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Classical Mythology Prints

A collection of prints depicting various classical myths, featuring themes of love, fate, and mythology, with intricate engravings and a historic aesthetic.

Drie Gratiën, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 18. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)
Drie Gratiën, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 18. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)
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Drunk Silenus on one govern, michelute Dorigny (attributed to), 1626 - 1647 print paper engraving / etching (story of) Silenus
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Thetis, Nikolaus Solis, 1552 - 1584 print paper engraving (Settry.) Thess; 'Hin the Men, Norfu't Mirgin' (rea)
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Coat of arms of The Hague, Jan Weissenbruch, 1837 - 1880 print Crowned weapon with a stork on a banderol flanked by two lions. Below that a handwritten text with pen in brown. The Hague paper. etching / engraving ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament. shore-birds and wading-birds: stork. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. eels: eel. crown (symbol of sovereignty). coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) The Hague
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Siege of Maastricht, 1632 (plate 4), 1633 print Map of the siege and the intake of Maastricht by the State Army under Stadholder Frederik Hendrik, 9 June to 21 August 1632. Map compiled from six magazines, three left and three on the right. This is the magazine right. In the corner a face on the Sint-Pietersberg. With the Wapen van Maastricht, the river god of the Maas, the Dutch Lion with a bundle of arrows and freedom hat on a lance and a man who studies a map with a compass. paper etching maps of separate countries or regions. siege, position war Maastricht. Sint-Pietersberg
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Personification of Divine Freedom, Joannes Bemme, 1785 - 1818 print A woman with a helmet in a jet wreath. In her right hand a lance with freedom hat. With her right arm she leans on a book standing on a base. The print is part of an album. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Haarlem paper etching / engraving Freedom, Liberty; 'Freedom' (RIPA)
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Maximilian I of Habsburg, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Caspar Merian, After Hans Holbein (II), After Ambrosius Holbein, 1676 print paper etching / letterpress printing historical persons
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Head of a farmer with hat, Thomas Simon Cool, 1862 print Netherlands paper. etching
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Two men attract ponytails, Caspar Merian, after Hans Holbein (II), after Ambrosius Holbein, 1676 print Imagination of a story by Quintus Sertorius that puts the mind above strength: a weak stalk -servant pulls the hair one by one out of the tail of a strong horse, and the strong stable servant tries to pull the whole tail out of a weak horse in one go. paper etching / letterpress printing Quintus Sertorius orders two men to pull the hair from a horse's tail"one tries to pull all the hairs in one time, and fails, the other pulls the hairs one by one and succeeds (an example of the advantage of perseverance over violence). Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa)
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Sugel bridge, Anonymous, Georg Pencz, After 1530 print paper adultery. Cheat, deceit; "Fraud '' Ingann '(Ripa)
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Fig. XXXVII. Hippomylos.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Millstones, Gearing
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Kop, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing paper. ink pen caricatures (human types). head (human)
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Stella, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a bearded man. He put his hands in his sleeves. The text identifies it as the poet Stella. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing male persons from classical history. writer, poet, author
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St. Barthelomeus as pattern guild tanners (), 1650 - 1750 print paper etching / engraving
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Title head with cranes for 'content', Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1927 print Japanese paper (handmade paper) shore-birds and wading-birds: crane
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Fishermen at sea catch a turtle, Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, After Hans Bol, 1656 - 1717 print Amsterdam paper etching fisherman. rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. sea (seascape) (+ landscape with figures, staffage). tortoises, turtles
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Koppen, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing Note signed and dated Nov. 14 1868, with a few heads. paper. ink pen caricatures (human types)
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The sitting gray man, Christiaan Wilhelmus Moorrees, 1811 - 1867 drawing Design for a print. paper. pencil
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Vignette with an emblem of a tree, Jan Goeree, 1733 print Vignette with the temple of virtue in the middle. In a medallion on the temple the emblem with the motto Virtutis Gloria Merces (Glorie is the reward of courage). The emblem shows some men trying to climb into a tree. On either side of the temple the personification wisdom. She hands over a young man. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Utrecht paper engraving temple of 'Sapientia', with seven columns. 'Sapientia', mother of the Seven Virtues. proverbs, sayings, etc.. Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept)
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Walkers, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing Walkers along the water, in the distance a stone bridge and a church. paper. ink pen river (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
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Wapentrofee, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print The trophy consists of spears, arrows, an ax a palm branch, with the head of a wild boar in the middle. The background is shaded. Bottom left: II. France (possibly) paper etching
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Violin playing farmer, Anonymous, After David Teniers (II), 1626 - 1740 print A farmer plays the violin. Left three men by the fireplace. Low Countries paper etching violin, fiddle. open hearth, fire-place
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Utrin, Jacques Androuet, 1584 print The print is part of an album. print maker: Franceprinter: ParisFrance paper etching grave, tomb
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Comment vn moine de Seuillé saulua le cloz de l'abbaye du sac des ennemys, livre I, ch. XXVIII. Jean des Entommeures.. 1872. Rabelais, François (ca. 1490-1553). Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Schelp with foliage, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1729 print Amsterdam paper etching / engraving scallop, shell ~ ornament
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Bellerophon, Anonymous, Sébastien Leclerc (I) (Copy After), 1647 - 1714 print France paper etching / engraving (story of) Bellerophon
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Lay brother steals a horse of a spiritual, Caspar Luyken, 1704 print Nuremberg paper etching / letterpress printing regular clerics, e.g. Jesuits, Redemptorists. thief
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Head of man with hat, in profile to the right, Johannes Taventrate, 1819 - 1881 drawing paper. ink pen head-gear: hat
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Strive for the higher, Mathieu Lauweriks, 1894 print A naked woman with a pointed goatee stands between two plant stems. Her heart can be seen on her chest, which is connected to an Ouroboros, a snake that bites in its own tail. At the top a swastika and a six -pointed star. Japanese paper (handmade paper) woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude. serpent Ouroboros. specific forms of the cross: swastika. star forms ~ magic mathematical figures
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Retour du Marché. Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste (1734-1781), graphic artist
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Exlibris Place for the Life, AS man with books, a woman with an exposed upper body put her leg on one of the books, in the background putto on globe, Franz von Bayros -
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Femme Kamtchadal dans son plus grande parure. Tilliard, Jean-Baptiste (1740-1813), graphic artist, Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste (1734-1781), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Tuscany Siena Montalcino Museo Civico18. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Entire manuscript. Manuscripts. Post-medieval: Sculpture and ceramics from local workshops (2nd half 12th century; Sienese maiolica; 14th century weapons German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Woman and Man, Pieter van Loon, 1811 - 1873 drawing paper pen / brush
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Sophonisba, anonymous, 1655 print Sophonisba with the poison cup in her hands. A crown on her head. Netherlands paper etching / engraving (story of) Sophonisbe
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Muildier, Antonio Tempesta, in Or Before 1650 print paper etching mule
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The keke A Graray, coint horrus, 1600 , 1648 print A parade of masked men and a woman. One of them holds a broomstick in their hand, another a frying pan. Two dwarfs watch. Broken eggshells in the foreground. Italy paper etching masquerade, masked ball. little people. (household) utensils and implements (with NAME). kitchen-utensils: pan
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Ex Libris van P. Jansen, Bernard Willem Wierink, 1866 - 1939 paper printing block circle (~ planimetry, geometry). triangle (~ planimetry, geometry). flowers ~ ornament - AA - stylized
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Young man with beret, Marius Holleman, 1920 print Groningen paper etching head-gear: beret
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Row of Koppen, Johannes Tavenraat, 1840 - 1880 drawing paper. ink pen caricatures (human types)
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Double portrait of one man with triangular stitch, Johann Gottlieb Glume, 1748 print paper etching historical persons not known by name. head-gear: tricorn
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Two men's heads and Profil, Wencslaus Hollar, After Leonardo da Vinci, 1645 print Antwerp paper etching head (human)
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Two Koppen, Johannes Taventrate, 1840 - 1880 drawing paper. ink pen caricatures (human types)
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And the viewfinder was working on an endless search, Odilon Redon, 1886 print An old man standing next to a large bowl from which vapor comes. Print from a series of six, made for an album. print maker: Franceprinter: Paris paper alchemist at work
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Minerva en Arachne, Anonymous, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Minerva and Arachne. (possibly) paper etching Arachne challenges Minerva to a weaving contest (Arachne as yet not metamorphosed)
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Rund, Antonio Tempesta, in or before 1650 print paper etching ox
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Simson kills De Leeuw, Anonymous, After Hans Sebald Beham, 1530 - 1533 print paper Samson kills the lion with his bare hands
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Sketch for 'L'art Hollandais Contemporain' by Paul Fierens (Baadsters), Leo Gestel, 1932 - 1933 drawing Two bathers with black -filled eyes and pleated tunics, the hands at sleep. paper. pencil. India ink (ink) brush sitting figure - AA - female human figure. taking a bath
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Number 23, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 drawing paper. India ink (ink). pencil. deck paint pen / brush
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Design for a title head with a man at a work table, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1903 drawing Possibly the man is busy with book binding. cardboard. India ink (ink). pencil brush workbench
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Griffioen and seven screens, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving the soldier; the soldier's life. griffin (lion/eagle); 'Griffo' (Ripa). fencing (sport)
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Initial E, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953) (Possible), After Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 photomechanical print paper printing block
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Ex Libris for J. Slagter (design), Leo Gestel, c. 1935 - c. 1940 drawing Two heads and Profil, with the back of the head to the middle used to a Januskop. paper. ink. pencil head turned sideways. adult man
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Sloop of the VOC room of Amsterdam with a man at the helm and a trumpetter, Jacob Esselens, 1636 - 1687 drawing Sloop from the VOC room of Amsterdam with a man at the helm and a trumpet. The VOC inscription is shown on the back of the sloop, left and right of the helm. paper. ink pen
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Number 7, Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953) (Possible), After Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries (1874-1953), 1904 photomechanical print paper printing block
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Title print with God the Father on a cloud with putti, giovanni cattini (attributed to), 1740 print print maker: Italypublisher: VeniceVenice paper etching / engraving God the Father. cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings
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L'enfant prodigue.. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Swine