EditorialSaints Cosmas and Damian. Altarpiece of saints Abdon and Senen, detail. Trasplant of a leg from an ethiopian - 15th CENTURY. JAIME HUGUET (1414-1492). SAN SENEN.
EditorialDiscovery of America, 1492. Island of Bohio (Hispaniola). The Taino leader Anacaona, so-called "Golden flower" (1474-1503) welcoming the Spaniards. Chromolithography. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume III, 1882.
EditorialBernat Despuig (documented between 1383-1451) and Jaume Cirera (active 1418-1449/1450) . Altarpiece of Saint Michael and Saint Peter, 1432-1433. Tail depicting an episode of the life of the archangel. Gothic. From the hight altar of the Church of Sant ...
EditorialChristopher Columbus giving hawks' bells to the Taino people, the first Native Americans he encountered in 1492 and later conquered and enslaved. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the ...
EditorialRenaissance Art. Italy. 15th century. Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Italian painter. The Nativity, 1470-75. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK.
EditorialShip with sickle (escorpio). Manuscript B, sheet 90 v. Codex Ashburnham 2037, sheet 8 V. 1487-1492. Description: By means of a covering system, the ship can move and be manoeuvred without danger. The sickle is mounted on a wooden pole moved by a pinwhe...
EditorialLegend of the Moor's Last Sigh. After the conquest of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, the Muslim king Boabdil and his entourage were exiled from the city in 1492. On his way to his exile, the king looked at Granada for the last time, sighing and weeping...
EditorialNews of the Stag from the series known as the Hunters' Chase, designed before 1645, woven ca. 1645?75, British, Mortlake, Wool (15-16 warps per inch, 6-7 per cm.), H. 136 x W. 183 inches (345.4 x 464.8 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, Related to designs proba...
EditorialKnight in armour with fancyful " firearm". From MS. lat. 7239, " De rebus militaribus" by Taccola (Mariano Daniello di Jacopo) Fol. 70 verso Siena, 1449.
EditorialThe Surrender of Granada in 1492 - 19th Century - oil on canvas. FRANCISCO PRADILLA Y ORTIZ (1848-1921). Catholic Monarchs. FERDINAND II OF ARAGON. REYES CATOLICOS HIJOS. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO. ISABELLA I OF CASTILE. BOABDIL O MUHAMMAD V. PRINCIPE JUAN.
EditorialChristopher Columbus (1451-1506). Italian explorer, master navigator and admiral. Discoverer of America in 1492. Portrait. Engraving. La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume III, 1882.