Historical Prints and Etchings

A series of etchings depicting classical themes, including martyrdom, mythological narratives, and allegorical figures within detailed landscapes.

Februari, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Four hopping figures with a bridge in the background. At the top left two fish. paper February and its 'labours' (+ with Pisces (February)). landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct

H. Anatolia, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print H. Anatolia is pierced with a sword by a soldier. paper etching martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr

Februari, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Four hopping figures with a bridge in the background. At the top left two fish. paper February and its 'labours' (+ with Pisces (February)). landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct

Amphitrite is abducted by Dolphins, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 32. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving Amphitrite riding on a dolphin; possibly brought to Neptune

Pan follows Syrinx, Pierre Audouin, After Charles Monnet, 1801 print Up to the top left: No. 21. print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving attributes of Pan: syrinx

Woman in jet wreath / two braided columns with a crown, anonymous, after aegidius sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a woman in a jet wreath and on a pedestal with the letter C. The figure has a palm branch and book. Behind it a stake of people. Under two braided columns with a crown flanked by two women with torches. These are the foreignovers of King Charles IX of France. paper engraving / letterpress printing column, pillar ~ architecture

Summer triumph, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching chariot, triumphal car. summer ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year). (story of) Ceres (Demeter). panpipes

Vignette with vase, c. 1763 print Vignette with a vase in an ornamented frame with flowers and draperies. France paper etching vignette. vase ~ ornament

December, Etienne Delaune, 1568 print Two figures slaughter a pig. At the top of the constellation Capricorn. France paper engraving December and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). Capricorn (zodiacal sign of December)

Ny Met One Zotskolf, Caspar Merian, After Hans Holbein (II), After Ambrosius Holbein, 1676 print paper etching / letterpress printing bauble. court jester, court fool

Getrononed Neptune Met Noseses a Tritons, Pierre Briebiette, 1608 - 1650 print paper etching (story of) Neptune (Poseidon). Nereids, daughters of Nereus; sea-nymphs. triton(s)

H. Reparata, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print H. Repair beheaded by a man with a sword. paper etching martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr

Adam and Eva eat the forbidden fruit, Orazio Borgianni, After Rafaël, 1615 print Adam and Eva at a tree. A snake with a human head curls around the tree. Eva gives Adam an apple. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper etching Adam and Eve holding (and possibly eating) the fruit

Letter Q in a frame with a representation of the meeting of Christ with Veronica during the cross -carrier, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Netherlands paper letterpress printing fancy letters. Christ meets Veronica, who has a cloth to wipe Christ's face

Gladiators fight with an elephant in an arena, Antonio Tempesta, 1602 print Face in an arena where a gladiator fights with an elephant. There are four dead gladiators around the elephant. In the foreground on the left, the Roman emperor is sitting on his throne. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: RomeItaly paper etching trunked animals: elephant. fight between man and animal. fight of gladiators

Stoning by H. Stefanus, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing the stoning of Stephen; the witnesses lay down their clothes at Saul's feet

Hippomenes wins the running match against Atalanta, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching during the foot-race Hippomenes drops the three golden apples; Atalante stops to pick them up, and is thus beaten

Dansend Paar, Virgil, c. 1545 print Numbered in the top left: 2. Nuremberg paper etching one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple. group dancing among upper classes

Prophet Jeremiah Writing, Caspar Merian, After Hans Holbein (II), After Ambrosius Holbein, 1676 print paper etching / letterpress printing Jeremiah (not in biblical context); possible attributes: book or scroll, 'the seething pot'

Surfaces or straight -line figures, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing planimetry, geometry

Luise and Robert embrace each other, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print With caption and page reference in German. Berlin paper etching (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'

Landscape with ruins and a woman sitting on a fallen column, Sauveur Legros, 1796 print paper etching landscape with ruins

Three sons of the king are the body of their father, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching ruler, sovereign. archer's weapons: bow and arrow. father and son(s) (family group)

Allegorical performance with women on Globe, Jacob de Later, 1705 print Two allegorical female figures with a passer, a wise stick, lion and a bundle of arrows are on a globe focused on Gaul and Italy. Behind them the zodiac. In the foreground are four putti with paper roll, book and cards on a cartouche with a title. paper engraving standing figure - AA - female human figure. globe. zodiac; the twelve zodiacal signs together

Maximilian I of Habsburg, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Etend with his Nar, Caspar Merian, After Hans Holbein (II), After Ambrosius Holbein, 1676 print paper etching / letterpress printing Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa). court jester, court fool. historical persons

Fabel of the two mice, Aegidius Sadeler (II), After Marcus Gheeraerts (I), 1608 print In a basement there are a house mouse and a field mouse together on a table and eat food residues. A man comes in with a candle in his hand. The house mouse has an abundance of food, but his life is much more dangerous than that of the field mouse. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables of Aesop (with TITLE) : Use 85(...). rodents: mouse. cellar

Bust of a smiling farmer's wife, 1846 - 1900 This print is part of an album. Haarlem paper etching This print is part of an album. Haarlem paper etching

Vertumnus en pompona, Anonymous, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Pomona and Vertumnus in the form of an old woman in a garden. (possibly) paper etching Vertumnus and Pomona

Putti with flower garlands, Paul van Somer (II), 1670 - 1697 print In a column in a garden, putti flower wreaths and garlands make. A lamb is next to them. paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Study magazine with Men's Head, Hermanus Fock, 1781 - 1822 print Study magazine with the head of a cow, a face and a portrait and profil of a man with a beard. Amsterdam paper etching cow. face

Letter L, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Letter l against a background with braid, winged figures, two sitting men and a flower vase. paper etching / letterpress printing fancy letters

Poor Man eats from a pan, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing the poor. eating

Saturn, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Numbered in the top left: 1. Nuremberg paper etching (story of) Saturn (Cronus). Saturn (planet). clouds

My Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Numbered in the middle: 5. Nuremberg paper engraving / etching May and its 'labours'. Gemini (zodiacal sign of May)

H. Anatolia, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print H. Anatolia is pierced with a sword by a soldier. print maker: Romepublisher: RomeVaticaanstad paper etching martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr

Four men in a study, Giovanni Cattini (Attributed to), 1735 - 1800 print Two sitting and two standing men in a study. A man drops a stack of books on the floor. Italy paper engraving study; 'studiolo'; library. book

Personifications of the Seven Free Arts, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching the liberal arts, 'Artes Liberales'

Teacher with narrower cap for a number of students, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing teacher and pupil. court jester, court fool

Mars in Rolwerk Omlijsting, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching (story of) Mars (Ares). scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament

Blackwork ornament with medallion in the form of a can surrounded by birds, Jacques Hurtu, 1615 - 1620 Black work ornament with medallion in the form of a jug with three corner pieces. There is a drinking putto on the jug. The ornaments are surrounded by different birds. Number 2 from a series of six ornament prints for goldsmiths. paper engraving

Letter A in a frame with a representation of a shepherd and a figure with a winged helmet blindly on a trumpet, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print Netherlands paper fancy letters. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Duck hunt, Ercole Bazicaluva (Circle of), c. 1620 print There are two hunters in a rowing boat, one of which moves the boat ahead while the other holds a gun. On the right ducks and flying birds. paper etching bird hunting. water-birds: duck. rowing-boat, canoe, etc.

Hunting for elephants, Antonio Tempesta, 1598 print Landscape with hunters hunting elephants. In the foreground men who get rid of a dead elephant of his tusks. paper etching hunter. hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt'). trunked animals: elephant

Three putti with a basket with flowers, Paul van Somer (II), 1670 - 1697 print With a ruin of a classic building, three putti are on the ground. One wears a basket with flowers on the head, a second holds a flower wreath. Two more putti with a flower basket run in the background. paper etching Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Islamic Galace slaves on either side of a cartouche, Cornelis de Wael (workshop of), Cornelis de Wael, Cornelis de Wael, 1647 print The cartouche in the middle contains an assignment in Latin and is decorated with the coat of arms of the Laredo family and two winged women's busts. On either side of the cartouche is a chained Islamic Galace slave with rowing pans under his feet. Behind each of them is an Islamic Galace slave with a musical instrument. The left man plays a trumpet and the right a drum. These men made as a slave can be recognized as Muslims by the typical haircut (head except for a bare shaved) that they were obliged to have. In the background cannons and different flags. Adapted title print for the 1647 edition of this series. Knee paper etching / engraving armorial bearing, heraldry. slavery; serfs and the enslaved. musician. (military) flags and standards

Man with beard and fur hat, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1722 - 1774 print Germany (possibly) paper etching old man. beard. head-gear (with NAME). head-gear (with NAME)

Fotoreproductie van Die dens, Anonymous, after Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1870 - 1900 Photograph. visit card cardboard. photographic support albumen print painting, drawing and the graphic arts. harvest. farmers

Letter D, anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Letter D against a background with braid. paper etching / letterpress printing fancy letters

Man with stool arguing with another man, anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print The man with arm in a sling waves his stool in the air. The other man has a knife in one hand and empties a basket with the other. paper fighting. crutches. hacking and thrusting weapons. container made of plant material other than wood: basket. disabilities, deformations

Roman sulfur baths, Pieter van der Aa (I), 1682 - 1730 print Landscape with Roman sulfur baths. Bad people in the foreground. Damps rise from the hills in the background. paper etching landscapes. public baths - AA - in the open air. hot spring, geyser

Fries met Zes Bustes in Lauwerkransen, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving ornament ~ medallion. chest, bust. head-gear

Landscape with man leaning on stick talking with wife and child, Hendrik Jozef Franciscus van der Poorten, 1799 - 1874 print paper etching farm or solitary house in landscape. child(ren) with one or both parents and one or more members of the preceding generation (family group)

Venus Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). Venus (planet). clouds

Fries met Negen Muzen, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving the Muses acting together (as group). wind instruments - CC - out of doors. string instruments (bowed) - CC - out of doors. vocal music, singing - CC - out of doors

Buz and his wife, Michel Wolgemut (workshop or), 1493 print A flower challenge with a man and woman with headgear. The performance is a fragment of the family tree of Christ in the Liber Chronicarum. The people are identified as Buz and his wife. Buz was Nachor's second son. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing persons from the Old Testament (not in biblical context, nor occurring in legendary/historical extensions included in Division 71)

Roman-Koning RuPrecht van de Palts, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower challenge with a king, turned to the right. In his hands he has a rich apple and a scepter. The show is part of the Surprise Keizers in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as a RuPrecht of the Palatinate. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king. emperor

Soldiers on horseback, Abraham Dircksz. Santvoort, 1666 print In a mountainous landscape, soldiers are on the way along the way in the direction of a city in the distance. At the top right: 2. B. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. private soldier. mountains. city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Title print with scale, bowl and vase, Benigno Bossi, 1737 - 1792 print Italy paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. vase ~ ornament

Dared by a woman with a branch forest, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper etching / engraving court jester, court fool. insects: wasp. whip

Hunters catch monkeys, Antonio Tempesta, 1602 print Landscape with hunters who wash their face with water. In the background, the monkeys try to imitate the hunters and wash themselves. However, the hunters have mixed this water with bird glue, making the monkeys blind and helpless after washing. The hunters kill the helpless monkeys with clubs. Text in Latin in STUDMARGE. print maker: Italypublisher: RomeItaly paper etching hunter. hunters hunting (N.B.: In 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43C11421 'hunters resting during the hunt'). washing one's face and head. glueing (industrial process). monkey hunting

H. Marcellina, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630 print H. Marcellina in a landscape. paper etching martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr

Lans dressed with a shirt / grain half with dishes, anonymous, after aegidius sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a landscape with a lance dressed in a shirt. Under a landscape with one grain half from which a Christian vascular work grows. These are the fore sultan saladin and bayezid II. paper engraving / letterpress printing helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance. casting weapons: spear. ear of corn. fashion, clothing

Equilayed pentagon with woman in a temple, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing planimetry, geometry. adult woman

Miskelk with hostie / hand with flowering branches and keys, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a stone table with miscramping and host. Under one hand in the clouds with flowering branches and two keys. The foreign exchange of Pope Pius V. paper engraving / letterpress printing chalice bearing the Host. key. postures and gestures of arms and hands

Disputing figures hanging out of a door and window opening, Ferdinand de Braekeleer (I), 1802 - 1883 print paper etching human figure at (open) window, seen from outside - AA - feigned window. divided door, upper part opened. quarrel, argument

Bakker blows on a horn, Adriaen van Ostade, 1941 Bakker blows on a horn while he is standing in the doorway. The print is part of a portfolio and is printed on one album magazine with another print. Haarlem paper etching Bakker blows on a horn while he is standing in the doorway. The print is part of a portfolio and is printed on one album magazine with another print. Haarlem paper etching

Oholiba in Rolwerk Omlijsting, Virgil, 1524 - 1562 print Nuremberg paper engraving / etching scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament

Arend on a split world / bird on the way to the sun, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Upstairs is an eagle with his claws on a split world. Below a bird flies above a landscape with the mouth of a river. Above him the sun. These are the foreignovers of Emperor Lodewijk de Bavier. paper engraving / letterpress printing birds. globe

Bart, simme John Angistimate, 1642 -1999 print Landscape with a cart loaded with household goods, pulled through a horse. On the right a woman with a basket on the head. paper etching (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart. furniture and household effects

Blind Leiden De Blinden, Cornelis Massijs, 1544 - 1556 print Four blind beggars walk one after the other and let themselves be guided by the one for them. The front falls in a pit and the man behind him is already stumbling after him. To the Bible text in Mat. 15: 14. Antwerp paper engraving the blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14)

Double -headed eagle with crucifix / river god Danube, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a double crowned eagle with a crucifix on the chest. Under the river god Danube. They are the foreignovers of Emperor Ferdinand I. paper engraving / letterpress printing personification of river Danube; 'Danubio' (Ripa). double-headed eagle

Mercury, writer and animals, Abraham de Blois, 1687 - 1714 print Mercury with Caduceus and a man, possibly writer Aesopus, lean against a pedestal with title of the book. In the landscape around the animals that occur in the fables of Aesopus. paper etching writer, poet, author. fables of Aesop : Use 85(...)

Wallenstein is approached by the commander, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1799 print Berlin paper etching meeting. globe

God creates the Sun and the Moon, Orazio Borianni, After Rafaël, 1615 print 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. Print Maker: ItalyaFter Painting by: Vatican City paper etching creation of sun, moon and stars

Leeuw (July), Franz Isaac Brun, c. 1559 - c. 1596 print paper engraving Leo (zodiacal sign of July). July and its 'labours' (+ with zodiacal signs). reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest

Daniël in the Leeuwenkuil, Anonymous, After Hans Sebald Beham, 1530 - 1533 print paper Daniel sitting unharmed in the lion's den, surrounded by lions

Maskers in Doek, François Chauveau, 1626 - 1676 print Cloth with series. Two masks and shell motifs at the top. Paris paper etching mask, mascaron ~ ornament

Ruiter lets his horse drink, Stefano della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print Two men on horseback in a landscape with ruins and a water source. One of the riders lets his horse drink. Paris paper etching riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. horse

Mei, 1600 - 1699 print Four figures in a boat sailing on the water. Two figures with bare torso in the water. At the top left a twin. Netherlands paper letterpress printing May and its 'labours' (+ with Gemini (May)). ships (in general)

Venster ornaments Met putto en palmboom, Anonymous, after Franz Xaver Habermann, 1731 - 1775 print Two rocaille windows in which rocaille ornaments. At the top of the windows two faces in the rocailles. In the middle a putto with a palm tree on a rocaille ornament. Publishing number 87. Augsburg paper etching Rocaille Ornament. Window. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Geometria and young man with geometric drawing, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving 'Geometry' (~ quadrivium); 'Geometry' (Ripa)

Frisian with six busts with headwear, Virgilius Solis, After Heinrich Vogtherr (I), 1538 - 1562 print Busts of three men and three women, and Profil and in two to each other. Print Maker: Nurembergfter Print by: Strasbourg (France) paper engraving chest, bust. head-gear

Italiaans Edelman in 'Dogalina', Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 Italian nobleman in a 'Dogalina' falling to the knee, a cover for outdoors, with very wide sleeves. According to Vecellio, it was more popular with young people than with old people. He was worn by men and by women, in Venice, but also beyond. The man wears a high hat in typical shape on the head. In ornament. paper Italian nobleman in a 'Dogalina' falling to the knee, a cover for outdoors, with very wide sleeves. According to Vecellio, it was more popular with young people than with old people. He was worn by men and by women, in Venice, but also beyond. The man wears a high hat in typical shape on the head. In ornament. paper

Degen leaning against a palm tree / three hands with swords stabbing a snake, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a palm tree against which there is a sword. Under a cloud with three hands that stick a snake with a sword. These are the foreignovers of King Robert II and Hendrik I of France. paper engraving / letterpress printing trees: palm-tree. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword. postures and gestures of arms and hands. snakes. man killing animal

Jerobeam I, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a king, turned to the left. He has a government apple and a scepter in his hands. The performance is part of the succession of the Kings of Israel in the Liber Chronicarum. The text identifies the man as JeroBeam I. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing king. persons from the Old Testament (not in biblical context, nor occurring in legendary/historical extensions included in Division 71)

Jachtstoet, Ercole Bazicaluva (Circle of), c. 1620 print A group of around ten hunters on horseback. paper etching hunting, chase

Kapiteeel, decorated with leaf vines and a cherub, monogrammist Al (16th century), 1535 One of 3 sheets. Germany (possibly) paper engraving cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

Saint Hieronymus in his study, Jacopo De'barbari, 1495 - 1516 print paper engraving St. Jerome as penitent in his study

Fragment of a collage of cut out prints, stuck on blue paper, various manufacturers, c. 1680 - c. 1720 print. collage Jupiter and Ganymedes, above a Dutch landscape. Fragment of a collage of cut out prints, stuck on blue paper. paper etching / snipping the rape of Ganymede: he is carried off through the air by Jupiter in the form of an eagle, or by the eagle of Jupiter

Virgin and Child. Antonio da Trento (Italy, active Bologna, circa 1510-circa 1550)Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (called Parmigianino) (Italy, Parma, 1503-1540). Italy, circa 1527-1530. Prints; woodcuts. Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks

Laziness, Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552 drawing Design for a print. paper. ink pen / brush Sloth, Indolence, 'Acedia', 'Desidia'; 'Accidia' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Seven Deadly Sins

Saters and Bacchants, Jan van Vianen, 1701 print Saters, one of which is driving on a donkey, and baccians. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving satyr (s) (in general). Maenad (s), Female Bacchant (ES). Male Bacchant (ES). Thiasos, I.E. BACCHUS 'REVEL-ROUT, BACCHANAL WITHOUT BACCHUS

Letter B in a frame with a bird, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 print paper fancy letters. birds

Definition of the corner, surrounded by putti with garlands, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing Angle. Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Saint Amandus, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with a bishop. He has a crook and an open book in his hands. The text identifies it as Amandus. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic). Amand(us) of Maastricht; possible attributes: snake

Hoom of Alfiatia, Christoph Krieger, After Cesare Vecellio, 1598 paper paper

Narcissus, Anonymous, After Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of Narcissus at a water source. paper etching (story of) Narcissus

Lyco van Troas, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower challenge with a bearded man, his hands up. The text identifies it as the philosopher Lyco van Troas. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing male persons from classical history

Kop, Johannes Taventrate, 1870 drawing Caricatural head with top hat, drawn on the reverse of the calling card of: 'M.W. van Pesch, Swijndregt '. ink pen caricatures (human types)

Bust of a man, with helmet, Johannes Heinrich Schönfeld, 1686 - 1724 print paper etching helmet

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