18th Century Leisure and Social Scenes

Prints illustrating various leisure activities and social interactions from the 17th to 19th centuries, depicting detailed attire and historical contexts in Europe.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart, 1718, depicting Louis XIV, King of France, alongside Minerva holding a book, with detailed attire and composition.

Etching and steel engraving by Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt depicting a bowling game and humorous economic scene, created between 1760 and 1867, illustrating leisure activity, social interaction, and 18th-19th century attire.

Copper engraving and etching by Crispin van de Passe showing various works of mercy, produced around 1590.

This 1783 etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki depicts the ceremonial presentation of a title to Katharina Zarewitsch, illustrating formal attire, figures, and symbolic elements of rank.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart, 1718, depicting Louis XIV, King of France, alongside Minerva holding a book, with detailed attire and composition.

Etching by Johann Christoph Erhard from 1815-1817 depicting a boy sitting on a stone writing, with visible tobacco smoke in the scene.

A woodcut by Georg Lemberger from 1500-1540 depicting The Creation of Adam and The Scouts with the Grape. The prints feature biblical narratives with detailed figures, gestures, and early Renaissance stylistic elements.

Copper engraving by Hieronymus Wierix, 1565-1619, showing multiple human figures in different poses within a composed scene.

Etching by Wenzel Hollar titled 'Emblems,' created between 1627 and 1677, illustrating symbolic images and motifs used to convey meaning and representation.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki in 1775 illustrating Gellert's fables and stories, showing figures, animals, and narrative scenes.

Etching by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas depicting figures from French history, created for a book illustration between 1779 and 1785.

Copper engraving by Jacob de Weert depicting various scenes from the New Testament, created between 1589 and 1625.

Copper engraving and etching by Richard Saint-Non from 1781 presenting views of Naples and Sicily, highlighting coastal towns, architecture, and landscapes.

Copper engraving by Maarten van Heemskerck depicting the Passion of Christ, produced in the early 16th to mid-17th century, showing biblical figures and events.

This etching series by Adam Friedrich Oeser, created between 1735 and 1799, presents various representations, including symbolic and allegorical imagery.

Wenzel Hollar's 1652-1654 etching illustrates narrative scenes from Vergil, showing mythological figures, actions, and classical book illustration style.

Franz Stöber's etching from 1810-1858 depicts the mythological hero Hercules alongside Pantals, emphasizing classical composition and detailed engraving.

An etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1783 illustrating scenes from Lesage's 'Gil Blas de Santillane', showing figures, architecture, and compositional elements.

A copper engraving and etching by Albrecht Dürer from the 16th to 19th century depicting Apollo and Diana, showing figures, gestures, and classical composition.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki for the 1789 Göttingen pocket calendar, depicting motivations for marriage and their consequences, showing couples, documents, gestures, and interior settings, created in 1788.

Etching by Heinrich Friedrich Füger from 1760-1803 depicting profane representations with human figures, gestures, and everyday scenes.

1593 copper engraving by Theodor de Bry depicting multiple scenes with coats of arms and heraldic elements in a decorative layout.

A woodcut by Georg Lemberger, 1500-1540, showing John before the twenty-four elders while angels close the gates of hell. The artwork illustrates biblical imagery with detailed figures and religious symbolism.

Copper engraving and etching by Albrecht Dürer depicting an Oriental man and his wife, showing two figures in domestic or cultural setting, created after 1495.

Copper engraving and etching by Jean-Charles Nicaise Perrin from the 18th century illustrating works of Montesquieu, showing figures, symbolic motifs, and European-style compositions.

Copper engraving and etching by Jean-Charles Nicaise Perrin from the 18th century illustrating works of Montesquieu, showing figures, symbolic elements, and narrative composition in European 18th-century style.

Etching and copper engraving by Jean Michel Moreau depicting book illustration vignettes, created around 1800, highlighting detailed decorative and figurative elements.

A 1613-1641 etching by Jan van de Velde II depicting Tobias and the angel, including the angel leaving Tobit and Tobias, showing human figures, gestures, and setting.

Etching by Gabriel depicting the exchange of two queens, showing both queens, attendants, and ceremonial setting, executed in the 18th century.

Copper engraving by Claude Augustin Duflos depicting the Birth of Christ and Maria of Egypt, produced between 1720 and 1786.

Copper engraving by Cornelis Galle the Younger depicting the fruit of harmony and allegorical themes, created between 1627 and 1678.

Copper engraving and etching by Hans Collaert the Elder showing niche figures from mythology and the Old Testament, including a frieze with animals, produced between 1540 and 1580.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1788 illustrating anecdotes and traits of Frederick II, King of Prussia, showing figures, gestures, attire, and compositional elements in 18th-century European prints.

Copper engraving and etching involving Georg Friedrich Schmidt showing vignettes with profane representations and letters, produced in the 18th century.

1631 etching by Matthäus Merian the Elder illustrating an Old Testament scene with biblical figures, architectural features, and narrative gestures in detailed composition.

Copper engraving by Adamo Scultori dated 1547-1587 depicting prophets and sibyls from the Sistine Chapel, showing figures, gestures, and facial expressions.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from the early 16th-17th century depicting the seven planets with zodiac symbols, Nessus and Deianira, and Hercules fighting centaurs, showing mythological figures and composition.

Etching by Guido Reni depicting Saint Hieronymus, created between 1600 and 1640, showing the saint in religious attire, holding a book and pen, with devotional and symbolic attributes.

Etching by Harmanus Fock depicting twelve small landscapes, created between 1781 and 1822.

Copper engraving and etching by Simon Henri Thomassin depicting the anointing of a French king, created between 1705 and 1741, showing figures, gestures, and ceremonial objects.

Copper engraving and etching by Albrecht Dürer depicting a cook and his wife, showing two figures in domestic setting with utensils, created after 1496.

Etching by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn showing a figure wearing a long coat, created in 1631, within his work period 1626-1669.

Etching by Cornelis Schut showing the Holy Family with Saint John as a child, 1615-1655.

Etching and steel engraving by Josef Axmann showing Melanie and other girl portraits, depicting facial features, attire, upper body, and composition, produced 1808-1873.

Woodcut book illustrations by Hans Weiditz, after 1515, depicting various figures, gestures, and narrative scenes in printed works.

Copper engraving and etching by Virgil Solis the Elder, 1529-1562, depicting personifications of the virtues with symbolic attributes and figures.

Steel engraving and etching by Josef Axmann depicting Leopold I of Babenberg saving Emperor Otto I during a hunt and views of various churches in Vienna, created between 1808 and 1873.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1781 illustrating Johann Christoph Mayer's History of the Crusades and the Kopfputz for the Almanac de Gotha of 1782, showing figures and decorative elements.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1786 depicting Karoline von Lichtfield, showing facial features, attire, gestures, and compositional arrangement in 18th-century European prints.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1797 depicting Julchen Grünthal from Ungers work, showing literary characters in period attire and domestic or narrative settings.

Photo production of a drawing, representing a group around a table in an interior, Anonymous, After Jean Baptiste Madou, c. 1868 - in Or Before 1873 photomechanical print Amsterdam paper collotype nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood. table. interior ~ representation of a building

Etching and copper engraving by Jean Baptiste Wicar circa 1800 depicting relief figures in a classical style.

Copper engraving and etching by Jacques Stella between 1620 and 1657 showing a charitable man distributing bread and an angel before an obelisk.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1797 depicting Tilly before the Battle of Breitenfeld, illustrating 18th-century historical scene composition and printmaking techniques.

Etchings by an unknown engraver showing hunting scenes between 1575 and 1700, with hunters, dogs, game animals, and natural landscapes.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1794 depicting Becker's 1795 paperback illustration, showing figures, scenes, and composition.

Etching by Cornelis Schut depicting children dancing and playing with putti and bacchantes, created between 1615 and 1655.

Lithographs by Godefroy Engelmann created between 1834-1897 depicting a nymph surprised and a satyr being punished, showing mythological figures in classical composition.

Wenzel Hollar's etching from 1552-1554 depicts scenes from Vergil, showing mythological and narrative figures in classical book illustration form.

An etching by Bernhard Rode created between 1748 and 1797 showing various representations of figures and scenes.

Etching by Franz Isaac Brun from 1559-1596 depicting the Olympic muses, showing figures, gestures, and classical attributes.

Copper engraving by Léonard Gaultier depicting scenes from the mythological story of Amor and Psyche, created in 1586, illustrating key moments from classical mythology.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1778-1785 illustrating Krasickis Rejuvened Greis and Mackenzies Man of Feeling, showing literary figures and narrative scenes.

Etching by Jacques Callot from 1636 presenting 'The Pictures of the Year', a series of illustrated scenes representing events or themes.

Cheerful company in an inn, Léonce Petit, 1874 print Print on uncut sheet with RP-P-1991-197. paper etching / drypoint drunkenness. inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.

Copper engraving by René Boyvin from 1540-1600 depicting historical and mythological figures including Jerome, Cimon and Pero, and Empedocles, showing composition and figure details.

An etching by Jean Audran from 1717-1726 showing the allegory of autumn with a group of injured soldiers in a landscape setting.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki depicting various scenes, created between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries, illustrating 18th-19th-century printmaking and figure composition techniques.

Photo productions of four drawings of female personifications for wall paintings for the stairwell of the Neues Museum in Berlin, Gustav Schauer, After Wilhelm von Kaulbach, c. 1860 - in or before 1870 photograph Above: Isis and Venus. Below: Italy and Germania. Berlinafter drawing by: Germanypublisher: Berlin photographic support albumen print wall-covering new museum

Woodcut by Hartmann Schedel, 1494, from World Chronicle, depicting the burning of Jews and Brother Niclas, showing figures, gestures, and historical context.

Etching and copper engraving by Isidore Stanislas Henri Helman around 1788 depicting a Chinese emperor with accompanying text.

Etchings by Bernard Picart depicting scenes from the comedies of Terence, created between 1716 and 1717.

Etching depicting landscapes featuring a church, ruins, and a cave, created by Franz Xaver Rektorzik between 1810 and 1851.

A copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart created between 1723 and 1743 depicting multiple scenes from the election of the Pope, showing figures, ceremony, and procession.

Etching illustration of animal fables by Marcus Gheeraerts I, created as a book illustration in 1567.

Woodcut by an anonymous artist from the Brösamlin Doctor Kreiserspergs Ufferen of Frater Johan Paulin of the Barfüser Order, 1517, showing detailed religious figures and ceremonial setting.

Russian Abbot, 1765, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, French, 1734 - 1781, 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (8.89 x 5.4 cm) (image)3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (9.84 x 6.35 cm) (plate)6 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (16.83 x 11.75 cm) (sheet), Etching, France, 18th century

This woodcut by Sebald Beham after 1515 depicts biblical history from the Old Testament, showing narrative scenes and figures in Renaissance printmaking style.

Etching by Johann David Schubert created between 1780 and 1822 illustrating fables by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert for a book.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1795 depicting historical scenes of Poland with figures, buildings, and detailed compositions.

Etching by Benoist, 18th century, depicting the birth of a queen, showing attendants and ceremonial elements in a formal European court setting.

Etching by Jacques Fricquet from 1663-1716 depicting Pax, allegorical figure representing peace, showing gestures, symbolic attributes, and compositional arrangement.

Copper engraving by Adriaen Collaert after 1598 depicting various fish in natural settings, showing species, anatomy, and aquatic environment.

Etching by Joseph Fischer from 1803 showing detailed studies of human heads and figures, emphasizing facial features, expressions, and body posture.

Etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 1793 illustrating fables and stories by Gellert, Gleim, Hagedorn, Lichtwer, and Pfeffel in book format.

Wooden stitch illustrations by Oscar Pletsch from 1850-1900 depicting children in vignettes with initials, highlighting daily activities and playful interactions.

Etching by Virgil Solis the Elder, 1529-1562, showing male personifications representing various cities with symbolic attributes and figures.

Woodcut by Hans Schäufelin depicting scenes from the Passion of Christ, created in the first quarter of the 16th century.

Copper engraving and etching by Bernard Picart from 1693-1733 depicting various allegories, showing symbolic figures, gestures, and decorative motifs.

An etching by Karl Rahl (The Older) illustrating indefinite works by Caroline Pichler, showing narrative scenes, figures, and book illustration elements.

Depicts a scene from The Messiah, created as a book illustration between 1805 and 1843, showing figures, gestures, and composition.

Chodowiecki's etching 'Minna von Barnhelm' (1769), based on Lessing's play, illustrates key scenes, capturing the essence of the German comedy.

Copper engraving print by Albrecht Dürer titled The Small Woodcut Passion, created between 1508 and 1583, depicting episodes from the Passion of Christ with detailed composition.

Etching and copper engraving by Annibale Carracci from 1580-1613 depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds, showing religious figures in a detailed composition.

Francesco Novelli's etching depicts scenes from the Old and New Testament, illustrating biblical figures and narratives between 1780 and 1820.

Etching by Abraham Bosse created in 1639 as a book illustration for Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlins 'Ariane', featuring narrative visual design.

Print (France)

Woodcut title frame by Sebald Beham, first half of the 16th century, featuring ornamental designs, text frame, and decorative elements for the Kunstbüchlein.

Etching by Caspar Freisinger depicting Christ wearing the crown of thorns, created between 1598 and 1599, illustrating religious subject and iconography.

Etching and steel engraving by Josef Axmann depicting the coal burner family, showing adult and child figures, attire, domestic tools, and environment, produced 1808-1873.

The etching by Franz Edmund Weirotter from 1766-1771 depicts multiple landscapes and ruins, showing natural scenery, decayed architecture, and detailed composition.

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