Allegorical Artwork and Prints

A collection of etchings and engravings depicting allegorical themes, featuring mythological figures, representations of art, and literary inspirations.

Allegory of eloquence Title page for: N. de La Touche, L'art de bien parler françois, 1720, Allegorical representation with poetry in the middle in a dress embroidered with letters, a cornucopia in the hand, as a reference to the fruitful ideas she expresses. She receives flowers from Mercury (eloquence), Apollo (poetry) and Faith and Wisdom. In the foreground putti who learn to speak and read. In the margin a six-line caption in French, Eloquence, 'Eloquenza', 'Fermezza & Gravitell'Oratione '(Ripa) (symbolic representation of concept), Hermes Logios, Mercury as god of eloquence, symbolic representations, allegories and emblems, poetry, 'Poesia' (Ripa), wisdom, 'Sapientia', one of the seven gifts of the soul, Faith, 'Fides', 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa), one of the Three Theological Virtues, Bernard Picart (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, paper, engraving, h 150 mm × w 89 mm

Ceilingschilding in Grande Galerie Van Versailles, Nicolas de Beauvais, After Jean Baptiste Massé, After Charles Le Brun, 1752 print Numbered in the bottom right: No. 7. paper etching / engraving (decorated) ceiling. Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa) Versailles

Racine, Jean Baptiste.

BREVIARIUM GOTHICUM SECUNDUM REGULAM BEATISSIMI ISIDORI - GRABADO DE SAN ISIDORO - 1775. Author: LORENZANA FRANCISCI ANTONII. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Allegory on the anniversary of Dutch Freedom, 1648-1748, 1748 print 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 descends from the clouds. On the throne sky Bustes of Willem I, Maurits and Frederik Hendrik, at the feet of freedom the enemies defeated during the uprising: King, Catholics and the Duke of Alva. The print is stuck behind a leaf with the title on the cover and inside a verse in which the show is explained. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Freedom, Liberty; 'Freedom' (RIPA)

Vignette with Poetry and Mercury, Jan Punt, Afters Dionys van Nijmegen, 1745 print Poetry speaks with a hand held high against a man who is writing behind his desk. Mercury watches in the background. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (story of) Mercury (Hermes). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). writing-table, writing-desk

Passion show in the list of birds and snails, Anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print At the bottom is a cat that hunts a mouse, in addition a fox sneaks towards a rabbit. Germany (possibly) paper etching

Design of a tombstone with personifications, in the foreground, a figure of a tied prisoner. unknown, graphic artist, Marot, Daniel (1661-1752 ; st.), graphic artist

Amsterdam, Wit, Hermanus de, Fritzsch, Christian Friedrich, Peter with the Key to the Kingdom of Heaven, verso - stamped, Title page with allegorical representation of Peter. On the left, Peter stands on a pedestal with the key to the Kingdom of Heaven in his hand. A veiled woman has knelt at the pedestal to chisel an inscription into it. On the right, in the distance, there is a temple with statues placed in niches., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 150 mm, width 92 mm, 1719 - 1774, print maker, printmaker, 1742 - 1770, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, 1764-06-10 - 1842-03-12, publisher

Dance party in the open air, Johann Baptist Enzensberger, 1742 - 1773 print Allegory on the dissolute, with a woman on the Bible dancing in the middle while the man has a glass. At the bottom of nine lines of caption in Latin and below the number 2. paper secretary, scribe. writing tools. group dancing. flute, aulos, tibia. Blasphemy. Immortality, Imperishableness; 'Immortalità' (Ripa)

Encounter between four historical figures; Illustrations from the national history. Meeting outdoors between Jan Pietersz. Coen, Jacob Mossel, Pieter van den Broecke and Cornelis de Houtman. In the background a group of mute figures for a cabin where smoke out. Under the image a text with the date January 1766.

Buquoy, Karl Bonaventura by Longueval Graf Stecher: Sadeler, Egidius (2) Publisher: Dancerts, Dancerfactic genesis: Prague

Two figures laugh at a young man; Illustrations at the Blijspel "Julfus". A young man is sitting on a square on the floor and lift a dish with one hand as he covers his ear with the other. He is laughed at by two figures that stand behind him and wear the torso of an antique image and a sword. There is a caption in Latin and Dutch in the margin. This illustration is made at the first company of the Blijspel "Julfus" (1668), written by Andries Pels. The print is part of a three-part series with scenes from this comment.

This copper engraving by an anonymous artist, created in 1679/80, depicts the reception of Princess Marie Louise of Orleans as bride of King Charles II of Spain near Burgos in November 1679.

An angel directing the construction of a building 1750-70 Andrea Scacciati. An angel directing the construction of a building. Andrea Scacciati (Italian, 1725-1771). 1750-70. Etching and aquatint in green ink. Prints

Time and Beauty, Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 1727-1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85), 1780, Engraving

Design for a Sculptured Frame with Garlands and Statues and a Painting of Two Human Figures with Puttis inside the Frame. 1776 Carlo Borrelli (Ponticelli). Design for a Sculptured Frame with Garlands and Statues and a Painting of Two Human Figures with Puttis inside the Frame. 344588

Titelblad: Alcoues a la Romaine, anonymous, after Jean Lepautre, after 1628 - before 1724 print Alkoof with Mercury and Herse surrounded by putti. Below: N. ° 73. print maker: Germany (possibly)after design by: France (possibly)publisher: Augsburg paper etching

Allegorical show with history and fireworks, Jan Caspar Philips, 1748 print The personification of history has an open book and writing spring and looks towards a woman with a measuring instrument and flag with freedom hat. On the right are putti with a thermometer and an image of a bombing on a city (possibly Bergen op Zoom). On the left in the foreground papers with numbers of births, marriages and deaths. In the background an arc with viewing towards fireworks in a city. paper etching / engraving 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). bonfire, fire-works. bombardment Bergen op Zoom

The horses of Apollo being groomed by two Tritons. Engraving by E. Picart, 1675, after G. and B. de Marcy.

Spotprent op Jean Chrysostome Bruslé de Montpleinchamp, ca. 1712.Cartoon at Jean Chrysostome Bruslé de Montpleinchamp, approx. 1712. Portrait medallion above a brewing boiler in which taxes are transformed into shares. Witch kettle with devils, owls etc. Above the portrait the fools with a crown of peacock feathers and holly leaves. Above a banderole with: Locarbar in convectu Regum. In the caption 4 lines in French. Original State of Prent 37 in the scene of scenery of foolishness with cartrents at the 1820 wind trade.

Amsterdam, Bom, Gerrit, Visser, Jan Gerritsz., Fargue, Paulus Constantijn la, Northern Netherlands, Scene in Commemoration of the High Marriages between Willem Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Orange &, with Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Princess of Pruyssen &, and Carolus George Augustus, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel with Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange, Allegorical print around marriages of the son and daughter of Willem V, 1790-1791, verso - stamped, Allegorical representation in honour of the marriage of Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau with Charles of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in The Hague on 14 October 1790 and of Prince Willem Frederik (later King Willem I) with Wilhelmina Frederica of Prussia on 1 October 1791. At the top the two bridal couples. Marriage on a pedestal is crowned by Religion and while Virtue puts a necklace on her. Left Mars burning weapons, right the personification of the marriage ceremonies, with a coat of arms with a porcupine., pri

Turkish dance; Piator, Józef (Fl. 1865-1872), Brosz, K. (St. Petersburg; Fl. Ca 1860-1870), Szumacher, I. (St. Petersburg; Graphic Information; Ca 1860-1870); 1860-1870 (1860-00-00-1870-00-00);

Bayard's death after Benjamin West Valentine Green (1739-1813). "The death of Bayard", according to Benjamin West (1738-1820). Engraving (black way). 1774. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Wilhelm V., Duke of Bavaria.

Predication de St. Jean. Artist: After Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625-1713 Rome); Charles Dupuis (French). Dimensions: Sheet: 21 1/16 x 26 3/4 in. (53.5 x 68 cm)Plate: 18 5/16 x 17 1/2 in. (46.5 x 44.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Allegory on the death of Hendrik Hooft, 1794. Allegory on the death of Hendrik Hooft Danielsz., Former mayor of Amsterdam, died on August 31, 1794. Religion and freedom mourning at the tomb of Hooft. At the bottom of a two-legged fresh.

The Adoration of the Shepherds, Pen and black ink, brush and brown and grey wash on cream laid paper, The Holy Family is seen at the top of a steep stairway in the background. A shepherd, with sheep, kneels on the right in adoration. A seated angel, left, points towards the scene. A man lies prostrate on the steps in the center foreground, while a dog in front of him climbs the steps. An adoring child and woman stand in the right foreground. The upper corners of the picture are chamfered., Italy, 1720-50, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Birth and marriage memorial, Joannes Bemme, After C. Groeneveld, 1800 - 1841 print In the middle a monument with two burning hearts and free space for text to be filled in. To the left of the Allegorical figures monument: religion, justice and mother love. To the right of the monument the abundance, the working position, the poverty and the God confidence. In the foreground all kinds of symbols. Rotterdam paper etching Justice, 'Justice'; 'Givea' (Ripa) ~ One of the four cardinal virtues. Parental love. Allegorical representation ~ Religion; 'Religion' 'religion of SS. Mauritio e Lazarus', 'religion True Christian' (Ripa). Profane Heart Symbolism ~ Love. 'Cornucopia' Horn of Plenty

Title page for 's Werelt's beginning, center, Eynde decided in the Trov-Ringh of Jacob Cats, Crispijn van den Queborn, after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1637 print Title page for 's Werelt's beginning, middle, Eynde decided in the Trov-Ringh of Jacob Cats, with an allegory on writing. The personification of the writing coast is in the middle on a cloud and is surrounded by putti with books and writing springs. Text on the Verso side. The Hague paper engraving writing tools

Le Cáteau des Rois - The Königs -Kuchen,The Troelfth Cake, The Königs cake satirical representation for the first division of Poland , Fréderic Emile Simon -, lithographic, after, Jean Charles Nicaise Perrin -, Artist

Meeting of Jakob and Jozef, Jan Luyken, 1700 print A list of the meeting of Jakob and Joseph in Gosen. Joseph is wearing a rich robe and is about to close his old father, Jacob, in his arms. Around the list of shepherds and spoons. Amsterdam paper etching the meeting of Jacob and Joseph in Goshen. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. spindle. household management; housewife at work

Marcus Curtius Offerdood. The Roman soldier Marcus Curtius collapses in full armor in a gorge in a gap that suddenly emerged in the earth in Rome. Several Romans watch at a prior. The arbor is decorated with, among other things, two shields with the judicial and ducal weapon of Saxony on it.

Two women around a table near a country house, Jan Punt, 1742 print Two women at a table in front of a country house. One of them writes in a book, the other has a banner in hand. A third woman comes out with a tray. Shot game hangs on a stick at the table. In the foreground two putti with an oven that can heat liquid in a can. A third has a fishnet. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving country-house. spoils of the hunt, game, venison. fishes. oven ~ kitchen - CC - in the open air

Esau sells his first birthright to Jakob, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Gerard Hoet (I), 1728 print Esau sells his first birthright to Jakob for a plate of lentils. Jakob hands him the board (Gen. 25: 32-33). The print has a Hebrew, Latin, French, English, German and Dutch caption. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: The Hague paper engraving / etching Esau, returning hungry from the hunt, sells his first birthright to Jacob for a pottage of lentils

Merchant on Marktplein, Emile Rouargue, After Paul Gavarni, 1856 print Paris paper etching / engraving market. merchant, salesman - BB - women engaged in trade and commerce

Passion show in the list of animals, Anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print At the top are a fox and an ostrich next to a dish with water. Germany (possibly) paper etching

Tuscany Siena Radicondoli Collegiate church5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Six exterior views of 16th c. church, including facade, clock tower, 17th c. portal, right and left flanks. Interior views of nave, altars, altar paintings, and painting details. 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.

Frontispice pour le "Tombeau de Boyle, Locke, et Sydenham" (Frontispiece for the "Tomb of Boyle, Locke, and Sydenham"), from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres (Tombs of Princes, Great Captains, and other Illustrious Men) ca. 1736 Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune French. Frontispice pour le "Tombeau de Boyle, Locke, et Sydenham" (Frontispiece for the "Tomb of Boyle, Locke, and Sydenham"), from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres Hommes illustres (Tombs of Princes, Great Captains, and other Illustrious Men) 414251

Sick child is in bed and is cared for by Engel, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1624 print paper engraving patient, sick person

Allegory on the death of Prince Willem V, 1806, Willem van Senus, after Jan Willem Pieneman, 1806 - 1807 print Allegorical grave monument for Prince Willem V, died on April 9, 1806. The sad Dutch virgin leans against the monument on which an image of the Fenix resurrected from his axis and is comforted by a genius that proposes godliness. For the mounument the sad Dutch lion resting on broken sword and arrow bundle. Two small children keep the prince's coat of arms up. The print includes a printed explanation. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper grave-building, monumental tomb. personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. fabulous animals ~ birds: phoenix Netherlands

Feder and ink drawing by Filippo Pedrini illustrating the Adoration of the Shepherds, using lavated strokes for detail and shading.

Ferdinand and the Argonauts; entry from Ferdinand in Ghent in 1635 (no. 14); Ausi Sunt Vada Salsa Cita Decorre Puppi / Argonautae Cum Ferdinando Navigante Collati; Tabula II. Argonautae Cum Ferdinando Navigante Collati. Ferdinand van Austria is sailing on the ship with Jason and the Argonauts. Presentation at the top right of the rear of the triumph port Arcus Fernandi on the Friday market. Leaf No. 14 In a whole of 42 plates that illustrate the publication of the description of the arrival of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand in Austria in Ghent on January 28, 1635 as the new governor for the Spanish Netherlands.

Johann Esaias Nilson, Invention d'une Cascade (Design for a Cascade), c 1755 1760 Invention d'une Cascade (Design for a Cascade)

'Edward the Black Prince waiting on John King of France his Prisoner', 1773. Creator: Charles Grignion.

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian (1691-1765), Saint Paul Preaching in Athens, 1734, pen and black ink with gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on light orange prepared paper

Amsterdam, Houthaeck, Tymon, Isaacsz., Isaac, Savery, Salomon, The six performances shown at the theatre on 23 June 1648, Allegories of the Peace of Munster, d'Ontloocken Earth, Showing the Blossoming of the Earth, 1648, Isaacsz, Showing the Blossoming of the Earth. Part of the shows performed on 23 June 1648 at the Schouwburg in Amsterdam on the occasion of the conclusion of the Peace of Munster. The fourth show shows how the Earth and Abundance recover after the war, the virtues return from the heaven of the gods (with Apollo) to the earth. In the caption a verse of 8 lines in Dutch. Numbered in pen lower right: 2., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 267 mm, width 185 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1594 - 1683-10-16, print maker, prentmaker, 1649 - 1649, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, hand-colouring, lacquering, varnishing, 1598 - 1649-07-03, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Ludwig IV., The Bayer Kaiser.

William Blake, Satan Before the Throne of God, 1825, engraving on chine collé on cream wove paper.

Emblem with ostrich. Two female personifications are on either side of an enhanced representation of a landscape in which four putti weigh an image of an ostrich and of a naked woman.

Emblem with man looking at his good works and the road he should go in the future; Den Wech des century life. A man looks at his good works and notes what he has to do and what way he must go in the future.

Fountain turned to the right, Jean Lepaut, c. 1657 - c. 1661 print The fountain is worn by a naked young man and stands under a porch overlooking a garden. Next to it is a basin. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Habermann, Franz Xaver, The senses, Der Geruch, Olfactus, The smell, verso - stamped, Allegorical representation of the smell in a rocaille frame. Two putti smelling and picking flowers in a garden. Publisher number 53., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 297 mm, width 187 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1775, paper, papier, etching, etchings, German, 1721 - 1796, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Design for title page for General History of the Beginning of the World finished, part V, draughtsman: Jan Caspar Philips, 1736 - 1775, paper, pen, brush, h 175 mm × w 125 mm

Latest words of Mirabeau. (IT)

The only offshoot of a king still illustrated his death ... (IT)

Photograph of Jan Matejko's Painting Feast of Wierzynek Szubert, Song (1837 1919)

Plate 1: Ferdinand as Mars, standing on a pedestal; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...' 1636 Pieter de Jode II Flemish On January 28, 1635, the city of Ghent celebrated the entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain, the recently appointed governor of the Southern Netherlands. A group of Flemish artists were commissioned to create paintings for the decoration of two triumphal arches erected in the city's main square for the occasion. Though the majority of these canvases are now lost, the engravings in Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis, S.R.E. Cardinalis, Triumphalis Introitus in Flandriae Metropolim Gandavum', Antwerp 1636, illustrate what the series looked like. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns 34 plates from the set of 42.. Plate 1: Ferdinand as Mars, standing on a pedestal; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis...'. Pieter de Jode II (Fl

Philomela and Procne show King Tereus the head of his son, Jean Lepautre, 1628 - 1682 print paper etching (story of) Philomela and Procne

Kingdom of Pluto; a view of the underworld with Pluto and Proserpina enthroned at center, surrounded by demons; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'. Artist: Mathäus Küsel (German, 1621-1682); after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini (Italian, Mantua 1636-1707 Vienna (active Austria)). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 10 1/2 × 16 5/8 in. (26.6 × 42.2 cm). Date: 1668.The second of the twenty-three stage sets designed by Lodovico Burnacini for 'Il Pomo D'Oro, Festa Teatrale Rappresentata in Vienna Per L'Augustissime Nozze Delle Sacre Cesaree E Reali Maestà Di Leopoldo E Margherita', an opera celebrating the wedding of Emperor Leopold I and Margarita Teresa of Spain in 1666. Composed by Antonio Cesti with a libretto by Francesco Sbarra, it was first performed in July 1668 at the Theater auf der Cortina--also designed by Burnacini. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Mathäus Küsel. after Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini.

Feder and brush drawing by Johann Baptist Enzensberger depicting a trunk victim of a Roman general, on green-gray paper with white and yellow highlights, showing figures and narrative composition.

Title page for the Europische Mercury of 1735, 1735 print Title page for the Europische Mercurius, for the year 1735. Mercurius reaches the Vrede a treaty, a soldier is trying a map of Italy under the foot and puts his sword to the document. In the background a sea battle and the city of Mantua. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Schenkkan turned to the right; Vasi Fatti Al Moderno. The foot of the can consist of sea horses that are ridden by Putti with trident.

Hercules offers Jupiter his defeated enemies, 1678 print Hercules offers Jupiter his defeated enemies. Promotion print assigned to Pope Innocent XI by Vincentius Ceneiusus paper engraving most important deeds of Hercules: the Twelve Labours

Eating and drinking company in a landscape Illustrations by Les Moissonneurs by Favart (series title), Clothing: civilian clothing 1768, clothes, costume (women's clothes), picnic, alfresco, 'the jeuner sur l'herbe', eating and drinking, Pierre Adrien Le Beau (attributed to), 1768, paper, engraving, h 243 mm × w 211 mm

Engraving depicting a parrot in the foreground of a rocky mountain. The illustration is set within an ornate frame.

Martyrdom of Saint James the Major, plate four from The Martyrdoms of the Apostles Artist's working dates 1612-1635 France. Etching on paper . Jacques Callot

Poetry in conversation with allegorical figures, Jan Punt, 1740 print Poetry that descends from a cloud in a garden, in conversation with the allegorical female figures hospitality, friendship and courtesy. In the foreground three putti that symbolize merchant care (with Caduceus), Mechanical Engineering (with square) and Landvreugd (with RAD). Two putti fly in the air with a cloth on which the title in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving garden. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). Hospitality; 'Hospitalità' (Ripa). Humanity, Politeness; 'Cortesia', 'Humanità' (Ripa). Friendship; 'Amicitia' (Ripa). attributes of Mercury. regular quadrilateral: square. wheel track

Schenkkan turned to the left; Vases à la modern. The can have a foot in the form of a young man sitting on a dragon.

Judit with the head of Holofernes. Judit stops Holofernes's head in a bag, which is kept open by her service. The sword in her right hand. Behind her the beheaded holofernes in his tent. The print has a Latin caption.

Meno Haas (1752-1833); Johann Heinrich Ramberg (1763-1840), recognition scene at a staircase, 1803

Title page: Alcoues a la romaine; Alcoues a la romaine. Alcove with Mercury and Herse surrounded by Putti. At the bottom: N. ° 73.

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Ticket to Concert of Ancient Vocal and Instrumental Music, 1786. Line engraving with etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Portraits of Lorenz Heister and Hendrik Ulhoorn. Allegorical figures with laurel wreaths on the head show the portraits of German surgeon and professor Lorenz Heister and the Amsterdam surgeon Hendrik Ulhoorn. Uliroorn translated and edited hutters. Book surgical underwheshoes from German. Upper blows fame on the praise. Aesculapius, the god of health and medicine keeps an escula monkey in one hand and shows the other Uphorn portrait. On the left a putto with surgical instruments and a mirror with hose, as a caution symbol.

A chalk drawing on gray primed paper depicting an anonymous scene of a key being handed to Peter, including money and figures, with white highlights.

Allegory of the acceptance of the stadtholdership by Prince William V, 1766, Antoine P. Duboulois, after Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, 1766, Allegory of the acceptance of the stadtholdership by Prince William V upon his coming of age on March 8, 1766. The prince is led by his mentor, the Duke of Brunswick, to the seat of stadtholdership. The prince is accompanied by Piety and Truth, at the throne wait Justice, Prudence and the Dutch Virgin. On the right, the Angel of God chases away Discord, Fanaticism and Heresy. In the foreground, geniuses play with the symbols of arts and sciences. An explanatory text sheet accompanies the print (see RP-P-OB-85.628A)., paper, etching, engraving

Writing woman flanked by the truth; Title page for: Opuscula mythologica Physica et ethica, 1688. A writing woman's figure looks up from her scripture to a mirror that holds the personal truth her. The birth of Venus can be seen in the mirror. In the background the fertility image of Diana is on an increase. In the air the lunar godin luna has appeared, right is continued on his car by horses.

Et Spes & ratio Studiorum in Caesare tantum. Just., 1761

Falconieri, Giuliana.

Title page for: A. Kircher, Mundus Subterraneus, 2nd part, 1664, Anthonie Heeres SIVERDTSMA, After Crispijn van de Passe (II), 1664 - 1665 print A woman sits on a stool and writes in a book with images of obelisks. Next to her are measuring instruments and a second book. Mercury and Apollo bend over her. A putto holds a portrait of Emperor Leopold I. On a pedestal is a statue of Diana van Ephesus. There is an image of an alchemical workshop on the wall. Through a window there is a view of men who work in a mine. Two eagles who carry a rich apple in their legs hold up a drapery, on which the title of the book is. At the bottom of the print are two Greek verses with their translation in Latin on Orpheus, the poet who descended into the underworld after the death of his beloved Eurydice. Amsterdam paper engraving 'Natura' (allegorical figure or scene; or as Diana of Ephesus, with many breasts); 'Natura' (Ripa). Apollo as sun-god, i.e. Sol (Helius), Titan. (story of) Mercury (Hermes). book

Św. Maria Magdalena z dwoma aniołami. Pasqualini, Giovanni Battista (1595-1631), engraver, Guercino (1591-1666), painter

Curriculum vitae christianae. Date/Period: 1589. Drawing. Height: 401 mm (15.78 in); Width: 288 mm (11.33 in). Author: Hans von Aachen.

Célestin Nanteuil, Bug Jargal, 1832 Bug-Jargal

Allegory on Rome; Title page for: Joannes Rosinus, Romanarum antiquitatum, 1685. Figures that symbolize the city of Rome. In the foreground the Tiber river god and the wolf suckling Remus and Romulus, a statue of a Roman emperor. In the background a face on Rome. An angel blows on a trumpet to which a canvas hangs with the title in Latin.

Bliżej Kultury Winkler, Johann Christoph (1701 1770)

Amsterdam, Tirion, Isaak, Philips, Jan Caspar, Title page for: Thomas Salmon, Hedendaagsche historie of hedene staat van alle volken, IV Deel, 1732, Cartouche with view of antique temple, verso - stamped, Landscape with palm tree and the ruins of an antique temple. In the foreground Arabs, Persians and putti have gathered around a globe. On the left a painting showing the Kaaba in Mecca. On a pedestal the title in Dutch. The representation is contained in a cartouche with the portraits of Mohammed and Haly in medallions in the upper corners., print, engraving, title page, prints, etching, height 173 mm, width 101 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1700 - 1775-04-24, print maker, printmaker, 1732 - 1732, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1705 - 1765, publisher

Two men talking, in the background someone is torn apart in a lion's den., conversation, dialogue, conversation piece, lion's den, violent death by throwing to the wild animals, Adolf van der Laan (mentioned on object), 1694 - 1755, paper, etching, h 144 mm × w 88 mm

A Conference of Lawyers 1776 Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French. A Conference of Lawyers 359771

Shakspeare. Midsummer nights dream, act IV, scene I : Oberon, Queen of the Fairies, Puck, Bottom, and fairies attending etc. , Fairies, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

View of a city on the water, Joannes Bemme, after Anthony Jacobus Offermans, After A.F.H. Smit, 1825 print A portal shows a cityscape on the water. In the foreground all kinds of merchandise, such as barrels, packages and crates. On the right is Neptunus and on the left the Peace. In heaven, standing on a cloud, Mercury in front of a house. Six coats of arms on the portal. Rotterdam paper etching (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). (story of) Mercury (Hermes). city-view in general; 'veduta'

Michael Thomas Wiesniowiecz, King of Poland.

Lodewijk XIV crowned victory cart, Augustin Jacques Renard de Saint-André, After Charles Le Brun, 1695 print Allegory on King Louis XIV of France, represented as a divine figure from classical mythology. He drives a floats, which is pulled by two horses, over the clouds, surrounded by Fama, Abundantia and two other figures. Minerva holds a crown over his head. The performance is caught in an octogonal ornament edge. Ceiling painting by Le Brun in the Royal Room in the Louvre. paper etching historical persons. emperor

Eight men and women resting between ruins, Cathérine Elise Cousinet, after Giovanni Paolo Pannini, 1762 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc.. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Monument for Wilhelmus Somveen, Hermanus van Brussel, in or after 1802 - in or before c. 1804 print Grave monument for the Roman Catholic priest Wilhelmus Somveen from Haarlem. There is a smoking incense vessel in front of the monument. There are sad women next to the monument. On the base of the monument there is a verse on Somveens life by Jan Severeinse. print maker: NetherlandsHaarlemafter own design by: Netherlands paper etching grave-building, monumental tomb

Neptune and thetis. Neptune and thetis on a large shell that is continued by two hippocamps. Swimming around Nereïden and Meermen. Two-legged Italian verse in undermarge. Numbered at the bottom right: No 12.

Francesco Narice depicted 'Fortitudo' using chalk and feather with gray lavis on blue paper, including white highlights and limited remedies.

Warrior flanked by a lion and panther; The perfect Kreigsman. A warrior, armed with shield and sword, is flanked by a lion and a panther. For him on the ground, measuring instruments and a map lie. Below a banderole with inscription.

. Thetis lubricates her mortal child Achilles with Ambrosia, hoping to make him immortal. She sits on a lounger on a balustrade. In the foreground a box containing the ambrosia leaves. In the background, Peleus is approaching. In the middle of: 3. Third print from a series of fourteen with scenes from the life of Achilles.

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