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Biblical Scenes of Mourning and Faith

Dramatic engravings depicting biblical events: entombment of Christ, the wisdom of Elisha, and dramatic confrontations of faith.

Tombination of Christ, 1646 - 1658 print In the light of a torch, Joseph of Arimatea and Nikodemus lift the body of Christ in a rectangular grave. Maria Magdalena and two other women mourn his death. In the foreground, next to the grave, there are jars with oil and a few passion tools. In the background waving with the three crosses. paper engraving Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Tombination of Christ, 1646 - 1658 print In the light of a torch, Joseph of Arimatea and Nikodemus lift the body of Christ in a rectangular grave. Maria Magdalena and two other women mourn his death. In the foreground, next to the grave, there are jars with oil and a few passion tools. In the background waving with the three crosses. paper engraving Christ's entombment (possibly by angels)

Kings of Israel, Judah and Edom at Elisa. .

Chained ignorance. The blindfolded ignorance, with trunk and donkey ears, is held to chains by two men. The left man has a mask in his hand, the judge points to an angel on a hill. The angel in turn points to heaven where a crown appears within the radiant eternity symbol, the snake that bites its own tail.

NON is taken by a Soldier, Bernard Picart (Possible), 1683 - 1733 print Presentation with soldiers who attack a ecclesiastical community. In the foreground, a nun is carried by a soldier on a chain. In the background the ruined church and a book burning. With an empty margin. paper etching / engraving nun(s). burning of books. ruin of church, monastery, etc.

Inca caller Atahualpa is repent to the Catholic faith; Held the book to his ear (...). Spaniards try to convert the Catholic faith into Catholic faith. He has his ear against the Bible. A spiritual a crucifix holds for him. At the top right: ix.d.pl.ii. Bottom right: Bladz.88.

Copper engraving and etching by Gérard Audran depicting the biblical curse to Egypt, created between 1680 and 1703, illustrating a narrative from the Book of Exodus.

Jozef is sold by his brothers to merchants at De Put, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching while Joseph's brothers are eating, a caravan of Ishmaelite (Midianite) merchants passes by: Judah proposes to sell Joseph to them

Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses in piping basket. The daughter of the pharaoh finds Moses in the piping basket between the reeds on the shore of the river Nile (ex. 2: 5). Behind her a second wife and in the background a towards man. Bottom right: bl. 9.

Title page with allegorical representation of a woman who explains two Biblical scenes, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1768 print Amsterdam paper etching the cross ~ symbols of Christ. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. Fides (faith) as Roman personification (+ attributes). address, talk, lecture (~ meeting) - AA - in the open air

Copper engraving and etching by Alexander Voet the Elder from 1625-1705 depicting Christ carrying the cross, showing detailed figures, gestures, and religious symbolism.

Charlemagne destroys the sacred oak of the Saxons, a symbolic act to show the populace that henceforth they are subject to the Holy Roman Empire

Christ leads the personalized soul through a landscape; The soul holds Jesus firmly.

Popilius at Antiochus. The Roman consul Popilius Laenas attracts a circle in the sand around the Syrian king Antioch with a stick. He may not leave the circle from him before he immediately answers the Council in Rome.

Joshua kneels for an angel with a sword.

Sheeps family in conversation with a farmer's. A shepherd family talks to a seated farmer's armor with a basket around her arm. The shepherd smokes a pipe. The shepherd girl wears a small child in a shawl.

. Presentation with soldiers who attack a church community. In the foreground a nun is carried on a chain by a soldier. In the background the ruined church and book burning. With an empty margin.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Elias Hainzelmann, after Sébastien Bourdon, 1650 - 1671 print paper engraving rest on the flight into Egypt (+ angel(s)). hanging the wash to dry

Lorenz Froelich (1820-1908), Illustration til "The Lord's Prayer", 1863

Bataves clothing and armor. Warrior and family of Bataven.

Simeön reprimands his old friend Usthazades. Bishop Simeön reprimands his old friend Usthazades that kneels from prescription for him.

Bruno speaking to a group of children, Johan Bernhard Wittkamp, 1857 print Amsterdam paper etching anchorite, hermit

Calling from James and Johannes. Christ is flanked by Andreas and Petrus on the shore of Lake Galilee. He speaks to fishermen James and John, who come to land. Their father Zebede is in the rowing boat. In the background a mountainous landscape with a bridge. This print is part of an album.

Abraham drives Hagar and Ismaël, Rombertus Julianus van Arum, 1822 - 1878 print Abraham is in the opening of a tent and makes a pointing gesture. Ismaël is crying. In the lower margin a rule of Dutch text. Gene. 21:14 Amsterdam paper the banishment of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:9-21)

A plate with two representations. Above the raising of Lazarus. Christ standing in the cave next to the tomb of Lazarus. Lazarus wrapped in cloths rises from the tomb. Below a shepherd with a sheep on his shoulders, a scene from the parable of the lost sheep. Above each depiction a cartouche with title in Dutch and French, The Raising of Lazarus and the Parable of the Lost Sheep, print maker: Jacobus Baptist, (mentioned on object), Ottmar Elliger (I), (mentioned on object), Ottmar Elliger (II), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1693 - 1704, paper, etching, engraving, h 363 mm × w 242 mm

Esau sells his first crosship to Jacob; Recueil De Quatre-Vingt-Cinq Estampes Originales. The print is part of an album.

. Exotic landscape with exotic animals and people in traditional clothes representing the East Indian peoples. A putto holds a map of the area. On a Piothing the title in Dutch.

VIAGEM PINTORESCA ATRAVES DO BRASIL, COSTUMES DE SAO PAULO, LAMINA 50, 1835. Author: JOHANN MORITZ RUGENDAS.

Netherlands, Descent from the Cross, verso - stamped, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea take the dead Christ from the cross., print, prent, prints, height 208 mm, width 157 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1641 - 1641, paper, papier, etching, etchings, kleurendruk

Worship through the kings. The three kings and their consequences hand over gifts to the holy family. This print is part of an album.

Funeral of Jacob.

An etching by Jan Georg van Vliet depicting the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch, created in 1631.

Traveller with an ass carrying a shrine, which is venerated by a couple. Engraving by R. Corbould after X. Le Prince.

Incaleider Atahualpa is converted to the Catholic faith, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Jacobus Buys, 1788 print Spaniards try to convert the Incaleider Atahualpa to the Catholic faith. He has his ear against the Bible. For him, a spiritual holds a crucifix. At the top right: IX.D.PL.II. Bottom right: page 88. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). Native peoples of South America. Europeans: Spaniards. ancient American script (Maya, Aztec, Inca). crucifix ~ personal devotion. the Bible as a book Peru. Tawantinsuyu

Shepherds who gather wood; Landscapes with shepherds. In a hilly landscape, two shepherds gather wood while watching a shepherd. One of the shepherds has already loaded a large forest on its ass.

Christ leads the personalized soul through a landscape; The soul holds Jesus firmly.

Christ and the Canaanite woman. .

Three pilgrims say goodbye, Jan Luyken, Johannes Boekholt, 1687

Baptism of the eunuch by the apostle Philip. .

Edelman pulls his sword against a farmer who declared him; Blinds und Sehend.

Boaz and Ruth, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1751 - 1816 print Boaz, with beard and turban, instructs his mowers to treat Ruth, with a bundle of grain in her hands. Scene from the Bible story Ruth: 2. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Ruth in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:3-17)

The ex-dynasty. Coming events cast their shadows before them.(TI)

. John the Baptist baptizes Christ with water from the Jordaan. Christ kneels for him and keeps his hands in front of the chest. Men, women and children are in turn on either side. Under the image a Latin fresh from Mar. 1.

Sacred family rests on flight to Egypt and angels kneel in worship with gifts; Rest on flight to Egypt; Flight to Egypt; Idea Pittoresche Sopra La Fugga in Egitto.

Nathanael is brought to Christ by Philippus.

Saved Moses from the Nile. The daughter of the Pharaoh and her duties find Moses in a piping basket on the shore of the Nile.

Christ as a man of sorrows, mocked by a soldier, Albrecht Dürer, 1511 print Christ sits on a block of stone, the crown of thorns on the head. A soldier kneels in front of him and wants to push him a branch as a scepter in his hands. This print is the title print for the press series 'The Great Passion', consisting of this title print and 11 scenes from the suffering story. Nuremberg paper Man of Sorrows, 'Imago Pietatis', 'Erbärmdebild', 'Schmerzensmann'; the upright Christ showing his wounds, usually bearing the crown of thorns, and accompanied by the instruments of the Passion, standing or sitting in his tomb. mockings of Christ, who may be blindfolded

Flight to Egypt, Sébastien Bourdon, 1626 - 1671 print paper etching / counterproof the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass

Jesus preaches the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6: 28, 29) New Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Peter liberated by the angel from prison, Jan Luyken, 1712 print Amsterdam paper etching prison, jail. the angel leads Peter past the sleeping guards

Sts Joachim and Anna with God the Father and the Virgin.The virgins immaculate conception - the doctrine that she was conceived free from original sin - is here expressively depicted. God sends the young Virgin literally as a gift from heaven to her terrestrial parents, Joachim and Anna. Giovanni Battista Tiepolos small oil sketch of the same scene is on view in Gallery 1700-1800, Room 1.4 (SK-A-3985).

The inhabitants of Zierikzee handle Karel the naughty and beg for grace, 1472; That Van Zirkzean draws Duke Karel Van Burgundy. The inhabitants of Zierikzee handle Karel De Namen and beg the Duke on their knees to mercy, 1472.

Return from Tobias. .

Via crucis - Station XI, Jesus Nailed to the Cross, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727 - 1804, Etching on cream laid paper, Only state, Italy, ca. 1749, Print, Print

Netherlands, Descent from the Cross, verso - stamped, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea take the dead Christ down from the cross., print, prints, height 208 mm, width 156 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1641 - 1641, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Treasure searchers of Muiden, 1800, Anonymous, 1800 print Night presentation of the treasure seekers of Muiden Kneeling around the cross on the site of the alleged treasure. The German scammer sprinkles the earth with the holy water brush. Illustration of the story of the deception of superstitious Catholic lieutenant colonel Dirk Cornelis van der Meulen by a German scammer, in Muiden in the night of 12 to 13 August 1800. Netherlands paper etching digging for or finding of treasure. aspergillum Others

Hymn of the Calabrian Shepherds to the Virgin, Charles Rolls, 1800-active 1830, British, after Sir David Wilkie, 1785-1841, British, 1829, Engraving, Sheet: 7 15/16 x 4 15/16in. (20.2 x 12.6cm)

Crucifixion between two thieves (oval plate). Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), graphic artist

Christ collapses for the second time at Cross -to -cross, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1749 print Christ collapses for the second time under the weight of the cross on the road to Golgotha. In the margin under the performance, there are two lines of Italian text under the title. Venice paper etching second fall ~ Christ carrying the cross

Reinhart and dark man carry a conversation for a cabin. .

. A performance in a cartouche of palm branches. The three kings from the east see the star in heaven, who predicts the birth of Christ. In the cartouche the Bible reference matte.2: 9

Holy family accompanied by angel on shoreline at boat; Flight to Egypt; Idea Pittoresche Sopra La Fugga in Egitto.

Corpse moves towards a church, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching cortege, funeral procession. church (exterior)

. Landscape with two natives from Arrakan in traditional clothing.

A visit to the St.Maur camp. (Registered title (letter)) | At bivouac. (Title of all)

Weeping willow (IT)

Punishment of the disobedient Godman, Joseph Mulder, After Bernard Picart, 1720 - 1728 print In a landscape lies the deceased God's man from Judah. In addition, the lion and the donkey are. The man of God had gone against the assignment of God by eating and drinking in Betel. When he went from there on his donkey, he was attacked and killed by a lion, but not devoured. Two passers -by are shocked by seeing the dead man. At the bottom of the margin a reference to the Bible text and the title in Hebrew, English, German, Latin, French and Dutch. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching the body of the prophet of Judah lies intact on the road with the donkey and the lion beside it

Tranking of Christ. The gravestone of Christ. The body of Christ is carried to the grave by Jozef van Aritmathea, Nicodemus and a third disciple. John supports Maria.

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S. Discore, martyr (St. Discorus, Martyr), May 18th, 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. Discore, martyr (St. Discorus, Martyr), May 18th, 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

A man is carrying a large basket filled with fruit on his back and he is offering some fruit to a woman who has already taken a piece. Etching.

Rider and a man at a conseasing young woman. .

The image depicts Bîr es Seba', the site of Beersheba, where ancient wells can still be traced, with two still serviceable. The city itself has ceased to exist. In the distance, there is an encampment of the Tiyâheh Arabs. In the foreground, a woman is seen asking for alms. The image is dated between 1881 and 1884. It measures 17 x 16 cm and was published by D. Appleton in New York

The emigrants Die auswanderer / / The Major & Knapp Engraving Co. 56 & 58 Park Place, N.Y. | Library of Congress

Christ as a man of sorrows, mocked by a soldier; The Great Passion. Christ is on a block stone, the thorns crown on the head. A soldier kneels in front of him and wants to push him into the hands like scepter. This print is the title print for the 'De Grote Passie' print series, consisting of this title print and 11 scenes from the suffering story.

The Funeral of Chrysostum. 1726. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Elisa scatters salt in the source of Jericho, Jan Luyken, 1708 print Amsterdam paper etching the water of Jericho is purified: when the citizens of Jericho complain about their water, Elisha puts some salt into a jar; he then throws the salt into the water (2 Kings 2:19-22)

Jacob coast Rachel at the source. Rachel comes with her herd of sheep to the source, Jacob recognizes her as the daughter of his mother's brother and kisses her from joy.

Flight to Egypt. Maria is with the Christ child on a donkey that is led by Joseph.

Initiation of Paul I into a Grand Master of the Maltese Order, Roth, Christopher Melchior (-1790)

Witches meeting and performing spell. Etching by J.A.A. Pastelot.

Lithograph by Johann Nepomuk Strixner from 1832 depicting the biblical scene of Abraham and Melchizedek, showing figures, gesture, altar, and offering.

A missionary preaching to native Americans. Engraving by T.C Clark after Monroe.

Flight to Egypt, Jabes Heenck, c. 1767 - 1782 print Right Mary with the Christ child on the donkey; Joseph on the left with a torch in his right hand. Northern Netherlands paper etching the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass. torch

On mushrooms according to the image of György Vastagha. A clip from a Russian magazine Dammüller, E. (N.N.), Vastagh, György (1834 1922)

Abuse of the Jews in Thracia; Abuse of the Jewoden, in Thracie.

Ste. Pélagie, pénitente (St. Pelagia, Penitent), October 8th, 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.. Ste. Pélagie, pénitente (St. Pelagia, Penitent), October 8th, 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

Creation according to De Banjans, Bernard Picart, 1721 print Landscape with the first person created by an Indian God. The man sprouts from the earth. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching creation of man by some creative force. tribal religions of South-East Asia

Rest in flight to Egypt. Maria rests on a stone and chests the Christ child. A palm tree behind her bends to her to give her shadow. Joseph will remove the left of her. The print has a Latin caption in which the flight to Egypt (Matthew 2:14) is described.

The Virgin of Montserrat being venerated by clerics, with a view of Montserrat. Etching.

Ste. Reine, vierge et martyre (St. Regina, Virgin and Martyr), September 7th, 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.. Ste. Reine, vierge et martyre (St. Regina, Virgin and Martyr), September 7th, 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

Holy family steps accompanied by angels in boat; Flight to Egypt; Idea Pittoresche Sopra La Fugga in Egitto.

Kruisafneming, anonymous, 1641 print Nikodemus and Josef of Arimatea take the deceased Christ from the cross. Netherlands paper etching descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached)

Martyrdom of Saints. A saint is beheaded in the foreground. In addition, a man with nails or needles in his fingers. In the background someone on the stake and someone who is tortured while he hangs on his head.

Covenant with the devil; The happy husband. A man closes a covenant with the devil and gives him a hand. He submits to the devil for two years if he can marry his loved one.

Picart, Bernard, Funeral of a clergyman, recto top right - handwritten in black ink, Landscape with the funeral of a clergyman in the foreground. The man lies in his coffin and the priest reads from the Bible. In the background a funeral procession is making its way from the city with a coffin to the cemetery., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, verso bottom right - stamped, 6., height 143 mm, width 97 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1683 - 1733, fourth quarter 17th century, first quarter 18th century, second quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process)

'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - or Death' - the French citizen, though blindfolded, must make his choice ! Date: circa 1790

Brown brush and black ink drawing by Tiberius Dominikus Wocher depicting a group of Oriental figures in front of a tree and tent, 1774.

Collecting the Manna, Anonymous, Claude Mellan, in or after 1640 print Paris paper engraving the gathering of manna (in baskets and pots)

Khoi dance and make music. The man on the left plays a gum gum, the man right drums. At the top right: 2nd part pag 105.

Touches; Nouveau Cahier De Six Feuilles De Différents Sujets Chinois Historiés, Representant Les Cinq Sens the Natures. Personification of the sense of the touch. In a landscape there is a man and woman with a child. On the left are two children. A man looks at the right from a wooden roof.

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