Historical Religious Scenes

Dramatic engravings depicting biblical narratives, characters like Christ and Jacob. The tone is solemn, showcasing intricate details and expressive figures in a muted palette.

Inland of Christ, Hans Baldung Green, 1515 - 1517 print The dead body of Christ is taken from the cross and is located at the foot of the cross. Maria bends over her son and John sits crying next to her. Behind them Maria Magadalena lifts her arms in despair. There are nails in the foreground and there is an ointment pot. Freiburg paper lamentation over the dead Christ by his relatives and friends (Christ usually without crown of thorns)

Three men play DobbelSpel, monogram miss PVL (16th century), 1520 - 1530 print Circular performance with three men around the table with two dice. Leiden (possibly) paper engraving dice-games

Standing woman with seated man with dog, Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752 - 1819, draughtsman: Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752 - 1819, paper, pen, brush, h 101 mm × w 84 mm

The Fall and Redemption of Man: The Circumcision, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480-1538). Woodcut;

Dancing Couple, with the Male Figure Mid-Step, from The Small Wedding Dancers. Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (5.4 × 3.8 cm). Date: 1538. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Poverty is Easier to Bear Than Luxury. Dated: c. 1592. Dimensions: plate: 24.1 x 17.1 cm (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 39.5 x 27.3 cm (15 9/16 x 10 3/4 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Karel van Mander Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius I.

Dancing Farmers Pair, Monogrammist MT, 1542 print A man and a woman hand in hand dancing. Sixth from a series of nine prints with dancing farmers. Germany paper engraving one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple

Pedicer with children, Pieter Jansz Quast, 1634 - 1638 print A strayer wears a sleeping child on her back and a child on her chest. She warms her hands on a pot with smoldering coal. The print is part of a series of twenty -six prints with beggars and farmers. The Hague paper etching / engraving beggar. child. heating stove. jar, jug (used as drinking-vessel). farm or solitary house in landscape

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 - 1528), The Virgin and Child Seated by the Wall, 1514, engraving

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1520 depicting a farmer's market, showing figures, stalls, goods, and rural environment.

Depicts the Lord with two servants, executed as an etching on an iron plate by Sebald Beham, showing figures, gestures, and attire.

Lute Player and Harpist, from Scenes of Daily Life n.d. Israhel van Meckenem German. Lute Player and Harpist, from Scenes of Daily Life 336177

Print, Noli me Tangere (Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen), from The Little Passion Series; Designed by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528); Germany; woodcut on off-white laid paper; 14.4 × 10.7 cm (5 11/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

Copper engraving 'The Lovers and Death' by Albrecht Dürer, circa 1498, depicting two lovers confronted by the figure of Death.

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham from 1537 showing a couple dancing to the left, including figures, movement, clothing, and composition details.

Pyramus and Thisbe Albrecht Altdorfer German. Pyramus and Thisbe 430064

Copper engraving by Wenzel von Olmütz titled 'The Land Strings,' created at the end of the 15th century, depicting rural or agricultural landscape elements.

A monk exposing himself to two buxom maids in a bedroom, 18th century. Copperplate engraving heliogravure by Francois Rolland Elluinafter Antoine Borel from Jean-Charles Gervaise de Latouches Memoiren des Saturnin, von ihm selbst Niedergeschreiben, Privatdruck, Liepzig, 1911. Also known as Le Portier des Chartreux, it was one of several erotic novels written by Latouche, 1715-1782, a lawyer at the Paris Parliament.

Mignon, Jean, Sacrifice of Abraham, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 331 mm, width 430 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1543 - 1545, paper, papier, etching

De Wissing Devil, Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele, 1682 print A maid argues with her lady. On the ground are shards of crockery and a fallen bucket of water. In between them, a devil with a burning torch. paper etching Christian religion (+ devil(s)). maid ~ house personnel

After Peregrino da Cesena, Consecration of an Eagle, c 1500 1525 Consecration of an Eagle

Rhetoric, Jacques de Gheyn (1), after frans flower (1), after Cornelis Cort, after 1565 - in or before 1582 Rectangular monochrome stained glass window with allegorical representation of Rhetorica, one of the free arts. She is presented here as a young woman in a lazy chair and listens to a speech by a young man. The window is caught in a 19th-century glass list. This frame shows male heads in the four corners. glass Rectangular monochrome stained glass window with allegorical representation of Rhetorica, one of the free arts. She is presented here as a young woman in a lazy chair and listens to a speech by a young man. The window is caught in a 19th-century glass list. This frame shows male heads in the four corners. glass

The mother of St. Thomas Aquinas is looking for her son in the city of Naples. However, he has already travelled on to Rome. Print from a series of 30 prints depicting the life story of Thomas Aquinas. The prints, designed and published by Otto van Veen, were made by C. Boel, E. van Paenderen, C. Galle and G. Swanenburgh, Thomas mother in search of him in Naples The life of St. Thomas Aquinas (series title), print maker: Cornelis Boel, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Otto van Veen, publisher: Otto van Veen, print maker: Southern Netherlands, publisher: Antwerp, 1610, paper, engraving, h 209 mm × w 148 mm

Physician with staff wrapped by snake and pomegranate, birds and dragon, Cornelis van Dalen I, Franciscus Hackius, 1642

Cloth with an image of burning a heretic crowned by devils with a crown of fire, Caspar Merian, After Hans Holbein (II), After Ambrosius Holbein, 1676 print paper etching / letterpress printing heretic

St. Christopher ca. 1435-1491 Martin Schongauer German. St. Christopher. Martin Schongauer (German, Colmar ca. 1435/50-1491 Breisach). ca. 1435-1491. Engraving. Prints

Quast, Pieter Jansz., Amsterdam, Savery, Salomon, Beggars and peasants, Princess, Lilborn, Beggar and beggar woman, verso - stamped, Beggar and beggar woman. Man with stick and woman in shabby clothes, seen from behind. In the background soldiers and horsemen. The print is part of a ten-part series with representations of beggars and peasants which also includes various unfortunate figures from the First English War, ca. 1652-1654., print, cartoon, prints, height 134 mm, width 89 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1594 - 1683-10-16, print maker, printmaker, 1638 - 1665, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etching, Work conception, 1606 - 1647-06, after print by, 1652 - 1654

Illustrations for Yorick's 'Sentimental Voyage'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1783. Prints; etchings. Etching

Antwerp, Aertssens, Hendrik, Netherlands, Bolswert, Boëtius Adamsz., Bloemaert, Abraham, Amsterdam, Sacra eremvs ascetarvm, Hermits, S. Elias Aegyptius, Saint Elias of Caesarea as a hermit, verso under - stamped, print, book illustration, prints, height 146 mm, width 90 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1580 - 1633-03-25, print maker, printmaker, 1590 - 1612, fourth quarter 16th century, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1566-12-25 - 1651-01-27, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, publisher, 1622 - 1663

Woman with fruit basket, 1629 print paper plants; vegetation (+ bearing fruit)

. A boy and a girl in a landscape. The boy shows the girl, with floral basket in hand, a bird's nest. At the top right, Cupid points his arrow on them.

The Dream of the Doctor. Dated: 1481/1497. Dimensions: plate: 18.9 × 11.7 cm (7 7/16 × 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 19.4 × 12.5 cm (7 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.) (cut to platemark). Medium: engraving on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Albrecht Dürer Wenzel von Olmutz.

Warrior and young woman in landscape, Urs Graf, 1500 - 1528, draughtsman: Urs Graf, 1500 - 1528, paper, pen, h 161 mm × w 141 mm

Izebel and King Achab, Lucas van Leyden, 1515 - 1519 print Three scenes from the story of Izebel. Ahab lying in bed, his wife Jezebel standing by bed tries to cheer him up. Through window you can see Naboth who refuses Ahab Wijngaar, through the doorway the stoning of Naboth can be seen. Low Countries paper pen Naboth refuses to sell his vineyard to Ahab. Jezebel comforts Ahab. Naboth is stoned to death

bekend, Parijs, Leblond, Jean (I), Bosse, Abraham, Dancing woman in a landscape, unknown, Paris, verso - stamped, Dancing woman in a landscape with a church in the background and a spindle in the foreground., print, prints, height 290 mm, width 201 mm, French, 1602 - 1676-02-14, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1628, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1594 - 1666, publisher, granter of privilege

Arithmetic. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Georg Pencz.

Artist: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528, The Holy Family with FiveAngels, ca.1503, Woodcut, sheet: 21.59 × 14.61 cm (8 1/2 × 5 3/4in.), Made in Germany, German, 16thcentury, Works on Paper -Prints

HOW, Pieter Pickaert, 1680 - 1715 print The sense of hearing. A man listens - leaning against a pedestal - to the game of a cellist. Amsterdam paper engraving hearing, listening (one of the five senses). viola, violoncello; double bass

Netherlands, Leyden, Lucas van, Small series Women's tricks, Jezebel and King Ahab, verso lower left - stamped, Three scenes from the story of Jezebel. Ahab lying in bed, his wife Jezebel standing by the bed trying to cheer him up. Through the window Naboth can be seen refusing Ahab's vineyard, through the doorway the stoning of Naboth can be seen., print, prints, height 240 mm, width 170 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1494-06 - 1533-08, print maker, printmaker, 1515 - 1519, first quarter 16th century, paper, woodcut

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). "The seven planets: Saturn, n ° 2. (Hollstein (Volume 3, page 74); Bartsch 114)". Chisel. 1540. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 123049-17 Chisel, 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center

Christ Crowned with Thorns Speaking to His Mother Made 1519 Germany. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Hans Sebald Beham

Master of the Miracles of Mariazell, Ain erber man von Lanshuet , c 1503 Ain erber man von Lanshuet ...

Lucretia, Veturia and Virginia. Dated: 1516. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to image): 19.3 x 13 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.). Medium: woodcut. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hans Burgkmair I.

Cattle breeding; Pales; Human business activities. In the foreground the Roman shepherd goddess Pales. She is surrounded by all kinds of cattle (cows, sheep, bees) and animal products (milk, butter, cheese, eggs, honey). In the background a shepherd and his herd of cows. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a print series about human business.

Unequal love, Jacob Goltzius (II), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1584 - 1630 print An old woman is sitting on a chair. A number of coins in her lap. Next to her a young man on a chair. The woman puts her hand on the man's leg, but he turns away from her. The print has a Latin and Dutch caption Haarlem paper engraving pursuit of a woman, prowling. young versus old age; young and old. youth, adolescent (+ old male (human being)). ugly old woman, hag. married couple of unequal age - DD - woman older. money

Judit with the head of Holofernes. Judit and her maid stop the head of Holofernes in a bag. Imagination of the Judit 8-16 sticker story.

Arithmetica, from The Liberal Arts Georg Pencz German. Arithmetica, from The Liberal Arts. The Liberal Arts. Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500-1550 Leipzig). Engraving. Prints

"Copper engraving by Israhel van Meckenem dating around 1465-1500 depicting two lovers, with emphasis on intimate interaction, figures, and detailed line work."

Engel speaks to Cornelius, Anonymous, After Johann Jakob von Sandrart, 1697 print paper etching Cornelius the Centurion and the angel

This circa 1504 woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicts Joachim in the field from Marienleben, showing figures, gestures, attire, and partial plate edges visible.

Madonna on a Grassy Bank Made 1566 Germany. Engraving on ivory laid paper . Albrecht Dürer

Man contemplating by anonymous artist, print, Private Collection, 23, 5x16, 2

Autumn, Anonymous, After Jan Saenredam, After Hendrick Goltzius, 1601 - 1651 print A boy and a girl harvest fruit in the presence of a goat and a boar. The boy picks grapes, the girl wears a basket with pears. paper engraving autumn, fall, 'Autumnus'; 'Autunno' (Ripa). vintage, grape harvest. fruit-tree culture; fruit harvest. he-goat, billy-goat. boar (male pig)

Virgin and Child on a Grassy Bench. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: plate: 4 1/2 x 2 13/16 in. (11.5 x 7.1 cm)sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 1/16 in. (19.3 x 12.8 cm). Date: 1503. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Venice, Sadeler, Marcus, Spranger, Bartholomew, unknown, Aegidius, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene as a Gardener (Noli mi tangere), verso lower left - stamped, The risen Christ appears to Mary Magdalene in the guise of a gardener. His crucifixion wounds are visible. Mary Magdalene holds an ointment jar in her hand. The print has a Latin caption., print, prints, height 280 mm, width 219 mm, South Netherlands, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1580 - 1629, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1546-03-21 - 1611-08, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1614-04-11 - 1650, publisher

Lucas de Leyde (1494-1533). "The surgeon" - Bartsch 156. Chisel. 1524. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 73056-57 Froz, surgeon, Dutch School, Print, impression in a shot in-size, Mannerism, Metter, Art, Operation, Operation, Gender Painting, Profession, Rasoir, Scalpel, Gender scene, VIIIEM VIIII 8th 8th 8th 8 arrondissement, 16th XVI 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16th 16 century, engraving

Peasant Couple Dancing 1514 Albrecht Dürer German. Peasant Couple Dancing 391211

Print, The Entombment; Martin Schongauer (German, 1450-91); Germany; engraving on laid paper; 16.4 x 11.6 cm (6 7/16 x 4 9/16 in.); 1952-156-41

Saint Ottilia, c. 1475-1480, Israhel van Meckenem, German, c. 1445-1503, 6 3/8 x 4 15/16 in. (16.19 x 12.54 cm) (image), Engraving, Germany, 15th century, Saint Ottilia was the daughter of a duke of Alsace in the 7th century. Because she was born blind, her father planned to have her murdered. However, her mother placed her in a Benedictine monastery, near Besançon, where the infant was baptized and miraculously regained her vision. She later became the abbess of a convent near Strassburg which she founded.

Lust. Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502-1555/1561), graphic artist

Albrecht Dürer, The Peasant and His Wife, c. 1497, engraving on paper.

Woman scrubs the floor with a luiver wagon; The luiverbarrow.

Second phase of life of twenty years with in love couple, Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Maerten de Vos, 1598 - 1602 print Second life phase of twenty years depicted with in love couple in a garden. The couple walks past fountains and flower beds while the woman plays on a lute and the man looks at her attentively. In the margin under texts in Latin, French and Dutch. Only the Dutch text relates to the performance. Netherlands paper engraving couple of lovers. human life divided into stages, e.g. three, four, seven, twelve stages (with NUMBER)

Livestock, Philips Galle, After Marten van Cleve (I), After Frans Floris (I), 1574 print In the foreground the Roman shepherd's goddess Pales. She is surrounded by all kinds of cattle (cows, sheep, bees) and animal products (milk, butter, cheese, eggs, honey). In the background a shepherd and his herd of cows. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series of prints about the human ventures. Antwerp paper engraving Other female Roman deities: Pales. Cattle-breeding, livestock industry. 'Skills' (the armor, armor, navigation, agriculture, hunting medicine, theatrical). Cattle-Breeding, Livestock Industry

Life of the Virgin: Joachim and the Angel, c. 1504. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Woodcut; image: 29.8 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.).

Nar with phallus and female nar, Hans Sebald Beham, 1510 - 1550 print A male and female nar is opposite each other in a conversation. They both wear a fool with large donkey ears and feathers. The man has a phallus as an attribute. Insects fly in the air. paper engraving buffoon (in general) (German: 'Schalksnarr')

The Fool and the Foolish Woman. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1520-1550. Dimensions: 37 x 52.5 mm (image/sheet, trimmed to plate mark). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Hans Sebald Beham.

The Cook and His Wife. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471-1528 Nuremberg). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 3 1/16 in. (10.8 × 7.8 cm). Date: ca. 1496. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A circa 1519 woodcut by Hans Baldung, known as Grien, depicting Saint Andreas, showing detailed figure work, religious iconography, and early 16th-century printmaking techniques.

Two couples in the forest, Lucas van Leyden, 1507 - 1511 print Two walking couples in the forest, dressed according to fashion from 1505-1515. Low Countries paper engraving pacing, striding. forest, wood. bride and groom in wedding-dress

Astronomy (astronomia); Astrologia; Seven liberal arts. Winged woman as a persification of astrologia or astronomy with stars

Sophonisba drinks poison, Heinrich Aldgrever, 1553 print Sophonisba sitting with the poison cup at her mouth. Next to her a servant of her second husband Massinissa, who brought the poison cup. On the wall a cartouche with a four -line text in Latin. Germany paper engraving death of Sophonisbe: she receives from a servant a cup of poison sent to her by Masinissa

Uytenbrouck, M. van, work, Young nude woman, child on knee, pointing to old man sitting on stairs, (1000 - 2000), etching, graphic, 20.6 cm x 15.6 cm

Albrecht Dürer's 'Maria on the Lawn, the Child Breastfeeding' (1503) is a copper engraving depicting the Virgin Mary sitting on the lawn breastfeeding the Christ child, emphasizing posture, gesture, and maternal interaction.

Print at the top right labeled: fol. 1.

Melancholy; Melencolia I. The melancholic temperament, in the form of a winged woman who looks out pensively for themselves, supported the jaw on the left, a passer in hand. Various (measuring) instruments around her, such as a scale, an hourglass and a saw. A dog at her feet. In addition to her a putto that writes something on a tablet.

Jakob thinks about the dreams of Joseph, Heinrich Aldgrever, 1532 print Jacob, with his eyes closed, sitting on a bench in a room. On the right a look outside where the two dreams of Joseph are depicted: the bending corn scissors and the bending sun, moon and stars. Germany paper Joseph's dreams

Black and brown pen drawing by Karel van Mander depicting a cecher, with laved details emphasizing form, posture, and composition, circa 1592.

The Fall and Redemption of Man: The Nativity, c. 1515. Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480-1538). Woodcut;

Pisani, Andrea.

Silver Statuette of St. Bartholomew, from the Wittenberg Reliquaries Lucas Cranach the Elder German. Silver Statuette of St. Bartholomew, from the Wittenberg Reliquaries 623964

Four Putti Studying and Painting, Abraham Zeeman, 1724 print Four putti together. Two of them read books. A putto paints a landscape with a writer next to a globe under a tree. A fourth putto measures the globe with a passer. The vignette of publisher and printer Gerard under the Linden. In the middle of his motto: Tiliae Sub Tegmine Tutus. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving vignette. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. book. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)

Mercury and father time together hold a migger; Title page for: Le Mercure Hollandois, DL XII, 1685. Mercury and Father Time together hold a Rijkeappel. On the right in the foreground is a Turkish boy with the emperors crown in his hands.

Title Page to Jean Paul's 'The Invisible Loge'. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Germany, Danzig, 1726-1801). Germany, 1792. Prints; etchings. Etching

The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet ca. 1497 Albrecht Dürer German. The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet 391084

Copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer from 1514 titled Melencolia I, depicting an allegorical figure with symbols, geometric objects, and detailed composition.

Andreas III., King of Hungary.

The Flute Player. Medium: engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master WI.

Lambert Melisz. Flight with his mother in a sled over the ice, 1574; Vlugt from a wormer with his mother after horn. Lambert Melisz. From Westzan flight with his mother in a sled over the ice to Hoorn, February 1574. In the background, Hispanic soldiers are on fire.

"Always Have the Bedclothes Folded up" fol. 41 recto. Dated: c. 1512/1515. Dimensions: overall: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French early 16th century.

Three drunkards around one table, Jacques de Gheyn (ii) (Workshop of), After Jacques de Gheyn (ii), 1593 - 1597 print Three men are sitting at a round table; The right of the couple vomits on the floor, the middle one holds a jug in the arm and drinks from a glass, the left is sleeping with the head on the table. In the background a gallows with two corpses, a fight and two beggars who ask a well -to -do gentlemen for a alms. Under the performance four lines of text in Latin. Netherlands paper engraving drunkard. drunkenness. drinking. beggar

Bagpipe player and young woman, monogrammist IB (16th century), 1525 - 1530 print A man with a bagpipe a young woman with a jug, sitting under a tree. Germany paper engraving bagpipe, musette. one person playing wind instrument. couple of lovers

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastiaan. Saint Sebastiaan is tied to a pillar and is shot by a archer. There is already an arrow in his chest. A second shooter squats on the ground.

The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet ca. 1497 Albrecht Dürer German. The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet 391086

Noordelijke Nederlanden, Decker, Coenraet, Op en Ondergang der Grooten, Allegory of the Death of the De Witt Brothers, 1672, Northern Netherlands, Allegory of the death of the De Witt brothers. The image shows Father Time pensive at a table on which stands an hourglass and a skull with a laurel wreath, the portraits of Johan and Cornelis de Witt and some open books lie. The books are Vondel's 'Palamedes of Vermoorde Onnozelheyt' and 't Leven der Doorluchtige Griecken Romeynen' by Plutarchus. Under the right foot of Time lies the torn 'Eternal Edict', next to it two extinguished torches and a snake. In the background above a gate the image of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 328 mm, width 249 mm, Dutch, 1650 - 1685-03-02, print maker, printmaker, 1672 - 1676, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)

The element water; Aqua; The four elements. Presentation of the water element in the form of a fisherman with a large fish under the arm on a beach. In the background a number of (fishermen) boats on the water. Under the show the Latin name of the element ('aqua'). This print is part of a series of four elements, each depicted by a figure engaged in an action and sitting / standing in an environment associated with the relevant element. Each performance has the Latin name of the relevant element as a caption.

The Abbott and Death Made 1651 Bohemia. Etching on ivory wove paper . Wenceslaus Hollar

L'espeegle - Bartsch 159 Lucas de Leyde (1494-1533). The mischievous (Bartsch 159). Burin. 1520. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well 1863-81 After William Holman Hunt British As a founding Pre-Raphaelite, Hunt produced religious subjects with an intense realism that infused everyday objects with symbolic resonance. This, his only contribution to Dalziels Bible Gallery, depicts the meeting of Eliezar and Rebekah. Genesis records how Abraham sent his servant from to his home village in Mesopotamia to find a bride for Isaac. When Rebekah offers Eliezer water, the traveler recognizes her exceptional character and presents jewelry to confirm the seriousness of his errand. The strong outlines and sparse shading recall prints by Mortiz Retzsch, a German artist admired by the Pre-Raphaelites.. Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well 642931

The woodcut 'Christ and the Samaritan at the Fountain' (1516) by Meister IS mit der Schaufel depicts Christ with the Samaritan woman, highlighting figures, gestures, and the fountain setting.

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