Society


Personalities, Aristocracy, Politics and Portraits, Rulers, Emperors and Kings, Crowds and Demonstrations.



6 subcategories
Aristocracy

ARISTOCRACY

Family

FAMILY

Old Age

OLD AGE

Politicians

POLITICIANS

Poverty

POVERTY

Youth

YOUTH

627 photos
Bijoux de la Reine Arnegonde,wife of Merovingian
King Clotaire I (497-561):
Belt-buckle,silver and garnets,glass-paste.
Meerovingian gold,ca.570
Found in a tomb at St.Denis
#40010428

Bijoux de la Reine Arnegonde,wife of Merovingian King Clotaire I (497-561): Be...

Comb, with Samson or David killing the lion.           
From Metz,third quarter 9th.
#40010430

Comb, with Samson or David killing the lion. From Metz,third quarter...

Bookcovers for the Psalter of Dagulf,made for Pope     
Adrian (died 795) in the palace workshops of Emperor   
Charlemagne. Left:King David orders the psalms to be   
written down;he sings.Right:Saint Jerome receives      
the Pope's orders to edit the psalms.
#40010434

Bookcovers for the Psalter of Dagulf,made for Pope Adrian (died 795) in the...

Antique patera (flat dish for the Host), serpentine,
1st BCE - 1st CE,from Alexandria. Mounting Carolingian,
from the court of Charles le Chauve  2nd half 9th.
Serpentine, precious stones, glass-paste.
From the treasury of the Abbey of St.Denis.  MR 415
#40010440

Antique patera (flat dish for the Host), serpentine, 1st BCE - 1st CE,from Alex...

David and Abigail. Abigail was the wife of wealthy     
Nahab, later king David's wife.(I Samuel 25:3 ff)      
Around 1570/80                                         
Oakwood, 158 x 208 cm                                  
Inv. 1096
#40040212

David and Abigail. Abigail was the wife of wealthy Nahab, later king David'...

Emperor Karl V                                         
Inv. 4496
#40040327

Emperor Karl V Inv. 4496

Susannah and the elders,1607.
Wood,67 x 94 cm
Inv.2800
#40040522

Susannah and the elders,1607. Wood,67 x 94 cm Inv.2800

Madonna with Child, one of the Three Holy Kings  tends a golden cup to the Child .
#400501 9

Madonna with Child, one of the Three Holy Kings tends a golden cup to the Child...

Catherine of Aragon, (1485-1536), daughter of          
Ferdinand II of Aragon and first wife of King          
Henry VIII. The Pope's refusal to let the King         
divorce her, led to the separation of the Anglican     
from the Catholic Church. Oakwood, 29x20.5 cm Inv.561
#40060149

Catherine of Aragon, (1485-1536), daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon a...

Stephan (Istvan) Bathory, King of Poland 1576-1586.    
Canvas
#40060310

Stephan (Istvan) Bathory, King of Poland 1576-1586. Canvas

Recapture of Buda Castle from the Turks, 1686.
Prince Eugene of Savoy on the second white horse
from the right.
Canvas (1896), 705 x 356 cm
Inv. 2876
#40060320

Recapture of Buda Castle from the Turks, 1686. Prince Eugene of Savoy on the sec...

Saint Louis, roi de France et un page -                
Saint Louis, king of France, and a pageboy.            
Canvas, 120 x 96,5 cm                                  
R.F. 1507
#400604 1

Saint Louis, roi de France et un page - Saint Louis, king of Fra...