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Historical Religious Engravings

A collection of detailed engravings depicting biblical scenes and figures, featuring themes of judgment and divine encounters, with intricate borders and figures in period clothing.

Adoration of the Shepherds early 16th-mid 16th century Aertgen Claesz. van Leyden Netherlandish. Adoration of the Shepherds 337929
Adoration of the Shepherds early 16th-mid 16th century Aertgen Claesz. van Leyden Netherlandish. Adoration of the Shepherds 337929
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The Adoration of the Magi (Cartoon for an Embroidery). Artist: Attributed to Diego Lopez de Escuriaz (Spanish, documented at Escorial, 1587-97, died ca. 1623 ()). Dimensions: sheet: 15 13/16 x 9 9/16 in. (40.2 x 24.3 cm). Date: 1587-89. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Illustration from JuIIa Grünthal F.H. Unger (part II) Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726 1801)
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Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel, Kings of Judah, Of the Kings Iudas, Manasseh, Amon and Josiah, bottom right - handwritten in brown ink, The kings Manasseh, Amon and Josiah. In the background some important events from their lives. On the left in the background king Manasseh sits in his chariot. In the middle background the murder of Amon by his own servants. On the right in the background king Josiah is read from a scroll that was found in the temple. Below the image references to the Bible texts in Latin. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, 229, height 221 mm, width 285 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1585 - 1585, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, 1592 - 1656-04
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The Wedding at Canaan. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1520-1550. Dimensions: 46 x 74 mm (image/sheet, trimmed within plate mark). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Seven Ways of Greece, Michel Wolgemut (workshop of), 1493 print A flower chalice with seven men. The handwritten text identifies them as the seven sages of Greece. The print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing the seven wise men of Greece: Bias, Chilon, Cleobulus, Periander (alternatively Myson), Pittacus, Solon, Thales
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Woman Bakt Bruden and a man makes her an amorous proposal, Anonymous, 1550 - 1610 print A woman bakes loaves in an oven. A man makes her an amorous proposal. She sends him away: there is nothing to taste or he should search in the oven. In the edge of a ambiguous text in Dutch and French: Wech Moellivryer, ick and I had to prooven for you, or ghy had to com and cuet my courts. Southern Netherlands paper engraving relations between the sexes. baker
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Alkmaar, Schabaelje, Jan Philipsz, Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Snellinck, Jan (I), The Great Bible, Twelve prophets, Of the Prophets, Elisa, Jona and Obadiah, bottom right - handwritten in brown ink, The prophets Elisha, Jonah and Obadiah stand next to each other in a landscape. Elisha has a two-headed bird on his shoulder and stands next to Naaman, who, on Elisha's advice, is bathing in the Jordan. Jonah stands next to the fish, Obadiah has three loaves of bread and a jar in his hands. Explanations in Latin below the image. This print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, 235, height 212 mm, width 278 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1579 - 1579, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Zuid-Nederlands, 1544 - 1638-10-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher, uitgever, 1592 - 1656-04
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Israhel van Meckenem, The Lute Player and the Harpist, c 1495 1503 The Lute Player and the Harpist
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Conrad Celtis, Conrad Celtes, Protucius, hands over his works to Emperor Frederick III, facsimile of the woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, printed in Nurembe...
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Tavernier, Melchior, work, Two apostles and the image of the Madonna, (1000 - 2000), clair-obscur light shade, graphics, sheet width 32.6 cm, leaf height 25.6 cm
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Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, The Risen Christ Appearing to His Disciples, print, book illustration, prints, height 175 mm, width 143 mm, Northern Netherlandish, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlandish
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Arachne is metamorphosed into a spider, because she boasted that her embroidery was better than that of the goddess Athene.
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Views in the Levant: Study of Figures From a Frieze or Panel, unknown artist, ca. 1785, Pen in gray ink and black ink with graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, smooth, brown, wove paper, Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (22.5 × 17.1 cm), architectural subject, figures, frieze (entablature component), panel, study (visual work), Levant
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Christ at the Column. Dimensions: Overall: 8.8 x 5.8 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/16 in.) support: 16.3 x 13 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and black and violet ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Virgil Solis.
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After Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I, 1514, engraving on paper.
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Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528), The Turkish Family, c. 1495-1496, engraving
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The Procuress. Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ludwig Büsinck after Georges Lallemand.
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Andrea Mantegna, Risen Christ between Saints Andrew and Longinus, c 1472 Risen Christ between Saints Andrew and Longinus
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The Organ Player and His Wife 1495-1503 Germany. This husband-and-wife duo performs an intimate domestic concert, jointly playing a diminutive pipe organ with four stops. The wife operates the two bellows in time to the music, giving voice to the notes, while her husband creates the melody on the keyboard. He is clad in a housecoat and comfortable slippers and she wears a cozy fur-trimmed dress. Shown at the same scale and working in tandem, they symbolize a harmonious marriage. The little dog listening attentively is both an emblem of loyalty and a realistic detail of their well-to-do home.. Engraving in black on cream laid paper . Israhel van Meckenem, the younger
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Oldenbarnevelt is led to the scaffold, 1619, Hendrik Bary, 1668 - 1670 print Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is led to the scaffold, 13 May 1619. Van Oldenbarnevelt is accompanied by a soldier and his servant Jan Francken. On the Verso an 'Abklatsch' from a portrait of Gillis van Memedberg. Northern Netherlands paper engraving / etching (person under sentence of death) on the way to the scaffold or place of execution The Hague
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Two jeweler ornaments, Jean Toutin, Anonymous, Anonymous, 1619
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Netherlands, Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, Master of the Delbecq-Schreiber Passion, Master of Delft, Christ Preaching in a Room, Christ Standing with a Group of People in a Room., print, book illustration, prints, height 98 mm, width 142 mm, Northern Netherlands, unknown, 1480 - 1500, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, Southern Netherlands
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The Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan. Artist: Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494-1533 Leiden). Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. (14.4 x 18.3 cm). Date: ca. 1510. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Engraved copies of The Little Passion n.d. After Albrecht Dürer German. Engraved copies of The Little Passion 388856
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The Marriage of Adam and Eve. Dated: probably 1540/1555. Dimensions: sheet (lunette): 30 x 21.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.). Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean Duvet.
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Sebald Beham, Clown and Two Women Bathing, 1541 Clown and Two Women Bathing
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Lady world and the devil in a blacksmith, Jan Luyken, 1678 - 1687 print Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing 'Frau Welt' (+ devil(s)). smith, blacksmith (+ place ~ crafts, industries, agriculture)
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Wall shorel, holy.
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Studies for Two Book Illustrations 1809-65 Carl Alexander von Heideloff German. Studies for Two Book Illustrations 335345
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The King and Haman at Esther's Banquet of Wine. Artist: Circle of Pseudo-Aert Ortkens (Flemish, 1510-1540). Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/8in. (irregular shape: circular with top and bottom cut off). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to School of Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494-1533 Leiden). Date: 16th-mid 16th century . Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Lich brings Hercules the robe of Nessus, Hans Sebald Beham, 1542 - 1548 print paper engraving Lichas brings the robe to Hercules
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Germany, Cranach, Lucas (I), Christ and the Samaritan Woman, verso lower left - stamped, A woman draws water from Jacob's well. Christ asks her if he can drink something. His disciples, who are traveling with him, are walking on a path in the distance. The ducal coat of arms of Saxony is depicted on the roof above the well., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 228 mm, width 164 mm, German, 1472 - 1553-10-16, print maker, prentmaker, 1482 - 1553, fourth quarter 15th century, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, papier, houtsnede
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Lazio Viterbo Vitorchiano Madonna di S. Nicola8. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Three exterior views of 16th c. church; comprehensive coverage of church interior, including altars, nave and numerous frescoes of the viterbese school. General Notes: Two sets of prints integrated into single numerical sequence that comprises all views of Vitorchiano. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Pair of Draped Figures, 16th-17th century, Lazzaro Tavarone, Italian, 1556 - 1641, 7 1/4 x 7 1/16 in. (18.42 x 17.94 cm) (sheet)8 9/16 x 8 3/16 in. (21.75 x 20.8 cm) (mount), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, squared in graphite, on blue paper; laid down, Italy, 16th-17th century
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Depicts a double portrait of Friedrich the Wise and Johann the Constant by Lucas Cranach the Elder, created as a copper engraving in 1510, showing detailed facial features and attire.
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The Judgment of Solomon. Dated: c. 1550. Dimensions: overall: 21.6 x 31.8 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.). Medium: pen and ink with gray wash and heightening over black chalk on prepared paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the Liechtenstein Adoration.
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Three men in conversation, Marcellus Laroon (I), 1663 - 1702.
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Teacher with brave student; Captvr. DVLCEM FRVCTV. Radicis amarae; Denis Lebey de Batilly, emblemata, 1596. A teacher is busy teaching in the outdoors. A student is good about his books. Three other children have thrown their books on the ground and play in a tree.
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Amsterdam, Luyken, Jan, Paulus dictates Tertius the letter to the Romans, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 171 mm, width 141 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1698 - 1698, paper, papier, etching, etchings
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Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael 1637 Holland. Etching on paper . Rembrandt van Rijn
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Rudolf II of Habsburg (German Emperor), Clement VIII, Sadeler, Raphael (I), Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Venice, Oraculum Anachoreticum, Hermits, Saint Liphard as a Hermit, verso lower left - stamped, A landscape with a ruin. In the foreground Saint Liphard of Meung-sur-Loire, a hermit from the sixth century AD. He is kneeling in prayer in his hut. In the background a monk next to a staff with the head of a snake. The body of the snake lies on the ground next to the staff., print, prints, height 168 mm, width 210 mm, South Netherlands, 1560, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1600, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1550 - 1600-08, publisher, uitgever, Publicatie, 1536 - 1605, verlener van privilege, 1552-07-18 - 1612-01-20
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The Last Supper. Dated: c. 1480. Medium: metalcut, hand-colored in red lake, yellow, and green. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: German 15th Century.
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Drie squerodes, theodor the bry, afterward jacoques boadard, 1596 print Three branch goddesses. Three women are in a room and are spinning. A woman keeps the spintol, another turns the thread and the third cuts off the thread with scissors. Behind the woman sitting on the left is an hourglass. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving Fates, Parcae (Moirae). spinning (manufacture of yarn). hourglass
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Israhel van Meckenem (German, c. 1445 - 1503), Saint Ottilia, c. 1475-1480, engraving
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Saint Matthew. Watercolour drawing.
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Lützelburger, Hans, Holbein, Hans (II), Dance of Death, Noblewoman and Death, A noblewoman walks hand in hand with a nobleman past Death, who is beating a drum with two sticks. On the ground to the right is an hourglass. In the margin above the print is the text Rvth I., print, book illustration, prints, height 65 mm, width 50 mm, German, 1498 - 1543-11-29, print maker, printmaker, 1524 - 1526, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut, - 1526-06-23, block cutter, 1538 - 1538
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Vellert, Dirck, Christ and the Samaritan Woman, verso lower left - stamped, Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well., print, prent, prints, height 110 mm, width 79 mm, South Netherlands, 1485 - 1547, print maker, printmaker, 1523 - 1523, first quarter 16th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Passignano (Attributed to) / 'Incident from the Life of St. Francist'. Early Último tercio del siglo XVI - XVII century. Wash, White lead, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1541 depicting 'The Lady and Death'.
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Albrecht Dürer, Detail 15, 1515-1517, woodcut on paper.
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An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
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Artist: Ludolphus, German, The Healing of Simons Wifes Mother?, ca. 1480, Colored woodcut, Sheet: 26.353 × 20.638 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/8in.) (irregular), Made in Germany, German, 15th century, Works on Paper - Prints
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DONATI, çngelo (16th century). 'Comfortable life may slow Death but it can not escape'. Illustration of the manuscript 'The Courtship of Death' (Il Corteggio della Morte) by Abbot Angelo Donati, 1596. Drawing. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Mark's Library).
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Plate 124: Hecuba and the Trojan Women Murdering Polymestor (Hecuba Polymnestori oculos ervit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' 1606 Antonio Tempesta Italian. Plate 124: Hecuba and the Trojan Women Murdering Polymestor (Hecuba Polymnestori oculos ervit), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555-1630 Rome). 1606. Etching. Prints
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Gardeners at work. The man on the left is using a sharp knife, perhaps to remove a bud for grafting, while the man on the rights is grafting new wood on to the stump of a tree, a procedure often followed when it was necessary to rejuvenate an old tree. Engraving from an 18th century edition of Virgil's 'Georgics'.
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Lebey de Batilly, Denis, Frankfurt am Main, Bry, Theodor de, Boissard, Jean Jacques, Denis Lebey de Batilly, Emblemata, 1596, DULCI ET AMARAO TEMPERATA VITAE, Man and a woman eating fruit, verso - stamped, A man picks a fruit from a tree. A little further on, a merchant offers a woman a fruit from one of his baskets. People are looking at the scene from the windows of a nearby building., print, book illustration, emblem, prints, height 67 mm, width 85 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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Petrus en Paul Met Het napkins, Lucas Van Leyden, 1517 print Peter and Paul's half, sweat cloth with an image of the head of Christ with thorn crown. Low Countries paper engraving 'Vera Icon', held up by Peter and Paul
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Zinnsprent on the Peace of Westminster, 1654, Salomon Pietersz. Laughing, 1654 print Zinnspent on the Peace of Westminster, closed on April 15, 1654, which ended the first English war. The Dutch and English virgin sitting side by side, shaking each other's hand. They wear the land weapon and an olijtak in their hands. Putti in the air with a festoon. A sea battle in the background over the balustrade. Printed on the leaf under the plate a fresh in two columns. Amsterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa)