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Engravings and prints illustrating city views and notable events, adorned with legends and historical context, showcasing urban heritage.

bekend, Hondius, Hendrick (I), Saen, Aegidius van, Den Haag, Tobias and the angel catch the fish in the Tigris, unknown, The Hague, verso - stamped, In a wide hilly landscape with trees and houses, Tobias catches the fish in the river Tigris, which he will cut open on the advice of the archangel Raphael and keep the heart, liver and bile to later cure Tobit and exorcise evil spirits. In the foreground on the left, Tobias and the angel sit, like small figures on the left bank of the river, while Tobias catches the fish. Right foreground, on the right bank, they continue their way in the company of the dog., print, prints, height 208 mm, width 286 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1573-06-09 - 1650-10-25, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever van privilege
bekend, Hondius, Hendrick (I), Saen, Aegidius van, Den Haag, Tobias and the angel catch the fish in the Tigris, unknown, The Hague, verso - stamped, In a wide hilly landscape with trees and houses, Tobias catches the fish in the river Tigris, which he will cut open on the advice of the archangel Raphael and keep the heart, liver and bile to later cure Tobit and exorcise evil spirits. In the foreground on the left, Tobias and the angel sit, like small figures on the left bank of the river, while Tobias catches the fish. Right foreground, on the right bank, they continue their way in the company of the dog., print, prints, height 208 mm, width 286 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1573-06-09 - 1650-10-25, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever van privilege
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6145-59469172
View of a avenue on the left side of a garden, Georg Balthasar Probst, after Karl Remhard, After Paul Decker (I), 1742 - 1801 print Nummered at the bottom left: 5. Augsburg paper. cardboard. prepared paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint etching / brush / cutting / perforating garden. garden ornaments. garden fountain. ornamental plants
6145-58841858
View of Geneva, Anonymous, 1735 View of the Swiss city of Geneva. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / lacquering Geneva View of the Swiss city of Geneva. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / lacquering Geneva
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View of Venice, Woodcut, 1521. Artist: Unknown
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Zitrusfrucht, Limon peretto spada fora incanellato und Perettin personzin und der Viehmarkt vor dem Frauentor, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperi...
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BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Tangier. Printed in Amsterdam. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).
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Lublin. Brama Krakowska przed przebudową w 1787 roku. Zieliński, Władysław Kornel (1836-1895), amateur cartoonist
4435-3271
Brazil (17th c.). Salvador of Bahia. The city and the harbour. Engraving.
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Cuauhtemoc (c.1495-1522/25). Mexica ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan (1520-1521) and the last Aztec Emperor. Place where the emperor was imprisoned after being captured by Hernan Cortes in 1521. Engraving in "Historia verdadera de la Conquista de Nueva Espan_a", 1726.
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Water distribution in Cervera from the Ondara river. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CATALONIA. LLEIDA. Cervera. Cervera Museum.
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The Palace of the Sultan of Morocco (plate 4), 1640-1641, 1646 print View of the Palace of the Sultan of Morocco in Marrakesh, at the time of the visit by the envoy on a trade mission on behalf of the States General led by Antonius de Liedekercke, from November 1640 to April 1641. The palace (probably the Palace El- Badi) from the Sultan Mohammed Esh Sheikh Es Seghir (referred to as Muley Hamet on the print). Fourth plate in an unassembled ensemble consisting of five prints and 4 text magazines. At the top a cartouche with a portrait of Liedekercke and part of the banderol with the title; In the foreground the result of Liedekercke on horseback and on foot and members of the local population. Print Maker: The bepublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving palace Paleis el-badi
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Ingleby Mannor, plate 60 from Britannia Illustrata. Jan Kip (Dutch, c. 1653-1722); after Leonard Knyff (Dutch, 1650-1721); published by David Mortier (French, 1673-1728). Date: 1707. Dimensions: 330 x 475 mm (image); 350 x 480 mm (plate); 444 x 520 mm (sheet). Etching, with engraving, in black on cream laid paper. Origin: Netherlands. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Johannes Kip.
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The old entertaining Luylekker country. Leaf with a big representation of partying and eating people in the Luilekkerland. There is drink from a fountain, there is meat in the trees and food comes out of the sky. Under the show a caption in four columns. Numbered at the top right: * 96.
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Gilbert Sackerman, J Delancey Estate, c 1936 J. Delancey Estate
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Hannover im Mittelalter, Niedersachsen, Deutschland / Hanover in the Middle Ages, Lower Saxony, Germany, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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Detail of a face on Naples in a bird's air perspective; Fidelissimæ Urbis Neapolitanæ cum omnibus viis accurata et nova delineatio ædita in Lucem AB Alexandro Baratta MDCXXVIIII. Detail of a face on Naples with left in the distance the Atroni crater and right the start of the city.
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Entry of Ernst van Austria in Brussels, 1594, 1621 - 1622 Entry of Archduke Ernst van Austria, appointed as governor over the Southern Netherlands, in Brussels, January 30, 1594. The procession passes triumph gates and statues of Austrian emperors set up on the Grote Markt in Brussels. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered 215. Printed on the back with text in Latin. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching Large market. Brussels Entry of Archduke Ernst van Austria, appointed as governor over the Southern Netherlands, in Brussels, January 30, 1594. The procession passes triumph gates and statues of Austrian emperors set up on the Grote Markt in Brussels. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered 215. Printed on the back with text in Latin. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching Large market. Brussels
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Francesco Sforza crosses the river Tiber; Ponte di Francesco Sforza Sul Tevere; Famous military river crossings.The Army of Francesco Sforza builds a bridge over the Tiber River.
4435-3071
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Paris. 17th c. Printed in Amsterdam. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).
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Great Fire of London 1666 Jan Luyken (1649-1712 Dutch) Etching
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Conquest of Mexico. 16th century. Cuauhtemoc (1495-1525). Last Aztec emperor. Was captured by Hernan Corte_s when he conquered the capital of the Aztec Empire. Colored Engraving depicting the place where Cuauhtemoc was prisoner in "The Truthful History of Conquest of New Spain" by Bernal Diaz del Castillo.
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View of the inner garden of the Dolhuis in Amsterdam, Anonymous, 1693 print View of the inner garden of the Dolhuis on the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam. In the middle the image of the frenzy. A banderole with the title at the top in the middle. paper etching / letterpress printing courtyard. public welfare. French or architectonic garden; formal garden. lunatic asylum, mental home. Anger; 'Ira' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Rage, Anger (+ personification) Dolhuis
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Littaw was attributed to "king of Poland". Polish landscape filled with castles, villages, churches and boats. Liber Chronicarum, 1493. Engraving.