Classical Mythology and Allegory

Engravings depicting classical stories and characters, such as Numa Pompilius with the Nymph Egeria, and scenes of summer activities framed beautifully.

Vogelaar and Vrouw, Pieter de Jode (I), 1590 - 1632 print Hilly landscape with couple, sitting on a rock. The man points to an owl on a pole. Two hikers in the background. In the margin, in two columns, a two -way verse in Dutch and in French. paper engraving relations between the sexes. owls

Hilly landscape with tower, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1769 print paper etching city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. tower, clock tower ~ monumental adornment. bridge. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. cow. sheep

Landscape with a woman, man and a child in hug, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1777 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving landscapes. embracing each other, kissing

Man leans on his harp while he is mocked, Alexander Ver Huell, 1864 - 1866 print A man, possibly King David, is tired on his harp leaning. On the right are people who mock him and two grieving people. In the background a sphinx and two pyramids. Arnhem paper harp. mocking, insulting; teasing

. A young man leaves his house. An older man and three women try to stop him.

Letter J with Pan in the background, Bernard Picart (workshop of), 1718 print The letter and the initial J with Pan, which unpleases the globe and a mask. In the background the Mount Parnassus. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving historiated initial. (story of) Pan. Parnassus, sacred to Apollo Musagetes

Mason at a wall, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, c. 1821 print The smiling bricklayer, dressed in rags, prefers to exercise his own profession above the richness and status of the important gentleman, who goes through a gate in the background. Paris paper mason at work. contrast between rich and poor

Nap in the Country, Nap in Town. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 9/16 in. (34.4 × 24.3 cm). Publisher: Samuel Alken (British, London 1756-1815). Date: 1785. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Etching by Monogrammist AC from the first half of the 16th century depicting the biblical story of Ammon and Thamar, with figures in dramatic composition.

Jezebel. Unknown

The Fisher 1863 France. Etching, with roulette and drypoint, on white wove paper . Emmanuel Phelippes-Beaulieu

Tobias and the Angel (large plate), 1613. Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, 1585-1630). Engraving;

Portrait of the Socrates

Salmacis. Engraving from 'Tableaux du temple des muses' (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681), known as the abbé de Marolles; a French churchman and translator. In Greek mythology, Salmacis was an atypical naiad who rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis in favour of vanity and idleness. Here is depicted her attempted rape of Hermaphroditus

Soul gets away from his old snake skin, Jan Luyken, 1710 print Amsterdam paper etching the soul. snakes (+ man and animal). devil(s) and demons

Kornaline with amor with armor in oval frame; Kornalijn. Kornaline with amor with armor in oval picture frame decorated with weapent trophies. On the frame and bottom of the margin are starting and final rules of Philippus Epigram from Greek anthology.

Aeneas' fleet surrounded by zeenimphs. At the sea Aeneas will come across a group of zeeenimble with its fleet that surround its boat. Aeneas stands on the deck of his ship and looks at, together with his crew members, the nymphs who have collected around his boat. On the same plate, there is a decorated initial P on the left below this performance with an image of two soldiers carrying a drowning.

Drawing, Fragment of a cartoon for cotton printing: Fauchon la Vielleuse; Possibly by Claude-Louis Desrais (French, 1746-1816); Manufactured by Petitpierre & Compe. Nantes (France); France; graphite, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, pink wash and white heightening on white paper; 30.4 x 44.1 cm (11 15/16 x 17 3/8 in.); 1896-16-15

Soldiers focus their arrows on heaven, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1751 - 1816 print A group of soldiers fires his arrows towards two goddesses on a cloud, sending the arrows back to the men. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving fighting. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Watch case between bouquets and flower vases; Watch cabinets: lids and sides. Watch case with the flight to Egypt.

Prestel, Ferdinand August Christian, Huth, Theodor, Photo reproduction drawing by A. Hendschel: Die Musik, photograph, foto, foto's, height mm, width mm, photographer, 1870 - 1880, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, albumen print, German, 1826-03-14 - 1890-11-01

Man returns from a trip, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1779 print paper etching façade (of house or building). arrival and return ~ travelling

Venus Kust Amor, Pierre François Courtois, After Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen, 1746 - 1763 print Paris paper etching (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

You have clothed me”. Artist: Georg Pencz, German, ca. 1500-1550

De Morgen, c. 1758 - c. 1760 print The winged personification of De Morgen announces the day with his reverse torch. Behind him Pegasus on Mount Helikon with the music temple. In the background the struggle between Jakob and the Engel, which lasted until the morning. Above a three -line text in Latin and under a three -line text in German. Augsburg paper etching personification of the morning, 'Aurora'; 'Aurora' (Ripa). Jacob wrestles with the angel (or man) till daybreak; Jacob's thigh is put out of joint. Pegasus, the winged horse

Korenoogst, Jan Baptist Tetar Van Elven, 1838 print A young man is sitting under a tree, with a dog and a slid of grain. Behind him is a woman with a sheaf of grain on the head and a basket on her arm. The print is made for the Dutch -speaking Almanak for the beautiful and good ones. Netherlands paper steel engraving sheaf

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Nap in the Country - Nap in Town, c. 1785. Etching.

Gualtherus and Griselda, Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), after Benedetto Pastorini, Italian, ca.1746-after 1803, Italian, and after John Francis Rigaud, 1742-1810, French, active in Britain (from 1771), Published by Torre & Co., active 1753-1776, Italian, active in Paris and London, 1784, Mezzotint and etching on medium, mdoerately textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 5/16 inches (31.1 x 23.7 cm) and Image: 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (26.4 x 21.2 cm), barn, collar, costume, dog (animal), dress, feathers, folklore, gazing, gesture, hat, hay, horses (animals), jewelry, kneeling, lace, literary theme, men, obedience, oval, patience, portrait, stable, sword, The Decameron (Boccaccio), woman

Plate Nine of 38 from Oeuvres de J B Huet 1796-1799 France. Etching on paper . Jean Baptiste Huet

Jean Daullé created a copper engraving and etching in 1754 titled 'The Amusements of the Countryside', depicting 18th-century European rural leisure and domestic activities.

Fortune and Misfortune, or The Broken Pitcher 1787 Louis Philibert Debucourt French. Fortune and Misfortune, or The Broken Pitcher 359967

Plate 41 from 'The Disasters of War' (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'They escape through the flames.' (Escapan entre las llamas) 1810 (published 1863) Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish. Plate 41 from 'The Disasters of War' (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'They escape through the flames.' (Escapan entre las llamas). Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux). 1810 (published 1863). Etching, burin. Prints

Roof van Proserpina, c. 1636 - 1670 print Pluto sends his car in the direction of the gorge that leads to the shadow kingdom. Proserpina, Ceres' daughter, looks desperately at heaven. A woman, possibly ceres, tries to prevent them from being chess. paper engraving the rape of Proserpina (by Pluto in his chariot); possibly with Diana and Minerva trying to rescue her

Diana and her nymphs. Diana, moon goddess and goddess of hunting, with a hunting dog. In addition to her three nymphs.

S. A. R. Monsignor The Duke of Bordeaux and Mademoiselle

Two women on a landing look at a man who feeds a horse, Jan Stobbaerts, 1860 print paper. etching front steps. horse

Mina Lowry, Bandbox, 1935 1942 Bandbox

Ajax and Ulysses protect a kneeling Achilles with their shields. Ajax et Ulysses Achillem Clypeis Tuentur. Engraved on carnelian and dactylotheca from the collection of Algernon Percy, First Earl of Beverley. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

Drawing, Motif for Bank Note Design; Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838-1909); USA; brush and grey watercolor, graphite on paper; 13.6 × 21.4 cm (5 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.) Mount: 15.3 × 21.4 cm (6 in. × 8 7/16 in.)

Personification of autumn and winter with Amors, Jacques -Philippe Le Bas (attributed to), after Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen, 1733 - 1797 print Paris paper etching Cupids: 'Love' 'Amoretti' 'Putti'. Autumn, Fall, 'autumn'; "Autumn" (bank). Winter, 'Hyems'; "INVERNO" (RIPE)

Begstvo frantsuzov iz Moskvy v 1812 godu 12 Oktiabria. Scotti, Domenico (b. 1780). 1883. General Research Division. Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 , Campaigns , Russia

A goddess gives Napoleon a sword, Teodoro Mattheini, 1808 print Under the performance a verse in Italian. Print is part of an album. paper etching representations ~ goddesses, demi-goddesses, heroines, etc. (non-Christian religions). hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

Allegory of Death, Christian Bernhard Rode, 1788 print paper etching Death as youth

Drawing, Fragments of an Incomplete Cartoon for Cotton Printing: La Course Anglaise; Possibly by Claude-Louis Desrais (French, 1746-1816); Manufactured by Petitpierre & Compe. Nantes (France); France; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper; 30 x 24.2 cm (11 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.); 1896-16-2-b

Gustave Doré (1832-1883), designer and E. Lemaire (19th century), engraver. "Consultation." Illustration for Honoré de Balzac, "Les Contes Drolatiques", Paris: Société Générale de Librairie, 1855 ". Wood engraving. Paris, Maison de Balzac. 101785-11 Wood engraving, illustration of literary work, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Two Putti Playing with Swans. Dimensions: overall (round): 25 cm (9 13/16 in.). Medium: black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Attributed to Charles Eisen.

Plate 19 from ' Los Caprichos': All will fall (Todos Caerán) 1799 Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish. Plate 19 from ' Los Caprichos': All will fall (Todos Caerán) 380463 Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), Spanish, Fuendetodos 17461828 Bordeaux, Plate 19 from ' Los Caprichos': All will fall (Todos Caern), 1799, Etching and burnished aquatint, Plate: 8 7/16 x 5 11/16 in. (21.4 x 14.4 cm) Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 1/16 in. (29.4 x 20.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918 (18.64(19))

Sixteenth century Italian painting. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Painting, Renaissance, Painting, Italian

Fortune and the Young Child Made 1818 France. Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper . Horace Vernet

Two Seated Children. Artist: George William Thornley (French, 1857-1935); After () François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 7/16 x 17 11/16 in. (31.6 x 45 cm)Image: 7 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (18.8 x 21.2 cm). Date: late 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Three cartouches, two putti, a naked man and a woman and a dog, c. 1725 - c. 1750 print This print is part of an album. Paris paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Hunter. dog

Copper engraving by Martin Schongauer depicting a coat of arms with a swinging element held by a farmer, created in the last third of the 15th century.

Copper engraving and etching by Julie Papavoine from 1780-1800 depicting the nest of love, showing figures, interaction, and symbolic elements.

Allegory on the visual arts; Since art nature depicts, / Word eye and heart stroked ...

A copper engraving by Pieter Bruegel the Elder around 1568 depicting a man with a money bag accompanied by his flatterer, showing social interaction and character gestures.

Personification of Autumn, Claude Augustin Duflos, After François Boucher, 1710 - 1786 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper engraving / etching autumn ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year)

L'Orage Jean Henri Marlet (French, 1771-1847). L'Orage, 1818. Lithograph, 5 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (13.3 x 18.8 cm). European Art 1818

Woman with book, soldier, weapons and coats of arms, Auguste Numans, After Corneille Seghers, 1833 - 1879 print The print refers to the rebellion in the Vendée between 1793-1796. The woman represents France and the soldier the insurgents of the Vendée. The soldier wears the insignia of the insurgents and in the woman's book is the slogan: 'Dieu le Roi'. paper. etching personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. the soldier; the soldier's life. armour

Lot, Enea Vico, After Francesco Salviati, 1533 - 1567 print A man kneeling in prayer in a landscape. In the sky a star surrounded by a cloud part with a large chain. At the bottom of a Latin text line. print maker: Italyprint maker: Zuid-Nederlandafter design by: Italy paper engraving Luck, Fortune, Lot; 'Fato', 'Fortuna', 'Fortuna aurea', 'Fortuna buona', 'Fortuna pacifica overo clemente', 'Sorte' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept). city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

This is a scene from what Alice saw once she went through the Looking Glass and into the Looking Glass room in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass." Here Alice is in the Garden of Live Flowers. You can see tiger-lilys and daisies.

Widok na ruiny z placu Gladiatora w parku Aleksandrii w Białej Cerkwi. Richter, Willibald (fl. 1817-1862), author

Dedicated to Madame, daughter of the king St Aubin after Sauvage. "Dedicated to Madame, daughter of the king". Etching.

Saint John Nepomucene after F. Smuglewiczs painting in the Vilnius Cathedral. Chardon, Francis ainé et Fils (Paryż ; drukarnia ; ca 1821-1880), printing house, Oleszczyński, Antoni (1794-1879), graphic artist, Wilczyński, Jan Kazimierz (1806-1885), publisher, Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), painter

Valentine Lion in Love.. Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart) (1842-1924). Proofs, Greeting cards. 1885. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Women, Lions

Ciro Ferri, Italian (1634-1689), Study for a Reliquary Sarcophagus, pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper

Amphitrite on a dolphin, Anonymous, After Pietro da Cortona, 1683 - 1733 print paper etching / engraving Amphitrite riding on a dolphin; possibly brought to Neptune

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus putting on his armour, c. 519-430 BC. Roman dictator and military leader, legendary figure of Roman virtue. In helmet, breastplate, armour, in front of spear, shields, quiver. In onyx. Cincinnato. In onice. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

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