Heroic Allegories and Poetry

This collection features allegorical depictions of poetry, memory, and knowledge in dramatic historical settings, with figures symbolizing virtues and vices, intricate details, and classical themes.

Northern Netherlands, Walker, Jan, Poetry tramples snakes and a mask, verso lower left - stamped, Poetry in a landscape tramples snakes and a mask. She is accompanied by three putti, one of whom is leaning on the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam. Behind her Knowledge (Cognitio) who holds a torch and an empty frame and Fame (Fama) blowing the trumpet. Under the frame lies Envy (Invidia). On the right in the background Pegasus at the Castalia spring., print, prints, height 157 mm, width 105 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

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Allegory of Homer's genius, Bernard Picart, 1711 print The personification of heroic poetry leads a boy who symbolizes the genius of Homer to the temple of memory. Enious (invidia) tries to stop them. Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, opens the doors of the temple. Father Time hangs a portrait media from Homerus above the entrance. Faam (Fama) in the air that blows the trumpet. With an empty margin. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving portrait of Homer (+ in allegorical or symbolic frame or setting; with allegorical or symbolic accessories). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ heroic poetry; 'Poema heroico' (Ripa). mind, spirit. Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Mnemosyne. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa)

. Allegorical title page with peace (Pax), abundance (abundantia) and urbanity that attract painting to the personification of Rome. Ignorance (Ignorantia), envy (invidia) and superstition (Idolatria) try to stop them. On the right in the foreground Memosyne, the goddess of memory, drawing texts from the hands of the father's time. In the air on a cloud eternity with a laurel wreath in hand. In the background a face on Rome. In the margin a nine-line caption in French.

Northern Netherlands, Walker, Jan, Poetry tramples snakes and a mask, verso lower left - stamped, Poetry in a landscape tramples snakes and a mask. She is accompanied by three putti, one of whom is leaning on the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam. Behind her Knowledge (Cognitio) who holds a torch and an empty frame and Fame (Fama) blowing the trumpet. Under the frame lies Envy (Invidia). On the right in the background Pegasus at the Castalia spring., print, prints, height 157 mm, width 105 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1702 - 1759, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Allegorie op geschiedenis; Titelpagina voor: Urbain Chevreau, Histoire du monde, s.a..A winged allegorical figure, possibly history, writes in a book held by father's time. Faith, geometry and prudentia surround the pair. A pyramid and palm tree in the background.

Ludwig, Dauphin of France.

The martyrdom of H. Laurentius. The Deacon Laurentius is roasted above a fire. He focuses half to turn around. In the foreground, servants are working on the fire further on with a bellows and extra fuel. The Roman prefect faces a balcony from a chair. A large group of spectators around Laurentius. In the air two angels with a palm branch and a laurel wreath.

Allegory of Homer's genius, Bernard Picart, 1711 print The personification of heroic poetry leads a boy who symbolizes the genius of Homer to the temple of memory. Enious (invidia) tries to stop them. Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, opens the doors of the temple. Father Time hangs a portrait media from Homerus above the entrance. Faam (Fama) in the air that blows the trumpet. In the margin a five -line caption in French. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving portrait of Homer (+ in allegorical or symbolic frame or setting; with allegorical or symbolic accessories). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ heroic poetry; 'Poema heroico' (Ripa). mind, spirit. Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Mnemosyne. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa)

Dialectics, Caspar Luyken, 1691 print Mercury, descended from a cloud, makes a statement to a sitting woman (dialectics). An angel blows behind them on two trumpets. Amsterdam paper etching 'Dialectica' (~ trivium); 'Dialettica' (Ripa). (story of) Mercury (Hermes). horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba

Venus on a car pulled through pigeons, Jan Wandelaar, After Frans van Mieris, 1725 print Venus flies through the air on her car pulled through a pigeon pair. She keeps an apple in her hands. Under her car the globe. In the foreground three putti. One of them looks at themselves in a mirror. Another holds a salamander in his hand, a bird picks up in its other hand. The third keeps a fruit up. Behind them a figure playing an instrument. Numbered in the middle: IV. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). doves, pigeons. globe

Design for a print, song of praise by King David and Saint Cecilia, draughtsman: Peter de Witte, 1586 - 1628, paper, pen, brush, h 329 mm × w 245 mm

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Title page for: H. Prideaux, Histoire des Juifs et des peuples voisins, 1722, Personification of the conquered Judea is reprimanded by the Revenge, verso lower right - stamped, The personification of the conquered Judea looks up to heaven. She is surrounded by attributes that come from the destroyed temples of Jerusalem. She sits on a dead priest, in front of her lies a naked woman whose body has been pierced with a dagger. In the air flies the angel of vengeance, a flaming sword in his hand. Peace (Pax) points her to Justice in heaven. In the background the temple in Jerusalem, which is going up in flames. In the margin a six-line caption in French., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 154 mm, width 90 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1721 - 1721, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process)

. Mercury, descended from a cloud, does a statement to a sitting woman (dialectics). Behind them an angel blows on two trumpets.

Jupiter, IO en Juno, c. 1537 - c. 1555 print Jupiter turns Io, his beloved, into a white cow to hide her from Juno. Juno sits with her peacock on a cloud. Next to Jupiter, his eagle is on the ground. Juno asks De Witte Koe as a gift and thus stops adultery. Print from a series of ten prints that illustrate Jupiter's love life. unknown paper engraving Jupiter, shrouded in a cloud, woos Io, daughter of Inachus; Juno may be watching the lovers

Venus and Neptune Venus descend pour prier Neptune d'exciter les tempêtes, afin que Télémaque n'arrive pas and Itaque (title on object), Neptune stands on a shell and is pulled by sea horses. He is talking to Venus who has descended from the sky. Print on top left marked: (story of) Telemachus, (story of) Venus (Aphrodite), (story of) Neptune (Poseidon), Simon Fokke (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1775, paper, etching, h 147 mm × w 96 mm

Tintoretto, Jacopo, Venice, Sadeler, Aegidius, Resurrection of Christ, verso left - stamped, Four angels open the lid of the tomb. Christ rises from his tomb. The soldiers lie around his tomb in deep sleep. On the left, the arrival of the three holy women at the tomb. The print has a Latin caption., print, prent, prints, height 512 mm, width 418 mm, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1593 - 1593, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1519 - 1594

Allegory with Expulsion of Envy and Discord, Jan Walker, 1700 - 1759, In the foreground, Envy and Discord are expelled by a satyr; in the background, an old man with beard, flanked by Wisdom and Prudence, holding a sieve in which is the globe. Three more allegorical figures in the background on the left. Design for a print., draughtsman: Jan Wandelaar, 1700 - 1759, paper, pen, brush, h 147 mm × w 90 mm

Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Juno seduces Jupiter, verso lower left - stamped, Juno wears the belt of Venus and seduces Jupiter, who then falls asleep. They are accompanied by their attributes, respectively the eagle and the peacock. In the margin a caption in French., print, book illustration, prints, height 188 mm, width 123 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1710 - 1710, first quarter 18th century, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman

Rome, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de', Senen, Jo. Baptista Mannellius, Cortona, Pietro da, Blondeau, Jacques, Sanctvs Lavrentivs martyr, Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Lawrence kneels as a martyr on a gridiron and a man stands ready with a torch to light the fire., print, engraving, engraving (printing process), Italian, 1596 - 1669-05-16, after, after a painting by, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1627 - 1691, publisher

Allegorical figures around the portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1712 print Allegorical title page with the portrait of Gaius Julius Caesar on a medal. Around the portrait two crowned women and an angel with the flame of irons of faith above the head. In the foreground Victoria (), With her foot on a armor, and Fortuna (), With her foot on a wheel holding a chain. Fame in the air that blows the trumpet. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). Fates, Parcae (Moirae)

Armida binds rinaldo with magic necklace. Armida binds rinaldo with magic necklace of leaf raft and flowers while falling asleep by her enchanted on an island. The love couple is surrounded by love gods and a maid comes Armida to help the kidnapping of Rinaldo. Under the margin is a verse in six lines of Latin.

Allegory on the history of Great Britain with the portrait of Isaac de Larrey, Gilliam van der Gouwen, after Bernard Picart, after Simon Thomassin, 1713 print The personification of history, seated on the floor, writes the history of Great Britain together with the personification of inspiration. On the right at a column the personification of Great Britain, sitting on a lion. In her hands the coat of arms of England, used by Karel II and Jacobus II. In the foreground, three putti try to stop the winged time, those books are tearing and eating. Above the personification of fame, blowing on a trumpet. She is wearing the portrait in an oval list of French historian Isaac de Larrey. In the background the city of London. In the lower margin a four -line French text. paper etching / engraving 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc.. portrait of a writer

Apollo with his winch amid the muses on the parnassus. One of the muses is on the beach and receives a book from the mouth of a dolphin. In the background the winged horse Pegasus. Flying in the air. Title page for the book Parnaso (Parnassus) of the writer and Cardinal Giovanni Delfino, whose surname Dolfijn means.

A drawing by Laurent de La Hyre illustrating the birth of King Louis XIII at Fontainebleau, part of the Medici commission series.

Louis XIV (king of France), Vouet, Simon, France, Dorigny, Michel, Series of prints after the paintings of Fontainebleau, Neptune and Amphitrite, verso - stamped, Numbered lower right: 4., print, prints, height 288 mm, width 207 mm, French, 1617 - 1665-02-21, print maker, printmaker, 1644 - 1644, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, 1590-01-09 - 1649-06-30, after, after painting by, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, granter of privilege

Allegorie des mariages faits par la Ville de Paris a la naissance du Duc de Bourgogne. Artist: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1724-1780 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (19.7 x 15.5 cm)image: 6 9/16 x 4 13/16 in. (16.7 x 12.2 cm). Date: 1752. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Minerva shifts envy: an allegory by certainty, Johannes Glaber, after Gerard de Lairesse, 1672 - 1726 print The goddess Minerva shifts three harpes and the personification of envy from heaven. In the foreground the personification of the river Amstel. The print is to a ceiling painting by Gerard de Lairesse and is part of a series with Biblical, mythological and allegorical representations. paper etching (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Envy; 'Invidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa). Harpies (classical mythology) Amstel (river)

Allegory with atlas, father time, zeus, chorography and historia; Title page for: Nicholas Gueudeville, Le Nouveau Theater du Monde, Ou La Geographie Royale, Leiden 1713. Allegory with personnifications that are related to the position of the edition as atlas. Central is the figure of Atlas that a globe test with star representation. For him a woman kneels as a personalification of chorography at a globe with a passer in her hand. On her head she wears a model of a fort or other building. She is in a car that is drawn by a lion and leopard. In addition, there is a personification of history () With a book and pens in her hand to capture acts of Helden. On the big globe, father leans time with his zeis and on his head is a winged hourglass. Zeus with his trident is behind him. The group figures stands for a landscape with a city and sailing ships.

Spring, Caspar Luyken, 1698 - 1708 print Young woman, sitting under a large tree, receives flowers of angels. In the margin a four -line French verse on spring. The print is part of a four -part series with performances of the four seasons. paper etching spring, 'Ver'; 'Primavera' (Ripa)

Minerva tramples fire -fancier sea monster, anonymous, 1710 print Minerva, worn by Apollo with victory palm, tramples a fire -fingling sea monster. On the left, a man and putto keep the hands in front of the mouth. Right scholars around a globe. paper engraving (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). trampling, treading, stamping on someone or something. 'pistrix', sea-dragon

The Apocalyptic Woman, from The Apocalypse Made 1496-1498 Germany. Woodcut in black on tan laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Baptism of Christ. Artist: Jan Muller (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1571-1628 Amsterdam); Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1562-1638 Haarlem). Dimensions: 11 11/16 × 8 7/16 in. (29.7 × 21.5 cm). Publisher: Harmen Jansz. Muller (Netherlandish, Amsterdam ca. 1540-1617 Amsterdam). Date: ca. 1600. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Title Print for 'Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties du Monde' by Guillaume Delisle. On an increase, exotic-looking figures kneel for a crowned woman on a throne with a scepter, a mapbook and a cornucopia. Behind them a soldier (Mars), A female allegorical figure and Mercury at a mapbook. In the foreground some electricity gods. In the background Apollo on his solar car and atlas that teat the sky stuff on the mountains mentioned at him.

Allegory of history; Historia; Sciences. Allegory of history surrounded by Rocaille frame. A female angel writes in a book that is worn by father time, a winged old man with hourglass and sheis. In the landscape behind them is the life fountain. In the undermaster twice a four-line German and Latin text. Publisher number 42.

Allegorical title page with the portrait of writer Edward Simson, Jan Wandelaar, 1729 print Minerva sits next to history and looks over her shoulder to the book in which she writes. History is looking up to three allegorical female figures (truth, poetry and a third figure). Behind them father Time, fame and a two -headed figure who hits an inscription in a pyramid with a chisel. Four putti fly in the air, with eternity symbols in the hands, who carry the portrait of writer Edward Simson. paper engraving / etching (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Eternity, 'Aeternitas'; 'Eternití','Eternití o Perpetuití' (Ripa)

. The young Hercules on the crossroads. In his hands a club and a lion's skin. Above his head the Greek Y, the letter that symbolizes the path of life. To the left of Hercules is the personification of virtue, on the right the personification of sin. Virtue points him a narrow, steep road to the Parnassus mountain. Sin points him the wide way to storm and accident. In the air the Roman gods in heaven. FAMA blows the praise.

Brown ink drawing by Franz Karl Palko depicting the birth of Pallas Athena, showing figures, divine elements, and dynamic composition.

Anakreon portrait medallion. A portrait medallion of the Greek poet Anakreon is stopped by Venus, Bacchus and Cupid. The time is on the ground. His wings are cut by a putto, another has tapped his sickle. With an explanation of the show in French.

Fight between Amazones and Greeks on the Bridge of Troy (middle part). .

Marteld death of St. Laurentius, Lucas Vorsterman (I), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1621 print Saint Laurentius is tortured and killed on a grid above fire. An angel comes to fly with laurel wreath and palm branch. paper engraving St. Laurence is roasted on a gridiron

Allegorical portrait of Maria de 'Medici with the intake of Gulik, 1610, Bernard Picart (Possible), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1707 print Faam blows on the trumpet while Victoria Maria de 'Medici Lauwert. The queen is triumphing on her horse with a command stove in hand. The personification of generosity (liberalitas) brings her jewelry. In the background the intake of Gulik by Prince Maurits and the prince of Anhalt, on 2 September 1610. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). 'Victoria'; 'Vittoria', 'Naval victory', 'Victory of antiqui' (Ripa). Generosity, liberality; 'Generositè', 'liberality' (Ripa). Crowning with Laurel Gulik

Allegory of Old and New Testament with Father Time and muses with various attributes including scribal scroll, possibly with the Ten Commandments and globe. On the ground is an overturned statue of Pan as a sign of idolatry. Above this group Christ is enthroned as Salvator Mundi in halo surrounded by some monstrous animals, Allegory of Old and New Testament Title page for: Humphrey Prideaux, Het Oude en Niewe Verbond aen een geschakelt in de geschiedenissen der joden en der aengrenzende volkeren, Leiden 1729 Het O. en N. Verbond aan een geschakelt by H. Prideaux , print maker: François van Bleyswijck, (mentioned on object), Frans van Mieris, publisher: Johannes van der Linden (uitgever), (mentioned on object), Leiden, 1681 - 1729 and/or 1729, paper, etching, engraving, h 344 mm × w 220 mm

Battista Angolo del Moro, The Finding of Moses, 1540s The Finding of Moses

Allegory on the death of Maria Duyst van Voorhout, 1754; Memorial of the mildly dispositien by Den Death of the Hoog Ed. Welborn Lady of Renswoude Enz..Allegorical Grave Monument on the Death of Maria Duyst van Voorhout, Vrijwekenke van Renswoude, on April 26, 1754. At the monument, The Mildness Buurs a Horn of Abundance With Resources about Three Small Bare Boys, Symbolizing the Capacity That Maria Duyst van Voorhout is Symbolize HER Death of the Poor Teaching (Foundations of Renswoude). On Top Of The Monument a Portrait Bust, In The Clouds, Fortune Blows On Her Trumpet.

Nicolas Le Sueur after Sebastiano Conca, Diana and Endymion, c 1729 1742 (published 1763) Diana and Endymion

The Harmony of Nature 1762 Pierre Lélu French. The Harmony of Nature 385480

Daniël in de Leeuwenkuil, Pietro Sante Bartoli, After Pietro da Cortona, 1645 - 1700 print Daniël is in the Leeuwenkuil. God and a group of angels are floating above him. Italy paper etching / engraving Daniel's punishment and liberation: Daniel in the lion's den ~ King Darius

Martelaarschap van H. Stefanus, Philippe Joseph Tassaert, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1742 - 1803 print The stoning of Saint Stefanus. In heaven God the Father and Christ and three angels with a laurel wreath and palm branch. paper etching / engraving martyrdom and death of Stephen

Gabriel Jacques de Saint Aubin, Allegorie des mariages faits par la ville de Paris a la naissance du Duc de Bourgogne, 1751 Allegorie des mariages faits par la ville de Paris a la naissance du Duc de Bourgogne

Title print for the second part of Guerres de Flandres; Second party; Guerres de Flandres. Allegorical title Print for the second part of Guerres de Flandres. The Geldhord Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, worn on a shield gets a sword and hat a sword of a papacy or catholic church. In the foreground the conquered enemy and raging fur with snake hair that refer to rebellion and discord. In the clouds the arms of farnese.

TheResurrection. Artist: Giovanni Battista Scultori, Italian, 1503-1575

Rubens, Peter Paul, Ghent, Spruyt, Philippe Lambert Joseph, St. Francis and Mary protect the earth from the wrath of Christ, verso - stamped, Through her intervention, Mary prevents Christ from striking the earth with his wrath. St. Francis throws himself protectively over the earth. In the background in the landscape the reason for Christ's wrath: women and children are being murdered and a city is on fire., print, prints, height 338 mm, width 266 mm, South Netherlands, 1727-04-03 - 1801-05-05, print maker, printmaker, 1747 - 1801, paper, papier, etching, etchings, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30

Allegorische voorstelling van de trouw.A young in love couple runs armed. They hold their hearts against each other with their hands. In the sky there is an angel who points to them. Angels with flowerguirlands fly around them.

Lazio Roma Rome Palazzo Quirinale. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Tapestries. (Also decorative furniture, etc.). General Notes: No information sheet provided by Hutzel, tapestries not mentioned in TCI. 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 Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Boreas raises Orithyia aloft. Etching by P. Dupin after C. de La Fosse.

BARBARA DE BRAGANZA - HISTORIA DE LA MUSICA - GRABADO SIGLO XVIII. Author: VALLETA NICOLAUS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Poetry tramples snakes and a mask, Jan Wandelaar, 1702 - 1759 print Poetry in a landscape tramples snakes and a mask. She is accompanied by three putti, one of them leans on the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam. Behind her knowledge (cognitio) that holds a torch and an empty framework and fame (Fama) that blows on the trumpet. Under the frame is envy (Invidia). On the right in the background Pegasus at the source Castalia. North Netherlands paper etching / engraving Symbolic Representations, Allegories and Emblems ~ Poetry; 'Poetry' (Ripa). Know -how; 'Cognition', 'Cognition of things' (Ripa). Hunger; 'Fama', 'Good fame', 'Chiara fame' (Ripa). Envy (Envy) as Roman Personification. Pegasus, The Winged Horse

The Conversion of St. Paul (recto); The Execution of the Prisoner (verso). Artist: Dominik Kindermann (Austrian, Schluckenau 1739-1817 Vienna). Dimensions: sheet: 18 1/16 x 11 7/16 in. (45.9 x 29 cm). Date: 18th-early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A chalk and ink drawing by Bernardino Gatti depicting the Resurrection of Christ, on brown paper with white highlights and reddish quadrilation, created before 1529.

Oswald, King of Northumbria, Saint.

Allegorische titelpagina met de personificatie van Muziek; Titelpagina voor: Elias Bronnemüller, Fasciculus Musicus (...), 1710.At an increase is the personification of music, with a songbook on her lap. Apollo hands her an olive branch. Behind her is Minerva who points to Anna Stuart portrait, Queen of England. In the background a ship with a tied soldier. A mermaid desperately stores her arms to him.

Allegory on art. A woman with a pen in one hand and a writing table or plate in the other hand balances with a foot on a globe. Around her angel with symbols of the seven liberal arts. Above her head a pigeon (or heart with wings). Under the show four lines of Latin.

Title page for the Europische Mercury of 1702, 1702 print Title page for the Europische Mercury of 1702. The Dutch garden with the Dutch Lion, outside the Mercury fence with other allegorical figures and animals. On the right in the background a burial monument for Willem III. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdam paper etching fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus'. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Mercury; Mercury as patron

Title Print for Part 1 of 'History of Reformation, and Andre Kerkelyke History, In and Ontrent The Netherlands' van Geeraert Brandt; History of Reformation. A half-naked woman with a cross and an anchor is on an increase. Around her are a number of putti in the weather with a freedom hat, firewood and fascinates. A number of allegorical figures for the increase.

Minerva and Mercury arm Perseus, Jan Harmensz. Muller, Bartholomeus Spranger, 1604.

Allegorical title page with the portrait of writer Edward Simson, Jan Wandelaar, 1752 print Minerva sits next to history and looks over her shoulder to the book in which she writes. History is looking up to three allegorical female figures (truth, poetry and a third figure). Behind them father Time, fame and a two -headed figure who hits an inscription in a pyramid with a chisel. Four putti fly in the air, with eternity symbols in the hands, who carry the portrait of writer Edward Simson. Print Maker: Northern Netherlands Publisher: Leiden paper etching / engraving Father Time, Man with wings and scythe. Eternity, 'Aetertas'; 'eternitã ','Eternitã o perpetuitã ' (ripe). Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama Buona', 'Fama Chiara' (rippa). (Story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). 'History'; 'History' (ripe). Symbolic representatives, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'poesia' (ripe). Truth; 'Veritã ' (ripe). Pyramid (Historical Grave Form)

Allegory on the 100-year anniversary of Dutch freedom, 1648-1748. The raised personification of peace tricks in the air with an olive branch and a caduceus. Under her, Minerva receives a lance with a liberty hat from a putto. A second putto offers vigilance in the middle a book. Fully links a third putto diabolical figures with a spear in a flame sea. At the bottom the town hall completed in 1648 at Amsterdam in Amsterdam with a portrait of Jacob van Campen and a performance of piling work at construction.

Venus and Neptune; Adventures of Telemachus. Neptunus is in a shell and is being pulled by sea horses. He is in conversation with Venus who struck out by birds, from the air. Illustration manufactured by a story from "Adventures of Telemachus", written by François de Fénélon.

Holy Christoffel, Barthel Beham, 1520 print Holy Christofoor or Christoffel sitting on the ground with a broken branch like his staff and a drinking bottle. A putto floats above his head. Nuremberg paper engraving the giant and martyr Christophorus; possible attributes: palm-tree (with bunches of dates, or withered), infant Christ

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). "The woman of the apocalypse and the seven head dragon; Bartsch 71; German edition". Wood engraving, around 1497. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, Petit Palais. Revelation, beast, bible, Catholic, Christian, Dragon seven head, Roman emperor, wood engraving, New Testament

Geometria; The seven liberal arts. Geometria measures a globe with a passer against a background of classic buildings. On the ground there is a man who, like Geometria, keeps measuring instruments in his hands. A woman gesturing towards the buildings in the background. Left is a gun, books and a thumbstick on the floor. A snake curls around the globe.

Cartouche with weapons and injured, Benedikt Winkler, After Jacques de la Joue (II), 1750 - 1762 print A rocaille cartouche surrounded by weapons and a water flow. On the right are a wounded or dead horse and two wounded or dead fighters. Nummered above A. Augsburg paper etching / engraving ornament ~ cartouche. weapons. death of human being

Rest on the Flight into Egypt; the Holy Family under a palm tree surrounded by angels, putti, and a male cleric or saint. Artist: Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520-1582 Mantua); After Giulio Campi (Italian, Cremona 1502-1572). Dimensions: Sheet: 18 11/16 x 12 1/2 in. (47.5 x 31.7 cm). Date: 1578. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Wrestling parties between personscripts of resignation and ownwil; The legal battle.

Ferdinand II., Roman-German Kaiser.

Nymphs Adorning the Statue of a Goddess (recto); River God with Three Nymphs (verso) 18th century Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 18th century Italian. Nymphs Adorning the Statue of a Goddess (recto); River God with Three Nymphs (verso) 340258

The Seven Trumpets, from The Apocalypse Made 1496-1498 Germany. Woodcut in black on tan laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Allegorical performance with Telemachus and Minerva; Title page for: François de Fénelon, Les Avantures de Telemaque, 1734. Telemachus is supervised by Minerva who points him to the countless allegorical figures that surround them. In the margin is a five-line text in French in which the performance is explained in more detail.

Perseus kills the Gorgon Medusa, using a mirror so as not to look at her coiffure of serpents, to look upon which is certain death by being (literally) petrified

Venus stopping Adonis from going hunting. Lairesse, Gerard de (1640-1711), graphic artist, Vaillant, Wallerant (1623-1677), graphic artist

Triumphar from Kallo (right half); entry from Ferdinand in Antwerp in 1635 (no. 43); Laurea Calloana. Kallo triomfvang built to celebrate the victory of the Spanish army on the State Army at Fort Kallo on June 21, 1638 and used in the annual conversation. Right part of the cart with the large weapon trophy with banners, the female allegorical figures and trimmed prisoners. Signature at the top right: Pag. 174. Right half of a representation on two blades. Leaf no. 43 In a whole of 43 plates that illustrate the publication of the description of the arrival of the Cardinal Infant Ferdinand in Austria in Antwerp on April 17, 1635 as the new governor for the Spanish Netherlands.

A herm is decorated with a garland by putti. On the pillar of the sculpture the inscription: Terra., Earth Terra, The four elements (series title), print maker: Cornelis A. Hellemans, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1650 - 1699, paper, etching, engraving, h 199 mm × w 166 mm

Rinaldo and Armida (after Boucher). Charles Nicolas Cochin II (France, Paris, 1715-1790)François Boucher (France, Paris, 1703-1770). France, 1715 - 1790. Prints; etchings. Etching

Satire on painting and the French academy; Le Triomphe du Vangeur d'homere.

Phaethon riding his father's chariot, Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, 1590.

Allegorical performance, revealed by father, with history surrounded by a crowd of characters that symbolize the different world parts. She is accompanied by Geneology, who shows her a family tree, chronology, with tablet in hand, geography, who signs with her passer the world map and Memosyne, the goddess of memory, who points to Diogenes. In the foreground the personnifications of the arts with their attributes. Left in the background Adam and Eva, Mohammed, Moses and Aaron. On the right in the background monuments including the Kolos of Rhodes, the tower of Babel, Golgota, Pyramiden and the Temple of Solomon. In the clouds a meeting of the Olympic gods. With an empty margin.

. In a framework The kidnapping of Aegina by Jupiter, disguised as an eagle. In the background water nymphs. The frame carries a medallion with the portrait of Emperor Charles de Kale.

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame, c 1750 The Angel Carrying off Habakkuk by His Hair, Surrounded by an Elaborate Rococo Frame

Apollo Killing Coronis. Hendrik Goltzius (after) (Holland, Mülbracht, 1558-1617)Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlands, Mülbracht now Bracht-am-Niederrhein, 1558-1617). Holland, published 1590. Prints; engravings. Engraving

The planet Saturn and his children, Harmen Jansz Muller, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1638 - 1646 print Saturn drives his car in the sky, pulled by two dragons. He devours one of his children. The signs of Capricorn and Waterman indicate which people belong to the sphere of influence of Saturn. The people who were born under this constellation have poor health and do not know a happy end of life. Disabled people, arms, hungry and pilgrims get food from charity monks. On the right people in prison, who are visited by a man. The country is edited in the background. At the bottom of the margin a text in Latin about the children of Saturn. Antwerp paper engraving Saturn and his children ('Planetenkinder') ~ Aquarius and Capricorn. dragon. charitable works. the poor. prison, jail. agriculture

Vision of SaintFrancis. Artist: Unknown

Allegory on Amsterdam, 1737 print The crowned Stedemaag van Amsterdam with map of the city points Mercury with Caduceus on the city in the background. In the foreground are river gods as personification of the Amstel and the IJ. paper etching / engraving personification of a city, town-patron(ess). (story of) Mercury (Hermes) Amsterdam. Amstel (river). Ij

The boy Phathon kneels by his mother Clymene; he complains to her that Epaphus has questioned his divine origin. Clymene thereupon points to the heavens, insisting that the sun-god is really his father - Phathon should go and visit him to hear it from him himself. Below the image, 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, Clymene points out to Phathon his father, the sun god 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

At the bottom, the sleeping Telemachus is protected by a hovering Athena with a spear in her hand. With her other hand she fends off the arrow shot by Amor at Telemachus. Venus floats on a cloud with Amor and two doves above them. The scene is framed by an ornamental border with olive branches and a bow at the bottom. Numbered upper right: No. I. Athena protects Telemachus from Venus, print maker: Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Charles Monnet, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pierre Didot, print maker: France, intermediary draughtsman: France, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: Paris, 1785, paper, etching, engraving, h 316 mm × w 252 mm

Copper engraving on paper by an anonymous engraver around 1720 depicting an allegory on the rule of Emperor Charles VI, showing symbolic figures and decorative elements.

Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn by Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 1516 Etching 39,3x23 Germany Renaissance Mythology, Allegory and Literature Graphic arts

Michelangelo, Berthaud Frères, Reproduction of Michelangelo's Last Judgment, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, D'après une photographie et avec l'authorization de. Braun MM, Clément et Cie, height 347 mm, width 368 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1887 - 1892, paper, collotype, photoprint, Italian, 1475-03-06 - 1564-02-18, after a painting by

Seated Bacchante with Children. Dated: 1650s. Dimensions: plate: 19.5 x 20 cm (7 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 38.5 x 26.8 cm (15 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.). Medium: etching with engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michel Dorigny.

Roman and Greek cleaved. A Greek and Roman general by winged personifications, fame and victoria. In the foreground are two portrait medallions surrounded with palm branches that have been crowned together with a laurel wreath.

Portrait of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet 1780 Augustin de Saint-Aubin French. Portrait of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet 423007

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