Renaissance literature posters & prints

Women's Baths at Theleme Abbey French School

Theleme Abbey French School

Illustration from 'Pantagruel' by Francois Rabelais published in 1605 French School

The Tenth Day of the Decameron Thomas Stothard

Fol. 1v, 'Per fare una leggiadra sua vendetta' Italian School

How Panurge Drowned the Sheep (after) French School

Dante Alighieri Domenico di Michelino

The Natural Sciences in the Presence of Philosophy Hans Holbein the Younger

Portrait of Marguerite of Navarre, c. 1527 Jean Clouet

Fol. 52r from 'Canzoniere e Trionfi' by Petrarch, c.1470 Italian School

The cold-water ordeal for witches Anonymous

Desiderius Erasmus, 'Restorer of the Latin language' Dutch School

A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts, 1484-1486 Sandro Botticelli

Portrait of Pope Innocent IV School Italian

Page of Greek Epigrams by Angelo Poliziano, 1498 Anonymous

Roman Ruins French School

Page from 'Discours du Songe de Poliphile', by Francesco Colonna, 1546 French School

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch author, scholar and humanist Anonymous

The Disembowelment of the Woman Pursued: Scene II of The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, c.1483 Sandro Botticelli

The Tournament Book of René dAnjou, ca 1447 Anonymous

Dante Alighieri, ca 1529 Anonymous

Interior of a School English School

Pierre de Ronsard, Prince of Poets Pierre Jean Mariette

Allegory of the Night Anonymous

Portrait of a woman with book and Allegory of Strength Anonymous

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592). Writer of the French Renaissance. Colored engraving Anonymous

Illustration from 'The Humorous Dreams of Pantagruel' by Francois Desprez, published 1565 Francois Desprez

The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (First episode), ca 1483 Sandro Botticelli

Portrait of Giangiorgio Trissino Vincenzo Catena

Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547) Anonymous

Utopia by Thomas More, 1516 Anonymous

A leaf from the La Sforziada with the portrait of Francesco Sforza in the initial space, 1479 Anonymous

Portrait of a reading man, ca 1522 Anonymous

St. Augustine Reading Rhetoric and Philosophy at the School of Rome, 1464-65 Benozzo di Lese di Sandro Gozzoli

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). English writer. Colored engraving Anonymous

Portrait of Seneca - by Pedro Berruguete and Juste De Gand Anonymous