# 16th century vector art

> Published 16th century vectors in the MyLaserTools Art Library, including historical illustrations and generated artwork where available. Personal and commercial use is subject to each file's source terms.

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- **Collection listings:** 1,727
- **Across:** 25 collections
- **Licence:** personal and commercial use subject to each file's source terms, https://www.mylasertools.com/licensing

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## Collections holding this subject

- [Medieval](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval.md): Dragons, castles, knights and manuscript borders from medieval and heraldic sources.
- [Botanical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical.md): Flowers, ferns, leaves and wreaths traced from nineteenth-century botanical plates.
- [Celestial](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial.md): Moon phases, constellations, zodiac figures and star charts from historical atlases.
- [Nautical](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical.md): Anchors, compass roses, whales, rigging and knots from maritime sources.
- [Creatures](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/creatures.md): Beasts, sea monsters, shells and insects from early natural history engravings.
- [Figures](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/figures.md): Silhouettes, costume plates, dancers and portrait studies of the human figure.
- [Astronomical Volvelles](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cyberpunk.md): Paper volvelles from Apian's Astronomicum Caesareum: layered star discs, planetary dials, moon phase wheels and zodiac calendars.
- [Archaeology](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/archaeology.md): Greek vases, carved reliefs, ruins and excavated artifacts from archaeological reports.
- [Dark Academia](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/dark-academia.md): Anatomy, moths, lettering and architecture drawn together into one studious, shadowed look.
- [Cottagecore](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/cottagecore.md): Wildflowers, songbirds, herbs and folk borders for a soft, rural, hand-made feel.
- [Gothic](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/gothic.md): Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
- [Art Nouveau](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/art-nouveau.md): Whiplash florals, monogram panels and sinuous borders in the Art Nouveau manner.
- [Whimsigoth](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/whimsigoth.md): Moons, stars, zodiac symbols, serpents and open hands for a mystical, witchy mood.
- [Chinoiserie](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/chinoiserie.md): Peonies, cranes, pagodas and fretwork in the European chinoiserie decorative style.
- [Architecture](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/architecture.md): Gothic windows, tracery, carved panels, columns and arches measured from real buildings.
- [Memento Mori](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/death.md): Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
- [Alphabets & Initials](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/alphabets.md): Decorated initials, monograms and full alphabets from sign-painting and printers' books.
- [Borders & Frames](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/borders.md): Borders, frames, corner pieces and cartouches to run around a sign, tag or panel.
- [Patterns & Ornaments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/ornaments.md): Rosettes, knots, frets, scrolls and repeat patterns that stand on their own, from pattern books and needlework manuals.
- [Heraldry](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/heraldry.md): Crests, shields, coats of arms, badges and crowns from heraldic handbooks.
- [Insects](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/insects.md): Butterflies, moths, beetles, dragonflies and bees from hand-engraved entomology plates.
- [Birds](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/birds.md): Songbirds, owls and waterfowl, with the eggs, nests and feathers that go with them.
- [Tools & Instruments](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/tools.md): Compasses, calipers, theodolites, lancets and lathe work, engraved when an instrument was drawn as carefully as a portrait.
- [Steampunk](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/steampunk.md): Brass, cogs, boilers and airships. The machine age as it drew itself, pulled together from engineering, flight and clockwork plates.
- [Occult](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/occult.md): Sigils, seals and pentacles, alchemical emblems, zodiac figures and the reading of hands, engraved when magic was printed as carefully as botany.

## Pieces tagged 16th century

- [Froschauer printer's device - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/medieval/froschauer-printers-device-icones-animalium-1560-c0rj2n)
- [Leafy sprig - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical/leafy-sprig-icones-animalium-1560-wwqrjg)
- [Bear with grapes - Modelbuch aller art nehens und stickens - 1535](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical/bear-with-grapes-modelbuch-aller-art-nehens-und-stickens-1535-1iu1ya6)
- [Bird on a pine branch - Modelbuch aller art nehens und stickens - 1535](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/botanical/bird-on-a-pine-branch-modelbuch-aller-art-nehens-und-stickens-15-9zqa2a)
- [Title panel and radiant sun - Astronomicum Caesareum - 1540](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial/title-panel-and-radiant-sun-astronomicum-caesareum-1540-i9ebps)
- [Constellation disc - Astronomicum Caesareum - 1540](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial/constellation-disc-astronomicum-caesareum-1540-18b2lzz)
- [Planetary orbit volvelle - Astronomicum Caesareum - 1540](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial/planetary-orbit-volvelle-astronomicum-caesareum-1540-hfzt2p)
- [Latitude of Saturn volvelle - Astronomicum Caesareum - 1540](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial/latitude-of-saturn-volvelle-astronomicum-caesareum-1540-4ze2fu)
- [Planetary volvelle with pointer - Astronomicum Caesareum - 1540](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial/planetary-volvelle-with-pointer-astronomicum-caesareum-1540-aked0g)
- [Latitude of Mars volvelle - Astronomicum Caesareum - 1540](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial/latitude-of-mars-volvelle-astronomicum-caesareum-1540-twfnli)
- [Latitude of Venus volvelle - Astronomicum Caesareum - 1540](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial/latitude-of-venus-volvelle-astronomicum-caesareum-1540-95jv3m)
- [Zodiac calendar disc - Astronomicum Caesareum - 1540](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/celestial/zodiac-calendar-disc-astronomicum-caesareum-1540-d0gfaz)
- [Harpoon with a line - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/harpoon-with-a-line-icones-animalium-1560-f709zd)
- [Brittle star 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/brittle-star-02-icones-animalium-1560-35178b)
- [Basket sea urchin - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/basket-sea-urchin-icones-animalium-1560-656714)
- [Sea urchin and shells - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-and-shells-icones-animalium-1560-176mbzw)
- [Sea urchin 04 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-04-icones-animalium-1560-lwajwk)
- [Sea urchin 05 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-05-icones-animalium-1560-qt78ve)
- [Sea urchin 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-02-icones-animalium-1560-153jqh9)
- [Bristling sea urchin - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/bristling-sea-urchin-icones-animalium-1560-v7dr46)
- [Sea urchin 06 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-06-icones-animalium-1560-d4i9dp)
- [Sea urchin 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-01-icones-animalium-1560-ztvrve)
- [Sea urchin 07 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-07-icones-animalium-1560-v89akf)
- [Starfish 05 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/starfish-05-icones-animalium-1560-1ovy33)
- [Starfish 03 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/starfish-03-icones-animalium-1560-c43qpf)
- [Starfish 07 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/starfish-07-icones-animalium-1560-l2v31u)
- [Starfish 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/starfish-02-icones-animalium-1560-1pjmm3p)
- [Starfish 04 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/starfish-04-icones-animalium-1560-1gd0uad)
- [Brittle star 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/brittle-star-01-icones-animalium-1560-uuelij)
- [Starfish 06 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/starfish-06-icones-animalium-1560-1fs6eql)
- [Starfish 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/starfish-01-icones-animalium-1560-1m9so3p)
- [Sea urchin shell 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-shell-02-icones-animalium-1560-117i5bd)
- [Sea urchin 03 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-03-icones-animalium-1560-1czo1d0)
- [Sea urchin shell 01 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-shell-01-icones-animalium-1560-tjniqh)
- [Scaled sea beast 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/scaled-sea-beast-02-icones-animalium-1560-llkvkn)
- [Clam shell 11 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/clam-shell-11-icones-animalium-1560-1yi6qdi)
- [Crab 11 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-11-icones-animalium-1560-wftzfc)
- [Sea turtle 03 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-turtle-03-icones-animalium-1560-1yysacc)
- [Crab 12 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-12-icones-animalium-1560-1vqdlik)
- [Sea cucumber - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-cucumber-icones-animalium-1560-638mm6)
- [Spider crab 05 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/spider-crab-05-icones-animalium-1560-13au9bv)
- [Squid with long tentacles - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/squid-with-long-tentacles-icones-animalium-1560-1mablwe)
- [Lobster 04 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/lobster-04-icones-animalium-1560-uykhdj)
- [Crab 13 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-13-icones-animalium-1560-1a4unyw)
- [Crab 14 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-14-icones-animalium-1560-umjjlz)
- [Octopus 03 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/octopus-03-icones-animalium-1560-11chmu8)
- [Spiny crab 03 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/spiny-crab-03-icones-animalium-1560-luau7l)
- [Octopus 04 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/octopus-04-icones-animalium-1560-1bq6qb1)
- [Crab with raised claws 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-with-raised-claws-02-icones-animalium-1560-qtrbi)
- [Crab with raised claws 03 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-with-raised-claws-03-icones-animalium-1560-11r8ssr)
- [Sea horse 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-horse-02-icones-animalium-1560-zeqd21)
- [Sea serpent attacking a ship - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-serpent-attacking-a-ship-icones-animalium-1560-10736kf)
- [Crab 15 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-15-icones-animalium-1560-1iuyucw)
- [Sea urchin with crabs - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/sea-urchin-with-crabs-icones-animalium-1560-1gu2lj9)
- [Crab 16 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-16-icones-animalium-1560-ganpzl)
- [Crab with raised claws 04 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/crab-with-raised-claws-04-icones-animalium-1560-17a1vd5)
- [Spiny lobster 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/spiny-lobster-02-icones-animalium-1560-1kmjn1b)
- [Spotted seal - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/spotted-seal-icones-animalium-1560-95df1u)
- [Seal - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/seal-icones-animalium-1560-xkkp0m)
- [Hermit crab in a shell 02 - Icones Animalium - 1560](https://www.mylasertools.com/art-library/nautical/hermit-crab-in-a-shell-02-icones-animalium-1560-1tatyiz)

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