Allegorical Historical Prints

Engravings depicting dramatic historical and allegorical scenes, featuring themes of mortality, war, and mythological narratives, with intricate details and dynamic compositions.

Montezuma is told of a labourer's dream which predicts the calamaties to come. Date: pre-Conquest

The Triumph of Death on Time, from The Triumph of Petrarch Georg Pencz German. The Triumph of Death on Time, from The Triumph of Petrarch. The Triumph of Petrarch. Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500-1550 Leipzig). Engraving. Prints

View of the Tiber (Tivoli) (Prospectus Tyburtinus) from The Large Landscapes. Artist: After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda () ca. 1525-1569 Brussels); Johannes van Doetecum the elder (Netherlandish, active 1554-ca. 1600, died 1605); Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554-72, died before 1589). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 16 3/4 in. (30.9 x 42.6 cm). Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510-1570 Antwerp). Date: ca. 1555-56. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Iron era, Antonio Tempesta, 1599 print The iron era: soldiers pass a village and plunder, kill and rap. A city is on fire in the background. Caption and title in Latin in Submarge. print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper etching the iron age, 'Aetas ferrea'; characterized by Mars, war and rapine

Montezuma is told of a labourer's dream which predicts the calamaties to come. Date: pre-Conquest

The dispute between Romulus and Remus about the location of their city; Frathes DOORBISINNITIO (...) Litem Dirlyunt; Life of Romulus and Remus. Remus is on the aventine and romulus on the palatin. Both await a sign of the gods. Six vultures appear to Remus, to Romulus twelve. The gods were romulus more favorable. This determines the location for the new city. The print is part of an album.

Roof van Helena; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Harbor with Helena's robbery. Helena is led to a boat by two men. Under the show the text from the metamorphoses of Ovid, book 12, fresh rules 5-6.

The Temptation of St. Anthony. Artist: Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, ca. 1525-1569); After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda () ca. 1525-1569 Brussels). Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 3/8 in. (26.2 x 33.9 cm). Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510-1570 Antwerp). Date: 1556. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Pieter van der Heyden. after Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Ninus van Nineve as the first king from the vision of Daniel; Rise of four world riches and four rulers from the vision of Daniel. Ninus, founder of Nineve and infamed by a horse, drives a flag in his hand with the image of a lion (Babylonia). The horse tramples king oxyartes from Bactri. A cityscape in the background. In addition to Ninus, a lion with eagle wings emerged from the sea, a reference to a dream of Daniel (Daniel 7) about the rise of four kingdoms in the world. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series that contributes four rulers from antiquity with the predictions of Daniel.

Tobias and the angel at a river. Tobias and the angel Rafael cross a river. A dog follows them. In Tobias' hands a large fish. Tobias will use the fish to heal its fathers blindness later. In the background a shepherd and his herd. The print has a Latin caption. To a painting by Adam Elsheimer

Satire on painting and the French Academy Le Triomfe du Vangeur d'Homere, draughtsman: Isaac de Moucheron, draughtsman: anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1800, paper, pen, h 373 mm × w 551 mm

Jefta beats the ammonites; History of Jefta; Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti (...). Jefta, the leader and leader of Israel, is hatched on horseback and pulls up against the ammonites. He is followed by his army. In the landscape, Jefta's men fight against the ammonites and beat them. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in RI. 11.

Allegory on the patience during the period of war. Political allegory on the patience in the time of the Eighty Years' War, approx. 1577. The female personification of patience (patientia), shown as a naked woman, has been chained to a tree. In addition to her head, an owl and a bat fly. For her on the ground, the opened gospel is, as a reference to the comfort she finds in faith. The personification of the discord (discordia) is at her feet, she has the time on her side (symbolized by the hourglass in her hands). Around scenes of murder and robbery. On the right a woman with a child is attacked by two soldiers. Links Two dead children and a lamb, a third child is attacked by a lion. In the background, on the other shore of the river, a burning city. At the top right of the sky the tetragram as a symbol of God the Father. In the margin a six-line poem in Dutch, Latin and French.

Allegorical show with the portrait of Hans Adam von Schöning, Johann Christoph Boecklin, 1691 - 1709 print On the ground are defeated enemies of field marshal Hans Adam von Schöning. Above that a harness with shields and banners with three allegorical figures. On the left three putti in a palm tree with a helmet and the coat of arms of von Schöning. A besieged city in the background. Leipzig paper etching / engraving historical persons. armorial bearing, heraldry. armour. banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. the defeated (after the battle). attack ~ siege

View of a mountainous landscape, intersected by a river. In the foreground a vineyard where grapes are being picked and a man is pouring a basket of grapes into a large vat. Inside the vat, a man and a woman are squeezing the grapes. Next to the vat, a man is pouring wine from a jug into a wine barrel. On the river several ships, one of which is pulled by two horses. The print is part of a series of four prints depicting the four seasons, Autumn The four seasons (series title), print maker: Hendrick van Schoel, intermediary draughtsman: Hans Bol, (mentioned on object), publisher: Justus Sadeler, (mentioned on object), Rome, 1595 - 1622, paper, engraving, h 186 mm × w 252 mm

Sadeler, Marcus, Major, Isaac, Aeneas and Anchises fleeing Troy, verso - stamped in red, print, prints, height 177 mm, width 291 mm, German, 1576 - 1642, print maker, printmaker, 1586 - 1630, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, 1614-04-11 - 1650, publisher

Standbeeld Van Ferdinand I in De Haven Van Livorno, Stefano Della Bella, After Giovanni Di Benedetto Bandini, After Pietro Tacca, 1655 print View of the port of Livorno with the statue of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, with on the corners the images of the four slavy 'Moors' (I Quattro Mori). On the quay there are traders, port workers and sailors. Left and right two backs of moored ships. print maker: Italyafter own design by: Italyafter sculpture by: Livornoafter sculpture by: Livorno paper etching harbour. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. dock labourer. merchant, salesman. ships (in general). slavery; serfs and the enslaved Livorno

Departure of Princess Maria Stuart, 1689, 1691 print Departure of Princess Maria Stuart from Brielle on February 20, 1689 to join her husband in London. The princess says goodbye in the Statenjacht at the ship that will take her to England. Plate 8 in a series of 20 plates about the Glorious Revolution in England in the years 1688-1691. Northern Netherlands paper etching arrival and return ~ travelling Brielle

M Fortitudo; Bruegel, Pieter, I (Ca 1525-1569), Cock, Hieronymus (CA 1510-1570), Galle, Philips (1537-1612); around 1559-1560 (1501-00-00-1600-00-00);

Hare Hunting, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), 1612.

Phaëthon drives into the solar car; Landscapes with mythological and biblical performances. Phaëthon drives the sun god Helios in his father's car. He loses the reins and the horses hit cave. This has serious consequences for the earth. Ships suffer from shipwreck, animals and people die

Sadeler, Marcus, Major, Isaac, Flood, verso - stamped in red, The flood overflows the land. People and animals are swallowed up by the water. People try to escape the rising water. Below the image a line of text in Latin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 178 mm, width 278 mm, German, 1576 - 1642, print maker, printmaker, 1586 - 1630, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, 1614-04-11 - 1650, publisher

July: threshes (lion); Luglio; The twelve months (part 1). Imagination of human activity in the month of July. Landscape with farmers who edit and pack grain. In the background bird hunters. In the middle above the symbol for the constellation lion. Italian fresh and title in undermarge.

March: Peasant Activities. Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630). Italy, published 1599. Prints; etchings. Etching

July; IVLIVs; The twelve months; Menses XII Anni Solaris. In the front right, a middle-aged farmer with a sickle is in hand. In the background the haying and mowing the grass. In the mid top in the clouds the astrological sign of the lion. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a twelve-part series about the months of the year.

. Eating and conversing figures and a woman with a zeis at a house. On the right a man with a sheet of paper in hand with listeners at an increase. Imagination of the Summer season.

Allegory to the Altona Convention, 1689, Pieter van den Berge, 1689 - 1691 print Allegorical show on the Altona Treaty from 1689. Under portrait busts by Christiaan Albrecht, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Friederike Amalie van Denmark. In heaven on a cloud their weapon. In the middle Mercury that brings the booty of peace. Right behind Mars with Profession and Sword, behind him all kinds of weapons. Neptunus can be seen at sea with its car with seahorses. On either side of the portraits a verse on the Altona Treaty in German. Hamburg paper etching historical events and situations. (story of) Mars (Ares). (story of) Mercury (Hermes). (story of) Neptune (Poseidon)

Print at the top right labeled: p. 164.

Landscape with hunting party on horseback, Antonio Tempesta, 1593 - 1619 print Wide landscape with a winding river. There are various buildings and towers along the river. Bergen in the background. In the foreground on the left a gentleman and a lady on horseback, surrounded by a pack hunting dogs. paper etching city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. landscapes. hunter. hunting dogs

September: vintage (scales); Settembre; The twelve months (part 1). Imagination of human activity in the month of September. Landscape with farmers harvest wine. In the middle above the symbol for the constellation scale. Italian fresh and title in undermarge.

Italy, Domenichino, Venturini, Giovanni Francesco, Archery Contest of Diana and her Nymphs, verso - stamped, Diana and her nymphs are having an archery contest in a landscape. A group of nymphs are firing arrows at a bird tied to a pole at right. In the foreground bathing nymphs and a nymph restraining a hunting dog. Coat of arms, dedication and Italian text in bottom margin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 351 mm, width 461 mm, Italian, 1650 - 1710, print maker, printmaker, 1660 - 1710, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, 1581-10-21 - 1641-04-06

Flood in the year 1682, 1687 - 1689 print Flood in the year 1682. With sandbags, an attempt is made to close the gap in a broken dyke of Westkapelle. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Dike-Break Westkapelle

Thisbe flight for a lion; Ovidius' metamorphoses. Thisbe looks anxiously to a lion, who walks around at the source where she would meet Pyramus. Under the show twice two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that depicting stories from Ovidius' metamorphoses. This series varies in three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the third series.

Emblem: earthquake, Jan Luyken, 1695 - 1705 print An earthquake. In the foreground, people are swallowed up by the earth. Buildings collapse in the background. Print Maker: Amsterdampublisher: Nuremberg paper etching earthquake. collapsing building

David Cutting Off Goliath's Head. Dated: c.1556. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Maerten van Heemskerck.

The Story of Elisha, 1643. Nicolaes Rijckmans (Flemish, 1616-), after Pieter I de Jode (Flemish, 1570-1634). Engraving;

. The autumn. Male Autumn Season Personification with Locker Wreath on the head, Horn of abundance in hand, sitting in landscape, beside a man with grapes. In the background the harvest. Links bringing the hay, right vintage. Heaven The constellations: Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius. In the caption a verse of 4 lines in Latin.

. In the foreground on the right there is a middle-aged man with a whip in hand. Grain is harvested in the background and brought to the granary. In the middle in the clouds the astrological sign of the Virgo. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a twelve-part series about the months of the year.

Labor is rewarded with food and clothing, 1572 print Labor (Labor) is diligently at work and digs in the ground with a kick. His wife Vlijt (Diligentia) watches, an hourglass in hand. In the middle are their two sons: food (Victus) and clothing (Amictus). Above their heads respectively the Cornucopia and an animal fur float. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the rewards of human labor. Haarlem paper engraving Labour. Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa). nutrition, nourishment. fashion, clothing. 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. clothes manufacture, clothing industry (+ shedding of skin of animal(s))

Allegorical performance on the prosperity. In a boat with a balling sail there are two young women, one of whom a to the helm and the other to the port city in the background. Behind them of their father time and besides them two putti with attributes who refer to the transience of the youth, which, however, has the wind. Above the boat many putti with flowers, a torch and a cornucopia that is poured out. Nereïden swimming in the water. There is a lot of activity in the port city in the background.

Babylonian confusion; History of the tower of Babel; 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 Luce M Editus. God's father appears, surrounded by cherubs, in the sky at the tower of Babel. He brings about a speech confusion, so that people can no longer understand each other. The people around the tower flee in all directions. A number of them flight on an elephant and on camels. Nimrod and other men look in the foreground. Under the show a text in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Venus and the dead Adonis; Metamorphoses from Ovid; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. Landscape with ruins. Under a tree in the foreground, a grieving Venus keeps the dead body of her beloved Adonis in her arms. Next to them amor. Under the show the text from Ovid Metamorphoses, book 10, fresh rules 544-548. At the top left the sign of the bull from the zodiac. The print is part of an album.

Personifications of agriculture, shipping and industry in the presence of merchants; Title page for: Europisch Mercury, Thiende Piece, first part: Calling the ses first Maenden from the Jaer 1699. Personifications of agriculture, shipping and industry in the presence of merchants who trade the right merchandise. Mercury reaches two merchants from the air a letter.

Festa della sensa (twelfth part); AnkeFt und Herkvommen der Weitberümbten Herrlichen Statt Screw Sambt Derselben Waident Herrschafft. Procession of the Doge on Ascension Day over the San Marco Square in Venice. The procession leads to the Bucintoro, the galei of the Doge. Once a year 'married the Doge during the DELLA SENLA Sensa festa with the Adriatic Sea by throwing a ring in the water from this galei.

Fishing with net; Hunting scenes; In Quibus Omnen Genus Venationis, Aucupij, Piscatusque. Fish is caught in a river through a net. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a 43-part series about hunting.

Landscape with farm. Landscape with farm with smoking chimney. In the foreground a man and a woman talk to each other, while next to them a boy milking a cow.

Death of Antiochus Epifanes. .

Rabbit hunting; Landscapes with biblical, mythological scenes and yacht scenes. Hilland landscape with rabbit hunting. In the foreground some hunters who shoot rabbits with a crossbow. The print has an ornamental list of flowers, fish and animals. He is part of a twenty-four series of landscapes with biblical, mythological scenes and yacht scenes.

Spaanse wreedheden in West-Indië; Spaensche Tyrannyen in de Westindies / Tyrannie des Espagnols dans les Indes Occidentales; Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales et autres lieux.Spanish atrocities in West Indies. On the left a tree with a wooden house is descended by the Spaniards. Countless local residents are slaughtered. They are driven in a pit with pointed stakes. Pedro de Alvarado, a Spanish conquistador is located between the atrocities. Behind him some people are eaten by birds and dogs. Guatemala is destroyed by water and fire. With a legend in Dutch and French. The print is part of an album.

Chapter II from II Kings, The Translation ofElijah. Artist: Gerard Valck, Dutch, 1651/52-1726

Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Vos, Maerten de, The story of Phaëthon, Phaëthon rides in the sun chariot, verso bottom center - stamped, In a oval frame an image: Phaeton rides in the sun chariot. Above him the signs of the zodiac. Phaeton cannot control the horses and the sun chariot skims the earth, causing drought. In the oval frame a Latin text. The print is part of a series depicting the story of Phaeton., print, prints, verso middle bottom - stamped, height 130 mm, width 99 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1542 - 1603, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Celebration of the fall of the Egyptian army, Julius Goltzius, After Hans Bol, 1586 print The Egyptian army drowns in the Red Sea. In the foreground, the prophetes of Mirjam and a procession of women with musical instruments celebrate the victory. In the background, the Israelites thank God. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the flight from Egypt. Antwerp paper engraving Miriam takes up a tambourine and dances; all the women follow her

Dina by Sichem overwhelmed / Chamor and Sichem ask Jakob for Dina's Hand, 1613 Hilly landscape. On the left, Dina, the daughter of Jakob, is overwhelmed and taken by Sichem. On the right, Sichem and Chamor, his father, ask Jakob and his sons for Dina's hand (Gen. 34: 1). With a motto in Latin above the performance and a four -line caption in Latin under the print. The print is part of an album. print maker: Antwerppublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing / etching Hilly landscape. On the left, Dina, the daughter of Jakob, is overwhelmed and taken by Sichem. On the right, Sichem and Chamor, his father, ask Jakob and his sons for Dina's hand (Gen. 34: 1). With a motto in Latin above the performance and a four -line caption in Latin under the print. The print is part of an album. print maker: Antwerppublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing / etching

Antwerp, Vrints, Johannes Baptista (I), Vos, Maerten de, Goltzius, Julius, The four seasons, Aestas, Summer, verso lower left - stamped, In the foreground farmers are harvesting grain. Harvest wagons are bringing the grain to the barn. A few farmers on the left are just taking a break and are drinking and eating. In the background the grass is being mowed. Hay wagons are bringing the mown grass to the barn. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series on the subject of the four seasons., print, prent, prints, width 282 mm, height, 225 mm, - 1595, print maker, printmaker, 1575 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1555 - 1610, publisher

Bliżej Kultury Norblin, Jan Piotr (1745 1830)

Fishing with spherical net, Philips Galle, After Jan van der Straet, 1578 print Fish is caught in a river by means of a spherical net. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a 43-part series about hunting. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Florencepublisher: Antwerp paper engraving fresh-water fishery (+ aids ~ crafts, industries, agriculture)

Roof van Helena; Metamorphoses from Ovid; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. Harbor with Helena's robbery. Helena is led to a boat by two men. Under the show the text from the metamorphoses of Ovid, book 12, fresh rules 5-6. At the top of the Sagittarius sign from the zodiac. The print is part of an album. The explanation to the print on another album leaf describes this performance as Hekabe and the fall of Troy.

A Man Showing Mercury the Eagle of Jupiter. Dated: 1696. Dimensions: plate: 31.8 x 44.8 cm (12 1/2 x 17 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.4 x 49.7 cm (13 15/16 x 19 9/16 in.). Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: CRESCENZIO ONOFRI.

Engraving depicting a street scene with people ice skating. The illustration is set within an ornate frame .

November: parable from the wedding party; Emblemata Evangelica. In the middle of the Sagittarius zodiac sign. In the foreground the imagination of the parable of the wedding party. A king sends messengers to invite everyone to a big party for the marriage of his son. In the background the city is on fire from earlier guests who refused to come. The king therefore sent troops to the city to besie them and burn its flat. Under the show four lines of Latin in two columns. The print is part of an album.

St. Martin with his Horse on aShip. Engraver: Unknown After: Hieronymus Bosch, Netherlandish, ca. 1450-1516

The Parable of the Good Samaritan, from Landscapes with Old and New Testament Scenes and Hunting Scenes 1584 Flanders. Engraving in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper . Adriaen Collaert, II

Babylonian confusion of speech, Hans Collaert (I) (attributed to), after Jan Snellinck (i), 1585 print God the Father appears, surrounded by cherubies, in the sky near the tower of Babel. He triggers a confusion, so that people can no longer understand each other. The people around the tower flee in all directions. A number of them flee on an elephant and camels. Nimrod and other men look in the foreground frightened. Under the show a text in Latin. This print is part of an album. paper engraving the confusion of languages and the scattering of people over the earth ~ story of the Tower of Babel. God the Father represented as human being, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe

The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea 1510-1520 Italy. The grand scale of Titianís twelve-sheet woodcut (see 1957.12.1ñ12) mimics history paintings and large wall hangings. The assembled composition would fit only on a massive wall, a use confirmed by the total lack of early impressions. Only this 1549 state is known, printed from woodblocks studded with wormholes, which appear in the image as tiny white dots. The inscription at lower center of The Submersion describes the Israelitesí persecution under the Egyptian pharaoh and his armyís fate when they followed Moses into the Red Sea. The publisher opportunistically refers to the ìgreat and immortal handî of Titian in this legend, though the artist was still very much alive.. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Titian

Northern Netherlands, Mermaid of Edam spinning in a house, 1403, The Mermaid or Green Woman of Edam, 1403. The mermaid with a fish tail is spinning in a house. In the background the mermaid is fished out of the water of the Purmer., print, picture, historical print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 87 mm, width 115 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1643 - 1645, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

July: Threshing. Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555-1630). Italy, published 1599. Prints; etchings. Etching

Augsburg, Nilson, Johann Esaias, Sociaal feest, Das Kartenspielen, Kaartspel, verso - stamped, Two men and three women sit in a landscape around a table drinking and playing cards. Behind them a rocaille partition with an angel and a putto. At the bottom of the representation a rocaille frame with vases and on the right a reading man. In the lower margin a German text., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 190 mm, width 288 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

Emblem: Mijnbouw, Caspar Luyken, After Jan Luyken, c. 1700 print A mountain landscape with a mine. In the foreground, a miner pushes a cart with ore ahead. Nuremberg paper etching Abstract Ideas and Concepts. miner. hand-cart. mine

Neptunus In Triumphwagen, Zee calms the Sea during Trojan War, Cornelis van Dalen (II), After Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1648 - 1664 print Neptunus is sitting on a triumphal wagon pulled by four seahorses and accompanied by tritons or meers. The sea god calms the sea that was in revenge for the Trojans in Storm by Juno. On the mainland the Trojans are still fighting the Greeks, but the ships are on a calm sea on the coast. paper engraving (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). (story of) Juno (Hera). last months of the siege and the fall of Troy

Venus Complains to Jupiter, Master of the Die, Italian or German, 1530 - 1560, Michiel Coxcie, Flemish, 1499-1592, Raphael, (Italian, 1483-1520), Antonio Salamanca, Italian, ca. 1500 - 1562, Engraving on laid paper, Among clouds, Jupiter sits at center, with an eagle before him, Hermes at left with winged helmet and staff. Venus arrives from right on a chariot, preceded by doves. Behind them, to the left, Venus converses with Hermes. Hermes in a hilly landscape at lower left. Below, a narrative inscription., Rome, Italy, mid-16th century, mythology, Print, Print

Homage of the Hungarians and Greuel of the Ottomans from a series to Romeyn de Hooghe to , Jacob Peeters -, Copper Engraver, After, Romeyn de Hooghe -,

Sagittarius derived during shooting, Jan Luyken, 1689 print Amsterdam paper etching shooting with bow and arrow, archery (~ games of skill)

Carriage hit water during a storm; Illustration for national history. Presentation from national history. During a heavy storm, a carriage with passengers has become water. In the water is a turned sailing ship next to the carriage. On the shore, figures are stamped to shoot.

Count Willem Lodewijk van Nassau conquers house-te-wedde, 1593. Count Willem Lodewijk van Nassau conquers house-te-wedde, 30 August 1593. Face from a high position on Groningenland with the places, Groningen, Winschoten, Slochteren and Delfzijl . With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered 213. Printed on the back with text in Latin.

Allegory in the evening with personification of Vesper (the evening), Egbert van Panderen, after Tobias Verhaecht, c. 1590 - 1637 print Hilly landscape where the twilight falls with personification of Vesper. In the foreground four figures in a rowing boat and people who return home. In the margin a six -line caption, in three columns, in Latin. Third print from a series with the four half -days. Antwerp paper engraving evening ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'Vesper'). personification of the evening, 'Vesper'

The Triumph of Modern Art. Artist: Attributed to Jean Barbault (French, Viarmes 1718-1762 Rome); Attributed to Louis Jean Desprez (French, Auxerre 1743-1804 Stockholm). Dimensions: sheet: 7 13/16 x 13 3/4 in. (19.9 x 34.9 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hebrews in battle; (book of Samuel), from Physique sacree, ou Histoire-naturelle de la Bible, 1732-1737, by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672 - 1733), a Swiss scholar born at Zurich

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Siege of a city, Deathbed of Pope Alexander VII, 1667, Battle of five Zeeland privateers against eight Portuguese warships off the coast of Brazil, 1657, Catharina van Orliens, abducted in The Hague by Johan Diederik de Mortaigne, is taken by carriage to Kuilenburg, 1664, verso - stamped, Uncut sheet with four prints., print, prints, height 223 mm, width 310 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1698 - 1698, paper, papier, etching, etchings

David Dijoofdt goliat; Story of David and Saul. Goliat is on the floor. David stands on his chest with one foot and raises the sword from Goliat above his head, ready to behead him. On the left flight the Philistines, while the soldiers of Saul bets the pursuit. In the margin a single caption in Latin from 1 Sam. (Incorrectly referred to as 1 kings on the print).

Cloudburst and flood in Bretzhofen in Frankenland, 1627, Jan Luyken, 1698 print print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper etching / letterpress printing flood. rain Franconia

Deathbed of King Charles II of England, 1685 / Shipbreed from the Duke of York on the way to Edinburg, 1683 / in Danzig a procession with stone throws by the people, 1678 / Heavy wind on the coast of Malmö, 1679, Caspar Luyken, 1698 print Uncuted leaf with four prints. Amsterdam paper etching deathbed. shipwreck. procession ~ Christian religion. street-fights, riots. storm on land Malmö. Danzig

Imperial Court, Bassano, Jacopo, unknown, Sadeler, Johann (I), Calling of Abraham, verso lower left - stamped, Abraham lies sleeping against a bare tree. From heaven comes a ray of light and the voice of God. In the foreground on the right Sarah and Lot by a horse., print, prent, prints, height 212 mm, width 261 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1515 - 1592-02-14, after, after painting by, granter of privilege

The vision of Ezekiel, with the dead rising and putting on their flesh, God the Father above in the sky 1579 Giovanni Battista Fontana. The vision of Ezekiel, with the dead rising and putting on their flesh, God the Father above in the sky. Giovanni Battista Fontana (Italian, ca. 1524-1587). 1579. Engraving. Raphael Saitel (Italian, active ca. 1579). Prints

Nepalia of Cyprus.

Living table puts Perseus in Andromeda, 1642 print Allegorical Tableau Vivant with Stadholder Frederik Hendrik who comes to the rescue of Andromeda (the Netherlands) as Perseus. On the left in the water the sea monster (Spain). Display planned - but ultimately not performed - on the water of the Damrak during the visit of English queen Henrietta Maria to Amsterdam, 20-22 May 1642. In the caption the title and 2 times 4 lines in Latin. Second album in a group of ten impressions and triumph arches. Northern Netherlands paper etching 'tableau vivant'. Perseus kills the sea monster (or turns it into stone by showing it the Gorgon's head) to release Andromeda; sometimes her parents Cepheus and Cassiopea watch the scene. triumphal entry and public reception, pageant, 'entrée solennelle', 'joyeuse entrée' Amsterdam. Damra

Despite the Corageous Opposition of the Germans and the Spanish, Francesco I d'Este, at the Head of his Armies, Arrives at the Piazza di Valeneza, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII ... 1659 Bartolomeo Fenice (Fénis) Italian This print is from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII ... collected in an album of brown boards. Four prints are hinged on each page of the album with a seventeenth- or eighteenth-century inscription pasted beneath the print on the album page. The prints are etched in the manner of Callot and illustrate Francesco I d'Este's virtuous nature as a ruler in battle, in religious matters, and in daily life. Three of the prints are signed by Jean Sauvé, who presumably worked with Fenice on the execution of the illustrations for this book. There are sixty-seven copper plates and forty-five preparatory drawings in the Museo Civico di Modena.. Despite th

Title page for the Hollandsche Mercurius over the year 1670. Title page for the Hollandsche Mercury over the year 1670. Prince Willem III standing on an increase, in the foreground River ioders, left a soldier as the personification of the war with France. In the Mercurius clouds.

View of a City with Two Reclining River Gods and Fame Trumpeting above with Two Coats ofArms. Artist: Unknown

The sun and its influence on the world; The seven planets; Planetarum effectus et eorum in sigis zodiaci. The God Apollo as Sol, on the clouds moving on his victor, drawn by four horses. In the middle of the constellation lion. At the bottom of a hilly landscape (Italy and Bohemia) in which various dignitaries. A pope is crowned on the left. In the middle the coronation of a king and hit a man. Right a royal entrance. In the margin a Latin-drofted position on the influence of the sun on the Italy and Bohemia regions. The print is part of a seven-part series with the subject of the influence of the planets in the world.

View of the ruins of the Thermen of Diocletian, Anonymous, After Hendrick van Cleve, 1585 print View of the ruins of the Thermen of Diocletian from alongside. In the foreground a few walkers and two men who play Croquet. The print is part of a series that depicts different places in the Mediterranean. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Antwerppublisher: Haarlem paper engraving ruin of a building ~ architecture. croquet Thermen from Diocletianus

Depiction by Louis Licherie de Beuron of Moses striking water from the rock, executed in reddish chalk with gray washes.

Haven with merchants and Pakezel, Johannes Gronsveld, after Johannes Lingelbach, 1679 - 1728 print Haven with merchants whose a few move a load. Behind them a donkey that is stripped of his load. In the background a fort and sailing ships. Fourth print from a series of twelve with Italian ports. Amsterdam etching / engraving harbour (+ four persons or more ~ traffic and transport)

1 of 8 plates on Hunting and Fishing After Hans Bol Netherlandish. 1 of 8 plates on Hunting and Fishing 397472

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Heemskerck, Maarten van, Muller, Harmen Jansz, Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae, History of Judah and Tamar, Judah gives Chira the order to to seek a prostitute, Judah instructs his friend Chira to give a young goat as payment to the prostitute, while he points to Tamar as she departs. Chira holds the young goat under her arm and will go looking for the prostitute, but will not find her. At the bottom in the margin is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Gen. 38:20. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 210 mm, width 260 mm, Dutch, 1540 - 1617-10-07, print maker, printmaker, 1564 - 1568, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1498 - 1574, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Print at the top right labeled: fol: 407.

Bronze century, Philips Galle, After Gillis Coignet (I), 1573 print The bronze century of Minerva. In the foreground the earth is processed (grain and ore). Land is measured in the background. The print refers to the mythologically inspired idea that during man had to work in the bronze century to stay alive. Moreover, ownership was central. This print is part of an album. paper engraving / letterpress printing the bronze age, 'Aetas aenea'; characterized by Minerva and building activities

Anger (Ira), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Netherlandish. Anger (Ira), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins 383071 Artist: Pieter van der Heyden, Netherlandish, ca. 15251569, Artist: After Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish, Breda () ca. 15251569 Brussels, Publisher: Hieronymus Cock, Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 15101570 Antwerp, Anger (Ira), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, 1558, Engraving, sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 11/16 in. (22.5 x 29.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.55.24)

From 64 years old to 80 years old: the Tuscan order; TVScana; The six ages of man symbolized by the construction orders; Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ. Old men walk around on the terrace of a ruined house. Some men sit around a table, one of them with a younger woman on his lap. The stairs of the terrace leads to a cemetery. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Five hands light candles on a candle standing in a richly edited candlestick, Romeyn de Hooghe (attributed to), after Romeyn de Hooghe, 1655 - 1708 print Five hands light candles on a candle that stands in a richly processed candlestick. Netherlands paper etching candle

Lot sits with one of his daughters in a cave and makes love. The second daughter is sitting with her head on her knees in front of the cave. In the background a landscape with ruins of ancient buildings, Lot and his daughters The doomsday of the Jewish people (series title), print maker: Philips Galle, intermediary draughtsman: Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1569, paper, engraving, h 141 mm × w 201 mm

Plate from the Series Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, Fiandre by Jan Van der Straet (aka Giovanni Stradano or Stradanus, 1523-1605), late 16th Century.

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