Allegorical and Narrative Art

Etchings and prints featuring allegorical figures and dramatic narratives, reflecting themes of morality, humanity, and divine presence.

Cain kills Abel, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1790 print Cain is about to kill Abel with the big bat he holds in his hand. Two sacrificial altars can be seen in the background. On the left the corn sacrifice of Cain and on the right the sacrificed Lam van Abel. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

Three soldiers, an old man and a woman with child, Johann Georg Wille, After Charles Parrcel, 1753 print Numbered at the top right: 7. Paris paper etching the soldier; the soldier's life. index finger forwards, pointing, indicating. carrying a child on the hip, astride. old man

Shepherd. 1775 - 1800. Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Cain kills Abel, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1790 print Cain is about to kill Abel with the big bat he holds in his hand. Two sacrificial altars can be seen in the background. On the left the corn sacrifice of Cain and on the right the sacrificed Lam van Abel. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

Ceres appears to the farmers, Jacob Folkema, After Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1703 - 1767 print Ceres, goddess of agriculture, appears in the countryside where she hands over a farmer and farmer's wife. She is accompanied by an allegorical figure with a corn sheaf in his arms. Behind this pair, the cars of Ceres drifted through dragons floats in the air. On the same plate there is a decorated initial O with the image of a figure on the left under this performance at four beehives. This illustration is made by a story from Vergilius' Bucolica. paper etching (story of) Ceres (Demeter)

Etching by Pasquale Ottini created between 1590 and 1630 depicting the grave of Christ, showing religious figures and a devotional scene in a biblical context.

Frontispiece from "La Vie des Peintres" 1753-64 Jacques Philippe Le Bas. Frontispiece from "La Vie des Peintres". Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, Paris 1707-1783 Paris). 1753-64. Etching and engraving. Prints

Rosine protects Candor against the Sun, Yves Marie Le Gouaz, After Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen, 1768 - 1816 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving sunlight. shadow. ornament ~ medallion

Kain in Abel, Sophie Sibire, After Rafaël, 1808 print paper etching / engraving the labours of Adam and Eve; infancy of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-2)

Diana and pan; Paintings in Palazzo Farnese in Rome; Galeria Nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma. Pan gives the goddess Diana, which floats through the sky, snow-white wool and wins so her love. In addition to pan, a goat is the symbol of the lust.

Summer; L'Ete; The four seasons. Heard activities during the summer. On the right sitting a man and a woman on a couch in the shade. Right a dog drinks a fountain. Left Cut four women with sickles grain.

Rinaldo in Armida, Bernard Picart, 1724 print paper engraving / etching Rinaldo. Armida

Sprokkelaars, Jan van de Kerkhove, 1832 - 1881 print paper etching woodgathering, woodgatherer

Mountain landscape with two men who have a conversation, Reinier Vinkeles (I), after Jacques Kuyper, 1807 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving conversation, dialogue; conversation piece. landscapes (+ landscape with figures, staffage). (high) hill

Drawing, Achilles Taught by Centaur Chiron How to Play Lyre; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on light blue paper; 24.5 x 29.5 cm (9 5/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

God separates the light of darkness, Nicolas Chaperon, After Rafaël, 1649 print print maker: Franceafter painting by: Vaticaanstadpublisher: Paris paper etching God the Creator. division of light and darkness

Arrival of the Batavians in the Netherlands, approx. 55-10 v.c .. Arrival of the Batava in the Netherlands.

Le Joueur de Chalumeau 1770 Jean-Baptiste Le Prince French. Le Joueur de Chalumeau 399410

Woman with two men with butterfly wings, Joseph de Longueil, After Louis Lebarbier (I), 1787 print France paper etching / engraving standing figure - AA - female human figure

Landscape with a few in hug under a tree, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1751 - 1816 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'. trees. landscapes

Offer from Cain and Abel, Heinrich Vianden, 1844 print Belgium (possibly) paper etching Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. the sacrifice of Cain and Abel: Abel offers a lamb, Cain usually a sheaf of corn. predatory birds: eagle

Ticket to Wynnstay Theatre, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Henry William Bunbury, 1750-1811, British, 1803, Etching and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 3/8in. (21.6 x 16.2cm), Plate: 8 1/8 x 6 inches (20.6 x 15.2 cm), and Image: 6 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches (16.2 x 12.1 cm)

The clash of the people and the Parisian women led by Maillard and the Queen Audus, with the bodyguards of the house of the king, on October 5th and 6th, 1789, in Versailles. Event of the French Revolution. (Factitious title)

Telemachus tells Calypso his adventures, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, After Charles Monnet, 1785 print Telemachus, Mentor and Calypso are sitting at a table. Her nymphs are around Calypso. The whole is framed by a decorative frame with olive branches and a bow at the bottom. Numbered at the top right: No. Ii. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving (FENELON, Telemachus) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). Telemachus and Calypso. ornament ~ festoon, garland

Stellina in Edouard, Barthélémy Joseph Fulcran Roger, after Pierre Prud'hon, c. 1799 print UIT scene "The Indian tribe" van Lucien Bonaparte. paper. etching / engraving literary characters and objects. cave, grotto

Son says goodbye to his father, Nicolas Cochin (attributed to), 1620 - 1686 print paper etching / drypoint / engraving leave-taking and departure of the prodigal son

Moses and the burning bush, Nicolas Chaperon, After Rafaël, 1649 print print maker: Franceafter painting by: Vaticaanstadpublisher: Paris paper etching Moses, kneeling before the bush and hiding his face, listens to God

Portrait of Jan Wagenaar with Allegorical Figures, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1788 - 1790 print History writes surrounded by the truth, freedom and minerva. Behind them a column with the portrait of the writer Jan Wagenaar. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving 'History'; 'History' (ripe). Truth; 'Veritã ' (ripe). Freedom, Liberty; 'libertà' (rippa)

Hagar and Ismaël in the wilderness. An angel points his way to a source. In the background her son is to sleep Ismaël on the floor.

The child Jupiter is fed by the goat Amalthea. In a landscape, a Sater holds the goat Amalthea to one of her horns. The child Jupiter drinks milk from one of the udders. A second Sater plays a flute.

Bliżej Kultury Ferdinand Schenk Verlag für Kunst und Kunstfäwer, Vienna, Heinz, Joseph (1564 1609)

Hero finds the Drowned Leander, Unknown, After Pierre Jean Baptiste Isidore Choquet, 1784 - 1824 print Numbered at the top right 10. France paper etching Hero mourning the dead Leander on the sea-shore

Man and wife step into a company in a boat with a hood, Piet Verhaert (attributed to), after Joseph Lies, 1862 - 1908 print paper. etching boat propelled by man or animal. couple of lovers. recreation, amusement

Copper engraving and etching by de Lorraine from 1764 depicting Venus with Amor, holding an apple, positioned on water, combining mythological subject matter with detailed composition.

Kidnapping of Helena, Anonymous, Jean Lepautre, 1628 - 1682 print paper etching the abduction of Helen and some of her companions: Paris carries them off by sea, and takes a part of the palace-treasure with him

This etching by Salomon Gessner, created around 1811, depicts a champêtre concert scene, showing musicians in a pastoral landscape with early 19th-century etching style.

Bacchus in zijn wagen.Half-naked men and women let wine and blood flow while a few worship to Bacchus in his car, continued by two horses.

Woman visits an artist, in or after 1804 - 1900 print A woman is sitting behind a table for making prints. In the middle of the room a man holds a print up. In the background, someone is busy providing a print or painting with a grid. paper etching engraver, etcher. workshop, studio of the artist (in general). graphic artist

Astronomy, Jacques -Antoine Friquet de Vauroze, After Sébastien Bourdon, 1663 - 1738 print Hadrianus is shocked by a lightning bolt on an altar with a priest and OS. print maker: Franceafter design by: Parispublisher: FranceFrance paper engraving / etching historical persons. lightning, flash of lightning, thunderbolt. 'Astronomia' (~ quadrivium); 'Astronomia' (Ripa)

Photo production of a drawing of a shepherd and a woman in a landscape, Anonymous, After Wilhelm von Kaulbach, c. 1875 - c. 1910 cabinet photograph Rotterdam cardboard. photographic support albumen print herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Mentor offers peace to the besiegers of Salento, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, After Charles Monnet, 1785 print Mentor, standing in front of a city wall with an olive branch in his hand, offers peace to the besiegers of Salento on the left. The whole is framed by a decorative frame with olive branches and a bow at the bottom. Numbered at the top right: No. III. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Parispublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving (FENELON, Telemachus) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). (story of) Telemachus. negotiations, conference ~ diplomacy. ornament ~ festoon, garland

Seated magician, boy and four figures from the Scherzi di Fantasia ca. 1743-50 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian. Seated magician, boy and four figures from the Scherzi di Fantasia 384185

Jozef explains the dreams of Pharaoh, Anne Claude Philippe Caylus, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1702 - c. 1753 print France paper etching Genesis: the story of Joseph. Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dreams

The Duke of Bordeaux

Allegory on the illegal reprint of books, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1781 print paper etching publishing, publisher. printing, printing office. harpy (fabulous bird); 'Arpie' (Ripa). flying mammals: bat. Justitia (justice) as Roman personification. stripping, undressing someone else. Injustice; 'Ingiustitia' (Ripa). index finger forwards, pointing, indicating

Mars in Venus, Anonymous, After Giulio Romano, 1550 - 1570 print View in a bedroom with Mars and Venus Inig Kissing on a four -poster bed. The little Amor sleeps in bed. Through a window on the right, Apollo can be seen on its solar car and a sleeping figure with bird legs and bird stares (the dawn). Italy paper engraving Mars and Venus making love, Apollo (Sol) appearing

Four floating putti with garlands, Jan Wandelaar, 1747 print North Netherlands paper etching / engraving ornament ~ festoon, garland

Etching and engraving depicting the mythological scene of Pan and Pomona, showing figures, gestures, and landscape elements. Produced between 1680 and 1690, emphasizing classical narrative and composition.

Herders Brengen Apollo Gifts, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1798 print Different figures are etched in the margin in a sketchy way. Berlin paper etching (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). attributes of Apollo: lyre. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. bringing gifts; exchanging gifts

Eerste Kus van Julie in Saint-Preux, Jacques Louis Copia, after Pierre Prud'hon, 1808 print Paris paper etching / engraving (lovers) kissing each other. literary characters and objects

Franziska Maria of France.

Copper engraving by Egbert van Panderen depicting Saint Sebastian, created between 1595 and 1637.

Scène Uit Tasso's Libhaice ', Giovanni Cattini (Hazipything, 1735 - 1800 print A scene from Tasso's 'La Gerusalemme Liberata'. A female figure with a helmet and a figure with a turban standing by a horse. They find two dead bodies in a landscape. Text and coat of arms in STUDMARGE. Italy paper etching / engraving horse. head-gear: turban. the corpse

Antoine Jean Duclos after Jean Michel Moreau, Elle s'élance après lui, 1777 Elle s'élance après lui

Klytia is turned into a sunflower, Louis Surugue, After Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1720 print paper engraving / etching Clytie changed into a sunflower: on account of Apollo's contempt the Oceanid Clytie changes into a sunflower (heliotrope) (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 268). flowers: sunflower

Artist: Hippolyte Rousselle, French, active 1878, LHermite, Etching and engraving, image: 13.2 × 8.7 cm (5 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.), Made in France, French, 19th century, Works on Paper - Prints

Judgment of Paris, Pierre Brebiette, 1608 - 1650 print paper etching the Judgement of Paris (without Mercury)

Pookszie, Georg Leoold Hertel, After Franis Bakes, 1750 - 1778 print Allegory of poetry. A putto with a Lier Lauwert A writing putto next to him, around them are a book, two pigeons and a trumpet. Publishing number 190. paper etching / engraving symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Couple sitting on a couch in a park with sheep and swans, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1751 - 1816 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving park. water-birds: swan. sheep. couple of lovers

Copper engraving and etching by André Laurent between 1728 and 1747, depicting a pastoral figure in a gallant or complacent setting.

Perseus and the sea monster, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1907 print Perseus floats hanging on the winged horse Pegasus through the air. He keeps the severed head of Medusa above the sea monster to which Andromeda has been sacrificed. Left in the foreground a flying seagull. With this second state of the print, a hilly landscape with a castle and two settlements has been added to the print. paper engraving (story of) Perseus. Pegasus, the winged horse

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, Untitled: Rasselas. Engraving.

Etcher: Gustave-Marie Greux, French, 1838-1919, Le Faiseurd’Oreilles, Etching, platemark: 13.2 × 8.2 cm (5 3/16 × 3 1/4in.), French, 19thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Acis and Galathea March 1, 1787 Francesco Bartolozzi Italian. Acis and Galathea. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727-1785 Hammersmith (active London)). March 1, 1787. Etching and engraving, printed in color; third state of three. Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728-1815 Lisbon). Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728-1815 Lisbon). Prints

Venus and Adonis, Pieter van den Berge, After Gerard de Lairese, 1694 - 1737 print Adonis wants to hunt, but Venus is afraid that something would happen to her loved one and tries to stop him. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Adonis hunting

Daphnis and Chloë make a sacrifice to Pan, Jean Godefroy, After François Gérard, 1800 print Paris paper etching / engraving Daphnis (in Greek mythology a shepherd who invented pastoral poetry. Chloe. (story of) Pan

Batseba takes a bath, c. 1711 - c. 1720 print Batseba takes a bath in the palace garden of King David. Two maids help her. One reaches her a towel, the other hangs a cloth on the washing line. From his balcony, David looks at the scene. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving David, from the roof (or balcony) of his palace, sees Bathsheba bathing

Orpheus, by his voice and lyre, attracts the attention of the animals, rocks and trees. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by Charles Eisen from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.

Jean IV Duc de Bretagne

View of Rocca di Mezzo, Ludwig Richter, 1831 print paper etching landscapes Lazio

Bound Print, Plate 10, Le Tambour de Basque (The Tambourine), Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys); Designed by Christophe Huet (French, 1700-1759); Etched by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard (French, 1719-ca. 1755); Published by Charpentier; France; etching on paper; 25.9 × 31.8 cm (10 3/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Print, Jacob's Vision; Print Maker: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); After Lodovico Carracci (Italian, 1555 - 1619); Italy; line engraving in brown ink on white paper; 30.5 × 25.5 cm (12 in. × 10 1/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-304

Sculpture, Georg Leopold Hertel, After François Boucher, 1750 - 1778 print Allegory of sculpture. Two putti with attributes associated with sculpture, such as design drawings, a small model and parts of sculptures. Publishing number 190. paper etching / engraving cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. 'Sculptura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ sculpture; 'Scoltura' (Ripa)

Engraving after "Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus" by Anton Raphael Mengs. Tommaso Cuccioni (Italian, 1790 - 1864)

Companion on a forest path attacked by dogs. Riders and two figures on foot are attacked on a forest path by dogs. On the path two children whose an uncorrupted.

Eguinaire Baron

Roof of the daughters of Leucippus, Johann Leonhard Raab, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1835 - 1899 print München paper. etching (story of) the Dioscuri: Castor (the horse-tamer) and Pollux (the boxer). Leucippus' daughters, the Leucippides, are abducted by the Dioscuri

Andrea Scacciati after Agostino Carracci, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c 1766 Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Musicing couple, Bernard Picart, 1724 print With four -line fresh in French. On the right is Cupido. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving one person playing wind instrument. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). printed edition of musical score - CC - out of doors

Landscape with shepherds, Johann Sadeler (I), After Antonio Tempesta, 1580 - 1600 print A wooded landscape with two shepherds and a herd of goats in the foreground. One of the shepherds sleeps. The other plays bagpipes. The print is part of a five -part press series with Italian landscapes. Italy paper engraving forest, wood. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. goat. bagpipe, musette - CC - out of doors. sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors

Etching by Pietro Monaco from 1759-1810 shows Israelite women grazing sheep in a rural landscape, highlighting figures, livestock, and period clothing.

The Sculptors 1853 Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron. The Sculptors. Les Artistes Anciens et Modernes. Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron (French, Besançon 1816-1885 Geneva). 1853. Lithograph. Prints

Erminia provides Tancredi on the battlefield, Jacques Beauvarlet, After Louis Jean François Lagrenée (I), 1741 - 1797 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Tancred. Erminia. medical aid and nursing of the sick and wounded on the battlefield

Etching by J. P. Simon, early 19th century, depicting 'Faithfulness', showing figures, gesture, and narrative composition in detailed artwork.

Artist: Francesco Novelli, Italian, 1764-1836, After: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), Dutch, 1606-1669, Flight intoEgypt, Etching, platemark: 8.8 × 6.1 cm (3 7/16 × 2 3/8in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Etching and copper engraving by Jean Daullé titled 'The Charms of Spring', created between 1755 and 1763, depicting figures and natural scenery.

Allegory on the coronation of Lodewijk XVI on June 11, 1775, Louis Joseph Masquelier, After Charles Monnet, 1751 - 1811 print paper etching historical persons. king. coronation of a ruler

Competition between fortune and love, in the form of amor. Love shows Semnon the beautiful woman serine, whom Semnon is falling in love.

Jupiter a Europe, 1749 print Text in Italian in the lower margin. Numbered: 24. Print is part of an album. paper engraving Europa and her maidens play with the bull, and/or adorn it with flowers

Murder of Floris I, 1061, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1783 - 1795 print Graaf Floris I is murdered under a tree on 28 June 1061 in Nederhemert. Amsterdam paper etching violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death. attempt, political murder Nederhemert

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard's copper engraving and etching from 1755-1813 depicts figures in interaction, showing gestures and compositional detail.

Photo production of Loreley, Anonymous, After Sohn, 1870 - 1890 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print painting, drawing and the graphic arts

Rinaldo (1re planche) , Fictitious characters, Knights, Renaud de Montauban Legendary character, Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Rinaldo. Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints

Allegory on marriage (in box with 43 drawings). .

Jean Honoré Fragonard after Giovanni Lanfranco, Saint Luke, 1763 1764 Saint Luke

Six Turks on horseback, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1764 print paper etching riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. Asiatic races and peoples: Turks

Slow, Louis Félix de la Rue (Le Jeune), After François Boucher, 1741 - 1765 print Personification of spring with three amors with flowers. publisher: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching Spring, 'Ver'; 'Spring' (Ripa). Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

The meeting of the two Ferdinands in Nördlingen; Entry of Ferdinand in Antwerp in 1635 (no. 9), Theodoor van Thulden, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1639 - 1641 print The meeting of the two Ferdinands at Nördlingen for the battle on September 6, 1634. Bottom left the river god of the Danube at the Virgin of Germany. The judge on the welcome stage. Marked at the top right: p. 17. With caption of 2 times 3 lines in Latin. Page no. 9 In a whole of 43 plates that illustrate the publication of the description of the entry of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand of Austria in Antwerp on April 17, 1635 as the new governor for the Spanish Netherlands. Southern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Triummphal Entry and Public Reception, pageant, 'solemn entrance', 'Joyeuse entrance' Antwerp. Northern

The deyness of Algiers. (IT)

Moses is laid in the Biezen Mandje, Jacob Felsing, after Christian Köhler, 1839 - 1873 print print maker: Darmstadtafter painting by: Düsseldorfpublisher: Londonpublisher: Londonpublisher: Düsseldorfpublisher: New York (city) paper. etching / engraving .

Five children at a large standing tombstone, Hendrik Valkenburg, 1836 - 1896 drawing paper. pencil grave, tomb. the first years ~ the ages of man

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