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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
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A gadaver from a griend coated on the beach between Scheveningen and Katwijk, September 20, 1608; Prosopopoeia; True Verthooning and the figure of a dead and the most half rotten fish / by that sea aen der strande at Ghewurt / den 20. der Maent September (...) Aenwijsende den Stand and Condition des conincx of spaignien and the sijn Bedroch Inks Wtganck van Desen Peace -Art Gheopenbaert. The semi-spreader cadaver of a griend coated on the beach between Scheveningen and Katwijk, 20 September 1608. Used as an illustration on the downside of the title in a leaflet against the peace negotiations with Spain. The cadaver is interpreted as a symbol for the current state of the King of Spain.
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Afrique 1644 Etched by Stefano della Bella Italian. Afrique 382650 Artist: Etched by Stefano della Bella, Italian, Florence 16101664 Florence, Artist: Designed by Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, French, 15951676, Publisher: Published by Henri Le Gras, French, Dedicatee: Made for Louis XIV, King of France, French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 16381715 Versailles, Patron: Commissioned by Cardinal Jules Mazarin, Italian, Piscina 16021661 Vincennes, Afrique, 1644, Etching, state iii. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959 (59.654.19(7))
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Springend Hert, Albert Flamen, 1672 print A landscape with a jumping deer. On a banderole a motto in Latin and a caption in French, both about love. print maker: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching Qualities of Love: first series (+ emblematical representation of concept)
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Fragment of map of the French province of Valois; Valesium Ducatus Valois.
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Lebey de Batilly, Denis, Frankfurt am Main, Bry, Theodor de, Boissard, Jean Jacques, Denis Lebey de Batilly, Emblemata, 1596, INGENIV DOCTRINA ET LITERIS FORMANDV, Mother bear caring for her cub, verso - stamped, A mother bear caring for her cub. The bear walks into the forest. In the background a city can be seen., print, book illustration, emblem, prints, height 65 mm, width 80 mm, South Netherlands, 1528 - 1598-03-27, print maker, printmaker, 1596 - 1596, fourth quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1528 - 1598, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, writer
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Minerva and Writing Woman, Anonymous, 1716 print Minerva with shield and a writing woman point to figures in a landscape behind them. Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). writing and letters. landscapes (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
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Collection of Diverse Chinese Figures 1738-45 François Boucher French. Collection of Diverse Chinese Figures 385077
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Table of contents of the Atlas Nouveau by Nicolas Sanson, Anonymous, c. 1700 print In the middle the table of contents consisting of a glued text sheet. All around a decorative frame with atlas on the left with the globe on his shoulders with Neptune in the background. In addition, Zeus on a cloud with lightning in his hand and an eagle. On the right a woman with a measuring stick in her hands next to a celestial slobe. In the background a bookcase with the fame above. At the bottom of an interior of a library with scholars around a table with a globe on it. paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing bookshelves. globe. Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). (story of) Jupiter (Zeus). Atlas supporting the heavens on his shoulders. (story of) Neptune (Poseidon)
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), renowned queens' game. Tomyris. Fifteenth number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 610; Dutuit 118) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Title page for: w.d. Hooft, contemporary lost son, 1630., Jan Martszen de Jonge, 1630 print Title page with the scene of the Lost Son, dressed in 17th century costume, which broke his money with light cages. He is in an interior with musicianing and drinking women, while a coupler stares him off his stock exchange. Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing the prodigal son in the midst of prostitutes feasting and dissipating his patrimony, usually in a brothel or inn. brothel
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Actéon. Twenty-second number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 493; Dutuit 116) (Main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Title page and frontispiece to 'Natural magick(wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences' with portrait of the author and other scenes) by Giambattista della Porta 1535-1615. Published: 1658.
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Amsterdam, Wendel en Zoon, J., Asch-Karmans Kermis-Wensch 1834, Fair print of the Amsterdam ash cart men for the year 1834, verso - stamped, Fair print on behalf of the ash cart men (cart man or garbage man) in Amsterdam for the year 1834. View of a street in Amsterdam with a man taking an ash bucket to the cart while another man collects money from the house. At the bottom a poem in two columns. On behalf of JD Farjon, the ash cart man of district no. 19., print, kermisprent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 341 mm, width 212 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1834 - 1834, paper, papier, letterpress printing, boekdruk, houtsnede, Nederlands, printer, drukker
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Spanish tyranny in the Netherlands, 1566-1597, 1618 - 1624 print Spanish tyranny in the Netherlands. Judges and atrocities committed by the Spaniards in the Netherlands in the years 1566-1597. At the top portraits of Margaretha van Parma, Philip II and Granvelle. Under the show a verse of 16 lines in 2 columns, glued below a description in 6 lines, in Dutch. Numbered: 1. Northern Netherlands paper etching on the scaffold or place of execution. violent death, being killed; being mishandled and maltreated; seeking death
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Graftombe of Willem I, Prince of Orange, 1623; Graftombe van Zyn Highness the Prince of Oranie. Graftombe or Palatergraf of Willem I in the new church in Delft, completed in 1623. Seen from the front with the image of the sitting prince. With the frame and with a separately printed title against the bottom of the performance.
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Barbarism. Thirty-seven number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 568; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Limon Zucherino dolce und das ebnerische Herrnhaus in Erlastegen, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides von Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710 / garden, Illustration from Nürnbergische Hesperides garden, 1710, Historisch, 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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Netherlands, Hondius, Hendrick (I), Illustribus ac praepotentibus Hollandiae West-Frisiae Q Ordinibus Patriae Patribus, Allegorical representation about the States of Holland and West Friesland, verso - stamped, At a monument for the States of Holland and West Friesland that is crowned by the Dutch Lion, there are various personifications on the left, Justice with scales and sword and Prudence with mirror and snake, on the right, Faith with cross with banner, Bible and lamb. Next to her stands Hope with a ship on her head and a ship in her hand., print, prints, height 137 mm, width 178 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1588 - 1650, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1573-06-09 - 1650-10-25, publisher
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Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 48, "The Sick Rose" (Bentley 39), 1789 to 1794. Relief etching printed in dark-brown with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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A giant polyp - is it meant to be a squid - grabs a sailor by his arm off the deck of his ship Date: 1555
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Aelia Eudocia; Athenais; Kaartspel met gerenommeerde heerseressen; Jeu des reynes renommées.Playing card with a representation of Aelia Eudocia, the woman of the Roman emperor Theodosius II. Text in undermarge. Numbered top left: 1.
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Tingitane Mauritania. Thirty-nineteenth issue of a sequence of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 567; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Imaginary coats of arms of the Eighth Chapter of King Arthurs Knights of the Round Table: Knight of the Seven Ways, with three gold bridges over silver river on a red field, Broadas, with gold lobster on black field. Chevaliers de la table ronde: le Chevalier de sept Voyes, Broadas. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Farmer complaining about De Veepest, 1745, 1745 print A farmer kneels next to a dead cow and prays to God to redeem the cattle or beef bully that the country affects in 1745. In the background houses on the water and the drain of deceased cattle in boats. On the leaf under the plate a verse in 14 lines. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing hoofed animals (+ animal(s) being sick; having a disease). cow Netherlands
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Karel IX, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by the French king Charles IX. Text under the show. Paris paper etching Ruler, Sovereign
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Amsterdam, Borstius, Jacobus, Title page for: Johannes d'Outrein, De honig-raat der verdrachten, 1719, Den honigraat der verdrachten, Woman with cross and anchor by palm tree, verso - stamped, An allegorical female figure sits with cross and anchor in front of a palm tree and looks thoughtfully upwards. Left lightning strikes the tree, the sun is shining on the right. At her feet lie a money bag, a crown, a scepter, a palm branch, and a skull. In the background a lion's skin surrounded by bees., print, title page, prints, engravings, height 138 mm, width 86 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1719 - 1719, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Seated and standing figures near barrels and baskets, on either side of a canvas bearing the title. In the center a bull's head with painter's attributes. Title-print of part five of a series of sixty prints with landscapes, divided into five parts of twelve prints each., Figures near barrels and baskets Landscapes (series title) Amenissimae aliquot requculae (series title), print maker: Jan van de Velde (II), (mentioned on object), Jan van de Velde (II), publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), (mentioned on object), 1616, paper, etching, h 120 mm × w 190 mm
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XXXIX servant how Sweet Ghy. XXXIX servant how Sweet Ghy. Second shock. Part of 'SinnePops', R. Visscher, 1614.
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Figures at tons and baskets, Jan van de Velde (II), 1616 print Sitting and standing figures with tons and baskets, on either side of a cloth with the title on it. In the middle a bull's head with painting attributes. Title print of part five of a series of a total of sixty prints with landscapes, spread over five parts of twelve prints each. paper etching farmers. container made of plant material other than wood: basket. wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket
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Coats of arms of the Eighth Chapter of King Arthurs Knights of the Round Table: the Knight attired in Scarlet, with gold ship, Dezier the Fierce, with seven-headed serpent. Chevaliers de la table ronde: le Chevalier DESCALOT, DESIER le Fier. Handcoloured woodblock engraving from Hierosme de Baras Le Blason des Armoiries, Chez Rolet Boutonne, Paris, 1628.
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Man reclining in the forest. Ernest Barrias (French, 1841 - 1905)
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Detail of the first page of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy), the first official dictionary of the French language, completed by the French Academy in 1694. Facsimile. Engraving by Huyot after Jean Mariette (1660-1742). XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.
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Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium (Costume of the Various Peoples of the World). Jean Jacques Boissard (France, 1533-1598). France, 1581. Books. Ink on paper with gouache, watercolor, and gold
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 50, 'A Poison Tree' (Bentley 49), Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1789 to 1794, Relief etching printed in dark-brown with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 inches (18.1 x 12.7 cm), Plate: 4 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches (11.1 x 7 cm), and Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm), branches, dead, literary theme, man, men, nude, text, trees