Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Artworks depicting biblical narratives and mythological themes, set in lush landscapes, showcasing interactions between divine and mortal characters with intricate details.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Estius, Franco, Goltzius, Hendrick, Matham, Jacob, Christ and the Samaritan Woman, Christ sitting next to a well, Jacob's Well, from which a Samaritan woman comes to fetch water. Christ asks her for a drink., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 261 mm, width 199 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1589, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Tobias, Tobit and the angel; The story of Tobias. In a hilly landscape, Tobit states that his son Tobias relies to the angel. Numbered as 1.

Bent and chained man is led by the soul, Jan Luyken, 1710 print Amsterdam paper etching landscapes. the soul. Human Being, Man in General

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Estius, Franco, Goltzius, Hendrick, Matham, Jacob, Christ and the Samaritan Woman, Christ sitting next to a well, Jacob's Well, from which a Samaritan woman comes to fetch water. Christ asks her for a drink., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 261 mm, width 199 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1589, paper, papier, engraving (printing process), 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

The rest of the Holy Family on their flight to Egypt 1531-76 Giulio Bonasone Italian. The rest of the Holy Family on their flight to Egypt 392934

Polexandre kneels for a woman, Abraham Bosse, 1637 print Paris paper etching / engraving kneeling figure. page, footboy

Achilles taught by Chiron, J. Alexander Janssens, Victor Honoré Janssens, c. 1700.

Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl. Dated: c. 1661. Dimensions: plate: 33.7 x 21.7 cm (13 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 34.7 x 22.8 cm (13 11/16 x 9 in.). Medium: etching and drypoint on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: SALVATOR ROSA.

Abraham drives Hagar and Ismaël, Georg Pencz, 1541 - 1545 print Abraham sends Hagar and his first son Ismaël away with a water bag at the request of his wife Sara. With the youngest son Isaac, Sara is on his arm in the doorway. The names of the main characters are stated on shields: Ager and Abraham paper engraving the banishment of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:9-21)

Abraham Bosse after Claude Vignon, Illustration to Jean Desmarets' L'Ariane, published 1639 Illustration to Jean Desmarets' L'Ariane

Rome, Westerhout, Arnold van, Domenichino, Audenaerd, Robert van, Representations from the Old Testament, David dancing before the Ark of the Covenant, verso center bottom - stamped, King David with people from the people dancing and making music because the Ark of the Covenant is being brought to Jerusalem. Print from a series of four Old Testament scenes after frescoes by Domenichino., print, prints, verso middle - stamped, height 225 mm, width 195 mm, 1663 - 1743, print maker, printmaker, 1685 - 1725, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Italian, 1581-10-21 - 1641-04-06, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, 1651-02-21 - 1725-04-18, publisher

Shrieking Lord commits suicide, Arnold Houbraken, 1681 - 1683.

Mercury and Argus 1642-1648 Italy. Mercury and Argus shows Mercury, disguised as a shepherd, lulling the giant Argus to sleep in order to steal Io, the comely cow in the background of the image, for Jupiter. One of Jupiterís many mortal lovers, Io was turned into a cow and put under the guardianship of Argus. But Jupiter tasks Mercury with killing Argus and freeing Ioóthe scene shown here. While Cantarini depicted Argus with two eyes, the giant was said to have a hundred. After Argus is killed by Mercury, his eyes decorate the peacockís feathers.With its poetic effect and mature technical ability, this is one of the artistís most prized etchings. The composition dates to his late years in Bologna and is also known in a painting now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, which may derive from the etching.. Etching on cream laid paper . Simone Cantarini

Meeting of Herder and Herderin, Andries van Buysen (Sr.), 1723 print Three shepherders rest under a tree. They read letters. A young shepherd runs along the road and has a chat with them. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Pastoral, Arcadian Scenes

Amor bij een vrouw die bloemen plukt; Emblemes d'Amour.Amor has spread his arms into a voice to a woman who is busy picking flowers. As someone continues to pick with boomes when he always looks nicer, such a lover can trade in lovers until only the worst remains. Nineteenth emblem from emblemata amatoria.

Landscape with the Holy Hieronymus that translates the Bible, Cornelis Cort, After Girolamo Muziano, 1773 print Rome paper engraving St. Jerome translating the Old and the New Testament into Latin (the Vulgate)

. A shepherdess, with a bird's nest on shot and a bird on the clarified chest, seduces a shepherd who already runs out. On the left two sheep and on the right the head of a dog.

Joshua kneels for an angel with a sword, Caspar Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching Joshua throws himself at the feet of the angel with the sword

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, History of Elijah, Histories in Israel, Of Ahab and Elias, Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, Elijah meets the widow of Zarephath and her son, who are gathering wood together outside the city gate. In the background Elijah prays for the boy who has died and is being brought back to life. The widow sits outside by the door. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Kings 17:9. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, 187, height 204 mm, width 287 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, uitgever, 1592 - 1656-04

Meleager and Atalanta, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie) 1644 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Meleager and Atalanta, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie) 376760

Frontispiece, from Sacra Cosmologia, pièce appelée aussi Le Titre aux Astrologues (Sacra Cosmoilogia, also called The Title Page for The Astrologers) ca. 1630 Jacques Callot French. Frontispiece, from Sacra Cosmologia, pièce appelée aussi Le Titre aux Astrologues (Sacra Cosmoilogia, also called The Title Page for The Astrologers). Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1630. Etching; third state of three (Lieure). Prints

Daughters of Cecrops open the basket of Minerva; Metamorphoses from Ovid. Cecrops daughters open the basket that Minerva entrusted them. In the basket the child Erichthonius, that has a snake tail to their shock. A crow looks from a tree. In the undermarge a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin.

The Lost Son (Left Leaf), 1596 - 1760 print Left part of a performance on two magazines of a company that entertains themselves in the open air with food, drinks, music and freedoms. In the background you can see how a man is chased away from a building. Under the show the first four lines of an eight -line Latin poem. print maker: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Haarlem paper engraving the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32)

Nymph on the knee of a Sater, Lucas Kilian, After Joseph Heintz (I), 1589 - 1615 print Augsburg paper engraving satyr(s) pursuing nymph(s)

Two historical figures in conversation; Illustrations from the national history. Philips from Marnix and Hieronymus Beverningk in the outdoors in conversation. In addition to the names of the two gentlemen and the number 369, the date is below the image.

Title page for: 'Contemporary History of Arabs, Part 2', 1765, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1765 print Title page with three women who write a book. In the foreground, Minerva shields a few fighting men with tulip tires with a curtain. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving head-gear: turban. handwriting, writing as activity. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). book

Tobias and De Engel, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching Tobias and the angel Raphael travelling, accompanied by Tobias' dog

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Etching.

Elia en de weduwe van Sarefat, Hendrick Goltzius (rejected attribution), after Philips Galle, after Jan Snellinck (I), 1643 print The prophet Elia speaks to a woman with a child just outside a village; He asks her to make food for him. In the background on the right you can see how Elijah the son of the woman, after collapsing a disease, brings to life. Under the show a rule of text in Latin. This print is part of a series of four prints that depict the story of the Prophet Elia. Print Maker: Haarlemprint Maker: Antwerp Publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Elijah and the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:7-24)

Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Boni et mali scientia, History of the family of Cain, On good and bad works, Adam and Eve in paradise, verso lower left - stamped, Adam and Eve walking with God in paradise. Around them various animals. In the background the creation of Eve. The print has a Latin caption., print, prints, height 205 mm, width 267 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

Abduction of Europe, Michel Dorigny, After Simon Vouet, 1642 print France paper engraving / etching Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Diogenes. Artist: Salvator Rosa, Italian, Naples, 1615-1673

Christoffel van Sichem I, after Hendrik Goltzius, Judith with the Head of Holofernes Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Padua, Cadorin, Mateo, Venice, Carpioni, Giulio (I), Holy Family with Mary reading, verso - stamped, The Holy Family in a landscape. Mary reading a book. The Christ Child sits on her lap and gestures to the viewer to be quiet., print, prent, prints, height 210 mm, width 143 mm, Italian, 1613 - 1679, print maker, printmaker, 1623 - 1679, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever

Fercard king of Scotland kills a wolf, Arnold Houbraken, 1681 - 1683.

Fokke, Simon, Amsterdam, La Bonne petite souris, King falls from a tree, verso - stamped, Illustration from the fairy tale La Bonne petite souris by d'Aulnoy. A king dangles from a tree branch above a tree stump with pointed ends. In the air, two figures are pulled along on a carriage by two winged beasts. Mm, print, prints, height 117 mm, width 69 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1722 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Work conception, after own design by

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727 - 1804). The Flight with the Holy Family at the Right, 1750-1753. From Picturesque Ideas on the Flight Into Egypt. Etching on laid paper. Plate: 189 mm x 246 mm (7.44 in. x 9.69 in.).

Kidnapping of the daughter of the King, Willem Basse, 1632 - 1634 print The kidnapping of the daughter of the Greek king Inachus by the Phoenician to Egypt. Printed on the back with text in Dutch. paper etching / engraving man abducting woman

Judith with the head of Holofernes, 1600 - 1610 print Judith puts the head of Holofernes in the bag that keeps her maid open for her. Right behind them, in his tent, the mutilated body of Holofernes. print maker: Netherlands (possibly)after print by: Amsterdam paper etching Judith and Holofernes (Judith 8-16)

Spanish crown, Berti, J. de, Rubens, Peter Paul, Antwerp, Witdoeck, Hans, H. Justus, verso lower left - handwritten, Saint Justus carries his head after his beheading., print, prints, height 440 mm, width 320 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1615, print maker, printmaker, 1639 - 1639, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, granter of privilege

Hooghe, Romeyn de, Netherlands, Illustration for the Decameron by Boccaccio, history LXXXVII. A woman is seized by a wolf and cries out., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 68 mm, width 81 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1697 - 1697, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Statue of Pluto Pluto, the God of the Rykdoms (title on object), Print upper right: Pag: 687, (story of) Pluto (Hades), Dis Pater, Orcus, statues, paintings, etc., objects of worship in Roman religion, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1686, paper, etching, h 166 mm × w 130 mm

Les Villagois à la Pêche (The Villages Fishing). Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); René Gaillard (French, ca. 1719-1790 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 19 5/16 x 14 in. (49 x 35.6 cm) trimmed. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Maria with Child and Johannes, Laurent de la Hire, 1640 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Mary and the Christ-child with John the Baptist (as child)

Virgin and Child. 1595. Carracci, Agostino, 1557-1602. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Landscape with the H. Jodocus of Ponthieu; S. IVDOCVS Britonum Regis Filius. The sacred JODOCUS, son of a Breton king, is on the edge of the source that he has created with his stick. His crown and scepter are located on his feet. From heaven a hand drops a laurel wreath. In the landscape in the background scenes from his life. A four-line caption in Latin in the margin.

Wood engraving, England, by Thomas Bewick.

Two Saters and two clergy, Arnold Houbraken, 1699 print Two saters in two clergy in a landscape. The clergymen make repellent gestures and raise a crucifix. In the background a ruin above which angels and devils float. At the top right: Fol 4. Print used in the book: Toneel der Accidents by Lambert van den Bos with a total of twenty prints by Arnold Houbraken. publisher: Dordrechtpublisher: Rotterdam paper etching satyr(s) (in general). landscape with ruins (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). monk(s), friar(s) (+ devil(s)). cross as symbol of Christ

Poetry and freedom and the river Amstel, Pieter Tanjé, after Louis Fabritius Dubourg, 1755 print The freedom, with a lance of freedom, presents itself to poetry. Poetry holds a winch in the hands and is assisted by history, with pen, and religion, which has the flame of divine inspiration on her head. Minerva is in the foreground. Putti show a map with the current of the river Amstel. In the foreground, Putti show the coats of arms of villages on the Amstel. In the background the city of Amsterdam with the IJ. Title page for a book with poems about the river Amstel. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving river. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)

Concert of the Muses on the Parnassus, Hendrick Hondius (I), After Taddeo Zuccaro, 1597 print Nine muses in a bunch of musicing, under a canopy. In the middle of a muse that plays a Viola da Gamba. A muse front right, seen on the back, plays a lute; The muse next to her two whistles. Two putti with laurel wreaths above the canopy. Under the performance two columns with four lines each in Latin. The Hague paper engraving the Muses acting together (as group). more than one musician with instrument. viola, violoncello; double bass. harp

Book 4, Fable 16: the peace (La paix) 1719 Nicolas Henry Tardieu. Book 4, Fable 16: the peace (La paix). Fables Nouvelles. Nicolas Henry Tardieu (French, Paris 1674-1749 Paris). 1719. Etching and engraving. Prints

Koning Artaxerxes II, anonymous, 1547 - 1585 print King Artaxerxes II of Persia standing with an arrow in his hand. In the background you can see how Artaxerxes defeats his younger brother Cyrus, who had rebelled against him. Under the performance a three -lit text in Latin. paper engraving battle. ruler, sovereign. male persons from classical history

Hunter with two dogs; Yacht scenes. Among a tree is a man with two dogs. On the left a falconer on horseback with his servant.

Two pilgrims at the edge of a lake, one seen from behind. In the background two figures with baskets on their backs. Fourth print in a series of six, Two pilgrims by a pond Vita brevis, spes longa homini, caecusq meatus Pars inopes mundi quantu lacunque sumus, copies (series title), Jan van de Velde (II), print maker: anonymous, print maker: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), Amsterdam, 1603 - 1652, paper, etching, h 88 mm × w 157 mm

Domenichino, Rome, Frey, Jacob (der Ältere), David playing his harp and dancing before the Ark of the Covenant, verso - stamped, With caption in Latin., print, prints, height 380 mm, width 305 mm, 1681 - 1752-01-11, print maker, printmaker, 1718 - 1719, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1581-10-21 - 1641-04-06

Tobias, Tobit and the Angel, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, Broer Jansz (Den Haag), Abraham van Waesberge (I), 1620

Tobias, Tobit and the angel; The story of Tobias. In a hilly landscape, Tobit states that his son Tobias relies to the angel. Numbered as I.

Jacob in fight with the angel Jacob's Wrestling , print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Amsterdam, 1703 - 1762, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 107 mm × w 160 mm

The Power of Women: Samson and Delilah, 1516-1519. Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494-1533). Woodcut;

Dubourg, Louis Fabritius, Amsterdam, Bernards, Balthasar, Calypso receives Telemachus, verso - stamped, Telemachus, who has reached the island of the goddess Calypso after a shipwreck, is received by her and her nymphs. Behind him walks his guide Mentor. In the background on the left the sinking ship can still be seen., print, book illustration, prints, height 225 mm, width 182 mm, Noord-Nederlands, print maker, printmaker, 1734 - 1734, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1693 - 1775-09-16

Allegory on the province of Zeeland, Jan Caspar Philips, 1753 print Landscape with a triumphal arch on which the coats of arms of the province of Zeeland and four Zeeland cities. In the foreground three putti with maps of Zeeland islands. In the background fields that are processed and ships at sea. In the margin a four -line caption in Dutch. paper etching / engraving coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ province; provincial). maps, atlases. triumphal arch Zeeland

Verkolje, Nicolaas, Noord-Nederland, Wandelaar, Jan, Handelsetiket van een cloth trade, verso lower left - stamped, On a platform sits the personification of Trade, amidst spools of thread. Behind her Justice and Minerva. On the left stands Mercury, the god of commerce, who pushes aside a drapery to reveal a shop. In the air flies Fame, on her trumpet a banner bearing a monogram with initials of the merchant. In the foreground sits a river god with the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam under his arm., print, trade label, prints, height 208 mm, width 149 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1673-04-11 - 1746-01-21, intermediary draughtsman

Abraham and Isaac 1512-1522 Netherlands. Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper . Lucas van Leyden

. Print at the top right labeled: PAG: 687.

A copper engraving from 1601-1611 by Hendrick Goltzius depicting Corydon and Sylvia, showing mythological figures, interaction, and composition.

Tirsenia, Mother of Harmonillus, changed to lemon after Romanelli (Dutuit P.35, White 73) Cornelis II Blloert, said U Young (1603-1692). Tiralsenia, Mother of Honllilus changes in disturb (Dutuit p.35, the Blish Lo L3). Burin, Curnitely sites. Museums of the city of the city of Paris, small palace.

Illustration for the Decamerone of Boccaccio, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1697 print Illustration for the Decamerone of Boccaccio, History LXXXVII. A woman is puckered by a wolf and shouts it out. Netherlands paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Boccaccio, Decamerone

Italy, Cantarini, Simone, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, verso - blind embossing, The Holy Family rests in a landscape during the Flight into Egypt. The Christ Child lies with outstretched arms on Mary's lap., print, prints, verso - stamped, height 175 mm, width 265 mm, Italian, 1612-08-21 - 1648-10-15, print maker, printmaker, 1622 - 1648, paper, papier, etching, etchings

. Landscape with hager, lying at the foot of a tree. In her left hand she holds a staff and with her right hand she writes the letters a r in the trunk of the tree. Behind her a pointing angel. On the left a goat and a gross sheep.

From two people working in a field, one is hired and the other leaves, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching ploughing

Table of the Museum Temple: Alcions (Dutuit 36, White 123) Cornelis II Bloemaert, said the young person (1603-1692). Table of the Museum Temple: Alcions (Dutuit 36, White 123). Burin, 1655. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Woodcut from 1517 depicting a scene in Theuerdank where a damaged crossbow shoots a bird, sending a steel fragment that hits a companion, showing figures, weapon, and action.

Amor hangs a number one on a tree; Emblemes d'Amour. Amor has a sign with the number one in his hand and hangs this into a tree. Under his foot, he tranbles the sign with the numbers one, two and three. Just like a split stream loses its power in loop, so divided love loses its power. Thirty-sixth emblem from Emblemata Amatoria.

John Baptist Jackson after Veronese, The Finding of Moses, 1741 The Finding of Moses

Andreas Altomonte, after David Teniers the Younger, Sacrifice of Isaac Sacrifice of Isaac

Italy, Raffaellino da Reggio, Tobias and the Angel, verso - stamped, Tobias, with fish and walking stick in his hand, walks with the angel Raphael through a landscape., print, prints, height 432 mm, width 291 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1560, 16th century, 16e eeuw, paper, chiaroscuro woodcut, Italian, 1550 - 1578-05

Pastorale scène met vondst van antieke inscriptie.Three shepherds and two shepherdins discover a marble block with an antique inscription in a landscape.

Clair-obscur woodcut by Antonio da Trento showing Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, executed in two plates around 1529-1530.

Two soldiers in a classic ruin, Abraham Genoels, 1675 print Two soldiers rest with a classic ruin. A city in the background. Rome paper etching the soldier; the soldier's life. ruin of a building ~ architecture (+ classical art). mountains

Meeting of virtues, vices and allegorical figures; Title page for: R. van Leuve, Mengelwerken, 1723; Zeede Degte and Zinnee beaten. She to side: moderation with horse terrace and traces, beside her a lion, truth with mirror and olive branch and cross. Her foot rests on a skull where a snake twists. On the left to the foreground, allegorical figures, behind this the pride flesh. PRENT In the middle of labeled: II. Part.

Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 1. Artist: William Hogarth (British, London 1697-1764 London). Author: Illustrates Gautier de Coste de La Calprenède (French, 1609-1663). Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/16 x 2 15/16 in. (13.5 x 7.5 cm). Date: 1725. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti, Print made by unknown artist, Annotated by James Chelsum, 1738-1801, British, c. 1780, Etching

Flight to Egypt, Pietro del Po, after Nicolas Poussin, 1620 - 1692 print The Holy Family with a donkey in a landscape with ruins. An angel floats with them and points to the left. On the right is a boy in the grass. print maker: Italyafter painting by: France paper etching the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass. angels

Judgment of Paris, Lucas Cranach (I), 1508 print Mercury arouses the sleeping Paris so that he can decide which of the three goddesses Juno, Minerva or Venus is the most beautiful. The women cannot be distinguished here by attributes. Germany paper the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present)

The summer, Anonymous, After Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 - c. 1651 print Meeting between a milkmaid and farm boy in a landscape. The girl stands on her shoulders with a yoke, the boy wears corners in the hair, a corn sheaf under the arm and a rake over the shoulder. Behind them a horse and a grazing cow. Amor flies with arrow and arch in the air. paper engraving summer, 'summer'; "Estate" (bank). milkmaid

Copper engraving 'The Unequal Couple' by Albrecht Dürer, circa 1495, depicting a man and woman of contrasting social or physical characteristics.

Barendsz., Dirck, Amsterdam, Muller, Jan Harmensz., Holy Family with Elizabeth and John the Baptist, recto lower right - handwritten, The Holy Family seated under a tree in a landscape. John the Baptist holds Christ's hand. Elizabeth kneels by the group., print, engraving, verso - stamped, 104, height 359 mm, width 297 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571 - 1628, print maker, printmaker, 1586 - 1590, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1534 - 1592-05-26

Nieuweveen, Jacobus van, Luyken, Jan, Amsterdam, Young man must choose between the broad and the narrow road, verso bottom center - stamped, A young man stands before a gate. On the left Divine Wisdom, with the gospel and a censer. On the right Lady World on a globe (the unstable fate). Both women try to convince him to follow their path. On the left a narrow road leads to heaven after a steep climb. On the right the wide road leads to hell., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 92 mm, width 80 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1699 - 1699, paper, papier, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after drawing by, printer, bookseller

Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Two men consider a bush, grown from mustard seed, recto - manuscript in brown ink, print, prints, verso - stamped, 37, height 117 mm, width 153 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, papier, etching

In front the winged personification of the Soul She wears a veil because she is invisible to man In the background Adam and Eve in paradise Above a three-line text in Latin and below a three-line text in German, The sensible soul Anima rationalis Die vern, print maker: Jakob Wangner, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Gottfried Eichler (II), (mentioned on object), publisher: Johann Georg Hertel (I), (mentioned on object), Augsburg, c. 1758 - c. 1760, paper, etching, h 194 mm × w 127 mm

Circe turns Picus into a woodpecker, Crispijn van de Passe (II) (After), After Antonio Tempesta, c. 1636 - 1670 print The sorceress Circe had fallen in love with Picus, king of Ausonia. However, he rejected her love because he was already in love with the Nymph Canens. Circe turns him into a woodpecker out of anger. In the distance, the picus page with the falcon and the hunting dogs await his horse. paper engraving Picus changed into a woodpecker: Circe changes Picus into a woodpecker because, faithful to his wife Canens, he spurns the love of the goddess (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 386)

Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibille. The Tiburtian Sibille shows Emperor Augustus the appearance of an angel with Mary and the Christ child in the sky. Two male atstanders on the right.

Queen of Seba Hood Hout van Brug, Georg Pencz, 1530 - 1534 print The queen of Seba wads her bare feet through a river during a visit to Solomon. She avoids the wooden bridge because it is made of the wood of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. paper engraving the wood, serving as a bridge, is worshipped by the queen of Sheba ~ the legend of the True Cross

Allegory on the VOC, Jan Punt, 1739 print Allegory in the United East India Company. Batavia holds a flag with the VOC monogram. The Dutch Lion is next to her. African and Eastern men bow to her and offer her gifts with royal privileges. On the left is Mercury, god of trade, freedom and a third allegorical figure. On the right side, an angel looks at a precious fabric. In the background a face on the city of Batavia, the center of the assets of the Dutch. The print illustrates the pride of the Dutch in their colonial areas. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa). (story of) Mercury (Hermes). Asiatic races and peoples. Africans Batavia

Clement VIII, Sadeler, Raphael (I), Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Venice, Oraculum Anachoreticum, Hermits, Saint Theobaldus as a hermit, verso lower left - stamped, A forest landscape. In the foreground Saint Theobaldus of Provins, a hermit from the eleventh century. He kneels before a forest chapel and prays. In the background several hermitages., print, prints, height 168 mm, width 206 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie, 1560, 1536 - 1605, verlener van privilege

Holy Aegidius of Nimes as a hermit; Male hermits and renewal; Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta. The H. Aegidius of Nimes, a French hermit from the eighth century AD. He is a bible to read in a forest. In addition to him a tame hinde, his attribute. A yacht scene in the background. King Wamba van de Visigoten tries to shoot the Hinde with a crossbow.

Judith with the head of Holofernes.

Etcher: Orazio Borgianni, Italian, ca. 1578-1616, After: Raphael, Italian, 1483-1520, Noah leaves the ark after the flood, after Raphaels Vatican loggia painting, Etching, platemark: 15.2 × 17 cm (6 × 6 11/16in.), Made in Italy, Italian, 17th century, Works on Paper - Prints

Figures at right near a ship, some holding up animals over their heads, a horse at left 1783 Daniel Berger. Figures at right near a ship, some holding up animals over their heads, a horse at left. Daniel Berger (German, 1744-1824). 1783. Etching and engraving. Prints

Peasant Leaning on a Sack of Grain 1758 Catherine-Francoise Beauvarlet. Peasant Leaning on a Sack of Grain. Catherine-Francoise Beauvarlet (French, Paris 1737-1769 Paris). 1758. Etching. Prints

Italy, Vanni, Francesco, Netherlands, Basse, Willem, Saint Francis of Assisi with crucifix, verso - stamped, Saint Francis, lying with a crucifix in his hands. In the foreground a book and a skull. Above three angels with a book., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 147 mm, width 112 mm, Dutch, 1614 - 1672-11-22, print maker, printmaker, 1523 - 1672, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Italian, 1563 - 1610-10-26

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