Fairy Tales and Biblical Scenes

A collection of historical prints featuring fantastical and religious themes, depicting scenes with angels, figures in nature, animals, and allegorical elements.

Landscape with St. Jerome who translates the Bible, Cornelis Cort, Carlo Losi, 1573

Man Balt fist to Vrouw, Simon Fokke, 1722 - 1784 print Illustration from the La Princesse Printaniere of Mme d'Aulnoy. A man armed with a spear and on his head snakes when her fist his fist to a woman with a lamb on her lap. There are chickens, bats and a crow in the foreground. In the distance a completely veiled woman by a tree and a view of water with sailing ships. Print at the top right marked: No. 6. p. 238. Amsterdam paper etching animals. tales and fairy tales (PRINCESS MAYBLOSSOM)

H. Jerome in the Wilderness, Herman van Swanevelt, 1650 - 1655

Landscape with St. Jerome who translates the Bible, Cornelis Cort, Carlo Losi, 1573

Angel asks Hagar to return. Angel asks Hagar to return. In Latin line text: Gen 16.

Johan Martin Preisler (1715-1794), Vignette. Bacchus and Muses, 1715 - 1794

Mars, Venus and Cupid ca. 1637-39 Simone Cantarini Italian. Mars, Venus and Cupid 341502

Mercury kills Argus; Ovidius' metamorphoses. After he played him asleep with his flute, Mercury kills the hundred-eyed argus, who guarded the Koe io on behalf of Juno. Under the show twice two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that depicting stories from Ovidius' metamorphoses. This series varies in three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series.

Venus and Adonis, anonymous, 1650 - 1750 print Venus and Amor try to keep Adonis van de Jacht. Adonis holds a spear in his hand and he keeps two hunting dogs on the line. paper etching Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting

Mercury playing his flute for the hundred-eyed Argus, who is guarding the cow Io by order of Juno. Below the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series., Mercury plays flute for Argus Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1589, paper, engraving, h 177 mm × w 255 mm

The Genius of Castiglione. Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609-1664 Mantua). Dedicatee: Matthys van de Merwede, Lord of Clootwyck (Dutch, ca. 1625-after 1677). Dimensions: sheet: 17 13/16 x 14 3/4 in. (45.2 x 37.5 cm). Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627-1691 Rome). Date: ca. 1645-47 (published 1648).In Castiglione's most famous etching, a reclining figure holds a book inscribed: "The genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione of Genoa who invented and made this." The print was published in Rome in 1648 by Gian Giacomo de' Rossi, who dedicated it to Matthijs van de Merwede, a Dutch nobleman who spent time in Italy between 1647 and 1650. The figure is not a self-portrait of the artist; the composition refers to artistic fame in a general sense. The many details are rich with meaning. For example, fecundity is represented by the basket of poultry and the rabbit, and creativity by the artist's palette and the sheet of music. Museum

Jacques Callot, Saint Jerome Saint Jerome

Saint Jerome in the desert (Bartsch 109) Herman van Swanevelt (1600-1655). Saint Jerome in the desert (Bartsch 109). Floor, 17th century.

Augsburg, Hertel, Johann Georg (I), Vos, Maerten de, Sadeler, Aegidius, Alliance between David and Jonathan, verso - stamped, In the foreground David kneels before Jonathan, because Jonathan has kept his promise. In the background Jonathan shoots arrows towards the cave where David is hiding. A young servant picks up the arrows. Because of this action David knows that Saul wants him dead. In the bottom margin two four-line German and Latin texts., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 299 mm, width 201 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1705 - 1775, 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, after print by, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after, after painting by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1695 - 1775, publisher

Mercury recommends Bacchus' care to the nymphs of Nysa, Gerard Hoet (I), 1658 - 1733 print Mercury, De Kleine Bacchus and the nymphs of Mount Nysa in classic robes in a landscape. Two lines in Dutch under the performance. unknown paper etching Mercury hands the baby Bacchus over to the nymphs of Nysa

Telemachus en Mentor komen aan op het eiland van Calypso; Les Ecueils de la Volupté sont plus à craindre que le Naufrage; Avonturen van Telemachus.Telemachus and mentor are received on the island of Calypso by three nymphs. In the background, their semi-sacked boat can be seen. Print at the top right labeled: Page 1.

Calypso attempting to detainUlysses. Engraver: Giulio di Antonio Bonasone, Italian, ca. 1510-after 1576

Allegorical title page with the portrait of Charles de Saint-Evremond, Jan Punt, 1739 print Learning indicates history on the portrait of the writer Charles de Saint-Evremond. The oval with his image is supported by fame and a putto that symbolizes trade. Pegasus flies in the background in the landscape. In the margin a four -line support in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Know -how; 'Cognition', 'Cognition of things' (Ripa). 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). allegory of trade; 'Commission of human life' (Ripa). Pegasus, The Winged Horse. Portrait of a writer

Abraham is visited by the three angels and sits with them under a tree. In the doorway is Sara., Abraham and the Angels History of Abraham (series title), print maker: Claes Moeyaert, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1612 - 1655, paper, etching, h 112 mm × w 197 mm

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius, Clymene Urging Phaeton to Find Helios, 1589 Clymene Urging Phaeton to Find Helios

. A young man standing in a landscape plays a basgamba. A woman, seen on the back, is sitting with a flute in her hand next to him. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints to paintings by Titian and Veronese.

Ceres in a landscape, in the company of three Saters. .

Gray-laved drawing with leading handle by Bartolomeo Altomonte from 1762 depicting the Christi family, showing figures, gestures, and compositional details.

Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese 1642-43 Simone Cantarini Italian. Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese 371497

Venus tries to keep Adonis from hunting, Venus pulls on Adonis' clothing to stop him from hunting because she fears an accident. Her car pulled by swans on a cloud on the right. In the foreground Adonis' hunting horn and dogs., Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting, Jacob Herreyns (I) (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1671 - 1732, paper, etching, h 161 mm × w 173 mm

A Kind Shepherd. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); André Laurent (French, London 1708-1747 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (26.7 x 34.3 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

. Hercules, with Cerberus on the necklace, and Minerva point three crowned women on the wales coat of arms. They all have a skewered a skewer, awarded a rigged apple, a winch and a pine cone, respectively. They kneel for the coat of arms and brought a bag of money as a tribute. Left in the foreground is strength on a broken column, with a club and olive branch in the hands.

Bacchanalian Scene, Johann Sebastian Bach, German, 1685 - 1750, Pen and grey ink, brush and grey, green, and pink watercolor washes on off-white laid paper, with watermark of Fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown. (Probably Dutch paper similar to Briquet No. 7165.), Vertical rectangle. A group of nymphs and satyrs are seen reveling in the foreground before a statue of a seated Pan on a high plinth. In the background, figures are trampling grapes in a large barrel., Germany, 1772-74, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Apollo in Daphne, Anonymous, After Nicolas Poussin, 1650 - 1703 print print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)

Creation of Adam. God creates Adam as his image in paradise. Under the show, the Bible text is Genesis 1: 26.

Cephalus en Procris, Louis Simon Lempereur, after Guercino, 1750 - 1757 print France paper etching / engraving mourning of Procris. hunting accidents

Ceres and Phytalus. Phytalus sits on the floor on the floor. He receives a fig tree from Ceres as a thank you for his hospitality. On the right two dragons through which the car from Ceres is generally drawn. In the middle of three lines of Latin text (Pausanias' 'description of Greece': I, 37, 2).

Joseph de Longueil after Charles Eisen, Rural Concert Rural Concert

Giovanni David, Amor Disarmato (Cupid Disarmed), 1776 Amor Disarmato (Cupid Disarmed)

Earth Louis Félix de La Rue French. Earth 394743

Allegory of Surgery. Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger; French, 1715-1790. Date: 1741. Dimensions: 200 × 143 mm (image); 215 × 155 mm (plate). Etching on buff laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: the younger Charles-Nicholas Cochin.

Pyramus and Thisbé, Jan van Summer, 1655 - 1700 print Pyramus stabbed himself with his sword after he believed that this was killed by a lion. Thisbe discovers her dying lover, on which she also stabs herself. paper Thisbe discovers the dying Pyramus (the scene may be represented near a fountain). Thisbe kills herself with Pyramus' sword (the scene may be represented near a fountain)

Dormant Diana, print maker: Anonymous, Gerard Valck, Anonymous, 1662 - 1726

Flood. .

Landscape with shepherds and a dog, Franciscus de Neve, 1660 - 1666 print Hilly landscape with three shepherds and their herd goats. Rome paper etching dog. pastorals, Arcadian scenes. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. mountains

. The lost son as a pork powder sitting under a tree.

Group of women and an old man view the battle between Palamède and his enemies, Abraham Bosse, After Claude Vignon, 1639 print paper etching / engraving hand-to-hand fighting (~ battle) (+ weapons)

Lot and his daughters, Philips Galle, After Frans Floris (I), 1558 print For a cave, Lot is with one of his daughters. He hugs his daughter. The other daughter pours him wine. On the right a table on which a bowl of fruits. In the background the fire of the cities of Sodom and Gomorra. print maker: Haarlempublisher: Antwerp paper engraving Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:30-38)

Landscape with love couple spies by Saters. .

Juda and Thamar Artist's working dates 1603-1633 Holland. Etching on ivory laid paper . Pieter Lastman

Simone Cantarini, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto

Bliżej Kultury Fridrich, Jacob Andreas (1684 1751)

Mercury seeks trade and shipping. From the air, Mercury watches the personal trade (caduceus) and shipping (sailing ship in miniature) with a bazuin in his hands. A putto brings the trade a horn filled with coins. A second putto wrapped merchandise. Personified shipping is behind the trade and has put a hand on her shoulder. Behind this group of figures is on a high base a statue of the peace (olive branch), flanked by a trumpet blowing angel. On the right lies a large globe with a view of a port in the foreground.

PYRAMUS en Thisbe, Anonymous, after Magdalena Van Passe, 1650 - 1800 print Pyramus is dying on the floor for a fountain. His beloved Thisbe is sitting with him and desperately lifts her arms. She throws herself into his sword of grief. In the background, the lioness walks in her mouth with the veil of Thisbe. Numbered at the top right: Fig: 39. paper etching / engraving Thisbe discovers the dying Pyramus (the scene may be represented near a fountain)

Johannes de Boper at the Jordaan (left leaf), Gérard Audran, After Nicolas Poussin, 1650 - 1703 print publisher: ParisFrance paper etching / engraving John the Baptist baptizing. armorial bearing, heraldry

Jupiter Chess Europe, Cornelis van Poelenburch (Possible), Cornelis van Poelenburch, c. 1636 - 1670 print Jupiter, in the form of a bull, seduces Europe to sit on its back. That's how he will kidnap her. paper engraving Jupiter, usually in the shape of a white bull, abducts Europa and carries her across the water

Susanna and the elders, Agostino Carracci, c. 1590 - c. 1595 print paper engraving the elders making advances towards Susanna

Armida and the sleeping Rinaldo, Charles Dupuis, After Antoine Coypel, 1707 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Armida. Rinaldo. awakening love

Two Magicians and a Child, from the Scherzi. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (14 x 18.7 cm)Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 7/16 in. (23.5 x 34.1 cm). Date: ca. 1740. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

After playing him to sleep with his flute, Mercury kills the hundred-eyed Argus, who was guarding the cow Io by order of Juno. Below the depiction two times two lines of Latin text. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series., Mercury kills Argus Ovid's Metamorphoses (series title), print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1589, paper, engraving, h 176 mm × w 252 mm

La coquette fixee. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacques Couché and Jean Dambrun after Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

Children of Bacchus with Goat, Etienne Fessard, After Jean Antoine Watteau, 1724 - 1777 print paper etching / engraving children's bacchanal. goat

. The cunning villain Panurge confesses to triboulet. There are people and left around them is the giant pantagruel. Illustration at the stories of François Rabalais about Pantagruel and Gargantua. There is a line of text in French in the margin, at the bottom right of: L. III. CH. 43.

The Lost Son As Pig Heard, Theodoor van Thulden, 1616 - 1669 print The lost son as a porkherd sitting under a tree. Antwerp paper etching / engraving the prodigal son tends the swine and eats from their trough

Meleager and Atalanta. Artist: François Chauveau (French, Paris 1613-1676 Paris); After Laurent de La Hyre (French, Paris 1606-1656 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 13 x 15 3/8 in. (33 x 39 cm). Date: 1643. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Passion show in the list of birds and shell, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print Germany (possibly) paper etching

Amor leaves his arrows from a cloud. He points them on the hearts of love saving. In the middle a woman who secretly transmits a love letter to her maid. In the background a man jumps out of a window. In the margin a six-line caption in French.

Lot and His Daughters ca. 1630 Jan Muller Netherlandish. Lot and His Daughters 374035

Image reproduction: Aleksander Lesser (1814-1884), Szarka and Stirad; Z: "K Osy" 1881, No. 850, vol. 23, p. 233; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Goradowski, Edward (1843-1901); 1881 (1881-00-00-1881-00-00);Kłosy (Warsaw - magazine - 1865-1890) - illustrations, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - reproduction, gray and stadium (legend), legends, painting, Polish painting

Circe changes picus in a woodpecker; Metamorphoses from Ovid. The Magicians Circe had fallen in love with Picus, king of Ausonia. However, he rejected her love because he was already in love with the Nymph canens. From anger CIRCE changes him into a woodpecker. In the distance, the page of Picus waits with the falcon and the hunting dogs at his horse.

Antwerp, Jode, Pieter de (I), Italy, Tempesta, Antonio, Metamorphoses of Ovid, Metamorphoseon sive transformationum, Calisto a Iove Comprimitur, Jupiter and Callisto, verso - stamped, Jupiter, in the guise of the goddess Diana, seduces the nymph Callisto in a landscape. Title in Latin in bottom margin., print, prints, height 104 mm, width 117 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, 1606 - 1606, paper, etching, Publication (Event), Publication, South Dutch, 1570 - 1634-08-09, publisher

Expulsion from Paradise, An angel sends Adam and Eve away from Paradise, expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise (Genesis 3: 22-24), Giovanni Lanfranco (mentioned on object), 1607, paper, etching, h 130 mm × w 176 mm

Juno en de Pauw, Gerard de Lairese, 1670 - 1672 print The hundred -eyed giant Argus, who had to guard from Juno Io, was killed by Mercury. In memory of Argus, Juno took his eyes and put them in the tail of her peacock. Mercury holds the severed head of Argus while Juno takes his eyes out one by one and places them on the feathers of her peacock. The print is part of a four -part series of prints with scenes from the mythological story of Argus paper etching Mercury bringing Argus' eyes to Juno; Juno sets Argus' eyes in the tail of her peacock

Daman, Italy, Biscaino, Bartolomeo, Moses rescued from the Nile, verso - stamped, The daughter of Pharaoh and her maidservants find Moses in a bulrush basket on the bank of the Nile., print, prent, prints, height 185 mm, width 240 mm, 1632 - 1657, print maker, printmaker, 1642 - 1657, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, Italian, publisher, uitgever

Orpa leaves Ruth and Naomi, Philips Galle, After Adriaan de Weerdt, 1600 - 1652 print Ruth is on his way to Judah with her two daughters -in -law. Along the way she sends the women back to their parental home. Orpa leaves, but Ruth stays with Naomi. Ruth and Naomi sit on stones on the banks of a river. Orpa stands with her suit a few meters away. Print Maker: Haarlem Publisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Naomi sends away her daughters-in-law: Orpah returns home, Ruth stays

Golden Age, Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Abraham Bloemaert, 1604 print In a paradise landscape, naked people enjoy the fruit that the generous nature gives them. They dance and sit too lover. A boy in the foreground blows soap bubbles from a pipe. Two putti hold a cartouche with a Latin text on the left. In the sky, the god Saturn watches over this Golden Age. The print refers to the mythologically inspired idea that people initially lived in an era of continuous spring. War or injustice were absent. During the Golden Age, everyone lived in bliss, in a world where people could enjoy fertile nature without working. Antwerp paper engraving the golden age, 'Aetas aurea'; men live happily, gathering fruits under the reign of Saturn

Air Louis Félix de La Rue French. Air 394701

LEte. Artist: Charles Joseph Natoire, French, 1700-1777

Angelica and Medoro; they stand next to a stream as Medoro carves their names into a tree, a putto is seated at left with a torch and another putto walks towards them with a goat 1590-98 Aegidius Sadeler II. Angelica and Medoro; they stand next to a stream as Medoro carves their names into a tree, a putto is seated at left with a torch and another putto walks towards them with a goat. Aegidius Sadeler II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568-1629 Prague). 1590-98. Engraving. Donato Rasicotti (Italian, active Venice, 1572-98). Prints

Drawing (Italy); Felice Giani (Italian, 1758-1823)

Europa, picking flowers in a meadow, is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete where he turns into an eagle and fathers on her Minos, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon

De Vier Jaargetijden, Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754 print From left to right: summer, with fruits, then sitting in the foreground the spring, with flowers, standing behind it autumn, with thyrsus staff and wine, and the winter with fire on the right. Amsterdam paper etching garden vase. child (+ nude human being). warming oneself at a fire (or hearth, stove, fire-pan, brazier). winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa) (+ allegorical or symbolical representation of seasons and months)

. Rinaldo rests in the shot of the young armida. He looks at his own mirror image in her eyes. She looks into a mirror held up by a putto. In this way they both see their own loving look. The two knights who were looking for Rinaldo watch from the bushes. In the margin a eight-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Wtenbrouck, Moyses van, Apollo tending the flock of Admetus, verso lower left - stamped, Apollo playing the flute, behind him stands his flock. Scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Met. II, 680-685)., print, prent, prints, engravings, height 126 mm, width 148 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1600 - 1647, print maker, printmaker, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

David sees Batseba in his garden Baden, Robert van Audenaerd, after Carlo Maratta, 1685 - 1723 print From the balcony of his palace, David sees how Batseba takes a bath in his garden. She is helped by two servants. Under the show a Bible of two lines in Latin. paper engraving / etching Bathsheba attended by servant(s)

W.A. M�ller (1733-1816); Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Adam OG EVA, 1761

Italy, Rosa, Salvator, Apollo and the Sibyl of Cumae, verso - stamped, The Sibyl of Cumae stands before Apollo, her hands filled with sand. Apollo gave her a year of life for every grain of sand. Apollo sits on the right, holding his lyre in his left hand. A third figure is visible between Apollo and the Sibyl., print, prints, height 334 mm, width 217 mm, Italian, 1615-06-20 - 1673-03-15, print maker, printmaker, 1661 - 1661, paper, papier, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle

Hagar and Ismaël in the desert, Moyses van Wtenbrouck, 1618 - 1628 print Hagar rests at the foot of a thick tree. Ismaël leans against her. print maker: The Haguepublisher: Enkhuizen (possibly) paper etching / engraving Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness

Cephalus and procris. Forest landscape with cephalus that accidentally shot his wife procris during hunting. The spear has pierced procris and cephalus has just found her. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin.

Entombment Facing Right 1529-30 Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) Italian In Mariette Album, folio 6. Entombment Facing Right. Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore). 1529-30. Etching with drypoint and engraving; first state of two. Prints

Christ in limbo with Adam and Eve, the Lost Son, Peter, King David, Mary Magdalene and Paul, draughtsman: anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1700, paper, brush, h 176 mm × w 164 mm

A young woman under a tree, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), After Abraham Bloemaert, 1650 - 1716 print A woman rests under a tree in a rural environment. Next to her two geese. paper engraving Pastoral, Arcadian Scenes

Achilles taught by Chiron; Various performances and countries; Varii Capricci E Paesi. The Centaur Chiron gives music lessons to the young Achilles. Chiron holds a book with sheet music and Achilles plays the guitar. On the right lies a second centaur to sleep and in the foreground lie a trumpet and a recorder.

. An arcadic landscape with centrally a classic-Roman fountain. Diana and her nymphs around the fountain. The print is part of a series with biblical, mythological and allegorical representations.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Pluto. Third issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 516; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Michel Dorigny, Seated Bacchante with Children, 1650s Seated Bacchante with Children

The temptation of EVA; The creation.adam and Eve are at the tree of knowledge. Eva takes an apple from the snake in the tree.

Allegorical show with love savings, Bernard Picart, 1721 print Amor lets its arrows descend from a cloud. He focuses on the hearts of love savings. In the middle a woman who secretly passes on a love letter to her maid. In the background a man jumps out of a window. In the margin a six -line caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Cupid handling his weapons. couple of lovers. lover with love-letter. suicide out of despair

Three putti with a helmeted coat of arms, Three putti with a helmeted coat of arms with the image of three birds. One putto laurels the shield and at the same time helps a second putto place the helmet on top of the shield. The third putto is to the left of the weapon and wears the hat and staff of Mercury., Cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', crowning with laurel, attributes of Mercury, armorial bearing, heraldry, Simon Fokke (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1748, paper, etching, h 87 mm × w 136 mm

Verkolje, Nicolaas, Noord-Nederland, Wandelaar, Jan, Vignette with a couple in love in a field, verso below - stamped, A couple in love walks across a field, towards a figure with a torch at a sacrificial column. The representation is set in an ornamental frame that is crowned with an oak tree (left) and a wheat plant (right) and the initials of the spouses. On the left side Mercury and on the right side Ceres. Between them in an empty cartouche., print, wedding print, prints, verso lower left - stamped, height 155 mm, width 182 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1673-04-11 - 1746-01-21

Silence and speech, Gerard de Lairesse, 1670 print The personification of silence is in addition to a smoking oil lamp. The two figures on the left personify speech. The sitting figure of this pair points to the thoughtful silence and seems to talk about her. Amsterdam paper etching Taciturnity; 'Secretezza', 'Secretezza overo Taciturnití' (Ripa) (+ personification). being silent. Prolixity, Verbosity, Loquacity; 'Loquacití' (Ripa) (+ personification)

The Festival of Pan, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Italian, 1609-1664, Etching on paper, Figural scene in a garden or forest clearing. At center, the Greek God Pan reclines at the base of a monument topped with a statue, a flute in his right hand, his hindquarters and legs in the form of a goat, like a satyr. In the foreground, a tambourine and an empty wine vessel. A seated woman at right raises another tambourine or drum. A male figure at right holds a large bowl. Behind him, a smoking urn on a pedestal., Italy, 1648, figures, Print, Print

A fight between two Scythian bravos is ended when Ariane shoots both of them with a bow and arrows. Etching by A. Bosse after C. Vignon.

Print, Nymphs Bathing Near a Cave; Print Maker: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (German, 1712 - 1774); Germany; etching on laid paper; 20 × 27.9 cm (7 7/8 in. × 11 in.); 1896-31-80

Maria Met Kind in Johannes de Doper, Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, 1667 - 1736 print Maria sitting with the Christ child on her lap. The young John the Baptist kneels on the floor, giving Maria his wicker cross. In the background a round building and a pyramid. At the top two cherubs. Italy paper etching Mary and the Christ-child with John the Baptist (as child). city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

The genius of Salvator Rosa. Salvator Rosa sits on the right on the ground with his hand resting on a cornucopia (cornucopia). With his other hand, he gives his heart to honesty (Sinceritas), a female figure with a pigeon. Right behind the artist is freedom (Libertas). On the left in the foreground, painting (pictura) kneel with a painting and painting palette and a fish for her on the ground. Behind her stand a Sater and equality (AEQUITAS), dressed in Gown. A sarcophagus in the background. At the bottom right two lines of Latin text.

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