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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
Landscape with St. Jerome who translates the Bible, Cornelis Cort, Carlo Losi, 1573
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Watch case, bouquets and flower vases; Goldsmids designs for watch cases: lids and sides. Watch case with the presentation of Christ in the temple. First edition, second edition.
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The sky / jewelry / moon and stars / night's sleep. Four performances. Top left: a woman in a landscape, while she lifts her hands in wonder and looks to heaven. At the top right: two men and a woman in front of a jeweler, while they look at diamonds in a jewelry box. On the street a dog and a carriage on the bridge. Bottom left: a man and a woman looking over the water to the moon and the stars. A sailing ship on the water. At the bottom right: a bedroom with a burning candle on the table. Someone is sleeping in bed.
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Pensant-ils au Raisin (Are They Thinking About the Grape). Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, Paris 1707-1783 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (36.5 x 47 cm) trimmed within platemark. Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Sidewall, Block-printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle. Scene with putto feeding a chicken, under two trees. Simulated architectural molding applied as a border., Paris, France, 1785-90, Wallcoverings, Sidewall
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. Daniël is in the lion's owl surrounded by lions. King Darius is knockled on the edge of the lion's owl and is delighted to find delicious. Behind King Darius are diagnins and soldiers.
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Two love savings and a jar, Anonymous, After Hans Sebald Beham, 1535 - 1599 print Copy in mirror image to a print by Hans Sebald Beham which follows the original print accurately paper engraving lovers; courting, flirting. buffoon (in general) (German: 'Schalksnarr')
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Print made by Gerhard Bockman, 1686-1773, Italian, The Guitar Player, undated. Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper.
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Virgin and Child with an angel. Artist: After Simone Cantarini (Italian, Pesaro 1612-1648 Verona); Matthias Oesterreich (German, 1716-1778). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (21.2 x 27.7 cm). Date: 1752. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Ten Grave behave.
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A group of five young women playing music in a landscape. One is playing the flute, another the lute and a third is holding a tambourine, Musician girls in a landscape Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum , print maker: Jan de Bisschop, Federico Zuccaro, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1666 - 1671, paper, etching, h 225 mm × w 132 mm
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Maria van Burgundy falls from her horse, near Bruges, March 27, 1482.maria of Burgundy Falls Outside Bruges from HER HORSE, March 17, 1482. Design for a print.
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Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto, William Walker, After John Alexander Gresse, After François Le Maine, 1767 print Numbered in the bottom left: 37. London paper etching Diana with her nymphs discovers the pregnancy of Callisto
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Two Persians, a battle in the background, Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1636 print Rome paper etching clothes, costume (+ men's clothes). Asiatic races and peoples: Persians (+ costume). charge ~ battle (+ cavalry, horsemen)
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The Chapel of the Enfants-Trouvés in Paris: Religieuses et garçonnets regardant la crèche. Artist: Etienne Fessard (French, Paris 1714-1777 Paris); After Charles Joseph Natoire (French, Nîmes 1700-1777 Castel Gandolfo). Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 22 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (57.2 × 28.6 cm). Date: 1757.From a series of fifteen plates engraved by Fessard after the paintings by Natoire in the Chapel of the Enfants-Trouvés, Paris. The chapel was built in 1746-50 based on designs by Germain Boffrand, but destroyed in the 19th century. The main altar depicted The Adoration of the Magi and subsidiary scenes included the children and nuns of the orphanage as onlookers. Natoire's scenes were set into trompe l'oeil surrounds painted by Paolo Antonio and Gaetano Brunetti, giving the illusion that the viewer was standing in a ruined building. Fessard's suite of prints includes a perspective view of the interior based on a drawing by Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
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Mercury en Argus.
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Pastoral Poetry ca. 1742 Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune French. Pastoral Poetry 373618
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Battle between the giants and the Olympic gods, Anonymous, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1600 - 1650 print Oval representation of the giants who try to conquer the sky from the earth with buns where the Olympic gods houses. The latter fighting with spear and lightning back. Print of a silver table top approx. 1600 in Copenhagen. paper engraving the Giants attack the heavens with boulders and tree-trunks
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Spring; The four Seasons. A boy and a girl in a landscape. The boy shows the girl, with floral basket in hand, a bird's nest. At the top right, Cupid points his arrow on them.
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Artist, possibly by: Amos Doolittle, American, 1754-1832, After: Simone Cantarini, Italian, 1612-1648, HolyFamily, Etching and engraving (copy in reverse), 15.7 × 21.3 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/8in.), Made in United States, American, 18thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints
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Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, Gardens of Prince Mattei, Rome, 1681 Gardens of Prince Mattei, Rome
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Planche servant de dessus de boite à epingles , Putti, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
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Allegory of the zeal, Christian Bernhard Rode, 1788 print paper etching Zelus, Zeal
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Permanebit in Terris (Continue on Earth) 16th century Anonymous, Italian, 16th century. Permanebit in Terris (Continue on Earth) 700213
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Antique Bas Relief Artist's working dates 1753-1808 France. Etching on cream laid paper . Hubert Robert
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BYBLIS changed in a stream; Biblis Incesti Ardoris Repulsam Passa in Fontem Commutatur; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovidius.byblis was in love with her brother Caunus. When he disappeared and she couldn't find him bathed byblis in tears. She turns into a stream. Title in Latin in undermarge.
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Mather Brown, Girl with a Pitcher, c 1805 1810 Girl with a Pitcher
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Print made by John Smith, 1652-1743, British, Judah and Tamar, undated. Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.
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The feeling; Le Toucher / Das Gefühl; The senses. Five pastoral scenes of two people, the feeling of the feeling. Print number 3073.
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Design for a room painting with Armida and Rinaldo, Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755 drawing Armida finds Rinaldo sleeping. paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil brush / pen Armida. sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors
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Gallant Conversation Made 1757 France. Etching on ivory laid paper . Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
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Claude Gillot, Les Bacchanales, or, Les Quatres Festes: Feste de Pan, 1683-1722, etching and engraving on paper.
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Four putti with allegorical attributes, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1774 print Landscape with putti with allegorical attributes, such as the peace hat, a sacrifice column a harp and a beehorf. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertí' (Ripa) (+ symbolical representation of concept). writing tools. bee-hive
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Dryope changed to a lotus tree; DRIOPE in Arboris Formam Tranmigrat; Metamorphoseon Sive Transformationum; Metamorphoses from Ovidius.Dryope Changes to a Lotus Tree. Title in Latin in undermarge.
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Frontispiece. Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris); Jacques Gabriel Huquier (French, Paris 1730-1805 Shrewsbury). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 10 7/8 in. (31.3 × 27.6 cm)Plate: 11 1/8 × 7 1/2 in. (28.2 × 19 cm). Series/Portfolio: Fifth Book of Groups of Children(Cinquième livre de grouppes d'enfans). Date: mid to late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Bathing women and men; Amore Letheo; Different aspects of love. Forest landscape with a river in which a group of men and a group of women are bathing. In the foreground Amor with a burning torch between the bathing women. Italian verse in undermarge.
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Seated Herderin, Pieter de Mare, After Bloemaert, 1768 - 1796 print Leiden paper engraving herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
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. Landscape with the lawyer Guy Michel Lejay, also called "La Polyglotte", the Marquis and Marquise de la Chassisetière and their three young children. The coat of arms of the family hangs on a tree. Various animals (dog, bird, frog, rabbit) in the foreground. In the background a castle and two deer at a lake.
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The Loves of Venus and Adonis before 1741 After Francesco Albani Italian. The Loves of Venus and Adonis 353860
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Alpheus and Arethusa; Metamorphoses from Ovid. At the front, the nymph arethusa is about to take a bath in the stream of river god Alpheus. In the background, Alpheus Arethusa, because he fell in love with her. Diana Hult Arethusa in a cloud to save her.
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Mercurius en de gratiën, Agostino Carracci, After Jacopo Tintoretto, 1589 print Mercury stands behind the three graces in a landscape. The three graces are recognizable by their attributes: a dice, a rose and a branch of Mirte. print maker: Italyafter painting by: Venice paper engraving (story of) Mercury (Hermes). Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)
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Bucolic scene of women musicians playing lute, aulos, typanum, etc. From a painting by old master in an 18th century art tutorial book. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert Sayers The Artists Vade Mecum, Being the Whole Art of Drawing, London, 1766.
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FETTI, Domenico (1588-1623). The Good Samaritan. ca. 1623. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Gallerie dell'Accademia (Academy Gallery).
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Dogs and Still Life 1778 Pierre Charles Canot. Dogs and Still Life. Houghton Gallery. Pierre Charles Canot (French, Paris 1710-1777 Kentish Town, London (active England)). 1778. Etching and engraving. John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720-1804 London). Prints
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Kain kills Abel, Valentin Lefèbvre, After Titian, 1682 print Kain beats Abel with a piece of wood. In the background the smoking sacrifice of Abel. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints to paintings by Titian and Veronese. Venice paper etching the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon
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The Judgement of Midas. Painting. Fresco, transferred to canvas and mounted board. Height: 267 cm (105.1 in); Width: 224 cm (88.1 in). Author: DOMENICHINO.
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Mercury en Argus, 1622 - 1648 print Mercury is sitting on a rock and plays on a flute. He tries to smash Argus with his music, and then to kill him. Argus is in the foreground on the right. In the background Io in the form of a cow. Italy paper etching Io as a cow watched by Argus. Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music
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Hercules; Le Febre, Valentin (1642-1680), Titian (CA 1488-1576), Camen, Jacob Van (1595-1657); 1682 (1682-00-00-1682-00-00);
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Emblemata Secularia. Artist: Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528-1598 Frankfurt). Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 7/8 in. (19.1 x 14.7 x 2.2 cm). Printer: Printed by Hieronymus Galler. Published in: Oppenheim. Date: 1611. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Theodor De Bry.
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Maria sucks the Christkind, Valentin Lefèbvre, After Titian, 1682 print Maria sits outside a stable on the ground and gives the Christ child the breast. The print is part of a 53-part series of prints to paintings by Titian and Veronese. Venice paper etching Christ-child suckling, or beginning to suckle, e.g. Mary uncovering her breast ~ Madonna-representations
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Summer in shape of child with scythe and corn sheaf at Korenveld, Cornelis van Dalen (II), 1648 - 1664 print paper engraving summer, 'summer'; 'Estate' (Ripa)