Biblical Annunciations and Visitations

A collection of engravings depicting key Biblical moments, including angelic announcements, struggles, and sacred figures in natural settings, emphasizing faith and divine interaction.

A man, most likely Moses, kneels before an angel who appears to him in a tree. In the background two shepherds with their flock, Angel appears to Moses, print maker: Franz de Wilde, (mentioned on object), Noord-Nederland, 1705, paper, etching, h 95 mm × w 73 mm
A man, most likely Moses, kneels before an angel who appears to him in a tree. In the background two shepherds with their flock, Angel appears to Moses, print maker: Franz de Wilde, (mentioned on object), Noord-Nederland, 1705, paper, etching, h 95 mm × w 73 mm
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Sadeler, Raphael (I), Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, München, Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta, Male Hermits and Anchorites, Saint Gallatius of Helvetia as a Hermit, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Gallatius of Helvetia, an Irish missionary and hermit, lies on the ground next to a hut in a forest. He prays to God before a crucifix. His attribute, a bear, is beside him. In the hermitage another monk is sleeping., print, prints, width 200 mm, height, 164 mm, South Netherlandish, 1560, print maker, printmaker, 1594 - 1594, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1550 - 1600-08, publisher
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Benedictus, pl. 11 of 30 from the series Sylvae Sacrae (Hermits inLandscapes). Publisher: Rafael Sadeler I, Flemish, 1560-1628 After: Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603 Publisher: Johann Sadeler I, Flemish, 1550-1600
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Christ as the Good Shepherd, Jan Luyken, 1681 print Amsterdam paper etching the good shepherd (Christ) defending his sheep against wolves; 'I am the good shepherd' (John 10:1-16)
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Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Vos, Maerten de, Wierix, Antonie (II), Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Geschiedenis van Simson, De Historie van Samson, Sacrifice of Manoah, lower right - handwritten in brown ink, Manoah and his wife prostrate themselves at the altar, where Manoah sacrificed a goat. The archangel Gabriel, who announced the birth of a son to Manoah and his wife, ascends to heaven in the flames of the sacrifice. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Judg. 13:19. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, 122, height 213 mm, width 284 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1559 - 1604-03, print maker, prentmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie, 1592 - 1656-04
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Christ and the personalized soul together hold a heart with the print "Iesus"; Jesus and the soul in whose heart is printed.
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Amerigo Vespucci finding the Southern Cross constellation with an astrolabe (Americae Retectio) by Galle, Philipp (1537-1612) / Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam / 1591 / The Netherlands / Etching / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History / 19,
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St. Francis of Paula Holding Back the FallingRock. Artist, circle of: Erasmus Quellinus II, Flemish, 1607-1678 Artist, possibly by: Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Flemish, 1596-1675
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Gideon and Jain; The twelve judges of Israel; Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti (...). The judges Gideon and Jain. Gideon holds the sheepskin in hand. In the background Gideon prays at the sheepskin and dew on the sheepskin. In the landscape, the men's men kneel at a river to drink. Jain points to the landscape. His thirty sons each ride a donkey stallion. Under the show explanatory texts in Latin.
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Flight to Egypt. Maria is joining a donkey with the Christ child. Joseph continues the donkey.
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Offer van Gideon, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Low Countries paper etching / engraving the angel of the Lord touches the food with his staff, fire arises from the rock
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The Hermit Blasius, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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Saint Joseph Listening to the Angels Counsel. Artist: Sébastien Bourdon, French, 1616-1671
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Ringing the gate clock; The gate clock.
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Sad case in the Willemstad 1793. A man with a small child are hit by a French grenade. In the background the town hall and the dome church. During the Siege of Willemstad by the French Army 27 February - March 15, 1793.
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The Hermit Disibodus, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Moses at the burning bush bush, Caspar Luyken, 1698 print Amsterdam paper etching Moses, kneeling before the bush and hiding his face, listens to God
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Saint Abraham as a hermit in a hut. He is reading from a Bible and holding a rosary. Behind him is his niece, St. Mary of Edessa. In the background, a monk walks., Abraham of Edessa as a hermit Male hermits (series title) Solitudo Sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum (series title), print maker: Johann Sadeler (I), print maker: Raphaël Sadeler (I), intermediary draughtsman: Maerten de Vos, Antwerp, (possibly), 1583 - 1588, paper, engraving, h 170 mm × w 205 mm
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Evangelist Johannes; S. Iohanes; Four evangelists; Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae. The Evangelist Johannes writes his gospel. He is at the foot of a tree. In addition to him the eagle with the inkwell in his beak. Left in the background Christ as a good shepherd. On the right in the background the baptism of Christ in the Jordaan. God The Father looks from heaven and the pigeon of the Holy Spirit drops on him. Under the show a text in Latin. This print is part of an album.
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Saint hermit depicted in prayer, drawn in gray ink with gray washes over black chalk by Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem.
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H. Franciscus reading in a cave. .
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Hermit before the entrance of his home; The hermit.
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Holy stephanus of Libya; Hermit: Thebani saints; Stephanus Libicus. The sacred stephanus braid a fence of palm leaves here on his knees. Print from a series of 80 prints and a title print with hermits from the 2nd to the 6th century.
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Auxentius of Bithynia, saint.
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The Hermit Didymus, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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Christ and the Samaritan woman. Christ talks to a well with a Samaritan woman. He points to the well and asks her to give him something to drink. The students come to the lights in the background. To the Bible story in Joh. 4.
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Parable of the Sower and the kingdom of heaven, Jan Luyken, Pieter Mortier, 1703-1762
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Flight to Egypt, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645 - 1649 print Mary with the Christ child on a donkey's lap. Joseph is next to it. They look at three shepherds with a herd of sheep. A number of putti and angels in the branches of the palm tree. At the bottom of Rossi's assignment to Luigi Pio in Italian. paper etching the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass
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Rudolf II of Habsburg (German Emperor), Clement VIII, Sadeler, Raphael (I), Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Venice, Oraculum Anachoreticum, Hermits, Saint Bartholomew as a Hermit, verso lower left - stamped, A forest landscape. In the foreground Saint Bartholomew, one of the apostles. He is also called Nathanael. He enters his hermitage while holding a crucifix with a whip to a young man. In the background a donkey., print, prints, height 168 mm, width 207 mm, South Netherlands, 1560, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1550 - 1600-08, publisher, uitgever, 1536 - 1605, verlener van privilege, 1552-07-18 - 1612-01-20
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Mary with child and holy Elisabet with Johannes the Boom, Anonymous, After Marcantonio Raimondi, After Rafaël, 1520 - 1575 print paper engraving Mary, the Christ-child and John the Baptist, Elisabeth present
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Holy Palamoun and Saint Pachomius, Raphaël Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1598 print The H. Palamoun, an early Christian hermit from Egypt, leans against a tree and reads a book. Behind him a hermit's cabin with the Holy Pachomius behind a loom. In the background a forest with a crippled beggar. Venice paper engraving anchorite, hermit. male saints (with NAME). male saints (with NAME). weaving. forest, wood. beggar
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Christ pulls the Personified Soul running, Jan Luyken, 1704 - 1714 print Amsterdam paper etching the soul. Christ as youth
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Birth of Pantagruel; Adventures of Gargantua and Pantagruel. The Giantin Gargamella is already eleven months pregnant if they have to give birth during a large drinking and eating festival. Her son Gargantua is born from her left ear instead of her lap because she has eaten too many guts. A group of women shoots Gargamella, in the background her husband tells a story of grandgosier.
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The Saint Hieronymus, Anonymous, After Lucas van Leyden, 1516 - 1583 print Copy in mirror image. Hieronymus with stone in the right hand, kneeling for a tree in which a crucifix appears. The lion lies in front of him. paper engraving St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him
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Parable of the Good Shepherd, print maker: Jan Luyken, (possibly), publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), print maker: Haarlem, publisher: Amsterdam, 1703 - 1762, paper, etching, h 110 mm × w 156 mm
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. Abraham buries his wife Sara in the cave in the field in Machpela (Gen. 23: 1-20).
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Meeting of Christiaan Scribe and Balthasar Bekker; Consultation of Chr. Scribes, and Balth. Bekker.the Encounter in the Realm of the Gelding Christiaan Scribes and Balthasar Bekker. Part of a Group of Magazines in Connection with the publication in 1691 of the book: The Enchanted Weathered, from Balthasar Bekker.
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Bacchus staat de wens van Midas toe; Ob restitutum Silenum Midae a Baccho desertur optio; Metamorphoseon sive transformationum; Metamorfosen van Ovidius.Bacchus is sitting on a donkey and stands king Midas to do a wish. Title in Latin in undermarge.
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Biblical Wedding. Date/Period: 1670 - 1680. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 720 mm (28.34 in); Width: 610 mm (24.01 in). Author: Ciro Ferri.
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Ammonius the Great as a recluse, Johann Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1586 - 1588 print The H. Ammonius the Great in a monk pipeline. He is sitting on a couch in front of his cabin and reads from a Bible. In the background a hermits' village. Other hermits in the background. Antwerp paper engraving male saints (with NAME). anchorite, hermit
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June (the Pentecost Blom); The twelve months of the year, "Les XII Mois de l'Année". A Pentecost Blom (Pentecostal flower or Pentecostal Bride), one in a long robe, with flowers and jewelry torn girl, is accompanied by two dressed children. Together they pull out with Pentecost to pick up money with singing songs. The print is part of a series of twelve prints with the twelve months of the year.
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The Hermit Saints Romualdus and Marinus, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.
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Antwerp, Jode, Gerard de, Weerdt, Adriaan de, Haarlem, Galle, Philips, History of Ruth and Boaz, Ruth kneels before Boaz, verso - stamped, Boaz speaks with Ruth, who has gleaned ears of corn in his field. Ruth kneels before him with a bundle of ears under her arm. Boaz points to his field and says that she can continue to gather ears of corn. Below the image is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Ruth 2., print, prints, height 213 mm, width 272 mm, South Netherlands, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1557 - 1591, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1510 - 1590, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, North Netherlands, 1509 - 1591-02-05, publisher
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Shepherd in conversation with a traveler. .
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EVANGELIARIO - ENTIERRO DE LA VIRGEN - SIGLO XVI. Author: JERONIMO NADAL (1507-1580). Location: MONASTERIO DE YUSO. SAN MILLAN DE LA COGOLLA. LA RIOJA. SPAIN. APOSTLE PETER. VIRGIN MARY. CRISTO RESUCITADO.
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FIRE WORSHIP of the Zoroastrians (Zoroaster lived 6th century BC)
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Kaffir ceremony of purification of a new-born child; in the distance, a child with birth-defects has been left for a wild beast to devour, engraving by Bernard Picart (1673-1733). Africa, 18th century.
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Noah and his family boarding the Ark
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Christ and the Personified Soul Watch the Sun, Jan Luyken, 1714 print Amsterdam paper etching Christ and the Soul. sun as celestial body
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Christ in conversation with Nikodemus, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching Christ talking with Nicodemus at night (John 3:1-21)
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Isaiah keeps an indictment against Jerusalem, Hans Holbein (II), 1538 - 1543 print Isaiah is in a landscape with the city of Jerusalem in the distance, he is holding an indictment against the city and Israel. In the margin above the image is the text Isaiae I Isaiah 1. paper canticles, lamentations and consolations of Isaiah
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De Dood Van Maria Magdalena, Jacques Callot, 1632 print Maria Magdalena is dead in a cave, a crucifix and a skull next to her. Under the performance a caption in Latin. This print is part of a series of six prints, consisting of a title print and five performances of penitent saints. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching death of St. Mary Magdalene
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The hermit Bruno of Cologne (between 1027 and 1030) (6 October 1101) was the founder of the Carthusian Order and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, from Sylvae Sacrae by Rafael Sadeler (c. 1600), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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. To protect himself against unchaste thoughts, the H. Bernardus of Clairvaux prays in the ice-cold water of a pond. The print is part of a fourteen-part series that forms a framework around an image of the H. Bernardus of Clairvaux.
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Formal Ticket of the Bishop of Vilnius, Presumably John of Nepomuk Kossakowski (1755 1808) Ligber, Jan (fl. 1795 1814), Rustem, Jan (1762 1835)
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Hagar is humiliated by Sara and flight away, Jan Punt, 1744 print Sara humiliates her servant Hagar because she is pregnant with Abraham and now no more respect for her. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Hagar ill-treated by Sarah
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Devil Extration by Saint Bernardus van Clairvaux, Raphaël Sadeler (I) (Possible), 1605 - 1628 print The H. Bernardus of Clairvaux drives the devil from the body of a kneeling woman. The devil flies away. The print is part of a fourteen -part series that forms a framework around an image of the H. Bernardus of Clairvaux. München paper engraving St. Bernard's victory over the devil. exorcizing the devil
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Mary Magdalene. Willem van Swanenburg (Holland, Leiden, circa 1581-1612). Holland, 1609. Prints; engravings. Engraving
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Holy Bartholomeus as a recluse, Raphaël Sadeler (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1600 print A forest landscape. In the foreground, St. Bartholomeus, one of the apostles. He is also called Nathanaël. He enters his hermit's cabin while he holds the devil, in the form of a young man with a whip, a crucifix. A donkey in the background. Venice paper engraving the apostle Bartholomew; possible attributes: book, devil or dragon at feet, knife, scroll, flayed skin, staff. anchorite, hermit. acts of Bartholomew. ass, donkey. forest, wood
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Joseph and Mary, searching for a place to stay in nocturnal Bethlehem, find a stable. Etching by J. Parrocel.
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The prophet Elias fed by a raven; representing providence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
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Two Jewish women under a palm tree. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1797).
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A patriarch with his family. Coloured chromolithograph after J. Franklin, 1833.