Allegorical Prints of the 17th-18th Century

A collection of detailed prints depicting allegorical themes, including Minerva, historical events, and cultural symbolism with intricate decorations and figures.

The holy church father John Chrysostomus, standing on a pedestal. On the obverse a scene in which Chrysostomus dies after being mistreated several times. Print marked top center: III. Part Pag. 557., St. John Chrysostomus, Church Father Chrysosthomus, Bishop of Constantinople Dies after several beatings, at Pitijus , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), print maker: Zacharias Chatelain (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 272 mm × w 167 mm

David pratend met een engel; Titelpagina voor: Les psaumes de David. Amsterdam: 1716..King David, with the winch in his hand, is on a throne and talks to an angel. The angel shows him a painting with a saint.

The Double Deliverance, 1588-1605, Print made by unknown artist, seventeenth century, after Samuel Ward, 1577-1640, British, 1621, Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 15 5/8 × 20 1/2 inches (39.7 × 52.1 cm) and Image: 13 1/8 × 20 1/4 inches (33.3 × 51.4 cm), beer, building, caricature, chair, demon, devil, eye, fuerzas armadas, man, military art, pope, religious and mythological subject, ship, sitting, skull, stein, table, walking, water, window

Mercklin, Georg Abraham.

TitelPrent voor 'Institutes of four' van Justinian, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1670 print A emperor, surrounded by soldiers and/or subjects, slips under a canopy on a stage or gallery, from which he has a view of a figure behind a reader and four other ways. Two allegorical women's figures for the reader: geometry (with passer) and justice (with sword and scales). print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leidenpublisher: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdam paper etching 'Geometria' (~ quadrivium); 'Geometria' (Ripa). Justitia (justice) as Roman personification. emperor. scholastic education, tuition (+ teacher, professor)

To remember Emil Devrient, Representations of his roles from illustrated newspaper, Herbert König -, artist

Antwerp, Moretus, Balthasar (I), Plantiniana, Officina, Rubens, Peter Paul, Quellinus, Erasmus (II), Galle, Cornelis (II), Title page for: B. de los Rios, De hierarchia Mariana libri sex, Antwerp: 1641, Enthroned Virgin and Child, verso - stamped, Virgin and Child enthroned on a pedestal. On the left Augustine with the burning heart in his hand. On the right kneels King Philip IV of Spain. On the pedestal a group of ecclesiastical and secular leaders in chains, kneeling before Mary. The chained men refer to the Spanish religious order of the Slaves of Mary., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 278 mm, width 182 mm, South Netherlands, 1615 - 1678-10-18, print maker, printmaker, 1640 - 1640, paper, engraving (printing process), 1607-11-19 - 1678-11-07, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, Flemish, 1574-07-23 - 1641-07-08

Vias, Balthasar de.

Allegory of the Old and New Testaments with glorification of the Tablets of the Law and the Ark of the Covenant on a pedestal. Moses and Aaron as high priest stand on either side. Allegory of the Old and New Testament with Moses and Aaron Title page for: De Heylige historien zoo van het Oude als Nieuwe Testament, Amsterdam De Heylige historien zoo van het Oude als Nieuwe Testament , print maker: Abraham de Blois, (mentioned on object), Gerard de Lairesse, (mentioned on object), publisher: Nicolaes Visscher (I), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1651 - 1679, paper, engraving, h 159 mm × w 108 mm

Two women in a landscape with ruins and castles, Unknown, 1869 print A drawing woman and a woman with painting palette sit side by side for ruins. In the background a landscape with two castles. At the bottom two round medallions with figures sailing in a boat and figures driving on camels. paper etching / letterpress printing drawing. landscape with ruins. castle. boat propelled by man or animal. riding on animal other than horse, ass, or mule

Cologne, Hogenberg, French, Series 2: Events in the Netherlands, 1555-1558, Abdication by Charles V, 1555, Charles V abdicates the throne, 25 October 1555. Philip kneels before his father in the throne room. On the left Granvelle, on the right Margaret of Parma and the knights of the Fleece. Ten standing before the full meeting of the States General standing in front of wooden benches with cushions. The walls decorated with tapestries. With a caption of 12 lines in German and 5 lines in French. Numbered 10 at the bottom left. The print is part of an album., print, prent, historieprent, albumblad, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 200 mm, width 278 mm, Dutch, German, 1540 - 1590, print maker, prentmaker, 1568 - 1572, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Les Jeunes France. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, 1866. Prints; engravings. Steel engraving on yellow paper

Copper engraving by Johann Sadeler the Elder from 1570-1600 showing a Supper scene with figures seated at a table, illustrating domestic interior and 16th-century attire.

SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 1st Earl of Orford English statesman - Whig MP in the House of Commons Date: 1676 - 1745

Bartholinus, Thomas Stecher: Schollenberger, Johann Jakob

Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Vos, Maerten de, Collaert, Adriaen, The seven planets and the seven ages, Septem planetae, septem hominis, Title print of the series on the seven planets and the seven ages, verso middle - stamped, In an oval the Latin title, description and the address of the publisher. On either side of the oval the four personifications of the four temperaments and the symbols for the four elements. Top right Venus as Sanguis, top left Diana as Phlegma, bottom left an elderly nun as Melancolia and bottom right Minerva as Cholera. Between these allegorical figures four cartouches with the symbolic animals of the four elements: the chameleon stands for air, the dolphin for water, the mole for earth and the salamander for fire. The print is the title print of a series on the power of the seven planets over the seven ages of the human., print, title print, prints, height 311 mm, width 220 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1581 -

Hercules places a globe on the shoulders of Atlas, Anonymous, After Antoine Dieu, 1695 print Allegory of the glory of France. Hercules place a globe with three Fleurs de-Lis on the shoulders of Atlas. On the right of them are personifications of Asia, Africa and America. At the top right, Victoria holds a laurel wreath above the pair and blows Fama on a trumpet. On the left you can see a ship. A putto and a personification of a river hold a cloth entitled of the Atlas. Paris paper engraving (story of) Hercules (Heracles). (story of) Atlas. globe

George Vertue, 1684-1756, British, Familia Regia: Henry VIII, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Jane Seymour, 1742. Engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Double portrait of Isabella from Portugal and Empress Anna; Portraits of members of the Austrian home; Austriacae Gentis Imaginum. .

Leyser, Polycarp .

Scene Three from the Life of the Reverend Jean de la Barrière. Artist: Matthieu Elias (French, Peene 1658-1741 Dunkerque). Dimensions: 21 1/8 x 17 9/16 in. (53.7 x 44.6 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tronende Astraea; Titelpagina voor: Leonardus Lessius, De Iustitia et iure, 1621.Trunken astraea with caduceus and come in her hands. On either side of her the constellations lion and scales. On the left the personification of good governance, with city wreath and snake. On the right a woman with five breasts and a cornucopia. A man and a Sater have been chained to a pedestal.

Laponia (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, pl. 312) 1723-24 Attributed to William Hogarth British Possibly by Hogarth, this print was made to illustrate a travel book by the French author Aubry de La Mottraye. Laponia, or Lapland, is celebrated by a obelisk atop a plinth, the former decorated with four coins or medals representing the Swedish monarchs Gustav Adolf, Christina, Karl Gustav and Karl XI. Next to the obelisk stand two Laplanders with dead stags and various utensils, including a canoe, skis and bow and arrow. Above is the North star and constellations.. Laponia (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, pl. 312) 399378

Fonteyn, Nicolaas.

Epitaaf for Isabella Clara Eugenia, 1633, 1633 print Epitaaf for Isabella Clara Eugenia, died December 1, 1633. The central text surrounded by allegorical representations of the Infanta as the Waandere of the piety (Infans Pietas), Love (Isabella Charitas), the justice (Clara Justitia) and the power (Eugenia Fortitudoudo ). At the top of music -making angels in heaven. At the bottom of grieving nobles and priests and members of the population on either side of the coffin. Southern Netherlands paper engraving epitaph. angels singing, making music. mourning the dead

Personifications of truth, hypocrisy and wisdom with portrait of Terentius; Title page for: Comediae sex, Leiden 1644; Comediae sex. Personifications of truth, hypocrisy and wisdom with mirror stand for portrait of Publius Terentius afer at pedestal with title.

Witten Wonder mirror, 1675; Witten Wonder mirror, exhibiting Ian de Witt Raet Pensioner van Hollandt etc. / Cornelis de Witt citizer of Dordrecht, Ruaert van Putten etc. First beamed up to Hooghe stairs of honor and Aanenien daer after afterwards. Print from 1675 that looks back on the rise and fall of the De Witt brothers. Central to the print is the portrait of the two men for a burnt offering from which a phenix rises. Here around sixteen smaller performances of the most important events from the life of Johan and Cornelis de Witt. At the print, the text sheet 'Op en Meterdenh der Heeren Cornelis and Jan de Wit belongs.' (See inv.no. RP-P-OB-67.710). The print is the pendant of the Romeyn de Hooghes 'Orangien Wonder level' (FM 2304), also from 1675.

The coffin of Memedberg on the Galg, on the right his portrait, 1619, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), 1619 print Leaf with two performances. On the left you can see how the coffin with the remains of Gilles of Memdensberg on the Galg is hung outside The Hague, May 15, 1619. Van Medenberg had committed suicide on the night of 28 to 29 September 1618 and was again dead in May 1619 convicted. Under the performance is a description of the events. On the right an oval portrait of the convicted person with edge in Latin. Amsterdam paper etching violent death by hanging. seeking death, suicide The Hague

Witten Wonder Spiegel, 1675, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1675 print Print from 1675 which look back on the rise and fall of the De Witt brothers. Central to the print is the portrait of the two men for a burnt offering from which a Fenix is rising. Around sixteen smaller representations of the most important events in the life of Johan and Cornelis de Witt. The print is the text magazine 'Op en Dondangh der Heeren Cornelis and Jan de Wit.' (see inv.no. RP-P-OB-67.710). The print is the pendant of the Romeyn de Waterhes 'Orangien Wonderspiegel' (FM 2304), also from 1675. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching fabulous animals ~ birds: phoenix Holland. Dordrecht

Two legal persons for a courtroom; Title page for: Vliet, Johannes van. The right of succession according to the Costumen of the city and Lande van Breda, 1663. Front two legalizers with a high hat and a scroll on either side of a cartouche. Behind them a seat in a courtroom. At the bottom of a face on Breda.

Arts on a battlefield and in a hospital, Pieter Philippe, After Jacob Toorenvliet, 1660 print Above a cartouche with a battlefield and a doctor who takes care of a tent. Under a cartouche with a infirmary where a doctor nurses the wounded. In between the title in Latin. At the bottom in a cartouche the impressum. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Leidenpublisher: Leiden paper engraving visiting the sick in hospital. medical aid and nursing of the sick and wounded in a field-hospital

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