Biblical Allegory and Classical Themes

Historic engravings depicting biblical scenes, allegorical figures, and classical motifs. Rich detail and dramatic composition reflect religious and cultural narratives.

Antwerp, Rubens, Peter Paul, Eynhoudts, Remoldus, Adoration of the Magi, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 342 mm, width 153 mm, 1613 - 1680, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1680, paper, papier, etching, etchings, South Netherlandish, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30

Queen Semiramis Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 1666), Falck, Jeremias (Ca 1610 1677)

Musica Septem Artes liberales (series title), Woman as personification of Music (Musica), playing on a lyre. Next to her is an open music book on the table, 'Musica' (quadrivium), 'Musica' (Ripa), lyre, cithara, psaltery, Caspar Luyken, Amsterdam, 1691, paper, etching, h 174 mm × w 147 mm

In an oval, Christ sits next to his bride. He has a cross in his hand, she a book on her lap. In the upper corners two arms of Haarlem, from which carnations are hung. In a vase in the foreground also white carnations. Behind that a banderole with the motto of the room: In Liefd Ghetrou. Below that are two lines of poetry, again bearing the motto of the chamber, Blazon of the Chamber of Rhetoricians 'De witte Angieren' in Haarlem., print maker: Jan Pottey, (mentioned on object), Jan Pottey, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1630, paper, engraving, h 98 mm × w 78 mm

Jordaens, Jacob (I), Rome, Voet, Alexander (II), Southern Netherlands, Nosce te Ipsvm, Woman with a comb looking in a mirror, verso lower left - stamped, Allegorical representation with a woman sitting in a chair, many pearls around her wrists and neck, who is combing her hair while looking in a mirror held by a man wearing a jester's cap. A second man warns against vanity by pointing to a skull., print, prints, height 284 mm, width 342 mm, 1635 - 1695, print maker, printmaker, 1661 - 1695, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1593-05-19 - 1678-10-18

Villars, Claude Louis Hector Duc de.

Cromwell Mortimer. Rigou. 1745. Rigou. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Susanna sits on the edge of a fountain and wants to take a bath. She asks her two maids to go and get oil and balm. The print has a Latin caption. The series depicts the story of Susanna (Daniel 13:1-64), Bathing Susanna History of Susanna (series title), print maker: Abraham de Bruyn, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1570, paper, engraving, h 69 mm × w 89 mm

Parable of a greedy farmer.

UN ANGEL CONSUELA A ESDRAS - HISTORIA DE ESDRAS - XVI/XVII - GRABADO FLAMENCO. Author: JODE GERARD / VOS MARTEN / VISSCHER CLAES JANSZ. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Allegorical performance with emperor and Minerva; Title page for: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus and Johannes Schildius, C. Suetonius Tranquillus, et in Cum Commentarius Exhibts Joanne Schildio, Editio Quarta, 1662. An emperor is on an increase with a scepter in hand. For him there is an allegorical women's figure with lance and helmet (possible Minerva) that provides him a wreath. On the ground, next to the seat, is a medusa head. In the background a city.

Daulle, Jean, La Vengeance de Latone, 1762, copper engraving, major category: graphic, plate 48.8x33.5 cut, image 40x33.3 oval; leaf 63.7x46.2

Bliżej Kultury Shown

Woman with a comb looks in a mirror; NOSCE in IPSVM. Allegorical performance with a woman sitting in a chair, lots of pearls around her wrists and neck, combing her hair while she looks in the mirror that is held by a man with a narrower hood. A second man warns of vanity by pointing to a skull.

Musica, Caspar Luyken, 1691 print Woman as a personification of music (Musica), playing on a winch. Next to her is an open music book on the table. Amsterdam paper etching 'Music' (~ quadrivious); 'Music' (Ripa). lyre, harp, harp

Job on the manure heap; Patientiam Hiob Audiiuistic; Spacious bible. Job sits on a manhole and is visited and mocked by his friends. On the right is his wife who also mocked him. To the Bible text in Job 1. Left in the landscape The disasters that Job happen to: His children are killed and cattle have been stolen. Under the show the title in Latin, a four-line verse in Latin, two four-line verses in Dutch and a four-line verse in French.

Lord and lady sat in a landscape, Lucas van Leyden, 1520 print Man and wife seated in landscape, man hands over a cup to the woman. Low Countries paper engraving male sex; man. female sex; woman. cup

A woman from Lacedemon shows her children to a carpet weaver Zacharias Dolendo, Jacob de Gheyn II, Claes Jansz. Visscher II, after 1615 - c before. 1652

Print, Asia; France; etching on paper, mounted; 43.9 × 60.5 cm (17 5/16 × 23 13/16 in.)

Three muses. Engraving by G. Ghisi after F. Primaticcio.

Portrait of Isaac van Goudoever, François Joseph Pfeiffer (I), After 1793 - 1796 print Portrait of the Baptist Isaac of Goudbank. The portrait is surrounded by the parapernalia of the Schutterij van Amsterdam, where he was Colonel. Amsterdam paper etching division of armed forces

Vignet with two allegorical figures at a monument. .

Vision of St. Bernard (Lactatio Sancti Bernardi). Vellert, Dirk Jacobsz, Mistrz DV z gwiazdą (Star) (fl. ca 1511-1547), graphic artist

The Virgin sitting. (Passavant 34, Volume 3, page 19) Master to the crayfish (around 1480-1552). The Virgin sitting. (Passavant 34, Volume 3, page 19). Burin. 1440. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

The hearing, Anonymous, After Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1575 - 1657 print The female personification of hearing playing on a harpsichord. She is accompanied by a lute man. Northern Netherlands paper engraving hearing, listening (one of the five senses). clavichord, harpsichord. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. making music; musician with instrument

Italian magician shows Catherine de' Medici the future of her sons in a mirror, ca. 1560, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 113 mm × w 154 mm

The Lovers Israhel van Meckenem German. The Lovers. Israhel van Meckenem (German, Meckenem ca. 1440/45-1503 Bocholt). Engraving. Prints

Cicade and ant on a rug, Jan Punt, 1758 print A rug is bound by a classic vase on a column. There are a cicade and an ant on the corner. Illustration of Fabel I La Cigale et la Fourmi. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving specific works of literature. insects: ant. insects: cicada

Nieuweveen, Jacobus van, Luyken, Jan, Amsterdam, Youth between Virtue and Lust, verso center bottom - stamped, A youth stands between two women. On the left is the personification Virtue in a long robe. On the right sits the seductive personification of Lust. Both try to persuade him., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 92 mm, width 80 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1699 - 1699, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, printer, drukker, bookseller

The Lekker Devil, Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, 1682 print A maid sits on a chair by a fire. She eats fruit that she has in her lap. Behind her chair is a devil. paper etching Christian religion (+ devil(s)). maid ~ house personnel

Rudolf II of Habsburg (German Emperor), Sadeler, Johann (I), Cologne, Aachen, Hans von, Munich, Allegorical representations of European countries, Germania, Germany with Ceres and Bacchus, verso lower left - stamped, An allegory of Germany. In the middle under a tree the gods Ceres (agriculture) and Bacchus (wine). Ceres holds a scepter in her hands. On her lap the German imperial crown. Bacchus holds the imperial orb and a vine. Around them on the ground lie weapons and agricultural implements. Behind them a printing press. In the background on the right partying farmers, on the left an army. The print is part of a four-part series with allegorical representations of European countries., print, prints, height 220 mm, width 257 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1595, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), German, 1552 - 1616-01-06, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, 1

Three African women and a man dressed according to the debate of approx. 1580. Print from the book 'Omnium Pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae Atque Americae Gentium Habitus ...', 1581. The print is part of an album.

Three Musical Graces, Étienne Fessard, French, 1714-1777, Nicolas Poussin, French, 1594-1665, Engraving on paper, Three female figures seated on clouds are shown making music; that on the left composes; the center one plays a lyre, and the one on the right is playing a kind of voila de gamba., France, 1758, Print, Print

Venus punishes Amor, master of the dice, after Michiel Coxie (i), c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Venus punishes her son Amor because of his love for the King's daughter Psyche. On the left is Psyche together with the goddesses Juno and Ceres. Italian text in two cartouches in STUDMARGE. Twice numbered bottom left: 17. paper engraving other scenes from the story of Cupid and Psyche. Psyche with Ceres. Psyche with Juno. Venus punishing Cupid

Solomo's idolatry. King Solomon kneeling for a column with a idol. Next to him an elegantly dressed woman and a seated dog. Print forms pendant of print with Aristotle and Phyllis.

Engraver: Rafael Sadeler I, Flemish, 1560-1628, After: Ventura Salimbeni, Italian, Siena, 1568-1613, The Marriage of theVirgin, Engraving, image: 7 × 4.5 cm (2 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.), Made in Flanders, Flemish, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

Woman with baby in a maternity bed, surrounded by other figures; Le Philosophe Charitable. A young woman lying in bed, hands her baby to a maid. A second girl is on the other side of her bed, two young children and a dog at the foot end. Two men from higher origin stand next to the bed, the one gives the other a money pouch.

Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744-1818, British, Cruelty in Perfection, 1807. Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Title page: Ornamental panels; Ornamental panels. Landscape with buildings in the background, two putti show a tapestry to Minerva that holds a coat of arms with the address.

François Boucher after Abraham Bloemaert, Figures in a Landscape, published 1735 Figures in a Landscape

Funeral monument to the preacher Johan Diederich Deiman On the right, the personification of Time, with ears of corn and a sickle, making an end of life On the left, a lamenting woman with a book under her arm They flank the oval portrait bust of Deiman, which is framed by a snake biting its own tail: the sign of eternity Behind the portrait is a column, bearing the family coat of arms Beneath the monument three skulls, Memorial to Johan Diederich Deiman, print maker: Theodoor Koning, Pieter Wagenaar (II), Amsterdam, 1783, paper, etching, engraving, h 241 mm × w 159 mm

Bose, Regina Elisabeth .

Amadeus II, Count of Savoyen.

Adult daughter visits her mother and sisters The Child is Adult , print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: weduwe Pieter Arentsz (II), publisher: Cornelis van der Sys, Amsterdam, 1712, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 96 mm × w 85 mm

Title page of Jan Luijken 'The Educational House Roads', 1711, Jan Luyken, 1711 print A woman points to an open book in which household goods are depicted. Another woman and three children listen to her. Amsterdam paper etching book - MM - book open. story teller; listening to story teller

Debauchery, Raphaël Sadeler (I), 1592

Print top right numbered: 14., Chestnut roaster Castanien-Bratin , print maker: Caspar Luyken, (mentioned on object), anonymous, 1711, paper, etching, h 134 mm × w 86 mm

Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind (Allegory of the Old Law and the New). Artist: Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix (Netherlandish, ca. 1553-1619 Antwerp); After Crispijn van den Broeck (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1524-ca. 1591 Antwerp). Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 15/16 in. (26 x 20.2 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The young foppish politician Charles James Fox having his hair dressed; represented by a fox with pages from the Magna Charta as curl-papers. Engraving, 1771.

The four fathers of the Church, according to Rubens (Dutuit 2) Galle, Cornelis (said old). The four fathers of the Church, according to Rubens (Dutuit 2). Burin, 17th century. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

A woman sits in an Arcadian landscape playing a lyre. From her forehead come flames. Around her are putti engaged in religious instruction. One of them studies the stone tables, two others read to each other from the Bible. On the floor are scattered the instruments of torture of Christ., Title page for: Benjamin Bennet, The Religious Christian in His Inside Room., print maker: Gerrit de Broen (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Gerrit de Broen (II), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, in or before 1744, paper, etching, h 143 mm × w 88 mm

Jan van de Velde II, Two Figures in Costume Two Figures in Costume

A lady is receiving a gentleman and two small children in a room. This print was made for an unknown play. There is a line of text in the margin, marked in the lower right: Vde Bedr: XIIIde Toon, Lady receives visit in a room Charlotta (title on object), print maker: Jan Fokke, (mentioned on object), Jan Fokke, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jan Willem Smit, (mentioned on object), 1778 - 1812, paper, etching, h 128 mm × w 85 mm

. Maria and Elisabet Bergroten each other.

Sadeler, Johann (I), unknown, Visitation, verso bottom center - stamped, Mary and Elizabeth embrace and shake hands., print, prints, height 148 mm, width 115 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1600, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Illustration for Boccaccio decamerone. Illustration for the Boccaccio Decamerone, History Lvi. Michiel Scalso discusses with a group of men.

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Labinger, Jakub (fl. 1726 1760), Pedretti, Giuseppe Carlo (1694 1778)

Suzanna and the elders. On the left, the partly declared Susanna in a fountain. She looks straight back to the two elders, trying to seduce her. Under the show a two-legged caption in Latin.

History of Ammon and Thamar N � 4: Comfortant Absalon Thamar (Hollstein 25) Heinrich ALDEGREVER (or ALDEGREVER - 1502-V.1555 / 1561). History of Ammon and Thamar n � 4: comforting absalon Thamar (Hollstein 25). Burin, 1540. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Youth, from The Four Ages of Man. Abraham Bosse; French, 1602-1676. Date: 1622-1676. Dimensions: . Etching on paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

St. Joseph, draughtsman: Witte van der Hagen, (signed by artist), Anthony van Dyck, 1680, brush, h 284 mm × w 256 mm, h 399 mm × w 302 mm

Autumn; Study for an Engraving n.d. Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish This is the preliminary drawing for the third print in the series of seasons which Goltzius published around 1594. The strong pen and ink outlines and the tonal values indicated with wash were meant to guide the engraver, who was expected to translate the washes into patterns of burin lines. Jan Saenredam, who worked for Goltzius from around 1589 to 1601, was most likely the engraver of the print.Autumn is represented here by figures dressed in sixteenth-century garb. The wreath of vines on the head of the boy on the right, and the pointed ear of the man in the center (which is more pronounced in the final print), indicate that they are Bacchus, the ancient god of wine, and a satyr.. Autumn; Study for an Engraving 335540

October: couple drinking wine, Anonymous, Crispijn van de Passe (I), Maerten de Vos, 1574 - 1687

Plate 127: Anius's Daugthers Changing into Birds (Maeonides Pyrenei vim effugientes in aves), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 127: Anius's Daugthers Changing into Birds (Maeonides Pyrenei vim effugientes in aves), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). 1606. Etching. Prints

. An angel points poetry on a statue of faith (fides) in a niche. Above the head of the angel lights up a flame, the symbol of belief. In addition to the niche paintings with the fall, the sacrifice of Abraham and the crucifixion. Father time flies in the sky and lifts a curtain that makes a landscape visible. In the margin the impressum.

. Love couple, music at the table. The lady has a singing book for himself, the man plays the lute. Behind them death in the form of a violin lean figure with skull. On the windowsill an hourglass. With caption in Latin and Dutch ('Wy Syn in Fruect Dickmael gheseten / the dot much naarder than WY know').

Joseph Wagner (publisher) after Giuseppe Zocchi, Abraham Dismissing Hagar, c 1745 Abraham Dismissing Hagar

Saint Eligius and King Dagobert Made 1520-1530 France. The son of a goldsmith, Gourmont drew on his family background for this roundel showing the patron saint of goldsmiths, Eligius, and the king he frequently advised. Eligius, his halo encircling his head, busily hammers out a golden disc on an anvil while his assistant mans the bellows. Dagobert, wearing a slender crown that Eligius may himself have wrought, gestures from the throne. The king was said to have valued the saintís opinion over that of court nobles.Eligius was a famous goldsmith to Clothar II and to his successor, Dagobert I, before becoming a priest. For this reason, he was to become the patron saint of goldsmiths, blacksmiths, and farriers. Although Eligius (or Eloi) was a saint from ancient times, his cult attained its widest popularity in the later Middle Ages.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Jean de Gourmont

Apollo in Leucothoe, Antonio Tempesta, 1606 print Apollo operates love with Leucothoe on a bed. In the background on the left the solar car. Title in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: Antwerp paper etching (story of) Apollo (Phoebus)

Illustration for 'Caroline of Lichtfield'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1786. Prints; etchings. Etching

Virtue of those who chastise themselves, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563 - before 1619

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Fessard, Etienne (1714 1777), Bacciarelli, Marcello (1731 1818), Scarsella, Ippolito (1551 1620)

Saint John the Evangelist, 1 of 4 numbered plates ffrom the series The FourEvangelists. Engraver Possibly: Zacharias Dolendo, Dutch, 1561 - ca.1604 Publisher: Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch, 1565-1629

Amphion. Dated: published 1676. Dimensions: plate: 7.4 x 9.8 cm (2 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.). Medium: etching and engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Lepautre.

Graphite and brown wash drawing by Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicting Elias with the widow of Zarephath, using gray and gray-brown washes, black chalk, and white highlights.

Allegory of Asia, from the Four Continents 16th century () Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century Netherlandish. Allegory of Asia, from the Four Continents 337418

Dicled heads for a prince on a throne, Arnold Houbraken, 1681 - 1683 print On a throne there is a prince under a canopy with a guard on the right and a figure that blows on a horn. Left kneels grewing women and a man with a helmet shows two cut heads on the figure on the throne. In front of the throne are two more severed heads on the ground. On the left in the foreground the personalized envy, with snakes on her head and in her hand and a torch and before that a second figure with a mask in front of her face that puts her hand in a treasure chest. In the background a warlord on a column. At the bottom right eight rules in Dutch. Perhaps Caesar, to whom Pompey's head is handed over, is depicted here. Title print of (the first edition of) a book by Lambert van den Bos with a total of twenty prints by Arnold Houbraken. Dordrecht paper etching head of a beheaded person. Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. ruler, sovereign

Vatican City, Raphael, Italy, Villamena, Francesco, La Sacra Genesi, Paintings in the Loggia of Raphael, Sons of Noah build the ark, verso - stamped, Under Noah's supervision, his sons build the ark. Numbered bottom right: 10. Reference to Bible text in bottom margin., print, prints, height 183 mm, width 183 mm, Italian, 1566 - 1624-07-07, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1626, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, etchings, plate tone, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, after a painting by

Antwerp, Collaert, Adriaen, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Vos, Maerten de, Jan (II), Solitvdo sive vitae foeminarvm anachoritarvm, Female hermits, Sanctimonialis Hierosolymitana, Holy woman of Jerusalem, recto lower right - written, A hermitess sits in a hut and hands a monk a small pot. In the background scenes from her life. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a twenty-four-part series on the subject of female hermits., print, prints, verso center - stamped, 272, height 179 mm, width 224 mm, South Netherlandish (before 1775), 1566 - 1628-05-26, print maker, printmaker, 1570 - 1618, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlandish, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, 1560 - 1618-06-29, publisher

Antwerp, Moretus, Balthasar (I), Plantiniana, Officina, Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, Galle, Cornelis (II), Title page for: Balthasar Corderius, Iob elvcidatvs, Antwerp: 1646, Job is being cursed by his wife, verso - stamped, Job is sitting on the ground, his body is covered with sores and his house has burned down. His wife is standing next to him and curses him. His friends turn away from him. The sun breaks through the dark clouds in the sky. Under a catacomb with the title of the book and two putti holding emblems., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 305 mm, width 198 mm, South Netherlands, 1615 - 1678-10-18, print maker, printmaker, 1646 - 1646, paper, engraving (printing process), 1596-05-09 - 1675, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, Flemish, 1574-07-23 - 1641-07-08

Elffers, Johannes, Vos, J., Irhoven, Hendrik van, Noordelijke Nederlanden, Meer, Noach van der (II), Monument for Hendrik Hooft Danielsz., 1787, Northern Netherlands, verso - stamped, Allegorical monument for the Amsterdam mayor Hendrik Hooft Danielsz., on the occasion of his defense of the patriotic interests in the council on February 26, 1787. Portrait medallion on a pedestal, crowned with a wreath by Liberty, on the left three putti hang oak leaves around the coat of arms of Hooft. At the top the radiant All-Seeing Eye., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 297 mm, width 219 mm, 1741-04-16 - 1822-02-20, print maker, printmaker, 1787 - 1787, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Dutch, after a design by, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by

Tingeler, W., Amsterdam, Meer, Noach van der (II), Kunstliefde spaart geen vlijt, Calliope, verso - handwritten, muse of epic, with a laurel wreath in her hand. A putto presents her with an open book. On the left a putto reads from a book. In the background the winged horse Pegasus on Mount Parnassus. Center below the name and motto of the Hague poetry society Kunstliefde spaart geen vlijt., print, prints, verso center below - stamped, H. Wielheesen, height 72 mm, width 104 mm, 1741-04-16 - 1822-02-20, print maker, printmaker, 1773 - 1796, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception

Copper engraving by Crispin van de Passe depicting sibyls in various poses with gestures, drapery, and background details, created between 1584 and 1670.

17th century engraved illustration from a collection of proverbs. Paris 1657-1663. By Jacques Lagniet (1620 - 1675); French engraver. From him many socially critical engravings and mockery pictures such as his sometimes grotesque and fantastic illustrations for a collection of well-known proverbs from the year 1657 come.

Eloquence; L'Eloquence; Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts (...) / The treasure room of the Vrye Rabits (...). Ceiling piece with the personal eloquence, sat on a throne with staff in hand and crown on the head. Around her putti with books. In the background on the left a man who preaches for a crowd in the French academy and on the right King Louis XIV on his throne. Print is part of an album.

Venus and Mars, Michel Natalis, After Titian, 1620 - 1668 print Venus sits on her lap with a globe. Behind her is Mars, dressed in a harness, who puts his left hand on her chest. Amor, his arrow sleeve on the shoulder, Ceres and Bachus, come to Venus on the left. Bachus holds a filled basket above his head. This is an imagination of the theme 'Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus'. Venus is cold without food and wine. The Marquis Del Vasto, Alfonso d'Avalos and his wife are probably portrayed here as Mars and Venus. print maker: RomeLuik paper engraving Mars and Venus as lovers. "Without the COVER AND BACCHO CLOVE VENUS

Matham, Jacob, Bloemaert, Abraham, Haarlem, H. Veronica with the sweat cloth, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 429 mm, width 319 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1605, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

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Tobit says to Tobias that he must look for a travel companion; History of Tobias. The blind Tobit says to his son Tobias that he should go to Gabaël to get money to it that he has given custody. Tobias has his travel staff as in hand. In addition, Tobit is wearing his son to find a travel companion. Around the show a peripheral in Dutch and in Latin.

S. Joscoin, moine (St. Joscius, Monk), November 30th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. S. Joscoin, moine (St. Joscius, Monk), November 30th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Sommaville, Antoine de, Cortona, Pietro da, France, Audran, Charles, Title page for: Pierre Le Moyne, La galerie des femmes fortes, 1647, verso - stamped, print, title page, prints, height 343 mm, width 213 mm, 1594 - 1674, print maker, printmaker, 1647 - 1647, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, Italian, 1596 - 1669-05-16, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1597-11-03 - 1664-12-30, publisher

Antwerp, Meurs, Johannes van, Moretus, widow of Johannes II, Balthasar (I), Rubens, Peter Paul, Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), Title page for: F. Longo a Coriolano, Summa conciliorum omnium, 1623, Allegorical title page with female personification of the papacy, verso - stamped, On a pedestal the female personification of the papacy with tiara and the coat of arms of Gregory XV is enthroned between bishops and cardinals. On either side of the pedestal the saints Peter and Paul. Below the floor level personifications of Heresy and Fraud., print, title page, prints, height 315 mm, width 206 mm, 1576 - 1650-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1623 - 1623, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Flemish, 1574-07-23 - 1641-07-08, publisher

Bréant, Joseph, Alexan Pope, Medallion with portrait of Alexander Pope, print, prints, images, height 142 mm, width 91 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1799, paper, papier, etching, etchings, stipple work, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Two young men dressed according to the French fashion of approx. 1695. On the left a man in wide cape, leaning against window; On the right a man standing against a wall.

Vespasian, Roman Emperor.

Maria Theresia, Roman-German Empress Copper engraving by Gustav Adolf Müller after drawing by Martino Altomonte (after paintings by Martin van Meyten)

Allegory of the Alliance's close, 1795, Johannes Huibert Prins, 1795

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Hanover Square. Line engraving.

Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Halcyone ob mariti reditum Iunoni supplicat, Alcyone prays to Juno, verso - stamped, Alcyone prays to Juno. Title in Latin in bottom margin., print, prints, height 104 mm, width 117 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, 1606 - 1606, paper, etching, Publication (Event), Publication, South Dutch, 1570 - 1634-08-09, publisher

. On top of a pedestal a medallion decorated with flowers with the Portrait of the Roman Virgin Lucretia. The pedestal carries a representation of a budding tulip, with a swarm of bees around. To the left of the pedestal the Virgin Mary with the Christ child. On the right the personification virtue (Castita), a lily in her hand. To her feet the constellation virgo and a shield with an ermine, symbol of purity. In the foreground a putto at a young girl with an emerald in her hands. On either side of the girl five oil lamps and five empty jars, a reference to the story of the five way and the five foolish virgins.

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