Allegorical Prints and Engravings

Intricate engravings representing various themes, such as youth versus age, featuring mythical creatures and symbolic imagery set in detailed landscapes.

Two fighting women, Pieter Jansz Quast, 1638, Fight between two old women, with a man trying to intervene., draughtsman: Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1638, parchment (animal material), h 153 mm × w 144 mm

Quast, Pieter Jansz., Amsterdam, Savery, Salomon, Beggars and farmers, Siet t'verwarde Gaerens ent, The devil confuses the yarn, verso - stamped, A seated woman spins yarn that is wound from a spool onto a reel by a man. Behind them stands the devil who pulls the yarn and confuses it. Title print for a ten-part series with representations of beggars and peasants, which also includes various unfortunate figures from the First English War, ca. 1652-1654., print, cartoon, title print, prints, height 134 mm, width 89 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1594 - 1683-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1638 - 1665, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, 1606 - 1647-06, after a print by, 1652 - 1654

Bernard Lens, 1659-1725, British, A Triton holding a Fish, 1700. Pen and brown ink, black chalk and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper.

Nude boy with painting attributes, Jan Moninckx, 1600 - 1699 drawing Allegorical representation: a nude boy with painting attributes, palette, brushes and painting stick, which controls a prancing horse on the lines. paper. ink pen / brush tools, implements of painter. boy (child between toddler and youth). 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa). taming of wild horses

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, Junction of Parties, 1783. Engraving.

September (title on object) The twelve months of the year, 'Les XII Mois de l'Année' (series title), Fruit traders load different types of fruit in their boat. From the side, a woman indicates a large basket of apples. A swan is swimming next to the boat. The print is part of a series of twelve prints with the twelve months of the year, September and its 'labor', fruit culture, water-birds: swan, fruits: apple, Cornelis Dusart (mentioned on object), 1679 - 1704, paper, engraving, h 216 mm × w 154 mm

The Ship of Depravity (Die Blau Schuyte). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Pieter van der Heyden after Hieronymus Bosch.

Quast, Pieter Jansz., Amsterdam, Nolpe, Pieter, Scenes from farm life, Dancing peasant couple, verso - stamped, A dancing peasant couple. The man holds his hat in his hand. The image is set in a cartouche. Print is part of a series with scenes from farm life., print, prints, height 104 mm, width 145 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1614 - 1653, print maker, printmaker, 1623 - 1653, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1606 - 1647-06

Two compartments, each in a Triton, Anonymous, After Hendrick de Keyser (I), c. 1623 - Before 1656 print Two compartments next to each other in which on the left a triton with a shell in his hand; On the right a female triton with a shell in hand. In the middle the title. Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving

Amsterdam, King, Wilhelmus, Engelbrecht, Martin, Northern Netherlands, Sassen, Joost van, Bombario Actionist and the Spirit of Aesop, Le Grand Voiturier de Bachus ou President des Tous les Ivrognes, Dronkneussius van Wynkar-bach or Keelman zonder Slot, Liendl Schnekenfist des Wienerischen Nacht-kinigs Magazin-Visirer Ambts fuhren Inspector und material verwalter, The dwarf Dronkneussius van Wynkar-bach, 1720, The dwarf Dronkneussius van Wynkar-bach as inspector in Vienna. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right middle: 46. Print within a decorative frame printed from a separate plate with samples and leaves. Part of part II in the second Dutch bound edition of 1720 (and related to the Windhandel in that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as Het Dwergentooneel, partly copied after an older German example., print, engraving, caricature, books, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 169 mm, width 105 mm, height 275 mm, width 175 mm, 1755, print m

The triumph of love: Cupid and a young woman being drawn in a chariot by two women while a third scatters roses before them. Watercolour by J.G. Steiner, 1789.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Saturn. First issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 503; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Ticket for the Benefit of Mr. Sal Pietro, 1773. Etching and Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Two putti with medallion, in which the appearance of Apollo on the muse. Draughtsman: Jacob de Wit. Dating: 1744. Measurements: h 184 mm × w 190 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Dead Hare. Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech, 1607-1677); after Pieter Boel (Flemish, 1622-1674). Date: 1649. Dimensions: 269 × 191 mm (sheet, trimmed within platemark). Etching in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Frisian with Putti procession, master of the dice, after Rafaël, c. 1530 - c. 1560 print A Frisian with a parade of naked putti. On the left, two putti wear a bird cage on the shoulders. For them there is a putto on the back of a goat. In the middle two putti with a double trumpet and two putti with a drum. On the right two putti with masks and a putto that fell to the ground. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper engraving cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. mask. bird in a cage. horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba. drum (musical instrument)

Sheep, from a set of 16 plates. Artist: Marcus de Bye (Dutch, The Hague 1639-after 1688). Dimensions: sheet: 4 7/16 x 5 1/2 in. (11.2 x 14 cm). Date: 1664. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fragment from Jupiter sends the three goddesses into the judgment of Paris; Part of a picture frame with lying woman and a putto lying on a garland ..

Frontispiece design for John Fayram's 'Eight Views after Nature', John Fayram, op.1713-1743, British, formerly attributed to William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, ca. 1739, Pen, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (18.1 × 14.9 cm) and Contemporary drawn border: 9 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (23.5 x 20 cm), books, bows (weapons), curtains, flowers (plants), frontispieces (illustrations), inkwells, Nature, pens, putti, religious and mythological subject, scales, scythe, stumps, time, trees, wings (costume accessories)

Old woman warms up with a child with glowing coals, Matthys van den Bergh, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1627 - 1687 print paper etching warming oneself at a fire (or hearth, stove, fire-pan, brazier). old woman. child

Boy Stepping to the Right over Banderoles mid-17th century Barthel Beham German. Boy Stepping to the Right over Banderoles 392901

Caricature of a dancing couple, François Collignon, after Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1687 print print maker: Franceafter design by: Italypublisher: Paris paper etching caricatures (human types). one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple. adult man. old woman

Etching by Augustin Hirschvogel depicting Christ confronting death and the devil, showing figure, posture, and composition, dated 1547.

Neptunus on a chariot, Anonymous, After Hendrick de Keyser (I), c. 1623 - Before 1656 print The car is pulled by two horses. Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving

Polyphemus gooit een steen naar Galatea en Acis; Acidem scoplo obruit Polyphemus; Metamorphoseon sive transformationum; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.The monstrous one-eyed giant polyphemus throws a stone to the fleeing Galatea. Acis is already crushed under a large stone on the floor. Title in Latin in undermarge.

. Imagination of a late medieval legend of the Holy Johannes Chrysostomus. After he had made a virgin pregnant as a hermit, he crawled through the desert to do a fine. In this performance, the naked virgin with the child is placed largely in the picture and the saint crawls into the distance through a landscape.

Sculpture of the Nile River; Nili Fluy Imago Romae in Vaticano; Antique sculptures in Rome; Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Quae in Publicis Locis Visuntur Icones. Image of the river god Nile with as attributes a horn with fruits, a sphinx, crocodiles and little boys. Title in Latin top left. Print is part of an album.

Chariot and reverberant horse.

Putto as Mercury, with winged helmet and caduceus, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print paper etching / engraving (story of) Mercury (Hermes)

unknown, Schut, Cornelis (I), Christ tied to the flogging post, verso lower left - stamped, Christ is tied to the flogging post, after the flogging; on the ground lie his clothes, the crown of thorns and a flogging post., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 97 mm, width 74 mm, South Netherlands, 1597-05-13 - 1655-04-29, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1655, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, granter of privilege

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius depicting the adoration of the Christ child by shepherds, showing Mary, Joseph, and pastoral figures, created in 1615.

Five putti with allegorical attributes. Landscape with putti with allegorical attributes, such as the peace hat, writing utensils, a harp and a beehive.

St. Luke; St. Lucian; St. Irene; St. Hilarion. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

A Dead Cat and Game. Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto, 1609-1664. 1601 - 1700. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Jacques Callot, Two Pantaloons Dancing, c 1622 Two Pantaloons Dancing

Print, Vignette, The Christ Boy Sleeping on a Cross; France; wood engraving on paper; 3.2 × 9.5 cm (1 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.); 1945-200-430

Drawing, Designs for Reliquaries; Italy; pen and ink on paper

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Ticket for the Benefit of Mr. Sal Pietro. Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Child with two heads. Child with two heads, in front view and on the back. Goltzius provided this print of two long texts with more information about this strange nature phenomenon, both in Dutch and in French.

Fable of De Pauw and De Nachtegaal, Aegidius Sadeler (II), After Marcus Gheeraerts (I), 1608 print A peacock and a nightingale in the foreground. The goddess Juno in the clouds. The fable tells how De Pauw complains to Juno because he is beautiful, but cannot sing. He is jealous of the voice of the Nachtegaal. Juno answers him that people cannot have everything in life. The moral of the story shows that one has to use the gifts they have received. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables of Aesop (with TITLE) : Use 85(...). song-birds: nightingale. (story of) Juno (Hera). ornamental birds: peacock

Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco depicting Noah constructing the ark, showing Noah, animals, and the structure of the ark.

Roof van Europa; Iupiter tauri imagine Europam rapit; Metamorphoseon sive transformationum; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.Jupiter, in the form of an OS, relieves Europe by sea. Europe's companions watch from the coast. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Nymphes des alentours, venez... , Politicians, Lawyers, Government officials, Laboulie, M. de Joseph-Balthazar-Gustave, 1800-1867, Molé, Louis-Mathieu, comte, 1781-1855. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel ou sont contenues plusieurs figures de l'invention de maitre François Rabelais. Artist: François Desprez (French, active 16th century); Attributed to François Rabelais (French, 1494-1553). Dimensions: Overall: 6 1/16 x 4 3/16 x 9/16 in. (15.4 x 10.6 x 1.5 cm)Double-page spread: 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (15 x 19 cm). Publisher: Published by Richard Breton (French, 1525-1571 Paris) , Paris. Date: [1565. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des fables (copy), Card game with mythological representations, Hippomene et Atalante, Hippomenes and Atalanta, verso - stamped, Playing card with a representation of Hippomenes and Atalanta., print, playing card, prints, height 55 mm, width 57 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, after print by

money caricature usury ""The Usurer"" copper engraving Germany 17th century private collection,

Study sheet with four heads, two of them with a mitre, print maker: D. van den Bosch, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1817, paper, etching, h 64 mm × w 95 mm

M. F. Huguenin Dumitand. Thévenard, Marguerite (1710-1770), graphic artist

Oyster on a beach; Life of Mary in emblems. Presentation of a half-opened oyster on a beach. Rain falls on the pearl that lies in the oyster. Right three men. This leaf is part of the 'Life of Maria's Life in Emblems'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in letterpress without image.

Sadeler, Raphael (I), Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, München, Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta, Male anchorites and hermits, Saint Meinradus of Einsiedeln as a hermit, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Meinradus of Einsiedeln, a German hermit from the ninth century AD. He lies stretched out on the ground in front of his hermitage. His attribute, a tame raven, sits on the roof of his hermitage. In the background a mountain landscape with in the distance the two robbers who will murder him., print, prints, width 200 mm, height, 164 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1594 - 1594, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, 1560

A woman offers a gift to a reclining man. Engraving.

Putto in the clothing of a spiritual meal. A putto, dressed as a spiritual, grinds flour on a stone. In addition, half a eaten pie.

Skull with crown and scepter. .

Tast, Frederick Bloemaert, After Abraham Bloemaert, 1632 - 1670 print The prophet Elisa, left in the background, curses the children who mock him. These are devoured by bears. Presentation of the touch, from a series with five prints that depict the senses. paper engraving / etching feeling (one of the five senses). two bears come out of the woods and tear the children who were mocking Elisha to pieces

Amsterdam, Visscher, Nicolaes (I), Bloemaert, Abraham, Utrecht, Frederick, Five senses, Tactus, Tast, The prophet Elisha, on the left in the background, curses the children who mocked him. As punishment they are devoured by bears. Representation of Touch, from a series of five prints depicting the senses., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 105 mm, width 155 mm, 1614 - 1669, print maker, prentmaker, 1632 - 1670, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, third quarter 17th century, derde kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), etching, etsen, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1618-01-25 - 1679, publisher

Two horse farts; The Vilders.

Arion, seated on the dolphin, plays the winch. In the background sails the ship he left. At bottom a four-line verse in Dutch. Title page for H.L. Spieghel's Heart Mirror of 1650, Arion on the Dolphin Title page for: Hendrik Laurensz Spieghel, Heart-Spiegel, 1650, print maker: Pieter Nolpe, H.L. Spieghel, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johannes Colom, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1650, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 69 mm × w 65 mm, h 144 mm × w 81 mm

Drawing, Pisces, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash over graphite on white laid paper; 13.3 x 21.4 cm (5 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.) matted w/ -1186 Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Engraving depicting two large crane-like birds. A drawing of the skeleton of the birds hangs from the centre of the frame. The illustration is set within an ornate frame.

Peleus embraces thetis; Peleus Thetide Vinculis Coarctata Potitur; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Peeleus embraces thetis for a cave. Title in Latin in undermarge.

Sea lobster on the beach, Albert Flamen, 1664 print print maker: Parisafter own design by: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching crustaceans: lobster

Cadmus kills the dragon, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Cadmus kills the dragon who attacked his men. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching Cadmus slays the dragon

Ancient Roman theatre masks still image. Illustrations. 1736. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Masks , Roman+, Antiquities , Roman+, Cameos, Ancient

Jacques Callot, Two Pantaloons Dancing, c 1617 Two Pantaloons Dancing

Musicians in a mussel shell. A company of musicians, singers and clergymen in a sailing mussel shell take around a table music, singing, eating, drinking and making love. Links do a bagpipe player in the water and embrace a monk a woman. A tree branch protrudes from the shell on which an owl is sitting. A man makes music on a fireplace.

Johannes de Boper, as a child, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print The young John the Baptist kneels at a water stream to fill a bowl with water. He holds a victory banner. Next to him is the Lamb. paper etching John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff - early life of male saint

Small sketches; Or around 1800 (1795-00-00-1805-00-00);Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, antique, regained war losses, Poland (culture), message (provenance), Quodlibet, Polish drawings, TRET-L'OEIL (artist)

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Dancing peasant couple with bagpipe player, verso - stamped, Dancing peasant couple under the trees. In the foreground on the left a bagpipe player is sitting on a fence. In the background on the right a peasant fight., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 116 mm, width 189 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, print maker, prentmaker, 1596 - 1630, paper, papier, etching, etchings

France, Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Merlen, Jacques van, Flamen, Albert, Diverses Especes de Poissons de mer, Fish and other sea creatures - saltwater first series, Lyta, Le grenaut., Three saltwater fish on the beach, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 105 mm, width 170 mm, 1620 - 1691, print maker, printmaker, 1664 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, French, 1616-12-15 - 1682-06, publisher, uitgever, Frans, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

France, 18th century. Hairstyle called ""Independence or The Triumph of Liberty"" since it recalls the victories of the Royal fleet. Coloured print of 1780 ca., by Leclerc e L. Watteau.

The Hague, Hondius, Hendrick (I), Liagno, Teodoro Filippo di, Hendrick, Animal skeletons, Skeleton with bow and arrow, verso - stamped, De Death in the form of a skeleton with a quiver on his back and a bow in his hand. In front of a landscape with a tree on the right. Print from a series with representations of skeletons by the printmakers Hendrick Hondius I (NewHollst.243-258), Andries Jacobsz. Stock (Hollst.4-10) and Simon Frisius., print, frontispiece, prints, enten, Haegae-Comitis Ex off. Henr. Hondij1626, top right, in banderole, No 1; boevanaan in frame: Heu quam MORS Vibras non evitabile telum Quo perunt Homines quo Pecudesque cadunt, bottom right, height 157 mm, width 100 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1625 - 1625, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Italian, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1573-06-09 - 1650-10-25, publisher

Combat à la Barrière, Entrée de MM. de Varncourt, Tyllon etMarimont. Artist: Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635

Four boys, a young satyr, and a goat. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/2 × 8 3/16 in. (13.9 × 20.8 cm). Series/Portfolio: Putti and Satyrs. Date: 1647. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ruggiero and Angelica, flying on Frontin, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1771 print Canto ten from 'Ariosto Furioso'. Ruggiero and Angelica flee on the back of Frontin of the island of Ebuda, where Angelica was imprisoned. Among them in the sea is the orca that Angelica held. paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Ariosto, Orlando Furioso. swimming mammals: whale - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)

Putti with the attributes of Bacchus. Draughtsman: Jurriaan Andriessen. Dating: c. 1752 - c. 1819. Measurements: h 117 mm × w 189 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jurriaan Andriessen.

Copper engraving 'The Child with the Three Skulls' by Barthel Beham, 1529, depicting a child figure with three skulls and detailed composition.

The Old Woman and Death. Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech, 1607-1677); after Hans Holbein the younger (German, c.1497-1543). Date: 1651. Dimensions: 72 × 53 mm (sheet, trimmed within plate mark). Etching on ivory wove paper. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Entrance of Monsignor Henry de Lorraine. Third fragment out of 6" (Lieure 586, Meaume 490). Etching. 1627. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99596-15 Etching, engraving

Barthel Beham (German, 1502-1540), Child with Three Skulls, 1529, engraving

L'Amour from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers'. Artist: Anonymous, French, 18th century. Dimensions: 3 3/16 × 2 1/16 in. (8.1 × 5.3 cm). Date: 1700-1799. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woodblock engraving depicting a member of the big-lipped tribe which was once believed to inhabit certain areas of the earth. Dated 15th century

Allegory on death. Death shows a newborn child to see a text for him to the ground from which the Vanitas message speaks.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Two Dogs 1558 Sebastiano di Re Italian This print comes from the museums copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title ‘Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae first appears. Lafreri envisioned an ideal arrangement of the prints in 7 different categories, but during his lifetime, never appears to have offered one standard, bound set of prints. Instead, clients compo

The doome warning all men to the Iudgemente, page 288 (detail). Prints, Illustrations. 1581. Spencer Collection. Monsters

Revolution (IT)

Harpy. Found in Peru in 17th c., according to the text. Litography.

BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula'. Detail depicting and allegory of Jupiter. Worldmap printed in Amsterdam circa 1635. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Le Theatre du Monde (Amsterdam, 1643), by William and Jan Blaeu. Illustration symbolizing the Planet Venus. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

'The Syren Drawn from the Life', 1759 Creator: Benjamin Cole.

Title print with a putto in a landscape with antique residues and mythological figures; Card game with mythological performances; Jeu des Fables.a Putto Sitting in a Landscape with Antique Remains. Above Him the God's Are On The Clouds. In the Background Neptune in His Marine Chariot. The Title on a Block Right.

The legend of the sea adventures of St. Brandan, historical illustration

The Five Orders of Periwigs, Print made by William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, After William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, 1761, Etching, Sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 3/4 inches (30.2 × 22.2 cm)

Gentleman kissing the hand of a lady. Artist: Gesina ter Borch. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch (signed by artist). Dating: 1656. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 313 mm × w 204 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Kop van Beef, Marcus de Bye, After Paulus Potter, 1761 - c. 1850 print Print Maker: The bepublisher: Amsterdam paper etching cow

music vocal music vocal range soprano allegory ""Discantus"" coloured woodcut by Hans Sebald Beham circa 1540 private collection,

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey. Date/Period: Ca. 1705-1710. Painting. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Height: 450 mm (17.71 in); Width: 560 mm (22.04 in). Author: Attributed to the "Stipple Master".

A fatally wounded gladiator kneeling on his shield while blood gushes from the wound in his side. Line engraving with etching by P. Duflos.

Envy. Dated: probably after 1621. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

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