Family Crest Collection

A siren seducing a merman knight, 14th century, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912629 A siren seducing a merman knight, 14th century, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: A mermaid or siren in German women's costume from the 14th century seducing a merman knight)

Family Crests, Late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Family Crests, Late 19th century

Verheye coat of arms, 1750-1799. Creator: Anon
Verheye coat of arms, 1750-1799. Perhaps made for Jacob Verheye, the great -grandfather of Jacob Verheye van Citters. Part of the Heraldic objects collection

The coat of arms of the de Witte family, after a diamond-shaped mourning board... 1750-1799. Creator: Anon
The coat of arms of the de Witte family, after a diamond-shaped mourning board with the initials I W on both sides of the shield and the year 1590, 1750-1799. Part of The Heraldic objects collection

The coat of arms of the Citters family, c. 1777. Creator: Anon
The coat of arms of the Citters family, c. 1777. One of a series donated by Jonkheer J. de Witte van Citters, The Hague, 1876. Part of the Heraldic objects collection

A Polish Nobleman Standing: Balthasar Bathory de Somlyo, 1583. Creator: Hendrik Goltzius
A Polish Nobleman Standing: Balthasar Bathory de Somlyo, 1583

Family tree of Henrich Brandes, c.1760-c.1790. Creator: Jan Brandes
Family tree of Henrich Brandes, c.1760-c.1790

Family tree of the Brandes family, c.1760-c.1790. Creator: Jan Brandes
Family tree of the Brandes family, c.1760-c.1790

Knights with the family arms of Brandes and Hirschman, 1770-1808. Creator: Jan Brandes
Knights with the coats of arms of Brandes and Hirschman, 1770-1808. Two knights in full armour on horseback. The left knight represents the ancestor of Brandes from Bohemen

Count Willem van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Count Willem van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Willem, Count of Beusichem (Boesinchem). In fur cloak, armour and plumed helmet, halberd in right hand

Count Waldger Van Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Count Waldger Van Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Walgerus (Walgher or Waldger) of Aquitania, more famous as Count Waldger van Teisterbant, married to the daughter of Count Boudewijn van Teisterbant

Count Roelof van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Count Roelof van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Roelof, (seventh) count of Beusichem. Founder of the city of Culemborg. With coat of arms

Count Roelof the Great, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Count Roelof the Great, c.1600-c.1625. Roelof the Great, count of Beusichem. In armour and fur cloak, with plumed helmet. Staff in the right hand and the coat of arms of Beusichem in the left hand

Robbrecht van Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Robbrecht van Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Robbrecht, count of Teisterbant. With coat of arms. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords and counts of Culemborg

Margaretha van Voorne, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Margaretha van Voorne, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Wife of Hubrecht II, lord of Culemborg. With coat of arms. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords

Margaretha van Lalaing, Lady of Pallandt and Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Margaretha van Lalaing, Lady of Pallandt and Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Wife of Erard, Free Lord van Pallandt and Culemborg. With coat of arms of Lalaing

Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Wife of Hubrecht III, lord of Culemborg. With the coat of arms of of the Van Arkel family

Jutta van der Leck, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Jutta van der Leck, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Wife of Hubrecht IV, lord of Culemborg, with coat of arms of the Van der Leck family

Johanna, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Johanna, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Johanna van Zuylen, lady of Culemborg. Wife of Hubrecht, lord of Culemborg. With coat of arms

Count Johan van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Creators: Nicolaes de Kemp, Johan van Beusichem
Count Johan van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Johan, count of Beusichem (Boesinchem), with coat of arms. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords and counts of Culemborg

Johan, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Johan, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Johan, (third) lord of Culemborg. With coat of arms of Culemborg and Beusichem. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords

Johan II, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Johan II, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Johan II, eighth lord of Culemborg. With quartered coat of arms of Culemborg and Van de Leck

Johan I, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Johan I, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Johan I van Bosinchem, sixth lord of Culemborg. Red breeches, blue stockings and long fur mantle, with the coat of arms of Culemborg

Johanna de Bourgogne, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Johanna de Bourgogne, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Jeanne (Janna) from Burgundy, Lady of Culemborg. Wife of Jasper Heer van Culemborg. With this marriage the house died out in the male line

Jasper, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Jasper, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Jasper, thirteenth lord of Culemborg. With quartered coat of arms of Culemborg and Van der Leck

Jan van Luxembourg and Antoon van Lalaing, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Jan van Luxembourg and Antoon van Lalaing, c.1600-c.1625. Jan van Luxembourg and Antoon van Lalaing van Hoogstraten. The first and second husbands of Elisabeth, Lady of Culemborg

Hubrecht, Lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Hubrecht, Lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Hubrecht van Beusechim, (second) lord of Culemborg. With coat of arms of Beusichem

Hubrecht V, Lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Hubrecht V, Lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Hubrecht V, tenth lord of Culemborg. With coat of arms of Culemborg and Van de Leck

Hubrecht III van Bosinchem, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Hubrecht III van Bosinchem, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Fifth lord of Culemborg, in armour with halberd in the right hand and the coat of arms of Culemborg

Hubrecht II, Lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Hubrecht II, Lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Hubrecht II, fourth lord of Culemborg. With coat of arms of Culemborg. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords

Hildegarde der Franken, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Hildegarde der Franken, c.1600-c.1625. Hildegarde der Franken, Countess van Kleef, wife of Boudewijn van Kleef and Teisterbant, with coat of arms of France

Count Hendrik van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Count Hendrik van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Hendrik, (fourth) count of Beusichem. In suit of armour, with drawn sword. Coat of arms of Beusichem as a shield in the left hand

Gerrit I, Lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Gerrit I, Lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Gerrit I, ninth lord of Culemborg. In suit of armour with halberd in the right hand and the quartered coat of arms of Culemborg

Count Gerbrandt van Teisterbant and Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Count Gerbrandt van Teisterbant and Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Count of Teisterbant and Beusichem (Boesinchem), with Beusichem coat of arms

Erard van Pallandt, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Erard van Pallandt, lord of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Erard (also Erhard or Gerhard), lord of Pallandt and Culemborg. Holding quartered coat of arms

Elisabeth of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Elisabeth of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Elisabeth, the last lady of Culemborg, holding the quartered coat of arms of Culemborg

Elisabeth van Buren, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Elisabeth van Buren, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Wife of Gerrit II lord of Culemborg. With van Buren coat of arms. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords

Count Dirk Van Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Count Dirk Van Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Dirk, Count of Teisterbant, ca. 867. In armour and ermine cloak, spear in the left hand, with joint coat of amrs of Teisterbant and Aquitania (?)

Countess Aleid van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Countess Aleid van Beusichem, c.1600-c.1625. Wife of Count Roelof van Beusichem. Daughter of the Lord of Heinsberg. Holding coat of arms

Boudewijn van Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Boudewijn van Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Boudewijn, count of Teisterbant, with the coat of arms. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords and counts of Culemborg

Bertha van Egmond, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Bertha van Egmond, Lady of Culemborg, c.1600-c.1625. Wife of Gerrit I, lord of Culemborg. Holding Egmond coat of arms. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords

Boudewijn Von Kleve Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Boudewijn Von Kleve Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Count Boudewijn van Kleef and Teisterbant with the coat of arms of Kleef. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords

Family crest, possibly of the genus of Zaanen, 1600-1749. Creator: Anon
Family crest, possibly of the genus of Zaanen, 1600-1749

Coat of arms of the Ter Borch family, 1660. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Coat of arms of the Ter Borch family, 1660

Decorated coat of arms of the Ter Borch family, 1660. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Decorated coat of arms of the Ter Borch family, 1660

Annunciation from Book of Hours, MS 92 f.27r, Western France, 1490-1510 (pen & ink with tempera on parchment)
8374249 Annunciation from Book of Hours, MS 92 f.27r, Western France, 1490-1510 (pen & ink with tempera on parchment) by French School, (15th-16th century); 22.8 x 14.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Fireplace, Brereton Hall (b/w photo)
CLF294300 Fireplace, Brereton Hall (b/w photo) by Evans, Frederick Henry (1853-1943); (add.info.: built by Sir William Brereton (1550-1631) in 1586;); © Country Life

William Petre (oil on panel)
3508306 William Petre (oil on panel) by Meulen, or Muelen, Steven van der (fl.1543-68); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

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