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Allegorical Artwork of Poetry and Wisdom

A collection of prints depicting allegories of poetry, memory, and the liberal arts, featuring figures like Mnemosyne and personifications of artistic concepts.

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Allegory of the genius of Homer, verso lower left - stamped, The personification of Heroic Poetry leads a boy, symbolizing the genius of Homer, to the temple of memory. Envy (Invidia) tries to stop them. Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, opens the doors of the temple. Father Time hangs a portrait medallion of Homer above the entrance. In the sky Fame (Fama) blowing the trumpet. With an empty margin., print, prints, height 147 mm, width 86 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1711 - 1711, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception
Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Allegory of the genius of Homer, verso lower left - stamped, The personification of Heroic Poetry leads a boy, symbolizing the genius of Homer, to the temple of memory. Envy (Invidia) tries to stop them. Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, opens the doors of the temple. Father Time hangs a portrait medallion of Homer above the entrance. In the sky Fame (Fama) blowing the trumpet. With an empty margin., print, prints, height 147 mm, width 86 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1711 - 1711, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception
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Rubens, Peter Paul, Antwerp, Voet, Alexander (I), H. Rochus, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Rochus with pilgrim's hat, staff and dog, is illuminated by rays from heaven. Behind him an angel., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 245 mm, width 145 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Zuid-Nederlands, 1613 - 1690, publisher, uitgever, 1628 - 1689, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker, Southern Netherlands, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30Marcus Valerius Corvus; Roman heroes.Compassion. Dated: 1552. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Heinrich Aldegrever.David standing, sword in lowered right hand, sack in the left, the head of Goliath on the ground beneath him. Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini () ca. 1480-before 1534 Bologna ()); After () by Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna ca. 1447-1517 Bologna). Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (17.2 x 10.8 cm). Date: ca. 1506. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew ca. 1625-1640 After Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) Spanish. The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew 650866Italy, Carracci, Annibale, Saint Jerome, verso - stamped, Saint Jerome kneeling in a cave, looking at a book. In the background a lion., print, prints, height 95 mm, width 70 mm, Italian, 1560-11-03 - 1609-07-15, print maker, printmaker, 1570 - 1609, paper, papier, etching, etchingsAgony in the Garden. Artist: After Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625-1713 Rome); Robert van Audenaerde (Flemish, Ghent 1663-1743 Ghent). Dimensions: sheet: 12 x 20 1/4 in. (30.5 x 51.5 cm)plate: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2 in. (13.5 x 19 cm). Date: 1680-1743. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.The Lord and the lady after D�rer (Bartsch 652) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). The Lord and the lady after D�rer (Bartsch 652). Fight, chisel. 16th century.Hercules throws Lich in the sea, Hendrik van Limborch, 1706 print Hercules suspects the innocent body of betrayal and throws him in the sea. Hercules' club is on the floor. paper etching Hercules, raging with pain, hurls Lichas into the seaAmsterdam, Netherlands, France, Lepautre, Jean, Portraicture de Diverses Vases, Schenkkan met twee naakte mannen, On the right a child holds a dragon. From a series of 6 sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 191 mm, width 131 mm, Work conception, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, after a design by, 1628 - 1732, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, print maker, printmaker, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherEquestrian portrait of a king of China; Soveerein on horseback. Equestrian portrait of a king of China in an ornamented picture frame with columns and in a frame. Title.Ahias shields the new mantle of Jeroboam in twelve pieces. .Benedetto Montagna, Satyr Family, c 1512 1520 Satyr FamilyTwo Boys with a Helmet and a Standard. Dated: 1527. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LUCAS VAN LEYDEN.Cognition. 1500 - 1550. Beham, Hans Sebald, 1500-1550. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionFaam a story, 1586 print Faam blows the praise over history, which reads a book on a sarcophagus in the midst of ruins. Under the show two couplets of eight verse rules in Latin. Final print for a series of ten prints, consisting of an unnumbered title print, eight numbered performances of Helden and an unnumbered closing print. paper engraving Fama as Roman Personification. 'History'; 'History' (rippa)Apollo. Dated: c. 1580. Dimensions: Overall: 26.1 x 17.3 cm (10 1/4 x 6 13/16 in.) support: 33.9 x 25.3 cm (13 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JOST AMMAN.Venus and Mercury. Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473-1531 Augsburg). Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/16 x 5 3/16 in. (18.3 x 13.2 cm). Date: 1520-25. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: HANS BURGKMAIR.Creation of Eve 1529 Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish. Creation of Eve 364712Kracht (Fortitudo), anonymous, after Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587 - 1637 print The personalized force; A female figure with a broken column over her right shoulder. A hilly landscape in the background. paper engraving Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal VirtuesGrammar; Acitammarg; Seven liberal arts. Sitting woman as a personification of grammar, she indicates with her fingers letters on a tablet with an alphabet being held by a putto. With her other hand she holds a big key.Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Liège, Lombard, Lambert, Collaert, Hans (I), The seven virtues, Fortitvdo, Strength, Liège (city), verso center bottom - stamped, In a niche the female personification of Strength (Fortitudo), one of the four cardinal virtues. She has a helmet on her head. In her hand the severed head of a lion, the symbol of strength. The print is part of a series with the seven virtues as subject., print, prints, height 107 mm, width 68 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1557 - 1557, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1506 - 1566, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisherItaly, Reni, Guido, Scarselli, Girolamo, Fortuna, verso - stamped, Fortuna hovers over a globe. She tips over a bag of coins. A putto pulls her hair. Text and coat of arms in bottom margin., print, prints, height 267 mm, width 186 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1665 - 1675, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1575-11-04 - 1642-08-18The Witch, after a work of art by Albrecht Durer, c. 1510, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original. Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). "The seven liberal arts: arithmetic, n ° 4. (Hollstein (volume 3, page 76); Bartsch 124)". Chisel. 1550. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123049-27 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 CenterCharles Le Brun, Aurora (Dawn), c 1640 Aurora (Dawn)Tolerance in adversity causes knowledge of God; Jakobs ladder or the allegory of the road to eternal salvation. The personification of tolerance. He stands with a leg on an anvil, the attribute of patience. In his left hand, the torch of knowledge and in his right hand a bowl with two eyes. These are a symbol of God. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a fourteenth-part series with the subject the way to achieve eternal salvation.Sculpture group with Venus between Eros and Anteros, Anonymous, 1584 Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper engravingJuno puts the eyes of Argus in the tail of her peacock, Anonymous, after Gerard de Lairesse, 1655 - 1761 print On the left, Mercury kneels for Juno with the head of Argus in his hands. Juno takes his eyes out of the head with tweezers and puts them in the tail of the peacock that stands for her in memory of him. Low Countries paper engraving Mercury bringing Argus' eyes to Juno; Juno sets Argus' eyes in the tail of her peacockStanding woman next to a column, in a niche, as a personification of effect.unknown, Venice, Tintoretto, Jacopo, Italy, Carracci, Agostino, Mary Appears to Saint Jerome, verso - stamped, Saint Jerome is startled from his prayer by the appearance of Mary and angels in the sky. Next to Jerome lie a book, his cardinal's hat and a lion., print, prints, height 416 mm, width 300 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1588, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1519 - 1594, after a design by, granter of privilegeThe Archangel Michael Weighing a Soul. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 5 11/16 in. (24.9 × 14.4 cm). Date: 1506. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Copper engraving print from around 1480-1500 depicting Saint Michael, showing the figure, armor, wings, and sword.Rome, Zuccaro, Taddeo, Wierix, Hieronymus, Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), Pietà, verso lower left - stamped, The Virgin Mary holds the dead Christ in her hands. She is flanked by two angels with torches., print, prent, prints, height 145 mm, width 114 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1553 - 1619-11-01, after a design by, Italian, 1529-09-01 - 1566-09-02Mercurio (Mercury). Dated: c. 1465. Dimensions: sheet: 17.9 x 10 cm (7 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.). Medium: engraving with gilding. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi.Portrait of Nestorius; Nestorius; History of churches and ketting (...) Up to the year Onses Heeren 1688. Portrait of Nestorius from a series of portraits in history of churches and ketting from the beginning of the new testaments to the year Onses Heeren 1688 by Godfried Arnold (1701) .Sadeler, Raphael (I), Vos, Maerten de, Keulen, Frankfurt, Six Christian Virtues, Eleemosyna, Charity, verso lower left - stamped, The female personification of Charity (Elemosina). She stands at a doorway and gives two loaves of bread to a child and a crippled man. The fourth print in a series on the subject of six Christian virtues., print, prints, width 145 mm, height, 210 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1560, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1589, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherA man looks at a big stone rolling down a mountain after it slipped out of his hands, Jan Luyken, wed. Pieter Arentsz (II), 1689.Fortune, 1541. Hans Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550). Engraving;Sebald Beham, Misfortune MisfortunePrint, Charity, 1552; Print Maker: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1502 - ca. 1561); Netherlands; engraving on paper; 10.5 × 6.2 cm (4 1/8 × 2 7/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-87Aeneas saves his father, Mattheus Terwest, 1600 - 1604 drawing paper. ink. graphite (mineral) pen / brush 'Pius Aeneas': Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates; his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, is lost on the way. 'Pius Aeneas': Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates; his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, is lost on the wayA partially dressed man holding a bow in his left hand and pointing with his right, from the series 'Figurine' ca. 1656-1657 Salvator Rosa Italian. A partially dressed man holding a bow in his left hand and pointing with his right, from the series 'Figurine' 397931A copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1548 depicting the knowledge of God, illustrating symbolic figures, composition, and 16th-century German engraving techniques.Samson from Heroes and Heroines of the Old Testament ca. 1597 Nicolaes Braeu Netherlandish. Samson from Heroes and Heroines of the Old Testament 417861Ongeloof van Thomas, Marcantonio Raimondi, After Albrecht Dürer, 1510 - 1515 print paper engraving the incredulity of ThomasHaarlem, Goltzius, Hendrick, Schonaeus, Cornelius, Antwerp, Collaert, Adriaen, Annunciations from the Bible, The Annunciation, Annunciation of the birth of Christ to Mary, center bottom - stamped, The Annunciation to Mary. Fourth plate in a series of six. The verse in the margin is attributed to Cornelius Schonaeus., print, prints, HGoltzius inue et excud., Colaert sculp., lower left - engraved, lower center - stamped, height 217 mm, width 160 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1586 - 1586, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, after own design of, 1541 - 1611-11-23, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher. The personalized force; A woman's figure with a broken column over her right shoulder. A hilly landscape in the background.Meleager and Atalanta. Meleager gives the head of the boar loved by him to Atalanta. Earlier Atalanta was injured by this boar.MARTELING VAN DE H. AGATHA, CORNELIS COR, AFTER GIULIO CLOVIO, 1602 print Saint Agatha is tied to a tree. Two men cut her breasts with large scissors. Agatha looks at an angel in heaven who comes to bring her a palm branch, the sign of martyrdom. paper engraving martyrdom, suffering, misfortune, death of St. AgathaSaint Marcella of Rome as a hermitess Sancta Marcella , print maker: Christoffel van Sichem (II), (mentioned on object), Abraham Bloemaert, publisher: Pieter Jacobsz. Paets, Amsterdam, 1644, paper, letterpress printing, h 155 mm × w 105 mm. Pluto, king of the underworld, has kidnapped Proserpina, daughter of the grain goddess Ceres and carries her to his victory.Joshua commanding the sun to stand still. Artist: After Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625-1713 Rome); Hieronymus Ferroni (1687-1730). Dimensions: sheet: 19 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (48.5 x 35.2 cm)sheet: 16 1/8 x 11 1/2 in. (41 x 29.2 cm). Publisher: Johann Jakob Frey the Elder (Swiss, active in Rome 1681-1752). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Agony in the Garden, from the Engraved Passion Original 1508 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Albrecht DürerApollo and Daphne: Design for a Wall or Ceiling Panel. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century. Dimensions: 13-1/8 x 7-1/4 in. (33.3 x 18.4 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Proserpine, represented by a personification of night. Engraving by B. Picart after J.M. Raon.Sebald Beham, Lucretia Standing Lucretia StandingCALPURNIUS; Roman heroes. The hero Marcus Calpurnius flame seen on the left. In the background you can see how he saved Consul Attilius Calatinus from an ambush with a small army. Under the show twice two fresh rules in Latin.Marcus Valerius Corvus; The Roman heroes. The hero Marcus Valerius Corvus finished, seen on the back, his shield raised at his left shoulder. In the background you can see how he beats a galler with the help of a Raaf (Corvus). Under the show twice two fresh rules in Latin.Encounter between a milkmaid and a peasant boy in a landscape. The girl stands with a yoke on her shoulders, the boy carries ears of corn in his hair, a sheaf of corn under his arm and a rake over his shoulder. Behind them a horse and a grazing cow. In the sky Amor flies with bow and arrow, The Summer The Four Seasons (series title), print maker: Jan Saenredam, (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), Cornelius Schonaeus, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1601, paper, engraving, h 223 mm × w 160 mmTaxis, Johannes Baptista of.Diana Artemis. Etching.Charity, Heinrich AldGrever, 1552 print Personification of charity. Woman with child on her left arm, in her right hand a banner with therefore an image of a dog. At the top of a coat of arms with the lioness who blows her dead boy air on top of a lamb. Under the show a two -line text in Latin. Sixth print from a series of seven. Germany paper engraving Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carití' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological VirtuesA copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi from around 1514-1520 depicting Aeneas carrying Anchises, showing human figures, narrative action, and detailed composition.Fortitude, in the guise of a woman holding a pillar in her arms. At the top of the image the word 'FORTITVDO' (fortitude). This print is part of a series of seven circular representations of the virtues, each personified by a female figure with typical attributes, and with Latin inscription, Fortitude Fortitudo The virtues (series title), print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (II), (workshop of), print maker: Zacharias Dolendo, (possibly), Jacob de Gheyn (II), Netherlands, 1591 - 1595, paper, engraving, d 150 mmWater, Adriaen Collaert, After Maerten de Vos, 1580 - 1584 print The Element Water, Personified by a river goddess. She is surrounded by water with all kinds of fish and sea creatures. In one hand a compass, a ship in her other hand. Water flows from her breasts and from her hair. Water also flows from shells and urns around her. The print has a Latin caption. The print is part of a four -part series about the four elements. paper engraving water (one of the four elements)Soldiers and Officers: Drummer, 1587. Jacob de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565-1629), Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617), after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617). Engraving; sheet: 21.3 x 15.6 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.); image: 20.2 x 15.3 cm (7 15/16 x 6 in.).The Flagellation, from The Passion. Martin Schongauer; German, c. 1450-1491. Date: 1475-1486. Dimensions: 164 x 116 mm (sheet trimmed within plate mark). Engraving on paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Vatican City, Romano, Giulio, Italy, Raphael, Dente, Marco, Strength (fortitudo), verso - stamped, A woman (Fortitudo) leads a lion by a harness through a landscape towards a burning fire., print, prints, height 256 mm, width 182 mm, Italian, 1486 - 1527, print maker, printmaker, 1498 - 1532, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a design by, 1499 - 1546-01-11Venus and Cupido, Boetius Adamsz. Bolswert, after Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1612 print On the right in the clouds venus in her venture drawn by swans. Low Countries paper engraving Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Francken, Ambrosius (I), Collaert, Hans (I), Thesaurus novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula doni nostri Iesu Christi, Conversions of sinners, Christ and the Samaritan woman, Christ rests at Jacob's well, after he has sent his disciples to the city. On the left they leave for the city. A Samaritan woman comes to draw water and speaks with Christ. Below the representation a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Joh. 4. This print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 200 mm, width 279 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1544 - 1618-10-16, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisherFurnius, Pieter Jalhea, Seven Deadly Sins, Avarice, verso - stamped, The female personification of Avarice (Avaritia) reaches into a money chest with her hand. In her other hand she holds a purse of sticks. To the left of Avarice a tortoise walks across the ground. The print has a one-line Latin caption and is part of a series of prints about the seven deadly sins., print, prints, height 219 mm, width 260 mm, 1540 - 1626, print maker, printmaker, 1550 - 1625, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)Relief with personification of element. Air above bow in the civilian hall of the town hall on the dam. Relief with winged personification of the element air above the left (northern) arch on the east side of the civilian hall in the town hall on Dam Square in Amsterdam. In her hands a cloud. In her hair, that goes on the cloud, a star witness. To her feet an eagle, underneath a cloud with another bird. Signed under the left of the center: C (crossed out). Numbering at the bottom right Added: C N. 2.Chastity. Cornelis Cort (Holland, Hoorn, 1533-1578). Holland, 1560. Prints; engravings. EngravingThe Prophet Ezekiel, Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, after Michelangelo, 1474/1475-1564, Italian, 1550 to 1585, Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paperSuzanna and the elders. Suzanna is raided by two elders during her bath. On the left a fountain. The print is part of an album.Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Picart, Bernard, Marsy, Gaspard (II), Surugue, Louis, Statues from the Gardens of Versailles, Africa, verso lower left - stamped, Statue in the Gardens of Versailles. The female personification of Africa, crowned with corals, a bow in her hand. At her feet a lion. In the margin a caption in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 180 mm, width 105 mm, French, 1686 - 1762-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1709 - 1709, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, supervision, 1625 - 1681-12-10, after image of, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, verlener van privilegeProcris gives Cephalus a dog and a magical spear, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Procris gives Cephalus a dog and the magical spear she received from Diana. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching Procris gives Cephalus the dog (Laelaps) and the magic spear she received from DianaMaster AD, Les divers pourtraicts et figures XI, c 1600 Les divers pourtraicts et figures XIStrasbourg, Dulssecker, Johann Reinhold, Augsburg, Fridrich, Jacob Andreas (der Ältere), Pharmacopoeia Argentoratensis, Allegory of the medicine in Strasbourg, The personifications of reason (Ratione) and experiment (Experientia) for a cityscape of Strasbourg., print, book illustration, prints, height 322 mm, width 186 mm, 1684 - 1751, print maker, printmaker, 1725 - 1725, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1667 - 1737, publisherVenice, Bertelli, Orazio, Italy, Carracci, Agostino, Christ, Mary, John the Baptist and the Apostles, Apostle Matthias with a sword, print, prints, height 108 mm, width 61 mm, Italian, 1557 - 1602-03-22, print maker, printmaker, 1583 - 1583, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgeverAstrology (Sterrenkunde), Cornelis Cort, after frans flower (1), 1565 print Astrologia, a winged woman with a star wreath around her head, measures the distance between the constellations with a compass on a celestial growl. Her gaze is visionary towards heaven. An old man with beard who stands next to her looks in the same direction. Books and astrological instruments are on the ground. Behind Astrologia is a peacock and there is an eagle next to her. Antwerp paper engraving 'Astronomy' (~ quadrivium); 'Astronomy' (Ripa)Apollo. Apollo as a god of the sun. His head is surrounded by a wreath of radiant light, his left fist has raised Apollo in the air.Virgin and Child with Angels. Artist: Laurent de La Hyre (French, Paris 1606-1656 Paris). Dedicatee: Dedicated to Nicolas de Lumagne, abbé de Saint Pierre de Rille, near Fougères. Dimensions: sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 1/2 in. (27.5 x 21.6 cm). Publisher: Published by Herman Weyen (Flemish, died Paris, 1672). Date: 1639. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Envy (Invidia); Invidia Meipsam Tabefacio; Seven deadly sins. Winged woman as a Personification of envy (Invidia) standing and with her teeth gnawing to her heart that she holds. Next to her is a growling dog.Saint Jerome. Date/Period: 1637. Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks on laid paper. Width: 22.5 cm. Height: 30.2 cm (sheet). Author: Bartolomeo Coriolano.Maria with child, master of the dice, after Rafaël, c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Mary with the Christ child on a cloud party that is supported by Putti. Maria is flanked by two angels who hold a crown over her head. Among them a mountainous landscape with a bridge. Italy paper engraving 'Marianum', Madonna in aureole or mandorla (surrounded by the rosary), Mary in the Glory. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. Madonna: Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in her lap (or in front of her bosom) (Mary sometimes represented half-length)Jan Sadeler I, after Joos van Winghe, Bacchus Seated on a Barrel between Amor and Music, c 1590 Bacchus Seated on a Barrel between Amor and MusicFeder drawing by Cornelis Galle the Elder depicting St. George with four saints, showing figures, attributes, gestures, composition, and background, using brown, gray lavated, black, and gray-brown cover colors.Astronomy, Georg Pencz, 1539 - 1543 print Sitting woman as a personification of astronomy (astronomy), her arm rests on a sky and with her other hand she points to stars in the sky. There is a passer next to her. A putto looks at the stars with a sextant. paper engraving 'Astronomia' (~ quadrivium); 'Astronomia' (Ripa). astronomical instrumentsGreeks - Alexander the Great, Jeremias Falck, After Claude Vignon, 1644 print Alexander the Great with a stick in the right and scepter in the left hand. In the background an angel and a four -member lion. At the top left, the four wind directions blow. Copy in mirror image to print with the same title. print maker: Parisafter print by: Parisafter design by: France paper engraving portrait of Alexander the Great (+ in allegorical or symbolic frame or setting; with allegorical or symbolic accessories)Saint Mark. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Johann Ladenspelder.Marcus Valerius, from the series The Roman Heroes 1586 Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish. Marcus Valerius, from the series The Roman Heroes 343575. Hercules kills the Hydra of Lerna with a Bat. To a fountain sculpture by sculptor Adriaen de Vries.Johannes de Baptist in the desert, Lucas van Leyden, 1513 print John the Baptist sitting in the desert, pointing on the lamb with banner on his left hand. paper engraving John the Baptist in the wilderness, usually accompanied by a lambPatience; Seven virtues. Personification of patience. Woman standing with a banner in the left on which a pigeon is depicted. Above a coat of arms with a dog, on top of a bird. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. Third print from a series of seven.Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Vos, Maerten de, Antwerp, The Seven Virtues, Fortituvdo, Strength, recto top center - handwritten in brown ink, Landscape with the female personification of Strength (Fortitudo), one of the four cardinal virtues, with a broken column. On the left in the background the Red Sea is flooding Pharaoh and the Egyptian army. On the right in the background the temptation of Christ in the desert. In the margin a two-line caption in Latin. Sixth print from a series with virtues., print, prints, verso - stamped, 26, height 159 mm, width 88 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1588, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherBroeck, Crispijn van den, Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), Daniel, Daniel in the lion's den., verso lower left - stamped, The prophet Daniel in the lion's den, surrounded by lions. He folds his hands in prayer, print, book illustration, prints, height 123 mm, width 83 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1577 - 1577, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, 1524 - 1591Study of sitting man with turned drapery, Louis Fabritius Dubourg, c. 1703 - c. 1775 drawing paper. chalkVenus, Roman goddess of love, sex, beauty and victory. She is shown with two cupids and the three graces. Copperplate engraving from Andrew Tookes The Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, London, 1757.