Allegorical and Mythical Figures

Engravings of allegorical women representing virtues, muses, and harvest, illustrated in elegant poses, showcasing artistic influences from the Renaissance.

The Harvest, represented by a woman with tuil of fruit on her lap and a garland of flowers in her hair, The Harvest, print maker: Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, (mentioned on object), 1682, paper, etching, h 213 mm × w 181 mm

A woman in antique dress sits on a throne and writes a poem on the death of George Washington on a stone with a quill. An angel standing behind her points to Washington's tomb. Memorial print for George Washington, print maker: Lambertus Antonius Claessens, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jacques Kuyper, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan ten Brink Gerritsz, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1800, paper, etching, h 230 mm × w 140 mm

Piety, Willem Isaacsz. of Swanenburg, After Abraham Bloemaert, 1610 print A woman is as a personification of piety in two stone dining with the ten commandments on it. A ray wreath can be seen around her head and in her right hand she has a palm branch. There are some books behind her. A putto crowns her with a laurel wreath and with her foot she travels another putto that lies with a bag of money. Under the performance is an eight -line, Latin text with a description of the performance and of virtue in general. print maker: Leidenafter design by: Utrecht (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Devotion, piety; 'DivotionEe' (RIPA)

Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) / 'Saint Agnes'. 1650 - 1660. Red chalk on dark yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

July: a woman harvesting, Anonymous, Reinier van Persijn, Joachim von Sandrart, 1670 - 1726

Heinrich Ulrich, Aiolos, Personification of Wind Aiolos, Personification of Wind

Minerva with the portrait of the young Louis XV of France, Charles Dupuis, after Antoine Coylel, After Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1719 print France paper etching / engraving historical persons. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (human) skeleton

Rome, Clodio, Marcello, Vatican City, Michelangelo, Italy, Vico, Enea, Esaias, Prophet Isaiah, verso - stamped, The prophet Isaiah seated with a book. Behind the prophet two small figures. Title on cartouche center bottom., print, prints, height 341 mm, width 294 mm, Italian, 1523 - 1567, print maker, printmaker, 1533 - 1567, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Saint Margaret standing, a dragon at the left, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints) Marcantonio Raimondi Italian ca. 1500-27

Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a Cernophores dancer with basket and plate, a crown of wheat, and a fine white robe with sandals. The Cernophores imitated religious dances in festivals devoted to pleasure. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

Man approaches a seamstress, Anonymous, After Marten van Cleve (I), 1555 - 1631 print A young woman is sewing in a sober room. In front of her is a farmer who hugs her and is about to kiss her. Around an ambiguous edge in German. paper engraving sensuality. sewing. embracing each other, kissing. image of phallus, 'phallos'

Copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi around 1516-1518 depicting two women associated with the zodiac signs Libra and Scorpio, showing figures, astrological symbols, and attire.

Minerva. Artist: Jan Muller (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1571-1628 Amsterdam); Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1546-1611 Prague). Dimensions: 50.8 x 23 cm. Date: ca. 1632. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Juno, Hendrick Goltzius, 1596 print Juno sitting with a peacock on a cloud. In the background, Juno drives a car pulled through Pauwen. Under the cloud, the story of Juno and De Pauw is depicted. paper engraving (story of) Juno (Hera). Mercury bringing Argus' eyes to Juno; Juno sets Argus' eyes in the tail of her peacock

The Third Wise Virgin Artist's working dates 1450-1491 Germany. Engraving on paper . Martin Schongauer

Ceres a Proserpina, Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben, After Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1841 print Ceres, goddess of agriculture, as an embodiment of the abundance of the earth. She is adorned with a crown of corners and has the horn of abundance in her arm and a sickle in her hand. Next to her is her daughter Proserpina. Two dragons and agricultural products are shown in the corners of the frame. print maker: Amsterdamafter design by: Haarlem paper. engraving (story of) Ceres (Demeter). 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty

Rudolf II of Habsburg (German Emperor), Matham, Jacob, Cesari, Giuseppe, Haarlem, Moses, Miriam and Aaron, Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, verso lower left - stamped, Second print from a series of three., print, prints, height 310 mm, width 220 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1602 - 1602, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1568-02 - 1640-07-03, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, 1552-07-18 - 1612-01-20, granter of privilege

French noble woman with veil, dressed according to fashion of approx. 1630; Le Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise (...); Costumes of the French nobility. French lady with black veil over the face, a folding fan in the right hand. Landscape in the background.

Concordia, from the cycle: Allegorical figures. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist

A late 15th-century copper engraving by Martin Schongauer showing the second of the clever virgins, emphasizing Gothic style, devotional symbolism, and detailed line work.

Portrait of Johanna Koerten.

A women's figure as a personification of wisdom with a lantern in a niche. Print from a series of 41 symbols.

The Annunciation: The Angel Gabriel. Artist: Martin Schongauer (German, Colmar ca. 1435/50-1491 Breisach). Date: 15th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617); Jan Saenredam (1565-1607), Venus og Amor, 1558-1617

Artist: Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, 1494-1533, The Virgin and Child with TwoAngels, Engraving, sheet: 15 × 10.3 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/16in.), Made in The Netherlands, Netherlandish, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Sibille Van Cumae, Philips Galle, after Anthonie Blocklandt, 1575 print The Sibille van Cumae is on a tree stump. She has a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Low CountriesAntwerppublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Cumaean sibyl

Allegorical representation: Charitas and Fides () sitting in front of a frame in which an allegorical female figure represents a statue of Mercury. Design for a book illustration, Charitas and Fides () sitting in front of a frame in which an allegorical female figure stands for a statue of Mercury., draughtsman: Jan Goeree, 1680 - 1731, paper, brush, pen, h 153 mm × w 98 mm

Hans Sebald Beham, 1510 - 1550 print Winged woman as a personification of accident (Infortunio) with a scorpion and the devil paper engraving Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa). scorpions. devil(s) and demons

Lady with owl and coat of arms with the letters an. Sitting young woman, on her lap reflection and a helmet on which an owl sits. In addition to her a coat of arms with the letters a n, above her a banderole without text.

Susanna 1583 Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish. Susanna 398241

Asia, from the Four Continents. Artist: After Marcus Gheraerts the Elder (Flemish, Bruges ca. 1520-ca. 1590 London () (active England)). Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/16 x 5 5/8 in. (20.8 x 14.3 cm). Publisher: Published by Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). Date: ca. 1590-1600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Italy, Mary with Child, verso application sheet - stamped, Mary sitting with the Christ Child on her lap. Next to her is a vase of flowers., print, prints, height 113 mm, width 79 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1599, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching

Keizer Augustus en de Tiburtijnse Sibille, Antonio da Trento, After Parmigianino, 1528 - 1530 print The Tiburtine Sibille shows Emperor Augustus the appearance of an angel with Mary and the Christ child in the sky. Two male resources on the right. Italy paper the Tiburtine sibyl and Augustus: the sibyl reveals to the emperor a vision of the Madonna in heaven. Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child

Goltzius, Hendrick, Matham, Jacob, Haarlem, Saenredam, Jan, Parable of the weeds among the wheat, Christ as sower, verso lower left - stamped, Christ as sower. In the air a host of cherubim. One of the two prints of an unfinished series on the parable of the weeds among the wheat, Matt. 13:24-30., print, prent, prints, height 208 mm, width 146 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1565 - 1607-04-06, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1602, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01

Woman as a personification of hope (Fides) with eyes saved; Seven virtues.

Master of the E Series Tarocchi, Poesia (Poetry), c 1465 Poesia (Poetry)

Mary Magdalene, half dressed, as a penitent sinner, in desolate landscape, The Penitent Mary Magdalene, print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, publisher: Hendrick Goltzius, Haarlem, 1585 - 1588, paper, h 134 mm × w 111 mm

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham showing allegorical representation of Christianity with figures, symbols, and compositional elements.

Allegory on shipping. Draughtsman: Abraham van Strij (I). Dating: 1763 - 1826. Measurements: h 567 mm × w 335 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Vos, Maerten de, Antwerp, The seven virtues, Prvdentia, Prudence, recto center top - handwritten in brown ink, The female personification of Prudence (Prudentia), one of the four cardinal virtues. In her hands she carries her personal attributes: the mirror and the snake. On the left in the background possibly Daniel proving Susanna's innocence. On the right in the background Christ and the adulterous woman (John 8:1-11). In the margin a two-line caption in Latin. Fifth print from a series with virtues., print, prent, prints, verso - stamped, 25, height 157 mm, width 92 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1588, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Prophet Daniel; Daniel; Paintings in the Sixtin Chapel. The Prophet Daniel sitting with a writing tablet. In addition to the prophet two small figures. One of the prophets of Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Title in undermarge and numbered at the bottom right: 23.

Southern Netherlands, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Pecunia, Money, verso - stamped, A woman sits on a throne. Both her crown and her dress are decorated with coins decorated. She wears a chain of coins and the staff in her left hand is also crowned with a large coin. Next to the chair decorated with coins lie two more pouches and two bags with coins. Below the image are two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, height 151 mm, width 90 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, prentmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, vier kwart 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), 1530 - 1607-04-15, schrijver

Clean, from the cycle: virtues and disadvantages; Aldegrever, Heinrich (Ca 1502-1555 cars 1561); 1552 (1st edition) (1552-00-00-1561-00-00);

Etching by Nikolaus Hogenberg from 1525 depicting Saint Barbara, showing the female saint with attributes in a religious composition.

Hero a Leander, 1800 print Netherlands paper etching (story of) Hero and Leander

A female figure chained to her foot holding a scepter in her right hand as a personification of the married state. In the background left a couple drawing from a horn of plenty and on the left a figure holding a torch on a pedestal with a kneeling figure in front of it. Print from a series of 41 allusions. Over the print a grid in pencil, Personification of the married state Married state (title on object) Een-en-veertigh stuks, verscheydene Sinnebeelden (series title), print maker: Arnold Houbraken, Arnold Houbraken, publisher: Leonard Schenk, Amsterdam, 1710 - 1719, paper, etching, h 175 mm × w 89 mm

L'Asie. Artist: After Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699-1773 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 4 5/16 x 6 1/2 in. (11 x 16.5 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The female personification of Hope Spes, one of the three theological virtues, with an anchor Print from a series featuring theological virtues, Hope Theological virtues Virtutu Theologicaru , print maker: Crispijn van de Passe (I), Cologne, 1600, paper, engraving, d 98 mm

Mercurius and Minerva, Crispy of the Pass (I), 1589 - 1611 print Mercury and Minerva as loved ones. Mercury wears his winged helmet the petasus. He keeps the caduceus in his hand. He explains his love to Minerva. Minerva wears a plume hat and draws with a passer. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin, that refers to the birth of Minerva and her wisdom. Print from a series with gods and goddesses as loved ones. Cologne paper engraving (story of) Mercury (Hermes). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

. There is an emperor on his throne on a Piedolder, to the next one. His foot rest on a top hat; In his hand a staff on which a bird. Minerva offers him a chain. At the top left of a canvas the title in Latin. At the bottom of a cartouche an imprint in Latin.

Maius; Sandrart, Joachim von (1606-1688); XVII century (1601-00-00-1700-00-00);

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Profeet Jeremia, Nicolas Beatrizet, after Michelangelo, 1547 print The prophet Jeremiah sitting. Left and right of the prophet are small naked figures. print maker: Italyafter painting by: Vaticaanstadpublisher: Rome paper etching / engraving Jeremiah (not in biblical context); possible attributes: book or scroll, 'the seething pot'

Tardieu Alexandre Marie-Antoinette in a small temple of Trianon Degraces

Libyan Sibille, Frans Huys, 1546 - 1562 print The Libyan Sibille sitting with a book in her left hand and a sickle -shaped tool in her right hand. In the background a building with tower and column gallery in a landscape. The print is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. Antwerp paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

The Lady of Shalott. Illustration on p67 of a volume of Tennyson's poems published by Edward Moxon (London, 1857). Artist:William Holman Hunt. Engraver: Dalziel Brothers

Sibille van Delphi; S: Delphica; Twelve sibilles. Sibille van Delphi, half as half, with book in the right hand. With her left hand she points to an inscription in stone. Below you have a two-person text, one of which is a rule in Latin and the other in Dutch.

Three musician figures, Jan van Somer, 1655 - 1700 print A violin player, a lute player and a singer make music around a table together. paper more than one musician with instrument. vocal music, singing. printed edition of musical score

Caliope (Calliope). Dated: c. 1465. Dimensions: sheet: 17.2 x 10 cm (6 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi.

Spes (Hope). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master IB.

Cimmerische Sibille, Philips Galle, After Anthony Blocklandt, 1575 print The Cimmerian Sibille, an old woman, sits on a pedestal. She has a book. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Low CountriesAntwerppublisher: Antwerp paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

H. Maria Magdalena. .

Soberheid (sobriety), Cornelis Cort, after frans flower (1), 1560 print The personification of austerity is in front of a wall, her legs on a huge fish. In her hair she wears a diadem, in her hand she holds a big key. The key symbolizes good household. In the background pigeons flying to a pigeon silence. Antwerp paper engraving Severity; 'Severity' (Ripa)

Lala Virgo Vestalis.. Prints. 1683. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Sculpture, Pottery, Relief (Sculpture), Vestal virgins

Tuscany Grosseto Massa Marittima S. Agostino14. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Includes views of neighboring Cappella di S. Lucia (1348) Architecture, architectural sculpture (14th century, restored 1958), sculpture, stained glass, frescoes, painting, Object Notes: Bibliographic material included and housed in the Center Library German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Personified soul standing in a garden, Jan Luyken, 1678 - 1687 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing the soul. garden

Clair-obscur woodcut by Antonio da Trento representing Saint Cecilia, produced around 1525-1527.

Melpomene. Dated: c. 1465. Dimensions: sheet: 17.9 x 9.8 cm (7 1/16 x 3 7/8 in.). Medium: engraving with traces of gilding. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi.

Music (Musica); MVSICA; Seven liberal arts. Winged woman as music personification (Musica) plays on an organ

Estius, Franco, Goltzius, Hendrick, Haarlem, The nine muses, Polyhymnia, verso right - stamped, The muse Polyhymnia sitting with caduseus. With Latin text by Franco Estius in the margin below the print., print, prent, prints, height 250 mm, width 168 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, print maker, printmaker, 1592 - 1592, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, writer

Nacht, Louis Desplaces, After Jean Raon, After Nicolas Bertin, 1692 - 1739 print Paris paper engraving / etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. personification of the night, 'Nox'; 'Notte', 'Carro della notte', 'Serenití della notte' (Ripa)

Getroonde Minerva, Jean Charles François, After François Boucher, 1760 - 1769 print France paper (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

The Lovers (after the Housebook Master), c. 1490. Wenzel von Olmütz (Bohemian). Engraving; sheet: 16.9 x 11.3 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.); image: 16.7 x 10.9 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.).

DEEVERKOOPSTER, CA. 1695-1697, Cornelis Dusart, 1695 - 1704 print A dancing tea buyer, with a pot of tea in hand. This performance may relate to the Peace of Rijswijk in 1697. The print is part of a series of eight prints in response to the conquest of names by the Allies on 5 September 1695. paper festivities on events of national importance. tea (leaves)

Grammar, Georg Pencz, 1539 - 1543 print Sitting woman as a personification of grammar, she points out with her fingers letters on a tablet with an alphabet that is held by a putto. With her other hand she holds a big key. paper engraving 'Grammar' (~ trivium); 'Grammar' (Ripa). Key

Painting (Pictura), Bartolomeo Passarotti, After Pirro Ligorio, 1539 - 1592 print Painting (Pictura) as a winged woman. She paints a panel, while next to her a child holds the painting palette. Italy paper etching 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa)

Painting Gilles Demarteau French. Painting 351287

Late 15th-century copper engraving by Israhel van Meckenem depicting the fifth foolish virgin, with detailed figures, gestures, and narrative composition on paper.

Love next to a coat of arms, Bernard Picart, 1702 print The personificate of love, the divine virtue, shows a burning heart and leans on a coat of arms with cardinal hat. Next to her hair two children and the pelican, who feeds his boy with his own blood. Paris paper etching / engraving coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.). Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carití' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. symbols of Christ ~ animals

Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Utrecht, Crispijn van de (II), Sibyls, Sibylla Erythrea., Sibyl of Erythrae, verso lower left - stamped, The Sibyl of Erythrae is seated at a table, she holds a book in her left hand and with her right hand she strokes a lamb. She looks up to heaven where Christ appears with the cross. In the margin a caption in Latin. Print from a series with sibyls., print, prints, height 268 mm, width 197 mm, 1597 - 1670-01-06, print maker, printmaker, 1615 - 1615, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1564 - 1637, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Italy, Carracci, Agostino, S. Iustna, Saint Justina of Padua, verso - stamped, The martyr Justina of Padua with a palm branch in her hand and a sword in her chest., print, prints, height 122 mm, width 96 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1581 - 1581, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Erato with a winch, Pieter van den Berge, 1701 print The muse of poetry with a winch in her hand. With her other hand she points to a swan. There are monuments in the background. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Erato (one of the Muses); 'Erato' (Ripa)

Italy, Romano, Giulio, Caraglio, Giovanni Jacopo, Woman on rock in the waves, Fortuna, verso - stamped, Fortuna sits on a rock, surrounded by the ocean., print, prints, height 138 mm, width 136 mm, Italian, 1505 - 1565, print maker, 1515 - 1565, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1499 - 1546-01-11

Decorated Capital Letter C, Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752, Giovanni Passari, Italian, Engraving on paper, Letter C before the kneeling Pope St. Vincent; the anchor is shown at left, a lamb at right., Rome, Italy, ca. 1715, ephemera, Print, Print

Judith standing on a ledge holding the head of Holofernes in her left hand and a sword in her right. Artist: Anonymous; After () Guido Reni (Italian, Bologna 1575-1642 Bologna). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 11 7/16 × 8 1/16 in. (29 × 20.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

H. Catharina. .

Antique Lidded Urn with Hybrid Male Sphinxes and a Female Mask on the Body, from "Vases after the Antique" Enea Vico Italian 1543 or after Antique lidded urn with hybrid male sphinxes on either side of the body of the vessel, supporting the lid. Suspended between them is a richly filled garland of fruits and flowers. Above the garland a mask in the shape of a female head with a turban is depicted. From a series of vase designs after the Antique, first published by Enea Vico in 1543, and later included in a composite series with other designs by Agostino Veneziano by Antonio Lafreri dated circa 1573 based on its presence in Lafreris catalogue.

Wojciech Konstanty Breza from Goraja of the Own Coat of Arms (d. 1698) Poznań Voivode. Teresa Konstancja Opalińska Brzezina of the Łódź Coat of Arms (1645 After 1703) The Third Wife of Wojciech Breza. From: Świętosław Zygmunt Niwicki, Hebdomada Sancta Seu Christk Rex, Judex, Mediator, Pater, Benefactor, Redemptor, Sponus: ILL Ustrissi MO Alberto Constantino de Goray Breza, Janssonius van Waesberge Officina, 1692 Scott, Carl (16 .. ), Janssons von Waesberge

Two Sibyls with the Signs of Libra and Scorpio. Marcantonio Raimondi (Italy, near Bologna, circa 1470/1482-1527/1534). Italy, 1517-1520. Prints; engravings. Engraving

Vipsania Agrippina .

The Lovers. Dated: c. 1490. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Wenzel von Olmutz after Master of the Housebook.

Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John, 1647. Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713). Etching;

Nature; Natura; Prosopographia, Sive Virtutum, Animi, Corporis, Bonorum Externorum, Vitiorum, ET Affectuum Variorum Deineatio. A woman with six breasts. Her lower life is a base with animal heads. The bird, torch, fruits and urn with water refer to the four elements: air, fire, earth and water. Under the show two lines text in Latin. The print is part of an album.

Diva Augusta Livia ex aere, Collectanea antiquitatum romanarum quas centum tabulis aeneis incisas et a Rodulphino Venuti, Sorelló, Miguel de, ca. 1700-1765, Venuti, Ridolfino, 1705-1763, 1736

Madonna Lactans, from Enchiridon poeticum 1515 Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German. Madonna Lactans, from Enchiridon poeticum 416207

Winged woman, maybe the goddess of Abundance, holding a big cornucopia with fruit and leaves hanging, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Francesco Cepparoli from a drawing by Vanni, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume IV, plate 18, 1757-1787, Naples.

Mary Magdalene sits as richly dressed woman near a table filled with luxury items such as jewelry, perfume bottle, mirror. With tear-stained face and gaze raised to the sky, she removes her pearl necklace and pushes off her wealth with a gesture of the arm. Below the image is a quote about vanity (mirror) from the Bible: Ecclesiastes 1, Mary Magdalene discards her wealth S. Mary Magdalene (title on object) V, print maker: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, (mentioned on object), Peter Paul Rubens, publisher: Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, (mentioned on object), 1596 - 1659, paper, engraving, h 133 mm × w 93 mm

Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio, Mercury, probably 1592 Mercury

Copper engraving around 1542 illustrating Poems as an allegorical figure, featuring a seated figure with writing instruments and scrolls.

Young priestess, or Cernophora, holding a silver plate, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Filippo Morghen from a drawing by Paderni, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume I, plate 19, 1757-1787, Naples.

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