Allegorical Prints and Engravings

Detailed and symbolic prints featuring mythological and historical themes, showcasing narratives of morality, peace, and cultural heritage.

Luyken, Jan, Netherlands, Crucifixion and martyrdoms of the apostles in floral ornament, verso - stamped, Central the crucifixion of Christ with Mary, John and Mary Magdalene under the cross. Around twelve representations with the martyrdoms of the twelve apostles. At the bottom a representation of a temple where figures worship an image. On the left someone is dragged to the temple. on the right someone is chased by a man with a sword., print, prent, prints, height 203 mm, width 118 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1659 - 1800, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05

Title page of the pamphlet: copy of Seker refereyn by the prevailed Dutch provintien and Hollant ghewritten / touching the peace. With Oock der Hollanders Antworved Rijms-Wyse Daer by Ghevoecht, 1598, 1598 print Allegory of the deceptive peace proposals by Spain, 1598. Title print of a pamphlet With Oock der Hollanders answered rhymes-wyse daer by ghevoucht. A Spanish Dutchman with two faces offers the Dutchman an olive branch. On the right a small show in which Anneken van den Hove is buried alive in Brussels (1597). At the top two medallions with margins in Latin and Dutch. Left: The Spaniard approaches the Netherlands Lion with an olive branch. Right: the Netherlands Lion tied to the pole of the Inquisition. Loose title print without the corresponding pamphlet. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing title-page

Cartouche with landscape, Albert Flamen, 1648 - 1672 print Between two trees, a cloth is stretched on which a hilly landscape is depicted with a rock in the foreground and two horsemen in the background. In the middle between the two trees the weapon of G. Tronson. Paris paper etching landscapes

Expulsion from Paradise, 1581 - 1656 print Adam and Eva are chased away from paradise by Engel with flaming sword. In medallion with a Bible text in Latin from Genesis 3 within rectangular frame. Netherlands paper engraving God expels Adam and Eve from paradise and has the tree of life guarded by an angel with a flaming sword

Luyken, Jan, Netherlands, Crucifixion and martyrdoms of the apostles in floral ornament, verso - stamped, Central the crucifixion of Christ with Mary, John and Mary Magdalene under the cross. Around twelve representations with the martyrdoms of the twelve apostles. At the bottom a representation of a temple where figures worship an image. On the left someone is dragged to the temple. on the right someone is chased by a man with a sword., print, prent, prints, height 203 mm, width 118 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1659 - 1800, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05

Bronze century; Anevm saecvl; The four eras. In a round list the bronze century of Minerva. In the foreground the earth is edited and builds. Grain is mowed and ore dotted. In the background it is done to survey. The print refers to the mythologically inspired idea that man had to work more and more during the bronze century to keep alive. Moreover, the property was central to life. The print is part of a series about the four eras and has a Latin, French and Dutch caption.

Element fire as a young man with lightning bolts, Nicolaes de Bruyn, after Maerten de Vos, 1581 - 1656 print Element fire as a young man sitting on the back, lightning bolts in his hand, salamander by his feet. In a frame with objects from the kitchen, ovens, forge, metal weapons and armor. Netherlands paper engraving fire (one of the four elements). lightning, flash of lightning, thunderbolt

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Fantastic fountain with hunter and dogs in battle with a wild boar. One of five fantastic fountains from the series for the first book by Dietterlins Architectura (1595).

Cartouche met landschap.A cloth is tense between two trees on which a hilly landscape is depicted with a rocking party in the foreground and two riders in the background. Middle between the two trees The weapon of G. Tronson.

The world, 1745 print Allegory of the world, surrounded by rocaille frame. Diogenes crawls out of a globe with a book and a lantern. Above him, a personification of time, a winged man with a passer, a scythe and a canvas, is surrounded by four people of various origins. Twice a four -line German and Latin text in the lower margin. Publishing number 28. paper etching 'Mondo', 'Machina del mondo' (Ripa). (story of) Diogenes, the philosopher (+ in allegorical or symbolic frame or setting; with allegorical or symbolic accessories). Father Time, man with wings and scythe

Leiden, Delfos, Abraham, Vignette with monogram in cartouche flanked by Mercury and interior of library, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 35 mm, width 56 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1731-03-08 - 1820-07-13, print maker, printmaker, 1758 - 1758, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Paris, Tavernier, Melchior, France, Rabel, Daniel, Cartouches de Differantes Inventions, Cartouche with two putti, The compartment depicts a hilly landscape with sheep. Sheet 10 from a series of 13 sheets with cartouches in French auricular style. From the first edition., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 142 mm, width 198 mm, 1578 - 1637-01-03, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1634, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1564 - 1641, publisher

Jacques Callot, The Great Rock, 1623 The Great Rock

Jonah is thrown overboard by the sailors; History of Jonah. The ship on which Jona Vaart is plagued by a heavy storm. Jonah asks the sailors to throw him overboard to temper God's anger. A large fish is swimming in front of the ship. The performance is caught in a circular picture frame with a Bible quote from Jona in Latin.

Cologne, Hersbach, Casparus, Hogenberg, Frans, Series 11: Varia Foreign Events, 1571-1631, Personal history of these in the year 1618. Appearing comets, whose rise or movement is set by the sign of the 8th heaven in the early August, Comet, 1618, written on the recto lower right outside the plate edge, Constellations of the northern sky and the comet seen above Cologne, December 1618. In the starry sky the positions of the comet between 6 and 28 December. At the bottom a separate representation of the comet. With captions of 1 and 3 lines in German. Numbered in pen at the bottom right: 393. The print is part of an album., print, picture, news print, album sheet, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, 393, height 246 mm, width 305 mm, Dutch, German, 1540 - 1590, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1620, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Temptation of H Anthony, Pieter van der Heyden, Pieter Brueghel (I), Hieronymus Cock, 1556

Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust of a sphinx at bottom, an oval composition ca. 1639 Stefano della Bella Italian. Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust of a sphinx at bottom, an oval composition 376691

Variae campestrum fantasiae. Man and a woman at the mouth of a cave., 1620-1655, by Herman van Swanevelt. Gift of Bishop Monrad, 1869.

Fight on bridge in Venice (middle part). A large litter men in battle on a bridge in Venice. Different figures fall off the bridge into the water. In the background figures on gondolas on the water.

Title page for the Hollandsche Mercurius of the year 1665, 1666 print Title page for the Hollandsche Mercury of the year 1665 with Centraal de Hollandse Leeuw. Around this small scenes with events from the year 1665, including in Borculo, Lochem and Winschoten. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Haarlem paper etching

Bouquet of Ranks with flowers and leaves, Balthazar Moncornet, After Francois Lefebure, After Jacques Callot, After 1635 - Before 1647 print With a number of figures to Jacques Callot at the bottom. In the middle of the top is an insect on an iris, left and top right, a butterfly flies. Page 6 from series with 6 bouquets for gold and silversmiths. Second edition. print maker: France (possibly)after design by: Parispublisher: Paris paper engraving

Anger (Ira) from The Seven Deadly Sins. Artist: Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, ca. 1525-1569); After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda () ca. 1525-1569 Brussels). Dimensions: plate: 8 13/16 x 11 9/16 in. (22.4 x 29.4 cm)sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (26.1 x 33.6 cm). Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510-1570 Antwerp). Date: 1558. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Elisa sees the Ascension of Elia, 1579 print The prophet Elisa sees how Elia drives to heaven in a fiery car. The mantle of Elijah falls down. In the background, Elisa tears his clothes when he can no longer see Elijah. Elia's cloak is next to him. Even further in the background, Elisa hits the water of the Jordaan with the mantle of Elijah, so that it flows to the left and right and he can cross the river. Oval show in an ormanetle frame. Print is part of an album. paper engraving a chariot, horses of fire and a whirlwind appear and Elijah is carried up into heaven; Elijah's cloak falls (or he hands it over to Elisha). Elisha strikes the water with Elijah's cloak, parts the water and recrosses the river; he thus wins recognition from the sons of the prophets. frequently used ornamental compositions

Anger (Ira) from The Seven Deadly Sins 1558 Pieter van der Heyden Netherlandish. Anger (Ira) from The Seven Deadly Sins 383073 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 Seven Deadly Sins, 1558, Engraving, plate: 8 13/16 x 11 9/16 in. (22.4 x 29.4 cm) sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. (26.1 x 33.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928 (28.4(31))

Medallion with flowers and leaves; Livre De Fleurs & De Feullies Pour Servir a l'Art d'Orfeveri (...). At the bottom of a number of figures to Jacques Callot. Leaf 5 from series with 6 bouquets for gold and silversmiths. Second edition.

The Two Crowns. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JACQUES CALLOT.

Emblem with man who doubts about the choice between life in virtue or life in sin, Anonymous, After Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, 1649 print A man has doubts about his walk in a split of two roads. One way of a life in virtue leads to eternity and the other way of a life in sin leads to hell. He must consider whether he will regret his choice after his death, according to the meditation rule in the publication. paper engraving the life of man

Allegorical performance with cartouches and various figures. Allegorical performance with blank cartouches and various figures, including Flora and Mercury. Possible design for a print.

The evil world / The time of Esau (2 Esdras 6:9) ca. 1570-72 Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century. The evil world / The time of Esau (2 Esdras 6:9). Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century. ca. 1570-72. Etching. Prints

De Vis spits Jonah on the land, 1566 print After three days and nights in the belly of the fish, the fish spits Jonah on the land. God looks at Jonah from a cloud. The water at sea is quiet and the sun just rises. Under the performance an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album. paper engraving after a three-day sojourn in the belly of the monster Jonah is cast on dry land; Jonah may be shown nude and bald-headed. Jonah again receives from God the command to preach in Nineveh

Geldleer on a triumphy. A Roman general stands on a triumphar, continued by two horses. The horses are masked by a woman. A second woman runs out for the car. At the front some, partly broken columns. Above two medallions with a general. At the top right: No. 5.

Lying oval with putto; Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610; Four ovals with marine animals and genii. A putto that is bitten in the water through a snake he pulls to his tail. Leaf from a series of flat decorations with grotesken, cartouches, ovals, mascarons, putti and fantastic beings. The series consists of three title sheets, two text sheets with the assignment and the preface and 60 sheets, spread over three books.

Jacques Callot, The Two Crowns The Two Crowns

Brown, Augustin.

Lucht, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1756 print Allegory of the element of air with two winged putti with bird, insect and windmill. Print number 597. Augsburg paper etching air (one of the four elements)

Netherlands, Monogrammist LIW, Children's Crusade, verso lower right - stamped, Fourth block of six, together forming a frieze with the Children's Crusade. Devils are killed and tortured by children. Two cartouches with text in Dutch., print, prent, prints, prenten, verso middle - stamped, verso middle right - stamped, height 255 mm, width 373 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1522 - 1532, second quarter 16th century, tweede kwart 16e eeuw, 18th century, 18e eeuw, paper, papier, houtsnede

Jean Duvet, The Opening of the Seventh Seal, 1546 1556 The Opening of the Seventh Seal

Lazio Roma Rome Tomb of the Valerii0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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.

Flat decoration with corrugated pelvis; Small flat decorations with grotesken. The pelvis are a man and a woman. In the middle behind is an owl, right in front of a flame. One of 4 blades from a series of 8.

Sky; L'air / that luffs; Four elements. Element allegory air with two winged putti with bird, insect and windmill. Print number 597.

June: Hay, Anonymous, After Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, c. 1574 - c. 1687 print The month of June: a loving farmer's pair that rests during hay. In the background hay bales and farmers in a field. In the middle of the sign of the zodiac that belongs to the month of June: lobster. The print has a frame with a border script in Latin that refers to the works of the month of June. Copy in mirror image to the print of the same name of Crispijn van de Passe (i). unknown paper engraving June and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). rest during harvest (eating, dancing, making love, etc.)

A woman is passing a shop selling oil lamps and is knocked off her feet by the blast of an explosion. Etching by Richard Dighton.

Personification of Earth, with Spade and Horn, Supporting a Tree and Lattice on His Head, A Frieze underneath from Veelderleij niewe inventien van antijckesche sepultueren diemen nou zeere ghebruijkende is met noch zeer fraeije grotissen en compertimenten zeer beqwame voer beeltsniders antijcksniders schilders en all constenaers...Libro Secundo. Artist: Johannes van Doetecum the elder (Netherlandish, active 1554-ca. 1600, died 1605); Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554-72, died before 1589); after Cornelis Floris II (Netherlandish, Antwerp before 1514-1575 Antwerp). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (30 x 21 cm). Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510-1570 Antwerp). Date: 1557. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Maps of the Spanish Armada (28 and 31 July 1588). Two cards (IX-x) with the Spanish and English fleet in the canal at the Dover Street. On the left card there is a wild man on a rock with two burning torches in his hands. In addition to a putti on a fish with coat of arms and lightning bolt in hand. On the other they smoking jars. On the right card is fame on a rock. She blows on a trumpet and has the coat of arms of Charles Howard, the Lord High Admiral and Charging Commander of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada. The cards are covered within an ornamental frame. At the top of a coin with the portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, flanked by four putti. The currency to the left thereof has been beaten in Zeeland and shows the Spanish ships in a storm with a sun breaking through. On the coin on the right four kneeling and praying people. On the weapon, under the portrait of Elizabeth, hangs a chain with which the English Queen Pope Sixtus V, the Spanish king Philip II and Alessandro

The Great Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian I Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). The Great Triumphal Chariot of the Emperor Maximilian I, 1522, begun 1518. Woodcut from eight blocks on eight sheets of laid paper, 16 x 95 in. (40.5 x 241.3 cm). Albrecht Dürer revolutionized the techniques of woodcut and engraving, and was the first artist to achieve fame through his work as a printmaker. In 1512 the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, who recognized how useful the new medium of printmaking would be for spreading his fame and burnishing his image, commissioned Dürer to create in his honor a gigantic, multipart woodcut inspired by imperial processions of antiquity. The emperor died before the ambitious work was completed, but the entrepreneurial Dürer published the last eight-block section of the procession as a tribute to him. Maximilian is depicted as a latter-day Roman emperor, riding in an elaborate chariot whose four wheels express in Latin his renown (gloria), dignity (dign

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Saint James and the Magician Hermogenes, published 1565 Saint James and the Magician Hermogenes

A crown and a laurel wreath, Jacques Callot, 1646 print Presentation of a crown that is held in the air by a cherub's head, above a laurel wreath that is held by two hands. This magazine is part of the emblem series 'Life of Maria in Emblemen'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in book print without image. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching crown (symbol of sovereignty). trees: laurel

The blue barge; That Blau Schuyte; The ship of spacer. The boat with the inscription 'Die Blau Schuyte' has a playman as a punterman with a string instrument on his back and one can head on the head. There are six figures in the boat, including a lying fat man with a songbook and two women. Under the show a four-line verse in Dutch in two columns, referring to drinking spirit, looseness and corruption. At the top of the title in Latin, French and Dutch.

View of the port of Messina and the Neptunus fountain, Abraham Casembroot, 1603 - 1658 print View of the port of Messina. In the foreground the Neptune fountain of Fra Montorsoli (1557). In a banderole above the fountain the title of the press series. The print has a Latin caption. Print from series of thirteen prints with faces of the port of Messina paper etching harbour. quay Temple of Neptunus. Messina

Ship with fantastic creatures and Calai, Zeti, Boreas and Oreithyia, Anonymous, After Giulio Parigi, c. 1635 print Nummered at the bottom left: 5. Paris paper etching ships (in general). gods of the winds

Herraut, Jost Amman, 1573 print print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper warfare; military affairs. the soldier; the soldier's life. herald

Netherlands, Frisius, Simon, Pyramis pacifica, Piramide van de Vrede, 1609, 1609. Allegory of the Twelve Years' Truce, printed from two plates. High needle-shaped pyramid or obelisk, flanked by the personifications of Piety (Pietas) and Justice (Justitia). In the foreground the seven provincial virgins with weapons seated around the Dutch Lion. Chained to the pedestal the personifications of War (Mars) and Envy (Invidia). On either side spectators from all countries of the world. On the right the sprouting orange tree, on the left Fame at a cartouche with the dedication in Latin. In the sky angels with the arms of France and Great Britain, in the middle the radiant tetragram., print, engraving, propaganda print, prints, engravings, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 730 mm, width 463 mm, 1575 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1609 - 1609, first quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process)

Second day of creation: God separates the bodies of water into heaven and sea. In medallion with inscription in Latin from Genesis 1, within rectangular frame, Second day of creation: God separates the bodies of water in heaven and sea From creation to expulsion from paradise (series title), print maker: Nicolaes de Bruyn, (mentioned on object), Maerten de Vos, (mentioned on object), publisher: Assuerus van Londerseel, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1581 - 1656, paper, engraving, h 136 mm × w 126 mm

Cartography, Italy, 18th century. Novara and its Province, with Hercules figure. Engraving by Blancus, Milan, 1667.

Title page for: André Tacquet, Opera Mathematics, 1669, Richard Collin, 1668 - 1669 print A group of Putti plays outside with mathematical instruments. A few hide the instruments between rocks. On the left next to the rocks a map of a fortress. An eagle holds a cloth with his claws with the title of the book. Next to him, Putti wear the cardinal weapon of the later Pope Clemens IX. paper engraving measuring-instruments. calculating-instruments. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Two oval ovals, links with deer; Oval cartouches in a frame of curl works with animals in landscapes.Oval Right with a Duck and a Dog. From Series or 12 sheets.

A lead handle drawing by Bartolomeo Altomonte depicting Saint Florian and Saint Therese, with white laved highlights on blue natural paper, showing figures and gesture.

View of Venice, 1500. Jacopo de' Barbari (Italian, 1440/50-before 1515). Woodcut;

Piramide van steen / Kroon zwevend boven een berg; Nisi Dominus Frustra / Naturae Artid Opus; Symbola Divina et Humana Pontificum Imperatorum Regum.An emblem with two performances. Above a landscape with a stone pyramid. The wind blows against the structure. Under a crown float above a mountain covered with spines. The inventions of King Henry IV of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon.

Greeting letter with inn scenes. Greeting letter with described cartouche inside a decorative frame with inn scenes: drinking and eating people at the table, dancing people and at the top a few musicians. Handwritten message in calligraphy (New Year's letter) by Gerrit Visser to his friend.

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer showing the triumphal procession of Emperor Maximilian I, focusing on the small triumphal car (Burgundian marriage), created in 1526.

Party in Florence: floats of love, Jacques Callot, after Giulio Parigi, 1616 print Floating car in the form of a large cloud, with Cupido surrounded by a result of cupidos and the three graces. This structure was made for the party 'Guerra di Bellezza', which Cosimo II gave the 'Medici in Florence in Florence on the occasion of the arrival of Federico della Rovere, the prince of Urbino and the fiancé of his sister Claudia. At the top of the show a banner with Italian text. Florence paper etching chariot, triumphal car. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa) Florence. Piazza Santa Croce

Crowns, mitres, maces, etc , Crowns, Miters, Ceremonial maces. William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints

Etienne Delaune illustrates a pastoral scene with a shepherdess spinning rocks and a shepherd, drawn in ink with gray-brown and Bister on parchment.

Cartoon on Amsterdam families in the wind trade, 1720; The wintgot, ueTbuldert, do not leave disasters; The great scene of foolishness.Cartoon on variant significant Amsterdam families That Were Involved in the Wind Trade: Borel, Bicker van Swieten, Hooft, Fay and Others. In The Clouds Jupiter and Mercury. With Caption in Four Columns. Print 68 in the Series The Large Scene of Foolishness with cartriders at the 1820 Wind Trade or Action Trade.

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Gnomae seu illustres sententiae ex proverbus Salomonis vitae utiles, Proverbs of Solomon, below, Ornamental frame with medallions in which from left to right: A fool is crushed in a mortar. From Prov. 27:22: 'Though you put a fool in a mortar and crush him among the grain, you will not crush his foolishness out.'; Landscape with a snake, eagle, Cupid and a ship. From Prov. 30:18-19: 'There are three things too wonderful for me, and four I cannot understand: the flight of an eagle in the sky, the gliding of a serpent on a rock, the sailing of a ship on the sea, the journey of a man to a virgin; and a king sitting on his throne. A man falls from the stairs., print, prints, height 92 mm, width 216 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher, 1547 - 1591, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker

Evening and night. Two rocaille cartouches in a landscape. Upstairs with a scene at setting sun from a resting hunter and two dogs, a woman brings him. Under with a scene of two women and a man with a torch. Both cartouches two columns with two-legged German text. Numbered in the middle AA.

A draft by Matthäus Günther for a ceiling image in the pilgrimage church in Mentlberg near Innsbruck, executed with lead handle, brush, and gray wash with white highlights in 1769-1770.

Seven Deadly Sins. Engraving at "Principis del Home, y sos dos camins, de Salvacio o Condemnacio, ab la Explicacio dels set pecats mortals". Manresa, 1849. Catalonia. Spain.

Four fish on the beach, after 1595 - 1618 print A soil, a boxing fish, a whiting and another fish are washed up on the beach with some shells. In the background the sea with a few ships. The print is part of a series with fish as the subject. paper engraving bony fishes: sea-bream. bony fishes: whiting. bony fishes: goby. sea (seascape)

The Flood. Dated: 1665. Dimensions: plate: 15.2 x 14.5 cm (6 x 5 11/16 in.) sheet: 15.4 x 14.6 cm (6 1/16 x 5 3/4 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: the Elder Georg Andreas Wolfgang.

Afternoon, 1590 - 1597 print Afternoon. Allegory with Apollo in the clouds like Meridies, the personification of the afternoon. Downstairs on earth activities in relation to the phase of life of youth or young adulthood: working on land and love couples in a garden. Part of the series of the four times of the day. Under the performance a caption of 4 lines in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving personification of the afternoon, 'Meridies'. youth, adolescent. courting Low Countries

Rebus about love, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print Oval cartouche with in the middle of a sphinx. In the cartouche an Italian rebus about love. Some of the symbols used are putti, suns, a ring and a glove. The text to be solved is: OVE èmore è fed / amore è Solecito è secreto / deaf è amore è gelosia / amore è cico e vede di lontano / l'amore passa il guanto e l'acqua li stivali / amore, amore, amore, amore, amore, amore TU sei la mia rovina. paper etching rebus

Big Fish Eat Little Fish 1557 Pieter van der Heyden Netherlandish. Big Fish Eat Little Fish 410921

Conquest of a Portuguese crack at Mozambique, 1604; Dese figuere exhibits the Hollanden to conquer the Craecke for Mosambique in what persons. Conquest from a Portuguese Kraak at Mozambique, 17 June 1604. Part of the illustrations in the report of the second trip to the East Indies for the VOC under Steven van der Hagen, 1603-1608, No. 1.

Vignette of the revolutionary period, realized for the letterhead of the Commissioner Bourcier (TF)

Emblem with man who looks at his good works and the way he has to go in the future, Anonymous, After Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, after Hendrik Aertssens (II), 1623 print A man looks at his good works and notices what he should do and what way he should go in the future. Antwerp paper engraving the life of man

Arc de Triomphe of the crossroads of Saint-Gervais Fountain drawn up for the entrance of August 26, 1660 John the Paulter (1618-1682). "Arc de Triomphe of the crossroads of Saint-Gervais Fountain drawn up for the entrance of August 26, 1660". Etching. 1660.

Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Graminaeus, Theodorus, Keulen, Cathena Avrea Platonis, The Seven Planets, God the Father and Plato's Golden Chain, verso below - stamped, God the Father is enthroned at the top of Plato's golden chain. The chain consists of angels holding banners depicting the planets. Below that are medallions with the four elements that are connected to a medallion with man. Man is in turn connected to medallions representing plants, animals, and stones and metals. In the corners four putti symbolizing the four elements and the four sciences (physics, mathematics, theology, magic) with which man can unravel the secrets of the universe., print, engraving, frontispiece, prints, engravings, verso under - stamped, height 243 mm, width 186 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1611, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), Work conception, German, 1540 - 1596, after a design by, after his own design by

Cologne, Hogenberg, Frans, Series 11: Varia Foreign Events, 1571-1631, Birth of the Fürnembsten Cädt Castles and Flecken in Teutschlant as his Ex. Marq. Spinola obtained Ao. 1620 and 21, Places conquered by Spinola, 1620-1621, recto lower right within the plate border - written, Coiled snake made up of pictures and names of the 56 places and castles conquered by Spinola in Germany in the years 1620-1621. In the middle a portrait of Spinola and his coat of arms with motto: Nunc Nunquam. Without caption. Numbered in pen at the bottom right: 400. The print is part of an album., print, picture, news print, album sheet, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, 400, height 285 mm, width 318 mm, Dutch, German, 1540 - 1590, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1622, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

The ships in the Bay of Concepción, 1615; Conception; Image of Conception. The ships in the Bay of Concepción in Chile, June 3, 1615. Part of the illustrations in Joris Journey Report from Spilbergen to the world, 1614-1617, No. 6.

The Celestial Ladder of St. Bonaventura Lucas Cranach the Elder German Added printed text accross the top of the block. DAS HIMLISCHE LETTERLEIN S. BONAVENTURA.. The Celestial Ladder of St. Bonaventura 625313

Procession, with a male and two female figures seated on a float 16th century Anonymous, German, 16th century. Procession, with a male and two female figures seated on a float. Anonymous, German, 16th century. 16th century. Etching

Lazio Viterbo Gradoli Palazzo Farnese0. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of the palazzo and surrounding area. Extensive photo coverage of the restored interior and its poorly preserved frescoes. Details of wall frescoes, including a mythological frieze and an ornamental frieze. An extensively decorated wooden, coffered ceiling. 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.

Ambon and some of its inhabitants, 1599, 1619 print Ambon and some of its inhabitants. Arrival of four ships at the island of Ambon, March 3, 1599. In the foreground seven examples of the local population. Part of the illustrations in the travelogue from the Second Schipvaart to the East Indies under Jacob Cornelisz. van Nes and Wijbrant van Warwyck in 1598-1600. No. 12. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery. landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions Ambon

Water, Johann Baptist Klauber, 1750 print Personification of the Element Water. Rocaille ornament with three putti with rod and water sprayer, surrounded by water pivot and water stream in landscape. Publishing number g. Augsburg paper etching 'Acqua', 'Carro dell'Acqua' (Ripa). Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Jan Thiel (publisher), The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish

Recto of Sheet with Scene of The Fifth Trombone, from The Apocalypse. Artist: Hans Burgkmair (German, Augsburg 1473-1531 Augsburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 5 1/16 in. (16.3 × 12.9 cm). Published in: Augsburg. Publisher: Silvan Otmar (German, active Augsburg, 1513-40). Series/Portfolio: The Apocalypse. Date: 1523-24.Plate 8 from a series of 21 woodcuts with scenes from the Apocalypse for Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament. Four editions were published in Augsburg by Silvan Otmar between March 1523 and April 1524. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Suite of the most notable things seen by John Wilkins erudite English Bishop during his famous voyage from the Earth to the Moon dedicated to Sir William Hamilton ambassador to the Court of Naples: A Boat that has for sails the wings of a huge Bird, 1766-67. Filippo Morghen (Italian, 1730-1827). Etching;

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Ground plan for part of a fortress, fort or reinforcement. Below a face on a city in a mountainous area (Rethel). In the top right of the number 46 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Thiry, Léonard, Fiorentino, Rosso, Milan, Pierre, Boyvin, René, Tableware, Nef, verso lower left - stamped, Nef: ship decorated with sea creatures, mythological scenes and fish, some of which are ridden by children. On the bow is the head of a satyr. On the stern is Cupid sitting on a fish. The lid is open. In the Nef are napkins, print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 139 mm, width 180 mm, French, 1525 - 1598, print maker, printmaker, 1542 - 1580, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1500 - 1557, Italian, 1494-03-08 - 1541-11-14, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, South Netherlandish (before 1775), 1500 - 1550

Callot, Jacques, Nancy, Monastic life in emblems, Tulips and the sun, verso lower left - stamped, Representation of two tulips upright in the sun, next to two tulips bent under a night sky. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Monastic life in emblems'. The second state of this series contains, besides an illustrated title page and 26 emblems, another title page and a dedication sheet, both in letterpress without an illustration., print, emblem, prints, height 60 mm, width 82 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1621 - 1635, first quarter 17th century, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Allegory at the majority of Willem V, 1766. Allegory at the majority of Prince Willem V at the age of eighteen on March 8, 1766 and its installation as a cityholder. The Prince in armor with sword and arrows bundle standing at an orange tree with its initials W.V. and the coats of arms of the seven provinces. A radiant sun in heaven.

Afternoon; The four times of the day. Afternoon. Allegory with Apollo in the clouds as Meridies, the afternoon personification. Downstairs on earth activities in relation to the phase of the youth or young maturity: working on land and love couples in a garden. Part of the series of four times of the day. Under the show a letter of 4 lines in Latin.

Amsterdam, Fokke, Simon, David plays the harp, verso - stamped, David plays his harp and looks up at the sky, which is filled with angels and putti who are also playing the harp. At the very top, under the tetragram, is a burning heart on an altar, the symbol of love., print, prints, height 165 mm, width 90 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Ground plan for a fortress, fortress or reinforcement (hexagon). Below a face on a castle on a water. In the top left the number 5 (= the number of the page in the book that the illustration is placed).

The Lost Son as a Pig Hearth, Abraham de Bruyn, 1550 - 1587 print The lost son is impoverished and is now a pig herder. He hardly has any clothes and even has to eat from the pigstrog. The press series depicts the parable of the lost son (Luke 15: 11-32). Antwerp paper engraving the prodigal son tends the swine and eats from their trough. pig

Allegorical Portrait of Louis XIV, King of France, Gerard Edelinck, After Charles Le Brun, 1666 - 1707 print Print in two parts an allegory on the rule of King Louis XIV. The personification of the Catholic faith is on a chariot and holds a shield with the portrait of Louis XIV. Under the chariot a globe and in addition to faith with an open book and a burning torch and on the other hand, voices and monsters defeated. print maker: Parisafter painting by: ParisFrance paper engraving / etching

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