Daily Life and Vanitas Themes

Etchings illustrating everyday scenes in taverns and studies, often exploring themes of transience and the passage of time.

Engraved portrait of William Gilbert (1544-1603) an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. Dated 16th Century

Two men at the table, a woman wears sausage and drink, Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel (Possible), 1739 - 1804 print paper etching inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. drinking. giving food

Computer, Kaspar Frans de Rees, 1719 print In a room a boy is counting on a desk. There is a number of sums on the drapery above the desk. Netherlands paper etching counting, calculating

Old Man looks with his head in his hands at an hourglass and wall clocks, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print The man represents transience. Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing clock. scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas'

The Fire. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, Paris 1702-1760 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (31 x 24.4 cm). Publisher: Chez Huquier (French, 18th century). Series/Portfolio: Four Elements(Quatre Elements). Date: ca. 1740. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A clerk writes down the details of a theft committed, in the light of a lantern. Some disguised men look on. In the background, Don Diego tries to escape from the door of the house. A scene from Francisco de Quevedo's 'The Nightcrawler,' Don Diego is arrested Don Diego caught , print maker: Caspar Luyken, bookseller: Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, Leiden, 1699, paper, etching, h 135 mm × w 80 mm

Leiden, Vliet, Jan Georg van, Occupations, Locksmiths, verso lower left - stamped, Two locksmiths at work in a workshop., print, prints, height 210 mm, width 162 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1610 - 1668, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Two milliners sit in an interior The left one sews while the right one holds the stretched thread Title in lower margin, Hatters Le Chapelier Crafts , print maker: Gaetano Testolini, (mentioned on object), after: David Teniers (II), (rejected attribution), Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1750 - 1849, paper, engraving, etching, h 230 mm - w 180 mm

Interior with a woman and two children, Henri de Braekeleer, 1860 print paper. etching interior ~ representation of a building. adult woman. mother and baby or young child. child (at home). (flying a) kite

Engraved portrait of William Gilbert (1544-1603) an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. Dated 16th Century

Two glaziers in an interior A painting hangs on the wall on the right Title in lower margin, Glassmaker Le Vitrier Crafts , print maker: Gaetano Testolini, (mentioned on object), after: David Teniers (II), (rejected attribution), Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1750 - 1850, paper, engraving, etching, h 232 mm - w 179 mm

Messenger according to the image of Oswald Sieger. Schulze, C.H. (N.N.), Stieger, Oswald (1857 1924)

Interior of a Doctor's House. Engraving from a miniature of the "Epistre de Othea" by Christine de Pisan in the 15th century. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877.

''The Naughty Girl's Christmas', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Old Woman with Cats. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Jacques Callot.

Smell. A man is sitting on a basket of a fireplace in a farming interior. He holds a snuff box for his nose. Leaf 13 Recto from a sketchbook with 91 sheets.

On the left, a woman seated on a chair in an interior. She is adjusting nets. In the bed box lies an old man. Above the bed box, five plates hang on the wall., Two figures in an interior, print maker: Jozef Israëls, unknown, 1835 - 1911, paper, etching, h 97 mm × w 135 mm

winding and spinning in 18th century France Date: circa 1760

Painter with a model in his studio, Wouter Dam, After Cornelis Dusart, 1736 - 1786 print In a small studio, the painter works towards a posing man in a historical role. His Eastern clothing, but especially his attributes, the passer and the globe, make him recognizable as the smiling philosopher Democritus. Netherlands paper etching workshop, studio ~ painter. painter at work, in his studio. model, sitter ~ painting

Dentist, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1628 - 1637 print In an interior, a man looks into the mouth of a sitting man, whose bag is being opened by a third figure at that time. In addition to the three, a basket and a stick. Leiden paper etching / engraving (barber as) dentist. pickpocket

The Goldbeater. Reproduction of a 16th-century engraving by Jost Amman. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Reading man in an interior, 1885 print A man in eighteenth-century clothing sits on a chair for a bookcase. Next to him is an antique cushion cabinet, on the wall a world map hangs on a roll between sticks. paper etching / drypoint newspaper, news-sheet. map of the world. bookshelves

David Livingstone (1813-1873) Scottish missionary and explorer of Africa. Livingstone sitting at his loom and educating himself by reading as he earned his living as a weaver. Engraving from The Quiver (London, 1892)

After Albrecht Dürer, The Draughtsman of the Lute, 1514, engraving on paper.

Print, Saint Jerome in his Cell, after 1514; After Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; engraving on laid paper; Platemark: 24.2 × 18.6 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/16 in.) 24.6 × 19 cm (9 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-26

Taste Five senses (series title), The sense Taste. A farmer's couple having a meal. The print is part of a series of five prints with the five senses, taste, tasting (one of the five senses), eating, drinking, farmers, Cornelis Dusart, Haarlem, 1679 - 1704, paper, h 153 mm × w 129 mm

Brouwer, Adriaen, Vorsterman, Lucas (I), The Seven Deadly Sins, Envy (Invidia), A poor man, with a snake around his cap, sits on a barrel and squeezes a piglet, which is pooping. A knife is stuck in the table top in front of him., print, engraving, prints, height 192 mm, width 143 mm, South Netherlandish, 1595 - 1675, print maker, printmaker, 1619 - 1675, paper, engraving (printing process), 1606 - 1638-02-01

Merson, Luc-Olivier (n.1846-05-21-D.1920-11-14), "One wedding night", Illustration for the title thumbnail of chapter VII of the book Second (Fake title), 1888. Plume and ink wash with white gouache enhancement on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

'Aesculapius', 1852. Artist: John Leech.

Fandenschingen, Johan Braakensiek, 1899 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. (story of) Mars (Ares). counterfeit, forgery France

Soap Bubbles Jean Jacques de Boissieu French 1799 View more. Soap Bubbles. Jean Jacques de Boissieu (French, Lyons 1736-1810 Lyons). 1799. Etching, drypoint, burin, and roulette; fourth state of four. Prints

Painting by the famous Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh (30th March 1853 - 29th July 1890), work titled Women in prayer. Painted in 1883.

Leiden, Vliet, Jan Georg van, Occupations, Shoemakers, verso - stamped, A man working leather, standing behind a table and a seated man making a shoe in a shoemaker's shop., print, prints, height 210 mm, width 162 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1610 - 1668, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Briseis wipes her tears with a handkerchief while writing a love letter to Achilles. She sits in a chair decorated with the letters B and A, wears a veil and long gown, writing with quill pen at a lectern. Briseis adresse une epitre a Achille. France, beginning of 16th century. From Letter III, Briseis to Achilles. Epitres d'Ovide traduites ar Octavien de Saint-Gelais, Arsenal BLF 20, XVIe siecle. Chromolithograph by Thurwanger after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Study sheet with a woman on a spinning wheel and a sitting man, Jacob Ernst Marcus, 1815 print Amsterdam paper etching spinning-wheel. spinning (manufacture of yarn). pipe ~ tobacco. wooden shoes, clogs

A. Von Kattowitz - The Artful Sportsman; late 19th century; Collotype; 25.3 × 18 cm (9 15,16 × 7 1,16 in.)

Dyer dying bolts of fabric in a barrel, while other workers pump water in a large vat to rinse cloth. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810.

Le Thétre Illustré: les coulisses du 'Chat Noir'. Dimensions: 30.8 cm x 20.7 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Sahib.

Child as a painter in atelier Le peintre (title on object), artist at work, in his workshop, children behaving like adults, Gilles Demarteau (mentioned on object), Paris, 1732 - 1776, paper, etching, h 239 mm × w 184 mm

George Chinnery, 1774-1852, British, Illustration to Fielding's Amelia, undated. Graphite, pen, black ink, brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Child as a poet at work in Interieur, Gilles Demarteau, After Jean François Clermont, 1732 - 1776 print Paris paper etching author, poet writing. children behaving like adults

''The Brothers Van De Velde', after J.L.E. Meissonier'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880

Anonymous drawing showing two figures dressing in a fireplace room, with a child beside a chamber pot and a background scene of three people at a table. Executed in pen, ink, and wash.

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: The distressed poet 1737. This Plate describes, in the strongest colours, the distress of an author without friends to patronise him. Seated upon the side of his bed, without a shirt, but wrapped in an old night-gown, he is now spinning a poem upon ìRiches:î of their use

On n'est jamais bien servi que par soi-même. Dated: 19th century. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HONORÉ DAUMIER.

The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, pushing a bookcase on top of a bookseller at his desk, 18th century. Heavy volumes rain down on a book dealer. Trap of plunder. Raub der Falle. Copperplate engraving by Johan Georg Mansfeld after an original by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg from Johan Kark Musauss Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins Manier, (Apparitions of Death in the manner of Holbein) Mannheim, 1803.

The painter in love with his model. (IT)

The hearing: Singing man; The five senses. The hearing. A singing man with sheet music. A lute and a violin hang on the wall. The print is part of a series of the five senses.

St Jerome in his cell., 1511, Germany, by Albrecht Dürer. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1964.

Laurence Sterne, alias Tristram Shandy: "And When Death Himself Knocked at My Door" 1769 Thomas Patch British. Laurence Sterne, alias Tristram Shandy: "And When Death Himself Knocked at My Door" 428635

Anger (IRA), Lucas Vorsterman (I), After Adriaen Brouwer, 1619 - 1675 print A man pulls his sword while he puts the table in front of him and a jug falls over. Antwerp paper engraving Anger; 'Ira' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

A woman seated on a obstetrical chair giving birth aided by a midwife who works beneath her skirts. Woodcut.

The Family Record, 1875. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

Sir Galahad (from Tennyson's Poems, New York, 1903). Artist: After Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828-1882 Birchington-on-Sea). Dimensions: Image: 3 11/16 × 3 1/16 in. (9.4 × 7.8 cm)Sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 5/16 in. (21.7 × 16 cm). Engraver: William James Linton (British, London 1812-1897 New Haven, Connecticut). Date: 1857-1903.Rossetti's 1857 illustrations of Tennyson--reissued here in 1903--incorporate startling effects derived from medieval and early Renaissance art. Space collapses, forms are cut off, and narrative details are inserted without concern for conventional perspective. Sir Galahad is a night scene dramatized by flaming candles first in a woodland shrine. Rossetti criticized the engravers and insisted on many changes, delaying the publication. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A rustic blacksmith turned tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious woman patient. Engraving after J. Harris the elder.

Using a frame in order to draw a lute in true persective. After 1535 print by Albrecht Durer.

Card players in an interior. Draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch (signed by artist). Dating: c. 1660. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 243 mm × w 360 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

FRANCOIS QUESNAY.GRABADO DE J. G. WILL A PARTIR DE CUADRO DE S. CHEVALIER. Author: CHARLES CHEVALIER (1804-1859). Location: ARCHIVES NATIONALES. France.

Pin and needle maker, c1559-1591. Artist: Jost Amman

Print made by William Humphrey, 1745-1810, British, High Life Below Stairs, 1772. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Lazio Roma Rome S. Ignazio di Loyola8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Church was built 1625-50, based on a project by Maderno. Exterior photos of facade, rooftops and portal, with details of capitals. Interior views of the nave; however, the majority of the photos are of the paintings in the vaults and chapels. Frescoes include the Entry of S. Ignatius into Heaven and the Four Parts of the World. There are also frescoes of Samson, David, Judith and Joel. In the transept are frescoes relating to St. Louis and to the Glory of S. Ignatius. Other, unidentified rooms in the complex are also photographed. Object Notes: Hutzel photo campaign notes are undated. See also Marburger Index, no. 395. 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 Etrusca

Gypsy cimbalom player from Galanta, Plate 9 (btw. pp. 48-49). 1776. Illustrations, Prints. Music Division. Cimbalom players

CHAIR OF THE POET GAY. John Gay (30 June 1685 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

Amos Doolittle, The Prodigal Son Receiving His Patrimony, 1814 The Prodigal Son Receiving His Patrimony

A barber pinching a fat bald-headed man's nostrils; two men stand to the right, a woman to the left and another woman eavesdrops behind a door. Ink drawing with watercolour.

Chalon, Christina, Leiden, Mare, Pieter de, Churning man, verso middle - stamped, A farmer stands next to a churn and churns the milk. A milk jug stands next to the barrel., print, engraving, prints, engravings, width 65 mm, height, 92 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1758-01-30 - 1796-06, print maker, printmaker, 1777 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1748 - 1808-12-13, intermediary draughtsman

Jeremias Falck after Johann Liss after Bernardo Strozzi, An Old Woman at the Toilet Table An Old Woman at the Toilet Table

San Giorgio dei Greci, Seen from an Arcade, 1824/1829, pen and brown ink and pen and gray ink over graphite, with watercolor and gouache, touched with gum arabic, on medium wove paper, sheet: 42.3 × 27.5 cm (16 5/8 × 10 13/16 in.), Samuel Prout (artist) British, 1783 - 1852

Gerard Dou, Gerard Douw, Gerrit Dou, 1613-1675, Dutch Baroque painter, 1880, historical woodcut, Holland

Tomb of the Three Children of Sir Thomas Savage from Isleworth Church, Attributed to Daniel Lysons, 1762-1834, British, between 1796 and 1811, Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (37.5 × 27.3 cm), architectural subject, church, memorial, tomb, All Saints Church, England, Greater London, Isleworth, London, United Kingdom

Engraving titled 'Industry and Idleness' by William Hogarth (1697-1764) English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. Dated 18th Century.

WIMBORNE

Christine de Pizan (1364 -1430) medieval writer, rhetorician and critic, 15th century. Contemporary of Kings Charles V and Charles VI, seated on a chair of carved wood with back and canopy, and tapestry of worsted or figured silk. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Engraving depicting a man brushing gilt onto buttons. Dated 19th century

Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis. Line engraving by J. Daullé, 1741, after R. Levrac-Tournières, 1737.

Lady editor replying to correspondence. Engraving 1885.

Interior with Peasant Family, print maker: Leendert Brasser, Adriaen van Ostade, Netherlands, 1727 - 1793, paper, etching, h 124 mm × w 104 mm

Three Persons viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight, William Pether, ca. 1738-1821, British, after Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797, British, active in Italy (1773-75), 1769, Mezzotint, Sheet: 18 3/8 x 21 7/8in. (46.7 x 55.6cm)

Drawing reproduction: Maria Dulębianka (1861-1919), on the primary school; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1890 (I) 245; Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1890 (1890-00-00-1890-00-00);

Inscriptions and excerpts from Graftombe of Arruntius family; Iscrizioni E Framenti delle Camere Sepolcrali della Famiglia Arrunzia EC.; Archaeological finds in and around Rome; Le Antichità Romane. Different inscriptions in marble, carved fragments and pots from the Graftombe of the Arruntius family. Title and explanatory list of letters in undermarge. Numbered above: Tom. II. / XV.

Antwerp, Zuccaro, Mitelli, Agostino, Rabel, Daniel, Galle, Cornelis (II), Images of the first century of the Society Iesv presented before the eyes by the Duyts-Nederlantsche Provincie der selver Societeyt., Scroll cartouche with an angel playing on a spinet, From a series of 38 cartouches, decorated with masks, garlands of fruit and flowers, shells and animals., print, picture, ornamental print, prints, pictures, ornamental prints, height 105 mm, width 139 mm, South Netherlands, 1615 - 1678-10-18, print maker, printmaker, 1640 - 1640, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, 1578 - 1637-01-03, inspirator, 1609 - 1660-08-02, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Paris, Cadart, Alfred, Delâtre, Auguste, France, Daubigny, Charles-François, Voyage en bateau, Series of landscapes and events around water, Le bateau-atelier, Atelier of an artist, recto - stamped, print, prints, verso - stamped, height 129 mm, width 178 mm, 1817 - 1878-02-19, print maker, printmaker, 1867 - 1867, paper, papier, etching, drypoint, dry needle, French, 1822 - 1907-07-26, printer, Publication (Event), Publication, 1828 - 1875, publisher

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "Saint Jerome in his cell". Etching. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 71159-1 Bible, cardinal hat, Christian, cushion, etching, Study, founder Order Hieronymite, Latin, Book, Lion, Mine, Catholic Religion, Saint, Translator, Dog, engraving

Man is about to hit a nail in the wall while two others watch, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: nail. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer

Penitence (Poenitentia). Artist: Engraved by Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523-1567 Ferrara). Dimensions: sheet: 3 1/8 x 3 1/16 in. (8 x 7.8 cm) trimmed just outside platemark. Date: ca. 1545-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mr. Necker can not resolve his escutcheon and protest against the decree that deletes him Mr. Necker can not resolve his escutcheon and protest against the decree that suppresses him ". Print.

Clasp maker. Reproduction of a 16th-century engraving by Jost Amman. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-ge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

Sketchbook with an interior with two men at a table. Draughtsman: Henk Henriët. Dating: 1913 - 1936. Measurements: h 240 mm × w 309 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Woodcut titled 'Demonstration of Prespective drawing of a lute' by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Dated 16th Century

Calico printing by hand blocks: Each man had a boy or girl assistant who spread colour on elastic drum on which printer pressed his block to recharge it. Engraving, London, 1843.

The Knifegrinder 1610-85 After Adriaen van Ostade Dutch. The Knifegrinder 396251

A woodcut engraving depicting a Lathe using a spring bow and device to allow eccentric turning. Dated 16th century

Engraving depicting a case of spontaneous combustion. An artist was rubbing a freshly varnished painting with a pad of cotton. When he threw the cotton away it burst into flames. Dated 19th Century

Two money-lenders counting their money and keeping their accounts, one wears spectacles. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1791, after Q. Matsys.

James II of Urgel (1380-1433). Count of Urgel. As he was not elected as the new king of the Crown of Aragon in the Compromise of Caspe in 1412, he uprised against Ferdinand I of Aragon. The rebellion failed and surrending on 31 October 1413. He was sentenced to prison. James II of Urgel in his cell in the castle of Játiva (Xativa), where he was held captive from 1426 until his death in 1433. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

Paul Gavarni, La Jeunesse de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, no. I: Rousseau chez Mr. Ducommun, 1814-1866, lithograph on paper.

Etienne Delaune, Goldsmith's Workshop. Famous goldsmith from Paris in the 16th century. Engraving and drawing made by himself in 1576. "Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877. Author: Etienne Delaulne (1518-1595). French goldsmith, medallist, draughtsman and engraver.

LaTragedie. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Saint Jerome in his Study. Albrecht Dürer (Germany, Nuremberg, 1471-1528). 1514. Prints; engravings. Engraving

MINIATURA - EL TALLADOR DE LIMAS - EDAD MEDIA.

Friesland, Feddes van Harlingen, Pieter, Loose part belonging to the cartoon on Oldenbarneveld, verso - stamped, Upper part belonging to the cartoon on Oldenbarneveld. Five men around a table. Oldenbarneveld stretches out his arm while the man behind his chair whispers something to him. In the background a view of the Binnenhof in The Hague where Oldenbarneveld is led to death., print, prent, cartoon, prints, prenten, height 81 mm, width 281 mm, 1586 - 1623-07-10, print maker, prentmaker, 1619 - 1623, paper, papier, etching, etsen

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