Allegorical Etchings and Prints

A collection of intricate etchings featuring allegorical figures such as Venus, Mars, and Christ, depicting themes of love, peace, and spirituality in a classical art style.

Victory of peace at war, Pieter Tanjé, after Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1716 - 1761 print Peace, lying with an olive branch on a cloud, has won the victory, because next to her is Victoria with her palm branch. Victoria points to the war god Mars, whose weapons are taken away by Putti. A putto with a horn of abundance plays in the middle. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). Victoria as Roman personification. (story of) Mars (Ares). 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty

The Genius of Castiglione. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609-1664); published by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (Italian, 1627-1691). Date: 1648. Dimensions: 370 x 242 mm. Etching in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Narcissus, Jean Pelletier, After François Le Moine, 1746 - 1780 print Paris paper engraving / etching (story of) Narcissus

Slapende Venus en Amor, anonymous, after Odoardo Fialetti, in or after 1617 print Venus and Amor sleeping in a landscape. Italian fresh in the lower margin. print maker: Italyprint maker: Veniceafter print by: Venice paper etching sleeping; unconsciousness. Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Christ on the Mount of Olives (The Agony in the Garden) , from The Passion, #2 in a series of 12engravings. Artist: Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617

Victory of peace at war, Pieter Tanjé, after Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1716 - 1761 print Peace, lying with an olive branch on a cloud, has won the victory, because next to her is Victoria with her palm branch. Victoria points to the war god Mars, whose weapons are taken away by Putti. A putto with a horn of abundance plays in the middle. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). Victoria as Roman personification. (story of) Mars (Ares). 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, 1616 - 1680 print Landscape with the Holy Family resting under a tree. Two angels kneel for Mary and the Christ child. In the background a boat on a river. Italy paper etching rest on the flight into Egypt. river

The Agony in the Garden, from The Passion of Christ ca. 1598-1617 Anonymous. The Agony in the Garden, from The Passion of Christ 398294

Copper engraving by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1509 depicting the penance of Saint John Chrysostom, showing figure details and composition.

Harmonia and Cadmus, Crispy of the pace (II), c. 1636 - 1670 print In the forests around Illyyria, Cadmus and his wife Harmonia are changed in snakes by Jupiter in an old age. They hug each other. paper engraving Cadmus and Harmonia changed into snakes: when loaded with grief and the infirmity of old age, Cadmus and Harmonia are changed into snakes (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 576)

Tiberinus Verschijnt aan Aeneas, Salvator Rosa, c. 1663 - c. 1664 print Tiberinus, the river god of the Roman river Tiber, appears to Aeneas during a dream. The river god on the left with its urn, a long beard and reed stems on the head. On the right Aeneas sleeps, leaning on his shield. Italy paper etching / drypoint the river-god Tiberinus appears to Aeneas in his sleep. plants and herbs: reed

H. Hieronymus in the Wilderness, Herman of Swanevelt, 1650 - 1655 print In a rocky landscape with tree parties, the saint Hieronymus sits on the right in the foreground over a book. In his right hand he holds writing utensils. In front of him is a skull and ink pot on a piece of stone. On the rock in front of him is a cloak and a cardinal hat. On the right is a cross and in the background two lions are opposite each other. paper etching St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him

A lead and ink drawing by Christian Winck depicting a scene titled 'The Wonderful Feed' with multiple figures and detailed gestures.

. In a Waids Heuvellandscahp is a warrior next to a tree, who stirs his chest with a dagger. Right next to him are dogs. Top right: Fol 153. Print used in a book by Lambert van den Bos with a total of twenty prints of Arnold Houbakken.

Judah and Tamar Pieter Lastman Dutch. Judah and Tamar 398636

In Van Saters, Jean Honoré Fragonard, After Anonymous, 1763 print A bass-relief, standing on the ground between plants, with an image of a dancing Sater family. The Sater with two children on their arm, the nymph with a scaling window and a small dancing satap with the arms up. print maker: Italypublisher: Paris paper etching art (+ relief ~ sculpture). non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of satyr(s). nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, The battle at the river, verso lower left - stamped, Achilles receives help from Neptune and Minerva during his battle with the river Xanthus. In the margin a caption in French., print, book illustration, prints, height 189 mm, width 124 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1710 - 1710, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Estius, Franco, Goltzius, Hendrick, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, Holy Family with Elizabeth, Zacharias and the Child John the Baptist, engraved, The Holy Family resting in a landscape under a canopy, with Elizabeth with the Child John and Zacharias carrying a basket of eggs., print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, HGoltzius, Helisba nato comitata..., height 390 mm, width 282 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1590, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom

The Lovers 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian. The Lovers 391585

Brigands: Design for an Engraving 18th century Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century Italian. Brigands: Design for an Engraving 342150

Bartolomeo Biscaino, The Holy Family Adored by Angels (The Large Nativity), c 1655 The Holy Family Adored by Angels (The Large Nativity)

Venus ordering Psyche to take water from a fountain guarded by dragons, from 'Fable of Cupd and Psyche' 1530-60 Master of the Die Italian. Venus ordering Psyche to take water from a fountain guarded by dragons, from 'Fable of Cupd and Psyche' 396182

Plate 14: Cupid airborne gleeing from Psyche, from 'The Fable of Psyche'. Artist: Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530-60); After Michiel Coxie (I) (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1499-1592 Mechelen). Dimensions: sheet: 7 11/16 x 8 7/8 in. (19.5 x 22.5 cm). Publisher: Antonio Salamanca (Salamanca 1478-1562 Rome). Date: 1530-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bacchanal. At the top right Bacchus sitting on a stone throne under a canopy. Drinking around him and deeply falling to saters. On the left a flute-playing Sater.

. Cain is about to kill Abel with a donkey bonebone. Right two sacrifices: Abel's sacrifice is approved by God (the smoke rises up), the sacrifice of Cain is rejected (the smoke knocks down). In the background, Adam and Eva kneel at Abel's body. In the margin a two-legged caption in Latin.

Venus, Amor and two putti in an Arcadian landscape, Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1713 - 1775 print paper etching pastorals, Arcadian scenes. Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Diana an Actaeon, Anonymous, After Hans Bol, c. 1550 - c. 1650 print The young Prince Actaeon comes across the cave forest where Diana takes a bath with her nymphs. Because he saw her naked, Diana immediately turns him into a deer as a punishment. Actaeon lifts its arms in surprise. paper etching Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193)

Love conquers, Agostino Carracci, 1599 print Amor in fight with pan in a landscape. There are two nymphs on the right. Italy paper engraving (story of) Pan. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

Cranach, Lucas (I), Wittenberg, John Chrysostom does penance, verso lower right - stamped, Landscape with reclining naked woman who was impregnated by the hermit John Chrysostom. Her child lies sleeping next to her. In the background the saint does penance by crawling on the ground, renouncing speaking and the sight of heaven. A hind lies next to the woman, a deer stands, a pheasant is scratching around on the ground. At the top left, in a coniferous tree, hang two small shields with the electoral and ducal arms of Saxony., print, prints, verso bottom left - stamped, height 251 mm, width 193 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1509 - 1509, first quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Saint Jerome. Engraving after G. Muziano.

Saint Christopher. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (28.6 × 20.5 cm). Date: 1506. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An ink and feather drawing by an anonymous artist showing figures resting during an escape, emphasizing posture and interaction in a scene.

Dubourg, Louis Fabritius, Folkema, Jacob, Illustrations from Virgil's Bucolia, Dialogue between the shepherds Tityrus and Meliboeus, verso - stamped, Surrounded by their cattle, the two shepherds Tityrus and Meliboeus are having a conversation in the open air. On the same plate, to the left below this illustration, there is a decorated initial T with the image of a shepherd playing the flute. This illustration was made for the first poem from Virgil's Bucolica., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 188 mm, width 202 mm, Dutch, 1692 - 1767, print maker, prentmaker, 1703 - 1767, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, 1693 - 1775-09-16

Amor overcoming pan; Omnia Vincit Amor. Amor keeps a pan in front. Pan kneels with a leg on the ground, his flute is in the grass. On the left are two nymphs on a stone. The fight is a symbol of the battle between the Divine Love (Amor) and the earthly love (pan).

Bacchanal puts Slapende Bacchante, Michel Dorigny, After Eustache Lesueur, 1626 - 1665 print France paper engraving / etching male bacchant(es). maenad(s), female bacchant(es). sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors

Adam and Eve. Artist: Simone Cantarini (Italian, Pesaro 1612-1648 Verona). Dimensions: Plate: 7 13/16 × 6 3/4 in. (19.8 × 17.2 cm). Date: ca. 1639. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Merciful Samaritan provides the wounds, Jan Luyken, 1700 print A performance in a cartouche of palm branches. The merciful Samaritan supports the robbed and wounded man and pours oil and wine over his injuries. In the background the priest and the Leviet in a landscape. Under the cartouche the Bible reference Luc. 10:35. Amsterdam paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. a priest and/or a Levite passing by without attending to the wounded man ~ parable of the Good Samaritan. a Samaritan tending the wounds of the traveller

Saint Jerome sits on a rock in a mountainous landscape reading. Next to him a book and an hourglass. The lion, his attribute, strolls among the rocks., Landscape with reading Hieronymus, print maker: Cornelis Cort, (mentioned on object), Titiaan, (mentioned on object), publisher: familie Remondini, (mentioned on object), print maker: Rome, Bassano del Grappa, publisher: Bassano del Grappa, c. 1650 - c. 1799, paper, engraving, h 320 mm × w 270 mm

Hercules at the Crossroad ca. 1498 Albrecht Dürer German. Hercules at the Crossroad 391060

François Bouchers drawing shows resting girls with a child in a park landscape, executed in black chalk.

Nicolas Chapron, French (1612-c. 1656), Faun and Bacchante with a Child, 1650s, etching with engraving on laid paper

Drunk Bacchus with Saters. .

Diana in Endymion, Gerard de Lairese, 1680 print Endymion, who had fallen asleep forever in exchange for eternal youth, is visited by Diana forever. Diana looks down on him from a cloud. In the foreground is an Armillarium, to the right of Endymion is Amor with an arrow in his hand, on the left is an open book. paper etching Diana (Luna) visiting the sleeping Endymion. unconsciousness

Netherlands, Everdingen, Allaert van, Reinaert the fox, Court day at King Nobel's, Various animals, including Belijn the ram, Bruun the bear, Bruneel the donkey, a dog and two roosters, have gathered at King Nobel the lion's, for the court day., print, prints, height 94 mm, width 117 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1621-06-18 - 1675-11-08, print maker, printmaker, 1631 - 1675, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Illustrations to the Metamorphoses of Ovid: Jupiter and Io (.1); Jupiter and Io, disguised as a white beifer (.2); Mercury Rescuing Io from Argus (.3). Artist: Godfried Maes (Antwerp 1649-1700 Antwerp). Dimensions: each sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 11/16 in. (16.5 x 22 cm). Date: late 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

In the left foreground, a nymph stands near a second, seated nymph holding a drinking bowl. In the foreground right, two satyrs sit in front of a large, wooden vessel near a goat and a barrel of grapes., Two nymphs and two satyrs near a wooden vessel, print maker: Herman van Swanevelt, (mentioned on object), publisher: Charles Audran, (mentioned on object), 1629 - 1655, paper, etching, h 82 mm × w 108 mm

Music in the open air, Valentin Lefèbvre, After Titian, 1682 print A young man plays a bass gamba in a landscape. A woman, seen on the back, sits next to him with a flute in her hand. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints to paintings by Titian and Veronese. paper etching small group of musicians, chamber orchestra, jazz band - CC - 'concert champíªtre'. sheep. mountains

unknown, Rubens, Peter Paul, Southern Netherlands, Jegher, Christopher, Christ Child and John the Baptist playing with the lamb, print, prints, height 344 mm, width 458 mm, 1596-08-24 - 1653, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1640, paper, papier, houtsnede, Zuid-Nederlands, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, intermediary draughtsman, naar teken van, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Landscape with St. Mary Magdalene praying before a crucifix in a ravine, Landscape with the Penitent Mary Magdalene, print maker: Cornelis Cort, (mentioned on object), Girolamo Muziano, (mentioned on object), publisher: Carlo Losi, (mentioned on object), Rome, 1573 and/or c. 1774, paper, engraving, h 498 mm × w 357 mm

Elia fed by the Raven, 1645 - 1646 print Elijah sits on the ground by a river in a forest, where the ravens bring him bread and meat. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing Elijah fed by the raven(s): while the prophet is living by the brook, ravens bring him food

Fight between Amazones and Greeks on the Bridge of Troy (left part). .

Venus gives Amor orders to pierce Pluto's heart with an arrow; The history of Pluto and Proserpina. In the foreground left, Venus sits that Amor points to Pluto who drives into the air in his victory. Cupid points an arrow on his heart.

Venus and De Roos, Marco Dente, After Rafaël, 1498 - 1532 print Venus sits on a rock in a landscape. She takes a thorn of a rose bush from her foot. In the foreground on the right a rabbit. Italy paper engraving Venus wounded by the thorns of a rose-bush; the roses change from white to red (possibly combined with the story of Adonis)

Italy, Reni, Guido, Monogrammist PQ, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, verso attachment sheet - stamped, The Holy Family resting in a landscape. Mary sits with the Christ Child on her lap. On the left is Joseph., print, prints, height 201 mm, width 295 mm, Italian, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1699, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1575-11-04 - 1642-08-18

Landscape with Byblis and Caunus, Bernard Picart, 1683 - 1733 print Byblis is in love with her brother Caunus, who flees for her. Byblis eventually turns into a water source. Amor flies in the air, the eyes averted. With an empty margin. paper etching Byblis falls in love with her brother Caunus, who scorns her love. Byblis changed into a fountain: after looking for Caunus everywhere, Byblis at last lies down, bathed in tears, and is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses IX 663). (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

Jupiter en Callisto, Cornelis Bos, after Michiel Coxie (i), c. 1537 - c. 1555 print Jupiter approaches the Nymph Callisto in the form of the goddess Diana. Callisto and Jupiter are under a tree, the lightning bolts of Jupiter are in the grass. Jupiter looks in love at Callisto, Callisto looks a little suspicious. Print from a series of 10 prints that illustrate Jupiter's love life. unknown paper engraving Jupiter, in the guise of Diana, and Callisto. homosexual love - CC - homosexual love between women: lesbianism

Juno changes Callisto into a bear; Metamorphoses from Ovid. After Callisto Jupiters Son Arcas has birth, Juno turns her into a bear, out of anger about the release of her husband's adultery. Left her car with peacocks. In the undermarge a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.

Ceres looking for Proserpina. Ceres, goddess of agriculture, drives veiled with a torch in her hand on a car drawn by dragons. She is looking for her daughter Proserpina who is robbed by Pluto. In the foreground women are at a stream in which monstrous beings swim. Scene from the metamorphoses of Ovid.

Allart van Everdingen (Dutch, 1621-1675), Reynard is Released to Tell His Story, probably c. 1645-1656, etching

Landscape with reading hieronymus. Saint Hieronymus is sitting in a mountainous landscape on a rock. Next to him a book and a hourglass. The lion, its attribute, strulses between the rocks.

Amsterdam, Luyken, Caspar, Adam and Eve hiding from God, verso - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 5, height 112 mm, width 147 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1672-12-18 - 1708-10-04, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching

The Sacrifice of Isaac. Pietro Testa; Italian, 1611/12-1650. Date: 1640-1642. Dimensions: 295 x 239 mm. Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Nuremberg, Dürer, Albrecht, Abduction by the Sea Monster, verso - stamped, On the left, from the shore, a man and four women watch as a naked woman is carried away by a sea monster., print, prints, height 254 mm, width 190 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1496 - 1500, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, German, 1471-05-24 - 1528-04-05, after a design by

Robert Blyth, 1750-1784, Soldiers with Pack-Horse (Laid down on same sheet as B1977.14.12070), 1783. Etching.

Coridon in Silvia, 1600 - 1625 print Coridon and Silvia as a pastoral love couple, sitting under a tree. Coridon has a pan flute in his hand, his right hand tickles the head of a dog and next to him is his shepherd's staff. Silvia is wearing a leaf wreath in the hair and has two flowers in his hand. In the background a shepherd with cattle. paper engraving male literary characters (with NAME). female literary characters (with NAME). pastorals, Arcadian scenes. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Venus and Adonis. Sixteenth number of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 525; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Allegorical representation with a sex poet, naked truth and industry, Jan Punt, 1740 print The personification of the moral art with Lier is lit by the rays around the mirror of the naked truth behind her. A sun on the breast of truth. On the right is the sorry. On the left three putti with a book and globe. One of them points towards the personification of frenzy and uncomfortable that is driven away by Minerva. paper etching / engraving symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa). Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa)

Nymph, putto and young Sater; Lascivie. A nymph, a putto and a young sater in a landscape. The putto files the toenails of the Nymph and the young Sater touches her.

Drawing, Study for St. Paul the Hermit; black and white crayon with blue gouache on paper

An allegory of painting François Collignon French. An allegory of painting. François Collignon (French, Nancy ca. 1610-1687 Rome). Etching. Prints

A chalk drawing on brown paper by Maturino da Firenze depicting Cloelia fleeing the Lars Porsenna camp with her female companions, showing movement and classical figures.

Clymene and Phaëthon, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Phaëthon kneels next to his mother Clymene who points to heaven where his father is trapping Apollo. On the left in the background, Phaëthon asks if he can drive his father's car. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Phaethon complaining to his mother Clymene, the Oceanid. Phaethon asks Apollo (Sol) for the chariot of the sun

Three grati and a putto; Diligito Caros * Salvo Tamen Ante Pudore. The three gratins dance to the music that makes a putto on its tambourine. In the air, Venus is being pulled on her victory bar by two pigeons. Two men perform a conversation in the background.

Pan and Olympus. Dated: c. 1645/1647. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 20.6 x 11.5 cm (8 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.

In love couple under a tree; Elck sijn tijt. A love couple under a tree. The lady holds a flower in the hand, next to her is a lute on the floor. At the top right in the air an amor that exchanges an arrow on them. Two tubers in the foreground. The print contains a Latin and Dutch poem, which explains how that the tubber tubes symbolize the falling couple

A 1494 brown ink drawing by Albrecht Dürer, inspired by Mantegna, depicting a dynamic fight scene of mythological sea gods, including compositional details and figure interactions.

Tiresias hits two coupling snakes, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1615 print Tiresias hits two pairing snakes in a forest. He then turned into a woman. Seven years later he changed back into a man, after making two pairing snakes again; This can be seen on the left in the background. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the third series. print maker: Haarlemprint maker: Netherlandspublisher: Netherlands paper engraving Tiresias, striking two coupling serpents with his staff, is changed into a woman. seven years later, by the same action, Tiresias turns into a man again. transgender, transsexual

Hagar in the desert, Jurriaan Cootwijck, after Eustache Lesueur, 1759 print Hagar is located on the ground in a mountainous landscape. An angel points her to a water source. On the right is Ismaël, the child of Hagar, hidden under a bush. print maker: Amsterdamafter drawing by: Paris paper an angel appears and reveals a well of water to Hagar

A brush drawing by Johann Sebastian Bach around 1778 showing Perseus freeing Andromeda, executed in brown and gray-green with laved watercolor over pencil and reddish traces, with black edging lines.

Pakzel on Landweg with relieving man, Hendrik Godart de Marée, after Isaac van Ostade, 1752 - 1783 print Utrecht paper etching ass, donkey. pack-animal. defecation

Eliah en de angel, pieter nolpe, after Paulus Potter, 1630 - 1674 print An angel wakes up Elijah, lying on the ground in a landscape. A jar and a bread left under the tree. To the Bible text in 1 Kon. 19: 5-7. At the bottom of the margin a two -line text in Latin and a two -line text in Dutch. Antwerp paper etching / engraving an angel wakes Elijah; a loaf of bread and a jar of water are usually at Elijah's head

Allegorical memorial in memory of Maria Duyst van Voorhout, 1754. Three putti and an angel with the cornucopia among her arm stands for the Mary Duyst van Voorhout memorial. On top of the monument is a bra that crowned by the fame with a snake that bites itself in its own tail, symbol of eternity. In the background, grieving figures. Under the printing edge, the caption is written with pen outside the plate edge.

Abraham en Isaak met de offerram; Geschiedenis van Abraham.Italiananizing landscape with left on the foreground Isaac and Abraham kneeling next to a ram. Behind them an altar with burning branch forests. Fourded from a series of five with the history of Abraham.

Diana and Actaeon; Metamorphoses from Ovid. The Young Prince Actaeon hunting in the forest, where he came to Diana and her nymphs that bathed. Diana changed the prince because he had seen her naked, for punishment in a deer. In the margin a caption in Latin.

Circe changing the companions of Ulysses into beasts 1650-1651 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian. Circe changing the companions of Ulysses into beasts 393219

Barbiers, Pieter, Amsterdam, Koning, Theodoor, The Two Hunters and the Milkmaid, Two Hunters and the Milkmaid, verso - stamped, Two hunters fall through the wall of a shed and startle the young woman by the tree. This image shows a scene from the farce 'The Two Hunters and the Milkmaid'., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 224 mm, width 155 mm, 1748-02-03 - 1829-01-31, print maker, printmaker, 1778 - 1778, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception

The Judgment of Paris 1508 Lucas Cranach the Elder German According to Hollstein this is a later impression: the coats of arms broken off.. The Judgment of Paris 625019

Love Conquers All. Agostino Carracci; Italian, 1557-1602. Date: 1599. Dimensions: 127 x 187 mm (image/sheet, cut within plate mark). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Life of Moses 1820s French. Life of Moses 236779

Allegory of the Peasant and Fortune (Le paysan et la fortune: Sujet allegorique. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alphonse Legros.

Venus and Mercury 1520-25 Hans Burgkmair German. Venus and Mercury 393748

Moses receives the tablets of the law. Draughtsman: anonymous. Intermediary draughtsman: Polidoro da Caravaggio. Dating: 1510 - 1640. Measurements: h 224 mm × w 360 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Adam and Eva outside the Earthy Paradise, Johann Sadeler (I), After Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), 1639 print Adam and Eva and their children Cain and Abel in the wilderness outside the earth's paradise. Adam rests the work that he has to do every day. Eva gives Abel the breast. Cain gives a sheep to eat. Adam edits the country in the background. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Amsterdam paper engraving Eve suckling Abel; Cain turns aside, i.e. the jealousy of Cain. Adam (and Eve) engaged in agricultural activities

Burying the Dead. Dimensions: plate: 11 x 15 cm (4 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 20 x 24.5 cm (7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.). Medium: etching with engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Conrad Meyer.

Cain kills Abel.

Tantalus, Giulio Sanuto, after tiiaan, c. 1565 print Tantalus, sitting on a rock in the water, with one hand leaning on a second stone in the water, with the other hand reaching the apples that hang on the apple tree above his head. A snake crawls against the stone on which he sits. Burning buildings and demons (hell) And Charon sails people in a boat to Hades. The front half of the sea has dropped. (Tantalus torment: he can never reap the fruits and never drink the water). Left under two lines of caption in Latin. paper etching / engraving (story of) Tantalus

Fleeing Water Nymphs, Bernard Picart, 1720 print Water nymphs flee for an upcoming army. A sleeping power god against the reeds. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving scallop, shell ~ ornament. river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa). Naiads, river- and spring-nymphs; usually carrying an urn; 'Naiadi, ninfe de' fiumi' (Ripa)

Youth with two Old Men 17th century Anonymous, Italian, 17th century Italian. Youth with two Old Men 391596

Mei, Simon Fokke, 1722 - 1784 print From a series of twelve prints, the imagination of the month of May. Resting shepherdin is visited by a shepherd. Amsterdam paper etching May ~ other concepts

Angel Appearing to an Old Man 18th century Anonymous, Italian, first half of the 18th century Italian. Angel Appearing to an Old Man 342135

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