Historical and Artistic Narratives

A collection of prints depicting historical and mythological themes, featuring figures in dramatic encounters, detailed illustrations of nature, and intricate patterns.

Reconciliation of Jakob and Esau, Zacharias Dolendo (Attributed to), after Karel van Mander (I), 1580 - 1596 print The Esau and Jakob brothers hug each other. Right behind Esau is his army. On the left the cattle and the kneeling women and children of Jakob. Under the show the title and four four -line verses in Latin. Northern Netherlands paper engraving the meeting between Esau and Jacob

Reconciliation of Jakob and Esau, Zacharias Dolendo (Attributed to), after Karel van Mander (I), 1580 - 1596 print The Esau and Jakob brothers hug each other. Right behind Esau is his army. On the left the cattle and the kneeling women and children of Jakob. Under the show the title and four four -line verses in Latin. Northern Netherlands paper engraving the meeting between Esau and Jacob

Die Zauberflöte von Mozart, Titelseite. Slevogt, Max (1868-1932), graphic artist, Cassirer, Paul (1871-1926), publisher

Fish and shell in the water. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 103 mm × w 152 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Patterns , Patterns Design elements, Sitting. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

Saint George and the Dragon. Dated: c. 1480/1490. Dimensions: sheet: 18.1 x 12.8 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master FVB and Israhel van Meckenem.

Hutsuls on a cart. Wąsowicz, Wacław (1891-1942), graphic artist

Study for a Battle Scene, Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846, British, undated, Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 5 15/16 × 7 13/16 inches (15.1 × 19.8 cm)

The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the st. Dated: 1827. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Blake.

Triumphar with saters and women's figures; Triumphers of grotesken and rollerwork. Car drawn by two fantasy animals and pushed by a Sater, whose head is caught in a large shell. On the car is a sater with a burning lamp in a shell. Sheet from series of 8 blades with triumph trolles of grotesken and rollerwork with saters, animals and various other creatures, decorated with trophies, garlands and leaf refines.

Decorative Initial design from the character holding cup; Scholtz, Julius (1825-1893); around 1850 (1845-00-00-1855-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Scholtz, Hanna (Flow. Ca 1912) - gift, initials, ornaments, initials, German drawings

Battle in a Wood. Master of the Year 1515 (Italian), probably by Agostino Busti (Italian, 1483-1548). Engraving and drypoint;

Calvert, Edward, England, The Chamber Idyll, The Chamber-Idyll, verso top center - stamped, A man sitting on a bed, the woman next to him is taking off her clothes. On the right a view outside, where the stars are in the sky, a cow and sheep in the meadow. The beams of the room form a frame around the representation. Agricultural tools hang from the beams., print, prints, height 41 mm, width 77 mm, height 186 mm, width 260 mm, 1799 - 1883-07-14, print maker, printmaker, 1831 - 1831, second quarter 19th century, paper, wood engraving, Work conception, after own design by

The Briar Wood, After Edward Burne-Jones, 1833-1898, British, Published by Thos. Agnew & Sons, British, 1892, Photogravure on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 16 1/2 × 32 3/4 inches (41.9 × 83.2 cm), armor, briar, flower (plant), foliage, hero, knight (landholder), literary theme, man, religious and mythological subject, shield, sleeping, Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale), sword, thorn

Cupid and Psyche, Sketch of Psyche and Charon Artist: Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Pencil, Sketch, Pre-Raphaelite, Parabola Japan

No se convienen. (They Do Not Agree.), pl. 17 from the series Los desastres de la guerra (The Disasters ofWar). Artist: Francisco Goya, Spanish, 1746-1828

Winter landscape with a church tower in the background, Cornelis van Veen, After Esaias van de Velde, 1612 - 1687 print Winter landscape with skaters on the ice, housing right and a church tower in the distance. paper etching skates (winter sports). city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. parts of church exterior and annexes: tower

Visvangst, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), After David VinckBoons, 1612 print A richly dressed lady looks in the company of a gentleman at fish that swim in a tub. Around them in a stream and in the canal of the castle in the background, even more fish are caught with rods and nets. A rod is also ejected from a window in the castle. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving fresh-water fishery

Se repulen /They spruce themselves up; board No. 51 from: Los Caprichos” Caprices, ed. II, Madrid ca. 1855 Goya, Francisco de (1746 1828)

Luca Cambiaso's drawing depicts Mary with the child Jesus, an angel, and a female figure kissing the child, using feather and ink with detailed gestures and expressions.

A first-third 16th century caltnadel etching by Meister von 1515 depicts the battle of Tritons, showing figures, gestures, and mythological composition.

Ridder on horseback and fly, Aat Verhoog, c. 1965 - Before 2009 print On the left a knight on horseback and detailed insect, on the right two people who hold a third figure by the arm and knee cavities. paper etching

The Rider. Charles Émile Jacque; French, 1813-1894. Date: 1848. Dimensions: 70 × 126 mm (image/plate); 80 × 139 mm (chine); 226 × 333 mm (sheet). Drypoint and roulette on cream chine laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Lazio Rieti Poggio Mirteto S. Paolo12. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Architecture, post-restoration (12th century) Post-medieval: Interior: nave and chapels; votive frescoes (13-14th century); apse frescoes depicting Coronation of the Virgin, prophets, saints, and Conversion of St. Paul, by Lorenzo Torresani (1521) 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.

Copper engraving by Albrecht Altdorfer showing a standard carrier alongside a woman, created circa 1508.

Copper engraving in the Florentine fine manner depicting Holy Hieronymus in the buses with two ships in the harbor, showing figures, ships, and composition around 1460-1480.

The Peasant Carrying his Shovel on his Shoulder, from The Caprices. Jacques Callot; French, 1592-1635. Date: 1617-1627. Dimensions: 55 × 80 mm (image/plate); 79 × 109 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Naval Battle. Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499-ca. 1543 Messina); Michele Lucchese (Italian, active Rome, 1534-64). Dimensions: sheet: 13 11/16 x 19 7/16 in. (34.8 x 49.4 cm)plate: 8 9/16 x 17 5/16 in. (21.8 x 44 cm). Series/Portfolio: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Date: 16th century.This print comes from the museum's copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page

Waterlelies, Janus de Winter, 1892 - 1951 print Japanese paper (handmade paper) flowers: water-lily

The last judgment, leaf A. a detail from the fresco 'The Last Judgment' by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.

Study for a Circular Ceiling Decoration, George Frederick Watts, 1817-1904, British, undated, Pen and brown ink and black ink and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 inches (21.4 × 15.2 cm), angels, clouds, figure study

Sketch sheet with many figures and animals. Draughtsman: Anthonie Willem Hendrik Nolthenius de Man. Dating: 1814. Measurements: h 205 mm × w 328 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Weapentrophy; Secunda pars praecipuarum (...) / The second part of the precursor stods and cieraten (...). Leaf T 2.

Heracles hitting the Stymphalian birds with arrows, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Pietro Campana from a drawing by G E Morghen, from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume V, plate 24, 1757-1787, Naples.

Feston with cancer, crabs, shells and corals; Quellinus, artus (1609-1668); around 1650 (1645-00-00-1655-00-00);

Destruction of the Aristocracy, decoration on the Westermarkt, 1795, Jurriaan Andriessen, 1795, Hercules (the Dutch people) defeats the seven-headed hydra (aristocracy and family government). Unused design for the Destruction of the Aristocracy, allegorical decoration erected on the Westermarkt in Amsterdam at the Alliance Festival on June 19, 1795., draughtsman: Jurriaan Andriessen, Netherlands, 1795, paper, brush, h 416 mm × w 268 mm

Figure Composition Study 29. Drawing. Graphite on paper. Height: 140 mm (5.51 in); Width: 114 mm (4.48 in). Author: GEORGE ROMNEY.

The 1450-1470 copper engraving depicts an ornamental filling featuring a man on an unadjusted horse, emphasizing posture, figure, and engraving detail.

Auguste Rodin, Les Amours Conduisant le Monde, 1881 Les Amours Conduisant le Monde

Study sheet showing several men's faces with headgear. Bottom left a dog. Middle right a mill by the water., Study sheet, print maker: Johannes Tavenraat, (mentioned on object), Johannes Tavenraat, Cleves, 1819 - 1881, paper, etching, h 81 mm × w 98 mm

Still life with dead birds, fruits and service, Jacob Gole, 1670 - 1724 print Still life with dead birds, one of which hangs on a cord above the table. On the table crockery and fruits. paper still life of miscellaneous objects. birds

Figures of Earth. Dated: 1923. Dimensions: image: 32.23 × 20 cm (12 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.). Medium: lithograph in black with gray tint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Arthur B. Davies.

Two figures on rock , Cliffs, Sitting. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

Excerpt from Jupiter sends the three goddesses at the discretion of Paris lying figure - AA - female human figure, Antonio Fantuzzi (attributed to), Fontainebleau, 1543, paper, etching, h 85 mm × w 180 mm

Adoration of the Magi 17th century Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century Dutch. Adoration of the Magi 335277

Thomas Handforth, Groom and Ponies, 1907-1948, etching on paper.

L'univers est créé (The Universe Is Being Created), from the Noa Noa Suite. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1893-1894. Dimensions: 203 × 350 mm (image/sheet). Wood-block print, printed in black ink with traces of residual brown ink, with selective wiping, over solvent-thinned and transferred and stenciled yellow, orange, red, blue, and green oil-based media, some containing beeswax and conifer resin (probably pine resin), with touches of brush and black ink, on medium-weight, smooth, pink wove paper (faded to tan). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Goose Girl 1830-75 Jean-François Millet French. The Goose Girl 371503

Noah with the animals on the way to the Ark, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650 - 1665 drawing paper. paint (coating) brush the animals enter the ark

Patterns , Patterns Design elements, Sitting. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

Hutsuli on the cart; W Sowicz, Wac Aw (1891-1942); 1923 (1923-00-00-1923-00-00);Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, Witke-Jeżewski

$Brave Maur Gazul by The first to fight with a bull according to the rule (El animoso camo gasul es el primero que lanceó toros en Regla); Goya, Francisco DE (1746-1828), Calcograph \ '\ ia Nacional (Madrid; 1789-), Agua, Perez (Fl. Ca 1905), Ríos, Ricardo de Los (1847-1929); 1905 (1905-00-00-1905-00-00);Spain, Maurowie, Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, bulls, horses$

Cain kills Abel, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, After Titian, 1669 print Cain is about to kill Abel with a club. A plume of smoke in the background. paper etching the killing of Abel: Cain slays him with a stone, a club or a jaw-bone, alternatively with a spade or another tool as weapon. fighting. weapons for striking a blow

Relief with weapons and armor in the town hall on Dam Square, Hubert Quellinus, After Artus Quellinus (I), 1774 - 1783 print Print is part of an album. Numbered in the bottom right: CV. paper etching / engraving sculpture. weapons. (military) flags and standards. armour City Hall of Amsterdam (1655-1808)

War ravages /Ravages of War; Board No. 30 from: The disasters of war The Disasters of War, ed. II, 1892 Goya, Francisco de (1746 1828)

July. 1559. Brun, Franz (German draftsman and engraver, active ca. 1559-1596). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Rover kills his fellow conversation for the entrance to a cave.

Two putti kneel at left and turned toward left, upon an elevation of the soil. Two more stand behind it. At right a child, recumbent. Date: 1650-1700. Black crayon, white heightening, brush and gray wash on rough brown paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Patterns , Patterns Design elements, Sitting. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

Chinoiserie, tableau, James Ensor, 1884, drawing, 1884, Belgian Art

A Woodland Nymph, Edward Calvert, 1799-1883, British, undated, Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to brown card, Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4in. (6.4 x 9.5cm) and Mount: 3 3/4 × 6 inches (9.5 × 15.2 cm), forest, hatching, nymph, religious and mythological subject, woods

Interior of a Tahitian Hut, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints. Paul Gauguin; French, 1848-1903. Date: 1898-1899. Dimensions: 115 × 210 mm (image); 140 × 222 mm (sheet). Wood-block print in black ink on thin ivory Japanese paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Die Eroberung von Mexico: Illustration, 1919. Max Slevogt (German, 1868-1932). Lithograph;

Centaur andAmazon. Artist: Unknown

Medallion with figures in a landscape. brush and ink on paper. Date: 18th century. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Drawing, Project for the Coat of Arms of a Cardinal; Italy; pencil, pen, black ink watercolor washes on paper; Sheet: 25.4 x 19.1 cm (10 x 7 1/2 in.)

Drawing, Study for "Apollo," Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; black pastel crayon, graphite on paper; 30.5 × 37.9 cm (12 in. × 14 15/16 in.); 1914-38-36

Lithography by Max Slevogt from 1906 depicting the figure Penthesilea, showing a dynamic pose and detailed rendering in a classical composition.

Le secret du maître Cornille.' by Félix Hilaire Buhot (1847-1898), created between 1874 and 1879. The artwork is an etching, drypoint, and aquatint

The glorification of Maria Theresia (). .

Christ as Judge. Artist: Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (German, Velehrad 1708-1774 Augsburg). Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/16 x 15 9/16 in. (21.5 x 39.5 cm). Date: 1708-74. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Blind Man with Death, Anonymous, Hans Holbein (II), After 1547 print paper dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings

Girl lying on rock , Beaches, Cliffs. Charles H. Woodbury (1864-1940). Prints

Seven hunting horns in three groupings. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Dimensions: Plate: 5 3/8 × 7 11/16 in. (13.7 × 19.5 cm)Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 13/16 in. (14.3 × 19.8 cm). Series/Portfolio: Hounds, hunting equipment and game (NH 887-906). Date: 1625-77.Seven hunting horns in three groupings. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Sabbath Round Paul-Henri Regeau, French painter. The Round of Sabbath. Pencil, feather and ink lavis on paper. 1885. Paris, Victor Hugo House.

Musicians in a mussel shell, 1562 print A company of musicians, singers and clergy in a sailing mussel shell make music, singing, eating, drinking and making love. On the left, a bagpipe player breaks in the water and a monk hugs a woman. A tree branch sticks out of the shell on which there is an owl. A man makes music on a hair iron. Antwerp paper engraving (aspects of) Christian Religion or the Church (as institution) ridiculed, criticized, or caricaturized. ship of fools. improvised musical instruments (kitchen-utensils, etc.). owls (+ animals used symbolically)

Project for Carved Panelling. Date/Period: 1650. Drawing. Pen and brown ink, graphite, red chalk on paper. Height: 101 mm (3.97 in); Width: 392 mm (15.43 in). Author: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli.

Ascension of Maria (left part), Giovanni Battista Vanni, After Correggio, 1642 print Putti between clouds. At the bottom left a banderole with assignment in Italian. print maker: Italyafter painting by: Parmapublisher: RomeVaticaanstadFlorence paper etching the assumption of Mary ('assumptio corporis'): she is borne into heaven by angels. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Ceres, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758-1823, Pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on cream laid paper, Ceres shown sitting upon chair, holding with her right hand cornucopia and with left, reins of pair of snakes. Lion stands at left., Italy, ca. 1810, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Announcer, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Bernhard Schreuder, 1776

Etching and aquatint from 1810 by Goya depicting victims and wartime destruction in 'This Is No Less', illustrating human suffering and military presence.

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Private Collection Graphic arts 28,4x38 Mythology, Allegory and Literature Illustration for the poem The Dead Souls by N. Gogol

God schept de zon en de maan; Schilderingen in de Loggia van Rafaël.God, an old man with beard, floats above the earth. He creates the sun with his left hand. He creates the moon with his right hand.

Design for a ceiling painting with a Triumph of Minerva, in oval. Draughtsman: Dionys van Nijmegen (possibly). Dating: 1715 - 1798. Measurements: h 327 mm × w 210 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Germany, Annunciation to the Shepherds, verso bottom center - stamped, Four shepherds with their flock at the edge of a forest. In the sky an angel with a banderole with the text: Gloria in excellis deo. Below the print a two-line text in Latin., print, prent, prints, Audijt, a Christi cunabula primus adorat, Pastor, quanto humiles fummus honore beat!, recto bottom - engraving, height 100 mm, width 69 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1600, 16th century, 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

A pen and ink drawing by Daniel Gran depicting an allegory of the seasons, showing seasonal figures and symbolic elements.

Woodcut by Albrecht Altdorfer depicting banners of Steier, Old Austria, and Austria in Emperor Maximilian I's triumphal procession, showing flags, figures, and composition, originally printed 1526, reissued 1796.

Combat of MountedSwordsmen. Artist: Georges d’ Espagnat, French, 1870-1950

25-year anniversary Wilhelmina, Patricq Kroon, 1923 drawing Festivities at the 25-year anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina in 1923. Design for a print. Netherlands paper. pencil. ink pen public festivities on the occasion of royal events

Fish in an aquarium. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 120 mm × w 268 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A red chalk and feather drawing on yellowish paper by Giacinto Brandi showing the conversion of Paul, depicting figures, gestures, and expressions with lavated shading.

Lying woman on a skull. A woman in a robe lying on a skull. She supports her head with her hands.

Alfred Roll, Procession of Silenus, after 1879, pen and black ink on paper.

Children's crossing. Fourth block of six together form a frieze with the children's crossing. Devils are killed and tortured by children. Two cartouches with text in Dutch.

Julius Caesar swims with text strolls, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1819 print Julius Caesar is swimming off the coast of Egypt to bring itself to safety. In the meantime, he keeps text strolls dry above the water with one hand. Rome paper etching (story of) C. Julius Caesar Egypt

Map of a part of the zodiac, Pieter van der Keere, 1614 print Map of a part of the zodiac with a cartouche on the left in which the address of the publisher and above it a list of the names of different types of stars. The constellations are indicated by their Latin name: on the right the Scorpio, in the middle the Virgin, below the Centaur and on the left the lion, the lobster and the twins. At the bottom a cut part of another card is visible. This print may be part of the magazine on which 'map of a part of America' is printed on the same print maker. Amsterdam paper engraving Scorpio (zodiacal sign of October). Gemini (zodiacal sign of May). Cancer (zodiacal sign of June). Leo (zodiacal sign of July). star-globe. Virgo (zodiacal sign of August)

Saint George Killing the Dragon. Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, Regensburg ca. 1480-1538 Regensburg). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (6.1 × 4.2 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Amsterdam, Mortier, Pieter (I), Haarlem, Luyken, Jan, Four representations from the New Testament, verso middle bottom - stamped, Four representations on a sheet. Top left the parable of the sower and the kingdom of heaven. Top right the Prodigal Son as a swineherd. Bottom left Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Bottom right Christ walks on the water during a storm on the Sea of Galilee., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 221 mm, width 316 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1703 - 1703, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Frans, 1661 - 1711, publisher

Livre de toutes sortes de feuilles servant à l'orfèvrerie, Plate 2. Delabarre, Pierre (French goldsmith, act.1625-1643). 1635. Briot, Isaac, 1585-1670. Prints, Patterns (Design elements). The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Two Ramskoppen, Ignatius Josephus van Regemorter, 1813 print paper etching ram

Plate 5: A woman pouring lead into the ear of her sleeping husband ca. 1890-1910 José Guadalupe Posada. Plate 5: A woman pouring lead into the ear of her sleeping husband. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca. 1890-1910. Wood engraving. Prints

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