16th Century Religious Themes

Etchings and engravings representing biblical narratives and religious figures, exhibiting dramatic compositions with detailed expressions.

Etching by an unidentified monogrammist from the 16th century depicting a woman in a bathroom and Christ on the Marter column, showing figures, gestures, and setting.

Etching by an unidentified monogrammist from the 16th century depicting a woman in a bathroom and Christ on the Marter column, showing figures, gestures, and setting.

Copper engraving after a drawing by Jacob Houbraken depicting an old man writing in a study, created after 1713. The scene shows the figure seated with writing tools.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart from 1722 depicting the deity Quenevadi, showing figure, symbolic attributes, ceremonial context, and cultural attire.

A copper engraving by Pieter Maes, 1580-1591, depicting a soldier standing by a fountain with figures, gestures, and detailed composition.

Etching by Jean Mariette created between 1680 and 1742 depicting decorative vignettes used as artistic ornament.

A 17th-18th century etching by an unknown artist depicting a saint in a garden, showing figures, vegetation, and surrounding landscape.

A copper engraving and etching by Jacob Binck from 1501-1600 depicting Madonna with Child, Christ and the Samaritan at the source, and the Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem.

Copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer after 1501 depicting The Flagellation and The Caution from the Copperplate Passion series, showing figures, gestures, and religious narrative.

Copper engravings by Benoît Louis Prévost from 1767-1804 depicting allegorical scenes representing Philipp IV and Louis X, showing symbolic figures, regalia, and compositional elements.

Etching by Karol de la Haye depicting Christ speaking with the Samaritan woman at the fountain, showing biblical figures and narrative, created between 1661 and 1707.

Copper engraving by Georges Reverdy from 1549-1565 showing a portrait of a young man; verso depicts Pero visiting her father in prison, with detailed figures.

Etchings by Georg Friedrich Schmidt from 1767 and 1770 depicting studies of children's heads and three nude Bacchus children, showing figure, posture, and facial features.

Etching by Friedrich Wagner depicting two saints. Created in the 19th century, the print represents religious figures and iconography.

Copper engraving and etching by Jean Mariette from 1680-1742 depicting Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski in formal attire with detailed features and attributes of nobility.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart from 1718 depicting the frontispiece for Vigils Georgica, showing allegorical figures, decorative elements, and classical motifs.

A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from the 16th century depicting Saint Hieronymus, executed with light pressure showing detailed figure work and iconographic attributes.

Etching by Jan Chalon from 1800 depicting an interior scene, illustrating early nineteenth-century Dutch domestic architecture and furnishing.

Etching by Andrea Meldolla depicting Jacob's dream, created between 1515 and 1563, illustrating the biblical vision with angels and ladder.

Copper engraving and etching by Pierre Savart around 1760 showing a portrait of Nicolas Boileav Despreavx with detailed facial features and attire.

Copper engraving by Jan van der Straet created between 1537 and 1612 depicting St. Hieronymus in a wasteland, showing the saint, barren landscape, and contemplative pose.

An etching by Nicolas Dorigny depicting St. Joseph with the infant Jesus and Mary, showing religious figures in detailed devotional composition, created between 1678 and 1746.

Copper engraving by Charles François Silvestre around 1700 showing traditional clothing and customs from the Ottoman Empire on a title page.

Etching by Jean Mariette created between 1680 and 1742 depicting the enthronization of Jojachins.

Etching by Henri Watele depicting Louis The Silvestre, created in 1793, showing the French figure in detailed portraiture.

Johann Adam Klein's etching (1844) serves as a title page, presenting ornamental design elements and text layout, showing printmaking technique.

Etching by François de la Guertière depicting grotesque motifs and ornamental decoration, produced in the mid-17th century.

Book illustration by Nicolas Ponce, 1781, executed in copper engraving and etching, showing detailed figures, ornamental borders, and text.

Copper engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry depicting letters A and B, produced in 1595.

Etching by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince from 1754-1772 depicting a decorative cartouche featuring a woman holding a flower basket with detailed linework.

Wood engraving by Oscar Pletsch from 1876 showing a child playing and a title page with a cloverleaf, depicting figures and decorative elements.

Print (France)

Woodcut by Hartmann Schedel from 1494 illustrating the Weltchronik, depicting historical figures, events, and cityscapes in a detailed book illustration.

Etching by Andrea Meldolla depicting the Circumcision of Christ, created between 1515 and 1563.

A wooden stitch illustration by Oscar Pletsch depicting children, created between 1850 and 1900.

Copper engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry depicting the biblical scene of the fall of man, created between 1581 and 1623, showing Adam and Eve, the serpent, and tree.

Copper engraving and etching by Auguste de Saint Aubin from 1770 portraying Jean-Baptiste Lully with detailed facial and costume features.

Etching by Anton Heinrich Riedel depicting various genre scenes, showing figures, gestures, clothing, domestic and public activities, and 18th-19th century composition.

Copper engraving and etching by Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet, around 1801, depicting Paul defending himself before the judges, showing figures, gestures, and architectural elements.

Etching by Franz Ertinger created between 1680 and 1690 titled Vocation of Moses, illustrating the biblical calling of Moses with precise European 17th-century linework.

Etching by Lucas Kilian or collaborator from the 16th-17th century depicting landscapes representing the four seasons with natural and seasonal details.

Woodcut by an anonymous artist from 1533 depicting the Madonna on a crescent moon, showing figure, gestures, and devotional composition.

Copper engraving print by Johann Theodor de Bry depicting a bacchanal procession, created between 1590 and 1623, illustrating mythological subject and Renaissance art.

A woodcut by Hans Schäufelin from the first half of the 16th century depicting the death of Mariae and the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, showing figures and gestures.

Copper engraving by Cornelis de Wael from 1610-1667 depicting traders and sellers in a market, showing detailed figures, goods, and commercial activity.

A woodcut by Sebald Beham from the first half of the 16th century depicting the planets Saturn and Jupiter, illustrating astronomical symbolism.

Copper engraving and etching by Edme Bouchardon, created in the 18th century, depicting various representations of figures and forms.

Title page with picturesque views of Paris's main buildings by Jean François Janinet, color aquatint and etching created 1782-1788, illustrating French 18th-century urban and architectural engraving techniques.

An aquatint and etching by Frederick Christian Lewis the Older (1837-1840) depicting a Claude Lorrain-style landscape, featuring atmospheric effects, water bodies, vegetation, and early 19th-century European scenic composition.

An etching by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn illustrating a scene from the biblical story of Tobit, created in 1651.

Etching by Francesco Amato depicting the parable of the lost son as a swineherd, created between 1610 and 1640.

Etching by François de la Guertière from the mid-17th century depicting grotesque decoration, showing ornamental patterns, figures, and classical motifs.

Woodcut by Hans Weiditz after 1515 depicting Martin Luther in a half-length portrait holding a book, showing attire and posture.

Copper engraving by Pieter Holsteyn the Younger, 1602 and 1585-1607, depicting a portrait of Jan Saenredam and the biblical scene of Susanna in the bath.

Etching by Nicolaas van Haeften from 1694 depicting five men singing at a window and five women at a window with a pipe and jug, showing domestic activity and social interaction.

Hans Holbein the Youngers woodcut after 1523 depicts Saint John and Paul standing in a richly decorated niche with architectural and ornamental details.

Copper engraving by Richard Collin from 1660-1662 depicting title cartridges for 'Nova Mundi', showing detailed decorative elements, figures, and allegorical motifs.

Etching by Giulio Carpioni depicting a decorative frieze with grotesque motifs, produced between 1630 and 1678.

Etching by Karl Agricola from 1800-1852 showing Tobias holding a fish under his arm while the Archangel Rafael accompanies him over a body of water.

Copper engraving by Jan Wierix, created between 1569 and 1579, depicting the Last Judgement with figures of the saved and the damned, angels, and symbolic elements of heaven and hell.

Etching by Salomon Gessner showing diverse landscapes featuring mountains, forests, and chamois animals.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart from 1712 depicting the bust of Jan Žižka, showing detailed facial features and attire.

Etching and aquatint by P. Calmé showing an elderly woman seated while spinning thread with a spindle, depicting daily life activities in the 18th century.

River God, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 - 1618, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 - 1618, Engraving on laid paper, A river god with rushes in his hair reclines on a bank. Beside him is a crane and a vessel from which water and fish flow. The figure is set within a medallion on a dark field (sur fond noir) decorated with intricate grotesques., Antwerpen, Belgium, ca. 1690, figures, Print, Print

Woodcut by Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert showing the prodigal son counting his money, created around 1548.

Albrecht Dürers 1517 woodcut depicts the baptism of Christ for Johannes Teuschlein, showing religious figures, symbolic elements, and early 16th-century Nuremberg engraving style.

Copper engraving by Georg Pencz depicting scenes from the Old Testament, including Abraham and Hagar, and the story of Joseph, created in the first half of the 16th century.

A copper engraving and etching by Virgil Solis the Elder from 1529-1562 depicting six heraldic coats of arms, showing shields, symbols, and decorative elements.

Etching by Wenzel Hollar showing putti holding the cross of Christ and interacting with parrots, depicting angelic figures, gestures, and 17th-century religious and decorative motifs.

This etching by Johann Andreas Wolff, created between 1670 and 1716, depicts Apollo with the singing Muses, emphasizing musical instruments, gestures, and classical mythological figures.

Copper engraving by Raphael Sadeler the Elder, 1580-1632, depicting Christ as the Good Shepherd carrying a lamb, with pastoral landscape elements.

Print (Germany)

Etching by Stefano della Bella depicting the title page and stage design for the wedding of Carlo Coppola with the Princess of Urbino, first scene in Florence, created in 1637.

Copper engraving and etching by Auguste de Saint Aubin from 1767 depicting Charles Gauzargues, showing detailed facial features, attire, and upper-body composition.

Etching by Hubertus Quellinus, 1665, depicting figures in a celebratory scene with allegorical and decorative elements in classical style.

Copper engraving by Léonard Gaultier from 1586 showing narrative scenes from Amor and Psyche with figures in classical poses and architectural elements.

Etching by François Boucher in the 18th century depicting a peasant woman with children and two women bathing.

Etching by Bernard Picart from 1716-1717 depicting allegorical scenes from the comedies of Terence, showing multiple figures, theatrical gestures, and symbolic interactions.

Copper engraving and etching by Hyacinthe Rigaud from the 18th century depicting a portrait of Antoine Coizenvox, showing facial features, attire, posture, and composition.

Copper engraving and etching by Benoît Louis Prévost from 1754 depicting the portrait of Charles Nicolas Cochin.

Copper engraving by Nicolas Ponce from 1775 showing a book illustration with figures, landscapes, and compositional elements.

This copper engraving and etching by Jean Michel Moreau, made around 1800, presents a book illustration of Voltaire, combining portraiture and decorative detail.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1797 illustrating Beckers work, showing figurative representations in literary and narrative context.

Bartolomäus Spranger engraved 'Jupiter and Juno' in 1599, depicting the mythological couple Jupiter and Juno with symbolic attributes and divine setting in copper engraving format.

Etching by Paolo Farinato depicting a satyr among tree trunks, created between 1560 and 1606, showing mythological figure and forest environment.

Copper engraving by Cornelis Galle the Younger II depicting portraits of Jakob I and Charles I, Kings of England, created between 1627 and 1678.

Copper engraving by Maarten van Heemskerck from 1555 depicting David arming his troops, showing figures, weapons, and military organization.

Etching by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel showing a woman by candlelight, created between 1746 and 1798 using a point animal manner technique, depicting interior lighting and figure.

Copper engraving by Martin Pleginck from 1594 depicting a foulingbook design, showcasing detailed line work and 16th-century engraving techniques.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart depicting the undamaged body of St. Idesbald, created in 1714.

Etching by Louis Elle depicting amorini figures with drapery, wings, gestures, and decorative classical elements, created 1630-1689.

Copper engraving and etching by Claude Duflos depicting portraits illustrating different times of the day, created between 1680 and 1727, reflecting 17th-18th century French portraiture.

Etching by Bernard Picart from 1732 depicting Mentor pushing Telemach into the sea, showing classical figures, narrative action, and mythological composition.

Etching by Lambert Hopfer, created between 1525 and 1550, featuring three circular depictions on a plate including lovers, St. Hieronymus, and Parisor; also bagpipes and four nude women identified as witches.

Copper engraving by Cornelis Galle the Elder from 1639 depicting theological and moral historical subjects, showing figures, symbolic elements, and narrative composition.

An etching by Friedrich Brentel from 1617-1618 showing carts in motion accompanied by depictions of historical events, emphasizing movement and narrative.

An etching by Max Klinger from 1880-1920 for Ex Libris Fritz Gurlitt depicting a male figure by the sea and a reflective nude woman.

Copper engraving by Christoffel van Sichem I depicting Ernest D.G. Archidux in a book illustration, created around 1600.

Print, Dessus de porte; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 - 1782); Print Maker: Jean Pelletier (French, born ca. 1736); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 - d. 1774); France; engraving on off white laid paper

This etching by Maria Anna Angelika Catharina Kauffmann, created between 1782-1784, depicts two dancing girls and Apollo crowning virtue, showing classical figures and ceremonial action.

Etching with sound plate by an unknown engraver depicting the birth of St. John, showing figures, gestures, and interior elements, created between the mid-18th and mid-19th century.

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