Allegorical Art from the Baroque Era

Intricate allegorical prints depicting various themes related to love, art, and history, with ornate details and dramatic compositions.

Allegorical title page with Peace Pax, Abundance Abundantia and Urbanity carrying the Painting to the personification of Rome Ignorance Ignorantia, Envy Invidia and Superstition Idolatria try to stop them In the foreground on the right Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pulling texts from the hands of Father Time In the sky on a cloud Eternity holding a laurel wreath In the background a view of Rome In the margin a nine-line caption in French, Triumph of painting Le triomphe de la peinture Title page for: Pliny, Histoire de la peinture ancienne , 1725, print maker: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1725, paper, etching, engraving, h 260 mm × w 174 mm

Landscape with an old woman at a monument. An old woman in a landscape is sitting at a monument on which a love couple, which lies naked in the forest, is depicted with two children, and above a sundial. In the foreground three men are at work, around them is tools spread. In the background a field with dead bodies. Numbered in the middle of: V.

Allegorical title page with Peace Pax, Abundance Abundantia and Urbanity carrying the Painting to the personification of Rome Ignorance Ignorantia, Envy Invidia and Superstition Idolatria try to stop them In the foreground on the right Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, pulling texts from the hands of Father Time In the sky on a cloud Eternity holding a laurel wreath In the background a view of Rome In the margin a nine-line caption in French, Triumph of painting Le triomphe de la peinture Title page for: Pliny, Histoire de la peinture ancienne , 1725, print maker: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1725, paper, etching, engraving, h 260 mm × w 174 mm

Allegorical Presentation on the occasion of the silver marriage of Willem Philip Kops and Johanna de Vos, Jan Punt, 1745 print Allegorical representation made on the occasion of the silver marriage of Willem Philip Kops and Johanna de Vos, on September 22, 1745. The love couple, surrounded by allegorical figures, is in front of a temple. Two women hold the coats of arms with the initials of the spouses. Gholatics is at the altar, with her hands folded in prayer. Steadfastness holds her column, it is marked: XXV. Left in the foreground a river god with putti and on the right a putto with the attributes of Mercury at a spinning wheel. Faam flies in the air, she blows on the trumpet. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Couple of Lovers. Love Towards God; 'Love to God' (Ripa). Constant, tenacity; 'Costanza', 'Tianacity' (Ripa). Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). Attributes of Mercury. River-Gods. spinning-wheel

Allegory on the uplifting of Willem IV, Prince of Oranje-Nassau, to the Erfstadholder, 1747; Title page for: Pieter Le Clercq, histories of the United Netherlands, since (...) 1714 to the death of (...) the Lord Princise of Orange and Nassau (...) in (...) 1751 (. ..), 1753.Allegory on the uplifting of Willem IV TO Erfstadholder, 1747. He is on a throne and receives The Dutch Virgin The State Administration. In The Clouds The Peace and Fame Blows on a Bazard with the Banquet Belgium Belgii. In The Foreground Putti Who Refer to the 1620 Wind Trade. In the Background Minerva and Mercury Mourn at the Tomb of the Prince Deceased in 1751. Dutch Text Rules Eight in the undermarge.

Allegorical representation of the (sea) trade; Collection of historical and allegorical prints. 11 pieces. At an increase is a lady () With a helmet in the shape of a ship on the head, a caduceus in hand. In addition to her, a man with a banner on which a church appears. Figures are on her feet that depict the fishing, agriculture and viticulture.

Allegorical show with the Amsterdam city virgin, Reinier Vinkeles (I), after Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1767 print The Amsterdam -crowned Stedensmaag is on a throne surrounded by allegorical figures. Next to her is a female figure with the all -seeing eye on a staff, behind the throne is caution with mirror and snake. Left in the foreground history with a writing spring and a book in her hands. In the background the town hall on Dam Square and statues of two river gods, the Amstel and the IJ. paper etching / engraving personification of a city, town-patron(ess). 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues Town hall. Amstel (river). Ij. Amsterdam

The Lament of the Art of Painting 1579 Cornelis Cort Netherlandish This most ambitious allegory of the art of painting is also a highly personal work: it is generally accepted that the print was prompted by the criticism the Italian painter Federico Zuccaro endured after he finished the decoration of the dome of the Florence Cathedral in 1574. In the upper half of the composition, which had to be printed from two separate plates because of its size, Jupiter is seen in the skies presiding over the assembly of the gods. Before him the three Graces and Amor lead the weeping personification of Painting and the nine Muses. Minerva draws Jupiter's attention to a picture explaining the nature of Painting's complaint: assaulted by Calumny and at the mercy of the vacillating Fortune, the Virtues, which inspire the true artist, are in danger. Jupiter's protection of the threatened arts can be inferred from the section of the painting on which Zuccaro, seen at lower left, is working in his studio

City Virgin of Haarlem, Jacob Folkema (Possible), 1702 - 1767 print The Stedsmijd van Haarlem is under the Wapen van Haarlem with a staff with Banderol in her hands. The Banderol says: Salus Publica, General Welfare. She lets her hand rest on a pedestal with the words: deo et patriae. For the Putti Throne with papers and books, passer and ruler and a globe. Allegorical performance in which the city of Haarlem is presented as a promoter of science and the arts. paper engraving / etching personification of a city, town-patron(ess). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ science, 'Scientia'; 'Scienza', 'Studio' (Ripa). sailing-ship, sailing-boat Haarlem

Avaux, Jean Jaques of Mesmes Comte of Vicomte of Neufchatel.

History gives painting a writing spring to record the histories of the Dutch princes, Bernard Picart, 1732 print Allegorical representation in which history gives painting a writing spring in hand to draw up the histories of the Dutch princes. She points to a carpet on which the Dutch Virgin, accompanied by freedom, faith, Thetis, Mars and Mercury and along the edges of medallions in which the portraits of Dutch princes. Left in the background a battle. With a six -line caption in French. paper engraving / etching 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.

Maria Stuart handsed Willem III to command. Maria Stuart hands in William III to a command. They stand for a fireplace with the weapon and arms spell from the oranges. In the foreground are mythological figures to the right and left.

Allegory on the installation of Willem V as Erfstadhouder, 1766, Noah van der Meer (II), 1766 print Allegory on the installation of Prince William V as inheritance holder at the age of eighteen on March 8, 1766. Centrally the prince sitting on his throne, on the right Hercules beats the serpents and on the left are the gathered seven virtues. Above the throne, the fame flies and father reveals time seven cherubins with a large laurel wreath, on the right the abundance donates. In the foreground the Netherlands Lion. In the caption in 4 lines the assignment to the stadholder. Leiden paper etching / engraving 'Sapientia' and the Seven Virtues, i.e. the Three Theological and the Four Cardinal Virtues. (story of) Hercules (Heracles). Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Abundantia (abundance) as Roman personification. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Allegory of the Marriage of Dauphin and Princess Marie-Josèphe de Saxony, celebrated in Paris on February 13, 1747 (TF)

Gloves on foot of three tritons; Vases and gift jugs. Can with three tritons like foot. On the body of the can, Neptune is in his chariot.

Achilles taught by Chiron; History of Achilles. Achilles is sitting on the back of the Centaur Chiron. In the background dogs under a tree that a winch hangs on. In the foreground a Caryatide and Atalant and shot wild.

Truth describes the lives and deeds of Dutch painters, Pieter Tanjé, After Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1750 print The truth, a woman with a sun above her head, describes the lives and deeds of Dutch painters and tramples the envy and the laziness. Minerva, the god of wisdom, assists her. Faam blows the praise. The stone relief shows a painter who is attacked by father Time and the sleeping laziness. In addition, Venus as the beauty and geometry to encourage him to make good art. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). Father Time, man with wings and scythe

Job is scolded by his wife, Cornelis Galle (II), After Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1646 print Job sits on the ground, his body is covered with ulcers and his house has burned down. His wife stands next to him and shells him out. His friends turn away from him. The sun breaks through the dark clouds in the sky. Under a catacombe with the title of the book and two putti that hold emblems. Antwerp paper engraving Job on the dunghill visited by his wife. Job covered with sores (or boils) takes his abode on a dunghill (pile of ashes) and scrapes his body with a potsherd

The Founding ofRome. Engraver: Domenico Maria Bonaveri, Italian, 1653-1731 After: Annibale Carracci, Italian, 1560-1609

Allegorical figures around Portrait of Julius Caesar; Title page for: Julius Caesar and Francois Oudenerg, the Bellis Gallico et Civili Pompejano (...) commentari, 1737. In the middle a portrait medallion of Julius Caesar on a pedestal. On the left is a raised angel with laurel wreath and palm branch in hand and a shield and helmet at her feet. Behind it stands a woman who scatters coins and a crowned woman with a pyramid and a crown in her hand. On the right is an angel with flame on the head and architectural drawings. There are a signed putto and a half-naked woman with her foot on a wheel. The woman holds a chain with buoys with the seated angel. Above the group is fama with two trumpets on clouds.

Landscape with shepherds and shepherds, Bernard Picart, 1718 print Allegorical representation with shepherds and shepherds in a landscape. They make music, dance, get married, and edit the country. Left in the background pegasus. In the background, women grieving around a burial monument. In the air two putti with a Bijenkorf (a symbol of eloquence) and two putti with a banderol on which the title in Dutch. In the margin the impression in Dutch. print maker: Amsterdamafter drawing by: Amsterdampublisher: Rotterdam paper etching / engraving making music; musician with instrument. dancing. Pegasus, the winged horse. honey-comb. grave, tomb

GOOTE SCHESKSKCAN, Jean Lepautre, c. 1650 - c. 1664 print Can on which a bacchanal is depicted, in richly decorated list. Page 6 from series of 6. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Allegorical Presentation on Geography, Jan van Vianen, 1704 print A sitting figure with different measuring instruments at a globe is surrounded by two allegorical figures with a painting palette and a winch and an angel with a book. In the foreground, personed rivers or seas and fame in the air, bluntly on a trumpet, with nine portets in medallions. publisher: Amsterdampublisher: Utrecht paper etching / engraving globe. Measuring-InstruCUns. Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). River Personified, 'rivers' (Ripa)

Hercules kills the snakes; Life of Hercules. The young Hercules sits on his cradle, and strangers the snakes sent by Juno on him. Law watch Alcmene and Amphytrion surprised from their bed.

. Landscape with an angel, blowing on a bazuin to which a banner with the title in Latin. In her hand the writer's portrait: Pieter Burman. In the foreground Minerva, as patrones of the arts, who points to the portrait. She is accompanied by a putto that offers poetry's personification a burning heart. She points to four putti playing with a basket full of flowers. In the margin the imprint in Latin.

Allegorical title page with different scenes from the metamorphoses of Ovidius and his portrait, Bernard Picart, 1731 print Allegorical performance with different scenes and metamorphoses from the book of Ovidius. Among other things, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus in the foreground, Narcissus who falls in love with his own mirror image and Leda seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. In the middle Vertumnus as an old woman and pomona, Apollo and Daphne, Pan and Syrinx. In the background Pluto and Proserpina, Perseus and the Monster, the fall of Icarus. In the sky on a cloud of Venus in her car, pulled through a swan. With a top in Latin and in a medallion under a garland the portrait of the writer Publius Ovidius Naso. Under the show an empty cartouche. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving title-page. metamorphoses ~ classical mythology. story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds

. Silvio accidentally fires an arrow on the Nymph Dorinda at hunting. He hits her with the arrow in her side. Print from a series of 12 prints that illustrate the play IL Pastor Fido, 8th scene from the 4th deed.

Law of War and Peace (title page for Grotius). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: ROMEYN DE HOOGHE.

Allegory on the heavenly Jerusalem; Title page For: the main truths of the natural lies of God's service, in ten discourses, Leiden 1758.Allegory on the Heavenly Jerusalem in Cartouche. Female Personification With Incense Vessel Sitting at Image Of The Great City of God, Hero by Small Angels. On Background Silhouette or Jerusalem City. Frame With Animals Such As a Lion, Snake, Squirrel And Birds Sitting On Ornaments Derived From Plant Forms

Schenkkan with two naked men, Anonymous, After Jean Lepautre, 1628 - 1732 print On the right a child holds a dragon. From series of 6 magazines. print maker: Netherlands (possibly)after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam paper etching

Frontispiece Design for Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw, draughtsman: Pieter Jansz., draughtsman: Jacob van Meurs, (rejected attribution), c. 1651, paper, pen, brush, h 290 mm × w 169 mm

History receives inspiration from Love and Mercury, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1714 print History at a writing table. She looks up at Venus and Amor, as a personification of love. Mercury brings her an envelope. In the background a knight with a lady on horseback who drives a carriage. A burning church in the distance. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the poet and his muse. 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). (story of) Mercury (Hermes). Love personified (+ variant). knight. burning as process

Allegorische voorstelling met Minerva in een landschap.Minerva is in a landscape at a monument on which the portrait of the poet John Milton. Three putti plays on her feet with his books, and a fourth with a passer. Minerva looks at an allegorical figure that shows her a sheet of paper. On the sheet a representation of Adam and Eva who were taken by the angel from paradise, and the title of the book in Dutch. In the air fame, blowing on her trumpet, in the direction of the monument.

Collection of people and animals with the letter A, Jan Goeree, 1722 print In the foreground on the left, some putti try to keep an eel in the hands. A monkey sees their unsuccessful attempt. In the middle a monument with the portrait of Hagar. Next to the Monument The Hebrew High Priest Aaron. A viper under the monument. On the right in the foreground, a putto stumbles over the stones of offense. In the background the Egyptian Apis bull (left) and an earthquake (right). print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Dordrecht paper engraving Hagar (not in biblical context). Aaron (not in biblical context); possible attributes: attributes of Aaron: censer, dressed as high priest or bishop, ointment jar, rod or flowering wand. eels: eel. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. snakes: viper. representations ~ Egyptian gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (with NAME). earthquake

This etching and copper engraving depicts an allegory celebrating the birth of Archduke Leopold Johann in 1716, showing symbolic figures, emblems, and ceremonial motifs.

Hercules between Virtue and Vice, Nicolas Mignard, After Annibale Carracci, 1637 print print maker: Avignonafter drawing by: Romeafter design by: Romeafter painting by: Romepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching Hercules at the cross-roads, 'Herkules am Scheidewege': the choice of Hercules

Personification of the arts at its writing table. The personification of the arts is at a writing table and can be crowned by a bazing-blowing putto with the eternity symbol: a snake that bites its own tail. A rooster walks at her foot. For the writing table there is a woman with spear and two wings on her head. On a banderole above the performance the text: L. SMITTHII MESSIS AUREA, ETAGHIA.

Triumphocht van Constantijn (Middendeel), Gérard Audran, After Charles Le Brun, 1666 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving the Roman emperor Constantine the Great; possible attributes: crown, sceptre, standard (labarum) with chi-rho monogram or cross - apotheosis, glory, triumph of male saint. armorial bearing, heraldry

Apollo en de Muzen.Apollo in a glow of sun rays with the muses in the foreground. Links in the background Mercury on a cloud.

. A pair becomes in a temple with the image of Venus, the goddess of love, raised by a winged figure. Possibly the wedding of Amor and Psyche. Leaded numbered: 1, and in the middle of: No. 115.

Apollo chases Daphne, Bernard Picart, 1733 print Apollo pursues the fleeing Daphne, who has been struck by the lead arrow of Amor, who drives out love. Her raised arms already get branches and leaves and her feet shoot root. In the margin the title in French, English, German and Dutch. The performance is decorated with an ornamental edge. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed). scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament

Allegorical memorial in memory of Maria Duyst van Voorhout, 1754; Memorial of the mildly dispositien by Den Death of the Hoog Ed. Welborn Lady of Renswoude etc .. Three putti and an angel with the cornucopia among her arm stand for the Memorial of Maria Duyst van Voorhout. On top of the monument is a bra that crowned by the fame with a snake that bites itself in its own tail, symbol of eternity. In the background, grieving figures.

Allegorical show at marriage, Frederik Ottens, 1717 - 1770 print A few is connected in the real by an angel with a burning torch in his hand. The pair is on either side of a column with a burning heart. Amor ignored his torch by the fire of the heart. In the clouds above the couple, Juno sits with her peacock. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (civil) marriage ceremonies

A Votive Image of a Boy Presented by his Parents to St. Nicholas of Bari, Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746-1786, Brush and brown and gray wash, pen and brown ink on paper, The Saint is sitting on clouds, with book and three balls, blessing. Surrounded by angels, two of them with mitre and crozier. Below, at left: The father standing, mother and son kneeling. At right a tub surrounded by three children., Southern Italy, late 18th century, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Allegorical memorial in memory of Maria Duyst van Voorhout, 1754, Simon Fokke, 1754 print Three putti and an angel with the horn of abundance stand under her arm for the memorial of Maria Duyst van Voorhout. On top of the monument there is a bust image that is crowned by the fame with a snake that bites itself in its own tail, symbol of eternity. Figures in the background. Amsterdam paper etching Other Memorial Structures. 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). Eternity, 'Aeternitas'; 'Eternity', 'Eternity or Perpetuity' (Ripa)

Amsterdam, Damme, Andries van, Leiden, Dalen, Daniel van den, Sluyter, Pieter, Title page for: Europische Mercurius, 18th piece, part 1, 1707, verso lower right - stamped, Allegorical female figure (Victory or Honor) sitting on a pedestal, at her feet the Dutch Lion. In the foreground Hope and the goddess Diana () with an emblem of Italia Restituta., print, title page, prints, height 159 mm, width 135 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1675 - 1733, print maker, printmaker, 1707 - 1707, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

Equestrian portrait of Philip V from Spain, Gerard Edelinck, after François de Troy, after Jean -François de Troy, 1700 - 1707 print King Philip V of Spain on horseback. Next to him are two people who wear banners and spears, above him music -making angels and women with symbolic attributes and banderollen. A crowned lion watches. paper engraving

Calypso, seated on a rock beside a waterfall is visited by Venus with Cupid stepping down from a cloud. The scene is framed by an ornamental frame with olive branches and a bow at the bottom. Numbered upper right: No. I. Venus and Cupid at Calypso, print maker: Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Charles Monnet, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pierre Didot, print maker: France, intermediary draughtsman: France, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, 1785, paper, etching, engraving, h 318 mm × w 250 mm

Mendicsman with coat of arms, fame and power godin. A townmaid with the Banner of the Rotterdam Chamber of the VOC shows a coat of arms. Putti wear and crown the coat of arms. On the right is fame. In the foreground a power godin and in the background the sea.

Allegorical performance with personnifications of the arts and sciences. Persons of the arts and sciences have gathered on a mountain. At the top of the top is love (Caritas). Devilish figures around them try to configure them. In the background the Grote Kerk in Haarlem. The performance is caught in a picture frame decorated with leafwork, coats of arms and cartouches.

Allegory of the death of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, April 29, 1676. Mausoleum with the body of the deceased naval hero being adorned by the Dutch Virgin, the Amsterdam City Virgin and a woman bearing his family crest. Behind them Mercury, Fortune, Force and other allegorical figures. On either side, two columns with depictions of De Ruyter's victories. Below, an inscription on the pedestal of one column in Latin, Allegory of the Death of Michiel de Ruyter, 1676, print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, (mentioned on object), Romeyn de Hooghe, (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1676 - 1677, paper, etching, h 530 mm × w 420 mm

Bagaris de Bekeerling, Jakob Gottlieb Thelott, After Johann Esaias Nilson, 1731 - 1760 print On the right on a rocaille throne is the young King Bagaris. He looks at a painting of a Madonna. To the right of the painting is a monk with a painting palette in his hand. In the background rocaille ornaments with viewing to a landscape. Twice a four -line German and Latin text in the lower margin. Publishing number 15. Augsburg paper etching / engraving king. criticizing and discussing art, art criticism. monk(s), friar(s)

. Saturn drives into heaven in his car, drawn by two dragons. He devours one of his children. The signs of Capricorn and Waterman indicate which people belong to the sphere of influence of Saturn. The people who were born under this zodiac sign have poor health and have no happy endless end. Disabled, arms, hungry and pilgrims get food at charitable monks. Right people in prison, who are visited by a man. The country is edited in the background. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the children of Saturn.

Title page for the Hollandsche Mercury for the year 1675, 1676 print TTitel page for the Hollandsche Mercury for the year 1675. Mercury and Peace in the clouds above war and Medusa. Below 6 small scenes of naval battles and fights, with place names. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Haarlem paper etching specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron

The wedding couple stands before a platform with Venus, Amor, Juno and Minerva. Hercules chases away the evil guests. An angel blows a trumpet. On either side of a large staircase stand two vases with the monograms of bride and groom. Above the vases float putti holding the family crests of the two., Title page for: Huwlykszangen ter vereeniging van den heere Jan Walraven, raadt (...) van zyne keurvorstelyke doorluchtigheit van Brunswyk en Lunenburg. With madam Margareta Trip. Amsterdam, 108, print maker: Andries van Buysen (Sr.), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Gerrit Rademaker, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1708, paper, etching, engraving, h 256 mm × w 200 mm

Odysseus led to the palace of Alkinoös, Jean Baptiste Nolin (I), After Ciro Ferri, 1677 print paper engraving / etching Ulysses at Alcinous' court. (story of) Pallas

Allegory at the anniversary of Dutch Freedom, 1648-1748, Simon Fokke, 1748 drawing Allegory on the 100-year anniversary of Dutch freedom, 1648-1748. The personification of Dutch freedom with lance, hat and banner with Prince William IV receives the century that has descended from the clouds. On the throne sky Bustes of Stadhouders, at the feet of freedom the enemy defeated during the uprising: the Catholic Church. Design for a print. Northern Netherlands paper. deck paint symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)

Allegorical performance with woman, father time and putti; Title page for: Cornelis Gijsbertsz Zorgdrager, Bloeijende Arrival of the Aloude and contemporary Greenland Visschery, 1720. In the middle a seated woman with star wreath around the head, she personifies the earth, the water and the air. In addition to her putti with harpoon, rope, map and globe. Right, father holds a drapery time with Zeis and hourglass and reveals the Greenland fishing in the background. On the left in the background men fall a bear that affects a fourth man. At the top, fame flies with laurel wreath and blowing on a trumpet. On the right in the foreground a Meerman blowing in a shell.

Allegory Ter Ere Willem IV, 1755, 1755 print Allegory in honor of William IV, 1755. Minerva with lance and female hats and a portrait of the stadholder, in the foreground the Dutch Virgin. The truth helps history with writing in a book that rests on the shoulders of time. In the clouds the fame and angels. Northern Netherlands paper etching personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. Netherlands

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Allegorical title page with various scenes from the Metamorphoses of Ovid and his portrait, verso lower left - stamped, Allegorical representation with various scenes and metamorphoses from the book of Ovid. Among others in the foreground Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, Narcissus falling in love with his own reflection and Leda seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. In the middle Vertumnus as an old woman and Pomona, Apollo and Daphne, Pan and Syrinx. In the background Pluto and Proserpina, Perseus and the monster, the fall of Icarus. In the sky on a cloud Venus in her chariot, pulled by a swan. At the top in a medallion under a garland the portrait of the writer Publius Ovidius Naso. Below the representation an empty cartouche., print, prints, height 410 mm, width 254 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1731, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process),

Mercurius in De Wefkunst, Gerard de Lairese, 1675 print Accompanied by Putti Flankeren Mercury, God of the trade, and the personification of weaving art a sphere placed on a pedestal. In the air, the Bazuin flies fame with a palm branch in her hands. Masts of sailing ships are visible in the background. Print left and bottom right marked: no - auditorium. paper etching (Story of) Mercury (HERMES). Allegory of Trade; 'commertio della vita Humana' (ripe). Personification of (Art) Academy; 'Academia' (rippa) (+ tapetry weaving, goben making). Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama Buona', 'Fama Chiara' (rippa)

Picart, Bernard, Title page for: F. van Mieris, Histori der Nederlandsche prinsen, 1732, History gives Painting a quill to record the histories of the Dutch monarchs, verso bottom left - stamped, Allegorical representation in which History gives Painting a quill in the hand to record the histories of the Dutch monarchs. She points to a tapestry on which the Dutch Virgin, accompanied by Liberty, Faith, Thetis, Mars and Mercury and along the edges medallions containing the portraits of Dutch monarchs. On the left in the background a battle. With a seven-line caption in Dutch., print, title page, prints, height 346 mm, width 220 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1732 - 1732, second quarter 18th century, prepared paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Allegorical performance with father Time and figure in Harness, Anonymous, After Willem Schellinks, 1678 print Father time with hourglass and scythe is on a wheel and writes in a book. On the right are two women with Hoorn of Abundance and a bag of coins on the floor. They are trampled by a figure in armor, with a helmet with dolphin and a shield with star and lightning bolts. Behind the allegorical figures a monument with images of a field and sea battle and a putto with laurel wreath and torch. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching Father Time, man with wings and scythe. armour. trampling, treading, stamping on someone or something

. Peace, with a cornucopia in the hand, the poetry hands an olive branch. In the background the grieving Dutch virgin at the graftombe of Prince Willem IV from Oranje-Nassau, on which his portrait bra. On the right in the foreground putti that play with numbered medallions.

Portret Van Horatius, Bernard Picart, 1708 print Medallion with the portrait of the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Apollo and poetry laurel and toast to him. Pan points to the glass of wine in the hand of Apollo. In the foreground Venus and Amor, accompanied by two pigeons. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving portrait of a writer. crowning with laurel. (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). (story of) Pan. Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Amsterdam, Damme, Andries van, Leiden, Dalen, Daniel van den, Northern Netherlands, Title page for the Europische Mercurius for the year 1711, Title page for the Europische Mercurius, vol. XXII, first part of 1711. In the foreground France mourning for the deceased Louis, dauphin of France. On the left the English Unicorn and the Dutch Lion., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 164 mm, width 139 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1711 - 1711, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher

Allegory on the death of William III, King of England, Pieter van den Berge, Anonymous, 1702 - 1704.

Allegory on the silk industry in Amsterdam with the city virgin who receives bales of silk. Draughtsman: Nicolaas Verkolje. Dating: c. 1720 - c. 1725. Measurements: h 260 mm × w 165 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

. Left plate of five plates of 'triumphal of Willem van Oranje' with symbols of the virtue of Prince Willem van Oranje's virtues, consisting of: Christian virtues, public prosecutors and war prosecutors. The Christian virtues are central to this print. In the middle of the image under the A an elephant is depicted with the personification of faith on his back, one of the Christian virtues. Putti with grapes fly around the elephant and run other personifications of virtues associated with faith, such as trust in God (2.) and zeal (6). The personifications are provided with a number, the statement of which is in Latin above the image and in Dutch below the image. In the background a building on which blazers are with flags.

Buste of the poet Katharyne Lescaille in the middle of the Muzen, Louis Surugue, After Nicolaas Verkolje, 1731 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving the Muses acting together (as group) - attributes. writer, poet, author

Puggs Graces Etched from his Original Daubing A Satire on Hogarth, by Paul Sandby. 1753. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Parijs, Poilly, François de, Visscher, Lambert, Allegory of Virtue, Paris, verso - stamped, Minerva and Father Time point to the mountain of Virtue in the background. Hercules shows the way. In the foreground on the right, two women study a globe and a map., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 346 mm, width 446 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1633 - 1690, print maker, prentmaker, 1643 - 1723, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Flood, Francesco Villamena, After Rafaël, 1626 print People and animals flee for the rising water. Numbered in the bottom right: 11. Reference to Bible text in STUBMEP. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving / etching the Flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17)

Title print for the third part of the Spanish version of Guerres de Flandesversion by Guerres de Flandres; Tercera decada De Lo Que Hizo Alexandro Farnese in Francia; Guerres de Flandres. Allegorical title Print for the third part of the Spanish version of Guerres de Flandres. The Geldhord Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, as Hercules with Knots and Lion skin standing on a hill. In the cloud figures with attributes of the triumphal duke and a portrait of a young king. In the foreground Minerva with Spanish flag shows a laurel wreath framed equestrian portrait of the duke of Parma, to a shock of the enemy.

Events from the life of Jakob, Adriaen Collaert, After Maerten de Vos, 1579 - 1583 print Jakob Hoedt sheep for Laban. Above, three medallions with images of events in Jakobs life. Jakob Laban asks the left after seven years for the hand of his daughter Rachel. Jakob struggles with an angel in the middle. Jakob meets his brother Esau on the right, who immediately forgives him. The print has a Latin caption in a cartouche. The print is part of a series with scenes from the Bible book Genesis. paper engraving Jacob works as a herdsman for seven years in exchange for Rachel. Jacob requesting Rachel after the seven years. Jacob wrestles with the angel (or man) till daybreak; Jacob's thigh is put out of joint. Jacob bows to the ground

Allegory of the Triumph of the Netherlands over Spain 1600 Jan (Pietersz.) Saenredam Netherlandish This print glorifies the victory of the Dutch Republic in the battle at Nieuwpoort in 1600. Although this success did not mark a turning point in the republic's war with Spain, the event was joyously celebrated at the time in prints. In Saenredam's engraving, a triumphal chariot, driven by the allegorical figures Prudence and Victory and pulled by Concord and Vigilance, carries the Dutch lion holding aloft a sword that symbolizes the defense of the nation. The orange tree at the back of the chariot, which bears the coat of arms of the house of Nassau-Orange in its branches, relates to Maurits, prince of Nassau-Orange, who commanded the Dutch troops at that time.. Allegory of the Triumph of the Netherlands over Spain. Jan (Pietersz.) Saenredam (Netherlandish, Zaandam 1565-1607 Assendelft). 1600. Engraving. Prints

A draftsman sitting amongst ruins and drawing with the assistance of little children, stops the approaching Chronos, god of time, above them a winged figure with trumpet and wreath; representing Victory over Time. Engraving.

In an inn, the drunken Cardinal Innocenzo Ciocchi Del Monte, the adoptive nephew of Pope Julius III, shoots a man with a pistol. On the ground lies another victim, Murder by Cardinal Del Monte, 1560, print maker: Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1699, paper, etching, h 133 mm × w 80 mm

Abraham and his men begin to circumcise themselves. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.

Muse and putti wear portrait of surgery and poet Govard Bidloo; Adriaan Heerboord; Title page for: Govard Bidloo, Mengel Poetzy, 1719. Muse and putti Wear portrait of surgery and poet Govard (Govert) Bidloo. Different attributes refer to the transience of life such as a zeis and a snake that bites itself into the tail. In the background, a grave monument is just visible.

Wonderful multiplication of breads and fish, François Spierre, after Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1649 - 1681 print paper engraving / etching multiplication of loaves and fishes for a multitude of four or five thousand people (Matthew 14:13-21, 15:32-39; Mark 6:32-44, 8:1-10; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14)

Frontispiece, Cabinet des singularitez d'architecture, peinture, sculpture, et graveure, ou, Introduction a la connoissance des plus beaux arts, figurés sous les tableaux, les statues and les estampes, Harrewijn, Jacobus, 1660-1727, Le Comte, Florent, d. 1712, Engraving, 1702

. Apollo, descended from a cloud, holds a sitting woman (rhetorica) a book. Around three angels with musical instruments and a laurel wreath.

Title page of the cycle `Liber Statuarum genuinarum caefarum ex marmore, lapide & metallo`. unknown, graphic artist, Marot, Daniel (1661-1752 ; st.), graphic artist

Newlywed couple led by amors to marriage bed, Bernard Picart, 1723, Newlywed couple led by amors to marriage bed, Venus and Juno look on. Design for a print., draughtsman: Bernard Picart, 1723, paper, pen, brush, h 93 mm × w 134 mm

LEEVEN en DADEN der Door Lughtige ZEE HELDEN. Artist: Herman P. Padtbrugge, Swedish, 1656-1686

Triumphal Procession of William of Orange, Cornelis van Kittensteyn, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), Dutch, 1587-1652

Tirsenia, turned into a lemon tree. Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert (II). Draughtsman: anonymous. Intermediary draughtsman: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli. Dating: 1620 - 1700. Measurements: h 305 mm × w 206 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Memorial drawing by Johann Jakob von Sandrart for Karl Welser von Neunhof (1635-1697), executed with gray ink and brush, including white highlights on light-gray-brown paper, 1697.

Amsterdam City Virgin with a coat of arms, The crowned Amsterdam City Virgin with the arms of Amsterdam in her hand holds the caduceus for a coat of arms with the image of a double-headed eagle, crowned with crossed axes. On the other side of the coat of arms, a putto blows the trumpet., Cities represented allegorically or symbolically (with NAME) - personification of a city, town patron (ess), double-headed eagle, Fame, 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa), Amsterdam, Simon Fokke (mentioned on object), 1749, paper, etching, h 88 mm × w 152 mm

The Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra 1763-64 Jean Honoré Fragonard French. The Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra 369309

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, The Flood of Deucalion, verso lower left - stamped, Deucalion and Pyrrha survive the Flood with which Jupiter destroyed mankind. The gods pour the water from Parnassus over the world., print, prints, height 231 mm, width 178 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1731, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception

A shepherd and a shepherdess reach out to each other in an Arcadian landscape in front of a stone monument depicting a river god. Amor pulls at the shepherd's skirt and angels decorate the monument with floral garlands., Title page for G.B. Guarini, Il pastor fido, print maker: Abraham Bloteling, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Zacharias Webber (II), (mentioned on object), publisher: Pierre Marteau, (possibly), Amsterdam, 1670 - 1690, paper, etching, engraving, h 105 mm × w 65 mm

Allegory on the 100-year anniversary of Dutch freedom, 1648-1748. The raised personification of peace tricks in the air with an olive branch and a caduceus. Under her, Minerva receives a lance with a liberty hat from a putto. A second putto offers vigilance in the middle a book. Fully links a third putto diabolical figures with a spear in a flame sea. At the bottom the town hall completed in 1648 at Amsterdam in Amsterdam with a portrait of Jacob van Campen and a performance of piling work at construction.

Portret van Horatius.Medallion with the portrait of the Roman poet Quintus Horace Flaccus. Bacchus and poetry laurels and toast on him. Pan points to the glass of wine in the hand of Apollo. In the foreground Venus and Amor, accompanied by two pigeons.

Frisia and Geographia, Caspar Luyken, 1698 print Frisia (Friesland) sitting with freedom on a lance and the portrait of Stadholder Hendrik Casimir II in hand. She looks up at Geografia next to her, at her feet is the Dutch Lion. Portraits of Prince William I (left) and Prince William III (right) show themselves against two curtains pushed aside in the background. Left and right paintings with scenes from the Roman period in the Netherlands. There are two smaller images under this main performance. Left: the beheading of a convicted person on the scaffold, right: the landing of Prince William III in Torbay. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. (+ province; provincial). 'Corografia', 'Geografia', 'Hidrografia' (Ripa). symbols of particular nations, states, districts, etc.. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertí' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept). on the scaffold or place of execution

. A shepherd boy spies a woman who fell asleep against a tree. She wears a dress that leaves her breasts uncovered and keeps a range in hand. Amor points the boy on a clock he loves in his hand. A four-line poem in the margin, in two columns, in French.

Three figures from the Biblical Palestine, Jan Goeree, 1714 print Two Palestinian shepherds talk to a sitting woman. Around them classic ruins. On a ruin next to the two shepherds the title of the book. In the foreground, a putto pays in a piece of stone. Camels and palm trees in the background. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Utrecht paper engraving Old Testament. landscape with ruins. trees: palm-tree. hoofed animals: camel. events and situations from classical history. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. mason at work

Allegory on the recovery of Utrecht, 1673. Allegory on the recovery, on the recovery of the province of Utrecht in the Union, after the departure of the French on November 23, 1673. The relocation of the province of Utrecht is welcomed by personifications of the unity and the generalism . Behind them the chariot and army of Stadholder Willem III with Hercules for the cart and caution to the reins. Left citizenship, poverty and religion sitting on the ruins of the Roman church.

Illustration to Jean Desmarets' "L'Ariane". Dated: published 1639. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Abraham Bosse after Claude Vignon.

Title page for: Jean Baptiste Racine, 'Fedra', 1770, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1770 print Theseus and two women mourn the dead body of Hippolytos. In the foreground a part of the fallen car with which Hippolytos crashed, and in the background the bull and the restless horses. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (story of) Hippolytus. accident with animal-drawn vehicle. horse. ox

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