Allegorical Scenes and Figures

Prints illustrating allegorical narratives, featuring various figures, landscapes, and moral themes depicted in a classical artistic style.

A number of river gods and nymphs are gathered near the river god Peneus, who is seated on a rock in a leafy landscape. Beneath the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series., Peneus by other river gods visited Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1589, paper, engraving, h 176 mm × w 253 mm

Ridders in gevecht.Three figures try to keep two warring knights apart. In the foreground one of his horse abridious knight embraces a woman. Print at the top right labeled: Tom. II pag. 134.

Rinaldo en Armida, Guillaume Chasteau, After Nicolas Poussin, 1645 - 1683 print print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper engraving / etching Armida. Rinalo

Utrecht, Heusch, Willem de, Landscape with Pan and Syrinx, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 137 mm, width 161 mm, 1625 - 1692-03-09, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1692, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Meleager and Atalanta 1643 François Chauveau French. Meleager and Atalanta 385152

Tobias and the angel 1644-52 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian The Small Tobias; Tobias holding a fish and a stout walking stick, accompanied by the Archangel Raphael holding his arm, crossing a river on stepping stones from right to left; a copy in reverse after Goudt who engraved after Elsheimer.. Tobias and the angel 360656

The Prodigal Son Guarding Pigs Anonymous After Abraham Bosse French Publisher Jean I Leblond French ca. 1636

The Golden age; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Imagination of life during the Golden Age: naked men and women in an idyllic landscape, loving, hiking, bathing, fruit eating and playing with children. The God Saturn is on a cloud. In the undermarge a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.

A number of river gods and nymphs are gathered near the river god Peneus, who is seated on a rock in a leafy landscape. Beneath the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series., Peneus by other river gods visited Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1589, paper, engraving, h 176 mm × w 253 mm

Diana and Actaeon; Actæon in CERVRM; Landscapes with mythological and biblical performances. The young Prince Actaeon encounters in the forest on the cave where Diana takes a bath with her nymphs. Because he has seen her nude, Diana changes him as a punishment immediately in a deer. Actaeon has surprised his arms.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The great miseries of war, the revenge of the peasants. Seventeenth number of a series of 18 pieces" (Lieure 1355, Meaume 580). Etching. 1633. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99599-27 Etching, engraving

Sagitat competition of Diana and her nymphs, Giovanni Francesco Venturini, After Domenichino, 1660 - c. 1710 print Diana and her nymphs hold a archery match in a landscape. A group of nymphs fires arrows on a bird tied to a pole on the right. Bathing nymphs and a nymph in the foreground that controls a hunting dog. Coat of arms, assignment and Italian text in the lower margin. Italy paper engraving / etching Diana hunting. Diana hunting with her nymphs

Amsterdam, Schenk, Leonard, Lairesse, Gerard de, unknown, Glauber, Johannes, Biblical, mythological and allegorical representations, Landscape with a fountain and Diana and her nymphs, verso lower left - stamped, An Arcadian landscape with a classical Roman fountain in the center. Diana and her nymphs around the fountain. The print is part of a series with biblical, mythological and allegorical representations., print, prints, height 420 mm, width 530 mm, 1646 - 1726, print maker, printmaker, 1685 - 1689, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1641 - 1711, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1696-02-26 - 1767-06-11, publisher

Arrival of the Batavians in the Netherlands, ca. 55-10 BC, Jacob Folkema, After Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1749 - 1759 print Arrival of the Batavians in the Netherlands. Print at the top right marked: Book I. bl. 14. paper etching extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME) Netherlands

Creation of Adam and Eva, Johann Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1588 - 1600 print In the midst of the animals, Adam and Eve are created by God the Father. On the right in the foreground, God the Father bends over Adam; On the left, Eva is created from Adam's rib. In the middle two lions, a unicorn and other animals. In the middle of the background, God Eva gives Adam. On the sixth day of creation, God created the animals of the land and Adam and Eve. The print has a Latin caption. print maker: München (possibly)after design by: Antwerppublisher: München paper engraving creation of land-animals. creation of man; the Garden of Eden (Genesis 1:26 - 2). animals. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. unicorn. God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe. creation of Eve

Flight into Egypt, Jan van Ossenbeeck, in or after 1660.

Music a dancing sater's a nimple. .

. Don Quixote has overcome Sanson Carrasco, the knight of the mirrors. He is wearing him for the feet of Dulcinea. In the margin a two-person caption in French.

Coypel, Charles-Antoine, Amsterdam, Fokke, Simon, Poltronerie de Sancho a la Chasse, Hunting a wild boar, verso - stamped, A group of figures stand in a forest around a wild boar. Two of them try to kill the boar with spears, which is surrounded by barking dogs. On the right, a man in armor has drawn his sword. On the left, a man has climbed a tree in fright., print, prent, prints, engravings, height 213 mm, width 160 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), French, 1694-07-11 - 1752-04-16

Hagar's departure; The story of Hagar. In a landscape with ruins, Hagar stands with Ishmael on the basis of a herd of animals. Ishmael holds a bow. Abraham watches. A man with clothing in his hands walks to a pond. Numbered in the lower right corner as 1.

Minerva visits Apollo and the muses at the Parnassus, Judge. Judge part of a show with Minerva and Apollo at the Parnassus mountain range, the residence of the muses. The muses are on the water and make music. Hercules disrupted the tranquility by running his knots and lion skin by running the muses.

Tobias en de Angel, Wenceslaus Hollar, After Hendrick Goudt, After Adam Elsheimer, 1644 - 1652 print Tobias draith a river with a fish under his arm. The angel leads him by holding his arm. Antwerp paper etching Tobias and the angel Raphael travelling, accompanied by Tobias' dog

Byblis and Caunus, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Byblis is in love with her brother Caunus, who flees for her. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Byblis falls in love with her brother Caunus, who scorns her love

Flight into Egypt, Claude Lorrain, French, 1604 - 1682, Etching on laid paper, France, ca. 1630-1631, landscapes, Print, Print

Hunger Nood in Germany, 1637, Caspar Luyken (attributed to), 1701 print There is a famine in Germany during the Thirty Years War. In the foreground, a corpse is eaten by a hungry family. On the left a corpse is dug up to eat. Frankfurt am Main paper etching / letterpress printing starvation, famine. cannibalism Germany

Jacobs vertrek, Thomas Major, after Filippo Lauri, 1754 print Text in English in the lower margin. London paper etching / engraving Joseph's departure (after being sold by his brothers)

Summer; Aestas; The four Seasons. Summer season. In the country, farmers are working on harvesting grain. Links two resting farmers who eat and drink. In the background a village. Caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered: 2.

Louis de Boullogne the Elder drawing of Jacobs separation from Laban, created with pen in brown, brush, and brown wash within an oval border.

Tircis en Amarante; Tircis et Amarante, pour M. elle de Sillery. Fable CLV.In the shade of a tree on the edge of a stream is a young couple. There is a dog for them. Illustration of Fabel CLV, Tircis et Amarante, Pour M. Elle de Sillery.

William Tell at Küssnacht, 1820. Charles Samuel Girardet (Swiss, 1780-1863). Lithograph;

Rudolf II of Habsburg (German Emperor), Sadeler, Aegidius, Bril, Paul, Praag, The twelve months in six Italian landscapes, July and August, verso lower left - stamped, Italian landscape with on the left a hay harvest, in the middle the rest during the harvest and on the right the mowing of the corn. In the background on the left extensive fields with haystacks under a radiant sun. On the right in the background a village on a hill. In the sky the signs of the zodiac: Leo (left) and Virgo (right.) At the bottom in the margin: IULIUS (left) and AUGUSTUS (right)., print, ent, prints, ents, Italian landscape during the months of July and August. The central scene is the haymaking and mowing of the grass (left) and the harvesting of the grain (right). In the middle, some farmers are just about ready for their rest. At the top left and right are the signs of the zodiac: the constellation Leo and the constellation Virgo., height 370 mm, width 488 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker,

Roof van Europe; Mythological performances in landscapes. Europe's desperate service wages from the beach how she is carried in the sea on the back of the bull (Jupiter). Putti holds the flower wreaths with which Europe decorated the bull. Under the image an explanatory text in French. Scene from Ovid 'Metamorphoses (with. II, 836-875).

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Armida and the sleeping Rinaldo, verso - stamped, Armida finds the sleeping Rinaldo and approaches to kill him with a dagger in revenge. However, at the sight of the handsome youth she falls in love. Amor, with a burning torch in his hand, orders two putti to stop Armida. On the left in the background the river Orontes in Syria and on the right the river god of this river. At the bottom in the margin an explanatory text in French., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 435 mm, width 516 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1710 - 1733, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Men on horseback and on foot hunt four boars with spears and an axe. Dogs drive the beasts onward. One of the dogs lies wounded or dead on the ground., Boar Hunting Scenes (series title), print maker: Pieter Serwouters, (mentioned on object), David Vinckboons (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), Amsterdam, 1612, paper, engraving, h 103 mm × w 277 mm

. Amaryllis and the nymphs play blind man. Amaryllis is blindfolded and is in the middle. The nymphs are around her. Print from a series of 12 prints that illustrate the play IL Pastor Fido, 2nd scene from the 3rd deed.

Hercules: as an infant he sucks at the breast of Juno. Engraving by J.L. Delignon, 1786, after A. Borel after Giulio Romano.

River landscape with the emblem over the laziness, Johann Sadeler (I), After Gillis Mostaert (I), 1595 - 1600 print River landscape with three naked men and a dog. The men are passive and don't work. A sitting against a tree stump leaned. This is the imagination of an emblem that warns against laziness. The print has a Latin caption with the caption of the Emblem Desidiam Abiiciendam of Andrea Alciati. Italy paper engraving river. Idleness; 'Otio' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept). sitting on the ground. standing, leaning, sitting or lying with legs crossed. Sloth, Indolence, 'Acedia', 'Desidia'; 'Accidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

Elie in the desert (Bartsch 69) Swanevelt, Herman. Elie in the desert (Bartsch 69). Floor, 17th century.

. During the trip to Rome, the ship of Paul suffers shipwreck off the coast of Malta. The inhabitants of Malta have fired a fire for the shipwrecks. Paul is bitten by a poisonous snake by the fire, but remains unharmed.

Houthakker en de dood. Ontwerpen voor illustraties voor een uitgave van Jean de la Fontaine's Fabelen (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1668 - 1740. Measurements: h 67 mm × w 80 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Telemachus in conversation with Mentor, Simon Fokke, 1775 print Telemachus has a conversation with the acclaimed mentor for a tent. In the background are soldiers at a city gate. Print on top left marked: Page 190. Amsterdam paper etching (story of) Telemachus

Tobias heals his father's blindness, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1621 print With the bile of a fish, Tobias heals his father's blindness. Next to him the angel Rafaël and Anna, Tobias's mother. Numbered in the bottom left as IIII. The Hague paper etching / engraving the healing of Tobit: Tobias puts the gall of the fish on his father's eyes

Minerva visits Apollo and the Muses on the Parnassus, left part, Pieter van den Berge, after Gerard de Lairesse, c. 1694 - in or before c. 1737 print Left part of a performance with Minerva and Apollo on the Mountain Chain Parnassus, the hometown of the Muzen. The muses and putti play on the floor and pick flowers. Apollo is sitting on a hill and plays on his winch. Minerva is in conversation with him, lying on a cloud. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (story of) Apollo (Phoebus). non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of Minerva. Parnassus, sacred to Apollo Musagetes

Arrival of the Batavians in the Netherlands, approx. 55-10 v.c.; Arrival of the Batavieren, here in land. Arrival of the Batavians in the Netherlands.

J. Muller (1700-1700), Illustration Til Adam Olearius, "Persian Rosenthal of a meaningful poet Schich Saadi ...", Schleswig 1660, 1660

Sadeler, Aegidius, Venice, Marcus, Stevens, Pieter (II), Pieter (I), Prague, The Four Seasons, Avtvmnvs, Autumn, verso lower left - stamped, In an orchard the apples are picked and collected in baskets and wooden tubs. The tubs and baskets are transported on the back and by cart., print, prints, height 232 mm, width 324 mm, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1620, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1540 - 1620, after a design by, 1567 - 1624, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1614-04-11 - 1650, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie

Poros injured in the battle with Alexander the Great (plate 2), Gérard Audran, After Charles Le Brun, 1678 print Paris paper etching / engraving the army of Porus and its elephants are conquered by Alexander

Landscape with Tobias and the Archangel Raphael cleaning fish, Johan Barra, Giovanni Domenico Zapponi, 1591 - 1634

Tobias heals his father's blindness, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, Broer Jansz (Den Haag), 1621

Rijckaert, David, Sedelmayr, Jeremias Jakob (II), Public entertainment outside the city gate, recto lower right - handwritten, Lower left the text: ALT. 47. LAT. 67. UNC. and upper left number 7., print, prints, verso - stamped, 1115., 7~., height 159 mm, width 230 mm, 1706 - 1761, print maker, printmaker, 1716 - 1761, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Spanish rider has robbed a woman who runs off on his horse, 1687, Jan Luyken, 1698 print print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper etching / letterpress printing robbery. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, The River God Peneus Surrounded by Other Divinities, 1589 The River God Peneus Surrounded by Other Divinities

Dubourg, Louis Fabritius, Folkema, Jacob, Adventures of Telemachus, Telemachus saves Antiope, verso - stamped, Telemachus saves Antiope from the attack of a wild boar. The boar is surrounded by figures with spears, dogs rush at the beast. In the margin is a line of text in French, marked lower right: Liv. XXIII. Illustration made for book 23 of 'Adventures of Telemachus', written by François de Fénélon., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 232 mm, width 182 mm, Dutch, 1692 - 1767, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1767, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1693 - 1775-09-16

Hercules torst the globe for Atlas; Working from Hercules. Hercules takes over the globe from Atlas and wears him on his shoulder. Atlas for Hercules can steal the golden apples from the Hesperids.

Spring, Jan van Ossenbeeck, in or after 1660

The rejection of Hagar; The story of Hagar. Sara and Abraham look down on the kneeling Hagar. In addition to her is Ismael. In the background a pond and a few ruins. In the lower left corner, the print is numbered as III.

Iron century; Ferrevm SAECVLVM; The four eras. In a round list the iron century. In the foreground women are triggered by deception, war, twist and greed. In the background war scenes. Justice hides in the clouds. The print refers to the mythologically inspired idea that during the Iron Century man got to do with disaster, greed and malice. The Goddess Justitia leaves the world during this era. The print is part of a series about the four eras.

Test of the locusts, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching the plague of locusts: as Moses raises his hands the locusts come and eat everything that has survived the hail

Dorpsfeest, Etienne Fessard, after Peter Paul Rubens, in or before 1762 print paper etching / engraving armorial bearing, heraldry. public festivities

Flight into Egypt, 1630-1633, Italy, by Claude Lorrain. Gift of Mrs Harold Wright, 1965.

Epiphanius, pl. 6 of 30 from the series Sylvae Sacrae (Hermits inLandscapes). Publisher: Johann Sadeler I, Flemish, 1550-1600 After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 Publisher: Rafael Sadeler I, Flemish, 1560-1628

Death of Marcus Curtius. The Roman soldier Marcus Curtius on horseback in armor is in a gap. On the right a sculpture.

Title page with Wise A Hemeline, Anonymous, After Jacques Callot, 1630 - 1670 print In a paradisiacal environment there are five gentlemen around an open sky globe, which is placed on a pedestal. They each represent a way to explain creation. For example, the man with the hourglass on which a flame burns for the explanation from the eternal fire. The man with the book on which a crown lies from which a snake emerges stands for the astrological or alchemical way of explaining. The other three represent the statement with the help of figures (left front), the kabbalistic explanation (front right) and the geometric statement (two men from the right). France (possibly) paper etching group of scholars or philosophers. Garden of Eden, paradise

Heroic Act of a Father Who Sacrifices for His Son (Trait heroique d'un pere qui se sacrifie pour son fils). Dated: 1767. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin.

Brown and red lavated ink drawing by Bartolomäus Spranger showing Minerva with the Muses, enhanced with white highlights.

Attack on a Convoy. Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658); after Pieter van Laer (Netherlandish, 1592/95-1642). Date: 1648-1658. Dimensions: . Engraving on paper. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Cornelis Visscher.

Eating and conversing figures and a woman with a scythe near a house. On the right, a man holding a sheet of paper with audience members on an elevation. Representation of the season summer., Summer (Aestas) Aestas/ Der Sommer/ L'Eté The four seasons A, copies (series title), Jan van de Velde (II), print maker: anonymous, publisher: Martin Engelbrecht, (mentioned on object), Augsburg, (possibly), 1694 - 1756, paper, etching, engraving, h 323 mm × w 428 mm

Saxon King Alfred the Great, disguised as a minstrel with harp, in the camp of Viking chief Guthrum, 878. Alfred in the Danish camp. Copperplate engraving from M. A. Jones History of England from Julius Caesar to George IV, G. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1836.

Latona and the lycan farmers; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Latona and her children Apollo and Diana, stop after a long journey at a lake in Lycia to find their thirst. When the lycan farmers who work there were their counterparts, Latona changed them to punishment in frogs. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Medea helps Jason with her magic art, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1602 - 1607 print Medea meets Jason outside the palace and hands over her magic, with which he can complete the impossible assignments that her father, King Aeëtes, had given him. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Cologne paper engraving Jason and Medea at the altar of Hecate (or Diana): Medea gives him a magic herb or ointment

Mannaregen (copy). .

Amsterdam, Schenk, Leonard, 't Aapenspel in de Werelt, Apenspel in de wereld, Apen spelen het handje-plak-spel, verso - stamped, Young monkeys playing children's games in the forest such as the handje-plak-spel. Part of a series consisting of a title print with 16 unnumbered plates from ca. 1720 in which monkeys as humans appear in all kinds of scenes from everyday life. Each print with a two-line verse in the caption., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 165 mm, width 196 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1696-02-26 - 1767-06-11, print maker, printmaker, 1720 - 1720, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, The Resurrection of Lazarus, c 1645 The Resurrection of Lazarus

Johannes de Doper Bij by Jordaan, Gérard Audran, After Nicolas Poussin, 1650 - 1703 print paper etching / engraving John the Baptist baptizing. armorial bearing, heraldry

Cain kills Abel, Jan Luyken, 1703 - 1762 print Print Maker: Haarlem Publisher: Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon

Hunting birds with lokuilen and bird glue; Hunting scenes; VENATIONES FERARUM, AUIUMENT, PISCIUM PVGNAE BESTIARIORUM. Hunters, camouflaged with leaves, catch birds using a lure owl and two sticks covered with bird glue. In the foreground the loot is divided among the hunters. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about yacht scenes.

Vain world waste the way up, Johann Esaias Nilson, 1731 - 1788 print In a landscape there is a group of people of different ages: two playing young children, a young in love couple, a self -righteous adult couple and an arm old pair. A globe as a symbol for the vanity of the world blocks a gate and a road that leads to a temple up. Around the show a rocaille frame with leaf motifs and a cartouche. In the lower margin two columns with three -line German text. Augsburg paper etching (Personifications of) 'Vanitas', The Vanity of Human Life; Humana fragility, fleeting of sizes & of world glory, meditation of death, vain work, vain pleasure, vain glory, vanita (Ripa). The Ages of Man. Traffic-Block, Traffic-Jam

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Parable of the sower, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 35, height 118 mm, width 152 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching

Jozua paralyzes the horses and burns the cars of the peoples, Pieter Sluyter, after Gerard Hoet (I), 1720 - 1728 print The kings from the north are defeated by Joshua. He burns their chariots and makes the horses lame by cutting their tendons. Illustration of the Bible text Joz. 10: 9. Under the show the title in Hebrew, English, German, Latin, French and Dutch. paper engraving / etching the kings of the north are defeated by Joshua, who burns their chariots and cripples their horses by cutting the hamstrings

. Print at the top right labeled: first book fol. 65.

Pyramus and Thisbe; Landscapes with mythological and biblical performances. In a landscape the dead pyramus is next to a fountain. He killed himself after he found a blood-shaded veil of his girlfriend Thisbe and had to assume that she had happened dead. Thisbe finds the corpse of her loved one and also deposits himself in Pyramus Sword.

Attributed to Robert Robinson,after Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Cattle Fording a Stream, 1680s 1690s Cattle Fording a Stream

Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Sadeler, Aegidius, Johann (I), Italian landscapes, Landscape with shepherds, verso bottom center - stamped, A wooded landscape with two shepherds and a herd of goats in the foreground. One of the shepherds is sleeping. The other is playing the bagpipes. The print is part of a five-part print series with Italian landscapes., print, prints, height 203 mm, width 209 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, publisher, uitgever, 1580 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, Work conception, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05

Battle of Alexander de Grote and Poros (plate 3), Bernard Picart (workshop of), After Charles Le Brun, 1717 print Paris paper etching / engraving the army of Porus and its elephants are conquered by Alexander. battle

In a rocky landscape compete six horsemans, one of them has fallen to the ground, in the background, more battles, print maker: Hugo Allard (attributed to), Dating 1630 - 1684

Cephalus and Aurora; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Aurora chases cephalus, whom she is in love, but he rejects her. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Expulsion from Paradise, Caspar Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise (Genesis 3:22-24)

Drinking cow, Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1680 print Shepherds and shepherds rest with their cattle at a stream in a rocky landscape. Two cows, a goat and two sheep stand in shallow water for a dilapidated monument with a relief. The title owes the print to the cow with the snout from which the water drips. paper etching cow. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Sadeler, Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Antwerp, Boni et mali scientia, History of the family of Cain, On good and bad works, Fall of Man, verso lower left - stamped, Adam and Eve are ashamed of their nakedness after eating the apple. They are discovered by God while they cover themselves with leaves. In the background the Fall of Man. The print has a Latin caption., print, prints, height 202 mm, width 257 mm, South Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1583 - 1583, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, after a design by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

PYRAMUS en thisbe, c. 1636 - 1670 print Pyramus is dying on the floor for a fountain. His beloved Thisbe is sitting with him and desperately lifts her arms. She throws herself into his sword of grief. In the background, the lioness walks in her mouth with the veil of Thisbe. paper engraving Thisbe kills herself with Pyramus' sword (the scene may be represented near a fountain)

Tobias wants to wash his feet in the river Tigris, whereupon the angel Raphael commands him to catch the fish that appears. Second print from a series of four on the biblical story of Tobias, Tobias by the Fish in the River Tigris Story of Tobias (series title), print maker: Jan van de Velde (II), Moyses van Wtenbrouck, Northern Netherlands, 1603 - 1641, paper, etching, engraving, h 171 mm × w 207 mm

Winter (Hymens) 1629 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian A fight among peasants armed with knives and staves in front of a large house in a village.. Winter (Hymens) 361689

Triumph of Bacchus on his return from India, Etienne Fessard, After Edme Bouchardon, c. 1739 print Paris paper etching / engraving bacchanal: Bacchus with his wine-flushed train (thiasos)

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Alexandri magni praecipvae res gestae, The deeds of Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great hunts wild animals at Bazaira, verso - stamped, Alexander the Great and his soldiers hunt wild animals at Bazaira. Four-line verse in Latin in two columns in the lower margin., print, prints, height 224 mm, width 285 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, uitgever

Anonymous after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558 - 1617). Pan Pursuing Syrinx, Who Is Changed into a Reed, ca. 1589. From Metamorphoses. Engraving on wove paper. Plate: 176 mm x 250 mm (6.93 in. x 9.84 in.).

Mutius, pl. 9 of 29 from the series Solitudo sive vitae patrum eremicolarum (MaleHermits). Engraver: Unknown After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 Publisher: Johann Sadeler I, Flemish, 1550-1600 Publisher: Rafael Sadeler I, Flemish, 1560-1628

Absalom killed by Joab, Caspar Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching Joab stabs Absalom with three spears

Euphrasia of Rome; Evphraxia Romana; Female hermits; Solitvdo Sive Vitae Foeminarvm Anachoritarvm. Euphrasia of Rome prays in the wilderness. Left in the background she is abused by three women. On the right she is thrown into a well by the devil. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of twenty-four prints with the subject of female hermits.

Diana in Actaeon, 1588 - 1592 print A man with the legs and head of a deer (actaeon, changed for punishment of form) watches how Diana and a number of other ladies are bathing in a fountain at a cave. He takes two dogs on a rope. In the background on the right you can see the continuation of the story: the deer is torn apart by the dogs. Even further in the background a city. Six lines of Latin text under the performance. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193). Diana bathing

Landscape with Hagar andAngel. Artist: Hanns Lautensack, German, 1524-1561

The Birth of the Rhône River. A theatrical decoration. 1606 - 1680. Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco, 1606-1680. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

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