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Classical Mythology Prints

Engravings illustrating scenes from mythology, featuring figures like Hercules and allegorical representations, rich in detail and historical significance with thematic elements.

Mars and Venus, Hendrick Goltzius, Gerard van Keulen, Octavio Spinola II, 1588
Mars and Venus, Hendrick Goltzius, Gerard van Keulen, Octavio Spinola II, 1588
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Amor crowns the personification of painting, Jan van Somer, after Guido Reni, 1655 - 1700 print paper symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ the monumental arts. 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa)
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The Tomb of Giuliano II de Medici, Duke of Nemours, Cornelis Cort, after Michelangelo, print paper engraving grave, tomb
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Jacob Matthias Schmutzer's drawing depicts the appointment of Cincinnatus as dictator, showing figures, gestures, and historical setting in black chalk with white highlights.
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Venus dies after bath and amor with arrow and bow.
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Earth Personified by the goddess Cybele, Anonymous, After Dirck Barendsz., After Johann Sadeler (I), 1650 - 1800 print The element earth, personalized by the goddess Cybele. She is wearing a city crown and keeps a scepter in her hand. A few people in the background at a cave. The print is part of a four -part series about the four elements. paper 'Terra', 'Carro della terra' (Ripa). (story of) Cybele, Rhea Cybele, Great Mother of the Gods (Berecynt(h)ia)
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Marriage of Adam and Eva performed by God, Anonymous, Hans Sebald Beham, 1510 - 1525 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing walks in the Garden of Eden
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Sebald Beham (German, 1500 - 1550), Cleopatra Seated, engraving
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Ornament from Raphaëls Loggia; Reliefs in the Loggia of Rafael. Two dancing women's figures for three pilasters. One holds a wreath in her hand. Right three naked men wearing something.
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Andrea Andreani after Raffaello Motta, The Entombment, 1585 The Entombment
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Biblical story, Judith presents the head of Holofernes to her servant on a slab just being covered with a cloth, with the foreshortened naked body of Holofernes to the right.Judith presents the head of Holofernes to her servant on a slab, naked body of Holofernes to the right, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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Gehoor (hearing), Georg Pencz, 1542 - 1546 print Sitting naked woman as personification of the sense of hearing (audit) with musical instruments and a pig. paper engraving hearing, listening (one of the five senses). pig
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Paris, Copia, Jacques Louis, Prud'hon, Pierre, La Loi, Le foible trouve sa force dans la Loi qui le protège, Justitia protects Innocence against Crime, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 109 mm, width 143 mm, 1764 - 1799-03-21, print maker, printmaker, 1789 - 1799, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, French, 1758-04-04 - 1823-02-14, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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unknown, Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Floris, Frans (I), Cort, Cornelis, Deugden, Eendracht (Concordia), verso - stamped, The personification of Eendracht sits under a tree and lures a bird of prey sitting on a branch of the tree with her finger. With her other hand she pulls the branch on which the bird is sitting down a little., print, prints, height 296 mm, width 183 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1533 - 1578, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1560, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1520 - 1570-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher, granter of privilege
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Luitspeelster and child. Luitspelenser and her child. The woman is possible Maria calm, the wife of Gerard de Lairesse.
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Hooghe, Romeyn de, Netherlands, Illustration for the Decameron by Boccaccio, history XIX. Man creeps up on sleeping man and naked woman (Bernard Lomelin's wife) in bed., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, engravings, height 75 mm, width 79 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, printmaker, 1697 - 1697, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by
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A draftsman at the image of the Tiber (Marforio) .image of the river God Tiber, Also Called Marforio, One of the Striking Images of Rome, on the Roman Forum. On The Right is a Draftsman on a Marble Block. Text in undermarge.
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Jupiter Zeus. Engraving by G.H. Frezza, 1704, after P. de Petris after F. Albani.
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Diana of Ephesus as Allegory of Nature. Joseph Werner; Swiss, 1637-1710. Date: 1674-1685. Dimensions: 250 x 193 mm. Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, white and blue gouache, on blue laid paper (discolored to light brown), mounted to laid card. Origin: Switzerland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Marforius 1550 Attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet French Published as part of Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence). It is likely that individuals who purchased the prints from Lafreri made their own selections and had them bound. For a history of the publication of the Speculum prints, see Peter Parshall, "Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae," Print Quarterly, 2001 (1-28).. Marforius. Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet (French, Lunéville 1515-ca. 1566 Rome ()). 1550. Engraving. Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512-1577 Rome). Prints
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An old man sits on a chair and gropes in his moneybag. Next to him a young woman on a chair. The old man tries to kiss the woman, but she turns away from him and stops him. The print has a Latin and Dutch caption, Unequal Love, print maker: Jacob Goltzius (II), (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), anonymous, Haarlem, 1584 - 1630, paper, engraving, w 141 mm × h 184 mm
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Allegorical show with three putti at a classic garden vase in a niche. The putto on the left has a mask in his hands and scares the other two putti that falls over each other. Imagination of transience. Print from a series of 41 symbols.
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Papal court, Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Vatican City, Raphael, Italy, Bartoli, Pietro Sante, Representations by Raphael in the Vatican, Stetit Iesus in litture dixitq discipulis mittite in dexteram navigij, Miraculous catch of fish, verso - stamped, Christ gives the apostles instructions on how to catch fish. Peter walks on the water towards Christ. Title and reference to Bible text in the lower margin., print, prints, height 115 mm, width 400 mm, Italian, 1615 - 1700-11-07, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1700, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, 1483-04-07 - 1520-04-07, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher, uitgever van privilege
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A drawing by Paolo Farinato depicting two atlases supporting a cornice, executed in chalk and feather with brown and reddish-brown washes and white highlights, showing architectural details.
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The rape of Lucretia by Tarquin. Line engraving by C. Cort after Titian, 1571.
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Susanna and the Elders Georg Pencz German. Susanna and the Elders 432103
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Italy, Pitteri, Giovanni Marco, Man is lauded, verso - handwritten in brown ink, A seated man holds a stick in his hand, while a laurel wreath is held above his head. On the left sits Minerva and on the right two children, two women and a man. In the foreground an eagle., print, prent, prints, prenten, verso - stamped, 27. 40. - a., width 84 mm, height, 92 mm, Italian, 1702-05-24 - 1786-08-04, print maker, printmaker, 1757 - 1757, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Ecce Homo with three angels 1634-86 Gilles Rousselet. Ecce Homo with three angels. Gilles Rousselet (French, Paris 1614-1686 Paris). 1634-86. Engraving. Prints
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. The naked Lucretia puts a dagger in her chest. The print has a Latin caption.
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The death of Seneca. Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, c. 4 BC - 65 AD. Roman Stoic philosopher. He was accused (probably falsely) of being involved in a plot to assassinate the Emperor Nero and o
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De Taste, Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1575 - 1607 print The female personification of taste lets the man who accompanies her taste a piece of fruit. The head of a dog shot at her. paper engraving taste, tasting (one of the five senses). fruits
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Two putti with attributes from Justitia, Louis Ferdinand I elle, after Gerard van Opstal, After Tetelin, 1654 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching Cupids: 'Love' 'Amoretti' 'Putti'. Justice (Justice) as Roman personification
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Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante09. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 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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Rome, Callot, Jacques, Paintings and sculptures in Rome, Crucifixion, verso lower left - stamped, Mary and John the Evangelist stand on either side of the crucified Christ. This print is part of (the second state of) a series of 29 representations of paintings and sculptures in churches in Rome, numbered 1-16 and 1-13. (The first state of this series, in which the prints are unnumbered, also includes a title print)., print, prent, prints, height 114 mm, width 87 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1611, first quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Digitally restored, Lust and seduction, symbolic, man and woman sit together and enjoy sweet fruits and tenderness, erotic, publication from the year 1882, Digitally improved:, Lustfulness and seduction, symbolic, man and woman sit together and enjoy sweet fruits and tenderness, erotic, publication from the year 1882
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Juno, Venus a Minerva, Johann Sadeler (I), after Hans von Aachen, 1587 - 1595 print The busts of the three goddesses who rated the Trojan Prince Paris on their beauty. Juno (left with a crown), Venus (in the middle with bare breasts and an apple in the hand) and Minerva (on the right with a helmet). Germany paper engraving (story of) Juno (Hera). (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)