Classical Mythology in Engravings

Engravings showcasing scenes from classical mythology and biblical narratives. Artworks display rich details and dynamic compositions, illustrating storytelling through print.

Lithograph by Ferdinand Piloty the Elder depicting mythological scenes, showing gods, heroes, and symbolic figures, created between 1800 and 1844.

This etching by Georg Philipp Rugendas depicts stables and military camps, showing horses, tents, soldiers, and equipment, created between 1728 and 1781.

The corpse of Willem IV, 1752, plate 30; The high-meant Heeren General of the United Nederlanden; Lyk-staetie by Zyne brightenight highness The Lord Willem IV Carel Hendrik Friso, Prince of Orange and Nassau (...) held in IV February 1752. Members of the States General. In the margin the caption in Dutch, French and English. Part of a series of 41 plates of the funeral procession of Stadholder Willem IV in Delft on 4 February 1752. Numbered at the top right: 30. In the bound edition of 1755.

A copper engraving by Philipp Galle, circa 1575, depicting the four evangelists seated on clouds, showing figures, symbolic elements, and detailed composition.

Etching and copper engraving by Domenico Maria Bonaveri from 1697 depicting two apostles with four boys in a religious scene, showing gestures, attire, and composition.

Copper engraving by Hieronymus Wierix from 1573-1591 depicting a scene of compassion, showing figures, gestures, and emotional expression.

Napoleon is proclaimed by the Senate to the Emperor

Kaberdar asks Liddy to marry his son Fazir, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1790 print Numbered at the top right: 12. With caption and page reference in German. print maker: Berlinpublisher: Lauenburg paper etching Literature. betrothal and marriage

Copper engraving and etching by Jakob von Sandrart depicting a 17th-century portrait with detailed facial expression, attire, and posture.

The Virgin and the Child, Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, Graphite, partly impressed on paper, Two representations. At left: the Virgin sitting below a tree, holding the child who is embracing her. At right: view at teh room, in which Mary sits with the child in her lap. A woman is addressing them. Another woman stands with her infant near the entrance, looking at Joseph who sits upon the steps. At right a pitcher.', Italy, 1820-1850, Drawing, Drawing

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Etching by John Greenwood, 1747-1792, showing painter Frans van Mieris attending to a small dog, with detailed figures, pet, and indoor studio elements.

Greed tries to catch up Fortuna, 1720; The desk heyt is looking for the fortune T 'Retrieving or to Borren; The great scene of foolishness. The greed tries to catch up Fortuna. Presentation of all kinds of greed among people from childhood to old age. In the background a procession of wind dealers deposits on foot and in coaches in pursuit of a rock of a rock in the abyss. At the top of a portrait of John Law at a banderole with sixierish fresh. With caption in six columns. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) from the great scene of foolishness with cartriders on the wind trade or action trade of 1720.

IMENTS FORM, 1566, 1568 - c. 1572 print IMENTS FORM, August 20, 1566. Face in a church where men overs saints, turning windows and destroying paintings. Soldiers watch, the right is looted and robbed. With caption of 8 lines in German. Nummered at the bottom left: 41. The print is part of an album. Cologne paper etching iconoclasm Antwerp

"Etching and copper engraving by Richard Saint-Non showing Naples and Sicily with architectural structures, towns, harbors, mountains, and coastal landscapes in 1781."

Jan Pietersz. Saenredam created a 17th-century copper engraving depicting the nymphs of Diana, showing figures, gestures, and mythological composition.

Porta Magna van het Venetian Arsenal, Anonymous, 1610 View of the Porta Magna of the Venetian arsenal. The print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Venice paper engraving / etching Porta Magna. Arsenal of Venice. Venice View of the Porta Magna of the Venetian arsenal. The print is part of an album. print maker: Italypublisher: Venice paper engraving / etching Porta Magna. Arsenal of Venice. Venice

Major von Tellheim rejects Paul Werner's money, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1769 print Third deed, seventh scene from the play Minna von Barnhelm. Major von Tellheim rejects the money that Paul Werner wants to give him. Numbered in the bottom right: 6. paper etching literary characters and objects

Pencil drawing by Gilles Demarteau depicting multiple amorets playing, created between 1742 and 1776, emphasizing playful and mythological elements.

Macbeth in Defek Met Lady Macbeth, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1784 print paper etching Macbeth. Literature. conversation, dialogue; conversation piece

Etching and aquatint by Johann Adam von Bartsch from 1784 depicting three naked men representing the three ages of man, showing anatomy and posture.

A copper engraving and etching by Jean Joseph Balechou from 1735-1764 depicting Saint Genevieve of Paris, showing her figure and associated religious symbols.

Lot leaves Sodom; Cum ultione misericordia juncta; History of Lot; Thesaurus Sacrarum HistoriaRu M Veteris Testame N Ti, Elega N Tissimis Imaginibus Expressu M Excelle N Tissimoru M in Hac Arte Viroru M Opera: now N C Primu M Luce M Editus. Lot leaves the city of Sodom with his daughters. Two angels show them the way. In the background the burning city. Lots wife remains as salt pillar on the road. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Gen. 19. This print is part of an album.

Copper engraving by Adriaen Collaert depicting a title leaf featuring a triumphal car with allegorical figures, showing composition, figures, gestures, and decorative elements. Created between 1585 and 1586.

Titelpagina voor: Orazio Torsellino, stories from the beginning of the world until the year (...) 1598, 1718, Pieter Sluyter, 1718 print At the foot of a building on which the title of the book is mentioned, there are truth and various other allegorical figures around history, which writes on a sheet of paper. Father's time flies above that. The fame flies behind that. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Utrecht paper etching / engraving Truth; 'Verití' (Ripa). Clio (one of the Muses); 'Clio' (Ripa). Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa)

Daniel is liberated from the lion's pit; Van den Bel and den Draeck in Babel; History of Daniel, bell and the dragon; Den Grooten Figuer Bibel (...). King Cyrus finds Daniel in the lion's owl after seven days and let him get up with ropes. Under the show an explanatory text in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Dialectica, Franz Cleyn, 1645 print paper etching education, science and learning. the liberal arts, 'Artes Liberales'. 'Dialectica' (~ trivium); 'Dialettica' (Ripa). tailless amphibians: frog. snakes. birds

Catalogue raisonne et figure de ses tableaux, La Galerie Électorale de Düsseldorf, Pigage, Nicolas de, 1723-1796, Red crayon, or pen, ink and watercolor, 1770-1778

Heinrich Quentell's 1480 colored woodcut illustrates scenes from the German Bible, depicting biblical figures with detailed gestures and symbolic elements.

Ludwig IV., The Bayer Kaiser.

Falstaff is lying about the robbery, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1785 print paper etching Literature. Dishonesty, Falsety. fat (human type). Falstaff

Copper engraving and etching by Jean Jacques Aliamet between 1750 and 1770 depicting 'The education of a young Savoyard.'

Copper engraving and etching by Cornelis Galle the Elder depicting an allegorical representation with a text of homage to Prince Baltasar Carlos, created in 1642, showing symbolic figures and decorative elements.

Two illustrations: Guardian Angel; Holy Family; Pczycki, Stanisław (CA 1769-Post 1844), Marcinowski, Antoni (Vilnius; Drukarnia; 1817-1862), Tyszkiewicz, Konstanty (1806-1868); 1806-1810 (1806-00-00-1810-00-00);

Don Quixote frees Eugénie, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1770 print Don Quixote frees Eugénie and her fiancée from a group of robbers. paper etching Don Quixote. Sancho Panza. freeing a prisoner; ransoming. forest, wood

De Apotheose Van Homerus, Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1658 print An antique relief in the Palazzo Colonna in Rome with a representation of the apotheosis of Homer. Rome paper etching apotheosis of Homer: the poet, seated on a throne, is hailed by Apollo and the Muses, History, Poetry and sundry other allegorical figures

Personification of Geography, Robert van Audenaerd, 1673 - 1743 print A console with a woman as a personification of geography or land description. In her hand she has a compass with which the globe wants to measure. She holds a geometric quadrant in her other hand. The print is part of an album. paper engraving 'Corography', 'Geography', 'Hydrography' (Ripa)

Ferdinand promises to make Luise his wife, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1785 print paper etching Literature. viola, violoncello; double bass. proposal, declaration of love

Photo production of the fresco the battle at the Milvic bridge. .

Los Caprichos: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters. Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828). Etching and aquatint;

Copper engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert showing epics of antiquity and mythological scenes for a book, produced between 1635 and 1655, highlighting Flemish engraving technique and classical composition.

Relief with a procession that follows the dead body of a man; Roman sculpted reliefs; Icone et segment (...). Relief with the dead body of a man that is worn by four figures. Men, dogs and horses behind it. Text in Latin in undermarge. Print is part of an album.

Photo production of a painting by Lodovico Mazzolino, 'The Child Murder (Coll. Mauritshuis). .

Motecuhzoma II Voor Hernán Cortés, Jan Punt, 1764 print Aztecskoning Motecuhzoma II is held by two men for Hernán Cortés. On the right the result of cortés, left behind the result of Motecuhzoma II. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving (PIRON) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title). Native peoples of Central America Mexico

Album magazine with various performances, 1814 - 1869 Album magazine with 6 cut out performances from mainly folk prints, from, among others, the Burgerzaal of the Palace on Dam Square, Church Interiors and the flight to Egypt. Nijmegen paper snipping Citizen Album magazine with 6 cut out performances from mainly folk prints, from, among others, the Burgerzaal of the Palace on Dam Square, Church Interiors and the flight to Egypt. Nijmegen paper snipping Citizen

Reproduction of a title page with the virtue that heroes is trying to produce on the basis of history, by Hendrick Hondius, Anonymous, After Hendrick Hondius, after Christoffel Plantijn, c. 1875 - in or before 1880 photomechanical print Antwerp paper photolithography the Four Cardinal Virtues. title-page

Relief of Horace Cocles on horseback defending the punch sublicus in the water; Horaty image in Aedibus Cuiudam Nobilis Romani; Antique sculptures in Rome; Antiquarum Statuarum Urbis Romae Quae in Publicis Locis Visuntur Icones. Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album.

Three Scene from the Deserrote, Daniel Nicholaus Chodowiecki, 1774 print Left: Alexis suspected of Desertie. Middle: Louise is added to prison and discovers that Alexis has been taken away. Right: After six years of service, Alexis arrives at the Linde where he agreed with Louise. Numbered: 4, 11 and 2. Berlin paper etching Literature. prison, jail

Etching by Jacopo Palma from 1600-1636 depicting personifications of Painting and Sculpture on a title page, showing symbolic figures and artistic elements.

Persian Sibille; Sibylla Persica; Sibilles. The Persian Sibille sitting with a book in her right hand. In the background a ruin and a city in a landscape. This print is part of an album.

Etching by Romeyn de Hooghe from 1674 illustrating multiple wrestling scenes with figures engaged in athletic combat.

Viennese world exhibition, Workers groups on the exhibition Illustration from, About Land und Meer , th year, After, Theodor Breidwiser Breidwieser, Breidwieser -, Illustrator

Six performances from Tressans Huon de Bordeaux, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1782 print The prints are numbered in the top left of seven to twelve and contain a caption in French. paper etching sitting or standing on clouds. wild man, wodewose, woodehouse. armour. going to church. beasts of prey, predatory animals: panther. bringing gifts; exchanging gifts. drawbridge ~ fortified city. agricultural implements: scythe. doorkeeper, house-guard (inanimate). adolescent, young woman, maiden. sleeping in bed. single named Giants. (lovers) kissing each other. charge ~ battle. Asiatic races and peoples: Persians. pirate(ship). abducting. man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude. prisoner with hands bound

Four episodes from national history; Illustrations from the national history. Needs of Leaves with Four Performances from National History. From Left to Right: Bay of Mayor Westerwijk in Goes; Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange Drowns at Moerdijk; Peace of Utrecht; Misraid or Maria II Stuart, Queen of England and Scotland.

Six performances from Adelheid von Veltheim, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1783 print The performances are numbered at the top right and contain a caption with location. paper etching Literature. landscapes. interior of the house. conversation, dialogue; conversation piece. gate, entrance

Print, Préliminaire Apologétique Sur La Forge.; Designed by Jean Lamour, Jean Girardet (French, 1709 - 1778); Print Maker: Dominique Collin (French, 1725 - 1781); France; etching, engraving, letterpress and woodcut on laid paper

Fritz is drained by the major, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1781 print Numbered at the top right: 12. With caption in German. paper etching quarrel, argument. conversation, dialogue; conversation piece

Amsterdam, Hoogh & Co, H. de, unknown, Monogrammist TW (19th century), Cheshire, W., Biblical stories from the New Testament, Sheet with 4 illustrations of stories from the New Testament. The Canaanite woman, the blind Bartimaeus, the feeding of five thousand and Zacchaeus in a fig tree. Below each illustration the corresponding Bible text. Numbered top left: No. 5., print, prent, volksprent, volksprenten, prints, prenten, height 424 mm, width 342 mm, maker, verwerker, 1866 - 1871, paper, papier, houtgravure, galvanoplastiek, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Colored woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, 1502, showing four angels holding or controlling the winds, with detailed figures, wings, gestures, and background in the Apocalypse series.

Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Lucius Papirius. Quadro from vault decoration in room 21. Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), graphic artist, Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), draughtsman, cartoonist, Manna, Pietro (17..-18..), publisher

Collection of Humorous Leftovers (Kokkei zansai bukuro 稽残菜嚢), vol., mid February 1882, Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese, 1831 - 1889, 7 3/16 × 4 13/16 × 3/8 in. (18.26 × 12.22 × 0.95 cm), Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Collection of Humorous Leftovers (Kokkei zansai bukuro 稽残菜嚢), vol., mid February 1882, Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese, 1831 - 1889, 7 1/8 × 4 13/16 × 5/16 in. (18.1 × 12.22 × 0.79 cm), Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Cave n ͦ. 1 W: Monumens de Rhodes Kerckhoven, Witdoeck, P. J., Litografia: Belge de H. Delpierre

Short from the lost son. Leaf with a big show from the story of the lost son. The lost son is kneeling in a stable with three boar. Under the show a caption in two columns. Numbered bottom left: N. 163.

March, Anonymous, Jost Amman, 1549 - 1591 print paper etching March; 'March' (Ripa)

De eklips der zuider zon doet veele in't duister zitten veroorzaakt door de onpolitike maan der brn.... British Cartoon Prints Collection .

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