Historic Religious Illustrations

A collection of ornate prints depicting biblical scenes and literature, featuring intricate decorative frames, angels, and themes of warfare and divinity.

Karta Tytułowa: Kunnst and textbooks for the sophisticated boys to tear and paint from it. Amman, Jost (1539 1591), Walther, Johann Georg

Karta Tytułowa: Kunnst and textbooks for the sophisticated boys to tear and paint from it. Amman, Jost (1539 1591), Walther, Johann Georg

Illustration at Canto XX from Tasso's 'Gerusalemme Liberata', Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print Ornamental decorative frame with a surface with eight Italian verses at the top. At the bottom of a performance at Canto XVII of Tasso's 'Gerusalemme Liberata'. Altamore, the king of Sarmachand, kneels before Godfried van Bouillon who stands for him on horseback. A battle for Jerusalem takes place in the background. Italy paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata. knight. militant proselytizing: religious war, crusade, etc.. ornaments ~ art. ornament ~ cartouche Jerusalem

Neue Künstliche Figuren Biblischer Historien 1576 Woodcuts by Tobias Stimmer Swiss. Neue Künstliche Figuren Biblischer Historien 346040

Illustration at Canto XVIII of TASSO's 'Gerusalemme Liberata'; Jerusalem relieves (part 3); Gerusalemme Liberata (part 3). Ornamental decorative frame with a plane with eight Italian fresh rules at the top. At the bottom of a performance at Canto XVII of TASSO's 'Gerusalemme Liberata'. Rinaldo is in the forest for seven nymphs with musical instruments. A battle takes place in the background. Michaël de Archangel and other angels float above the warring armies.

Seven angels get a trumpet; Revelation of John on Patmos; Icone Revelationum S Johs Evangeliste in Pathmo. Opening the seventh stamp: God's father and seven angels with a trumpet in the clouds. Among them the earth on which lightning bolts come up. A four-line caption in Latin in the margin. Eighth print from a series of twenty-four with the Revelation of John on Patmos.

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Seven angels get a trumpet, Adriaen Collaert (attributed to), after Jan Snellinck (I), 1585 print Opening the seventh seal: in the clouds God the Father and seven angels with a trumpet. Among them the earth on which lightning bolts come. In the margin a four -line caption in Latin. Eighth print from a series of twenty -four with the revelation of Johannes on Patmos. Antwerp paper engraving the seven angels with trumpets ~ Revelation of John

Cartouche and emblemata with falcon and minerva; NEW and SERKE LIQUIGE INTERNED COMPARTMENTE AND SINRIJCKE EMBLEMETAAS or SINNE INSTALL SEER THAT STIGH for Silversmeeden (...) TWEDE part. A cartouche and four emblemata with Dutch text and Latin motto on a leaf. Upstairs: Cartouche with a series title with an emperor flanked by Obelisken on the top and possibly Mercury and Minerva, on the underside two sphinxes. Below: emblemata with a falcon on a glove, a coat of arms on a globe with cross and crown, a sword two hearts boring and minerva with a lion and a boar.

Two witnesses; Revelation of John on Patmos; Icone Revelationum S Iohs Evangeliste in Pathmo; Thesaurus Novi Testamenti Elegantissimis Iconibus Expressus Continens Historias Atque Miracula Doni Nostri Iesu Christi. The two witnesses prophesy and are killed by the beast from the underground depth. They rise to heaven in the background. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text. 11. This print is part of an album.

Women and children see how Civilis Battle supplies with the Romans, 69-70; Seconde Défaite des Romains / Schechche VIII; Copies to Tempesta's Batavian rebellion. Women and children see how Claudius Civilis delivers at Xanten Batten with the Romans. Print 8 in a series about the Batavian rebellion, copied to the Batavorum Cum Romanis Bellum series from Antonio Tempesta (Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612). Illustration for: Marquis de St. Simon, Histoire de la Guerre des Bataves et des Romains, d'après César; Corneille Tacite, Aux Dépens The Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1770. Performances printed in a large ornamental picture frame in which a tasting title and at the bottom of a caption was stuck in French.

Raising Loans from Navis Stultifera (Ship of Fools), Plate 24 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Master of the Bergmann Press (Basel, 15th century); printed and published by Johann Bergmann de Olpe (German, fl. 1494-1499); original text by Sebastian Brant (German, 1457-1521); portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855-1932). Date: 1401-1500. Dimensions: 116 x 96 mm (image); 191 x 143 mm (sheet). Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat. Origin: Swiss. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Master of the Bergmann Press.

Copper engraving by Jean Duvet depicting royal majesty, produced between 1547 and 1550.

Cornelis Floris II, Ornament, 1557 Ornament

Moses and the Burning Bush (recto) and The Infant Moses Put into the River (verso) from Neue künstliche Figuren biblischer Historien, plate 55 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Tobias Stimmer (Swiss, 1539-1584); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1578-1579. Dimensions: 159 x 134 mm (image, recto); 159 x 134 mm (image, verso); 166 x 134 mm (image/text, verso); 200 x 151 mm (sheet). Woodcut on paper. Origin: Switzerland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

The dance of death: the monk. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

Hans Süss von Kulmbach, Apollo and the Muses, published 1502 Apollo and the Muses

La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 23 (recto) 1567 Giovanni Ostaus Italian Published by Giovanni Ostaus, Venice, woodcut of Lucrezia designed by Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati), Italian, Castelnuova di Garfagnana ca. 1520-1575 Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:Design depicts a series of seated figures interacting with one another. On the left a standing woman plays a lyre (or another string instrument). The entire scene takes place in a pastoral landscape.. La Vera Perfettione del Disegno di varie sorti di recami, page 23 (recto) 662395

New Modelbüch allen Nägerin u. Sydenstickern (Page 28r) 1556 Hans Hoffman German Designed by Hans Hoffman (German, active Strasbourg 1556) and published by Jacob Frlich, Strasbourg.Illustrated title page with Hoffman's monogram, narrative scene on verso of title page, dedication (2 pages), 49 pages of designs, page with publisher’s information, and narrative scene on last page.. New Modelbüch allen Nägerin u. Sydenstickern (Page 28r). 1556. Woodcut. Jacob Frölich , Strassburg

Pandion GEEEFT Philomela Mee Aan Tereus, Virgil, 1569 print The Thracian king Tereus came to get Philomela to bring her to her sister ProNe. The father of Philomela and ProCne, King Pandion of Athens, lets Philomela go and asks Terus to protect her as his own daughter. print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper letterpress printing scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. (story of) Philomela and Procne

Title page for the Schouburgh of the Dutch Changes, opened in SES TOONELEN, 1674, 1674 Allegorical title page for: Schouburgh of the Dutch changes, opent in Ses Tooneelen, written and published by Romeyn de Hooghe in 1674. The truth, Mercury and time see how a painting is painted in which war is raging in the Dutch garden. Below the title on a stretched sheet. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Netherlands Allegorical title page for: Schouburgh of the Dutch changes, opent in Ses Tooneelen, written and published by Romeyn de Hooghe in 1674. The truth, Mercury and time see how a painting is painted in which war is raging in the Dutch garden. Below the title on a stretched sheet. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Netherlands

Last judgment and the devil thrown into the pool of fire, Adriaen Collaert (attributed to), after Jan Snellinck (I), 1646 print Heaven with God the Father, sitting on throne, surrounded by the risen dead. Opposite him is an angel with an open book. In the background, everyone who does not appear to be in the book of life is thrown into the Vuurpoel (the second death). The devil, liberated again after a thousand years, is thrown into the pool of fire and sulfur. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in op. 20:10. This print is part of an album. paper engraving an angel with a key and a chain binds the dragon (Satan) and casts him into the pit. the Judge on the great white throne. death and hell are cast into the lake of fire

Title page with the action window or the front court of Quinquenpoix, 1720, 1720 Title page with the action window or the Voorhof of Quinquenpoix. In the central performance, a man with a love declaration for a woman who rejects him (according to the text: John Law and SCHOOD), in the Cupidos and Arrow Thokers frame. With two lines in the caption. This plate is printed in the middle of a larger plate with a wreath made up of all kinds of objects that have to do with the wind trade. At the bottom are Mercury and Neptune. In the plate a caption with two verses. Title page in the bound fourth edition (304 B 12) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. print maker: Amsterdamprint maker: Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving Title page with the action window or the Voorhof of Quinquenpoix. In the central performance, a man with a love declaration for a woman who rejects him (according to the text: John Law and SCHOOD), in the Cupido

Giving birth wife and seven -headed dragon, Adriaen Collaert (attributed to), after Jan Snellinck (i), 1646 print In the sky the sign of the baring woman, crowned and with wings, appears in a light wreath. She is threatened by a seven -member dragon. The child of the woman is taken to God the Father. The Archangel Michaël binds with the dragon. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in op. 12: 1. This print is part of an album. paper engraving the pregnant woman and the dragon ~ Revelation of John

Illustration to Life of Dion from La Seconda Parte delle Vite di Plutarcho di greco in latino & di latino in volgare tradotte, plate 85 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1538 Italy. Woodcut on paper . Unknown artist

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., title page (recto) 1563 Matteo Pagano Italian Published by Matteo Pagano, Italian, 1515-1588, Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right.Illustrated title page with title printed in black onto a cartouche framed by foliage. Below the title is a scene depicting 4 women working on various textiles. In the background is a landscape of hills and trees.. Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., title page (recto) 662216

Furies at the wedding bed of Tereus and Procne, Virgilius Solis, 1569 print With burning torches in hand, the three Furiën (revenge goddesses) visit the marriage bed of the Thracian King Tereus and ProNe. There is an owl on top of the bed. print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper letterpress printing scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. (Story of) Philomela and Procne. Furies, dire (erinyes), Eumenides; "Furie '(Ripa). owls

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from 1515 depicting the Vienna double wedding, including Emperor Maximilian I, Maria, King Vladislav II, Ludwig II, Anna, and King Sigismund I, with architectural background.

Hans Holbein the Younger, Letter T Letter T

A woodcut from around 1480-1490 depicting the fair of St. Gregor, showing figures, stalls, and urban landscape in late 15th-century German printmaking style.

Ceres Verandert Ascalbia in Een Hages, Virgil, 1569 print Ceres changes the rude son (Ascalabus) of an old woman into a lizard. print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper letterpress printing scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. Ascalabus (Stellio, Abas) changed into a lizard: Ceres changes the boy into a lizard as punishment for mocking her, when quenching her thirst too avidly (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 456)

Woodcut and type print by Lucas Cranach the Elder depicting the Pope seated in a laid position, emphasizing ceremonial posture and detailed figures.

Theurerdanck's Ship Endangered by Hail and Storm, from Theuerdanck 1517 Hans Schäufelein German. Theurerdanck's Ship Endangered by Hail and Storm, from Theuerdanck 665531

Congress and double Betrothal in Vienna, plate 23 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch Made 1515-1517 Germany. Woodcut in black ink on cream laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Dat boeck van dem leuen ons liefs heren ihesu cristi... Author: Ludolphus de Saxonia. Dimensions: 10 3/4 × 8 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (27.3 × 21.4 × 5.7 cm). Publisher: Peter Os van Breda , Zwolle. Date: November 28, 1495. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Le jardin de plaisance michel lenoir 1520

Display of the joy flower (mountains on zoom), 1561; Tpoëtelijck punct of Berghen on the hem. Scene from the joy flower play, Rederijkerskamer of Bergen op Zoom. On stage: Apollo, day, night and rhetorica. For the land jewel of Antwerp in 1561.

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This 1515 woodcut by Dürers workshop depicts Friedrich IIIs fight for the Burgundian heritage (1477-79) and the Utrecht Feud (1483-84), illustrated on the Honorary Gate of Emperor Maximilian I. It portrays military and dynastic conflicts.

The Rain of Manna from Biblische Historien Künstlich fürgemalt, plate five from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1551 Germany. Woodcut in black on tan laid paper . Hans Sebald Beham

Willem VI, Jacoba van Beieren, Filips de Goede and Karel de Stoute. Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1518.

Portrait of Louis XII, King of France, Jost Amman, 1598 print Nuremberg paper etching historical persons. ruler, sovereign. scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament

Woodcut by Albrecht Dürers workshop from 1515 showing a partial representation of Emperor Maximilian Is honorary gate, with figures, architecture, and decorative elements.

Zwartornament in de vorm van een schildpad; Zwartornamenten.Black ornament in the shape of a turtle. Bye and two fighting men. A third man with dog tries to calm them down. Left below 4. The print is part of an album.

PALLADIO. ANDREA DI PIETRO. ARQUITECTO ITALIANO 1508 - 1580. " IL TERZO LIBRO DELL ARCHITETTURA ". VENECIA 1570. PORTADA.

Souls receive white clothes and burning stars fall on earth, Adriaen Collaert (attributed to), after Jan Snellinck (I), 1585 print Opening the fifth seal: with an altar there are the souls, all of whom receive white clothes. Below that opening the sixth seal: burning stars fall on earth after an earthquake. In the margin a four -line caption in Latin. Fifth print from a series of twenty -four with the revelation of John on Patmos. Antwerp paper engraving opening of the fifth seal: white robes are given to (the souls of) the martyrs under the altar (+ angel(s) floating in the air). opening of the sixth seal: a great earthquake, the sun turns black, the moon red as blood, and the stars fall on earth; mankind hiding in caves

Allegory on the battle between France and the Pope, 1624; Ceramen Inter Caponem et Gallum / Conbat Entre Le Chapon et le Coq / De Capoen and Haenen fight. Allegory on the battle between France and the Pope, 1624. Human fight between two roosters adorned with the papal crown and the French king wreath, in the background royal spectators. Right a cook grinds (Spain) At the kitchen his knife. Outside, discord lights up a globe, with the angel castle in the background. Different texts in Dutch and French are printed on the blade under the plate.

Cadmus companions devoured by a dragon, Virgilius Solis, 1569 print print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper letterpress printing scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. Cadmus' companions, sent to fetch water, are slain by the dragon which guarded the spring

Cartoon on the French loss of Tournai, 1709; The Lelike Leli relieves Thorns, and the NIEWE French cabin wire / Le Nouveaux Conseil du Cabinet de France Touchant Tournai; Vortilyke state balance / 't Lusthof from MoMus. Cartoon on the French loss of Tournai to the Allies in 1709. Above a French lily stripped of thorns, under a deliberation of the French cabinet. With inscriptions and verses in Dutch and French. Numbered at the bottom right: 4. Part of the Vortelyke state balance, a series of 7 numbered cartoons on the French in the year 1709 of the Spanish Succession War. Part of the printing work under the collective title 't Lust Court of Momus with the bundled series of cartooning during the 1901-1713 of the Spanish Succession War.

Holy Roman Empire Coat of Arms with Cologne Coat of Arms from Koelner Chronik (Cologne Chronicle), Plate 37 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Cologne, late 15th century); printed and published by Johann Koelhoff the Younger (German, active 1487-1502); portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855-1932). Date: 1499. Dimensions: 135 x 135 mm (image); 338 x 220 mm (sheet). Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Kneeling David. An angel shows David a skull, a sword and a rod. Completely in an ornamented frame.

Cycnus en Phylius Virgil, 1569 print Stripped because Phylius refuses to give him trapped bull to him, Cygnus jumps from a rock on which he is turned into a swan by his father Apollo. His sad mother Hyrie is turned into a fountain. print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper letterpress printing scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. Cygnus, son of Apollo, changed into a swan: because his friend Phil(l)ius refused to give him the bull captured by the help of Hercules, Cycnus, the son of Apollo, leaps off a cliff, and is changed into a swan (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 371)

Ornament, anonymous, 1682 print Brussels paper letterpress printing ornaments ~ art. foliage ~ ornament

Print, Title page from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book); Designed by Christoph Jamnitzer (German, 1563 - 1618); Germany; engraving on laid paper; Platemark: 15 × 18.9 cm (5 7/8 × 7 7/16 in.) 18.5 × 23.2 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

Ogier le Danois. Ogier le Dannoys. Lyon, vend Claude Nourry, 1525

Arithmetic En Music, Marin Bonnemer, 1563 - 1573 print Paris paper 'Music' (~ quadrivious); 'Music' (Ripa). "Arithmetic '(~ quadrivious); "Aritmetic '(Ripa)

Aanbidding van het zevenkoppige beest; Openbaring van Johannes op Patmos; Icones Revelationum S Johs Evangeliste in Pathmo.From the sea the seven-coupled crowned beast that is honored by the people. The second beast appears from behind a mountain in the form of a RAM. A four-line caption in Latin in the margin. Fifteenth prints from a series of twenty-four with the Revelation of John on Patmos.

Von allerhandt Freudenvöglen, illustration from Petrarch, Glück und Unglück Spiegel, figure 66 1652 Balthasar Schwan German. Von allerhandt Freudenvöglen, illustration from Petrarch, Glück und Unglück Spiegel, figure 66 398967

Execution of the nine people who swore to betray Maastricht to the Spaniards, 1638, 1638 print Executions in Maastricht of the nine people who swore to betray Maastricht to the Spaniards, 1638. On a scaffold, Claude de la Court is celebrated and his wife Angenes van Bovry is beheaded on April 30, 1638. In the corners of the four Roman clergymen who were involved in the conspiracy and being beheaded in July. At the top, the nine conspirators take an oath on the Bible. A text of 3 columns with a legend of the convicted A-I is printed under the print. Press without address. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing on the scaffold or place of execution. revolutionaries taking the oath Maastricht

Urged by Fürwittig, Theuerdanck Tries to Manipulate a Polishing Stone, from Theuerdanck 1517 Hans Schäufelein German. Urged by Fürwittig, Theuerdanck Tries to Manipulate a Polishing Stone, from Theuerdanck 665539

Chickens and rooster in a hen house, Daniël van den Bremden, c. 1620 - c. 1630.

Veen, Otto van, Tempesta, Antonio, Copies after Tempesta's Batavian Revolt, Alliance des Bataves et des Romains, planche I, Title print for the series The Batavian Revolt, 69-70, Round allegorical representation in which personifications of Roma and Batavia shake hands on the battlefield. In the foreground the river gods of the Tiber, Maas, and Rhine. First print in a series about the Batavian Revolt, copied after the series Batavorum cum Romanis bellum by Antonio Tempesta (Otto Vaenius, Antwerp 1612). Illustration for: Marquis de St. Simon, Histoire de la guerre des Bataves et des Romains, d'après César; Corneille Tacite, Aux dépens de Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam 1770. Representations printed in a large ornamental frame in which a cut-out title is pasted at the top and a caption in French at the bottom., print, title print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 140 mm, width 202 mm, height 370 mm, width 300 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1768 - 1770, third quarter 18th century,

The rediscovery of the stolen and buried bodies of Slatius, Coorkwinder and Gerritsz, 1623; Waerachtich Verhael / How Hendric Slatius naer that he was stolen / to voorschyn has been gathered at Onser Memorye Fyguerelijck. Discovering, draging and rechiting the body parts of Henricus Slatius, David Coorenwinder and Cornelis Gerrits, convicted conspirators against Maurits, executed in February, March and May 1623 in The Hague. Centrally the scenes numbered I-VI of the find on 16 May 1623 by a plowing farmer of the buried body parts, opening the coffin, taking the bodies to the gallows and hang it back to the wheel. Two columns of text are printed on either side of the central plate. With the inscription: Slatius comes to the graffle / and vaert.

De Toverlantaarn (dl. 1), ca. 1720, 1720 print The magic lantern. Presentation in two parts. Above an interior in which a performance with the magic lantern is given. Among three men on the way each with a magic lantern on the back, they are referred to in the accompanying verse with a consultation as: Duydser, Curjeus and Waaltje. First print in a series of three consecutive plates about the magic lantern. Belongs to the group of additional prints added to the scene of foolishness series with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching

Babylon from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 9 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Augsburg, 15th century); printed and published by Johann Schönsperger the Elder (German, ca. 1455-1521); original text by Hartmann Schedel (German, 1440-1514); portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855-1932). Date: 1496. Dimensions: 86 x 139 mm (image); 270 x 196 mm (sheet). Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Albrecht Dürer, Detail 43, 1515-1517, woodcut on paper.

Four Illustrations to I Kings (recto) and Illustration to I Kings (verso) from Biblia Latina, plate 78 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Bernard Salomon (French, 1506/10-c.1561); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1569. Dimensions: 299 × 199 mm (images/te×t, recto); 60 × 83 mm (image, verso); 298 × 202 mm (image/te×t, verso); 375 × 240 mm (sheet). Woodcut on paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1578 depicting the punishment of Tiron, a Roman figure, illustrating a classical historical narrative.

Martyrdom of male figures by various methods. Woodcut.

Failed draft of Louis XIV and the Duke of Anjou, 1706, 1706 print Triumph car with Louis XIV and the Duke of Anjou pulled by six princes in the direction of a temple where the Spanish crown is kept. At the top two cartouches with representations with Jesuits, 1706. On the magazine under the plate a statement 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 / engraving / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires

Title print for press series De Ruiterschool, 1640 print A Latin text in a cartouche. On the left next to a figure in harness (a rider, according to the lines that he holds in his hand), a soldier without harness right next to it; Under the text a skull. This print is part of a series of 22 numbered prints: a title print, 20 prints on which one or a few different types of (most harnessed) riders are displayed, and a print with a rider fight. paper engraving warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen). death's head, skull (symbol of Death)

Running rods, Jost Amman, 1573 print print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper warfare; military affairs. running the gauntlet

Portraits of Jacobus I and Anna; Series 4: French, German and English events, 1576-1610. Portrait of Jacobus I, king of England with his wife Anna van Denmark, approx. 1603. Both standing out in a niche. Between them the family tree of the king. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Left below numbered: 344. The print is part of an album.

A circa 1527 woodcut by Hans Burgkmair depicting the transition from poverty to wealth using symbolic representation with two sticks, illustrating early 16th-century German print techniques.

Title Border with Five Genii and a Monkey 1510 Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German. Title Border with Five Genii and a Monkey 416805

Title page for Sericulture series Vermis Sericus. Date/Period: Ca. 1590. Drawing. Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on paper. Author: called Stradanus Jan van der Straet.

Vanitas; Lord and woman with skull. Lord and lady sit, with death heads and a cup, surrounded by Vanitas symbols. Death with banderole in air. To represent edge with bones, death body and angel and devil.

Count Willem V van Holland; Comfort and short history of the graves of Hollandt Zeelandt Ende Vrieslandt; Graves and gravingen from Holland. Count Willem V van Holland, for feet, with sword. His coat of arms has four quarters: two with four climbing lions and two with diagonals. The print is part of a book with descriptions and shows of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland.

Philip IV (king of Spain), Ferdinand II (German emperor), Antwerp, Nutius, Martinus (III), Rubens, Peter Paul, Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), Title page for: J. Tirinus, Commentarius in Vetus et Novum Testamentum, M. Nutius, 1632, recto - manuscript in brown ink, The title of the book is on a cartouche decorated with the symbols of the evangelists. On either side the apostles Peter and Paul. Below them Moses and Aaron. In heaven Mary and God, Christ and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove surrounded by angels and biblical figures., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, ...Libris ... Master gulteri, height 323 mm, width 208 mm, South Netherlands, 1576 - 1650-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1632 - 1632, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1594 - 1638, publisher, German, 1578-07-09 - 1637-02-15, granter of privilege, Spanish, Portuguese, 1605-04-08 - 1

Kardinaal, Caspar Merian, after Hans Holbein (II), after Ambrosius Holbein, 1676 print paper etching / letterpress printing cardinal

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich to enter the kingdom of God; The misery of wealth. Left in the foreground a rich man (with a stick in hand) tries to wring through a gate. A camel driven by three men: a farmer, a judge and a merchant. They try to force the animal by a needle that is held by a hand coming out of the clouds. On the left in the background the road to the kingdom of heaven that leads to Christ in the clouds. Under the show a verse in Latin and a Dutch and French caption in letterpress. This print is part of an album.

Jupiter Verandert Koning Lycaon in Een Wolf, Virgil, 1569 print print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper letterpress printing Lycaon changed into a wolf: Jupiter changes Lycaon into a wolf as punishment for offering the god, who is sitting at table, human flesh to eat; Lycaon's house is struck with lightning (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 237). scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament

Southern Netherlands, Duvivier, Guillaume (18th century), Northern Netherlands, The Great Tableau of Folly, True Image of the Renowned Lord Quinquenpoix, True Image of Mr Quinquempoix, 1720, True Image of Mr Quinquempoix. Portrait medallion of John Law as Mr Quinquempoix above a brewing kettle in which coins are transformed into shares. Witches' cauldron with devils, owls etc. Above the portrait Folly with a crown of peacock feathers and holly leaves. Above this a banderole with: Of Stront of Koning. This plate printed within a larger plate with title and verses in Dutch on either side. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 10) of The Great Scene of Folly with cartoons on the Wind Trade or Action Trade of 1720., print, cartoon, books, Frederik Muller History Plates, height 191 mm, width 303 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1712 - 1712, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), South Netherlands, 1700 - 1743-03-06, 1720 - 1720

The wolf dressed as a shepherd with some sheep and a goat. Surrounding the scene an ornamental border with child and animal figures. Two framed texts within the representation: the wolf waits the scape, Tis een burden great and deer, if that wolf scaepherd wt. Below the representation five-line text in Dutch, The wolf watches the sheep, print maker: anonymous, Low Countries, 1500 - 1510, paper, pen, d 240 mm, h 285 mm × w 258 mm

Konradin, Duke of Swabia.

Ex Libris Willibald Pirckheimer, Albrecht Dürer, 1590 - 1600 print Two coats of arms, held by two angels. In addition, the saying 'Sibi et Amicis P Ositus'. Below the text 'Liber bilibaldi pirckheimer'. The whole in a frame of garlands, horns of abundance and putti. Nuremberg paper armorial bearing, heraldry. ex-libris. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Copper engraving and book print by Christoffel van Sichem I depicting a sailing barge on a frozen lake with accompanying text, created in 1605, illustrating a maritime winter scene.

Medal on the Peace of Westminster, 1654. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1700 - 1726. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 188 mm × w 197 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Reigles generales de l'architecture, sur les cincq manieres d'edifices 1545 Sebastiano Serlio Italian. Reigles generales de l'architecture, sur les cincq manieres d'edifices 356963

There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 10, 'I Mans perceptions are not bounded . . . . ' (Bentley b3), Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, ca. 1788, Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm), Plate: 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 inches (6 x 4.1 cm), and Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm), branch, leaf, literary theme, men, stone, text, vine

Heart-shaped cartouche with a quote from Horace; Horace: / Dvlcis Inex = / Pertis Paws = / Tis Cvltvra am (...); Varii Generis Partitionum ...; Title and 15 sheets of the series: Varii Generis Partitionum. The rollerwork is a female Sater with a small satert both at the top left and at the top right. Leaf belongs to 15 sheets with title page from a series of 24 sheets. Woodcuts.

Fight between four against five kings, 1740 print In the Siddim valley, the kings of Elam, Goem, Sinear and Ellasar fought with the kings of Sodom, Gomorra, ADMA, Sebo and Bela. A ruin in the background. A title above the show. Below six verses and a reference to Genesis 14: 1-12. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing the king of Elam and three allied kings make war against the five rebellious kings of the Pentapolis

Leaf from Opera by Virgilius (after the Strasbourg Virgil, 1502), plate 90 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century 1544 Italy. Woodcut on paper . Unknown artist

The world is a play theater, 1720, 1720 The world is a play theater. On a stage under a throne sky, wind traders are received by the devil, in the clouds the gods at a column gallery with the Wapen van Amsterdam, in the foreground all kinds of personifications. Left and right smaller scenes of the wind trade in different regions and cities. At the top left of slave Africans at the Mississippi Company. Also at the top right, left and bottom right representations with regard to slavery. At the bottom of a verse from Philadelphus. Print in the bound first edition (304 B 11) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching Mississippi The world is a play theater. On a stage under a throne sky, wind traders are received by the devil, in the clouds the gods at a column gallery with the Wapen van Amsterdam, in the foreground all kinds of personifications. Left and right smaller scenes of the wind trade in different

Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 17, "A Cradle Song" (Bentley 17), 1789 to 1794. Relief etching printed in dark-brown with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Up and down and downfall of the Actionists, 1720, 1720 Up and down and downfall of the actionists. Leaf with different representations about the unrest as a result of the Windhandel of 1720. Centrally at the bottom of Quinquempoix: a crowd of victims of the wind trade collected on Dam Square at Kalverstraat, above that the Thuillerie Hof: Panic in the Paris Tuileries. At the top a portrait of John Law a note with Mississippi in hand, with a monkey and a wolf that bites a sheep. At the top left, top right excavation work for the Utrecht canal. In the caption a verse in seven columns. Print in the bound fourth edition (304 B 12) of the great scene of foolishness with cartoons on the wind trade or action trade of 1720. Northern Netherlands paper etching Jardin Des Tuileries. Dam. Constainting util Up and down and downfall of the actionists. Leaf with different representations about the unrest as a result of the Windhandel of 1720. Centrally at the bottom of Quinquempoix: a crowd of victi

Antwerp, Leys, Henri (baron), Galle, Cornelis (III), Cornelis (II), Christ teaching the disciples, verso - stamped, Christ stands in a landscape and makes a speaking gesture. On the right two disciples are listening to him. In the middle two angels hold a cloth with a Latin Bible verse from Mat. 6. On the verso a prayer card for Maria Calff, who died in Zwaluwe in 1835., print, prayer card, prints, height 65 mm, width 88 mm, South Netherlands, 1615 - 1678-10-18, print maker, printmaker, 1638 - 1678, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, 1642 - 1679, Publication (Event), Publication, 1815-02-18 - 1869-08-26, publisher

Fall of Lucifer (Satan) and the creation of Eva, Cornelis van Noorde, 1762 print On the left the fall of Lucifer (Satan) and on the right the creation of Eva from an Adam rib. In a frame two lines of Latin text. Below two columns with Dutch text. Haarlem paper letterpress printing the fall of Satan, fall of Lucifer. creation of Eve

Les Secondes Oeuvres, et Subtiles Inventions De Lingerie du Seigneur Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, page 2 (verso). Dedicatee: Catherine de Bourbon (French, 1558-1604). Designer: Federico de Vinciolo (Italian, active Paris, ca. 1587-99). Dimensions: Overall: 9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (24 x 16.5 cm). Publisher: Jean Le Clerc , Paris. Date: 1603.Designed by Federic de Vinciolo Venitien, published by Jean Le Clerc, Paris, dedicated to Catherine de Bourbon, French, 1558-1604.Page is decorated in the center with a wreath of 2 olive branches that are tied together by a bow at the bottom. Below the wreath are 4 lines of text printed in black. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Reconciliation between Odysseus and the Ithacan rebels, Theodoor van Thulden, After Francesco Primaticcio, After Nicolò Dell'abate, 1633 Under the watchful eye of Minerva, Odysseus and the hostile Ithacans reconcile. They fall into each other. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Under the watchful eye of Minerva, Odysseus and the hostile Ithacans reconcile. They fall into each other. The print is part of an album. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 17, 'A Cradle Song' (Bentley 17), Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1789 to 1794, Relief etching printed in dark-brown with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 inches (18.1 x 12.7 cm), Plate: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches (11.4 x 7 cm), and Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm), baby, branches, chair, children, cradle, crib, drapes, infant, leaf, literary theme, mother, sleeping, text, vines, woman

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