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Emblems and Philosophical Prints

Prints depicting philosophical themes and conversations, often featuring figures in contemplative or allegorical settings.

Emblema XL: Ex duabus aquis
Emblema XL: Ex duabus aquis
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Antwerp, Plantiniana, Officina, Loon, Theodoor van, Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), Title page of: Frederik de Marselaer, Equitis Legatus, 1626, Allegorical title page with Mercury and Minerva, recto - manuscript with brown ink, print, title page, prints, verso - stamped, Collegii Lugdunensis Soc.tis. Iesv Il Trinitatis catalog Inscriptus 1628, height 195 mm, width 145 mm, 1576 - 1650-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1626, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Netherlands, 1582 - 1667, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Chlothar II., King of Franconia.
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Allegory in honor of Michiel de Ruyter and Cornelis Tromp and their victories in the sailing in the years 1672 and 1673; Nederlanche Zeetriomf, in the evening of the brave heroes, Michael de Ruiter and Kornelis tromp. Allegory in honor of Michiel de Ruyter and Cornelis Tromp and their victories in the staat in the years 1672 and 1673. The bust of the Ruyter and trumps pulled into victories over the water by tritons, sea horses and sea lions. In the air putti with portraits of the commanders ISAAC Sweers and Johan love during the Battle of Kijkduin. In the background the battle at Kijkduin on August 21, 1673. With three small performances of the earlier staat. Title and drofted in three columns in letterpress.
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Head-piece. Partis Secundæ Academiæ Pictoriæ Liber Prymus de vita & encomiis, .... Prints. 1683. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Gods & goddesses
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Hendrik III; Henry Trois; Card game with rulers of France; Cartes des rois de france.playing Card with a Representation of the French King Henry III. Text under the show.
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New Year's Square of the Schutterij van den Bosch, 1791, Mathias de Sallieth, 1791 print New Year's Square of the militia of the handboog goals in Den Bosch for the year 1791. Two wild men on either side of the city coat of arms of Den Bosch and the coat of arms of the militia guild Sint Sebastiaan. Behind this two angels and the Bazuin blazing fame stuck a canvas with two performances of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastiaan. On the leaf under the plate a verse in three columns. the Bosch paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing wild man, wodewose, woodehouse. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal). corporative organization, guild. angels. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). martyrdom, suffering, misfortune, death of St. Sebastian the Bosch
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APULEIUS, Lucius (124-180). Latin writer. Metamorphosis by Apuleyo, 9th book (Asinus Aureus). Main episode of 'Psyche and Cupid'. Edition in Catalan (1905) by R. Miquel and Planas. Engraving.
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unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Faustine, Faustina the Younger, Playing card with a representation of Faustina the Younger, the wife of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 6., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege
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Etching titled 'Venus,' created approximately between 1601 and 1700. The plate mark measures 3 7/16 x 2 1/4 inches (8.7 x 5.7 cm), and the paper/sheet is of the same dimensions, made of cream laid paper
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Judit gives Head of Holofernes to her maid; Judit gives Head of Holofernes to her slave. Judit stands next to the bed on which the drunken holofernes is in his tent. She has taken off his head and puts it into the travel bag of her service. In the margin above the image the text is Judith XIII.
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unknown, Paris, Grass, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu des reynes renommées, Card game with renowned queens, Roxane, Playing card with a representation of Roxane, the first wife of Alexander the Great. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 1., print, playing card, prints, height 90 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege
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Cartoon on Cardinal Fleury, 1742, 1742 print Cartoon on Cardinal Fleury, 1742. The Cardinal stands by a tree around which a group of drinking men dances, in the middle a woman gives her gold fair to one of the men. Allegory on the Austrian Succession War. On the leaf under the plate a verse in two columns. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires. group of men (folk dancing)
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Emblem with allegory of meekness depicted as woman holding a burning candle Below the representation and on the verso is a poem, Emblem with allegory on servitude Gedienstigheyd , print maker: François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), Leiden, 1681 - 1737 and/or 1737, paper, etching, h 196 mm × w 150 mm, h 78 mm × w 130 mm
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A serpent, a winged serpent and a dragon. Woodcut after C. Gessner.
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Stairs of the big ones, ca. 1700, 1690 - 1710 print Stairs of the big ones. Getting staircase on which the secular and spiritual ranks and positions stand, from the playing child, farmer and citizen at the bottom to the Pope, Emperor and King at the top. In the middle below, death focuses his crossbow on the viewer on the right a dar. Between the arches through war on the land and the sea. On the leaf under the plate verses belonging to the ranks and positions numbered 1-16 in Dutch. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing the ages of man represented by a staircase. Death as skeleton. Death dancing with more than one human being
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Queen Anna picks the French Haan, 1706, 1706 print Cartoon in which the English queen Anna is sitting on her throne picking the French rooster, nobles and generals on either side. Above the throne the solar eclipse of 12 May 1706. With three small scenes of the French defeats and Louis XIV, the Madame on the throne together with Madame. On the magazine under the plate texts in Dutch and French. Part of a series of 19 cartoons on the French and allies from the year 1706. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires. plucked fowl. solar eclipse
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Figures with tons and baskets; Landscapes; Amenissimae Aliquot Requculae. Seated and standing figures with tons and baskets, on either side of a cloth with the title on it. In the middle a bull head with painting attributes. Original title print of part five of a series of sixty prints with landscapes, spread over five parts of each twelve prints. Middle below labeled: N.23.
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Portret van Jan van de Velde I; Lyck-claght over het aff-sterven vanden Alder-treffelycksten Schryver Johan vande Velde.Portrait of the artist's father, Jan van de Velde I, at the age of 53. The portrait is printed on a leaf with a verse on his death. Under the portrait, coat of arms on which three sheep, with a swan with spread wings above.
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Amsterdam, Wendel en Zoon, J., Asch-Karmans Kermis Wensch 1822, Kermisprent van de Amsterdamse ash-karrenmannen voor de jaar 1822, verso - gestempeld, Kermisprent aan de ash-karrenmannen (cart man or garbage man) in Amsterdam voor de jaar 1822. View of a street in Amsterdam with the ash-kar, a boy with a rattle and a man who collects money from the house. In the background the cart is emptied on the ash-hill. At the bottom a poem in two columns and a song in three verses. On behalf of Jan Klyn, the cartman of district no. 1., print, picture, fairground print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 339 mm, width 212 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1822 - 1822, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, Dutch, printer
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Lower fragment of an allegory in honor of Queen Anna in achieving the peace of Utrecht, 1713.allegory in Honor of Queen Anna and its Role in Reaching The Peace of Utrecht, 1713. At the Bottom of Mars and Bellona Are Fascinated and Reports .
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Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Collaert, Adriaen, Piscium Vivae Icones, Fish, Title print with fish and a fisherman, verso - stamped, Centrally the title of the print series in a cartouche, flanked by two fish. On the title page sits a fisherman with nets, fishing rods and the initials of Claes Jansz. Visscher in his arms. Behind him the sun shines. This is the title print of a series with fish as subject., print, prent, prints, height 125 mm, width 190 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1634, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, South Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, North Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher
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View of the ruins of the Koningsveld monastery, 1573; RAGINE OF KONINGSVELT 1573. View of the ruins of the Koningsveld monastery ruin near Delft in 1572, in the situation around 1573. In the foreground a few hikers. In the background the contours of Delft.
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Artes y oficios de Barcelona. Vendedores ambulantes voceros. Baladrers. Vendedora de castañas.
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Allegory in honor of Prince Maurits at his death, 1625; Tears / About the kills Van Bijden Gluchighthen Princence of Orangeen.aar in honor of Prince Maurits at his death, 1625. Prince Maurits standing in a large shell of the fountain of T 'Dutch Welvaren. In the shell twelve allegorical figures that symbolize the prosperity of the Republic of Maurits Board. From the water of the fountain, the personifications of freedom of the Fatherland (Libertas Patriae) and religion (RELIGIO) drink. The hand of God cuts the rope through which the opponents of the prince try to pull his image overflow. Among these opponents are Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt and his sons and the other conspirators against the prince. On either side of the image the declaration of the figures 1-14 and the letters A-H. Without the text sheet with the verse of J.J. Starter.
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Allegory of the four elements, Pieter Serwouters, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1620
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Two putti by a coat of arms, Nicolaas van Frankendaal, 1764 print Two putti in nature near a coat of arms. The left points to a described sheet of paper, the right floats with a plumy helmet on the head above the ground and holds a horn filled with coins under the arm. paper etching / letterpress printing armorial bearing, heraldry. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
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Figuren bij tonnen en manden; Landschappen; Amenissimae aliquot requculae.Seated and standing figures with tons and baskets, on either side of a cloth with the title on it. In the middle a bull head with painting attributes. Title print of part five of a series of sixty prints with landscapes, divided into five parts of each twelve prints.
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Antwerp, Meurs, Johannes van, Rubens, Peter Paul, Voet, Alexander (I), Title page for: Missale Romanun, 1640, Christ flanked by Peter and Paul, verso - stamped, Christ, seated with orb, is flanked by the apostles Peter, with key, and Paul, with sword., print, title page, prints, height 90 mm, width 131 mm, height 310 mm, width 204 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1613 - 1690, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1654, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Amor grinds an arrow, Dirk van Hoogstraten, 1681 print Sitting amor in a landscape, with his arrow sleeve next to him, grinds an arrow. Dordrecht paper engraving / letterpress printing specific aspects of Cupid. archer's weapons: arrow
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Antwerp, Hollar, Wenceslaus, Varie figurae et probae, Caricatures, heads and deformities after Leonardo da Vinci, Seated young woman with two etched copper plates, verso - stamped, print, title print, prints, height 78 mm, width 114 mm, Czech, 1607-07-13 - 1677-03-25, print maker, printmaker, 1645 - 1645, paper, papier, etching, etsen
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Title Page, Divers Anticke Faces. Artist: After Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, Vinci 1452-1519 Amboise). Dimensions: Plate: 2 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (6.7 × 5.5 cm)Sheet: 2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (6.8 × 5.6 cm). Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Date: 1677.Title-page to 'Divers Anticke Faces', lettered with title on tablet, suspended from a string looped over the tooth of a man, his mouth wide open, head and shoulders shown to front; after Leonardo da Vinci. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Picture series from prehistoric times in Flanders, Balduin IX's capture of Constantiopel in 1204, digitally restored reproduction of a collective pict...