Allegorical Engravings of History

A collection of detailed engravings featuring allegorical themes, historical events, and ornate frames, showcasing figures and symbolic motifs.

Blazon of the Chamber of Rhetoric The Pellicaen Haarlem, with the crucifixion in allegorical frame, print maker: Jacob Matham, Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Susanna en de ouderlingen.Round medallion with Susanna and the elders. Around a grotesque frame. On the underside two terms with a wreath above a pelican that feeds his boy.

Allegory on the inauguration of William IV in Veere en Vlissingen, 1751, 1751 print Allegory on the inauguration of Stadholder William IV in Veere and Vlissingen on 1 and 5 June 1751.Triomfpoort with allegorical figures and the medal made on this occasion. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving triumphal arch. medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function) Veere. Flushing

Allegory on the human nature; Naturae Sequitur Semina Quisque Suae. Beneficents, beneficiality personification, is on a chair and is stabbed from behind by evil in the form of a naked man. A knee of the man leans on a skull and a snake, which bites in his own tail as a symbol of eternity, hangs around his right leg. On the right is a coffin with the inscription: Mors Oblivio. With her left hand, Beneficentia gives the sun on the naked man. The moon gives them to the woman for her. Between them is a tied lion, licking a dog. A mouse gnaws at his rope. A few obelisks in the background. The show has an ornamental picture frame. On the left, the personification of fertility is a child, which is awakened by the breath of Apollo as a symbol of good to life. On the right a child gets birth that his breath of evil receives. Above-top a woman gives a child's breast. At the top right a woman feeds a child with a spoon. Under the show a eight-line, Latin text and a cartouche with a five-line, Lat

Blazon of the Chamber of Rhetoric The Pellicaen Haarlem, with the crucifixion in allegorical frame, print maker: Jacob Matham, Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Allegory at the death of Christoph von Kannenberg, 1673, Romeyn de Hooghe (attributed to), after Romeyn de Hooghe, 1673 - 1674 print Allegory on the death of Christoph von Kannenberg on February 10, 1673. Mausoleum with the body of the deceased general. With symbolic figures and motifs that refer to his achievements. In the middle of a inscription in Latin. At the bottom of a representation of a phoenix. Netherlands paper etching / engraving burial rites

Amsterdam, Fokke, Simon, Allegory of the Art of Writing, verso - stamped, The personification of the Art of Writing sits with a book on her lap and points with a quill at a shield with the image of Father Time holding up a cloth, revealing a naked woman. To the right of the Art of Writing, a putto raises his club at a devilish figure. In the air flies an angel with a laurel wreath and trumpet, from which hangs a coat of arms., print, prints, height 131 mm, width 125 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Allegory on the inauguration of Willem IV in Veere en Vlissingen, 1751; In the memory of the inauding Zyer. Highness Willem Karel Henrik Friso, as Marquis van Vere and Vlissingen.Allegory on the Inauguration of Stadholder Willem IV in Veere and Vlissingen on 1 and 5 June 1751.Triomfpoort With Allegorical Figures and the Medal Attributed to This Occasion.

Agriculture, Antonius.

Cartouche with Hercules and Ladon, Jan Goeree, 1710 print In the Cartouche the garden of the Hesperides with the fire -breathing dragon Ladon that monitors the apple tree. Above Hercules with the stolen golden apples in his hand. Amsterdam paper engraving The golden apples of the Hesperides

Graftombe. A graftombe consisting of two layers. Under two putti next to an empty cartouche. On top of a horizontal figure and a representation of Maria with child that is flanked on either side by a putto.

France, Audran, Gérard, Design for ornament in memory of Pierre Seguier, verso - stamped, In this possibly funerary design, Time and Death are depicted, among other things., print, prints, height 215 mm, width 178 mm, 1640 - 1703-07-26, print maker, printmaker, 1672 - 1703, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Antwerp, Galle, Cornelis (II), Lepautre, Jean, Paris, Ertinger, Franz, Varie inventioni di vasi da acqua benedetta fatti al moderno, Holy water font with the Holy Family, Holy water font with Mary with the Christ child on her lap on the back plate. Joseph is standing next to them. Angels offer flowers. From a series of 6 sheets with copies after the series Inuentions pour faire des plaques ou des Aubenistiers seruans aux Orfeures by Jean Lepautre. Designs for holy water fonts. The print is part of an album., print, ornament print, album leaf, prints, height 222 mm, width 152 mm, 1640, print maker, printmaker, 1677 - 1692, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Frans, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, after print by, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, 1615 - 1678-10-18, publisher

Carved vase unknown

Damme, Andries van, Goeree, Jan, Amsterdam, Jupiter and Aegina, verso center bottom - stamped, In a frame the abduction of Aegina by Jupiter, disguised as an eagle. In the background water nymphs. The frame bears a medallion with the portrait of Emperor Charles the Bald., print, book illustration, prints, width 83 mm, height, 109 mm, 1670-10-20 - 1731-01-04, print maker, printmaker, 1710 - 1710, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

Le Martyre de Saint-Laurent (The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence) ca. 1626 Jacques Callot French. Le Martyre de Saint-Laurent (The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence). Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1626. Etching and engraving; third state of three (Lieure). Prints

Fountain turned to the left; Fonteines et cuuettes. A naked man supports the handle. Left of the fountain figures are next to a basin.

Juno frightened by the Furies, set within a decorative frame, from Amori sdegni et gielosie di Giunone (Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno). Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531-after 1576). Dimensions: sheet: 5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in. (13.1 x 10.5 cm). Series/Portfolio: Amori sdegni et gielosie di Giunone (Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno). Date: 1531-76. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bagaris De Convenience; Van Bekehrte Bagaris; Apelles and Bagaris. On the right on a Rocaille throne, the young king is blurry. He looks at a painting by a Madonna. To the right of the painting is a monk with a painting palette in his hand. In the background Rocaille ornaments with a view to a landscape. In the undermaster twice a four-line German and Latin text. Publisher number 15.

Tomb of a Bishop. Parmigianino, 1503-1540. 1501 - 1600. Angolo, Battista dell, approximately 1514-approximately 1573. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Fadwater bin with the footwashing, Jean Lepautre, c. 1657 - c. 1661 print Left and bottom right, the upper body of a child originates from a console. Page 4 from series of 6 magazines, first edition. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Allegory of marriage, placed in a graceful cartouche that is made up of flowers, plants, and architectural fragments. Centrally in the performance, a man and a woman are married and honored by two putti by an angel. Their hands touch each other above a burning sacrificial column. The couple is assisted by allegorical figures and putti with flower garlands. In the distance stands a classical building where putti with a cornucopia and the eternity symbol, the snake that bites its own tail, fly around. On the right, Juno is pulled in the car by peacocks in the air. At the bottom of the cartouche Amor sits with a bow and arrow on a shell, top left and right two putti hold a cartouche, 'Castitimrimoniale', 'Fede maritale', 'Matrimonio' (Ripa), cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti' 'putti', Christian Friedrich Fritzsch (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1745 - 1800, paper, etching, h 126 mm × w 162 mm

Augsburg, Nilson, Johann Esaias, Les Charmes du Portrait, Die Wirkung der Mahlerei, Charme van het portret, verso - stamped, Two scenes on one sheet. Above: A man shows a woman her miniature portrait. The scene is in a round frame surrounded by rocaille ornaments, a painter with his model and a painting putto. Below: A man looks admiringly at a portrait of a woman standing on a chair., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 284 mm, width 184 mm, German, 1721-11-02 - 1788, print maker, printmaker, 1731 - 1788, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Neptune and thetis. Neptune and Thetis companies the love in a shell that rests on a fish cup. On the bow above them sitting marine beings and at the top of fish with fish.

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Illustration from Bell's editin of the Poets of Great Britain, Volume LXXXVII Hammond: "And Love himself could flatter me no more". Engraving.

Allegorical show with history that writes the life course of Karel XII, King of Sweden, Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Bernard Picart, 1714 print History writes on a tablet. She is surrounded by putti. At her feet a child that stores print letters in a bowl. A girl brings a baby to her. In the air, a putto carries the portrait medallion of Karel XII, king of Sweden. In the background on the right a couple who walks to a house. In the background on the left a man who transports a load with his two donkeys. For parts from the show, figures have been placed that probably refer to a legend. With an empty margin. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. lyre, cithara, psaltery. embracing each other, kissing. infant, baby. production of printed matter, book-production

Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, Haarlem, Visscher, Cornelis (II), Cedant arma togae., Title page for: 'Lieuwe van Aitzema, Historie of Verhael', 1657, verso - stamped, Title page for 'Lieuwe van Aitzema, with in the centre the crowned coat of arms of Holland flanked by an armed man and a woman in armour with an olive branch and the peace hat. Above the coat of arms four portraits are held up by numerous putti. In the background a meadow landscape and a seascape., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 203 mm, width 157 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1629 - 1658-01-16, print maker, printmaker, 1657 - 1657, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, 1589 - 1662-11-12

Portret van een geestelijke.Portrait in oval half a deceased spiritual, to the left, surrounded by putti. Under the portrait is a grieving woman, her hand challenges a cross and tranquility on a skull.

Ornamental decorative board illustrated in copper engraving by Agostino Veneziano, 1530-1535, emphasizing symmetry and detailed design.

Medallion with the battle between the Republic and the bishop of Munster, 1665; La Hollande Secouruë Contre l'Evêque de Munster. 1665. Medallion with an allegorical representation of the battle between the Republic, supported by France, and the bishop of Munster during the second English war, 1665. Part of the wall decoration in the Salon de la Guerre in the Palace of Versailles.

Allegory on the restoration of true religion in England with the arrival of the Prince of Orange, 1688, 1688 - 1689 print Allegory on the restoration of true religion in England with the arrival of the Prince of Orange, 1688. Allegory in which a Roman general, William III, accompanied by the Dutch Lion a sealed Bible hand over to the English Virgin, leaving her Lord lying in bed. The English Lord and Burger kneel at the foot. In the air the angel of the revenge of God with lightning bolts and trumpet and the throne truth. In the foreground two women's figures sitting on either side of a Frisian with a performance of Hercules crowned. Numbered bottom left: 4. Northern Netherlands paper etching personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa) England

Grandes Cheminees a laRomaine. Artist: Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618-1682

Clairon, Hippolyte Radierer: Lemire, Noëlleger: Lemire, ChristmasNentwerfer: Gravelot, Hubert Françoisverlagsort: Paris

Title page of the Hollandsche Mercurius of the year 1673. Title page of the Hollandsche Mercurius of the year 1673. Mercury draws a curtain aside Wardoor De Razende Wargod Mars becomes visible. Surrounded by portraits of the most important army leaders in the year 1673, at the top of the portrait of Prince Willem III.

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. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). (story of) Mars (Ares). (story of) Thetis; 'Thethi, ninfa del mare' (Ripa). Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. Freedom, Liberty; 'Lib

Battle Scene with Soldiers Mounted on an Elephant. 1550-1650 After Giulio Romano Italian. Battle Scene with Soldiers Mounted on an Elephant. 341943

The coat of arms of Claude de Rueil (ca.1581-1649), Bishop of Bayonne, later Bishop of Angers Jean Couvay French After Grégoire Huret French Publisher François Langlois French 17th century

Allegorical Presentation on Medicine, François -Antoine Aveline, After Ferdinand Delamonce, 1728 - 1780 print Paris paper etching (story of) Hippocrates - post-mortem occurrences ~person from classical history. sick-bed

. History at a monument on which the map of Etruria and a medallion with the portrait of Pythagoras. In the background Etruscan ruins. Left in the foreground A Roman who receives all kinds of art treasures from the Virgin of Etruria. On the right in the foreground Putti with in the hands medallions on which the portraits of two Etruscan war heroes: Pelopidas and Epaminondas. In the frame of the cartouche a medallion with a Januskop.

In the foreground a bacchanal with all kinds of Roman mythological figures, including Pan and Midas. In the middle a graftombe with the title of the book and a medallion with the busts of Junisis Juvenalis and Persius Flaccus. In the background scenes from classic Rome.

Blazoen from the Haarlem rederijkerskamer De Wijngaertrancken, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (attributed to), after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550 print Blazoen from the Haarlem rederijkerskamer De Wijngaertrancken. Construction with two floors. On the top floor, the personification of rhetoric, seated on a throne. On either side of her the personifications believe (left) and hope (right). Next to them the coats of arms of Haarlem and Holland. Above her on a canope the personification of love. On the lower floor the personifications of wisdom and moderation. Central the Christ child. At the bottom of a tensioned lamb sheet a rebus (through the sweetness of the grapes we collect music and play). Haarlem paper etching 'Rhetorica', 'Eloquentia' (~ trivium); 'Rettorica' (Ripa). chamber of rhetoric (Dutch: 'rederijkerskamer'). Faith, 'Fides'; 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e c

Victory of the Allies on the French and Spaniards, 1702, Daniël Marot (I), 1702 - 1704 print Victory of the Allies on the French and Spaniards in the year 1702. Centrally the Roman King Joseph I and the Markgraaf van Baden on horseback, accompanied by their commanders. They are surrounded by various war scenes and besieged places, including Landau, Vigos, Venlo, Liège and Roermond. In the clouds the fame, angels, the Dutch lion and the German eagle. At the bottom of the fireworks set on the order of the States General and the States of Holland and West-Friesland on the Hofvijver in The Hague on 13 Decmber 1702. All inscriptions in Dutch and French. The Hague paper etching / engraving battle (+ land forces). bonfire, fire-works - AA - festivities on the water. equestrian state-portrait Hofvijver. Liège. Landau in Der Pfalz. Roermond. Stevensweert. Venlo

Chimney with a Painting of Louis XIV over the Mantle, from 'Grandes Cheminée' ca. 1644-66 Jean Le Pautre French Design for a chimney characterized by double vases and a weapon trophy on top of the mantel. Over the mantel a painting of King Louis XIV on horseback has been placed. The chimney is placed against a wall decorated with a pattern of fleurs-de-lis.. Chimney with a Painting of Louis XIV over the Mantle, from 'Grandes Cheminée' 428391

Surface Decoration, Grotesque with Strapwork, Including a Wall Niche under a Strapwork Canopy, Bacchic Scene below from Veelderleij Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertimenten...Libro Primo. Artist: Johannes van Doetecum the elder (Netherlandish, active 1554-ca. 1600, died 1605); Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554-72, died before 1589); after Cornelis Floris II (Netherlandish, Antwerp before 1514-1575 Antwerp). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (30.8 x 20.7 cm). Date: 1556. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Gloves with two winged horses; Gift jug. On the can sit a man who is bitten by a snake. From series of 6 sheets.

Aided a medea ontove the Argonauts at Colchis, René Boyvin, After Léonard Thyry, 1563 print The whole is framed by an ornamental list of putti and mythological figures. paper engraving Jason and the Argonauts meeting Aeetes, king of Colchis. the story of the Argonauts: the quest for the Golden Fleece

Monument of Willem van Focquenbroch, Jacobus Baptist, after Jan Goeree, 1766 print A woman, putti and children with goat legs make sacrifices to a monument with a portrait medallion from the Dutch poet Willem van Focquenbroch. There are two saters on the monument. paper etching / engraving monument, statue

Bath of Sardanapalus 1581-1623 Germany. Sardanapalus was a mythical ancient Assyrian king known for his excessive pursuit of physical pleasure. He appears here being bathed by a bevy of women, though he was said to have many concubines of both genders. Johann Theodor de Bry copied and reshaped another artistís rectangular print of a moralizing subject to create this composition, surrounding it with a sumptuously detailed border of foodstuffs, animals, and grotesque hybrid creatures.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Johann Theodor de Bry

Allegory on the elevation of William IV to Stadholder, 1747, 1747 print A solemn meeting can be seen on the Binnenhof through a gate. In the air an angel with laurel wreath and trumpet with the text: Vivat Oranye flies. In front of the gate, the left and right of the portrait of William IV hang medallions on top of each other with images of historical events. In the foreground, the coat of arms of Oranje-Nassau is flanked by Minerva with a branch of orange apples and a veiled woman above whose head a flame burns, symbol of troubles. paper etching Triummphal Entry and Public Reception, pageant, 'solemn entrance', 'Joyeuse entrance'

Bacchanaal with Drunk Silenus. Dishes decoration with a drunk sil's hand on a donkey. Around an edge of vine, Saters and children.

Thesis of Urban and Taddeo Barberini. Blondeau, Jacques (1655-ca 1698), graphic artist, Westerhout, Arnold van (1651-1725), graphic artist, Scilla, Agostino (1629-1700), draughtsman, cartoonist

Antwerp, Moretus, Balthasar (I), Rubens, Peter Paul, Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), Title page for: S. Pietrasanta, De symbolis Heroicis, 1634, Mercury and Nature give their gifts to the Talent, verso - stamped, Three figures stand around an altar. Mercury, as a representative of the Arts, gives brushes to a winged genius who stands behind the altar. On the right is the personification of Nature, a woman with multiple breasts and a wreath of flowers. She holds the hand of the winged figure. The winged man represents the Talent that can draw from the arts and nature., print, title page, prints, height 190 mm, width 140 mm, 1576 - 1650-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1634, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, Flemish, 1574-07-23 - 1641-07-08, publisher

Minerva and Apollo guide Ovid to a temple; Title page for: Ovid, All the works, second part, 1697. Minerva Discards Ovid from his winged shoes. There is her shield on the floor. At a temple, Apollo is open to the door of the temple. At either side there are Hermal of the Gods Kronos and Rheia. On top of the Apollo, Pegasus and Muzen temple on the Helicon mountain.

Nis with vase and terms, Daniël Marot (I), Daniël Marot (I), in or after 1703 print In a niche there is a pedestal supported by two terms with a vase with flowers on it and a putto on either side. Amsterdam paper etching flowers in a vase

View of Utrecht and allegory with Minerva and Virto, François van Bleyswijck, 1728 - 1771 print A view of the city of Utrecht with the silhouette of the Domkerk in an architectural accompaniment with the goddess Minerva and three personifications of virtues: moderation, justice and caution. The list is awarded a round shield with the motto from the University of Utrecht between two putti blowing on trumpets. paper etching (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues Utrecht

Allegory with the Amsterdam city council. The Amsterdam crowned urban lag is on a throne surrounded with allegorical figures. Next to her is a woman's figure with the alloying eye on a staff, behind the throne is caution with mirror and snake. Left in the foreground historiography with a writing spring in her hands and a history book. In the background the town hall on the dam and images of two river gods, the Amstel and the IJ.

View of Utrecht in Allegorical frame, Noah van der Meer (I), After Gerard Melder, 1745 print View of Utrecht with the Dom Tower on the right. The allegorical frame is crowned by the all -seeing eye of God. At the top left of a cloud is justice and on the right is the history with a book and a writing spring. On the right is the Utrecht city virgin with a lance and a certificate with Utrecht seal. In addition to her a putto with the coat of arms of Utrecht University. On the left is an allegorical figure with a book on her lap with a burning altar column, perhaps the faith or moderation. Title page for a thesis in law. Utrecht paper etching / engraving city-view in general; 'veduta'. personification of a city, town-patron(ess). Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Utrecht

Phalaar; Phalaris; Nero and Phalaar. King Phalaris stands on the left in the foreground and looks at how Perillos in the torture tool is worn the brass. On the right in the foreground a panther bites its prey. Around the show a rocaille frame with vase. In the undermaster twice a four-line German and Latin text.

Figures around an allegorical burial monument for Robert Boyle, John Locke and Thomas Sydenham, Bernard François Lépicié, After Domenico Maria Fratta, After Donato Creti, after Nunzio Ferrajuoli, After J.P. Mirando, 1735 - 1736 print Paris paper etching / engraving serious, tomb. 'Geometry' (~ quadrivium); 'Geometry' (Ripa)

Romeyn de Hooghe, Law of War and Peace, c 1670 Law of War and Peace

Rainutius II. Farnese, Herzog von Parma.

Alcove with Apollo and leucothea; Alcoues a la romaine. Apollo embraces leucothea while watching women left and right. At the bottom are four lines of text. From series of 6 sheets.

Tomb, A tomb consisting of two layers. Under two putti next to an empty cartouche. On top of a reclining figure and a representation of Mary with Child flanked on either side by a putto, grave, tomb, Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', Angelo Falco, Italy, c. 1619, paper, etching, h 219 mm × w 176 mm

Allegory on De Waarheid, Gerard Edelinck, 1652 - 1707 print King Louis XIV is sitting on a throne with ermine cloak and is pointed out by two people to the truth, presented as a naked woman under a bright sun. A French caption under the show. paper etching Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa)

City Virgin of Haarlem, 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 etching / engraving 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

Three decorative paintings 1. Enfoncemant de Couple; 2. Dessus de Porte; 3. Autres de Dessus d'Porte. unknown, graphic artist, Marot, Daniel (1661-1752 ; st.), graphic artist

Title page for: Jan Luyken, consideration of the world, 1708, Jan Luyken, 1708 print Title page with an angel and three women who point to the globe. Amsterdam paper etching angels. earth, world as celestial body

Adam and Eva hide for God; From creation to expulsion from paradise. Adam and Eve hide through shame about their nudity for God. In medallet as a inscription a bible text in Latin from Genesis 3, within rectangular frame.

Coat of arms with bull and female personifications. Coat of arms with leaching bull. Awarded a Greek cross. Flanked by female personifications with attributes: on the left a female personification with flowers and a church building in the hands. Above her a pigeon in a ray wreath. On the right a female personification with rooster on her head and a heron to her feet.

Schrijver, muze en dieren; Titelpagina voor: Pieter Burman, Phaedri fabulae Aesop, 1745.At a stone table with book title, a man, possibly aesopus, writes on a tablet. Opposite him is a woman with winch, possibly the muse terpsichore. In the background on a stage the animals and a dwarf that occur in the fables of Aesopus.

Damme, Andries van, Goeree, Jan, Amsterdam, Garden with dragon, verso bottom center - stamped, In a frame a dragon, seated in a garden. On top of the frame sits a man with some apples in his right hand., print, book illustration, prints, width 67 mm, height, 90 mm, 1670-10-20 - 1731-01-04, print maker, printmaker, 1710 - 1710, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

Title card for the work by Adam I. Naramowski faces of Sarmaticarum Party, Vilnae, printed 1724 Strachowski

Throne female figure looks up to Venus, Jan Wandelaar, after Frans van Mieris, 1725 print In a palace on a throne is a woman (possibly the personification of civilization), she keeps a lion on the rein. In addition to her, a pile of books of famous philosophers. She tramples a devil with her feet. She looks up at a statue of Venus, goddess of fertility, in her hand a staff of Diana van Efese. In the foreground figures that frighten away from the departure. There is scissors and a bobbin yarn on the stairs. In the middle of numbered: ii. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving veneration of Venus. devils in the form of (fabulous) animals

Coat of arms of the United Netherlands surrounded by Mercury and Minerva. Coat of arms of the United Netherlands surrounded by Putti dressed as Mercury, Minerva, Fortuna and Architecture.

Allegory on the uplifting of Willem IV to Stadholder, 1747; To raise Zyne Solerance Hefness Willem Karel Henrik Friso (...) to Stadholder, Captain and Admiral General on the United Provincien MDCCXLVII. Allegory on the uplifting of Willem IV to Stadholder, 1747. Monument awarded a stadholder's bust and decorated with allegorical scenes. Putti hang a portrait medallion and a medallion with the weapon of the Republic to the monument. Down the Lier of Apollo and the Aegis, the shield of Minerva with the head of Medusa.

The evangelist Luke with an ox beside him. Luke stands on a pedestal, the front of which depicts his hanging from an olive tree. Print marked at top center: fol. 358., Luke the Evangelist St. Luke the Evangelist, Naer Zommiger meening in Greece, hanged on an Olyfboom , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), print maker: Zacharias Chatelain (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 281 mm × w 178 mm

Apollo, Jacob Folkema, After Frans van Mieris, 1702 - 1767 print Apollo is sitting with his winch in his hands under a tree and supports his right arm on the horn of abundance. In the air behind him, Pegasus is heading. In the foreground, putti with attributes of the muses play next to a Bijenkorf. The show is caught in a graceful list. paper etching (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). Pegasus, the winged horse. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

At the portrait of playwright Jean Baptiste Racine is a muse that receives the Lier from Apollo. Between them in state, who points to her head. Fly comes up with a laurel wreath. Putti with theater attributes play in the foreground. Title page for the collected works by Jean Baptiste Racine.

Allegorical representation on the death of Sophia Amalia, Countess van Hohenlohe -Langenburg, Johann Jacob Haid, After M. Grindter, 1736 - 1767 print paper etching Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ allegorical scene, i.e. two or more personifications involved in an action)

CitiesMAns of Haarlem. The urban army of Haarlem is under the arms of Haarlem with a staff with banderol in her hands. On the Banderol state: Salvus Publica, general well-being. The urban layer lets her hand rest on a pied feature with the words: Deo et patriae. For the throne putti with papers and books, passer and measuring status and a globe. Allegorical performance in which the city of Haarlem is proposed as a promoter of science and the arts.

Borgia, Francesco.

Memorial sheet on Frederick II on the occasion of the peace of Dresden December , Bartholomäus Strachowsky, Copper Engraver

Allegory at marriage, 1748 print A couple is connected by a minus in the clouds. The man and woman both carry a burning heart in the hands and are assisted by allegorical figures and putti. The show is framed with an ornamental list. Amsterdam paper etching 'Castit marriage', 'Marital faith', 'Wedding' (Ripa)

Cadmus kills the dragon. Cadmus kills the dragon that his companions devoured. The mythological representation is faced in a medallide-shaped list. Left of this shows an allegorical woman's figure with a flute on sheet music above the list, playing three putti different instruments on the right. At the bottom of the print is a three-legged caption in French.

Harrach, Franz Anton Graf.

Cartouche surrounded by allegorical figures. A crowned cartouche, surrounded by allegorical figures. At the top left of the cartouche Comfort the raised personification of poetry. She presents melpomene, muse from the mourning game, a roll of paper. Above Melpomenene, Thalia, Muze of Blijspel, the throne poetry is also a rolled paper. To the right of the cartouche, the blindfolded frenzy with burning torch dives away and the envy falls back. In the foreground a young and old Sater hold a piece of paper together.

Picart, Bernard, Amsterdam, Thalia surrounded by putti and books, verso - stamped, The muse Thalia with writing table and stiletto, surrounded by putti with books and a satyr. One of the putti is holding a mask. Below the representation the motto: Et Amara Laeto Temperet Risu., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 51 mm, width 72 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1730 - 1730, second quarter 18th century, tweede kwart 18e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), intermediary draughtsman

Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego are thrown into the fire History of Sadrach, Mesach and Abednego (series title) Thesaurus sacrarum historiaru m veteris testame n ti, elega n tissimis imaginibus expressu m excelle n tissimoru m in hac arte viroru m opera: now n c primu m in luce m editus (series title), Mesach and Abednego are in the burning oven thrown. One of them can be seen through a window in the oven. He is assisted by an angel. The flames do not harm him. Two men are about to throw one of the three through the top hole in the oven. Three of the guards standing on the oven do burn in the flames. In the left foreground one of the three Jewish men is squeezed before he is thrown into the oven. Under the representation an explanatory text in Latin. Print is part of an album, after the furnace has been heated seven times more, the three Hebrews are bound and thrown into the fire, their executioners are burned by the flames, Philips Galle (mentioned on object), 1565 an

Rome, Aelst, Nicolaus van, Vatican City, Michelangelo, Italy, Ghisi, Giorgio, Paintings in the lunettes above the windows in the Sistine Chapel, The Persian Sibyl, verso - stamped, A lunette with the Persian Sibyl with a book and nude figures., print, prints, height 567 mm, width 432 mm, Italian, 1520 - 1582-12-15, print maker, printmaker, 1540 - 1540, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1527 - 1613, publisher, uitgever

The Tomb of a Bishop. Battista dell' Angolo del Moro (Italian, c.1515-c.1573); after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540). Date: 1540-1545. Dimensions: 360 x 252 mm. Etching on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Quarts de plafons. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Lepautre.

Medal with Michel Jean Sédaine surrounded by Putti; Michel Jean Sédane N. A medal with Michel Jean Sédaine's head, surrounded by putti with instruments and atributes of the different arts, and a faun with arrow and bow. A worship of the genius of Sédaine.

Burial monument for Johannes Schelhammer, 1730 - 1736 print Grave monument or epitaph for German theologian Johannes Schelhammer in the Evangelisch Lutheran Church on the Lutheran Burgwal in The Hague. A record with Latin inscription in memory of him is the center of an architectural accompaniment. This is crowned with a medallion on which the symbol of Christ's suffering is depicted: a pelican feeds her boy with her own blood. Two mourning women flank a portrait of Schelhammer. print maker: Leidenafter drawing by: The Hagueafter sculpture by: The Haguepublisher: Amsterdam paper etching epitaph. 'pleurants' Lutheran church

Ludwig Xiv., King of France Design by Jean Baptiste Corneille d. J., Gest. (Bust) by Gerard Zelfelinck and (other parts) by Jean Mariette

A crowned cartouche surrounded by allegorical figures. On the left above the cartouche enthrones the acclaimed personification of poetry. She hands Melpomene, muse of mourning, a roll of paper. Above Melpomene, Thalia, muse of comedy, also hands the enthroned art of poetry a roll of paper. To the right of the cartouche the blindfolded rage with burning torch dives away and the envy falls backwards. In the foreground a young and old satyr are holding a piece of paper together, Cartouche surrounded by allegorical figures., print maker: Gerard de Lairesse, (mentioned on object), 1670, paper, etching, h 203 mm × w 142 mm

Landscape with Allegorical Figures, Jan Punt, 1740 print Landscape with poetry, accompanied by truth and zeal. On the left three putti, one of whom offers poetry a collection of poetry. Another has a globe with him. A third points in the background where razoria is driven out by wisdom. Left in the foreground on a stone the title in Dutch. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Symbolic Representations, Allegories and Emblems ~ Poetry; 'Poetry' (Ripa). Truth; 'TRAPE (RIPA). Industriousness, Assiduitity; 'Assiduitè,' Industry ',' Zelo '(Ripa). Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Humana Sapienza', 'True Sapienza' (Ripa). Rage, Angers. globe

Allegorical representation with crowned man, putti and woman with star crown, anonymous, After Frederik Ottens, 1731 - 1743 print A crowned man with a spring and writing tablet in his hand, tramples figures including a woman with peacock (possibly pride), Midas with donkey ears (greed) and a man with a money pouch. On the man's crown a flame and the all -seeing eye. With him, a putto with sun points on the head towards the sky where a woman with palm branch and star crown sits on clouds. paper etching / engraving crown (symbol of sovereignty). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. sitting figure. trampling, treading, stamping on someone or something

Amsterdam, Damme, Andries van, Leiden, Dalen, Daniel van den, Sluyter, Pieter, European Mercury, Thirteenth Piece First Part. Containing the First Six Months of the Year 1702, Title Page for the European Mercury of 1702, Title Page for the European Mercury of 1702. The Dutch Garden with the Dutch Lion, outside the fence Mercury with other allegorical figures and animals. On the right in the background a tomb for William III., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 166 mm, width 141 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1675 - 1733, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1702, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher

Barbarigo, Giovanni Francesco, Audenaerd, Robert van, Rome, Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica gente, Portrait of Giovanni Barbarigo and the personification of Military Victory, verso - stamped, Pedestal in the form of a cartouche. On it a medallion with the portrait of Giovanni Barbarigo on the front. On the back three small ships fire cannonballs at a large ship. With the text: Tormenti Victoria. On the pedestal an angel sits with a palm branch and a crown, symbols of military victory. She sits on a large anchor and cannon. Behind her are other objects used during a naval battle. The pedestal is flanked by two prisoners of war. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 220 mm, width 239 mm, 1663 - 1743, print maker, prentmaker, 1673 - 1743, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Italian, 1658-04-29 - 1730-01-27, client

Imperfectorum Academia (Academy of the Imperfects). Dated: c. 1619. Dimensions: overall: 17.4 x 23 cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with blue wash over black chalk, incised for transfer, on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Claude Deruet.

Cartouche with allegory on Roman rule; Title page for: Kornelis Westerbaen, General Histori, 1746. A Roman emperor sits on his throne, scepter and globe in the hands. A priest brings him offender attributes. In the foreground putti with a painting on which the Colosseum. The performance is caught in a cartouche with medallions in which the portraits of Roman emperors.

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