Dramatic Religious Emblems

Engravings depicting biblical scenes with symbolic messages of virtue, faith, and the journey to salvation, featuring figures in spiritual contemplation and devotion.

Two men and a clergyman sit behind an easel and paint portraits of a saint. An angel shows them a group of saints after whose example they can live. The devil prevents one of the men from painting, pulling him from behind his stool, Emblem with men painting portraits of saints in order to follow their example Den wech des eeuwich levens (series title), Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Hendrik Aertssens (II), Antwerp, 1620 - 1623 and/or 1623, paper, engraving, h 133 mm × w 93 mm

Priest sacrifices bull on altar of burnt offering L'autel d'Airain des Holocaustes , print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), Amsterdam, 1705, paper, etching, h 137 mm × w 86 mm

S. Edmund, Roi d'Angleterre, Martyr (St. Edmund, King of England, Martyr), November 20th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. S. Edmund, Roi d'Angleterre, Martyr (St. Edmund, King of England, Martyr), November 20th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Legislation on mountain Sinai ..

The martyrdom of Scottish people who ignored a religious observance: four men are hanging together on a scaffold while a group of people is trying to force a naked woman with an infant to climb into a sack for the purpose of being thrown into the river and drowned. Etching by Dodd.

Fire in Rome; Exustio and total Excidium Urbis Roma. Due to a fire in Rome, different people, including Catholics, flight the city. Above the hilly landscape in the background, devils and demons fly. At the top of the Latin title: Exustio et total Excidium Urbis Roma (the fire of Rome).

Last judgement. Christ is sitting on a cloud next to Mary. He acts as a judge, raised his arm. It is surrounded by groups with cherubs, saints and apostles. At the bottom of the damned that are tortured by devils in hell. With various elements from the show are letters. The print is part of an album.

Visioen van Catharina / Catharina Dedicated by Engelen Trap / Catharina in Prayer, Pieter de Jode (I), After Francesco Vanni, 1597 print From left to right: Catharina returns home with her brother at the age of six. Above the Dominicankerk in her hometown, she sees Christ as a pope on a throne, flanked by Paulus, Peter and the evangelist Johannes.; As a five -year -old, Catharina meets Maria on the stairs and is carried up by angels.; Catharina's father sees a pigeon above the head of his praying daughter and is convinced of her special status from that moment on. In the margin an explanation of the performances in Latin. Second print from a series of twelve with life and miracles of St. Catharina van Siena. Italy paper engraving the virgin and Dominican Tertiary, Catherine of Siena; possible attributes: book, cross, crown of thorns, crucifix, demon under foot, heart (with cross), lily, plague-stricken, ring, rosary, stigmata. visions of St. Catherine of Siena

A single leaf created in 1731, featuring black ink and gray wash on vellum. The text illustrates the interaction between Moses and God, with the people affirming their commitment to God's decrees. The piece is associated with themes of Passover, Seder, and liturgy, highlighting the role of Moses as a Biblical leader during the Exodus

Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), Collaert, Adriaen, Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Icones Revelationum S Iohs Evangelist in Pathmo, Revelation of John on Patmos, Of the Apocalypse of the Revelation of John, Angel shows John the New Jerusalem, An angel shows John the new heavenly Jerusalem. John writes in a book. Above the city the Holy Spirit (as a dove) and the tetragrammaton. Below the image a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Op. 21:1. This print is part of an album., print, album leaf, prints, height 80 mm, width 74 mm, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie, 1592 - 1656-04

Herod's soldiers are killed in David's grave by a flame, Jan Luyken, 1698 print Amsterdam paper etching plundering of David's grave by Herod the Great

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Mexican rituals at the end and beginning of the year, verso lower right - stamped, Sheet with two representations of Mexican rituals. Above: The Mexican Indians mourn in the night at the end of the year. Below: The Mexican Indians celebrate the beginning of the new year. They make music and dance at a temple. Below the images a caption in French., print, book illustration, prints, height 335 mm, width 220 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1721 - 1721, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception

The Death of Lazarus 1620-76 Abraham Bosse French. The Death of Lazarus 385964

Priest sacrifices bull on the burnt offering altar, Jan Luyken, 1683 print Amsterdam paper etching the court of the Tabernacle ~ Jewish religion. the altar of burnt offering, the brazen altar ~ Jewish religion. sacrifice of animals ~ Jewish religion

Copper washing vessel or rinsing basin in the court of the tabernacle, 1740 print Copper washing vessel or rinsing basin in the court of the tabernacle. A title above the show. Below six verse lines and a reference to Exodus 30: 18-20. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing bronze laver and its base ~ the court of the Tabernacle

Allegory of Transience, c. 1690 - c. 1711 print Allegory of transience with death as a mower with scythe. Death for a coffin on a portable with a clock on top. In the background the last judgment. Central at the top of heaven the all -sighted eye of God, left the all -hearing ear of God and on the right the all judging right hand of God with sword. In the show many references to Bible texts. With legend printed from separate plate with explanations in Dutch and German. paper etching Death as skeleton. agricultural implements: scythe. coffin. clock. the all-seeing eye, triangle with eye ~ symbol of God the Father. hand, 'Dextera Dei' ~ symbol of God the Father. ears. comprehensive representation of Last Judgement: Christ (with sword and lily), often surrounded by elders and sometimes accompanied by Mary and John the Baptist, appears in the sky with trumpeting angels (and sometimes angels holding the instruments of the Passion); after the resurrection of the dead the blessed are led to

Birth and marriage scene. Allegorical performances on the occasion of the marriage of A. Daane and M.G. Bouwmeester on February 5, 1809. The print contains numerous symbols pointing to faith, love, fertility, slightly time, happiness and setback. A young man with a burning torch and an olive branch carries a yoke-lined with flowers and chained to his feet. Besides him is faith. She tramps under her feet some figures that symbolize disaster and jealousy. An old man looks at fathers time, which shows an even unwritten sheet. On the ground, Caritas is a lion and a lamb next to her. In the air a group of putti and two hands holding rings, with a banner with text about the holy nature of the marriage.

Duivel Titivillus; Tytinillus.Landscape with a devil with goat paws and a stool, on its back. A basket appearing with books and banderoles with Latin text. In the background two churches. With six-line Latin caption.

Trinity on a cloud, Cornelis Galle (II), 1638 - 1678 print Christ with a cross and God the Father with a globe sitting on a cloud. Between them in the Holy Spirit in the form of a pigeon. On the earth are people who worship the trinity. Antwerp paper engraving Trinity in which God the Father and Christ are represented as persons, the Holy Ghost as dove (+ angels floating in the air)

Shooting of Christ. In the middle of the print is Christ. He is valid by two men. A man has a rod, the other a whip with buttons. Two other men keep Christ in control. Pilatus watches the right of the print. In the background the Pharisees and Scribes, who follow the torture from remotely. The print has a Latin umbrella with a quote from Psalm 34 (34:15) and a Latin caption with a quote from the gospel of John (John 19: 5).

Saint Peter. Etching.

The Deluge. Noah's Ark. Book of Genesis. Chapters 6-9. Engraving.

. A smoking fire with Abraham to God all around the sacrifices of Abraham. Abraham hunts vultures away. (Gen. 15).

Engraving for the tractate Parah, which deals with the ritual burning of a red heifer. From a title page of the Hebrew-Latin Mishnah, Amsterdam, 1700-04

Fountain of Life with the Lamb of God in Heaven, Raphaël Sadeler (I) (Possible), 1605 - 1628 print Central to heaven the fountain of life (Fons Vitae) with the Lamb of God. Above that God the Father and Cherubin. Various kneeling kings around the fountain. To the left of the fountain the Virgin Mary, on the right St. Bernardus. Under the fountain the monogram IHS. The print is part of a fourteen -part series that forms a framework around an image of the H. Bernardus of Clairvaux. München paper engraving / etching Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian monk and abbot; possible attributes: beehive, chained dragon, crucifix, cross with instruments of the Passion, (three) mitre at his feet, white dog. 'Fons Vitae', 'Fons Pietatis'. IHS ('Iesus Hominum Salvator') ~ symbol of Christ. heaven, celestial paradise, New Earth (+ God the Father)

JONAH (783-743 BC). Minor Prophet in the Old Testament. Jonah on the beach. Illustration from 'Sacred Bible' of Martin Luther. Edition printed in Franckfurt in 1704. Engraving.

See, youth! This printtafreel: 't Wyst on, / by images that are on stairs (...), 1715 - 1813 print Stairs with Christ and his twelve apostles. In the central opening in the stairs a representation of the crucifixion. Under the show a verse in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 111. print maker: Netherlandsprint maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc.. the ages of man represented by a staircase

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Engraving.

Funeral celebration in India by anonymous artist, painting, Private Collection

A French lady, pious but pregnant, is making a pilgrimage to Mont Saint Michel when she is overtaken by the tide : she calls on the Virgin for help, and is saved Date: 15th century

Man in front of the gate of the dead world; The gate of death.

Vida de San Juan de la Cruz (1542-1591). Preso por sus enemigos, es librado de la cárcel gracias al favor divino. Grabado de 1890.

The Virgin of Loreto and the Santa Casa being carried away by angels. Woodcut.

Aanbidding der Herders, Anonymous, After Jan Symonsz Pynas, After Jacob Symonsz Pynas, 1605 - 1700 print Maria kneels together with two shepherds with the Christ child. The OS can be seen next to Maria. Behind her is Joseph, who watches. Rear a chicken at a basket with eggs and two figures in front of a door. Under a four -line caption in Latin. Low Countries paper engraving adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present

See, youth! This 'PrintTafreel:' t Wyst, / by images, standing on stairs (...). Leaf with a big representation of a staircase with thirteen steps. Christ and the apostles are on the stairs. In the arch under the stairs Christ on the cross, with Maria and John. Under the image a fresh in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 209.

'Die Erde nach der Schopfung' - the freshly-created Earth, protected by angels above but menaced by demons below...

Ste. Julie, vierge et martyre (St. Julia, Virgin and Martyr), May 22nd, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. Ste. Julie, vierge et martyre (St. Julia, Virgin and Martyr), May 22nd, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

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God and his angels look down on the innocent planet he has just created, while demons contemplate the possibilities of messing it all up Date: 1550

Indian widow burned on husband's funeral pire

Skiopticone image. Press with motives of when the Lord reveals Moses in a burning bush and Moses hides his face in his arms.

Oybin Monastery Ruin in the Zittau Mountains, Saxony, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century painting, Europe

Fire in a house ..

Moses standing by the Ark des Covenant, Jan Luyken, 1703 - 1705 drawing Possible design for a print. paper. chalk. ink pen / brush the Tabernacle is set up and Moses puts the ark with the tables in it. Moses communicating with God (in general). the Tabernacle is set up and Moses puts the ark with the tables in it. Moses communicating with God (in general)

Christ and the Devil, with gold and red.. 1500 - 1599. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Christ runs over the water; Sabbatho Post Cineres. On Lake Galilee the boat with the students of Christ is placed by the waves. Christ runs over the lake to them and Peter meets him. At different elements from the show are letters that correspond to the legend in the margin.

Extoed candle for an open window. For an open window there is a random candle. Next to it a candle cover. Sertological picture at the danger that the light that God brings can be extinguished by evil from the outside.

The Arrest of Jesus Christ, Peter defending Jesus. Colored Illustration for The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ written by the four evangelists, 1853

Ste. Sabine (St. Savina), January 30th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. Ste. Sabine (St. Savina), January 30th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Indians in Guyana melting gold; Spanish colonial engraving 17th century

The sovereign people

Berthold Schwarz (active 1320). German Franciscan monk and alchemist, supposed to be the first European to discover Gunpowder. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1901

Illustration of suttee, suicide of an Indian wife on her husband´s funeral pyre, illustration from the Itinerario of Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the 16...

Kruisafname van Christus.Left-up corner of a performance with Christ who is taken from the cross. Sponge on a stick behind him inside a ray wreath.

S. Jean Climaque, abbé (St. John Climaticus, Abbot), March 30th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. S. Jean Climaque, abbé (St. John Climaticus, Abbot), March 30th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

Ezekiel (622-570 BC). Hebrew prophet. Vision of Ezekiel. Colored engraving.

Testing of man, Cornelis Galle (II), 1638 - 1678 print Imagination of Mat. 6.13: And do not put us in tests, but save us from the grip of evil. A man kneels on the floor, a devil blows him in his ear with a bellows. Man welcomes the words of the devil and looks at the name of God that appears in heaven. Antwerp paper engraving 'and lead us not into temptation' ~ the Lord's prayer

Altar of burnt offering. Exodus xxvii, by John Henry Camp (1822-1881). Lithograph, print of a priest standing before a priest standing before a large altar with a grill on top which a ram's head is being consumed by flames.

Two divers are seen within the bell, while a third, wearing a smaller bell over his head, leaves the bell for a brief period of exploration. Date: 1690

The open food S. Johannis. Heavenly Jerusalem, Cap. XXI. between Bl. 154 u. Bl. 155 of the New Testament. Copper engraving; 35 x 80 mm (image mirror). From: Luther, Martin: Biblia, that's the Gantze Salvation. Tackles old and new Testaments German. Wittenberg: Wissen, 1664. Dresden: Slub Biblia.894

Praying Woman, Albert Flamen, 1648 - 1665 print A woman is kneeling with a rosary in her hands in front of a table with a crucifix. A dog sleeps next to the table. In the background a bed and a clock. Under the show a French verse of four lines. Hexagonal leaves, probably part of a circular print. Paris paper etching praying for the living and the dead ~ one of the (seven) spiritual Acts of Mercy

Crowd people see a comet, 1680-1681, Jan Luyken, 1698 print print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper etching / letterpress printing comet

Partition of Poland. Polish orphans of Poland; Unknown, Ojrowski, Stanis Aw (Fl. 1891); 1891 (1891-00-00-1891-00-00);

Figures kneeling before the Virgin ca. 1900-1910 José Guadalupe Posada. Figures kneeling before the Virgin. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca. 1900-1910. Metal-plate engraving. Prints

Moses and the Burning Bush. Dated: 1548. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Hirschvogel.

Sv. Ioann vlasatyi, rostovskii chudotvorets.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

See Kind'ren! In Deez 'print / how a fierce fire / a church building was destroyed / but again. / Representing four departments, widow C. Kok -van Kolm, 1842 - 1866 print Leaf with 4 performances of different conditions of the Ronde Lutheran Church in Amsterdam, including the church on fire on September 18, 1822, as a ruin and rebuilt. Below each image a four -line fresh and above each image a number and a title. Numbered at the top right: No. 51. publisher: Amsterdamprint maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing church (exterior). burning Round Lutheran Church

The fire of the Fair St Germain de Paris.

Constitution dAngleterre ca. 1795 print on green laid paper etching, hand-collared. Print shows a critical response to the British political system by showing Prime Minister William Pitt standing on the British crown, which is possibly being flattened by the weight of his authority; he is holding a flag that depicts implements of slavery, and has an executioners axe at his waist on the left and a tobacco pipe on the right, and in his left hand holds the chains of bondage that are connected to King George III, in the foreground on the right, and members of Parliament or members of the working class behind the king and on the left. There is a gallows on the left, a scaffold with an executioner holding an axe on the right, and billowing smoke filling the background.

Monument Josephs II, The acts of Joseph II as building blocks of a pyramid, homage sheet after his death on February , Johann Hieronymus Deleteenkohl -, publishing house

Bartolome de las Casas, Destruction of the Indies. Taino chief Hatuey being burnt by Spanish soldiers while refusing to accept Jesus. Cuba, 1512. Engraving. Color.

Skiopticone image. Press with motives of the creation story on day 4. God made the two big lights, the larger light to rule over the day and less to rule overnight, and he did the stars. He put the lights on the heavens to shine over the earth, to rule over day and night and to distinguish light from darkness. And God saw it was good. It was evening and it was morning.

Brilliant view of the anniversary of July 14, 1801 ...

Saint Mary Magdalene: her death. Etching by J. Callot.

alchemy allegory vial with three-headed heron miniature ""Splendor Solis"" Augsburg circa 1600 Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg,

John Hilling, British (1822-1894), Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine, c. 1854, oil on canvas

Bruckner, Johann Philipp.

See child'ren! In Deez 'print / how destroyed by a fierce fire / church building / but is back. / Representative four departments. Leaf with 4 performances of different states of the Round Lutheran Church in Amsterdam, including the Church on September 18, 1822, as a ruin and rebuilt. Under each image a four-line fresh and above each image a number and a title. Numbered at the top right: No. 51.

The Kiss of Judas / N ° 2

St Julian: A patron saint of travellers. Appears to be mythical. Said to have killed parents by mistake, and spent life ot atonement by helping strangers and travellers. 19th century French coloured woodcut.

La Jerusalem deliveree par le Tasse, Tancrede baptises the dying Clorinde. 19th Century. Artist: Unknown

Leibig card depicting a bible scene: Cain and abel offering sacrifices

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