Historical Illustrative Prints

Engravings rich in detail, featuring allegorical themes and historical figures, capturing narratives through art and text in intricate designs.

Een oudt voer-man hoort geerne 'tgeklap van de sweep, Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuvven tijdt: bestaende uyt spreeck-vvoorden ende sinspreucken, ontleent van de voorige ende jegenvvoordige eeuvve, verlustigt door menigte van sinne-beelden, met gedichten en prenten daer op passende: dienstigh tot bericht van alle gedeelten des levens, beginnende van de kintsheyt, ende eyndigende met het eynde alles vleesch, Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660, Matham, Theodor, 1605 or 6-1676, Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, Engraving, 1632

Een oudt voer-man hoort geerne 'tgeklap van de sweep, Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuvven tijdt: bestaende uyt spreeck-vvoorden ende sinspreucken, ontleent van de voorige ende jegenvvoordige eeuvve, verlustigt door menigte van sinne-beelden, met gedichten en prenten daer op passende: dienstigh tot bericht van alle gedeelten des levens, beginnende van de kintsheyt, ende eyndigende met het eynde alles vleesch, Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660, Matham, Theodor, 1605 or 6-1676, Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662, Engraving, 1632

Willem Basse, Title Page, 1634 Title Page

Title page for the Schouburgh of the Dutch Changes, Geen in Ses Tooneelen, 1674; Theater by Dutch Change by Romeyn de Hooghe. Allegorical title page for: Schouburgh of the Dutch Changes, Go Opent in Ses Tooneelen, written and published by Romeyn de Hooghe in 1674. The truth, Mercury and time see how a painting is painted in which war rages in the Dutch garden. Below the title on a tensioned sheet.

Neüe inventiones von unterschiedlich nützlicher Silber-arbeit...gezeichnet von Abraham Drentwet in Augspurg. Inss. Kupffer gebracht durch Ioh : August Corvinim, und dasselbst verlegt von Jeremias Wolff... ; title page, Abraham Drentwet, 1647 - 1727, Black ink on paper, bound in half-leather and boards, y/dd: 6 pl., lacking t-p. SKB 957. Des neüen lauber-und goldschmied-buechs...Anderer Theil...Abraham Drentwet inv. et delin. : Ioseph Friderich Leopold excudit. A. V. 6pl. incl. t-p; numbered 7-12, Germany, ca. 1725, Print, Print

Conversation between Emperor Theodosius I and Johan Willem, Duke of Saxony-Eisenach; Theodosius Magnus Roman Keizer and Iohan Wilhelm Hartog van Saxen Eisenach.Emperor Theodosius I and Hertog Johan Willem in Harnas Face Each Other. In The Background a Ruin Landscape. At the top listed: April / Ao 1737.

Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasse; Jacob Krank Zynde Zegend Joseph's children. Just before his death, Jacob blesses the sons of his son Josef, Ephraim and Manasse. He does this with crossed hands and predicts a great future for Ephraim, the youngest son of Joseph. Above the show a title. There are six fresh rules and a reference to Genesis 48. The print is part of an album.

Persoons makes us long for heaven, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679 print Page from a book (p. 72) with text and a printer vignette on the verso. In an oval cartouche the interior of a room with a mother in a chair trying to suck her child. However, the child refuses to eat. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quote from the Bible (Psalm 72:25, now Psalm 73:25). Under the print a caption: "Tent your appetite, when ghy suffers due to damage." And a description that explains the print. Children must learn that they cannot permanently get the breast. Analogous must teach people that earthly life is not only going well. print maker: AntwerpDiestpublisher: Utrecht paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept). mother and baby or young child. nursing, suckling. the book of Psalms (with BOOK CHAPTER:VERSE). Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa)

Advance teaches us to serve God, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679 print Page from a book (p. 81) with text on Verso. A street face in an oval cartouche. In the foreground, a maid returns from the market. In her hands she wears a heavy basket full of ingredients and a dead rooster. She heads towards a house where a lacquer and a coachman are waiting outside. Through a window we see the interior of a house, where a group celebrates. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quote from the Bible (Ephesians 6: 5). Under the print a caption: "Who does dind, worts." And a description that explains the print. Service stunning, servants and lakeien complain stone and bone about the heavy work they have to do in the service of their Lord. However, those who endure this work and does not complain will be loved by his master and will be rewarded. Similarly, man must tolerate all adversity on earth, for the rewards will be all the greater in heaven. print maker: AntwerpDiestpublisher: Utrecht

Woman from Brazil, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a standing woman in fantasized Brazilian gestation. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 3. Paris paper etching Native peoples of South America (+ costume) Brazil

Frankfurt, Bry, Johann Israel de, Johann Theodor de, Nova Alphati Effictio, Cartouche in a frame of ornaments with flower vases, verso of print - stamped, Central a cartouche with the title in Latin and German. Around a frame of ornaments with flower vases, garlands and in the middle above a mask. In the upper corners burning candles. In the lower corners fish hanging from a wire. In the middle below a male and female half-figure, playing the lute. Text in letterpress on the verso. The print is part of an album., print, ornament print, title print, album page, prints, height 210 mm, width 154 mm, South Netherlands, 1561 - 1623, print maker, printmaker, 1595 - 1595, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Couple and served in an interior. A man and woman are talking in a rich interior with different paintings on the wall. A hiding dog is sitting at their feet. An old woman is aimed at the man with the young person.

Biddend gezin; Zehen Jahr; De leeftijden van de mens; Nützliche Zeitbetrachtung.In a room there is a woman on a chair next to a table. She does the three children who stand for her for how to fold hands. On the right a child in a walking chair. Wall paintings with theme Spring.

Mythological figures; Title page for: Les Epitres d'Ovide, 1702.Different mythological figures; At the top of the falling Icarus, left atlas with the sky vault on its shoulders and the one-eyed poliphemus and in the background Dido on the stake. All depicted to depict various characteristics of love. On the right on a cloud. Love personification with two burning hearts in her hands and her cupid with arrow and bow. Also on the right the personification of envy: a woman with snakes and chewing on a heart. Under the show a four-line text in French.

Title page of the pamphlet: Image Vanden Ouden and the Nieuwen-Tijt waer with Orpheus Walks / speaks / Singt and Plays, 1625, 1625 Title page of the pamphlet image of the old and new ones with Orpheus walks / speaks / singt, 1625. Political allegory with Orpheus harp playing under the Oranjeboom, 1625. At his feet Live Peacefully the animals: Sheep, Leeuw, Pig , dog and stork. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing Title page of the pamphlet image of the old and new ones with Orpheus walks / speaks / singt, 1625. Political allegory with Orpheus harp playing under the Oranjeboom, 1625. At his feet Live Peacefully the animals: Sheep, Leeuw, Pig , dog and stork. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing

Holland in the French printing press, 1672-1673; Presse Francoisse Mass and Hollande l'an 1672 and 1673 / France Druck: Perse gheats in Hollandt Ao. 1672 and 1673; Six French cartoons on the Dutch from 1673. Holland in the French print press, 1672-1673. French cartoon at the Dutch losses in 1672 and 1673. A Dutchman is crushed by the two Frenches in a printing press. This flows a wave with the lost cities from its mouth and rear. In the caption 2 columns text in French and Dutch.

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Philetas and psyche. In a departure, Phoetas asks Psyche to marriage while he points to the rose on his hat. In the doorway, elegantly dressed figures beat the Gade proposal. Next to the bed is a dog. Page from a book with text on recto and verso.

An old couple are approached by two figures of Death. Etching.

David en twee hellemonsters; David disgracié; David Profugus.Two samples come out of the ground, with a dog and chicken head, who want to chain David. Davids Harp is located on the ground. Under the representation eight rules text in French. The print is part of an album.

Allegorical representation on the psalms and spiritual songs, Jochem van Stegeren, 1661 print A monument with the title of Willem Sluiter's book is flanked by the personification of poetry, with writing spring in hand, and the music, with a lute. At the top, King David plays the harp. His crown is next to him. At the bottom of an open Bible and three cartouches with texts from the Psalms. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving David as psalmist, as author of the psalms, usually playing the harp. symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). 'Musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ music; 'Musica'(Ripa). cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

View of Landscape with Pool Animals, Jan Caspar Philips, 1735 print View of a landscape and the North Sea. In the sea and on the ice lions, whales and a polar bear. In the foreground the local population and a seal on the ice. On an IJsschots the title in Dutch. The show is framed with an architectural niche on which a map of the area is hanging. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving landscapes in polar regions. (map of) the polar regions, frigid zones. drift ice. swimming mammals: seal North Sea

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards of the Kings of France, Louis VI le Gros. Twenty-second number of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 653; Dutuit 119) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Vendetta d'amore, title page, 1570. Features themes of revenge and interpersonal relations, produced through letterpress with woodcuts. 15.5 x 11 cm; 7.4 x 7 cm

Personification of 'Allegrezza' from C. Ripa's 'Iconologia..'

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards from the Kings of France, Hugues Capet. Nineteenth issue of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 662; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Frontispiece with two figures holding scrolls and cherubs flanking the cartouche at center, from 'The Consecrated Apostolic College' (Il sacrato collegio apostolico) 1606-07 Raffaello Schiaminossi Italian. Frontispiece with two figures holding scrolls and cherubs flanking the cartouche at center, from 'The Consecrated Apostolic College' (Il sacrato collegio apostolico). Raffaello Schiaminossi (Italian, Borgo San Sepolcro (Sansepolcro) 1572-1622 Borgo San Sepolcro (Sansepolcro)). 1606-07. Etching. Matteo Florimi (Italian, active Siena, ca. 1581-died 1613). Prints

Rancher and Skeleton, Antique Skeletons of Amsterdam

Portret van Jacobus I; Titelpagina voor: Thomas Smit, De republica anglorum libri tres, 1625.On a pedestal with the title A cartouche with the portrait of the English King James I. He wears a crown and has a richestraat and a sword in hand. Two putti with trumpets hold a second crown above his head. On the right under state justice, links under shipping.

Henri Duc de Guise has his hand trapped in a split tree trunk when the two parts of the tree are brought together, contrary to Nature; the tree representing the family tree of the kings of France, which diverges into a Valois branch and a Bourbon (Navarre) branch. Etching.

Fillippus is sent by an angel, Anonymous, After Philips Galle, After Maarten van Heemskerck, 1646 print An angel appears for Philip and sends the apostle to the deserted road between Jerusalem and Gaza. Once there, he is pointed out by the Holy Spirit in the form of a pigeon on a Eunuch in a travel car. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in hand. 8:14. This print is part of an album. paper engraving an angel commands Philip to go south. Philip meets the Eunuch, who is travelling in a chariot (+ Holy Ghost (as dove))

Orpheus enchants the animals with his music, Abraham Blotling (attributed to), after Antonio Tempesta, 1671 print Page from a book with text on recto and verso and an image at the start of book 10. Orpheus plays for the animals on a Lira da Braccio, a string instrument from the Renaissance. All animals listen peacefully and attentively. Amsterdam paper etching Orpheus playing the lyre: trees and rocks move, beasts and birds are enchanted. other string instruments played with bow

. Medallion with the title and an assignment, in Latin. In the four corners a putti with attribute and various decorations. Title print for a series with the twelve sibiles.

Man with a long nose he points to, Anonymous, 1715 print paper letterpress printing parts of the face: nose. caricatures (human types)

Spiritual with a snake and a fox, Jacob Gole, after Cornelis Dusart, 1693 - 1700 print The cunning spiritual. On his neck a fox and a snake, both symbols for cunning. The print is part of a series with caricatures of the French clergy under Louis XIV. paper engraving political caricatures and satires. snakes. beasts of prey, predatory animals: fox. monk(s), friar(s)

Title Print of: Sebastianus Castellio opera with a vignette of the Dutch garden, 1613; Opera Sebastiani Castellionis (...) Waer in Craspelijck Being is that no one to the skins in religion in religion nor seals apart / or prosecute and sal. Title print of Opera van Sebastianus Castellio, 1613. Vignet with the Dutch lion in the Dutch garden. In the garden the sprouting orange tree and wolves trying disguised in sheep's clothing sheep. The lion pulls the tree of the Spanish tyranny and inquisition with Prince Willem I (with Hakbijl).

unknown, Prague, Sadeler, Aegidius, Barra, Johan, Christ and twelve apostles, Illustrissimo et reverendisimo Generali Magistro etc:, Title print for Christ and twelve apostles, Twelve scenes with martyrdom of apostles in rectangular frame with architectural ornaments, verso center bottom - stamped, print, prints, height 208 mm, width 132 mm, 1581 - 1634, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1629, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), South Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, publisher, issuer, granter of privilege

River and sea gods with traders, Pieter Serwouters, After David Vinckboons, 1625 print In a cartouche the title and a description of the book are listed, with the imprint below. At the top of an open card book, with the mention of the privilege from 1616. Two men point to the text on either side. On the right a man with a Jacobladder in his hand, on the left a woman with a horn of abundance. At the bottom a river and sea god, each with a ship on the shoulder. A winged hourglass above the impress. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching river-gods. Oceanids. 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty. Jacob's staff (surveying instrument). hourglass

Mate and his wife, 1641 Two performances on an album magazine. On the left a mate with hourglass and compass. In the background the sea and some ships. On the right his wife sits next to another man. His hand on a vase. The woman has an apple. In the background a church building and some ships. Among them two quatrains in Dutch. The print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing Two performances on an album magazine. On the left a mate with hourglass and compass. In the background the sea and some ships. On the right his wife sits next to another man. His hand on a vase. The woman has an apple. In the background a church building and some ships. Among them two quatrains in Dutch. The print is part of an album. Amsterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing

Hessel Hermana, Foured Potestaat of Friesland, Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1618 - 1620 print Hessel Hermana, fourth potestate of Friesland. Standing back, sword above the shoulder, the weapon of Denmark trampling. In an ornamental frame. Illustration, with text on the back, from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustribus Libri Duo. Friesland paper etching / letterpress printing Ruler, Sovereign Friesland. Faroe Islands

Musician, Caspar Luyken, after Jan Luyken, 1694 print Amsterdam paper etching musician

Amsterdam, Wendel en Zoon, J., Asch-Karmans Kermis Wensch 1822, Kermisprent van de Amsterdamse ash-karrenmannen voor de jaar 1822, verso - gestempeld, Kermisprent aan de ash-karrenmannen (cart man or garbage man) in Amsterdam voor de jaar 1822. View of a street in Amsterdam with the ash-kar, a boy with a rattle and a man who collects money from the house. In the background the cart is emptied on the ash-hill. At the bottom a poem in two columns and a song in three verses. On behalf of Jan Klyn, the cartman of district no. 1., print, picture, fairground print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 339 mm, width 212 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1822 - 1822, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, Dutch, printer

Italy, Mariani, Gian Maria, Florence, Massi & Landi, Parigi, Alfonso (il Giovane), Bella, Stefano della, Title page for: Giovanni Carlo Coppola, Le nozze degli dei favola, 1637, Liberetto in honor of the wedding of Ferdinando II de'Medici and Vottoria della Rovere, Theater decor, verso - stamped, View from the audience onto a stage. The decor consists of two globes. Above the decor a drapery with title., print, title page, ornamental print, prints, height 196 mm, width 148 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1637 - 1637, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, 1606-07-13 - 1656-10-17, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Antwerp, Moretus, Balthasar (I), Quellinus, Erasmus (II), Rubens, Peter Paul, Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), Title page for F. Quaeresmius, Terrae Sanctae Elucidatio, 1639, God surrounded by biblical figures and saints, verso - stamped, God the Father enthroned on a pedestal, with scepter and book in his hands. On the left Moses, Aaron and Zacharias. On the right, representatives of the mendicant orders. In the middle, a white area for the title of the book. Above it a coat of arms with a large Greek cross and four smaller crosses., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 332 mm, width 206 mm, 1576 - 1650-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1639 - 1639, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after a design by, 1607-11-19 - 1678-11-07, Publication (Event), Publication, Flemish, 1574-07-23 - 1641-07-08, publisher

Minerva and the Nine Muses, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Minerva that visits the nine muses on Mount Helikon. Text and clover in the lower margin. print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching the Muses acting together (as group). Minerva visits the Muses on Mount Helicon to see the fountain Hippocrene, which Pegasus had just brought forth

Charlemagne; Comfort and short history of the graves of Hollandt Zeelandt Ende Vrieslandt; Graves and gravingen from Holland. Karel de Stouten, for full and with his left hand in his. With coat of arms and sword. The print is part of a book with descriptions and shows of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland.

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Penelope. Forty-nineteenth issue of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 641; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Forecasts of Mr. BICKERSTAF for the year 1708; Predictions de Mr. Is. BICKERSTAF, Astrol. Angl. pour l'an 1708; Palmhof of Allies / 't Lusthof of MoMus. Cartoon with the predictions of the English astrologer. BICKERSTAF for the year 1708. The astrologer with turban and staff seated between a sky globe with the constellations and an eagle. Part of a series of entitled Palmhof of allies with 9 cartoons on the French and allies from the year 1708.

Diederik, first tool of the West Frisian, Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1618 - 1620 print Diederik, first Duke of the West Frisians. Standing in front. In the background Medemblik. In an ornamental frame. Illustration, with text on the back, from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustribus Libri Duo. Friesland paper etching / letterpress printing Ruler, Sovereign Friesland

Johannes Sophronius Kozak. Line engraving by G. Muntinck, 1663.

Bijenteelt, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop of), after Hans Bol, 1582 - 1633 print Two beekeepers drive a swarm of bees towards the Bijenkorf. Two other beekeepers open another beehive to let the bees swarm. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of 54 prints. Antwerp paper engraving bee-keeping, apiculture. swarm ~ bees. bee-keeper

DeCEKE; Sandrart, Joachim von (1606-1688); XVII century (1601-00-00-1700-00-00);

Wife of Sumatra, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a standing woman in fantasized gestation from Sumatra. Text in STUDMARGE. Numbered in the top left: 10. Paris paper etching Asiatic races and peoples (+ costume) Sumatra

Hartenkoning, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Jupiter with a bundle of lightning bolts in his hand, flying on the back of an eagle. Text and heart in the lower margin. print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching (story of) Jupiter (Zeus). attributes of Jupiter

Allegory of trust, Jacob van der Heyden, 1608 print With caption in Latin and German. paper etching / engraving Morality. 'album amicorum', 'Stammbuch'. the Jews, Jewish life. cardinal. beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf

Cartouche met putti, engel en dubbele adelaar; Germania in decem Circulos divisa (...).A cartouche with title and at the top the double eagle with crown. Left and right a putto. At the bottom an angel with two trumpets, possibly fama. Detail of a map of the German Empire.

Methamorphoseos vulgare. Author: Written by Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 B.C.-A.D. 17 Tomis, Moesia). Designer: Design of some woodcuts attributed to Benedetto Bordone (Italian, Padua ca. 1455/60-1530 Padua, active mainly Venice from 1488). Dimensions: 11 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 7/8 in. (29.8 × 20.6 × 2.3 cm). Printer: Printed by Christoforo de Pensa for Lucantonio Guinta. Printmaker: Cutting of blocks signed "ia" attributed to Jacob of Strasbourg (Italian School, born Alsace, active Venice, 1494-1530). Publisher: Published by Lucantonio Giunta (Italian, Florence 1457-1538 Venice) (Venice). Translator: Translated by Giovanni Bonsignore (Italian, 14th century). Date: March 7, 1501.The first illustrated Italian edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses was published in Venice in 1497 and translated a Latin paraphrase of the fourteenth century. It had many reprintings, often, as in the case of this 1501 edition, with the same late fifteenth-century woodcuts.This scene depicts the skilled metalworker Vulcan who, a

Henry Welby, reclusive inhabitant of Grub Street, aged 84. Copperplate engraving after William Marshall from William Richardson's Portraits Illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England, London, 17921812. James Granger (17231776) was an English clergyman, biographer, and print collector.

Two prints on one sheet in oval. On the left, Joseph explains the dreams of the king's cupbearer and baker in prison (Gen. 40-8). On the right, Pharaoh asleep in his bed. Above his bed are seven cows on the bank of the Nile (Gen. 41-1). In the margins caption in Dutch. Seventh and eighth prints (7 and 8) from a series of twelve with scenes from the life of Joseph, Joseph explains dreams of cupbearer and baker / The dream of Pharaoh Scenes from the life of Joseph (series title)., print maker: Hans Janssen, Amsterdam, 1615 - 1651, paper, engraving, h 53 mm × w 34 mm × h 52 mm × w 32 mm

Frontispiece for the The Triumph of Julius Caesar. Andrea Andreani (Italy, Mantua, circa 1558-1629). Italy, circa 1598. Prints; woodcuts. Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks

Appeal one receives from God, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679 print Page from a book (p. 10) with text on Verso. A landscape with hunters in an oval cartouche. In the background a dog is beaten with a stick. A dog is released to the left. In the foreground, a dog brings a stick to its owner, a hunter with a gun on his shoulder. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quote from the Bible (Job 2:10). Under the print a caption: "To Vreught and Ben I picks up" and a description that says that a dog must above all obey his master and both reward and punishment is part of that life. print maker: Antwerppublisher: UtrechtDiest paper etching / letterpress printing hunting dogs. hunter. Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept). Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa)

Triomfwagen Van Het Sienese District Torre, Bernardino Capitelli, 1632 - 1640 print The triumphal wagon of the Sienese district Torre that is drawn by four horses. On top of the car are an elephant with tower on the back and music -making figures. Italy paper etching chariot, triumphal car Siena

Diana and Apollo on the either side of a cartouche; Southern European landscapes; Topographia Vararum Regionum. Diana carries a spear and is accompanied by a dog, which lies to her feet. The naked Apollo has a league rough and an arrow and bow.

Reception Announcement for Louis XIII. Artist: Gregoire Huret, French, 1606-1670

Mirror of Creation, Theodoor Galle, 1610 print A man and a woman kneel in front of a mirror. The mirror shows creation: sun, moon and a coastal landscape. Behind the mirror the Hemelrijk with God on a throne. In the background, the divinity of creation: the growing of nature; Jakobs Ladder and the animals that come to the Holy Bernardus. The print has a Latin caption: 'Quot Rerum FSppecies; Specvlis tot Conditor Vnus Cernitur: Vendo Gratus vt Effe Velis'. At the bottom of a legend of the scenes that are numberically numbered in the image. The print is part of a twelve -part series (VIII from XII prints) with the subject of twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God. Print Maker: Antwerpkortrijk Publisher: Antwerp Publisher: Antwerp paper engraving mirror. miraculous activities and events ~ St. Bernard. heaven, celestial paradise, New Earth (+ God the Father). creation of sun, moon and stars. Nature. Jacob's ladder (alone)

XIV Magister Artis Venter. XIV Magister Artis Venter. Second shock. Part of 'SinnePops', R. Visscher, 1614.

Orphée et Eurydice. 1601 - 1700. Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Orpheus and Eurydice. Forty-first number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 520; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Julius Civilis and Willem van Oranje, Anonymous, 1639 print Julius Civilis with Speer and Willem van Oranje Flankeren the title. At the top, putti with coats of arms of Nijmegen and Roermond flank the coat of arms of Gelderland. At the bottom a cartouche and weapons of Zutphen and Arnhem. paper engraving (story of) Julius Claudius Civilis. historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)

A column with a sundial in a hilly landscape. In the background a seated figure and a rider. Pent from a book in which 36 prints with sentences images. Print used in: F. van Hoogstraten, the schooly of the world, 1682.

Masonry tools, Johann Thomas Hauer, 1758 - 1820 print Title print for series with designs for facades. A hammer, trowel, square, passer, shooting shelter, books and a design drawing left and right next to a cartouche with garlands. Above a six -line French text. Paris paper etching / engraving tools and machines ~ building

A woman with uplifted arm near a wheelbarrow containing a plant. In the background some houses. Print from a book containing 36 prints with sentence images. Print used in: F. van Hoogstraten, De schoole der wereld, 1682, Woman near a wheelbarrow XXX. On hearing the cries of those peddling their wares along the street (title on object)., print maker: Arnold Houbraken, Northern Netherlands, 1682, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 71 mm × w 84 mm, h 157 mm × w 97 mm

Martesie, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of Martesie, Queen of the Amazons, on horseback with a flag. Text in STUDMARGE. Paris paper etching ruler, sovereign - BB - female ruler. horse. riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman

people women 16th - 18th century graphic ""The author the woman the dog"" caricature on the rareness of virgins Augsburg Nuremberg Germany 17th century private collection,

Count Floris II van Holland, 1586 - 1587 Count Floris II, back, with the weapon of a climbing lion. The sword in his right hand stands on the ground with its point. The print is part of a book with descriptions and representations of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland. print maker: Haarlemafter drawing by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Count Floris II, back, with the weapon of a climbing lion. The sword in his right hand stands on the ground with its point. The print is part of a book with descriptions and representations of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland. print maker: Haarlemafter drawing by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving

The Royal French Standard has been captured at the Battle of Seneffe, 1674, 1674 print The Royal French Standard with a radiant sun, captured by the Battle of Seneffe on July 11, 1674 between the Allied Spanish, Imperial and State troops under William III on the one hand and the French under the Prince of Condé on the other. De Standaard was offered in Brussels in September to the Duke of Villahermosa. With a sonnet in French and an epigram and time fresh in Latin. print maker: Southern Netherlandspublisher: Brussels paper engraving / letterpress printing banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.). standard (symbol of sovereignty). (military) flags and standards Tendon

Emblema VIII: Accipe ovum and igneo percute gladio. Michaelis Majeri, Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum: per oculis et intellectui accuratè accommodata, figuris cupro appositissimè incisa, ingeniosissima emblemata, hisque confines, and ad rem egregiè facientes sententias, doctissimaque item epigrammata, illustratum, Maier, Michael, 1568-1622, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Etching, 1687, Etching, Emblem 8, located on page 22.

ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond D' (1717-1783). French philosopher, writer and mathematician.; DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784). French erudite writer and philosopher. Illustration of 'The Peasant' from a German edition of 'L'Encyclop_die'. Engraving.

unknown, Paris, Gras, Henry le, Bella, Stefano della, Jeu de la géographie, Card game geography, Brezil, Woman from Brazil, Playing card with a representation of a standing woman in exotic dress from Brazil. Text in bottom margin. Numbered top left: 3., print, playing card, prints, height 89 mm, width 55 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, granter of privilege

Mercury, Minerva and Putti at Cartouche, Anonymous, 1721 - 1774 print A cartouche with title is decorated by three putti. Mercury with Caduceus and Minerva with lance watch from the top. Weapons, papers and a globe hang on the bottom. Detail of a map of Brabant. paper engraving / etching ornament ~ cartouche. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. (story of) Mercury (Hermes). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Brabant

Woman from Persia on horseback, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of a woman in fantasized gestation from Persia, on horseback, seen from behind. Text in STUDMARGE. Paris paper etching Asiatic races and peoples (+ costume). two-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals. trunked animals: elephant Persia

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Pallas and Arachne. Forty-eighth issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 536; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Maria van Burgundy, 1586 - 1587 Maria van Burgundy, back, with a coat of arms at her feet. The print is part of a book with descriptions and representations of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland. print maker: Haarlemafter drawing by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving Maria van Burgundy, back, with a coat of arms at her feet. The print is part of a book with descriptions and representations of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland. print maker: Haarlemafter drawing by: Haarlempublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards of the Kings of France, Philippe le Bel. Twenty-sixth issue of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 671; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Allegory on Maurits and the end of the file, 1621, 1621 print Allegory At the end of the twelve -year -old file, 1621. Prince Maurits with the gaze to heaven -standing in a landscape with the sword in hand, on the left the broken chains of the truce, on the right is a armor. Under the print printed a verse in 2 columns in Dutch starting with: here the Great Mars van 't Vrye Nederland. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / letterpress printing preparation for battle

Frontispiece, no. 1 from The Life of theVirgin. Artist: Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), Cards of the Kings of France, Henri IV the Grand. Thirty-eighth number of a suite of 40 pieces. (A. de Vesme 658; Dutuit 119) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Turnhout, Brepols, Philippus Jacobus, Den Haag, Lazare, L., Het nieuw arlequinspel, Le nouveau jeu d'arlequin, The Hague, verso - stamped, Board game with in the middle of the playing field a harlequin holding in his open hands a bag with the number 7 on it. Around him a garland from which hang medallions with the numbers 2 to 12. At the top in the middle a shield. Below the representation the rules of the game in Dutch and in French in two columns. Numbered at the top right: n. 52., print, picture, gameboard, playing board, folk print, prints, pictures, folk prints, height 423 mm, width 345 mm, Dutch, seller, 1800 - 1833, paper, woodcut, colours, letterpress printing, Publication (Event), Publication, Belgian, 1778 - 1845, publisher, print maker, printmaker

Gondobaldus, eighth king of Frisians; Gondobaldus. Rex Frisiae Octavus; Kings and potestocks from Friesland; Frisia, SEV, the viris. Gondobaldus (or Gundbold or Adgillis III) eighth king of Frisians. Standing for feet, sword and shield in hand. In the background a walled city. Illustration, with text on the back, coming from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustrus Libri Duo.

Ruggiero and the army of Alcina, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1771 print Canto six from 'Orlando Furioso'. In the foreground, sitting on a turtle, the thick leader of the army of the sorceress Alcina. Different monstrous figures on horseback in the background. On the right is Ruggiero with his mythical horse Frontin. paper etching (scenes from) specific works of literature: Ariosto, Orlando Furioso. monsters of mixed human and animal shape; 'Mostri' (Ripa)

Ridder en twee graven; Titelpagina voor: Petrus Scriverius, Beschrivinge van Out Batavien Met de Antiquiteyten vandien (...), 1646.A knight with sword and coat of arms with lion is surrounded by columns with coats of arms. Two men with command posts (possibly digging) are part of this.

Saturnus, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of Saturn with a scythe and a child on your lap. Text and window in the lower margin. print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching Saturn and his children ('Planetenkinder'). (story of) Saturn (Cronus) - attributes. attributes of Saturn: scythe

Title page of Historisch Verhael, band 3 (dl. 8), 1624-1625, 1624 - 1625 Title page of Historisch Verhael, band 3 (dl. 8), 1624-1625. Title page with four performances. Above taking Goch. Under three smaller allegorical scenes: the fall of Spain depicted by the bumping of a tower (Castile) by the Northern goat (Sweden), a golden rain from the sky and an allegory on the desired union between the churches. In the middle a cartouche with the title. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching Red Title page of Historisch Verhael, band 3 (dl. 8), 1624-1625. Title page with four performances. Above taking Goch. Under three smaller allegorical scenes: the fall of Spain depicted by the bumping of a tower (Castile) by the Northern goat (Sweden), a golden rain from the sky and an allegory on the desired union between the churches. In the middle a cartouche with the title. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching Red

The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London. Giovanni Battista Piranesi; Italian, 1720-1778. Date: 1762. Dimensions: 580 x 430 x 24 mm (closed); 837 x 580 mm (open). Book with forty-nine etchings in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Saddle maker, Caspar Luyken, after Jan Luyken, 1694 print Amsterdam paper etching handicrafts, craftsman at work. saddle and bridle (saddlery)

Dioscuren Op de Quirinaal, Giovanni Maggi, 1600 print Two statues of the Dioscuren (Castor and Pollux), two naked men with horses, seen from behind. Previously interpreted as the artists Pheidias and Praxiteles. The images are on the Piazza del Quirinal in Rome. Text in Italian in the lower margin. The print is part of an album. paper etching piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Quirinaal

Coat of arms of Marie de Meleun, Philips Galle, c. 1585 - c. 1590 print Presentation in two parts. At the top a curtain with the weapon of Marie de Meleun, Countess of Ligne. Below that an assignment from the print maker to the same countess. At the bottom of an anagram: L'Ame de Minerve. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper engraving armorial bearing, heraldry

Wagenmaker, Jan Luyken, 1694 print Amsterdam paper etching handicrafts, craftsman at work. carpenter. (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart

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