Historical Allegorical Artworks

A collection of intricate prints featuring allegorical scenes, monuments, and personifications, showcasing themes of freedom, valor, and trade in rich, detailed styles.

Evangelical jubilee print celebrating the second centenary of the Reformation, October 31, 1717. Central scene with Luther and Melanchton at an altar on which the Divine Fire burns the False Doctrine, in a frame decorated with portraits of Hus and Luther, three scenes from Luther's life, biblical leaders, and the personifications of Truth, Faith, Hope, Love, and Steadfastness. Printed on the leaf on either side of the plate the explanation of the representation., Evangelical jubilee print on the second centenary of the Reformation, 1717, print maker: Adolf van der Laan, (mentioned on object), Adolf van der Laan, (mentioned on object), after: Abraham de Lairesse, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1717, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 370 mm × w 550 mm

Allegorical portrait of Leopold Willem, governor of the Southern Netherlands, Frans van den Wijngaerde, 1636 - 1679 print Portrait of Leopold Willem, Archduke of Austria and governor of the Southern Netherlands. His portrait is caught in a medallion that is placed on a monument decorated with CARATIDEN. Putti decorate the portrait with bander rolls. At the top of the arms of Austria in a cartouche, flanked by angels and eagles. At the top left a putto with a shield, and at the top right a putto with a spring in hand. At the bottom of a cartouche in which a inscription in Latin. Left in the foreground Bellona, in harness and with globe in hand, and on the right the freedom with broken chains. In the margin a four -line caption in Latin. Antwerp paper etching / engraving Bellona (Enyo). Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa). caryatids ~ architecture. armorial bearing, heraldry. predatory birds: eagle

The world is a playground, 1720; The waiter is a playing stage, each playing its role and krygt its part; The great scene of foolishness. The world is a playground. On a stage under a throne sky, wind dealers are received by the devil, in the clouds the gods at a colonnade with the coat of arms of Amsterdam, in the foreground all kinds of personnifications. Left and right smaller scenes of the wind trade in different regions and cities. Top left slaves at the Mississippi company. At the bottom of a fresh from Philadelphus. Print 19 in the series of large scene of foolishness with cartring prints at the 1820 wind trade.

Allegory on the Roman Empire; Sext. Aurelius Victor Cum Notis Variatorum Curante Joanne Arntzenio Icto; Title page for: Joannis Arntzenius, Secti Aurelii Victoris Historia Romana, 1733. On a pedestal of State the personification of the Roman Empire with eagle, rich or wall crown with the Star of Italy. Around standing an emperor, soldiers and clergymen with freedom hat and shields and banners with spqr. In the foreground there are a river god (possible personification of the tiber) and the wolvin with Romulus and Remus.

Shoemaker and his wife in the store; Les Métiers.

Wish letter with dancing figures, 1767 - 1779 print Wish letter with unwritten cartouche within a decorative framework with performances of a group of dancers and cord dancers. Numbered at the top right: N. 16. publisher: Amsterdamprint maker: Netherlands paper etching group dancing. dancing. equilibrist

Allegory on Sweden or the kingship of Frederik I van Sweden, Anonymous, 1720 - 1751 print Probably an allegory on Sweden and/or King Frederik I. There are several figures around his throne, including Hercules, a veiled figure with a book, a woman with a key and a woman with flaming hair and a flaming heart in her hand. Further off the throne are Minerva and a number of soldiers. At the end of the stairs, three figures kneel who present a book, an architectural drawing and a ship model. Behind them is Mercury. At the bottom right is a figure who leans on books with his elbow and foot. There is a globe next to him. At the top right a window through which we see a landscape with cliffs and a fish that descends to a cloud. Around the show a decorative frame with Latin inscriptions, possibly descriptions of Sweden. At the top of the frame the weapon of Sweden. paper etching historical persons. (story of) Hercules (Heracles). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). coat of arms (as symbol of t

Birth of Christ; That Gebürt Christi / Nativitas Christi; Youth of Christ. The birth of Christ. Maria and Joseph, two men and a woman worship the Christ child that lies in the manger. In the landscape in the background a woman come to the head and two other figures. Around the show a Rocaille frame. In the underwear twice a seven-line German and Latin text.

Eugen, Prince of Savoyen-Carignan.

Evangelical jubilee print celebrating the second centenary of the Reformation, October 31, 1717. Central scene with Luther and Melanchton at an altar on which the Divine Fire burns the False Doctrine, in a frame decorated with portraits of Hus and Luther, three scenes from Luther's life, biblical leaders, and the personifications of Truth, Faith, Hope, Love, and Steadfastness. Printed on the leaf on either side of the plate the explanation of the representation., Evangelical jubilee print on the second centenary of the Reformation, 1717, print maker: Adolf van der Laan, (mentioned on object), Adolf van der Laan, (mentioned on object), after: Abraham de Lairesse, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1717, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 370 mm × w 550 mm

Regis Reginae ac Principes et viri, Abgebildet sind einige der Könige und Königinnen von Rom, historisches Rom, Italien, digitale Reproduktion einer O...

Men around a table, Bernard Picart (workshop or), 1724 print A group of gentlemen has gathered in a lecture hall of the Academy of Sciences. A portrait of the king on the back wall. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving learned society, academy of sciences

Hondius, Hendrick (I), Cock, Hieronymus, Southern Netherlands, Doetechum, Lucas van, Joannes van (I), Funeral procession of Emperor Charles V, 1558, Part of the procession, no. 6, Three participants in the procession, a horse decorated with the motto and emblem of the emperor, banner with Matamoros (Saint James defeating the Moors). Part of the series of prints of the Funeral Procession of Emperor Charles V on 29 December 1558 in Brussels., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 240 mm, width 345 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1530 - 1605, print maker, printmaker, 1559 - 1559, third quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), - 1589, 1518 - 1570-03-10, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1573-06-09 - 1650-10-25, publisher

Haarlem, Loosjes, Adriaan Pietersz., Jelgerhuis, Johannes, Netherlands, Hoogkamer, Willem Hendrik, The Third Centenary of the Reformation, Monument for the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1517-1817, verso - stamped, 1517-1817. Allegorical representation with a central monument crowned with a portrait of Martin Luther and a swan. Two representations in the monument. Above, Luther's posting of the 95 theses in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517. Below, the burning of the papal bull and law books in Wittenberg on 10 December 1520. In the clouds, Fame is blowing a trumpet. At the bottom of Religion and Father Time., print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 415 mm, width 288 mm, Dutch, 1790-09-21 - 1864-01-22, print maker, printmaker, 1817 - 1817, paper, aquatint, etching, etchings, Northern Netherlands, 1770-09-24 - 1836-10-06, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1761-05-13 - 1818-02-28, publisher

Portrait of Giovanni Barbarigo with four men with coats of arms; Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica Gente. Pedestal in the shape of a cartouche. On the front a medallion with the portrait of Giovanni Barbarigo in gowns with stola on the front. On the back the Doge hands over the stola to Giovanni. The pedestal is surrounded by two knights and two men in Gown. In their hands they have a coat of arms: a cross, a cross with star, a crowned eagle and a map of a fortified city. The print is part of an album.

Karl VI., Roman-German Kaiser.

Rising, middle, and no eynde van den by kicking Jan Lauw (ti)

Royalty, episcopy, and law ,. John D. Merriam Collection

Leiden, Plantijn, Christoffel, Doetechum, Joannes van (I), Antwerp, Maes, Joseph, Reproduction of a title page with nautical instruments by Johannes van Doetecum, recto - stamped, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, LITT: B. - PL. 1., recto - printed, JJvY, height 339 mm, width 231 mm, photographer, 1875 - 1880, paper, papier, photolithography, fotolithografie, Belgisch, 1838 - 1908, clichémaker, Work conception, Noord-Nederlands, 1530 - 1605, after a design by, 1514 - 1589-07-01

Ball in the house ten Bosch in honor of the Birthday of the Prince of Orange, 1686; Picture of 't Groote Bal Given at H.K.H. Ms de Princesse of Orange in Decemb: 1686 on the Saal of Orange in' Bosse Bosch in honor of the births of S.. the Lord Prince of Orange; Representation de la Grande Feste de S.A.R. Madame La Princesse d'Orange Celebre and Desembre 1686 Dans Le Salon du Bois de la Haye a l'Honneur du Jour de la Naissance de Monsigneur Le Prince d'Orange. Ball in the Oranjezaal of the Palace House ten Bosch given by Maria Princess of Orange in honor of the birthday of Willem III, the Prince of Orange, December 1686. Central to the floor the prince and princess, here around a large group of sitting and standing Nobles. At the top of a portrait of the princess with putti, down a cartouche with the assignment to the princess with two women's figures with violin and tambourine. With titles and legendas 1-12 in Dutch and French. Printed of two plates.

Title print with a coat of arms with goat, flanked by fraud and envy; Combat scenes (series 3). Title Print with a coat of arms with a goat, flanked by the personnifications of fraud and envy. Under a cartouche with assignment in Italian. In the background a fighting scene with soldiers on horseback.

William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, Analysis of Beauty, Plate II: A Country Dance, 1753. Engraving.

Saint Louis, King of France. Engraving.

The stairs of old age. A staircase of the age: a parent staircase. On the stairs of the stairs, in the form of a bridge, men and women are aged at the age of 0 to 100 years. Under the bridge an allegorical performance with different objects, including a column, a skull, a crown and a miter. Under the show a twelve arrangement fresh in two columns.

William III On the Hollandse Leeuw, Father Peters drives away on the dragon of Babylon, 1689, 1689 print Prince William III as a hero on the Hollandse Leeuw, Father Peters drives away with the Molenaarskind as the whore of Babylon on the beast along with all other Catholics, 1689. In the middle behind, Willem is welcomed by the English, in the background left and right the flights of King Jacobus II from London and his arrival in France at Louis XIV. On the leaf under the plate a verse in two columns. Copy to the original print. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing political caricatures and satires. the scarlet woman, the whore of Babylon; she is usually sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns

Ugoshchenie Gollandskim syrom Treating to Dutch Cheese. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1884 - 1890. Rare Book Division

Keizer Charles V transmits the board of the Netherlands to Philip II, Pieter Tanjé, after Gerard Melder, 1716 - 1761 print Keizer Karel V, standing under a canopy with coats of arms, handed over the board of the Netherlands to his son Philip II on 25 October 1555. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving ruler, sovereign. kneeling figure

Nestroy, Johann.

Chairman Midderigh of the National Assembly gives the French Holder de la Croix de Broederkus, 1798.in the Meeting Room of the National Assembly, Chairman Johannes Henricus Midderigh Gives The French Ambassador Charles Delacroix de Broederkus, January 21, 1798.

Stair of the old age. A staircase of the age: a man's staircase. On the stairs of the stairs, in the form of a bridge, men agree between 0 to 100 years. Under every figure and under the bridge cartouches with text in Spanish. On either side of the show a tree. At the top left, the personification of time floats.

Ambassador of Siam before Louis XIV n.d. Sébastien Leclerc I French. Ambassador of Siam before Louis XIV 386301

Marriage of King Henry IV of France with Maria de 'Medici; Festivities in the visit by Maria de 'Medici to Amsterdam in 1638. The marriage of Hendrik IV with Maria de' Medici, December 17, 1600. In the foreground Hercules, Mars and Minerva. Presentation used on the triumph port on the dam. Legal under numbered: 3. Plate 3 of the illustrations in the description of the festivities around Maria de 'Medici to Amsterdam's visit from 31 August to 5 September 1638.

Mars puts his sword in the flames for a temple (upper part), François de Poilly (I), after Sébastien Bourdon, 1656 print These by Pierre Bernard de Sayve de la Motte. paper engraving (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Mars (Ares). Prudentia (Prudence) as Roman personification. Plutus (god of wealth), son of Ceres and Iasion. (story of) Memnon, son of Aurora. philosophy

Symbols staged on the dam in honor of the Munster peace in 1648; The impressions, did within Amsterdam, on eternal peace. Den 5. Iunii, 1648. Sheet with three of the six symbols staged on Dam Square in honor of the Peace of Munster on June 5, 1648. All six tableaux can be seen on this one, with the flaps including the other three scenes. Figure 1 shows the personifications of justice, religion, clutchness, advice, deed, and oblivion. Steadfastness lies in a tomb. Figure 2 shows Mercury, Argus and IO. Figure 3 shows the Government of the Amphion of Thebes in the company of justice, wisdom, strength, impartiality and others. Figure 4 shows Prince Willem II as emperor Augustus. Figure 5 shows Frederik Hendrik as Fabius Maximus. Figure 6 shows the floured march on the left and the prohibition of vulcanus to forge weapons. Printed from three plates with descriptions of the historical and allegorical representations under the show in three columns shown on the six tonels.

Monument for the Remonstrants, ca. 1800, Govert Kitsen, After Johannes Jelgerhuis, 1790 - 1810 print The history of the Remonstrants depicted in various historical representations, portraits and allegorical figures, depicted in medallions against the portal of a church, ca. 1800. Centrally the conference in The Hague in 1611, the Synod of Dordrecht in 1619 and the first meeting in Antwerp in 1619. At the top of portraits of Jacobus Arminius, Johan van Oldenbarneveld, Simon Episcopius, Johannes Wtenbogaert and Hugo de Groot. The print includes a statement. paper etching / engraving organizations, assemblies, etc. in Protestant churches. Holy Communion ~ Protestant service

The peace of Nijmegen, 1678; Vreede between Hollandt and Vranckyck. The peace of Nijmegen. Central to the EED on the Peace Treaty between the Republic and France on August 10, 1678. Central representation of the delegates collected around a table in a room, in the clouds of Gods and allegorical figures of peace and freedom. In addition, smaller representations of the arrival of the French ambassadors in The Hague on September 28, 1678 and the publication and celebrating peace in different cities. At the bottom of a cartouche with 2 verses of 4 lines.

Monument for the Reformed Church of the Netherlands, from 1566, Theodoor Koning, After Daniël Kerkhoff, 1780 - 1796 print Monument for the Reformed Church of the Netherlands, from 1566. Above a small portrait of the first Lutheran pastor Jan Arentsz, left and right scenes of the first Calvinist preaching in the years 1566 and 1572 in Amsterdam, Hoorn, Leeuwarden and Dordrecht. In the middle, checking the Bible translation in Leiden and The Hague. Zinnsprent on the reform. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Amsterdam. Hoorn (North Holland). Leeuwarden. Dordrecht. To lead. The Hague

Emperor Charles V surrounded by his conquered opponents, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1556 Emperor Charles V sits on a throne, with an eagle between his feet. The eagle has a ring in his beak to which ropes are attached to which the conquered enemies of the emperor are bound. To the left of the throne are: Frans I, King of France, Pope Clemens VII and the Turkish prince Süleyman I. On the right side are the German Protestant princes Philip I, Landgraaf van Hessen, Maurits, the Elector of Saxony and Willem II, Hertog of Gelre, Kleef, Gulik and Berg. The print has a Latin, Spanish and French caption and is part of a twelve -part series about the victories of Karel V. paper. deck paint engraving / etching / brush throne. predatory birds: eagle (+ heraldic animals). symbolic triumphs of individual persons

Mechanical concert, listening to music, clavichord, harpsichord, one person playing keyboard instrument, small group of musicians, chamber orchestra, jazz band, one person playing string instrument (bowed), violin, fiddle, viola, violoncello, double bass, Joseph de Longueil (mentioned on object), France, 1769, paper, engraving, h 266 mm × w 255 mm

Amsterdam, Plantijn, Christoffel, Bruyn, Abraham de, Antwerp, Maes, Joseph, Costumes, XVIe Siècle, Reproduction of a costume print of a Roman-German king and emperor by Abraham de Bruyn, recto - stamped, photomechanical print, page, reproduction, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Costumes tirés du, recto - printed, LITT: C. - PL. 20, JJvY, height 342 mm, width 232 mm, photographer, 1875 - 1880, paper, papier, photolithography, fotolithografie, Belgisch, 1838 - 1908, clichémaker, Work conception, 1540 - 1587, after a design by, 1514 - 1589-07-01

The Painter's Wandering Song 1837 Germany. Etching on cream wove paper . Rudolph von Normann

District note of the Amsterdam militia, 1795; Urban loyalty. Univapped Channel of the Amsterdam militia by motto 'urban faithfulness', 1795. Stone pedestal awarded by the city of Amsterdam and a Keeshond. In the foreground the freedom, right in the background the Amsterdam town hall. At the bottom of a four-line verse.

Allegory in honor of William III when he came to England, 1688, 1688 - 1689 print Allegory in honor of William III Upon his arrival to England with eight scenes numbered I-VIII of the journey itself and prior events, 1688. On the left under the coat of arms of Jacobus II three scene of the Wandaden under his rule, including the birth of the Molenaarskind , In the middle the arrival of William III in England and his arrival in London, right under the weapon of William III three scenes of the departure of the prince from the Netherlands and the arrival of his boat on the coast. At the bottom in the middle the formation in which the fleet sailed to England, an almanac for the year 1689 is stuck over it. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter own design by: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing London

Concert with the public Le Concert. (title on object), Fashionably dressed audience at the Madame La Comtesse de Saint Brisson concert, 1774, concert hall, clavichord, harpsichord, listening to music, clothes, costume (men's clothes), costume (women's clothes), Antoine Jean Duclos (mentioned on object), paper, engraving, h 319 mm × w 432 mm

Ambassador of Siam before Louis XIV. Artist: Sébastien Leclerc I (French, Metz 1637-1714 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 5 7/8 x 7 5/16 in. (15 x 18.5 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Sébastien Leclerc I.

The opening of the new audience room of the States General (Trêveszaal), 1697, Daniël Marot (I), in or after 1697 print The Trêveszaal, the new audience room where the States General receives foreign ambassadors, put into use in October 1697. The room is full of members of the States General and various foreign envoys. On the walls paintings with portraits of stadholders and allegorical representations. With caption and legend A-S in Dutch and French. At the top of the seven weapons of the provinces, at the bottom in the middle the weapon of the States General. paper etching / engraving ceremony ~ putting a building into use. assembly-room. reception ~ ambassador. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ nation; national). coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal) Trêves room

Chairman Midderigh of the National Assembly gives the French envoy De la Croix de Broederkus, 1798, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1805 - 1807 print In the meeting room of the national meeting, chairman Johannes Henricus Midderigh gives the French ambassador Charles Delacroix de Broederkus, January 21, 1798. Netherlands paper etching / engraving embracing each other, kissing. Lower House, Parliament, Chamber Courtyard

The Improvement of Morals Made 1786 Germany. This plate satirizes the efforts of Merlino, an inferior Berlin engraver who drew attention to bizarre current events through his weekly publications. At the center, a scaffold holds thirteen images. To the right, a street musician performs before a crowd, while on the left a hot-air baloon goes up in flames. In the background are caricatures and depictions of crimes.. Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper . Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

. Print in two parts made for the philosophical tractate of Claude-Nicolas Morel, a seventeenth century theologian on the Sorbonne. Under the portrait of the Staatsman Jean-Baptiste Jacket the main points are called the dissertation.

CXXXVI / The fight of a dog against a gentleman who killed his father in Montargis / soubs The reign of Charles V in 1371. (IT)

Charles I opens the session of parliament, 1628, Anonymous, 1628 print King Charles I of England opens the session of the Parliament, 1628. The king sat on his throne, left and right and in the foreground the members of parliament. This plate surrounded by rows (partly uninvited) heraldic weapons of the MPs. print maker: England (possibly)publisher: London paper engraving Upper House, Senate. Lower House, Parliament, Chamber. official acts of rulers, e.g. royal acts (ruler giving audience, granting mercy, etc.; ruler and his subjects). armorial bearing, heraldry

Portraits of members of the Knauth family, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Germany paper etching historical persons. epistles of Paul to Timothy

The deathbed of Frederik Henrik, Prince of Orange, at Delft in 1647. Engraving by C. van Dalen after A.P. van de Venne.

Johan de Witt pleads for his brother, 1672, 1672 print Johan de Witt argues for the release of his brother, 1672. Scene from the life of Johan and Cornelis de Witt; Part of a group of illustrations, numbered: IV. Showing and accompanied by a verse of 8 lines. Printed on the back with text in Dutch. print maker: Southern Netherlandsafter print by: Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing

Jurisdiction of Henricus Slatius, Willem Percty and Jan and Abraham Blansaert, 1623, 1623 print Judgment of Henricus Slatius, Willem Perty and Jan and Abraham Blansaert, convicted conspirators against Maurits, 5 May 1623 in The Hague. Leaf with round portraits of the convicts with scenes of the executions and exhibiting or burial the bodies. The body of Slatius on the wheel near Rijswijk. Two columns with text are printed on either side of the plate with a description of the events and the legend G-S. Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing arrest (of criminal). violent death by beheading The Hague. Rijswijk

Life and actions of Willem III, 1675; Orange Wonder mirror exhibiting Willem Hendrick de III Prince from Orangie. Orange Wonder mirror: Life and actions of Prince Willem III, 1675. Large leaf with a portrait of Willem III in the middle, Prince of Orange. Around this portrait ten small representations of battles, strokes and other events. Here they are sixteen larger scenes from the life of the prince from birth in 1650 to his appointment as Stadholder of Holland and Zeeland in the year 1672. Every scene with a caption in Dutch. Above the portrait the spell: until here the Lord helped us.

Initiation of Felix Meritis. Inauguration of the building of society Felix Meritis in Amsterdam, 1789. Professor Andreas Bonn speaks in the concert hall.

Heinrich IV., King of France.

Consultation by the States General about the appointment of a Roman vicar in the Netherlands, 1732, 1732 print Consultation by the States General in the Trêveszaal about the appointment of a Roman Vicar in the Netherlands, April 30, 1732. Presentation with allegorical elements. In the caption the statement of the figures 1-6. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving national government. Lower House, Parliament, Chamber Trêves room

Turenne, Henri of the Tower of Auvergne, Viscount.

Human rights, proclaimed on January 31, 1795 in The Hague; The rights of man and citizens. 1795. The first year of the Batavian freedom. Man's rights and citizens, among other things in 19 articles, within an oval formed by a hose that bites in its own tail. Above the freedom and the naked truth, down the altar of equality and naked boys with the bannerhood of the brotherhood. These rights proclaimed on January 21 in The Hague by the provisional representatives.

Meeting in the sala del college; Scenes from the Venetian life; Habiti d'Huomeni e Donne Venetiane Con La Processione della Ser.ma Signoria et Altri Particoli Cioè Trionfi Feste et Cerimony Publiche Della Nobilissima Città di Venetia. Interior of the sala del college in the Doge Palace in Venice. The Doge of Venice is in the middle and leads a meeting. Four-line Italian text in the middle. The print is part of an album.

February: Lenting evening, Anonymous, After Crispijn van de Passe (I), After Maerten de Vos, 1574 - 1687 print The month of February: interior with masked figures and a dice around a table that celebrate fasting evening. At the top left the sign of the zodiac that belongs to the month of February: fishing. The print has a frame with a border script in Latin that refers to partying in the cold month of February. Copy in mirror image to the print of the same name of Crispijn van de Passe (i). unknown paper engraving February and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). Shrove Tuesday, 'Mardi gras' ~ non-liturgical celebrations of carnival

Netherlands, Amsterdam, White, Frederik de, Trap der modellen des lord Iesu Christi, verso - stamped, Staircase with 13 steps with prophets. On each step the name of the prophet. In the three arches under the stairs the birth of Christ, the temptation of Adam and Eve and the ascension of Christ. Cartouches with text on the top left and right. Below the image a verse in five columns., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 284 mm, width 354 mm, height 245 mm, width 307 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Noord-Nederlands, 1631 - 1706, publisher, uitgever, 1648 - 1712, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker

Dutch Lion and Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, Anonymous, 1654 print The Hollandse Leeuw with freedom hat and a bundle of seven arrows. Around seven women with coats of arms are as personifications of the seven states of the Republic of the United Netherlands. Below the room where the Union of Utrecht was closed. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion. symbols of particular nations, states, districts, etc.. alliance, league, union, foedus

. Stellage with fireworks set up commissioned by the states of Friesland on the Markveld in Leeuwarden at the celebration of the peace of Utrecht, 14 June 1713. Central to the four corners of the four parts of the province of Oostergo , Westergo, Zevenwouden and the cities. In the caption, the title and explanation of the figures 1-11 in Dutch and French.

Moritz der Scholar, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel Stecher: Heyden, Jacob van der (1573)

A Masonic Anecdote, James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, 1786, Etching

The funeral procession with the coffin (plate 8). The coffin carried by young nobles. Part of the series of prints of the funeral procession of Johann Albrecht, Count of Solms, on 25 May 1623 at The Hague, The funeral procession (plate 8), 1623 Funeral of Johann Albrecht, Count of Solms, 1623 (series title), print maker: Simon Frisius, publisher: Hendrick Hondius (I), Northern Netherlands, 1615 and/or 1624, paper, etching, h 160 mm × w 352 mm

Geneva, Gisling, Netherlands, Hooghe, Romeyn de, Genève, Cartoons on Jacobus II and Louis XIV and the events in the years 1688-1689, The Duytse Doctor, and the strange Patients, Le Docteur parlant à l'Assamblée, Arlequin Deodat, et Pamirge Hypochondriaques, Cartoon on the interference of Louis XIV in the English succession to the throne, 1689, 1689. Childbirth room in which Queen Mary of Modena lies in bed and is visited by a German doctor who examines her urine. In the middle an angry Louis XIV (Harlequin) who is restrained by William III, on the left three Algerians or Turks. In the foreground on the left Cardinal von Fürstenburg is given an enema, on the right the child Jacobus Frans Eduard, the neglected child (the prince of Wales) with a mill near two nurses who take an oath of silence. With a caption of 2 times 2 lines and on the sheet below the representation 2 verses of 2 columns each with an explanation of the numbers 1-12 in Dutch and French., print, picture, cartoon, prints,

Paul before Felix. 1752. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Allegory of meaninglessness of the peace negotiations with Spain, 1608, 1608 print Allegory of the meaninglessness of the peace negotiations with Spain, 1608. Oval portrait of the five Spanish envoys: Juan de Mancicidor, Ambrogio Spinola, Jean Richardot, Louis Verreyken and Jan Neyen. In an allegorical frame with naked female personifications of the sun and the moon, a lion, emblematic shields, putti and festons. At the bottom of a cartouche with bubble -blowing children. With caption of 7 lines in Latin. Left and right 2 columns of texts in German, each part aimed at one of the envoys. Low Countries (possibly) paper engraving / letterpress printing

Meeting at Orléans, 1561, 1565 - 1573 print Meeting of the three positions in Orléans, January 1561. In the presence of the king, his mother and the Duke of Guise. With caption of 8 lines in German. Numbered: 6. Cologne paper etching Orléans

Netherlands, Monogrammist IFL, Letter of greeting with the adoration of the Magi, recto - handwritten in brown ink, Letter of greeting with described cartouche within a decorative frame with a representation of the adoration of the Magi. Handwritten message in calligraphy (Christmas letter) by W. Groot to his father and mother., print, engraving, popular print, letter of greeting, prints, engravings, popular prints, verso - stamped, Christmas letter to my reverend father and mother, Now we celebrate the joyful feast, height 412 mm, width 330 mm, height 407 mm, width 322 mm, Dutch, print maker, printmaker, 1774 - 1775, paper, papier, ink, inkt, etching, kleuren, kalligrafie, pen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Portrait of Francesco Barbarigo and the personifications of Brescia and Bergamo, Robert van Audenaerd, 1673 - 1743 print Pedest in the form of a cartouche. Then a medallion with the portrait of Francesco Barbarigo on the front. Peace burns a armor on the back. There are two harnesses on the pedestal. They give each other a laurel branch. The left has a shield with the weapon of the Italian province of Brescia in his hands. The judge has fixed the weapon of the Italian province of Bergamo. Brescia and Bergamo came under Venetian governance in the fifteenth century. The print is part of an album. paper engraving symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). knight. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) Venice. Bergamo. Brescia

Anhalt Dessau, Johann Kasimir Fürst.

Draw of the lottery in Amsterdam, 1696, Pieter van den Berge, 1696 print Trekking of the lottery in Amsterdam, May 1696. There are two large barrels on an open gallery. On the right the staples and cotton wool, on the left the Nommers. A boy pulls a fate from each and passes it backwards. Here the winners are written down and proclaimed. Under the show a verse in two columns of three rules on the world as a lottery. Cut copy without names. Northern Netherlands paper etching / engraving raffle, lottery Amsterdam

River god Thames on a pedestal, Jan Goeree, 1707 print On a pedestal the Thames as a river god. In his hands the English crown jewels and a medallion with a representation of Brittanica. The pedestal bears the title of the book and the coats of arms of York, Suffolk, Huntington and Durham. In the background a face on London. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper engraving stories of other river-gods (with NAME). device (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal) Great Britain. Ireland. Thames. London

Paris, Bosse, Abraham, Callot, Jacques, Les Rochelloys demandant pardon au Roy, Siege of La Rochelle, September 1627-October 1628 (margin, part top left), verso bottom left - stamped, Sixteenth part (margin, part top left) of a print of the siege of the Huguenot stronghold of La Rochelle in the years 1627 and 1628, which was carried out on the orders of the French king by the French army under the command of Cardinal Richelieu. On this sheet on the left the coat of arms of Louis XIII and in the middle, right a representation (surrounded by military attributes) of inhabitants of La Rochelle begging the king for mercy. Top right the letters 'OBSID', part of the inscription of the print., print, historical print, prints, height 163 mm, width 609 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1628 - 1631, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1602 - 1676-02-14

Friedrich V., Elector of the Palatinate.

Amsterdam, Hooghe, Romeyn de, Northern Netherlands, Witten Wonder Spiegel, showing Ian de Witt Raet Pensionary of Hollandt etc., Cornelis de Witt Mayor of Dordrecht, Ruaert van Putten etc. First climbed to the highest steps of Honor and then thrown down to the lowest Humiliation, 1675, Print from 1675 looking back on the rise and fall of the De Witt brothers. The portrait of the two men in front of a burnt offering from which a phoenix rises is central to the print. Around this are sixteen smaller representations of the most important events in the lives of Johan and Cornelis de Witt. The print is accompanied by the text sheet 'Op en Ondergangh der Heeren Cornelis en Jan de Wit.' (see inv. no. RP-P-OB-77.116A). The print is the pendant to Romeyn de Hooghe's 'Orangien Wonderspiegel' (FMH 2304), also from 1675., print, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History plates, height 480 mm, width 570 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1645-09-10 - 1708-06-15, print maker, prentmaker, 1675 - 1675, fourth

Netherlands, Rotterdam, Thompson, Jacobus, De vf zinnen, verso - stamped, The five senses depicted by five men in five medallions, connected to each other with ribbons and floral tendrils. Below the representation an eight-line verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 38., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 401 mm, width 327 mm, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher, uitgever, 1791 - 1812, paper, papier, houtsnede, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, printmaker

Family portrait of Willem I, Prince of Orange, Louise de Coligny, Philip Willem, Maurits and Frederik Hendrik, Prinsen van Oranje, Amalia van Solms, and their children, 1628 - 1652 print Family portrait of Willem I, Louise, Philip Willem, Maurits, Frederik Hendrik, Amalia and their children Willem II, Louise Henriëtte and Henriëtte Amalia. A number of allegorical objects around it. In the background Frederik V, Elisabeth Stuart, their children and the city of The Hague. In the upper margin a rule of Dutch text. In the lower margin their names, their titles and eight lines of Dutch text. print maker: Low Countriespublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving / etching knighthood order of the Golden Fleece - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain (with NAME of order). knighthood order (GARTER) - insignia of a knighthood order, e.g.: badge, chain The Hague

Horrible conspiracy of Robespierre Devoilee by the Committee of Public Safety Fish. "Horrible conspiracy of Robespierre unveiled by the Committee of Public Safety ...".

Mucius Voor Lars Porsenna, Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1776 print Germany paper engraving / etching Gaius Mucius Scaevola before Porsena: he thrusts his right hand into the flames (the body of the king's secretary who erroneously had been killed instead of Porsena may be seen lying on the ground)

Communication of General Pardon, 1570, 1570 print Annual Pardon, July 16, 1570. On a scaffolding for the Antwerp town hall, Alva allows Alva to read the general pardon. At the top, Alva sits on a throne, on the stairs underneath are soldiers. With caption of 8 lines in German. Numbered: 18. Cologne paper etching granting mercy; free pardon Town hall

Analysis of Beauty, Plate II. 1753. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Sketch of Politics in Europe, January 24, 1786 - Birthday of the King of Prussia, c. 1786. Etching.

William Blake, Job and His Family, 1825 Job and His Family

Life and deeds of Willem III, 1675, 1675 print Orange WonderSpiegel: Life and deeds of Prince William III, 1675. Large leaves with a portrait of William III, Prince of Orange in the middle. Around this portrait ten small performances of battles, naval battles and other events. Around this, sixteen larger scenes from the life of the prince from birth in 1650 to his appointment as Stadhouder van Holland and Zeeland in the year 1672. Each scene with a caption in Dutch. Above the portrait the saying: until here the Lord has helped us. Amsterdam paper etching

Etching on paper by Hieronymus Cock depicting the funeral procession for Emperor Karl V in Brussels on 29 December 1558, Plate 17, showing ceremonial elements, carriages, and figures, executed 1559.

Reception of the Queen of Sweden Christine Alexander by the city of Paris on VIII September 1656. (IT)

Copper engraving by Hendrick Goltzius depicting the second plate of the funeral procession of William of Orange in 1584, showing ceremonial details and public gathering.

Mechelen, Hogenberg, Nicolaas, Procession of Charles V with the Pope in Bologna after his coronation as emperor, 1530, Cannons, plate NN, plate NN. Procession of Charles V with Pope Clement VII in Bologna after his coronation as emperor, 24 February 1530., print, engraving, news print, propaganda print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 360 mm, width 295 mm, 1500 - 1539-09-23, print maker, printmaker, 1530 - 1536, second quarter 16th century, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Allegory on entry of Johan Willem Friso and Maria Louise in Leeuwarden, 1710, 1710 print Allegory on the entrance of Prince Johan Willem Friso and Princess Maria Louise in Leeuwarden on January 2, 1710. Centrally the Prince and Princess of Orange with the personifications of wisdom, caution and religion, Hercules refers to deception, defamation and envy in the abyss. On the right, the vigilance spreads a rug on which the prince's military victories are portrayed, including the Netherlands Lion and the Provincial List of Friesland. On the left an entry through a triumph gate (from the Dutch virgin or freedom), in the background the Parnassus with Apollo, Pegasus and the Muses. In the clouds the fame, the all -seeing eye and the honor. On the right in the background a building that looks like the town hall (construction started in 1715). In the caption the assignment in Latin on the Landgraaf van Hessen-Kassel, the father of the Princess of Orange. Northern Netherlands paper etching / en

Noordelijke Nederlanden, Hooghe, Romeyn de, Vorstelyck Tafereel, Vorstelijk tafereel (top half), 1676, Northern Netherlands, Top half of the sheet Vorstelijk tafereel. Almanac for the year 1676 in three circles with constellations with above them standing in a row the belligerent princes and commanders of that time. These are from left to right: the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the Elector of Brandenburg, General Montecucculi, Villa-Hermosa, the Spanish King Charles II, the Danish King Christian V, Margrave Leopold Wilhelm of Baden, Bishop of Münster, the Stadtholder of Friesland, Prince William III, Pope Clement X and the English King Charles II. Above a bust of Emperor Leopold I and an obelisk or pyramid with a bust of the Polish King John III. In the clouds the prominent people who died in 1675, including Amalia of Solms, Rabenhaupt and the Vicomte de Turenne. At the bottom in 9 columns short texts in Dutch, relating to the warring parties., print, almanac, prints, Frederik Muller H

Promotyprent van Aegidius Le Maistre (1665), Gedeelte Onderste, Nicolas Pitau (I), after Jean Lepautre, 1665 print Two putti wear a drapery on which a text with an assignment and a list of the views to be defended in Latin. Neptunus and Mars are in the corners. There is a coat of arms at their feet. Paris paper engraving (story of) Mars (Ares). (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). coat of arms (symbol of sovereignty)

Emperors and kings, medallions 102-146, leaf 14; Emperors and kings. Sheet 14 of a total of 14 sheets with 12 (and leaf 14: 9) numbered medallions with images of emperors and kings.

. Minerva, Goddess of wisdom, with the French coat of arms and a laurel wreath in the hands. Left in the background A lecture hall of the Academy of Sciences where a lecture is held.

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