Historical Figures and Muses

Engravings of historical figures and muses, depicted in traditional attire. The style is detailed and classic, highlighting significant individuals in a contemplative manner.

Italy, Schiaminossi, Raffaello, Attributes of the Soul, Intellect, verso - stamped, Personification of the intellect (Intellectus) as a woman with a scepter and a flaming crown. At her feet an eagle., print, prints, height 153 mm, width 105 mm, Italian, 1572 - 1622, print maker, printmaker, 1605 - 1605, paper, etching, etchings, plate tone, Work conception, after own design by

Sitting woman with a child on their lap, Adamo Scultori, After Michelangelo, c. 1585 print Figures from Michelangelo's ceiling painting. Numbered below: 58. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper engraving mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group)

Sebald Beham, Jacobus the Younger, 1545 Jacobus the Younger

Broeck, Crispijn van den, Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), People from the Old Testament, Esaias, Prophet Isaiah, verso lower left - stamped, The prophet Isaiah in a landscape. In his hands a saw, referring to his martyrdom. The twenty-eighth print of a 39-part series on the subject of people from the Old Testament., print, prints, height 116 mm, width 78 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1575 - 1575, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1524 - 1591

Gallier's Wife Revenge Orgiago; Heroes and heroines from the Bible and classical antiquity. Landscape with Gallier's wife orgiago. The woman was raped in Roman captivity by a Roman Centurion. She holds the head of her rapist in her skirt. In the margin a two-time caption from Livius's book in Latin and in Dutch.

Jacob Matham after Hendrik Goltzius, Pride Pride

Saint Simon. Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacques Stella.

Portrait of Dirk III, Count of Holland, standing to the left in armor and cloak. On his shoulder the coat of arms of Holland and in his hand a sword. Top center: IV. Portrait of Dirk III, Count of Holland, print maker: Hendrik Spilman, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Tako Hajo Jelgersma, (mentioned on object), after: anonymous, Haarlem, 1745, paper, etching, h 192 mm × w 135 mm

Italy, Barbari, Jacopo de', Woman with child and spinning wheel, print, prints, height 83 mm, width 41 mm, Work conception, 1440 - 1516, after print by, 1504 - 1504, first quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), print maker, printmaker

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1519 depicting an ensign, showing figure composition and posture.

Saint Peter. Dated: c. 1507. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 19.8 x 12.1 cm (7 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia.

Papa X The Pope. Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506. 1550. Ladenspelder, Johann, approximately 1511-approximately 1580. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Motz, Johann Michael (approx. 1694 1758)

Rome, Clemens VIII, Laurus, Jacobus, Gramatica, Antiveduto, Galle, Theodoor, S. Prassede, Saint Praxedis, recto center bottom - stamped, Saint Praxedis with in her hands vessels from which she squeezes a sponge with blood. In the background she cleans the earth of martyr's blood with her sponge. Behind her a martyr is buried., print, prent, prints, height 212 mm, width 147 mm, South Netherlands, 1571 - 1633, print maker, printmaker, 1598 - 1598, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Italian, 1561 - 1645, publisher, uitgever, 1536 - 1605, granter of privilege

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Woman with parasol. A young woman protects her face in the garden with a parasol. She leans on a base with a stone vase.

House, John.

Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, Christoffel van Sichem (I), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 print Portrait of William I. He is behind a table with a rug and holds a command stove in his hand. His helmet and gloves of his armor are lying on the table. His name in the lower margin. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Dordrecht paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing

Dolphic Sibille, Philips Galle, After Anthony Blocklandt, 1575 print The Delfian Sibille is sitting on a chair. An open book on her lap. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ten -part series about the Sibillen. print maker: Antwerpafter design by: Low CountriesAntwerppublisher: Antwerp paper engraving sibyls (with NAME)

This woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1540, depicts the evangelist Johannes, showing figure, posture, gesture, facial expression, and composition.

Depicts Rhetoric, the personification of eloquence, from the 'S' Tarot series by Tarocchimeister, created around 1485 as a copper engraving. Shows figure, gestures, and symbolic elements.

St. James the Greater from Christ and the Apostles. Artist: Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd () 1484/85-1545 Strasbourg (Strassburg)). Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 4 15/16 in. (20.9 × 12.5 cm). Date: 1519. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Goltzius, Hendrick, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, Prophets of the Old Testament, Isaiah, verso lower left - stamped, The prophet Isaiah. In the background Christ, as Messiah and performer of miracles. Second print from the series of the prophets and prophetesses from the Old Testament combined., print, prints, height 250 mm, width 165 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1589 - 1589, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Antwerp, Baltens, Peeter, Vos, Maerten de, Ditmaer, Jan, Wierix, Hieronymus, Christ and the Twelve Apostles, and St. Paul, S. Philippvs, H. Philip, verso under - stamped, Saint Philip stands with one foot on a stone between two columns in an architectural frame. In one hand he holds a book, in the other a cross staff. In the background a view of a hilly landscape. In the frame at the bottom a two-line caption in Latin., print, prints, height 334 mm, width 237 mm, South Netherlands, 1553 - 1619-11-01, print maker, printmaker, 1578 - 1578, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1538 - 1603, Work conception, 1532 - 1603-12-04, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1528 - 1584, publisher

Copper engraving by the Meister der Propheten und Sibyllen around 1470 depicting Samuel, illustrating the biblical prophet who anointed kings in Israel.

Ferdinand I., Roman-German Kaiser.

Master of the S-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active c. 1470), Erato, probably c. 1470, engraving

Pride (Superbia), Georg Pencz, 1539 - 1543 print Woman as personification of pride (superbia) standing with a mirror in her hand and her wings covered with peacock springs. There is a horse in the background. paper engraving Pride; 'Superbia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

The virtues after Raphael, faith. Second issue of a sequence of 7 rooms (Bartsch 387) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). The virtues after Raphael, faith. Second issue of a sequence of 7 rooms (Bartsch 387). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

St Andrew. Plate 3. From: Christ and the Apostles., circa 1545, by Lambert Suavius. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1971.

Vladislav V., King of Bohemia.

Portrait of Helena Fourment, Rubens' second wife, wearing a fur coat over her shoulders 1728 Frans van Stampart. Portrait of Helena Fourment, Rubens' second wife, wearing a fur coat over her shoulders. Frans van Stampart (Flemish, Antwerp 1675-1750 Vienna). 1728. Etching. Helena Fourment (Flemish, Antwerp 1614-1673 Brussels). Prints

Albrecht Dürer, Saint Bartholomew, 1523, engraving on paper.

Ruysbroek, John from.

Albrecht Dürer, The Man of Sorrows with Hands Bound, 1512 The Man of Sorrows with Hands Bound

Dancing Couple. 1538. Aldegrever, Heinrich, 1502-. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

TAGES, who as a boy had the wisdom of an old man, and instructed the Etruscans in the art of augury

Broeck, Crispijn van den, Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), Ezechiel, Prophet Ezechiel, verso lower left - stamped, The prophet Ezechiel in a landscape. He is talking to God who speaks to him from heaven., print, book illustration, prints, height 125 mm, width 78 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1577 - 1577, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, 1524 - 1591

Master of the E Series Tarocchi, Grammatica (Grammar), c 1465 Grammatica (Grammar)

Print, Decorated Capital Letter C; Jakob Frey; After Giovanni Passari (Italian); Switzerland; engraving on paper; 6.5 × 6.7 cm (2 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.); 1907-7-27

Sibille from Erythrae; Sibylla erythraea; Ten sibilles; Sibillaru decem. Erythrae Sibrille standing with a banderole in hand. On the left a part of a thatched roof and right a look to a landscape. Title and a line of Latin text in undermarge. Numbered bottom left: 5.

Campion, Edmund.

Vielle femme de dos avec un parapluie. Félicien Victor Joseph Rops (Belgium, Namur, 1833-1898). Belgium, no date. Prints; etchings. Etching

Older woman with spinning skirt, Enea Vico, After Parmigianino, 1533 - 1567 print An older woman, standing in an interior with a spider skirt under her arm. To the left, a box leans against the wall. Italy paper engraving distaff. old woman. lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo

Ludwig I, the big king of Hungary.

Patience; Seven virtues. Personification of patience. Woman standing with a banner in the left on which a pigeon is depicted. Above a coat of arms with a dog, on top of a bird. Under the show a two-legged text in Latin. Third print from a series of seven.

The virtues after Raphael, hope. Sixth issue of a sequence of 7 rooms (Bartsch 391) Marc Antoine Raimondi (1480-vers1534). The virtues after Raphael, hope. Sixth issue of a sequence of 7 pieces (Bartsch 391). Fight, chisel. 16th century.

Italy, Ioram, King Joram of Israel, verso - stamped, King Joram of Israel standing in a landscape. On his head he wears a crown and in his hand he holds a stick., print, prints, height 91 mm, width 62 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1599, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), plaattoon

Baccio Baldini (1436-1487). "Prophets, nahum". Eighteenth issue of a suite of 24 pieces (Bartsch 18). Chisel. 1450-1485. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 112279-11 XVEME XV XV 15th 15th 15 CENTURY, engraving

Albrecht Dürer, The Man of Sorrows with Hands Bound, German, 1471 - 1528, 1512, drypoint

Ste. Concorde, martyre (St. Concordia, Martyr), August 13th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. Ste. Concorde, martyre (St. Concordia, Martyr), August 13th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

A gentleman wearing a plumed hat and carrying a sword, seen from behind, his right arm outstrestched, a landscape in the background with houses and a tower 1629 Abraham Bosse French. A gentleman wearing a plumed hat and carrying a sword, seen from behind, his right arm outstrestched, a landscape in the background with houses and a tower 397286

Saint Christopher. Engraving by A. Dürer, 1521.

Ansegisel, fränkischer Domestikus .

Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642). French Catholic clergyman and statesman. Minister of state to Louis. Engraving era. Anonymous author.

Copernicus, Nicholas.

Geometria; Free Arts and Minerva, Apollo and Industria. Geometry (Geometria) stands with her foot on a globe and holds a passer in her hand. On the ground are a linear, a character triangle, a passer and a measuring tape. Rear right is a city. A river runs through the city that comes out just outside the city in a waterfall.

Zuidelijke Nederlanden, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerpen, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Misericordia, Barmhartigheid, Southern Netherlands, Antwerp, verso - stamped, A standing woman with a cross in her right arm. On the cross a pelican feeds its young. In her left hand the woman holds a rose. Below the image two lines of text in Latin. The print is part of an album., print, album sheet, prints, height 150 mm, width 91 mm, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Anonymous drawing titled 'Sir, where are you going' executed in red chalk, showing a figure in motion.

Arithmetic 1460-70 Master of the E-Series Tarocchi Italian. Arithmetic 360015

Depicts 'Matthew' by Israhel van Meckenem, created as a copper engraving print in the last third of the 15th century, showing figure and composition.

Old Woman with a Distaff. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Enea Vico after Parmigianino.

Susanna sits with one hand on her breast while the other holds a palm, an open book lies on the floor. Engraving by Raphael Sadeler, 1590, after Martin de Vos.

Julius Caesar Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785. still image. Portraits. 1815. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Caesar, Julius, Eagles, Romans , To 499, Headgear , To 499, Men , Clothing & dress , Rome , To 499, Fasces , To 499, Hairstyles , Rome , To 499, Shoes , Rome , To 499, Gestures

Print made by Adamo 'Ghisi' Scultori, ca.1530-1585, Ancestor of Christ from Aminadab Lunette (Right Figure), 1550 to 1585. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Jean Astruc. Line engraving by Duflos le jeune after L. Vigée and Touzé.

Standing man with one hand in his coat and the other hand in his pants. He is wearing a hat on his head. On the left on the horizon a church tower., Standing man, print maker: Monogrammist NE, (mentioned on object), 1653, paper, etching, h 84 mm × w 52 mm

Holy Simon de Zeloot, Petrus Clouwet, After Peter Paul Rubens, 1639 - 1670 print The print shows the holy Simon de Zeloot. In his left hand his torture tool, the saw. The series consists of prints based on paintings by Peter Paul Rubens. Antwerp paper engraving the apostle Simon Zelotes (or Simon the Canaanite); possible attributes: book, saw, scroll

The savage of Escasta; Collection of diversity of clothes ....

Man of Sorrows with Hands Bound 1512 Albrecht Dürer German. Man of Sorrows with Hands Bound 375913

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Moses after the sculpture by Michelangelo. Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475-1564 Rome); Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1571-1631 Haarlem). Dimensions: mount: 19 1/8 x 12 13/16 in. (48.5 x 32.5 cm)sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (36.5 x 24.5 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 commis

The light youth. Fourth block, part of a frieze of four blocks. Young man chained by "unloading" and "Quade fortune" is blown up. In addition to him a counselor as representative of earthly justice.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Goltzius, Hendrick, Haarlem, Matham, Jacob, Prophetesses of the Old Testament, Hannah, verso - stamped, The prophetess Hannah, standing in a landscape. Eighth print from the series of the prophets and prophetesses from the Old Testament combined., print, prints, height 248 mm, width 161 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1571-10-15 - 1631-01-20, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1588, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1558-01 - 1617-01-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Virgin on a Grassy Bench ca. 1503 Albrecht Dürer German. Virgin on a Grassy Bench 391089

Master of the E Series Tarocchi, Theologia (Theology), c 1465 Theologia (Theology)

James Howel Standing in a Forest. Artist: Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598-1688 Paris); Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604-1676 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.2 x 14.6 cm). Sitter: Portrait of James Howel (British, 1594-1666). Date: 1641. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bolognese concubine; Ancient habits, modern et worldwide .... mirror image and other rug; The Same Posture

Galen holding a medicine jar and a book. Line engraving, 16--.

The Magdalene standing facing right, jar held in her raised right hand. Artist: Master of the Die (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1530-60). Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/4 x 5 11/16 in. (21 x 14.5 cm)plate: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (20 x 14 cm). Date: 1530-60. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Master of the Die.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "The paintings of Rome, Saint Paul". Chisel. 1608-1611. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99593-27 Burin, Gravure

Diana with Two Dogs. Artist: Anonymous, German, 17th century. Dimensions: Overall: 6 5/16 x 5 1/4in. (16 x 13.3cm). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Georges Lallemand (French, Nancy ca. 1580-1636 Paris). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Copper engraving by Meister der Propheten und Sibyllen depicting the prophet Obadiah, created around 1470.

Mariette, Jean, inventor: Vignon (uncertain), work, Judith, (1000 - 2000), engraving, graphics, picture width 21.3 cm, image height 32.4 cm

Soldierboy with Speer, Frederick Bloemaert, After Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1650 - c. 1750 print A young soldier with a spring on the hat and spear in hand. paper engraving the soldier; the soldier's life

Libyan Sibyl, Frans Huys, 1546 - 1562

Munich, Bergia, Anna, Sadeler, Raphael (II), Raphael (I), Castello, Bernardo, Johann (I), Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata, verso lower left - stamped, Saint Francis kneeling in the wilderness. He has a vision of an angel with six wings and receives his stigmata. In the background another monk sits before a cave., print, book illustration, prints, height 85 mm, width 59 mm, South Netherlands, 1560, print maker, printmaker, 1617 - 1617, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1584-12-20 - 1632, Work conception, 1550 - 1600-08, after print by, 1557 - 1629-10-04, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, German, printer

Saint Andrew; Master H.B. (German, active early 16th century); Germany; about 1530; Pen and brown ink and gray wash; 21.1 x 15.5 cm (8 5,16 x 6 1,8 in.)

Sibylle de Cumes. Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604-1676 Paris); Gilles Rousselet (French, Paris 1614-1686 Paris); After Claude Vignon (French, Tours 1593-1670 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/8 x 8 3/8 in. (35.8 x 21.2 cm). Publisher: Published by Pierre Mariette (French, 1596-1657). Series/Portfolio: Douze Sibylles. Date: ca. 1635. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

John the Baptist.

Allegorical drawing by Abraham van Diepenbeeck depicting Virtue with laurel and Fortuna, executed with black-brown pen, gray brush, and gray washes over graphite pencil with white corrections.

Baker Blowing His Horn to Announce the Bread is Ready, 1670, Holland, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Red chalk and graphite drawing of a barefoot young man kneeling to the left, showing figure, posture, limbs, and paper expansion with horizontal fold, by an anonymous artist.

Statue of a coemidian, from the Villa Albani, historical Rome, Italy, digital reproduction of an original from the 18th century, original date not known, Europe

Antwerp, Huys, Frans, Sibyls, Sibylla Libyca, Libyan Sibyl, The Libyan Sibyl sitting with a book in her left hand and a sickle-shaped tool in her right hand. In the background a building with a tower and colonnade in a landscape. This print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, pictures, height 197 mm, width 125 mm, 1522 - 1562, print maker, printmaker, 1546 - 1562, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)

An old, ragged man with a gourd on his hip walking with a staff, from the series 'Figurine' ca. 1656-57 Salvator Rosa Italian. An old, ragged man with a gourd on his hip walking with a staff, from the series 'Figurine' 397927

Johannes, Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1611 - 1623 print John the Evangelist is facing a tree with a book in his hands. He looks up at his attribute: an eagle with ink jar and writing utensils in the mouth. A city in the background. Under the show a inscription in Latin. Friesland paper etching life and acts of John the Evangelist. human figure with eagle's head ~ symbol of St. John

Bus, Caesar de.

Holy Theonas as a recluse, Christoffel van Sichem (II), After Abraham Bloemaert, 1644 print Amsterdam paper letterpress printing saints. anchorite, hermit

Chilon, Jan Harmensz. Muller, 1596 print Chilon from Sparta, one of the seven sages of Greece, holds up a mirror to the viewer. At the top of the list are pronunciation 'Know yourself' in Latin. Amsterdam paper engraving the seven wise men of Greece: Bias, Chilon, Cleobulus, Periander (alternatively Myson), Pittacus, Solon, Thales - portrait of person from classical history

Bliżej Kultury Unknown, Eljasz Radzikowski, Walery (1841 1905)

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