Allegorical Imagery

A series of prints illustrating allegories related to arts and philosophies, featuring figures like Rhetorica and Apollo in classical settings, rich in detail and narrative depth.

Pilate washes his hands in innocence, Jan Luyken, Wilhelmus Goeree (I), 1690

Cologne, Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Quad, Matthias von Kinkelbach, Septem Virtutes Vitiis Suis Oppositae, Virtues, Liberalitas, Generosity, The personification of Generosity stands in a landscape and gives a kneeling man to drink. On the left in the background the healing of a paralyzed man, who is helped to his feet by Peter. The man asked for alms, but Peter has no money. What he does have he gives him: healing. Below the image a four-line verse in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 211 mm, width 148 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, prentmaker, 1589 - 1611, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Duits, 1557 - 1613, schrijver, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Weigel, Christoph, Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Generosity of the poor widow, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 252 mm, width 197 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1708 - 1708, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1654-11-09 - 1725-02-05, publisher

Etching by Cesare Fantetti from 1675 depicting Joseph with Potiphar's wife, showing figures, gestures, and a biblical narrative of temptation.

Braun, Augustin, Netherlands, Gelle, Johann, The parable of the prodigal son, The prodigal son squanders his money, verso bottom center - stamped, The prodigal son has all his money wasted. He is bitten by a woman while another woman beats him with a stick. In the air, Fortuna flies away. Abandoned by fortune, he is destitute and broken. Couples making love in the background. The print has a Latin and German caption., print, prent, prints, prenten, verso middle bottom - stamped, height 260 mm, width 190 mm, 1585 - 1625-03-30, print maker, printmaker, 1595 - 1625, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception

The Judgment of Solomon, fresco, ceiling fresco in the Vatican, by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, also Raffael da Urbino, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello Sanz...

Drawing by Simon Julien depicting the magnanimity of Scipio Africanus, executed with pen, Bister wash, and brush.

Marastoni, Giuseppe, work, Attila listens to poets in his court, 1867, lithography, graphics, plate width 45.7 cm, plate height 35 cm, leaf width 56 cm, leaf height 44.5 cm, image width 44.1 cm, image height 33.3 cm

'Doubting Thomas'. France, 1670s. Dimensions: 16x12,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: THOMAS BLANCHET.

Roman Soldiers Defending a City Plagued by Famine 1734 Louis Fabritius Dubourg Dutch This large, signed and dated drawing by a founding member of the Amsterdam Academy depicts adults, children, and dogs struggling for food and drink, while various men haul large bags and vessels through the crowd. Armored soldiers try to prevent other figures from entering through the open city gate, beyond which a camp is visible. At right are two priestly figures, one with hands clasped in prayer, the other looking upward. The classical dress suggests an episode drawn from ancient or biblical history. Several elements bring to mind the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410 CE. According to some accounts, Roman civilians, in a desperate effort to find food, opened the Salarian Gate, thus enabling the Visigoths to enter the city and pillage it. The woman and child on the ground in the foreground are quotations of Raphaels Massacre of the Innocents, which was widely known through a print by Marcantonio

Caius Mucius Scaevola and Porsena, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on cream laid paper, In an enormous courtyard, Mucius, in left foreground, thrusts his right hand into the flame of a brazier, while pointing with his left at Porsena who sits upon a throne. The stabbed officer, supported by a soldier, lies beside him, while a group of soldiers stands to the left, and the king's treasurer stands a table at right foreground., Italy, 1800-1820, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Statue of Ares/Mars, god of war, by Scopas, seated with sword and helmet, Eros/Cupid at his feet. A Roman copy of a 4th century BC Greek original. Now in the Palazzo Altemps National Roman Museum. Martis statua vetus marmorea.. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Cannetti from Copperplates of the most beautiful ancient statues of Rome, Calcografia di piu belle statue antiche a Roma, engraved by Cannetti all'Arco della Ciambella, published by Gaetano Quojani, Rome, 1779.

Paul's chained for King Agrippa, Jan Luyken, 1708 print Amsterdam paper etching Paul before Festus, King Agrippa and Queen Bernice

. Job sits on a manhole and is visited and mocked by his friends. His wife leans despirately on the manure heap.

Saint Helen. Engraving by N.H. Tardieu after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Amsterdam, Tirion, Isaak, Philips, Jan Caspar, Title page for: Thomas Salmon, Hedendaagsche historie of hedene staat van alle volken, XIIIde deel, 1741, Title page for: Thomas Salmon and Jan Wagenaar, Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden, Derde deel, Allegory of the province of Gelderland, verso - stamped, Landscape with the Guelders Maiden in conversation with the city maiden of Nijmegen. At their feet a putto with the map of the province. On the right in the foreground a river god as personification of the rivers Maas, Waal, Rhine and IJssel. In the background a view of the Waal and Nijmegen. In the margin a seven-line caption in Dutch., print, title page, prints, height 177 mm, width 106 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1700 - 1775-04-24, print maker, printmaker, 1741 - 1741, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1705 - 1765, publisher

Chalk illustration by Heinrich Friedrich Füger, 1797, for Klopstocks Messiade, featuring figures and compositional details rendered with feather strokes and brown washes on blue paper.

Plate 81: Erysichthon Selling his Daughter (Diversas induta Mitra diversis divenditur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 81: Erysichthon Selling his Daughter (Diversas induta Mitra diversis divenditur), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). 1606. Etching. Prints

Noli me tangere'. Ferloni, Pietro (Italian, act. ca.1717-d.1770) (workshop, possibly) weaver c 1700-1750 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Italian Weaving Center: , LazioRome Ownership History: French & Co. St. Mary Magdalene kneeling before Christ, represented as gardener holding spade, against brocade design backdrop Borders missing. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 19173/15 also lists: 41738

A gray brush drawing by Hans Veit Friedrich Schnorr von Carolsfeld from around 1800 depicting an idyll scene with Daphne and Phillis, showing figures, posture, and landscape details.

Jacobus Buys drawing titled 'Behold the Man,' executed with black chalk, reddish tones, gray pen, and brush in gray-brown.

The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons. Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748 - 1825)

The Fall of the Walls of Jericho 1881 After Henry Hugh Armstead British. The Fall of the Walls of Jericho 642910

James Barry, 1741-1806, Irish, The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom, 1776. Engraving and aquatint , published state.

. Two shepherds sit along either side of a monument with a coat of arms.

A draftsman with the image of the Tiber (Marforio), Anonymous, After Nicolas Beatrizet, 1500 - 1599 print Image of the river god de Tiber, also called Marforio, one of the speaking images of Rome, on the Romanum forum. On the right is a draftsman on a marble block. Text in STUDMARGE. Italy paper engraving draughtsman studying classical remains. piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture. river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa) Tiber. Roman forum

drawing by F. Barrias: Virgil scene from the Aeneidos, Lamentation dead, Anonymous, 1858.

Peace, Minerva and Justitia at the Wapen van Gallard and Mesmes, Claude Mellan, 1608 - 1688 print paper engraving Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa)

Brush and black chalk study by Heinrich Friedrich Füger on the painting 'Brutus condemns his sons to death', on blue paper with white highlights, 1799 or earlier.

Amphion bouwt de muren van Thebe; Suauiter et fortiter.Amphion plays his violin, making the elements floating in the background forms the city walls of Thebes.

Barbarigo, Giovanni Francesco, Audenaerd, Robert van, Rome, Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica gente, Portrait of Gregorio Barbarigo, flanked by the coat of arms of the Medici and the Order of Saint Stephen, verso - stamped, Pedestal in the form of a cartouche. On it a medallion with the portrait of Gregorio Barbarigo on the front. He wears a mitre on his head. On the back Gregorio is installed as grand master in the sacred and military order of Saint Stephen by Cosimo III de' Medici. The pedestal is flanked by a man in a toga with the coat of arms of the Medici and an armoured man with the coat of arms of the Order of Saint Stephen. The woman in the center wears an ermine mantle and a crown. She holds a helmet and scepter in her hands and holds a crown with a French lily next to the head of the Medici. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, height 221 mm, width 235 mm, 1663 - 1743, print maker, printmaker, 1673 - 1743, paper, papier, engraving, engravi

Amphion builds the walls of Thebes, Gerard Edelinck, After Hale, 1683 print Amphion plays his violin, causing elements to form the city walls of Thebes in the background. paper engraving Amphion and Zethus build the walls of Thebes; Amphion hoists the stones by the music of his lyre, Zethus with his hands

Lucas de Evangelist, Pieter van der Heyden, After Lambert Lombard, 1554 print The evangelist Lucas sitting in his attribute among the clouds, one of the four Apocalyptic creatures, the OS. Print from a series of four. Antwerp paper engraving Luke the evangelist; possible attributes: book, (winged) ox, portrait of the Virgin, surgical instruments, painter's utensils, scroll

Drawing by a Dutch master showing a scene from a folk legend, executed with pen and brushes in brown, lavated, and white heighted on brown paper, showing figures, landscape, and action around 1535.

Smies, Jacob, Netherlands, Velijn, Philippus, Revolt of the Batavians, under Claudius Civilis, ca. 69-70, Claudius Civilis calls for revolt against the Romans. During a feast in the forest., print, picture, historical print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 172 mm, width 113 mm, Dutch, 1787-01-31 - 1836-05-04, print maker, printmaker, 1823 - 1829, second quarter 19th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1746-06-11 - 1833-08-14, intermediary draughtsman

. Arcadic scene: sitting woman with jug at altar and standing woman, on double flute playing. Design for a painting.

Utrecht, Water, Willem van de, Amsterdam, Wetstein, Henricus, Tidemann, Philip, Mulder, Joseph, Title page for: Johannes Georgius Graevius, Justini historiae philippiae, 1694, Allegorical figure with globe and zodiac signs, verso - stamped, A woman with globe and trumpet seated on a pedestal with the title of the book. Behind her a disk with the signs of the zodiac and in the sky the sun and the moon. In front of her sits a man writing in a book and lie arms., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 145 mm, width 83 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1658-01-11 - 1718, print maker, printmaker, 1694 - 1694, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1657-09-22 - 1705-06-09, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Drawing of the holy family. Drawings, Illustrations. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

Cleopatra VII Philopator (69-30 BC). Queen of Egypt. Death of Cleopatra. Engraving after a painting of Prinsep. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1872.

The Circumcision. Dated: 1763/1764. Dimensions: sheet: 9.6 × 14 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.); cut within platemark. Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Honoré Fragonard after Jacopo Tintoretto.

Claude-Louis Desrais - Bonaparte Triumph Claude-Louis Desrais (1746-1816). Triumph of Bonaparte. Allegory on the concordat and the peace of Amiens, drawing.

Rome, Nobili, Pietro de', Lafreri, Antonio, Italy, Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, Marble relief with a procession of sacrificial animals, verso - stamped, A marble relief with a representation of a Roman procession of sacrificial animals., print, prent, prints, height 201 mm, width 402 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1553 - 1553, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Italian, 1512 - 1577, publisher, uitgever

Sports of Greek girls Klimsch, E. (Eugen), 1839-1896. still image. Reproductive prints. 1882. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Play (Recreation), Swings, Greeks , To 499, Women , Clothing & dress , Greece , To 499, Games , Greece, Recreation , Greece

The tomb of Thomas Guy in the chapel at Guy's hospital. Born in 1644, he completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament. He then moved to London and spent eight years as a bookseller's apprentice. Through his astute business sense he made his fortune with investments and printing. In 1704 Guy was appointed Director of St Thomas's Hospital and through his donations paid for three new wards. At the age of 76, he founded Guy's Hospital, on a site near London Bridge.

In front of a house, a man sits on a bench at dusk. He is in conversation with another man standing before him., Emblem: evening Conversation at dusk, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Christoph Weigel, print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Neurenberg, 1695 - 1705, paper, etching, h 110 mm × w 124 mm

Tiberius at his villa on the island of Capri, he spent many of his final years there. Tiberius Caesar Augustus, 42 BC - AD 37. Second Roman emperor. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, p

CORTES MANDA EMBAJADORES A TLAXCALA Y EL SENADO LOS ADMITE - PINTADO EN COBRE- SIGLO XVIII. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Historia. Muerte de Ataulfo (372-415), rey visigodo, asesinado en Barcelona. Grabado de 1871.

Zethus with lyre, Amphion in Greek shoes, and a Greek woman wearing her mantle draped over her head. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).

A rubber tempera drawing by the Master of the Satyr Family depicting satyrs gathered around a fireplace, on brown paper, showing figures and setting.

Vertumnus a pomona, Johann Spillenberger, c. 1638 - 1679 print Germany (possibly) paper etching Vertumnus and Pomona. armour. garden fountain

Lazio Frosinone Arpino S. Andrea Apostolo8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: 13th century architecture. Post-medieval: 16th century architecture (1533 remodel), architectural sculpture, sculpture, fresco painting, painting on panel, stucco, church furnishings. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Female personifications of peace, justice and abundance, Martin Speer, After Francesco Solimena, c. 1817 print Peace (Pax), Justice (Justitia) and abundance (abundantia) on a cloud. Numbered at the bottom right: IIII. paper etching Peace as Roman personification. Justice (Justice) as Roman personification. Abundance (abundance) as Roman personification

Epicurus and Leontium; ; But don't discover the tracks of happiness. The Courtisane Leontium on a leashing in a departure. She listens to Epicurus, who is at the feet end. Illustration of a scene from 'Epicurus at Leontium'.

Wounded Aeneas between Venus and Ascanius. House of Sirico. Pompeii. 1st century A.D. Italy. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Soldiers and prostitutes, copper engraving after a painting by Jan Lijs, 1670

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Vatican City, Raphael, Italy, Bartoli, Pietro Sante, Reliefs in the Loggia of Raphael, Seated man and woman, A woman with a bare breast sits on a stone. Opposite her sits a man writing on a tablet., print, prints, height 130 mm, width 184 mm, Italian, 1615 - 1700-11-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

Asclepius, Aesculapius, Aesculapius, god of healing and Hygieia or Hygeia, goddess of health, Greek and Roman mythology, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Francken, Ambrosius (I), Collaert, Hans (I), Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, History of David and Saul, Saul tries to kill David, verso - stamped, When David plays the harp, Saul wants to throw his spear to kill David. The men around the throne prevent Saul from doing so. Below the representation a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Sam. 19., print, prent, prints, etchings, height 200 mm, width 286 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1540 - 1581, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1544 - 1618-10-16, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher

Cupid, historical woodcut, circa 1888

Illustration for William Shakespeare's play Henry VI, Part 3, Act II, Scene V. From an 18th century engraving by John Ogborne after a work by Josiah Boydell.

Return (Reason) overwint violence (violence), Johann Sadeler (1), after Maerten of you, 1579 print The personification speech (ratio), with a whip and a spread in hand, is on a throne. She tramples the personification of violence (Violentia), a saat with a club that ejaculates on the floor (libido). Antwerp paper engraving Masturbation, Onanism. Reason; 'Reason' (Ripa). Vehemence, Violence, Fierceness; 'Sforza with deception', 'Violence' (Ripa). Satyr (S) (in General)

Abel murdered by his brother Cain 19th century print after artist Vander Werf

In a Germanic ox cart the woman follow the army procession, relief from the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, ca 16 AD, digitally restored reproducti...

Man standing in front of a table, behind which two men sit.

The Roman god Mars, marble statue from ancient Rome, Italy, digital reproduction of an original from the 18th century, original date not known, Europe

The Judgment of Midas ca. 1734-77 Frans Pilsen. The Judgment of Midas. After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp). ca. 1734-77. Engraving. Prints

Introductory Emblem to Significant Women of the Past, Scenes of Mythology, Stringed Instrument, Lyre, Columns, Incense, Heads, Ornaments, Robes, Symbolism, Loorbe Wreath, Sitting, History, Historical Illustration 1894

Pericles/Perikles (c490-429 BC), Athenian statesman, and some of the public buildings erected in Athens under his patronage. Woodcut from the Rev. Royal Robbins 'The World Displayed', New York, 1830.

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