) was a native of Cordoba, Spain

Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr) (c1072-1162), Arab physician, 1493. A native of Seville, Avenzoar was a noted clinician. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg, 1493)

St Augustine of Hippo (350-430), 1493
St Augustine of Hippo of Hippo (350-430), 1493. St Augustine of Hippo is regarded as one of the great fathers of the early Christian church

Comet of 684 (Halley), 1493. The English astronomer, Edmond Halley (1656-1742) was the first to suggest that appearances of bright comets every 76 years were in fact sightings of the same comet

Adam and Eve, 1493. Adam and Eve, tempted by the Serpent, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are expelled from the Garden of Eden by the Angel of the Lord

Cimmerian Sibyl, 1493. Sibyls were ancient prophetesses of the coming of Christ. From Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum Mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle). (Nuremberg 1493)

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger) (c5 BC-65 AD), Roman Stoic philosopher, 1493. Seneca committing suicide in his bath, having antagonised Nero

Anaximines (fl c500 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher, 1493. With Thales and Anaximander, Anaximenes was one of three great thinkers from Miletus

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